Steve Kinser Retiring

[Ron Sutton]

I'll never forget watching him enter the corner at a fast 1/2 mile dirt track here (Calistoga) in Northern California. All the other World of Outlaws Sprint car drivers went into the corner & did the typical flick the back end out and slide it in to slow down. They were running 17.70 lap times at best.

Kinser went into the corner & just turned ... like he was on asphalt ... and carried major corner speed on this dirt 1/2 mile track. My jaw just dropped, as I had not seen that on a dirt track. He ran 17.10 lap times.

The race wasn't even close. He just dominated.