Two early cautions bunched the field, but each time Kinser pulled away on the restart. His NASCAR debut came at the 1995 Daytona 500, where Dale Earnhardt finished in 2nd. The $10,000 triumph was Kinser's first win of the season and the 551st of his World of Outlaws career. He finished second in state as a junior, and won state as a senior. Upcoming Birthday Currently, Steve Kinser is 68 years, 8 months and 12 days old. Where does Kelly Kinser fit in? His wife Dana has been his life partner and has been by his side through it all, but she spent most of the 2011 season recovering from heart surgery. Jerry Kinser? After finishing first in the 4600 stock class during the Every Man Challenge, off-road stars Loren Healy and Vaughn Gittin Jr. sit down with SPEED SPORTs Pam Hall to discuss their run at King of the Hammers. Fierce competitor. Kinser left the World of Outlaws in 2006 to compete with the new National Sprint Tour series. Their daughter, Stevie, was always by Dads side from track to track and, ultimately, graduated from Indiana University. Sammy Swindell ranks second on the World of Outlaws Sprint Series victory list with 260. Find Steve Kinser's phone number, address, and email on Spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. He won twenty WoO championships and 690 A features (including full-field preliminary night wins). The defending and 17-time series champion led all 35 laps to claim his seventh "A" Feature victory of the season and his second in succession. Team: (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007). (Summary), Steve Kinser outduels Tatnell for Pike County cash - HD Staff - 03/18/05 - Magnolia, MS. - The King of the Outlaws, Steve Kinser, was passed by Brooke Tatnell on lap 29 of 35 in the World of Outlaws A-Main Friday night at Pike County Speedway. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. His family is also involved in racing, as his younger brother Randy Kinser and cousins Kelly Kinser and Mark Kinser, who was also a championship winning driver on the World of Outlaws circuit. At the end of the night, Steve stood in the winner's circle as the winner of the fourth points earning event in the Racers Racing Series. - Extends Points Lead - HD Staff - Sedalia, MO. Kinser has been selected several times to compete in the International Race of Champions, winning a race at Talladega Superspeedway in 1994. Two weeks later he finished 14th in the 500. Taking a large step toward regaining his touch on the Silver Dollar quarter-mile, Kinser easily won Thursday night's preliminary in the 49th annual Gold Cup race of Champions. Kinser passed longtime rival Sammy Swindell on lap 22 en route to a 35 lap feature win. When you get to traffic and everybody has heat in their tires, it gets to be where everyones almost the same speed, and I figured someone would be coming, Kinser said following the 494th main event victory of his career. 09/10/05 - One dozen Gold Cups. Sixth through tenth fell to Paul McMahan, Daryn Pittman, Brian Paulus, Kraig Kinser, and Danny Lasoski. Here are some little-known facts concerning the incomparable career of The King of the Outlaws., Fighting a Cold, Kinser wins Lone Star Prelim - HD Staff - 03/12/04 - Kilgore, TX. KNOXVILLE, Ia. Nineteen-time American Auto Racing Writers & Broadcasters Association All-American honoree. We will update Steve Kinser's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible. He then patiently worked on Jason Meyers who was running second for a number of laps, before battling Sam Hafertepe Jr. when Meyers took the lead from him. As an owner/driver, Steve has won 6 World of Outlaws championships. . Check out his recent post race quotes after his last lap win at Williams Grove this week. Dallas D. Kinser from Solsberry, Indiana, was born in 1965. By the time Kaeding and his Dennis Roth-owned car cleared Kraig Kinser, Steve Kinser had built a 1.6-second lead. Life after retirement and thoughts on today's racing. Its his first weekend out this year and he did a really good job." 0:00. Please let us know! Kurt, 23, and a Religious Studies and Criminal Justice major at Indiana, won four of his six matches at the Big Ten tournament and takes a record of 23-7 into his final collegiate event. Kinser's Maxim/Hoosier #11 finished in front of Joey Saldana, Mark Kinser, Stevie Smith, and Danny Lasoski. Kinser led the first set of corners, but Dollansky leaned hard on the cushion to overtake the 'King of the Outlaws' in turns three and four. All-HammerDown! ACTION RACING COLLECTIBLES #18176: Steve Kinser 1/24 Scale #11 Quaker State (Neon Green) 1997 Sprint Car - Autographed. (More), Lernerville RRS Points to Throne Holding King - HD Staff, Sarvey PA. 05/25/04 - Steve Kinser is the greatest sprint car driver of all time. (summary), Steve Kinser Adds Hollywood Hills to Win List - HD Staff, San Felipe, NM - March 10, 2002 - 16-time World of Outlaws champion, Steve Kinser showed the fast way around the new Hollywood Hills Speedway, Sunday afternoon. His success on the track has led to a record . But as much rain as they had here, its a wonder we get to race at all. Steve The King Kinser (born June 2, 1954) is a professional sprint car racing driver. During his many tours of Australia racing Sprint cars, Kinser won many feature races and drew large crowds wherever he raced, but on January 4, 1986 he swapped his Sprinter for a VW-powered Midget (called a Speedcar in Australia) and won the 38th Australian Speedcar Grand Prix at Sydney's Liverpool City Raceway. The victory was his 16th career A-Feature win at Lernerville Speedway and his 536th with the World of Outlaws. Name:SteveKinser The $5,000 victory pushed The King of the Outlaws to within four points of Lasoski in the standings. (Travis Branch photo). We went out and qualified pretty good. Steve Kinser. He was the best known until Steve came along. A native of Bloomington, Ind., Kinser was the 1972 Indiana state wrestling champion at 132 pounds in his senior year of high school. "Once I got a little heat in the tires, I started to be able to move around a little bit and get going on the top or on the bottom," said Kinser, who had been winless at Rolling Wheels since 1995. That moved Kraig Kinser up to second and Kaeding into third. His second cousin, once removed Sheldon Kinser competed in the CART series and raced in the Indianapolis 500 six times. Both of his sons wrestled in high school. Kurt wrestled at Indiana University, competing at the 149 and 157-pound weight classes, and later became a professional mixed martial artist. The King of the Outlaws has won a single race at 44 different tracks and at 121 different facilities overall. In October 1987 the late Shav Glick did some research into the Kinser family. (More), Steve Kinser Rolls At Tri-State Speedway for Fourth World of Outlaws Sprint Series Victory in '05 Haubstadt, IN - April 16, 2005 - By Chris Dolack, World of Outlaws Senior Writer The A-main is the highlight of any World of Outlaws Sprint Series race night, but on a short track the qualifying sessions always prove to be the most crucial. The King of the Outlaws has relinquished his throne. Won the 2005 Knoxville Nationals making him and father Steve, the only father-son duo to have won the prestigious event. He has been described as the best sprint racer ever by both columnists and even his rivals. Steve is originated from United States. Kinser won 46 of the 69 A Features the World of Outlaws Sprint Series ran in 1987. The Racer's Racing Series (RRS), a points system that was made up by HammerDownUSA.com will award Kinser with nearly $150 for his ten point win over Danny Lasoski. We kind of got going a little better there toward the end, but I think we were blowing a motor the last lap or so. My regular crew chief, Scott Gerkin, stayed home and it is tribute to these guys here that we came on strong when it counted. Kinser won the First Heat Race, then earned the privilege of starting the main event outside the second row by finishing fourth in the Dash Race. Know net worth is He in this year and how He do with money?? Italics Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. We will upbeen in a relationship with? May 2002: Maybe the reason Steve Kinser is Steve Kinser is because his mind "processes" at a very high rate. One of the most special wins of Kinser's career came in 1989 when he won the inaugural Brad Doty Classic and the 20-time World of Outlaws champion was able to pick up another extra special win on Wednesday night, claiming the 21st Annual Brad Doty Classic at Limaland Motorsports Park in Ohio, an event that the Hall of Famer and Ohio native helped promote again this season. Kinser Sweeps Hollywood Hills, Clinches Title By Richard Day SAN FELIPE PUEBLO, NM (November 3) Even if he had written a script for Sundays race at Hollywood Hills Speedway, Steve Kinser couldnt have been happier with the result or its significance. It was his only Indy Racing League start. You have to have experience, but you have to have a good car too, and we had a good car all night. He thus started the 35-lap A-Feature from the pole position for the first time this season. (key) (Bold Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Robbie Farr finished third followed by Kerry Madsen. Kinsers 19th "A" Feature victory of the year was worth $12,000, increasing his record purse earnings total to $562,385. 11 team became legendary for its success with Karls cousin, Steve Kinser, driving, and later achieved a pair of World of Outlaws championships with Mark Kinser at the wheel. Kinser's car was being tuned by Peter Murphy. His best finish was a sixth in 1981, his last year at Indy, but now his career is over. Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. He holds the track record at Kokomo for sprint cars, drove on the USAC circuit for years and still wins his share of races. A lot of times when you have tracks like we had tonight, everybody gets heat in their tires and gets to running in the same groove and I wont even try to pass them because it will just mess me up. Has won every major Sprint car race during his racing career. In the end a teenager that I had not heard of ( I knew of his dad Bob), name Steve Kinser came up and stole the show. Race Car Drivers. Competed in the first career World of Outlawsrace on March 18, 1978 at Devils Bowl Speedway. 26 Quaker State Ford, but released him after only five starts after a best finish of 27th and average placing of 35th. Kinser is one of the few drivers that was tabbed to run in the big time on asphalt. The greatest 40 years: Steve Kinser enjoys retirement While 20 championships is an accomplishment on its own, the longevity of Kinser's career might have been just as impressive. The race was also the first points race for the HammerDownUSA.com Racers Racing Series. Kinser left the World of Outlaws in 2006 to compete with the National Sprint Tour series, but returned to the World of Outlaws for the 2007 season. His car violated the series weight rule the first time, so his crew made sure his victory wasnt in vain Saturday at The Worlds Fastest Half-Mile. The King of the Outlaws passed OReilly World of Outlaws Series points leader Danny Lasoski early in the 17th lap en route to his ninth victory of the season his second in three days. Vintage NOS 1997 Steve Kinser Sprint Car Tee - Large MotorTs (641) $44.99 Vintage 2003 Steve Kinser 18 Time Outlaw Stock Car Racing Champion Double Side T-shirt - Large unclesamretro (75) $40.00 Vintage 2001 Steve Kinser Neon Sprint Car Tee - 3XL MotorTs (641) $31.99 Rare! We were disqualified the last time we were here, so we added way too much weight tonight and got it too heavy, Kinser said. His 1978 WoO title began a championship run that included the first three World of Outlaws crowns. (read it all), King of the Outlaws Takes Eagle Nationals Preliminary By Richard Day EAGLE, NE (June 27) Steve Kinser took a big step toward defending his Eagle Nationals championship when the OReilly World of Outlaws Series opened the 20th annual event Friday at Husker Auto Group Eagle Raceway. Karl was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame. Hoosier has been smart in all aspects in developing a tire that is now the preferred rubber of most WoO teams. Kinser Wins With Last-Lap Pass at Lone Star Speedway By Richard Day KILGORE, TX (October 24) Steve Kinser pulled of a last-lap pass of pole-sitter Donny Schatz Friday on his way to winning the OReilly World of Outlaws Series A Feature before the largest crowd in the history of Lone Star Speedway. The Big Three dominated the sport throughout the decade with Kinser leading the way. Steve Kinser ( 1954 -) is a sprint car driver on the World of Outlaws racing circuit. Whether he was in open race track or the couple of times he hit lapped traffic during the A-Feature, he continually added to his advantage en route to the win in the First Commonwealth Bank Clash and a $10,000 payday. Tim Shaffer jumped to the second spot on the opening lap and began to chase Kinser. Steve Kinser was born in the middle of Baby Boomers Generation. Kinser began touring Australia in 1979, before returning many times during the 1980s and 1990s, generally teaming with his brother Randy in Gambler chassis Sprint cars distinctively sponsored by cigarette companies, including the black and gold of JPS, and the sky blue and white Commodore brand. He was a mountain of a man, a barrel-chested brick layer from southern Indiana's stone quarry country who developed a talent, a temper and a following for sprint car racing that set the pilot light for his son's meteoric rise. Too many variables werent meshing and his move to the Sprint Cup Series (then known as Winston Cup) clearly wasnt going in the direction he had hoped. Considering they rank 1-2 in the OReilly World of Outlaws Series point standings, have won two of the last three series championships and three of the first five main events at the 4/10-mile oval, why wouldnt they?