Steve Kinser

Steve Kinser is a sprint car racing driver who competes in the World of Outlaws series. He has the most wins in series history, with 561 career wins and 20 series championships through the 2010 season.http://www.worldofoutlaws.com/sprint/News/2010/November/110710_SP_PointsStory.aspx He has also won the Knoxville Nationals a record 12 times.http://www.knoxvilleraceway.com/HistoricEvent.aspx?id=13 His son Kraig Kinser won the Knoxville Nationals in 2005, making them the first father-son combination to win the race.http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/2005-08-15-knoxville-nationals_x.htm Steve Kinser was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2005.http://sprintcarhof.com/Pages/Inductees

On November 13, 2010, Kinser won the Lucas Oil ASCS National series race at the 5/16-mile Southern New Mexico Speedway in Las Cruces.http://www.ascsracing.com/racenotes.asp?ID=58494&yr=2010 Kinser won $6,000 for the win, which was his first in ASCS competition.http://www.ascsracing.com/racenotes.asp?ID=58494&yr=2010 Kinser won by passing Jason Johnson on the 24th of 30 laps around the dirt track.http://www.snmspeedway.com/?p=1569

Kinser was a successful wrestler in high school, winning the Indiana state wrestling championship his senior year.http://www.truespeedcommunication.com/media_kits/tsr_-_woo_series/2010_Steve_Kinser_Bio.pdf His son Kurt is also an amateur wrestler, competing for the Indiana University team and finishing his junior year ranked eighth nationally at 157 pounds.http://iuhoosiers.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/kinser_kurt00.html

Kinser’s father Bob was a sprint car racer on dirt tracks throughout the Midwest.http://www.truespeedcommunication.com/media_kits/tsr_-_woo_series/2010_Steve_Kinser_Bio.pdf Racing extended through the Kinser family: his distant cousin Karl served as his owner and crew chief through the 1970s and 1980s, while his cousin Mark would also become a World of Outlaws champion. http://www.worldofoutlaws.com/sprint/history.aspx

After the 1994 World of Outlaws season, Kinser left sprint car racing to join Kenny Bernstein’s NASCAR team.http://www.truespeedcommunication.com/media_kits/tsr_-_woo_series/2010_Steve_Kinser_Bio.pdf His debut with the team was at the 1995 Daytona 500, where he finished 40th after a lap 27 crash.http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/kinsest01/1995/W Kinser’s lack of success would lead him to leave the team seven races into the 1995 season despite having signed a three-year contract before the start of the season.http://www.truespeedcommunication.com/media_kits/tsr_-_woo_series/2010_Steve_Kinser_Bio.pdf

Kinser also competed in the 1997 Indianapolis 500, finishing 14th after qualifying 20th.http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/kinsest01/1997/O Kinser passed his rookie test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1981 but crashed before qualifying.http://www.theautochannel.com/news/date/19970511/news002347.html He also won an IROC race at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama in 1994. http://www.truespeedcommunication.com/media_kits/tsr_-_woo_series/2010_Steve_Kinser_Bio.pdf