9/4/08
QUICK STATS : Silver Dollar Speedway
Qualifying:  1st / 11.593
Heat Race: 2nd (4)
Dash Race: 1st (2)
A-Main: 1st (1)
*Dollansky wins, leading all 30 laps!

In a busy week of racing for the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws, Craig and crew come up one short at Cottage Grove. With a 10.107 second lap, the Larry Woodward Race Team was second quickest at the Oregon bullring.

"I was worried about whether the motor was running right, but it was good enough to get us to the front tonight, even though the track rubbered up." said Dollansky after the race.

In the second heat race of the night, Dollansky started and finished in the fourth position. "It was difficult to pass eary in the night," Craig commented, "Luckily we were fast enough in time trials to still make the dash on time."

Tagging the tail of the Crane Cams Dash the Snap-on Deuce did some dashing of it's own going from 10th to 5th in the 8 lap race.

In the A-main Dollansky slipped from 5th to 6th at the start, as Roger Crocket in the #7N got the jump on the Two car. Working his way back by Crocket, Craig worked on local driver Jared Ridge passing him for 4th, then a few laps later Daryn Pittman for third. By the 20th lap a ring of rubber had laid down on the surface of the race track. Racing for the lead, Donny Schatz and Jason Meyers got together with Meyers getting the worst of a connection that left him stopped on the track with damage. As the race resumed, Dollansky tried to get under the Armor All machine but was unable to out power the fifteen. "I got a good run up under Donny a couple times," said Dollansky, "I just couldn't quite get the pass completed." Dollansky would finish as the runner up to Schatz with Jared Ridge in third.

9/2/08
QUICK STATS : Cottage Grove Raceway
Qualifying:  2nd / 10.107
Heat Race: 4th (4)
Dash Race: 5th (10)
A-Main: 2nd (5) 

Forty-seven cars entered World of Outlaws competition last night from the Grey's Harbor Raceway in Elma Washington. Craig Dollansky was first out in qualifying and the fastest over all with a 13.186 second lap in time trials.

Starting from the fourth position in the first heat race of the night the Woodward owned deuce got by Paul McMahan's #6 Casey's General Store car to finish 3rd in the heat race.

As the quickest qualifier, Dollansky in his Snap-on Tools entry, tagged the final row of the Crane Cams Dash in the 9th position. Slipping a spot he finished in 10th and would start outside of row five for the A-main.

"When we got to the track I walked around to take a look at it and it was obvious that there was a lack of preparation," Craig commented, "It only showed more by feature time when it rubbered up within about 10 laps. I got what I could at the start and just rode it out for the rest of the race."

Not wanting to jeopardize even 1 position Dollansky played it safe in the 30 lap feature race, passing 2 cars at the start then dropping into position and finishing in eighth.

9/1/08
QUICK STATS : Grey's Harbor Raceway
Qualifying:  1st / 13.186
Heat Race: 3rd (4)
Dash Race: 10th (9)
A-Main: 8th (10)  

Craig Dollansky arrived at Skagit Speedway looking to uphold his title from last season but was handicapped by qualifying, flat tires and wing damage this weekend in Alger, Washington.

Qualifying 15th on the second night at Skagit changed things dramatically for Dollansky and crew as they chalked up a top five on the final night of the Caterpillar Clash.

A qualifying lap of 11.646 seconds positioned Craig Dollansky's Snap-on deuce on the pole of the third heat race. Just 3 one hundredths better than the night before made a big difference in the night for the team who's boss was on hand for the weekend.

Winning the 3rd heat race Dollansky qualified the #2 Maxim for the Crane Cams Dash, followed by Joey Saldana in his Budweiser number nine.

Jason Meyers and Donny Schatz lined up on the front row of the dash. While Steve Kinser and Jason Solwold made up the second row and Saldana and Dollansky the third. A great start by Dollansky moved his machine into the top 4, gaining the team two starting positions in the 40 lap feature race.

"We had a good starting spot for the feature," Craig commented. "I felt pretty good, but we could have been a little better with the car. When the wing pulled away it hurt us but at least it was a better night than last night." Running low on the speedway Dollansky ran solidly in the third position when the front edge of his left side board of the top wing began to pull away from it's brace making the car difficult to manage. Craig had slipped to 5th with less than 10 laps to go when the red flag flew for a flip involving Jonathan Allard and Jac Haudenschild, after Allard lost a wheel. "We fixed the wing on the open red, it was just too late in the race," said crew chief Mike Woodring. The team finished the race respectably in fifth, after the previous night's fiasco of flats.

8/31/08
QUICK STATS : Skagit Speedway
Qualifying:  15th / 11.646
Heat Race: 1st (1)
Dash: 4th (6)
A-Main: 5th (4)

Night 1
A couple positions in qualifying can make all the difference in a night as the Larry Woodward Racing Team found out on Friday night after going out last in time trials. With 42 cars in attendance, Dollansky posted the 17th quickest time with a 16.670 second lap. Just one car past the 16 car invert and a pole starting spot.

In heat race 1 Dollansky finished in the third position behind Kerry Madsen in the #55 and Jason Solwold's 39c. The two would later finish in the top 2 positions in the A-main in the opposite order.

Missing a dash starting spot by one, 'The Crowd Pleaser' would have his work cut out for him starting from the 17th position in the feature race of the night, a 35 lap main event.

A mishap prior to the start of the race involving Craig and Nicholas Engberg sent Dollansky to the work area to fix a flat tire when the two got together after the 4 abreast parade lap. The #4e with front end damage was not able to make the race and an alternate tagged the field in his place.

In a mad march towards the front Craig Dollansky was on a roll from his 17th place starting spot as the green flag dropped. When the first caution flag flew for Daryn Pittman who packed his right rear wheel, Dollansky had already moved up to the 13th position. A second caution came on lap 8 as Craig had cruised into the top ten. "We had a pretty good car and I was able to pass allot of good cars, it just stinks that it was all for nothing," a disappointed driver commented. Moving solidly into 6th, the team saw everything erased after a red flag restart for a crash involving New Zealander Robbie Farr and Washington native Chad Hillier. "When we restarted, I had a punctured tire and we had to fix it and go to the tail." Craig commented, "We're all were pretty disappointed, but what do ya do?"

The team was scored in the 19th position.

8/30/08
QUICK STATS : Skagit Speedway
Qualifying:  17th / 11.670
Heat Race: 3rd (5)
A-Main: 19th (17)  
* Craig drove from his 17th place starting spot to 6th before puncturing a tire and having to go to the work area. He restarted at the tail and finished 19th.

The Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Series made their second Canadian visit over the weekend as they traveled to the Castrol Raceway near Edmonton for the two day 'Oil City Cup'.

"Our team had a decent weekend in Canada," Craig Dollansky commented after their Larry Woodward Race team chalked up a 5th and 7th place finish in the two day event.

Craig and his crew set fast time on both nights at the Castrol Raceway running their Charlie Garrett Racing Engine. On the first night the track was heavy tacky and narrow and on the second it was much drier and slick. "We drew well and our motor was running well," said the Crowd Pleaser. He posted a 13.069 second lap on the first night and a 13.551 on the second. On night one, Donny Schatz was second quick with a 13.172 and night two Terry McCarl had a 13.769 second lap. "It was nice to set quick time on both nights," Dollansky commented. The team gained 10 valuable points in championship chase by being fastest both nights at Edmonton.

In the first of three heat races on both Friday and Saturday, Dollansky's Snap-on Tools #2 started from the 4th position. Each of the nights he finished in the 3rd spot, but made the Crane Cams Dash by posting the quickest times on both Friday and Saturday.

During Friday night's dash Dollansky fell back 2 positions at the start finishing ninth. On Saturday night he held onto the 7th spot and started from there on the final night's A-main.

During Friday night's 35 lap feature race, Dollansky fought his way towards the front picking up four positions to finish 5th in the main event. Saturday night however, was quite a different night where to the average spectator Dollansky was solidly a top ten car, but in reality was fighting to hold on with no power steering. "Something happened on the third lap of the race," Craig said, "I had fluid coming out from the bottom of the gear and felt like I was wrestling a grizzly bear. Some of guys might have pulled in but I decided to stay on the track and try to salvage a good finish. I knew I couldn't race too tight with anyone because I couldn't take evasive action if I needed to. By the last caution flag my arms felt like noodles and I couldn't wait for the checked flag." Rubber laid down on the tracks surface by midway through the race and most drivers got into the groove and road it out till the end. "We were lucky to hang on and finish where we started," said the driver, "We'll take 2 top ten finishes for the team and head on to Skagit and see what we can do there."

8/23/08
QUICK STATS : Castrol Raceway
Qualifying:  1st / 13.017
Heat Race: 3rd (4)
Dash Race: 9th (7)
A-Main: 5th (9)