WOO at the Dome?

[SeminoleWind]

I know it was a few years back....didn't someone try and race the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars at the St. Pete Stadium where the Rays play? I'm assuming it was not successful because has not happened again? When and why not?

[Frasson118]

Can't remember the year, but I was there for the first of 2 nights. Karts, Mini Sprints, TBARA 360's and WoO 410's.

It was a debacle right off, when either 6 or 8 NASCAR guys were flown over from Daytona for a special match race between them. They showed up, but the check didn't. They refused to run.

The show itself was pretty good, but I found out later, the Promoter, Paul Morgan, took several months, if not years to pay everyone from night 1. Nobody ever got a dime for night 2.

That was the end of the World of Outlaws at the (then) Suncoast Dome.

[scottgarrity07]

http://www.daararacing.com/2008misce...partthree.html

Cool pic of the track and some action on this link down the page.

[SeminoleWind]

Wow. Good info.

The link shows good pics, appears to be a fairly well constructed track and decent crowd. I guess it made no money as promoter had none to pay. A shame but actually good concept, too bad it did not work.

[Rick Anges]

I was there...

[Gary J]

Me too, Did Kinser and Wolfgang win?

[BVS40FL]

Mini stock race at intermission

A friend of mine from East Bay loaned his mini out to race in an
exhibition race between all the local sportscasters. Andy Hardy , Skip Carter and the others.

[Don Nerone]

I worked the track entrance my x wife linda rick day with danell coller scored the event. Dick wesfall was flaging and Roby Helm on the mike. I left out lots of good people that worked the event.
none of us got paid and didnt care. We were just happy to be part of the great event. The WOO took all the gate money for them and left..

Felt sorry for the promoter for what happened.
It was a great show and i got to have Cooks personal carr towed and that was worth the whole thing...
Roby is still laughing..

Don62

[Bandit II Racing]

Sprints at the Dome

I remember the worst part of this event, you couldn't breath. They had the worst ventilation for an indoor event.

[Rick Anges]

Night #1 Results :

Preliminary Feature Results: 1. Steve Kinser, 2. Sammy Swindell, 3. Bobby Davis, Jr, 4. Keith Kaufmann, 5. Danny Smith, 6. Rick Hood, 7. Kevin Huntley, 8. Johnny Mackison,Jr 9. Danny Lasoski, 10. Kenny Jacobs, 11. Bobby Allen, 12. Brent Kaeding, 13. Lance Dewease, 14. Todd Kane, 15. Stevie Smith, 16. Jack Hewitt, 17. Joe Gaerte, 18. Terry McCarl, 19. Mark Kinser, 20. Aaron Berryhill, 21. Jeff Schrum, 22. Dave Blaney, 23. Tom Basinger, 24. Ed Lynch,Jr

Fastest Qualifier: Steve Beitler, :14.175 seconds

Bar Leak's Heat Race Winner: Mark Kinser

Snap-on Tools Heat Race winner: Bobby Davis,Jr

Other Heat race winners: Sammy Swindell, Steve Kinser

Tums Trophy Dash Winner: Bobby Davis, Jr

B-Feature winner: Tom Basinger

Night #2 Results:

Sprint Car Classic Feature Finish: 1. Sammy Swindell, 2. Bobby Davis,Jr, 3. Steve Kinser, 4. Bobby allen, 5. Keith Kauffman, 6. Ricky Logan, 7. Kevin Huntley, 8. Rick Hood, 9. Jack Hewitt, 10. Jeff Swindell, 11. Kenny Jacobs, 12. Andy Hillenburg, 13. Terry McCarl, 14. Lee Brewer, Jr, 15. Danny Smith, 16. Stevie Smith, 17. Aaron Berryhill, 18. Todd Kane, 19. Robbie Smith, 20. Lance Dewease, 21. Danny Lasoski, 22. Tom Basinger, 23. Jeff Schrum, 24. Dave Blaney

Fastest Qualifier: Bobby Allen :13.693 seconds (new track record)

Heat Race Winners: Tom Basinger, Kenny Jacobs, Stevie Smith

Bar's Leak Dash Winner: Steve Kinser

B-Feature Winner: Jack Hewitt

[Groundpounder]

There were 4 NASCAR drivers, K. Petty, M. Waldrip, Schrader, and another, (I can't remember) other that were to drive the TBARA 360 cars in an exhibition and it's true, they came and went without driving.
The payoff was excruiatingly late and slow the first night...night #2, the drivers were stiffed.
Promoter was Paul Morgan of Tampa...prior to that event a somewhat respected WoO car owner.

[Don Nerone]

There were 4 NASCAR drivers, K. Petty, M. Waldrip, Schrader, and another, (I can't remember) other that were to drive the TBARA 360 cars in an exhibition and it's true, they came and went without driving.
The payoff was excruiatingly late and slow the first night...night #2, the drivers were stiffed.
Promoter was Paul Morgan of Tampa...prior to that event a somewhat respected WoO car owner.

The WWO rivers were paid because they took all the money and the rest of the employes ans cars did not get payed
Dick and i caled Pual and told him how sorry we were for him..He was a great guy and a great race fan that tryed to do a good thing that went bad..

Don62

[Groundpounder]

My undersdtanding is that the WoO drivers were paid at a later date via check...TBARA guys were screwed.

[Frasson118]

How in the hell do the "World of Outlaws take all the money" when Paul Morgan is the one who collected it...???

Don.... thats like saying to the Street Stock and Mini Stock drivers that they can't get paid because the Super Late guys took all the money. The track collects the money, and it gets HANDED out from there, not TAKEN by anyone else. The Outlaw drivers did NOT get paid that first night, but eventually got their money from night 1, several months later. Everyone else got screwed for every other race & division that ran those 2 nights.

You are feeling sorry for the wrong guy. He may have been nice, but he stiffed everyone, and put the blame on the same guys he screwed.

[Groundpounder]

I know TBARA got paid on night one and probably also the WoO...if not, there would have been no night two ...