BURLINGTON, Wash. - The IXL Metal Conditioner NorthWest Wingless Tour officially released its 2010 schedule on Monday, announcing a slate of ten nights of racing, which include nine events for the wingless 360 sprint cars and eight for the midget cars. Five different tracks in Oregon and Washington will host NWWT sanctioned events in 2010.
The NWWT opens it second season of competition on Friday night, April 30th with a dual show (featuring both the sprint cars and midgets) at Willamette Speedway in Lebanon, Ore. This will be the first of three dual shows at the Arnold Family’s 3/10-mile, semi-banked clay oval this year, the others being Friday, July 30th and the season finale on Saturday, October 9th. Willamette Speedway, one of the oldest operating dirt tracks in Oregon, also has the distinction of being the only track on the schedule where the pit area is inside the track itself and fans are able to see the race teams working on their cars during the night.
Kasey Kahne started Sunday's race at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the sixth spot and moved into the lead by Lap 14. The Budweiser Ford dominated the field for much of the event with Kahne leading on eight occasions for a total of 144 laps - the most of any driver in the field. Crew chief Kenny Francis called for minor air pressure and chassis adjustments to the No. 9 Ford Fusion throughout the race to improve the car's handling when track conditions changed as the sun was in and out of the clouds.
