Mopar-Fueled Saldana Ends Season with World Finals Win, 20th A-Feature Victory
Mopar-powered World of Outlaws Sprint Series driver Joey Saldana made history on Saturday night, Nov. 7, in the finale of the World Finals at The Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C. Saldana became just the fifth driver in the more than 30-year history of the series to win at least 20 A-Feature events in a single season with his World Finals win.
Saldana's victory was his second of the season at the state-of-the-art four-tenths-mile. He joins an illustrious list of drivers to have won 20 or more A-Feature events in a season: 20-time series champion Steve Kinser, three-time titlist Sammy Swindell, two-time champ Mark Kinser and Doug Wolfgang accomplished that feat prior to Saturday night. Including a preliminary feature win during the Gold Cup Race of Champions in September, Saldana finished the year with 21 overall triumphs.
"This is great," said Saldana, driver of the Kasey Kahne Racing Budweiser sprinter. "Not many men have done that and it's a pretty tough feat to accomplish. It means our team is going in the right direction and we know we can do it."
Saldana finished third in the final World of Outlaws Sprint Series standings and led the series in laps led and money earned. He wrapped up the 2009 campaign with 48 Top-10 finishes of which 37 were Top-Five performances.