Joey Saldana
Date of Birth: 04-14-72
Residence: Brownsburg, Ind.
Hometown: Pittsboro, Ind.
Marital Status: Wife, Shannon
Children: Son, Reece
Team: Kasey Kahne Racing
Owners: Kasey Kahne, Mike Curb
Series: World of Outlaws Sprint Series
Sponsor: Mopar®
Car: No. 9 Kasey Kahne Racing World of Outlaws Sprint Car
Crew Chief: Justin Adams
Director of Competition: Willie Kahne
Web Sites: www.moparspeed.com, www.mopar.com, www.joeysaldana.com, www.kkr9.com
2007 TEAM MOPAR STATS
- Posted a career best runner-up finish in the final World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Series standings.
- Earned 12 WoO Sprint Series wins, second highest of the series.
- Scored a win in one of Sprint Car racing’s most hallowed events, the “Gold Cup Race of Champions” at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, Calif., in September.
- Earned 42 top five and 66 top ten finishes.
- Racked up a series-high 11 fast-time awards and also notched three track records along the way
QUICK FACTS
- Finished third in the final 2006 World of Outlaws Sprint Series points standings.
- Grabbed seven World of Outlaws Sprint Series wins, second most on the circuit in 2006.
- Captured a 2006 victory for Kasey Kahne Racing in the prestigious King’s Royal event, with team owner Kahne on hand to witness the win at Ohio’s historic Eldora Speedway. It was Saldana’s second King’s Royal championship.
- Posted 26 top-five and 46 top-ten finishes in ’06.
- Banked more than a quarter of a million dollars in 2006 winnings.
- Nicknamed “The Brownsburg Bullet.”
- Posted a 13th-place finish in the 2005 World of Outlaws Sprint Series final points standings.
- Notched one preliminary event win on the World of Outlaws Sprint Series in 2005.
- Scored two wins in 2003, at The Raceway at Powercom Park and at Lebanon Valley Speedway.
- Has posted 22 career A-main feature wins.
- Wheeled his way to an impressive third-place finish in the final World of Outlaws Sprint Series points standings in 2003, a career best.
- Posted 19 top-five and 45 top-10 finishes in 2003.
- Finished fourth in World of Outlaws Sprint Series in 2002.
- Took home $50,000 first prize in the King’s Royal at Eldora Speedway in 2002.
- Set a series-leading 21 fast times on the World of Outlaws circuit in 2001.
- In 1996, was named World of Outlaws Rookie of the Year.
- In 1995, pocketed his first A-main feature World of Outlaws win, coming at I-96 Speedway in Michigan.
- Saldana’s father, Joe, won the famed Knoxville Nationals in 1970.
