FREMONT, OH (8-16-10) by KistlerRacing.com Public Relations

The 50th Annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals presented by Lucas Oil came to a thrilling end Saturday night as Aliquippa, Pennsylvania's Tim Shaffer ended the four year reign of Donny Schatz & Tony Stewart Racing with a late race pass to pick up the win. The Aaron Call/Janet Holbrook Motorsports utilized Kistler Engines in their triumph to rocket their J&J Auto Racing Chassis to the win and entered the event as one of the hottest sprint car teams in the nation after 5-straight victories the week prior.

Shaffer would start his week off by claiming quick time on his qualifying night with a lap of 15.372 around the famed half-mile insides the Marion County Fairground. With an invert of eight for the heat race at this prestigious event Shaffer would missed the transfer in his heat race, but qualified for the feature by winning the B-Main. A Top-10 finish in the feature event would give Tim Shaffer a tie for the lead in Nationals Points with Shane Stewart after the first night. Tim would fall to 7th place after Thursday's qualifier and with the cancellation of the Pole Scrambles the Kistler Racing Products/ Kistler Engines backed #83 J&J Auto Racing Chassis Sprint Car would start 7th in the Championship Feature on Saturday.

After falling back a bit during the opening half of the 50-lap final Shaffer would climb himself back into the Top-5 before the 5-minute pit stop at half way. The team made minor changes and mounted fresh Goodyear Racing rubber on the car before returning to action. A duel between Sammy Swindell and Donny Schatz had the crowd of over 23,000 on the edge of their seats, but a blown left rear tire on Swindell's mount with just two laps to go would halt the race with it's final red flag. On the final restart the "Steel City Outlaw" would pick his spot on the white flag lap to power his 410-cubic inch sprint car past Schatz and go on to claim the $150,000 pay day in front of a screaming crowd!

The 2010 Knoxville Nationals triumph would be the fourth win at "The Granddaddy Of Them All" for Paul Kistler & Kistler Engines since starting his engine program in 1993. Prior wins came with Danny Lasoski aboard the #20 Tony Stewart Racing entry in 2001, 2003 and 2004.

Another highlight for Kistler Engines & J&J Auto Racing Chassis at the 50th Annual Knoxville Nationals was picking up the 2010 Rookie of the Nationals Award with Waterford, Connecticut's David Gravel. At the end of the event, the #89 DDR entry would finish in 11th place in Saturday night's B-Main in their first attempt at qualifying for the biggest sprint car race in the world. In all 100 teams attempted to qualify for the final 24-car field for the event's gold anniversary race.

Both Kistler Engines and J&J Racing Chassis components utilized by Tim Shaffer & David Gravel this past week can be found at the shop of Kistler Engines & Kistler Racing Products in Fremont, Ohio. For more information please call 419-355-1843. Visit them online at KistlerRacing.com.

Kistler Engines powers Tim Shaffer to victory lane at the 50th Annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals presented by Lucas Oil!

FREMONT, OH (7-21-10) by KistlerRacing.com Public Relations

In stark contrast of what most competitors of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series do with a rare weekend off, Tony Stewart was found in rural Ohio prepping for one of the biggest events in sprint car racing in the country at his own Eldora Speedway. Even with daily race track operations on the mind the Columbus, Indiana native found time to strap into a pair of sprint cars to take on the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series (410-cubic inch) and the NRA Sprint Invaders (360-cubic inch) over the Kings Royal weekend.

It was in the 360-cubic inch sprint car where Tony shined as he swept the pair of NRA Sprint Invaders feature events, which included a last lap pass for the win on Saturday night. Utilizing Chevy power built by Kistler Engines, Stewart was able to over come starting positions of 3rd and 6th to pick up the wins at the fame 1/2-mile clay oval. Stewart also utilizes Kislter Engines power on the USAC Amsoil Sprint Car National Championship tour with Levi Jones where the TSR team currently leads the championship point standings.

Stewart's chassis of choice for his #14 Old Spice/ Coca-Cola/ Office Depot entry this weekend was Eagle Chassis of Springfield, Illinois. Jerry Russell's first chassis came off the jig in October of 1997 and has been found in victory lane at the Knoxville Nationals 3-times and has helped win numerous series and track championships since.

"I have been a proud partner of Eagle Motorsports since 2001 and they continually exceed expectations on quality and service." said Tony Stewart. "Jerry and his team have a strong commitment toward its customers and providing a chassis that will win races. As a driver and an owner, I couldn't ask for anything more."

Both Kistler Engines and Eagle Chassis components utilized by Tony Stewart Racing this weekend can be found at Kistler Racing Products in Fremont, Ohio. For more information please call 419-355-1843.

FREMONT, OH (1-10-10) by Bryan Autullo - FAST Public Relations

Kistler Engines and Kistler Racing Products, located in Erlin, Ohio (just Northeast of Fremont), opened their doors to the public once again on Saturday as fans, drivers, owners, media, and product representatives were invited to come and enjoy a day of guest speakers, good food, and bench racing.   People poured into the Kistler shop from all around Ohio and Western PA to see first hand what goes on behind the scenes of one of the top engine builders in sprint car racing.

Guest speakers included Brian Kemenah (Kistler Racing Products), Greg Merchinson (Kinsler Fuel Injections), Paul Kistler (Kistler Engines), Bob Williams (All Pro Heads), Garry Bell (FSR Radiators), Danny Lasoski (WoO driver), and represetatives from R2C Racing Filters.  All were on hand for a question and answer session that was educational for the race teams in attendance.  Later in the afternoon, Paul Kistler treated the crowd to a demonstration of the shop’s engine dyno process as the rumble of a Kistler 410 engine could be heard throughout the shop. Breakfast, lunch, and refreshments were served to the large crowd who spent time toruing the facility and discussing the upcoming 2010 season.

The crowd anticipated the results of the raffle where Tim Stover walked away with the grand prize – his choice of a J&J or JEI Chassis.  Duane Zablocki won a set of wings from Wings Unlimited.  Davis Brothers Racing won a complete Direct Mount front end assembly, Tim Cole won a Bell racing suit, and Randy Hammer won a set of Pro Shocks.  Shawn Valenti aslo walked away with a Fuel Safe shell.