Several former champions were on-air as the 2012 season is about to start this week in Florida

BARBERVILLE, Fla. – Feb. 14, 2012 – With the 2012 season beginning this week, several drivers were busy preparing things other than their cars last week.

In preparation for the 41st annual UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment at Volusia Speedway Park – an event that runs today through Feb. 25 with the World of Outlaws sprint cars on center stage Feb. 17-18-19 – a handful of drivers were on various radio and Internet broadcasts.

Twenty-time champion Steve Kinser, as well as two-time and defending champion Jason Meyers, were featured on The Dirt Track Channel podcast on Feb. 7. Click on the link below to listen to their interviews.

http://thedirttrackchannel.com/Webcast.html

Meyers and 1995 World of Outlaws champion Dave Blaney, who will compete all week in Volusia, were on the Feb. 7 episode of MRN’s “Winged Nation.” Click on the link below to hear the show.

http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Media-Center/Audio/Winged-Nation.aspx?id=a5847330777e4ad3923f4c55c55668b1

Meyers was also a guest on the Dirt Cast podcast on Feb. 7. The link below has his interview.

http://www.dirtcast.com/G4Jm/sound-off-jason-meyers-world-of-outlaws-sprint-cars-020712/

Meyers was featured on “Track Talk” on RacinBoys Radio on Feb. 11. Video of that interview is posted at the link below.

Kinser and Tony Stewart Racing teammate Donny Schatz are scheduled to be on “Winged Nation” today. The show is slated to begin at noon Eastern and can be listened by clicking http://www.motorracingnetwork.com.

Tickets for the 41st annual UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit can be ordered online by clicking WorldofOutlaws.com/tickets or by calling 877-395-8606.

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