Danny “The Dude” Lasoski of Dover, MO, ran his first race with the World of Outlaws in 1983 and his last in 2017 – making more than 1,200 starts. In that time span he won four Knoxville Nationals, was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2011 and drove for some of the Series top team owners like Casey Luna, Dennis Roth and Tony Stewart.

He won the Series championship and his second Knoxville Nationals victory in his first year with Tony Stewart’s team in 2001. Along with his Knoxville Nationals wins, Lasoski is an 11-time track champion at the iconic raceway and has the most Feature wins in a 410 Sprint Car there with 112 wins. Daniel won a 360 Sprint Car race at the track in 2018.