Joey Saldana known as the "Brownsburg Bullet", is an American sprint car racing

Sprint car racing

Sprint cars are high-powered race cars designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt or paved tracks. Sprint car racing is popular in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa....

 driver. He is the son of former driver Joe Saldana

Joe Saldana

Joe Saldana , is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1977-1980 seasons, with 31 combined career starts, including the 1978-1979 Indianapolis 500. He finished in the top ten 10 times, with a best finish of 6th position in 1979 at Atlanta...

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Saldana began racing in the World of Outlaws

World of Outlaws

The World of Outlaws is an American motorsports sanctioning body. The body sanctions two major national touring series. It is best known for sanctioning a national tour of sprint cars. It later purchased a national tour of late model stockcars called the World of Outlaws Late Model Series...

 series in 1996. He finished third in points in 2003 and 2006 and second in 2007. He won 20 races in 2009 on his way to third in points for Kasey Kahne

Kasey Kahne

Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a NASCAR driver. He drives the #5 Farmers Insurance Group Chevrolet Impala for Hendrick Motorsports in the Sprint Cup Series....

's race team. He finished fourth in points in 2010 with 13 wins driving for the same team. He was contenting for the 2011 title when he broke his arm, ribs and punctured a lung at the King's Royal race in July caused him to be out for nine weeks.

He has finished second in the Knoxville Nationals

Knoxville Nationals

The Knoxville Nationals is an annual sprint car event held at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa. An Associated Press writer called winning the event "sprint car racing’s premiere title". It is nicknamed "The Granddaddy of Them All."-History:...

three times but has yet to win.

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