PADUCAH, KY -- Danny Smith out dueled Kelly Kinser, then held off first 
Dale Blaney and later Greg Wilson Friday night to win Paducah International 
Raceway's season opener for the Haulmark All Star sprint car series' silver 
anniversary season. The 30 lap feature paid Smith $5,000 for his 25th career 
All Star win, the first All Star race on the 3/8 mile high banked oval since 
a 1981 Lee Osborne win.

"I lost my good friend and great mechanic Jim Bennett, and to come back 
the first night out with the son turning the wrenches tonight it was pretty 
special," an emotional Smith said in tribute to his late mechanic who 
suffered a heart attack two weeks ago. "The track was smooth, but it wasn't 
a runaway. Once Kelly got by me I changed my line a little bit and got her 
through to the front. When you start on the front row you don't have much 
strategy, just run as hard as you can." Smith also credited new engine 
sponsor Doug Williams Trucking and thanked Alan Kiger of Pence Olds-GMC for 
his support of his self owned Maxim.

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