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USA Nationals At Cedar Lake Speedway Is More Than Just A Crown-Jewel Dirt Late Model Event

Myriad Pre- And Post-Race Activities Make Aug. 5-7 Weekend A Race Fan’s Paradise

NEW RICHMOND, WI – July 29, 2010 – The 23rd annual USA Nationals presented by United States Steel Corporation at Cedar Lake Speedway is more – much more – than just a crown-jewel dirt Late Model event.

Just take one look at the long list of pre- and post-race activities scheduled throughout the blockbuster $250,000-plus weekend – which runs from Aug. 5-7 and is part of the nationally-renowned World of Outlaws Late Model Series for the first time since 2005 – and it’s clear that fans won’t experience a dull moment.

Even when the best drivers in the country aren’t flying around the three-eighths-mile oval in pursuit of the $50,000 prize that goes to the winner of the USA Nationals, there will be action somewhere on – or near – the grounds of the spic-and-span facility in western Wisconsin.

“The USA Nationals have always been known for being a true event, not just a race,” said Bob Kaufman, who co-owns the high-banked speedway with his brothers Chuck and Steve as well as Brad Both. “Ever since we took over the track 10 years ago we have constantly focused on that tradition and worked to add even more fun, enjoyable fan-oriented activities to the weekend.

“There’s probably a dozen major races around the country and it’s our goal to make the USA Nationals one of the top destination events for fans and racers. We hope the slate of activities we’re offering this year makes the weekend memorable for everyone who attends.”

The list of the ‘Fun Things To Do During The USA Nationals’ includes:

* The sixth annual USA Nationals Golf Scramble on Sat., Aug. 7, at 10:30 a.m. Held at the New Richmond Links Golf Course just a few miles from the track, the nine-hole, four-person blind draw scramble still has openings. The entry fee is $5 per person and greens fees are only $13. Anyone interested in participating in the event, which includes cash and door prizes, should e-mail temerson@frontiernet.net for more information.

* A Ladder Ball competition on Fri., Aug. 6, at 12 noon in the track’s wooded camping area. Similar in many ways to horseshoes, Ladder Ball is played with ‘bolas’ (two golf balls attached by a nylon rope) that players toss in an attempt to wrap them around the steps of a ladder. Part of the USA Nationals festivities for the second time, the tournament is open to everyone and offers prizes.

* Tubing on the famous Apple River, a relaxing outdoor activity that has become a popular added side-trip for many USA Nationals attendees. On both Fri., Aug. 6, and Sat., Aug. 7, buses leave Cedar Lake Speedway between 11 a.m. and 12 noon and drop off fans and race team members at the nearby Float-Rite park, where they pick up an inner tube (included in the $10 excursion price) to enjoy a ride down the river with thousands of other revelers. The buses return everyone to the track before the start of hot laps each night.

* The FansFund Luncheon, an exclusive meet-and-greet on Saturday afternoon in the track’s restaurant for the fans who donated money to the unique program that provides travel money to a select group of USA Nationals participants. All the drivers who come to the USA Nationals thanks to the FansFund will be at the luncheon.

* A driver autograph session and Q&A on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. All drivers with merchandise trailers, WoO LMS stars and other standout racers from the across the country will spend time in Souvenir Alley visiting with fans before the start of the final night of the USA Nationals.

* Go-kart racing on a temporary track set up in the facility’s paved backstretch parking lot. Priced at just $5 per ride, the small-car action will be hot-and-heavy all three days of the USA Nationals.

* The USA Nationals ‘Party in the Pits,’ which serves as the centerpiece of the event’s famed post-race nightlife. A band set up underneath the Big White Tent in the pit area will rock the house after the final checkered flag falls on both Thurs., Aug. 5, and Fri., Aug. 6, giving competitors and fans a chance to mingle and throw back some drinks.

* The USA Nationals pre-race pageantry, which features a stirring introduction of the 26 drivers who will start the 100-lap finale on Saturday night. Each starter will blast onto the racetrack through a cloud of smoke and fireworks will fill the air as the field prepares for the green flag.

Tickets are still available but dwindling fast for the USA Nationals, which kicks off on Thurs., Aug. 5, with a $5,000-to-win dirt Late Model event sanctioned by DIRTcar Racing’s UMP circuit. Friday’s program includes time trials, heat races and a dash for the USA Nationals, and B-Mains and the 100-lap, $50,000-to-win headliner top the docket on Saturday evening.

Cedar Lake’s weekly NASCAR Late Models will also contest full shows on both Friday and Saturday nights.

The USA Nationals field will include such talents as former WoO LMS champions Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., and Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., past USA Nationals winners Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., and WoO LMS regular Rick Eckert of York, Pa., and a host of other national, regional and local standouts.

Hot laps are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and on-track action at 6:30 p.m. each day.

Advanced tickets for the USA Nationals are available by calling 612-363-0479 or by visiting www.cedarlakespeedway.com. Regular camping is sold out, but additional spots have been added and can be purchased by calling the office number.

Fans who can’t make the trip to Cedar Lake can still catch all the action through a live pay-per-view broadcast of the event over the web produced by DirtonDirt.com. Log on to www.dirtondirt.com for details.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Deluge Of Rain After Time Trials Postpones Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek Stop At Sharon Speedway To Thursday Night (July 29)

HARTFORD, OH - July 28, 2010 - Rain deluged Sharon Speedway after time trials, forcing the postponement of Wednesday night’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek’ program.

Track and WoO LMS officials rescheduled the three-eighths-mile oval’s seventh annual tour event to Thursday night (July 29). The racing action will start from scratch with a new set of Ohlins Shocks Time Trials, and all rainchecks will be accepted for admission.

Rain began falling moments after the event’s 34-car qualifying session was completed and soon intensified, swamping the racetrack and infield in short order. With more heavy storms threatening, the decision to push the action to Thursday night was made less than an hour later.

Donnie Moran of Dresden, Ohio, set fast time with a lap of 16.052 seconds, but his effort was wiped off the books by the postponement. WoO LMS rules stipulate that a new program will be contested if an event is rescheduled before heat races are run.

The postponement was a godsend for the WoO LMS regulars. Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., was the lone Outlaw to time among the top 10, qualifying ninth-fastest.

Thursday’s card will follow the same schedule as was planned on Wednesday. Gates will open at 3 p.m., with hot laps set to get the green flag at 6:30 p.m. and time trials at 7 p.m. The FastTrack Touring crate Late Model division will also be part of the evening’s action.

Fans unable to attend on Wednesday are invited to join the crowd on Thursday night. General admission is $27, with kids ages 9-13 admitted for $12 and those 8-and-under free of charge. Pit passes are $38.

Additional information is available by logging on to www.sharonspeedway.com.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 99-Donnie Moran/Dresden, OH 16.052
2. won11-Robbie Blair/Titusville, PA 16.203
3. 22s-Gregg Satterlee/Rochester Mills, PA 16.259
4. 46-Doug Horton/Bruceton Mills, WV 16.308
5. 7-Matt Miller/Waterville, OH 16.398
6. 32-Jim Rasey/Warren, OH 16.408
7. 1J-Davey Johnson/Latrobe, PA 16.419
8. 99B-Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs/Bear Lake, PA 16.483
9. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 16.485
10. 9K-Mike Knight/Ripley, NY 16.497
11. 07R-Brent Rhebergen/Clymer, NY 16.508
12. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 16.558
13. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 16.592
14. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 16.600
15. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 16.603
16. 1-John Lobb/Frewsburg, NY 16.608
17. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 16.651
18. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 16.655
19. 44H-Dave Hess Jr./Waterford, PA 16.656
20. 56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH 16.681
21. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 16.684
22. 8-Craig Vosbergen/Perth, Australia 16.768
23. 25-Shane Clanton/Fayetteville, GA 16.781
24. 14B-Dick Barton/Ashville, NY 16.793
25. 19H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 16.799
26. B22-Bump Hedman/Sugar Grove, PA 16.830
27. 17L-Dennis Lunger/Cherry Hill, PA 16.988
28. 1L-Dane Laraway/Irwin, PA 17.016
29. 16*-Dereck Frank/Jamestown, NY 17.031
30. 3-Brent Robinson/Smithfield, VA 17.238
31. 22-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 17.343
32. 67-Charles Supplee/Rock Creek, OH 17.648
33. 38R-Corey Ruffo/Mercer, PA 17.835 (DQ)

FOLLOW THE ACTION ON TWITTER: Fans can now keep up-to-date with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series online and through text messages on cell phones via Twitter, the internet’s fast-growing social-networking and micro-blogging website. Updates are provided to Twitter ‘followers’ of the WoO LMS throughout each race night, and fans also receive breaking news and interesting notes from the tour.

To sign-up as a WoO LMS ‘follower’ on Twitter to receive updates anywhere at anytime, visit http://twitter.com/WoOLateModels.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, they can experience the excitement of the nation’s premier tour live on DIRTvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the free audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail customerservice@dirtvision.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Chub Frank Shoots For Another Turnaround Victory At Muskingum County Speedway This Saturday Night (July 31)

ZANESVILLE, OH - July 28, 2010 - Can lightning strike twice for Chub Frank at Muskingum County Speedway?

That’s what the veteran driver from Bear Lake, Pa., will be hoping for this Saturday night (July 31) when the World of Outlaws Late Model Series returns to Ronnie Moran’s three-eighths-mile oval in central Ohio.

Frank, 48, was the winner – a very happy and relieved winner – of last year’s WoO LMS stop at the semi-banked track. He snapped a frustrating 15-month, 62-race winless streak with the victory, which also marked his first-ever triumph in more than a decade of special-event appearances at Muskingum County.

“We needed that win (at MCR) last year more than anybody can believe,” said Frank, fondly recalling the track’s 2009 WoO LMS event that was run on Aug. 20 after being postponed one month by rain. “We were really struggling, and when you struggle your confidence gets down and you just keep falling behind. You need wins to make everybody feel better and put some money in the bank account, which we definitely needed last year – and still need right now.”

Indeed, Frank rolls back to Muskingum County in search of another slump-busting score in the $10,000-to-win ‘Pepsi 50.’ He won the WoO LMS ‘Buckeye 100’ at Ohio’s K-C Raceway that immediately followed last year’s event at MCR but hasn’t reached Victory Lane since, saddling him with a losing streak that reached 37 races after he finished seventh in the opening night of Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek on Tuesday (July 27) at Central PA Speedway in Clearfield, Pa.

Frank hit paydirt in last year’s WoO LMS show at Muskingum after going back to basics by ‘borrowing’ a 2005-vintage Rocket chassis from western Pennsylvania racer Chad Valone and assembling it with his own parts. He’s not exactly duplicating that plan of attack this year, but he has brought out a new car – well, a car new to him – for Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek in hopes of shaking him out of his doldrums. Frank recently purchased a 2009 Rocket chassis from Pennsylvanian Bob Close that was driven successfully last season by young talent Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, Pa., and plans to enter it in all of this week’s Outlaw events.

“When I found out Close didn’t want (the car) I said, ‘I’ll take it,’” said Frank, who assumed ownership of Valone’s ’05 machine after his win outburst last year and just sold it this month to an upstate New York crate Late Model racer. “I knew it was a good car – Satterlee won a lot of races and ran good in some Outlaw shows with it – so I figured we’d put it together and try it.”

Frank won a weekly dirt Late Model feature on July 23 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., in his first start with the former Satterlee mount, and on Tuesday night at Central PA he started from the pole position and led the first five laps of the 40-lap A-Main before fading. He thinks he has a potential winner under him, but the hard-nosed owner-operator knows he also needs some breaks to go his way like in his big Muskingum County moment 11 months ago.

“The car was good last year (at MCR) and we did everything right to get in position to win – we drew the right time-trial number, qualified good and redrew the outside pole for the feature,” said Frank. “But my tires were probably a factor in how we ran – and really, we picked them by mistake. We didn’t have the tires we wanted to run ready, so we put a different tire on than everybody else. We were softer (on compound choice) and it made a big difference.

“It just goes to show you that everything’s got to go your way to win these things.”

Frank controlled last year’s 40-lap A-Main at MCR, a track that had always proved problematic for him. He concedes that he didn’t sign in that evening with an especially good feeling that his fortunes were about to turn around.

“I’ve never really run all that good at Muskingum, so when we won it was kind of a surprise,” said Frank, who through 29 WoO LMS events this season was ranked ninth in the points standings with four top-five and 14 top-10 finishes. “I don’t dislike Muskingum; I ran there quite a bit with the STARS (Renegade) Series for a bunch of years, and it’s always been a pretty racy place. But it’s just been one of those tracks that we couldn’t get a handle on – until last year.

“I’m just hoping we can run the same way there (this Saturday night) and get on the same kind of roll again.”

Frank is part of the powerful traveling WoO LMS band that will invade Muskingum for the third consecutive season. He’ll be joined by former champions Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., who won the tour’s 2008 event at MCR, Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., and Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., as well as Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., Rick Eckert of York, Pa., Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio, rookie sensation Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va., and rookie Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Muskingum’s talented field is also expected to include the track owner’s son and grandson – dirt Late Model superstar Donnie Moran of Dresden, Ohio, and his 15-year-old son Devin, who was victorious recently at the oval. Others with plans to compete include Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs of Bear Lake, Pa., Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, Pa., Bart Hartman of Zanesville, Ohio, Robbie Blair of Titusville, Pa., Doug Drown of Wooster, Ohio, and Doug Dodd of Cambridge, Ohio.

Saturday’s program will see pit gates open at 2 p.m. and the spectator gates unlocked at 4 p.m. Racing is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

General admission is $25, with kids 6-11 admitted for $5 and children 5-and-under free of charge. Reserved seats are available in the top two rows of the grandstand for an additional $5, and pit passes will be $40.

Further information is available by logging on to www.themuskingumcountyspeedway.com or calling 740-403-6298.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Bridesmaid No More: Lanigan Opens Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek With Victory At Central PA Speedway

CLEARFIELD, PA - July 27, 2010 - Don’t call Darrell Lanigan the ‘Bluegrass Bridesmaid’ any longer.

Snapping his unprecedented streak of four consecutive runner-up finishes on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, Lanigan kicked off the national tour’s Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek on Tuesday night with a victory in the ‘Fear The Bear 40’ at Central PA Speedway.

Lanigan, 40, of Union, Ky., advanced from the third starting spot to take the lead from Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., on lap six and never looked back. Racing in front of a standing-room-only crowd that turned out for the first-ever WoO LMS event at Tim Bainey Sr.’s four-tenths-mile oval, the 2008 tour champion survived four caution flags and an early threat from Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., to register his long-awaited second series win of 2010.

Clanton settled for second place in his RSD Enterprises Rocket car, a distant 2.308 seconds behind Lanigan’s GottaRace.com Rocket at the finish. Fifth-starter Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., was several car lengths farther back in third at the checkered flag in his Valvoline Rocket, Rick Eckert of York, Pa., placed fourth after running as high as second in his Team Zero by Bloomquist mount and defending WoO LMS champion and current points leader Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., completed the top five with a steady-but-quiet run in his Seubert Calf Ranches Rocket.

“It feels great to get that second-place jinx off us,” said Lanigan, who finished second in all four A-Mains contested during the recent ‘Wild West Tour.’ “Our car’s been good, but we just needed a little luck. Maybe things changed a little bit for the better tonight.”

Lanigan earned $8,600 for his 14th career WoO LMS victory and first since March 19 at Ocala (Fla.) Speedway. He scored nine runner-up finishes between his two wins this season, including six in the 10 races prior to Tuesday’s stop at Central PA.

Lanigan’s post-race prizes also included one of the track’s trademark three-foot-tall wooden ‘Big Bear’ carvings and a fresh six-pound cheeseburger from Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub, the local restaurant that has earned national attention for its menu featuring out-sized burgers.

Now a winner of two A-Mains in each WoO LMS campaign since 2004, Lanigan felt very comfortable circling Central PA Speedway for the first time in his career.

“This track kind of fit our program pretty good – big track with sweeping, wide corners,” Lanigan said of Central PA, which operated with a paved surface for 20 years until being covered by dirt prior to the 2006 season. “The setup we’ve been running lately works good on a place like this. I could just run through the middle without a problem.”

Lanigan was only briefly challenged by Clanton, who needed just six laps to hustle from the ninth starting spot to second. He vaulted from fifth to second in a single lap following a lap-six restart and nearly ran into the rear bumper of Lanigan’s car when he charged hard off the outside of turn four on lap 13, but that was as close as he got to the lead.

Clanton, 34, lost second to Eckert on a lap-15 restart. He regained the position on lap 21 and stayed there to the finish, but he couldn’t summon the speed to compete with Lanigan.

“He went a little harder on right-rear tire than I did,” Clanton said of Lanigan. “I knew where we were starting we had to go at the beginning. I thought I could get (past Lanigan) and then just ride, but I didn’t – and then at the end I just had to ride behind him.”

Lanigan’s victory moved him within 36 points of Richards in the WoO LMS points standings after 29 of a scheduled 47 events. Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., was left 26 points behind Richards in second after settling for a ninth-place finish.

Rookie Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., finished sixth, slipping forward from the 11th starting spot. Frank faded to a seventh-place finish after starting on the pole and leading laps 1-5, while his cousin, Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs, also of Bear Lake, Pa., was eighth to earn the $500 ‘Bonus Bucks’ cash for being the highest-finishing driver who has never won a WoO LMS A-Main and wasn’t among the top 12 in the points standings. McCreadie moved up just one spot to finish ninth and 17th-starter Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., rounded out the top 10.

There were no serious incidents during the race. Cautions were caused by Todd Snook of Mifflin, Pa., who slid off the track on lap six; D.J. Myers of Greencastle, Pa., who stopped in turn two on lap 15; and Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, Pa., who lost a wheel on laps 20 and 34.

Richards was quickest in Ohlins Shocks Time Trials, earning his series-leading fourth fast-time honor of 2010 with a lap of 16.242 seconds.

Heat winners were Richards, Lanigan, Mike Knight of Ripley, N.Y., and Eckert, and the B-Mains were captured by Clint Smith and Satterlee.

The WoO LMS Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek continues on Wednesday night (July 28) at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio. After an off-day on Thursday, the swing visits Attica (Ohio) Raceway Park on Fri., July 30; Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville, Ohio, on Sat., July 31; and Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa., on Sun., Aug. 1.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘Fear The Bear 40’ (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (3) Darrell Lanigan/40 $8,600
2. (9) Shane Clanton/40 $4,575
3. (5) Steve Francis/40 $3,300
4. (2) Rick Eckert/40 $2,800
5. (4) Josh Richards/40 $2,650
6. (11) Austin Hubbard/40 $2,350
7. (1) Chub Frank/40 $1,900
8. (7) Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs/40 $1,800
9. (10) Tim McCreadie/40 $1,800
10. (17) Clint Smith/40 $1,600
11. (14) Robbie Blair/40 $1,000
12. (13) Tim Fuller/40 $1,400
13. (6) Mike Knight/40 $850
14. (12) Russell King/40 $1,300
15. (15) Greg Oakes/40 $750
16. (19) Dylan Yoder/40 $750
17. (22) Brent Robinson/39 $1,160
18. (23) Chris Farrell/39 $640
19. (20) Chris Casner/39 $620
20. (18) Gregg Satterlee/32 $610
21. (8) D.J. Myers/14 $600
22. (21) Todd Snook/5 $600
23. (24) Bump Hedman/1 $600
24. (16) Billy Dickson/1 $625

* Earnings include Winners Circle program and cash contingency award bonuses

Time of Race: 22 Mins., 52.806 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 2.308 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 4 (Laps 6, 15, 20, 34)
Lap Leaders: Frank (1-5); Lanigan (6-40)
Provisional Starters: Chris Farrell, Hedman
Rookie of the Race: Hubbard ($250)
WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Briggs ($500)

Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 1- Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 16.242
2. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 16.334
3. 9K-Mike Knight/Ripley, NY 16.529
4. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 16.547
5. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 16.563
6. 99B-Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs/Bear Lake, PA 16.605
7. 19H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 16.649
8. 70J-D.J. Myers/Greencastle, PA 16.684
9. 25-Shane Clanton/Fayetteville, GA 16.737
10. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 16.796
11. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 16.867
12. 56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH 17.015
13. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 17.144
14. won11-Robbie Blair/Titusville, PA 17.244
15. 22-Gregg Satterlee/Rochester Mills, PA 17.301
16. 32-Billy Dickson/W. Decatur, PA 17.307
17. 32Y-Dylan Yoder/Selinsgrove, PA 17.320
18. 53-Chris Farrell/Clearfield, PA 17.436
19. 3-Brent Robinson/Smithfield, VA 17.514
20. B22-Bump Hedman/Sugar Grove, PA 17.548
21. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 17.591
22. 23-Todd Snook/Mifflin, PA 17.631
23. 22G-Greg Oakes/Franklinville, NY 17.782
24. c33-Chris Casner/Mifflintown, PA 17.784
25. 1L-Dane Laraway/Irwin, PA 17.836
26. 55-Denny Fenton/Clearfield, PA 17.975
27. 53R-Ray Farrell/Clearfield, PA 18.038
28. 773-Mike Evock/Hope Mills, NC 18.056
29. 82G-Ted Gallaher/Irvona, PA 18.535
30. 27-Bobby Stokes/Milton, PA 18.665
31. 55B-Jeramey Ohl/Jersey Shore, PA 18.947
32. 11-Greg Kent/Morrisdale, PA 19.126
33. 12-Doug Drown/Wooster, OH N/T
34. 8-Craig Vosbergen/Perth, Australia DQ

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Richards, Francis, Clanton, Fuller, C. Smith, Yoder, Gallaher, Laraway (DNS) Drown

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Lanigan, Briggs, McCreadie, Blair, C. Farrell, Snook, Stokes, Vosbergen, Fenton

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Knight, Frank, Hubbard, Oakes, Satterlee, Ohl, R. Farrell, Robinson

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Eckert, Myers, King, Dickson, Hedman, Casner, Evock, Kent

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): C. Smith, Yoder, Snook, Laraway, Stokes, Fenton, Vosbergen, Gallaher, C. Farrell (DNS) Drown

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Satterlee, Casner, Robinson, Ohl, R. Farrell, Kent, Hedman, Evock

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sports Shirts ($50 product certificate): Ted Gallaher/Ray Farrell
Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main w/decal): Gregg Satterlee
Eibach Springs (one free spring): Dylan Yoder/Chris Casner
MSD Ignition ($75 cash award): Shane Clanton
MSD Ignition ($25 cash award): Billy Dickson
Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash award to fastest qualifier w/decal): Josh Richards
Pink Carburetors ($100 product certificate): Rick Eckert
Pink Carburetors ($50 product certificate): Dylan Yoder
Quartermaster ($100 product certificate): Shane Clanton
Quartermaster ($50 product certificate): Tim McCreadie
Quartermaster ($25 product certificate): Greg Oakes
R2C Performance ($100 certificate): Shane Clanton
STP ($50 cash award): Dylan Yoder
VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (two five-gallon plastic fuel jugs to fastest qualifier who does not make the A-Main if decal is displayed): Ray Farrell
Wrisco Aluminum (three sheets of aluminum to A-Main winner w/decal): Shane Clanton

2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of July 27 – 29 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/wins/top-5s/top-10s/earnings/points/deficit to leader):

1. Josh Richards 3872
2. Tim McCreadie 3846 (-26)
3. Darrell Lanigan 3836 (-36)
4. Steve Francis 3760 (-112)
5. Austin Hubbard 3676 (-196)
6. Shane Clanton 3666 (-206)
7. Rick Eckert 3616 (-256)
8. Tim Fuller 3594 (-278)
9. Chub Frank 3538 (-334)
10. Clint Smith 3446 (-426)
11. Russell King 3260 (-612)
12. Brent Robinson 2912 (-960)
13. Brady Smith 2786 (-1086)
14. Jill George 2126 (-1746)
15. Brian Birkhofer 1566 (-2306)

FOLLOW THE ACTION ON TWITTER: Fans can now keep up-to-date with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series online and through text messages on cell phones via the Twitter, the internet’s fast-growing social-networking and micro-blogging website. Updates are provided to Twitter ‘followers’ of the WoO LMS throughout each race night, and fans also receive breaking news and interesting notes from the tour.

To sign-up as a WoO LMS ‘follower’ on Twitter to receive updates anywhere at anytime, visit http://twitter.com/WoOLateModels.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, they can experience the excitement of the nation’s premier tour live on DIRTvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the free audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail customerservice@dirtvision.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark & Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Ohio’s Drown Dreams Of Upset Victory In World of Outlaws Late Model Series Event Friday (July 30) At Attica Raceway Park

ATTICA, OH - July 27, 2010 - Doug Drown has a pretty good idea how he would feel if he were able to pull off an upset victory this Friday night (July 30) in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Attica Raceway Park.

“I would probably be speechless,” said the 28-year-old driver from Wooster, Ohio. “Winning a World of Outlaws race would put us in a different group of regional racers. It would be unreal.”

Drown, of course, also happens to have a pretty good idea of how difficult it is to reach the finish line first in a WoO LMS A-Main. A driver has absolutely no room for error – a fact he learned first-hand when the national tour visited the one-third-mile Attica oval last year.

The talented young Buckeye State racer had an impressive night going during the 2009 program, qualifying second-fastest in time trials and finishing second in his heat to earn a berth in the feature redraw. But a critical mistake cost him dearly: he reported late to the A-Main lineup, forcing officials to demote him from the eighth starting spot to the rear of the field. His promising evening ended with a 23rd-place finish after he retired on lap 10 of the 50-lapper.

“That was real disappointing,” recalled Drown. “I was in the car and ready to go in the pits, but my guys had the car jacked up to change all four tires at the last minute and we ended up being late (to staging). In the end, it was the wrong decision too – we were too hard (with tire compound) and were absolutely horrible, and I just pulled off.

“If we had just left on (the tires) we were originally going to run, I think we could’ve at least run top-five. What we had on originally was what most of the top guys had on.”

Drown is hoping to avoid such hiccups in Friday’s WoO LMS show, which is topped by a 50-lap A-Main paying $10,000 to win. He enters the action confident that he can be a contender, having already won two weekly DIRTcar-sanctioned features this season at Attica and run well in his recent travels to WoO LMS and DIRTcar Summer Nationals shows.

“We’ve had a pretty good year – better than I ever expected it to be actually,” said Drown, who campaigns family-owned equipment. “We struggled a lot last year, so I didn’t come into this season with any expectations. But we’ve been running good almost everywhere we go and I’m looking forward to racing with the Outlaws.”

Drown is carving out a successful 2010 season with a relatively bare-bones effort. He has just a single ’09 Bernheisel Lazer Chassis and one engine at his disposal – and he hurt his Malcuit 430 cubic inch Ford powerplant in last month’s Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., forcing him to borrow motors to keep racing until he gets his repaired piece back. Fellow racer D.J. Myers loaned him an engine to use during his recent two-week excursion on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals trail and he’s secured a 415 Ford motor from builder Brad Malcuit for this week’s WoO LMS Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek events.

“A lot of people think we have more (equipment) than we do,” said Drown, who also plans to enter Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek shows on July 27 at Central PA Speedway in Clearfield, Pa., July 28 at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio, and July 31 at Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville, Ohio (where he’s won in the past). “We don’t have a lot, so we gotta take care of what we have to make it last.”

Drown does a pretty good job of that – and he has to since he’s effectively a fulltime race car driver this year. Back home living with his parents after a recent divorce and just 11 months removed from the fire that destroyed the Wooster restaurant he had been operating, Drown has demonstrated a renewed concentration on racing.

“I decided to take a couple years and focus on the goal of doing this racing deal fulltime,” said Drown, who is still waiting for help from his insurance company to rebuild his Country Harvest Restaurant. “If we can get some more support next year we’d like to branch out and run a series regularly.”

Drown’s best opportunity to attract some major attention for his future endeavors is with Friday’s WoO LMS event at Attica, a track that’s rapidly become one of his favorites. His first start there came in May 2008 when the facility hosted the full-fender Outlaws for the first time and Drown recorded a career-best WoO LMS finish of sixth.

“I kind of fell in love with the place that night,” said Drown, whose top WoO LMS finish in five A-Main starts this year is a ninth in both of last month’s Firecracker 100 preliminary features at Lernerville. “It’s a great track for drivers and for fans. There’s usually a couple grooves, so you can start at the tail of a heat and still get up to the front.”

Drown will lead the army of regional and local racers against a star-studded field of Outlaws at Attica, including former WoO LMS champions Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., who won the tour’s 2008 A-Main at Attica, Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., and Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky.

The traveling WoO LMS roster also includes Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., Rick Eckert of York, Pa., Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio, rookie sensation Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va., and rookie Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Friday program, which also includes a $3,000-to-win feature for Attica’s weekly 410 Sprint Car division, is scheduled begin with hot laps shortly after 6 p.m. Gates are set to open at 4 p.m. and race time is 7:45 p.m.

Adult general admission is $30, ages 11-15 are $15 and kids 10-and-under will be admitted free of charge. Pit passes are $35.

Additional information on Attica Raceway Park can be obtained by logging on to www.atticaracewaypark.com or calling 419-680-5606.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Tony Stewart Racing’s Schatz, Kinser Surge in LaCrosse Extreme Tough Challenge

World of Outlaws Late Model Stars Francis & Hubbard To Appear At Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub In Clearfield, Pa., From 11-1 On Tuesday (July 27)

Drivers Will Sample Eatery’s World Famous Giant Hamburgers Before Central PA Speedway’s First-Ever WoO LMS Event On Tuesday Night

CLEARFIELD, PA – July 26, 2010 – Former World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion Steve Francis and rookie sensation Austin Hubbard will appear with their race cars this Tuesday (July 27) from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the famed Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, Pa.

Nationally known as the home of the ‘World’s Largest Hamburger Challenges,’ Denny’s will host the touring superstars in advance of Tuesday night’s first-ever WoO LMS event at Central PA Speedway. The four-tenths-mile oval, which is presenting a 40-lap A-Main paying $8,000 to win, is located just six miles from the popular restaurant.

Francis and Hubbard will display their cars outside the eatery, sign autographs for fans who stop by and, of course, sample the huge burgers that have brought Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub so much attention.

Francis, 42, of Ashland, Ky., won the WoO LMS title in 2007 and has captured more series A-Mains than any other driver since 2004. Seaford, Del.’s Hubbard is one of the country’s hottest young dirt Late Model talents, an 18-year-old who has already won twice this season in his first tour as an Outlaw regular driving the Dale Beitler-owned No. 19 that Francis campaigned in 2008-2009.

Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub has been a Clearfield staple since 1977, but in the late ‘90s it exploded into the national consciousness when owner Denny Liegey began making giant hamburgers and selling them with a dare: “If you can eat it, we’ll pay for it.” The bread-and-meat monstrosities – two-pounders, three-pounders, six-pounders, 15-pounders, even 25- and 50-pounders for special events – led television crews and, not surprisingly, more customers to find Denny’s rural location.

The restaurant, which features one wall with Polaroid photos of the hearty soles who have attempted to eat over-sized burgers, has been featured in segments on the Food Network, the Travel Channel, Good Morning America, the Today show, David Letterman's Top 10 List, the Tony Danza Show and Country Fried Home Videos on the Country Music Channel.

Fans headed for Central PA Speedway’s inaugural WoO LMS event on Tues., July 27, are invited to visit with Francis and Hubbard and have lunch at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub, which is located at 1452 Woodland Rd. in Clearfield, Pa.

Additional info on Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub is available by logging on to www.dennysbeerbarrelpub.com. Details on the WoO LMS can be obtained by visiting www.thebigtrack.com.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Russell King Makes Home Track Stop At Sharon Speedway On Wednesday Night (July 28)

2009 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Rookie of the Year Looks To Shake Sophomore Struggles In Tour’s Annual Visit To Ohio Oval

HARTFORD, OH – July 25, 2010 – In a perfect world, Russell King would enter the seventh annual World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Sharon Speedway this Wednesday night (July 28) brimming with the confidence of a young driver enjoying a breakout season.

But as King, 21, of Bristolville, Ohio, knows all too well, the learning curve in professional dirt Late Model racing is a steep one. So it is that the 2009 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year will head out on his home track’s three-eighths-mile surface for Wednesday night’s 50-lap, $10,000-to-win Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek show hoping that some familiar surroundings will help him shake his sophomore struggles on the national tour.

“After you do the whole World of Outlaws schedule for a season you naturally think it’s going to get easier,” said King, the scion of a family with a rich dirt-track racing history in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. “But the reality is that it just gets harder. Just because you have a year of experience doesn’t mean a thing.”

King’s second year as a regular on the grueling WoO LMS, which in 2010 is scheduled to contest 47 races at 40 tracks in 19 states and two Canadian provinces, has been a humbling test of his personal mettle. After making a giant leap in ’09 to follow the series with his family-owned team – a DIRTcar big-block Modified competitor since the age of 15, he had less than two-dozen dirt Late Model starts under his belt when he became an Outlaw traveler – he registered eight top-10 finishes en route to the rookie title and a 10th-place finish in the points standings. King was expecting improved results this season; instead, he’s experienced nothing but frustration, managing just two top-10 finishes while using 14 provisional spots to start A-Mains through 28 events.

A burly, hard-nosed competitor who wears his emotions on his sleeve, King got off to an extremely disappointing start this season – he relied on a provisional to gain entry in 11 of the first 16 A-Mains, including the first four – that sunk his morale.

“It’s been real tough to keep my mood and confidence up with the way we’ve been running,” said King, whose top finish of 2010 is a 10th on May 13 at Delaware International Speedway and June 15 at Can-Am Motorsports Park in Lafargeville, N.Y. “Every day this is what I do. I don’t drive trucks or pour concrete (for his family’s business). I work on race cars – my cars, and the (big-block) Modifieds that my father (Rex Sr.) and brother (Rex Jr., aka ‘Cooter’) run – so when we’re running bad it’s all I think about. I don’t even get that mental break of doing something else during the day to take my mind off it all.

“I’m lucky enough to be able to do this fulltime, but you can get yourself in a bad circle when you’re young and you’re struggling like we’ve been. You run bad and all week you’re in a bad mood and hate yourself, and then you think, ‘I’ve got to get in the shop to get better,’ so you work even harder and when you still don’t get the results it makes you feel even worse.

“It takes a lot to get out of the rut,” he added. “You can really beat yourself up, so I’ve tried to listen to what veteran guys like Chub (Frank) tell me. He’s been in it long enough and says, ‘Don’t let yourself get down too much or over-think the situation. Just keep working and one day it’ll just turn around. Something will go your way.’”

King has seen an uptick in his performance recently, qualifying five times through a heat and once through a B-Main (which he won) in the six WoO LMS events run so far in July. He recorded consecutive 11th-place finishes at Wartburg (Tenn.) Speedway, Tazewell (Tenn.) Speedway and Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., and during the four-race ‘Wild West Tour’ he turned heads with season-best time-trial efforts of fourth at Deer Creek and second at Dakota State Fair Speedway in Huron, S.D., where he also nearly won the first heat race of his WoO LMS career.

“It’s better lately – at least I don’t want to hang myself,” cracked King, who recently obtained the services of former Chub Frank and Clint Smith mechanic Brad Baum to enhance his existing crew that includes fulltimer Craig (‘Snowman’) McCrimmon and loyal volunteer Bobby Bachman. “We decided to just stick with our blue front-end (Rocket) car and get on the same page with more guys and we’ve had some better results.

“But even though we’ve qualified better, we’re not running good for 50 laps. We’ve run in the top 10 for most of the race a few times, but we’re falling apart at the end and finishing 11th or worse. We have to figure out how to maintain until the end.”

King would certainly like to put together his best outing of the season on Wednesday at Sharon, the top-notch facility co-owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup veteran and former WoO Sprint Car Series champion Dave Blaney. He brings in a little momentum after authoring several solid runs during his mid-summer break from the WoO LMS, including 10th-place DIRTcar Summer Nationals finishes on July 16 at Attica (Ohio) Raceway Park and July 17 at Oakshade Raceway in Wauseon, Ohio, and a fifth-place performance in a weekly show on July 18 at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa.

With his shop less than a 20-minute drive from Sharon, King will have the support of a large group of family and friends. He’s hoping to give them a good show at the track where he won his first big-block Modified feature in 2005.

“I’m excited about it,” said King, whose previous WoO LMS finishes at Sharon are 14th (2009) and 21st (2008). “We were sixth-quick at an All-Star (Late Model Series) show there last month (he didn’t start the feature due to mechanical trouble) and tested there after that, so I feel like we have a general idea about what we need to do. I don’t have to worry about figuring out how to get around the track.

“I’m not saying we’re gonna be an upset winner, but I would like to finish top-five at my home track.”

King will face an all-star cast of characters at Sharon, one of three tracks to host a WoO LMS event every year since the tour’s reincarnation in 2004 under the World Racing Group banner.

The roster of Outlaws regulars includes former champions Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y. (2005 tour winner at Sharon), Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., and Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., as well as Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y. (2009 tour winner at Sharon), Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa. (2007), Rick Eckert of York, Pa. (2006), Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., rookie sensation Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va., and rookie Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Regional talents expected to challenge the WoO LMS regulars include defending O’Reilly All-Star Late Model Series champion Robbie Blair of Titusville, Pa., Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs of Bear Lake, Pa., who won Sharon’s All-Star event on June 8, Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, Pa., Mike Knight of Ripley, N.Y., and Matt Lux of Franklin, Pa.

Sharon’s Wednesday-night WoO LMS program, which is scheduled for a midweek date after running on Saturday for the past four years, is set to begin with hot laps at 6:30 p.m. and time trials at 7 p.m. The FastTrack Touring crate Late Model division will also be part of the evening’s action.

General admission is $27, with kids ages 9-13 admitted for $12 and those 8-and-under free of charge. Pit passes will be $38.

Additional info on the event is available by logging on to www.sharonspeedway.com or calling 330-772-5481 (info) or 330-772-1186 (tickets).

In addition to Wednesday’s show at Sharon, the WoO LMS Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek also competes on Tues., July 27, at Central PA Speedway in Clearfield, Pa.; Fri., July 30, at Attica (Ohio) Raceway Park; Sat., July 31, at Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville, Ohio; and Sun., Aug. 1, at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Stars Will Chase Central PA Speedway’s Trademark Trophy On Tues., July 27

Carved Wooden ‘Big Bear’ Provides Unique Prize For National Tour’s First-Ever Visit To Tim Bainey Sr.’s Track

CLEARFIELD, PA - July 22, 2010 - Tim Bainey Sr. and his son, Dan, are ready to welcome the World of Outlaws Late Model Series to their Central PA Speedway for the first time on Tues., July 27.

And to pique the interest of the national tour’s superstar invaders, the father-and-son team will put more on the line than just the $8,000 top prize for the evening’s 40-lap A-Main that kicks off the five-race Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek.

Now in their third season at the helm of the four-tenths-mile oval, the Baineys have turned a unique trophy presentation begun by their promotional predecessors into a post-race tradition. Every feature winner at the track receives a distinctive three-foot-tall, 50-pound wooden bear created for CPS by a local carver – a fact that all the drivers in the historic WoO LMS event’s field will be well aware of when the green flag drops.

Pocketing the first-place cash is always a racer’s primary objective, but earning a special keepsake trophy allows the sweet memory of a victory to linger on. Just ask Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., the lone WoO LMS regular who owns a Central PA Speedway ‘Big Bear’ thanks to his triumph in the track’s unsanctioned 2006 Yankee Doodle 50.

“I have it sitting in the living room of the house,” said Clanton, a three-time winner on this year’s WoO LMS. “It’s right there next to my trophies from the World (100 at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway) and the Firecracker (100 at Pennsylvania’s Lernerville Speedway).”

Clanton, 34, will be part of a star-studded group of WoO LMS travelers hoping to hoist the wooden bear after Tuesday night’s program, arguably the biggest dirt Late Model event in Central PA’s modern dirt-racing era. Built in 1969 as a dirt track, the speedway was paved in 1986 and operated under several promoters until being shortened slightly from its half-mile size and covered with clay prior to the 2006 season.

Tim Bainey Sr., a 52-year-old who owns a Philipsburg, Pa.-based trucking company and has a long history as both a driver and car owner in local, regional and national racing levels, purchased the track before the start of the 2008 campaign. He installed his son, Dan, 29, as the speedway’s director of operations and the two have combined to present a successful series of special events that will reach its zenith with the arrival of the WoO LMS.

The elder Bainey’s racing background is primarily with the pavement scene – he raced Late Models on Central PA Speedway’s asphalt, competed in ARCA Racing Series events at such famed tracks as Daytona, Pocono and Atlanta and in recent years fielded vehicles that his son, Tim Jr., drove in USAR ProCup Series and NASCAR Truck Series action – but he recognized the stature of the World of Outlaws brand name in the dirt-track world when Dan Bainey suggested it was time to host a show for the renowned series.

“I thought a World of Outlaws race could be huge for us and I asked my dad what he thought,” said Dan Bainey, who has served as crew chief for his father and older brother’s USAR and Truck Series racing efforts over the past decade. “He was all for it. The World of Outlaws is pretty much the NASCAR of dirt, so it’s a big deal to bring the series to our track.

“Ever since we announced the World of Outlaws date, it’s been the talk around here. We’re expected a huge crowd to come out.”

There’s plenty of room for spectators at Central PA, which has a long, high set of bleachers running the length of its homestretch and a hillside drive-in section that stretches around most of the remainder of the track. The drive-in is extremely popular for its scenic view of the action, prompting “fans to start lining up in their cars early in the morning every time we have a race,” said Dan Bainey.

The racetrack, meanwhile, is “big and fast,” described Clanton. “It has a little bit of everything to make it an exciting place.”

Clanton is one of five WoO LMS regulars with experience circling Central PA Speedway’s ribbon of dirt. He’s joined by Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa. (finished second in a 2008 event after going to rear twice), Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga. (fifth in 2006 Yankee Doodle 50), 2006 tour champion Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y. (17th in 2009 Yankee Doodle 50 but had to change a blown engine after a heat win) and 2009 Rookie of the Year Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio, who hasn’t run a dirt Late Model at the track but does have two big-block Modified starts there.

Outlaws who will be seeing Central PA for the first time, meanwhile, are defending champion Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., Rick Eckert of York, Pa., rookie sensation Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., and Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va. Rookie Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa, expects to miss the event because she has been invited to participate in a Roush-Fenway test/tryout.

The WoO LMS standouts will face a tough array of regional talent – none tougher than defending O’Reilly All-Star Late Model Series champion Robbie Blair of Titusville, Pa., who is undefeated in four 2010 appearances at Central PA. He owns victories in All-Star events on May 30, July 2 and July 3 as well as an unsanctioned event on June 20.

Other drivers expected to enter Tuesday’s action include Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs of Bear Lake, Pa., who has a pair of top-five finishes this season in All-Star competition at Central PA; Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, Pa., who finished third in the May 30 All-Star event; and Mike Knight of Ripley, N.Y.

Pit gates are scheduled to open at 3 p.m. and spectator gates at 3:30 p.m. on Tues., July 27. On-track action is set to get the green flag at 7 p.m. and will include racing for the four-cylinder division.

General admission is $26 and $12 for ages 11-15, with kids 10-and-under admitted free of charge. Pit passes will be $35.

Central PA Speedway is located just west of Clearfield, Pa., off Interstate 80.

Additional info on Central PA Speedway is available by logging on to www.thebigtrack.com or calling 814-768-FLAG.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Tim Fuller Returns To Cedar Lake Speedway On Aug. 5-7 Seeking $50,000 USA Nationals Victory

NEW RICHMOND, WI - July 20, 2010 - Tim Fuller made quite an impression on Cedar Lake Speedway’s fans during his first-ever visit to the Badger State track one year ago.

The resident of Watertown, N.Y., is hoping to earn even more attention from the three-eighths-mile oval’s faithful when he returns on Aug. 5-7 for the 23rd annual USA Nationals presented by United States Steel Corporation, which this season is part of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series that Fuller follows on a fulltime basis.

“We had a great time at Cedar Lake last year,” said Fuller, a superstar in the Northeast’s DIRTcar big-block Modified ranks before switching his focus to the dirt Late Model division in 2007. “I really liked the place and the whole atmosphere of the event – they host a very good party. I would love to go back there this year and win the big one.”

Fuller, 42, sparkled in his 2009 Cedar Lake debut, winning the traditional Thursday-night tune-up event that was then run under the World Dirt Racing League banner (this year’s $5,000-to-win preliminary show, on Thurs., Aug. 5, will be sanctioned by DIRTcar Racing’s UMP circuit) and finishing second in Saturday’s 100-lap USA Nationals finale. He led 54 of the first 56 laps in the headliner before being overtaken by Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., who went on to capture the prestigious race’s $50,000 top prize for the second time in his career but first since 1996.

Last year’s assault on the unsanctioned USA Nationals was a last-minute decision for Fuller, who headed to the Upper Midwest just days after he snapped a 46-race winless streak on the WoO LMS with a triumph at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio. He sure was glad he made the trip after pocketing $25,000 for his weekend of work, including a $20,000 runner-up check from the USA Nationals’ industry-leading $250,000-plus purse.

That lucrative take-home pay left Fuller feeling very good despite falling one position short of the first crown-jewel event victory in his short dirt Late Model career.

“You don’t see me get passed for the lead and finish second and still smile,” an upbeat Fuller told DirtonDirt.com after last year’s USA Nationals. “I got beat by a guy that had the better car.”

Fuller, who started second in the USA Nationals, conceded that he simply wasn’t strong enough to repel Mars once the track surface changed midway through last year’s event.

“We were really good on Thursday night and we were rolling for the first half of the 100-lapper,” said Fuller, who followed up his ’09 USA Nationals performance with a record-tying four-race win streak on the WoO LMS. “But we weren’t as good in the (hard) condition as Mars was. I had to slow down so much in the corners to stay on the bottom, and he was free enough to draw up on the outside and roll by me.

“I would’ve loved to win that race, but hey – it was our first time there and Mars was really going good at the time, so I couldn’t be disappointed. We’ll just go back and hope what we learned last year will help make us better.”

Of course, Fuller would like to bring his Gypsum Express Rocket car to Cedar Lake with the type of momentum he carried into last year’s USA Nationals – and at the moment he doesn’t have any. The good vibes of his back-to-back WoO LMS events on June 15 at New York’s Can-Am Motorsports Park and June 17 at Ontario’s Merrittville Speedway have long disappeared; he’s gone without a top-10 finish in his last 10 starts on the national tour, dropping him from fifth in the points standings (84 points out of the lead) to a dismal eighth (264 points behind).

Fuller ended the month of June with a struggled-filled ‘Firecracker 100’ weekend at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., and has been “terrible, just terrible” ever since. Exacerbating his slump was the emergency appendectomy he underwent on July 5 – surgery that left him too sore to race competitively in the four-race ‘Wild West Tour’ that ran from July 7-10.

“I wrote the Tennessee trip (on July 2-3) off because I’m not usually good on tracks with really big banks and then the western trip was a big nothing because of the appendicitis,” said Fuller, who finally felt back to normal physically when he returned to his DIRTcar big-block Modified roots for three nights of action in upstate New York last weekend. “Hopefully after we go to some tracks we were good at last year (as part of the five-race WoO LMS Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek that runs from July 27-Aug. 1) we’ll be back on track (for Cedar Lake).”

Fuller will be looking to join a star-studded group of former USA Nationals winners who are expected to participate in this year’s edition of the event, including Mars, five-time winner and three-time WoO LMS titlist Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn. (four-time victor and 2004 WoO LMS titlist), Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa (2007 and 2004 winner), Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga. (2005) and WoO LMS regular Rick Eckert of York, Pa. (2002).

The field will also include such talents as former WoO LMS champions Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky. (top Nationals finish of third in 2005, 2002 and 1998), Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y. (top USA Nationals finish of third in 2009), Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky. (two previous Nationals starts: 10th in 1995 and 13th in 2005) and Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va. (one previous Nationals start: 12th in 2005), plus a host of other national, regional and local standouts.

Three nights of action will comprise the 23rd annual USA Nationals presented by United States Steel Corporation, beginning with a full DIRTcar Racing UMP-sanctioned program on Thurs., Aug. 5, topped by a 40-lap A-Main. Time Trials, heat races and a dash for the USA Nationals are scheduled for Fri., Aug. 6, and B-Mains and the 100-lap finale are set for Sat., Aug. 7.

Cedar Lake’s weekly NASCAR Late Models will also contest full shows on both Friday and Saturday nights.

Hot laps are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and on-track action at 6:30 p.m. each day.

Cedar Lake officials will once again accent the racing with an exciting array of pre- and post-race entertainment, including a Saturday-morning golf scramble at the nearby Pine Meadows Golf Course; a Ladder Ball competition at 12 noon on Saturday; the popular Apple River Tubing expedition; a luncheon on Saturday afternoon that allows ‘FansFund’ contributors an opportunity to meet the drivers they helped bring to the USA Nationals; a driver autograph/meet-and-greet session prior to Saturday night’s first green flag; go-karts in the backstretch parking lot; and the ‘Party in the Pits’ under the Big White Tent following the Thursday and Friday programs.

Advanced tickets for the USA Nationals are available by calling 612-363-0479 or by visiting www.cedarlakespeedway.com. Regular camping is sold out, but additional spots have been added and can be purchased by calling the office number.

Fans who can’t make the trip to Cedar Lake can still catch all the action through a live pay-per-view broadcast of the event over the web produced by DirtonDirt.com. Log on to www.dirtondirt.com for details.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek Looms As Crucial Point In 2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Points Battle

Five-Race, Six-Night Swing Kicks Off On Tues., July 27, At Central PA Speedway

CONCORD, NC – July 19, 2010 – The stars of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series will be rested and ready when the national tour ends a two-and-a-half-week mid-summer break on Tues., July 27, with a first-ever visit to Central PA Speedway.

And they know they better be – because when the green flag flies at Tim Bainey Sr.’s four-tenths-mile oval in Clearfield, Pa., the series will commence a busy stretch of five races in six nights that figures to loom large in the 2010 points battle.

Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek – a late-July staple of the WoO LMS since 2007 – will begin pushing the tour down its homestretch. Just 14 of the season’s 47 scheduled A-Main will remain on the series slate after the flurry of activity in the Buckeye and Keystone states.

Defending WoO LMS champion Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., leads the points standings entering Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek – a position he’s held outright after the last 16 events. But he hasn’t added to his series-leading win total of five since June 24 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., and his season-high edge of 56 points (after race No. 14) has dwindled to just 18 points over Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., and 46 points over Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., so he knows he needs to be at the top of his game when he returns to Outlaw grind.

“We struggled a little bit (on the recent ‘Wild West Tour’), but there’s still a long way to go,” said Richards, who has had at least a share of the points lead after 24 of this season’s 28 A-Mains completed to date. “Timmy and Darrell have been tough, so I guess we just have to get back up on the wheel. We’re gonna use our two weeks off to regroup and try to hold them off.”

McCreadie and Lanigan have materialized into the prime challengers for the 22-year-old Richards. And both former champions will roll into Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek with more momentum than Richards. McCreadie, 36, has won three of the last eight WoO LMS events, while Lanigan, 40, has finished second in six of the last 10 A-Mains, including the last four in a row.

Lanigan is actually in the midst of a streak unprecedented in the annals of the WoO LMS, though it’s one that has the 2008 titlist shaking his head in frustration. With his four consecutive runner-up finishes during the ‘Wild West Tour,’ he became the first driver in tour history to place second in more than three straight A-Mains.

The only other driver who appears to still have a shot at upstaging Richards, McCreadie and Lanigan for the WoO LMS championship is 2007 titlist Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., who sits fourth in the points standings, 116 points behind Richards. His hopes for the $100,000 crown wrest on making up ground during Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek, which features events at:

* Central PA Speedway, a specials-only track that will play host to the richest dirt Late Model race in its history when the WoO LMS arrives on Tues., July 27, for a 40-lap, $8,000-to-win A-Main. The speedway, which had its paved surface covered with clay prior to the 2006 season, is in its third season under the stewardship of former racer and asphalt stock team owner Tim Bainey Sr. The only WoO LMS regular who has won on Central PA’s dirt is Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., who invaded the track in 2007 to win the ‘Yankee Doodle 50.’

* Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio, the three-eighths-mile oval co-owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series veteran and former WoO Sprint Car Series champion Dave Blaney. One of three tracks that has presented a WoO LMS event every year since the tour was reincarnated in 2004 under the World Racing Group banner, Sharon is shifting its 50-lap, $10,000-to-win Outlaw show to a mid-week date – on Wed., July 28 – after hosting Saturday-night events for the last four years. Sharon’s past WoO LMS winners include current regulars McCreadie (2005), Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa. (2007) and Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y. (2009) as well as Donnie Moran of Dresden, Ohio (2008) and Davey Johnson of Latrobe, Pa. (2004).

* Attica (Ohio) Raceway Park, which returns to the WoO LMS schedule for the third straight season on Fri., July 30, with a 50-lap A-Main paying $10,000 to win. Previous winners include Richards (2008) and Steve Shaver of Vienna, W.Va., who won the 2009 event that was highlighted by a titanic, three-wide battle for second place just behind Shaver between championship contenders Richards, Francis and Lanigan.

* Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville, Ohio, a three-eighths-mile oval owned by Ronnie Moran – the father of dirt Late Model superstar Donnie Moran – that will welcome the WoO LMS on Sat., July 31. The 50-lap, $10,000-to-win program will mark the first time that the Outlaws pay a Saturday-night visit to the semi-banked track, which previously presented mid-week shows won by Frank (2009) and Francis (2008).

* Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa., the Bob Rohrer-promoted facility near Lake Erie that will be rocked by the WoO LMS for the fourth consecutive year on Sun., Aug. 1. There has yet to be a repeat winner in the one-third-mile oval’s three tour events, which were captured by Richards (2007), Francis (2008) and current series traveler Rick Eckert of York, Pa., who topped last year’s A-Main after it was finally completed on Sept. 1 following two rainouts.

Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek will pit the WoO LMS standouts – a group that also includes Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio, rookie sensation Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va., and rookie Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa – against some of the toughest regional and local competition they’ll face all season.

For more information on Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek:

* Central PA Speedway on Tues., July 27: Visit www.thebigtrack.com or call 814-768-3524.

* Sharon Speedway on Wed., July 28: Visit www.sharonspeedway.com or call 330-772-5481 (info) or 330-772-1186 (tickets).

* Attica Raceway Park on Fri., July 30: Visit www.atticaracewaypark.com or call 419-680-5606.

* Muskingum County Speedway on Sat., July 31: Visit www.themuskingumcountyspeedway.com or call 740-754-9199.

* Eriez Speedway on Sun., Aug. 1: Visit www.eriez-speedway.com or call 814-434-4370 or 814-440-2859.

Additional information on the WoO LMS is available by logging on to www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Joey Saldana Scores First LaCrosse Footwear Extreme Tough Challenge Victory at Eldora Speedway

Lernerville Speedway’s Firecracker 100 Set For Multi-Hour SPEED Broadcast This Saturday (July 17) At 5 P.M. ET

CONCORD, NC - July 15, 2010 - Millions of viewers will have the opportunity to relive the action and drama of the fourth annual World of Outlaws Late Model Series Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com on Sat., July 17, at 5 p.m. Eastern Time on SPEED.

The $170,000-plus event contested at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., will be featured in a special two-and-a-half-hour television broadcast, bringing comprehensive coverage of the blockbuster weekend’s color and competition to the more than 80 million homes reached by the SPEED cable network.

Announcers Shane Andrews and Steve Post will call all the action of the Firecracker 100, which continued its ascension into the national spotlight this year by expanding to three full nights of racing. Sarah Jane Hunt is also part of the broadcast team, reporting from the pit area to keep fans abreast of all the news that made the 2010 Firecracker 100 such a memorable event.

SPEED’s broadcast will not only include in-depth coverage of the intense battle for the $30,000 Firecracker 100 winner’s prize, but also highlights of the preliminary-night programs and qualifying events leading up to the extra-distance spectacular on the smooth, multi-grooved four-tenths-mile oval. In addition, the show features special segments with defending WoO LMS champion and current points leader Josh Richards and rookie sensation Austin Hubbard, who will provide viewers a unique behind-the-scenes look at the pre- and post-race entertainment that has become a signature of the Firecracker 100 weekend experience.

Saturday’s Firecracker 100 program marks the first featured appearance of 2010 on SPEED for the WoO LMS, the nation’s premier dirt Late Model tour. The broadcast will run from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com. Additional info on SPEED is available by logging on to www.SPEED.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Cedar Lake Speedway’s Deep History With World of Outlaws Late Model Series Has Billy Moyer’s Name All Over It

Can Hall of Famer Duplicate Past Glory At Wisconsin Track When National Tour Sanctions USA Nationals On Aug. 5-7 For First Time Since 2005?

NEW RICHMOND, WI – July 14, 2010 – Cedar Lake Speedway’s deep history with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series will be rekindled when the national tour returns to the Badger State track to sanction the 23rd annual USA Nationals presented by United States Steel Corporation on Aug. 5-7.

And if Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer Billy Moyer ends up battling for the 100-lap event’s $50,000 top prize, it will seem just like old times at the high-banked, one-third-mile oval.

Moyer, 52, of Batesville, Ark., owns a spectacular performance record in WoO LMS competition at Cedar Lake, winning seven times and never finishing worse than fifth in the 10 tour A-Mains that have been contested there. All of his victories came in 1988 and 1989 during the short-lived first incarnation of the series run under the direction of late WoO Sprint Car Series founder Ted Johnson, but he was close to another checkered flag in the only Cedar Lake event of the WoO LMS’s modern era (2004-present), finishing second in the 2005 USA Nationals.

A three-time WoO LMS champion (1988-89, 2005), Moyer fondly, albeit a bit vaguely, recalls his amazing run of Outlaw success at Cedar Lake some two decades ago. He was beaten just once in five events in 1988 (by current Cedar Lake regular and perennial titlist Rick Egersdorf of Lake Elmo, Minn.) and once in four events in 1989 (by Donnie Moran of Dresden, Ohio). Moyer capped both years with triumphs in the first two USA Nationals – then 50-lap features worth $12,000 to win in ’88 and $14,000 in ’89 – on his way to an alltime event-record five victories.

“It seemed like we had a handle on the place back in the day,” said Moyer, who also won the USA Nationals in 1990, 1992 and 1993 when it carried sanctioning from DIRTcar Racing’s UMP circuit. “There were a lot of good racers from out that way back then that everybody might not have heard of – guys like Willy Kraft – but I think we were a step ahead of a lot of them with how we done our tires and our chassis.

“You could keep an advantage a little longer in those days, and I guess I just had some things I understood about the car that I kept to myself. Today, with all the chassis builders involved, they pass all this information on to all their customers and it’s harder to hold on to an edge like we did when we were winning all those races every year (at Cedar Lake).”

Moyer’s Cedar Lake strength in 1988-89 was an extension of the superiority he demonstrated during the original WoO LMS campaigns. He won 22 of the 41 A-Mains that were run those two years, a lofty win percentage that he would have loved to pad in successive seasons. Unfortunately, Johnson discontinued the series after the 1989 season to focus on his Sprint Car endeavors and it sat idle until resuming in 2004 under the World Racing Group banner.

“I was really surprised when (Johnson) decided to pull the plug,” said Moyer. “I honestly think that if he just held on one more year it would probably be right there where the (WoO) Sprint Cars are right now instead of still growing. Right when he quit doing it there were just a few professional-type racers doing it for a living, but there were getting to be more and more and that would have kept the deal growing without that little empty spot (of 15 years) in there.”

Today the WoO LMS is getting stronger each year, well on its way to realizing the full potential that Moyer saw in it over 20 years ago. The tour’s return to Cedar Lake for the USA Nationals – a crown-jewel event that, with its $250,000-plus purse, ranks as the country’s highest-paying dirt Late Model race – adds more prestige to a 2010 schedule that currently lists 47 events at 40 tracks in 19 states and two Canadian provinces.

Moyer is expected to enter the blockbuster event as a favorite – not very shocking, of course, considering he’s tearing up the dirt Late Model world this season like it’s 1989. With 16 overall feature wins through mid-July, Moyer is proving that he hasn’t lost anything off the fastball that he flashed at Cedar Lake during the early years of the USA Nationals.

One of Moyer’s victories this season came at Cedar Lake, on June 18 in the first half of the ‘Masters’ weekend doubleheader that was part of the DIRTcar Racing Summer Nationals. That outing made him realize once again how much he likes the speedway.

“The racetrack has always been fun,” said Moyer, who owns 100-lap victories this season in the Dream XVI at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway (worth $100,000) and the WoO LMS ‘Illini 100’ at Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway ($20,000). “I think it’s sort of the right size for me. I just think a smaller place is a better show for the fans, and it’s been one of those places where you have to chase the racetrack around. I like that quality in a racetrack.”

Moyer towed his Victory Circle Chassis to last year’s USA Nationals but failed to qualify for the headliner after a B-Main scrape cost him too much valuable ground to make up. He felt he was more a victim of circumstance than performance, however, fueling his desire to return to the Upper Midwest in search of his first USA Nationals victory in 17 years.

“Do we have to run better last year? Yeah,” said Moyer, whose USA Nationals ledger shows only two top-five (second in 2005, fourth in 2008) and four top-10 finishes since his last triumph in the event. “But we were right there with the car last year. We had some crazy stuff happen trying to get in the race, but I think we could’ve raced OK once we got in the 100 lapper.”

Moyer is among a star-studded group of former USA Nationals winners expected to enter this year’s edition, joining Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn. (four-time victor and 2004 WoO LMS titlist), Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis. (1996 and 2009), Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa (2004 and 2007), WoO LMS regular Rick Eckert of York, Pa. (2002) and Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga. (2005).

The field will also include such talents as former WoO LMS champions Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., and Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., and a host of other national, regional and local standouts.

Three nights of action will comprise the 23rd annual USA Nationals presented by United States Steel Corporation, beginning with a full DIRTcar Racing UMP-sanctioned program on Thurs., Aug. 5, topped by a 50-lap A-Main paying $5,000 to win. Time Trials, heat races and a dash for the USA Nationals are scheduled for Fri., Aug. 6, and B-Mains and the 100-lap finale are set for Sat., Aug. 7.

Cedar Lake’s weekly NASCAR Late Models will also contest full shows on both Friday and Saturday nights.

Hot laps are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and on-track action at 6:30 p.m. each day.

Cedar Lake officials will once again accent the racing with an exciting array of pre- and post-race entertainment, including a Saturday-morning golf scramble at the nearby Pine Meadows Golf Course; a Ladder Ball competition at 12 noon on Saturday; the popular Apple River Tubing expedition; a luncheon on Saturday afternoon that allows ‘FansFund’ contributors an opportunity to meet the drivers they helped bring to the USA Nationals; a driver autograph/meet-and-greet session prior to Saturday night’s first green flag; go-karts in the backstretch parking lot; and the ‘Party in the Pits’ under the Big White Tent following the Thursday and Friday programs.

Advanced tickets for the USA Nationals are available by calling 612-363-0479 or by visiting www.cedarlakespeedway.com. Regular camping is sold out, but additional spots have been added and can be purchased by calling the office number.

Fans who can’t make the trip to Cedar Lake can still catch all the action through a live pay-per-view broadcast of the event over the web produced by DirtonDirt.com. Log on to www.dirtondirt.com for details.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Late Caution Flag Helps Mars Hold On For Victory In ‘Great Plains 50’ At Dakota State Fair Speedway

HURON, SD - July 10, 2010 - The lone caution flag of Saturday night’s ‘Great Plains 50’ came at just the right time for Jimmy Mars.

Mars, 38, of Menomonie, Wis., was about to receive a challenge for the lead from Brady Smith and Darrell Lanigan when the yellow lights blinked on with three laps remaining, setting Mars free from lapped traffic and propelling him to victory in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Dakota State Fair Speedway.

The $10,000 triumph was Mars’s second on the four-race ‘Wild West Tour,’ which concluded with Saturday night’s rain-threatened program at DSFS. He also won on Thursday night in a dominant performance at his home state’s Superior Speedway.

“You have your peaks and valleys with this deal,” said Mars, who pushed his career WoO LMS win total to three. “The beginning of the season was absolutely terrible for us, but we’ve worked hard and got our deal back in synch. We’re just kind of on top of the peak right now and we’re gonna enjoy it.”

Mars, who started second, drove his Deppe Enterprises MB Customs car by polesitter Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., for the lead on lap two and was never headed. He led by as much as a full straightaway until being run down in the closing laps by Solon Springs, Wis.’s Smith and Union, Ky.’s Lanigan.

Smith and Lanigan were directly behind Mars and ready to bid for the lead when Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa, stopped between turns one and two on lap 47, causing the only break in the fast-paced race’s action. Mars then easily glided away from the pack on the ensuing restart to reach the checkered flag first.

Lanigan, 40, overtook Smith for second on the restart but couldn’t catch Mars, leaving the 2008 WoO LMS champion with his fourth consecutive runner-up finish on the ‘Wild West Tour.’ He charged forward from the 11th starting spot to continue his profitable-but-frustrating run of second-best outings with his GottaRace.com Rocket car.

Francis also slipped by Smith on the final restart and finished third driving his crew chief Tim Logan’s Rocket car. Smith settled for fourth place after nearly guiding his Team Zero by Bloomquist mount from the 12th starting spot to the lead, and 18-year-old WoO LMS rookie Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., overtook Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., on the restart to place fifth in Dale Beitler’s Rocket car.

Mars said he didn’t know that Smith and Lanigan had run him down, but he felt he had some speed in reserve to turn them back. He proved that point when he ran away on the restart.

“I wasn’t pushing it as hard as I needed to,” Mars said of his late-race pace. “When you’re leading and trying to pass lapped cars, you can be kind of the sitting duck. I thought if I slowed down for that lapped car (on lap 47) it was gonna be tough for anybody to get a run on the outside, but I guess those guys got pretty close to me.

“I had a lot left in the car. When I was on open track I could really haul the mail, but if I would’ve heard them I could’ve stepped the wick up.

“The caution definitely helped us,” he added, “but we’ll take the win however we can get it. Whether I take it by an inch or a half a lap, it’s a win.”

Lanigan, meanwhile, was surprisingly upbeat after falling one position short of victory for the fourth night in a row. He was the first driver to make the four-tenths-mile track’s outside groove work, running high through the corners to march from eighth place to second in a 10-lap span from laps 25-35. Smith mirrored Lanigan’s moves and actually slipped by him for second on lap 46, but Lanigan regained the position on the final restart.

“For where we started we did pretty good to get where we did,” said Lanigan, who has one win this season. “I didn’t need that caution there at the end. They (Mars and Smith) had kinda got bunched up (behind the lapped cars) and I thought maybe I had something on the outside.

“Our car’s been good enough to win, but we’re falling short.”

Smith, 33, stood dejectedly in the pit area after seeing his hopes for a slump-busting victory evaporate with the late caution flag. He went from being in position to bid for the lead to losing traction off turn two on the restart and falling to fourth.

“I had just gotten to (Mars) the lap the caution came out,” said Smith, who last month dropped off the WoO LMS as a regular to regroup his self-owned team. “I was going to make my move the next lap, but I never got the chance.

“We were done after the caution. I used my stuff up really bad to get where I was, so my tires were totally bald. I just couldn’t grip the track anymore.”

Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, finished sixth after starting fourth and running in the top five for much of the distance. McCreadie’s attempt to pick up positions with an outside charge on the final restart caused him to fall to seventh at the finish. Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., finished eighth after running as high as fourth, defending WoO LMS champion Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., placed a quiet ninth and fifth-starter Rick Eckert of York, Pa., faded to 10th.

Richards ended the ‘Wild West Tour’ leading the WoO LMS points standings by 18 points over McCreadie and 46 over Lanigan.

Richards earned his third fast-time award of 2010 with a lap of 18.621 seconds during Ohlins Shocks Time Trials.

Heat winners were McCreadie, Birkhofer, Eckert and Francis. The B-Mains were captured by Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., and Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y.

The WoO LMS is idle until kicking off the five-race Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek on Tues., July 27, at Central PA Speedway in Clearfield, Pa.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘Great Plains 50’ (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (2) Jimmy Mars/50 $10,000
2. (11) Darrell Lanigan/50 $5,600
3. (1) Steve Francis/50 $3,675
4. (12) Brady Smith/50 $2,500
5. (7) Austin Hubbard/50 $2,750
6. (4) Brian Birkhofer/50 $1,700
7. (3) Tim McCreadie/50 $2,000
8. (10) Shane Clanton/50 $1,800
9. (6) Josh Richards/50 $1,850
10. (5) Rick Eckert/50 $1,600
11. (9) Pat Doar/50 $1,550
12. (13) Chub Frank/50 $1,500
13. (17) Clint Smith/50 $1,500
14. (18) Tim Fuller/50 $1,400
15. (8) Russell King/48 $1,350
16. (24) Jill George/47 $800
17. (21) Larry Wight/47 $770
18. (16) Keith Foss/21 $750
19. (15) Eric Mass/19 $730
20. (22) Dustin Hapka/15 $700
21. (14) Brad Seng/12 $700
22. (19) Brian Diede/9 $700
23. (20) Lance Mathees/7 $700
24. (23) Brent Robinson/1 $1,225

* Earnings include Winners Circle program and cash contingency award bonuses

Yellow Flags: 1 (Lap 47)
Lap Leaders: Francis (1); Mars (2-50)
Provisional Starters: Robinson, George
Rookie of the Race: Hubbard ($250)
WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Doar ($500)

Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 18.621
2. 56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH 18.690
3. 90-Lance Mathees/Winona, MN 18.723
4. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 18.757
5. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 18.882
6. 12s-Brad Seng/Grand Forks, ND 18.933
7. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 18.933
8. 12H-Jason Hughes/Westfield, OK 18.936
9. 11-Pat Doar/New Richmond, WI 18.959
10. 25-Shane Clanton/Fayetteville, GA 19.046
11. 19H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 19.052
12. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 19.064
13. 3-Brent Robinson/Smithfield, VA 19.119
14. 15b-Brian Birkhofer/Muscatine, IA 19.125
15. 44M-Eric Mass/Rapid City, SD 19.313
16. 28-Jimmy Mars/Menomonie, WI 19.314
17. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 19.340
18. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 19.419
19. 18-Dustin Hapka/Grand Forks, ND 19.432
20. 95-Keith Foss/Winona, MN 19.518
21. 1QT-Brian Diede/Huron, SD 19.582
22. 11c-Curt Gelling/Aberdeen, SD 19.582
23. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 19.698
24. 2-Brady Smith/Solon Springs, WI 19.782
25. 7-Chad Chenoweth/Huron, SD 19.869
26. 99L-Larry Wight/Baldwinsville, NY 19.907
27. 17J-John Winge/Ringgold, GA 19.986
28. 11M-Paul Mueller/Bismarck, ND 20.084
29. 57-Chad Williamson/Watertown, SD 20.093
30. 52x-David McDonald/Huron, SD 20.130
31. 20F-Jason Fritzsche/Huron, SD 20.166
32. 82-John Bey/Sturgis, SD 20.325
33. 22-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 20.462
34. 9-Kent Arment/Aberdeen, SD 20.568

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): McCreadie, Richards, Doar, Frank, Robinson, Diede, Chenoweth, Williamson, George

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Birkhofer, King, Clanton, Seng, C. Smith, Wight, McDonald, Gelling, Arment

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Eckert, Hubbard, Lanigan, Mass, Mathees, Hapka, Fritzsche, Winge

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Francis, Mars, B. Smith, Foss, Fuller, Hughes, Bey, Mueller

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): C. Smith, Diede, Wight, Gelling, McDonald, Arment, George, Williamson, Chenoweth (DNS) Robinson

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Fuller, Mathees, Hapka, Hughes, Mueller, Winge, Bey, Fritzsche

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sports Shirts ($50 product certificate): Clint Smith/Tim Fuller
Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main w/decal): Pat Doar
Eibach Springs (one free spring): Jill George/Dustin Hapka
MSD Ignition ($75 cash award): Steve Francis
MSD Ignition ($25 cash award): Brent Robinson
Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash award to fastest qualifier w/decal): Josh Richards
Pink Carburetors ($100 product certificate): Austin Hubbard
Pink Carburetors ($50 product certificate): Brad Seng
Quartermaster ($100 product certificate): Rick Eckert
Quartermaster ($50 product certificate): Clint Smith
Quartermaster ($25 product certificate): Tim Fuller
R2C Performance ($100 certificate): Steve Francis
STP ($50 cash award): Clint Smith
VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (two five-gallon plastic fuel jugs to fastest qualifier who does not make the A-Main if decal is displayed): Curt Gelling
Wrisco Aluminum (three sheets of aluminum to A-Main winner w/decal):

2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of July 10 – 28 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):

1. Josh Richards 3732
2. Tim McCreadie 3714 (-18)
3. Darrell Lanigan 3686 (-46)
4. Steve Francis 3616 (-116)
5. Austin Hubbard 3538 (-194)
6. Shane Clanton 3520 (-212)
7. Rick Eckert 3474 (-258)
8. Tim Fuller 3468 (-264)
9. Chub Frank 3402 (-330)
10. Clint Smith 3316 (-416)
11. Russell King 3138 (-594)
12. Brent Robinson 2796 (-936)
13. Brady Smith 2786 (-946)
14. Jill George 2126 (-1606)
15. Brian Birkhofer 1566 (-2166)

FOLLOW THE ACTION ON TWITTER: Fans can now keep up-to-date with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series online and through text messages on cell phones via Twitter, the internet’s fast-growing social-networking and micro-blogging website. Updates are provided to Twitter ‘followers’ of the WoO LMS throughout each race night, and fans also receive breaking news and interesting notes from the tour.

To sign-up as a WoO LMS ‘follower’ on Twitter to receive updates anywhere at anytime, visit http://twitter.com/WoOLateModels.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, they can experience the excitement of the nation’s premier tour live on DIRTvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the free audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail customerservice@dirtvision.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Hubbard Declared Winner After Rain Brings Early End To ‘Wild West Tour’ A-Main At River Cities Speedway

GRAND FORKS, ND - July 9, 2010 - Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., was declared the winner of Friday night’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Main at River Cities Speedway after rain forced officials to call the event complete short of its scheduled 50-lap distance.

The 18-year-old rookie sensation didn’t perform his trademark post-race Ricky Bobby celebratory run in front of the crowd, however, because the race was checkered with the field of cars sitting in the pit area and a Victory Lane ceremony was not conducted due to the wet conditions. He had to be content receiving a trophy for the second WoO LMS win of his young career while dressed in street clothes near his Beitler Motorsports team’s hauler.

“I like to celebrate (after a win) with all the fans out on the homestretch, but I couldn’t do that tonight,” said Hubbard, who stripped down to his fireproof long underwear after capturing his first WoO LMS A-Main on March 20 at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga. “Maybe we can come back and show ‘em some skin next year.”

Hubbard, who started from the pole position in Dale Beitler’s Reliable Painting Rocket car, had led from the initial green flag when intensifying rain slickened the quarter-mile oval’s surface enough to prevent the race from restarting on lap 21. The field was sent to the pit area to wait out the weather, but nearly an hour of steady rain left the track too soaked for officials to dry it in time to beat the impending curfew.

While WoO LMS rules stipulate that an A-Main must reach the halfway point to be considered an official race, tour director Tim Christman made the decision to declare the event complete at 21 laps because the series can’t return to the North Dakota facility this season due to travel logistics. He also announced that the race would offer only 60 show-up points to all drivers regardless of their finish.

In a related agreement reached between WoO LMS and River Cities officials, all drivers who competed in the shortened A-Main were paid 75 percent of the regular posted purse for each finishing position.

“It’s unfortunate that we weren’t able to run the A-Main to its scheduled conclusion because of the weather,” said Christman. “The feature was definitely building toward another great finish at River Cities for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, but all we can do now is look forward to returning next year.”

Hubbard was chased throughout the race’s 21 laps by 2008 WoO LMS champion Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., who started from the outside pole. Lanigan, 40, had yet to offer Hubbard a serious challenge when the event reached its early end, leaving him with a runner-up finish for the third time in as many ‘Wild West Tour’ starts.

Defending Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., was the biggest mover in the event, advancing from the 10th starting spot to finish third. He passed Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., for third on a lap-14 restart and was threatening Lanigan when the race was slowed for the final time on lap 21 for the spinning car driven by Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa, who also spun on lap 14 to bring out a caution flag.

McCreadie settled for a fourth-place finish after starting third and Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., who won the previous night at Superior (Wis.) Speedway, gained one position to finish fifth.

Hubbard happily accepted the abbreviated victory, relating that he felt confident that he would have been able to stay at the front of the pack for the full 50 laps.

“I think if that rain never came we could’ve held ‘em off,” said Hubbard, who earned $8,250 for his night’s work. “The car was great all night. We had a good qualifying run (eighth-fastest time), the last-lap pass (of Mars) to win the heat helped set us up to pull the number one pill (for the A-Mains), and we were real fast in the feature. The car was a little tight in (the corners), but as soon as I could get the right-rear hooked on the (outside) lip it would just go right around there.

“It’s always nice to get the whole 50 in, but I’ll take it either way. There’s nothing like winning, and winning two races in our rookie season – being the first rookie to win two races – is more than I could ask for.”

The A-Main was marred by a wild crash on lap 12 involving Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, whose car slipped over the turn-two berm and rolled once as he battle for fifth place. His machine landed on its wheels and he quickly climbed out uninjured.

Finishing in positions 6-10 were Rick Eckert of York, Pa., Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., and Pat Doar of New Richmond, Wis., who for the second straight night earned the $500 ‘Bonus Bucks’ cash for being the highest-finishing driver who hasn’t won a tour A-Main and wasn’t ranked among the top 12 in the points standings.

Lanigan was quickest in the 37-car Ohlins Shocks Time Trials session, rounding the track in 11.842 seconds. It was his second fast-time honor of 2010.

Heat winners were Lanigan, McCreadie, Francis and Hubbard. The B-Mains were captured by Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va., and Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio.

The WoO LMS ‘Wild West Tour’ concludes on Saturday night (July10) with the ‘Great Plains 50’ at Dakota State Fair Speedway in Huron, S.D. A $10,000 top prize will be on the line in the third alltime series event held at the four-tenths-mile oval promoted by Orville Chenoweth.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

Results of WoO Late Model Series at River Cities Speedway (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (1) Austin Hubbard/21 $8,250
2. (2) Darrell Lanigan/21 $4,350
3. (10) Josh Richards/21 $2,850
4. (3) Tim McCreadie/21 $2,475
5. (6) Jimmy Mars/21 $1,500
6. (4) Rick Eckert/21 $1,775
7. (9) Clint Smith/21 $1,550
8. (8) Shane Clanton/21 $1,475
9. (7) Steve Francis/21 $1,500
10. (16) Pat Doar/21 $1,325
11. (11) Chub Frank/21 $1,287
12. (17) Brent Robinson/21 $1,250
13. (12) Brady Smith/21 $712
14. (14) Brad Seng/21 $675
15. (15) Zach Johnson/21 $637
16. (13) Tim Fuller/21 $1,100
17. (18) Russell King/21 $1,077
18. (21) Eric Mass/20 $562
19. (23) Jill George/19 $547
20. (19) Jason Hughes/14 $525
21. (5) Brian Birkhofer/12 $525
22. (24) Larry Wight/10 $525
23. (20) Keith Foss/6 $525
24. (25) Mike Balcaen/6 $525
25. (22) Joey Pederson/1 $525

* Earnings include Winners Circle program and cash contingency award bonuses

Time of Race: 13 Mins., 10.789 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 1.496 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 3 (Laps 11, 14, 21)
Red Flags: 1 (Lap 14)
Lap Leaders: Hubbard (1-21)
Provisional Starters: George, Wight (WoO); Balcaen (track)
Rookie of the Race: Hubbard ($250)
WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Doar ($500)

Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 11.842
2. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 11.854
3. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 11.938
4. 28-Jimmy Mars/Menomonie, WI 12.017
5. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 12.061
6. 15b-Brian Birkhofer/Muscatine, IA 12.077
7. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 12.083
8. 19H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 12.107
9. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 12.148
10. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 12.190
11. 25-Shane Clanton/Fayetteville, GA 12.190
12. 2-Brady Smith/Solon Springs, WI 12.193
13. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 12.198
14. 12s-Brad Seng/Grand Forks, ND 12.209
15. 73-Zach Johnson/Kensington, MN 12.224
16. 11-Pat Doar/New Richmond, WI 12.282
17. 3-Brent Robinson/Smithfield, VA 12.283
18. 12H-Jason Hughes/Westfield, OK 12.296
19. 95-Keith Foss/Winona, MN 12.415
20. 56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH 12.436
21. 10-Mike Balcaen/Winnipeg, MAN 12.474
22. T1-Tommy Corcoran/E. Grand Forks, MN 12.735
23. 17J-John Winge/Ringgold, GA 12.756
24. 18-Dustin Hapka/Grand Forks, ND 12.867
25. 8-Gregg Hill/Eveleth, MN 12.871
26. 99E-Doyle Erickson/Baglen, MN 12.882
27. 7p-Joey Pederson/E. Grand Forks, MN 12.946
28. 22-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 12.956
29. 44M-Eric Mass/Rapid City, SD 12.958
30. 2W-Darryn Waldo/Billings, MT 13.089
31. 71-Todd Truedson/Kennedy, MN 13.125
32. 99L-Larry Wight/Baldwinsville, NY 13.129
33. 13-Bryan LePier/Bemidji, MN 13.381
34. 14-Bruce Hart/Larimore, ND 13.769
35. 96-Justin Osowski/Kennedy, MN 13.924
36. 9-Steve Anderson/Grand Forks, ND 12.928 (DQ)
37. F9-Brandon Fuller/Grand Forks, ND 13.150 (DQ)

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Lanigan, Eckert, C. Smith, T. Fuller, Robinson, Mass, Hill, B. Fuller, LePier

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): McCreadie, Birkhofer, Richards, Seng, Hughes, Corcoran, Erickson, Waldo, Hart

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Francis, Clanton, Frank, Johnson, Foss, Pederson, Truedson, Winge, Osowski

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Hubbard, Mars, B. Smith, Doar, King, Wight, Hapka, Anderson, George

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Robinson, Hughes, Mass, Balcaen, Corcoran, Hill, Waldo, Erickson, B. Fuller, LePier, Hart

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): King, Foss, Pederson, Hapka, Winge, Anderson, George, Osowski, Truedson, Wight

2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of July 9 – 27 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):

1. Josh Richards 3600
2. Tim McCreadie 3578 (-22)
3. Darrell Lanigan 3540 (-60)
4. Steve Francis 3472 (-128)
5. Austin Hubbard 3398 (-202)
6. Shane Clanton 3386 (-214)
7. Tim Fuller 3346 (-254)
8. Rick Eckert 3344 (-256)
9. Chub Frank 3276 (-324)
10. Clint Smith 3192 (-408)
11. Russell King 3018 (-582)
12. Brent Robinson 2694 (-906)
13. Brady Smith 2644 (-956)
14. Jill George 2008 (-1592)
15. Brian Birkhofer 1428 (-2172)

FOLLOW THE ACTION ON TWITTER: Fans can now keep up-to-date with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series online and through text messages on cell phones via Twitter, the internet’s fast-growing social-networking and micro-blogging website. Updates are provided to Twitter ‘followers’ of the WoO LMS throughout each race night, and fans also receive breaking news and interesting notes from the tour.

To sign-up as a WoO LMS ‘follower’ on Twitter to receive updates anywhere at anytime, visit http://twitter.com/WoOLateModels.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, they can experience the excitement of the nation’s premier tour live on DIRTvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the free audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail customerservice@dirtvision.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Home State Hero: Mars Runs Away With World of Outlaws Late Model Series Debut At Superior Speedway

SUPERIOR, WI - July 8, 2010 - Jimmy Mars left no doubt on Thursday night that he has Superior Speedway figured out.

Continuing his recent mastery of special events at the three-eighths-mile oval in his home state, Mars rocketed from the fourth starting spot to the lead on the opening lap and never looked back en route to a convincing victory in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Mid-States Hydraulics 50.’

Mars, 38, of Menomonie, Wis., earned $10,100 for his second career win on the WoO LMS, which stopped at Superior for the first time and attracted a standing-room-only crowd to the fairgrounds track. His previous triumph on the national tour came in the 2009 Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa.

After winning at least one World Dirt Racing League (WDRL) series event at Superior in each of the last four years, Mars surprised no one with a performance that saw him steer his Deppe Enterprises MB Customs car around the red-clay surface virtually unchallenged from start-to-finish.

“Experience here doesn’t hurt by any means,” said Mars, who lives just under 150 miles south of the track. “These (WoO LMS) guys travel all over the country and are so good, I thought, ‘If I can have any advantage on them at all at a track, this might be one where I did.’

“We kind of had an idea of what to do. I said, ‘Let’s just go back and get on the hard tires and get back to what we’ve done here in the past.’ Basically our setup for the feature was identical to what we’ve had success with here.”

Mars put his Superior Speedway knowledge to work with his tire choice, picking harder compound Hoosier rubber that propelled him to a runaway win. He spent most of the distance with a commanding straightaway edge over polesitter Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., who kept his Rocket car solidly in second place for the entire 50-lap A-Main and finished 2.793 seconds behind Mars.

Defending WoO LMS champion Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., who started from the outside pole, padded his tour points lead with a quiet third-place finish in his father Mark’s Rocket house car. Fifth-starter Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis. – a former regular at Superior who lives about 30 miles from the facility – finished fourth in his Team Zero by Bloomquist mount after outdueling Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, who settled for fifth in his MB Customs machine after starting seventh.

Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., finished sixth, salvaging a decent run on a night that he struggled with his setup. He lost only six points to Richards, sending him to the next ‘Wild West Tour’ event with a manageable 22-point deficit in the standings.

Mars didn’t exactly snooker his competition, but he did use his outsider status as a reason to roll the dice a bit with his tire-compound selection.

“I’m not running for points so I got a little bit of an advantage,” said Mars. “I could gamble a little bit more. We can ‘go big or go home’ a little bit, where those guys running for points kinda have to be on the same tires because they’re racing each other for the championship.

“Before the race Darrell (Lanigan) and I were just joking about my tire choice. I said, ‘Hey, if we suck, the beer’s still cold after the race.’ The hard tires worked, though, so I guess we get to drink in celebration tonight instead of in sorrow.”

Mars knew he had made the right decision even before taking the initial green flag.

“I fired up (the car) before the start and it felt real good on the straightaway traction,” said Mars. “They threw the green and I was like, ‘We got a pretty good piece here,’ but then we ran down into turn one and I said, ‘Whoa.’ The right-rear wasn’t quite hot enough yet, so I slid up up the track a little bit. Then it instantly got warmed up and I was able to run down into three and four and pass Darrell there for the lead.”

That opening-lap move by Mars was, for all intents and purposes, the story of the race. No driver understood that more than the 40-year-old Lanigan, who used a more conservative “medium” tire-compound combination and simply couldn’t keep pace with Mars.

“I knew he had on harder tires than us, so when he took off like that (at the start) I said, ‘Oh man, this is gonna get ugly,’” said Lanigan, who registered his second runner-up finish in as many nights after falling short of victory by a nose to McCreadie in Wednesday night’s Gopher 50 at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn. “If he was that good at the start, I knew it was gonna be tough to beat him. All we could do was run second again.”

Finishing in positions 7-10 were Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., who lost sixth to McCreadie on lap 24; Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., who climbed forward from the 17th starting spot; Pat Doar of New Richmond, Wis., who earned the $500 ‘Bonus Bucks’ cash for being the highest-finishing driver who hasn’t won a WoO LMS A-Main and isn’t ranked among the top 12 in the tour points standings; and Rick Eckert of York, Pa., who rallied after drawing a caution flag on lap 16 and pitting to bolt two harder tires on his car.

In a race slowed by just two caution flags on lap 16, the most significant incident was the second yellow that circuit. Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., went spinning in turn four while battling for sixth with rookie Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del.; while he twirled 360 degrees and continued without stopping, a caution was displayed and Francis pitted moments later to change a flat left-rear tire.

Francis, who went on to finish one lap down in 12th place, began his night by recording the fastest lap in Ohlins Shocks Time Trials for the second straight event. He turned a circuit of 17.005 seconds to pace the 28-car qualifying session.

Heat winners were Lanigan, Richards and Hubbard, and Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., captured the B-Main.

WoO LMS regular Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., once again used a provisional starting spot to gain entry to the A-Main as he continues recovering from the emergency appendectomy he underwent on Monday afternoon. But this time he felt strong enough to at least attempt to race, running 15 laps before deciding to pull in.

The WoO LMS continues the ‘Wild West Tour’ on Friday (July 9) at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D., and Saturday (July 10) at Dakota State Fair Speedway in Huron, S.D.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘Mid-States Hydraulics 50’ (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (4) Jimmy Mars/50 $10,100
2. (1) Darrell Lanigan/50 $5,600
3. (2) Josh Richards/50 $3,675
4. (5) Brady Smith/50 $2,500
5. (7) Brian Birkhofer/50 $2,000
6. (9) Tim McCreadie/50 $2,300
7. (6) Chub Frank/50 $1,900
8. (17) Shane Clanton/50 $1,800
9. (12) Pat Doar/50 $1,700
10. (16) Rick Eckert/50 $1,600
11. (3) Austin Hubbard/49 $1,800
12. (10) Steve Francis/49 $1,650
13. (13) Jason Hughes/49 $950
14. (19) Clint Smith/49 $1,450
15. (11) Russell King/49 $1,350
16. (8) Brent Robinson/49 $1,300
17. (15) Keith Foss/49 $770
18. (18) Eric Mass/49 $750
19. (14) Zach Johnson/48 $730
20. (21) Larry Wight/48 $700
21. (24) Jill George/47 $700
22. (20) Aaron Lillo/32 $700
23. (22) Adam Hensel/31 $725
24. (23) Tim Fuller/15 $1,200

* Earnings include Winners Circle program and cash contingency award bonuses

Time of Race: 23 Mins., 31.959 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 2.793 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 2 (Laps 16, 16)
Lap Leaders: Mars (1-50)
Provisional Starters: Fuller, George
Rookie of the Race: Hubbard ($250)
WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Doar ($500)

Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 17.005
2. 3-Brent Robinson/Smithfield, VA 17.079
3. 2-Brady Smith/Solon Springs, WI 17.091
4. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 17.124
5. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 17.138
6. 19H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 17.174
7. 28-Jimmy Mars/Menomonie, WI 17.237
8. 73-Zach Johnson/Kensington, MN 17.287
9. 44M-Eric Mass/Rapid City, SD 17.370
10. 15b-Brian Birkhofer/Muscatine, IA 17.418
11. 8-Gregg Hill/Eveleth, MN 17.456
12. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 17.467
13. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 17.566
14. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 17.646
15. 22-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 17.659
16. 99L-Larry Wight/Baldwinsville, NY 17.773
17. 56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH 17.799
18. 95-Keith Foss/Winona, MN 17.903
19. 44H-Adam Hensel/Barron, WI 17.932
20. 25-Shane Clanton/Fayetteville, GA 17.943
21. 18-Chris Olson/Hibbing, MN 17.954
22. 12-Jason Hughes/Westfield, OK 17.963
23. 17J-John Winge/Ringgold, GA 17.972
24. 11-Pat Doar/New Richmond, WI 18.035
25. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 18.067
26. 24A-Aaron Lillo/Duluth, MN 18.221
27. 2w-Darryn Waldo/Billings, MT 18.301
28. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY N/T

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 6 Transfer): Lanigan, Mars, Birkhofer, Francis, Hughes, Eckert, C. Smith, Wight, Hensel

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 6 Transfer): Richards, Frank, Robinson, King, Johnson, Clanton, Lillo, Hill, Winge

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 6 Transfer): Hubbard, B. Smith, McCreadie, Doar, Foss, Mass, George, Olson, Waldo

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 4 Transfer): C. Smith, Lillo, Wight, Hensel, George, Hill, Fuller, Waldo, Winge, Olson

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sports Shirts ($50 product certificate): Jill George
Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main w/decal): Pat Doar
Eibach Springs (one free spring): Larry Wight
MSD Ignition ($75 cash award): Josh Richards
MSD Ignition ($25 cash award): Adam Hensel
Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash award to fastest qualifier w/decal): Steve Francis
Pink Carburetors ($100 product certificate): Pat Doar
Pink Carburetors ($50 product certificate): Adam Hensel
Quartermaster ($100 product certificate): Shane Clanton
Quartermaster ($50 product certificate): Pat Doar
Quartermaster ($25 product certificate): Zach Johnson
R2C Performance ($100 cash): Jimmy Mars
STP ($50 cash award): Clint Smith
VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (two five-gallon plastic fuel jugs to fastest qualifier who does not make the A-Main if decal is displayed): None
Wrisco Aluminum (three sheets of aluminum to A-Main winner w/decal): Josh Richards

2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of July 8 – 26 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):

1. Josh Richards 3540
2. Tim McCreadie 3518 (-22)
3. Darrell Lanigan 3480 (-60)
4. Steve Francis 3412 (-128)
5. Austin Hubbard 3338 (-202)
6. Shane Clanton 3326 (-214)
7. Tim Fuller 3286 (-254)
8. Rick Eckert 3284 (-256)
9. Chub Frank 3216 (-324)
10. Clint Smith 3132 (-408)
11. Russell King 2958 (-582)
12. Brent Robinson 2634 (-906)
13. Brady Smith 2584 (-956)
14. Jill George 1948 (-1592)
15. Brian Birkhofer 1368 (-2172)

FOLLOW THE ACTION ON TWITTER: Fans can now keep up-to-date with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series online and through text messages on cell phones via Twitter, the internet’s fast-growing social-networking and micro-blogging website. Updates are provided to Twitter ‘followers’ of the WoO LMS throughout each race night, and fans also receive breaking news and interesting notes from the tour.

To sign-up as a WoO LMS ‘follower’ on Twitter to receive updates anywhere at anytime, visit http://twitter.com/WoOLateModels.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, they can experience the excitement of the nation’s premier tour live on DIRTvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the free audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail customerservice@dirtvision.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

‘Great Plains 50’ On Saturday (July 10) At Dakota State Fair Speedway Brings McCreadie Back To Site Of His Historic Victory

HURON, SD - July 8, 2010 - Delightful memories will flood Tim McCreadie’s mind when he pulls through the pit gate of Dakota State Fair Speedway on Saturday night (July 10) for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Great Plains 50.’

The last time the native of Watertown, N.Y., visited the four-tenths-mile oval, after all, he made history with the renowned national tour.

McCreadie, 36, was an up-and-coming, second-year WoO LMS follower when he put on a breathtaking show on June 5, 2005, at DSFS, becoming the first – and still only – driver to win a series A-Main from the last starting spot. It was a performance for the ages by the former DIRTcar big-block Modified regular who would go on to win the WoO LMS championship in 2006.

“That was probably our most exciting win ever in a Late Model,” said McCreadie, who has become of dirt Late Model racing’s most popular drivers. “It’s tough to beat the feeling you get when you win a race from last – especially when you do it against the best guys in the country. It was definitely one of those races you remember for a long time.”

With McCreadie back as a WoO LMS traveler this season for the first time since his title-winning ’06 campaign, he’s anxious for the opportunity to return to his personal hallowed ground in South Dakota. He didn’t compete in last year’s tour event at DSFS, which was won by defending WoO LMS champ Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., and came just a couple weeks after McCreadie made his comeback from a serious back injury that had sidelined him for five months.

McCreadie can’t believe it’s been five years since his spectacular evening at DSFS, which was set up by his bad luck midway through the program. He set fast time and won a heat race to stamp him as the racer to watch, but a blown engine during the dash – an event no longer used to determine starting positions in WoO LMS A-Mains – forced him to park his fleet machine and hastily pull out a backup. Switching cars, of course, meant he had to start last in the 50-lap headliner.

“We didn’t get any (practice) laps on the car at all,” recalled McCreadie, the son of DIRTcar big-block Modified legend ‘Barefoot’ Bob McCreadie. “We just unloaded the car, took a guess on setup and tires, and went out there. We were just hoping to salvage the night, but I think I passed like seven or eight cars in the first 10 laps and I thought, Well, we’re gonna be alright.”

But did McCreadie actually think he could pull off a worst-to-first run? Not really – until his fortunes turned around for the better when a caution flag flew with just three laps remaining.

“Eventually I got to third and the yellow came out, and I said, ‘We might have a shot at this,’” said McCreadie. “We’d been running (leader Darrell) Lanigan and (second-place Rick) Eckert down, so during that caution I was just hoping that they didn’t know there was an outside (groove).

“The track was in really good shape. It rained for like three days straight (the event was, in fact, postponed one day by the wet weather) so the track was really wet and had a big cushion, and that’s where I was running. Nobody else was really running up there – and on the (final) restart those guys stayed on the bottom instead of moving up, so I went to the top and passed ‘em. We just got lucky.”

The victory effectively thrust McCreadie into the national dirt Late Model conversation. It was just his second WoO LMS win of the season and his career, but he went on to lead the tour with eight triumphs in 2005 and finished a head-turning third in the points standings. The 2004 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year then closed the deal the following season by winning the points crown.

“A lot of people in dirt Late Model racing didn’t even know who we were yet – especially people in South Dakota – when we won that race (in 2005),” said McCreadie. “That made it nice to win a race like that.”

McCreadie hopes he won’t need to go to such extremes to win again at DSFS this Saturday night. Considering the momentum he’s carrying into the finale of the four-race ‘Wild West Tour,’ he just might take a much smoother route to a $10,000 victory.

The driver known as ‘T-Mac’ is one of the hottest drivers on the WoO LMS, with three wins in his last five starts after kicking off the ‘Wild West Tour’ on Wednesday night with a triumph in the NAPA Auto Parts ‘Gopher 50’ at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn. He left Deer Creek ranked second in the points standings – just 16 points behind leader Richards – and on an emotional high after becoming a father for the first time with the July 5 birth of his son Gavin Chase.

McCreadie will face tough competition at DSFS from his WoO LMS rivals, including his fellow former tour champions Richards (DSFS Outlaw finishes of eighth in ’05, first in ’09), Union, Ky.’s Lanigan (second, seventh) and Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky. (seventh, second).

Other WoO LMS regulars (and their previous finishes at DSFS) include York, Pa.’s Eckert (third, fourth), Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga. (fourth, fifth), Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa. (13th, sixth), Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y. (third in ’09), Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga. (eighth in ’09), Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio (10th in ’09), Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va. (18th in ’09) and Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa, who finished 20th in ’09 when she became the first female driver to qualify for a WoO LMS A-Main through a heat race. Rookie sensation Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., is this year’s only Outlaw traveler who will make his first career start at DSFS on Saturday night.

Saturday night’s program, which is sponsored by KOKK Radio and Sturdevent’s Auto Parts, will also include racing for the WISSOTA Super Stocks and Midwest Mods.

Pit gates are scheduled to open at 4 p.m. and the grandstands will be unlocked at 6 p.m. Hot laps are scheduled for 6:45 p.m. with WoO LMS time trials to immediately follow.

Adult general admission is $25 on race day, with juniors (youngsters 50 inches in height to 16 years of age) charged $12 and kids under 50 inches admitted free.

A raindate of Sun., July 11, has been established for the event.

Additional information is available at www.dakotapromotions.com or by calling 605-352-4848.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

What A Dad: McCreadie Celebrates Birth Of Son With Thrilling Victory Over Lanigan In NAPA ‘Gopher 50’ At Deer Creek Speedway

SPRING VALLEY, MN - July 7, 2010 - Tim McCreadie celebrated the arrival of his first child the best way possible – with a thrilling victory.

Just two days after McCreadie’s girlfriend Karen gave birth to his son Gavin Chase, the 36-year-old star from Watertown, N.Y., flew halfway across the country and held off a furious late-race challenge from Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., to win Wednesday night’s 31st annual NAPA Auto Parts ‘Gopher 50’ at Deer Creek Speedway.

The triumph – worth $11,875, including a $1,000 bonus from NAPA – was McCreadie’s fourth of the 2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series and third in the last five tour events.

“It couldn’t have been a better week,” pronounced a beaming McCreadie, whose 7-pound, 7-ounce baby boy was born at 2:39 a.m. on July 5. “I came home (from the WoO LMS holiday-weekend doubleheader in Tennessee) in time to make it for my son’s delivery. That was an experience in itself, but to top it off with a win in my first race since he was born – man, it’s too cool.”

McCreadie roared off the outside pole to lead every lap of the A-Main in his Sweeteners Plus Rocket car, but he barely beat Lanigan to the finish line in a showdown of former World of Outlaws Late Model Series champions. Lanigan erased McCreadie’s full straightaway advantage during the 30-lap stretch of green-flag racing that closed the event but couldn’t complete a pass in the final frenetic circuits, falling short by a scant 0.047 of a second behind the wheel of his GottaRace.com Rocket.

Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., who started 11th, steered his MB Customs mount into third place on lap 34 and stayed there to the finish, running just a few car lengths behind Lanigan down the stretch. Polesitter Rick Eckert of York, Pa., settled for fourth place with a Team Zero by Bloomquist car that he said became “too tight,” and fourth-starter Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., completed the top five in the RSD Enterprises Rocket after climbing as high as second early in the event.

In a race that was slowed by seven cautions – all coming during the first 20 laps – McCreadie appeared headed toward a convincing victory. He held a commanding lead shortly after the halfway point was passed.

But Lanigan, who started third but fell to fifth during the race’s early stages, fought back to reach second place with a pass of Eckert on lap 32. He chased down McCreadie without the benefit of a caution flag and spent the last three circuits bidding for the lead all around the three-eighths-mile oval.

Lanigan clearly had the faster car at the end of the event. McCreadie, however, was savvy enough to turn back the challenge.

“I know we pulled away a little over the mid-stretch, but from like lap 30 on I didn’t feel that good,” said McCreadie. “I don’t know if we overheated the right-rear tire, but I just felt like I was hanging in the center of the corners and fading.

“I saw (Lanigan) get under me with a few laps to go, but I couldn’t get down there right to run as low as he was. At that point I’d run 45 some odd laps up on the cushion, so what do you do? You can’t just try to do something different.”

McCreadie did direct his car to the inside groove rounding turns three and four on the final lap – a strategy that likely paid off.

“I just figured that on the last lap I better go to where he is (on the bottom) because if I stayed way wide getting into three I probably would’ve gotten slid,” said McCreadie, who registered his 16th career win on the WoO LMS. “It was the last lap, you know, and it’s 10-grand on the line, so I knew that if I went (into three) where I had been the last three laps, (Lanigan) would’ve done what he had to do and cleared me. He almost had me cleared with one (lap) to go, but he gave me just enough room to get by.”

McCreadie lauded Lanigan’s gentlemanly manner during the race-deciding battle: “He raced me good through three and four. He could’ve slid me twice, and he didn’t. That’s just a professional way to race. I caught him before he left (Victory Lane) and told him I appreciated the way he raced me and I’ll race him the same way in the future. I’ll try to give him every professional courtesy I can.”

Lanigan, a two-time Gopher 50 winner, wasn’t interested in talking about the respect he demonstrated toward McCreadie. He actually wasn’t much interested in talking about the race at all.

Sitting dejectedly in the window of his car just beyond McCreadie’s post-race celebration, Lanigan was asked to describe the final laps. He said only that they were “close,” and when asked whether he would have done anything different if he could re-run the race, he tersely responded, “Nope.”

“We just can’t get a win,” said Lanigan, who has fallen short several times since his lone WoO LMS victory this season, on March 19 at Ocala (Fla.) Speedway. “We were coming, but (McCreadie) moved to the bottom to block me. That’s what you’re supposed to do when you’re leading the race. I’d would’ve done the same thing.”

Finishing in positions 6-10 was 17th-starter Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa; Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., who ran in the top five for the race’s first 17 laps; Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa.; rookie Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., who pitted on lap seven after being collected when Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis., spun into the inside berm in turn four; and defending WoO LMS champion Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., who started fifth but struggled throughout the race.

Richards saw his points lead shrink to 16 points over McCreadie, who shaved 20 markers off the deficit he faced entering the opening event of the four-race ‘Wild West Tour.’

Chad Simpson of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, finished 12th, earning himself the $500 WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ cash for being the highest-finishing driver who has never won a tour A-Main and wasn’t ranked among the top 12 in the points standings.

A field of 38 cars was signed in for the Gopher 50, which was part of the WoO LMS for the sixth consecutive year. A big crowd turned out despite a threat of thunderstorms.

Francis was the fastest qualifier during the Ohlins Shocks Time Trials with a lap of 14.949 seconds. It was his first fast-time honor of the 2010 season.

Heat winners were Francis, Richards, McCreadie and Eckert, each of whom earned $100 bonuses from NAPA for their efforts. The B-Mains were captured by Birkhofer and Andrew McKay of Edina, Minn.

WoO LMS regular Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., entered the evening’s action just two days after undergoing an emergency appendectomy, but he was too sore to race competitively. He gained entry to the A-Main with a provisional spot but only circled the track during the pace laps to collect last-place points.

The WoO LMS ‘Wild West Tour’ continues on Thursday night (July 8) at Superior (Wis.) Speedway before heading to River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D., on Fri., July 9, and Dakota State Fair Speedway in Huron, S.D., on Sat., July 10.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

Results of WoO Late Model Series NAPA Auto Parts ‘Gopher 50’ (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (2) Tim McCreadie/50 $11,875
2. (3) Darrell Lanigan/50 $5,600
3. (11) Jimmy Mars/50 $3,000
4. (1) Rick Eckert/50 $3,100
5. (4) Shane Clanton/50 $2,500
6. (17) Brian Birkhofer/50 $1,700
7. (6) Steve Francis/50 $2,150
8. (7) Chub Frank/50 $1,800
9. (13) Austin Hubbard/50 $1,950
10. (5) Josh Richards/50 $1,800
11. (12) Russell King/50 $1,550
12. (19) Chad Simpson/50 $1,500
13. (24) Clint Smith/50 $1,450
14. (22) Jason Hughes/50 $900
15. (18) Andrew McKay/49 $850
16. (15) Pat Doar/49 $850
17. (8) Brent Robinson/49 $1,270
18. (21) Tyler Breuning/49 $750
19. (20) Zach Johnson/49 $730
20. (16) Adam Hensel/30 $700
21. (25) Joe Ludemann/24 $700
22. (10) Keith Foss/8 $700
23. (9) Brady Smith/6 $700
24. (14) Jason Rauen/2 $700
25. (23) Tim Fuller/0 $1,200

* Earnings include Winners Circle program and cash contingency award bonuses

Time of Race: 31 Mins., 21.209 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 0.047 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 7 (Laps 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 12, 20)
Lap Leaders: McCreadie (1-50)
Provisional Starters: Fuller. C. Smith
Rookie of the Race: Hubbard ($250)
WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Simpson ($500)

Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 14.949
2. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 14.950
3. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 14.980
4. 56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH 14.991
5. 3-Brent Robinson/Smithfield, VA 15.028
6. 95-Keith Foss/Winona, MN 15.037
7. 25-Shane Clanton/Fayetteville, GA 15.069
8. 44H-Adam Hensel/Barron, WI 15.070
9. 15b-Brian Birkhofer/Muscatine, IA 15.100
10. 2W-Darryn Waldo/Billings, MT 15.220
11. 28-Jimmy Mars/Menomonie, WI 15.221
12. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 15.244
13. 2-Brady Smith/Solon Springs, WI 15.249
14. 98-Jason Rauen/Farley, IA 15.274
15. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 15.326
16. 17J-John Winge/Rinngold, GA 15.381
17. 25s-Chad Simpson/Mt. Vernon, IA 15.456
18. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 15.465
19. 11-Pat Doar/New Richmond, WI 15.474
20. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 15.578
21. 19H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 15.604
22. 16-Tyler Breuning/Decorah, IA 15.608
23. 73-Zach Johnson/Kensington, MN 15.671
24. 18-Dustin Hapka/Grand Forks, ND 15.706
25. 33-Joe Ludemann/Grand Meadow, MN 15.774
26. 99L-Larry Wight/Baldwinsville, NY 15.785
27. 44M-Eric Mass/Rapid City, SD 15.815
28. 6-Nick Herrick/Kenyon, MN 15.926
29. 77-Jordan Yaggy/Rochester, MN 15.940
30. 22-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 15.983
31. 71-Andrew McKay/Edina, MN 16.028
32. 40-Nick Kramer/Pine Island, MN 16.417
33. 7-Dennis Hillson/Blooming Prairie, MN 16.577
34. 2P-Lucas Peterson/Grand Meadow, MN 16.603
35. 35-Jerry Bloom/Grand Meadow, MN 16.681
36. 12-Jason Hughes/Westfield, OK N/T
37. 7E-Neal Eckhart/Rochester, MN N/T
38. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY N/T

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Francis, Robinson, B. Smith, Hubbard, Simpson, Yaggy, Hillson, Ludemann, Birkhofer (DNS) Eckhart

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Richards, Lanigan, Foss, Rauen, Breuning, Wight, Waldo, Peterson, George (DNS) Fuller

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): McCreadie, Clanton, Mars, Doar, C. Smith, Johnson, McKay, Mass, Bloom

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Eckert, Frank, King, Hensel, Hughes, Hapka, Winge, Herrick, Kramer

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Birkhofer, Simpson, Breuning, Wight, Ludemann, Peterson, Hillson, George, Waldo, Yaggy, Eckhart (DNS) Fuller

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): McKay, Johnson, Hughes, Hapka, C. Smith, Bloom, Winge, Mass, Kramer (DNS) Herrick

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sports Shirts ($50 product certificate): Dennis Hillson
Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main w/decal): Chad Simpson
Eibach Springs (one free spring): Larry Wight/Zack Johnson
MSD Ignition ($75 cash award): Tim McCreadie
MSD Ignition ($25 cash award): Brent Robinson
Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash award to fastest qualifier w/decal): Steve Francis
Pink Carburetors ($100 product certificate): Rick Eckert
Pink Carburetors ($50 product certificate): Pat Doar
Quartermaster ($100 product certificate): Rick Eckert
Quartermaster ($50 product certificate): Shane Clanton
Quartermaster ($25 product certificate): Pat Doar
R2C Performance ($100 cash): Tim McCreadie
STP ($50 cash award): Larry Wight
VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (two five-gallon plastic fuel jugs to fastest qualifier who does not make the A-Main if decal is displayed): Larry Wight
Wrisco Aluminum (three sheets of aluminum to A-Main winner w/decal): Tim McCreadie

2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of July 7 – 25 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):

1. Josh Richards 3396
2. Tim McCreadie 3380 (-16)
3. Darrell Lanigan 3334 (-62)
4. Steve Francis 3286 (-110)
5. Austin Hubbard 3210 (-186)
6. Shane Clanton 3192 (-204)
7. Tim Fuller 3184 (-212)
8. Rick Eckert 3154 (-242)
9. Chub Frank 3080 (-316)
10. Clint Smith 3010 (-386)
11. Russell King 2838 (-558)
12. Brent Robinson 2516 (-880)
13. Brady Smith 2442 (-954)
14. Jill George 1840 (-1556)
15. Brian Birkhofer 1228 (-2168)

FOLLOW THE ACTION ON TWITTER: Fans can now keep up-to-date with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series online and through text messages on cell phones via Twitter, the internet’s fast-growing social-networking and micro-blogging website. Updates are provided to Twitter ‘followers’ of the WoO LMS throughout each race night, and fans also receive breaking news and interesting notes from the tour.

To sign-up as a WoO LMS ‘follower’ on Twitter to receive updates anywhere at anytime, visit http://twitter.com/WoOLateModels.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, they can experience the excitement of the nation’s premier tour live on DIRTvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the free audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail customerservice@dirtvision.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

River Cities Speedway Fans Ready For Another World of Outlaws Late Model Series Thriller On Friday Night (July 9)

GRAND FORKS, ND – July 7, 2010 – There’s just one question that needs to be answered when the World of Outlaws Late Model Series makes its annual visit to River Cities Speedway on Friday night (July 9).

What kind of wild moment will make the $10,000-to-win, 50-lap A-Main a thriller this year?

No stalwart track on the renowned national tour has consistently produced more memorable action over the past three years than River Cities, a high-banked, blazing-fast quarter-mile oval just south of the Canadian border. Fans have left the track’s spacious grandstands buzzing about what they witnessed and anxious to return for another installment of Outlaw competition.

“River Cities Speedway has become one of the can’t-miss stops for fans of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series,” said tour director Tim Christman. “Ask anyone who follows the series – for three years in a row our event at River Cities has ended up being one of the most exciting races of the entire tour. The track is a perfect size for close, intense racing and that’s why we’re always excited for our trip there.”

A look back at the last three WoO LMS shows at River Cities reveals the type of racing spectators can expect on Friday night.

* In 2007, Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., put on a spectacular display of traffic driving to win his milestone first-ever WoO LMS A-Main early in his rookie season on the tour. He slipped by Eddie Carrier Jr. for the lead while negotiating a flurry of lapped cars with just four laps remaining and held on to win the 50-lap event – a race that also saw Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., make an unforgettable charge from the 24^th starting spot to finish a fast-closing third.

* In 2008, Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis., became the second straight driver to reach Victory Lane for the first time on the WoO LMS at River Cities with a razor-thin triumph over Babb that ranks as one of the best races in series history. After dueling at the front of the pack for virtually the entire 50-lap distance, the two Midwesterners split a lapped car exiting turn four with the checkered flag waving. Babb ran out of racing room on the outside and crossed the finish line with his car’s right side riding the wall, a scant 0.121 of a second behind Smith.

* Last year River Cities’ big WoO LMS moment came just after the midway point of the A-Main. Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., and Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., were battling for the lead on lap 31 when the slower Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., slid sideways in front of them rounding turn four and bounced into the infield, sending up a huge dust cloud from which Richards and Francis slowly emerged with damage evident to the hoods of their cars. With the caution flag thrown for the dangerous situation caused by Frank’s spin, Richards and Francis maintained their positions at the front of the field for the ensuing restart and Richards stayed there to the finish for one of his series-leading eight victories in 2009.

Fuller, Smith and Richards will be joined by 2006 River Cities WoO LMS winner Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky. – the only driver who’s been victorious in dominant fashion at the track – in Friday’s field. But while they will lead the charge to the North Dakota facility, each enters the event with varying degrees of momentum – Fuller is unsure how hard he’ll be able to race after undergoing an emergency appendectomy on Monday afternoon; Smith is looking to break out of a slump that contributed to his recent decision to discontinue following the WoO LMS as a regular; Richards is the tour’s points leader and winningest driver this season heading into the four-race ‘Wild West Tour’ that includes River Cities; and Lanigan sits third in the points standings but is struggling to shed the flat-tire bad luck that has plagued him in 2010.

WoO LMS travelers who will be looking for their first career win at River Cities include 2007 tour titlist Steve Francis; Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., who will compete at the track for the first time since his 2006 WoO LMS championship season; Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., who has won two of last three WoO LMS A-Mains (including $30,000-plus Firecracker 100 on June 26 at Pennsylvania’s Lernerville Speedway); Rick Eckert of York, Pa.; Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga.; Chub Frank; Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio; rookie sensation Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del.; Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va., and Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Other drivers expected to compete on Friday are Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., and a host of River Cities regulars, including 2010 feature winners Brad Seng of Grand Forks, N.D., Mike Balcaen of Winnipeg, Man., Ricky Weiss of Headingley, Man., Jeff Provinzino of Hibbing, Minn., Steve Anderson of Grand Forks, N.D., Tom Corcoran of E. Grand Forks, Minn., and James Sangrait Jr. of Park River, N.D.

Hot laps are scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m. on Fri., July 9, at River Cities Speedway, which also has its weekly NOSA Sprint Cars on the program.

Reserved seats are $28 in advance and $30 on race day, and general admission is $25 with kids 12-and-under admitted for $15.

Additional info on River Cities Speedway is available by logging on to www.rivercitiesspeedway.com or calling 701-780-0999 or 218-773-3002 (tickets).

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Tim Fuller’s Status For ‘Wild West Tour’ Uncertain After Emergency Appendectomy

CONCORD, NC - July 6, 2010 - Tim Fuller’s status for this week’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Wild West Tour’ is uncertain after he underwent an emergency appendectomy on Monday afternoon.

Fuller, 42, of Watertown, N.Y., was in his hauler Tuesday afternoon and headed to Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., for the opening event of the four-race swing on Wednesday night (July 7), but he said he would have to wait until race time to determine his ability to compete.

“Right now I’m not even sure I can make a lap (for last-place points),” said Fuller, who was still extremely sore 24 hours after the surgery. “My doctor said he wouldn’t recommend racing for a couple weeks, but he said, ‘You most likely aren’t gonna reinjure yourself, so it’s more a matter of if you can take the pain.’

“They only made three small cuts on me and went in with a scope (to remove the appendix), but they’re still moving your guts around so it’s painful. I’ll have to see how I feel (on Wednesday night) and then decide what I’m gonna do.”

Fuller began to experience pain on Sunday afternoon while at racer April Farmer’s shop in Livingston, Tenn., where Fuller and Shane Clanton headed to spend a couple days working on their equipment after Saturday night’s WoO LMS event at nearby Tazewell (Tenn.) Speedway. He initially thought he was suffering from a case of food poisoning, but after spending a sleepless night doubled over in pain he asked Farmer and her husband, Chris, to take him to a local doctor’s office on Monday morning to find out if his problem was something more serious. Tests revealed that his appendix was inflamed and in danger of bursting, so he was told to immediately report to a nearby hospital and by 2 p.m. he was on an operating table undergoing an emergency appendectomy.

The surgery went well and doctors allowed Fuller to check himself out of the hospital at 8:30 on Monday night. He was able sleep in reasonable comfort in his hauler and left Farmer’s shop on Tuesday afternoon, bound for Minnesota with his crew and Clanton’s team.

“I guess I’m fortunate that this happened while we were at April’s place rather than somewhere on the road where we don’t know anybody,” said Fuller. “April and Chris were great shuttling me back-and-forth to the doctor and the hospital, and Shane and his girlfriend Michelle were at the hospital with me.

“Now all I can do is go to Deer Creek and play it by ear. Hopefully I’ll be able to race.”

Fuller currently ranks fifth in the WoO LMS points standings, 182 points behind leader Josh Richards and just six points ahead of sixth-place Austin Hubbard. He won twice and finished third in the first three events of the recent ‘Great Northern Tour’ to pull within 84 points of Richards, but in the five A-Mains since then he’s finished no better than 12th and lost 98 points in the standings.

The ‘Wild West Tour’ kicks off on Wednesday at Deer Creek and then visits Superior (Wis.) Speedway on Thurs., July 8; River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D., on Fri., July 9; and Dakota State Fair Speedway in Huron, S.D., on Sat., July 10. Fuller earned his first career WoO LMS A-Main victory at River Cities in 2007.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Wisconsin’s Brady Smith Looks Forward To World of Outlaws Late Model Series Stop At Superior Speedway On Thursday Night (July 8)

No Longer An Outlaw Regular, Smith Hopes Race At Home Track Shakes Him Out Of Slump

SUPERIOR, WI – July 6, 2010 – The day that Brady Smith circled on his calendar months ago has finally arrived.

On Thursday night (July 8), the World of Outlaws Late Model Series makes an inaugural stop in his backyard, visiting his former hometrack, Superior Speedway, for the ‘Mid-States Hydraulics 50’ that is part of the circuit’s annual ‘Wild West Tour.’

But while the 33-year-old from Solon Springs, Wis., is certainly pleased to be running a $10,000-to-win dirt Late Model special at a track located just over 30 miles northwest of his doorstep, he enters the biggest event in the history of the three-eighths-mile oval sitting in a far different position that he had hoped. Smith is mired in a season-long slump – struggles that recently forced him to stop following the WoO LMS schedule, short-circuiting his dreams of returning to Superior Speedway as a contender for the national tour’s $100,000 points championship.

“I hated to do it,” Smith said of his difficult decision to drop off the World of Outlaws trail before last month’s ‘Great Northern Tour’ through upstate New York, Canada and western Pennsylvania. “I thought about it for a long time. I tried to make things happen so I didn’t have to do it, but unfortunately it was a decision that was inevitable for us the way our season has been going.”

What’s so frustrating for Smith, of course, is that his 2010 campaign began with such promise. After turning heads during his first season as a WoO LMS regular in 2009 – he didn’t win an A-Main and finished eighth in the points standings, but he ranked sixth among tour drivers with 12 top-five finishes – he had great expectations for his sophomore year. He burst out of the starting gate with a third-place finish and victory in February’s season-opening events at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., to grab the points lead for the first time in his career, but he simply couldn’t maintain that level of performance. Smith registered just one top-five finish (second place on May 13 at Delaware International Speedway) over the next 14 A-Mains and plummeted to eighth in the points race.

Facing a 214-point deficit to WoO LMS points leader (and defending champion) Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., by the end of May and struggling to keep his self-owned racing program afloat, Smith reluctantly called tour director Tim Christman before the ‘Great Northern Tour’ to relay the news that he would be pulling back on his travel schedule to regroup.

“All things were pointed in the right direction for us when the season started,” said Smith, who has three career WoO LMS victories, including back-to-back wins during the 2008 ‘Wild West Tour’ at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D., and Estevan (Sask.) Motor Speedway. “We worked hard over the winter and ran well at Volusia. We left there with the points lead – it couldn’t have worked out any better.

“Then...God, things just went to hell in a hand basket. We couldn’t seem to do anything right. We had fast race cars and were qualifying real well (three fast-time awards in the season’s first nine events), but then either we’d make the wrong decisions on tires or have something stupid happen, like a lapped car would spin out in front of me and I’d have to spin out of third place to avoid him.

“West Virginia (Motor Speedway over Memorial Day weekend) was almost the straw that broke the camel’s back,” he continued, recalling a hard crash during time trials that left his Team Zero by Bloomquist machine badly damaged and his body sore. “We didn’t just wreck, we destroyed a car. It was junk. That really set our program back – and then I had a crew guy leave on top of it, so I just lost half my workforce.”

The cool, calm Smith paused. He clenched his fists and let out an exasperated, “Ugh!” before commenting, “I’m not making excuses, but it was just a downward spiral. We were just totally going in the wrong direction, and before I hit rock bottom I had to do something different.”

Racing with the assistance of several valued sponsors but without the backing of a major company since his four-year run with Amsoil ended following the 2008 season, Smith doesn’t have the wiggle room with his finances to weather lean stretches like he once did. His geographic location – he lives in northwestern Wisconsin, so it takes him four hours just to get out of the Badger State – also adds a degree of difficulty to his attempts to chase a grueling national schedule.

“I enjoy racing with the World of Outlaws and I really feel like it’s the right thing to do for our program to make us better,” said Smith, who estimated that he put over 50,000 miles on his hauler traveling to races last year. “But we need to scale back right now and change some things to get back going in the right direction.

“We’re not gonna quit. We’re just gonna try to be as prepared as we can for all the races we do, and hopefully in the future we can get ourselves in the right position to run (regularly) with the World of Outlaws again.”

Smith will be back on the WoO LMS trail this week, albeit just for the four-race ‘Wild West Tour’ through Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota that doesn’t hit a track more than eight hours from his residence. He hasn’t raced since traveling to Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., for the WoO LMS ‘Firecracker 100’ from June 24-26 (he finished third in a 30-lap preliminary A-Main and 10th in the 100-lap headliner after leading laps 1-19), so he’s rested and ready for the challenge of racing the Outlaw stars he knows so well on his home turf.

The driver known as the ‘Prodigy’ should definitely feel comfortable at Superior, a track he ran regularly early in his career. He competed there for one year in a Street Stock, four years in a Super Stock and parts of two seasons in a WISSOTA spec-motor Late Model before he began branching out to enter full-blown Late Model events in the early to mid 2000s.

“We’re looking forward to getting back there to Superior for a big show,” said Smith, who won multiple features and championships during his years as a regular at the track. “After always traveling so far to race, it will be nice to race in front of my hometown fans and family. We’ll have a bunch of family there – parents, aunts, uncles, cousins.”

Smith, who said he’s raced at Superior “maybe 10 times” over the past five years, will be shooting for his first-ever full-blown Late Model victory at the facility. His last triumph there came in a 2005 WISSOTA Late Model event; the closest he’s come to a full-blown Late Model victory at Superior is a second-place finish on July 29, 2009, in a race sanctioned by the defunct World Dirt Racing League (WDRL).

“I don’t feel like I’m gonna have a big advantage, but at least I have more of an idea of what to expect than most guys,” said Smith. “If it’s typical Superior, it’ll be really slick and smooth and you’ll have to be smooth and patient and have your car set up right.

“Hopefully we’ll be able to run up front,” he added. “After the season we’ve had, a win would just be awesome. It would boost everyone’s morale and definitely help the bank account.”

Smith will face plenty of tough competition from the WoO LMS travelers, including former champions Richards, Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., and Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky. The tour’s roster also features the red-hot Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga. (two wins in the last three events, including the Firecracker 100), Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., Rick Eckert of York, Pa., Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio, rookie sensation Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va., and Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa.

A talented group of drivers from the Upper Midwest is also expected to enter the event, including Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., who has won at least one WDRL feature at Superior in each of the last four years; Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, who captured a Hav-A-Tampa/Xtreme series event at the track in 2003; Adam Hensel of Barron, Wis., who won a feature at Superior on May 21; Pat Doar of New Richmond, Wis., who was victorious at Superior on May 28; two-time WDRL champion Chad Simpson of Mt. Vernon, Iowa; and former WISSOTA national titlist Zach Johnson of Kensington, Minn.

Hot laps are scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. and time trials will get the green flag at 7 p.m. on Thurs., July 8, at Superior Speedway. Pure Stocks and MW Mods will also be part of the program.

Tickets are $30 for ages 16-and-up, $10 for ages 6-15 and free for children 6-and-under with a paid adult. Pit passes will cost $40.

Superior Speedway is located two miles south of U.S. 2 on State Road 35, close to the shores of Lake Superior.

More information on Superior Speedway can be obtained by logging on to www.superiorracetrack.com or calling 715-394-RACE.

The Mid-States Hydraulics 50 is the second stop on the WoO LMS ‘Wild West Tour,’ which kicks off on July 7 at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., and also includes events on July 9 at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D., and July 10 at Dakota State Fair Speedway.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Deer Creek Speedway’s ‘Gopher 50’ On Wednesday Night (July 7) Has Become Big Part Of World of Outlaws Late Model Series

Unique Charity Event Earned Organizers Recognition As National Tour’s 2009 Promoters Of The Year

SPRING VALLEY, MN – July 5, 2010 – The NAPA Auto Parts ‘Gopher 50’ Charity Late Model Race sure has come a long way.

With the event ready to celebrate its 31st annual running on Wednesday night (July 7) at Deer Creek Speedway, the ‘Gopher’ is entrenched as one of the most prestigious and unique dirt Late Model races in the country. It stands out from the crowd so much, in fact, that it earned its organizers coveted recognition as the 2009 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Promoters of the Year.

Collaboratively promoted by the Blooming Prairie (Minn.) Lions Club and management of Deer Creek Speedway, the Gopher 50’s alltime winners’ list is dotted with some of the biggest names in the racing business. More importantly, over $300,000 for Jaycee and Lions projects has been raised over the lifetime of the Gopher 50, which was contested at Chateau Speedway in Austin, Minn. (1980-1981) and the Steele County Fairgrounds in Owatanna, Minn. (1982-2004) before settling at Deer Creek in 2005 and soaring to new heights.

The Gopher 50 has been part of the WoO LMS for its entire run at Deer Creek, gaining more prominence on the schedule with each passing season. Anyone still unfamiliar with the event received a reminder of its status when the announcement of its organizers’ WoO LMS promotional award was made during the national tour’s awards banquet last November.

“We’re honored to receive an award from such a prestigious group like the World of Outlaws,” said Jerry Ingvalson, the Blooming Prairie Lions Club member who has overseen all aspects of the Charity Race since its inception in 1980. “It definitely shows how much the Gopher has grown. It’s become one of the events in the dirt Late Model world that people want to see.”

“We couldn’t believe it when Tim (Christman, the WoO LMS director) called and said little Deer Creek Speedway and the Gopher 50 won the award,” said Deer Creek’s P.R. and marketing director Ryan Queensland, whose family operates the finely-manicured, three-eighths-mile oval. “We’re humbled that a national touring series would recognize our track and event, considering some of the crown-jewel races and well-known tracks that are part of the series.

“Winning an award like this puts you in a very elite crowd. It’s a helluva honor, and it drives us to go out and continue putting on great events.”

Ingvalson and the Queensland family celebrated last year’s milestone 30th edition of the Gopher 50 with a promotion that certainly couldn’t be ignored by WoO LMS officials and teams. The event headlined the 17 former Gopher 50 winners, gave fans a shot at a cash prize and featured a $10,000 bonus for a past event champion to win the race – a check that 2008 WoO LMS titlist Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., claimed to push his booty for capturing the A-Main to a whopping $20,000.

“The Gopher obviously has been a huge event around here for years, so we were thrilled when (the Blooming Prairie Lions Club) asked us to host it,” said Ryan Queensland, the P.R. and marketing director of Deer Creek Speedway. “One of the things we talked about with Jerry and the Lions Club was doing something really special for the 30th anniversary of the Gopher. We came up with the Past Champions’ Fund and some fan-oriented promotions and I think it all went off great.

“A lot of people came up to us last year and said the Gopher was one of the most memorable races they’ve ever attended and already had it on their calendars to come back to Deer Creek.”

Thousands of fans are expected to pack Deer Creek’s grandstands again on Wednesday night for another installment of the Gopher 50, which this year combines some new wrinkles and popular annual traditions. The biggest incentive for the drivers is the bonus money posted by NAPA – an extra $1,000 on top of the A-Main’s $10,000 top prize and $100 for each heat victor, contingent upon display of a NAPA decal on the right side of the car.

What’s more, Fastshafts of Des Moines, Iowa, is sponsoring a Gopher 50 Hard Charger award that will award the race’s mover-and-shaker a complete aluminum driveshaft with slip yoke (retail value $330) or a certificate towards the purchase of a new carbon-fiber driveshaft with yoke worth $650. Receipt of the prize is also contingent upon display of the company’s sticker.

Continuing as part of the Gopher 50, of course, is the pre-race ‘feed’ – a full Windsor Chops meal held under a tent in the Deer Creek parking lot that is open to all competing drivers and their crews – and the Team Sponsorship Program that pays the event entry fee for the top 20 drivers in Deer Creek’s Late Model points standings and the top 10 racers in regional touring series standings thanks to support from a long list of local businesses and individuals.

In addition, sometime during Wednesday night’s program WoO LMS director Tim Christman will formally present the tour’s 2009 Promoters of the Year award to members of the Blooming Prairie Lions Club and the Queensland family.

“They weren’t able to attend our banquet in November so we’ll give them their World of Outlaws award in front of all the fans who have made their Gopher 50 promotion so successful,” said Christman. “The Blooming Prairie Lions Club and Queensland family are well-deserved recipients of our Promoters of the Year award and I’m excited to finally get a chance to congratulate them in person.”

A star-studded field will fill the Deer Creek pit area, led by former WoO LMS champions Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., who leads the 2010 points standings entering Wednesday night’s ‘Wild West Tour’ lidlifter; Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., who will make his first appearance at Deer Creek since his title-winning season in 2006; Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky.; and Lanigan, one of seven drivers who has won the Gopher 50 multiple times.

The WoO LMS traveling roster also includes Rick Eckert of York, Pa. (2006 Gopher 50 winner), Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa. (2007 winner), Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga. (winner of two of last three WoO LMS A-Mains, including $30,000-plus Firecracker 100 on June 26 at Pennsylvania’s Lernerville Speedway), Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga. (an ’06 winner at Deer Creek), Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio, rookie Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va., and Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Other drivers expected to compete on Wednesday include two-time Gopher 50 winner Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis., Adam Hensel of Barron, Wis., Chris Simpson of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, and a host of Deer Creek regulars led by points leader Nick Herrick of West Concord, Minn.

Wednesday night’s program will also include Deer Creek’s USRA Modified division, which will boast an added attraction of its own. Budding ARCA and NASCAR Nationwide Series star Steve Arpin of Fort Frances, Ont., will make his return to the open-wheel division driving a car carrying sponsorship from Mike’s Hard Lemonade, the primary backer of the Venturini Motorsports No. 55 that he’s steered to three ARCA victories this season.

Arpin, who has also run four Nationwide Series events in 2010 for Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s team, will have his Mike’s Hard Lemonade ARCA stocker on display for fans on Wednesday night. He’ll also participate in a question-and-answer session and sign autographs from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Deer Creek’s pit and grandstand gates are scheduled to open at 3 p.m. on Wed., July 7. Time trials are set to begin at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets will be $30 on race day for ages 13-and-up and $15 for children 12-and-under. Pre-sale tickets are available for $25 until 5 p.m. on July 5, and pit passes will be $35.

Reserved seats are available on-line at www.deercreekspeedway.com or by calling 877-DCS-RACE or 507-754-6107.

Deer Creek Speedway is located 15 miles south of Rochester, Minn., on Highway 63.

The Gopher 50 kicks off the four-race WoO LMS ‘Wild West Tour,’ which also visits Superior (Wis.) Speedway on July 8; River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D., on July 9; and Dakota State Fair Speedway on July 10.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

Alltime ‘Gopher 50’ Event Winners (1980-81 at Chateau Speedway in Austin, Minn.; 1982-2004 at Steele County Fairgrounds in Owatanna, Minn.; 2005-present at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn.):

1980 – Leon Plank
1981 – Steve Kosiski
1982 – Steve Kosiski
1983 – Joe Kosiski
1984 – Willy Kraft
1985 – Leon Plank
1986 – Tom Steuding
1987 – Willy Kraft
1988 – Steve Kosiski
1989 – Billy Moyer
1990 – Scott Bloomquist
1991 – Rick Egersdorf
1992 – Bob Hill
1993 – Billy Moyer
1994 – Willy Kraft
1995 – Bill Frye
1996 – Billy Moyer
1997 – Rick Aukland
1998 – Jay Johnson
1999 – Scott Bloomquist
2000 – Billy Moyer
2001 – Billy Moyer
2002 – Shannon Babb
2003 – Scott Bloomquist
2004 – Brian Birkhofer
2005 – Darrell Lanigan (WoO LMS)
2006 – Rick Eckert (WoO LMS)
2007 – Chub Frank (WoO LMS)
2008 – Brian Birkhofer (WoO LMS)
2009 – Darrell Lanigan (WoO LMS)

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Shane Clanton Captures His Second LaCrosse Footwear Extreme Tough Challenge Event

On A Roll: Clanton Holds Off Francis For World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory At Tazewell Speedway

TAZEWELL, TN - July 3, 2010 - Shane Clanton didn’t let a pole position start slip through his fingers for the second time in 24 hours.

The 34-year-old who now calls Fayetteville, Ga., home took full advantage of the opportunity presented to him on Saturday night, continuing his early-summer hot streak with a decisive victory in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Coca-Cola 50’ at Tazewell Speedway.

Clanton, who also started from the pole on Friday night at Wartburg (Tenn.) Speedway but settled for a runner-up finish in the 50-lap A-Main, led the entire distance on Saturday evening before a near-capacity crowd that turned out for the national tour’s first-ever visit to the high-banked, one-third-mile oval. He repelled several challenges from Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., and barely escaped two incidents en route to his third WoO LMS triumph of 2010 and the 14th of his career.

“I let two races go this year (failed to win after starting from the pole) so I wasn’t gonna lose another one,” said Clanton, who earned $10,500. “After Michelle (Davies, his girlfriend and designated position drawer) picked me the pole, I told her, ‘If you do your job, I’ll do mine.’”

Clanton mastered the wicked-fast bullring, keeping his Malcuit-powered RSD Enterprises Rocket car out front in a rough-and-tumble event that was slowed by seven caution flags and one red and lasted just over 47 minutes. He crossed the finish line 1.053 seconds ahead of Francis, who started fourth but chased Clanton from the second spot for the final 35 laps in his Valvoline Rocket machine.

Defending WoO LMS champion Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., calmly moved forward from the sixth starting spot to finish third despite running the last 15 circuits on seven cylinders because an engine lifter apparently broke in his father Mark’s Seubert Calf Ranches Rocket. He doubled his tour points lead to 36 markers over Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., who finished 12th after pitting on lap 20 to change a flat left-rear tire.

Tommy Kerr of Maryville, Tenn., advanced from the 12th starting spot to finish a WoO LMS career-best fourth in his Rocket car, earning him the $500 ‘Bonus Bucks’ cash for being the highest-finishing driver who hadn’t won a series A-Main and wasn’t ranked among the top 12 in the points standings. Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., placed fifth in his Corry Rubber/Hino Toyota Rocket, surviving an overheating engine to register his second straight top-five finish.

“I knew we had a good car, but we made some more changes right before the feature and it made it a lot better,” said Clanton, whose victory gave him two wins (including a $30,000-plus score on June 26 in the Firecracker 100 at Pennsylvania’s Lernerville Speedway) and two runner-up finishes in his last five WoO LMS starts. “We tightened the car up and it made a world of difference.”

Clanton was fast enough to hold off Francis, who ran within striking distance but couldn’t pull off a pass.

“I thought I heard him under me a couple times,” Clanton said of Francis, “but the bottom of (turns) one and two got so rough I said, ‘If he passes me down there, he’s gonna have to make a perfect line.’ I thought I was gonna break something in the race car if I ran down there, so I just married myself to the top and said, ‘If he beats me, he beats me.’”

Francis, 42, was satisfied with $5,600 in second-place money.

“I think I was more maneuverable, but he could run a faster lane in the open every lap,” Francis said of Clanton. “There wasn’t enough off of (turn) four to really pass. He was gonna have to make a mistake for me to get by him.

“We ran first and second, though, so I’m happy. Me and Shane have been working on a lot of stuff together, so it was a good race for both of us.”

Clanton experienced a couple very anxious moments, however, while pacing the field. The first came on lap 15 when Rick Rogers of Knoxville, Tenn., came off the turn-four wall and rolled his car in front of Clanton and several of his pursuers; later, on lap 48, Mike Collins of Carter Lake, Iowa, spun directly ahead of Clanton.

“As that guy was flipping he came right over my nose,” said Clanton. “It scraped the nose of my car all the way up to the air filter. I was lucky it didn’t knock the carburetor off.

“When I got to him I just gassed it up – I said, ‘I’m not stopping here.’ I guess I got him up in the air and he landed on the ‘1’ car (then second-place runner Vic Hill of Morristown, Tenn.) behind me.

“Then with Collins – his eyes looked about the size of quarters when I seen him spinning in front of me,” added Clanton. “I thought I was gonna t-bone him, but he gassed it up and got out of the way just in time. The green stayed out and we made it to the finish.”

Rogers’s series of flips provided the most spectacular accident of the event. His car landed upside down after it slammed into the right side of the machine driven by Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va., and also collected Hill, whose strong run came to an abrupt end due to damage his car sustained in the altercation.

Rogers, who started third but was relegated to the rear of the field after spinning out of fourth place on lap 10, escaped the crash without injury.

Finishing in positions 6-10 was Rick Eckert of York, Pa.; Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., who started 13th; 11th-starter Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky.; Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., who rallied from a pit stop on lap two to change a flat right-rear tire; and Eric Jacobsen of Sea Cliff Beach, Calif., who spun wildly in turn three late in the distance but continued without causing a caution flag.

Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., had a rough night, finishing 15th after retiring on lap 33 with right-front suspension woes. His hopes were dashed after he crushed the right-front nose of his car and slowed to bring out a caution flag on lap five.

The A-Main served as the third leg of the LaCrosse Extreme Tough Challenge, a unique mini-series that awards points to the top-five fulltime WoO LMS and Sprint Car Series drivers in 16 selected events – eight Late Model and eight Sprint Car – and will earn the champion of the combined standings a $5,000 bonus from a $15,000 points fund. Clanton earned five points for being the highest-finishing WoO LMS regular, boosting his overall lead in the standings. Also earning points were Francis (four), Richards (three), Frank (two) and Eckert (one).

Richards registered his second fast-time honor of 2010, blazing around the track in 11.189 seconds during the 27-car Ohlins Shocks Time Trials session.

Heat winners were Richards, Hill and Rogers, and Clint Smith captured the B-Main.

The WoO LMS will be idle for three days before commencing the four-race ‘Wild West Tour’ on Wed., July 7, with the ‘Gopher 50’ at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn. The swing also features events on Thurs., July 8, at Superior (Wis.) Speedway; Fri., July 9, at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D.; and Sat., July 10, at Dakota State Fair Speedway in Huron, S.D.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘Coca-Cola 50’ (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (1) Shane Clanton/50 $10,500
2. (4) Steve Francis/50 $5,600
3. (6) Josh Richards/50 $3,725
4. (12) Tommy Kerr/50 $3,000
5. (7) Chub Frank/50 $2,500
6. (8) Rick Eckert/50 $2,200
7. (13) Austin Hubbard/50 $2,150
8. (11) Darrell Lanigan/50 $1,900
9. (19) Clint Smith/50 $1,750
10. (10) Eric Jacobsen/50 $1,100
11. (17) Russell King/50 $1,550
12. (14) Tim McCreadie/50 $1,600
13. (20) Mike Collins/47 $950
14. (21) Bryan Hendrix/32 $900
15. (9) Tim Fuller/32 $1,350
16. (16) Randy Weaver/24 $800
17. (5) Mike Marlar/19 $770
18. (15) Brian Smith/18 $750
19. (2) Vic Hill/15 $730
20. (3) Rick Rogers/14 $700
21. (23) Brent Robinson/14 $700
22. (18) Steve Smith/10 $700
23. (22) Chad Ogle/10 $700
24. (24) Jill George/0 $725

* Earnings include Winners Circle program and cash contingency award bonuses

Time of Race: 47 Mins., 48.789 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 1.053 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 7 (Laps 2, 5, 10, 19, 20, 26, 33)
Red Flag: Lap 15
Lap Leaders: Clanton (1-50)
Provisional Starters: Robinson, George
Rookie of the Race: Hubbard ($250)
WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Kerr ($500)

Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 11.189
2. 1H-Vic Hill/Morristown, TN 11.227
3. 44R-Rick Rogers/Knoxville, TN 11.289
4. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 11.290
5. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 11.317
6. 7-Brian Smith/Gray, KY 11.400
7. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 11.429
8. 157-Mike Marlar/Winfield, TN 11.457
9. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 11.497
10. 19H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 11.522
11. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 11.540
12. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 11.557
13. 5-Eric Jacobsen/Sea Cliff Beach, CA 11.567
14. 56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH 11.572
15. 4T-Tommy Kerr/Maryville, TN 11.576
16. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 11.619
17. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 11.714
18. 3s-Steve Smith/Powell, TN 11.738
19. 116-Randy Weaver/Crossville, TN 11.783
20. 3c-Mike Collins/Carter Lake, IA 11.796
21. 5H-Bryan Hendrix/Knoxville, TN 11.895
22. 7c-Marty Calloway/Maynardville, TN 11.960
23. 10-Chad Ogle/Sevierville, TN 12.002
24. 14-April Farmer/Livingston, TN 12.018
25. 3-Brent Robinson/Smithfield, VA 12.149
26. 22-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 12.801
27. 201-Billy Ogle Jr./Harriman, TN N/T

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 6 Transfer): Richards, Clanton, Frank, Jacobsen, Hubbard, Weaver, C. Smith, Robinson, Calloway

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 6 Transfer): Hill, Marlar, Eckert, Lanigan, McCreadie, King, Collins, C. Ogle, George

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 6 Transfer): Rogers, Francis, Fuller, Kerr, B. Smith, S. Smith, Hendrix, Farmer (DNS) B. Ogle

B-Main (12 laps – Top 4 Transfer): C. Smith, Collins, Hendrix, C. Ogle, Robinson, Calloway, George, Farmer (DNS) B. Ogle

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sports Shirts ($50 product certificate): Jill George
Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main w/decal): Brian Smith
Eibach Springs (one free spring): Brent Robinson
MSD Ignition ($75 cash award): Josh Richards
MSD Ignition ($25 cash award): Jill George
Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash award to fastest qualifier w/decal): Josh Richards
Pink Carburetors ($100 product certificate): Rick Eckert
Pink Carburetors ($50 product certificate): Jill George
Quartermaster ($100 product certificate): Shane Clanton
Quartermaster ($50 product certificate): Rick Eckert
Quartermaster ($25 product certificate): Tim Fuller
R2C Performance ($100 certificate): Shane Clanton
STP ($50 cash award): Clint Smith
VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (two five-gallon plastic fuel jugs to fastest qualifier who does not make the A-Main if decal is displayed): Marty Calloway
Wrisco Aluminum (three sheets of aluminum to A-Main winner w/decal): Shane Clanton

2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of July 3 – 24 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):

1. Josh Richards 3266
2. Tim McCreadie 3230 (-36)
3. Darrell Lanigan 3188 (-78)
4. Steve Francis 3150 (-116)
5. Tim Fuller 3084 (-182)
6. Austin Hubbard 3078 (-188)
7. Shane Clanton 3052 (-214)
8. Rick Eckert 3012 (-254)
9. Chub Frank Bear 2946 (-320)
10. Clint Smith 2886 (-380)
11. Russell King 2710 (-556)
12. Brent Robinson 2400 (-866)
13. Brady Smith 2338 (-928)
14. Jill George 1756 (-1510)
15. April Farmer 1128 (-2138)

FOLLOW THE ACTION ON TWITTER: Fans can now keep up-to-date with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series online and through text messages on cell phones via Twitter, the internet’s fast-growing social-networking and micro-blogging website. Updates are provided to Twitter ‘followers’ of the WoO LMS throughout each race night, and fans also receive breaking news and interesting notes from the tour.

To sign-up as a WoO LMS ‘follower’ on Twitter to receive updates anywhere at anytime, visit http://twitter.com/WoOLateModels.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, they can experience the excitement of the nation’s premier tour live on DIRTvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the free audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail customerservice@dirtvision.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

McCreadie Keeps Challengers At Bay To Capture Inaugural World of Outlaws Late Model Series Showdown At Wartburg Speedway

WARTBURG, TN - July 2, 2010 - Tim McCreadie scrawled his name all over Friday night’s first-ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Wartburg Speedway.

But while the 2006 WoO LMS champion led every lap of the ‘Invasion 50’ presented by All-State Trailers of Knoxville, Tenn., his third victory of 2010 on the national tour didn’t come without one especially anxious moment.

McCreadie, 36, of Watertown, N.Y., slid out of the preferred inside groove when he bumped a slower car between turns three and four on lap 41. The run-in nearly cost him the lead, but he regained control before Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., could sneak by and held on for the remainder of the distance in front of a huge crowd that promoter Scott Green called the biggest in Wartburg Speedway’s history.

“Things got a little hairy in lapped traffic because you don’t know where anybody is behind you,” said McCreadie, who started second in his Sweeteners Plus Rocket car and outgunned the pole-sitting Clanton to assume command at the race’s initial green flag. “I kind of forced the issue to get by that lapped car (driven by Charles Hurst of Knoxville, Tenn.) after following him for a couple laps, but I’m not any good at moving people out of the way so I almost took myself out.

“I started sliding up the track with (Hurst) and I was like, ‘Man, I just got out of the rubber (lane) and somebody’s gonna drive by me.’ We were lucky to get back down in time to hold on.”

The 34-year-old Clanton drew within a car length of McCreadie when the leader lost momentum, but that’s as close as he got to the top spot. Clanton futilely chased McCreadie through the final laps and settled for a runner-up finish in his RSD Enterprises Rocket car, 0.418 of a second behind McCreadie at the checkered flag.

“When (McCreadie) hit that car, got sideways and pushed up the racetrack, he left the door open for me,” said Clanton, whose second-place outing came six days after he pocketed over $30,000 for winning the Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. “But I just wasn’t close enough to take advantage. I don’t think I had enough gear in (the car) for the race.”

Sixth-starter Billy Ogle Jr. of Harriman, Tenn., finished third in his GRT car – a career-best WoO LMS performance for the 46-year-old veteran who is a former dirt Late Model track champion at the circular quarter-mile oval. He earned the $500 WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ cash for being the highest-finishing driver who hadn’t won a tour A-Main and wasn’t ranked among the top 12 in the series points standings.

Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., started and finished fourth in his Rocket mount – recording just his second top-five run of 2010 – and Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., who started third, placed fifth in his Rocket machine for his third top-five performance of the season.

Defending WoO LMS champion and current points leader Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., finished a quiet-but-steady sixth, leaving him with an 18-point lead in the standings over McCreadie.

Just over one month ago McCreadie was third in the standings and trailed Richards by 70 points, but he’s slowly-but-surely crept back into the thick of the battle for the $100,000 series championship. He’s won two of the last three tour A-Mains to join five-time winner Richards as the only other driver with at least three victories this season.

“I think we’ve hit on a few things we found back at the shop,” said McCreadie, who earned $10,775 for his 15th career win on the WoO LMS. “I told the (crew) guys after Lernerville last week (McCreadie won a preliminary A-Main and finished fourth in the Firecracker 100) that we had a car capable of running up front on a regular basis and tonight we proved it.”

Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., was quickest of the 39 cars that were signed in for Ohlins Shocks Time Trials with a lap of 12.912 seconds, earning his second fast-time honor of 2010 on the WoO LMS. But he drew the eighth starting spot for the A-Main and was never a factor, driving to a seventh-place finish in Dale Beitler’s Rocket.

Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., improved four spots from his 12th starting position to finish eighth, while Rick Eckert of York, Pa., advanced from 15th to place ninth and Eric Jacobsen of Sea Cliff Beach, Calif., was 10th in his first WoO LMS start since February’s DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.

Three caution flags slowed the action, all for minor tangles midway through the event. The first incident, between turns one and two on lap 23, involved Tommy Kerr of Maryville, Tenn., Stacy Boles of Clint, Tenn., and Mark Vineyard of Powell, Tenn., and nearly swept up McCreadie, Clanton and Smith.

Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., pitted during the lap-23 caution period to change a flat right-rear tire, hurting his WoO LMS title aspirations. He managed only a 14th-place finish, leaving him third in the points standings, 68 points behind Richards.

Heat winners were Hubbard, Clanton, McCreadie and Billy Ogle Jr. The B-Mains were captured by Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., and Hurst.

The much-anticipated WoO LMS stop at Wartburg was a nightmare for the track’s top weekly Late Model competitor, Anthony White of Clinton, Tenn. A winner six times in eight starts this season at Wartburg, the 38-year-old racer never turned an official lap in racing competition on Friday.

White was scheduled to start fourth in the third heat but was black-flagged before the race began because he spent several pace laps refusing to fall to the rear of the field as a penalty for reporting late to the staging area. Later, an opening-lap tangle in the second B-Main left his car with night-ending damage.

The WoO LMS completes its Volunteer State doubleheader on Saturday night (July 3) at Tazewell Speedway. A $10,000 top prize will be on the line in the Coca-Cola 50.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘The Invasion 50’ (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (2) Tim McCreadie/50 $10,775
2. (1) Shane Clanton/50 $5,500
3. (6) Billy Ogle Jr./50 $3,500
4. (4) Clint Smith/50 $3,000
5. (3) Chub Frank/50 $2,500
6. (7) Josh Richards/50 $2,300
7. (8) Austin Hubbard/50 $2,200
8. (12) Steve Francis/50 $1,900
9. (15) Rick Eckert/50 $1,700
10. (10) Eric Jacobsen/50 $1,100
11. (16) Russell King/50 $1,550
12. (17) Tim Fuller/50 $1,550
13. (21) Steve Smith/50 $950
14. (14) Darrell Lanigan/50 $1,500
15. (22) Mark Vineyard/50 $850
16. (9) Tommy Kerr/50 $800
17. (18) Charles Hurst/48 $770
18. (19) Dan Tipton/48 $750
19. (24) Jill George/47 $730
20. (13) Stacy Boles/25 $700
21. (23) Brent Robinson/24 $700
22. (5) Mike Marlar/23 $700
23. (11) Chad Ogle/21 $725
24. (20) Perry Delaney/21 $700

* Earnings include Winners Circle program and cash contingency award bonuses

Time of Race: 25 Mins., 13.981 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 0.418 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 3 (Laps 23, 24, 25)
Lap Leaders: McCreadie (1-50)
Provisional Starters: Robinson, George
Rookie of the Race: Hubbard ($250)
WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Billy Ogle Jr. ($500)

Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 19-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 12.912
2. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 12.936
3. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 12.972
4. 201-Billy Ogle Jr./Harriman, TN 12.978
5. 4T-Tommy Kerr/Maryville, TN 13.011
6. 5-Eric Jacobsen/Sea Cliff Beach, CA 13.020
7. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 13.064
8. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 13.069
9. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 13.076
10. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 13.097
11. 10-Chad Ogle/Sevierville, TN 13.139
12. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 13.147
13. 66-Mark Leach/Heiskell, TN 13.155
14. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 13.172
15. 2x-Anthony White/Clinton, TN 13.196
16. 7-Darrick York/Oakdale, TN 13.206
17. 44R-Rick Rogers/Knoxville, TN 13.211
18. 12T-Dan Tipton/Kingston, TN 13.245
19. 4V-Mark Vineyard/Powell, TN 13.273
20. 56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH 13.274
21. 11B-Stacy Boles/Clinton, TN 13.286
22. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 13.287
23. 157-Mike Marlar/Winfield, TN 13.318
24. 44M-Chris Marcum/Huntsville, TN 13.321
25. 357-Brian Hooks/Clinton, TN 13.330
26. 00-Rueben Mayfield/Lenoir, TN 13.340
27. 1H-Charles Hurst/Knoxville, TN 13.355
28. 30-Jeff Adkisson/Oliver Springs, TN 13.356
29. 34s-Steve Smith/Powell, TN 13.361
30. b15-Tim Damron/Oneida, TN 13.367
31. 01-Travis Armes/Petross, TN 13.386
32. 0-Ross White/Knoxville, TN 13.426
33. 14-April Farmer/Livingston, TN 13.479
34. 3-Brent Robinson/Smithfield, VA 13.564
35. 7d-Perry Delaney/Sparta, TN 13.678
36. 22-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 13.688
37. H1-Johnny Lane/Clinton, TN 13.727
38. 71-Chuck Freels/Petross, TN 14.099
39. 31-Kenny Cobble/Cookville, TN 13.496 (DQ)

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Hubbard, Frank, Kerr, Boles, S. Smith, Leach, Farmer, Hooks, Rogers, Lane

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Clanton, Richards, Jacobsen, Lanigan, Fuller, Tipton, Robinson, Damron, Mayfield, Freels

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): McCreadie, Marlar, C. Ogle, Eckert, Hurst, Armes, Delaney, Cobble (DQ) White, Vineyard

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): B. Ogle, C. Smith, Francis, King, York, Adkisson, White, George, Marcum

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Fuller, Tipton, S. Smith, Robinson, Hooks, Rogers, Lane, Mayfield, Damron, Freels, Leach, Farmer

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Hurst, Delaney, Vineyard, Adkisson, Marcum, York, Armes, R. White, George, A. White (DNS) Cobble

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sports Shirts ($50 product certificate): Brian Hooks/Travis Armes
Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main w/decal): Billy Ogle Jr.
Eibach Springs (one free spring): Steve Smith/Charles Hurst
MSD Ignition ($75 cash award): Tim McCreadie
MSD Ignition ($25 cash award): Chad Ogle
Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash award to fastest qualifier w/decal): Austin Hubbard
Pink Carburetors ($100 product certificate): Tim Fuller
Pink Carburetors ($50 product certificate): Brent Robinson
Quartermaster ($100 product certificate): Tim McCreadie
Quartermaster ($50 product certificate): Rick Eckert
Quartermaster ($25 product certificate): Tommy Kerr
R2C Performance ($100 cash): Tim McCreadie
STP ($50 cash award): Tim Fuller
VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (two five-gallon plastic fuel jugs to fastest qualifier who does not make the A-Main if decal is displayed): Anthony White
Wrisco Aluminum (three sheets of aluminum to A-Main winner w/decal): Tim McCreadie

2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of July 2 – 23 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):

1. Josh Richards 3122
2. Tim McCreadie 3104 (-18)
3. Darrell Lanigan 3054 (-68)
4. Steve Francis 3004 (-118)
5. Tim Fuller 2964 (-158)
6. Austin Hubbard 2942 (-180)
7. Shane Clanton 2902 (-220)
8. Rick Eckert 2874 (-248)
9. Chub Frank 2806 (-316)
10. Clint Smith 2754 (-368)
11. Russell King 2582 (-540)
12. Brady Smith 2338 (-784)
13. Brent Robinson 2292 (-830)
14. Jill George 1654 (-1468)
15. Vic Coffey 1100 (-2022)
16. Brian Birkhofer 1090 (-2032)
17. (tie) Billy Moyer 1040 (-2082)
17. (tie) April Farmer 1040 (-2082)
19. Dale McDowell 1036 (-2086)
20. Dan Stone 988 (-2134)

FOLLOW THE ACTION ON TWITTER: Fans can now keep up-to-date with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series online and through text messages on cell phones via Twitter, the internet’s fast-growing social-networking and micro-blogging website. Updates are provided to Twitter ‘followers’ of the WoO LMS throughout each race night, and fans also receive breaking news and interesting notes from the tour.

To sign-up as a WoO LMS ‘follower’ on Twitter to receive updates anywhere at anytime, visit http://twitter.com/WoOLateModels.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, they can experience the excitement of the nation’s premier tour live on DIRTvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the free audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail customerservice@dirtvision.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Stars Prepare To Tackle Tazewell Speedway’s Jaw-Dropping Banking On Saturday Night (July 3)

TAZEWELL, TN - July 1, 2010 - Amazing. Awesome. Unbelievable. Jaw-dropping.

Those are some of the words regularly used to describe the steep banks that are the trademark of Tazewell Speedway, the rocket-fast one-third-mile oval that hosts the World of Outlaws Late Model Series for the first time in its storied history this Saturday night (July 3).

Several WoO LMS travelers have visited the intimidating ‘Taz’ in the past. Others will be making their first-ever appearances at the famed track on Saturday night.

All of the Outlaws, of course, understand the unique challenge facing them in Saturday’s $10,000-to-win ‘Coca-Cola 50.’

“Tazewell has more banking than any place I’ve ever seen,” said Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., a 45-year-old racing veteran and the WoO LMS follower with the most career starts at the track known as the ‘Taz.’ “There’s nothing else like it (in dirt-track racing). You carry so much speed because of those banks, nobody gets time to rest. You’re just on the edge the whole time you’re out there.”

Pitched at a Daytona-like 31 degrees in the turns and at least 15 degrees on the straightaways, Tazewell Speedway’s banks make it appear that 24 dirt Late Models are zipping around inside a bowl at supersonic speed. The divisional track record, established in 2009 by Jeff Wolfenbarger of Knoxville, Tenn., is a blazing 10.947 seconds.

“It’s a real good track for the fans,” said Tazewell Speedway owner Gary Hall, a former racer who has operated the facility for the past five years. “The straightaways here are banked more than the turns at most tracks, so it’s definitely an interesting place. You know when you come to Tazewell that you’re gonna see a lot of action.”

And that’s hard, all-out, full-throttle competition.

“One lap or 50 laps (at Tazewell), it’s the most intense laps you’ll ever run,” said WoO LMS stalwart Rick Eckert of York, Pa., whose handful of Tazewell starts include Hav-A-Tampa/Xtreme series events in the early 2000s. “You have to drive around there on the gas, so it’s a good show for the fans.”

There’s no room for error at Tazewell – and that goes for drivers racing for position or the track-prep crew trying to work the clay surface into condition.

Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky. – the 2007 WoO LMS champion who last raced at Tazewell in a 2003 Hav-A-Tampa/Xtreme show – describes the track this way: “You go so fast there, you’re always on the edge. There’s the possibility of a lot of sheet-metal work (after a race there) if anybody makes a mistake.”

As for preparing the track...

“It’s not easy getting the grader to top of those banks,” said Hall. “The guy who built the track still prepares it for us and he can do it, but he has a lot of practice. I’ve seen him get the grader up there to the top, have it slide and come around backwards, and then get it right back up there to keep working on the track.”

Those imposing banks will certainly turn the heads of the World of Outlaws regulars who roll onto them for the first time on Saturday night. Just ask Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., the Outlaw who’s made the most recent stop at Tazewell (a DNF outing one month ago).

“When you first go there and see the place, it’s a little freaky,” said Clanton, who is coming off a $30,000 victory on June 26 in the national tour’s Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. “You wonder how you’re gonna get around there with so much banking, but after a little while you get used to it like any other track. Everybody (from the WoO LMS) who hasn’t run there is good and will figure it out.”

That group of Outlaws ready to make first-time Tazewell starts includes defending champion and current points leader Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., who watched the 2003 Hav-A-Tampa/Xtreme event there (his father’s Rocket Chassis house car was then driven by Francis) but hasn’t returned since beginning his career the following season.

Other WoO LMS travelers with no Tazewell experience on their resumes are former champions Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., and Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky.; Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., who won two times during the recent ‘Great Northern Tour’; Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa.; 2009 Rookie of the Year Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio; 18-year-old rookie sensation Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del.; Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va.; and rookie Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa.

The Outlaws will face a talented array of regional standouts who possess plenty of Tazewell knowledge, including Wolfenbarger, Vic Hill of Morristown, Tenn., Rick Rogers of Knoxville, Tenn., who owns 76 career wins at Tazewell, Tommy Kerr of Maryville, Tenn., and Steve Smith of Powell, Tenn..

Saturday night’s program, which also includes Tazewell’s Late Model division, Modified Streets and Classic Cars, is scheduled for a 7:30 start to racing. Pit gates will open at 3 p.m. and grandstand gates will be unlocked at 4 p.m.

Tickets are $27, with children 10-and-under admitted free. Pit passes are $35.

A fireworks show celebrating the Independence Day holiday will also be part of Saturday evening’s activities.

Tazewell Speedway is located just two miles northwest of Tazewell, Tenn. Going north on US 25-E, turn right and then left onto Bacchus Rd, head 1.8 miles north and then .8 miles west. The racetrack is located on the left.

For additional information, visit www.TazewellSpeedway.net or call 865-626-2222.

Tazewell’s event will conclude a Volunteer State doubleheader for the WoO LMS, which visits Wartburg (Tenn.) Speedway on Fri., July 2.

More info on the WoO LMS is available by logging on to www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Anthony White Hopes Hometrack Edge Helps In Inaugural World of Outlaws Late Model Series Event At Wartburg Speedway On Friday Night (July 2)

WARTBURG, TN - June 30, 2010 - Wartburg Speedway is completely uncharted territory for every single regular on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series.

But does that mean a driver with intimate knowledge of the tricky quarter-mile oval – a driver like Anthony White of Clinton, Tenn. – has an edge when the national tour makes its highly-anticipated first-ever stop at Wartburg this Friday night (July 2) for the $10,000-to-win ‘Invasion 50’ presented by All-State Trailers of Knoxville, Tenn.?

It’s a good question, albeit one that White, 38, finds difficult to answer.

“I guess I should have a little advantage,” said White, who began his racing career 20 years ago in the Street Stock division at Wartburg. “I’ve been running there a long time, so as far as knowing what to do (for setup) and how to drive the place, that’s not a problem for me.

“But all of these (Outlaw) guys run more races than I do and probably have a lot more resources than I’ve ever had, and I’m sure they’ve seen something similar (to Wartburg) somewhere else. It won’t take them long to figure a new place out.”

White paused for a moment. Considering his chances in the biggest dirt Late Model event ever contested at Wartburg Speedway, he added, “I was telling somebody earlier today – hell, it would be the race of my career if could win against these guys.”

A hard-nosed racer affectionately known as the ‘Dirty White Boy,’ White will likely be the driver with the most Wartburg experience in Friday night’s star-studded field. He’s rung up some prolific victory totals at the track in recent years and is in the midst of another big season, dominating Wartburg’s headline Limited Late Model division to the tune of six wins in eight starts so far in 2010.

White’s nearly flawless effort at Wartburg this season is highlighted by a $3,000 triumph in Southern Regional Racing Series event on May 8 – a race that saw him defeat open-motor cars with a crate engine bolted under the hood of his family-owned, homebuilt No. 2 machine. Friday’s WoO LMS program will mark his first appearance of ’10 with a big open motor providing his car’s power.

“Vic Hill is letting us borrow an open motor for the Outlaw show,” White said of the well-known Tennessee engine builder. “We haven’t been doing much open-motor racing lately. We’ve been pretty busy with the business (a construction-supply firm called Stone Plus), so we’ve mostly been doing crate and steel-block stuff close to the house. We’re looking forward to putting an open motor back in and seeing what we can do.”

White has just a single WoO LMS A-Main start to his credit, finishing 22nd in a 100-lap event on Oct. 13, 2007, at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tenn. But he’s proven his mettle in open-motor action over the years, with his resume topped by a 2006 Southern Nationals series championship.

Can White summon the speed to defend his egg-shaped hometrack against the World of Outlaws invaders, including former champions (and first-time Wartburg visitors) Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., and Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky.?

“Realistically, it would be a great night for us if we can get at least a top five (finish),” said White, a two-time Late Model champ at Wartburg (2003 and 2007) and father of two daughters (ages 12 and nine) and a seven-year-old son. “I know my chances of winning are pretty slim – these guys are just better equipped than me. But I’ll give it 110 percent, and if everything falls our way maybe we can be there at the end.

“Hopefully we’ll give everybody a good show and they’ll know we were there.”

Friday’s field will also feature WoO LMS standouts such as Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., who is coming off a $30,000 victory in the Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com on June 26 at Pennsylvania’s Lernerville Speedway, Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., Rick Eckert of York, Pa., Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio, rookie sensation Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va., and Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Wartburg’s gates are scheduled to open at 3:30 p.m. on Fri., July 2, with practice set to get underway at 7 p.m. DIRTcar UMP Modifieds and Wartburg’s Street Stocks will also be part of the program, which features a huge fireworks display to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday.

General admission ticket prices are $25 for adults, $10 for children ages 7-12 and free for kids 6-and-under. Admission to the track’s popular tiered drive-in parking area is $30 for adults, $20 for children 7-12 and free for youngsters 6-and-under, and pit passes are $35 (kids 6-and-under are admitted free to the pits).

“The interest for this World of Outlaws event is just unbelievable,” said Wartburg owner Scott Green, who has spent the last 10 years promoting the three-decade-old facility. “We’re encouraging everyone to get to the track as early as they can because we’re expecting a great crowd.”

More details on Wartburg Speedway’s historic WoO LMS show can be obtained by logging on to www.wartburgspeedway.net or calling 423-346-6750.

Wartburg Speedway kicks off a Volunteer State doubleheader for the WoO LMS, which moves on to Tazewell (Tenn.) Speedway for a 50-lap, $10,000-to-win event on Sat., July 3.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

World of Outlaws Late Model Series News & Notes: Wrapping Up The Firecracker 100 Presented by GottaRace.com

SARVER, PA – June 28, 2010 –

JOY & PAIN: Shane Clanton’s frustrating pursuit of victory in the Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com ended on Saturday night at Lernerville Speedway.

Darrell Lanigan’s, meanwhile, rolled on for another year.

Clanton and Lanigan – both of whom were major players in two of the first three Firecrackers 100s – decided the fourth edition of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series mega-event amongst themselves. Locust Grove, Ga.’s Clanton reached the finish line first for a triumph worth $30,500, leaving Lanigan to lament his third consecutive runner-up finish in the race.

The 34-year-old Clanton’s win came after he experienced heartbreaking outcomes in both 2007 and 2008. He might have had the fastest car in each 100. In ’07 he appeared primed to sail by eventual winner Scott Bloomquist to take the lead on lap 88, but Bloomquist’s sixth-sense decision to move to the top of the track in turn three the very lap Clanton was making his run broken Clanton’s momentum and he finished sixth. One year later Clanton was battling for third place early in the distance with Josh Richards when the two drivers tangled and spun out of contention, causing some tense moments between the two.

Lanigan, 40, saw his Firecracker 100 misery continue in a different fashion. After controlling most of the 2008 and 2009 installments – he led laps 1-69 in ’08 (before Brian Birkhofer swept by for the win) and 13-93 in ’09 (before being overtaken for the big money by Jimmy Mars) – he didn’t pace a single circuit on Saturday. It appeared Lanigan might be turning his storyline upside-down when he reached second place on lap 82, but he couldn’t get close enough to Clanton to even attempt a late-race pass.

Clanton’s day wasn’t entirely perfect, however. What should have been a smile-filled trip home to the Peach State for Clanton and Co. took a rough turn on Sunday morning when his hauler was involved in an accident on Interstate 75 near Cleveland, Tenn. He said his rig was traveling at about 40 mph when it rear-ended a car at the top of a hill.

“We didn’t even feel it much in the truck,” Clanton said of the crash, which delayed his return to his shop by several hours. “It tore up the front bumper of the truck pretty good. We’ll get it fixed at S&S (in Nebraska) when we go out west (for four races from July 7-10).”

CHASE CONTINUES: Josh Richards was nearly perfect in the pair of 30-lap WoO LMS preliminary A-Mains that kicked off the Firecracker 100 weekend – he was victorious on Thursday night and finished second on Friday evening – but he was never a factor in the extra-distance finale.

The 22-year-old Richards started and finished seventh, racing quietly at the back end of the top 10 for the entire race. He said his car was superb on Hoosier LM-20-compound tires in the prelims, but bolting on a harder LM-30 right-rear for the 100 changed the machine’s handling characteristics too much for him to contend. As a result, he remained without a victory in a 100-lap event – the one missing link on his impressive resume.

“I guess we’ve been pretty good in the 50-lappers and 30-lappers, but we just gotta get a handle on these 100 lappers,” said Richards, who matched his best career finish in the Firecracker 100 (2007). “Once we get a balance, I think we’ll be O.K. We’ll just keep trying to figure it out and win one of these things.”

CLOSE CALLS: Tim McCreadie survived a pair of potentially disastrous run-ins to finish a career-best fourth in the Firecracker 100.

The first came on lap 19 when Scott Bloomquist moved inside him to challenge for second. The left side of McCreadie’s car met the right-front corner of Bloomquist’s machine on the homestretch, causing Bloomquist to wobble and lose a couple spots before slowing to bring out a caution flag on lap 21. McCreadie marched on to take the lead from Brady Smith on lap 20, while Bloomquist pitted on the 21st circuit and could only rally to eighth at the finish.

“I thought he was gonna give me a little room,” McCreadie said of the incident, “and we just met in the middle.”

Later, with less than 40 laps remaining, McCreadie held a short lead on Clanton when he ran into Bub McCool in turn three while trying to lap the Mississippi driver. The encounter smashed in the right-front door of McCreadie’s Sweeteners Plus car.

“That was nobody’s fault but my own,” said McCreadie, who noted that his subsequent fall from the lead to fourth at the checkered flag was a product of his setup going away, not the damage his car sustained when he hit McCool. “He was running a line and I didn’t realize he was diamonding the corner. When he did that, I was already so far in deep I thought, ‘Oh no, I’m gonna hit him and spin out.’ So I kinda throttled up and hit him. I went over and apologized to him (after the race).”

MIRROR-IMAGES: Brady Smith, who started from the pole and led laps 1-20 of the Firecracker 100, and 2007 WoO LMS champion Steve Francis were hampered by virtually identical mechanical problems – stuck carburetors.

Smith’s trouble began just after the first caution flag, on lap 18, and contributed to his tumble to 10th in the final finishing order. Francis began to experience the same headache a few circuits later and managed only a ninth-place finish.

“I hate to keep talking about excuses, but after that first caution I couldn’t get the carburetor to idle back down,” said Smith. “It was stuck at about 4000 RPM, and I couldn’t do anything to get it to stop. I could barely get it out of high gear coming into the pit area after the race.”

“My carburetor hung open at about 4000 RPM,” said Francis, who swapped tales of his woes with Smith following the 100. “With the track being so slick it made it so hard to drive. I was kind of along for the ride.”

AIR TIME: The Firecracker 100 extravaganza was a real learning experience for rookie sensation Austin Hubbard, whose weekend started on a rough note when he spun in turns three and four while leading a heat race on Thursday and ended with a quiet 12th-place finish in the 100-lapper.

But off the track, Hubbard took a turn as a television star. The 18-year-old with an effervescent personality was enlisted by the SPEED television crew covering the race to lead the audience through the pre- and post-race activities that are a huge part of the Firecracker experience. He was filmed standing on stage with the band NOMAD and interviewing fans on Friday night, and on Saturday he was miked up for the Firecracker 100 Horseshoes Tournament and his role as a judge in the Ms. Firecracker pageant.

Hubbard’s unique segment will be part of SPEED’s two-and-a-half-hour broadcast of the Firecracker 100, which is scheduled to air on Sat., July 17, at 4 p.m. ET.

SUPER SUB: Coleby Frye’s primary focus this year is his job as a fulltime mechanic for Hubbard’s Beitler Motorsports effort, but the 25-year-old from Dover, Pa., hasn’t entirely put his own driving aspirations on the backburner.

Of course, while Frye won two features in his family’s dirt Late Model earlier this month (an Appalachian Mountain Speedweek event at Pennsy’s Bedford Speedway and a show at Susquehanna Speedway in Newberrytown, Pa.), he never expected to have an opportunity to enter two WoO LMS races during the Great Northern Tour. But with the blessing of his boss Dale Beitler, Frye ran the June 20 event at Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway in Clint Smith’s backup car and accepted an offer to run Vic Coffey’s Sweeteners Plus No. 32c on Friday and Saturday at Lernerville.

Frye turned heads at Cornwall, setting fast time and finishing ninth in the A-Main. But he found the going more difficult at Lernerville, where he was a late addition to Friday night’s field after Coffey determined he wasn’t able to compete due to an off-track knee injury he suffered the previous evening. Frye failed to qualify for Friday’s preliminary A-Main and was a DNQ on Saturday as well after Coffey decided to return to the cockpit but also field a second car for Frye.

THROWIN’ SHOES: The Firecracker 100 Horseshoes Tournament – an annual Saturday-afternoon attraction during the big weekend that this year paired 16 drivers with fans for some friendly competition – boiled down to a clash of pitchin’ titans – two-time tourney champ Lynn Geisler and 2009 winner Chub Frank.

Frank (with teammate Ross Miner of Mill Run, Pa.) defeated Geisler (with partner Drew Koteles of Finleyville, Pa.) in a dramatic championship match, coming from behind to win, 23-21. Frank and Miner split $200 for their efforts.

Round 1 tournament winners were Geisler over Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs (with Rick Penn of Natrona Heights, Pa.); Frank over Russell King (w/Scott Pingie of Smethport, Pa.); Jared Miley (Dave Dytka of Scott Twp., Pa.) over Steve Francis (w/Julie Burley of New Lexington, Pa.); Dave Hess Jr. (w/Bob Beatty of Allegheny Twp., Pa.) over Steve Shaver (w/Jim Hartle of Petrolia, Pa.); Rick Eckert (w/Cory Pyle of Butler, Pa.) over Clint Smith (w/Chuck Warner of Jamestown, N.Y.); Scott Bloomquist (w/Curtis Pavlik of Fawn Twp., Pa.) over Shane Clanton (w/Andy Hummill of Holsopple, Pa.); Tim Fuller (w/Barb Winter of Lancaster, Pa.) over Tim McCreadie (w/Tom Contrael of Ford City, Pa.); and Brent Robinson (w/Bryan Horvath of Imperial, Pa.) over Austin Hubbard (w/Timmy Wilhelm of Barton, Md.).

Victors in the quarterfinals were Team Geisler over Team Miley, Team Frank over Team Eckert, Team Robinson over Team Fuller and Team Bloomquist over Team Hess. Geisler defeated Bloomquist and Frank took out Robinson in the semi-finals to set up the championship showdown.

MORE FUN: The Firecracker 100 weekend also included:

* The inaugural Ms. Firecracker pageant on Saturday afternoon. Laiken Anderson was announced as the winner following the evening’s Uncle Sam 30 and will serve as Lernerville Speedway’s trophy queen until next year’s Firecracker 100.

* Inaugural awards for the Best Campsite Display (Julie Burley of New Lexington, Ohio) and Best Tailgate Party (J.R. McGinley of Fairmount City, Pa.).

* The LaCrosse Extreme Tough Challenge, a test of strength (participants must hold two a pair of concrete-filled LaCrosse boots with their arms outstretched) won by Dan McKruit, 50, of Cabot, Pa. He received a $100 LaCrosse gift certificate for his effort.

NEXT UP: The WoO LMS heads to Tennessee for a Volunteer State doubleheader on Fri., July 2, at Wartburg Speedway and Sat., July 3, at Tazewell Speedway. Both tracks will host the national tour for the first time.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Clanton Breaks Through At Lernerville Speedway With $30,000-Plus Victory In Saturday’s Firecracker 100

SARVER, PA - June 26, 2010 - Shane Clanton celebrated after finally winning the Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com on Saturday night at Lernerville Speedway.

Darrell Lanigan, meanwhile, sulked after once again falling just short of victory in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series mega-event that was run in front of a huge crowd and the SPEED television cameras.

There were wildly contrasting emotions displayed by the top two finishers in the fourth annual Firecracker 100, which served as a satisfying – and lucrative – breakthrough performance for Clanton and another frustrating disappointment for Lanigan.

Clanton, 34, of Locust Grove, Ga., was the star of the show, racing to a signature triumph worth $30,500 that he can put alongside his 2008 World 100 score at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway. He steered his RSD Enterprises Rocket car past Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., for the lead on lap 73 and went on to cross the finish line 1.007 seconds ahead of Union, Ky.’s Lanigan, who settled for a runner-up finish in the Firecracker 100 for the third consecutive year behind the wheel of his Rocket car.

“To get a win at Lernerville – the legendary Lernerville Speedway – it’s a pretty good feeling,” said Clanton, who was a serious contender for victory in two of the previous three Firecracker 100s but never finished better than sixth (2007). “The place has been bad to me (he suffered a separated left shoulder at the track in 2005), and now it’s good to me so I love it.”

Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., who won last year’s Firecracker 100, finished third after starting 10th in his MB Customs machine. McCreadie slipped to fourth at the checkered flag in the Sweeteners Plus Rocket after leading laps 20-72, and eighth-starter Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., completed the top five in NASCAR star Clint Bowyer’s Warrior chassis.

Clanton, who started fifth, reached second place on lap on lap 22 and spent the next 50 circuits chasing McCreadie. He made several bids for the lead but wasn’t successful until lap 73, when he sailed around the outside of McCreadie following the race’s third and final caution period one lap earlier for Steve Shaver of Vienna, W.Va., who started from the outside pole but was never a factor.

“I felt we had a better race car (than McCreadie),” said Clanton, who registered his second WoO LMS win of 2010 and the 13th of his career. “But we got to scrambling there a little bit – when I got to him, he’s turning left, and I get to the top and he’s turning right. I was biding my time there, so I was glad the caution came out.

“I chose the outside (of the second row behind McCreadie in the Delaware-style restart alignment) just to try and get a run on him. He left me the whole outside there and I took advantage of it.”

The A-Main stayed green to the finish and Clanton was never challenged over the remaining distance, but he did have some anxious moments after Lanigan overtook McCreadie for second on lap 82. Lanigan appeared primed to make a late-race charge that would erase his bitter memories of leading a combined 150 laps in the last two Firecrackers 100s only to be passed for the lead late by eventual winners Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, in 2008 and Mars in 2009.

“I looked (at the infield scoreboard) and (Lanigan’s) in second and Jonathan’s telling me the lead’s shrinking down the backstraightaway,” said Clanton, noting the signals he received from his crewman Jonathan Owenby. “So I said, ‘Oh, I got to go now.’ (Lanigan is) always good here, so yeah, I was worried about him.”

Alas, Lanigan, 40, wasn’t able to run down Clanton. The 2008 WoO LMS champion remained the perennial bridesmaid in the Firecracker 100.

“Unbelievable,” Lanigan muttered while sitting on a concrete wall in the infield after climbing out of his car for the post-race ceremonies. “I guess I’m not supposed to win this ------ ------- race.

“We had a good car again this year, but me and Clanton were so equal it was real hard to make up any ground. We’d hit a good lap and catch him a little, and then he’d hit a good lap and get some space on me again.”

McCreadie, 36, led more laps than any other driver after passing early leader Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis., who started from the pole position, on lap 20. But the 2006 WoO LMS champion and winner of Friday night’s 30-lap preliminary A-Main was no match for Clanton once his car’s handling began to falter after the halfway mark.

“I was good, not great, until then,” said McCreadie, who didn’t qualify for the 2009 Firecracker 100 after barrel-rolling several times during a qualifying heat. “All of a sudden I couldn’t steer at all. I couldn’t keep it in the traction that was around the bottom anymore.”

McCreadie’s car did sport a bashed-in right-side door from an encounter he had with Bub McCool while lapping the Vicksburg, Miss., driver, but he doubted that the damage hampered his effort.

“I don’t know if it affected the car or not, but I’m sure that’s not why we lost,” said a dejected McCreadie, who blamed himself for the scrape with McCool. “Shane had the best car at the end – that’s all. We have no excuses.”

Mars, 38, was the highest-finishing driver behind Clanton who was actually satisfied with his outing.

“My tire combination wasn’t really good on the restarts,” said Mars, who grabbed third from McCreadie on lap 89. “It took me a few laps to get going. We felt pretty good on long runs, but the car started feeling weird and laying over (late in the distance) and was wondering what was going on. Here the right rear tire was going flat – I started wheel spinning to keep air in it, so I was happy to get third.”

There were no major accidents in the Firecracker 100, which had only three caution flags and was completed in just over 43 minutes.

Will Vaught of Crane, Mo., brought out the first caution flag when he spun on lap 18 between turns three and four.

Shortly after the restart for Vaught’s problem, inaugural Firecracker 100 winner Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., slowed to trigger yellow flag conditions on lap 21. Bloomquist, who had come together with McCreadie on the homestretch while battling for second on lap 19, pitted so his crew could check out his car’s right-front corner. He returned and rallied to finish eighth.

Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., finished sixth, advancing from the 17th starting spot. Thursday-night preliminary A-Main winner Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., started and finished seventh in a steady but quiet performance, followed by the sixth-starting Bloomquist, 11th-starter Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., and Brady Smith, who faded from contention after leading laps 1-20.

Both Francis and Smith were hampered by similar problems: hanging carburetors that made it difficult for them to correctly slow their cars to negotiate the corners.

With Saturday night’s heat races lined up using drivers’ best finishes in the Thursday and Friday preliminary action, the qualifiers were captured by Shaver, McCreadie, Clanton, Bloomquist, Brady Smith and Lanigan. The B-Mains were won by Rick Eckert of York, Pa., Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., and McCool.

Former Firecracker 100 victor Birkhofer failed to qualify for Saturday’s headliner, but he earned a consolation prize worth $3,000 by capturing the Uncle Sam 30 Non-Qualifiers’ Race.

Birkhofer came from the sixth starting spot to pass 15-year-old Tyler Reddick of Corning, Calif., for the lead on lap 16. He was never challenged over the remaining distance.

Matt Miller of Waterville, Ohio, finished second, a straightaway behind Birkhofer. Ken Schaltenbrand of Sarver, Pa., finished third after starting 23rd, while Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, Pa., and Reddick completed the top five.

The Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com will be broadcast as a two-and-a-half-hour show on the SPEED cable network on Sat., July 17, at 4 p.m. ET.

The WoO LMS returns to action with a Volunteer State doubleheader over the Independence Day weekend, visiting Wartburg Speedway on Fri., July 2, and Tazewell Speedway on Sat., July 3. Both events are headlined by 50-lap, $10,000-to-win A-Mains.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com’ (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (5) Shane Clanton/100 $30,500
2. (4) Darrell Lanigan/100 $15,600
3. (10) Jimmy Mars/100 $7,000
4. (3) Tim McCreadie/100 $6,675
5. (8) Dale McDowell/100 $5,000
6. (17) Chub Frank/100 $4,500
7. (7) Josh Richards/100 $3,600
8. (6) Scott Bloomquist/100 $2,500
9. (11) Steve Francis/100 $2,850
10. (1) Brady Smith/100 $2,000
11. (12) Billy Moyer/100 $2,000
12. (9) Austin Hubbard/100 $2,300
13. (22) Tim Fuller/100 $2,200
14. (15) Will Vaught/100 $1,600
15. (21) Rick Eckert/100 $2,000
16. (28) Jared Miley/100 $1,400
17. (14) Robbie Blair/100 $1,300
18. (16) Clint Smith/100 $1,700
19. (18) Dave Hess Jr./99 $1,100
20. (2) Steve Shaver/93 $1,000
21. (19) Doug Drown/80 $1,000
22. (23) Bub McCool/70 $1,000
23. (27) Russell King/56 $1,500
24. (26) Vic Coffey/54 $1,000
25. (20) Mike Knight/49 $1,000
26. (13) Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs/45 $1,000
27. (24) Dan Stone/43 $1,000
28. (25) Matt Lux/40 $1,000
29. (29) Brent Robinson/26 $1,000
30. (30) Alex Ferree/16 $1,000

* Earnings include Winners Circle program and cash contingency award bonuses

Time of Race: 43 Mins., 00.130 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 1.007 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 3 (Laps 18, 21, 72)
Lap Leaders: B. Smith (1-19); McCreadie (20-72); Clanton (73-100)
Provisional Starters: Drown, Knight (Firecracker 100); King, Robinson (WoO); Miley, Ferree (track)

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Shaver, Richards, Briggs, Miller, Reddick, Lathroum, Flinner, Byram, Sarver, Knight

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): McCreadie, McDowell, Blair, Eckert, Drown, Birkhofer, Stone, M. Johnson, Oakes, Mantha

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Clanton, Hubbard, Vaught, Fuller, King, Ferree, Robinson, Frye, Norris, Casner

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Bloomquist, Mars, C. Smith, Lux, Mollick, D. Johnson, Garvin, Bachman, Burke, Murdick

Heat No. 5 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): B. Smith, Francis, Frank, McCool, Coffey, Geisler, Reges, Conley, Mason

Heat No. 6 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Lanigan, Moyer, Hess, Satterlee, Miley, Farmer, Schaltenbrand, Ziegler (DNS) Horton

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 2 Transfer): Eckert, Stone, Reddick, Miller, Byram, Birkhofer, Lathroum, M. Johnson, Oakes, Flinner, Sarver, Mantha

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 2 Transfer): Fuller, Lux, King, Mollick, D. Johnson, Robinson, Garvin, Norris, Casner, Bachman, Ferree, Frye (DNS) Burke, Murdick

B-Main No. 3 (12 laps – Top 2 Transfer): McCool, Coffey, Satterlee, Miley, Reges, Mason, Conley, Ziegler, Farmer, Geisler, Schaltenbrand (DNS) Horton

Uncle Sam 30 Non-Qualifiers’ Race Finish: 1. Brian Birkhofer ($3,000); 2. Matt Miller ($1,500); 3. Ken Schaltenbrand ($800); 4. Gregg Satterlee ($700); 5. Tyler Reddick ($600); 6. Lynn Geisler ($500); 7. Jamie Lathroum ($400); 8. Corey Conley ($375); 9. Mark Byram ($350); 10. John Mollick ($325); 11. Mason Ziegler ($300); 12. April Farmer ($300); 13. Nick Reges ($270); 14. John Garvin ($260); 15. Michael Norris ($250); 16. Peter Mantha Jr. ($240); 17. Chris Casner ($230); 18. Chuck Sarver ($220); 19. Todd Bachman ($210); 20. Greg Oakes ($200); 21. Davey Johnson ($200); 22. Mike Johnson ($200); 23. John Flinner ($200); 24. John Mason ($200)

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sports Shirts ($50 product certificate): Mark Byram/Davey Johnson/John Mason
Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main w/decal): Scott Bloomquist
Eibach Springs (one free spring): Mark Byram/Matt Lux/Bub McCool
MSD Ignition ($75 cash award): Tim McCreadie
MSD Ignition ($25 cash award): Brent Robinson
Pink Carburetors ($100 product certificate): Austin Hubbard
Pink Carburetors ($50 product certificate): Bub McCool
Quartermaster ($100 product certificate): Shane Clanton
Quartermaster ($50 product certificate): Billy Moyer
Quartermaster ($25 product certificate): Rick Eckert
R2C Performance ($100 certificate): Shane Clanton
STP ($50 cash award): Rick Eckert
VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (54-gallon drum of fuel to fastest qualifier who does not make the A-Main if decal is displayed): Doug Horton
Wrisco Aluminum (three sheets of aluminum to A-Main winner w/decal): Shane Clanton

2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of June 26 – 22 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):

1. Josh Richards 2984
2. Tim McCreadie 2954 (-30)
3. Darrell Lanigan 2932 (-52)
4. Steve Francis 2870 (-114)
5. Tim Fuller 2838 (-146)
6. Austin Hubbard 2806 (-178)
7. Shane Clanton 2756 (-228)
8. Rick Eckert 2742 (-242)
9. Chub Frank 2666 (-318)
10. Clint Smith 2612 (-372)
11. Russell King 2454 (-530)
12. Brady Smith 2338 (-646)
13. Brent Robinson 2184 (-800)
14. Jill George 1542 (-1442)
15. Vic Coffey 1100 (-1884)
16. Brian Birkhofer 1090 (-1894)
17. Billy Moyer 1040 (-1944)
18. Dale McDowell 1036 (-1948)
19. Dan Stone 988 (-1996)
20. April Farmer 964 (-2020)

FOLLOW THE ACTION ON TWITTER: Fans can now keep up-to-date with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series online and through text messages on cell phones via Twitter, the internet’s fast-growing social-networking and micro-blogging website. Updates are provided to Twitter ‘followers’ of the WoO LMS throughout each race night, and fans also receive breaking news and interesting notes from the tour.

To sign-up as a WoO LMS ‘follower’ on Twitter to receive updates anywhere at anytime, visit http://twitter.com/WoOLateModels.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, they can experience the excitement of the nation’s premier tour live on DIRTvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the free audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail customerservice@dirtvision.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

McCreadie Overtakes Brady Smith For Victory In Second Firecracker 100 Preliminary A-Main At Lernerville Speedway

SARVER, PA - June 25, 2010 - Tim McCreadie rediscovered the path to Victory Lane on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series Friday night at Lernerville Speedway.

And after capturing the second 30-lap preliminary A-Main of the fourth annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com weekend, the 2006 WoO LMS champion was smiling and allowing himself to dream of an even bigger triumph in Saturday night’s extra-distance, $30,000-to-win spectacular.

“We’ve struggled a little bit and been off, so we went back to the shop, changed some things and got back to where we were a year ago,” said McCreadie, who earned $6,275 for his second win of the 2010 WoO LMS and guaranteed himself a pole starting spot in a Firecracker 100 heat on Saturday evening. “I know we didn’t show it last night with our finish (seventh in the weekend’s first 30-lap preliminary), but we came on a bunch late. Tonight we just started further up and were able to get to the lead quick enough.

“We’ve had two good nights in a row. Hopefully in a lot longer race (Saturday) night we can just pace ourselves, get our car balanced and be up there at the end.”

McCreadie, 36, of Watertown, N.Y., started fourth but hustled his Sweeteners Plus Rocket car into second place on a lap-two restart. He then stalked leader Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis., until diving to the inside of turn four to assume command for good on lap 21.

In another fast-paced event slowed by only a single caution on lap two for a spin by Union, Ky.’s Darrell Lanigan, McCreadie crossed the finish line 1.386 seconds ahead of Shinnston, W.Va.’s Josh Richards, who slipped his Rocket Chassis house car by Smith for second with the white flag flying. The 22-year-old Richards, who started fifth, fell short of duplicating his victory in Thursday night’s 30-lap A-Main.

“We came on at the end but Timmy was really good,” said Richards, who leads the WoO LMS with five victories this season. “We pretty much did the same thing we did last night, but the car was just a little bit too tight.”

Smith, 33, settled for third place in his Team Zero by Bloomquist machine after racing off the outside pole to lead laps 1-20. Sixth-starter Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., finished a steady fourth for the second consecutive night in his Victory Circle car and seventh-starter Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., who didn’t qualify for Thursday night’s A-Main, completed the top five in NASCAR star Clint Bowyer’s Warrior car.

McCreadie’s discovery of the extreme lane was the key to his victory over Smith, who spent virtually the entire distance tossing his mount around the four-tenths-mile oval’s outer lip.

“I thought my best shot was to get low (on the track) because I knew I wasn’t gonna pass him above the cushion,” said McCreadie, who recorded his 14th career win on the WoO LMS. “There was a bunch of moisture down there, so I figured I’d take a shot at it. We got lucky tonight. Our stuff steered pretty good down there.”

Smith had no answer for McCreadie’s challenge. He was left to battle for second with Richards.

“I saw Tim down there, but I thought I’d keep doing what I was doing,” said Smith, who recently made the difficult decision to no longer follow the WoO LMS as a regular for reasons that include financial concerns. “I just lost all my drive (off the corners). I checked my right-rear tire afterward and there was only four pounds of air in it so that didn’t help my any, but even if my tire didn’t start going flat I don’t know if I would’ve had anything for Tim.”

The mop-haired McCreadie was bubbling with enthusiasm following his triumph, which was punctuated by a ear-splitting fireworks display during the Victory Lane ceremonies. He gave the slick Lernerville racing surface rave reviews, making him look forward to Saturday’s Firecracker 100 finale.

“I like the way (the track) is,” said McCreadie, whose previous WoO LMS win at Lernerville came during his 2006 championship season. “It’s really neat. It takes a little more than just being really smooth – sometimes you gotta cock it and run hard. It’s a pretty challenging track.”

McCreadie moved to second in the WoO LMS points standings, overtaking Lanigan, who could only manage a 13th-place finish after qualifying through a B-Main and being forced to the rear of the A-Main field after his lap-two spin. McCreadie trails Richards by 30 points – and that’s what his deficit will remain after Saturday night because the Firecracker 100 offers only show-up points to all competitors.

Rookie Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., started from the pole position by steadily slipped backward, ultimately finishing sixth. Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., advanced from the 12th starting spot to place seventh, followed by Mike Knight of Ripley, N.Y. – the $500 WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ winner for being the highest-finishing driver who hasn’t won a tour A-Main and isn’t among the top 12 in the points standings – Doug Drown of Wooster, Ohio, and 24th-starter Will Vaught of Crane, Mo.

Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., was quickest in the 57-car time-trial session, touring the oval in 15.823 seconds. But his first fast time of the 2010 WoO LMS campaign was the highlight of his night; he was never a factor in the A-Main, finishing 17th.

Heat winners were Brady Smith, Doug Horton of Bruceton Mills, W.Va. (from the last starting spot), Richards, Hubbard, McCreadie and Moyer. The B-Mains were captured by Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., and Davey Johnson of Latrobe, Pa.

The heat-race action was highlighted by a wild tangle during the second qualifier involving Bloomquist and defending Firecracker 100 champion Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., who came together and slid off the track in turn one while battling for second place. Bloomquist restarted at the rear of the field and finished fourth, while Mars retired with suspension damage and was later unable to climb high enough to transfer to the feature through a B-Main.

The Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com concludes on Saturday (June 26) with a full day of activities. Following an afternoon of pre-race entertainment that includes a driver/fan horseshoes tournament at 12 noon, the Ms. Firecracker pageant at 2 p.m. and a huge driver autograph session at 4 p.m., six heat races – lined up using entrants’ best finish from the two preliminary events – are scheduled to begin at 7:35 p.m.

Saturday’s program also includes B-Mains, the $3,000-to-win Uncle Sam 30 Non-Qualifiers’ Race and the Firecracker 100.

Details and ticket information on the Firecracker 100 can be obtained by logging on to www.lernerville.com.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘Firecracker 100’ Preliminary Night No. 2 (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (4) Tim McCreadie/30 $6,275
2. (5) Josh Richards/30 $3,100
3. (2) Brady Smith/30 $2,000
4. (6) Billy Moyer/30 $1,850
5. (7) Dale McDowell/30 $1,500
6. (1) Austin Hubbard/30 $1,500
7. (12) Steve Francis/30 $1,250
8. (14) Mike Knight/30 $1,600
9. (8) Doug Drown/30 $1,050
10. (24) Will Vaught/30 $1,000
11. (20) Shane Clanton/30 $900
12. (3) Doug Horton/30 $825
13. (22) Darrell Lanigan/30 $850
14. (19) Scott Bloomquist/30 $725
15. (10) Rick Eckert/30 $700
16. (21) Davey Johnson/30 $680
17. (13) Tim Fuller/30 $720
18. (23) Dave Hess Jr./30 $660
19. (17) Jamie Lathroum/30 $640
20. (15) Brian Birkhofer/30 $620
21. (26) Russell King/30 $600
22. (16) Bub McCool/30 $600
23. (25) Clint Smith/29 $600
24. (18) Chub Frank/29 $600
25. (9) Robbie Blair/29 $600
26. (11) Steve Shaver/8 $625

* Earnings include cash contingency award bonuses

Time of Race: 13 Mins., 33.399 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 1.386 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 1 (Lap 2)
Lap Leaders: B. Smith (1-20); McCreadie (21-30)
Provisional Starters: C. Smith, King
Rookie of the Race: Hubbard ($250)
WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Knight ($500)

Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 15.823
2. 12-Doug Drown/Wooster, OH 15.842
3. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 15.881
4. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 15.926
5. 6s-Steve Shaver/Vienna, WV 15.935
6. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 15.982
7. 2-Brady Smith/Solon Springs, WI 15.983
8. 0-Scott Bloomquist/Mooresburg, TN 16.032
9. 15b-Brian Birkhofer/Muscatine, IA 16.048
10. 19h-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 16.081
11. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 16.096
12. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 16.138
13. 1c-Lynn Geisler/Cranberry Twp., PA 16.140
14. 9K-Mike Knight/Ripley, NY 16.173
15. 4J-John Mollick/Toronto, OH 16.232
16. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 16.244
17. 2Jx-Davey Johnson/Latrobe, PA 16.248
18. 14c-Corey Conley/Wellsburg, WV 16.279
19. 17M-Dale McDowell/Chickamauga, GA 16.319
20. 28-Jimmy Mars/Menomonie, WI 16.358
21. J4-John Garvin/Sarver, PA 16.376
22. 72M-John Mason/Millersburg, OH 16.382
23. 6L-Jamie Lathroum/Mechanicsville, MD 16.382
24. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 16.414
25. 21L-Matt Lux/Franklin, PA 16.427
26. 99b-Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs/Bear Lake, PA 16.443
27. won11-Robbie Blair/Titusville, PA 16.489
28. 29s-Ken Schaltenbrand/Sarver, PA 16.513
29. 21d-Dan Stone/Thompson, PA 16.541
30. 4-Alex Ferree/Saxonburg, PA 16.553
31. 22-Greg Oakes/Franklinville, NY 16.594
32. 2J-Mike Johnson/Imperial, PA 16.602
33. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 16.647
34. 57J-Bub McCool/Vicksburg, MS 16.657
35. 1J-Dave Murdick/Slippery Rock, PA 16.679
36. 1V-Will Vaught/Crane, MO 16.679
37. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 16.736
38. 22s-Gregg Satterlee/Rochester Mills, PA 16.752
39. 7-Matt Miller/Waterville, OH 16.776
40. 1cfr-Peter Mantha Jr./Gatineau, QUE 16.837
41. 66-Todd Bachman/Natrona Heights, PA 16.895
42. 11-Tyler Reddick/Corning, CA 16.932
43. 3-Brent Robinson/Smithfield, VA 16.943
44. 4T8-John Flinner/Zelionople, PA 16.956
45. 44H-Dave Hess Jr./Waterford, PA 16.975
46. 23T-Tony Burke/Sarver, PA 17.065
47. 88-Chuck Sarver/W. Sunbury, PA 17.065
48. 38R-Nick Reges/Butler, PA 17.087
49. 14-April Farmer/Livingston, TN 17.104
50. H1-Jared Miley/South Park, PA 17.132
51. 72N-Michael Norris/Sarver, PA 17.156
52. 45-Mark Byram/Georgetown, DE 17.280
53. 25z-Mason Ziegler/Chalk Hill, PA 17.392
54. 32c-Coleby Frye/Dover, PA 17.444
55. 56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH 17.456
56. 46-Doug Horton/Bruceton Mills, WV 17.522
57. c33-Chris Casner/Mifflintown, PA 17.597
58. J19-Jason Fosnaught/Creighton, PA N/T

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): B. Smith, McDowell, Fuller, Lux, Lanigan, Farmer, Oakes, King, Geisler, Robinson

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Horton, Drown, Knight, Bloomquist, Briggs, Miley, M. Johnson, Flinner, Satterlee, Mars

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Richards, Blair, Birkhofer, Clanton, Miller, Hess, Casner, Norris, Garvin, Mollick

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Hubbard, Eckert, McCool, C. Smith, Schaltenbrand, Mason, Byram, Burke, Mantha (DNS) Fosnaught

Heat No. 5 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): McCreadie, Shaver, Lathroum, D. Johnson, Stone, Murdick, Sarver, Bachman, Ziegler

Heat No. 6 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Moyer, Francis, Frank, Vaught, Ferree, Frye, Conley, Reddick, Reges

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 2 Transfer): Bloomquist, Lanigan, Lux, Briggs, Mars, Farmer, King, Satterlee, Oakes, Geisler, Miley, Flinner, M. Johnson (DNS) Robinson

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 2 Transfer): Clanton, Hess, C. Smith, Byram, Miller, Mason, Norris, Schaltenbrand, Casner, Burke, Mollick, Mantha (DNS) Garvin, Fosnaught

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 2 Transfer): D. Johnson, Vaught, Ferree, Stone, Murdick, Reddick, Conley, Sarver, Bachman, Reges, Ziegler, Frye

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sports Shirts ($50 product certificate): April Farmer/Michael Norris/Tyler Reddick
Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main w/decal): Scott Bloomquist
Eibach Springs (one free spring): Matt Lux/Mark Byram/Davey Johnson
MSD Ignition ($75 cash award): Tim McCreadie
MSD Ignition ($25 cash award): Steve Shaver
Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash award to fastest qualifier w/decal): Tim Fuller
Pink Carburetors ($100 product certificate): Austin Hubbard
Pink Carburetors ($50 product certificate): Davey Johnson
Quartermaster ($100 product certificate): Tim McCreadie
Quartermaster ($50 product certificate): Shane Clanton
Quartermaster ($25 product certificate): Rick Eckert
R2C Performance ($100 cash): Tim McCreadie
STP ($50 cash award): April Farmer
VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (two five-gallon plastic fuel jugs to fastest qualifier who does not make the A-Main if decal is displayed): Lynn Geisler

2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of June 25 – 21 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):

1. Josh Richards 2924 (-0)
2. Tim McCreadie 2894 (-30)
3. Darrell Lanigan 2872 (-52)
4. Steve Francis 2810 (-114)
5. Tim Fuller 2778 (-146)
6. Austin Hubbard 2746 (-178)
7. Shane Clanton 2696 (-228)
8. Rick Eckert 2682 (-242)
9. Chub Frank 2606 (-318)
10. Clint Smith 2552 (-372)
11. Russell King 2394 (-530)
12. Brady Smith 2278 (-646)
13. Brent Robinson 2124 (-800)
14. Jill George 1542 (-1382)
15. Vic Coffey 1040 (-1884)
16. Brian Birkhofer 1030 (-1894)
17. Billy Moyer 980 (-1944)
18. Dale McDowell 976 (-1948)
19. Dan Stone 928 (-1996)
20. April Farmer 904 (-2020)

FOLLOW THE ACTION ON TWITTER: Fans can now keep up-to-date with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series online and through text messages on cell phones via Twitter, the internet’s fast-growing social-networking and micro-blogging website. Updates are provided to Twitter ‘followers’ of the WoO LMS throughout each race night, and fans also receive breaking news and interesting notes from the tour.

To sign-up as a WoO LMS ‘follower’ on Twitter to receive updates anywhere at anytime, visit http://twitter.com/WoOLateModels.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, they can experience the excitement of the nation’s premier tour live on DIRTvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the free audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail customerservice@dirtvision.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Josh Richards Earns First Victory in LaCrosse Footwear Extreme Tough Challenge

Richards Masters Slick Lernerville Speedway Surface To Capture Thursday Night’s Firecracker 100 Preliminary A-Main

SARVER, PA - June 24, 2010 - Josh Richards tip-toed his way to victory in Thursday night’s 30-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Main at Lernerville Speedway.

Kicking off the fourth annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com weekend with a flourish, the national tour’s defending champion led from start-to-finish for his series-leading fifth triumph of the 2010 season.

Richards, 22, of Shinnston, W.Va., raced off the outside pole starting spot to outgun fellow former WoO LMS titlist Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., at the initial green flag. He went on to turn back a late challenge from Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., in a caution-free event that was completed in less than 10 minutes.

“That’s definitely the slickest track I’ve ever won on,” said Richards, who earned $6,000 for his 25th career WoO LMS victory. “It was definitely the slowest I’ve ever gone to win, but (the track is) really fun when it’s like that. I really had no idea where to go or where to be, but it worked out.”

The triumph guaranteed Richards a pole position starting slot in one of the qualifying heat races for the Firecracker 100 on Saturday night (June 26), regardless of his finish in Friday night’s second 30-lap preliminary feature. He will bid for his first-ever 100-lap dirt Late Model victory in Saturday’s $30,000-to-win blockbuster.

Clanton, 34, settled for second place in his RSD Enterprises Rocket car, 0.428 of a second behind Richards’s Seubert Calf Ranches Rocket at the checkered flag. The WoO LMS regular started fourth but didn’t reach the runner-up spot until slipping underneath Moyer on lap 24.

Inaugural Firecracker 100 winner Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., who started seventh, came on strong during the race’s final circuits to place third in his Team Zero by Bloomquist mount. Moyer faded to fourth at the finish in his Victory Circle Chassis and third-starter Steve Shaver of Vienna, W.Va., placed fifth in the K&L Rumley Rocket.

Richards, who opened last year’s Firecracker 100 weekend by winning a postponed 50-lap WoO LMS A-Main, felt the late-race pressure that Clanton applied. But the young sensation didn’t falter, allowing him to extend his tour points lead to 30 markers over Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky. (finished eighth) and 34 over Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y. (seventh).

“I saw Clanton down off the bottom of (turn) four,” said Richards, who made his first career WoO LMS start at Lernerville in 2004. “I’d push all the way to the cushion and look left, and he’d be there. I just kinda had the momentum off the top (to stay ahead).”

Thursday night’s preliminary action left Richards with a good feeling about his chances in the Firecracker 100, which he believes has the makings of a thrilling extra-distance affair.

“I think the UMP (Hoosier LM) tire rule is gonna make it a really good race,” said Richards. “The tires aren’t really the right tires for the track, which made everybody just kind of slip and skate around (tonight). This was a preview of what you’re gonna see the rest of the weekend.”

Clanton, who has been a contender for victory in two of the three previous Firecracker 100s, stamped himself as a driver to watch once again with his Thursday-night performance. He just wished that he hadn’t missed the white flag being thrown.

“I thought I saw the white flag, but I guess they were just still waving it to everybody else when we came by (for the checkered flag),” said Clanton. “When I realized the checkered was out I was like, ‘Oh, no.’ I thought I had more time, but I guess I didn’t.

“I had a pretty good car,” he added. “Our cars were about equal, but I must have been pretty good if I was a little bit harder on tire (than Richards).”

Bloomquist, meanwhile, was on the charge at the finish in his first WoO LMS start of 2010. He broke into fourth place on lap 17 by splitting Shaver and Mars off turn two, then ran down Moyer to grab third on lap 25.

“I needed 10 more laps, maybe five,” said Bloomquist, who raced with a red, swollen left eye after apparently getting something in it earlier in the day. “My car was good. I could run anywhere – and I was running those guys (the leaders) down at the end.”

Mars, the defending Firecracker 100 champ, started and finished sixth. The 10th-starting McCreadie placed seventh after falling as far back as 15th and Lanigan advanced from the 16th starting spot to secure an eighth-place finish. Doug Drown of Wooster, Ohio, was ninth to earn the $500 WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ cash for being the highest-finishing driver who hasn’t won a tour A-Main and isn’t ranked among the top 12 in the points standings, and Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., rounded out the top 10.

Thursday night’s A-Main was the second leg of the LaCrosse Extreme Tough Challenge, a unique mini-series that awards points to the top-five fulltime WoO LMS and Sprint Car Series drivers in 16 selected events – eight Late Model and eight Sprint Car – and will earn the champion of the combined standings a $5,000 bonus from a $15,000 points fund. Richards earned five points for being the highest-finishing WoO LMS regular, followed by Clanton (four), McCreadie (three), Lanigan (two) and Clint Smith (one).

A 57-car field was signed in for the event, which was run on a clear evening after heavy rain hit the facility less than 24 hours earlier.

Clanton was quickest in Ohlins Shocks Time Trials with a lap of 15.849 seconds. He earned his first fast-time honor of the 2010 WoO LMS.

Heat winners were Clanton, Richards, Mars, Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs of Bear Lake, Pa., Moyer and Shaver. The B-Mains were captured by Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., and Matt Miller of Waterville, Ohio.

The Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com continues on Fri., June 25, with another WoO LMS program topped by a 30-lap A-Main paying $6,000 to win. Drivers will use their best finish from the Thursday and Friday competition to align themselves in Saturday night’s Firecracker 100 heat races.

Details and ticket information on the Firecracker 100 can be obtained by logging on to www.lernerville.com.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘Firecracker 100 Preliminary Night No. 1’ (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (2) Josh Richards/30 $6,075
2. (4) Shane Clanton/30 $3,050
3. (7) Scott Bloomquist/30 $2,000
4. (1) Billy Moyer/30 $1,750
5. (3) Steve Shaver/30 $1,500
6. (6) Jimmy Mars/30 $1,250
7. (10) Tim McCreadie/30 $1,150
8. (16) Darrell Lanigan/30 $1,100
9. (14) Doug Drown/30 $1,550
10. (9) Clint Smith/30 $1,000
11. (13) Steve Francis/30 $900
12. (20) Chub Frank/30 $825
13. (5) Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs/30 $750
14. (15) Rick Eckert/30 $725
15. (11) Will Vaught/30 $700
16. (19) Tim Fuller/30 $680
17. (8) Vic Coffey/30 $670
18. (23) Brady Smith/30 $660
19. (25) Austin Hubbard/30 $640
20. (18) Jamie Lathroum/30 $620
21. (12) John Mollick/30 $625
22. (17) Gregg Satterlee/29 $600
23. (21) Matt Miller/29 $600
24. (22) Davey Johnson/29 $600
25. (26) Russell King/29 $600
26. (24) Alex Ferree/17 $600

* Earnings include cash contingency award bonuses

Time of Race: 9 Mins., 32.401 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 0.428 Secs.
Yellow Flags: None
Lap Leaders: Richards (1-30)
Provisional Starters: Hubbard, King
Rookie of the Race: Hubbard ($250)
WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Doug Drown ($500)

Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 15.849
2. 21d-Dan Stone/Thompson, PA 15.980
3. 28-Jimmy Mars/Menomonie, WI 16.065
4. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 16.136
5. 2J-Mike Johnson/Imperial, PA 16.163
6. 4J-John Mollick/Toronto, OH 16.184
7. 46-Doug Horton/Bruceton Mills, WV 16.190
8. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 16.195
9. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 16.264
10. 99b-Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs/Bear Lake, PA 16.276
11. 19H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 16.293
12. 88-Chuck Sarver/W. Sunbury, PA 16.315
13. 0-Scott Bloomquist/Mooresburg, TN 16.338
14. 32c-Vic Coffey/Caledonia, NY 16.346
15. 11-Tyler Reddick/Corning, CA 16.363
16. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 16.377
17. 1V-Will Vaught/Crane, MO 16.405
18. 6s-Steve Shaver/Vienna, WV 16.411
19. 1J-Davey Johnson/Latrobe, PA 16.452
20. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 16.458
21. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 16.460
22. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 16.461
23. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 16.483
24. H1-Jared Miley/South Park, PA 16.510
25. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 16.624
26. 25z-Mason Ziegler/Chalk Hill, PA 16.690
27. 2-Brady Smith/Solon Springs, WI 16.718
28. 56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH 16.723
29. 22s-Gregg Satterlee/Rochester Mills, PA 16.723
30. 4-Alex Ferree/Saxonburg, PA 16.783
31. J4-John Garvin/Sarver, PA 16.857
32. 12-Doug Drown/Wooster, OH 16.871
33. 15b-Brian Birkhofer/Muscatine, IA 16.877
34. 14c-Corey Conley/Wellsburg, WV 16.946
35. 7-Matt Miller/Waterville, OH 16.872
36. 6L-Jamie Lathroum/Mechanicsville, MD 16.999
37. 45-Mark Byram/Georgetown, DE 17.054
38. 72M-John Mason/Millersburg, OH 17.062
39. 44H-Dave Hess Jr./Waterford, PA 17.092
40. won11-Robbie Blair/Titusville, PA 17.101
41. 57J-Bub McCool/Vicksburg, MS 17.120
42. 23T-Tony Burke/Sarver, PA 17.123
43. 3-Brent Robinson/Smithfield, VA 17.201
44. 1c-Lynn Geisler/Cranberry Twp., PA 17.202
45. 9K-Mike Knight/Ripley, NY 17.215
46. 66-Todd Bachman/Natrona Heights, PA 17.272
47. 17M-Dale McDowell/Chickamauga, GA 17.281
48. 21L-Matt Lux/Franklin, PA 17.392
49. 1Jx-Dave Murdick/Slippery Rock, PA 17.394
50. 22-Greg Oakes/Franklinville, NY 17.486
51. 14-April Farmer/Livingston, TN 17.890
52. 1cfr-Peter Mantha Jr./Gatineau, QUE 17.891
53. 38R-Nick Reges/Butler, PA 17.986
54. 72N-Michael Norris/Sarver, PA 18.108
55. c33-Chris Casner/Mifflintown, PA 18.184
56. J19-Jason Fosnaught/Creighton, PA N/T
57. 29s-Ken Schaltenbrand/Sarver, PA 16.852 (DQ – light)

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Clanton, Bloomquist, Francis, Horton, Davey Johnson, Robinson, Byram, Garvin, Murdick, Casner

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Richards, Coffey, Drown, Fuller, Geisler, Mason, Oakes, Ziegler, Stone (DNS) Fosnaught

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Mars, C. Smith, Eckert, Birkhofer, B. Smith, Reddick, Knight, Hess, Farmer (DQ) Schaltenbrand

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Briggs, McCreadie, Lanigan, Frank, Blair, King, Conley, Bachman, Mantha

Heat No. 5 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Moyer, Vaught, Satterlee, Miller, M. Johnson, McDowell, McCool, Hubbard, Reges

Heat No. 6 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Shaver, Mollick, Lathroum, Ferree, Miley, Lux, Norris, Sarver, Burke

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 2 Transfer): Fuller, D. Johnson, Geisler, Horton, Robinson, Mason, Garvin, Byram, Murdick, Casner, Ziegler (DNS) Oakes, Stone, Fosnaught

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 2 Transfer): Frank, B. Smith, Birkhofer, King, Hess, Knight, Reddick, Blair, Conley, Schaltenbrand, Bachman, Farmer, Mantha

B-Main No. 3 (12 laps – Top 2 Transfer): Miller, Ferree, Miley, McDowell, McCool, M. Johnson, Lux, Norris, Burke, Sarver, Hubbard, Reges

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sports Shirts ($50 product certificate): Brent Robinson/Dave Hess Jr./Bub McCool
Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main w/decal): Scott Bloomquist
Eibach Springs (one free spring): Brent Robinson/Bub McCool
MSD Ignition ($75 cash award): Josh Richards
MSD Ignition ($25 cash award): John Mollick
Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash award to fastest qualifier w/decal): Shane Clanton
Pink Carburetors ($100 product certificate): Davey Johnson
Quartermaster ($100 product certificate): Shane Clanton
Quartermaster ($50 product certificate): Jimmy Mars
Quartermaster ($25 product certificate): Tim Fuller
RTC Performance ($100 certificate): Shane Clanton
STP ($50 cash award): Doug Horton
U Coat It ($100 certificate): Josh Richards, Clint Smith, Brent Robinson
VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (two five-gallon plastic fuel jugs to fastest qualifier who does not make the A-Main if decal is displayed): Dan Stone

2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of June 24 – 20 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):

1. Josh Richards 2778 (-0)
2. Darrell Lanigan 2748 (-30)
3. Tim McCreadie 2744 (-34)
4. Steve Francis 2674 (-104)
5. Tim Fuller 2662 (-116)
6. Austin Hubbard 2608 (-170)
7. Shane Clanton 2568 (-210)
8. Rick Eckert 2562 (-216)
9. Chub Frank 2504 (-274)
10. Clint Smith 2448 (-330)
11. Russell King 2286 (-492)
12. Brady Smith 2134 (-644)
13. Brent Robinson 2064 (-714)
14. Jill George 1542 (-1236)
15. Vic Coffey 1040 (-1738)
16. Brian Birkhofer 920 (-1858)
17. Dan Stone 840 (-1938)
18. Billy Moyer 838 (-1940)
19. Dale McDowell 836 (-1942)
20. April Farmer 820 (-1958)

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To sign-up as a WoO LMS ‘follower’ on Twitter to receive updates anywhere at anytime, visit http://twitter.com/WoOLateModels.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, they can experience the excitement of the nation’s premier tour live on DIRTvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the free audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail customerservice@dirtvision.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

World of Outlaws Late Model Series News & Notes: Previewing The Firecracker 100 On June 24-26 At Lernerville Speedway

SARVER, PA – June 23, 2010 –

ANOTHER TRY: Maybe the third time will be the charm for Darrell Lanigan.

After leading the most laps but settling for a runner-up finish in each of the past two Firecracker 100s at Lernerville Speedway, Lanigan has just one goal on his mind for the fourth annual World of Outlaws Late Model Series mega-event when it lights up the four-tenths-mile oval this week (June 24-26).

“Lead the last lap,” bottom-lined Lanigan, the 2008 WoO LMS champion.

Lanigan, 40, of Union, Ky., craves a $30,000-plus victory in the Firecracker 100, which carries presenting sponsorship from one of Lanigan’s backers, GottaRace.com. His second-place earnings for the last two Firecrackers total a cool $35,823 – he pocketed $17,667 in 2008 and $18,156 in ’09 – but that’s little consolation to the quiet, competitive driver.

“All I want to do is win,” said Lanigan. “That’s why we race.”

The race team owner/operator came close to the checkered flag in the 2008 event, which was postponed by rain to July 29, and even closer in the 2009 version contested on June 27. In ’08 he led the race’s first 69 laps before Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, gained control and ran away from the field for a convincing triumph; last year he paced laps 13-93 before Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., swept by him to emerge victorious after rallying from a lap-27 pit stop to change a cut tire.

“We just got loose at the end last year,” said Lanigan, who has started from the front row in each of the last two Firecracker 100s. “Mars had a little bit different tire on and he just came on late in the race. I did everything I could to stay ahead of him, but the race was a little too long.

“The other year (’08) Birky was just better at the end. We were running the cushion up top, but that eventually went away and Birky was good on the bottom.”

Both defeats stung Lanigan, but he’s certainly gotten used to heartbreaking losses in 100-lap WoO LMS specials the last two seasons. In 2009 he also finished second in the Lone Star 100 at Battleground Speedway in Highlands, Texas (after a flat forced him to pit while leading on lap 40) and the Colossal 100 at The Dirt Track at Charlotte (after a flat tire put him to the rear early), and earlier this year he relinquished the lead in the Commonwealth 100 at Virginia Motor Speedway due to a popped right-rear tire with just nine laps remaining.

“We’ve had bad luck with flats,” said Lanigan, who finished 14^th in the inaugural Firecracker 100 in 2007. “But we just need to get our (100-lap) program a little better.”

Lanigan is ranked second in the WoO LMS points standings (14 points behind leader Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va.) entering this weekend’s Firecracker 100 action, which for the first time features complete preliminary programs topped by 30-lap, $6,000-to-win A-Mains on Thurs., June 24, and Fri., June 25, that will be used to align the heat-race starting fields for the 100-lap finale on Sat., June 26.

“I like the new format,” said Lanigan, who is coming off a second-place finish in the last WoO LMS ‘Great Northern Tour’ A-Main on June 20 at Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway. “As an owner/driver, it’s great because we can make money each night we’re at the track.

“I think we can pull off a win (in the Firecracker 100),” he added. “I like the track and we always seem to run pretty good there. They (officials) threw a little curveball in there this year with the tire rule (DIRTcar UMP’s Hoosier 10-20-30-40 compound mandate will be in effect) – that might be a little bit tricky, but everybody’s on the same playing field so it shouldn’t make too much of a difference.”

STILL SEARCHING: No WoO LMS star has a more burning desire to win a major event like the Firecracker 100 than defending champion Josh Richards. Just don’t ask him about the one missing item on his ever-growing resume.

“I don’t want to talk about that,” Richards joked when the subject came up. “We’re just gonna keep working hard and trying to win every race, and when it (a 100-lap win) happens, it happens.”

Richards, 22, has qualified well for each of the three previous Firecrackers, earning starting spots of fourth (2007), pole (’08) and sixth (’09). But that has translated to success in the final rundown – he’s finished ninth (’07), 12^th (’08) and eighth (’09) in the 100-lapper.

The young sensation’s best shot at victory – or at least a top-five finish – came in the rain-delayed 2008 event. But while battling for third place he became hooked together with Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., sending both drivers to the rear and causing a few tense moments between the friends as Clanton had some strong words for Richards while their cars were still sitting on the racetrack.

Richards, who has tasted victory at Lernerville in a postponed 50-lap WoO LMS A-Main that kicked off last year’s Firecracker 100 weekend, enters this year’s action looking to get back to his early-season form. He’s in a rare slump, with only one top-five finish in his last five WoO LMS starts – a fourth-place run in the ‘Great Northern Tour’ opener on June 15 at Can-Am Motorsports Park in Lafargeville, N.Y. As a result, his points lead has fallen from a season-high 56 points after his fourth win of 2010, on May 15 at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway, to just 14 points over Lanigan and 20 points over 2006 champion Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y.

HE’S A CONTENDER: Aside from a quiet 10^th-place finish in last year’s Firecracker 100, the 34-year-old Clanton has been a serious threat to capture the event’s unique trophy.

Clanton might have had the fastest car in the 2007 and 2008 editions of the race. His tangle with Richards, of course, knocked him from contention in ’08 (he finished 24^th after retiring shortly after the incident because he slapped the wall while attempting to rally from the rear). In ’07, meanwhile, he appeared primed to sail by eventual winner Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., to take the lead on lap 88 but had his momentum broken by Bloomquist’s sixth-sense decision to move to the top of the track in turn three the very lap Clanton was making his run; Clanton fell back and didn’t have time to recover, finishing sixth.

ON A ROLL: Tim Fuller rolls into the Firecracker 100 as the hottest driver on the WoO LMS thanks to two wins (at Can-Am and Merrittville Speedway in Thorold, Ont.) and a third-place finish (at Ontario’s Cornwall Motor Speedway) in the three ‘Great Northern Tour’ events completed over the past week.

Can the former DIRTcar big-block Modified regular from Watertown, N.Y., continue his streak at Lernerville? If his Gypsum Express car runs like it did in last year’s Firecracker 100 there’s no reason to believe he can’t.

Fuller’s finishing position in the ’09 event only shows a 15^th – his worst in three 100 starts following an eighth in ’07 and 10 ^th in ’08 – but he actually appeared to have one of the top cars in the event. He was marching forward from the seventh starting spot when he tangled with Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, while battling for third place on lap 23 – an encounter that blew out Fuller’s left-rear tire and broke his car’s left-rear shock, costing him two laps in the pits while his crew made repairs.

NO LUCK : Tim McCreadie has a WoO LMS A-Main triumph to his credit at Lernerville (in 2006), but he’s yet to come close to the checkered flag in the Firecracker 100.

The 36-year-old McCreadie – back as a WoO LMS regular this season for the first time since winning the title in 2006 – didn’t compete in the inaugural Firecracker. He finished eighth in ’08 and failed to qualify last year after barrel-rolling his car several times on the homestretch during Friday-night heat-race action – just one week after the Watertown, N.Y., star returned to the cockpit following five months on the sidelines due to the back injury he suffered during the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals.

ACTION TRACK MASTER: Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., has a sterling performance record at Lernerville – including WoO LMS victories in 2004 and 2005 and two wins and a runner-up finish in three weekly-show starts this season – but he hasn’t yet been able to thrust himself into the mix for a Firecracker first prize.

The 48-year-old’s top Firecracker 100 finish came in 2007, when he advanced from the 10^th starting spot to finish fifth in a race slowed by only three caution flags. He backed that up with finishes of sixth in 2008 and 12^th in 2009.

IS THIS THE YEAR?: WoO LMS stalwart Rick Eckert of York, Pa., knows how to get around Lernerville – he has an ’06 Outlaw victory there – but he’s still searching for the combination that will make him a major threat in the Firecracker.

Eckert has, however, gotten progressively better with his Firecracker performances. He finished 16^th in 2007 (after using a provisional and starting 25^th), 11^th in 2008 (started 19^th) and ninth in 2009 (started 13^th).

CONSISTENT RACERS: Just two drivers have scored a top-10 finish in all three Firecracker 100s – 2007 WoO LMS champion Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., and four-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series titlist Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla.

Francis, who enters this year’s Firecracker 100 proceedings coming off his second WoO LMS victory of 2010 on June 20 at Cornwall Motor Speedway, owns finishes of seventh (’07), fourth (’08) and fifth (’09). He started second in last year’s event and led laps 1-9 and 11-12.

Pearson, meanwhile, has two third-place finishes (’07 and ’09) and a ninth (’08) under his belt. He was especially impressive last year, charging forward from the 20^th starting spot.

FRUSTRATION: The Firecracker 100 has been a house of horrors for Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., who hasn’t even completed the 100-lap distance in any of the three previous editions of the event.

Smith’s best outing came in 2008 when he finished two laps down in 19^th after using a provisional to gain entry to the 100. He completed only 11 laps of the ’07 A-Main before mechanical trouble left him with a 28^th-place finish, and last year he dropped out on lap 73 and placed 18^th.

The ’07 Firecracker was especially tough for Smith. He entered that year’s event tied for the WoO LMS points lead with Francis, but a last-place finish dropped him to third in the standings, 42 points behind, and he never recovered. He settled for a career-high third-place finish in the points battle.

YOUNG GUNS: The newest WoO LMS regulars – 2009 Rookie of the Year Russell King, 21, of Bristolville, Ohio; ’09 rookie contender Brent Robinson, 22, of Smithfield, Va.; and ’10 rookie Austin Hubbard, 18, of Seaford, Del. – will be looking to turn heads in their biggest WoO LMS starts of the season to date.

King is the only driver of the trio who has made a Firecracker 100 starting lineup. After falling short in his first attempt at the event in 2008 (he finished sixth in the Uncle Sam 30 Non-Qualifiers’ Race), the former DIRTcar big-block Modified used a provisional to start last year’s 100 and finished 16^th, completing 92 laps before breaking an oil pump pulley.

Both Robinson and Hubbard made the Firecracker 100 debuts last year. Hubbard’s weekend ended with a third-place finish in the Uncle Sam 30 (though he said he got a great education when he stood in the infield for the A-Main and watched the unique line that Mars used to navigate the track), while Robinson finished 12^th in the Uncle Sam event.

DID YOU KNOW?: The best Firecracker 100 run authored by a Lernerville or western Pennsylvania dirt Late Model regular came in 2007, when Dave Hess Jr. of Waterford, Pa., finished 11^th.

CONSOLATION PRIZE: Former winners of the Uncle Sam 30 Non-Qualifiers’ Race – a $3,000-to-win event that will be run prior to the start of the Firecracker 100 on Sat., June 26 – include Josh McGuire of Ashland, Ky. (2007), Mike Knight of Ripley, N.Y. (2008) and Robbie Blair of Titusville, Pa. (2009).

BIG LIST: The names of nearly 50 drivers appear on the official Firecracker 100 pre-entry list, including all the WoO LMS regulars and former event winners Bloomquist, Birkhofer and Mars.

Other notable pre-entries include Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis., who finished fourth in last year’s event; Bobby Labonte Racing teammates Pearson and Brad Neat of Dunnville, Ky.; Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga.; 2008 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y.; defending All-Star Late Model Series champion Robbie Blair of Titusville, Pa.; Will Vaught of Crane, Mo., a winner last week on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals tour; Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs of Bear Lake, Pa.; Davey Johnson of Latrobe, Pa.; 15-year-old Tyler Reddick of Corning, Calif.; Matt Lux of Franklin, Pa.; Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, Pa.; and Lernerville standouts such as Alex Ferree of Saxonburg, Pa., and Lynn Geisler of Cranberry Twp., Pa.

WHAT A WEEKEND: Fans don’t want to miss the Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com, which features great, lucrative racing as well as pre- and post-race entertainment such as concerts (after the Thursday and Friday programs), a driver/fan horseshoes tournament, the Ms. Firecracker pageant, a Saturday driver autograph session and plenty of pyrotechnics.

Advance tickets to the Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com are on sale and can be purchased by clicking on the 'Buy Tickets Now!' link at www.lernerville.com or by calling the speedway office at 724-353-1511.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

Fourth Annual Firecracker 100 Presented by GottaRace.com Entry List (as of June 22):

0-Scott Bloomquist/Mooresburg, TN

1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV

1-Will Vaught/Crane, MO

1c-Lynn Geisler/Cranberry Twp, PA

1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA

1J-Davey Johnson/Latrobe, PA

1J-Dave Murdick/Slippery Rock, PA

H1-Jared Miley/South Park, PA

2-Brady Smith/Solon Springs, WI

2J-Mike Johnson/Imperial, PA

3-Brent Robinson/Chesapeake, VA

4-Alex Ferree/Saxonburg, PA

4J-John Mollick/Toronto, OH

J4-John Garvin/Sarver, PA

7x-Herman Bertolini/Creighton, PA

11-Tyler Reddick/Corning, CA

won11-Robbie Blair/Titusville, PA

12-Doug Drown/Wooster, OH

14-Corey Conley/Wellsburg, WV

15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY

15B-Brian Birkhofer/Muscatine, IA

17M-Dale McDowell/Chickmauga, GA

19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY

19-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE

J19-Jason Fosnaught/Creighton, PA

20-Jimmy Owens/Newport, TN

21-Matt Lux/Franklin, PA

22-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA

22-Gregg Satterlee/Rochester Mills, PA

23-John Blankenship/Wlliamson, WV

23-Tony Burke/Sarver, PA

24-Rick Eckert/York, PA

24M-Jeremy Miller/Gettysburg, PA

25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA

28-Jimmy Mars/Menomonie, WI

29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY

29-Ken Schaltenbrand/Sarver, PA

32c-Vic Coffey/Caledonia, NY

C33-Chris Casner/Mifflintown, PA

38R-Nick Reges/Butler, PA

39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY

41-Brad Neat/Dunnville, KY

44-Dave Hess Jr./Waterford, PA

44-Earl Pearson Jr./Jacksonville, FL

44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA

56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH

71D-Ron Davies/Erie, PA

72-Michael Norris/Sarver, PA

99b-Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs/Bear Lake, PA

Heavy Rain Pushes ‘Dirt Demon 50’ At Brewerton Speedway To Tues., Aug. 24

BREWERTON, NY - June 22, 2010 - Heavy rain swamped the central New York area on Tuesday afternoon, forcing the postponement of the evening’s scheduled World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Dirt Demon 50’ at Brewerton Speedway.

It was the second rainout of the ‘Great Northern Tour’ and third overall cancelation this season for the WoO LMS, but there was some good news in the dark clouds that overtook John and Laura Wight’s one-third-mile oval on Tuesday. Brewerton’s second annual full-fender series event has been rescheduled for Tues., Aug. 24, anchoring a week of action in the Northeast that will provide the region’s fans an exciting late-summer sequel to the Great Northern Tour.

The new WoO LMS date at Brewerton will follow a postponed event at Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville, Que., that was rescheduled for Mon., Aug. 23, after rain hit the Canadian track on Saturday night.

Autodrome Drummond and Brewerton Speedway will serve as perfect compliments to an originally-planned four-day WoO LMS swing in August. The tour is scheduled to visit Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville, Pa., on Wed., Aug. 18; Rolling Wheels Raceway in Elbridge, N.Y., on Thurs., Aug. 19; and Mohawk International Raceway in Hogansburg, N.Y., for an inaugural 100-lap, $20,000-to-win spectacular on Aug. 20-21.

The WoO LMS will now head to Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., for the fourth annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com, a three-day blockbuster set for June 24-26. Complete WoO LMS programs headlined by 30-lap A-Mains paying $6,000 to win are set for Thurs., June 24, and Fri., June 25, and the huge Firecracker 100 offering a $30,000 top prize will be contested on Sat., June 26.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Francis Stays Ahead Of The Fray In Tim Logan’s Car To Emerge Triumphant At Cornwall Motor Speedway

CORNWALL, ONT - June 20, 2010 - Steve Francis got his groove back on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series with a dominant performance in Sunday night’s 50-lap A-Main at Cornwall Motor Speedway.

Making his first WoO LMS start of the season in a Rocket car owned by his crew chief Tim Logan, Francis took advantage of a pole position start to lead every lap of the national tour’s third annual visit to Ron Morin’s finely-manicured Canadian quarter-mile oval.

Francis, 42, of Ashland, Ky., rolled to his second series victory of 2010, staying safely ahead of the sometimes wild position-swapping that went on behind him. In fact, second place changed hands five times among three drivers during the event, but no one was able to seriously challenge the 2007 WoO LMS champion.

“As the racetrack slicked off (the car) just got better and better and better,” said Francis, who earned $10,600 for becoming the fourth repeat winner of the 2010 WoO LMS campaign. “In the feature the thing was basically on a rail. You could drive it about anywhere. We ran the top of (turns) one and two and the top of three and four at points, which shows how good it was.”

Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., futilely chased Francis under the checkered flag, finishing 1.338 seconds behind the winner in his Rocket car. The 2008 WoO LMS titlist overtook Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., coming down for the white flag to secure the runner-up spot.

Fuller, who had passed Lanigan for second just before a caution flag flew on lap 32 and briefly peeked underneath Francis following the restart, settled for a third-place finish in the Gypsum Express Rocket car. The run ended Fuller’s two-race winning streak on the WoO LMS ‘Great Northern Tour.’

Fuller’s Gypsum Express Racing teammate, DIRTcar big-block Modified star Billy Decker of Unadilla, N.Y., advanced from the ninth starting spot to finish fourth in his first WoO LMS start of 2010. A former Super DIRTcar Series event winner at Cornwall, Decker earned the $500 WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ cash for being the highest-finishing driver who hasn’t won a tour A-Main and wasn’t ranked among the top 12 in the points standings.

Tour rookie Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., placed fifth at Cornwall for the second straight year, nipping Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa., by inches at the finish line in Dale Beitler’s Rocket car. The 18-year-old sensation, who started 10th, cracked the top five despite running virtually the entire distance with his car’s steering hampered by a broken rack.

Stone finished sixth – the same position he started the race – after climbing as high as fourth. He was bidding to pass Lanigan for third on lap 21 when he slid off the backstretch, dropping him to seventh and forcing him to spend the remainder of the distance working his way back into contention.

Francis had no problems in Logan’s machine, which he finally decided to press into service on this year’s Outlaw trail. He kicked off the Great Northern Tour driving his own Valvoline-sponsored car to finishes of 13th on June 15 at Can-Am Motorsports in Lafargeville, N.Y., and fifth on June 17 at Merrittville Speedway in Thorold, Ont., before Saturday’s event at Quebec’s Autodrome Drummond was rained out. “

“Tim’s put a lot of time and effort into my whole program this year,” said Francis, who had planned to run Logan’s car at Drummond. “Part of our deal this year was I was gonna run his car in some races, but it seems like every time we unloaded his car (this year), it rained out.

“I’m real happy that we finally got to run this thing. It really helps Tim a lot, and it helps (engine builder) Russell Baker too – we ran a brand-new 11-degree motor, something a little bit different. We’ve run this motor twice – we sat on the outside pole at West Virginia Motor Speedway and won here tonight. Obviously, it’s a pretty good car and engine combination.”

Good enough for Francis to cool down the sizzling Fuller and record his 28th career WoO LMS triumph – more than any other driver on the tour since 2004.

“I kept watching where Fuller was because he’s on a hot streak,” said Francis, whose previous WoO LMS victory this season came on March 27 at Lone Star Speedway in Kilgore, Texas. “When I looked and seen he got by Darrell and Clint (Smith) for second, I thought, ‘Well, here he comes again.’

“I saw Fuller shoot in there under me on that one restart (lap 32), but I just said, ‘Hit your marks and you’ll be fine.’ I don’t want to say I was that confident, but I knew my car was so good that if I hit my marks, I’d be OK.”

The 42-year-old Fuller, who started fifth, tipped his helmet to Francis after falling short at a track where he has experience in DIRTcar big-block and 358-Modified competition.

“He was more consistent getting through the ruts and the bumps,” Fuller said of Francis. “I could stay with him for one lap and then he’d start checking out. He was really good.”

Lanigan, who turned 40 on June 3, also failed to keep pace with Francis.

“We were set up for the bottom,” said Lanigan. “If we could hit it just right we’d have something for him, but if we missed it we’d just hang there. Francis could just move all around better.”

Lanigan’s second-place finish gave him a big boost in the WoO LMS points standings, moving him from second to third and leaving him just 14 points behind leader Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., who finished 15th with a car that was plagued by handling problems from damage to the left side of its nosepiece. Richards bent his car’s nose when he caught the berm on the inside of turn one just three laps into the race and further damaged it on lap 11 when he swerved into the turn-two hill to avoid Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., who lurched into Richards’s path when he restarted his car after sliding off the track between turns one and two to bring out a caution flag.

McCreadie, who entered the event ranked second in the points standings, restarted at the rear of the field after his off-track excursion and charged back to salvage a seventh-place finish – right where he had been running on lap 11. He fell to third in the points standings but sliced his deficit to Richards from 36 to 20 points.

Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., faded to an eighth-place finish after starting fourth. Coleby Frye of Dover, Pa., who took a break from his regular job as car chief of Hubbard’s Beitler Motorsports mount to drive Clint Smith’s backup car, placed ninth and eighth-starter Rick Eckert of York, Pa., was 10th after rallying from an early-race scramble that caused him to fall all the way back to 19th.

Four caution flags slowed the race. After McCreadie triggered the first yellow on lap 11, subsequent cautions were brought out on lap 31 by Richards (stopped and then pitted); lap 32 by Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio (stopped on backstretch); and lap 44 by Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa. (spun in turn four from left-front bodywork damage sustained in a scrape while battling Clanton for seventh).

The upset of the evening was pulled off in Ohlins Shocks Time Trials by Frye, who recorded the show’s fastest qualifying circuit after getting a last-minute opportunity to drive Smith’s backup car. The 25-year-old Keystone State dirt Late Model racer ripped off a lap of 12.467 seconds – just a tick off the track record – to earn his first-ever quick-time honor on the WoO LMS.

Heat winners were Francis, Clint Smith and Stone. With the field numbering exactly 24 cars, no B-Main was run.

Smith went on to finish 12th in the A-Main after running second for much of the race’s first half. He was hampered by a broken engine valve throughout the distance, causing a loss of power that cost him ground on each restart.

The WoO LMS ‘Great Northern Tour’ continues on Tues., June 22, at Brewerton (N.Y.) Speedway before concluding on June 24-26 with the Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

Results of WoO Late Model Series at Cornwall Motor Speedway (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (1) Steve Francis/50 $10,600
2. (3) Darrell Lanigan/50 $5,600
3. (5) Tim Fuller/50 $3,575
4. (9) Billy Decker/50 $3,100
5. (10) Austin Hubbard/50 $2,750
6. (6) Dan Stone/50 $1,700
7. (12) Tim McCreadie/50 $2,000
8. (4) Shane Clanton/50 $1,800
9. (13) Coleby Frye/50 $1,250
10. (8) Rick Eckert/50 $1,600
11. (18) Brent Robinson/50 $1,050
12. (2) Clint Smith/50 $1,500
13. (14) Chub Frank/50 $1,450
14. (17) Ricky Elliott/50 $900
15. (7) Josh Richards/50 $1,450
16. (11) Russell King/49 $1,300
17. (16) April Farmer/49 $770
18. (15) Greg Oakes/49 $750
19. (20) Peter Mantha Jr./48 $730
20. (21) Jill George/48 $700
21. (22) Larry Wight/47 $700
22. (23) Charlie Sandercock/ $700
23. (24) Philip Potts/46 $725
24. (19) Caley Weese/45 $700

* Earnings include Winners Circle program and cash contingency award bonuses

Time of Race: 26 Mins., 44.617 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 1.338 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 4 (Laps 11, 31, 32, 44)
Lap Leaders: Francis (1-50)
Provisional Starters: None
Rookie of the Race: Hubbard ($250)
WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Decker ($500)

Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. F44-Coleby Frye/Dover, PA 12.467
2. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 12.468
3. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 12.479
4. 19H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 12.555
5. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 12.567
6. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 12.586
7. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 12.593
8. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 12.611
9. 3-Brent Robinson/Smithfield, VA 12.621
10. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 12.655
11. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 12.737
12. 91-Billy Decker/Unadilla, NY 12.751
13. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 12.761
14. 56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH 12.889
15. 21d-Dan Stone/Thompson, PA 12.894
16. 99L-Larry Wight/Baldwinsville, NY 13.029
17. 2-Ricky Elliott/Seaford, DE 13.100
18. 22-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 13.141
19. 14-April Farmer/Livingston, TN 13.209
20. 1cfr-Peter Mantha Jr./Gatineau, QUE 13.219
21. 22x-Greg Oakes/Franklinville, NY 13.305
22. 77-Caley Weese/Belleville, ONT 13.987
23. 57-Charlie Sandercock/Belleville, ONT 14.040
24. 29P-Philip Potts/Frankford, ONT 14.349

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 2 Redraw): Francis, Clanton, Richards, Hubbard, Frye, Farmer, Weese, Wight

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 2 Redraw): C. Smith, Lanigan, Eckert, King, Frank, Elliott, Mantha, Sandercock

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 2 Redraw): Stone, Fuller, Decker, McCreadie, Oakes, Robinson, George, Potts

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main w/decal): Billy Decker
MSD Ignition ($75 cash award): Tim Fuller
MSD Ignition ($25 cash award): Philip Potts
Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash award to fastest qualifier w/decal): Coleby Frye
Pink Carburetors ($100 product certificate): Austin Hubbard
Pink Carburetors ($50 product certificate): Caley Weese
Quartermaster ($100 product certificate): Tim Fuller
Quartermaster ($50 product certificate): Tim McCreadie
Quartermaster ($25 product certificate): Russell King
R2C Performance ($100 cash): Billy Decker
Wrisco Aluminum (three sheets of aluminum to highest finisher w/decal): Tim Fuller

2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of June 20 – 19 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):

1. Josh Richards 2628 (-0)
2. Darrell Lanigan 2614 (-14)
3. Tim McCreadie 2608 (-20)
4. Steve Francis 2546 (-82)
5. Tim Fuller 2544 (-84)
6. Austin Hubbard 2496 (-132)
7. Rick Eckert 2440 (-188)
8. Shane Clanton 2422 (-206)
9. Chub Frank 2378 (-250)
10. Clint Smith 2318 (-310)
11. Russell King 2186 (-442)
12. Brady Smith 2020 (-608)
13. Brent Robinson 1978 (-650)
14. Jill George 1542 (-1086)
15. Vic Coffey 924 (-1704)
16. Brian Birkhofer 830 (-1798)
17. Dan Stone 780 (-1848)
18. Dale McDowell 748 (-1880)
19. April Farmer 746 (-1882)
20. Billy Moyer 696 (-1932)

FOLLOW THE ACTION ON TWITTER: Fans can now keep up-to-date with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series online and through text messages on cell phones via Twitter, the internet’s fast-growing social-networking and micro-blogging website. Updates are provided to Twitter ‘followers’ of the WoO LMS throughout each race night, and fans also receive breaking news and interesting notes from the tour.

To sign-up as a WoO LMS ‘follower’ on Twitter to receive updates anywhere at anytime, visit http://twitter.com/WoOLateModels.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, they can experience the excitement of the nation’s premier tour live on DIRTvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the free audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail customerservice@dirtvision.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassi, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Coffey Continues Search For Elusive Victory At Brewerton Speedway In World of Outlaws Late Model Series Return On Tuesday (June 22)

BREWERTON, NY - June 20, 2010 - Vic Coffey knows much too well what it feels like to lose a race at Brewerton Speedway. Now he’s ready to experience the more positive side of competition at the one-third-mile oval.

Just over eight months since seeing a victory in Brewerton’s inaugural World of Outlaws Late Model Series event slip through his fingers in heartbreaking fashion, Coffey will return to the D-shaped track on Tuesday night (June 22) to take another shot at glory in the national tour’s second annual ‘Dirt Demon 50’ presented by NAPA.

“I’ve had a lot of them close-but-no-cigar races there,” Coffey said of Brewerton Speedway, which he has called his Friday-night home for DIRTcar big-block Modified action at times in the past. “For whatever reason, I can’t seem to get a win there. Maybe this (Tuesday) will be the night we finally get things to go our way.”

Coffey, 38, of Caledonia, N.Y., nearly got the Brewerton monkey off his back in last year’s 50-lapper, held on Sept. 2, 2009. The 2008 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year was the dominant force in the A-Main; he marched forward from the seventh starting spot to grab the lead from Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., on lap 13 and appeared headed to victory after fighting off a challenge from Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., another former DIRTcar big-block Modified regular at Brewerton.

Alas, a caution flag flew on lap 44, wiping out Coffey’s healthy advantage over Fuller. Fuller swept around the outside of Coffey on the restart to assume command as lap 45 was scored and never looked back, outrunning Coffey to win at the track Fuller’s car owner, John Wight, had purchased earlier in the year.

Coffey settled for runner-up money – a career-best WoO LMS finish, yes, but certainly a bitterly disappointing one. He still thinks about his full-fender near-miss on familiar turf, wondering if there was anything he should have done differently to repel Fuller’s dramatic pass.

“It was one of those deals where I kind of knew what (Fuller) was gonna do (on the restart),” recalled Coffey, the memory of the race’s final laps still burned into his mind. “I knew he was gonna roll the middle, but I didn’t want to change what I was doing – running the bottom – because that’s what got me to the front and got me a big lead. The car was so good and just felt so good running down there.

“I kind of kick myself though – should I have gone up there top the top and tried to block him? I don’t really race like that and I don’t know if it would’ve been any different outcome if I did it. But winning a World of Outlaws show would’ve been the biggest thing I could’ve done there, so yeah, that kinda still haunts me a little bit.

“You know, if no caution comes out (for Austin Hubbard’s broken driveshaft lying on the inside of the homestretch), it’s a done deal – we probably would have won,” he added. “But that’s part of the game. There’s nothing you can do about it now. Hopefully we’ll be the ones that catch a break like that when we go back there this week.”

Coffey undoubtedly is due to catch a break at Brewerton. Last year’s WoO LMS event was just the latest in a series of frustrating defeats there for the former tour regular and Sweeteners Plus Racing teammate of 2006 WoO LMS champion Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y. On a least three occasions he’s had victory snatched from his grasp in DIRTcar big-block and 358-Modified action.

“I’ve been leading going away in a big-block and broke a pinion,” Coffey said of his tough Brewerton fate. “In the 358 (Modified) race during Super DIRT Week a couple years ago, I was actually leading at lap 74 (of the scheduled 75-lapper), but we had like three green-white-checkered restarts because of cautions and (Gary) Tomkins slid by me on the last one and I ran second.

“And one time (DIRTcar superstar) Alan Johnson and I were in a photo finish. It was debatable – a lot of people think I won, but the transponder showed him two-thousandths of a second ahead.

“I’ve had a bunch of them close calls there,” he concluded, “but I have no wins in the book.”

Coffey brings plenty of confidence back to Brewerton, which drew a standing-room-only crowd for last year’s historic WoO LMS event. He’s coming off a week spent racing on the Appalachian Mountain Speedweek and a seventh-place finish in the WoO LMS ‘Great Northern Tour’ opener last Tuesday night at Can-Am Motorsports Park in Lafargeville, N.Y.; he didn’t cross the border for this weekend’s Outlaw events scheduled at Merrittville Speedway, Autodrome Drummond and Cornwall Motor Speedway.

“I feel good about our chances,” said Coffey, whose closest brush with victory on the WoO LMS actually came on April 17, 2009, at Fayetteville (N.C.) Motor Speedway when he blew a right-rear tire while leading on the final lap. “I think what we’re doing at these places we know – like Can-Am and Brewerton – seems to work, so I don’t see why what we did last year (at Brewerton) won’t work again.

“I do think, though, that what we did last year tire-wise might not give us the advantage it did again. Like at Can-Am (on June 15) – last year (the WoO LMS) guys didn’t know what to do because it was their first time there and we made a tire choice that really worked, but this year they were on the deal a little better. I think you’re gonna see that at Brewerton too.

“I don’t see us having as dominant a car as we had last year,” he conceded, “but I don’t see any reason that we can’t be right there again and, if we catch some breaks, win the race.”

A star-studded field of WoO LMS drivers will battle with Coffey on Tues., June 22, at Brewerton, including former champions McCreadie (a multiple-time DIRTcar big-block and 358-Modified winner there and sixth-place finisher in last year’s ‘Dirt Demon 50’), Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va. (eighth at Brewerton last year after pitting to change a flat tire), Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky. (seventh last year) and Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky. (12th last year).

The field will also include Outlaw regulars Fuller (the hottest driver on the ‘Great Northern Tour’), Clanton (10th in last year’s event after leading laps 1-12), Rick Eckert of York, Pa. (third), Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa. (fifth from 21st), Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio (13th), Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va. (14th), Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga. (15th), rookie Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del. (20th) and rookie Jill George of Cedar Lake, Iowa (first visit to Brewerton).

Drivers expected to challenge the Outlaws include DIRTcar Modified regulars (Fuller’s Gypsum Express teammates) Billy Decker of Unadilla, N.Y. (ninth last year) and Larry Wight of Baldwinsville, N.Y. (DNQ), Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa. (11th last year), Ricky Elliott of Seaford, Del., Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs of Bear Lake, Pa., Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, Pa., Jeff Rine of Danville, Pa., DIRTcar 358-Modified veteran Peter Mantha Jr. of Gatineau, Que., Greg Oakes of Franklinville, N.Y., and April Farmer of Livingston, Tenn.

Advance tickets are on sale for Brewerton’s mid-week program, which also includes competition for the Mod Lite division. Reserved seats in the top three rows of sections A-P are priced at $35, while adult general admission tickets will sell for $30 each and children ages 14-and-under will be admitted for $10. All pit passes are $40 and will only be sold on race day.

No blankets will be allowed down in the grandstand to save seats until the gates open at 4:30 p.m. Hot laps are scheduled to start at 6:20 p.m., with WoO LMS time trials beginning at 6:40 p.m. and racing set for a 7:30 p.m. green flag.

More information on the ‘Dirt Demon 50’ is available by logging on to www.brewertonspeedway.com or calling the track office at 315-668-6906 or the speedway hotline at 315-668-RACE.

Brewerton Speedway is located at 60 U.S. Route 11 in Brewerton, N.Y., just off Interstate 81. Free parking and overnight camping will be offered.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Late-Afternoon Rain Forces Postponement Of Autodrome Drummond’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series Event To Mon., Aug. 23

DRUMMONDVILLE, QUE - June 19, 2010 - Rain swept over Autodrome Drummond late Saturday afternoon, forcing the postponement of the evening’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at the Canadian track.

It marked the second consecutive year that precipitation washed out Drummond’s highly anticipated WoO LMS ‘Great Northern Tour’ show. But while there was no raindate for the 2009 event, Saturday’s $10,000-to-win ‘Quebec 50’ has been rescheduled for Mon., Aug. 23.

The new Aug. 23 date will put Autodrome Drummond at the tail-end of a second Northeast swing for the WoO LMS, immediately following the inaugural 100-lap, $20,000-to-win Outlaw spectacular at Mohawk International Raceway in Hogansburg, N.Y., on Aug. 20-21.

The WoO LMS ‘Great Northern Tour’ continues on Sun., June 20, at Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway. It then visits Brewerton (N.Y.) Speedway on Tues., June 22, before concluding June 24-26 with the fourth annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Josh Richards Goes For A World of Outlaws Late Model Series Hat Trick On Sunday (June 20) At Cornwall Motor Speedway

CORNWALL, ONT - June 19, 2010 - Josh Richards is undefeated at Cornwall Motor Speedway. On Sunday night (June 20), he’ll try to keep his perfect record intact when the World of Outlaws Late Model Series returns to Ron Morin’s finely-manicured quarter-mile oval for the third straight year.

The defending WoO LMS champion has simply owned the national tour’s action at Cornwall, winning both previous A-Mains contested there in strikingly similar fashion. Pulling off a hat trick would add another accomplishment to the 22-year-old driver’s ever-lengthening resume and keep him front-and-center in the eyes of the big, passionate crowd that is expected for Sunday’s 50-lap, $10,000-to-win spectacular.

“We’ve been real good there the last two years,” said Richards, the WoO LMS points leader and winningest driver of 2010 as the eight-race ‘Great Northern Tour’ swing hits its midway point. “After I went out on the track for the first time (for hot laps in 2008), it had so much moisture in it and so much grip I didn’t know what would happen or if we could win. But it really seemed to come to us and ended up being one of my favorite tracks.

“It’s just a fun little racetrack,” he continued. “It starts out really fast and by feature time you can race all over it. It’s a place where there’s a lot of stuff happening real fast, and for some reason I guess that made me adapt to it real quick.”

The unblemished success that Richards, 22, of Shinnston, W.Va., has enjoyed at Cornwall points to his maturation as a full-fledged dirt Late Model superstar. When he won there in 2008 it was his first-ever A-Main score in Canada and the ninth overall triumph of his young Outlaw career, marked the first time he had been victorious on a small quarter-mile bullring and was perhaps the most hard-earned and dramatic triumph of his racing life to that point; now he sits second on the tour’s alltime win list with 24 victories and has proven adept at mastering tracks both big and small, high-banked and flat, fast and slow.

In the historic 2008 WoO LMS event at Cornwall, Richards started from the pole position but quickly slipped back to third place. He fought back, however, to take the lead from 2006 series champion Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y. – a North Country favorite son who recorded the first major win of his racing career at Cornwall in a 1996 DIRTcar 358-Modified special – on lap 40 and march to a champagne-soaked Victory Lane celebration.

Last year Richards had McCreadie’s number again at Cornwall. After starting from the pole position but being outgunned for the lead at the initial start, Richards drove by McCreadie to assume command on lap 15 and never was headed. McCreadie settled for occupying the runner-up spot on Cornwall’s post-race podium for the second consecutive year.

Richards plans to enter Sunday’s action in the same Seubert Calf Ranches Rocket car – a machine owned by his father and Rocket Chassis co-owner Mark Richards – that he steered to the checkered flag last year at Cornwall. The proven mount was brand-new for the start of last year’s Great Northern Tour and sat in the winner’s circle in its debut run, on June 18, 2009, at Ohsweken (Ont.) Speedway.

“This car has been real good to us – especially in Canada,” said Richards, who has three career WoO LMS victories north of the border. “It looks like we’ll run it again at Cornwall and hopefully we’ll be able to make it three in a row.”

Win or lose, Richards will receive plenty of attention from the Cornwall fans who swarm the pit area before the race to get close-up views of the dirt Late Model cars and chat with the drivers. He’s noticed that the Canadian races produce some of the most electric atmospheres on the WoO LMS schedule.

“Cornwall is cool,” said Richards. “Just like at all the Canadian shows we run, there’s a ton of fans there, and all the Canadians come up to our car in the pits and really look it over – I guess because our cars are so much different from the Modifieds they’re used to seeing. People ask different questions than we hear anywhere else. They just want to learn more about these cars.

“Every year we go up (to Canada) the fans show more interest. This trip to Canada (the Great Northern Tour also listed dates at Merrittville Speedway in Thorold, Ont., and Quebec’s Autodrome Drummond on June 19) is definitely what we need (for the series). Year after year it’s getting more and more attention and just building bigger and bigger.

“When the fans excited for you to be there,” he concluded, “it just makes you that much more pumped up and excited to go out there and race.”

Richards and McCreadie will headline Cornwall’s WoO LMS field. They will arrive at the speedway in a tightening three-driver battle with 2008 champion Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., who owns Cornwall finishes of fourth (2008) and third (2009), at the top of the 2010 points standings.

The fulltime Outlaws roster for Cornwall will also include Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y. (a former DIRTcar 358-Modified winner at Cornwall), Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky. (still seeking his first top-five at Cornwall), rookie Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del. (finished fifth in last year’s event), Rick Eckert of York, Pa. (high of fifth in 2008), Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga. (third in 2008), Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio, Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va., and rookie Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Among the other drivers expected are DIRTcar Modified regulars (and Fuller’s Gypsum Racing teammates) Billy Decker of Unadilla, N.Y., and Larry Wight of Baldwinsville, N.Y., Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa., DIRTcar 358-Modified veteran Peter Mantha Jr. of Gatineau, Que., Greg Oakes of Franklinville, N.Y., Darren Peters of Fort Erie, Ont., and April Farmer of Livingston, Tenn.

Sunday night’s racing program, which also includes Cornwall’s regular DIRTcar 358-Modified, Pro-Stock, Semi-Pro and Mini-Stock divisions, is scheduled to begin with hot laps at 5:30 p.m. and WoO LMS time trials at 6 p.m. The pit gates will open at 3:30 p.m. and general admission gates will be unlocked at 4 p.m.

General admission tickets are $40 (Canadian) for adults and $28 for students (ages 13-17) and seniors (ages 65-plus), with kids 12-and-under admitted free when accompanied by an adult. Pit admission is $45 with a DIRTcar Racing membership and $50 for non-members.

For more information, visit www.cornwallspeedway.com or call 613-938-3945.

Additional info on the WoO LMS is available by logging on to www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

He’s On Fire: Fuller Scores Second Straight Victory In Thursday’s ‘Oh Canada Eh 50’ At Merrittville Speedway

THOROLD, ONT - June 17, 2010 - When Tim Fuller gets hot, he gets red hot.

Forty-eight hours after breaking down the door to Victory Lane in 2010 Fuller was at it again on Thursday night, rolling to his second straight World of Outlaws Late Model Series triumph in the ‘Oh Canada Eh 50’ at Merrittville Speedway.

Fuller, 42, of Watertown, N.Y., passed Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., for the lead on lap 29 and never looked back in the national tour’s first-ever visit to the Niagara Frontier track. He pocketed $10,500 for his 12th career win on the WoO LMS – eight of which have come as part of win streaks, including two sets of back-to-back victories and his record-tying four consecutive wins last year.

“It’s weird how things work out sometimes,” said Fuller, who recorded his first win of the season in the ‘Great Northern Tour’ opener on Tuesday night at his hometrack, Can-Am Motorsports Park in Lafargeville, N.Y. “We’re definitely going good right now, but it was such a struggle to get here. Maybe now we’re on to something and can keep it up.”

Rick Eckert of York, Pa., slid by Francis for second on lap 32 but never got close enough to threaten Fuller. The 44-year-old steered his Team Zero by Bloomquist car across the finish line 2.368 seconds behind Fuller’s Gypsum Racing Rocket.

Rookie Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., who started sixth, finished one second behind Eckert in third place driving Dale Beitler’s Rocket after slipping by polesitter Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., for the position on a lap-40 restart. Lanigan, who led laps 1-6 before being overtaken by Francis, settled for fourth in his Rocket mount and Francis faded to fifth at the checkered flag in his Valvoline Rocket.

Fuller, who previously competed at Merrittville in DIRTcar big-block and 358-Modified events but never won a feature there, didn’t reach the promised land on Thursday night before experiencing a scare. The powerplant in his car – a Kevlar piece from the Gypsum Express team’s in-house engine program – sucked an intake gasket during hot laps, sending him into full scramble mode to make repairs in time for qualifying.

“I didn’t know if we were gonna get it together,” said Fuller. “We had Francis, Clint (Smith) and my guys all digging in to get it fixed while I was trying to tighten the car up for time trials. We dropped a bunch of silicone on (the intake) so I could qualify, and then when I came back in we cut up a couple of gaskets and kind of cobbed it up.

“It worked – it’s not sucking air. But for peace of mind I want to get it fixed right when we get back to the states. We’re not motor builders.”

Fuller did credit his team’s resident engine constructor, Kevlar’s Kevin Lamphere, with making changes to squeeze more much-needed power from the motor he used at Can-Am and Merrittville. He said his biggest struggle this season has been getting his new engine deal on the right track.

“We got a good motor now,” said Fuller. “We sent this one back after Virginia (Motor Speedway’s Commonwealth 100 in mid-April) and he put a new cam in it. It really livened it up. I don’t know how much yet, but we’re gonna find out at (Autodrome) Drummond (on Sat., June 19) because that place usually is heavy.

“I know it really drives real good on these black-slick tracks,” he added. “This is the kind of track I was brought up on so I know what you have to do on these types of places.”

Fuller, who started fourth, mastered the D-shaped, one-third-mile oval to overcome Francis for the lead. After having two potential passes wiped out by successive caution flags on lap 22, Fuller finally surged underneath Francis rounding turns one and two to assume command for good on lap 29.

“He was just hanging on the top because he had the wrong tire on,” Fuller said of Francis, who chose a compound that was too soft to last. “I could just dive down right through the black in the middle and drive by him.”

While Fuller wasn’t quite as dominant as he was in winning at Can-Am, he wasn’t challenged once he gained control of the race. Eckert couldn’t even stay with Fuller after the A-Main’s sixth and final caution flag, on lap 40 for Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., who slowed with right-front suspension damage while battling for a top-10 position.

“I’m just happy to finish second,” said the fifth-starting Eckert, who recorded just his fourth top-five finish of 2010. “We didn’t have anything for Fuller. He was just too good tonight.”

Fuller’s performance made him the center of a unique post-race scene featuring actors from the Oh Canada Eh! Dinner Theatre show in nearby Niagara Falls, Ont. The performers posed for photos with Fuller dressed in a variety of Canada-themed costumes, including a Royal Mountie who presented Fuller with an eye-catching, custom CNC-machined trophy.

“Anytime a track does something special like that, it’s neat,” Fuller said of the Victory Lane ceremony that capped an event that drew a nearly standing-room-only crowd to the track. “That trophy alone was amazing. That’s not just some plastic trophy; that’s something you want to display.

“But Pete (Bicknell, the DIRTcar 358-Modified superstar, chassis builder and co-owner of Merrittville Speedway) does it right. He’s got a good facility, and when you come here you know the whole deal is gonna be done right. It makes you want to come back again.”

Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., moved forward from the 10th starting spot to finish sixth, falling just short of beating Francis to the checkered flag. Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa., placed seventh after running as high as fifth, while Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va., who returned to the WoO LMS after missing the Can-Am event, was eighth and earned the $500 ‘Bonus Bucks’ for being the highest-finishing driver who hasn’t won a tour A-Main and isn’t ranked among the top 12 in the points standings.

Points leader Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., meanwhile, experienced a quiet night, salvaging a ninth-place finish after pitting on lap 16 in hopes of correcting his underperforming machine. Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., completed the top 10.

The WoO LMS points battle tightened after the event, with Richards’s lead shrinking to 36 points over McCreadie and 40 over Lanigan. Fuller moved past Francis for fourth but is 108 points behind Richards.

John Lobb of Frewsburg, N.Y., pulled off the upset of the night, topping the 27-car in Ohlins Shocks Time Trials with a lap of 15.408 seconds. But after registering his first career WoO LMS fast-time honor Lobb’s night took a disastrous turn during the first heat; he relinquished the lead on lap eight when his car’s engine belched smoke and flames heading down the backstretch, forcing him to scratch from the remainder of the program.

Heat winners were Clint Smith (by inches over Francis), Hubbard and Lanigan, and Jeff Dayman of Welland, Ont., captured the B-Main.

The WoO LMS ‘Great Northern Tour’ heads north for the weekend, competing on Sat., June 19, at Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville, Que., and Sun., June 20, at Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway. The swing continues on Tues., June 22, at Brewerton (N.Y.) Speedway before concluding on June 24-26 with the Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘Oh Canada Eh 50’ (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (4) Tim Fuller/50 $10,500
2. (5) Rick Eckert/50 $5,575
3. (6) Austin Hubbard/50 $3,850
4. (1) Darrell Lanigan/50 $3,100
5. (2) Steve Francis/50 $2,600
6. (10) Tim McCreadie/50 $2,300
7. (11) Dan Stone/50 $1,400
8. (14) Brent Robinson/50 $1,800
9. (7) Josh Richards/50 $1,800
10. (9) Shane Clanton/50 $1,600
11. (3) Clint Smith/50 $1,550
12. (13) Russell King/50 $1,500
13. (15) Greg Oakes/50 $950
14. (16) Peter Mantha Jr./50 $900
15. (8) Ed Carley/50 $850
16. (23) April Farmer/49 $800
17. (18) Darren Peters/48 $770
18. (17) Jill George/48 $750
19. (20) Andrew Reaume/48 $780
20. (21) Mike Lewis/48 $700
21. (19) Jeff Dayman/45 $700
22. (12) Chub Frank/39 $1,200
23. (22) Gregg Haskell/25 $700
24. (24) Greg Belyea/3 $725

* Earnings include Winners Circle program and cash contingency award bonuses

Time of Race: 35 Mins., 06.285Secs.
Margin of Victory: 2.368 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 6 (Laps 10, 16, 22, 22, 26, 40)
Lap Leaders: Lanigan (1-6); Francis (7-28); Fuller (29-50)
Provisional Starters: Farmer, Belyea
Rookie of the Race: Hubbard ($250)
WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Robinson ($500)

Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 1L-John Lobb/Frewsburg, NY 15.408
2. 19H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 15.510
3. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 15.576
4. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 15.604
5. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 15.862
6. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 15.954
7. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 15.987
8. 3-Brent Robinson/Smithfield, VA 16.056
9. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 16.112
10. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 16.112
11. 28-Ed Carley/Freedom, NY 16.156
12. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 16.165
13. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 16.224
14. 21d-Dan Stone/Thompson, PA 16.242
15. 14-April Farmer/Livingston, TN 16.308
16. 1cfr-Peter Mantha Jr./Gatineau, QUE 16.331
17. 7d-Jeff Dayman/Welland, ONT 16.450
18. 22x-Greg Oakes/Franklinville, NY 16.456
19. 56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH 16.521
20. 25B-Greg Belyea/Frankford, ONT 16.572
21. RH21-Gregg Haskell/Chatham, ONT 16.648
22. 78-Rick Baker/Ridgeway, ONT 16.695
23. 88-Andrew Reaume/Chatham, ONT 16.776
24. 1P-Darren Peters/Fort Erie, ONT 16.780
25. 05-Mike Lewis/Wallaceburg, ONT 16.839
26. 22-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 16.997
27. RH94-Jason Haskell/Ridgeway, ONT 17.005

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 6 Transfer): C. Smith, Francis, Richards, McCreadie, King, Mantha, Lewis, Baker, Lobb

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 6 Transfer): Hubbard, Eckert, Carley, Stone, Robinson, George, Reaume, Belyea, Dayman

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 6 Transfer): Lanigan, Fuller, Clanton, Frank, Oakes, Peters, G. Haskell, J. Haskell (DNS) Farmer

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Dayman, Reaume, Lewis, G. Haskell, J. Haskell, Baker, Belyea, Farmer (DNS) Lobb

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sports Shirts ($50 product certificate): Greg Belyea
Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main w/decal): Dan Stone
Eibach Springs (one free spring): Jeff Dayman
MSD Ignition ($75 cash award): Rick Eckert
MSD Ignition ($25 cash award): Greg Belyea
Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash award to fastest qualifier w/decal): John Lobb
Pink Carburetors ($100 product certificate): Rick Eckert
Pink Carburetors ($50 product certificate): Greg Belyea
Quartermaster ($100 product certificate): Tim Fuller
Quartermaster ($50 product certificate): Tim McCreadie
Quartermaster ($25 product certificate): April Farmer
RTC Performance ($100 cash): Austin Hubbard
STP ($50 cash award): Andrew Reaume
VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (two five-gallon plastic fuel jugs to fastest qualifier who does not make the A-Main if decal is displayed): John Lobb
Wrisco Aluminum (three sheets of aluminum to A-Main winner w/decal): Tim Fuller

2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of June 17 – 18 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):

1. Josh Richards 2508 (-0)
2. Tim McCreadie 2472 (-36)
3. Darrell Lanigan 2468 (-40)
4. Tim Fuller 2400 (-108)
5. Steve Francis 2396 (-112)
6. Austin Hubbard 2356 (-152)
7. Rick Eckert 2310 (-198)
8. Shane Clanton 2288 (-220)
9. Chub Frank 2254 (-254)
10. Clint Smith 2192 (-316)
11. Russell King 2068 (-440)
12. Brady Smith 2020 (-488)
13. Brent Robinson 1850 (-658)
14. Jill George 1432 (-1076)
15. Vic Coffey 924 (-1584)

FOLLOW THE ACTION ON TWITTER: Fans can now keep up-to-date with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series online and through text messages on cell phones via Twitter, the internet’s fast-growing social-networking and micro-blogging website. Updates are provided to Twitter ‘followers’ of the WoO LMS throughout each race night, and fans also receive breaking news and interesting notes from the tour.

To sign-up as a WoO LMS ‘follower’ on Twitter to receive updates anywhere at anytime, visit http://twitter.com/WoOLateModels.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, they can experience the excitement of the nation’s premier tour live on DIRTvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the free audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail customerservice@dirtvision.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

French-Canadian Peter Mantha Jr. Enters World of Outlaws Event At Quebec’s Autodrome Drummond On June 19 As Chub Frank’s Teammate

DRUMMONDVILLE, QUE - June 17, 2010 - Just one driver competing in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series event this Saturday night (June 19) at Autodrome Drummond will be able to understand all the French words spoken over the track’s public address system.

That driver – the bilingual Peter Mantha Jr. – also happens to be the lone dirt Late Model racer who hails from the entire province of Quebec.

A veteran DIRTcar 358-Modified campaigner, Mantha, 42, of Gatineau, Que., has been dabbling in the dirt Late Model ranks since 2007. It’s an unusual pursuit considering he lives more than eight hours from the nearest track that runs full-blown Late Models on a regular basis.

“They all think I’m crazy for doing this Late Model thing,” Mantha said when asked how his friends and those in the local racing community have reacted to his full-fender action. “I don’t even race the Modified much anymore, and here I am with a Late Model. I think a lot of people say, ‘What is he thinking?’

“But I like to do stuff nobody else does and I like to have fun. That’s why I have the Late Model.”

Mantha has no illusions about where he stands as a dirt Late Model driver entering Saturday’s 50-lap, $10,000-to-win ‘Quebec 50’ at the four-tenths-mile Drummond oval, which is on the WoO LMS schedule for the fourth straight season but did not complete its 2009 event due to rain. After all, he has less than two-dozen starts on his dirt Late Model resume; his best career finish came just a couple days ago, on June 15, when he placed 12th (two laps down) in the WoO LMS ‘Great Northern Tour’ opener at Can-Am Motorsports Park in Lafargeville, N.Y.

“I need to do more laps,” said Mantha, whose previous WoO LMS finishes at Drummond are 18th (2007) and 15th (2008). “I feel more comfortable every time I drive a Late Model, but I only get to run a few races a year so it’s hard to get that seat time you need to get better – and when you race with the Outlaws when you do run, you’re gonna look like s-----.

“My goal this year would be to finish top 10 at Drummond. That will be hard because I’ll be racing with all the best Late Model drivers, but it would be like a win to me if I could do it.”

Mantha does, of course, have the advantage of working closely with WoO LMS star Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa. A hard-nosed 48-year-old circuit veteran, Frank has provided invaluable technical expertise to Mantha, and, in turn, Mantha has become a key sponsor of Frank’s racing effort through the Hino Toyota truck dealership he owns in Gatineau, Que. (he’s also building a second dealership in Ottawa, Ont.).

Mantha’s relationship with Frank developed by chance during the inaugural WoO LMS event at Drummond in 2007. Mantha, who made his dirt Late Model debut that night in a car he purchased from Rocket Chassis in Shinnston, W.Va., and assembled himself, ended up parked next to Frank in the pit area.

“I couldn’t get out of my own way (on the track at Drummond),” said Mantha, who decided to buy a dirt Late Model after seeing the division on television and thinking that the cars “look cool and fun to drive.” “We didn’t know what we were doing so I really wanted to ask somebody like Chub some questions, but he looked all pissed off and miserable so I said, ‘I can’t talk to this guy.’

“I thought about it, though, and I finally went up to Chub and said, ‘Can you help me out?’ He said, ‘Sure. What do you want to know?’ We started talking, and I realized that he’s a nice guy.

“We just clicked from there,” added Mantha, “and now he’s a friend.”

Frank offered to provide Mantha more detailed dirt Late Model instruction away from the track, inviting Mantha to his shop a couple weeks after they met at Drummond.

“Chub said, ‘You gotta get a motor (Mantha had simply dropped the engine from his DIRTcar 358-Modified into his Late Model) and you gotta get your car right,’” said Mantha. “So we took our car down to Chub’s and he found all the things we had done wrong when we put it together. He scaled it for us, and then he said, ‘Now you just gotta keep at it.’”

Mantha thanked Frank for his assistance and soon arranged a unique deal with the Outlaw stalwart, not only sponsoring Frank but also giving Frank full control over his race car. Mantha’s dirt Late Model is lettered almost identically to Frank’s fleet of cars – right down to Frank’s familiar No. 1* -- and is maintained by Frank at the well-known driver’s shop in northwestern Pennsylvania. Mantha said his machine, which carries a Custom engine, is always available to Frank, who has already used it in several races this year.

“He can do what he wants with my car,” Mantha said of Frank. “I never see the car until it’s time to race it. My deal with him is he’ll have a car for me to run in a few Late Model races every year.”

After skipping February’s DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., while still dealing with a health scare (doctors were testing a tumor in his groin that ultimately found to be non-cancerous), Mantha’s first dirt Late Model appearance of 2010 did not come until the start of this week’s Great Northern Tour. He drove his hauler to Frank’s shop two days before Can-Am’s event to retrieve his car and help finish its preparation for the remainder of the swing.

“I just do this for fun and to help Chub,” said Mantha, who will caravan with Frank to all this week’s WoO LMS races in Canada and upstate New York. “I still run my (358) Modified sometimes (his last start was a recent DNF at Autodrome Drummond), but I love driving the Late Model. I’ll never be able to race it a lot, but I enjoy driving it every chance I get.”

Mantha will share the Drummond oval on Saturday night with a star-studded list of drivers, including former WoO LMS champions Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va. (the tour’s current points leader), Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y. (runner-up in last year’s event at Drummond), Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky. (’07 winner at Drummond) and Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky. The field will also include such names as Rick Eckert of York, Pa., who won last year’s Outlaw show at Drummond, and DIRTcar Modified regulars Billy Decker of Unadilla, N.Y. (a former Super DIRTcar Series winner at Drummond) and his teenager Gypsum Express teammate Larry Wight of Baldwinsville, N.Y.

Action at Autodrome Drummond on Sat., June 19, is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. The track’s DIRTcar 358-Modifieds, Sportsman and Lightning Sprints are also on the program.

For more information on the ‘Quebec 50’ visit www.autodrome-drummond.com or call the track office at 819-474-2222.

Autodrome Drummond is located about 45 minutes northeast of Montreal, off Exit 177 of Autoroute 20.

Additional info on the WoO LMS is available by logging on to www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Stars Give High Marks To New Format For Firecracker 100 At Lernerville Speedway

SARVER, PA - June 16, 2010 - What do the stars of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series think of the new three-day, full-bore racing format for the Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com that will rock Lernerville Speedway from June 24-26?

Oh, they like it. They really, really like it.

“It’s an awesome deal,” defending WoO LMS champion Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., said of the expanded program that features two complete preliminary cards on Thurs., June 24, and Fri., June 25, leading into the $30,000-to-win Firecracker 100 on Sat., June 26. “Lernerville is a place where you usually race all over (the wide surface) by feature time, so three nights of racing is gonna make for a great show.”

Richards will lead the army of Outlaw regulars and dozens of other national, regional and local standouts – including previous Firecracker 100 winners Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn. (2007), Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa (’08) and Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis. (’09) – into a blockbuster, $170,000-plus event that is rapidly gaining prestige. The success of the first three editions of the summer-starting spectacular led Lernerville, WoO LMS and World Racing Group officials to make the 2010 installment even bigger.

With 30-lap, $6,000-to-win WoO LMS A-Mains on Thursday and Friday being run to help align the starting fields of the Firecracker 100 heat races on Saturday night, fans are getting more bang for their buck than ever before at the four-tenths-mile oval – and racers are getting more opportunities to fill their own pockets while visiting one of the nation’s top facilities.

“The more chances we get to race at Lernerville, the more I like it,” said WoO LMS veteran Chub Frank, who sits as a Firecracker 100 favorite after scoring two wins and a second-place finish in his three Friday-night tuneup appearances at Lernerville this season. “I’m always in favor of running more big races at Lernerville because it’s such a good track, so the new format is fine with me.”

“I love getting to race for good money every night without ever moving the truck,” offered Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., who is back fielding his own equipment this season for the first time since winning the WoO LMS championship in 2007. “Going with a format like this at a track that’s racy like Lernerville is perfect for us racers and gives the fans more to watch. I think more racing is gonna make the atmosphere of the event even better.”

Even the newest World of Outlaws regular, 18-year-old rookie sensation Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., understands what the new Firecracker 100 schedule of events will mean for the spectators buying tickets.

“It’s three full nights of all-out racing with features,” said Hubbard, who will be bidding to make his first career start in the Firecracker 100 A-Main. “As a fan, you get more laps on the track and you get drivers racing hard to get paid every night. You can’t beat that.”

No Outlaw described the allure of the Firecracker 100 festival of speed more succinctly that 2006 champion Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., who is hoping for better fortune in this year’s event after a heat-race flip contributed to his failure to qualify for the A-Main in 2009.

“I like any time we can race for a lot of money, and six-grand for 30 laps and $30,000 for 100 laps over a three-day period is pretty good,” said McCreadie, who is challenging for the WoO LMS title in his first season as a tour regular since he won the crown. “When you want to make a big-time, marquee event you gotta pay the money, and that’s what Lernerville is doing.

“I wish every big-race format would be like this one. Hopefully everybody supports it.”

Make no mistake – with three days of great, lucrative racing as well as pre- and post-race entertainment such as concerts (after the Thursday and Friday programs), a driver/fan horseshoes tournament, the Ms. Firecracker pageant, a Saturday driver autograph session and plenty of pyro, the Firecracker 100 ranks at the top of McCreadie’s list of must-see dirt Late Model weekends.

“Since I’ve been running Late Models, I think (Lernerville Speedway has) worked harder than anybody to try and establish a friendly fan-driver atmosphere where they’ve got all kinds of stuff happening,” said McCreadie, one of the sport’s most popular and accessible drivers. “They try to make it where people want to be there and make a weekend of it for their families. You don’t see that from a lot of other events.”

Advance tickets to the Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com are on sale and can be purchased by clicking on the 'Buy Tickets Now!' link at www.lernerville.com or by calling the speedway office at 724-353-1511 Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

The best deal available is an advance three-day reserved ticket package priced at $59 for adults and $19 for kids 10-and-under. A free pit pass for the Thurs., June 24, and Fri., June 25, shows and priority access to autograph session on Sat., June 26, is included if the package is purchased by June 23.

Camping information and entry forms for the inaugural Ms. Firecracker pageant can be downloaded at www.lernerville.com.

For more information on the Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com and the WoO LMS, visit www.lernerville.com or www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Fuller’s First World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory Of 2010 Comes In Front Of Family & Friends At Can-Am Motorsports Park

LAFARGEVILLE, NY - June 15, 2010 - Tim Fuller found the perfect track to shake him out of his season-long doldrums.

With a huge contingent of his family members, friends and longtime fans looking on, Fuller rolled to his first World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory of 2010 in Tuesday night’s F.X. Caprara Car Companies 50 at his old stomping grounds, Can-Am Motorsports Park.

A resident of nearby Watertown, N.Y., who was a DIRTcar 358-Modified regular at the half-mile oval early in his career, Fuller thrilled the packed house with a nearly flawless performance. He qualified second-fastest in time trials, won a heat race and blasted off the outside pole starting spot in the A-Main to lead the entire 50-lap distance without facing a single serious challenge.

Fuller, 42, crossed the finish line a commanding 3.273 seconds ahead of another hometown hero from Watertown, 2006 WoO LMS champion Tim McCreadie, providing a storybook ending to the national tour’s second annual event at Can-Am.

“You’re not gonna win in a better place this,” said Fuller, who earned $10,500 for his 11th career triumph on the WoO LMS. “Winning my first race of the year here in front of this crowd, all these people who know me – you can’t beat it.

“And then Timmy (McCreadie) finishing second – I like when that kind of cool stuff happens. It keeps people interested and coming back for the next one.”

Fuller dominated the opening event of the WoO LMS ‘Great Northern Tour,’ outgunning last year’s Outlaw winner at Can-Am, Rick Eckert of York, Pa., for the lead at the initial green flag and never looked back. He easily handled the restarts that followed four caution flags for minor incidents and was barely slowed by lapped traffic as he sailed around the sprawling track in his Gypsum Express Rocket car.

The 36-year-old McCreadie, who started sixth, guided the Sweeteners Plus Rocket up to second place before the halfway mark. But he couldn’t stay with Fuller’s fleet No. 19 after overtaking Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., for the runner-up spot on a lap-19 restart.

McCreadie settled for a solid bridesmaid finish at Can-Am for the second straight year, ending the race over three seconds ahead of third-place Lanigan, who started fifth in his three-race-old Rocket car.

Defending WoO LMS champion and current points leader Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., started and finished fourth in the Seubert Calf Ranches Rocket – after falling as far back as sixth – and ninth-starter Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., used the outside groove during the race’s late stages to secure a fifth-place finish despite being hampered by a stumbling carburetor.

“That’s all we had,” said McCreadie, who ended the night trailing Richards by 42 points in the WoO LMS standings. “I gave it all I could, but we just had nothing for Fuller. I was just ditch-digging (running the inside lane) all night – that’s all I could do to save my car.

“Fuller and those guys did a heck of a job. I followed that red-and-yellow car all night long (including to the finish line of the second heat).

“We have nothing to hang our heads about,” he concluded. “If definitely would’ve felt better to win, but we had a good night. This is our hometown and I’m sure the fans are happy no matter who wins as long as we’re both up here (on the homestretch following the race).”

Fuller’s victory snapped him out of a 19-race winless streak on the WoO LMS dating back to the final three events of the 2009 season. Immediately before that he had enjoyed an amazing stretch of seven wins in 11 races – including a tour record-tying four consecutive wins last summer – that made his failure to reach Victory Lane until Tuesday night one of the mysteries of the ’10 season.

“We’ve sucked all year,” admitted Fuller, whose victory represented just his third top-five finish in 17 A-Mains this season. “We don’t even deserve to be fifth in points right now, but we’ve finished every race and that’s a tribute to the crew (led by Mike ‘Smoke’ Countryman).”

What was the key to Fuller’s slump-busting triumph?

“We time-trialed well and won the heat,” said Fuller, who used a motor from the Gypsum Express team’s new in-house engine program. “You gotta time-trial well – that’s all there is to it. Don’t get me wrong, the car was great, but I probably wasn’t gonna come from 15th (to win).

“We’re good in the black-slick (track conditions) like there was tonight – just look at what we’ve done starting in the back of these packs and coming up through this year. Tonight we finally had a good starting position and we were able to capitalize on it.

“I hope we’re back on track now,” he added. “I hope this isn’t just a product of the conditions, a freak thing. I think we’re rolling, but I guess we’ll see in the races coming up.”

Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., advanced from the 13th starting spot to finish sixth despite being hampered by a bent right-front spindle from a mid-race altercation. Seventh-place Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y., earned the $500 WoO LMS Bonus Bucks cash for being the highest-finishing driver who hasn’t won a tour A-Main and isn’t ranked among the top 12 in the points standings, while Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa., placed eighth and Eckert faded steadily throughout the distance to finish ninth. Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio, was one lap down in 10th place, matching his best finish of the season.

Rookie Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., finished two laps down in 11th place after a broken rearend caused him to slow while running fourth and ultimately stop between turns three and four with the checkered flag flying. The mechanical malfunction topped off a night that began with the 18-year-old having his time-trial lap disallowed because his Beitler Motorsports car weighed in light at the scales.

Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., brought out one of the race’s four caution flags when he saw his promising run end due to an expired engine on lap 18. He was running third at the time.

Richards was quickest in the 25-car Ohlins Shocks Time Trials session, earning his first WoO LMS fast-time honor of 2010 with a lap of 19.240 seconds.

Heat winners were Clint Smith, Fuller and Eckert, and Larry Wight of Baldwinsville, N.Y., captured the B-Main.

The WoO LMS ‘Great Northern Tour’ continues on Thurs., June 17, with a first-ever visit to Merrittville Speedway in Thorold, Ont.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘F.X. Caprara Car Companies 50’ (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (2) Tim Fuller/50 $10,500
2. (6) Tim McCreadie/50 $5,775
3. (5) Darrell Lanigan/50 $3,600
4. (4) Josh Richards/50 $3,150
5. (9) Shane Clanton/50 $2,500
6. (13) Chub Frank/50 $2,200
7. (12) Vic Coffey/50 $1,900
8. (15) Dan Stone/50 $1,300
9. (1) Rick Eckert/50 $1,700
10. (7) Russell King/49 $1,600
11. (10) Austin Hubbard/48 $1,800
12. (18) Peter Mantha Jr./48 $1,000
13. (8) Steve Francis/48 $1,550
14. (19) Larry Wight/48 $950
15. (16) Greg Oakes/48 $850
16. (21) April Farmer/48 $800
17. (17) Greg Belyea/48 $770
18. (14) Dale Caswell/48 $750
19. (20) Michael Trapp/46 $730
20. (22) Jordan Keruskie/20 $700
21. (23) Jill George/18 $700
22. (3) Clint Smith/17 $1,225
23. (11) Ron Davies/16 $700
24. (24) Mark Webb/0 $700

* Earnings include Winners Circle program and cash contingency award bonuses

Time of Race: 29 Mins., 07.092 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 3.273 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 4 (Laps 0, 18, 19, 28)
Lap Leaders: Fuller (1-50)
Provisional Starters: George, Webb
Rookie of the Race: Hubbard ($250)
WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Coffey ($500)

Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 19.240
2. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 19.333
3. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 19.417
4. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 19.433
5. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 19.507
6. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 19.824
7. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 20.014
8. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 20.043
9. 21d-Dan Stone/Thompson, PA 20.121
10. 56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH 20.159
11. 71d-Ron Davies/Erie, PA 20.312
12. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 20.338
13. 14-April Farmer/Livingston, TN 20.396
14. 25B-Greg Belyea/Frankford, ONT 20.476
15. 1cfr-Peter Mantha Jr./Gatineau, QUE 20.479
16. 22x-Greg Oakes/Franklinville, NY 20.511
17. R19-Dale Caswell/Central Square, NY 20.666
18. 18J-Jordan Keruskie/Brownville, NY 20.767
19. 99L-Larry Wight/Baldwinsville, NY 20.922
20. 70-Michael Trapp/Gouverneur, NY 21.250
21. 36c-Mark Webb/Brownville, NY 21.319
22. 22-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 21.463
23. 24J-Jon Rohacevich/Prattsville, NY N/T
24. 32c-Vic Coffey/Caledonia, NY 19.464 (DQ – light)
25. 19H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 19.962 (DQ – light)

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 6 Transfer): C. Smith, Richards, King, Hubbard, Frank, Oakes, Wight, Farmer, George

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 6 Transfer): Fuller, McCreadie, Francis, Davies, Caswell, Belyea, Trapp, Rohacevich

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 6 Transfer): Eckert, Lanigan, Clanton, Coffey, Stone, Mantha, Keruskie, Webb

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Wight, Trapp, Farmer, Keruskie, Webb, George, Rohacevich

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sports Shirts ($50 product certificate): Jill George
Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main w/decal): Vic Coffey
Eibach Springs (one free spring): Larry Wight
MSD Ignition ($75 cash award): Tim McCreadie
MSD Ignition ($25 cash award): Clint Smith
Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash award to fastest qualifier w/decal): Josh Richards
Pink Carburetors ($100 product certificate): Rick Eckert/Jill George
Quartermaster ($100 product certificate): Tim McCreadie
Quartermaster ($50 product certificate): Shane Clanton
Quartermaster ($25 product certificate): Jill George
R2C Performance ($100 cash): Tim McCreadie
STP ($50 cash award): Larry Wight
VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (two five-gallon plastic fuel jugs to fastest qualifier who does not make the A-Main if decal is displayed): Jon Rohacevich
Wrisco Aluminum (three sheets of aluminum to A-Main winner w/decal): Tim Fuller

2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of June 15 – 17 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):

1. Josh Richards 2376 (-0)
2. Tim McCreadie 2334 (-42)
3. Darrell Lanigan 2326 (-50)
4. Steve Francis 2256 (-120)
5. Tim Fuller 2250 (-126)
6. Austin Hubbard 2212 (-164)
7. Rick Eckert 2164 (-212)
8. Shane Clanton 2158 (-218)
9. Chub Frank 2148 (-228)
10. Clint Smith 2064 (-312)
11. Brady Smith 2020 (-356)
12. Russell King 1942 (-434)
13. Brent Robinson 1716 (-660)
14. Jill George 1318 (-1058)
15. Vic Coffey 924 (-1452)

FOLLOW THE ACTION ON TWITTER: Fans can now keep up-to-date with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series online and through text messages on cell phones via Twitter, the internet’s fast-growing social-networking and micro-blogging website. Updates are provided to Twitter ‘followers’ of the WoO LMS throughout each race night, and fans also receive breaking news and interesting notes from the tour.

To sign-up as a WoO LMS ‘follower’ on Twitter to receive updates anywhere at anytime, visit http://twitter.com/WoOLateModels.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, they can experience the excitement of the nation’s premier tour live on DIRTvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the free audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail customerservice@dirtvision.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassi, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Winner Of Merrittville Speedway’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series Show On June 17 Will Receive Unique Trophy & Canada-Themed Reception

Meet & Greet Autograph Session With Outlaw Drivers Scheduled For Eve Of 'Oh Canada Eh 50' At CMH Sales & Leasing In St. Catharines, Ont.

THOROLD, ONT - June 14, 2010 - The winner of the inaugural World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Main at Merrittville Speedway this Thursday night (June 17) will receive a true Canada-themed reception in Victory Lane and take home some heavy-duty hardware.

In a nod to the recent Winter Olympics in Vancouver that featured a comprehensive showcase of all things Canadian during the opening and closing ceremonies, the post-race festivities will provide both the victorious driver in the ‘Oh Canada Eh 50’ and the expected capacity crowd a unique look at the expansive country.

Actors from the Oh Canada Eh Dinner Theatre in the nearby tourist Mecca of Niagara Falls will swarm around the winner to give attendees a truly unforgettable Canadian experience based on their popular musical show, which includes singing Royal Mounties, lumberjacks, a hockey player, Anne of Green Gables and many other characters synonymous with Canadian culture.

“We wanted to do something unique for the first-ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Merrittville Speedway,” said track general manager Erica Bicknell. “We thought of sending the winner over Niagara Falls in a barrel, or, with Niagara’s strawberry crop already in season, make the winner sample some. But with the Oh Canada Eh Dinner Theatre, it’s the complete Canadian experience!

“The World of Outlaws Late Models run from February to November across North America and the teams get to see a wide array of areas. For their first time in the Niagara Frontier, we have strived to make them feel welcome – and the performers from Oh Canada Eh will take it up a notch when they greet the winner after the checkered flag falls.”

The post-race performance at the D-shaped, one-third-mile oval will be the latest memorable Victory Lane ceremony for the WoO LMS. Earlier this year tour veteran Rick Eckert and his wife Kristal jumped on Hondo, a 1,300-pound Texas Longhorn, to pose for pictures after the York, Pa., star’s triumph at Battleground Speedway in Highlands, Texas, and Chris Madden was flanked by pistol-popping Civil War reenactors after he captured the Commonwealth 100 at Virginia Motor Speedway.

The presenters of the highly anticipated WoO LMS event – Brian Simms, Norm Ellsworth and Anthony Macri of Brian’s Tire Repair, Turn 4 Collision and PineView Drywall – will also participate in the Victory Lane celebration. They’ll combine to hand the race winner a one-of-a-kind trophy that figures to attract almost as much attention as the $10,000 first-place check.

Bicknell Racing Products’ Bob Slack, whose brother Roger is the Executive Vice President, Events for the World Racing Group, designed a Canadian-themed trophy that will certainly gain prime display space in the race winner’s home or shop. Weighing in at just over 33 pounds, the keepsake was CNC machined from solid billet to form a WoO LMS logo protruding from a maple leaf.

Advance tickets are still available for the blockbuster event, which carries a raindate of Fri., June 18. Fans can charge them by calling the track office at 905-892-8266 or visiting the office during business.

Tickets will also be for sale on Wednesday night (June 16) during a special meet-and-greet autograph session with several WoO LMS drivers at CMH Sales & Leasing, located on 169 Hartzel Road in St. Catharines, Ont.

Former tour champion Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., leads the list of drivers scheduled to appear from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the eve of the ‘Oh Canada Eh 50.’ Veteran stars Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., and Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., and 2009 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio, are scheduled to join McCreadie for the Merrittville Speedway Outlaw Preview event, with more drivers possibly being added to the list.

"All the race teams are looking forward to our event," said Bicknell, “and with the off-night (from the WoO LMS ‘Great Northern Tour’ schedule) before racing on Thursday, some wanted to take a chance to get to know our fans."

Adult tickets to the ‘Oh Canada Eh 50’ are $35. Tickets for children ages 5-14 are $12 and kids 5-and-under will be admitted free of charge to the grandstand.

Pit gates are scheduled to open at 2 p.m. and the grandstands will be unlocked at 4. On-track action is slated to begin at 7 p.m

With an overflow crowd expected, the track’s no-blanket policy for saving seats will be in effect until 4 p.m. The only seats that can be reserved prior to that time are for fans who have reserved grandstand season passes.

More information is available by logging on to www.merrittville.com.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark & Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

World of Outlaws Late Model Series News & Notes: Looking Back At Eldora Speedway’s ‘Dream,’ Looking Ahead At The ‘Great Northern Tour’

CONCORD, NC - June 14, 2010 -

A HEARTBREAKER: Shane Clanton nearly roared into the World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Great Northern Tour’ – a six-track, eight-race swing that begins on Tuesday, June 15, at Can-Am Motorsports Park in Lafargeville, N.Y. – with some extra spending money in his pocket.

The WoO LMS star from Locust Grove, Ga., appeared primed to grab the $100,000 top prize on the line in Sunday afternoon’s postponed DIRTcar Racing-sanctioned ‘Dream XVI’ at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio – until a cruel twist of fate left him only ‘dreaming’ of the cash that slipped through his fingers.

Clanton, 34, had no sooner begun challenging eventual winner Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., for the lead on lap 65 of the 100-lap Dream A-Main when his car’s right-rear shock bolt broke, knocking him out of action on the 68th circuit. Rather than a division-high $100,000 payday – or even a still-cool $20,000 for second place – Clanton was left sulking with a 13th-place finish worth $1,800.

“I never start counting the money until the checkered flag falls,” said Clanton, who has one win on the 2010 WoO LMS and sits ninth in the points standings. “But when I got up there and caught Moyer, I did think about that 100-grand for a minute.”

Clanton, who started 10th in the prestigious event, exploded into contention for the big money after the halfway point, vaulting sixth place on lap 50 to second just 11 circuits later. He dived underneath Moyer rounding turns one and two on lap 65, but before he could make another bid his RSD Enterprises Rocket slowed, slumped over on its disabled right-rear corner.

“I don’t know if I would’ve got (Moyer), but I was gonna give it my best shot,” said Clanton, who was bidding to join Moyer, Scott Bloomquist, Donnie Moran and Jimmy Owens as the only drivers to win Eldora’s World 100 and Dream mega-events. “I was right up on his back bumper, and generally when you’re pressing somebody like that every lap you can get them to make at least one mistake.”

After changing into street clothes and taking about a half-hour to cool off, Clanton was remarkably upbeat about his near-miss.

“I saw his crew guys scrambling back-and-forth (in the infield) when I got up to him,” Clanton said of Moyer, “so at least I know I made him chase the track a little. At least we were there.”

With his machine powered by a new Malcuit engine, Clanton’s Eldora performance did send him out on the Great Northern Tour with renewed confidence. “We know we got our car running good,” he said.

WEEKEND WHIRLWIND: Defending WoO LMS champion Josh Richards once again fell short of his coveted first career win in a dirt Late Model crown-jewel event, but his sixth-place finish on Sunday was still a career-best in his five Dream starts.

Throw in the fact that the 22-year-old Richards timed 64th fastest because he missed the first round of Friday night’s 104-car time-trial session – he arrived at Eldora a bit late after competing in the late-afternoon ARCA Racing Series event at Michigan International Speedway – and he wasn’t too disappointed with his performance.

“I was hoping for at least a top five, but we can’t complain about finishing sixth,” said Richards, who exited Michigan’s ARCA race early after blowing a right-front tire and hitting the wall. “After (qualifying) on Friday night I didn’t know if we’d even be able to make the show.”

Richards, who started 16th in the Dream, climbed as high as fifth but lost the spot to Scott Bloomquist on lap 91. He said his car was “just too free” to handle the slick afternoon track conditions.

This week Richards returns to the WoO LMS looking to pad his points lead and add more victories to his circuit-leading total of four in 2010. He is certainly the favorite to win the tour’s third annual event on Sun., June 20, at Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway – he’s won the quarter-mile oval’s two previous shows in dramatic fashion – and will have another shot at his first major-event triumph when the Great Northern Tour concludes with the $30,000-to-win Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com on June 24-26 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa.

SHORT-CIRCUITED: WoO LMS regulars Steve Francis, Tim McCreadie and Darrell Lanigan all appeared to be contenders in the Dream, but each driver was done in by a bout with the Big E’s outside wall on a day that saw the fast line develop just inches from the unforgiving concrete.

* Francis effectively dashed his hopes for a $100,000 victory when he slapped the wall between turns one and two on the first lap, ripping the right side of his car’s rear spoiler asunder. He remained in the top five until his attempt to slide under Steve Casebolt for fourth on lap 41 ended with his car climbing the turn-four wall.

“I made the real smart move of trying to knock the wall down on lap two and then doing it again (on lap 41),” said Francis, who finished 21st after retiring with body and suspension damage following his second incident (his car was also starting to overheat from a punctured radiator). “I felt like my car was real maneuverable, but after messing up that spoiler we were done.”

* McCreadie, who set fast time on Friday night, needed just eight laps to crack the top five after starting 13th in the Dream. But three circuits later he bounced off the wall exiting turn two, inflicting body and suspension damage that would ultimately prove fatal to his chances.

“Just pure stupidity,” said McCreadie, who hung around the top five until pulling off on lap 55 due to an overheating engine caused by damage to his car’s radiator (he finished 15th). “I took myself out of any shot of winning barely 10 laps into the race.”

* Lanigan, who started 14th, appeared ready to mount a mid-race charge until his bid was stopped dead in its tracks when he slammed the turn-three wall while bidding for sixth on lap 49. His car’s right-rear corner was crushed and he limped into the pit area, finishing 16th.

NO ELDORA MAGIC: Nine WoO LMS regulars entered the Dream; six drivers qualified for the A-Main, including Brady Smith, who made a strong charge forward to transfer through a heat but finished 19th in the 100-lapper after making no headway and pulling off early.

Non-qualifiers included rookie Austin Hubbard, who was done after slapping the wall during heat action in his father Mike’s car (which was renumbered with Dale Beitler’s No. 19 and sported a dark paint scheme), and veterans Chub Frank and Clint Smith. Frank was unable to recover from a poor time-trial effort and saw his weekend end with a 13th-place finish in the B-Main, while Smith caught the concrete during his time-trial lap and was done after a C-Main tangle left him with a 13th-place finish.

FINANCIAL DECISION: WoO LMS stalwart Rick Eckert opted to skip the Dream – a race he won in 1999 – to stay closer to his York, Pa., home for the CenturyLink Appalachian Mountains Speedweek. He made the right call – he won once (on June 7 at Virginia’s Winchester Speedway) and pocketed a $4,000 bonus for capturing the mini-series championship.

Eckert hopes to carry the momentum he gained onto the Great Northern Tour. He won last year’s inaugural WoO LMS event at Can-Am and also was victorious in 2008 in the last series show contested at Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville, Que., which hosts the tour on Sat., June 19; last year’s event at the four-tenths-mile French-Canadian oval was rained out.

GEARED UP: Tim Fuller took the weekend off from competition to prepare his Gypsum Express equipment for a swing to his home turf; he’s run a DIRTcar big-block and/or 358-Modified at every track on the Great Northern Tour, including his former hometracks Can-Am and Brewerton (N.Y.) Speedway, where Fuller will try to repeat his 2009 WoO LMS victory when the circuit returns on Tues., June 22.

Fuller also plans to sneak in a Super DIRTcar Series big-block Modified event this week, using the off-day between the Outlaw shows at Can-Am and Merrittville Speedway in Thorold, Ont. (June 17) to travel to Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, N.Y., on Wednesday night (June 16). He’ll carry his helmet bag to OCFS to drive the J&S Racing No. 74.

CHALLENGERS: Drivers expected to join the traveling caravan to run all or most of the Great Northern Tour include Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa., Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs of Bear Lake, Pa., Mike Knight of Ripley, N.Y., 15-year-old Tyler Reddick of Corning, Calif., Greg Oakes of Franklinville, N.Y., April Farmer of Livingston, Tenn. (one of two female racers planning to participate in the swing along with WoO LMS rookie Jill George of Cedar Lake, Iowa) and Peter Mantha Jr. of Gatineau, Que.

DIRTcar big-block Modified standouts – and Gypsum Racing teammates of Tim Fuller –Billy Decker of Unadilla, N.Y., and Larry Wight of Baldwinsville, N.Y., also plan to enter several events, while 2008 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y., will compete in the shows held on the American side of the border.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE GREAT NORTHERN TOUR:

* Chapman's Can-Am Motorsports Park on Tues., June 15: Visit www.canammotorsports.com or call 315-658-4431.

* Merrittville Speedway on Thurs., June 17: Visit www.merrittvillespeedway.com or call 905-892-8266.

* Autodrome Drummond on Sat., June 19: Visit www.autodrome-drummond.com or call 819-474-2222.

* Cornwall Motor Speedway on Sun., June 20: Visit www.cornwallspeedway.com or call 613-938-3945.

* Brewerton Speedway on Tues., June 22: Visit www.brewertonspeedway.com or call 315-668-6906.

* Lernerville Speedway on June 24-26: Visit www.lernerville.com or call 724-353-1511.

Advance tickets to Lernerville's Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com are now on sale and going fast. They can be purchased now by clicking on the 'Buy Tickets Now!' link at www.lernerville.com or by calling the speedway office at 724-353-1511 Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

The best Firecracker 100 deal available is an advance three-day reserved ticket package priced at $59 for adults and $19 for kids 10-and-under. A free pit pass for the Thurs., June 24, and Fri., June 25, shows and priority access to autograph session on Sat., June 26, is included if the package is purchased by June 23.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark & Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Hometown Fans Anxious To Welcome World of Outlaws Stars McCreadie & Fuller To Can-Am Motorsports Park On Tues., June 15

LAFARGEVILLE, NY - June 9,2010 - For one night during the long, grueling World of Outlaws Late Model Series campaign, Tim McCreadie and Tim Fuller will literally feel right at home.

And make no mistake – that places them as the lead story of the national tour's visit on Tues., June 15, to Chapman's Can-Am Motorsports Park.

McCreadie and Fuller will be the unquestioned stars of the mid-week show at the half-mile oval, which sits just minutes north of their homes in Watertown, N.Y. Both drivers were standouts in the track's DIRTcar 358-Modified division early in their careers and have strong family ties and fan followings throughout New York's North Country region.

This year both racers are also WoO LMS regulars and enter their backyard speedway's 'F.X. Caprara Car Companies 50' ranked among the top five in the points standings, giving their loyal backers and relatives even more incentive to come out for their only full-fender appearance of 2010 at Can-Am.

Last season's inaugural WoO LMS event at Can-Am attracted a standing-room-only crowd – the track's largest in more than two decades – and even more are expected this time with an increase in distance (to 50 laps from last year's 40) and winner's purse (to $10,000 from $7,000) taking the program to another level. Most of the spectators' eyes will be focused, of course, on the two hometown heroes with designs on setting off a memorable post-race celebration.

"If Fuller or McCreadie wins here on June 15th, this place will go absolutely crazy," said Can-Am's general manager Chip Burdick. "People will be so happy to see one of the local boys win the big race, they'll want to tear the fences down."

The joint nearly went wild last year. After sending McCreadie and Fuller off into battle with ear-splitting cheers during the pre-race driver introductions, the packed house of energized fans watched McCreadie make a bid for the lead late in the A-Main before he settled for a second-place finish behind WoO LMS veteran Rick Eckert of York, Pa. Fuller was in the mix as well, finishing fourth.

"We fell a little bit short last year, but it was a heck of a race and an awesome atmosphere," said McCreadie, who was just one week into his return from five months of inactivity due to a back injury when he headlined the 2009 Can-Am event. "How many times do you see a track let people into the pits for free because there's no more seats left (in the grandstands)?"

Remembering last year's electric show has McCreadie pumped up to return on June 15. An outgoing personality known for his easy-going interaction with fans, he relishes the opportunity to perform in front of a partisan crowd that treats him with the same reverence shown his father, legendary DIRTcar big-block Modified star 'Barefoot' Bob McCreadie.

"I always enjoy going back home to race," said McCreadie, who competed at Can-Am regularly during his rookie season of DIRTcar 358-Modified action in 1996 and won his first career big-block Modified feature there in 1997. "There's definitely some extra pressure to run good because so many of your fans and people you grew up with are there watching, but I don't mind that pressure. I like having all those people come around for the night because I know a lot of them helped me out (with donations) after I got hurt last year, so it's nice to be able to thank them all for what they did.

"I'd just like to get lucky enough to win one for all of them. That's the goal."

McCreadie, 36, got a taste of the ecstasy associated with a home track victory on the WoO LMS when he captured last year's tour A-Main at Canandaigua (N.Y.) Speedway, a half-mile oval near Rochester where he grew up watching his father race big-blocks on Saturday nights before becoming a regular there himself for several seasons. He was inundated with well-wishers when he reached Victory Lane – a scene that would be repeated exponentially if he breaks through at Can-Am.

Back as a regular on the WoO LMS for the first time since he won the championship in 2006, McCreadie enters Tuesday's competition at Can-Am sitting second in the points standings, 46 points behind defending champ Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va. He'll be ready to cut into Richards's edge as soon as he hears the fans screaming, "T-Mac!" when he's introduced to the grandstands.

"You do this because you're trying to win races and make some money," said McCreadie, whose lone WoO LMS victory this season in the Sweeteners Plus Rocket car came on May 1 at Swainsboro (Ga.) Raceway. "But when you have three- to four-thousand people going crazy and cheering for you all night – man, that makes it all worthwhile after you've been in the shop feeling miserable because you don't know why you can't go faster. You hear those cheers and it feels good.

"People in your hometown can definitely pick you up."

While McCreadie is a native of Watertown but now lives outside Rochester, N.Y., after recently purchasing a home there, Fuller moved to Watertown a few years ago from his life-long home 50 miles away in the North Country hamlet of Edwards. Fuller, 42, spent more seasons as a regular at Can-Am, however, and will receive an ovation from the track's faithful that nearly matches McCreadie's.

Fuller, who has driven former Can-Am Motorsports Park owner John Wight's Gypsum Express No. 19 machines on the WoO LMS since his Rookie of the Year season in 2007, currently sits fifth in the tour's points standings (134 points behind Richards) through 16 events. But he's still searching for his first win of 2010 – a frustrating development considering he was the circuit's hottest driver during the second half of the '09 season, winning seven times in an 11-race span from late July through early September.

"I wish we were (arriving at Can-Am) running like we were at the end of last year, but we're struggling," said Fuller, who is searching for more power from Gypsum Racing's new in-house engine program. "That win we got last year (in September) at Brewerton (another New York track where Fuller formerly was a DIRTcar big-block Modified regular) was a lot of fun because we finally ran good at a track we're familiar with and showed everybody from up home that we can be fast in these things. I'd love to win another one at Can-Am, but it's going to hinge on whether we can improve our qualifying effort (in time trials)."

McCreadie and Fuller will face plenty of tough competition at Can-Am from the roster of WoO LMS stars, which includes former champions Richards, Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., and Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky.; Eckert; Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa.; Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga.; Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis.; Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga.; Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio; and rookies Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., and Jill George of Cedar Lake, Iowa.

Other drivers expected include 2008 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y., a former DIRTcar big-block Modified track champion at Can-Am and third-place finisher in last year's WoO A-Main; Rick 'Boom' Briggs of Bear Lake, Pa.; Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa.; Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, Pa.; Mike Knight of Ripley, N.Y.; 15-year-old Tyler Reddick of Corning, Calif.; April Farmer of Livingston, Tenn.; and 2009 Ontario Dirt Late Model Series champion Greg Oakes of Franklinville, N.Y.

Burdick is urging fans to arrive early on June 15 to reserve their seats to Can-Am’s blockbuster, which will also include racing for the DIRTcar Sportsman and Street Stock divisions. All bleacher seating is general admission and a capacity crowd is anticipated.

The pit gates will open at 2 p.m. and the grandstand will be unlocked at 4 p.m., with hot laps beginning at 6:30 p.m. and time trials at 7 p.m.

Advance-sale tickets are available for purchase through Can-Am's weekly racing program this Friday night (June 11) at the discounted price of $25 for adults. Race-day tickets are $30 for adults, $10 for students (ages 10-14) and free for kids 9-and-under.

A raindate of Wed., June 16, has been established for the event.

For more information, visit www.canammotorsports.com or call 315-778-3407.

Can-Am serves as the kick-off of the WoO LMS 'Great Northern Tour, which will move on to Merrittville Speedway in Thorold, Ont., on June 17; Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville, Que., on June 19; Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway on June 20; Brewerton (N.Y.) Speedway on June 22; and Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., for the blockbuster Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com from June 24-26.

Additional info on the WoO LMS is available by logging on to www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

First-Ever Visit To Merrittville Speedway On June 17 Brings Mixture Of Business & Pleasure For World of Outlaws Late Model Series Teams

Canadian Track Located Just Minutes From Tourist Haven Of Niagara Falls

THOROLD, ONT – June 7, 2010 – The stars of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series will be all business when the national tour makes its much-anticipated first-ever visit to Merrittville Speedway on Thurs., June 17.

But before and after the historic 50-lap, $10,000-to-win event? Well, some of the travelers just might take advantage of the Canadian track's ideal location to catch a break from the rigors of the road.

With Merrittville's date sitting between two off days from the WoO LMS 'Great Northern Tour' schedule, teams will have an opportunity for a rare bit of fun away from the racetrack. The D-shaped, one-third-mile oval, after all, is located just minutes from the tourist and entertainment Mecca of Niagara Falls.

Fans have long been packaging a racing trip to Merrittville with sightseeing visits to the famed Niagara Falls area, and this year the busy Outlaw teams can arrange their itineraries to enjoy the same double. Several series regulars are planning to do just that, including veteran Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., who has tasted the local Falls flavor in the past and is anxious to spend some time there again.

"Back in 2004 (the inaugural WoO LMS season under the World Racing Group banner) we had a few days off while we were on a New York swing so me, (wife) Kim and (teenager daughter) Jenna went over to Niagara Falls," said Smith, who often points his hauler toward popular tourist areas while away from home. "We stayed on the Canadian side for a couple days and had a real good time."

Smith said he "did just about everything there was to do" around Niagara Falls – strolling the paths alongside the natural wonder, walking up-and-down the neon-lined Clifton Hill, taking a ride on the Maid of the Mist boat tour, visiting the town's Casino. He saw enough to serve as the tour guide for a group of Outlaws that will likely invade the city this year.

"We'll definitely try to go there again," said Smith, who is in his seventh season following the WoO LMS. "We're racing too close (to the Falls) to just drive by it."

The WoO LMS will precede its stop at Merrittville with the 'Great Northern Tour' opener on Tues., June 15, at Can-Am Motorsports Park in Lafargeville, N.Y. Most teams are expected to immediately head toward Niagara Falls following Can-Am's action in order to cross the U.S./Canadian border on Wednesday, giving them enough time to sample the area.

A longtime home of DIRTcar-sanctioned 358-Modified racing, Merrittville Speedway sits on Merrittville Highway just over 12 miles from downtown Niagara Falls. The track is slightly over 120 miles from Erie, Pa., via the Buffalo Peace Bridge, putting it within reasonable driving distance for dirt Late Model fans from western Pennsylvania and Northeastern Ohio who are looking for a fun-filled getaway.

A star-studded field of World of Outlaws standouts will tackle the tricky Merrittville layout, including former series champions Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., who is well-known to Merrittville's DIRTcar Modified fans, Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., and Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky.

The Outlaw roster also includes Clint Smith, Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y. – another former DIRTcar Modified regular with experience at Merrittville – Rick Eckert of York, Pa., Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis., Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio, and rookies Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., and Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Other drivers expected to join the Outlaws as entrants at Merrittville include Rick 'Boom' Briggs of Bear Lake, Pa., Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa., Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, Pa., Mike Knight of Ripley, N.Y., 15-year-old Tyler Reddick of Corning, Calif., and April Farmer of Livingston, Tenn., plus 2009 Ontario Dirt Late Model Series champion Greg Oakes of Franklinville, N.Y., and other racers from the Canadian tour and western Pennsylvania.

Pit gates will open at 2 p.m. and the grandstands will be unlocked at 4 p.m. on Thurs., June 17. Hot laps are scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. and time trials will commence at 7 p.m.

Ticket prices are $35 for adults, $12 for children ages 5-14 and free for kids 5-and-under. Pit Passes are $40.

Advance tickets are available by calling 905-892-8266. VISA and MasterCard are accepted.

A raindate of Fri., June 18, has been established for the event.

Additional info on the inaugural WoO LMS event at Merrittville is available by logging on to www.merrittvillespeedway.com.

Following the Can-Am and Merrittville shows, the WoO LMS Great Northern Tour will move on to Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville, Que., on June 19; Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway on June 20; Brewerton (N.Y.) Speedway on June 22; and Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., for the blockbuster Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com from June 24-26.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

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Road To $30,000 Firecracker 100 Jackpot At Lernerville Speedway Winds Through New York & Canada

Three-Day Spectacular On June 24-26 Caps World of Outlaws Late Model Series 'Great Northern Tour' That Kicks Off On June 15

CONCORD, NC – June 3, 2010 – The road to a $30,000 jackpot at Lernerville Speedway will wind its way through upstate New York, Ontario and Quebec over an action-packed two-week span.

More than 1,400 miles of travel across the Northeast will conclude when the World of Outlaws Late Model Series 'Great Northern Tour' reaches the four-tenths-mile Lernerville oval for the fourth annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com, a three-day, $170,000-plus extravaganza of speed scheduled for June 24-26.

The stars of the WoO LMS will visit five different tracks over a one-week span from June 15-22 before setting up shop at Lernerville, a DIRTcar Racing flagship facility that will once again put a cherry on top of the Great Northern Tour. This year's Firecracker 100 has been expanded to three full nights of action, with a pair of preliminary programs featuring 30-lap A-Mains paying $6,000 to win on Thurs., June 24, and Fri., June 25, helping to set the lineups for the grand finale on Sat., June 26, that includes heat races, B-Mains, the $3,000-to-win 'Uncle Sam 30' Non-Qualifiers' Race and the prestigious 100-lapper.

"There's never been more anticipation for the Great Northern Tour and the Firecracker 100," said WoO LMS director Tim Christman. "The Great Northern Tour and the Firecracker 100 have grown together over the past three years – the tour has become a season highlight because it brings our unique brand of World of Outlaws Late Model Series racing to thousands of fans in a region where DIRTcar big-block Modified rules, and the Firecracker 100 has developed into one of the country's most exciting and fan-friendly crown-jewel events.

"With some new additions to the Great Northern Tour and the unveiling of a bigger-and-better three-day Firecracker 100 format, we're going to kick off the summer in thrilling fashion."

The 2010 Great Northern Tour kicks off on Tues., June 15, at Chapman's Can-Am Motorsports Park in Lafargeville, N.Y., a half-mile oval in New York's Thousand Islands region that is virtually a hometown event for WoO LMS regulars Tim McCreadie and Tim Fuller. Both drivers hail from nearby Watertown, N.Y., and spent the early days of their DIRTcar 358-Modified careers racing at Can-Am, so they will be the center of attention in the F.X. Caprara Car Companies 50.

Can-Am drew a standing-room-only crowd for its first-ever WoO LMS event one year ago and the buzz is building again as the national tour heads to the track with both McCreadie (second in points) and Fuller (fifth) in championship contention. Rick Eckert of York, Pa., won last year's inaugural WoO A-Main at Can-Am, outrunning McCreadie to reach the checkered flag first.

The series then heads across the border for a trio of Canadian events, starting with the first-ever WoO LMS show at Merrittville Speedway in Thorold, Ont., on Thurs., June 17. Located just outside the tourist Mecca of Niagara Falls, Merrittville is a D-shaped, one-third-mile oval that has been a staple on the DIRTcar big-block and 358-Modified circuit for three decades.

Now co-owned by DIRTcar's 'Mr. Small-Block' (and 20-time track champion) Pete Bicknell and his Bicknell Racing Products partner Randy Williamson, Merrittville will host the Niagara Frontier's lone WoO LMS event in 2010.

Following a travel day on June 18 (or a raindate for Merrittville's program if necessary), the WoO LMS caravan will haul 475 miles (764 kilometers) to the Northeast for a Sat., June 19, date at Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville, Que., the four-tenths-mile oval that presented the tour's historic first-ever event in 2007. Huge crowds and an energetic atmosphere have become a trademark of the Outlaws' invasion of Drummond, where Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky. (2007) and Eckert (2008) were victorious before last year's race was washed out by rain.

Ron Morin's Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway – a quarter-mile bullring located about 140 miles southwest of Drummondville – will host the series for the third consecutive year on Sun., June 20. The tour's two previous visits to the well-manicured facility produced full grandstands and memorable drives to victory by defending WoO LMS champion Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., who will look to remain undefeated at the track.

The Great Northern Tour returns to the Empire State on Tues., June 22, for a short-track battle at Brewerton (N.Y.) Speedway, a one-third-mile track known as the 'D-Shaped Dirt Demon.' New to the early-summer swing, Brewerton held its inaugural WoO LMS event late in the 2009 season and a record crowd packed the stands to watch Fuller score a thrilling triumph over Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y., at the track owned by John Wight, who fields Fuller's Gypsum Racing dirt Late Models.

And finally, after one day for teams to regroup, the Great Northern Tour climaxes at Lernerville Speedway from June 24-26. The three-day spectacular will be filled with all-out racing and plenty of pre- and post-race activities that have become a trademark of the weekend, including concerts following the programs on Thursday and Friday; a driver/fan horseshoes tournament, weenie roast and Ms. Firecracker pageant on Saturday afternoon; an enormous autograph session under the grandstand prior to Saturday night's first green flag; and a pulsing display of pyro to send off the 100-lapper's field.

Over $425,000 in purse and contingency awards has been posted for distribution to drivers during the Great Northern Tour, which will be headlined by former WoO LMS champions Richards, McCreadie, Francis and Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., as well as their fellow '10 series regulars Fuller, Eckert, Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis., Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio, and rookies Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., and Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Other drivers expected to join the Outlaws as entrants in all Great Northern Tour events include Rick 'Boom' Briggs of Bear Lake, Pa., Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa., Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, Pa., Mike Knight of Ripley, N.Y., 15-year-old Tyler Reddick of Corning, Calif., and April Farmer of Livingston, Tenn.

Each event leading up to the Firecracker 100 weekend will be highlighted by a 50-lap A-Main paying $10,000 to win.

For more information on the 'Great Northern Tour':

* Chapman's Can-Am Motorsports Park on Tues., June 15: Visit www.canammotorsports.com or call 315-658-4431.

* Merrittville Speedway on Thurs., June 17: Visit www.merrittvillespeedway.com or call 905-892-8266.

* Autodrome Drummond on Sat., June 19: Visit www.autodrome-drummond.com or call 819-474-2222.

* Cornwall Motor Speedway on Sun., June 20: Visit www.cornwallspeedway.com or call 613-938-3945.

* Brewerton Speedway on Tues., June 22: Visit www.brewertonspeedway.com or call 315-668-6906.

* Lernerville Speedway on June 24-26: Visit www.lernerville.com or call 724-353-1511.

Advance tickets to Lernerville's Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com are now on sale and going fast. They can be purchased now by clicking on the 'Buy Tickets Now!' link at www.lernerville.com or by calling the speedway office at 724-353-1511 Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

The best Firecracker 100 deal available is an advance three-day reserved ticket package priced at $59 for adults and $19 for kids 10-and-under. A free pit pass for the Thurs., June 24, and Fri., June 25, shows and priority access to autograph session on Sat., June 26, is included if the package is purchased by June 23.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark & Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

World of Outlaws Late Model Series News & Notes: Wrapping Up The 'RaceFest World Championships' At West Virginia Motor Speedway

MINERAL WELLS, WV - June 1, 2010 -

FAMILY AFFAIR: Steve Shaver had plenty of reasons to smile after sweeping the weekend's 'RaceFest World Championships' doubleheader at West Virginia Motor Speedway.

He won a lot of money ($18,200). He won at his favorite track (a sprawling five-eighths-mile oval that is returning to the national conversation after two years of inactivity). He won for the first time driving the well-known K&L Rumley No. 6 (giving team owners Lee Roy and Kevin Rumley their first-ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series victories).

And with WVMS sitting just 10 miles from his home in Vienna, W.Va., Shaver won in front of a large contingent of family and friends – including his mother, who made a rare racetrack appearance on Sunday night.

"I think this is my mom's first time in Victory Lane," the 46-year-old Shaver said following Sunday's post-race ceremonies. "She doesn't come to many races. The first race I ever ran – in a Semi-Late at Ohio Valley Speedway in 1983 – I ended up in a creek upside down, so she's been a little leery about coming to the races to watch me since then.

"I'd say she's been to maybe 20 of my races my whole career, so it was nice to have her here tonight. She just wanted to give her support and be part of it tonight."

But while Shaver's mother was on hand, his wife, Ami, missed the 'ShaverFest.' Ami Shaver was unable to attend because she's away at Louisiana State University taking a college banking course, an annual two-week program associated with her position at United Bank.

"It's too bad she had to miss this," Shaver said of his wife. "But she knew exactly what we were doing all night. My daughter (11-year-old Calli) was texting her."

A LITTLE CLOSER: An uncharacteristic subpar weekend for Josh Richards allowed the WoO LMS points race to tighten slightly heading into the busy summer schedule.

Richards, who entered the 'RaceFest' leading the points standings by 56 points over Darrell Lanigan and 70 over Tim McCreadie, could only manage a pair of quiet 11th-place finishes in the weekend's two A-Mains. The tour's winningest driver in 2010 was never a factor as he registered back-to-back finishes outside the top 10 for the first time this season and remained winless in his home state during his dirt Late Model career.

"We definitely struggled this weekend," said Richards, who ran a B-Main for the first time this season on Sunday night. "Everything that I do usually works at 99 percent of the places we go to, but this place is just different. I had to change my driving a lot.

"The guys who know how to get around this place showed it this weekend. I'm still trying to figure it out."

The 22-year-old Richards's struggles sent him out the pit gate with his points lead reduced to 46 points over McCreadie, who registered finishes of third (Saturday's 30-lapper) and seventh (Sunday's 40-lap A-Main). McCreadie was in contention to win on Saturday, and on Sunday he might have been a top-five threat again if he hadn't started 21st because a cut right-rear tire midway through his heat race knocked him from a potential redraw position.

Lanigan, meanwhile, fell to third in the points standings and gained only two markers on Richards (he trails by 52 points), but he can thank tough luck for his failure to draw closer. He suffered a flat left-rear tire on lap 10 of Saturday's A-Main while holding the lead – the third time this season he's been forced pitside by a flat while in the lead – and could climb no higher than 14th in the final rundown, missing a golden opportunity to erase nearly half of his points deficit to Richards. Lanigan went on to finish sixth on Sunday evening.

EXTRA HORSES: Shane Clanton and Tim Fuller tried a different angle in search of more horsepower at WVMS, running aluminum big-block engines in both weekend events.

Clanton's big-block powerplant came by way of Tim Logan, who serves as Steve Francis's crew chief and fields a dirt Late Model that Francis runs in selected non-Outlaw events. With Clanton coming off a motor issue in the recent WoO LMS event at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway, Logan offered up his experimental Russell Baker-built big-block engine, which Francis tried for the first time in the rain-shortened O'Reilly All-Star Late Model Series event on May 16 at WVMS, to Clanton for the weekend.

"(Logan and Francis) wanted to try the big-block but not in a points race," said Clanton, noting that the engine is at least 30 pounds heavier than the usual aluminum motors used by dirt Late Model teams. "We're already so far back in the points and have nothing to lose, and this weekend was a perfect opportunity to try it on a big track. So we went to their shop and put it in our car."

With the 540 cubic inch big-block producing over 900 horsepower, Clanton had plenty of power at his disposal. He scored a pair of top fives – fifth on Saturday and third on Sunday – and said the engine has plenty of potential.

Fuller, meanwhile, pulled an aluminum big-block motor constructed by noted DIRTcar Modified engine builder Kevin Enders of Phoenix, N.Y., off the Gypsum Racing shop floor and used it in both WVMS events. Fuller decided to test the 502 cubic inch, 900-plus horsepower engine, which had never been used since Enders built it for Gypsum Racing owner John Wight in 2007, after learning that a new, more powerful engine from Gypsum Racing's in-house motor program wouldn't be ready in time for the weekend.

With qualifying admittedly being Fuller's Achilles heel this year, the engine helped propel him to the ninth-fastest time on Saturday – just his fourth top-10 effort in time trials this season. He registered a pair of top-10 finishes, placing sixth on Saturday and eighth on Sunday.

BUSY WEEKEND: Francis and his team members were ready for some rest after working hard all weekend at WVMS, where they made a pair of engine changes in the summer-like temperatures.

The first powerplant swap came after time trials on Saturday night when Francis determined that the engine in his car wasn't quite right for the big WVMS layout. He drove to a ninth-place finish in the evening's 30-lapper while battling some overheating problems, so he decided to use a third engine – a Russell Baker piece from Logan's stable. Francis's wife, Amanda, who skipped Saturday's action to help her parents run their weekly program at Bluegrass Speedway in Bardstown, Ky., picked up Logan's motor at the team's shop en route to WVMS on Sunday morning (Tim's son Lee loaded it up for her) and it was installed for the evening's action.

Francis raced to a solid fourth-place finish in Sunday's 40-lapper despite once again experiencing some overheating issues that he attributed to nosepiece air-flow problems he needs to correct. He ended the weekend ranked fourth in the points standings, 102 points behind Richards.

"We want see if we can work our way back into this points thing a little bit," said Francis, who entered the weekend 120 points out of first place. "We only gained a little this weekend, but there's a long way to go. Maybe we can get ourselves into a fairly safe fourth and go from there."

HARD HITS: Sunday night's Ohlins Shock Time Trials were disastrous for Brady Smith and Austin Hubbard, both of whom slammed the track's concrete wall between turns three and four.

Smith took the first trip into the barrier, crashing into the concrete with the right side of his car on his second qualifying lap. His machine sustained heavy damage, but he was uninjured aside from some soreness in his back.

The accident was the biggest problem of a frustrating weekend for Smith, who finished 22nd on Saturday after pulling out early with an ill-handling car and drove his backup car to a 17th-place finish on Sunday after pitting to replace a right-rear tire that was cut in a lap-16 tangle with Jill George.

Hubbard, meanwhile, rode out a rough smash into the wall on his first time-trial lap. His Beitler Motorsports car – a new Rocket mount that Hubbard debuted on Saturday night – hit the concrete extremely hard with its right-front corner. The 18-year-old wasn't injured, but the force of the wreck was hard enough to twist the front clip and nearly rip the headers from the right side of the motor.

"I don't know what happened," said Hubbard. "The car just slid right across the track and into the wall."

Hubbard went on to finish 13th in Sunday's 40-lapper driving a backup car, capping his forgettable first-ever trip to WVMS. His weekend started badly when he learned that his crew chief, Robby Allen, had to undergo an emergency appendectomy and would be unable to travel to the track, and it only got worse when he was disqualified from his transfer position in Saturday's heat race for failing to report to the scales.

HIS BIGGEST SUPPORTER: Chub Frank's season-best fourth-place finish in Saturday night's 30-lap A-Main came after he spent most of the day at a local hospital with his wife Mary, who fell ill in the team hauler and sought medical treatment.

Mary was admitted to the hospital for tests and missed both nights of competition. After Chub dropped a cylinder and finished 22nd in Sunday night's A-Main, he returned to the hospital. Mary was discharged the following morning.

TOUGH END: Brent Robinson dejectedly stared at his Rocket No. 3 car following Sunday night's A-Main – and with good reason. He was unable to cap the best outing of his WoO LMS career with a strong feature finish.

After timing a career-best fourth in time trials and coming within inches of finishing second in his heat to earn what would have been his first-ever shot at an A-Main redraw, Robinson, 22, spent the early stages of Sunday's 40-lapper riding solidly in the top 10. But a right-front suspension caused him to slap the turn-two wall on lap 13, ending his night and leaving him with frame damage that would likely necessitate a stop at Rocket Chassis in Shinnston, W.Va., on his way home to Smithfield, Va.

THE FAMILY KING: Russell King was joined at WVMS on Sunday by his father, Rex Sr., and younger brother, Rex Jr. ('Cooter'), who towed down to the Mountain State with their big-block Modifieds after competing in a BRP Modified Tour event the previous night at Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway.

Rex Sr. and Jr. pulled out their Modifieds and took some exhibition laps around the track to promote WVMS's first-ever big-block Modified event, a two-day BRP Modified Tour program scheduled for Sept. 3-4.

GRAND OPENING: West Virginia Motor Speedway is alive and well.

The 'RaceFest World Championships' were a success for Mountain State Motorsports Promotions, a group of four partners (BDS Racing Promotions's Brian Ferrell, Daniel Patterson and Scott Strode and Charleston, W.Va.'s Lynn Chapman) who banded together to reopen a top-notch facility that was inactive for the past two years. The WVMS grounds were well-manicured, the track surface was smooth and racy and the expansive terraced hillside seating area was covered both nights with fans anxious to see cars speeding around the oval once again.

"It's a great place to race," said Bart Hartman, a former winner at the track who finished second in both 'RaceFest' A-Mains. "A lot of people like racing down here so I'm glad it's open and going."

THE OPENER: Sunday night's A-Main served as the first WoO LMS event of the new LaCrosse Extreme Tough Challenge, a unique mini-series that awards points to the top-five fulltime WoO LMS and Sprint Car Series drivers in 16 selected events – eight Late Model and eight Sprint Car – and will earn the champion of the combined standings a $5,000 bonus from a $15,000 points fund.

Clanton's third-place finish made him the top Outlaw in the final rundown, giving him five LaCrosse Extreme Tough points. Francis earned four points, followed by Lanigan (three), McCreadie (two) and Fuller (one).

Sunday's event also included the inaugural LaCrosse Extreme Tough Challenge for fans. Three were selected to hold cement-filled LaCrosse boots with their arms extended; Mylan Markovich, a 28-year-old fan from Greensburg, Pa., who stands 6-5 and weighs 290 pounds, outlasted his two competitors to win a $100 LaCrosse boots gift certificate.

NEXT UP: The stars of the WoO LMS will have a two-week break before hitting the road for the first extended swing of the 2010 season – the eight-race 'Great Northern Tour' that visits six tracks in New York, Pennsylvania and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec from June 15-June 26.

The Great Northern Tour kicks off on June 15 at Can-Am Motorsports Park in Lafargeville, N.Y. It continues on to Merrittville Speedway in Thorold, Ont., on June 17, Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville, Que., on June 19, Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway on June 20 and Brewerton (N.Y.) Speedway on June 22 before concluding with the fourth annual 'Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com' on June 24-26 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

Shaver Completes Sweep Of West Virginia Motor Speedway's 'RaceFest' With Dominant Sunday-Night Performance

MINERAL WELLS, WV – May 30, 2010 – Steve Shaver turned West Virginia Motor Speedway's 'RaceFest World Championships' into the 'ShaverFest.'

The veteran driver from Vienna, W.Va., put together an unforgettable weekend at his reopened home track, completing a sweep of the 'RaceFest' doubleheader with a convincing victory in Sunday night's 40-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Main.

Shaver, 46, dominated on the eve of Memorial Day, charging off the outside-pole starting spot to lead the entire distance in the K&L Rumley Motorsports Rocket No. 6. He raced virtually unchallenged to the $10,125 victory, which gave him a two-night earnings total of $18,200.

"Coming here this weekend I was kind of hoping for a couple of top fives, maybe a win if everything went right," said Shaver, who had one career WoO LMS triumph before going two-for-two at the sprawling five-eighths-mile oval that sits just 10 miles from his home. "To get a win in both of them, set fast time (on Sunday night) and win two heats – I can't quit smiling."

Shaver built a lead that ballooned to as much as three-quarters of a straightaway before crossing the finish line about a dozen car lengths ahead of Zanesville, Ohio's Bart Hartman, who steered his Rocket car forward from the 12^th starting spot to record a runner-up finish for the second consecutive night. Hartman lost Saturday evening's 30-lap A-Main when he was overtaken by Shaver in lapped traffic with only five laps remaining.

Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., relinquished second place to Hartman on lap 36 but held on to finish third in the RSD Enterprises Rocket, making him the highest-finishing WoO LMS regular in the opening event of the LaCrosse Extreme Tough Challenge. The unique mini-series awards points to the top-five fulltime WoO LMS and Sprint Car Series drivers in 16 selected events – eight Late Model and eight Sprint Car – and will earn the champion of the combined standings a $5,000 bonus from a $15,000 points fund.

Filling out the remainder of the top five was third-starter Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., who was in the battle for second place until backing off late in the distance due to an overheating engine in his Valvoline Rocket car, and polesitter Donnie Moran of Dresden, Ohio, in his MasterSbilt mount.

Shaver was simply the class of the field in the 'RaceFest' finale. He survived caution flags on laps 13 (after Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va., suffered suspension woes and slapped the turn two wall while running 10^th) and 16 (for a turn-four tangle involving Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis., and Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa) en route to joining Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., as the only repeat winners in 16 WoO LMS A-Mains this season.

"Kevin (Rumley) made some changes to the car today and it actually got better," acknowledged Shaver, who joined the venerable Greenville, N.C.-based K&L Rumley team at the start of the 2010 campaign. "I didn't think it could be much better than last night, but it was. It just felt so easy out there.

"The only problem I had was that I really didn't know where I needed to be on the track, so every now and then I tried to search around and see where the car felt best. I finally felt like I had the right line so I just stayed right there. I thought, If I'm gonna get beat, somebody's gonna have to pass me fair and square."

Hartman, 41, never got close enough to even attempt to turn the tables on Shaver. He had to make up too much ground after falling from a battle for second to a fourth-place finish on the final lap of his heat race.

"We had an MSD problem at the end of the heat that caused the motor to drop a cylinder," said Hartman. "That knocked us from possibly redrawing for the (first three rows in the) feature to starting 12^th – and you can't start 12^th and expect to win against the caliber of cars that were here.

"We had a real good car again and moved up, so we're happy. Steve's been real good down here all weekend and deserved to win."

The 34-year-old Clanton, meanwhile, drove to his third-place finish using an experimental aluminum big-block engine built by Russell Baker that he borrowed from Tim Logan, who serves as Francis's crew chief and fields a car that Francis runs in selected non-Outlaw events. The 502 cubic inch behemoth worked well for Clanton.

"It was pretty good," Clanton said of the powerplant. "It just needs a little work to race with these guys. Once we got racing, those 'little' motors could accelerate in the cushion a little bit better than I could.

"That (big-block) motor is just so hard to drive. It's got so much power and the throttle response is there, but when you gotta go easy out there – like (Shaver) was – then it can be a little lazy. That's something we can work on and get better, though."

Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., and Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., finished sixth and seventh, respectively, while Richards placed a quiet 11^th, tightening the WoO LMS points standings slightly. Richards left WVMS leading the battle by 46 points over McCreadie, who started 21 ^st after being forced to the B-Main by a blown right-rear tire during his heat, and 52 over Lanigan.

Finishing in positions 8-10 was Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., who also used an aluminum big-block engine in both weekend events; Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y., who ran in the top five early but still held on to earn the $500 WoO LMS 'Bonus Bucks' cash for being the highest-finishing driver who hasn't won a tour A-Main and isn't ranked among the top 12 in the points standings; and Davey Johnson of Latrobe, Pa.

A field of 33 cars assembled for the event, which was run on another summer-like evening. Temperatures soared into the 90s during the afternoon.

Shaver was fastest in Ohlins Shocks Time Trials with a lap of 19.541 seconds.

Heat winners were Shaver, Francis and Eckert, and Richards captured the B-Main after failing to qualify through a heat for the first time in 2010.

Brady Smith and Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., were forced to run backup cars after each crashed hard into the wall between turns three and four during their time-trial runs. Smith said he had some back soreness but was otherwise uninjured, while Hubbard reported no ill effects after absorbing what he called the hardest hit of his young career.

The stars of the WoO LMS will have a two-week break before hitting the road for the first extended swing of the 2010 season – the eight-race 'Great Northern Tour' that visits six tracks in New York, Pennsylvania and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec from June 15-June 26.

The Great Northern Tour kicks off on June 15 at Can-Am Motorsports Park in Lafargeville, N.Y. It continues on to Merrittville Speedway in Thorold, Ont., on June 17, Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville, Que., on June 19, Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway on June 20 and Brewerton (N.Y.) Speedway on June 22 before concluding with the fourth annual 'Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com' on June 24-26 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

Results of WoO Late Model Series 'RaceFest World Championships' Night 2 (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (2) Steve Shaver/40 $10,125

2. (12) Bart Hartman/40 $5,000

3. (4) Shane Clanton/40 $3,100

4. (3) Steve Francis/40 $2,600

5. (1) Donnie Moran/40 $2,000

6. (9) Darrell Lanigan/40 $1,800

7. (21) Tim McCreadie/40 $1,500

8. (10) Tim Fuller/40 $1,300

9. (6) Vic Coffey/40 $1,700

10. (8) Davey Johnson/40 $1,100

11. (19) Josh Richards/40 $1,200

12. (5) Rick Eckert/40 $1,000

13. (18) Austin Hubbard/40 $1,200

14. (22) Eddie Carrier Jr./40 $900

15. (17) Zack Dohm/40 $850

16. (23) Russell King/40 $800

17. (13) Brady Smith/39 $770

18. (15) Clint Smith/39 $750

19. (16) Chuck Harper/39 $730

20. (20) Jonathan Davenport/35 $700

21. (24) Jill George/30 $700

22. (14) Chub Frank/15 $700

23. (11) Doug Drown/14 $700

24. (7) Brent Robinson/13 $725

* Earnings include cash contingency award bonuses

Yellow Flags: 2 (Laps 13, 16)

Lap Leaders: Shaver (1-40)

Provisional Starters: King, George

Rookie of the Race: Hubbard ($250)

WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Coffey ($500)

Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 6-Steve Shaver/Vienna, WV 19.541

2. 1J-Davey Johnson/Latrobe, PA 19.547

3. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 19.553

4. 3-Brent Robinson/Smithfield, VA 19.677

5. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 19.712

6. 99-Donnie Moran/Dresden, OH 19.750

7. 49-Jonathan Davenport/Blairsville, GA 19.760

8. 32c-Vic Coffey/Caledonia, NY 19.763

9. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 19.766

10. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 19.823

11. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 19.867

12. 75-Bart Hartman/Zanesville, OH 19.880

13. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 19.880

14. 46-Doug Horton/Bruceton Mills, WV 19.908

15. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 19.923

16. 2-Brady Smith/Solon Springs, WI 19.963

17. 12-Doug Drown/Wooster, OH 20.008

18. 14-Corey Conley/Wellsburg, WV 20.023

19. 00H-Chuck Harper/Beverly, WV 20.025

20. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 20.033

21. 11-D.J. Wells/Wooton, KY 20.083

22. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 20.138

23. 17T-Zack Dohm/Cross Lanes, WV 20.161

24. 71R-Rod Conley/Wheelersburg, OH 20.187

25. 56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH 20.200

26. 18D-Danny Mitchell/Clarksburg, WV 20.727

27. T8-Mark Banal/St. Clairsville, OH 20.750

28. Y4-Chris Carpenter/Parkersburg, OH 20.887

29. 22-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 20.927

30. c4-Freddie Carpenter/Parkersburg, WV 20.940

31. 121-Dave Hilton/Belpre, OH 25.020

32. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV N/T

33. 19H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE N/T

Heat No. 1 (8 laps – Top 6 Transfer): Shaver, Clanton, Robinson, Fuller, B. Smith, Harper, Davenport, McCreadie, King, C. Carpenter, Hilton

Heat No. 2 (8 laps – Top 6 Transfer): Francis, Coffey, D. Johnson, Drown, Frank, Dohm, Richards, Horton, Carrier, George, Mitchell

Heat No. 3 (8 laps – Top 6 Transfer): Eckert, Moran, Lanigan, Hartman, C. Smith, Hubbard, R. Conley, Wells, F. Carpenter, Banal (DNS) C. Conley

B-Main No. 1 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Richards, Davenport, McCreadie, Carrier, R. Conley, King, Wells, Banal, Horton, C. Carpenter, George, F. Carpenter, Mitchell, Hilton

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sports Shirts ($50 product certificate): Rod Conley

Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main w/decal): Steve Shaver

Eibach Springs (one free spring): Doug Horton

MSD Ignition ($75 cash award): Steve Shaver

MSD Ignition ($25 cash award): Brent Robinson

Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash award to fastest qualifier w/decal): Steve Shaver

Pink Carburetors ($100 product certificate): Davey Johnson/Jill George

Quartermaster ($100 product certificate): Steve Shaver

Quartermaster ($50 product certificate): Donnie Moran

Quartermaster ($25 product certificate): Zack Dohm

R2C Performance ($100 cash): Shane Clanton

STP ($50 cash award): Josh Richards

VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (two five-gallon plastic fuel jugs to fastest qualifier who does not make the A-Main if decal is displayed): None