Goulden, Harris, Bauman, Rubenacker, O'Donoghue, Vinson June 20 Winners
Windom, Lynn, Curry, Miller, O'Donoghue June 13 Winners
Lincoln Speedway Full Show for Modifieds plus KidModz
June 13
The Lincoln Speedway will be hosting a $2,000 to win Non-Wing Sprints special
along with a Full Show consisting of Modifieds, Mini-Sprints, Street Stocks,
Wild Things, plus KidModz this coming Saturday, June 13th.
Gate Admission: $15 (kids 12 and under free when accompanied by a paying
adult)
Pit Admission: 11 & up: $30, 4-10: $10, Kids 3 & Under: Free w/paying adult
Gates Open: 4:00
Hot Laps: 6:00, Racing: 6:30
The speedway is located at the Logan County Fairgrounds 11th & Jefferson St.
in Lincoln, IL. For more information visit
www.lincolnspeedway.org.
Lynn, Bauman, Miller, Osborne June 6 Winners
Saturday June 6: $600 to win Mods, $300 to win SS and $200 to win Wild Things!!
THANK YOU LINCOLN JAYCEES!!!!!
They have stepped up and donated an additional $100 to the winner of each of
these classes: Modifieds, Street Stocks and 4 cylinder Wild Things!!
We would like to thank the Jaycees for their continued support of Lincoln
Speedway and hope to see everyone there to enjoy another great night of
racing!!!
For more information visit www.lincolnspeedway.org or call 217-737-7134
Full Show minus Mini-Sprints June 6
The Lincoln Speedway will be hosting a Full Show consisting of Modifieds, Baum
Chevrolet Pro (Crate) Late Models/Sportsman, Street Stocks, and Wild Things
this coming Saturday, June 6th. The Mini-Sprints will have the night off.
Gate Admission: $10 (kids 12 and under free when accompanied by a paying
adult)
Pit Admission: 11 & up: $25, 4-10: $10, Kids 3 & Under: Free w/paying adult
Gates Open: 4:00
Hot Laps: 6:00, Racing: 6:30
The speedway is located at the Logan County Fairgrounds 11th & Jefferson St.
in Lincoln, IL. For more information visit
www.lincolnspeedway.org.
Lynn, Curry, Bauman, Miller, O'Donoghue May 30 Winners
We were informed by UMP that we would not be
receiving UMP points at the MMS race scheduled for Saturday May 30th at Lincoln
Speeday??? As the MMS is supposed to be a UMP series, we have decided to cancel
the race so as not to penalize the drivers who have supported us and are
following the series. We will reschedule this race. We would like to apologize
for any inconvience caused by this cancellation.
$2,000 to win Monster Midwest Series May 30
The Lincoln Speedway will be hosting the Monster Midwest Series this coming
Saturday, May 30th. The 40 lap Late Model feature will pay $2,000 to win. The
Modifieds, Mini-Sprints, Baum Chevrolet Pro (Crate) Late Models/Sportsman,
Street Stocks, and Wild Things will also be in action Saturday night.
Gate Admission: $15 (kids 12 and under free when accompanied by a paying
adult)
Pit Admission: 11 & up: $30, 4-10: $10, Kids 3 & Under: Free w/paying adult
Gates Open: 4:00
Hot Laps: 6:00, Qualifying: 6:30, Racing: 7:00
The speedway is located at the Logan County Fairgrounds 11th & Jefferson St.
in Lincoln, IL. For more information visit
www.lincolnspeedway.org.
Goulden, Harris, Dagg, Skelton, O'Donoghue May 23 Winners
Full
Show plus KidModz May 23
The Lincoln Speedway will be hosting a Full Show consisting of Modifieds,
Mini-Sprints, Baum Chevrolet Pro (Crate) Late Models/Sportsman, Street Stocks,
Wild Things (Hornets), plus KidModz this coming Saturday, May 23rd.
Gate Admission: $10 (kids 12 and under free when accompanied by a paying
adult)
Pit Admission: 11 & up: $25, 4-10: $10, Kids 3 & Under: Free w/paying adult
Gates Open: 4:00
Hot Laps: 6:00, Racing: 6:30
The speedway is located at the Logan County Fairgrounds 11th & Jefferson St.
in Lincoln, IL. For more information visit
www.lincolnspeedway.org.
World of Outlaws Late Model
Series News & Notes: Wrapping Up The ‘Land of Lincoln 40' At Lincoln Speedway
LINCOLN, IL - May 18, 2009 -
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: Some hard work paid off for Rick Eckert.
After prepping for the weekend's World of Outlaws Late Model Series action with
a test session near his York, Pa., home last Wednesday, Eckert fired on all
cylinders Sunday night to win the ‘Land of Lincoln 40' at Lincoln Speedway.
The $7,600 triumph was Eckert's first on the WoO LMS since June 21, 2008, at
Quebec's Autodrome Drummond – a winless span of 36 races – and his long-awaited
first victory behind the wheel of a ‘Team Zero' Bloomquist Chassis car he began
running at the start of the '09 season.
“The things we learned this week really helped tonight,” said Eckert, who put in
more than four hours of practice last Wednesday at Susquehanna Speedway Park in
Newberrytown, Pa. “We tested shocks, springs, radius rods – everything we could
think of. We've been just a tad off this year, and I think all that testing we
did got us to where we need to be. We found that little bit extra you need to
win.”
Eckert's score also brought joy to his 75-year-old team owner Raye Vest, who has
been battling health problems that forced him to spend some time in the hospital
recently. Vest was at his home in Maryland on Sunday and listened on his
computer to the DIRTVision.com audio broadcast of Eckert's triumphant
performance.
TIRE DEAL: Tires played an integral role
in Sunday night's A-Main – albeit not the kind of tires you would normally
expect.
While teams carefully considered which compounds to use in a race run under the
UMP DIRTcar 10-20-30-40 Hoosier tire rule, it was the
uke tires marking the inside of the
quarter-mile Lincoln oval that attracted the most attention. Two of those tires
were knocked slightly out of position during the 40-lapper, causing drivers to
change their lines and adding intrigue to the event.
Early in the A-Main, Eckert clipped the uke tire in turn two. He escaped without
damage to his car, but, with the tire repositioned a few feet farther up the
track surface, several drivers actually began running
below the tire in an effort to make
time. The tire was ultimately pushed back down to its original position by
officials during the race's lone caution period, on lap 24.
During that caution period the uke tire on the inside of turn three ended up
getting pushed a bit higher. As a result, drivers who had been running in a
moisture ring tight to the bottom of the track had to adjust their lines for the
remainder of the distance to avoid the repositioned tire.
With the bottom-feeders not as fast anymore because they couldn't get as much
traction running higher on the track, the beneficiary was Chub Frank. The
veteran slipped from the outside-pole starting spot to seventh at the lap-24
caution flag, but he went to work on the outside of the track after the restart
and charged all the way to third at the finish. Frank threatened both Eckert and
runner-up Josh Richards rounding turns three and four on the final lap but
couldn't get enough grip off the corner to beat either driver to the checkered
flag.
“After we got the (top of the) track cleaned up because they weren't running so
low and throwing that ---- out there on the racetrack, I just kept my momentum
up around the racetrack and drove by guys,” said Frank. “I think most of those
guys in front of me ran soft tires, so when they got out in that black (because
the higher uke tire in turn three kept them out of the moisture) they couldn't
get any traction. We had hard tires on so we could run up there.”
NO BOSS: Sunday was a rare event for
Steve Francis, who went racing without his car owner Dale Beitler in attendance.
Beitler stayed home in Maryland to attend his daughter Candi's graduation from
Frostburg (Md.) State University on Saturday. The car owner will hook up with
his team this weekend for the tour's three-race swing through Missouri, Iowa and
Wisconsin.
Candi Beitler, meanwhile, was at Lincoln on Sunday night. After her graduation
ceremony she flew to Illinois with her fiancée Brian Shirley, the racer from
Chatham, Ill., who entered Sunday's program and finished 12th in the ‘Land of
Lincoln 40.' Candi spent the night updating her father by cell phone.
UNDER THE WEATHER: Just six weeks removed
from a $20,000 ‘Illini 100' victory at Farmer City Raceway in his last visit to
central Illinois, Shane Clanton experienced a forgettable night at Lincoln.
Battling a cold that had him sniffling, coughing and sleeping in his hauler for
much of the day, Clanton's evening got off to a bad start when he failed to
record a time-trial lap. He slapped the wall between turns one and two on his
initial qualifying circuit, filling his car's right-rear wheel with so much mud
that he immediately headed to the pit area.
Clanton had to use a provisional to start the A-Main and was lapped early by
Eckert, but he slipped by Eckert to regain his lap and salvaged a 14th-place
finish. He fell from second to third in the points standings, but he's still
only 16 points behind leader Darrell Lanigan.
NOT HIS TRACK: No driver had a more
miserable night than WoO LMS Rookie of the Year contender Jordan Bland, who tore
up both Bloomquist Chassis cars he brought to Lincoln.
Racing at the speedway where he destroyed a car in a heat-race crash during last
year's UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals event, Bland parked his primary machine
after hitting the wall between turns one and two during his second time-trial
lap. A fire even flared up under the hood of the car as he sat on the scales in
the infield.
Later, during a B-Main, Bland slapped the concrete even harder in virtually the
same place. His backup car was towed back to the pit area with significant
damage.
Bland had company on the night's DNQ list – the other four WoO LMS rookies on
hand all failed to transfer to the A-Main. Brent Robinson came closest to making
the field, finishing fifth in the second B-Main after challenging for the
third-and-final qualifying spot. Russell King, meanwhile, was collected in
Bland's wreck; 14-year-old Tyler Reddick spun while battling for a heat-race
transfer spot and was knocked out of his B-Main due to hood damage his car
sustained in an original-start jam-up; and Dustin Hapka's hopes were dashed by a
busted transmission at the end of his heat (he did jump in a borrowed crate Late
Model to run a B-Main).
BBQ AT BABB'S: After the cancellation of
Saturday night's scheduled WoO LMS event at Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway, the
place to be was Shannon Babb's shop in Moweaqua, Ill.
The Josh Richards, Clint Smith and Tim Fuller teams spent the evening with Babb,
who hosted a little get-together for his Outlaw friends. Smith grilled up some
food, Babb got out the margarita machine, and a good time was had by all.
Babb was hoping to carry over the good vibes to Lincoln, which sits just over an
hour's drive from his home. But for the second consecutive year he struggled in
the track's A-Main, finishing a quiet 10th in front of a partisan crowd.
ETCETERA...
* Josh Richards was the runner-up in Lincoln's WoO LMS event for the second
consecutive year. The run moved the 21-year-old to second in the tour's points
standings, just 12 points behind Lanigan.
* Brady Smith made a strong recovery from a dismal qualifying lap to transfer
through a heat race, but he just spun his wheels in the A-Main. Incorrect
adjustments left Smith's Bloomquist Chassis mount off the pace and he ultimately
pulled off the track at the halfway mark.
* Two familiar faces in the WoO LMS pit area recently departed their positions
as fulltime crewmen: Kevin Miller left his job as the chief mechanic for Dale
Beitler's team last month, and Mark (‘Head') Lloyd saw his run as Clanton's
right-hand man end two weeks ago.
Chris Burton, who won the 2008 WoO LMS Crew Chief of the Year Award while
working with Lanigan, has been handling the preparation of Beitler's cars for
Francis since Miller left the team. Francis had hired Burton earlier this year
to work on his equipment and provide additional manpower on the road, but now
Burton has shifted to working out of Beitler's shop in Maryland.
Clanton, meanwhile, expects to soon have a second fulltime crewman working
alongside Brandon Bilskie, who is in his first season with Clanton.
* The WoO LMS teams will remain in the Midwest this week to contest a
tripleheader over Memorial Day Weekend. The Tri-State Late Model Challenge
visits U.S. 36 Raceway in Osborn, Mo., on Fri., May 22; 34 Raceway in West
Burlington, Iowa, on Sat., May 23; and Charter Raceway Park in Beaver Dam, Wis.,
on Sun., May 24.
A $10,000 bonus has been posted by event organizers SLS Promotions for a driver
who can win two of the three holiday weekend A-Mains.
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), Crane Cams (Official Valvetrain), Hoosier Racing Tires
(Official Racing Tires), Fusion Energy Boost (Official Energy Boost), SuperClean
(Official Cleaner-Degreaser) and VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel); in addition
to contingency sponsors Champ Pans, Eibach Springs, Hoosier Tires, Integra
Shocks, Jake's Custom Golf Carts, Ohlins Shocks, Racing Electronics, Quarter
Master and Wrisco Aluminum; Crane Cams Engine Builder's Challenge participants
Cornett Racing Engines, Custom Race Engines and Pro Power Racing Engines; and
Chassis Builder Challenge participants Rocket Chassis and Team Zero by
Bloomquist.
Eckert Ends Nearly Year-Long
Absence From Victory Lane With Sunday-Night Triumph At Lincoln Speedway
LINCOLN, IL - May 17, 2009 - A smooth and steady run led Rick Eckert to a
slump-busting victory in Sunday night's World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Land
of Lincoln 40' at Lincoln Speedway.
Eckert, 43, of York, Pa., shot forward from the fifth starting spot to grab the
lead from Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., on lap three and never looked back.
Racing snug to the quarter-mile track's inside groove, Eckert stayed firmly in
front to pocket $7,600 for his first win on the national tour since June 21,
2008, at Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville, Que.
“This is great for me and the whole team,” said Eckert, whose 17th career WoO
LMS A-Main victory tied him with Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., for
second on the series win list since 2004. “We've run better this year, but we
hadn't won a race and that can get everyone down. Everybody wants to get their
picture taken (as a winner).”
Driving the Raye Vest Racing ‘Team Zero' Bloomquist Chassis that he debuted
earlier this year, Eckert snapped a 36-race winless streak on the WoO LMS. It
was also his first series victory on American soil since July 8, 2006, at Sharon
Speedway in Hartford, Ohio, where he won the last of his tour-best eight A-Mains
that season.
Eckert crossed the finish line a couple car lengths ahead of Shinnston, W.Va.'s
Josh Richards, who started from the pole position but lost several spots at the
initial green flag. The 21-year-old Richards moved back to second on lap four
and stayed there for the remainder of the distance in his Seubert Calf Ranches
Rocket car.
Frank, 47, finished a close third in his Corry Rubber Rocket after his
head-turning late-race charge around the outside of the track carried him from
the seventh position to the brink of a dramatic come-from-behind victory.
Seemingly out of contention after fading from the second starting spot to
seventh, the veteran came alive following the race's lone caution flag – for
debris on lap 24 – and actually threatened Richards and Eckert rounding turns
three and four on the final circuit.
Completing the top five was seventh-starter Dale McDowell of Chickamagua, Ga.,
who ran as high as third in NASCAR star Clint Bowyer's Warrior machine, and
ninth-starter Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., in NASCAR veteran Bobby
Labonte's Rocket.
No one could match the moves of Eckert, who rode the inner lane to a satisfying
score.
“On the pace laps I looked and saw there was moisture right down there on the
bottom,” said Eckert. “I figured, Well, I'll run around down there at the start.
When the guys in front of me all got to charging too hard and slid out (in the
early laps), I just drove right by them.”
Eckert didn't dare budge from the inside.
“I think I might have actually had a better car,” he said. “I probably could've
moved out on the racetrack and carried some speed, but there was moisture right
down there on the bottom and I didn't want to just give it up and let somebody
drive by me.
“If they drove by on the top, I was gonna get back up there and try to make some
time, but I never needed to do that. I could hear guys close to me hitting the
throttle in the middle of the corner, but I just kept hitting my marks and
nobody ever drove around me.”
Richards got the closest to Eckert, drawing within striking distance just before
the caution flag slowed the race on lap 24. The young sensation couldn't mount a
challenge after the restart.
“I feel like I overran the first part of the race and I think it might have cost
me,” said Richards, who finished in the runner-up position at Lincoln for the
second consecutive year. “I got up to (Eckert) at one point, but the caution
just killed us. I think if the caution wouldn't have come out I could've got him
around the top, but I felt like my left-rear (tire) sealed up after that.”
Frank was the show in the closing stages with his outside assault. On the last
lap he slid across the track in turns three and four and pulled alongside
Richards, but he couldn't maintain enough traction off turn four to beat
Richards back to the finish line.
“I knew I wasn't gonna get (Richards and Eckert), but I figured I'd slide ‘em
and make it look good,” said Frank, who won last year's WoO LMS event at
Lincoln. “If there would've been a cushion to get ahold of rather than that
(outside) wall, maybe I could've got Josh. But I was just trying not to crash
when I came off that corner.
“Maybe one more lap,” he added. “That's all I needed.”
Finishing in positions 6-10 was Steve Sheppard Jr. of New Berlin, Ill., who
earned the $500 WoO LMS Bonus Bucks cash for being the highest-finishing driver
who hasn't won a tour event and isn't ranked among the top 12 of the points
standings; Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., who challenged McDowell for third at
mid-race before slipping back; 16th-starter Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., who
maintained his WoO LMS points lead; 17th-starter Dennis Erb Jr. of
Carpentersville, Ill.; and Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., who started sixth but
was never a factor.
Forty-three cars were signed in for the event – exactly the same turnout as last
year's WoO LMS event at Lincoln. A standing-room-only crowd attended the
program.
Pearson established a new track record in Ohlins Shocks Time Trials, blistering
the quarter-mile oval in 13.022 seconds to surpass Jason Feger's existing
standard of 13.316 seconds. It was the second WoO LMS fast time of 2009 for
Pearson, who picked up a $50 bonus.
Heat winners were Bloomington, Ill.'s Feger, Shannon Babb, McDowell and Frank.
The B-Mains were captured by Erb and Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill.
The WoO LMS will swing back into action with a tripleheader in the Midwest over
Memorial Day Weekend. The tour will visit U.S. 36 Raceway in Osborn, Mo., on
Fri., May 22; 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa, on Sat., May 23; and Charter
Raceway Park in Beaver Dam, Wis., on Sun., May 24.
Billed as the Tri-State Late Model Challenge, a $10,000 bonus has been posted by
event organizers SLS Promotions for a driver who can win two of the three
holiday weekend A-Mains.
For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.
Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘Land of
Lincoln 40' (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):
1. (5) Rick Eckert/40 $7,600
2. (1) Josh Richards/40 $3,500
3. (2) Chub Frank/40 $2,500
4. (7) Dale McDowell/40 $1,700
5. (9) Earl Pearson Jr./40 $1,550
6. (4) Steve Sheppard Jr./40 $1,800
7. (10) Steve Francis/40 $1,800
8. (16) Darrell Lanigan/50 $1,700
9. (17) Dennis Erb Jr./40 $1,000
10. (6) Shannon Babb/40 $1,550
11. (3) Jason Feger/40 $850
12. (18) Brian Shirley/40 $800
13. (12) Tim Fuller/40 $1,250
14. (23) Shane Clanton/40 $1,240
15. (14) Vic Coffey/40 $1,210
16. (24) Clint Smith/40 $1,180
17. (8) Eric Smith/40 $650
18. (22) Brad Neat/39 $630
19. (21) Daren Friedman/39 $620
20. (19) Brandon Sheppard/39 $610
21. (15) Richie Hedrick/38 $600
22. (11) Brady Smith/25 $1,100
23. (13) Denny Woodworth/24 $600
24. (20) Steve Lance Jr./13 $600
* Earnings include Winners Circle program and
cash contingency award bonuses
Yellow Flags: 1 (Lap 24)
Lap Leaders: Frank (1-2); Eckert (3-40)
Provisional Starters: Clanton, C. Smith
Rookie of the Race: Brent Robinson ($250)
WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks' Winner: Steve Sheppard Jr.($500)
Integra Shocks Crew Chief of the Race: Zach Frields (Eckert)
Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results
(Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):
1. 44P-Earl Pearson Jr./Jacksonville, FL 13.022
2. 28e-Dennis Erb Jr./Carpentersville, IL 13.245
3. 0-Richie Hedrick/Urbana, IL 13.280
4. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 13.302
5. 25F-Jason Feger/Bloomington, IL 13.327
6. 18-Shannon Babb/Moweaqua, IL 13.369
7. 5s-Steve Sheppard Jr./New Berlin, IL 13.445
8. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 13.500
9. 45DW-Denny Woodworth/Mendon, IL 13.545
10. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 13.575
11. 41-Brad Neat/Dunnville, KY 13.632
12. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 13.665
13. 9-Eric Smith/Bloomington, IL 13.726
14. 19-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 13.733
15. 17M-Dale McDowell/Chickamauga, GA 13.759
16. 3s-Brian Shirley/Chatham, IL 13.798
17. 89-Daren Friedman/Forrest, IL 13.799
18. 32c-Vic Coffey/Caledonia, NY 13.852
19. 11-Tyler Reddick/Corning, CA 13.875
20. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr./Orland Park, IL 13.940
21. 30-Mark Voigt/Marine, IL 13.947
22. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 13.971
23. 99J-Jimmy Dehm/Lexington, IL 14.003
24. 19T-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 14.006
25. B5-Brandon Sheppard/New Berlin, IL 14.066
26. 33H-Roben Huffman/Clinton, IL 14.107
27. 25L-Steve Lance Jr./Cuba, IL 14.125
28. 56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH 14.136
29. 24U-Ryan Unzicker/El Paso, IL 14.149
30. 6K-Michael Kloos/Trenton, IL 14.192
31. 91-Terry Babb/Decatur, IL 14.276
32. 95-Aaron Ricketts/Fairbury, IL 14.325
33. 10-Scott Schmitt/Tonica, IL 14.344
34. 18H-Dustin Hapka/Grand Forks, ND 14.364
35. 2-Brady Smith/Solon Springs, WI 14.385
36. 12-Jordan Bland/Campbellsville, KY 14.642
37. Z-Joe Harlan/El Paso, IL 14.688
38. 16H-Mike Hammerle/St. Charles, MO 14.890
39. 3-Brent Robinson/Smithfield, VA 15.027
40. 82-Roger Brickler/Springfield, IL 15.713
41. F15-Jeremy Conaway/Springfield, IL 15.978
42. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA N/T
43. z45-Paul Zehr/Fisher, IL N/T
Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer):
Feger, E. Smith, Pearson, Woodworth, Friedman, B. Sheppard, Unzicker, Voigt,
Harlan, Conaway, Schmitt
Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): S.
Babb, Eckert, Francis, Coffey, Erb, C. Smith, Kloos, Clanton, Hammerle, Huffman,
Hapka
Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer):
McDowell, S. Sheppard, B. Smith, Hedrick, Lance, Neat, Robinson, T. Babb,
Reddick, Dehm (DNS) Zehr
Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer):
Frank, Richards, Fuller, Lanigan, Shirley, Ricketts, Kings, Heckenast, Bland,
Brickler
B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer):
Erb, B. Sheppard, Friedman, Voigt, Unzicker, Clanton, C. Smith, Harlan,
Hammerle, Hapka, Kloos, Huffman, Schmitt (DNS) Conaway
B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer):
Shirley, Lance, Neat, Ricketts, Robinson, Dehm, Brickler, Heckenast, T. Babb,
Bland, King, Reddick
World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency
Award Winners:
* Arizona Sport Shirts ($50 product certificate to fifth-place finisher in
B-Mains): Ryan Unzicker, Brent Robinson
* Armor All (case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main
w/decal): Dale McDowell
* Champ Pans ($50 product certificate to ‘Bonus Bucks' winner w/decal): Steve
Sheppard Jr.
* Crane Cams ($100 cash award to A-Main winner w/decal): Rick Eckert
* Crane Cams ($100 cash award to 10th-place finisher in A-Main w/decal): Shannon
Babb
* Crane Cams ($100 product certificate to Heat 3 winner w/decal): Dale McDowell
* Eibach Springs (one free spring to each B-Main winner w/decal): Dennis Erb
Jr., Brian Shirley
* Fusion Energy ($50 cash award to Heat 2 winner w/decal): Shannon Babb
* Ohlins Shocks ($50 cash award to fast qualifier w/decal): Earl Pearson Jr.
* Quarter-Master ($100 product certificate to A-Main winner w/decal): Rick
Eckert
* Quarter-Master ($50 product certificate to fifth-place finisher in A-Main
w/decal): Earl Pearson Jr.
* Quarter-Master ($25 product certificate to 15th-place finisher in A-Main
w/decal): Vic Coffey
* Super Clean ‘Start of the Race' (one case of product): Chub Frank
* VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award' (two free VP five-gallon containers to
fastest qualifier who does not make the A-Main if decal is displayed): Tyler
Reddick
* Wrisco Aluminum (three sheets of aluminum to A-Main winner w/decal): Rick
Eckert
2009 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point
Standings as of May 17 - 9 A-Mains completed
(rank/driver/wins/top-5s/top-10s/earnings/points/deficit to leader):
1. Darrell Lanigan 0-4-8-$49,550-1173 (-0)
2. Josh Richards 1-6-7-$42,200-1161 (-12)
3. Shane Clanton 1-1-7-$35,750-1157 (-16)
4. Steve Francis 2-5-6-$41,080-1135 (-38)
5. Rick Eckert 1-3-5-$24,495-1133 (-40)
6. Shannon Babb 1-3-6-$37,530-1125 (-48)
7. Chub Frank 0-2-6-$19,150-1111 (-62)
8. Tim Fuller 0-0-2-$15,030-1075 (-98)
9. Brady Smith 0-2-3-$17,375-1050 (-123)
10. Clint Smith 0-0-3-$14,350-1043 (-130)
11. Vic Coffey 0-0-0-$8,940-914 (-259)
12. Jordan Bland 0-0-0-$7,190-833 (-340)
13. Russell King 0-0-0-$6,900-800 (-373)
14. Dustin Hapka 0-0-0-$4,090-765 (-408)
15. Brent Robinson 0-0-0-$3,100-759 (-414)
16. Dale McDowell 0-2-3-$12,400-717 (-456)
17. Tyler Reddick 0-0-0-$2,335-702 (-471)
18. Chris Madden 1-3-3-$20,000-615 (-558)
19. Chas Shellenberger 0-0-0-$1,145-600 (-573)
20. Austin Hubbard 0-0-1-$4,535-475 (-698)
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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 [email protected].
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), Crane Cams (Official Valvetrain), Hoosier Racing Tires
(Official Racing Tires), Fusion Energy Boost (Official Energy Boost), SuperClean
(Official Cleaner-Degreaser) and VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel); in addition
to contingency sponsors Champ Pans, Eibach Springs, Hoosier Tires, Integra
Shocks, Jake's Custom Golf Carts, Ohlins Shocks, Racing Electronics, Quarter
Master and Wrisco Aluminum; Crane Cams Engine Builder's Challenge participants
Cornett Racing Engines, Custom Race Engines and Pro Power Racing Engines; and
Chassis Builder Challenge participants Rocket Chassis and Team Zero by
Bloomquist.
Lincoln Speedway $7,000 to win World of Outlaws May 17
The Lincoln Speedway will be hosting the World of Outlaws Late Model Series
this coming Sunday, May 17th. The 40 lap Late Model feature will pay $7,000 to
win. The Pro (Crate) Late Models and Mini-Sprints will also be in action
Sunday night.
Gate prices are $25 for adults, ages 6-15 are $10, and 5 and under are free.
Pit passes are $35 for adults, ages 4-11 are $15, and ages 3 and under are
free.
Gates will open at 1:00. Hot Laps 6:00, Qualifying 6:30, Racing to follow.
The speedway is located at the Logan County Fairgrounds 11th & Jefferson St.
in Lincoln, IL. For more information visit
www.lincolnspeedway.org.
World of Outlaws Event Information
Classes racing with the Late Models will be Crates and Mini-Sprints. Gate
prices are $25 for adults, ages 6-15 are $10, and 5 and under are free. Pit
passes are $35 for adults, ages 4-11 are $15, and ages 3 and under are free.
Gates will open at 1:00. Hot Laps 6:00, Qualifying 6:30, Racing to follow.
Lincoln Speedway Hosts World of Outlaws Late
Model Series For Third Consecutive Year On Sunday Night (May 17)
LINCOLN, IL - May 14, 2009 - Lincoln Speedway will host the World of Outlaws
Late Model Series for the third consecutive year this Sunday night (May 17).
And if history is an indicator, the third running of the ‘Land of Lincoln 40'
will be bigger and better than the previous editions at the quarter-mile oval in
central Illinois.
With a field that's expected to feature the top 16 drivers in the WoO LMS points
standings and a host of talented racers from Illinois and beyond, Sunday's
$7,000-to-win event has the makings of the grandest dirt Late Model show ever
presented at the fairgrounds track.
“This World of Outlaws Late Model Series race at Lincoln Speedway just keeps
growing every year,” said track promoter Don Hammer, a 36-year-old from Clinton,
Ill., who has operated Lincoln since June 2006 and Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway
since 2005. “We've had great crowds and memorable races the past two years, and
we're expecting an even more exciting night with all the drivers who have
indicated their intentions to run on Sunday.”
Lincoln's bleachers were packed to capacity for both of its previous WoO LMS
events, which were also run in May. The 2007 event saw Brian Shirley, of nearby
Chatham, Ill., score his emotional first career WoO LMS triumph in front of
family and friends, and last year WoO LMS star Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa.,
survived a mid-race scrape with UMP DIRTcar national champ Dennis Erb Jr. of
Carpentersville, Ill., and relentless pressure from Josh Richards of Shinnston,
W.Va., to emerge victorious.
Those four principals from Lincoln's previous WoO LMS events hope to figure in
the outcome again on Sunday. Frank and Richards return as WoO LMS regulars – the
46-year-old Frank seeking his first tour victory since last May at Lincoln (he's
riding a 40-race winless streak), and the 21-year-old Richards looking to
continue his bid for a career-first series title (he's currently third in
points) – while Shirley and Erb will attempt to keep the ‘Land of Lincoln 40'
trophy from leaving the state.
Defending WoO LMS champion Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., is the tour's points
leader entering the doubleheader weekend of racing, which begins with a visit to
Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway on Saturday night (May 16). Winless so far in 2009,
he owns finishes of fourth (2008) and eighth (2007) at Lincoln.
Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., who sits second in the standings just four
points behind Lanigan, will try for his first top-five finish at Lincoln. He
started from the pole position in last year's A-Main but faded to a sixth-place
finish.
The WoO LMS traveling roster also includes 2007 champion Steve Francis of
Ashland, Ky., who finished third last year at Lincoln; Rick Eckert of York, Pa.,
who was fifth at Lincoln in 2008; '07 Rookie of the Year Tim Fuller of
Watertown, N.Y. (best Lincoln finish: 12th in 2007); Brady Smith of Solon
Springs, Wis. (won a heat last year but finished 25th without completing a lap);
Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga. (best finish: ninth in 2007); and '08 Rookie of the
Year Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y. (finished 15th in his only Lincoln appearance
last year).
Shannon Babb, whose lives just an hour's drive from Lincoln in Moweaqua, Ill.,
hasn't committed to following the entire WoO LMS in 2009 but currently ranks
fifth in the points standings. A winner of a UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals event
at Lincoln in 2005, Babb hasn't had much luck in WoO action at the track that's
virtually in his backyard, finishing 11th in 2008 and 17th in 2007.
The WoO LMS will also bring five Rookie of the Year contenders to Lincoln,
including points leader Jordan Bland of Campbellsville, Ky.; Russell King of
Bristolville, Ohio; Dustin Hapka of Grand Forks, N.D.; Brent Robinson of
Smithfield, Va.; and 14-year-old Tyler Reddick, who hails from Corning, Calif.,
but attends school in DuQuoin, Ill.
Lincoln's event promises to provide the WoO LMS contingent some of their
toughest competition of the season. The central Illinois area, of course, is
home to some of UMP DIRTcar Racing's top stalwarts – rock-solid racers like
Jason Feger of Bloomington, 2007 Lincoln champion Matt Taylor of Springfield,
Kevin Weaver of Gibson City, Steve Sheppard Jr. of New Berlin, Eric Smith of
Bloomington and Ryan Unzicker of El Paso are among the expected entrants. In
addition, nearly a dozen well-known standouts from across the country have the
‘Land of Lincoln 40' marked on their schedules, including the red-hot Brian
Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa; 2005 WoO LMS champ Billy Moyer of Batesville,
Ark.; recent Circle K Colossal 100 winner Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville,
Fla.; Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis.; Scott James of Greendale, Ind.; Jeep
VanWormer of Pinconning, Mich.; Terry Casey of New London, Wis.; and Brad Neat
of Dunnville, Ky.
The UMP DIRTcar 10-20-30-40 compound Hoosier tire rule will be in effect for the
WoO LMS event.
Lincoln Speedway's gates are scheduled to open at 1 p.m. on Sunday, with hot
laps set for 6 p.m., time trials for 6:30 p.m. and racing to follow. Crate Late
Models and Mini-Sprints will run on the WoO LMS undercard.
Admission is $25 for adults, $10 for ages 6-15 and free for kids 5-and-under.
Pit passes are $35 for adults, $15 for ages 4-11 and free for children
3-and-under.
Lincoln Speedway sits in an easily-accessible central Illinois location, about
30 miles northeast of Springfield, 35 miles southwest of Bloomington/Normal and
45 miles southeast of Peoria.
For more information on Lincoln Speedway, visit
www.lincolnspeedway.org or call 217-735-1833 (track) or 217-737-7134
(promoters).
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), Crane Cams (Official Valvetrain), Hoosier Racing Tires
(Official Racing Tires), Fusion Energy Boost (Official Energy Boost), SuperClean
(Official Cleaner-Degreaser) and VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel); in addition
to contingency sponsors Champ Pans, Eibach Springs, Hoosier Tires, Integra
Shocks, Jake's Custom Golf Carts, Ohlins Shocks, Racing Electronics, Quarter
Master and Wrisco Aluminum; Crane Cams Engine Builder's Challenge participants
Cornett Racing Engines, Custom Race Engines and Pro Power Racing Engines; and
Chassis Builder Challenge participants Rocket Chassis and Team Zero by
Bloomquist.
