Late Model Recap

Moyer Earns USA Nationals Pole With Near Perfect Preliminary Night Performance at Cedar Lake Speedway

Owens Joins Moyer on Front Row for Saturday’s $50,000-to-win World of Outlaws Late Model Series Main Event

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR

NEW RICHMOND, Wis. – July 31, 2015 – Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., moved one step closer to finally claiming his sixth USA Nationals victory with a near perfect performance during Friday night’s preliminary action for Cedar Lake Speedway’s crown jewel event.

Moyer, who won the USA Nationals five times between 1988 and 1993 before going winless in the event for more than two decades, will chase his sixth Wooden Eagle trophy from the pole of Saturday’s 100-lap USA Nationals A-Main after dominating Friday’s prelim action.

The 57-year-old Moyer won the first of five heat races for the $50,000-to-win World of Outlaws Late Model Series event and claimed the Pole Dash to earn the inside-front-row starting spot for Saturday’s main event. For good measure, Moyer capped Friday’s action with a victory in the 12-lap FANSFund Dash for the 11 drivers participating in the USA Nationals as part of the event’s fan-voted and fan-funded travel program.

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Davenport Tops Moyer Jr. In Late Battle At Cedar Lake Speedway To Win Thursday’s USA Nationals Opening Night Feature

Georgia Driver Leads Final Two Laps To Earn $6,000 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory, Takes Aim at $50,000 Payday In Saturday’s USA Nationals Finale

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR

NEW RICHMOND, Wis. – July 30, 2015 – Less than a week after winning Fairbury American Legion Speedway’s Prairie Dirt Classic with a final-lap pass, Jonathan Davenport used more late-race heroics to make another visit to victory lane Thursday night at Cedar Lake Speedway.

Kicking off the 28th annual USA Nationals weekend in thrilling fashion, Davenport, 31, of Blairsville, Ga., chased down Billy Moyer Jr. of Batesville, Ark., late in Thursday’s 40-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series feature at Cedar Lake and outdueled Moyer Jr. in a dramatic close battle at the 3/8-mile oval.

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Clanton Repels Pearson To Earn His Ninth World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory Of 2015 In Shawano Speedway’s Sun Drop Shootout

WoO LMS Points Leader Survives Heavy Pressure through Second Half of Shawano’s 50-Lapper to Score $10,550 Payday

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR

SHAWANO, Wis. – July 28, 2015 – The results will show that Shane Clanton led every lap of Tuesday’s Sun Drop Shootout at Shawano Speedway to win from the outside pole, but the victory certainly didn’t come easy for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series points leader.

Scoring his ninth WoO LMS victory of the season, Clanton, 39, of Zebulon, Ga., survived repeated challenges from Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., amid heavy lapped traffic during the second half of the 50-lap race to earn a $10,550 payday at the half-mile oval.

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Davenport Passes Erb On Final Lap In Another Prairie Dirt Classic Thriller At Fairbury American Legion Speedway

Georgia Driver Scores $26,000 Payday in Epic World of Outlaws Late Model Series Event

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR

FAIRBURY, Ill. – July 25, 2015 – Jonathan Davenport added another victory to his amazing 2015 campaign and added another chapter to the growing FALS legend in Saturday night’s 26th annual Prairie Dirt Classic presented by Bank of Pontiac.

In another thrilling Prairie Dirt Classic A-Main at Fairbury American Legion Speedway, Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., advanced from his eighth starting spot and outdueled sixth-starting Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., in an epic back-and-forth battle through the second half of the 100-lap race before using a dramatic final-lap pass to score a $26,000 victory in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series event.

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Returning To Fairbury, Bloomquist Scores Heat Race Victory On Prairie Dirt Classic Presented by Bank of Pontiac Preliminary Night

Weaver Grabs Fast Time Honors in Time Trials & Scores $5,000 Unsanctioned Victory in 25-lap #FALS Draw Shootout

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR

FAIRBURY, Ill. – July 24, 2015 – Scott Bloomquist’s long-awaited return to Fairbury American Legion Speedway got off to a stellar start during Friday’s preliminary action for the 26th annual Prairie Dirt Classic presented by Bank of Pontiac.

Racing at the popular quarter-mile oval for the first time in more than 13 years, Bloomquist, 51, of Mooresburg, Tenn., was among the top qualifiers for the blockbuster two-day event and won the second of six 15-lap heat races to claim a spot in the Top Six Redraw for Saturday’s 100-lap, $26,000-to-win A-Main.

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Moyer Capitalizes On Clanton’s Traffic Woes, Wins Inaugural Workforce 40 At Quincy Raceways

Arkansas Veteran Scores 42nd-Career WoO LMS Victory in Front of Capacity Crowd at Western Illinois Oval

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR

QUINCY, Ill. – July 23, 2015 – Billy Moyer finally found himself on the winning side of lapped-traffic problems Thursday night at Quincy Raceways.

After experiencing his own mishaps in traffic in a number of events earlier in the season, Moyer, 57, of Batesville, Ark., capitalized when Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga., nearly hit a slowing car with two laps remaining in Thursday’s inaugural Workforce 40. The three-time WoO LMS champion raced ahead and held Clanton off through the race’s final two laps to earn an $8,100 victory in front of a capacity crowd at the western Illinois track.

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Back On Tour, Lanigan Returns To World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory Lane With Third Straight NAPA Gopher 50 Victory

Three-Time Defending Series Champion Overtakes Briggs Late at Deer Creek Speedway to Earn First WoO LMS Victory of 2015

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR

SPRING VALLEY, Minn. – July 18, 2015 – Darrell Lanigan is back.

Returning to the World of Outlaws Late Model Series after a one-race hiatus, Lanigan, the three-time and defending series champion from Union, Ky., led the final 13 laps of Saturday’s NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50 at Deer Creek Speedway to score his first WoO LMS victory of the season.

Driving a second Wayman McMillan-owned Black Diamond by Club 29 Race Car as a teammate to Morgan Bagley, the second-starting Lanigan overtook polesitter Boom Briggs of Bear Lake, Pa., on lap 38 and led the remaining distance to earn $11,900 for the 71st WoO LMS victory of his career and his third consecutive Gopher 50 triumph.

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McCreadie Tames River Cites Speedway, Scores First World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory Of 2015

Former WoO LMS Champion Charges from Seventh to Claim Round Two of the Five-Race Wild West Tour

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – July 10, 2015 – Tim McCreadie’s return to victory lane didn’t come easy.

Mastering a challenging track surface at River Cities Speedway, McCreadie, 41, of Watertown, N.Y., charged forward from his seventh starting spot in Friday’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series Wild West Tour feature at the 3/10-mile oval and led the final 33 laps of the 50-lap race to earn his first series victory of the season.

McCreadie, the 2006 WoO LMS champion, topped an early battle with Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., and hometown driver Dustin Strand and turned back challenges from Donny Schatz of Fargo, N.D., on a late restart to earn $10,700 for the 29th WoO LMS victory of his career.

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Clanton Scores Eighth World of Outlaws Late Model Series Win of 2015 In Wild West Tour Opener at Hibbing Raceway

WoO LMS Points Leader Cruises to $10,575 Payday in First Leg of National Tour’s Five-Race Western Swing

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR

HIBBING, Minn. – July 9, 2015 – Shane Clanton’s hot streak rolled on Thursday night at Hibbing Raceway, where the World of Outlaws Late Model Series points leader scored his eighth series victory of the season with a dominating performance in the opening round of the five-race Wild West Tour.

Clanton, 39, of Zebulon, Ga., led every lap of Thursday’s 50-lap event, which was sponsored by Beltline Body Shop and Northern Belt and Conveyer, to earn a $10,575 payday. The WoO LMS veteran overcame a poor qualifying effort to win the night’s fourth heat race from the fifth starting spot before drawing the pole in the redraw among heat race winners and runners-up.

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Junghans Scores First-Career World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory On Night Two Of Lernerville Speedway’s Firecracker 100

Second-Year WoO LMS Regular Tops Veterans Bloomquist & Clanton For Impressive Firecracker 100 Preliminary Night Win

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR

SARVER, Pa. – June 26, 2015 – With two of the sport’s top drivers behind him and a steady line of lapped traffic ahead of him, Chase Junghans expected his lead in Friday’s Firecracker 100 preliminary feature at Lernerville Speedway to be shrinking.

Instead, signals from a crew member during the second half of the 30-lap race told the second-year World of Outlaws Late Model Series driver that he was pulling away from former WoO LMS champion Scott Bloomquist and current series points leader Shane Clanton.

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