Late Model Recap

Clanton Opens Lernerville Speedway’s Firecracker 100 Weekend With Seventh World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory of 2015

WoO LMS Points Leader Rules First of Two Firecracker 100 Preliminary Nights & Takes Aim at Saturday’s $30,000 Finale

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR

SARVER, Pa. – June 25, 2015 – World of Outlaws Late Model Series points leader Shane Clanton kept his hot streak rolling Thursday evening with a victory on the opening night of Lernerville Speedway’s ninth annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com.

Establishing himself as a heavy favorite to claim Saturday’s $30,000-to-win Firecracker 100 finale, Clanton, 39, of Zebulon, Ga., turned back an early challenge from Jared Miley of Pittsburgh, Pa., and was far enough ahead in the closing laps to survive a valiant late charge by 12th-starting Rick Eckert of York, Pa.

The $6,500 victory – Clanton’s WoO LMS-leading seventh of the season and his third in the national tour’s past four races – came on the first of two Firecracker 100 preliminary nights at Lernerville’s 4/10-mile oval. The 2010 Firecracker 100 winner will look to keep his momentum going in another preliminary program on Friday and in Saturday’s 100-lap finale.

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Clanton Completes Sweep of New York’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series Events With Finger Lakes 40 Victory at Weedsport Speedway

Red-Hot Georgia Driver Scores Sixth WoO LMS Victory of 2015 & Builds Momentum Heading into Lernerville Speedway’s $30,000-to-win Firecracker 100

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR

WEEDSPORT, N.Y. – June 23, 2015 – Shane Clanton made the most of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series’ trip to New York.

Completing a sweep of the national tour’s two 2015 Empire State stops, Clanton, 39, of Zebulon, Ga., led every lap of Tuesday night’s Finger Lakes 40 at Weedsport Speedway to earn an $8,650 victory in the final round of the WoO LMS Great Northern Tour.

Clanton’s series-leading sixth WoO LMS victory of the season followed his win in the Great Northern Tour opener at Fonda (N.Y.) Speedway on June 18 and a runner-up finish in the northern trek’s other completed event at Brighton (Ont.) Speedway on June 20. He’ll look to put an exclamation point on the WoO LMS early-summer trip north when the series heads to Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., this weekend for the $30,000-to-win Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com.

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Richards Edges Clanton In Thrilling Finish At Brighton Speedway’s Dibbits Excavating & Vanderlaan Building Products Mud Slinger 50

Three-Time World of Outlaws Late Model Series Champion Wins Round Two of the Great Northern Tour by 0.142 Seconds

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR

BRIGHTON, Ont. – June 20, 2015 – Josh Richards was fast all night at Saturday’s Dibbits Excavating and Vanderlaan Building Products Mud Slinger 50 presented by Excel Tower Service at Brighton Speedway. But in the final 10 laps, the three-time World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion needed more patience than speed to claim his fourth series victory of the season.

After leading from the start of the 50-lap race, Richards, 27, of Shinnston, W.Va., expertly picked his way through heavy traffic during the race’s closing laps and held off points leader Shane Clanton’s furious late charge to win the second round of the Great Northern Tour in a side-by-side finish at the third-mile oval.

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Clanton Adds to World of Outlaws Late Model Series Points Lead With Victory in Great Northern Tour Opener at Fonda Speedway

Georgia Driver Cruises to Fifth WoO LMS Triumph of 2015 As National Tour Kicks off Busy Summer Stretch

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR

FONDA, N.Y. – June 18, 2015 – Just as the World of Outlaws Late Model Series enters a busy stretch of early-summer action, Shane Clanton is showing signs of another potential hot streak on the national tour.

Clanton, who jumped out to an early lead in this year’s WoO LMS championship chase with four victories in the tour’s first seven races, returned to victory lane for the first time since his February win streak Thursday night at Fonda Speedway with a dominating performance in the opening round of the four-race Great Northern Tour.

The $8,550 victory stretched Clanton’s lead in the WoO LMS standings to 98 points and gives the 39-year-old Zebulon, Ga., racer plenty of momentum as the tour tackles a stretch of seven races in 10 days between the four-race Great Northern Tour and Lernerville Speedway’s three-race Firecracker 100 weekend presented by GottaRace.com.

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Richards Completes Jackpot 100 Weekend Sweep With Another Late Charge At Tyler County Speedway

Three-Time World of Outlaws Late Model Series Champion Denies Frank & Overton in Scoring Third Series Victory of 2015

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR

MIDDLEBOURNE, W.Va. – May 24, 2015 – A trip to his home track was just what Josh Richards needed to get his season headed in the right direction.

One night after scoring his first victory since February, Richards, 27, of Shinnston, W.Va., drove his Valvoline-sponsored Rocket Chassis house car back to victory lane again on Sunday evening after completing a sweep of Tyler County Speedway’s Jackpot 100 Weekend. The three-time World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion topped a tight back-and-forth battle with Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., and Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., in the second half of Sunday’s Jackpot 100 finale and pulled away to earn his third WoO LMS victory of the season.

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Richards Tops Late Battle To Claim Opening Night of Tyler County Speedway’s Jackpot 100 Weekend

Three-Time World of Outlaws Late Model Series Champion Outduels Clanton & Overton to Thrill Home-State Crowd

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR

MIDDLEBOURNE, W.Va. – May 23, 2015 – Josh Richards gave his home-state fans a performance to remember Saturday night at Tyler County Speedway.

Mastering the quarter-mile oval’s high groove, the three-time World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion from nearby Shinnston, W.Va., used a strong charge off of turn four to overtake race-long leader Brandon Overton on lap 37 of Saturday’s 40-lap WoO LMS main event and held off Shane Clanton’s final-lap challenge to score his second series victory of the season.

Richards topped Clanton by 0.733 seconds at the finish in in claiming his 51st career WoO LMS victory. The 27-year-old driver of the Valvoline-sponsored Rocket Chassis house car earned $8,675 for his second-career triumph at Tyler County Speedway.

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Bloomquist Cruises To Convincing Victory In Smoky Mountain Speedway’s Mountain Outlaw 50 Presented by NAPA

Former World of Outlaws Late Model Series Champion Leads All 50 Laps to Claim Second Series Victory of 2015

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR

MARYVILLE, Tenn. – May 9, 2015 – Scott Bloomquist made winning Saturday night’s Mountain Outlaw 50 Presented by NAPA look easy, but there was so much more that went into his dominating performance than the 50 flawless laps he ran around Smoky Mountain Speedway.

After struggling to get his self-designed Sweet-Bloomquist car to perform to his liking for most of the season, Bloomquist, 51, of Mooresburg, Tenn., and his team undertook a complete rebuild on the car in preparation for Saturday’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series event. The hard work paid off with Bloomquist cruising to a $10,125 victory in front of a near-capacity crowd at the East Tennessee oval.

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Eckert Ends World of Outlaws Late Model Series Winless Streak With Victory In Ponderosa Speedway’s First-Ever Series Event

Former Series Champion Tops Clanton & Frank in Friday’s A-Main to Earn First WoO LMS Victory in Nearly Two Years

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR

JUNCTION CITY, Ky. – May 8, 2015 – It took a visit to a track he had never even seen before for Rick Eckert to finally return to World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory lane.

Racing in front of a record crowd at Ponderosa Speedway in the track’s first-ever WoO LMS event, Eckert of York, Pa., overtook race-long leader Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., amid heavy traffic on lap 30 of Friday’s main event and later survived heavy pressure from Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga., and Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., in the closing laps of the 50-lap race.

After a lap-45 caution gave him clear track ahead, Eckert pulled away from Clanton and Frank and cruised through the final five laps on his way to earning $10,775 for his first WoO LMS victory since July 9, 2013.

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Ferguson Leads All The Way At Fayetteville Motor Speedway To Sweep World of Outlaws Late Model Series North Carolina Doubleheader

One Night After Earning First Career WoO LMS Victory, Ferguson Dominates Again To Earn $10,050 Payday At Fayetteville’s Tar Heel 100

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – May 2, 2015 – It didn’t take Chris Ferguson long to prove his first career World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory was no fluke.

One night after scoring a breakthrough WoO LMS triumph at Friendship Motor Speedway, Ferguson, 25, of Mount Holly, N.C., led every lap of Saturday’s Tar Heel 100 main event at Fayetteville Motor Speedway to complete a sweep of the weekend’s WoO LMS North Carolina doubleheader.

Much like he did Friday at Friendship in Elkin, N.C., Ferguson dominated the entire program at Fayetteville, setting fast time in qualifying, running unchallenged in his heat race and dominating the majority of the 50-lap A-Main. He cruised through most of the race in his Clements-powered Longhorn Chassis and smoothly handled lapped traffic on his way to a $10,050 victory.

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Ferguson Claims First Career World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory With Dominating Performance At Friendship Motor Speedway

North Carolina Standout Leads Every Lap of Friday’s Inaugural Blue Ridge Bash to Earn Career-High $10,550 Payday

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR

ELKIN, N.C. – May 1, 2015 – Chris Ferguson finally has a World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory on his resume.

Avoiding the bad luck that has plagued him in a number of past events, Ferguson, 25, of Mount Holly, N.C., led every lap of Friday night’s Blue Ridge Bash to earn a career-high $10,550 for his first career WoO LMS victory in the national tour’s first ever visit to Friendship Motor Speedway.

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