Late Model Recap

Francis Stays Ahead Of The Fray In Tim Logan’s Car To Emerge Triumphant At Cornwall Motor Speedway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

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.

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Late-Afternoon Rain Forces Postponement Of Autodrome Drummond’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series Event To Mon., Aug. 23

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

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.

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He’s On Fire: Fuller Shines Again In Thursday’s ‘Oh Canada Eh 50’ At Merrittville Speedway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

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.

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Fuller Breaks Thorugh In Front Of Family & Friends At Can-Am Motorsports Park

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

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.

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Shaver Completes Sweep Of West Virginia Motor Speedway’s ‘RaceFest’ With Dominant Sunday-Night Performance

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

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.

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Hometown Hero: Shaver Tops Four-Car Tussle At West Virginia Motor Speedway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

MINERAL WELLS, WV – May 29, 2010 – Steve Shaver was a Hometown Hero on Saturday night at West Virginia Motor Speedway. 

Racing in front of a legion of family members and friends at a track just 10 miles from his home in Vienna, W.Va., Shaver came out on top of a titanic four-car duel to win the 30-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Main that opened the five-eighths-mile oval’s two-day ‘RaceFest World Championships.’

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First Rain-Out Of 2010 Comes At Pennsylvania’s Bedford Speedway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

BEDFORD, PA – May 28, 2010 – A line of severe late-afternoon thunderstorms rolled over Bedford Speedway on Friday, forcing the cancellation of the evening’s scheduled World of Outlaws Late Model Series event. 

The rainout was the first of the 2010 season for the WoO LMS, which had experienced few weather issues through the first 14 events of the campaign.

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Victory At Hagerstown Gives Richards Sweep Of East Coast Doubleheader

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

HAGERSTOWN, MD – May 15, 2010 – Josh Richards was victorious in Saturday night’s 29th annual ‘Conococheague 50’ at Hagerstown Speedway, giving him a sweep of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series’s East Coast doubleheader. 

The national tour’s defending champion was nearly perfect in earning back-to-back triumphs, both worth $10,675. He led every lap of Thursday night’s ‘First State 50’ at Delaware International Speedway and all but one circuit of Saturday’s 50-lap A-Main at Hagerstown, a half-mile oval where he’s raced often during his seven-year career.

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Just Enough Power: Richards Holds Off Brady Smith At Delaware International Speedway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

DELMAR, DE – May 13, 2010 – Josh Richards had just enough power left under the hood of his Rocket Chassis house car to capture Thursday night’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘First State 50’ at Delaware International Speedway. 

Running more than half the A-Main’s distance on what he said was seven cylinders, Richards managed to turn back a furious late-race challenge from Brady Smith to record his series-leading third victory of the 2010 WoO campaign. He is the only driver who has won more than once in the national tour’s 13 events contested to date.

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