Late Model Recap

Jason Feger Hustles Around High Side For First Career World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory At Charter Raceway Park

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

BEAVER DAM, WI – May 24, 2009 – Jason Feger lived up to his nickname on Sunday night at Charter Raceway Park. 

Tossing his car around the extreme top of the one-third-mile oval, the ‘Highside Hustler’ led the 40-lap Tri-State Late Model Challenge A-Main from flag-to-flag to record his first career victory on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series.

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Thunderstorms Wash Out Saturday Night’s Tri-State Late Model Challenge Event At Iowa’s 34 Raceway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

WEST BURLINGTON, IA – May 23, 2009 – Thunderstorms forced the cancellation of Saturday night’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at 34 Raceway, continuing the run of wet weather that has plagued the series for the past month.

The three-eighths-mile oval in eastern Iowa was set to host the second leg of the holiday weekend’s Tri-State Late Model Challenge, but an unexpectedly strong series of thunderstorms formed late in the afternoon and drenched the showplace facility.

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Francis Wins Inaugural World of Outlaws Late Model Series Event At U.S. 36 Raceway After Tire Dooms Brady Smith On Final Lap

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

OSBORN, MO – May 22, 2009 – In one dramatic minute on Friday night at U.S. 36 Raceway, Steve Francis went from cursing himself for making a crucial mistake to celebrating his third World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory of the season. 

Francis, 41, of Ashland, Ky., thought he had let the first-ever WoO LMS event at the high-banked oval slip through his fingers when Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis., charged under him for the lead on lap 44 of the 50-lap A-Main. But moments later the race fell back into his lap when Smith slowed off turn two on the final lap with a flat left rear tire, handing the checkered flag to Francis.

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Eckert Ends Nearly Year-Long Absence From Victory Lane With Sunday-Night Triumph At Lincoln Speedway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

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.

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Rain At Start Of Second B-Main Postpones Lernerville Speedway’s ‘Showdown in Sarvertown’ Until Thurs., June 25

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

SARVER, PA – May 5, 2009 – Mother Nature defeated the ‘Showdown in Sarvertown’ on Tuesday night, dumping rain on Lernerville Speedway that forced track and World of Outlaws Late Model Series officials to postpone the second B-Main and 50-lap headline event until Thurs., June 25.

Some good will come from the disappointing weather, however. The remainder of Tuesday night’s program will now serve as a lead-in to the third annual Firecracker 100 on June 26-27 at Lernerville, adding more excitement to an action-packed weekend that culminates with the $30,000-to-win 100-lapper.

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Dixie Star: Madden Runs Away With Victory In ‘Rumble On The River V’ At Virginia Motor Speedway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

JAMAICA, VA – April 18, 2009 – Chris Madden won one for Old Dixie on Saturday night at Virginia Motor Speedway. 

With Civil War reenactors dressed in Union and Confederate uniforms on hand to salute the evening’s star driver in a special Victory Lane themed to the historic area surrounding the track, Gaffney, S.C.’s Madden pleased the Southern soldiers by dominating the 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Rumble on the River V’ event.

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Coffey’s Flat Tire On Final Lap Propels Jeff Smith To First Career World of Outlaws Late Model Series Win At Fayetteville Motor Speedway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

FAYETTEVILLE, NC – April 17, 2009 – As Jeff Smith celebrated, Vic Coffey sulked.

That was the story of Friday night’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Main at Fayetteville Motor Speedway, where Smith captured a dramatic victory at his longtime hometrack thanks to Coffey’s heartbreak. 

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Clanton Overtakes Birkhofer In Final Laps For Dramatic ‘Illini 100’ Victory At Farmer City Raceway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

FARMER CITY, IL – April 4, 2009 – Shane Clanton kept trying and trying to overtake Brian Birkhofer for the lead in Saturday night’s second annual ‘Illini 100’ at Farmer City Raceway. 

Finally, on lap 94, Clanton’s persistence paid off – to the tune of a $20,600 paycheck for winning the blockbuster World of Outlaws Late Model Series event in front of a standing-room-only crowd.

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Richards’s Heat-Race Victory Over Babb Among Highlights Of Illini 100 Qualifying Night At Farmer City Raceway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

FARMER CITY, IL – April 3, 2009 – Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., did what few drivers are able to do at Farmer City Raceway on Friday night – outrun Moweaqua, Ill.’s Shannon Babb.

But while Richards beat the master of the quarter-mile oval to capture a heat race for Saturday night’s second annual World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Illini 100,’ the 21-year-old knows he has a tough road ahead of him in the weekend’s $20,000-to-win finale.

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