2011

O’Neal Finally Earns First-Ever Crown-Jewel Victory In Saturday Night’s $100,000 Dirt Late Model ‘Dream’ At Eldora Speedway

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Star Darrell Lanigan Finishes Third After Challenging For Lead

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

ROSSBURG, OH – June 11, 2011 – Don O’Neal finally has a victory in a crown-jewel dirt Late Model event.

Ending a frustrating career-long pursuit of a signature triumph, O’Neal surged forward from the 12th starting spot to capture Saturday night’s DIRTcar UMP-sanctioned Dream XVII at Eldora Speedway.

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World of Outlaws Late Model Series Stars Ready To Chase $100,000 ‘Dream’ Prize This Weekend (June 10-11) At Eldora Speedway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – June 9, 2011 – It’s the biggest first-place check available to a dirt Late Model race winner anywhere in the country in 2011 – a gargantuan $100,000 pot of gold that can turn even a moribund season into a memorable one for any driver.

That cold, hard cash will be on the mind of a half-dozen World of Outlaws Late Model Series regulars this weekend (June 10-11) when they travel to Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, for the 17th running of the DIRTcar UMP-sanctioned Dirt Late Model Dream event.

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Weekly-Show Victory At Lernerville Speedway Gets Chub Frank Tuned Up For Fifth Annual Firecracker 100 On June 23-25

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

SARVER, PA – June 6, 2011 – Chub Frank was happy after winning last Friday night’s 25-lap DIRTcar UMP Late Model feature at Lernerville Speedway.

The 49-year-old veteran racer from Bear Lake, Pa., will be a lot happier, however, if his weekly-show success leads to a $30,000 victory in the four-tenths-mile track’s fifth annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com, a crown-jewel World of Outlaws Late Model Series event scheduled for June 23-25.

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2011 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Schedule Expands With Addition Of Three Events

Rescheduled Show At Beckley, New Dates At Dog Hollow & Tri-City Pump Up National Tour

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – June 2, 2011 – Three events have been added to the 2011 World of Outlaws Late Model Series schedule, further pumping up the national tour’s already busy season.

The announcement by series officials includes a rescheduled program at Beckley (W.Va.) Motor Speedway on Wed., July 27, as well as new dates at Dog Hollow Speedway in Strongstown, Pa., on Tues., July 26, and Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Ill., on Fri., Sept. 16.

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What A Holiday: Seven World of Outlaws Late Model Series Regulars Bag Feature Wins Over Memorial Day Weekend

Veteran Clint Smith (above) Leads Tour Stars’ Off-Weekend Assault With Pair Of Victories In Home State

CONCORD, NC – May 31, 2011 – The World of Outlaws Late Model Series was idle over the Memorial Day weekend, but the national tour’s regulars didn’t spend the holiday at family barbeques.

All 14 drivers with perfect attendance on this year’s season went racing last weekend – and seven of them bagged feature wins.

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He Really, Really Liked It: Impressions Of A First-Time Firecracker 100 Attendee

New Jersey Fan Among Thousands Awaiting Fifth Annual World of Outlaws Late Model Series Event On June 23-25 At Lernerville Speedway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

SARVER, PA – May 26, 2011 – The fan from New Jersey heard great things about the Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com at Lernerville Speedway, so last year he trekked to western Pennsylvania to check it out for himself.

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World of Outlaws Late Model Series Champion Josh Richards Lands NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Ride With Kyle Busch

Young Star Will Run 11 Truck Events This Season While Continuing Pursuit Of Third Straight World of Outlaws Title

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – May 18, 2011 – Josh Richards’s 2011 season has become even busier.

The 23-year-old sensation from Shinnston, W.Va., will run a select number of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events for Kyle Busch Motorsports, adding some high-profile extra-curricular activity to his pursuit of an unprecedented third consecutive World of Outlaws Late Model Series championship.

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Rainy Spring Weather Slows West Virginia Motor Speedway’s Reconfiguration, Forces Postponement Of May 28-29 ‘RaceFest’

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Schedule Changes Also Include Dates At Beckley Motor Speedway & Central PA Speedway

CONCORD, NC – May 14, 2011 – Thanks to an extremely rainy spring, the World of Outlaws Late Model Series will sit idle during the upcoming Memorial Day Weekend.
 
The national tour’s scheduled highlight of the holiday weekend, the ‘RaceFest’ doubleheader on May 28-29 at West Virginia Motor Speedway in Mineral Wells, has been postponed due to weather-related delays in the track’s reconfiguring, WVMS and WoO LMS officials have announced. RaceFest will be rescheduled as a one-day WoO LMS show on Sat., July 30.

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