Results of World of Outlaws Late Model Series Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com Preliminary Night at Lernerville Speedway (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):
1. (1) Chase Junghans/30 $6,175
2. (3) Scott Bloomquist/30 $3,100
3. (7) Shane Clanton/30 $2,050
4. (2) Chub Frank/30 $1,800
5. (5) Davey Johnson/30 $1,500
World of Outlaws Late Model Series Event Scheduled For Aug. 22 at Stateline Speedway Cancelled
National Tour Plans to Replace Cancelled Event, Aug. 21 & 23 Races at Atomic & Eriez Remain on Schedule
CONCORD, N.C. – July 1, 2015 – The World of Outlaws Late Model Series event scheduled for Aug. 22 at Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y., has been cancelled, WoO LMS officials announced Wednesday. The date will remain open on the national tour’s schedule with a potential replacement to be announced at a later date.
The Stateline event was scheduled to be the middle race of a three-race weekend for the WoO LMS. Events remain scheduled at Atomic Speedway in Chillicothe, Ohio, on Aug. 21 and Eriez Speedway in Erie, Pa., on Aug. 23.
Severe Weather Forces Postponement Of Saturday’s Firecracker 100 Finale At Lernerville Speedway
Final Night of Crown Jewel Event to Run As Labor Day Weekend Doubleheader With Lernerville’s Working Man 50 Sept. 4-5
SARVER, Pa. – June 27, 2015 – Bands of evening showers and severe weather forced the postponement of Saturday’s final night of the ninth annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com at Lernerville Speedway. The event has been rescheduled for Saturday, September 5, setting up a Labor Day Weekend doubleheader with Lernerville’s Working Man 50 on Friday, September 4.
With the postponement, the Late Model National Open weekend originally scheduled as a two-race event September 5-6 at Selinsgrove (Pa.) Speedway will now be a single event only on Sunday, September 6.
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.
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.
Results of World of Outlaws Late Model Series Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com Preliminary Night at Lernerville Speedway (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):
1. (3) Shane Clanton/30 $6,500
2. (12) Rick Eckert/30 $3,600
3. (1) Jared Miley/30 $2,500
4. (8) Darrell Lanigan/30 $2,350
5. (9) Eric Wells/30 $2,000
Chub Frank Rides Momentum Of Improved Performance Into Lernerville Speedway’s Ninth Annual Firecracker 100 Presented By GottaRace.com
Home-State Driver Hopes to End World of Outlaws Late Model Series Winless Streak During Blockbuster Three-Night Weekend Kicking Off on Thursday
By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR
SARVER, Pa. – June 24, 2015 – Chub Frank always looks forward to Lernerville Speedway’s Firecracker 100, but the World of Outlaws Late Model Series veteran may be looking forward to it more this year than ever.
Frank, 53, of Bear Lake, Pa., heads into Lernerville’s ninth annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com this weekend with plenty of confidence in his new Longhorn Chassis after a much-improved first half of the 2015 season. He hopes to be among the contenders during Lernerville’s blockbuster weekend, which features three nights of WoO LMS action that include preliminary race programs on Thursday and Friday ahead of Saturday’s $30,000-to-win Firecracker 100 finale.
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.
Results of World of Outlaws Late Model Series Finger Lakes 40 at Weedsport Speedway (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):
1. (1) Shane Clanton/40 $8,650
2. (14) Tim McCreadie/40 $4,650
3. (13) Darrell Lanigan/40 $3,350
4. (7) Chase Junghans/40 $2,850
5. (5) Morgan Bagley/40 $2,600
Clanton Prepares For Lernerville Speedway’s Ninth Annual Firecracker 100 Presented By GottaRace.com June 25-27
World of Outlaws Late Model Series Points Leader Hopes to Add $30,000 Firecracker 100 Victory to His Stellar 2015 Season
By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR
SARVER, Pa. – June 22, 2015 – With a career-high five World of Outlaws Late Model Series victories already to his credit and a commanding lead in the national tour’s points chase, Shane Clanton is well on his way to making the 2015 season the best of his career. But the Zebulon, Ga., driver would like to add even more luster to his stellar year with a crown jewel victory in this weekend’s ninth annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com at Lernerville Speedway.
Clanton, whose career highlights include a Firecracker 100 victory in 2010, will be among a star-studded field of Dirt Late Models converging on Lernerville’s 4/10-mile oval for three nights of WoO LMS action as part of one of the summer’s biggest race weekends. Both Thursday and Friday will feature separate WoO LMS programs that determine the lineups for Firecracker 100 heat races. Those heats will kick off a blockbuster night Saturday evening that culminates in the 100-lap, $30,000-to-win Firecracker 100 finale.
