Race Reports

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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Owens Rolls To Victory In ‘My Old Kentucky Home Shootout’

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

BARDSTOWN, KY – May 8, 2010 – Jimmy Owens joined the ever-growing list of 2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series winners on Saturday night, rolling to victory in the 50-lap ‘My Old Kentucky Home Shootout’ at Bluegrass Speedway. 

Owens, 38, of Newport, Tenn., grabbed the lead from Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., on lap two and never looked back in the national tour’s inaugural visit to the high-banked, half-mile oval. He survived a stern mid-race challenge from another Kentuckian, Darrell Lanigan of Union, to become the 11th different victor in 12 WoO LMS events this season.

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Drought Over: Clanton Nips Richards At Line In ‘Land of Lincoln 50’ Thriller

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

LINCOLN, IL – May 7, 2010 – Shane Clanton ended his 13-month winless drought on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series in the most dramatic way possible. 

Taking advantage of a problem in lapped traffic that Josh Richards experienced on the final lap, Clanton jumped to the outside racing off turn four and beat the defending tour champion to the finish line by mere inches to capture Friday night’s caution-free ‘Land of Lincoln 50’ at Lincoln Speedway.

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McCreadie Outduels Lanigan For First Triumph Of 2010 At Swainsboro Raceway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

SWAINSBORO, GA – May 1, 2010 – It was finally Tim McCreadie’s turn to celebrate in Victory Lane. 

Ratifying his return to championship contender status on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, McCreadie scored his first tour win of 2010 by outdueling Darrell Lanigan in Saturday night’s 50-lap A-Main at Swainsboro Raceway.

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First To Repeat: Richards Barely Holds Off McCreadie For Victory At Fayetteville Motor Speedway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

FAYETTEVILLE, NC – April 30, 2010 – Josh Richards worked hard to become the first repeat winner of the 2010 season on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series. 

Mastering Fayetteville Motor Speedway for the second time in three years, Richards charged forward from the 10th starting spot to score a dramatic victory over Tim McCreadie in the national tour’s 50-lap A-Main on Friday night.

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Hard Tire Choice Keys Madden’s Victory In Inaugural ‘Commonwealth 100’ At Virginia Motor Speedway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

JAMAICA, VA – April 17, 2010 – Chris Madden never had a tire choice pay off quite like he did on Saturday night at Virginia Motor Speedway. 

Bolting on hard-compound Hoosier rubber worked handsomely for Madden, who benefitted from the late-race tire problems of several rivals to capture the inaugural Commonwealth 100.

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