Race Reports

Opening-Lap Surge Propels Richards To ‘Gopher 50’ Triumph At Deer Creek Speedway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

SPRING VALLEY, MN – July 13, 2011 – Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., made a spectacular surge to the front on the opening lap and never looked back en route to capturing Wednesday night’s 32nd annual NAPA Auto Parts ‘Gopher 50’ Charity Late Model Race at Deer Creek Speedway.

The 23-year-old superstar vaulted from the fourth starting to the lead at the initial green flag, capping the explosion by splitting front-row starters Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., and Rick Eckert of York, Pa., rounding turns three and four. He turned back a late challenge from Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, to register his third victory of the 2011 World of Outlaws Late Model Series season and first-ever at the Queensland family’s three-eighths-mile in southern Minnesota.

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World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Wild West Tour’ Gets Off To Wet Start On Tuesday At Independence Motor Speedway

Rain Postpones Iowa Track’s First-Ever Tour Event To Mon., Aug. 8

INDEPENDENCE, IA – July 12, 2011 – The World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Wild West Tour’ got off to wet start with the postponement of Tuesday night’s event at Independence Motor Speedway.

Intermittent rain intensified into steady showers later in the afternoon, forcing co-promoters Cam Granger and Rick Hartzell to reschedule the three-eighths-mile oval’s first-ever WoO LMS program to Mon., Aug. 8. The race will now immediately follow the $50,000-to-win USA Nationals on Aug. 4-6 at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis.

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World of Outlaws Late Model Series Adds Visit To Pennsylvania’s McKean County Raceway On July 27 For ‘Penn Gold 40’

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

EAST SMETHPORT, PA – July 7, 2011 – A visit to McKean County Raceway on Wed., July 27, has been added to the 2011 World of Outlaws Late Model Series schedule, tour officials announced on Thursday.

The inaugural ‘Penn Gold 40’ at the three-eighths-mile oval will offer an $8,000 top prize and serve as the back end of an attractive mid-week doubleheader in western Pennsylvania for the WoO LMS, which will compete on July 26 at Dog Hollow Speedway in Strongstown, Pa.

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Madden Hangs On For $20,050 Victory In Inaugural ‘Outlaw Sizzler 101’ At Tazewell Speedway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

TAZEWELL, TN – July 3, 2011 – Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., never relinquished the lead en route to winning Sunday night’s inaugural ‘Outlaw Sizzler 101’ at Tazewell Speedway, but his march to the $20,050 victory was far from uneventful.

In fact, for most of the extra-distance World of Outlaws Late Model Series event Madden stressed over a mechanical malady that threatened to cost him a sorely-needed big-money triumph in front of an overflow crowd.

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