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Restructured Rookie of the Year Program For 360 OTC World of Outlaws Late Model Series Sure To Draw Interest From Rising Drivers

CONCORD, NC – Jan. 3, 2007 – Up-and-coming drivers will have plenty of incentive to test their skills on the 360 OTC World of Outlaws Late Model Series in 2007 thanks to a restructured Rookie of the Year program announced by DIRT MotorSports officials.

Highlighting the program is the $15,000 year-end bonus that will go to the rookie contender who accumulates the most points for their 30 best finishes in tour competition.

In addition, a $250 bonus will be presented to the highest-finishing Rookie of the Year contender in each 360 OTC WoO LMS A-Main contested in 2007.

A total of 49 events at 40 tracks in 23 states and one Canadian province are currently listed on the DIRT MotorSports-owned tour’s most ambitious schedule ever.

“We’re confident that the Rookie of the Year program we’ve put in place for 2007 will attract some exciting, rising talent to the series,” said Tim Christman, who is set to begin his first season as director of the 360 OTC WoO LMS. “With a driver’s top 30 finishes being used to determine the Rookie of the Year, we expect to see increased interest from up-and-coming racers in every region that the 360 OTC World of Outlaws Late Model Series will visit.

“It’s a tall order for a rookie driver to follow our entire 2007 schedule, so setting a best-30-finishes standard to determine the Rookie of the Year will open the door for more racers to make a run at the award and get a taste of traveling with the World of Outlaws.”

Since DIRT MotorSports began operating the tour in 2004, the 360 OTC WoO LMS Rookie of the Year Award has been presented to the driver ranked highest in the final overall point standings. Previous winners were Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y. (2004), Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va. (2005) and Eddie Carrier Jr. of Salt Rock, W.Va. (2006).

While rookie contenders are not required to run all of this season’s 360 OTC WoO LMS events, they will have the opportunity to race their way into the tour’s ‘Winner’s Circle’ incentive program. Earning a coveted ‘Winner’s Circle’ spot after several early-season shows could help a rookie chase the complete tour and potentially finish high enough in the final standings to collect cash from the lucrative points fund.

The 2007 season for the 360 OTC World of Outlaws Late Model Series kicks off with events on Feb. 15 and 17 as part of the 36th annual DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Mopar Speed Shop at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.

Prospective WoO LMS rookie contenders can obtain more information on the Rookie of the Year program from series director Tim Christman by calling 405-623-1452 or e-mailing [email protected].

360 OTC TO SPONSOR OF WORLD OF OUTLAWS LATE MODEL SERIES

Title Sponsorship Launches in 2007


CONCORD, N.C. — Dec. 14, 2006 — The World of Outlaws Late Model  Series, the premiere dirt late model racing series in the U.S., has  announced a multi-year partnership with Rockford-Montgomery Labs and  its 360 OTC pain reliever brand, it was announced today.  The World  of Outlaws Late Model Series is now the 360 OTC World of Outlaws Late  Model Series through 2009.

In addition to titling the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, 360  OTC will become the Official Pain reliever of the World of Outlaws  Sprint Car and Late Model series.

As part of its 2007 product roll-out to consumers, 360 OTC will  include World of Outlaws contents in its in-store presence in such  retail channels as Wal-Mart, Target, K-Mart and CVS.

"We see a great fit between 360 OTC and the World of Outlaws," said  Michelle Shearer, CEO of Rockford-Montgomery Labs, Inc. "There isn't  a motorsports series as legitimately grassroots as the World of  Outlaws, and 360 OTC is a product of value to everyday consumers  everywhere."

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series sponsorship rounds out a new  and robust series of high-profile property relationships for 360  OTC.  Previously announced is the 2007 title sponsor of the No. 36  360 OTC Toyota to be driven by Jeremy Mayfield in the NASCAR NEXTEL  Cup Series.  In addition, 360 OTC will be an Official Partner with  the enormously popular WWE wrestling series.

In support of its sponsorship properties, 360 OTC will employ a  unique airship featuring a theater-like "SKYSCREEN" capable of  displaying full-color high-resolution video content. "The 360 OTC  blimp will fly over World of Outlaws events and provide viewing  entertainment value to the fans," added Shearer.
"With this announcement and introduction of 360 OTC to dirt racing,  the World of Outlaws continues to make great progress," said Tom  Deery, President and CEO of DIRT MotorSports.  "The World of Outlaws  in total will have more than 140 events in 2007, providing current  and new fans an opportunity to take in the sport through ESPN, SPEED  and DIRTVision.com."

"We were seeking a consumer product as title sponsor of the World of  Outlaws," said Rob Butcher, Chief Marketing Officer for DIRT  Motorsports.  "Both World of Outlaws series will benefit immeasurably  with the 360 OTC partnership.  The World of Outlaws brand will be in  the pain reliever aisle of select national mass retailers while  having the opportunity to cross promote the World of Outlaws with the  WWE and the #36 360 OTC NASCAR NEXTEL Cup car."

In addition to the FDA-approved 360 OTC over-the-counter pain  reliever, Athens, Ga., headquartered Rockford-Montgomery Labs markets  360 OTC Ignite Maximum Strength, a fast-acting alertness aid; 360 OTC  Hangover Extra Strength Relief, a hangover reliever and fatigue  reducer; 360 OTC Hangover Relief Lite, a hangover reliever; and 360  OTC Heartburn Maximum Strength, a heartburn relief medicine.

Details of the partnership between the World of Outlaws and 360 OTC  includes:
• 360 OTC will be title sponsor of the World of Outlaws Late Model  Series for three-years
• 360 OTC will commit millions of dollars each year in activation and  promotional support of the World of Outlaws
• 360 OTC will be the exclusive pain reliever product of both World  of Outlaws series
• With this partnership, the World of Outlaws is introducing new  series logos

World Finals At Lowe’s Motor Speedway Ultimate Finish To 2007 Season

CONCORD, NC – Dec. 7, 2006 – By Chris Dolack, DIRT VP Public Relations

Dirt racing history will be made in 2007 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway. For the first time, the World of Outlaws and the World of Outlaws Late Models will share the bill for the inaugural Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

The unprecedented Nov. 1-3 Outlaws World Finals will crown the champion for both the greatest sprint car drivers and the best collection of late model racers in the world. It will feature qualifying on Thursday followed by two full nights of racing on Friday and Saturday, including $10,000-to-win A-main races on each night for the World of Outlaws and for the World of Outlaws Late Models.

“The World Finals is the event that all dirt racing fans have been dreaming of for years. This is a spectacular way to wrap up the 2007 season for not only the World of Outlaws and the World of Outlaws Late Models, but for dirt track fans everywhere,” said DIRT MotorSports President and CEO Tom Deery. “With qualifying on the first night, including unprecedented access to competitors, and two solid nights of pure dirt racing, we are excited to be working with such a world class facility as The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway.”

“Bringing the world’s two premier dirt track series together is a tremendous way to conclude the 2007 season,” said H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler, president and general manager of Lowe’s Motor Speedway. “There are only a few marquee dirt track events that attract fans from across the country and the Outlaws World Finals will join that prestigious list.

“We look forward to working with World of Outlaws officials and competitors to make this a destination event for all dirt racing fans.”

In each of the past three years, the World of Outlaws Late Model title was decided on the final night of the season, with Tim McCreadie wrapping up the championship in 2006 a year after Billy Moyer claimed the 2005 title after a tiebreaker.

The superstars of sprint car racing are competing with the World of Outlaws in 2007 as Donny Schatz takes aim at his second consecutive championship while Steve Kinser seeks his record 21st crown and Danny Lasoski tries for his second title and first since 2001. With the unparalleled competition, the championship race is expected to be one of the most hotly contested titles in the near 30-year history of the series.

The Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway will be the culmination of an entire season of about 90 World of Outlaws events and 50 World of Outlaws Late Model races — all seen or heard on ESPN2, SPEED or DIRTVision.com.

Tickets for the Nov. 1-3 Outlaws World Finals are now on sale. Reserved seats are $59 and include all three nights. They can be purchased by calling the Lowe’s Motor Speedway ticket office at 1-800- 455-FANS or visiting www.lowesmotorspeedway.com.

DIRT MotorSports Announces 'Colossal' 2007 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Schedule

CONCORD, NC - Dec. 4, 2006 - The 2007 World of Outlaws Late Models season will be, in a word, "colossal."
 
Highlighted by the addition of the $50,000-to-win 'Colossal 100' at The Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway, DIRT MotorSports officials on Monday released an '07 schedule that promises to be the most ambitious in the history of the nation's premier dirt Late Model tour.
 
Forty-eight confirmed events make up the busy '07 World of Outlaws Late Models schedule, which commences with $10,000-to-win 50-lap A-Mains on Feb. 15 and 17 during the DIRTcar Nationals Presented By Mopar Speed Shop at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.
 
The attractive schedule features inaugural WoO LM visits to The Dirt Track and two more of the country's most famous dirt ovals; five 'crown-jewel' 100-lap races paying $20,000 or more to win; three regional 'mini-tours'; and a major season-ending event to be announced within the next week.
 
"We promised the drivers that we'd bring them the best series schedule ever in 2007," said Tim Christman, who was named the director of the World of Outlaws Late Models in October. "I believe we've delivered that to them thanks to the help of so many racetrack promoters and owners across the country."
 
The second annual 'Colossal 100,' set for April 19-21, will serve as the first World of Outlaws Late Model event at The Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway, a world-class, four-tenths-mile oval located just miles from DIRT MotorSports' new corporate headquarters in Concord, N.C. It will offer the richest first-place prize in the tour's history.
 
The 'Colossal' will be the first of five big-money 100-lappers dotting the calendar, giving WoO LM drivers an opportunity to pad their bank accounts even further.

The well-known, historic Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tenn., will earn recognition as the only track to host two $20,000-to-win extra-distance specials: the high-banked track's traditional 'Scorcher 100' (Aug. 21-23) and a new two-day weekend in the fall (Oct. 12-13). The high-banked, three-eighths-mile oval returns to the WoO LM schedule for the first time since March 27, 2004.

Meanwhile, Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., will hold the inaugural 'Firecracker 100' on June 29-30 - boasting a $30,000 top prize and $140,000 total purse, it will be the biggest dirt Late Model event ever run in the Keystone State - and Pike County Speedway in Magnolia, Miss., will appear on the WoO LM trail for the first time as the site of the $20,000-to-win 'Freedom 100' extravaganza on July 6-7.

With only a handful of events still to be announced by DIRT officials, the WoO LM tour is set to compete at 39 different tracks in 23 states and one Canadian province. Only seven tracks, including The Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway, will host more than one event in '07, making the championship chase a true test of drivers' versatility.
 
The Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway and Pike County are among 18 tracks that the WoO LM tour is scheduled to visit for the first time in 2007 - a sure sign of its growing popularity.
 
Two hallowed dirt tracks, Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, and Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway, head the list of '07 newcomers. Eldora's 50-lap event on Fri., July 27, will mark a rare show for a national dirt Late Model tour at the half-mile oval owned by NASCAR star Tony Stewart, while the Knoxville half-mile will play host to the World of Outlaws Late Models on Fri., June 15 - the night before the World of Outlaws Sprint Car drivers take to the fairgrounds track.
 
The WoO LM will also chart new territory at North Alabama Speedway (March 25); New Egypt (N.J.) Speedway (April 13); Indiana's Kamp Motor Speedway in Boswell (April 28), Brownstown Speedway (May 16) and Lawrenceburg Speedway (July 26); The Raceway at Powercom Park in Cedar Rapids, Wis. (May 12); Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway (May 13); I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Mich. (May 18); Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kans. (June 16); Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway (June 20); Quebec's Autodrome Drummond (June 23); Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa. (July 22); Attica (Ohio) Raceway Park (July 25); and Paducah (Ky.) International Raceway (Sept. 14).
 
The 50-lap event on Sat., June 23, at Autodrome Drummond in the French-speaking province of Quebec will usher in a new 'international' era for the World of Outaws Late Models, which will contest a race outside the U.S.A.'s borders for the first time. Drummond, which has run big-block and 358-Modifieds under a DIRT MotorSports-sanction for more than two decades, is located less than an hour's drive from Montreal.
 
The new additions to the '07 WoO LM tour immediately caught the eye of 2006 champion Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y.
 
"When the series starts racing at famous tracks like Charlotte (Lowe's), Eldora and Knoxville, things are obviously going in the right direction," said McCreadie, who was the WoO LM Rookie of the Year in 2004 and finished third in the '05 point standings. "And when so many tracks are interested in the series that you can have in the neighborhood of 50 races, it definitely shows things are going in the right direction.
 
"I've always believed in the series, and I'm excited to see it continue to grow bigger and better."
 
Bringing more intrigue to the '07 WoO LM series, three 'mini-tours' will barnstorm across different regions of the country in May, June and July.
 
The first, dubbed the 'Monster Midwest Tour,' is scheduled to race through five states from May 9-18. It will start on Wed., May 9, on the Davenport (Iowa) Speedway Quarter-Mile (the WoO LMS ran on Davenport's half-mile oval in 2005), then travel to Wisconsin's The Raceway at Powercom Park on Sat., May 12; Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway on Sat., May 13; Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway on Wed., May 16; and Michigan's I-96 Speedway on Fri., May 18.
 
The 'Great Northern Tour' will get the green flag on Wed., June 20, at Pennsylvania's Port Royal Speedway. Drummond will be up next on Sat., June 23, followed by DIRT MotorSports NorthEast flagship track Cayuga County Fair Speedway in Weedsport, N.Y., on Sun., June 24; Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y., on Wed., June 27; and the two-day 'Firecracker 100' at Lernerville on June 29-30.
 
July will be closed out by the inaugural World of Outlaws Late Models Speedweek, set to visit Attica Raceway Park on Wed., July 25; Lawrenceburg Speedway on Thurs., July 26; Eldora on Fri., July 27; and Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio, on Sat., July 28. Sharon is the only 'Speedweek' participant that is not new to the World of Outlaws Late Models, having hosted the tour once per season in 2004, '05 and '06.

"The 'mini-tours' will be great additions to the schedule for both our fulltime drivers and the many talented regional racers whom we welcome at events across the country," explained Christman. "For the fulltime teams, linking races together in specific regions makes sense from a traveling standpoint and provides them more money-making opportunities. As for the regional racers, they'll be enticed to participate with the World of Outlaws Late Models on a part-time basis when the tour visits their areas."
 
Returning tracks to the WoO LM that will host single events in '07 include Baton Rouge Speedway in Baker, La. (March 23); Columbus (Miss.) Speedway (March 24); Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway (April 27); Ohio's Brushcreek Motorsports Complex in Peebles (May 4), Wayne County Speedway in Orrville (May 5) and K-C Raceway in Alma (Aug. 25); Delaware International Speedway in Delmar (May 31); River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.Dak. (June 12); Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn. (June 14); and Missouri's Lebanon I-44 Speedway (July 10) and I-55 Raceway in Pevely (Sept. 15).
 
Lernerville, Virginia Motor Speedway in Saluda, Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway and Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa., are among the select group of tracks that will host multiple events. Lernerville will have a mid-week show on Tues., April 17, two months prior to the 'Firecracker 100; Virginia Motor, which has enjoyed visits from the WoO LM in 2005 and '06, will promote 50-lap tour events on Sat., April 14, and Fri., July 20; Hagerstown, which has had five WoO LMS races since 2004, has booked a $10,000-to-win 50-lap feature for Sat., June 2, and a $12,000-to-win 60-lap A-Main on Sat., July 21, to celebrate the track's 60th anniversary; and Tri-City will once again run separate 50-lap races paying $10,000 to win as the headliner of its two-day 'Coal Region Labor Day Classic' on Sept. 1-2.
 
"We're proud of the schedule we've been able to put together for our World of Outlaws Late Model drivers," said Christman. "We believe it's the biggest, most exciting schedule that any dirt Late Model sanctioning body has ever announced.
 
"Everyone associated with the series has worked hard to get us to the point where a great 2007 season is ahead of us. We just have to keep it up so the series continues to grow."
 
For more information on the World of Outlaws Late Models, visit www.dirtmotorsports.com/LMS.
 
2007 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Schedule (as of Dec. 4, 2006)
 
Date - Day - Track/Location - Event - To Win - Laps
 
Feb. 15 - Thurs. - Volusia Speedway Park/Barberville, FL - DIRTcar Nationals - $10,000 - 50L
Feb. 17 - Sat. - Volusia Speedway Park/Barberville, FL - DIRTcar Nationals - $10,000 - 50L
 
March 23 - Fri. - Baton Rouge Raceway/Baker, LA - $10,000 - 50L
March 24 - Sat. - Columbus Speedway/Columbus, MS - $10,000 - 50L
March 25 - Sun. - North Alabama Speedway/Tuscumbia, AL - $7,000 - 40L
 
April 13 - Fri. - New Egypt Speedway/New Egypt, NJ - $10,000 - 50L
April 14 - Sat. - Virginia Motor Speedway/Saluda, VA - $10,000 - 50L
April 17 - Tues. - Lernerville Speedway/Sarver, PA - $10,000 - 50L
April 19,20,21 - Sat. - The Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway/Concord, NC - COLOSSAL 100 - $50,000 - 100L
April 27 - Fri. - Farmer City Raceway/Farmer City, IL - $10,000 - 50L
April 28 - Sat. - Kamp Motor Speedway/Boswell, IN - $10,000 - 50L
 
May 4 - Fri. - Brush Creek Motorsports Complex/Peebles, OH - $10,000 - 50L
May 5 - Sat. - Wayne County Speedway/Orrville, OH - $10,000 - 50L
May 9 - Wed. - Davenport Speedway Quarter-Mile/Davenport, IA - Monster Midwest Tour - $10,000 - 50L
May 12 - Sat. - The Raceway at Powercom Park/Beaver Dam, WI - Monster Midwest Tour - $10,000 - 50L
May 13 - Sun. - Lincoln Speedway/Lincoln, IL - Monster Midwest Tour - $7,000 - 40L
May 16 - Wed. - Brownstown Speedway/Brownstown, IN - Monster Midwest Tour - $10,000 - 50L
May 18 - Fri. - I-96 Speedway/Lake Odessa, MI - Monster Midwest Tour - $10,000 - 50L
May 31 - Thurs. - Delaware International Speedway/Delmar, DE - $10,000 - 50L
 
June 2 - Sat. - Hagerstown Speedway/Hagerstown, MD - $10,000 - 50L
June 12 - Tues. - River Cities Speedway/Grand Forks, ND - $10,000 - 50L
June 14 - Thurs. - Deer Creek Speedway/Spring Valley, MN - Gopher 50 - $10,000 - 50L
June 15 - Fri. - Knoxville Raceway/Knoxville, IA - $10,000 - 50L
June 16 - Sat. - Lakeside Speedway/Kansas City, KS - $10,000 - 50L
June 17 - Sun. - TBA
June 20 - Wed. - Port Royal Speedway/Port Royal, PA - Great Northern Tour - $7,000 - 40L
June 23 - Sat. - Autodrome Drummond/Drummondville, QUE - Great Northern Tour - $10,000 - 50L
June 24 - Sun. - Cayuga County Fair Speedway/Weedsport, NY - Great Northern Tour - $10,000 - 50L
June 27 - Wed. - Stateline Speedway/Busti, NY - Great Northern Tour - $7,000 - 50L
June 29,30 - Sat. - Lernerville Speedway/Sarver, PA - FIRECRACKER 100 - $30,000 - 100L
 
July 6,7 - Sat. - Pike County Speedway/Magnolia, MS - FREEDOM 100 - $20,000 - 100L
July 10 - Tues. - Lebanon I-44 Speedway/Lebanon, MO - $10,000 - 50L
July 20 - Fri. - Virginia Motor Speedway/Saluda, VA - $10,000 - 50L
July 21 - Sat. - Hagerstown Speedway/Hagerstown, MD - 60th Anniversary Race - $12,000 - 60L
July 22 - Sun. - Eriez Speedway/Hammett, PA - $10,000 - 50L
July 25 - Wed. - Attica Raceway Park/Attica, OH - WoO LM Speedweek - $7,000 - 40L
July 26 - Thurs. - Lawrenceburg Speedway/Lawrenceburg, IN - WoO LM Speedweek - $7,000 - 40L
July 27 - Fri. - Eldora Speedway/Rossburg, OH - WoO LM Speedweek - $10,000 - 50L
July 28 - Sat. - Sharon Speedway/Hartford, OH - WoO LM Speedweek - $10,000 - 50L
 
Aug. 21,22,23 - Thurs. - Volunteer Speedway/Bulls Gap, TN - SCORCHER 100 - $20,000 - 100L
Aug. 25 - Sat. - K-C Raceway/Alma, OH - $10,000 - 50L
 
Sept. 1 - Sat. - Tri-City Speedway/Franklin, PA - Oil Region Labor Day Classic - $10,000 - 50L
Sept. 2 - Sun. - Tri-City Speedway/Franklin, PA - Oil Region Labor Day Classic - $10,000 - 50L
Sept. 14 - Fri. - Paducah International Raceway/Paducah, KY - $10,000 - 50L
Sept. 15 - Sat. - I-55 Raceway/Pevely, MO - $10,000 - 50L
Sept. 16 - Sun. - TBA
Sept. 21 - Fri. - TBA
Sept. 22 - Sat. - TBA
 
Oct. 10 - Wed. - The Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway/Concord, NC - Jani-King Showdown - $10,000 - 50L
Oct. 12,13 - Sat. - Volunteer Speedway/Bulls Gap, TN - $20,000 - 100L
 
Nov. 1 - Thurs. - Season Championship - TBA
Nov. 2 - Fri. - Season Championship - TBA - $10,000 - 50L
Nov. 3 - Sat. - Season Championship - TBA - $10,000 - 50L

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Champion Tim McCreadie Among Nominees For 2006 AARWBA All-America Team

CONCORD, NC - Nov. 27, 2006 - Tim McCreadie has already been recognized as the 2006 World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion.

Soon he might be a motorsports "All-American" as well.

McCreadie, 32, of Watertown, N.Y., is among a standout group of drivers nominated for the 2006 Auto Racing All-America team, which will be determined by a vote among more than 300 members of the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association (AARWBA).

A first-time WoO LMS titlist this season, McCreadie is nominated for the AARWBA All-America team in the Short Track category, which also prominently includes 2006 World of Outlaws Sprint Series champion Donny Schatz.

Other nominees in the Short Track category include USAC National Midget champion Jerry Coons Jr., USAC Silver Crown titlist Bud Kaeding, National Sprint Tour champ Danny Lasoski and USAC Sprint champion Josh Wise.

"We're very proud that Tim McCreadie's championship season with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series has earned him recognition alongside some of the best short-track racers in the country," said Tim Christman, who directs the WoO LMS for DIRT MotorSports. "It's further testament of the significance that winning the World of Outlaws Late Model Series title holds in the motorsports world."

The annual voting by the AARWBA membership will name two nominees from each of seven categories to the 2006 All-America first team. Other categories include Open Wheel, Stock Car, Road Racing, Drag Racing, Touring Series and At Large.

Drivers placing third and fourth in each category will be named to the second team, while all others receiving at least five percent of the vote will be cited as honorable mentions.

The nominee who earns the most votes in the balloting - regardless of category - will be presented the prestigious Jerry Titus Award.

All of the All-America teams and the winner of the Jerry Titus Award will be announced at the annual AARWBA banquet on Jan. 13, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency in Indianapolis.

McCreadie is one of 19 racers on the 42-driver ballot seeking a first career appearance on the AARWBA All-America team. This is also his first time as a nominee.

McCreadie's road to the AARWBA ballot began in January when he shocked the open-wheel racing establishment by winning the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals in Tulsa, Okla. He raised his stature even further with his performance on the WoO LMS, winning the title in only his third full season of dirt Late Model competition.

The son of Northeast DIRT Modified legend "Barefoot" Bob McCreadie, T-Mac drove Carl Myers's Sweeteners Plus Rocket No. 39 to two wins in '06 on the hyper-competitive WoO LMS, taking features at K-C Raceway in Alma, Ohio, and Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. The 2004 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year recorded 12 top-five and 24 top-10 finishes in 30 events en route to a narrow 16-point margin of victory in the final standings over Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga.

McCreadie's WoO LMS championship brought him a points-fund payoff of $120,000 - the largest single check any dirt Late Model driver received in 2006. His total WoO LMS earnings for the season totaled $216,500.

McCreadie, who began his dirt-track racing career in 1996 by entering the DIRT 358-Modified division, also had his talent recognized this season when he was invited to participate in the G.M. Driver Development Program. He was among a group of drivers who tested Busch Series cars at Caraway Speedway in Asheboro, N.C., and Nashville (Tenn.) SuperSpeedway.

The AARWBA membership has annually chosen an All-America Auto Racing team since 1970.

The AARWBA banquet is open to the public. Ticket information is available by writing the AARWBA at 922 N. Pass Ave., Burbank, Calif., 91505, or calling 818-842-7005.

Still Racing: World of Outlaws Late Model Series Standout Clint Smith Adds To Strong Season By Taking 'Gobbler 75' Victory

CONCORD, NC - Nov. 19, 2006 - Clint Smith will have a happy Thanksgiving.

That's because the World of Outlaws Late Model Series standout from Senoia, Ga., scored a long-sought victory in a traditional pre-holiday event, capturing Saturday night's 18th annual 'Gobbler 75' at Cleveland (Tenn.) Speedway.

The only 2006 WoO LMS regular to enter the extra-distance special, Smith, 41, outdueled Chris Madden of Gaffney, S.C., to pocket a $5,000 top prize.

"I've run (the 'Gobbler') for probably the last 10 years," said Smith, who has been a featured WoO LMS traveler since DIRT MotorSports launched the tour in 2004. "I think I've stood on the frontstretch after the race for the last five years, but that was because I always finished second or third.

"It feels good to finally win this one and get it out of the way."

The only part of the triumph that didn't quite meet Smith's expectations was the hardware he received in Victory Lane following the race. He wasn't presented a unique 'Gobbler 75' trophy like he had seen some other drivers receive in the past.

"I remember them giving out a stuffed turkey (as a trophy) a few times," quipped Smith. "They didn't do that this year."

After a frustrating Friday night at Cleveland Speedway that saw him start 16th and finish seventh in the Joe Lee Johnson Memorial, Smith came back with a vengeance on Saturday. He turned the second-fastest lap in time trials to earn the outside pole starting spot for the A-Main, setting him up for a battle with Madden, the evening's fast-timer and polesitter.

Madden, who won the WoO LMS season-finale Gator 100 last month at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., and Smith diced side-by-side for the lead during the early laps around the one-third-mile oval. Smith finally seized control near the halfway mark with a powerful outside move around Madden and a lapped car and never looked back.

"I had a real good race with Madden," said Smith, who drove his familiar J.P. Drilling-backed GRT No. 44. "We got into lapped traffic pretty fast and got to racing hard with some slower cars. I got by him on the outside when I got a good run in lapped traffic, and I was fortunate enough to still be in the lead a few laps later when a caution came out.

"Once I was leading I had the chance to pick where I wanted to run on the racetrack, and that was the difference."

Madden, who won Friday night's feature, chased Smith across the finish line in the runner-up spot. Mike Weeks of Friendsville, Tenn., placed third, followed by Anthony White of Clinton, Tenn., and Bo Feathers of Winchester, Va.

Smith was a happy camper after turning the tables on Madden, who led Smith under the checkered flag to win the Nov. 12 Blue-Gray 100 at Cherokee SuperSpeedway in Gaffney, S.C., and adding another flourish to one of his best racing seasons ever.

The victory was Smith's 11th overall of 2006. Four of his wins came on the WoO LMS - a personal career-high on the tour, and the second-highest win total (behind Rick Eckert's eight) on the '06 trail.

"In terms of money won, this year was second to (2005) for me," said Smith, who earned $75,110 in purses this season on the WoO LMS plus another $29,000 for finishing 10th in the tour point standings. "But we had a lot of success. Our GRT program was really good, and after doing some experimenting, I'd say that now our engine program (with RaceTek) is on top of the game."

Smith felt that he flashed more sheer speed in '06 than he ever has in his career, and he was very pleased to be a major contender for victory in several of dirt Late Model racing's premier special events.

"We had the potential to win some really big shows," said Smith, "like the (UMP-sanctioned) World 100 (at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio) and the Dirt Track World Championship (at K-C Raceway in Alma, Ohio). Maybe it was some driver error or inexperience being in those positions that cost us in those races, but we were right there and I'm proud of that."

Smith has enjoyed himself so much in '06, he's not quite ready to call it a season. He plans to run one more race before beginning to plot his '07 assault: this weekend's (Nov. 24-25) 'Turkey 100' at Swainsboro (Ga.) Speedway.

"Swainsboro is in a part of the country where I have a pretty good fan base, but we don't get to run around there too often," said Smith. "We're gonna go down there and see some people we usually don't get to see because we're on the road so much."

For more information on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series visit www.dirtmotorsports.com/LMS.

SPEED Set To Air 2006 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Season-Finale ‘Gator 100’ This Sunday (Nov. 19)

NORMAN, OK – Nov. 13, 2006 – The 2006 World of Outlaws Late Model Series season-finale ‘Gator 100’ will be telecast this Sunday (Nov. 19) at 6 p.m. EST on SPEED.

The one-hour program will feature lap-by-lap coverage of the ‘Gator 100,’ which was held on Oct. 14 at the half-mile Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.

Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., clinched the 2006 WoO LMS points title – worth a cool $120,000 – with his run in the ‘Gator 100.’ He came out on top of a dramatic points battle that also included Shane Clanton, Chub Frank, Billy Moyer and Darrell Lanigan.

SPEED commentators Rick Benjamin and Shane Andrews and pit reporter Mark Kenyon will call the action on Sunday’s telecast, which precedes SPEED’s weekly ‘NASCAR Victory Lane’ show.

The ‘Gator 100’ will close out the ’06 WoO LMS broadcast schedule on SPEED. Other tracks that were sites for SPEED event tapings during the ’06 WoO LMS season included Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa.; Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn.; Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio; Cayuga County Fair Speedway in Weedsport, N.Y.; and Virginia Motor Speedway in Saluda.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.dirtmotorsports.com/LMS.

‘Georgia Trio’ Represents World of Outlaws Late Model Series Well At North Georgia and Cherokee Speedways

NORMAN, OK – Nov. 13, 2006 – The World of Outlaws Late Model Series’s ’Georgia Trio’ represented the tour well over the weekend.

Racing into the late fall while most of their fellow 2006 WoO LMS travelers have already called it a season, Peach State residents Dale McDowell, Clint Smith and Shane Clanton added strong finishes to their ’06 records in weekend special events at North Georgia Speedway in Chatsworth and Cherokee Super Speedway in Gaffney, S.C.

All three drivers entered Saturday night’s ’Turkey Rumble 60’ at North Georgia Speedway, a one-third-mile, high-banked oval that hosted the WoO LMS on May 8, 2004.

It was no surprise that the highest-finishing WoO LMS regular in North Georgia’s season-ender was McDowell, the 40-year-old from Chickamauga, Ga., who has his dirt Late Model driving school based at the track. He finished second in his Larry Shaw Race Cars/J&J Steel Rocket No. 17M behind four-time UMP Modified national champion Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn.

McDowell, coming off a $30,000 National 100 victory on Nov. 5 at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, led the middle portion of the race before being passed by Owens, who used lapped traffic to assume command and grab the $5,000 victory.

Locust Grove, Ga.’s Clanton, the runner-up in the ’06 WoO LMS point standings, chased McDowell during the event’s late stages and finished third. Clanton, who won the only WoO LMS event ever held at North Georgia, drove Ronnie Dobbins’s RSD Enterprises Rocket No. 25.

Senoia, Ga.’s Smith, meanwhile, appeared headed to a top-five finish in his J.P. Drilling GRT No. 44 when mechanical trouble forced him to retire from competition midway through the event.

Smith turned his fortunes around in Sunday’s 16th annual Blue-Gray 100 at Cherokee Super Speedway.

The only WoO LMS regular in the field at Cherokee, Smith ran a steady race to finish second behind local favorite Chris Madden of Gaffney, S.C., who last month won the WoO LMS season-finale ‘Gator 100’ at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, S.C.

Smith inherited second place on the final lap from Donnie Moran of Dresden, Ohio, whose car blew a tire.

Tire wear was an issue in the Blue-Gray 100, but Madden and Smith managed to go the distance on the same set of tires while most of the drivers finishing behind them pitted to make late-race rubber changes.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.dirtmotorsports.com/LMS.

Winning The 2006 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Snap-on Tools Crew Chief of the Year Award Was A Thrill For Eddie Carrier Sr.

NORMAN, OK – Oct. 30, 2006 – Eddie Carrier Sr. had tears in his eyes on Oct. 15 as he addressed the crowd during the 2006 World of Outlaws Late Model Series awards banquet in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Being named the tour’s Snap-on Tools Crew Chief of the Year clearly meant a lot to the affable gentleman who turns the wrenches for his son Eddie Jr.

“Gosh,” said Carrier Sr., who oversaw his son’s run to the ’06 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year award. “I never expected this.”

The elder Carrier was overcome with emotion after being singled out as the trail’s top mechanic for the ’06 season. He received $7,500 worth of Snap-on Tools for the award, which was determined by a vote of the WoO LMS’s crew chiefs and officials.

Considering the Carriers were regulars on the nation’s premier dirt Late Model series for the first time this year, the Snap-on Tools Crew Chief of the Year voting demonstrated how quickly Carrier Sr. earned the respect of his peers.

“It means everything to be voted the winner of this award,” said Carrier Sr., who spent more than 20 years as a dirt Late Model driver before stepping out of the cockpit in the mid-‘90s to help his son’s burgeoning career. “When they said my name, I couldn’t believe that I won it. This was my first year with these guys, and they picked me.

“Man, I couldn’t believe it,” he added, shaking his head while receiving congratulatory handshakes following the awards ceremonies.

Carrier Sr., 54, of Salt Rock, W.Va., and his 35-year-old son hit the road with the WoO LMS this year in pursuit of the rookie title despite missing the tour’s opening event, on Feb. 4 at Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, Ga. They competed in the WoO LMS shows two weeks later at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., then decided to follow the remainder of the schedule after meeting with car owner Carl Grover.

The Carriers said they opted to run with the Outlaws largely because they were treated well by the tour’s officials during the Florida action. The respectful treatment erased any lingering doubts they had about DIRT MotorSports – a point Carrier Sr. touched upon while standing on stage during the WoO LMS awards banquet.

“A couple years ago I thought you were the worst guys in the world,” he said while glancing over at DIRT MotorSports officials, drawing laughs from the assemblage. “Now I think you’re the best.

“I really enjoyed racing with DIRT MotorSports (owners of the WoO LMS) this year, and I appreciate everything you do for the sport and dirt Late Model racing.”

Carrier Sr.’s popularity with the WoO LMS crowd was evident by the loud ovation he received when he was revealed as the Snap-on award’s winner. His home-spun modesty was on display when the clapping stopped.

“I want all the crew chiefs in the room to stand up,” he said, motioning his fellow mechanics to accept a moment in the spotlight. “I know how hard you worked, and everybody here deserves recognition.

“We’re all friends, we race each other, we travel together, we work our butts off. I know a lot of guys who work just as hard as I do and deserve this (award) just as much.”

Carrier Sr. also had a message for all his fellow mechanics: “When you get something like this after working so hard all year, it’s like winning the World 100.”

The younger Carrier, who has over 175 career victories combined in dirt Late Model and UMP-type Modified competition, was thrilled to see his father win the award.

“It was a surprise to see him get it after our first year on the series, but I think he’s well deserving of it,” said Carrier Jr., who received $25,000 for capturing WoO LMS Rookie of the Year honors. “I know all the hours all these crew chiefs put in, and even though he’s got a little age on some of ‘em, the blood, sweat and tears he puts out is unbelievable.

“This is what he lives for,” added Junior. “I remember one day somebody asked him what his favorite season is, and he said, ‘Race season.’”

Carrier Sr. simply relishes the opportunity to make his living working on race cars and traveling up-and-down the highway with his son.

“It’s awesome,” said Carrier Sr. “I think I live the best life. I’m not rich or nothing, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

“Carl Grover gives us the opportunity to go do this and I hope it lasts a long time.”

The Carriers are already looking forward to the 2007 WoO LMS season. They’re hoping the experience they gained as Carrier Jr. drove Grover’s Engines Inc./Railway Equipment Inc. Rocket cars to an 11th-place finish in this year’s point standings will lead to brighter days, including a career-first tour victory.

“I think we learned (in ’06) how you gotta step it up a notch as a driver and as a team getting the car ready,” said Carrier Sr., who calls Grover “the best owner” anyone could ever ask for. “You gotta be prepared when you get to the track, but what we found out also is that there’s always somebody you can go talk to that won’t lie to you.

“That’s why (the Outlaws are) such a great group of guys to race with.”

ON THE WEB: For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.dirtmotorsports.com/LMS.

ON TELEVISION: The final WoO LMS television broadcast of 2006 is scheduled for SPEED on Sun., Nov. 19, at 6 p.m. EST.

Featured in the one-hour telecast will be the tour’s season-finale ‘Gator 100’ that was run on Oct. 14 at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.

DIRT MotorSports Names Tim Christman Director of World of Outlaws Late Model Series

NORMAN, OK – Oct. 25, 2006 – DIRT MotorSports officials have named Tim Christman the director of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series.

Christman, 37, brings a deep motorsports background to the post, including time as a short-track owner/operator and a stint as the sales and marketing director of Dover Downs Entertainment. He joined DIRT MotorSports earlier this year as the company’s special-events coordinator.

A resident of Locust Grove, Ga., Christman’s duties with the WoO LMS will include handling the concerns of the touring race teams and working with track promoters to schedule events and make them successful undertakings.

Bret Emrick, who served as the WoO LMS director in 2006 after replacing Dean Miracle in the spring, will remain with the nation’s premier dirt Late Model tour. He will fill the role of competition/race director for the 2007 season.

“I’m passionate about dirt Late Model racing,” said Christman. “I think it’s the top form of short-track racing from a fan’s standpoint, and it’s the most competitive form of racing from a competitor’s standpoint.

“I’m excited to have the opportunity to work with the great drivers, team owners and promoters who are involved with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series.”

Ben Geisler, DIRT MotorSports’ Executive Vice President, Operations, feels the WoO LMS will prosper under Christman’s direction.

“Tim was fortunate enough in his career to become the sales and marketing director for all of Dover Downs Entertainment’s facilities and motorsports events,” said Geisler. “But he really couldn’t get short-track racing out of his blood, and DIRT MotorSports and the World of Outlaws Late Model Series will be the beneficiary.

“I think we’re incredibly fortunate to have him with us as series director.”

With Christman’s arrival, DIRT’s WoO LMS and WoO Sprint Series will now follow identical operation models.

“With the World of Outlaws Sprint Series, we have a competition/race director (Don Grabey) and a series director (Carlton Reimers),” said Geisler. “That’s worked great for us with the Sprints, and we’ll have the same success with the Late Models.”

Geisler noted that Emrick gladly accepted a change in his WoO LMS job description. Emrick said he relishes the opportunity to focus on the competition side of the tour as Christman tends to the administrative end.

“We all owe a great debt of gratitude to Bret Emrick for stepping up as series director this year when Dean Miracle stepped aside,” said Geisler. “He did a great job for us, and we’re thrilled that he’s staying on with us next year as race director.”

Christman’s connection to short-track racing runs deep. It began when he was a kid growing up in Amsterdam, N.Y., near the venerable Fonda Speedway dirt track, where his father spent time toiling as a flagman and Christman worked as a youngster on Saturday nights.

“I was always around the sport,” said Christman, whose father also raced on asphalt tracks around New York’s Capital District.

After Christman’s family relocated to Florida when he was a teenager, his parents purchased and promoted Lake City Speedway, a three-eighths-mile dirt oval. His family was also involved with the Florida Pro Series, a pavement Super Late Model tour that was launched in the early ‘90s.

Christman graduated from Florida Southern University in 1992 with a degree in finance. He spent several years working in the financial world before moving to Dover, Del., in 1996 to serve as the director of sales and marketing at Dover International Speedway. Shortly thereafter he relocated to Nashville, Tenn., to become the national director of sales and marketing for Dover Downs Entertainment, the parent company of Dover International Speedway, Gateway International Raceway, Nashville SuperSpeedway and the Long Beach (Calif.) Grand Prix.

Short-track racing called Christman’s name again in 2000 when he departed Dover Downs Entertainment to purchase the paved Ocala (Fla.) Speedway. He spent several years operating Ocala, Citrus County Speedway in Inverness, Fla. (a lease deal) and a UMP-sanctioned open-wheel Modified series in the Southeast before relocating to the Atlanta area.

Now he’s with DIRT MotorSports, hard at work already on formulating an ambitious WoO LMS schedule and other plans for the 2007 season.

“I’ve been on the promoter’s side of the fence so I can speak to the promoters with an idea of what they need and want,” said Christman, a married father of a six-year-old daughter (his wife, Jennifer, is due to deliver the couple’s second child in February). “I also have experience running a traveling series, so hopefully I can blend those two areas of knowledge as the director of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series.”

Christman believes the tour has a great future ahead of it.

“I firmly believe the World of Outlaws Late Model Series is the best thing out there,” said Christman. “We have the best drivers, the best car owners and the best staff. I’m happy to be part of it.”

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World of Outlaws Late Model Series News & Notes: Wrapping Up The Season-Finale Gator 100 & 2006 Awards Banquet 

NORMAN, OK – Oct. 17, 2006 –  

NICE HARDWARE: Tim McCreadie got in some heavy lifting during Sunday night’s 2006 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Awards Banquet in Daytona Beach, Fla., when he became the first driver to receive what will become the trademark WoO champion’s trophy.

Weighing in at a robust 38 pounds, the unique bronze trophy features a race car driver kneeling proudly in front of a background that conjures up a dirt track’s sweeping turns. DIRT MotorSports officials commissioned artist/sculpture Jack Norris to create the trophy, which will be presented annually to the champs of DIRT’s WoO LM and Sprint series.

MAKING A DEAL?: During his acceptance speech, McCreadie said he knew it would be tough to maintain the eight-point lead over Shane Clanton he took into Saturday night’s season-finale Gator 100 at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.

How tough? Well, McCreadie glanced toward Clanton in the banquet crowd and joked that he had concocted a plan to stay ahead.

“I told everybody last night that I was paying people $50 a lap to hold you back,” McCreadie quipped to the Georgia driver. “Chub (Frank) didn’t want $50 though; he wanted 25 percent of this (the $120,000 champion’s check in McCreadie’s hand).”

McCreadie smiled as he noted that making a deal with the hard-nosed Frank might have been a good idea: “I realized he might have been the only guy who could’ve got it done!”

STATING THE OBVIOUS: Rocket Chassis’s Mark Richards, who was named the 2006 WoO LMS Chassis Builder of the Year during the awards banquet, made an appropriate summation of this year’s tour champion when he stood on stage and addressed the crowd.

“Three years ago not many people in dirt Late Model racing knew who Tim McCreadie was,” Richards said of the New York star, who has used Rocket cars since entering the dirt Late Model ranks part-time in 2003. “But now everybody knows who Tim McCreadie is.

“It didn’t take Timmy long to make his mark.”

GREAT FINISH: Josh Richards, Mark’s 18-year-old son, closed out his second-half surge with an impressive march from the 17th starting spot to a fourth-place finish in Saturday night’s Gator 100 at Volusia Speedway Park.

>From the beginning of August to the season finale, the 2005 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year tallied more points on the tour than any other driver. A slow start – which he acknowledged during his on-stage banquet remarks – relegated him to a $31,000 ninth-place finish in the point standings.

“At the beginning of the year, I thought I was going to get fired,” quipped Richards, who drives his father’s Rocket Chassis house car.

UNEXPECTED DELAY: Richards and Co. had some problems just getting to the Sunshine State last weekend.

On Oct. 11, a couple hours after leaving the Jani-King Southern Showdown at The Dirt Track at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., the Mark Richards Racing Enterprises hauler got hung up in a precarious position entering a gas station in South Carolina. The rig’s wheels came off the ground and the trailer protruded into the road, blocking two lanes of traffic.

It took a wrecker crew more than two hours to dislodge the rig and get the team back on the highway.

SIGN OF AFFECTION: Shane Clanton got a laugh from the banquet attendees when he punctuated his remarks on finishing second in the WoO LMS point standings by thanking his crewmen, whom he jokingly called “my dummies over there.”

A LITTLE SYMPATHY: Steve Francis, who earned $37,000 for finishing sixth in the ’06 point standings, told Clanton to keep his head up after coming oh-so-close to winning the championship.

“I know exactly how Shane feels right now,” said Francis. “I’ve been there before twice (runner-up in ’04 and ’05).”

TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW: DIRT MotorSports officials and WoO LMS drivers took time during their banquet comments to acknowledge Dale McDowell, who has announced he won’t be a WoO LMS regular in 2007 because he’s taken a position working on a driver development program with Richard Childress Racing.

McDowell, who pocketed $33,000 for finishing eighth in the ’06 point standings, will spend the bulk of his time next year tutoring Childress’s teenage grandsons, Austin and Ty Dillon, in the intricacies of dirt Late Model racing. He will compete with the WoO LMS when his schedule allows.

One of McDowell’s friendly rivals, Rick Eckert, joked that there’s one reason he’s happy to see the respected, well-spoken McDowell go.

“I’m gonna miss Dale McDowell,” Eckert said after accepting his $35,000 check for finishing seventh in the point standings, “but I’m not gonna miss coming up on stage after him (at the banquet). He just talks up here so much more professional than me!”

TWO-CAR ASSAULT: Chub Frank entered a second car in the Gator 100 with his cousin Rick “Boom” Briggs behind the wheel.

Briggs, who won the 2004 WoO LMS Crew Chief of the Year Award while traveling the circuit with Frank, spent ’06 racing his dirt Late Model on tracks in western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and New York. He finished as high as sixth in a WoO LMS event (on Sept. 4 at Pennsy’s Tri-City Speedway) and qualified for the Gator 100 by winning one of the ‘Whiplash Bash’ events for B-Main starters on Friday night.

Briggs also outqualified his boss in Friday’s time trials, but “they don’t pay you for that,” Frank said with a smile. ‘Chubzilla’ flashed plenty of speed in the Gator 100, climbing as high as fourth from the 12th starting spot before a worn-out right-front tire caused him to slip backward over the final 30 laps and finish sixth.

Frank’s performance allowed him to overtake 2005 WoO LMS champion Billy Moyer, who finished 15th after pitting on lap 42 to change shocks and getting lapped on the 64th circuit, for a career-high tour points finish of third. The one-spot advancement in the final standings was worth $7,000 to Frank; he received $50,000 for third while Moyer picked up $43,000 for fourth.

NICE REWARD: Eddie Carrier Jr. experienced a forgettable night at Volusia on Saturday. His No. 28 developed ignition problems during the Gator 100 pace laps, forcing him to roll into the pit area and end up with a last-place finish.

But he was soothed on Sunday night, when he left the banquet with a whopping $51,500 in cash. He received $26,500 for finishing 11th in the point standings, plus another $25,000 for winning the tour’s Rookie of the Year Award.

Consider that Carrier’s post-season awards were almost double the amount of purse money ($26,510) he earned on the ’06 WoO LMS.

EYES WIDE OPEN: Good-guy racer Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa., made the long haul to Volusia for the Gator 100 – with his No. 21d in plain sight for the entire trip on an open trailer.

Stone, who made the cut for the Gator 100 through a B-Main and finished 25th after bringing out a caution flag with mechanical trouble on lap 11, was awestruck prior to Friday’s qualifying when informed of the points-fund and Rookie of the Year cash that Carrier was set to collect from DIRT MotorSports.

“I don’t think I’ve ever even made $25,000 in a whole season,” quipped Stone.

MEMORABLE RUN: Chris Madden’s convincing victory in the Gator 100 made him just the fourth non-Outlaw driver to win a feature on the tour in 2006, following Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., Dick Barton of Ashville, N.Y., and Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa.

The triumph also bore an ironic resemblance to the other $20,000 win of his career: a 2003 Xtreme DirtCar Series score at 311 Speedway in Madison, N.C.

“That win at Madison was one of my first races back after being out for awhile from the neck and back injuries I got in a wreck at Charlotte,” said Madden, 31, of Gaffney, S.C. “Now this win tonight comes not long after I came back from missing seven weeks because I fell off my truck at the shop and broke both my feet.

“I guess there’s something about coming back from injuries that gets me going good.”

NO SUCCESS: Illinois residents Shannon Babb and Brian Shirley – a pair of Petroff Towing-backed racers who have been among the hottest dirt Late Model drivers in the country this season – entered the Gator 100 but had disappointing weekends.

Babb, the two-time defending champion of the UMP Summernationals, qualified for the 100 through a heat. But the 2004 WoO LMS feature winner at Volusia wasn’t a factor before bringing out a caution flag and retiring on lap 65.

The 25-year-old Shirley, meanwhile, came to Volusia hot off his huge victory in the Sept. 30 Knoxville Late Model Nationals. The 2002 UMP Late Model Rookie of the Year, who spent the week leading to the race hanging out in the Daytona Beach sun after running the Oct. 6-7 Dixie Shootout in Georgia, failed to qualify after being unable to recover from a turn-two twirl during a B-Main.

NICE NUMBERS: The Gator 100 dropped the curtain on a 2006 WoO LMS campaign that saw an average of 42.3 cars enter the 30 events.

The season-high car count was 87 (on Feb. 17 at Volusia), and the tour drew more than 50 cars seven times; more than 40 cars 10 times; and more than 30 machines on nine occasions.

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Madden Dominates Gator 100 At Volusia Speedway Park; Quiet McCreadie Clinches First-Ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series Title

BARBERVILLE, FL – Oct. 14, 2006 – Chris Madden of Gaffney, S.C., got the job done on Saturday night, scoring an impressive victory in the Daytona Dodge Mopar Speed Gator 100 at Volusia Speedway Park.

Tim McCreadie also got the job done, albeit in a slightly different manner. A quiet ninth-place finish allowed him to clinch his first-ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series points championship.

McCreadie, 32, of Watertown, N.Y., claimed the title, worth $120,000, by 16 points (4,110-4,094) over Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., who started and finished 13th.

“It wasn’t the easiest ninth I ever had in my life,” said McCreadie, who fell back from the sixth starting spot in his Sweeteners Plus Rocket No. 39. “But it got us where we needed to be.”

The 2006 season finale of the nation’s premier dirt Late Model tour was a runaway for Madden, who wasn’t challenged after slipping past Rick Eckert of York, Pa., for the lead on lap 21. He cruised to his first career WoO LMS triumph, earning himself a $20,000 check.

“This win is real satisfying because it kinda shows everyone that we can get the job done,” said the 31-year-old Madden, the current points leader and 2005 champion of the Southern All-Stars Late Model Series. “We’re good enough to run up front no matter who we’re racing against.”

Eckert finished a distant second, 3.174 seconds – nearly a full straightaway – behind Madden.

Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., placed third, followed by 17th-starter Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., and defending Gator 100 winner Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., who started ninth but slipped outside the top 10 early in the distance.

Madden’s victory came in just his third competitive visit to Volusia. Last year he raced in both the February Race Weeks events and fall Gator 100 at the half-mile oval, but he didn’t see action in the 2006 Race Weeks meet because he returned home upon learning that his friend’s father had died.

Despite his relative inexperience at the DIRT MotorSports-owned facility, Madden was without peer on Saturday night.

Once Madden steered his Henderson Amusements/Century Plastics No. 44M from the third starting spot to the lead, he pulled away from the pack at will. He was slowed only by four caution flags, on laps 21, 26, 42 and 65.

“The laps were just going so smooth,” said Madden. “I never even pushed it the whole race. This (Scott) Bloomquist chassis was just super-good tonight.”

Madden gained control for good on the 21st circuit when Eckert, who had surged off the outside pole to lead from the initial green flag, ran into trouble with lapped traffic. He lost his momentum momentarily when he clipped the sliding Eric Jacobsen of Santa Cruz, Calif., in turn four.

The contact left Eckert’s Raye Vest-owned Rocket with minor front-end damage

“One lapped car run into another one and they slid up across the racetrack,” remembered Eckert. “I got on the brakes and got into (Jacobsen) a little bit, just enough to break the hood pin off. After that the hood was up so high (flapping in the air) I could never see to turn into the corner.”

That was a major problem for Eckert.

“This place is a circle and you gotta look left all the time, so I couldn’t see where I needed to be,” said Eckert. “I ran looking at the hood, so I kept looking at the inside guardrail guessing where I was at. I made sure I didn’t miss the corners too much, but I was too low three-quarters of the time.

“I may have been good enough to win the race,” he added, “but we’ll never know.”

Eckert, 40, did end the season on a strong note, registering just his second top-five finish in the tour’s last 13 events. The run helped him hold on to seventh place in the final WoO LMS point standings.

Francis, 39, also shook himself out of an extended slump with his third-place finish. He got his Mopar Rocket up to second before losing the position to Eckert on a lap-42 restart.

But Francis couldn’t pick up any positions in the final points rundown. He settled for sixth place in the standings, four points behind Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., who finished eighth in the 100.

Richards, 18, was the race’s biggest mover-and-shaker, shuffling his Rocket house car steadily forward during the main. He overtook Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., for fourth shortly after a lap-65 restart and caught Francis 10 circuits later, but he couldn’t find a way to snare third place, finishing 0.366 of a second behind Francis.

The battle for the WoO LMS title between McCreadie and Clanton, who entered the night separated by only eight points, didn’t materialize as expected. Neither driver was a major factor in the event, and Clanton’s only bid to overtake McCreadie was a fleeting one following a lap-42 restart.

Clanton struggled to navigate the track using the high groove.

“I couldn’t go on the bottom, so I had to try something,” said Clanton, whose two-race WoO LMS win streak came to an end. “I tightened the car up too much to run the bottom, and I think I needed to tighten it up more to run the top.”

Describing his effort to pass McCreadie, Clanton said, “I thought if I could just get in front of him, I’d either pull left or stay wide and beat him. But it didn’t work out.”

Clanton walked to Victory Lane following the race and congratulated McCreadie. He was disappointed with the outcome but certainly not unhappy.

“Anytime you run second in points, you gotta say it’s a pretty good season,” said Clanton, who missed a portion of the 2005 WoO LMS campaign while recovering from a shoulder injury. “We wanted to win a race this year and we did, but we just fell a little bit short in the points. I guess we’ll have to get ‘em next year.”

The time is now for McCreadie, who hung on to capture the title despite failing to record a top-five finish in the season’s last four events, including a frustrating Gator 100 outing.

“We missed something tonight,” said McCreadie, who is in his third season driving Carl Myers’s dirt Late Model on the WoO LMS. “I thought at the start that I had something, but after that one (mid-race) restart, I don’t know if a tire sealed up or something, but we just went right in the tank from then on.

“It was just a matter of hoping for the best. I figured Shane would be coming along, but I guess it was just our night.

“I’m disappointed with the way we ran, but it was enough,” he added. “We’re happy right now. It’s a lot of relief to win this championship.”

Frank finished sixth in the 100, allowing the veteran racer to place third in the WoO LMS point standings. He overtook defending tour champion Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., who pitted to change shocks after bringing out a caution flag on lap 42 and was lapped by Madden on the 64th circuit, leaving him 15th at the finish.

With time trials and heat races completed on Friday, two B-Mains highlighted Saturday’s qualifying agenda. Richards and Johnny Cloer Jr. of Chatsworth, Ga., captured the last-chance events.

Moyer won the dash to earn the pole position for the feature.

Most of the WoO LMS teams were planning to remain in the Sunshine State on Sunday night (Oct. 15) to attend the tour’s annual awards banquet at The Shores Resort in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Results of WoO Late Model Series Gator 100 (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won): 1. (3) Chris Madden/100 $20,000; 2. (2) Rick Eckert/100 $10,000; 3. (5) Steve Francis/100 $6,000; 4. (17) Josh Richards/100 $5,000; 5. (9) Scott Bloomquist/100 $4,000; 6. (10) Chub Frank/100 $3,500; 7. (8) Earl Pearson Jr./100 $3,000; 8. (4) Darrell Lanigan/100 $2,700; 9. (6) Tim McCreadie/100 $2,500; 10. (15) Dale McDowell/100 $2,200; 11. (12) Clint Smith/100 $2,000; 12. (20) John Blankenship/100 $1,800; 13. (13) Shane Clanton/100 $1,700; 14. (14) Chris Wall/100 $1,600; 15. (1) Billy Moyer/99 $1,500; 16. (25) Steve Shaver/98 $1,500; 17. (7) Dan Schlieper/96 $1,500; 18. (26) Rick Briggs/96 $1,500; 19. (22) Patrick Sheltra/90 $1,500; 20. (16) Shannon Babb/64 $1,500; 21. (24) Garrett Durrett/59 $1,500; 22. (18) Johnny Cloer Jr./55 $1,500; 23. (19) Ray Cook/24 $1,500; 24. (23) Eric Jacobsen/20 $1,500; 25. (21) Dan Stone/10 $1,500; 26. (11) Eddie Carrier Jr./0 $1,500.

Time of Race: 50 Mins., 14.996 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 3.174 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 4 (Laps 21, 26, 42, 65)
Lap Leaders: Eckert (1-20); Madden (21-100)

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Josh Richards, Ray Cook, Dan Stone, Steve Shaver, G.R. Smith, Tony Knowles, Brian Shirley, Marshall Austin, Casey Barrow, Ivedent Lloyd, Garrett Durrett.

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Johnny Cloer Jr., John Blankenship, Patrick Sheltra, Eric Jacobsen, Johnny Collins, Larry Perry Jr., David Browning, Rick Briggs Jr., Homer Leonard, Bodine Massengill, Michael Lloyd.

Dash (4 laps): Moyer, Eckert, Madden, Lanigan.

Final 2006 WoO Late Model Series Point Standings: 1. Tim McCreadie 4,110; 2. Shane Clanton 4,094; 3. Chub Frank 4,076; 4. Billy Moyer 4,068; 5. Darrell Lanigan 4,066; 6. Steve Francis 4,062; 7. Rick Eckert 3,956; 8. Dale McDowell 3,926; 9. Josh Richards 3,894; 10. Clint Smith 3,847; 11. Eddie Carrier Jr. 3,439; 12. John Blankenship 3,404; 13. Eric Jacobsen 3,281; 14. Garrett Durrett 3,227; 15. Dave Hess Jr. 1,158; 16. Robbie Blair 1,065; 17. Mike Balzano 998; 18. Ricky Elliott 953; 18. Brady Smith 953; 20. Jimmy Mars 932.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the series, they can experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series live on Dirtvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail [email protected].

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor Hoosier Tire; Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART Machinery, Holley Performance Products Inc., MSD Ignition, Quarter Master, Ohlins and Wrisco Industries. 

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Points Leader Tim McCreadie Builds Confidence With Strong Effort On Gator 100 Qualifying Night At Volusia Speedway Park

BARBERVILLE, FL – Oct. 13, 2006 – Tim McCreadie doesn’t know if his solid performance in Friday’s qualifying-night action will translate to success – and his first World of Outlaws Late Model Series championship – in Saturday’s Daytona Dodge Mopar Speed ‘Gator 100’ at Volusia Speedway Park.

But he does know that it felt good.

“This is what we needed,” said McCreadie, whose runner-up finish in Friday’s second heat earned him the sixth starting spot for the Gator 100. “Now we’re in the game.”

Despite entering the season-finale weekend for the 2006 WoO LMS leading the point standings, McCreadie had struggled in three straight races. As a result, his points lead shrank from 42 to eight over Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga.

It appeared McCreadie’s problems might be continuing on Friday when he half-spun between turns three and four during his first lap of time trials, but he recovered with aplomb. After smartly driving his car backward on the track and turning around in the first corner in order to rebuild his momentum, he proceeded to rip off a 16.829-second circuit that ultimately left him second-fastest in qualifying – behind only Clanton, who turned a lap of 16.776 seconds.

McCreadie outperformed Clanton in heat competition, taking the bridesmaid spot in the second heat to Clanton’s fourth place in the first prelim. Later, he beat Clanton one-on-one in the semi-finals of the ‘Gator Challenge,” winning the best-of-three match-race series (each race was three laps) with a 2-0 shutout.

The $1,000 Gator Challenge top prize fell to McCreadie after he defeated Chris Madden of Gaffney, S.C., who had swept John Blankenship of Williamson, W.Va., in the semis, by a 2-1 margin in the final round.

McCreadie ended the night with renewed confidence that he can outduel Clanton, Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark. (30 points behind McCreadie), Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa. (-40) and Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky. (-46) for the $120,000 WoO LMS title – and maybe even pocket the Gator 100’s $20,000 first-place cash as well.

“All I ask for is a car that’s competitive, and then whatever happens, happens,” said McCreadie, who gave good grades to the one-race-old Pro Power engine he had under the hood of his Sweeteners Plus Rocket No. 39. “I think we’ll be competitive and be part of the race. Whether we’ll be good enough to contend for a win, we’ll see.”

McCreadie cautioned that being fast on Friday doesn’t mean he’ll be just as good in the 100-lapper.

“I think (the setup he ran on Friday) will still win a lot of the races (run) on the little wetter-type tracks,” he said. “But I don’t think it’s gonna win a race you run on real hard tires where you gotta drive around and maneuver.”

And that’s what McCreadie envisions for the Gator 100.

“I don’t think the track will be as fast tomorrow (as it was on Friday),” he said. “You’ll probably have to use hard tires, and things change when get on ‘em. All of a sudden guys shine who didn’t shine before.

“A guy like Clint (Smith) might have been off a little tonight, but if he puts on hard tires he’s gonna be hard to outrun. His stuff just goes good on hard tires.”

McCreadie, who can assure himself the WoO LMS title by finishing third or better in the Gator 100, won’t be counting points on Saturday night.

“I’m not worried about it,” he said of the points lead. “I was more worried about it a few races ago when we first got in the lead.

“Now I’m just worried about racing. If I’ve got a competitive car, I want to win. I don’t race any different. I’m not gonna lay off. I’m gonna run hard.”

The 31-year-old Clanton, meanwhile, will start 13th in the Gator 100 after a disappointing heat-race run. He started from the pole position but slipped to a fourth-place finish.

“We still got a good car,” said Clanton, noting that he fell backward after making one slip and then “overdriving” in frustration. “We got a hundred laps to do it (win the title). That’s a long time.”

Moyer, who won the 2005 WoO LMS championship with a dramatic performance in the Gator 100, and Lanigan authored the strongest heat-race runs of the title contenders. Both scored heat wins and will join fellow prelim victors Madden and Rick Eckert of York, Pa., in Saturday night’s pole dash.

Frank finished third in the second heat, behind Lanigan and McCreadie. He’ll start 10th in the Gator 100.

Thirty-nine cars entered the program – a significant increase over the event’s 26-car field in 2005.

Also part of the show were the unique ‘Whiplash Dash’ races. The 12-lappers were aligned in reverse order of Saturday’s B-Main starting fields, and with victories in the events Steve Shaver of Vienna, W.Va., and Rick Briggs of Bear Lake, Pa., who drove his cousin Chub Frank’s second car, guaranteed themselves starting positions in the Gator 100.

Saturday’s card will feature two B-Mains, the pole dash and the Gator 100 for the WoO LMS. Volusia’s regular Late Model division will also be in action.

Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and spectator gates will be unlocked at 5 p.m. Racing is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.

For more information visit www.volusiaspeedwaypark.com or call 386-985-4402.

Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 16.776

2. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 16.829

3. 44M-Chris Madden/Gaffney, SC 16.911

4. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 16.933

5. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 16.936

6. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 16.956

7. 1b-Rick Briggs Jr./Bear Lake, PA 16.993

8. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 17.039

9. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 17.043

10. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 17.061

11. 9-Dan Schlieper/Sullivan, WI 17.103

12. 1p-Earl Pearson Jr./Jacksonville, FL 17.122

13. 0-Scott Bloomquist/Mooresburg, TN 17.193

14. 71-Chris Wall/Holden, LA 17.199

15. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 17.229

16. 18-Shannon Babb/Moweaqua, IL 17.270

17. 53-Ray Cook/Brasstown, NC 17.291

18. 58c-Garrett Durrett/Simsboro, LA 17.383

19. 17M-Dale McDowell/Chickamauga, GA 17.383

20. 23s-Patrick Sheltra/Indiantown, FL 17.449

21. 3s-Brian Shirley/Chatham, IL 17.502

22. 22*-G.R. Smith/Mooresville, NC 17.519

23. M7-Michael Lloyd/Jacksonville, FL 17.545

24. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 17.564

25. 21d-Dan Stone/Thompson, PA 17.581

26. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 17.616

27. 5-Eric Jacobsen/Santa Cruz, CA 17.671

28. 5c-Johnny Collins/Jacksonville, FL 17.679

29. 30-Steve Shaver/Vienna, WV 17.989

30. 66-Tony Knowles/Tyrone, GA 18.048

31. 41-Johnny Cloer Jr./Chatsworth, GA 18.125

32. M5-Bodine Massengill/Jacksonville, FL 18.156

33. 42-Marshall Austin/Dover, FL 18.200

34. 98-Casey Barrow/Savannah, GA 18.292

35. 28b-David Browning/Jacksonville, FL 18.308

36. 21p-Larry Perry Jr./Lake City, FL 18.594

37. J17-Mark Whitener/Jacksonville, FL 19.067

38. 21L-Ivedent Lloyd/Ocala, FL 19.251

39. 1L-Homer Leonard/Jacksonville, FL 19.382

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Moyer, Francis, Bloomquist, Clanton, Cook, Shirley, Stone, Shaver, Whitener, Austin.

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Lanigan, McCreadie, Frank, Wall, Richards, I. Lloyd, Durrett, G.R. Smith, Knowles, Barrow.

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Madden, Schlieper, Carrier, McDowell, Cloer, M. Lloyd, Jacobsen, Briggs, Browning, Leonard.

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Eckert, Pearson, C. Smith, Babb, Blankenship, Sheltra, Massengill, Collins, Perry.

‘Whiplash Bash’ No. 1 (12 laps – Winner Guaranteed to Start Gator 100): Shaver, Shirley, Stone, Cook, Durrett, I. Lloyd, Knowles, G.R. Smith, Whitener, Barrow, Richards (DNS) Austin.

‘Whiplash Bash’ No. 2 (12 laps – Winner Guaranteed to Start Gator 100): Briggs, Blankenship, M. Lloyd, Sheltra, Perry, Browning, Collins, Jacobsen, Massengill (DNS) Leonard, Cloer.

Lineup of B-Main No. 1 (to be run Saturday): 1. Ray Cook, 2. Josh Richards, 3. Brian Shirley, 4. Ivedent Lloyd, 5. Dan Stone, 6. Garrett Durrett, 7. Steve Shaver, 8. G.R. Smith, 9. Mark Whitener, 10. Tony Knowles, 11. Marshall Austin, 12. Casey Barrow.

Lineup of B-Main No. 2 (to be run Saturday): 1. Johnny Cloer Jr., 2. John Blankenship, 3. Michael Lloyd, 4. Patrick Sheltra, 5. Eric Jacobsen, 6. Bodine Massengill, 7. Rick Briggs, 8. Johnny Collins, 9. David Browning, 10. Larry Perry Jr., 11. Homer Leonard.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the series, they can experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series live on Dirtvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail [email protected].

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor Hoosier Tire; Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART Machinery, Holley Performance Products Inc., MSD Ignition, Quarter Master, Ohlins and Wrisco Industries.

World of Outlaws Late Model Series News & Notes

NORMAN, OK – Oct. 12, 2006 –

BIG ‘MO’: If momentum means anything, then Shane Clanton should be the man to beat in this weekend’s (Oct. 13-14) World of Outlaws Late Model Series season finale at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.

Clanton, 31, of Locust Grove, Pa., enters the $20,000-to-win Daytona Dodge Mopar Speed ‘Gator 100’ on a major roll. He’s won the last two WoO LMS events – on Sept. 4 at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa., and Oct. 8 at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway – and in that span has sliced 34 points off Tim McCreadie’s points lead, pulling within a scant eight markers of the Watertown, N.Y., driver.

What’s more, two days prior to his $18,000 Pittsburgher 100 victory at PPMS, he earned a cool $15,000 for capturing the first round of the Dixie Shootout at Rome (Ga.) Speedway.

“When it’s your time to win, it’s your time to win,” Clanton modestly said after celebrating his Pittsburgher triumph in COESfx Victory Lane. “We’ve had a good weekend, a good month. I mean, this is the most money I’ve ever won in a single event.”

Clanton asserted that his hot streak isn’t the result of his team “really doing anything different,” but he does give credit to his recently revitalized engine program.

“I always have good equipment (fielded by Ronnie Dobbins), but every motor I got is fresh now, so hopefully that’s helping us,” said Clanton. “We got two brand new (Custom) motors a month ago and they’re really working good for us.”

Clanton has never won at Volusia, but he’s no stranger to the half-mile oval. He finished 11th in last year’s Gator 100, and during the track’s February Race Weeks action earlier this year he scored finishes of third and fifth in WoO LMS events and ninth, 21st and 11th in UMP-sanctioned Late Model shows.

LOVING THE KEYSTONE STATE: Pennsylvania has been very good to Clanton in 2006.

Of Clanton’s nine overall triumphs this season, three have come in Pennsy. Prior to his Tri-City and PPMS WoO LMS scores, he won the unsanctioned ‘Yankee-Doodle 50’ on July 3 at Central PA Speedway in Clearfield.

TRAVELING BUDDIES: Clanton made an 11-hour overnight drive to PPMS after competing in the second round of the Dixie Shootout on Oct. 7 at Georgia’s Dixie Speedway. He “car-pooled” with fellow WoO LMS regular Clint Smith to defray travel costs back to western Pennsy; Clanton’s hauler carried both his car and Smith’s No. 44.

STRUGGLING: Tim McCreadie might have left PPMS on Sunday night sitting atop the WoO LMS point standings, but he wasn’t a happy camper.

“We were bad from the beginning to the end,” he said after starting third but finishing a dismal 10th in the 100-lapper. “The car just wasn’t bolted to the racetrack.”

McCreadie, 32, went to the post at PPMS with a completely rebuilt car (his crew spent three days during the week at Rocket Chassis in Shinnston, W.Va., where a new front clip was put on the machine McCreadie crashed on Sept. 28 in Knoxville, Iowa) and a new Pro Power engine under its hood (marking the first time in his dirt Late Model career that he didn’t use a C.C. Performance motor). But he said getting adjusted to a repaired car and new engine was no excuse for his disappointing performance.

“We had all year to race the car. If we can’t figure it out now, we ain’t never gonna figure it out,” commented McCreadie. “We just gotta get going better. We’re just not going good enough.”

McCreadie paused, and then added, “We better find a way to start winning some races, or we don’t deserve to win (the WoO LMS championship). That’s the way I look at it. Obviously the cream is rising to the top, and right now that’s not us.”

KEEPING TABS: McCreadie’s racing roots are in the DIRT big-block Modified division, so the New Yorker and his crew spent the afternoon of the Pittsburgher 100 thinking about what was going on almost six hours away in Syracuse, N.Y.

The Pittsburgher’s postponement to Oct. 8 forced McCreadie to miss the biggest DIRT Modified event of the season – the $50,000-to-win Eckerd 200 that closes Super DIRT Week at the Syracuse Mile. He had competed in every Eckerd 200 since 1997, though without much luck; he’s been a contender for victory but has never finished the race’s entire distance.

Cell-phone text messages kept McCreadie and Co. up-to-date on the action in the Eckerd 200 as they prepared for the Pittsburgher.

STILL SOME HOPE: Billy Moyer will take the green flag in Saturday’s Gator 100 trailing McCreadie by 30 points in the WoO LMS standings, so he’ll need to catch some breaks if he’s going to win a second straight tour title.

The 48-year-old dirt Late Model legend from Batesville, Ark., won’t give up his throne without a fight, however.

“We’ll just pull all the stops out, go for the win and let the chips fall where they may,” said Moyer. “But (McCreadie’s) running in the conservative mode now I think, and for him to be worse than 15th and give us a chance, something would have to break or he’ll have to wreck.”

Moyer will carry some momentum into the Gator 100. A sixth-place finish in the Pittsburgher 100 seemed to signal that he’s getting a hold on the new MasterSbilt car he plans to run at Volusia – and on Wednesday night he earned $10,000 to help fund his haul to Florida by winning the Jani-King Southern Showdown at The Dirt Track at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.

MICROCOSM: Steve Francis could only shake his head after running well early and then fading to a frustrating ninth-place finish in the Pittsburgher 100.

“The car was super-good at the beginning and I was up there thinking, Go green, go green,” said Francis. “But I think after that caution came out (on lap 46) we just sealed the tires up. We didn’t have ours cut up (siped) as much as a lot of them did and it cost us. It was a dumb mistake, but it ain’t nobody’s fault but mine.

“This is typical of my season though,” added the Ashland, Ky., star. “It’s the way to describe my whole year.”

Francis, who has two WoO LMS victories in 2006 but is winless since May 5 at Brushcreek Motorsports Complex in Peebles, Ohio, battled Moyer for the tour championship in last year’s Gator 100. His 60-point deficit entering Saturday’s edition of the event leaves him with no title hopes, so he’ll be out to get his early-season groove back (he won at Volusia on Feb. 18) and maybe pick up a couple spots in the point standings.

TEACHER: Dale McDowell will be behind the wheel of his familiar Rocket No. 17M this weekend at Volusia, one week after driving a second Marak Richards Racing Enterprises Rocket Chassis house car in the Pittsburgher 100.

McDowell, 40, of Chickamauga, Ga., traveled to PPMS without his crew chief brother, Shane, and his equipment because the postponement of the event created a business conflict for him. As part of his new position working with Richard Childress Racing’s Driver Development Program, McDowell and his brother were obligated to field a dirt Late Model for Childress’s grandson, Austin Dillon, on Oct. 6-7 at the Talladega (Ala.) Short Track.

Austin, 16, raced to finishes of seventh on Friday and 10th on Saturday under the watchful eye of McDowell, who has been hired by Childress to tutor Austin and Austin’s 14-year-old brother Ty.

“I’d like to thank Mark and Josh (Richards) for letting me run their car,” said McDowell, who finished fifth in the Pittsburgher 100.

GOING STRONG: Josh Richards doesn’t want to see the 2006 season come to a close.

With a third-place finish in the Pittsburgher 100, the 18-year-old from Shinnston, W.Va., continued a second-half surge that has him itching to run more races.

“I’m just starting to get to where I feel comfortable – and we only have about four races (one WoO LMS event) left to go,” said Richards, who finished 19th in last year’s Gator 100. “I’m just gonna have to get up on the wheel and try to get (a win in) one of these last races of the year.”

TALENTED FIELD: A purse of nearly $85,000 for this weekend’s Gator 100 is expected to attract a top-notch field of drivers from across the country to battle the WoO LMS regulars at DIRT MotorSports’ Volusia Speedway Park.

In fact, five of the country’s hottest dirt Late Model racers are planning to invade the Sunshine State oval.

The Gator 100 is on the schedules of Mooresburg, Tenn.’s Scott Bloomquist, who won the event last year; Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., who captured last month’s prestigious UMP-sanctioned World 100 at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway; Chris (‘The Intimagator’) Wall of Holden, La., who has dominated the Louisiana/Mississippi circuit in 2006; Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., the 2006 UMP Summernationals champion; and Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., whose torrid win pace since mid-July was highlighted by an upset triumph in the Sept. 30 Knoxville Late Model Nationals.

Other top talents who have put the Gator 100 on their skeds include Steve Shaver of Vienna, W.Va., who won the prestigious North-South 100 in August; Chris Madden of Grey Court, S.C.; Ray Cook of Brasstown, N.C.; Brandon Kinzer of Allen, Ky.; Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa.; and G.R. Smith of Concord, N.C.

TWO DAYS OF ACTION: Volusia’s racing weekend will kick off on Fri., Oct. 13, with time trials and heat races for the WoO LMS. Also on the agenda will the ‘Whiplash Dash’ for Late Model non-qualifiers, the first annual $1,000-to-win Gator Challenge Match Races and heats and features for the Hobby Stocks and Street Stocks.

The Gator Challenge Match Races will pit the two highest points drivers and the next two fast-timers from Friday’s qualifying.

The Sat., Oct. 14, program will include WoO LMS B-Mains, a pole dash and the Gator 100, which offers $1,500 to take the green flag. Volusia’s Late Model division will also be in action.

Pit gates are scheduled to open each day at 4 p.m., and spectator gates will be unlocked at 5 p.m.

Friday ticket prices are $14 for general admission, $15 for reserved seats and $25 for pit passes. Saturday prices are $28 for general admission, $30 for reserved seats and $35 for the pits.

A two-day reserved seat is available in advance for $40 and includes a free Friday pit pass. Two-day pit combo tickets are also available at a cost of $50.

GATOR INFO: For more information on the Gator 100 at Volusia Speedway Park call 386-985-4402 or visit www.volusiaspeedwaypark.com and www.dirtmotorsports.com.

Just Eight Points Separates McCreadie & Clanton In World of Outlaws Late Model Series Points Race Entering This Weekend’s Season-Finale Gator 100 At Volusia Speedway Park

BARBERVILLE, FL – Oct. 9, 2006 – The battle for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series points championship will go down to the final race.

Again.

For the second consecutive year there will be drama aplenty at DIRT MotorSports’ Volusia Speedway Park, which this weekend (Oct. 13-14) hosts the 2006 WoO LMS season finale Daytona Dodge Mopar Speed Shop Gator 100.

Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., enters the blockbuster weekend clinging to a scant eight-point lead over Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga. Also lurking in the shadows are defending tour champion Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark. (30 points behind McCreadie), Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa. (-40) and Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky. (-46) – all of whom remain alive for the title but will need poor outings from McCreadie and Clanton to reach the top of the standings.

The prize awaiting the ’06 champ at the end of the rainbow? A cool $120,000 check, which the winner will receive on Sunday night during the 2006 WoO LMS Awards Banquet at The Shores Resort in Daytona Beach, Fla.

McCreadie, 32, and Clanton, 31, will be the focal points of the Gator 100, which pays $20,000 to win. Both drivers are chasing a first career WoO LMS championship.

McCreadie will arrive in the Sunshine State mired in a slump, frustrated with three consecutive finishes outside the top five. But his confidence should be bolstered by the fact that the site of the Gator 100 is Volusia Speedway Park, a high-banked, half-mile oval he’s very familiar with.

Volusia happens to be the track that McCreadie has competed on the most times since launching his dirt Late Model career in 2003. His annual February Race Weeks visits to Volusia have resulted in WoO LMS and UMP-sanctioned victories, and he’s also been triumphant at Volusia in DIRT Modified competition.

“I guess the experience helps,” said McCreadie, who won the WoO LMS Rookie of the Year award in 2004 and finished third in last year’s tour point standings. “But it shouldn’t matter where we’re racing. The bottom line is we just gotta get going better if we’re gonna win this championship.”

McCreadie can assure himself of the title by finishing third or better in the Gator 100. But if he places worse than that, he could end up nervously counting positions and points right up to the checkered flag.

The odds are good that Clanton will make closing out the points race hard on McCreadie. After all, he’ll pull into the Volusia pit area as the WoO LMS’s hottest driver, riding a two-race win streak forged on Sept. 4 at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa., and Oct. 8 at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway.

Clanton also feels good about racing at Volusia despite having never visited Victory Lane there.

“We ran real good at Volusia in February,” said Clanton. “We won some heat races and were good in the features.”

The flickering title hopes of Moyer, Frank and Lanigan are pinned to the fates of McCreadie and Clanton.

A basic round-up: Moyer, 48, will be eliminated from title contention if McCreadie finishes 14th or better and Clanton places 10th or better; Frank, 44, has no shot at the title if McCreadie finishes 19th or better and Clanton places 15th or better; and Lanigan, 36, will be struck from championship consideration if McCreadie finishes 22nd or better and Clanton finishes 18th or better.

“All we can do is try to win the race and let the chips fall where they may,” bottom-lined Moyer.

Of course, if both McCreadie and Clanton finish below the thresholds that automatically eliminate Moyer, Frank and Lanigan, then things could get really interesting. Countless scenarios are possible, including some that could leave two or more drivers tied atop the standings.

In that case, the champion will determined by the WoO LMS tie-breaker formula, which begins with number of feature wins.

Using a tie-breaker isn’t unprecedented for the WoO LMS. It happened last year at Volusia, where Moyer’s pass of Ashland, Ky.’s Steve Francis on the final lap of the Gator 100 left the two drivers tied for the points lead.

Moyer ended up with his third career WoO LMS title thanks to the second WoO LMS tie-breaker: number of second-place finishes.

The 14 WoO LMS travelers will be joined by a host of talented invaders for the Gator 100 weekend, which boasts a total purse of nearly $85,000.

Three of the country’s hottest dirt Late Model racers are expected to take on the WoO LMS superstars. The Gator 100 is on the schedules of Mooresburg, Tenn.’s Scott Bloomquist, who won the event last year; Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., who captured last month’s prestigious UMP-sanctioned World 100 at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway; and Chris (‘The Intimagator’) Wall of Holden, La., who has dominated the Louisiana/Mississippi circuit in 2006.

Volusia’s racing weekend will kick off on Fri., Oct. 13, with time trials and heat races for the WoO LMS. Also on the agenda will the ‘Whiplash Dash’ for Late Model non-qualifiers, the first annual $1,000-to-win Gator Challenge Match Races and heats and features for the Hobby Stocks and Street Stocks.

The Gator Challenge Match Races will pit the two highest points drivers and the next two fast-timers from Friday’s qualifying.

The Sat., Oct. 14, program will include WoO LMS B-Mains, a pole dash and the Gator 100, which offers $1,500 to take the green flag. Volusia’s Late Model division will also be in action.

Pit gates are scheduled to open each day at 4 p.m., and spectator gates will be unlocked at 5 p.m.

Friday ticket prices are $14 for general admission, $15 for reserved seats and $25 for pit passes. Saturday prices are $28 for general admission, $30 for reserved seats and $35 for the pits.

A two-day reserved seat is available in advance for $40 and includes a free Friday pit pass. Two-day pit combo tickets are also available at a cost of $50.

For advance ticket sales, event information and driver entry forms, call 386-985-4402 or visit www.volusiaspeedwaypark.com.

Volusia Speedway Park is located 15 miles west of Ormond Beach, Fla., on Highway 40.

WoO Late Model Series Points Standings (after Oct. 8): 1. Tim McCreadie 3,978; 2. Shane Clanton 3,970; 3. Billy Moyer 3,948; 4. Chub Frank 3,938; 5. Darrell Lanigan 3,932; 6. Steve Francis 3,918; 7. Rick Eckert 3,810; 8. Dale McDowell 3,796; 9. Josh Richards 3,752; 10. Clint Smith 3,719; 11. Eddie Carrier Jr. 3,341; 12. John Blankenship 3,278; 13. Eric Jacobsen 3,179; 14. Garrett Durrett 3,119; 15. Dave Hess Jr. 1,158; 16. Robbie Blair 1,065; 17. Mike Balzano 998; 18. Ricky Elliott 953; 18. Brady Smith 953; 20. Jimmy Mars 932.

Clanton Closes In On World of Outlaws Late Model Series Points Lead With
Powerful Pittsburgher 100 Victory

IMPERIAL, PA - Oct. 8, 2006 - Shane Clanton couldn't have picked a better time
to catch fire.

After making Sunday night's 18th annual Pittsburgher 100 at Pittsburgh's
Pennsylvania Motor Speedway his second consecutive victory on the World of
Outlaws Late Model Series, the Locust Grove, Ga., standout can now do more than
dream of winning the $120,000 tour title.

Clanton, 31, will enter the WoO LMS season-finale Gator 100, on Oct. 13-14 at
Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., trailing points leader Tim
McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., who finished a disappointing 10th in the
Pittsburgher, by a mere eight markers.

"I ain't really been close enough to think about the championship all year,"
said Clanton, who began Sunday's feature 28 points behind McCreadie. "But now
that it's the last race and we're right there, yeah, I'm thinking about it.

"It would mean a lot to win it. You could do a lot with 120,000 bucks - and
you'll also put your name in the record books."

Clanton put himself in position to battle McCreadie for the points crown with a
powerful performance in his first-ever start at the track known as 'Dirt's
Monster Half-Mile.' He moved steadily forward from the eighth starting spot in
his Ronnie Dobbins-owned RSD Enterprises Rocket car, finally overtaking Chub
Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., for the lead on lap 88 while racing through lapped
traffic.

Frank, who led laps 17-87, settled for runner-up money, about 10 car lengths
behind Clanton at the checkered flag.

Teenage sensation Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., finished third, followed by
10th-starter Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., and Dale McDowell of Chickamauga,
Ga., who left his familiar No. 17m home for the rescheduled event and instead
drove a Rocket House Car as a teammate to Richards.

Clanton, who earned a career-high paycheck of $18,000, chalked up his deciding
move to having the racing gods on his side.

"Chub just got balled up behind that lapped traffic and I got a good run on
him," said Clanton, who charged underneath a momentarily obstructed Frank
rounding turns one and two to assume command on the 88th circuit. "I don't know
if I could've got him on open track. Everybody gets so much momentum built up
here, something's gotta break it if you wanna go by 'em.

"I hated that lapped traffic done it to him, but that's part of racing."

Frank, who has competed in 17 of the 18 Pittsburgher 100s (he missed last year's
edition) and won the event in 2001, built an edge of nearly a full straightaway
shortly after passing Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., for the lead on lap 17.

But Frank, who drove his Lester Buildings Rocket machine, didn't pull away from
Clanton following the race's third and final caution flag, which flew on lap 72
for a flat tire on the car of Senoia, Ga., racer Clint Smith. That meant
Clanton was in position to take advantage of Frank's trouble with the lapped
car driven by Robbie Scott on lap 87.

"I just got stuck in lapped traffic," said Frank, a 44-year-old who has become
very friendly with Clanton while traveling the WoO LMS. "I thought the lapped
car I followed into (turn one) was gonna go to the bottom and I was gonna sweep
him on the outside. So when he checked up there on the outside, I had nowhere
to go but stop on the top, and (Clanton) just cut to the bottom and did what he
had to do to take the lead.

"It was just one of those racing deals. (Clanton) picked the right lane and I
didn't."

Frank?s second-place finish kept him in title contention, pulling him within
40 points of McCreadie, who started third but was never a factor in the event.
The fourth-ranked driver in the point standings didn't draw closer, however, to
the one driver he had his eye on.

"The guy I wanted to beat was Clanton, because he's the one I thought I could
catch in the points over these last two races," said Frank, who heads to
Volusia trailing Clanton by 32 points. "Now we'll just see what happens at
Volusia.

"It's another 100-lapper, so anything can happen. Somebody could drop out. I
just hope it ain't us."

Clanton hopes he can extend his WoO LMS hot streak, which he commenced with his
first tour win of the season on Sept. 4 at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa.,
for one more show. But he realizes he could quickly swap fortunes with
McCreadie, who has struggled for the last three WoO LMS events.

"Any of these guys on this series can struggle for two months and then go win
the next race," said Clanton, who registered his fourth career WoO LMS victory.
"They just go to work on their program and get right back on track, so you
can't take anything for granted.

"You just gotta go into every race to win. I know (McCreadie) is gonna do that
in Florida, so that's what we?ll be doing too."

Of course, Clanton will go racing in the Sunshine State with the confidence that
comes from winning one of the country's most prestigious dirt Late Model
events.

Clanton, whose weekend also included a $15,000 triumph in the first round of the
Dixie Shootout on Friday night at Rome (Ga.) Speedway, was proud to put his
name among the talents who have won the Pittsburgher 100.

"I've been to (Rocket Chassis co-owner) Mark Richards?s place 10 or 12 times,
and every time I'm there I look at these (oversized) checks they have hanging
in the shop," said Clanton, pointing to the coveted fake check he received in
Victory Lane on Sunday night. "He's won the Pittsburgher with numerous drivers,
and I've always said to myself, 'Dang, I wish I could win it one time.'

'And don't we come up here for the first time and win it.'

Josh Richards, Mark's 18-year-old son, at one point appeared capable of bringing
his father another Pittsburgher triumph. Driving the same Rocket house car ?
and using almost the identical setup ? that Ohio's Bart Hartman used to win
the 2004 Pittsburgher, Richards reached third place on lap 61 and was able to
challenge Frank and Clanton following restarts on laps 63 and 72.

But Richards couldn't overtake the veterans ahead of him.

"For a little bit I thought we were gonna get 'em, but they had the momentum,"
said Richards. "My car was a little tight on the throttle, so I had to hit it
just perfect to avoid shoving the right-front or breaking the right-rear loose.

"I moved around a little bit to where I felt comfortable, but once the front
cars get moving it's hard to go up there and pass them."

Finishing in positions 6-10 were defending WoO LMS champion Billy Moyer of
Batesville, Ark., who started 15th behind the wheel of his MasterSbilt mount;
Rick Eckert of York, Pa., who passed Francis for second on lap 46 but lost the
spot to Clanton 13 circuits later; top local Keith Barbara of South Park, Pa.;
Francis, who led laps 1-16; and McCreadie.

Two B-Mains kicked off the remainder of the Pittsburgher 100 Day 2 action, which
was postponed from Sept. 23. PPMS regulars Jared Miley of South Park, Pa., and
Lou Bradich of Chester, W.va., captured the last-chance events.

Frank earned the pole position for the 100 by winning the dash for the victors
of the heat races, which were run on Sept. 22.

Sunday?s action was run under clear skies and warm conditions.

Results of WoO Late Model Series Pittsburgher 100 (Finishing
Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed): 1. (8) Shane Clanton/100 $18,000; 2. (1)
Chub Frank/100; 3. (5) Josh Richards/100; 4. (10) Darrell Lanigan/100; 5. (7)
Dale McDowell/100; 6. (15) Billy Moyer/100; 7. (4) Rick Eckert/100; 8. (11)
Keith Barbara/100; 9. (2) Steve Francis/100; 10. (3) Tim McCreadie/100; 11.
(19) John Blankenship/100; 12. (12) Rick Briggs/99; 13. (13) Eddie Carrier
Jr./99; 14. (14) Steve Baker/99; 15. (6) Clint Smith/99; 16. (16) Jared
Miley/98; 17. (28) Robbie Scott/98; 18. (22) Tim Gould/96; 19. (26) Dave Hess
Jr./96; 20. (21) Scott Gunn/96; 21. (17) Lou Bradich/72; 22. (25) Eric
Jacobsen/63; 23. (21) Alex Ferree/45; 24. (28) Dave Wade/45; 25. (20) Bob
Salathe/35; 26. (18) Davey Johnson/29; 27. (27) Lynn Geisler/26; 28. (9) Steve
Casebolt/26.

Yellow Flags: 3 (Laps 46, 63, 72)
Lap Leaders: Francis (1-16); Frank (17-87); Clanton (88-100).
Provisional Starters: Jacobsen, Hess, Geisler, Wade.

B-Main No. 1 (15 laps ? Top 5 Transfer): Jared Miley, Davey Johnson, Bob
Salathe, Tim Gould, Robbie Scott, Rodney Sweitzer, Mark Banal, Tony Musolino,
Dave Hess Jr., Alan Dellinger, Dutch Davies, Nick Jones, Eric Jacobsen, Al
Atallah, Ben Miley, Dennis Neiderritter, Leo Stadelman (DNS) Mike Johnson,
Garrett Durrett, Jim Stephans.

B-Main No. 2 (15 laps ? Top 4 Transfer): Lou Bradich, John Blankenship, Scott
Gunn, Alex Ferree, Rick Heim, Dave Wade, Lance Elson, Jason Rider, Tommy
Schirnhoffer Jr., John Hodgkiss, Jim Lepro, Lynn Geisler, John Flinner, Keith
Rodriguez, Brandon Burgoon (DNS) John Mason, Chris Hackett, Matt Urban.

Dash (3 laps): Frank, Francis, McCreadie, Eckert.

WoO Late Model Series Points Standings (after Oct. 8): 1. Tim McCreadie 3,978;
2. Shane Clanton 3,970; 3. Billy Moyer 3,948; 4. Chub Frank 3,938; 5. Darrell
Lanigan 3,932; 6. Steve Francis 3,918; 7. Rick Eckert 3,810; 8. Dale McDowell
3,796; 9. Josh Richards 3,752; 10. Clint Smith 3,719; 11. Eddie Carrier Jr.
3,341; 12. John Blankenship 3,278; 13. Eric Jacobsen 3,179; 14. Garrett Durrett
3,119; 15. Dave Hess Jr. 1,158; 16. Robbie Blair 1,065; 17. Mike Balzano 998;
18. Ricky Elliott 953; 18. Brady Smith 953; 20. Jimmy Mars 932.

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Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The
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World of Outlaws Late Model Series Points Leader Tim McCreadie Has Some Work To Do Before Sunday’s Rescheduled Pittsburgher 100

IMPERIAL, PA – Oct. 4, 2006 – Tim McCreadie is so close to winning his first-ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series points crown, visions of a $120,000 champion’s check are undoubtedly dancing around in his head.

But closing out the richest honor of his decade-old racing career won’t be easy – not after McCreadie and his Sweeteners Plus team were left shell-shocked by a nightmarish weekend in Knoxville, Iowa.

McCreadie, 32, of Watertown, N.Y., might be leading the WoO LMS standings by 28 points with two events remaining, but he’s not exactly rolling into the tour’s rescheduled Pittsburgher 100 at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway this Sunday (Oct. 8) with all guns blazing.

“We definitely have some work to do if we’re gonna win this championship,” bottom-lined McCreadie, a talented second-generation driver in his third full season of action with the WoO LMS.

Indeed, McCreadie and chief mechanic Tommy Grecco will be busy this week patching their dirt Late Model program back together after experiencing a host of problems during last weekend’s unsanctioned Knoxville Late Model Nationals.

McCreadie’s trip to Knoxville started with a frame-bending heat-race wreck on Thursday night that sidelined his favorite Rocket car and left him with a sore wrist.

Then it merely got worse.

On Friday night, the motor in McCreadie’s backup car expired during the B-Main, leaving him on the DNQ list. And on Saturday night his last available engine – the piece that had been in his crashed machine – was installed in his backup No. 39; he got into the 100-lap A-Main thanks to a provisional spot after being slowed by a flat tire in the B-Main, but he only ran half the distance because his motor began to overheat.

“It’s frustrating, that’s for sure,” McCreadie said of his lost weekend. “We didn’t want to have to go through this with so much on the line, but it’s part of the game. We just gotta regroup and try to be strong for two more (WoO LMS) shows.”

McCreadie and Co. made a solemn, 900-mile trip back to the team’s shop in Avon, N.Y., outside Rochester, on Sunday. They spent Monday “getting everything cleaned up,” said McCreadie, and appraising their engine program. The team returned to home base with just one working motor – the powerplant that had run a bit hot in Knoxville’s finale – so they had to determine if their engine builder, Ohio’s C.C. Performance, would have motors rebuilt for them by the weekend or other arrangements would have to be made for insurance.

A Tuesday appointment at Rocket Chassis in Shinnston, W.Va., was next on the team’s schedule. Grecco took the wrecked car there so Rocket’s repair crew could put a new front clip on the mount that’s been McCreadie’s workhorse for much of the season.

McCreadie wants to drive the repaired car in Sunday’s Pittsburgher 100, but not without a shakedown run. So the team plans to take the Late Model to a race in Cumberland, Md., this Friday night.

“We want to make sure nothing’s wrong with the clipped car,” said McCreadie. “If everything works fine, we’ll service it on Saturday, put it back in the trailer and have it ready to go for Sunday.

“We’ll go to Pittsburgh with a car that’s as good as new,” he added, thinking positively.

Despite his struggles, McCreadie can find solace in the fact that he’s assured a prime starting spot in the Pittsburgher 100. He won a heat race there on Sept. 22 before the following night’s main event was postponed by bad weather, so on Sunday he’ll battle fellow WoO LMS regulars Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., Rick Eckert of York, Pa., and Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., in the dash for the right to lead the field to the green flag from the pole position.

And if all of his misfortune is out of the way, McCreadie is confident that he’ll be strong in the first 100-lap event on this year’s WoO LMS.

“We’ve run under 15 one-hundreds (lap races) in my (dirt Late Model) career, maybe 20 at the most,” said McCreadie. “But I think our 100-lap program has improved. In the long-distance races, we’ve made some strides to get better. In August we were a contender in the Topless (100 in Batesville, Ark.), and we were right there in the Scorcher (100 in Bulls Gap, Tenn.).

“The one-hundreds are all about getting your stuff right and letting your natural ability take over. We used to burn ourselves out and be dead in the water after 50 laps, but I think we’ve learned what it takes to get all the way there.”

McCreadie is also trying to get all the way to the finish line of the 30-race WoO LMS schedule without faltering. If he finishes no worse than sixth in the Pittsburgher 100 and the season-finale Gator 100 on Oct. 13-14 at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., he’s assured of joining dirt Late Model legends Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn. (2004) and Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark. (1988, 1989, 2005) as the only champions of the WoO LMS.

“It would be a great accomplishment,” McCreadie said of winning the title. “This (championship list) has the best names on it. If we can put our name up there with who’s won it before, it would definitely be pretty nice.”

The prospect of claiming the WoO LMS championship is slightly overwhelming to McCreadie. He’s actually surprised that he’s in the driver’s seat for the biggest cash prize in dirt Late Model racing, considering he’s won far fewer races than he did last season (eight wins in ’05, just two in ’06) and has been plagued by engine trouble.

“Maybe we’re gonna get the prize at the end even though we haven’t won as much,” said McCreadie, “but it’s been a frustrating year because I don’t feel like we’ve progressed as much this year as last year. I think it’s showed in the results. Yeah, we can run fifth, second, but we’ve been just off a little bit – not quite good enough to get those wins.

“Last year was a dream everywhere we went. We won eight races, and there were some coulda, woulda, shouldas in there too. This year we’ve had some chances to win races that didn’t work out, but we haven’t been in the mix for wins as much as last year.

“It’s frustrating,” continued the ultra-competitive racer. “Growing up, all I’ve known how to do is try to win, so it’s definitely been frustrating for me this year. I wouldn’t be honest if I said, ‘Well, this is the best year I’ve ever had in racing and I’m loving life.’ I’m not. I’m not really excited about winning just three races (he also has one unsanctioned dirt Late Model victory).”

It’s the wins, not the points, that McCreadie always thinks of first.

“I’m not going down (to the Pittsburgher 100) to run 15th, or worry about (Shane) Clanton, and Moyer, and Chub (his closest pursuers in the points standings),” he said, dismissing the notion that he’ll race conservatively to protect his points lead. “I’m going down to make 18-grand (for the win). And I’m going to Volusia to make 20-grand.

“Believe me, it’s no different this year than two years ago when I was running 12th in points and barely getting in the top 10. I just know that everything is better when you’re winning.”

Don’t misconstrue McCreadie as being unhappy with his season, however.

“It’s a satisfying year,” he asserted. “I’m not throwing our whole year away. But I wanna win races. I know at the end of the day we’ll be happy at Volusia if we win the championship, and we’ll be happy most of the winter, but I know one thing: when we were winning like we were last year, I was a lot happier all through the year.

“We’ve been more consistent this year, but really, if we would’ve had the wins like last year, maybe we wouldn’t have to be worrying about the point championship right now.”

When he takes a long look at his campaign, McCreadie realizes why he’s been able to pull ahead of the all-star group of drivers who chase the WoO LMS with him.

“Like I’ve said all along, we’ve probably been the luckiest, not the best,” said McCreadie, whose worst finish on the ’06 tour is a 17th place on May 23 at Bolivar (Mo.) Speedway USA. “We’ve had a lot more motor failures this year than we did last year, so it’s a credit to the guys that we’re even at the top of the points. Even when we’ve had bad nights, we’ve come out O.K.

“I’d like to be up front a lot more than we’ve been, but everybody says you need some luck to win a championship, and we’ve had some of it.”

PITTSBURGHER 100 INFO: Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedwayy’s pit and spectator gates are scheduled to open this Sunday (Oct. 8) at 12 noon, with racing set to begin at 4 p.m.

Sunday’s program will include the WoO LMS B-Mains and pole dash, features for the E-Mods and Pure Stocks, and the 18th annual Pittsburgher 100 paying $18,000 to win and $1,200 to start.

General admission is $40 for adults and $10 for kids 9-14, with children under 9 admitted free. Pit passes are $50. Two-day passes issued on Sept. 22 will be exchanged for Oct. 8 admission.

PPMS is located just minutes from Pittsburgh, just off the Noblestown exit of Rt. 22.

For more information visit www.ppms.com or call 412-279-7223 (office), 724-695-0393 (race day) or 724-695-3363 (race day).

Pittsburgher 100 Feature Lineup (top 4 spots to be determined with dash on Oct. 8, final spots comprised of B-Main transfers and provisionals): (Steve Francis, Chub Frank, Tim McCreadie, Rick Eckert), 5. Josh Richards, 6. Clint Smith, 7. Dale McDowell, 8. Shane Clanton, 9. Steve Casebolt, 10. Brian Birkhofer, 11. Keith Barbara, 12. Darrell Lanigan, 13. Eddie Carrier Jr., 14. Rick Briggs, 15. Billy Moyer, 16. Steve Baker.

B-Main No. 1 Lineup: 1. Rod Sweitzer, 2. Jared Miley, 3. Davey Johnson, 4. Robbie Scott, 5. Dave Hess Jr., 6. Bob Salathe, 7. Dutch Davies, 8. George Kowatic, 9. Al Atallah, 10. Tim Gould, 11. Nick Jones, 12. Dennis Neiderritter, 13. Tony Musolino, 14. Ben Miley, 15. Leo Stadelman, 16. Jim Stephans, 17. Alan Dellinger, 18. Garrett Durrett, 19. Mark Banal, 20. Mike Johnson.

B-Main No. 2 Lineup: 1. Jim Lepro, 2. Scott Gunn, 3. Lou Bradich, 4. Dave Wade, 5. John Flinner, 6. Lynn Geisler, 7. Alex Ferree, 8. John Blankenship, 9. Lance Elson, 10. Brandon Burgoon, 11. John Mason, 12. Matt Urban, 13. Chris Hackett, 14. Rick Heim, 15. John Hodgkiss, 16. Keith Rodriguez, 17. Tommy Schirnhoffer Jr., 18. Jason Rider.

WoO Late Model Series Points Standings (as of Sept. 23): 1. Tim McCreadie 3,848; 2. Shane Clanton 3,820; 3. Billy Moyer 3,810; 4. Chub Frank 3,792; 5. Darrell Lanigan 3,790; 6. Steve Francis 3,786; 7. Rick Eckert 3,674; 8. Dale McDowell 3,656; 9. Josh Richards 3,608; 10. Clint Smith 3,599; 11. Eddie Carrier Jr. 3,217; 12. John Blankenship 3,150; 13. Eric Jacobsen 3,073; 14. Garrett Durrett 3,044; 15. Robbie Blair 1,065.

Eckert Leads Nine-Driver World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingent In Saturday’s Knoxville Late Model Nationals Finale

KNOXVILLE, IA – Sept. 30, 2006 – Maybe Rick Eckert’s trip to the famed Knoxville Raceway will shake him out of an extended slump on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series.

Eckert, 40, of York, Pa., led the nine-driver WoO LMS contingent that participated in Saturday night’s 100-lap Knoxville Late Model Nationals finale, recording a relatively satisfying fourth-place finish in Raye Vest’s Rocket No. 24.

“We needed some good finishes to get back on track,” said Eckert, who has been winless on the WoO LMS since registering his tour-season-high eighth victory on July 8 at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio. “There’s still a lot of big races coming up (including the final two WoO LMS events of 2006), so hopefully we’ve gotten rid of our bad luck.”

Eckert was followed across the finish line by fellow WoO LMS regulars Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky. (fifth place) and Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark. (sixth). Other WoO travelers in the 31-car A-Main were Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa. (11th), Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky. (12th), Eric Jacobsen of Santa Cruz, Calif. (13th), Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va. (17th), Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y. (20th) and Eddie Carrier Jr. of Salt Rock, W.Va. (30th).

Brian Shirley, a 25-year-old from Chatham, Ill., who was the 2002 UMP Late Model Rookie of the Year, recovered from an early-race spin that put him to the rear of the 31-car field to score a dramatic, upset triumph in the Nationals A-Main. The up-and-coming driver pocketed $35,000 for the biggest win of his five-year dirt Late Model career.

Two-time NASCAR Nextel Cup Series champion Tony Stewart came from 17th to finish second in a Rocket car fielded by WoO LMS regular Josh Richards’s father Mark, and Donnie Moran of Dresden, Ohio, placed third.

Eckert started third and ran among the top five throughout the rough-and-tumble event, which was slowed by 13 caution flags and a lap-33 red flag for teams to refuel. But the racer known as ‘Scrub’ couldn’t summon the speed to seriously challenge early leaders Darren Miller of Chadwick, Ill., and Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, nor hold off the late-race charge of Shirley.

“Our car was just so tight,” said Eckert, who also led the WoO LMS clan with a fourth-place finish in Friday night’s 25-lap preliminary feature. “After a restart I could turn for about two laps and pass a car or two, but then I’d get so tight that I couldn’t make any time.”

Eckert also fought a tight condition during Friday’s action, but he wasn’t able to make the proper adjustments on Saturday to eliminate the handling problem.

“Our motor laid down all weekend and we spent a lot of time working on it,” he said. “We didn’t do enough to the car. We thought we made it a little ‘freer’ (on Saturday), but it still wasn’t free enough.”

While this year’s Nationals wasn’t Eckert’s first appearance at Knoxville, he’s still trying to figure out the tough half-mile oval.

“The track is pretty much a circle, so you’ve gotta be able to rotate (the car) a long time,” described Eckert, who earned $7,500. “That’s not common at most tracks, which have shorter corners.

“It’s also pretty much flat, so there’s no banking to help you turn. You have to make the right changes to your car to make it turn.”

Eckert considered himself fortunate to finish fourth.

“I really don’t think we had a fourth-place car,” he said. “If a couple guys didn’t have trouble and drop out, we probably wouldn’t even have been in the top five.

“But I guess after all the bad luck we’ve been having, we were due for some good luck.”

Lanigan, 36, started directly behind Eckert, in fifth, and got his Rocket No. 29 as high as second place, on a lap-two restart. But he ran a similar race to Eckert, staying in the hunt but not showing quite enough quickness to bid for the win.

Eckert slipped ahead of Lanigan for good shortly after a lap-63 restart. Lanigan then fell back as far as sixth before securing a $5,000 fifth-place finish.

Defending WoO LMS champion Moyer, 48, had a quiet night. He started fourth in his Rayburn No. 21 but slipped nearly out of the top 10 before settling for sixth place, worth $4,500.

Perhaps the WoO LMS drivers with the fastest cars were Francis and Richards, who made impressive charges to the front.

Francis, driving his Mopar Rocket No. 15, advanced steadily forward from the 13th starting spot. He appeared to be a serious contender after passing Lanigan for third place on lap 48, but shortly thereafter he began to fade with apparent power-steering trouble, ultimately falling out of the top 10.

The 18-year-old Richards, meanwhile, came from the 11th starting spot to sit third when a caution flag flew on lap 59. But on lap 63 he jumped the cushion and clipped the wall, crunching the rear deck of his Rocket house car and forcing him to pit during a lap-63 caution period.

Richards returned to the fray, but he was never a factor again en route to a 17th-place finish. He was upstaged by Stewart, his famous teammate for the night.

Frank rallied to record an 11th-place finish in his Lester Buildings Rocket No. 1* after qualifying through Saturday night’s B-Main. He started 27th and made a pit stop on lap 59.

WoO LMS Rookie of the Year contender Jacobsen was running at the finish and placed 13th, while tour points leader McCreadie retired on lap 52 and Carrier dropped out with terminal mechanical woes just 18 laps into the A-Main.

McCreadie’s early departure ended his nightmarish Nationals.

A hard crash during Thursday’s heat action and a blown motor in his backup car during Friday’s B-Main forced McCreadie’s Sweeteners Plus crew to pull the motor out of the wrecked machine and bolt it in their backup Rocket for Saturday duty. More misfortune struck McCreadie on Saturday, however, when a flat tire knocked him out of a transfer spot midway through the B-Main and he fell two positions short of qualifying after a frantic rally.

McCreadie was able to start the A-Main thanks to a provisional spot he possessed. He advanced from the 31st starting spot to the top 15 before pitting to change a right-rear tire on lap 33, then retired after the halfway point when he noticed his engine beginning to run hot.

John Blankenship of Williamson, W.Va., was the only WoO LMS regular on hand who failed to qualify for the Nationals A-Main. He experienced problems and retired early from Saturday’s B-Main.

The WoO LMS stars return to points-chasing on the tour on Sun., Oct. 8, with the running of the postponed Pittsburgher 100 at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway in Imperial, Pa. The season finale is the Gator 100 on Oct. 13-14 at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.

Knoxville Late Model Nationals A Feature Finish (100 laps): 1. Brian Shirley, Chatham IL; 2. Tony Stewart, Rushville IN; 3. Donnie Moran, Dresden, OH; 4. RICK ECKERT, York, PA; 5. DARRELL LANIGAN, Union, KY; 6. BILLY MOYER, Batesville, AR; 7. Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, IL; 8. Dan Schlieper, Sullivan, WI; 9. Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, IA; 10. Brady Smith, Solon Springs, WI; 11. CHUB FRANK, Bear Lake, PA; 12. STEVE FRANCIS, Ashland, KY; 13. ERIC JACOBSEN, Santa Cruz, CA; 14. Steve Kosiski, Papillion, NE; 15. Darren Miller, Chadwick, IL; 16. Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, WI; 17. JOSH RICHARDS, Shinnston, WV; 18. Scott James, Lawrenceburg, IN; 19. Jeep VanWormer, Pinconning, MI; 20. TIM McCREADIE, Watertown, NY; 21. Chris Madden, Gaffney, SC; 22. Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, TN; 23. Matt Furman, Iowa City, IA; 24. Chris Smyser, Lancaster, MO; 25. Billy Drake, Bloomington, IL; 26. Todd Shute, Des Moines, IA; 27. Curt Martin, Independence, IA; 28. Justin Fegers, Mound, MN; 29. Steve Shaver, Vienna, WV; 30. EDDIE CARRIER JR., Salt Rock, WV; 31. Bart Hartman, Zanesville, OH.  

Lap Leaders: Miller 1-22; Birkhofer 23; Miller 24-48; Birkhofer 49; Miller 50; Birkhofer 51-53; Miller 54-57; Birkhofer 58; Miller 59-85; Shirley 86-100.

B Feature Finish (20 laps – Top 6 Transfer): 1. Justin Fegers, Mound MN; 2. EDDIE CARRIER JR., Salt Rock, WV; 3. CHUB FRANK, Bear Lake, PA; 4. Todd Shute, Des Moines, IA; 5. Curt Martin, Independence, IA; 6. Chris Smyser, Lancaster, MO; 7. Jeff Aikey, Cedar Falls, IA; 8. TIM McCREADIE, Watertown, NY; 9. Andy Eckrich, Iowa City, IA; 10. Denny Woodworth, Mendon, IL; 11. Johnny Spaw, Cedar Rapids, IA; 12. Jackie Boggs, Grayson, KY; 13. Mitch Johnson, Hickson, ND; 14. Matt Aukland, Fargo, ND; 15. John Seitz, Bemidji, MN; 16. Alonzo Grosse, Council Bluffs, IA; 17. Nick Marolf, Moscow, IA; 18. Kerry Hansen, Spencer, WI; 19. Mike Balcaen, Winnipeg, MB, Can.; 20. Curt Schroeder, Des Moines, IA; 21. Johnny Johnson, West Burlington, IA; 22. JOHN BLANKENSHIP, Williamson, WV; 23. Andrew McKay, Edina, MN.

C Feature Finish (15 laps): 1. Jay Johnson, West Burlington, IA; 2. Johnny Johnson, West Burlington, IA; 3. Mitch Johnson, Hickson, ND; 4. Matt Aukland, Fargo, ND; 5. Andrew McKay, Edina, MN; 6. Alonzo Grosse, Council Bluffs, IA; 7. Curt Schroeder, Des Moines, IA; 8. John Seitz, Bemidji, MN; 9. Jason Conoyer, Ursa, IL.

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Moyer Sets New Track Record & Ends Thursday Prelim Night Atop Knoxville Late Model Nationals Points Standings; Lanigan Enjoys Strong Run, McCreadie Wrecks Hard In Heat

KNOXVILLE, IA – Sept. 28, 2006 – Defending World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., got off to a strong start in the third annual Knoxville Late Model Nationals, setting a new track record in time trials and ending the Thursday-night preliminary program sitting atop the event points standings.

Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., led the WoO LMS contingent in Thursday night’s 25-lap preliminary feature, charging from the 12th starting spot to finish third. He crossed the finish line close behind victor Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., and runner-up Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa – the two previous winners of the Late Model Nationals at the famed Knoxville Raceway.

Moyer, 48, flexed his muscle during the 61-car qualifying session, ripping off a lap of 17.525 seconds around the half-mile oval. He was the third driver on the track.

But Moyer couldn’t duplicate his qualifying success in the preliminary feature. After blasting his Rayburn No. 21 off the pole position to lead the race’s first two laps, Moyer was overtaken by Bloomquist. He made a bid to regain command before gradually faded over the remaining distance, finishing sixth.

That was still good enough to give Moyer the highest points total from Thursday’s qualifying and feature action. He accumulated 484 points, nine more than Bloomquist.

If no one is able to surpass Moyer’s points total during Friday’s second preliminary night, he’ll start Saturday night’s 100-lap, $35,000-to-win A-Main from the pole position.

Moyer, who finished third in last year’s Knoxville Late Model Nationals 100, plans to test his two-week-old MasterSbilt car in Friday night’s preliminary action. Under event rules a driver’s best points total of the two nights will be used to determine Saturday’s lineups, so Moyer finds himself in very good shape.

The dirt Late Model legend is also “loose and very confident,” reported John McCarthy Sr., a longtime sponsor of Moyer’s efforts through his McCarthy’s One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning franchise in Omaha, Neb.

And why not? Moyer spent the days leading up to the Knoxville Nationals visiting with family and friends in his native Iowa (his father, Billy Sr., lives less than an hour from the track) and working on his car at the Hawkeye State shop of his sponsor, Banner Valley Hauling.

“Billy’s in a great mood,” said McCarthy, noting on Friday afternoon that Moyer was unwinding by riding his bicycle around the fairgrounds and the town of Knoxville.

The 36-year-old Lanigan, meanwhile, authored an impressive preliminary-feature run in his first career start at Knoxville. He came within one lap of finishing second.

“I jumped the cushion off (turn) two and that cost me,” Lanigan said of his final-circuit hiccup that allowed Birkhofer to slip by him. “I buried the nose and Birky got a run on me.”

Nevertheless, Lanigan was pleased with his $2,000 third-place effort, especially after he timed a less-than-satisfying 25th in qualifying.

“We were the next-to-last car out for qualifying so we knew we were gonna be a half-second off (the pace),” said Lanigan, who drove his Lanigan Autosports Rocket No. 29. “But we needed to be adjusted better.”

Lanigan, who was impressed by the racy nature of the Knoxville oval, can likely improve his potential starting spot in Saturday’s A-Main with a strong performance on Friday night. He ended Thursday’s action ranked 10th in the Nationals points standings.

“Time trials killed us,” said Lanigan, who is ranked fifth in the current WoO LMS points standings. “We’re gonna try a couple things (on Friday) and hopefully we’ll get some more points.”

Including Moyer and Lanigan, seven of the 10 WoO LMS regulars in attendance for the Knoxville Late Model Nationals made the cut for Thursday night’s preliminary feature. Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., finished fifth (and won a heat race); Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., placed eighth (and also won a heat); Rick Eckert of York, Pa., finished 12th after pitting to change a flat right-rear tire on lap five; Eric Jacobsen of Santa Cruz, Calif., was 19th; and Eddie Carrier Jr. of Salt Rock, W.Va., placed 25th.

No other dirt Late Model touring series was represented in Thursday’s preliminary feature by more of its regulars than the WoO LMS.

WoO LMS racers missing the preliminary feature field were Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., who finished fifth in the B-Main (one spot from transferring); John Blankenship of Williamson, W.Va., who was 10th in the C-Main; and Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., who was done for the night after being involved in a grinding crash during heat action.

McCreadie, who leads the 2006 WoO LMS points standings with the only the Pittsburgher 100 at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway (Oct. 8) and the Gator 100 at Florida’s Volusia Speedway Park (Oct. 13-14) remaining on the schedule, experienced the worst night of the Outlaw clan.

After timing ninth-fastest in qualifying, McCreadie started 11th in the fourth heat thanks to the event’s total-inversion format. He was on the gas trying to advance on the race’s opening lap when he slammed head-on into the spinning car driven by dirt Late Model rookie G.R. Smith, a a a New Jersey native who now lives in Mooresville, N.C.

“I was under (Eric) Jacobsen and didn’t see (Smith) when he spun across the track,” said McCreadie, who ironically shares a DIRT Modified racing background with Smith. “I hit him so hard I almost knocked the motor out of our car.”

McCreadie, who called the wreck “the worst we’ve had in three years of dirt Late Model racing,” said his Sweeteners Plus Rocket No. 39 will need a new front clip. His team will take the car to the Rocket Chassis shop in Shinnston, W.Va., following the Knoxville Nationals and have the frame work done on Monday – with the hope that McCreadie’s favorite car will be back running strong in the Pittsburgher on Oct. 8.

McCreadie, 32, was ranked 40th in the Knoxville Nationals points standings after Thursday’s action. His crew spent Friday afternoon readying their backup car for the weekend’s remaining competition.

“We need to go to work and get our backup running fast,” said McCreadie, who was sporting a sore wrist following the crash. “We can’t quit and fold up the tent for the weekend.”

Knoxville Late Model Nationals Points Standings (after Preliminary Night 1 – WoO LMS Drivers In Caps):

1. BILLY MOYER 484

2. Scott Bloomquist 475

3. Darren Miller 472

4. Brian Birkhofer 471

5. Jimmy Mars 470

6. Dan Schlieper 467

7. JOSH RICHARDS 460

8. STEVE FRANCIS 454

9. Chris Madden 446

10. DARRELL LANIGAN 442

11. Shannon Babb 439

12. Tony Stewart 439

13. Brady Smith 438

14. RICK ECKERT 431

15. Matt Furman 429

16. ERIC JACOBSEN 419

17. Scott James 412

18. EDDIE CARRIER JR. 393

19. Bart Hartman 387

20. CHUB FRANK 387

21. Curt Martin 387

22. Steve Shaver 386

23. Kerry Hansen 382

24. Kenny Schrader 382

25. Andy Eckrich 380

26. Jeff Aikey 374

27. Trent Follmer 372

28. Justin Fegers 370

29. Mike Balcaen 369

30. Jackie Boggs 367

31. Chris Spieker 366

32. Jeep VanWormer 363

33. Nick Marolf 362

34. Chris Smyser 345

35. Johnny Spaw 345

35. Brian Shirley 344

36. Todd Shute 343

37. Jay Johnson 341

38. Donnie Moran 325

39. Mike Marlar 321

40. TIM McCREADIE 316

40. Jeff Tharp 316

42. Dennis Woodworth 314

43. Matt Aukland 305

44. Boone McLaughlin 300

45. JOHN BLANKENSHIP 294

46. Paul Glendenning 294

47. Darrell DeFrance 287

48. Steve Kosiski 285

49. Billy Drake 281

50. Andrew McKay 267

51. G.R. Smith 255

52. Todd Cooney 254

53. Levi Benn 246

53. Johnny Johnson 246

55. Mitch Johnson 239

56. Jason Conoyer 237

57. Alonzo Grosse 233

58. Jill George 226

59. Junior Coover 224

60. Richard Bell 0

Volusia Speedway Park’s $20,000-To-Win Gator 100 Set To Close Out Another Dramatic World of Outlaws Late Model Series Points Race On Oct. 13-14

BARBERVILLE, FL – Sept. 26, 2006 – Can history repeat itself?

That’s the hope for the second annual Daytona Dodge Mopar Speed Shop Gator 100 on Oct. 13-14 at Volusia Speedway Park.

Last year’s Gator 100 featured a dramatic, down-to-the-wire battle for the 2005 World of Outlaws Late Model Series points championship waged by Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., and Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky.

This year’s version of the WoO LMS season-closer could see even more drivers vying for the $120,000 prize that will go to the champ of the nation’s premier dirt Late Model tour.

Six WoO LMS racers remain in contention for the title with just the postponed Pittsburgher 100 on Oct. 8 and the Gator 100 remaining on the schedule. Rising star Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., leads the standings by 28 points over Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., followed by defending champion Moyer (-38 points), Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa. (-56), Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky. (-58) and Francis (-62).

A slight tightening of the points standings after the Pittsburgher 100 would add even more drama to this year’s $20,000-to-win Gator 100.

No one, of course, can forget the thrilling 2005 Gator 100. Francis entered the event, held on Oct. 29, leading Moyer by a mere two points, and the pair of dirt Late Model stars raced neck-and-neck for virtually the entire 100-lap distance.

As 2004 WoO LMS champion Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., raced to victory in the Gator 100, Moyer and Francis tussled behind him for second place – and the championship.

A season that saw the WoO LMS travelers visit 34 tracks in 21 states over a nine-month period was finally decided on the final lap of the Gator 100. Moyer passed Francis with the white flag waving to secure a second-place finish in the race and tie Francis atop the points standings, which ultimately brought Moyer the championship thanks to a WoO LMS tie-breaker.

The first WoO LMS tie-breaker was number of wins, but that couldn’t determine the champ because both Moyer and Francis captured two features in ’05. Moyer scored more runner-up finishes (5-2) than Francis, however, so that handed the dirt Late Model legend his third career WoO LMS championship (he also won both titles in the first incarnation of the tour, in 1988 and 1989).

McCreadie, 32, will attempt to join Moyer and Bloomquist as the only champions the WoO LMS has ever known when the tour reaches the end of its ’06 road at Volusia. The DIRT MotorSports-owned half-mile oval is actually a great place to end the season for McCreadie, who has won there in WoO LMS, UMP Late Model and DIRT Modified competition.

Moyer and Francis are the only other title contenders who own WoO LMS victories at Volusia, but Clanton, Frank and Lanigan have experienced success there over the years.

The 14 WoO LMS travelers will be joined by a host of talented invaders for the Gator 100 weekend, which boasts a total purse of nearly $85,000.

Among the drivers who have the Gator 100 on their schedules are Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., who won a WoO LMS event at Volusia in February and recently captured the UMP-sanctioned World 100 at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway; Chris (‘The Intimagator’) Wall of Holden, La., one of the nation’s winningest dirt Late Model drivers in 2006; Ricky Elliott of Seaford, Del., the Northeast’s winningest dirt Late Model racer this season; budding star G.R. Smith, a New Jersey native who now lives in Mooresville, N.C.; and Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa.

Volusia’s racing weekend will kick off on Fri., Oct. 13, with time trials and heat races for the WoO LMS. Also on the agenda will the ‘Whiplash Dash’ for Late Model non-qualifiers, the first annual $1,000-to-win Gator Challenge Match Races and heats and features for the Hobby Stocks and Street Stocks.

The Gator Challenge Match Races will pit the two highest points drivers and the next two fast-timers from Friday’s qualifying.

The Sat., Oct. 14, program will include WoO LMS B-Mains, a pole dash and the Gator 100, which offers $1,500 to take the green flag. Volusia’s Late Model division will also be in action.

Pit gates are scheduled to open each day at 4 p.m., and spectator gates will be unlocked at 5 p.m.

Friday ticket prices are $14 for general admission, $15 for reserved seats and $25 for pit passes. Saturday prices are $28 for general admission, $30 for reserved seats and $35 for the pits.

A two-day reserved seat is available in advance for $40 and includes a free Friday pit pass. Two-day pit combo tickets are also available at a cost of $50.

For advance ticket sales, event information and driver entry forms, call 386-985-4402 or visit www.volusiaspeedwaypark.com.

Volusia Speedway Park is located 15 miles west of Ormond Beach, Fla., on Highway 40.

Wet Weather Forces Postponement of World of Outlaws Late Model Series
Pittsburgher 100 to Sun., Oct. 8

IMPERIAL, PA ? Sept. 23, 2006 ? Wet weather and a dire forecast of more
forced the postponement of Saturday night's 18th annual Pittsburgher 100 at
Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway.

With heavy rain bearing down on western Pennsylvania and a great likelihood of
precipitation continuing through Sunday's scheduled raindate, PPMS and World of
Outlaws Late Model Series officials decided early Saturday afternoon to
reschedule the completion of the Pittsburgher 100 weekend to Sun., Oct. 8.

On Sun., Oct. 8, pit gates are tentatively scheduled to open at 11 a.m. and
spectator gates at 12 noon, with racing to begin at 4 p.m. On the card will be
two WoO LMS B-Mains, the WoO LMS pole dash, features for the E-Mods and Pure
Stocks and the Pittsburgher 100.

Rainchecks and pit armbands will be accepted on Oct. 8.

Time trials and qualifying heat races for the WoO LMS's next-to-last event of
the 2006 season were completed between some light raindrops on Friday night.

Steve Casebolt of Richmond, Ind., topped the 54-car time-trial session, turning
a lap of 19.88 seconds around 'Dirt's Monster Half-Mile.'

Heat winners were Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky.,
WoO LMS points leader Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., and Rick Eckert of
York, Pa. The quartet of Rocket Chassis drivers will battle in the 4-lap dash
on Oct. 8 to determine the first four starting spots in the Pittsburgher 100.

The postponement means the WoO LMS points championship will be determined with
two consecutive weekends of competition at tracks separated by approximately
925 miles. The tour's season finale will be the Gator 100 on Oct. 13-14 at
Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.

Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 19-Steve Casebolt/Richmond, IN 19.88

2. 15b-Brian Birkhofer/Muscatine, IA 19.88

3. 17m-Dale McDowell/Chickamauga, GA 19.91

4. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 19.92

5. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 19.98

6. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 20.09

7. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 20.14

8. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 20.15

9. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 20.25

10. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 20.27

11. 17E-Lance Elson/Wellsburg, WV 20.28

12. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 20.28

13. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 20.31

14. 68-Dennis Niederritter/McDonald, PA 20.45

15. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 20.50

16. 0-Steve Baker/Fairmont, WV 20.50

17. 8w-Alan Dellinger/Niles, OH 20.56

18. H1-Jared Miley/South Park, PA 20.59

19. 4-Alex Ferree/Saxonburg, PA 20.65

20. 76-Dave Wade/Clinton, PA 20.68

21. 84-Rod Sweitzer/Stoystown, PA 20.70

22. 5-George Kowatic/Pittsburgh, PA 20.71

23. 72-John Mason/Millersburg, OH 20.72

24. 76x-Jason Rider/Clinton, PA 20.76

25. 21s-Leo Stadelman/Pittsburgh, PA 20.76

26. 58c-Garrett Durrett/Simsboro, LA 20.76

27. 09-Lou Bradich/Chester, WV 20.81

28. 29h-Rick Heim/Pittsburgh, PA 20.83

29. 79-Davey Johnson/Latrobe, PA 20.88

30. 2J-Mike Johnson/Imperial, PA 20.89

31. 17B-Keith Barbara/South Park, PA 20.92

32. 1c-Lynn Geisler/Cranberry Twp., PA 20.93

33. 02-Al Atallah/Bridgeville, PA 20.97

34. 84s-Jim Stephans/Pittsburgh, PA 21.00

35. 69-John Hodgkiss/McKees Rocks, PA 21.00

36. 17-Brandon Burgoon/McDonald, PA 21.03

37. 21T-Tony Musolino/Scott Twp., PA 21.04

38. 18-Robbie Scott/Shinnston, WV 21.05

39. 48-John Flinner/Zelionople, PA 21.06

40. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 21.06

41. 44H-Dave Hess Jr./Waterford, PA 21.07

42. 99-Ben Miley/Peters Twp., PA 21.13

43. 33-Chris Hackett/Erie, PA 21.13

44. 14G-Scott Gunn/W. Mifflin, PA 21.19

45. 40-Dutch Davies/Warren, PA 21.34

46. GR3-Bob Salathe/Bedford, PA 21.34

47. 14-Tommy Schirnhoffer Jr./Durmont, PA 21.43

48. 1U-Matt Urban/North East, PA 21.49

49. 66-Nick Jones/Pittsburgh, PA 21.66

50. 2G-Tim Gould/Moon Twp., PA 21.70

51. 6-Jim Lepro/Midway, PA 21.77

52. 29R-Keith Rodriguez/Crescent, PA 21.96

53. T8-Mark Banal/St. Clairsville, OH 22.12

54. 99b-Rick Briggs/Bear Lake, PA N/T (DQ)

Heat No. 1 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Frank, Richards, Casebolt, Carrier,
Sweitzer, D. Johnson, Hess, Davies, Atallah, Jones, Musolino, Stadelman,
Dellinger, Banal.

Heat No. 2 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Francis, C. Smith, Birkhofer, Briggs, J.
Miley, Scott, Salathe, Kowatic, Gould, Niederritter, B. Miley, Stephans,
Durrett, M. Johnson.

Heat No. 3 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): McCreadie, McDowell, Barbara, Moyer,
Lepro, Bradich, Flinner, Ferree, Elson, Mason, Hackett, Hodgkiss, Schirnhoffer.

Heat No. 4 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Eckert, Clanton, Lanigan, Baker, Gunn,
Wade, Geisler, Blankenship, Burgoon, Urban, Heim, Rodriguez, Rider.

Pittsburgher 100 Feature Lineup (top 4 spots to be determined with dash on Oct.
8, final spots comprised of B-Main transfers and provisionals): (Steve Francis,
Chub Frank, Tim McCreadie, Rick Eckert), 5. Josh Richards, 6. Clint Smith, 7.
Dale McDowell, 8. Shane Clanton, 9. Steve Casebolt, 10. Brian Birkhofer, 11.
Keith Barbara, 12. Darrell Lanigan, 13. Eddie Carrier Jr., 14. Rick Briggs, 15.
Billy Moyer, 16. Steve Baker.

B-Main No. 1 Lineup: 1. Rod Sweitzer, 2. Jared Miley, 3. Davey Johnson, 4.
Robbie Scott, 5. Dave Hess Jr., 6. Bob Salathe, 7. Dutch Davies, 8. George
Kowatic, 9. Al Atallah, 10. Tim Gould, 11. Nick Jones, 12. Dennis Neiderritter,
13. Tony Musolino, 14. Ben Miley, 15. Leo Stadelman, 16. Jim Stephans, 17. Alan
Dellinger, 18. Garrett Durrett, 19. Mark Banal, 20. Mike Johnson.

B-Main No. 2 Lineup: 1. Jim Lepro, 2. Scott Gunn, 3. Lou Bradich, 4. Dave Wade,
5. John Flinner, 6. Lynn Geisler, 7. Alex Ferree, 8. John Blankenship, 9. Lance
Elson, 10. Brandon Burgoon, 11. John Mason, 12. Matt Urban, 13. Chris Hackett,
14. Rick Heim, 15. John Hodgkiss, 16. Keith Rodriguez, 17. Tommy Schirnhoffer
Jr., 18. Jason Rider.

WoO Late Model Series Points Standings (as of Sept. 23): 1. Tim McCreadie 3,848;
2. Shane Clanton 3,820; 3. Billy Moyer 3,810; 4. Chub Frank 3,792; 5. Darrell
Lanigan 3,790; 6. Steve Francis 3,786; 7. Rick Eckert 3,674; 8. Dale McDowell
3,656; 9. Josh Richards 3,608; 10. Clint Smith 3,599; 11. Eddie Carrier Jr.
3,217; 12. John Blankenship 3,150; 13. Eric Jacobsen 3,073; 14. Garrett Durrett
3,044; 15. Robbie Blair 1,065.

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Chub Frank Flexes Muscle In Heat Win; Francis, McCreadie & Eckert Also Capture
Pittsburgher 100 Prelim Victories Friday Night

IMPERIAL, PA - Sept. 22, 2006 - Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., proved he's ready
to bid for another Pittsburgher 100 trophy, scoring an impressive heat victory
in Friday night's World of Outlaws Late Model Series qualifying action at
Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway.

Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., WoO LMS points leader Tim McCreadie of Watertown,
N.Y., and Rick Eckert of York, Pa., also captured heat-race triumphs leading up
to Saturday night's 18th annual Pittsburgher 100.

Frank, 44, authored arguably the evening's most impressive drive in the first
preliminary. Saddled with the fourth starting spot after turning the
13th-fastest lap in the 54-car time-trial session, he charged forward to grab
the lead from Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., late in the 10-lap distance.

A winner of the Pittsburgher 100 in 2001, Frank will try to secure the pole
position for the event by winning Saturday night's dash. He's scheduled to
start second in that race, alongside Francis.

The speed Frank flashed with his Lester Buildings Rocket No. 1* wasn?t
surprising, considering he owns the most experience in the Pittsburgher among
all the regulars on the WoO LMS. He's raced in every Pittsburgher 100 except
last year's edition, which wasn't part of the WoO LMS.

Frank is focused on running well in Saturday's 100-lapper so he can keep alive
his flickering WoO LMS title hopes. He sits fourth in the points standings, 56
markers behind McCreadie.

Both McCreadie and Eckert won heat races after making engine changes in their
primary cars during the afternoon. McCreadie made the swap after experiencing
terminal problems early in Thursday night's practice session, while Eckert
decided to change powerplants because he felt something wasn't right under the
hood on Thursday and didn't want to take a chance of bigger problems
developing.

McCreadie's closest pursuers in the WoO LMS points race, Shane Clanton of Locust
Grove, Ga., and Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., made the Pittsburgher 100
starting field through Friday night's heat competition. Clanton finished second
to Eckert in the fourth heat to earn the main's eighth starting spot, while
Moyer will take the feature green flag from the 15th slot after driving his new
MasterSbilt car to a fourth-place finish in the third heat.

Steve Casebolt of Richmond, Ind., set fast time during Friday's qualifying,
steering Dale Beitler's familiar No. 19 to a lap of 19.88 seconds.

WoO LMS Rookie of the Year contender Eric Jacobsen of Santa Cruz, Calif., was
not on hand for qualifying due to problems flying out of his home state to meet
his team at PPMS. He was grounded by three separate flight cancellations, so he
arranged for PPMS regular George Kowatic to qualify his Rocket No. 5.

Kowatic was 22nd-fastest in time trials and finished eighth in the second heat.
Provided Jacobsen arrives at PPMS on Saturday, he'll take over the controls of
his machine and start scratch in the first B-Main.

Pit gates will open for Saturday's program at 11 a.m. and spectator gates at 12
noon. Racing will begin at 7 p.m., featuring WoO LMS B-Mains, specials for the
E-Mods and Pure Stocks, and the 18th annual Pittsburgher 100, which will not
have a halfway fuel stop.

Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 19-Steve Casebolt/Richmond, IN 19.88

2. 15b-Brian Birkhofer/Muscatine, IA 19.88

3. 17m-Dale McDowell/Chickamauga, GA 19.91

4. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 19.92

5. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 19.98

6. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 20.09

7. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 20.14

8. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 20.15

9. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 20.25

10. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 20.27

11. 17E-Lance Elson/Wellsburg, WV 20.28

12. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 20.28

13. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 20.31

14. 68-Dennis Niederritter/McDonald, PA 20.45

15. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 20.50

16. 0-Steve Baker/Fairmont, WV 20.50

17. 8w-Alan Dellinger/Niles, OH 20.56

18. H1-Jared Miley/South Park, PA 20.59

19. 4-Alex Ferree/Saxonburg, PA 20.65

20. 76-Dave Wade/Clinton, PA 20.68

21. 84-Rod Sweitzer/Stoystown, PA 20.70

22. 5-George Kowatic/Pittsburgh, PA 20.71

23. 72-John Mason/Millersburg, OH 20.72

24. 76x-Jason Rider/Clinton, PA 20.76

25. 21s-Leo Stadelman/Pittsburgh, PA 20.76

26. 58c-Garrett Durrett/Simsboro, LA 20.76

27. 09-Lou Bradich/Chester, WV 20.81

28. 29h-Rick Heim/Pittsburgh, PA 20.83

29. 79-Davey Johnson/Latrobe, PA 20.88

30. 2J-Mike Johnson/Imperial, PA 20.89

31. 17B-Keith Barbara/South Park, PA 20.92

32. 1c-Lynn Geisler/Cranberry Twp., PA 20.93

33. 02-Al Atallah/Bridgeville, PA 20.97

34. 84s-Jim Stephans/Pittsburgh, PA 21.00

35. 69-John Hodgkiss/McKees Rocks, PA 21.00

36. 17-Brandon Burgoon/McDonald, PA 21.03

37. 21T-Tony Musolino/Scott Twp., PA 21.04

38. 18-Robbie Scott/Shinnston, WV 21.05

39. 48-John Flinner/Zelionople, PA 21.06

40. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 21.06

41. 44H-Dave Hess Jr./Waterford, PA 21.07

42. 99-Ben Miley/Peters Twp., PA 21.13

43. 33-Chris Hackett/Erie, PA 21.13

44. 14G-Scott Gunn/W. Mifflin, PA 21.19

45. 40-Dutch Davies/Warren, PA 21.34

46. GR3-Bob Salathe/Bedford, PA 21.34

47. 14-Tommy Schirnhoffer Jr./Durmont, PA 21.43

48. 1U-Matt Urban/North East, PA 21.49

49. 66-Nick Jones/Pittsburgh, PA 21.66

50. 2G-Tim Gould/Moon Twp., PA 21.70

51. 6-Jim Lepro/Midway, PA 21.77

52. 29R-Keith Rodriguez/Crescent, PA 21.96

53. T8-Mark Banal/St. Clairsville, OH 22.12

54. 99b-Rick Briggs/Bear Lake, PA N/T (DQ)

Heat No. 1 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Frank, Richards, Casebolt, Carrier,
Sweitzer, D. Johnson, Hess, Davies, Atallah, Jones, Musolino, Stadelman,
Dellinger, Banal.

Heat No. 2 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Francis, C. Smith, Birkhofer, Briggs, J.
Miley, Scott, Salathe, Kowatic, Gould, Niederritter, B. Miley, Stephans,
Durrett, M. Johnson.

Heat No. 3 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): McCreadie, McDowell, Barbara, Moyer,
Lepro, Bradich, Flinner, Ferree, Elson, Mason, Hackett, Hodgkiss, Schirnhoffer.

Heat No. 4 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Eckert, Clanton, Lanigan, Baker, Gunn,
Wade, Geisler, Blankenship, Burgoon, Urban, Heim, Rodriguez, Rider.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can't get to a track to see the series, they can
experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series live on
Dirtvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the
DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio
Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail [email protected].

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by
several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor Hoosier Tire;
Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The
University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART
Machinery, Holley Performance Products Inc., MSD Ignition, Quarter Master,
Ohlins and Wrisco Industries.
 

WoO Late Model Series At A Glance: Sept. 22-23 at Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania
Motor Speedway

NORMAN, OK - Sept. 20, 2006 -

WHAT:

* The World of Outlaws Late Model Series headlines this weekend's 18th
annual Pittsburgher 100 at Pittburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway in
Imperial, Pa. The first 100-lap event of the 2006 season for the WoO LMS
travelers will be critical in the tight tour points battle, which will have
only one race remaining after this weekend.

The traditional event on the western Pennsylvania racing calendar will pay a
whopping $18,000 to its winner.

WHEN:

* The Pittsburgher 100 activities will be run under the lights on Fri.,
Sept. 22, and Sat., Sept. 23. A practice will be held on Thurs., Sept. 21,
from 7-10 p.m. for dirt Late Model, E-Mod and Pure Stock racers. Sun., Sept.
24, will be reserved as a raindate.

On Fri., Sept. 22, pit gates are scheduled to open at 4 p.m. and spectator
gates at 5 p.m. WoO LMS time trials are set for 7 p.m., followed by
qualifying heat races for the WoO LMS, E-Mods and Pure Stocks.

Pit gates will open for the Sat., Sept. 23, program at 11 a.m. and spectator
gates at 12 noon. Racing will begin at 7 p.m., featuring WoO LMS B-Mains,
specials for the E-Mods and Pure Stocks, and the 18th annual Pittsburgher
100, which will not have a halfway fuel stop.

WHERE:

* Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway, which is known as the 'Monster
Half-Mile,' is located 15 miles west of Pittsburgh off the Noblestown exit
of U.S. 22.

TICKETS:

* Thursday's practice boasts free admission to the grandstand. Adult general
admission is $25 on Friday and $40 on Saturday, with a two-day pass
available for $40. Kids 9-14 will be admitted for $10 each day, and kids 9
and under are free.

Pit passes are $15 on Thursday, $30 on Friday and $50 on Saturday, with
two-day passes for Friday and Saturday available for $50.

PREVIOUS WoO WINNERS AT PPMS:

* The WoO LMS's only previous appearance at PPMS came at the 2004
Pittsburgher 100, which that year was divided into separate 60- and 40-lap
events on Friday and Saturday nights. The Friday program was canceled due to
an electrical transformer problem that dimmed and/or shut down the track
lighting system, and Bart Hartman of Zanesville, Ohio, won Saturday night's
60-lap feature.

PREVIOUS PITTSBURGHER 100 WINNERS:

1989 - Scott Bloomquist
1990 - Bob Wearing Jr.
1991 - Donnie Moran
1992 - Davey Johnson
1993 - Scott Bloomquist
1994 - Davey Johnson
1995 - Scott Bloomquist
1996 - Tim Hitt
1997 - Rick Aukland
1998 - Tim Hitt
1999 - Todd Andrews
2000 - Davey Johnson
2001 - Chub Frank
2002 - Rick Aukland
2003 - Matt Urban
2004 - Bart Hartman
2005 - Donnie Moran

INFORMATION:

* For more information visit www.ppms.com or call 412-279-7223 (office),
724-853-7223 (office) or 724-695-0393 (race day).

WHAT THE WoO DRIVERS THINK:

* Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., a WoO LMS regular who won the 2001
Pittsburgher 100 and has competed in every Pittsburgher except the 2005
edition, on the race's significance: "It's one of the 12 biggest races in
the country for dirt Late Models. It's also close to home for us, so it
means a lot to win it."

* Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., on protecting his WoO LMS points lead at
a track he's raced at only once before (in 2004, when he was involved in an
early crash and finished 24th): "That doesn't matter to me. We're just
worried about getting better than we've been running lately because I don't
want to just run around to protect the points in the next two shows."

STORYLINES:

* The red-hot WoO LMS points battle - McCreadie leads Shane Clanton of
Locust Grove, Ga., by 28 points; Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., by 38;
Frank by 56; Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., by 58; and Steve Francis of
Ashland, Ky., by 62.

McCreadie can assure himself of his first-ever WoO LMS title - worth
$120,000 - by finishing sixth or better in the Pittsburgher 100 and the
season finale Gator 100 on Oct. 13-14 at Volusia Speedway Park in
Barberville, Fla.

* Can Shane Clanton, coming off a win on Sept. 4 at Tri-City Speedway in
Franklin, Pa., close the points gap on McCreadie in his first-ever
appearance at PPMS?

* Will Chub Frank's experience at PPMS help him keep his flickering title
hopes alive?

* Can Rick Eckert of York, Pa., who won the Penn National 40 on July 9 at
PPMS, end his 11-race losing streak on the WoO LMS?

ON THE INTERNET:

* If fans can't get to a track to see the tour, they can experience the
excitement of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series live on Dirtvision.com
through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on
the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT
Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail
[email protected].


2006 World of Outlaws Statistical Roundout after 9-4-06
(Pos.-Driver-Residence-Races Entered-Starts-Wins-Top 5s-Top
10s-Fast-Times-Heat Wins-Dash Wins-B-Main Wins-Earnings-Points-Trail By):

1. Tim McCreadie/Watertown,NY 28-28-2-12-22-4-8-0-1-$92,200-3,848-0

2. Shane Clanton/Locust Grove,GA 28-28-1-12-23-2-9-2-1-$69,300-3,820-28

3. Billy Moyer/Batesville,AR 28-28-2-13-23-2-11-2-2-$75,000-3,810-38

4. Chub Frank/Bear Lake,PA 28-28-3-10-21-2-6-3-1-$81,400-3,792-56

5. Darrell Lanigan/Union,KY 28-28-2-15-22-0-12-5-1-$76,400-3,790-58

6. Steve Francis/Ashland,KY 28-28-2-13-22-2-12-1-2-$90,200-3,786-62

7. Rick Eckert/York,PA 28-28-8-11-15-1-8-2-1-$105,900-3,674-174

8. Dale McDowell/Chickamauga,GA 28-28-0-7-18-2-4-1-0-$49,200-3,656-192

9. Josh Richards/Shinnston,WV 28-28-1-6-17-2-5-2-2-$55,300-3,608-240

10. Clint Smith/Senoia,GA 28-27-4-8-15-0-4-4-4-$71,910-3,599-249

11. Eddie Carrier Jr.R/Salt Rock,WV 27-26-0-2-4-0-1-0-2-$23,710-3,217-631

12. John Blankenship/Williamson,WV 28-24-0-1-6-0-1-0-3-$26,540-3,150-698

13. Eric JacobsenR/Santa Cruz,CA 28-23-0-1-3-0-0-0-1-$20,950-3,073-775

14. Garrett DurrettR/Simsboro,LA 28-24-0-0-1-0-0-0-5-$18,710-3,044-804

15. Rob Blair/Titusville,PA 9-8-0-3-4-1-2-0-0-$15,700-1,065-2,783

DIRTVision Offers Internet Coverage of Dirt Kart Winternationals And WKA Dirt World Championships At Volusia Speedway Park Dec. 27-Jan. 1

BARBERVILLE, FL – Sept. 13, 2006 – Could a dirt karter ask for anything more than six days of racing in the Florida sun following Christmas?

They sure can – specifically, coverage of the event on DIRTVision.com so friends and family unable to make the trip south can watch the Dirt Kart Winternationals action on a computer screen in the comfort of their homes.

DIRTVision.com, the live internet audio and video arm of DIRT MotorSports, will provide unprecedented coverage of the Outlaw Dirt Kart Winternationals and WKA Dirt World Championships scheduled for Dec. 27-Jan. 1 at Volusia Speedway Park outside Daytona Beach, Fla.

DIRT MotorSports and the World Karting Association (WKA) officials announced in late August that they have aligned to promote the six-day Dirt Kart Winternationals at Volusia Speedway Park’s new kart facility. The week will include Outlaw Dirt Kart Winternationals events on Dec. 27, Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 and the famed Briggs & Stratton Speedway WKA Dirt World Championships Dec. 28-30.

The WKA Dirt World Championships have been an end-of-the-year staple at Daytona Beach Municipal Stadium for a quarter century. The move to Volusia Speedway Park for the 2006 edition will provide hundreds of racers a dedicated kart facility more conducive to side-by-side dirt racing.

All of the racing action from the 22 divisions slated to compete will be available on DIRTVision.com, which has previously featured live audio and video coverage of DIRT MotorSports’ national and regional touring dirt-track series, including the World of Outlaws Sprints and Late Models, Advance Auto Parts Modifieds, UMP Late Models and MARS Late Models.

"We are ready to bring leading edge broadcast technology to the karting world with six days of live streaming video, audio and results,” said DIRTVision producer Matt Thomas. “This event schedule represents one of our biggest undertakings, with over 30 hours of streaming scheduled in six days.

“Fans and families from coast-to-coast or anywhere in the world can subscribe to watch the programming we will offer from Volusia Speedway Park."

There will be a FREE preview of the live streaming video, audio and results offered on DIRTVision.com during the first night of the Outlaw Dirt Kart Winternationals, on Dec. 27. If internet viewers like what they see, they can subscribe to watch and listen to the events for the remainder of the week.

A DIRTVision subscription for the Dirt Kart Winternationals at Volusia Speedway Park will provide access to the live events daily as well as “On Demand” archived events the following week. The cost will be $7.99 for one-day viewing or $19.99 for the entire week.

DIRT MotorSports will also offer a technological bonus to all karters in action during the week-long racing extravaganza. The company will have its World of Outlaws Sprint Series Mobile Media Center on hand for the Winternationals, providing karters live timing, scoring and DIRTVision video streams on a big screen. In addition, the WoO Mobile Media Center’s presence will provide WiFi wireless internet access for the pit area so racers can get on the internet and check e-mail throughout the week.

For more information on DIRTVision, including subscription details, visit DIRTVision.com.

Information on the Dirt Kart Winternationals is available at www.volusiaspeedwaypark.com or www.worldkarting.com.

UMP At The World 100: Summernationals Standouts Shannon Babb & Jeep VanWormer Shine In Classic Race At Eldora Speedway 

ROSSBURG, OH – Sept. 11, 2006 – Two major players on this year’s United Midwestern Promoters (UMP) Summernationals tour were also major factors in the biggest dirt Late Model event of the season. 

Two-time defending UMP Summernationals champion Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., and Jeep VanWormer of Piconning, Mich., who finished second to Babb in this year’s Summernationals points standings, played starring roles in Saturday night’s 36^th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway. 

Babb, 32, led more laps than any other driver and finished second to Jacksonville, Fla.’s Earl Pearson Jr., while VanWormer, 31, became the darling of the standing-room-only crowd with an electric run to a third-place finish.

For much of the night it appeared that Babb was ready to gain a dose of redemption in the World 100, which was sanctioned by DIRT MotorSports’ UMP division. One year earlier he had crossed the finish line first in the event, but was disqualified for weighing in light at the scales 

Qualifying couldn’t have gone better for Babb. He went from wallowing in fifth place midway through the 15-lap fifth heat – two spots from a transfer spot – to an important victory thanks to help from two caution flags; he pulled off a three-wide pass to claim third on a lap-eight restart and grabbed the lead on a lap-11 restart.

 With the outside-pole position for the main secured, Babb set the pace for laps 1-26 and 28-80. But his Billy Moyer Sr.-owned Rayburn car wasn’t fast enough to hold off Pearson, and thus he gracefully accepted defeat.

 “We’re happy, but we would’ve been happier if we could’ve won it – especially after what happened last year,” said Babb, whose best finish in six previous World 100 feature starts was a third in 2002. “Earl was definitely better than us tonight. We were just trying to hold our own and keep everybody behind us. They got to eating me up at the end. 

“For what the car felt like, I can’t believe we ran second. I really wasn’t as good as I needed to be. I can’t believe all those guys didn’t pass me.

 “Last year and other times I’ve been here before, about halfway through the race my car would start getting tight, and I’d start getting more traction and going,” he added. “I was waiting for the thing to start to get going tonight, but it just didn’t.

 “The track was prepared perfect tonight, and it never did get more traction in one spot. I guess it stayed slicker longer that I expected, so my car didn’t come in like I had planned on it.

 “But that’s what makes dirt racing so fun. You gotta time your car to come in when it counts.”

 It was still an eventful race for Babb, who survived a mid-race scrape, plenty of head-turning pressure from VanWormer and his involvement in the wild late-race battle that made the 2006 World 100 one of the most exciting in history.

 Bobb’s closest call on lap 40, when he and VanWormer split the lapped car driven by Ray Cook of Brasstown, N.C., between turns three and four while battling for the lead. Babb made contact with Cook, sending the Southerner into the turn-four wall, while VanWormer simultaneously slapped the turn-four wall hard after sliding into the lead. A caution flag for Cook’s car kept Babb in the top spot. 

“I just timed it wrong going down the backstraightaway,” Babb said of the incident. “I was starting to go at the same time Jeep went by me, and I got into Cook there. I sure as heck didn’t mean to. You definitely don’t want to crash nobody, especially when you’re leading.”

 Babb then had to deal with VanWormer, who was tossing his MasterSbilt car around the half-mile oval with wild abandon. VanWormer changed lanes and scraped the outside wall repeatedly, often showering sparks on his rival racers. 

“I felt like I was riding around there with a time bomb ticking on my back bumper,” Babb said of his struggle for position with VanWormer. “I could see sparks (from VanWormer’s car) flying all over.” 

Babb was impressed – and not surprised – by VanWormer’s speed. 

“He definitely was super fast and definitely has the capability of winning this race,” said Babb, who has 20 wins this season and is ranked in the top 10 of the UMP Late Model national points standings. “Everybody hates to hear it, but if he would’ve toned down just a little bit, maybe he would’ve driven by us all and lapped everybody.

 “He’s been here running a little bit, and like everybody knows, the more you run some place, the better you’ll get. I’ve never run any of these other (weekly Late Model) shows here because there’s been something else going on, but I probably should to get more laps. The (purse) money might not be as much in some shows, but if you run ‘em, someday it might pay off big.

 “Like maybe when (Eldora owner Tony) Stewart has another million-to-win show for us next year or sometime soon,” smiled Babb, trying to drop a hint to the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series star.

 VanWormer, meanwhile, was the center of fans’ attention in the pit area following the race. With Pearson taking care of his post-race winner’s responsibilities with the media upstairs in Eldora’s VIP tower, people flocked to the hauler of the driver who provided them countless thrills en route to a third-place finish in the 100-lapper. 

“Our crowd was pretty big tonight. You would’ve thought we won the damn race,” quipped the affable VanWormer, leaning against his car’s right-side door while interacting with fans long after the checkered flag had fallen. “I don’t think there’s a t-shirt left in the trailer. We were doing good selling them this weekend, but everybody wanted one after the race.”

 VanWormer, who came to Eldora sporting a new purple-dominated paint scheme on his No. 55, admitted that his aggressiveness likely dive-bombed his opportunity to win the World 100 in just his second career feature start.

 “I wish I would’ve stayed off the wall. We might have won this thing,” said VanWormer, who finished 16^th in the 2004 World 100. “I didn’t have as much drive (late in the race). The spoiler’s knocked off and bumper’s dragging, so the car definitely didn’t handle like it did at the start.

 “But it’s the World 100, so it’s hard not to get excited. Especially when you’re running up front, you can see the lead, and you can see those guys aren’t driving away from you.”

 When asked what he would do differently if he could run the race again, VanWormer said he would “try to be more patient.” He didn’t think he could’ve simply driven away from the field to win the 100, but he realized that some mistakes – like when he slid high after Pearson passed him for the lead on lap 86 and fell to third – cost him dearly. 

Nevertheless, VanWormer, who announced his contender status on Saturday with a spectacular run forward from the eighth starting spot to win the second heat race, had no regrets about his performance. 

“I’m just overwhelmed,” said VanWormer, who entered the weekend ranked 15^th in the UMP Late Model national points standings. “Running third in the World 100 is pretty cool. Leading it was cooler.

 “We didn’t win it, but everybody at this racetrack knows I was here. They’ll look at me in a different light every time we come to Eldora. 

“We’ve had a great year, did really well in the Summernationals (two wins while competing in all 26 events),” he added. “But running like we did tonight puts us where we need to be.

 “When you run good in the World 100, it helps. It makes sponsors open up and say, ‘This guy’s on the verge.’”

 Six other drivers ranked in the top 15 of the UMP Late Model national points standings entered the World 100, which offered UMP points. 

* Randy Korte of Highland, Ill., who is rolling toward the $25,000 UMP Late Model national championship with four weekends of points racing left in the 2006 season, timed 26^th-fastest on Friday and qualified for the feature by taking the runner-up spot in Saturday’s second heat.But Korte, who started eighth in the 100, didn’t last long. On lap 17 a tangle with Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, in turn four ripped the nosepiece off Korte’s No. 00, forcing him to the pit area. The nosepiece got lodged in the rearend of Birkhofer’s car until finally shaking free onto the track on lap 27.

 * Wes Steidinger of Fairbury, Ill., who won UMP Late Model titles this season at Fairbury Speedway and Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway and is eighth in the UMP national points standings, missed qualifying for his first career World 100 by just one position. The 23-year-old, who timed 45^th-fastest, finished fifth in the first B-Main.

 * Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., who sits second in the current UMP national standings, was bidding for a transfer spot in the second B-Main when he tangled on the white flag lap with Eddie Carrier Jr. of Salt Rock, W.Va. The 33-year-old driver retired to the pit area. 

* Ryan Dauber of Tonica, Ill., who is 11^th in the UMP national rankings, was buried with a 16^th-place starting spot in the sixth heat after timing 96^th-fastest. The 29-year-old made a strong advance to finish eighth in the preliminary, but he fell short of making his first World 100 field, finishing 11^th in the second B-Main. 

* Veteran Kevin Weaver of Gibson City, Ill., a former UMP national and Summernationals champion who ranks 12^th in the current UMP national standings, timed 72^nd-fastest and battled a loose race car while finishing 11^th in the sixth heat. The World 100 runner-up in 1998 advanced from the 24^th starting spot to finish 14^th in the second B-Main. 

* Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., sporting a new “tumbling dice” design on the doors of his No. 25 for the World 100, timed a sparkling 23^rd-fastest on Friday. But the 28-year-old racer, who entered the weekend 13^th in the UMP national points and leading UMP’s Indiana State points, fell from the third starting spot to a 10^th-place finish in the fifth heat, then missed the World 100 after finishing 16^th in the first B-Main.

World of Outlaws Late Model Series News & Notes 9/6: Wrapping Up Tri-City
Speedway's Oil Region Labor Day Classic Weekend

FRANKLIN, PA - Sept. 6, 2006 -

THRILLERS: The pair of 50-lap features that comprised the Sunday-Monday Oil
Region Labor Day Classic Weekend at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa.,
boasted spectacular finishes, continuing a recent trend in World of Outlaws
Late Model Series competition.

Four of the last seven tour events have been dramatically decided in the
final moments, starting with the Aug. 4 show at Lernerville Speedway in
Sarver, Pa., when Rick Eckert's furious bid to overtake eventual winner Tim
McCreadie ended with a turn-four spin as the checkered flag was waving. Next
was Josh Richards's pass of McCreadie with two laps left to win the 50-lap
feature on Aug. 26 at Columbus (Miss.) Speedway, setting the stage for the
thrillers at Tri-City.

Sunday's feature appeared to belong to Billy Moyer, who as the race wound
down was headed toward a win he desperately needed to keep his WoO LMS title
hopes alive. But with Moyer slowed by a deflating right-rear tire over the
final five laps, Chub Frank closed in and was able to make a final bonsai
charge on the outside of turns three and four on the last lap. One of the
few WoO LMS regulars who had run more than one dirt Late Model event at
Tri-City in their careers, Frank won the race after surviving contact with
Moyer that sent the defending tour champion spinning in turn four just a
half-straightaway from the finish line.

On Monday, Darrell Lanigan was cruising toward victory when he ran into the
back of Dick Barton's slowing car in turn one. Lanigan kept his car rolling,
however, and, despite the significant right-side bodywork and suspension
damage it sustained, thought he could still pull out the win by getting back
to the start/finish first. But the caution flag that was put out for
Barton's stricken car doomed Lanigan, who couldn't summon enough speed from
his beat-up machine during the ensuing green-white-checkered finish and
watched Shane Clanton pass him for the win.

DETERMINED: Tri-City Speedway co-promoters Roger Crick and Mike Graham
refused to let the weather dive-bomb their biggest weekend of the year.

Once it became clear that the rainy remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto would
hit the track Friday night and Saturday morning, Crick and Graham arranged a
Monday raindate with DIRT MotorSports officials to preserve two nights of
racing. They held off on postponing Saturday's card to Monday until shortly
after noon, when it became apparent that the conditions wouldn't improve
sufficiently to allow racing.

On Sunday the co-promoters faced a series of pesky light showers and misty
conditions that put track prep behind schedule and brought them to the brink
of canceling the program. It went on, however, and the muddy pit area ended
up overflowing with 130 cars - a handful of the 45 dirt Late Models on hand
even had to pit in the parking lot - and a solid crowd populated the
grandstands.

APOLOGETIC: Chub Frank certainly felt bad about precipitating Shane
Clanton's 360-degree spin as they battled for the lead on lap 39 of Monday
night's main.

It was clear afterward that there were no hard feelings between Frank and
Clanton, who went on to win after WoO LMS competition director Bret Emrick
ruled he could restart in the lead because he did not lose forward momentum
when a caution flag was thrown as he spun.

"I have him coming up to the house right now (to spend Monday working on his
car)," Frank, who lives about a half-hour from Tri-City, said before driving
his hauler out of the pit area. "I just went down and talked to him a minute
ago and told him it was my fault."

STILL ON TOP: WoO LMS points leader Tim McCreadie wasn't happy after leaving
Tri-City with two seventh-place finishes.

"We weren't good either night," said McCreadie, who was plagued by a
skipping engine in Monday's main. "We have to get better because I don't
want to just run around to protect the points in the next two shows."

McCreadie lost some of his points lead, ending the doubleheader 28 points
ahead of Clanton and 38 in front of Moyer. But he could have lost more.
After all, Clanton spun on lap 20 of Sunday's main and had to charge from
the rear to finish sixth, and Moyer lost a possible win on Sunday thanks to
his last-lap twirl and on Monday had to rally to finish fourth after
executing a 360-degree spin off turn two while battling Frank for the lead
on lap 20.

With two events remaining on the 2006 WoO LMS schedule - the Pittsburgher
100 on Sept. 22-23 at Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway in Imperial,
Pa., and the Gator 100 on Oct. 13-14 at Volusia Speedway Park in
Barberville, Fla. - McCreadie can assure himself the $120,000 title by
finishing sixth or better in both races.

GREAT RUNS: Sometimes practice makes perfect.

Or almost perfect.

Robbie Blair, whose home in Titusville, Pa., is roughly 15 miles from
Tri-City, prepared for the doubleheader by spending a day hot-lapping at the
track last week. The driver who won Tri-City's last dirt Late Model
championship, in 1997, parlayed that track time into a superb holiday
weekend, finishing third (after setting a new track record in time trials)
on Sunday and bettering that with a runner-up placing on Monday.

"We did some testing here and it probably helped us a little," said the
soft-spoken Blair. "It definitely got us in the ballpark with setup and
tires."

Blair, who has frequently entered WoO LMS events over the past three
seasons, came into the doubleheader with a career-best tour finish of third,
on June 29, 2005, at Fulton (N.Y.) Speedway.

The only blemish of Blair's visit to Tri-City was his 16-year-old son Max's
hard crash during Sunday night's second B-Main. Max, who has been running
steel-block Late Model events in the area this season, caught the inside
berm in turn four and spun into the outside wall with his car's left side.
The young driver gingerly climbed out of his mangled machine and refused
medical treatment, but Robbie took him to the hospital after the racing
program to get checked out.

"They x-rayed him and ran some tests," Robbie said of Max. "They didn't find
anything, and we finally got home at 5:30 in the morning. He's just real
sore."

ETCETERA.

* Josh Richards's second-place finish in Sunday's main continued his
second-half surge and pushed him past Clint Smith to ninth in the WoO LMS
points standings.

But on Monday the 18-year-old finished outside the top 10 for the just the
second time in his last 12 starts. His Rocket House Car's left-front spindle
snout broke as he ran fifth on the final lap, forcing him to retire and
settle for a 17th-place finish.


* The heavy rain that swamped Tri-City Speedway created heavy, fast track
conditions for Sunday's card. That also meant plenty of clay was flying,
leading to visibility problems for many drivers.

"I ran out of (helmet) tear-offs and my shield was fogging up," said
Richards. "Then I really couldn't see when (Rick) Eckert was blowing oil
back at me.

"Once Eckert got out of the way and the oil wasn't there, it wasn't that
bad," he nonchalantly added, as if just anyone can race over 100 mph without
a clear field of vision. "I have a skirt on my helmet, so on the
straightaway I was putting my shield up and cleaning it with the skirt."

WoO LMS regular John Blankenship also ran out of tear-offs on Sunday night.
His solution? He stopped in turn four during a lap-17 caution period and had
a crewman bring him a new helmet, which he quickly put on.

* Dale McDowell's miserable, winless 2006 season on the WoO trail continued
at Tri-City.

On Sunday, McDowell had to relinquish the 10th starting spot for the main
and start at the rear because ignition trouble in the pit area caused him to
report late to the lineup on the racetrack. He seemed to be recovering well
on Monday after setting fast time and settling into a top-five spot for the
feature's first half, but he was hampered after a lap-29 caution flag by a
broken left-front lower control arm and limped to a 10th-place finish.

"We can't catch a break even when we have a decent car," said McDowell.

* Steve Francis fell one spot, to sixth, in the WoO LMS points standings
after finishing ninth in Monday's main. He was seventh when the deciding
green-white-checkered restart began, but he got shuffled backward in the
final-lap scramble, finishing behind even Lanigan, whose damaged car was
severely handicapped.

* Rick Eckert's tumble from title contention rolled on at Tri-City. He led
the first 30 laps of Sunday's main before a busted oil line forced him to
the pit area, and on Monday he retired Raye Vest's No. 24 with a damaged
nose while running third on lap 16.

Since winning his tour-best eighth feature of the season on July 8 at Sharon
Speedway in Hartford, Ohio, Eckert has recorded just one top-five and three
top-10 finishes in 11 events. He's now in danger of losing seventh place in
the points standings to McDowell, who trails Eckert by a mere 18 points.

* A last-lap burst forward netted Eddie Carrier Jr. a fifth-place finish in
Monday's feature. It tied his best career run on the WoO LMS, a fifth on
June 16 at Western Kentucky Speedway in Madisonville, Ky.

Carrier is on the verge of clinching the 2006 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year
award. He leads Eric Jacobsen by 144 points and Garrett Durrett by 173
markers.

* Jacobsen's flickering RoY hopes took a hit on Sunday when he failed to
qualify. His night started off well - he recorded the fifth-fastest time -
but mechanical trouble and a spin-out during his heat put him in a hole that
he was never able to escape.

* Durrett's Sunday-night outing ended with a burnt piston on lap 36. He
pulled his car to a stop in turn four, where it was enveloped in a huge,
thick cloud of smoke.

"I couldn't even breathe for a second because there so much smoke in the
car," said Durrett.

* After coming back from a broken drive flange during Sunday heat action to
win a B-Main, Clint Smith was Mr. Excitement during the feature. While
rallying from a lap-five tangle with Rick Briggs he tossed his No. 44 around
the extreme outside of the track, well above the cushion, en route to a
12th-place finish.

* Speaking of Briggs, the driver popularly known as 'Boom' showed the WoO
boys that he's not just a top mechanic.

Briggs, 35, of Bear Lake, Pa., won the 2004 Snap-on Crew Chief of the Year
Award while traveling the WoO LMS with his cousin Chub Frank. But he's
stepped off the road this year to concentrate more on his own dirt Late
Model driving career on the local circuit, so he relished the opportunity to
take on Chub and his friends from the tour at Tri-City.

'Boom' was smiling after scoring a 13th-place finish in Sunday night's main,
but he was absolutely beaming after placing a WoO LMS career-best sixth in
Monday's headliner.

* Seconds after Max Blair slammed the turn-four wall during Sunday's second
B-Main, fellow first-time WoO LMS entrant Denny Fenton of Clearfield, Pa.,
slid head-on into the barrier just feet behind Blair. He received medical
treatment, but reports indicate he was only shaken and sore from the impact.

* Dan Stone towed out from Northeast Pennsylvania with his No. 21d and made
the cut for Monday's main, but a lap-29 tangle on the homestretch that saw
him get hooked together with Chad Ruhlman ended his run.

Stone, who has entered seven WoO LMS events this season, said he's planning
to haul south next month to run the tour's season finale Gator 100 at
Volusia Speedway Park.
 

Clanton Spins But Still Wins First World of Outlaws Late Model Series
Feature of 2006 Monday At Tri-City Speedway

FRANKLIN, PA - Sept. 4, 2006 - Shane Clanton won't soon forget his first
victory on the 2006 World of Outlaws Late Model Series.

The reason is simple.

"We worked hard for it," Clanton pronounced after capturing Monday night's
50-lap Oil Region Labor Day Classic finale at Tri-City Speedway.

>From a pre-feature engine change to a mid-pack starting spot, from a
late-race spin to a dramatic twist of fate with the white flag waving - yes,
it was a truly eventful march to the WoO LMS promised land for the tour
regular from Locust Grove, Ga.

Winless through the first 27 shows of the WoO LMS schedule, Clanton finally
broke through after surviving a 360-degree twirl on lap 39 and benefiting
from the misfortune of Union, Ky.'s Darrell Lanigan, whose cruise to victory
was short-circuited by a final-lap tangle with a limping lapped car.

"The breaks went our way for once," said Clanton, who earned $10,000 for his
third career WoO LMS triumph. "It's been a long time coming."

Clanton, 31, took the lead from a handicapped Lanigan during the
green-white-checkered finish that closed the race and beat Robbie Blair of
Titusville, Pa., to the checkered flag by 1.143 seconds.

Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., who won the previous night's Oil Region Labor
Day Classic opener, finished a close third. Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark.,
who rallied after losing seven positions on lap 20 when he executed a
360-degree spin off turn two while battling Frank for the lead, was fourth
and WoO LMS Rookie of the Year points leader Eddie Carrier Jr. of Salt Rock,
W.Va., placed fifth.

Clanton's night - and hopes of cutting into Tim McCreadie's 42-point lead in
the WoO LMS standings - seemed to be on thin ice after his RSD Enterprises
Rocket No. 25 developed engine problems during heat competition. He secured
a transfer spot, but a broken rocker arm and bent lifter prompted a motor
swap prior to the feature.

"We weren't gonna take a chance (running a repaired powerplant)," said
Clanton, whose crew received assistance with the engine change from fellow
racers Rick Eckert of York, Pa., and Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., plus
McCreadie's chief mechanic Tommy Grecco.

Things didn't get much better for Clanton when the main began. The race's
13th starter lost several positions in the opening laps, putting him in a
huge hole.

But Clanton fought his way out.

"We went with a little harder tire, and when it took off we were good," said
Clanton, who cracked the top five by lap 21. "I tightened the car up to run
the bottom and we started making up ground down there."

Clanton moved into serious contention on lap 31, passing Lanigan for second.
He quickly ran down Frank, who had overtaken Lanigan for the lead on lap 12.

With a powerful surge to the inside of turns three and four, Clanton slid by
Frank's Lester Buildings Rocket No. 1* to assume command as lap 39 was
scored. But later that same circuit Frank made contact with Clanton entering
turn three, causing Clanton to spin in the middle of the track.

"He got a good run down the backstraightaway," Clanton said of Frank. "He
got in there a little hot, and I didn't see him. He got in my door and spun
me out."

What was going through Clanton's mind as his bid for victory was seemingly
spinning away?

"Kill Chub," quipped Clanton, who is friendly with Frank. "I passed him
clean, and then he got into me. I was mad, but that's racing."

A caution flag flew as Clanton lost control of his car, but after spinning
360 degrees he blended into the field and tore off. WoO LMS competition
director Bret Emrick then made the controversial decision to put Clanton
back in the lead for the ensuing restart, reasoning that Clanton had not
lost his forward momentum and thus couldn't be blamed for precipitating the
caution flag.

"They threw a caution, but I never stopped turning," described Clanton. "I
kept the wheels going. I just stepped on the gas and spun it around 360.

"I guess a lot of guys see it a couple different ways, but I feel like it
was the right call."

So did Frank, who stood to regain the top spot if Clanton had been banished
to the rear of the field. The local favorite accepted full responsibility
for Clanton's spin.

"He passed me, and then I thought, Well, that bottom must be good, so I
drove down there," said Frank, who started from the pole position after
winning the dash. "He slid up (entering turn three) and I got a run back
underneath him. He thought I was on the outside, though, so he didn't see me
underneath him and we got together.

"I felt real bad. I definitely didn't want to spin him out and make him lose
the race, plus he's in the points deal.

"I was so glad he got his position back and went on to win the race," added
Frank, who was hampered by a right-front suspension problem during the
race's late stages. "I know he just kept rotating, so he never stopped - and
that means he deserved to get his spot back."

But Clanton didn't parlay his new lease on life into a runaway victory. He
pulled ahead on the restart, but, on lap 41, Lanigan, who had laps 1-11,
used an outside charge to move back in front.

"I don't know if I killed the tires doing that 360," analyzed Clanton. "But
Lanigan got going back on the top (of the half-mile oval) and had a better
car then."

Lanigan, 36, had his Lanigan Autosports Rocket No. 29 a half-straightaway
ahead of Clanton when he took the white flag. Then disaster struck.

When Lanigan barreled into turn one in the outside groove, he suddenly found
Ashville, N.Y., veteran Dick Barton's car directly in his path. Barton, a
WoO LMS winner on July 1 at Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y., had slowed
with engine trouble.

Lanigan slammed into the back of Barton's machine, crushing the right side
bodywork of his car.

"When you're going that fast, you're already committed to a line," said
Lanigan. "You ain't gonna change it at the last minute when somebody is
crawling along in front of you. There was nothing I could do to avoid that
guy."

Lanigan managed to keep his mount moving, however, and was still ahead of
Clanton on the backstretch when the caution lights winked on for Barton's
stricken No. 28b. He was not happy to see the race's sixth and final caution
flag displayed; he felt it ended his only chance of holding on for the win.

With his car's right-front suspension significantly damaged, Lanigan knew he
couldn't stay in front for long during a green-white-checkered finish that
extended the event to 51 scored laps.

"They (the starter) already threw the white flag, so we (should) race back
to the checker," reasoned Lanigan. "Every race we've been to, if something
happens after the leader starts the white-flag lap, we race back to the
checker.

"Last night we raced back to the checker (after second-place Billy Moyer
spun in turn four on the final lap). Tonight they throw a yellow and we
don't race back."

Lanigan restarted at the head of the pack, but, hampered by an ill-handling
car, he immediately ceded the lead to Clanton between turns one and two. He
continued fading over the remaining distance and crossed the finish line
eighth.

"I thought he had a shot at holding on if he parked it on the bottom,"
Clanton said of Lanigan. "But he couldn't hold it there. He slid up and we
got under him."

Clanton rolled to his first WoO LMS win since Oct. 26, 2005, at Golden Isles
Speedway in Waycross, Ga. The victory also allowed him to move within 28
points of McCreadie, who finished a quiet seventh, with two events remaining
on the tour's '06 schedule.

"It feels good," said Clanton. "There's two more races to go and we have a
little momentum. I got a chance now (in the points race)."

Chasing Clanton across the finish line was Blair, who won the last dirt Late
Model points championship at Tri-City, in 1997. He backed up his third-place
run in Sunday's main with a career-best WoO LMS finish.

Blair said he didn't "know what to say about (officials) putting that guy
(Clanton) back up front" after the spin, but he was pleased with his
performance.

"I felt like I was as good as the guys I was racing with up front," said
Blair, who started fourth in his Rocket car. "If I could keep hitting (the
groove) right in (turns) one and two, I thought I could even get 'em.

"But that spot I needed to hit was only a few feet wide, and I couldn't hit
it every lap."

Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., paced the 37-car time-trial session,
turning a lap of 18.888 seconds.

Heat winners were Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., Blair, Lanigan and
Frank. Chad Ruhlman of Beemus Pt., N.Y., and Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga.,
split the B-Mains.

The WoO LMS is off until visiting Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway
in Imperial, Pa., on Sept. 22-23 for the Pittsburgher 100.

Results of WoO Late Model Series(Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps
Completed/Money Won): 1. (13) Shane Clanton/51 $10,000; 2. (4) Robbie
Blair/51 $6,000; 3. (1) Chub Frank/51 $3,500; 4. (8) Billy Moyer/51 $2,500;
5. (11) Eddie Carrier Jr./51 $2,200; 6. (22) Rick Briggs/51 $2,000; 7. (7)
Tim McCreadie/51 $1,800; 8. (2) Darrell Lanigan/51 $1,600; 9. (10) Steve
Francis/51 $1,400; 10. (5) Dale McDowell/51 $1,200; 11. (14) Alex Ferree/51
$1,000; 12. (16) Todd Andrews/51 $900; 13. (9) Dave Hess Jr./51 $800; 14.
(26) Brent Rhebergen/51 $700; 15. (12) Eric Jacobsen/51 $700; 16. (18) Clint
Smith/51 $700; 17. (3) Josh Richards/49 $700; 18. (20) Dick Barton/48 $700;
19. (23) John Blankenship/42 $700; 20. (25) Wally Fox/35 $700; 21. (21) Dan
Stone/29 $700; 22. (17) Chad Ruhlman/29 $700; 23. (15) Matt Lux/26 $700; 24.
(24) Garrett Durrett/25 $700; 25. (6) Rick Eckert/16 $700; 26. (19) Dutch
Davies/10 $700.

Time of Race: 38 Mins., 20.807 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 1.143 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 6 (Laps 16, 21, 26, 29, 39, 49)
Lap Leaders: Lanigan (1-11); Frank (12-38); Clanton (39-40); Lanigan
(41-49); Clanton (50-51).


Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 17M-Dale McDowell/Chickamauga, GA 18.888
2. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 18.908
3. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 18.924
4. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 18.958
5. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 19.057
6. W11-Robbie Blair/Titusville, PA 19.135
7. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 19.155
8. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 19.203
9. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 19.225
10. 4-Alex Ferree/Saxonburg, PA 19.312
11. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 19.340
12. 42-Todd Andrews/Eldred, PA 19.354
13. 20-Chad Ruhlman/Beemus Pt., NY 19.374
14. 55s-Chris Schneider/Tarentum, PA 19.422
15. 21L-Matt Lux/Franklin, PA 19.453
16. 5-Eric Jacobsen/Santa Cruz, CA 19.497
17. 44H-Dave Hess Jr./Waterford, PA 19.558
18. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 19.558
19. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 19.560
20. 58c-Garrett Durrett/Simsboro, LA 19.607
21. 1U-Matt Urban/North East, PA 19.661
22. 21d-Dan Stone/Thompson, PA 19.694
23. 2V-Chad Valone/Warren, PA 19.739
24. 07R-Brent Rhebergen/Clymer, NY 19.779
25. 33h-Chris Hackett/Erie, PA 19.831
26. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 19.875
27. 22b-Darrell Bossard/Centerville, PA 19.893
28. 99B-Rick Briggs/Bear Lake, PA 19.984
29. 3H-Stephen Hollabaugh/Guys Mills, PA 20.037
30. 40-Dutch Davies/Warren, PA 20.173
31. 90-Wally Fox/Cooperstown, PA 20.216
32. 8-Jason Morell/North East, PA 20.376
33. 22H-Bump Hedman/Sugar Grove, PA 20.379
34. 47-Matt Gaston/Rochester Mills, PA 20.771
35. 28b-Dick Barton/Ashville, NY N/T
36. 9I-Rick Isadore/Cyclone, PA N/T-DQ (Light)
37. 1G-Rich Gardner/Waterford, PA N/T-DQ (Light)

Heat No. 1 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Richards, McDowell, Hess, Clanton,
Ruhlman, Hackett, Urban, Hedman, Hollabaugh, Gardner.

Heat No. 2 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Blair, Eckert, Francis, Ferree,
Stone, Davies, Schneider, Gaston, Blankenship.

Heat No. 3 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Lanigan, McCreadie, Carrier, Lux,
Smith, Barton, Valone, Bossard, Fox.

Heat No. 4 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Frank, Moyer, Jacobsen, Andrews,
Durrett, Briggs, Isadore, Morell, Rhebergen.

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps - Top 3 Transfer): Ruhlman, Davies, Stone,
Blankenship, Urban, Hackett, Hollabaugh, Hedman, Gaston, Gardner, Schneider.

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps - Top 3 Transfer): Smith, Barton, Briggs, Durrett,
Rhebergen, Valone, Isadore, Bossard, Fox, Morell.

Dash (4 laps): Frank, Lanigan, Richards, Blair.

WoO Late Model Series Points Standings (after Sept. 4): 1. Tim McCreadie
3,848; 2. Shane Clanton 3,820; 3. Billy Moyer 3,810; 4. Chub Frank 3,792; 5.
Darrell Lanigan 3,790; 6. Steve Francis 3,786; 7. Rick Eckert 3,674; 8. Dale
McDowell 3,656; 9. Josh Richards 3,608; 10. Clint Smith 3,599; 11. Eddie
Carrier Jr. 3,217; 12. John Blankenship 3,150; 13. Eric Jacobsen 3,073; 14.
Garrett Durrett 3,044; 15. Robbie Blair 1,065.

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Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The
University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART
Machinery, Holley Performance Products Inc., MSD Ignition, Quarter Master,
Ohlins and Wrisco Industries.
 

Clanton Spins But Still Wins First World of Outlaws Late Model Series Event of 2006 Monday Night At Tri-City Speedway

FRANKLIN, PA – Sept. 4, 2006 – Shane Clanton scored his first World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory of 2006 in memorable fashion, surviving a late-race spin and benefiting from Darrell Lanigan’s misfortune in Monday night’s 50-lap event at Tri-City Speedway.

Locust Grove, Ga.’s Clanton advanced from the 13^th starting spot to take the lead from Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., on lap 39. But later that same lap contact from Frank sent Clanton’s No. 25 spinning between turns three and four.

A caution flag was put out, but Clanton, who executed a 360-degree spin and continued, was allowed to restart as the leader because WoO LMS officials ruled that he never came to a stop and thus did not cause the yellow conditions.

Union, Ky.’s Darrell Lanigan came on to snatch the lead from Clanton on lap 41 and appeared headed toward his third tour triumph of the season. But disaster struck seconds after Lanigan flashed underneath the white flag on lap 49; he slammed into the slowing car driven by Dick Barton of Ashville, N.Y., entering turn one.

The contact precipitated another caution flag, but Lanigan was permitted to restart as the leader because he did not stop on the track. His car sported significant right-side damage, however, and he was unable to get up to full speed during the ensuing green-white-checkered finish.

Clanton took advantage of Lanigan’s problems to assume command rounding turns one and two on the restart. He stayed there for the two remaining circuits and beat Robbie Blair of Titusville, Pa., to the finish line by 1.143 seconds.

Frank finished third, followed by Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., who recovered from a 360-degree spin off turn two on lap 20, and Eddie Carrier Jr. of Salt Rock, W.Va.

Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., finished a quiet seventh, but he remained the WoO LMS points leader with two events left on the 2006 schedule. He is now 28 points ahead of Clanton and 38 in front of defending champion Moyer.

Results of WoO Late Model Series(Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won): 1. (13) Shane Clanton/51 $10,000; 2. (4) Robbie Blair/51 $6,000; 3. (1) Chub Frank/51 $3,500; 4. (8) Billy Moyer/51 $2,500; 5. (11) Eddie Carrier Jr./51 $2,200; 6. (22) Rick Briggs/51 $2,000; 7. (7) Tim McCreadie/51 $1,800; 8. (2) Darrell Lanigan/51 $1,600; 9. (10) Steve Francis/51 $1,400; 10. (5) Dale McDowell/51 $1,200; 11. (14) Alex Ferree/51 $1,000; 12. (16) Todd Andrews/51 $900; 13. (9) Dave Hess Jr./51 $800; 14. (26) Brent Rhebergen/51 $700; 15. (12) Eric Jacobsen/51 $700; 16. (18) Clint Smith/51 $700; 17. (3) Josh Richards/49 $700; 18. (20) Dick Barton/48 $700; 19. (23) John Blankenship/42 $700; 20. (25) Wally Fox/35 $700; 21. (21) Dan Stone/29 $700; 22. (17) Chad Ruhlman/29 $700; 23. (15) Matt Lux/26 $700; 24. (24) Garrett Durrett/25 $700; 25. (6) Rick Eckert/16 $700; 26. (19) Dutch Davies/10 $700.

Time of Race: 38 Mins., 20.807 Secs.

Margin of Victory: 1.143 Secs.

Yellow Flags: 6 (Laps 16, 21, 26, 29, 39, 49)

Lap Leaders: Lanigan (1-11); Frank (12-38); Clanton (39-40); Lanigan (41-49); Clanton (50-51).

Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 17M-Dale McDowell/Chickamauga, GA 18.888

2. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 18.908

3. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 18.924

4. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 18.958

5. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 19.057

6. W11-Robbie Blair/Titusville, PA 19.135

7. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 19.155

8. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 19.203

9. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 19.225

10. 4-Alex Ferree/Saxonburg, PA 19.312

11. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 19.340

12. 42-Todd Andrews/Eldred, PA 19.354

13. 20-Chad Ruhlman/Beemus Pt., NY 19.374

14. 55s-Chris Schneider/Tarentum, PA 19.422

15. 21L-Matt Lux/Franklin, PA 19.453

16. 5-Eric Jacobsen/Santa Cruz, CA 19.497

17. 44H-Dave Hess Jr./Waterford, PA 19.558

18. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 19.558

19. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 19.560

20. 58c-Garrett Durrett/Simsboro, LA 19.607

21. 1U-Matt Urban/North East, PA 19.661

22. 21d-Dan Stone/Thompson, PA 19.694

23. 2V-Chad Valone/Warren, PA 19.739

24. 07R-Brent Rhebergen/Clymer, NY 19.779

25. 33h-Chris Hackett/Erie, PA 19.831

26. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 19.875

27. 22b-Darrell Bossard/Centerville, PA 19.893

28. 99B-Rick Briggs/Bear Lake, PA 19.984

29. 3H-Stephen Hollabaugh/Guys Mills, PA 20.037

30. 40-Dutch Davies/Warren, PA 20.173

31. 90-Wally Fox/Cooperstown, PA 20.216

32. 8-Jason Morell/North East, PA 20.376

33. 22H-Bump Hedman/Sugar Grove, PA 20.379

34. 47-Matt Gaston/Rochester Mills, PA 20.771

35. 28b-Dick Barton/Ashville, NY N/T

36. 9I-Rick Isadore/Cyclone, PA N/T-DQ (Light)

37. 1G-Rich Gardner/Waterford, PA N/T-DQ (Light)

Heat No. 1 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Richards, McDowell, Hess, Clanton, Ruhlman, Hackett, Urban, Hedman, Hollabaugh, Gardner.

Heat No. 2 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Blair, Eckert, Francis, Ferree, Stone, Davies, Schneider, Gaston, Blankenship.

Heat No. 3 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Lanigan, McCreadie, Carrier, Lux, Smith, Barton, Valone, Bossard, Fox.

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Frank, Moyer, Jacobsen, Andrews, Durrett, Briggs, Isadore, Morell, Rhebergen.

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Ruhlman, Davies, Stone, Blankenship, Urban, Hackett, Hollabaugh, Hedman, Gaston, Gardner, Schneider.

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Smith, Barton, Briggs, Durrett, Rhebergen, Valone, Isadore, Bossard, Fox, Morell.

Dash (4 laps): Frank, Lanigan, Richards, Blair.

WoO Late Model Series Points Standings (after Sept. 4): 1. Tim McCreadie 3,848; 2. Shane Clanton 3,820; 3. Billy Moyer 3,810; 4. Chub Frank 3,792; 5. Darrell Lanigan 3,790; 6. Steve Francis 3,786; 7. Rick Eckert 3,674; 8. Dale McDowell 3,656; 9. Josh Richards 3,608; 10. Clint Smith 3,599; 11. Eddie Carrier Jr. 3,217; 12. John Blankenship 3,150; 13. Eric Jacobsen 3,073; 14. Garrett Durrett 3,044; 15. Robbie Blair 1,065.

Chub Wins As Moyer Spins In Last-Lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series
Thriller Sunday Night At Tri-City Speedway

FRANKLIN, PA - Sept. 3, 2006 - Chub Frank knew he stole a victory in Sunday
night's 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Tri-City
Speedway.

"We really didn't have the winning car tonight, but it don't matter," said
the driver affectionately known as 'Chubzilla.' "They paid me the money."

Frank, 44, of Bear Lake, Pa., pocketed the evening's $10,000 top prize after
pulling off a dramatic, go-for-broke pass of defending WoO LMS champion
Billy Moyer on the final lap.

The local favorite's triumph came at the expense of Batesville, Ark.'s
Moyer, who absorbed a crushing defeat in the rough-and-tumble main. Contact
with Frank as the leaders rounded turn four with the checkered flag waving
caused Moyer to spin onto the track's inside berm, and only a risky maneuver
allowed him to pull back into the pack and cross the finish line in eighth
place.

Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., narrowly avoided Moyer's spinning car and
finished second, 1.769 seconds behind Frank.

Robbie Blair of Titusville, Pa., who was the track champion when Tri-City
last ran dirt Late Models regularly in 1997, finished third, followed by
18th-starter Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., and Darrell Lanigan of Union,
Ky., who rallied after pitting to change a blown left-rear tire on lap 16.

Frank, whose shop is barely a half-hour's drive from the half-mile oval,
entered a brand-new Lester Buildings Rocket No. 1* in the opening round of
the two-night Oil Region Labor Day Weekend Classic. The car performed
solidly, if not spectacularly, in its debut.

"I really didn't think my car was all that good," said Frank, who plans to
run the machine in the Sept. 8-9 UMP-sanctioned World 100 at Eldora Speedway
in Rossburg, Ohio. "I was having trouble at both ends of the track."

But as the main neared its conclusion, Frank found himself closing in on
Moyer, who had inherited the top spot when race-long pacesetter Rick Eckert
of York, Pa., finally succumbed to a leaking oil line on lap 30.

Frank, who started from the pole position but slipped back as far as third,
prepared to make a final bid for the win when Moyer lost some momentum upon
approaching the slower car driven by Bob Salathe of Bedford, Pa., on the
last lap.

"Those last five laps (Moyer) started slowing down, and that just gave me a
chance," said Frank. "On the last lap I was thinking, If he just leaves me
that top (in turn three), I'm gonna hammer it in one time around there on
the cushion and hope it don't flip over."

Throwing caution to the wind, Frank tossed his car to the outside of the
track and it stuck. He emerged with the lead off turn four and flashed to
his third WoO LMS victory of the season.

"I never cracked the throttle - I just mashed it," described Frank. "I just
ran 'er in there wide-open.

"I don't know if I hit the wall, but it was damn close as I was coming
across the finish line. I wasn't liftin' until I got there.

"It sure was exciting for me," he added of his heroics, "because I thought I
was gonna wreck."

Frank felt the contact with Moyer, but he didn't realize Moyer had spun out
of contention.

"He slid up and hit me right there in front of my left-rear tire," said
Frank, who recorded his seventh career win on the WoO LMS. "He'd been
sliding up across the track and coming off the (fourth) corner high, and I
think that's what he was trying to do on the last lap.

"But I just tried to run 'er in there wide-open and get beside him before he
got a chance to get up there, so he probably didn't even know I was up there
until it was too late."

Moyer, 48, didn't see the race's deciding moment in quite the same manner.

"There were lapped cars in the way and no lay-over flag (from the starter)
to get them to move," said a dejected Moyer, whose pace was slowed over the
final five laps by a deflating right-rear tire. "And Chub didn't lift any
for sure. He turned me on around. When I felt him hit me, I knew he was
there."

Moyer's Rayburn car sustained significant front-end damage, but that didn't
stop him from completing the final yards of the feature. After spinning to a
stop inside of turn four with his nose pointed toward the outside wall,
Moyer stepped on the gas and lurched forward when he thought he saw some
daylight.

Moyer pulled directly in front of WoO LMS points leader Tim McCreadie of
Watertown, N.Y., who was attempting to hold off Lanigan and Shane Clanton of
Locust Grove, Ga., for a sixth-place finish. McCreadie got on the brakes
hard, but contact from Moyer squeezed him into the outside wall.

McCreadie kept his car straight and beat Moyer to the finish line, but
Lanigan and Clanton drove by to leave him with a seventh-place finish.

"I have no idea what happened," McCreadie said of his close call on the last
lap. "I was shocked when Billy came up the track in front of me. It scared
me. It's not very safe to do that.

"It cost me some spots and some money."

But it didn't cost McCreadie his points lead. He entered the show with a
42-point edge over Moyer, and he ended the night with the same lead over
Clanton, who grabbed second in the standings after coming back from a lap-20
spin in turn two to finish sixth.

The driver with the best seat in the house for the Frank/Moyer scrape was
Richards, the 18-year-old sensation who was coming off a victory in the Aug.
26 WoO LMS event at Columbus (Miss.) Speedway.

"I started the last lap running third and thinking, We got a pretty good
finish here," said Richards, who started fifth in his father Mark's Rocket
Chassis house car. "Then I rolled into three and saw Chub go out there and
go for the win.

"I think Moyer just turned and gassed up when Chub got alongside him, and
then got himself around. Chub was already up against the cushion as far as
he could go. It was just hard racing.

"When Moyer was going around I moved up and missed him, and I thought, This
is gonna be bad for the rest of the guys."

Eight caution flags slowed the event, which was run on a clay surface left
spongy and very fast by heavy rain from the remnants of Tropical Storm
Ernesto. The deluge forced speedway officials to call off Saturday night's
program and reset the weekend doubleheader for Sunday and Monday nights.

Sunday's weather remained unstable, with several quick showers and episodes
of light mist hampering track-prep efforts. The start of on-track
competition was delayed roughly an hour from the night's scheduled starting
time of 6 o'clock.

Blair set a new track record during the 45-car time-trial session, turning a
lap of 17.830 seconds. He beat Todd Andrews's mark of 17.983 seconds,
established in 2004.

Heat winners were Blair, Moyer, Frank and Eckert. Brent Rhebergen of Clymer,
N.Y., and Francis captured the B-Mains, and Frank won the pole dash.

The second round of the WoO LMS Oil Region Labor Day Weekend Classic at
Tri-City hits the track today (Mon., Sept. 4) at 4 o'clock.

Results of WoO Late Model Series(Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps
Completed/Money Won): 1. (1) Chub Frank/50 $10,000; 2. (5) Josh Richards/50
$6,000; 3. (4) Robbie Blair/50 $3,500; 4. (18) Steve Francis/50 $2,500; 5.
(6) Darrell Lanigan/50 $2,200; 6. (7) Shane Clanton/50 $2,000; 7. (12) Tim
McCreadie/50 $1,800; 8. (3) Billy Moyer/50 $1,600; 9. (9) David Scott/50
$1,400; 10. (14) Alex Ferree/50 $1,200; 11. (10) Dale McDowell/50 $1,000;
12. (21) Clint Smith/50 $900; 13. (15) Rick Briggs/50 $800; 14. (16) Dutch
Davies/50 $700; 15. (2) Rick Eckert/50 $700; 16. (17) Brent Rhebergen/50
$700; 17. (24) John Blankenship/50 $700; 18. (19) Eddie Carrier Jr./50 $700;
19. (22) Bob Salathe/50 $700; 20. (11) Garrett Durrett/35 $700; 21. (20)
Bump Hedman/20 $700; 22. (21) Mike Blose/18 $700; 23. (8) Todd Andrews/17
$700; 24. (25) Matt Lux/16 $700; 25. (26) Darrell Bossard/14 $700; 26. (13)
Jared Miley/2 $700.

Time of Race: 55 Mins., 19.740 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 1.769 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 8 (Laps 2, 5, 16, 17, 18, 20, 30, 36)
Lap Leaders: Eckert (1-30); Moyer (31-49); Frank (50).
Provisionals: Smith, Blankenship, Lux, Bossard.

Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. w11-Robbie Blair/Titusville, PA 17.830 (NTR)
2. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 17.999
3. 58c-Garrett Durrett/Simsboro, LA 18.239
4. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 18.261
5. 5-Eric Jacobsen/Santa Cruz, CA 18.284
6. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 18.288
7. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 18.344
8. 42-Todd Andrews/Eldred, PA 18.440
9. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 18.444
10. 3H-Stephen Hollabaugh/Guys Mills, PA 18.456
11. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, WV 18.462
12. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 18.462
13. 1U-Matt Urban/North East, PA 18.474
14. 17M-Dale McDowell/Chickamagua, GA 18.499
15. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 18.507
16. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 18.533
17. 3d-David Scott/Garland, PA 18.543
18. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 18.649
19. 99B-Rick Briggs/Bear Lake, PA 18.663
20. 40-Dutch Davies/Warren, PA 18.699
21. H1-Jared Miley/South Park, PA 18.729
22. 4-Alex Ferree/Saxonburg, PA 18.733
23. 32-Jeff Hoffman/Clarendon, PA 18.749
24. 55-Denny Fenton/Clearfield, PA 18.761
25. 55s-Chris Schneider/Tarentum, PA 18.771
26. 07R-Brent Rhebergen/Clymer, NY 18.815
27. 47-Matt Gaston/Rochester Mills, PA 18.860
28. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 18.866
29. 48-John Flinner/Zelionople, PA 19.007
30. 22b-Darrell Bossard/Centerville, PA 19.017
31. No7-Jason Dupont/Lewis Run, PA 19.090
32. 111-Max Blair/Titusville, PA 19.104
33. 5-Mike Blose/New Bethlehem, PA 19.166
34. 90-Wally Fox/Cooperstown, PA 19.168
35. 33-Bob Moskey/St. Clairsville, OH 19.196
36. 22-Greg Satterlee/Rochester Mills, PA 19.341
37. 21d-Dan Stone/Thompson, PA 19.364
38. 21A-Pete Alspaugh/Russell, PA 19.452
39. RG3-Bob Salathe/Bedford, PA 19.468
40. 22H-Bump Hedman/Sugar Grove, PA 19.505
41. 21L-Matt Lux/Franklin, PA 19.628
42. 44H-Dave Hess Jr./Waterford, PA 19.631
43. 33H-Chris Hackett/Erie, PA 19.647
44. 9I-Rick Isadore/Cyclone, PA 19.737
45. 26g-George Labarbera/Sugar Grove, PA 20.297

Heat No. 1 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): R. Blair, Richards, Scott, Miley,
Urban, Schneider, Stone, Lux, Labarbera, Flinner, Jacobsen.

Heat No. 2 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Moyer, Lanigan, McDowell, Ferree,
Hallabaugh, Rhebergen, Carrier, Hess, Fox, Bossard, Alspaugh.

Heat No. 3 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Frank, Clanton, Durrett, Briggs,
Francis, Salathe, Hoffman, Hackett, Dupont, Moskey, Gaston.

Heat No. 4 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Eckert, Andrews, McCreadie, Davies,
M. Blair, Satterlee, Hedman, Blankenship, Fenton, Isadore, Smith.

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps - Top 3 Transfer): Rhebergen, Carrier, Blose, Hess,
Urban, Stone, Flinner, Schneider, Bossard, Fox, Labarbera, Jacobsen, Lux,
Hollabaugh (DNS) Alspaugh.

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps - Top 3 Transfer): Francis, Hedman, Salathe,
Blankenship, Hackett, Isadore, Moskey, Hoffman, Smith, Satterlee, Dupont,
Gaston, M. Blair, Fenton.

Dash (4 laps): Frank, Eckert, Moyer, Blair.

WoO Late Model Series Points Standings (after Sept. 3): 1. Tim McCreadie
3,712; 2. Shane Clanton 3,670; 3. Billy Moyer 3,668; 4. Darrell Lanigan
3,656; 5. Steve Francis 3,654; 6. Chub Frank 3,648; 7. Rick Eckert 3,574; 8.
Dale McDowell 3,526; 9. Josh Richards 3,492; 10. Clint Smith 3,481; 11.
Eddie Carrier Jr. 3,077; 12. John Blankenship 3,038; 13. Eric Jacobsen
2,953; 14. Garrett Durrett 2,942; 15. Mike Balzano 998.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can't get to a track to see the series, they can
experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series live on
Dirtvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on
the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT
Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail
[email protected].

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country
by several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor Hoosier Tire;
Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The
University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART
Machinery, Holley Performance Products Inc., MSD Ignition, Quarter Master,
Ohlins and Wrisco Industries.
 

Remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto Pushes Tri-City Speedway’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series Doubleheader To Sunday & Monday

By Brian Spaid/Tri-City Speedway P.R.

FRANKLIN, PA – Sept. 2, 2006 - Heavy rains associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto reached Tri-City Speedway early Friday night and continued into Saturday morning, forcing track and World of Outlaws Late Model Series officials to postpone Saturday night’s scheduled opening round of the Oil Region Labor Day Weekend Classic.

As a result, the schedule for the Alturnamats/Gierlach Crushing & Contracting Oil Region Labor Day Classic will shift to include racing action on Sun., Sept. 3, and Labor Day Mon., Sept. 4. 

For the Labor Day program, a new start time was set at 4 p.m. Gates will open at 1 p.m.

Sunday’s show will still start at the originally scheduled time of 6 p.m., with gates opening at 3 p.m.

“Obviously, we’re disappointed with the weather, but there’s nothing that we can do about it,” said Tri-City co-promoter Mike Graham. “We waited until noon to make the decision to see if there was any hope that conditions would improve later today. That will not happen, so we’ll run this entire two-day show on Sunday and Monday.”

After many inquiries from race fans and teams, track officials consulted with WoO LMS officials after Saturday’s rainout and agreed that Monday’s event should start earlier.

 

“We want to make certain that fans and teams traveling a greater distance are able to stay for Monday’s show,” added Graham. “Also, we have many families with students and children that want to be able to see both races. With many area schools scheduled to start on Tuesday, the revised start time will accommodate them too.”

 

On Sun., Sept. 3, the World of Outlaws Late Model Series will headline the show with a 50-lap, $10,000-to-win event. The Fame RV Center E-Series All Star 30 and the third race of the 2006 William R. Karns Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning Detroit Iron Pro Stock Series will support the Late Models.

 

With Saturday’s rains, those events are rescheduled for Mon., Sept. 4. The WoO LMS Series will run a second 50-lap, $10,000-to-win event, with te E-Mods (20 las) and Pro Stocks (20 laps) also on the card.

Adult grandstand admission is still $30 each night and two-day tickets can still be purchased at $50.

 

For more information, please contact the track at (814) 676-1681 or visit www.tricityspeedway.com.

Labor Day Raindate Established If Needed For This Weekend’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series Doubleheader At Tri-City Speedway

By Brian Spaid/Tri-City Speedway P.R. Director

FRANKLIN, PA - Sept. 1, 2006 - As Tropical Storm Ernesto readied for landfall in the Carolinas, officials from Tri-City Speedway and the World of Outlaws Late Model Series reached agreement on Thursday to use Mon., Sept. 4, as a raindate for Saturday or Sunday of this weekend’s Oil Region Labor Day Classic if necessary.

“We’ve watched the forecast for the last two days,” noted Tri-City co-promoter Mike Graham. “This is our biggest show of the season and we want to make every effort to complete this event.”

The remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto were predicted to head northward into Pennsylvania on Friday and Saturday. Although as of Friday morning it remained unknown how much impact the storm will have at Tri-City, track and series officials decided that the security of a Labor Day raindate would be best for both.

“We want to thank the drivers, teams and officials from the World of Outlaws Late Model Series for their agreement about this raindate,” added Graham. “They scheduled Labor Day as a travel day to the upcoming World 100 at Eldora Speedway, but they are all willing to work with us so that all of the fans of Tri-City and the World of Outlaws can see a Late Model doubleheader as originally planned.”

If the Saturday (Sept. 2) portion of Tri-City’s Oil Region Labor Day Classic must be called off due to the weather, then that program will be run on Labor Day. The Sunday (Sept. 3) schedule will remain the same, including a 50-lap WoO LMS event, the All-Star 30 for the E-Mods and the Detroit Iron Pro Stock Series 20.

If Saturday’s show is completed and Sunday’s show is rained out, then the entire Sunday schedule will shift to Labor Day.

If both the Saturday and Sunday are rained out, then the entire event will be reduced to a one-day show on Labor Day. A 50-lap WoO LMS feature, the All-Star 30 for the E-Mods and the Detroit Iron Pro Stock Series 20 would comprise the card.

The WoO LMS is currently scheduled to run separate 50-lap, $10,000-to-win features each night of the Oil Region Labor Day Classic.

If the Labor Day raindate is needed, the admission and times will remain the same as previously announced. Gates will open at 3 p.m. and racing will start at 6 p.m., and adult grandstand admission will be $30.

“We are keeping our fingers crossed that we will not need to use the raindate,” said Graham. “We want to make every effort possible to get both events in as originally scheduled on Saturday and Sunday.

“Fans should contact the track and check our website for continued updates throughout the weekend.”

Of note, the “South Ghetto” post-race party in the parking lot scheduled for Saturday night will be held even if the races are rained out that evening – as long as the weather conditions are not too severe. “South Ghetto” will feature a huge bonfire and the live band “Intent,” which entertained the crowd last year.

For more information, please contact the track office at (814) 473-4038 or visit www.tricityspeedway.com.

Cary J.C. Agajanian Completes DIRT MotorSports Board of Directors

NORMAN, Okla. — Sept. 1, 2006 — By Chris Dolack, VP Public Relations

When Cary J.C. Agajanian joined the DIRT MotorSports Board of 
Directors on Thursday, he completed an impressive group of highly 
respected executives with a lifetime of experience in motor sports, 
media, marketing and finance.

This new Board will help guide the DIRT MotorSports operating team as 
it moves forward to continue growing its media and marketing objectives.

The Board of Directors includes:
• Chairman Dr. Harvey W. Schiller, Ph.D. The former Chairman of the 
YankeeNets organization, Dr. Schiller helped to create the regional 
sports network featuring Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees and 
the NBA’s New Jersey Nets. In addition, he was in charge of sports 
programming for the Turner Broadcasting System and president of 
Turner Sports, where he was responsible for the acquisition and 
production of all sports programming on TBS Superstation and TNT, as 
well as successfully completing several negotiations with NASCAR. Dr. 
Schiller, a pilot in the U.S. Air Force who attained the rank of 
Brigadier General, also was the Executive Director/Secretary General 
of the United States Olympic Committee, working directly in support 
of the planning and award of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games to the 
city of Atlanta. He also was a member of the International Olympic 
Committee marketing and television and radio committees. In December 
1994, he was awarded the prestigious Olympic Order, the highest 
decorated honor presented to an individual by the IOC.

“I am looking forward to furthering the development of DIRT 
MotorSports,” Dr. Schiller said. “The company has assembled a strong 
operating team and the Board is committed to being a valuable resource.”

• Cary J.C. Agajanian. Involved in motor sports all his life, Mr. 
Agajanian has represented more than 20 different sanctioning bodies 
and negotiated hundreds of contracts with major corporations for 
title sponsorship, track signage, television programming and racing 
teams.  His family has promoted motor sports events for more than 70 
years. Mr. Agajanian often is sought for his lectures stemming from 
his experience in nearly all facets of the industry, including from 
his perspective as a Car Owner, Sanctioning Body Director, Event 
Promoter, Race Track Owner and Operator, Driver Representative, Legal 
Counsel, and/or Competition Rules Committee member. He also offers an 
extensive legal background in motor sports. He was closely involved 
with proposed legislation that was eventually adopted in several 
jurisdictions to protect sanctioning bodies and car owners.

“DIRT MotorSports has assembled an impressive, highly skilled team to 
lead the organization,” Mr. Agajanian said. “It is clear the Company 
is growing and I am excited at the opportunity to help shape its 
future and solidify the organization as a leader in the motor sports 
industry.”

• Daniel W. Rumsey. Mr. Rumsey has an extensive legal and finance 
background, dating to 1987 when he served as a staff attorney in the 
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation 
Finance. He has also served as assistant general counsel for Terra 
Industries, Inc., a company involved in the production and marketing 
of nitrogen products for agricultural and industrial markets, and 
associate general counsel and corporate secretary of EchoStar 
Communications Corporation, a company engaged in direct broadcast 
satellite subscription television services. Mr. Rumsey is currently a 
director of Wave Wireless, Corp., a company that manufactures and 
markets wireless telecommunication equipment for telecommunications 
networks.

• Lyle W. Miller. Mr. Miller is a founding Director and Vice 
Chairman, Member of the Executive Committee of Capitol Bancorp 
Limited, a publicly traded bank holding company. Mr. Miller is also a 
member of the Board of Directors for AMERA Mortgage Corporation and 
Ingham Regional Healthcare Foundation. Additionally, Mr. Miller is 
currently President and Owner of L.W. Miller Holding Company; 
President and Shareholder of Northern Leasing & Sales, Inc., and 
Northern Connections, Inc., each a privately-held company engaged in 
the real estate business; a partner of MahMill Acres, a privately-
held real estate development partnership; and President and 
Shareholder of Landings’ Restaurant in Charlevoix, MI.

• Robert F. Hussey. Mr. Hussey currently serves on the Board of 
Directors of Axcess International, Inc. and Digital Lightwave, Inc. 
Mr. Hussey served as the Interim President and CEO of Digital 
Lightwave, Inc., from February 2005 to March 2006. From 2001 to 2005 
Mr. Hussey was the Chief Operating Officer and Director of H.C. 
Wainwright & Co., Inc. Mr. Hussey has an extensive operational and 
financial background and has been appointed to serve as the Chairman 
of the Company’s Audit Committee.

“Dr. Schiller brings to the Board of Directors a broad perspective 
and a history of industry recognized leadership in sports marketing 
and media,” said DIRT MotorSports President and CEO Tom Deery. “Cary 
Agajanian’s lifelong experience as a leader in the Auto Racing 
Industry, as well as his opinions and guidance, will be a valuable 
asset to our Board.

“In addition, Dan Rumsey is a true finance grounded attorney who was 
on staff with the SEC as an attorney, Lyle Miller is a business man 
with a good balance of big company and entrepreneur experience and 
Bob Hussey has a broad business background and really brings a strong 
media and marketing contact list from his previous ownership of a 
media company.

“Together, we will move forward to execute our significantly expanded 
marketing and media objectives with all of our exciting motor sports 
properties to bring our fans and the supporters of dirt track racing 
the best events possible.”
 

World of Outlaws Late Model Series At A Glance: Sept. 2-3 At Tri-City
Speedway

NORMAN, OK - Aug. 29, 2006 -

WHAT:

* The World of Outlaws Late Model Series heads to western Pennsylvania this
weekend for a critical doubleheader at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin. With
just four events remaining on the 2006 tour schedule, the two 50-lappers
that comprise Tri-City's Oil Region Labor Day Classic Weekend will loom
large in determining the driver who walks off with the $120,000 points
championship.

WHEN:

* On Sat., Sept. 2, and Sun., Sept. 3, the WoO LMS will run separate
complete shows at the semi-banked, half-mile Tri-City oval. Each leg of the
Oil Region Labor Day Classic Weekend will include time trials, heat races,
B-Mains, a pole dash and a 50-lap feature.

Both features will pay $10,000 to win, and the weekend's total purse will
exceed $100,000.

Tri-City's RPM Auto Sales E Mods and E.F. Rogers Plumbing & Heating Pro
Stocks will also be in action each night.

Gates will open each night at 3 p.m.; no fans will be allowed to reserve
seats with blankets until Saturday at that time. Competition is scheduled to
start with time trials at 6 p.m.

WHERE:

* Tri-City Speedway is located seven miles north of Franklin, Pa., off State
Route 417.

TICKETS:

* Adult grandstand admission will be $30 each night, or a two-day ticket
costs $50. Pre-sale tickets, which offer a $2 discount and provide immediate
access to the grandstands so fans can avoid long lines each night, are also
available at Tri-City Speedway or the track's main office in Rimersburg, Pa.

PREVIOUS WINNERS:

* Rick Eckert of York, Pa., captured the only previous WoO LMS held at
Tri-City Speedway, on Sept. 4, 2005.

INFORMATION:

* Visit www.tricityspeedway.com or contact the track office at 814-473-4038.

WHAT THE WoO DRIVERS THINK:

* Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., on the WoO LMS points race, which he
sits atop of entering the Tri-City doubleheader: "You're always thinking
about the points, but I still want to win races. Would you rather capitalize
(in the points standings) by winning races, or capitalize by getting lucky?
I want some luck, but we're in this thing to win races."

* McCreadie on racing at Tri-City: "I struggled at Tri-City last year
(finishing eighth). But places we have struggled at in the past, we have
gotten better when we've gone back this year. Hopefully that happens again
at Tri-City."

* Defending WoO LMS champion Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., who is second
in the tour standings, 42 points behind McCreadie: "Last year was the time
only we've been to Tri-City, and we were O.K. there (finishing sixth). But
we need a real good weekend if we're gonna have any chance at the
championship."

* Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., who is winless in 2006 on the WoO LMS
but is third in the points standings, 44 points behind McCreadie: "We're
still in it (the points race). It's gonna take some luck to catch McCreadie,
but luck's been the difference (in the standings) all year."

STORYLINES:

* Will McCreadie's past experience racing a DIRT Modified at Tri-City help
put him on the brink of his first-ever WoO LMS championship?

* Can a return to the track he won at one year ago bring an end to
eight-time '06 victor Rick Eckert's nine-race winless slump on the WoO LMS
and move him closer to Scott Bloomquist's 2004 WoO LMS single-season win
record of 10?

* Can 1997 Tri-City Super Late Model champion Robbie Blair of Titusville,
Pa., defend his home turf and turn back the WoO LMS invaders?

* Will Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., take advantage of a weekend close to
home to keep alive his flickering WoO LMS title hopes?

NOTABLE:

* The doubleheader will be the only dirt Late Model events contested in 2006
at Tri-City.

* Several drivers will pull double-duty during the weekend, entering the WoO
LMS and companion E-Mod events. Locals Brent Rhebergen and Matt Lux, who
scored a top-five finish in the July 8 WoO LMS event at Sharon Speedway in
Hartford, Ohio, intend to run both events, while others who could join them
include Chub Frank, Robbie Blair, Alan Dellinger, Darrell Bossard, Carl
McKinney and Dave Hess Jr.

* On Saturday night after the racing program is completed, Engles Trucking
and Ray's Racing Specialties will return as sponsors of "South Ghetto," a
post-event holiday weekend party in the parking lot featuring a huge bonfire
and the live band "Intent," which entertained the crowd last year. This bash
is expected to draw even more fans this season, especially with free camping
offered at the speedway.

TELEVISION EXPOSURE:

Saturday's WoO LMS action will taped for broadcast on SPEED. The first night
of the Oil Region Labor Day Classic is scheduled to air on Sun., Oct. 8, at
6 p.m. eastern time.

In addition, for the second consecutive year, SPEED's 'Wind Tunnel with Dave
Despain' show will feature a live remote from Tri-City Speedway on Sunday
night. WoO LMS star Rick Eckert will be the featured guest on 'Wind Tunnel,'
answering questions from Despain via satellite between 9 and 10 p.m.

ON THE INTERNET: If fans can't get to a track to see the tour, they can
experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series live on
Dirtvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on
the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT
Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail
[email protected].

2006 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Points Standings (after 8-26-06) and
Statistical Update (Pos.-Driver-Residence-Races Entered-Feature
Starts-Wins-Top 5's-Top 10's-Fast Times-Heat Wins-Dash Wins-B'
Wins-Earnings-Points-Trail By):

2006 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Points Standings (after 8-15-06):

1. Tim McCreadie/Watertown,NY 26-26-2-12-20-4-8-0-1-$88,600-3,576-0

2. Billy Moyer/Batesville,AR 26-26-2-12-21-2-10-2-2-$70,900-3,534-42

3. Shane Clanton/Locust Grove,GA 26-26-0-11-21-2-9-2-1-$57,300-3,532-44

4. Darrell Lanigan/Union,KY 26-26-2-14-20-0-11-5-1-$72,600-3,516-60

5. Steve Francis/Ashland,KY 26-26-2-12-20-2-12-1-1-$86,300-3,512-64

6. Chub Frank/Bear Lake,PA 26-26-2-8-19-2-4-1-1-$67,900-3,498-78

7. Rick Eckert/York,PA 26-26-8-11-15-1-7-2-1-$104,500-3,454-122

8. Dale McDowell/Chickamauga,GA 26-26-0-7-17-1-4-1-0-$47,000-3,398-178

9. Clint Smith/Senoia,GA 26-25-4-8-15-0-4-4-3-$70,310-3,355-221

10. Josh Richards/Shinnston,WV 26-26-1-5-16-2-4-2-2-$48,600-3,346-230

11. Eddie Carrier Jr.®/Salt Rock,WV 25-24-0-1-3-0-1-0-2-$20,810-2,963-613

12. John Blankenship/Williamson,WV 26-22-0-1-6-0-1-0-3-$25,140-2,922-654

13. Eric Jacobsen®/Santa Cruz,CA 26-22-0-1-3-0-0-0-1-$20,140-2,878-698

14. Garrett Durrett®/Simsboro,LA 26-22-0-0-1-0-0-0-5-$17,310-2,832-744

15. Mike Balzano/Parkersburg,WV 9-7-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-$6,220-998-2,578

World of Outlaws Late Model Series News & Notes: Columbus Speedway 8/26

COLUMBUS, MS - Aug. 28, 2006 -

PROUD PAPA: Mark Richards wasn't merely a happy car owner after Saturday
night's World of Outlaws Late Model Series 'Battle at the Bullring 50' at
Columbus Speedway.

He was also the beaming father of the evening's victor.

"When it's your car, it's exciting to win like that," Richards said after
watching his 18-year-old son Josh pull off a late-race pass of Tim McCreadie
for his first WoO LMS triumph of the season. "Having your son as the driver
just makes it more exciting.

"I'm a proud father, real proud."

The elder Richards, 45, has seen his rising-star boy come into his own
during the second half of the campaign.

"It's been kind of a rough season, but since (Ohio's) Sharon (Speedway on
July 8) things have turned around," said Mark Richards, who co-owns Rocket
Chassis in Shinnston, W.Va., and fields the company's house car that Josh
drives. "Josh had a good year last year and came into this season with high
expectations, but we struggled for awhile. He's really picked it up here
this last month, though, and he's got to where he's pumped up a lot more and
really ready to race again."

Beginning with his third-place finish in Sharon's event, Josh has rolled up
five top-five and nine top-10 finishes in his last 10 WoO LMS starts. His
only DNF came on Aug. 4 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., where he
jumped the cushion and flipped for the first time in his career while
battling for a top-five spot.

What's been the key to Josh's success?

"It seems like we're getting it together as a team," said Mark Richards. "We
have some good (crew) guys now. Jimmy Frye and Jeff Dillinger have made a
big difference helping Josh and I out. We lost a crewman about three months
ago and it put us in a bind; for awhile it was just me and him, and it was
tough. With Jimmy and Jeff on board, it's just put a little more continuity
into the team.

"And Timmy (McCreadie) has been a big influence on Josh lately," Mark added.
"Dale McDowell has also really been pushing him to give him that confidence
factor."

PULLING AWAY: McCreadie's second-place finish in the 50-lapper - coupled
with the problems encountered by title contenders Billy Moyer, Darrell
Lanigan and Steve Francis - helped him expand his WoO LMS points lead to 42
markers over Moyer.

That's a pretty healthy edge on the WoO LMS, which employs a
points-computation system in which there's only a 48-point difference
between first place and 24th. But McCreadie isn't going to change his
competitive spirit over the final four events to preserve his lead in
pursuit of the $120,000 championship check.

"You're always thinking about the points, but I still want to win races,"
said McCreadie. "Would you rather capitalize (in the points standings) by
winning races, or capitalize by getting lucky?

"I want some luck, but we're in this thing to win races."

BIG BLOW: Moyer's hopes of repeating as champion took a hit when he spun out
of fifth place while rounding turns one and two on lap 36. His car was
struck by Mike Boland and Ronny Lee Hollingsworth, inflicting front-end
damage that ended his night.

"The motor wouldn't run on the bottom-end," explained Moyer, who entered the
night trailing McCreadie by 16 points after winning two straight races. "The
track was already hard to drive, but it was even harder with the motor doing
that.

"I tried to spin the tires to get the thing out of pushing, but I came
around too hard and lost it. We were still probably gonna be alright there,
but that guy running 10th cleaned me out.

"Now we'll just see if we can still salvage something (in the championship
battle)."

CRUSHER?: The late-season push toward the top of the points standings that
Steve Francis had been making was halted at Columbus, where a broken panhard
bar and driveshaft ended his bid just seven laps into the feature.

"We got messed up in our heat race and got ourselves behind (after turning
the fastest lap in qualifying)," said Francis, who started 13th. "But when
they dropped the green and I just drove right through the field, I tought,
Hell, this thing's good. We're in good shape.

"Then I broke a panhard bar - hard racing, I guess."

Francis was sullen after falling in the standings from fourth (26 points
behind McCreadie) to fifth (64 points back).

"With McCreadie finishing where he did, I think that buried us," he said. "I
don't think there's enough races left (to catch up)."

Francis's crew did repair his car and he returned to the event on lap 46
during the final caution period. The four additional laps gained one
position in the finishing order, moving him past his closest rival in the
standings, Darrell Lanigan, who also dropped out on lap seven, to 21st
place.

"I didn't know if I could gain anything on Lanigan or not when we went back
out there," said Francis. "But I lost this thing (WoO LMS championship) last
year in a tiebreaker (to Moyer), so if I got two points more on Lanigan,
that's two points."

UPLIFTING RUN: WoO LMS Rookie of the Year contender Eric Jacobsen was
smiling after placing fourth in the feature - his first top-five in a bumpy
'06 season and his best finish ever on the tour, topping the fifth place he
registered on July 26, 2005, at Missouri's Lebanon I-44 Speedway.

"I'm finally feeling what I like to feel on the racetrack," said Jacobsen,
who has a pair of top-10 finishes in the last three WoO LMS events. "We have
good equipment, but so many things have happened this year that have gotten
us behind. We're finally getting everything together and our results are
improving."

BAD BOY: Jacobsen was "scolded" by WoO LMS competition director Bret Emrick
before even getting to the track.

Jacobsen, who flies from his California home to compete in tour events, and
Emrick ended up on the same connecting flight from Atlanta to Columbus,
Miss., on Friday night. They didn't know it, however, until getting on the
plane, which took off slightly behind schedule because of.Jacobsen.

The flight was help up while an airline employee paged Jacobsen, the only
ticketed passenger not on board at the scheduled departure time. Jacobsen,
who had lost track of time while watching the Steelers-Eagles pre-season
football game inside a bar in the terminal, heard the announcement and
rushed to the gate.

As Jacobsen sheepishly walked to his seat on a plane filled with passengers
agitated by his tardiness, he heard someone say, "So you're the one who held
us up."

Jacobsen looked up toward the source of the barb. He saw Emrick grinning in
a window seat.

DISAPPOINTING NIGHT: Buoyed by the spectacular 19-win season he's enjoying
on the Deep South circuit, Chris Wall of Holden, La., entered Saturday's
action with high hopes of upsetting the WoO LMS superstars.

But Wall, who in mid-July won the last national-touring series event at
Columbus Speedway, never quite got on track. He timed an underwhelming 21st,
then was passed for the final transfer spot in the first heat by Francis. A
flat tire while leading the first B-Main forced him to the pit area, but he
rallied to finish third and make the cut. A broken axle six laps into the
feature eliminated Wall, who raced using a SUPR spec motor (362 cubic
inches, aluminum Brodix head and intake, steel block).

The early exit was a downer for Wall, who is known as the 'Intimagator'
because he and his wife, Missy, own and operate the C&M Gator Farm in
Springfield, La., and his legion of fans. His popularity at Columbus is
unquestioned; despite the fact that he lives five hours away, the track was
teeming with fans wearing his distinctive 'Intimagator' t-shirts.

Wall was planning to make the UMP-sanctioned World 100 on Sept. 8-9 at
Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, his next big-show appearance, but after
Saturday's program he reluctantly announced that he must scrap the event
from his schedule due to business commitments.

According to a post on Wall's website, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita had a big
effect on their business, which consists of gathering gator eggs from
pre-marked nests in the marshes of southern Louisiana, hatching them in
incubators at their farm and then raising the gators for sale to several
markets. Because salt water rushed into the marshes and the storms shocked
the gators there, female gators are not producing as many eggs for
collection this year. As a result, the Walles and other gator farmers have
had to look for other tracts of land to contract for egg gathering.

Walls and his wife were able to locate some areas heavily populated with
gator eggs. Unfortunately for Wall's World 100 dreams, one of the
stipulations of his deal to collect eggs on the tract is that the work must
be done the same week as the race.

BUILD YOUR OWN SUITE: One of the unique features at Columbus Speedway is the
dozens of "VIP boxes" that circle the track.

These structures - called "Columbus Condos," "bird houses" and a variety of
other names - are erected by their individual owners. Columbus promoter
Johnny Stokes said race teams, businesses and other groups have been paying
the track for the right to put up personal "suites" for the last six years.

BRUISED UP: Chub Frank finished a respectable fifth in the feature, but he
headed home with a Rocket car that sported plenty of battle scars from a
rough-and-tumble night.

Frank's troubles began during the third heat when a scrape with Garrett
Durrett caused him to hit the turn-two wall with the nose of his machine. He
returned after a quick pit stop and, with some help from a tangle involving
three cars ahead of him, came back to qualify.

The rough track surface and tight racing contributed to the body damage that
was visible on Frank's No. 1* following the feature.

ETCETERA.

* Simsboro, La.'s Durrett was anxious to race at Columbus, a track he's run
more than a dozen times in his young dirt Late Model career.

The 21-year-old WoO LMS Rookie of the Year contender didn't have a smooth
night, but he persevered through a right-front brake problem and a flat tire
to finish 11th in the feature. He climbed as high as eighth after starting
18th.

* Salt Rock, W.Va's Eddie Carrier Jr., who leads the WoO LMS Rookie of the
Year chase, appeared primed for his best outing of the season after timing
second-fastest in qualifying. But he had a heat win stolen from him on the
final lap by Shane Clanton, and he slipped to a 10th-place finish in the
main after running in the top five early.

* Dale McDowell finished sixth in the 50-lapper, but he could've placed
higher if not for a trip to the infield to change a right-rear tire on lap
36. He cut the shoe when he clipped Moyer's spinning car in turn two.

* The first driver out of the feature was Georgia's Clint Smith, who brought
out a caution flag on lap three after his car's left-rear suspension gave
out.

* Rick Eckert's fall from the WoO LMS points chase continued with a
19th-place finish in his first-ever start at Columbus. He stopped in turn
three on the 29th lap after a bent panhard bar caused his car's driveshaft
to fail - a common malady on Saturday due to the track's rough spots
exacting a heavy toll on the machines.

* A surprise entrant was Wendell Wallace of Batesville, Ark., who was a WoO
LMS regular for part of DIRT's inaugural season running the tour in 2004.

"We were planning to run the three (DIRT-owned) MARS shows this weekend,"
said Wallace. "But last night Bolivar (Mo.) was canceled and the weather for
Lebanon (Mo.) tonight didn't look good, so we came here."

Wallace, who made a five-hour haul to Columbus, was running fifth in the
feature when mechanical trouble knocked out his No. 88 on lap 32.

* Young Ronny Lee Hollingsworth of Northport, Ala., ran as high as fifth in
the feature before retiring during a lap-39 caution period.

* Columbus's hometown boy Rick Rickman missed the final transfer spot in the
second B-Main by one position, but a provisional got him in the feature and
he took full advantage of his new life. He climbed forward from 24th to
finish eighth and earned a $300 bonus from DIRT MotorSports, which posted
$1,000 in cash that was divided among the top-three finishing drivers who
weren't ranked in the top 20 of a national touring series or had never won a
WoO LMS event.

* The night's wildest crash involved Jimbo McDuffie of Meridian, Miss., who
flipped between turns three and four after his car tossed a left-rear wheel
during the second heat. He was shaken but otherwise uninjured.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country
by several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor Hoosier Tire;
Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The
University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART
Machinery, Holley Performance Products Inc., MSD Ignition, Quarter Master,
Ohlins and Wrisco Industries.

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Star Rick Eckert To Be Featured Guest
Sunday On SPEED's 'Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain'

NORMAN, OK - Aug. 28, 2006 - World of Outlaws Late Model Series star Rick
Eckert will be the featured guest Sunday (Sept. 3) on SPEED television's
'Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain.'

Eckert, 40, of York, Pa., will talk live with Despain via satellite from
Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa., where he will be competing in the second
night of the WoO LMS Oil Region Labor Day Classic.

Sunday's edition of 'Wind Tunnel' will air on SPEED from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m.
eastern time. A set in the pit area and a satellite uplink will be
established to allow Eckert to appear live on the broadcast with Despain,
who will be stationed in the 'Wind Tunnel' studio in Charlotte.

Eckert, who won last year's WoO LMS event at Tri-City Speedway, is the
tour's winningest driver in 2006. He will discuss with Despain his pursuit
of Scott Bloomquist's WoO LMS single-season win record, the UMP-sanctioned
World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, on Sept. 8-9 and a variety
of other topics.

One year ago WoO LMS standout Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., appeared live on
'Wind Tunnel' during the tour's visit to Tri-City Speedway.

Richards Overtakes McCreadie For Dramatic World of Outlaws Late Model Series
Victory At Columbus Speedway

COLUMBUS, MI - Aug. 26, 2006 - It's true that Josh Richards won his first
World of Outlaws Late Model Series event of 2006 after starting from the
pole position.

But that fact doesn't show how hard the teenage sensation worked to score a
dramatic victory in Saturday night's 'Battle at the Bullring 50' at Columbus
Speedway.

Richards, 18, of Shinnston, W.Va., authored a powerful rally to defeat tour
points leader Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., who appeared ready to ruin
Kid Rocket's evening when he took the lead on lap 33. A lap-46 caution flag,
however, allowed Richards one final shot and he seized the moment, regaining
the top spot from McCreadie on lap 48 and then roaring to the checkered
flag.

"That was fun," said Richards, who earned a $10,000 paycheck for his
first-ever visit to the high-banked, three-tenths-mile oval. "To lead the
first 30-some laps and then have to get back past McCreadie - man, that
makes this win pretty satisfying."

McCreadie, who started the race from the outside pole, settled for second
place in his Sweeteners Plus Rocket No. 39. The run helped him expand his
WoO LMS points lead from 16 to 42 points over defending tour champion Billy
Moyer of Batesville, Ark., one of three title contenders who ran into
trouble during a marathon event that was slowed by 10 caution flags.

Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., ran near the front of the pack for the
entire distance in the RSD Enterprises Rocket and finished third -- the same
position he started. Eric Jacobsen of Santa Cruz, Calif., recorded a
season-best finish of fourth in his Well Pict Berries/Soil Fume Inc. Rocket
after starting 16th, and Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., battled from the 11th
starting to take fifth in his Lester Buildings Rocket.

Richards was behind the wheel of his father Mark's familiar Seubert Calf
Ranches-sponsored Rocket House Car No. 1. Ironically, it was the same
machine he drove to his only previous WoO LMS triumph, on Aug. 15, 2005, at
Lebanon Valley Speedway in West Lebanon, N.Y.

The rising star's second career victory came one race after he had
registered his best finish this season on the WoO LMS: second place on Aug.
15 at Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, Mo.

"We struggled some at the beginning of the year, but ever since we had a
good run at (Ohio's) Sharon (Speedway on July 8) we've been getting
consistently better," said Richards. "I don't know what it is, but we've
really started running well and having more fun."

There was little doubt Richards had the feature's fastest car on Saturday,
as evidenced by the half-straightaway lead he built during a rare period of
extended green-flag racing from lap 14 to 28.

Nevertheless, he came precariously close to absorbing a tough loss after
McCreadie passed him to assume command on lap 33.

"I was lost for a little bit with the racetrack," revealed Richards. "After
leading so long (from the initial green flag) I didn't know where the
fastest lane was, and before I knew it Timmy was by me."

With some assistance from his father, who was stationed in the infield,
Richards found his footing.

"My Dad was trying to tell me to slow down and get to the bottom," said
Richards. "I didn't see him signaling me for awhile, but once I moved down
there I realized that's where I needed to be."

Richards dived underneath McCreadie's car entering turn one on a lap-46
restart. The next circuit Richards's dirt Late Model bounced off the ground
when he caught a rut between turns one and two, but he maintained control
and surged ahead of McCreadie down the backstretch.

When Richards slid across the track in front of McCreadie through turns and
four and emerged with the lead as lap 48 was scored, he was home free.

"The car just stuck right around the bottom," said Richards, who used a
Cornett engine. "I ran in too hard (on lap 47) and just about flipped in one
and two, but then it grabbed the track when it came down and I got a great
run off two."

McCreadie, 32, certainly did not like losing in the race's final moments,
but he conceded that Richards deserved to win the event.

"He had a better car than us all night," said McCreadie. "I should've never
got by him. He just made a mistake. The track actually got a lot better from
the middle to the bottom, and I found it when he didn't know it was there.

"Once I showed him the groove, we never pulled away from him."

McCreadie knew Richards was faster after the last restart, but he gave it
everything he had to stay in front.

"I raced him hard into one. I didn't give him an inch," McCreadie said of
the race's deciding moment. "He just ran it down hard into three and bounced
across the track in front of me. That was good, hard racing.

"Josh did a heck of a job. There's no shame in losing to him. He drove the
wheels off it."

A bit behind the leaders at the finish was Clanton, who was in the mix
throughout the race but had to be satisfied with a third-place finish rather
than his first WoO LMS victory of the season.

"We went a little hard on tires and I think it cost us the race," said
Clanton. "I needed eight or 10 laps to get going, and every time we got that
many laps strung together there would be a caution."

Clanton, who turns 31 on Aug. 29, did move from fifth to third in the WoO
LMS points standings. He's 44 markers behind McCreadie.

Clanton's advance in the standings was helped by the misfortune suffered by
Moyer, Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., and Steve Francis of Asland, Ky., who
entered the event ranked second through fourth.

Francis was the first driver to be struck down. After cracking the top 10
from the 13th starting spot, his Mopar No. 15 fell off the pace and stopped
on lap seven due to a bent panhard bar and broken driveshaft.

Moments later Lanigan experienced the same mechanical failure as Francis on
the difficult track, which tested equipment with rough spots in the corners.
He pulled into the infield on a lap-seven restart while running third.

Moyer appeared headed to a top-five finish that would allow to keep pace
with McCreadie in the standings when he spun between turns one and two while
holding fourth place on lap 36. Moyer's prone car was hit by Mike Boland of
Cuba, Ala., and Ronny Lee Hollingsworth of Northport, Ala., inflicting
front-end damage that ended his night.

Rounding out the top 10 in the event was Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga.,
who pitted to change a flat tire on lap 36; regional racers Jay Blair of
Angie, La., Rick Rickman of Columbus, Miss., and Boland; and Eddie Carrier
Jr. of Salt Rock, W.Va.

DIRT MotorSports' $1,000 non-touring/local driver bonus - for the
top-finishing racers who are not in the top-20 of a national touring series
and haven't won a WoO LMS event - was divided by Blair ($500), Rick Rickman
($300) and Boland ($200).

Francis started the program off on a high note during the 39-car time-trial
session, setting fast time with a lap of 13.75 seconds.

Heat winners were McCreadie, Clanton, Moyer and Richards. Eddie Rickman of
Columbus, Miss., and Garrett Durrett of Simsboro, La., captured the B-Mains,
and Richards topped the pole dash.

Results of WoO Late Model Series(Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps
Completed/Money Won): 1. (1) Josh Richards/50 $10,000; 2. (2) Tim
McCreadie/50 $6,000; 3. (3) Shane Clanton/50 $3,500; 4. (16) Eric
Jacobsen/50 $2,500; 5. (11) Chub Frank/50 $2,200; 6. (7) Dale McDowell/50
$2,000; 7. (22) Jay Blair/50 $1,800; 8. (24) Rick Rickman/50 $1,600; 9. (14)
Mike Boland/50 $1,400; 10. (6) Eddie Carrier Jr./50 $1,200; 11. (18) Garrett
Durrett/50 $1,000; 12. (12) Jamie Elam/46 $900; 13. (20) David Breazeale/45
$800; 14. (9) Ronny Lee Hollingsworth/39 $700; 15. (4) Billy Moyer/36 $700;
16. (19) Jack Sullivan/34 $700; 17. (8) Wendell Wallace/34 $700; 18. (23)
John Blankenship/31 $700; 19. (15) Rick Eckert/28 $700; 20. (17) Eddie
Rickman/17 $700; 21. (13) Steve Francis/11 $700; 22. (5) Darrell Lanigan/8
$700; 23. (21) Chris Wall/6 $700; 24. (10) Clint Smith/2 $700.

Yellow Flags: 10 (Laps 3, 7, 14, 28, 29, 32, 32, 36, 39, 46)
Lap Leaders: Richards (1-32); McCreadie (33-47); Richards (48-50).

Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 13.75
2. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 13.93
3. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 13.96
4. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 13.96
5. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 13.97
6. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 14.10
7. 17M-Dale McDowell/Chickamauga, GA 14.19
8. 12E-Jamie Elam/Sanitobia, MS 14.22
9. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 14.23
10. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 14.24
11. 12-Jason Smith/Laurel, MS 14.32
12. 88-Wendell Wallace/Batesville, AR 14.32
13. 33d-Scott Dedwylder/Vossburg, MS 14.33
14. 222-Mike Boland/Cuba, AL 14.34
15. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 14.35
16. 5-Eric Jacobsen/Santa Cruz, CA 14.35
17. 18-Ronny Lee Hollingsworth/Northport, AL 14.38
18. 18s-Jack Sullivan/Greenbriar, AR 14.40
19. 58c-Garrett Durrett/Simsboro, LA 14.43
20. 86-Rick Rickman/Columbus, MS 14.45
21. 71-Chris Wall/Holden, LA 14.46
22. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 14.51
23. 2x-Jay Blair/Angie, LA 14.55
24. 54-David Breazeale/Four Corners, MS 14.56
25. 51-Dean Carpenter/Coldwater, MS 14.61
26. c16-Chris Ragan/Ramer/TN 14.61
27. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 14.64
28. 1F-Scott Flurry/Smithville, MS 14.64
29. 68-Eddie Rickman/Columbus, MS 14.70
30. 5E-Shawn Edwards/Louisville, MS 14.76
31. 1c-Chad Thrash/Meridian, MS 14.80
32. 07-Randy Walters/Laurel, MS 14.93
33. 74-Scott Randolph/Baxter, TN 14.93
34. 760-Jimbo McDuffie/Meridian, MS 14.96
35. 0K-Kelly Hanvey/Coleman, AL 14.98
36. 33-Terry Wilson/West, MS 15.15
37. 20-Tombo Callahan/Weir, MS 15.31
38. 57-Roger Shirley/Meridian, MS 15.34
39. 16-Mike Poyner/Grenada, MS N/T

Heat No. 1 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): McCreadie, Lanigan, Hollingsworth,
Francis, Wall, E. Rickman, Carpenter, Callahan, Randolph, Dedwylder.

Heat No. 2 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Clanton, Carrier, C. Smith, Boland,
Ragan, Blankenship, Edwards, Sullivan, McDuffie, Shirley.

Heat No. 3 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Moyer, McDowell, Frank, Eckert,
Blair, Durrett, Thrash, J. Smith, Hanvey, Poyner.

Heat No. 4 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Richards, Wallace, Elam, Jacobsen,
Flurry, Wilson, Breazeale, Walters, R. Rickman.

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps - Top 3 Transfer): E. Rickman, Sullivan, Wall,
Blankenship, Callahan, Carpenter, Randolph, Raga, Edwards, Shirley (DNS)
McDuffie, Dedwylder.

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps - Top 3 Transfer): Durrett, Breazeale, Blair, R.
Rickman, Thrash, Wilson, Flurry, Poyner (DNS) Walters, J. Smith, Hanvey.

Dash (6 laps): Richards, McCreadie, Clanton, Moyer.

WoO Late Model Series Points Standings (after Aug. 26): 1. Tim McCreadie
3,576; 2. Billy Moyer 3,534; 3. Shane Clanton 3,532; 4. Darrell Lanigan
3,516; 5. Steve Francis 3,512; 6. Chub Frank 3,498; 7. Rick Eckert 3,454; 8.
Dale McDowell 3,398; 9. Clint Smith 3,355; 10. Josh Richards 3,346; 11.
Eddie Carrier Jr. 2,963; 12. John Blankenship 2,922; 13. Eric Jacobsen
2,878; 14. Garrett Durrett 2,832; 15. Mike Balzano 998.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can't get to a track to see the series, they can
experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series live on
Dirtvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on
the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT
Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail
[email protected].

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country
by several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor Hoosier Tire;
Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The
University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART
Machinery, Holley Performance Products Inc., MSD Ignition, Quarter Master,
Ohlins and Wrisco Industries.

_______________________________________________

Clint Smith Doesn’t Think He Has Advantage In Saturday’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series Event At Columbus Speedway

NORMAN, OK – Aug. 23, 2006 – Clint Smith has more experience racing at Columbus Speedway than most of his rivals on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series.

He’s also the national tour’s second-winningest driver in 2006 and has captured two of its last five events.

But that doesn’t mean Senoia, Ga.’s Smith enters the WoO LMS ‘Battle at the Bullring 50’ this Saturday night (Aug. 26) at the Mississippi track feeling like he has any special edge.

“Racing with these guys here, you don’t have an advantage anywhere,” Smith bluntly said of the high competition level on the WoO LMS. “You’ve got so many guys who can win the first time they’re at a track.”

Smith, 41, has been entering special events at the ‘Baddest Bullring in the South’ for more than a decade. While winning four series titles with the Southern All-Stars (1992, 1993, 2000, 2003) he made several visits per season to Columbus, winning multiple times. He also was victorious at the three-tenths-mile oval in each of the past two years, taking the 2004 Possum Town Grand Prix – after which he held a live possum as part of the post-race ceremonies – and the 2005 Rebel Challenge.

The repeated visits to Columbus have given Smith an appreciation for the high-banked track’s racy nature, but uncovering setup secrets has been another matter.

“That’s one of the better racetracks we’ll go to,” he said of Columbus Speedway. “It’ll be a gas-on, two- and three-wide racing, come-from-the-rear-and-win type track. It won’t be settled when qualifying is over.

“It’s the kind of place we all like going to because you can race on it.

“But,” he added, “I don’t think I have any advantage because I’ve raced there before.”

In an attempt to illustrate that a driver’s perceived knowledge of a track doesn’t count for much on the nation’s premier dirt Late Model tour, Smith points to the series’s July 1 event at Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y. Everyone considered the pre-race favorite to be tour regular Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., who grew up racing at the track, but he wasn’t even a factor.

“That’s Chub’s house,” Smith said of Stateline. “He knows that racetrack, but he was no good. So you can’t judge off that.”

Smith doesn’t see any reason why WoO LMS regulars like Frank, points leader Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., eight-time ’06 winner Rick Eckert of York, Pa., and 2005 Rookie of the Year Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va. – all of whom will be racing at Columbus for the first time on Saturday – can’t end up holding the $10,000 first-place check in Victory Lane.

“This whole crowd here with the World of Outlaws can learn so fast and adapt so quick to any condition,” said Smith. “Everybody is always just wide-open trying to find that little bit of a trick that will win the race for them on any given night. Then everybody will load up all their stuff, head out, drag it back out at the next event, and try to get that little bit of an advantage again that somebody who’s been going to a particular track forever maybe ain’t found.”

The supreme talent that travels the WoO LMS makes winning races a tough chore, but, as Smith points out, it also makes great drivers even better.

“You’re only as good as who you race with,” said Smith, who co-owns his J.P. Drilling-baked GRT cars with Jerry Passmore. “And we’re racing with the best. I think that’s why when we go into other (non-WoO LMS) shows throughout the year, a World of Outlaws car is usually winning or in the top five in every race. Go to any big show, and you’ll usually have six to 12 of the WoO drivers in the race.”

Smith, a second-generation racer who makes his living driving a dirt Late Model, will go into Saturday’s action focused entirely on padding his 2006 win total on the WoO LMS. Thanks at least in part to not qualifying for an early-season show due to mechanical trouble, he is not in the mix for the $120,000 tour points championship check, sitting ninth in the standings, 177 points behind McCreadie.

“We’re just going out and trying to win races,” said Smith, who has four victories and $69,610 in earnings through 25 series events this season.

*****

The first-ever WoO LMS program at Columbus Speedway on Saturday night will include time trials, heat races, B-Mains, a pole dash and a 50-lap feature.

Pit gates are scheduled to open at 3 p.m. and the grandstands will be unlocked at 4 p.m. on Saturday. A drivers’ meeting is set for 6:30 p.m., with practice and time trials following and then racing beginning at 8 p.m.

Adult grandstand admission for the event is $25. Active Military and students (ages 11-18) are $15, and children 10 and under will be admitted free of charge. Pit passes cost $35, with children ages 6-10 $15 and kids under 5 admitted free.

Local Divisions will also be in action competing in “Battle at the Bullring” Championships. The open-wheel Modifieds and Late Model Stocks/Stormpay Late Models will race for $700 to win, and the Street Stocks will chase a $350 top prize.

Columbus Speedway is located in north-central Mississippi, seven miles east of Columbus off U.S. Highway 82. Exit at Stokes Rd., turn left, go 1.5 miles north on Pleasant Hill Rd., then turn right on Lacy Rd. The track will be .75 of a mile on the left.

For more information visit www.columbusspeedway.net or call 662-572-2572.

World of Outlaws Late Model Series News & Notes: Wrapping Up The Farmer City
Raceway/Lake Ozark Speedway Doubleheader

NORMAN, OK - Aug. 18, 2006 -

HAPPY IN THE HEARTLAND: Count Billy Moyer as one driver who would like to
see more World of Outlaws Late Model Series events in the Midwest.

That's not merely because he got his groove back during the tour's
doubleheader at Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway (Aug. 14) and Lake Ozark Speedway
in Eldon, Mo., winning both 50-lap features to vault from fifth to second in
the points standings.

Racing in the Midwest obviously cuts down on the highway miles logged by
Moyer, who must haul his equipment 18 hours or more from his Batesville,
Ark., home to compete in events in such states as Maryland, Pennsylvania and
New York. His years chasing the grueling UMP Summernationals also give him
more laps at tracks in the area, including Farmer City, than he has at some
East Coast ovals on the WoO LMS.

And being a bit closer to home gives his family members a rare opportunity
to see him race. In attendance at Lake Ozark was Moyer's mother, who lives
in Nebraska, and his brother Greg.

"I didn't realize it had been so long until she told me, but I hadn't seen
my mother in 11 months," said Moyer, noting that some back problems have
prevented his mother from traveling. "And this was the first time my brother
Greg's seen us race all year."

Moyer paused, and then said of his brother with a chuckle, "He came over
because he has a house down here on the lake (nearby Lake of the Ozarks). He
lives like you're supposed to live."

But while Greg Moyer might not have the hectic racing lifestyle of his
brother, he's not one of the country's best dirt Late Model drivers. Billy
Moyer is - and after back-to-back wins he's right back in the battle for the
$120,000 WoO LMS points championship, which he knows would be a nice reward
for all the time he devotes to racing.

CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE: WoO LMS points leader Tim McCreadie hailed the
Hammers, who promote Farmer City Raceway, for whipping up a great track
surface for the tour's visit.

"I give the Hammmers a lot of credit," McCreadie said after his second-place
finish in the feature. "I know them from a couple years ago at the Chili
Bowl (in Tulsa, Okla.) when they helped me out with my Midget. We talked a
little, and they believe what I do - if you do a lot of track prep, the
track will be racy.

"We were all worried that the track would rubber up tonight, but the last
two times we were here (before rain postponed the shows) Don (Hammer) told
me, 'Don't worry, we'll dig it up and have a good track for you guys.'

"He was right. You couldn't ask for a better racetrack then we had tonight."

DISAPPOINTING NIGHT: Perhaps the biggest cheer during the Farmer City
program went up for two-time UMP Summernationals champion Shannon Babb of
Moweaqua, Ill., who grew up racing at the quarter-mile oval.

It appeared the 32-year-old would really give the fans something to get
excited about when he took the lead from Steve Francis with an outside
charge in turn one on lap 14, but he never officially led a lap. A flat
right-rear tire moments later dive-bombed his effort.

"We had a good race car at the beginning, but then we ran over something and
got a flat," said Babb. "As soon as I got the lead, it just blowed out."

Babb returned after a quick pit stop, but "we didn't put our wheel-cover
back on," he said. "A few laps later I went into turn three and hit the
cushion, and that packed the wheel full of mud. Then it got to shaking, and
I couldn't run hard (he finished 11th)."

READY FOR A FINAL CHARGE: Steve Francis and Darrell Lanigan, who finished
third and fourth, respectively, in Lake Ozark's main, left the Midwest
prepared to make a push for the $120,000 WoO LMS title.

"We're just gonna keep doing exactly what we we've been doing," said
Francis, who sits fourth in the standings, 26 points behind McCreadie. "We
had a pretty good points week (with a pair of third-place finishes). We
haven't won one in awhile -- although we could've won a couple - but the
breaks haven't fallen our way.

"Hopefully we're due to catch some breaks. When everybody is so close, luck
plays a big part in it."

Lanigan, who fell from second to third in the points standings but is only
20 points behind McCreadie, is eyeing the championship.

"It's definitely getting tight," said Lanigan, who broke a four-link rod 10
laps into the Lake Ozark main but held on to finish fourth with some help
from the rubbered-up, one-lane track surface. "You got to think points if
you're going for the big picture. You go to every race wanting to win it,
but now you don't take any stupid chances - you don't gamble on tires, just
go with what everybody else does.

"The tracks coming up should be decent for us. They're bigger tracks, and I
usually run better on bigger tracks - although lately I've been getting top
fives on the bullrings too."

ETCETERA:

* Fourth-year dirt Late Model driver Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., had an
eventful swing with the WoO LMS.

Debuting a new Rayburn car at Farmer City, Shirley was swept up in Eddie
Carrier Jr.'s spin (he somehow avoided making contact with Carrier's car) in
his heat but rallied to run third before a broken oil line forced him to the
pits. Later, in the second B-Main, he was bidding for the final transfer
spot when a scrape with Kevin Weaver caused both drivers to spin in turn two
and miss the feature.

Shirley fared better at Lake Ozark, timing third-fastest, winning a heat and
finishing sixth in the 50-lap main.

* After finishing a season-high second in Lake Ozark's feature, Josh
Richards and his Rocket House Car team gave Shirley's car owner, Ed Petroff,
a ride back to his St. Louis-area home in their hauler. Kid Rocket and Co.
spent some time at Petroff's shop cleaning up and working on their car
before heading for the weekend's Jackson 100 at Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway.

* The only casualty of the Lake Ozark 50 was Dale McDowell, whose bad luck
on the '06 WoO LMS continued when a broken axle knocked him out of seventh
place on lap 46.

* WoO LMS regular Eric Jacobsen of Santa Cruz, Calif., enjoyed his best
outing of the 2006 tour at Farmer City, finishing a strong sixth. He missed
a top five by inches, getting edged out at the finish line by Dennis Erb Jr.
of Carpentersville, Ill.

"I was out there thinking, This is just like racing back home,'" said
Jacobsen. "I raced on a lot of small quarter-miles in California."

* Jacobsen wasn't the only Californian in the field at Lake Ozark. He was
joined by two other drivers from the Golden State: Zack Forster and Robert
Sanders, both of Bakersfield, Calif.

Partners in a company called West Coast Boring, Forster and Sanders race
regularly at California tracks such as Bakersfield and Santa Maria. Both are
new to the sport - Forster has about 20 career starts in a dirt Late Model,
and Sanders has eight - but they decided to take a "racing vacation" to the
Midwest. On their itinerary was Lake Ozark and the weekend's Topless 100 at
Batesville (Ark.) Speedway.

"We wanted to come race with the big boys," said Forster, who finished 16th
in the main.

* With a short field at Lake Ozark, three teams unloaded backup cars and
entered them with crewmen behind the wheel.

Clint Smith's second car was driven by his chief mechanic Johnny Cloer Jr.,
who races a dirt Late Model in the Southeast; Shane Clanton's backup was
steered by mechanic Shane Thompson, who competes in a Late Model Sportsman
in Alabama; and Shirley's second No. 3s was run by his crewman Craig Smith,
who races locally in Illinois.

Cloer had the best night, finishing ninth - two spots ahead of Smith.

* Centerview, Mo.'s Jason Bodenhamer was all smiles after finishing fifth in
the Lake Ozark 50.

"This is just our second time running with the Outlaws, so I'm tickled to
death," said Bodenhamer, a 31-year-old who has been racing dirt Late Models
for 15 years. "This is the best I've ever run in a big show like this, and
what makes it even better is our car owner, Warsaw Building Center, is from
the area."

* Another WoO LMS newcomer making a good showing during the swing was Wes
Steidinger, 23, of Fairbury, Ill., who recorded the second-fastest lap in
time trials and won a heat race at Farmer City.

"This is my first World of Outlaws race ever," said Steidinger, who drove
his father's Rayburn car to an 18th-place finish in the main after being
involved in a lap-31 tangle. "This is my fifth year in a Late Model and
we've been staying close to home. We're pretty pumped about how things have
gone tonight."

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can't get to a track to see the series, they can
experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series live on
Dirtvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on
the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT
Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail
[email protected].

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country
by several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor Hoosier Tire;
Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The
University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART
Machinery, Holley Performance Products Inc., MSD Ignition, Quarter Master,
Ohlins and Wrisco Industries.

Back On Track: Moyer Sweeps World of Outlaws Late Model Series Midwest Swing
With Victory At Lake Ozark Speedway

ELDON, MO - Aug. 15, 2006 - Billy Moyer's summer slump is officially over.

And suddenly the defending World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion is
the hottest driver on the tour.

Moyer cemented his status with a victory in Tuesday night's Lake Ozark 50 at
Lake Ozark Speedway, giving him back-to-back triumphs after he had gone
winless in the first 23 events of the 2006 WoO LMS.

"We're not really doing a whole lot different," Moyer said of his hot
streak, which started with his first win of the season 24 hours earlier at
Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway. "It's just funny how things go in cycles. Back a
little bit Rick (Eckert) could do no wrong, and now it's our turn I guess."

Moyer, 48, of Batesville, Ark., started from the pole position and led from
flag-to-flag in the first-ever WoO LMS show at the three-year-old Lake Ozark
Speedway, where passing was at a premium all night. The three-eighths-mile
oval's surface developed a rubber-laden inside groove, forcing the field to
race in single-file formation.

Outside-polesitter Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., chased Moyer for the
entire distance and finished second in his father's Rocket house car. Also
starting and finishing in the same positions were Steve Francis of Ashland,
Ky., in third, Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., in fourth and Jason Bodenhamer
of Centerview, Mo., in fifth (a career-best WoO LMS run for the 31-year-old
driver).

Moyer and his J&J Steel-sponsored team noticed that the track was "rubbering
up" while watching the preliminary UMP-type Modified feature.

"We were still up in the air about what tires to run at that point," said
Moyer, who drove a Pro Power Engines-equipped Rayburn car. "But we saw it
getting blacker during the Modified race, so we knew it was taking rubber.
We put on hard tires and just tried to stay in front."

The conditions also made Moyer realize the importance of his dash victory,
which earned him the pole for the main.

"For the first time this year I picked a front-row (starting) spot for the
dash," said Moyer, who made his first career start at Lake Ozark. "That draw
definitely helped me win the race. I was able to get around Josh (Richards)
on the outside to take the lead at the start and stayed there, and then we
were in the best spot for the feature."

Richards, 18, was able to close up on Moyer's rear bumper several times
during the race, which was run without interruption after a single caution
flag on lap four. But Moyer played the lapped traffic like the 30-year
veteran he is, keeping Richards at bay.

Following the race Richards, who flashed under the checkered flag 1.063
seconds behind Moyer, commented that his only chance of overtaking Moyer was
if the 30-year racing veteran slipped up the track - and he obviously didn't
think that would happen. Kid Rocket had to be satisfied with his best finish
of the season on the WoO LMS.

Moyer, meanwhile, gave the young Richards credit for not forcing the issue
when they reached lapped traffic.

"Josh did an excellent job," said Moyer, who earned $10,000 for his eighth
career DIRT MotorSports-era WoO LMS win. "He ran me as clean as I'd run him.
He didn't touch me the whole time.

"Some of these other guys from other series that we run against, when they
get up to your back bumper, you better be hanging on because they're gonna
boot you out of the way. But everybody here runs clean, like Josh did. You
can have some trust in them when you get into the lapped cars."

Moyer's triumph helped him creep back into the battle for the $120,000 WoO
LMS points title. He moved by Lanigan to sit second in the standings, 16
points behind Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., who finished seventh.

With five races remaining on the '06 WoO LMS schedule, Moyer thinks he's
regained his touch for the stretch run. The next tour event is Sat., Aug.
26, at Columbus (Miss.) Speedway.

"It's a shame we had to have some bad races to kick ourselves in the butt
and get going again," said Moyer, who entered the Farmer City/Lake Ozark
doubleheader reeling after four straight subpar outings. "My guys never give
up, it was all me. I wasn't doing something right on the car.

"I've been dirtier myself the last couple weeks -- dirtier than I've been
for awhile. I guess I'm the problem. My guys do whatever I ask them to do,
but I have to get under there and be more involved helping out I guess."

Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., set fast time during the 24-car qualifying
session, turning a lap of 15.226 seconds.

Heat winners were Francis, Moyer and Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill.

Results of WoO Late Model Series(Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps
Completed/Money Won): 1. (1) Billy Moyer/50 $10,000; 2. (2) Josh Richards/50
$6,000; 3. (3) Steve Francis/50 $3,500; 4. (4) Darrell Lanigan/50 $2,500; 5.
(5) Jason Bodenhamer/50 $2,200; 6. (6) Brian Shirley/50 $2,000; 7. (8) Tim
McCreadie/50 $1,800; 8. (9) Shane Clanton/50 $1,600; 9. (11) Johnny Cloer
Jr./50 $1,400; 10. (10) Chub Frank/50 $1,200; 11. (12) Clint Smith/50
$1,000; 12. (13) Eddie Carrier Jr./50 $900; 13. (14) Rick Eckert/50 $800;
14. (15) Garrett Durrett/50 $700; 15. (16) Eric Jacobsen/49 $700; 16. (23)
Zach Forster/49 $700; 17. (17) John Blankenship/49 $700; 18. (7) Dale
McDowell/45 $700; 19. (18) Reed Millard/45 $700; 20. (24) Robert Sanders/25
$700; 21. (19) Billy Moyer Jr./15 $700; 22. (20) Ed Dixon/12 $700; 23. (22)
Shane Thompson/3 $700; 24. (21) Craig Smith/3 $700.

Time of Race: 15 Mins., 38 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 1.063 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 1 (Lap 4)
Lap Leaders: Moyer (1-50)

Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 15.226
2. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 15.256
3. 3s-Brian Shirley/Chatham, IL 15.469
4. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 15.690
5. 41-Johnny Cloer Jr./Chatsworth, GA 15.725
6. 8K-Jason Bodenhamer/Centerview, MO 15.740
7. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 15.749
8. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 15.840
9. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 15.862
10. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 15.906
11. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 15.967
12. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 15.985
13. 17M-Dale McDowell/Chickamauga, GA 16.033
14. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 16.044
15. 3x-Craig Smith/Springfield, IL 16.113
16. 5-Eric Jacobsen/Santa Cruz, CA 16.131
17. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 16.151
18. 58c-Garrett Durrett/Simsboro, LA 16.225
19. 21jr-Billy Moyer Jr./Batesville, AR 16.516
20. 60-Ed Dixon/Washington, MO 16.540
21. 14-Reed Millard/Jefferson City, MO 16.585
22. 25x-Shane Thompson/Opalaka, AL 16.948
23. 1F-Zack Foster/Bakersfield, CA 17.037
24. Robert Sanders/Bakersfield, CA 18.194

Heat No. 1 (10 laps): Francis, Lanigan, McDowell, Frank, Carrier, Jacobsen,
Moyer Jr., Thompson.

Heat No. 2 (10 laps): Moyer, Richards, McCreadie, Cloer, Eckert,
Blankenship, Dixon, Forster.

Heat No. 3 (10 laps): Shirley, Bodenhamer, Clint Smith, Durrett, Millard,
Craig Smith, Sanders.

Dash (6 laps): Moyer, Richards, Francis, Lanigan, Bodenhamer, Shirley.

WoO Late Model Series Points Standings (after Aug. 15): 1. Tim McCreadie
3,430; 2. Billy Moyer 3,414; 3. Darrell Lanigan 3,410; 4. Steve Francis
3,404; 5. Shane Clanton 3,388; 6. Chub Frank 3,358; 7. Rick Eckert 3,342; 8.
Dale McDowell 3,260; 9. Clint Smith 3,253; 10. Josh Richards 3,196; 11.
Eddie Carrier Jr. 2,833; 12. John Blankenship 2,808; 13. Eric Jacobsen
2,736; 14. Garrett Durrett 2,704; 15. Mike Balzano 998.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can't get to a track to see the series, they can
experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series live on
Dirtvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on
the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT
Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail
[email protected].

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country
by several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor Hoosier Tire;
Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The
University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART
Machinery, Holley Performance Products Inc., MSD Ignition, Quarter Master,
Ohlins and Wrisco Industries.

Contact: DIRT MotorSportsT
Kevin Kovac, World of Outlaws Late Model Series P.R. Director
405-488-8234 . [email protected]

Moyer Ends World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory Drought Monday At
Farmer City

FARMER CITY, IL - Aug. 14, 2006 - The drought is over.

Billy Moyer's frustratingly long pursuit of a victory on the 2006 World of
Outlaws Late Model Series ended Monday night at Farmer City Raceway, where
the defending tour champion captured the Farmer City 50 to get in the win
column.

"We were tired of not winning," a relieved Moyer said after celebrating in
COESfx Victory Lane. "It feels good to finally get one of these shows."

Moyer, 48, of Batesville, Ark., came from the seventh starting spot and
outdueled Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., and Steve Francis of Ashland,
Ky., en route to the $10,000 triumph.

An inside pass of McCreadie for the lead on lap 33 was the deciding move for
Moyer, who raced away over the remaining distance to defeat McCreadie by a
full straightaway margin on the high-banked, quarter-mile oval.

The polesitting Francis, who led laps 1-2 and 9-30, settled for third place,
followed by ninth-starter Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., and UMP Late Model
standout Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., who paced laps 3-8 after
starting from the outside pole.

Moyer's seventh career WoO LMS victory turned around his mid-summer slump,
which reached its low point on Aug. 5 at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway. Shock
problems that night left Moyer with a 16th-place finish and completed a
four-race free-fall that saw him tumble from first to fifth in the tour
points standings.

What got Moyer back on track?

"These guys who work for me never give up," said Moyer, who drove a Rayburn
car from his Billy Moyer Racing stable that he had raced earlier this year.
"They do whatever I ask them to do. They changed motors this morning, and
then we rescaled the car and put in a different chassis setup.

"You just keep working, keep digging, and eventually things start going your
way."

Indeed, at long last Moyer not only had a fast car, but caught the little
breaks necessary to put him over the top.

Moyer first benefited from the misfortune of Moweaqua, Ill.'s Shannon Babb,
the 2006 UMP Summernationals champion who drives a Rayburn car owned by
Moyer's father Billy Sr. Babb bolted around the outside of Francis in turn
one to take command of the field on lap 14, but seconds later he pulled up
lame in turn four with a cut right-rear tire, bringing out a caution flag
before he officially led a lap.

"I think Shannon would've been a factor tonight," conceded Moyer, who scored
his first WoO LMS win since Sept. 17, 2005, at I-55 Raceway in Pevely, Mo.

Moyer overtook Erb for second on the ensuing restart and quickly began to
pressure Francis for the lead. By lap 28 he was in a titanic three-way
battle for race supremacy, with McCreadie, who started 12th, joining in.

There was some intense racing for the lead before a caution flag flew for
Ryan Dauber's steaming car on lap 31, just after McCreadie nosed into the
top spot.

"We were running three-wide and I was just trying to hold my groove in the
middle," said Moyer. "That was some hard racing."

Moyer brought an end to the neck-and-neck competition following the the
race's third and final restart. He lurched ahead of McCreadie off turn two
on the 32nd lap and officially gained command for good when the 33rd circuit
was scored.

Seventeen laps later Moyer flashed under the checkered flag first, proving
that falling behind in the WoO LMS points race might not have been a bad
thing.

"You go back on offense rather than playing defense," said Moyer, who picked
up only four points on McCreadie but moved to third in the tour standings.
"Setup wise, now you just go for it and try to win races, like you're
supposed to race."

As the points leader entering Farmer City's show, McCreadie actually played
a little defense in hopes of staying in front - not against Moyer, but
rather Lanigan, the second-place man in points.

With the event run under UMP's two-compound 20/40 Hoosier tire rule,
McCreadie decided to mirror Lanigan's tire choice so his closest pursuer
wouldn't have a rubber advantage. His Sweeteners Plus crew made the switch
to Lanigan's tire literally minutes before the start of the feature,
changing it as McCreadie's car sat on the homestretch starting grid.

"Since Moyer fell out of the top three (in points), we were concentrating
tonight on who was going real good lately, and that's been Lanigan," said
McCreadie. "We knew he had 20s on, and we knew Moyer had a 40 and Babb had a
40. During the (pre-race) introductions we said, 'If we don't fire on this
40 and finish 12th, and Lanigan finishes fifth, it won't be good.'

"So we put the 20 on and tried to race Lanigan."

McCreadie, 32, was able to nose ahead of Moyer for the lead on lap 31, but
he didn't have enough to stay there.

"We had a softer right-rear on than Billy," said McCreadie. "I just think it
kinda gave out. We were hanging on at the end, but that's what I thought we
had to do to get to the front because we put ourselves behind in the heat.

"I really didn't think we'd get up that far. All of a sudden I was fighting
for the lead, and then I was wishing I had a 40 on.

"But we have no complaints" he added. "It was a great run for being off
early, and Moyer did a great job. He's too good not to win these races. He's
been due for a while, and unfortunately for us, he's probably gonna be going
good again."

Francis, meanwhile, might have lost his shot at winning for the first time
since May 5 at Bruschcreek Motorsports Complex in Peebles, Ohio, by making
one wrong move in lapped traffic on lap 30.

"I misjudged Little Billy (Moyer Jr.) when I went into the corner," said
Francis. "It wasn't anything Little Billy did wrong. I just made a mistake,
lost my momentum, and hung myself in that little slick spot off four. Then I
heard Timmy and Billy on the outside of me, and they got ahead of me at the
line.

"I was hoping to try getting them back in traffic the next lap, but then the
caution flag came out."

Forty-one cars entered the event, which was completed after the tour's two
earlier visits to the track this year were wiped out by bad weather.

Babb set fast time with a lap of 12.667 seconds.

Heat winners were Babb, Wes Steidinger of Fairbury, Ill., Francis and Erb.
John Blankenship of Williamson, W.Va., and Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga.,
captured the B-Mains, and Francis topped the pole dash.

The WoO LMS continues a two-night Midwest swing tonight (Tues., Aug. 15) at
Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, Mo.

Results of WoO Late Model Series(Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps
Completed/Money Won): 1. (7) Billy Moyer/50 $10,000; 2. (12) Tim
McCreadie/50 $6,000; 3. (1) Steve Francis/50 $3,500; 4. (9) Darrell
Lanigan/50 $2,500; 5. (2) Dennis Erb Jr./50 $2,200; 6. (8) Eric Jacobsen/50
$2,000; 7. (5) Josh Richards/50 $1,800; 8. (17) Shane Clanton/50 $1,600; 9.
(18) Clint Smith/50 $1,400; 10. (11) Rick Eckert/50 $1,200; 11. (3) Shannon
Babb/50 $1,000; 12. (14) Chub Frank/50 $900; 13. (21) Eric Smith/50 $1,800;
14. (13) Dale McDowell/50 $700; 15. (23) Garrett Durrett/50 $700; 16. (22)
Jason Feger/50 $700; 17. (20) Eddie Carrier Jr./50 $700; 18. (4) Wes
Steidinger/50 $700; 19. (17) John Blankenship/49 $700; 20. (19) Matt
Taylor/49 $700; 21. (26) Joe Harlan/48 $700; 22. (6) Steve Hillard/48 $700;
23. (24) Billy Moyer Jr./31 $700; 24. (10) Ryan Dauber/31 $700; 25. (16)
Junior Shickel/17 $700; 26. (25) Joe Ross Jr./13 $700.

Yellow Flags: 3 (Laps 15, 17, 31)
Lap Leaders: Francis (1-2); Erb (3-8); Francis (9-30); McCreadie (31-32);
Moyer (33-50).
Provisional Starters: Durrett, Moyer Jr., Ross, Harlan.

Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 18-Shannon Babb/Moweaqua, IL 12.667
2. 1s-Wes Steidinger/Fairbury, IL 12.776
3. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 12.826
4. Z-Joe Harlan/El Paso, IL 12.868
5. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 12.874
6. 34-Steve Hillard/Sadorus, IL 12.897
7. B12-Kevin Weaver/Gibson City, IL 12.948
8. 28E-Dennis Erb Jr./Carpentersville, IL 12.948
9. 9s-Eric Smith/Bloomington, IL 13.023
10. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 13.036
11. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 13.037
12. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 13.073
13. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 13.117
14. 9-Billy Drake/Bloomington, IL 13.117
15. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 13.157
16. 5-Eric Jacobsen/Santa Cruz, CA 13.169
17. 17M-Dale McDowell/Chickamauga, GA 13.171
18. 64-Ryan Dauber/Tonica, IL 13.200
19. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 13.206
20. S10-Junior Shickel/Bloomington, IL 13.221
21. 117-Joe Ross Jr./Springfield, IL 13.243
22. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 13.248
23. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 13.266
24. 3s-Brian Shirley/Chatham, IL 13.278
25. 58c-Garrett Durrett/Simsboro, LA 13.283
26. 1w-Donny Walden/Towanda, IL 13.287
27. 25F-Jason Feger/Bloomington, IL 13.287
28. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 13.322
29. 3L-Matt Taylor/Springfield, IL 13.338
30. 88-Terry Babb/Decatur, IL 13.348
31. 89-Darren Friedman/Forrest, IL 13.374
32. F15-Jeremy Conaway/Springfield, IL 13.571
33. 21jr-Billy Moyer Jr./Batesville, AR 13.650
34. 99jr-Frank Heckenast Jr./Orland Park, IL 13.658
35. 35-Derek Chandler/Pontiac, IL 13.677
36. 22-Chris Dick/Deland, IL 13.859
37. 59-Chad Evans/Mattoon, IL 13.994
38. 27B-Tim Lance/Brimfield, IL 13.994
39. 13-Mike Fannin/LeRoy, IL 14.101
40. 5s-Steve Sheppard Jr./New Berlin, IL N/T
41. 1G-Rocky Griffin/Bloomington, IL N/T


Heat No. 1 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): S. Babb, Richards, Lanigan, McDowell,
Ross, Taylor, E. Smith, Moyer Jr., Durrett, Griffin, Evans.

Heat No. 2 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Steidinger, Hillard, Dauber, Frank,
T. Babb, Blankenship, Walden, Heckenast, Lance, Drake.

Heat No. 3 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Francis, Moyer, Eckert, Clanton, C.
Smith, Weaver, Feger, Friedman, Chandler, Fannin.

Heat No. 4 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Erb, Jacobsen, McCreadie, Shickel,
Carrier, Harlan, Conaway, Dick, Shirley.

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps - Top 3 Transfer): Blankenship, Taylor, E. Smith,
Walden, Durrett, Heckenast, Moyer Jr., T. Babb, Evans, Griffin, Lance, Ross
(DNS) Drake.

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps - Top 3 Transfer): C. Smith, Carrier, Feger, Friedman,
Dick, Chandler, Weaver, Conaway, Fannin, Harlan, Shirley (DNS) Sheppard.

Dash (4 laps): Francis, Erb, S. Babb, Steidinger.

WoO Late Model Series Points Standings (after Aug. 14): 1. Tim McCreadie
3,294; 2. Darrell Lanigan 3,268; 3. Billy Moyer 3,264; 4. Steve Francis
3,260; 5. Shane Clanton 3,254; 6. Chub Frank 3,228; 7. Rick Eckert 3,218; 8.
Dale McDowell 3,146; 9. Clint Smith 3,125; 10. Josh Richards 3,050; 11.
Eddie Carrier Jr. 2,707; 12. John Blankenship 2,692; 13. Eric Jacobsen
2,616; 14. Garrett Durrett 2,582; 15. Mike Balzano 998.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can't get to a track to see the series, they can
experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series live on
Dirtvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on
the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT
Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail
[email protected].

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country
by several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor Hoosier Tire;
Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The
University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART
Machinery, Holley Performance Products Inc., MSD Ignition, Quarter Master,
Ohlins and Wrisco Industries.

Defending Champ Billy Moyer Now Faces Uphill Battle In World of Outlaws Late
Model Series Points Race

NORMAN, OK - Aug. 10, 2006 - In the wake of a weekend he could only label
"pretty bad," Billy Moyer finds himself in unusual territory on the World of
Outlaws Late Model Series.

No longer is Moyer the hunted on the tour. Now he's the hunter.

The defending WoO LMS champion tumbled from first to fifth in the points
standings following subpar outings last weekend at Lernerville Speedway in
Sarver, Pa., and Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway, ending his month-long run atop
the rankings.

But despite the precipitous drop, Moyer hasn't hit the panic button.

"I think it might be better to have to come back," said Moyer, who trails
leader Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., by 34 points with eight events
remaining on the 2006 schedule. "We've been trying to protect, protect,
protect (the points lead), just play defense for the last month or whatever.
But when you're behind, all you can do is go for it.

"Now we'll go for it, and probably the results will be better I bet."

Moyer, 48, of Batesville, Ark., assumed the WoO LMS points lead after the
July 1 event at Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y. He remained there for six
races before relinquishing the position to McCreadie after the Aug. 4 show
at Lernerville, where he finished one lap behind in 15th place largely
because a mid-race scrape poked a hole in his car's nosepiece and caused
torturous handling problems.

The following night's Conococheague 50 at Hagerstown was even more
frustrating for Moyer, who was hampered by suspension woes throughout the
feature and finished a dismal 16th. His car's left-front shock disengaged
once and right-rear-rear shock came off twice.

"I thought (Lernerville and Hagerstown) would've been good for us," Moyer
dejectedly said after Hagerstown's action. "We've run good at Lernerville
just about every time we've been there, and we've had success at Hagerstown.

"But we had a lot of problems. We're just in a bad slump right now."

Indeed, since finishing fifth on July 25 at Missouri's Lebanon I-44
Speedway, Moyer has just one top-10 finish in his last four starts on the
WoO LMS - a dramatic departure from his sparkling performance record over
the season's first 19 events. Entering the Heartland Nationals on July 28-29
at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., Moyer was winless but had 10
top-five and 18 top-10 finishes, and he was the only driver who had
completed all 950 laps of competition to that point.

Moyer's momentum was dulled at Deer Creek. He finished 16th (losing a lap
for the first time in 2006) in the opening-night event and managed just a
quiet seventh-place run in the second 50-lapper.

Then came the forgettable Lernerville/Hagerstown trip that has left Moyer
and his BMR team searching for answers to right their listless ship.

"I think we were a little conservative on setups (while leading the
points)," said Moyer, analyzing his slump. "We've also made some mistakes on
tires (compound selections) that we shouldn't of.

"Actually, tires have been a lot of our problem all year. With how long
we've been doing this, we shouldn't make the mistakes we make on tires all
the time."

Moyer's struggles led him to debut a brand-new Rayburn car at Hagerstown. It
sports a decidedly different rear suspension than the Rayburn mount he's
been running all season, however, so that adds a learning curve for even one
of dirt Late Model racing's alltime greats.

"This year I've just been staying with one car I'm accustomed to - a
swing-arm car," said Moyer. "I know it's not the best car to have at a lot
of places, but it's what I've felt more comfortable running.

"We have to find something to get better, though, so we dragged this (new
car) out (at Hagerstown) and it's a whole different deal. It's more similar
to these four-link suspensions that a lot of guys are running. I've run 'em
before, but everything's changed so much (with the combination) in the last
few years and I just haven't stayed on top of it.

"I just have to learn it all," he added, "and to learn (while racing) with
this bunch is a pretty tough feat."

In that vein, Moyer left Hagerstown with plans to "get home, get regrouped,
and see if we can get where we need to be." His focus: gear up for the
mid-week WoO LMS events at Farmer City (Ill.) Speedway (Aug. 14) and Lake
Ozark Speedway in Eldon, Mo. (Aug. 15) in hopes of launching a late-season
push to repeat as the tour's champion.

Moyer's desire to get back on track is evidenced by his racing schedule this
weekend. He scrapped plans to compete in the North/South 100 at Florence
Speedway in Union, Ky. - a $50,000-to-win event that will draw most of the
WoO LMS regulars - in favor of racing closer to home.

Moyer will stay under the DIRT MotorSports banner and enter the company's
MARS/UMP Clash events on Friday (Aug. 11) at Paducah (Ky.) International
Raceway and Saturday (Aug. 12) at I-55 Raceway in Pevely, Mo.

"We've been traveling so much, I don't feel like going all the way back out
for the North/South," said Moyer, who had a 1,000-mile haul back to Arkansas
following the Hagerstown program. "And we're trying to get used to this new
car, so we can use the two (MARS/UMP) shows as a test session to learn some
things."

Moyer, a legendary short-track racer with over 700 career wins, knows that
buckling down and finding the root of his struggles is the way to get back
to the top of the WoO LMS points standings.

"The guy who works the hardest usually gets the job done," said Moyer. "I've
always been a believer in that. You can get on these rolls where
everything's going right and you run good for awhile, but if you're gonna
consistently be good, it's just a lot of work."

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country
by several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor Hoosier Tire;
Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The
University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART
Machinery, Holley Performance Products Inc., MSD Ignition, Quarter Master,
Ohlins and Wrisco Industries.
 

World of Outlaws Late Model Series At A Glance: Farmer City & Lake Ozark

NORMAN, OK - Aug. 9, 2006 -

WHAT:

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series begins its stretch run to the
championship with a mid-week Midwestern doubleheader at Farmer City (Ill.)
Raceway and Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, Mo. Just six feature event will
remain on the 2006 schedule after this critical swing - the last scheduled
shows at different tracks on successive nights.

WHEN:

* On Mon., Aug. 14, the WoO LMS makes a third attempt to run the
$10,000-to-win 'Farmer City 50' at the fast fairgrounds quarter-mile oval.
The tour's previous visits to Farmer City Raceway this year were stopped by
wet weather - shortly before hot laps were set to begin on May 12, and after
practice sessions were completed on July 26.

Pit gates will open at 3 p.m. and spectator gates at 5 p.m. Warmups are
scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. and time trials at 7 p.m.

* The WoO LMS makes its first-ever appearance at Lake Ozark Speedway on
Tues., Aug. 15, to compete in the 'Lake Ozark 50' paying $10,000 to win. The
pit gates are scheduled to open at 4 p.m. CT and spectator gates will open
at 5 p.m., with hot laps starting at 6:30 p.m. and time trials set for 7
p.m. The track's box office window will open at 11 a.m. so fans can purchase
tickets before the gates open.

WHERE:

* Farmer City Raceway is located midway between Bloomington/Normal and
Champaign/Urbana. To get to the track, take I-74 to exit 159, then go 0.6
miles south on State Route 54, then 0.7 miles west on U.S. Route 150. The
speedway is located at the DeWitt County Fairgrounds.

* Lake Ozark Speedway is a three-year-old, one-third-mile track located near
the popular Lake of the Ozarks resort area. Take U.S. 54 to SR 52, then go
0.1 mile east, then 0.5 mile north on Twiggy Lane (frontage road).

TICKETS:

* At Farmer City, fans and racers holding rainchecks from May 12 or July 26
can present them for admission on Aug. 14. General admission ticket prices
on race day will be $25 for adults and $10 for students (ages 7-15), with
children ages 6 and under free of charge. Pit admission will be $35.

Fans and competitors holding rainchecks from the postponed events at Farmer
City who are unable to return on Aug. 14 can receive a full refund by
sending their tickets or pit wristbands to DIRT MotorSports, 3600 W. Main
St., Suite 150, Norman, OK, 73072.

* Reserved seats (top 10 rows of the grandstand) are available for the Lake
Ozark 50 at a cost of $30. General admission is $28, and children under 12
will receive free general admission. Pit passes will be $35.

PREVIOUS WINNERS:

* Neither Farmer City Raceway nor Lake Ozark Speedway has hosted a WoO LMS
event in the past.

INFORMATION:

* For more info on the Farmer City 50, visit www.farmercityraceway.net.

* Additional information on the Lake Ozark 50 can be obtained by visiting
www.lakeozarkspeedway.com or calling 573-302-4499.

WHAT THE WoO DRIVERS THINK:

* Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., who leads the WoO LMS points standings,
on his impressions of Farmer City Raceway after hot-lapping there on July
26: "I think if they can keep it that wet, then it's probably gonna be a
good little racetrack. Usually the smaller the track is, the better the
racing is, but the size of the track doesn't matter to me -- I just like
good, racy tracks, and if the tracks are prepared right, they're all fun."

* McCreadie on making three trips to Farmer City this year due to the
weather: "It's a little frustrating to drive all the way out there for a
third time, but that's what we do. If the promoters want to have us, we have
to come. If we get the fan turnout like there was gonna be the last time we
were there, then everybody will happy."

* Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., the 2005 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year and
a featured driver on last month's "Dirt Track Warriors" dirt Late Model
documentary that was broadcast nationally on CNN, on racing at Farmer City:
"It's a lot different than what we're used to. We learned some things in the
hot laps we ran there (on July 26), so we're gonna be back there with a
different suspension package than we had for warm-ups before it rained. I
worked on another car for four days last week getting it ready."

* Richards on the challenge of visiting Lake Ozark Speedway for the first
time: "I just like going out to different tracks; it's just more of a
learning curve. I enjoy going to a new track, because usually I run better
at a racetrack when I go to it for the first time than I do at some I've
already been to."

STORYLINES:

* Can defending WoO LMS champion Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., get back
on track after falling from first in the standings to fifth after last
weekend's events at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., and Hagerstown
(Md.) Speedway?

* Will Rick Eckert of York, Pa., draw closer to Scott Bloomquist's WoO LMS
single-season win record set in 2004? Eckert has eight victories in '06, but
he's winless since July 8 at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio (a span of
six races).

* Can Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., remain the hottest driver on the WoO LMS?
He's captured two of the last four events and has four victories overall
this season.

EXTRA CASH:

DIRT MotorSports has posted a $1,000 non-touring/local driver bonus for
Monday's Farmer City event. The cash will be divided up by three competitors
who are not currently ranked in the top 20 of a national touring series and
have never won a WoO LMS event in the past. The first driver across the
finish line who fits the criteria will receive a $500 bonus, the second $300
and the third $200.

NOTABLE:

* Farmer City Raceway's WoO LMS event will will be co-sanctioned by the
United Midwestern Promoters (UMP) Late Model Series, which is also owned by
DIRT MotorSports. As a result, UMP's tire rule -- Hoosier LM M20 or M40
compound 11" x 88", 90" or 92" tires -- will be utilized, and UMP points
will be awarded. UMP Modifieds will also be on the program, racing for
$1,000 to win.

Several dirt Late Model standouts who competed in last month's UMP
Summernationals were among the 40 drivers on hand for the doomed July 26
event and are expected to return on Monday, including UMP Summernationals
champion Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville,
Ill., Darren Miller of Milledgeville, Ill., Brian Shirley of Springfield,
Ill., and Billy Drake of Bloomington, Ill.

ON THE INTERNET: If fans can't get to a track to see the tour, they can
experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series live on
Dirtvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on
the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT
Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail
[email protected].

2006 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Points Standings (after 8-5-06) and
Statistical Update (Pos.-Driver-Residence-Races Entered-Feature
Starts-Wins-Top 5's-Top 10's-Fast Times-Heat Wins-Dash Wins-B'
Wins-Earnings-Points-Trail By):

1. Tim McCreadie/Watertown,NY 23-23-2-10-17-4-7-0-1-$74,800-3,148-0

2. Darrell Lanigan/Union,KY 23-23-2-12-18-0-11-5-1-$66,900-3,126-22

3. Shane Clanton/Locust Grove,GA 23-23-0-10-18-2-8-2-1-$50,600-3,120-28

4. Steve Francis/Ashland,KY 23-23-2-10-18-1-10-0-1-$78,600-3,116-32

5. Billy Moyer/Batesville,AR 23-23-0-10-19-2-8-1-2-$50,200-3,114-34

6. Chub Frank/Bear Lake,PA 23-23-2-7-17-1-4-1-1-$63,600-3,102-46

7. Rick Eckert/York,PA 23-23-8-11-14-1-7-2-1-$101,800-3,088-60

8. Dale McDowell/Chickamauga,GA 23-23-0-7-16-1-4-1-0-$43,600-3,024-124

9. Clint Smith/Senoia,GA 23-22-4-8-14-0-4-4-2-$67,210-2,993-155

10. Josh Richards/Shinnston,WV 23-23-0-3-13-2-3-1-2-$30,800-2,914-234

11. Eddie Carrier Jr.R/Salt Rock,WV 22-21-0-1-2-0-1-0-2-$18,010-2,591-557

12. John Blankenship/Williamson,WV 23-19-0-1-6-0-1-0-2-$23,040-2,580-568

13. Eric JacobsenR/Santa Cruz,CA 23-19-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-$14,940-2,478-670

14. Garrett DurrettR-Simsboro,LA 23-19-0-0-1-0-0-0-4-$14,910-2,462-688

15. Mike Balzano/Parkersburg,WV 9-7-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-$6,220-998-2,150

Lernerville Speedway & Hagerstown Speedway: World of Outlaws Late Model
Series News & Notes

NORMAN, OK - Aug. 6, 2006 -

A REAL THRILLER: Friday night's 'Summer Showdown in Sarver Town 50' at
Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., earned rave reviews from all corners.

And deservingly so. After all, any race with multiple lead changes
(officially there were six among five drivers, but there were countless
others around the track), intense side-by-side racing, interesting subplots
and a dramatic finish isn't easily forgotten.

"That was one of the top five best races I've ever seen," declared SPEED
television pit reporter Mark Kenyon, a former Northeast big-block Modified
driver who chronicled the event for broadcast on Sun., Sept. 24, at 6 p.m.
ET. "It had everything you could ask for."

"There was so much three-wide racing out there," said Barry Lenhart, a
photographer for several media outlets including Area Auto Racing News,
"sometimes I didn't know what to shoot."

The show's very strong crowd - the biggest turnout of the season at
Lernerville, according to track co-manager Gary Risch Jr. - also showed its
appreciation for the action. There was a buzz in the air as fans departed
the stands after giving winner Tim McCreadie a huge ovation.

TOUGH LOSS: Almost 24 hours after his crushing final-turn spin at
Lernerville, Rick Eckert stood in his trailer at Hagerstown Speedway and
calmly discussed how he went from challenging McCreadie for the win to a
19th-place finish in the blink of an eye.

"That last lap, I beat him through (turns) one and two and then he came back
across the track and we made a little contact," recalled Eckert, who packed
up and left Lernerville without commenting. "That really hurt him because I
was able to get a little farther up on him, but I knew I needed just a
little more (distance) than I had if I was gonna beat him back to the
flagstand.

"Then I just ran in there (turns three and four), caught that hump on the
inside, and turned myself around. I tried to stand on the throttle, but it
spun to the infield and stuck on that bank, and I was done."

What was going through Eckert's mind as he helplessly watched car after car
flash by him?

"A lot of steam," he quipped. "You just sit there thinking, 'You're an
idiot.'"

The spin didn't merely cost Eckert at least $5,300 - the difference between
a $6,000 runner-up finish and the $700 he received for 19th. He also took a
major hit in the WoO LMS points standings; a second-place run would have put
him second in the standings (24 points behind McCreadie), but instead he
left Lernerville sitting sixth (58 points in arrears).

"Either way, it's a big loss," said Eckert - but he wouldn't have been more
conservative if he had the lap to race over again. "I could've easily sat
there and run second, but I had a good enough car to win. And if I would've
run second, then I would've wondered if I could've won. So I tried to win."

Eckert didn't get his pursuit of the WoO LMS championship back on track at
Hagerstown. He was never a factor en route to a 12th-place finish in the
Conococheague 50, dropping him to seventh in the points standings, 60
markers behind McCreadie.

THANKFUL: Steve Francis, who ended up with a second-place finish at
Lernerville as a result of Eckert's spin, gave Eckert credit for not trying
a saving maneuver that could have caused a multi-car wreck.

"You hate to see the kind of deal that happened to Rick on the last lap. He
was just trying to win the race," said Francis. "It's just so slick out
there, and he missed his mark maybe a foot that lap. That's all it takes.

"After he went into that slide for life, rather than risk wrecking somebody
else, he just turned himself around and took his beating. You gotta respect
a guy for that. He could've gassed up and drove right into my door, but he
didn't."

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: During a post-race press conference in Lernerville's tower
following his victory, McCreadie talked glowingly about racing for the win
with Eckert.

"There's not many guys anywhere in the country that will be courteous enough
to race you like that," said McCreadie. "We travel down the road and race
together probably 70 times a year, and there's nobody I respect more than
him.

"That's all that was - respect. He probably could have tailed down in there
and done some of the things some of these other guys would've done, and it
might've wrecked both of us, but he didn't."

The type of battle he had with Eckert is a big reason McCreadie tours with
the WoO LMS.

"I think sometimes we race each other harder than guys we don't race with a
lot," said McCreadie. "Rick and I touched more than once the last three,
four laps; the last lap in one and two, we touched pretty good. But respect
is why he didn't knock me into the fence off of four.

"There's a lot of guys who weren't here tonight who would've had no problem
knocking you through the fence. But we respect each other, and I think it
makes for better racing. That's why our organization is first-class."

SHORT BID: If good deeds are rewarded by the racing Gods, then Darrell
Lanigan should've been in line for a great finish in Lernerville's
50-lapper.

Before the start of the night's action, Lanigan played the role of WoO LMS
good guy. He boarded the track's "Kids' Club" bus during its tour of the pit
area and gave all the children inside it a Matchbox-type replica of his dirt
Late Model.

But come feature time, Lanigan was a contender for only two laps. After he
led the first couple of circuits, contact with Francis between turns three
and four flattened his car's left-rear tire and broke its left-front
A-frame. He continued racing after a pit stop but could no longer get up to
speed.

Francis analyzed the incident during the post-race media session: "We
bounced off each other -- we both kinda went for the same piece of property
at the same time. Darrell didn't know I was there, and I actually thought he
had committed to the top. When he come back down it was too late for me to
avoid him.

"We talked about it under red (flag conditions on lap 24)," added Francis.
"Darrell's a professional. We all race each other hard, there's gonna be
tire marks, but we're not gonna take each other out."

FIRST TIME: The lap-24 stoppage at Lernerville was caused by 18-year-old
Josh Richards, whose Rocket Chassis House Car hopped the turn-three cushion
and then barrel-rolled twice off the track surface.

"We were racing hard," said Richards, who was in a battle for fifth with
McCreadie at the time. "I didn't realize the cushion was that far out there,
and my right rear just got over it. Once it got over it, it just started
flipping.

"It got up in the air, and I was like, Holy cow, I can't believe I'm
flipping!"

Richards, who experienced the first roll-over of his young racing career,
wasn't injured. He said his car, which he debuted on July 8 at Sharon
Speedway in Hartford, Ohio, didn't appear to be seriously damaged, but it
was stripped down on Saturday so its frame could be checked Monday morning
on a Rocket jig.

ANOTHER HIGH-FLYER: WoO LMS Rookie of the Year contender Eric Jacobsen was
the first driver who earned air-time at Lernerville. The Californian
executed a series of flips during the second heat that was virtually
identical to Richards's.

"I got in (to turn three) too hot and got my right rear over the cushion,"
said Jacobsen, who failed to qualify after rolling out his backup car. "The
frame rail dug in, and I was flipping."

Jacobsen, who also flipped earlier this season during a WoO LMS event at
Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., wasn't injured. But he reported
that his Rocket car, which had only a handful of races on it, was "KO'd"
with significant rear frame damage.

PLENTY OF POWER: There's a reason Clint Smith has arguably become the WoO
LMS's hottest driver over the past two weeks.

"We got our motor program straightened out," Smith declared after his
Saturday-night triumph at Hagerstown. "We've been struggling with motors.
We've been experimenting, experimenting, and finally we figured out what the
problem was. We made a couple camshaft changes - went wrong way one time -
and now everything's good.

"We've had a good enough car to win four races in a row."

The engine Smith used last weekend was a newly-designed piece built by
RaceTek of Dalton, Ga. It provided so much power at Hagerstown, "I could
slow way down in the corners, catch that little bit of traction, and leave
hard," said Smith. "Other guys had to try to carry corner speed, and I
didn't have to do that.

"This is actually a motor Dale McDowell had been running this year and
having trouble with, so the motor man's been working on it," he added. "The
motor belongs to RaceTek, and Dale's gonna get it back next week. Then I'll
start the learning process with the next one because Dale's up there more in
the points chase."

Smith is bullish on the engine combo RaceTek has developed.

"I got five more motors," he said, "and all five are at the motor shop
getting changed over right now so they'll be like this one."

ETCETERA.

* A miserable weekend dropped defending WoO LMS champion Billy Moyer from
the points lead to fifth in the standings, 34 points behind McCreadie.

At Lernerville, Moyer was already struggling at mid-pack when a lap-27
scrape cost him several positions. It also punched a hole in his car's
nosepiece, causing aerodynamic problems on the straightaways that hampered
his handling and left him with a 15th-place finish.

On Saturday, Moyer timed well behind the wheel of a new Rayburn car and
started fifth in the feature. But shock problems shortly before the halfway
mark caused his machine's suspension to drop down as he ran inside the top
10. A lap-29 pit stop didn't help Moyer, who finished 16th.

* WoO LMS Rookie of the Year points leader Eddie Carrier Jr. had to park his
primary car at Hagerstown due to mechanical trouble that developed during
heat action. He used a provisional to start the main and finished 21st.

* Garrett Durrett debuted a new Rocket car last weekend in hopes of making a
push to overtake Carrier for WoO LMS RoY honors. He didn't make the cut at
Lernerville and finished 17th at Hagerstown.

* Gary Risch Jr., who co-manages Lernerville Speedway for DIRT MotorSports
with his father Gary Sr., hit the road following Friday night's program with
his family's DIRT big-block Modified team. He had Saturday night's Advance
Auto Parts Super DIRT Series event at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, on
his schedule.

Risch has largely put his DIRT Modified driving career on hold this year to
operate Lernerville, but he couldn't pass up a trip to Eldora. It was his
sixth competitive start of the season.

* WoO LMS standout Chub Frank and western Pennsy dirt Late Model racers Dave
Hess Jr. and Matt Lux pulled double-duty on Friday night at Lernerville,
racing UMP Modifieds on the program's undercard.

Frank, who drove as a teammate to Russ Dunn, was running in the top five of
the UMP Modified feature when a flat tire forced him to the pits. Hess and
Lux had better outings, finishing second and third, respectively, to top off
their superb evenings.

Hess, a 22-year-old from Waterford, Pa., who has given a good account of
himself in limited WoO LMS appearances this season, registered his first
career fast-time award with the tour, won a heat race and led 15 laps of the
feature. He raised plenty of eyebrows with his early battle for the lead
with Francis, but a slip high on a lap-32 restart cost him several spots and
he settled for a ninth-place finish.

Lux, of Franklin, Pa., recorded a career-best finish with the WoO LMS,
advancing from the 10th starting spot to place fifth.

* Clint Smith is the only WoO LMS regular who campaigns a GRT chassis, so
his circle of friends for technical feedback at most events is usually
small.

But at Hagerstown Smith had the assistance of Winchester, Va.'s Ronnie
DeHaven Jr., a track regular who runs a GRT car.

"Me and DeHaven talk at least twice a week," said Smith, "so I knew what I
needed when I got here."

* Former DIRT Modified driver G.R. Smith, a native of Folsom, N.J., who has
relocated to Mooresville, N.C., with his Premier Motorsports dirt Late Model
team, entered Saturday's program at Hagerstown. He was in the area to attend
a wedding Friday night in Rehobeth Beach, Del.

Smith, 25, has been learning the dirt Late Model trade this season by
competing at tracks in the Carolinas. His first year in the division has
been highlighted by four feature wins.

An assault on the 2007 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year award is possible for
Smith, who will soon decide his plans for next season.

Smith had a short night on Saturday. A heat-race tangle with Marvin Winters
heavily damaged the rearend of his car, sidelining him for the remainder of
the show.

* Could Unadilla, N.Y.'s Billy Decker be another DIRT Modified driver who
becomes a WoO LMS regular in 2007?

Decker didn't rule out the possibility during his visit to Lernerville on
Friday night with John Wight's Gypsum Wholesalers team. He said he'd like to
run a dirt Late Model more so he can improve his performance - and he
acknowledged the tour's weekend-heavy sked would fit his work schedule at
the family lumber mill - but he hasn't yet settled on his plans for next
season.

* Western Pennsy veteran Todd Andrews entered both events with a brand-new
Rocket machine. A 13th-place finish at Hagerstown was his highlight.

* Solid Pennsy racer Jeremy Miller and car owner Charles Buckler raced with
the WoO LMS for the weekend. They had little success, finishing 21st at
Lernerville and 24th at Hagerstown.

Miller thought he'd have to watch Hagerstown's feature after a faulty fuel
regulator knocked him out of the second B-Main, but he got a chance to
compete thanks to a WoO LMS points provisional.

* Western Pennsy veteran Lynn Geisler, whose son Ben is the DIRT MotorSports
EVP of Operations, needed a provisional to get in Lernerville's feature. The
track's current points leader - he's chasing his first title since 1994 -
had his hopes of transferring through a B-Main dashed when he was nearly
shoved off the racetrack early in the event.

* There was a unique sponsor gracing the bodywork of Imperial, Pa., driver
Mike Johnson's dirt Late Model at Lernerville: Angry Fish Wrestling Club.

Johnson, a 33-year-old who coaches the wrestling team at West Allegheny
(Pa.) High School, explained that AFWC is a free-style Greco-Roman wrestling
club. "I send a lot of my kids to it for experience during the summer," said
Johnson, who missed qualifying for Friday's feature by two spots in the
first B-Main.

* Hagerstown legend Nathan Durboraw appeared headed to a B-Main victory on
Saturday night when an apparent blown head-gasket forced him to park his No.
41.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country
by several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor Hoosier Tire;
Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The
University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART
Machinery, Holley Performance Products Inc., MSD Ignition, Quarter Master,
Ohlins and Wrisco Industries.
 

Clint Smith Finds The Fast Groove, Rolls To Victory In World of Outlaws Late
Model Series Conococheague 50 At Hagerstown Speedway

HAGERSTOWN, MD - Aug. 5, 2006 - Clint Smith's drive to a blow-out,
flag-to-flag victory in Saturday night's World of Outlaws Late Model event
at Hagerstown Speedway was ruined by Darrell Lanigan.

But that doesn't mean Lanigan was able to stop Smith from capturing the
half-mile oval's 25th Anniversary Conococheague 50.

Smith, 41, of Senoia, Ga., lost the lead on lap 35 when Union, Ky.'s Lanigan
discovered the fast middle groove, but he quickly recovered. The driver
known as 'Cat Daddy' used that same lane to reclaim the top spot from
Lanigan on lap 39 and marched away over the remaining distance to continue
his mid-summer surge on the WoO LMS.

The $10,000 triumph was Smith's second in the last four tour events. He has
four overall wins this year - only Rick Eckert of York, Pa., with eight, has
more - but his other victories came in the season's first four events.

"I was panicking for a minute there after Lanigan passed me," said Smith,
who had dominated the action from the race's initial green flag after
starting on the pole position. "I thought he was better and was gonna check
out on me."

Smith was actually just unaware that the prime line around the track had
changed. He quickly realized that and made the proper adjustment to regain
command from Lanigan, who couldn't match Smith's speed and ultimately
settled for second place, 2.271 seconds behind.

Lanigan snared the runner-up spot just yards from the finish line after Chub
Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., who had passed Lanigan for second on lap 45, slowed
with mechanical trouble exiting turn four. The powerless Frank coasted under
the checkered flag in third place, with 12th-starter Shane Clanton of Locust
Grove, Ga., taking fourth and fast-timer Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga.,
finishing fifth.

Smith felt fortunate that Lanigan made a move early enough for him to come
back in a race that was slowed by just a single caution flag, on lap 29 when
Seaford, Del.'s Ricky Elliott slowed with a broken driveshaft while running
sixth.

"I was running right down on the bottom in the traction, but toward the end
it quit and that's why Lanigan drove by on the outside," said Smith. "I
thought I was in trouble if I had to get off of the bottom where I'd been
all night, but when I went up there it got back to pulling and I had enough
to get back by him.

"I just didn't know to move out there because we were out front so long."

While Smith roared away to a quarter-straightaway edge with alacrity after
overtaking Lanigan's Rocket No. 29, the final laps were still difficult. He
had to deal with plenty of slower cars, causing his GRT No. 44 to lose its
handling characteristics.

"The lapped cars were messing up the air real bad," said Smith, who co-owns
his J.P. Drilling-baked team with Jerry Passmore. "This place has a lot of
straightaway speed, so there's a lot of air moving around and that makes it
terrible.

"You lose all your front tire grip because you don't get air on the nose (of
the car). When there were three (lapped cars) racing three-wide, you come
off the corner behind them and your front end just floats away from them.
It's hard to pass like that."

Nevertheless, Smith handled the situation better than Frank, who had hoped
to mount a last-ditch challenge after sliding by Lanigan.

"(Smith) was definitely better in the open, so (lapped) traffic was my only
chance of winning the race," said Frank, who started eighth and came on
during the race's second half. "But he got through it better than I did."

Frank's inability to catch Smith became a moot point when his car slowed off
turn four on the final lap.

"The main wire that juices up all the switches in the ignition came out of
the harness and the car shut off," said Frank, who drove his Lester Builders
Rocket No. 1*. "I just kicked it out of gear and coasted, hoping it would
make it (to the finish line)."

Smith was blissfully ignorant of Frank's problems as he secured his sixth
career victory on the WoO LMS.

After making another appearance in COESfx Victory Lane, Smith made no bones
about the reason for his recent performance upswing, including a win on July
29 at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn.

"New motors," asserted Smith. "We got some new design RaceTek motors and
they are on the money. They're better than anything we've ever had."

What's different about the powerplants?

"I know what it is," he said with a smile, "but I ain't gonna say."

Smith is enjoying his success, which has his finances looking better.

"It helps the bank account," he said of winning twice in a week. "You can
finish top 10 and pay the bills, but if you're gonna make any for a rainy
day you better win some. This gets you a little bit ahead."

Smith won at Hagerstown for the first time in his career, adding even more
luster to his evening.

"This local crowd here is so strong, like (Gary) Stuhler and (Nathan)
Durboraw and those guys, so to come up here and really just have our way
tonight -- it was really a good win," said Smith, whose best previous finish
at the track was third. "Really, the racetrack was more suitable for what I
do - ride around the bottom in the traction.

"And we were ready to come this time. We had more motor than we ever had for
a show here."

PRELIMINARIES: McDowell bagged his first fast-time honor of the season after
turning a quick lap of 19.630 seconds during qualifying for the 47 cars on
hand.

Heat winners were McDowell, Lanigan, Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., and
Smith. Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., and Josh Richards of Shinnston,
W.Va., captured the B-Mains, and Smith topped the pole dash.

POINTS BATTLE: McCreadie finished a quiet 11th after making the wrong tire
selection, but he maintained his WoO LMS points lead. He left Hagerstown
with a 22-point edge on Lanigan, who improved one position to second.

Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., started the night ranked second in the
points standings, but suspension problems forced him to pit during the
lap-29 caution period and cost him a lap in the late stages. He finished
16th and tumbled to fifth in the standings, 34 markers behind McCreadie.

Clanton (28 points behind McCreadie) moved to third in the standings and
sixth-place finisher Francis ended the night fifth (32 points back).

Results of WoO Late Model Series(Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps
Completed/Money Won): 1. (1) Clint Smith/50 $10,000; 2. (2) Darrell
Lanigan/50 $6,000; 3. (8) Chub Frank/50 $3,500; 4. (12) Shane Clanton/50
$2,500; 5. (3) Dale McDowell/50 $2,200; 6. (4) Steve Francis/50 $2,000; 7.
(18) Josh Richards/50 $1,800; 8. (10) Bo Feathers/50 $1,600; 9. (11) Gary
Stuhler/50 $1,400; 10. (15) J.T.Spence/50 $1,200; 11. (17) Tim McCreadie/50
$1,000; 12. (7) Rick Eckert $900; 13. (14) Todd Andrews/50 $800; 14. (19)
Alan Sagi/50 $700; 15. (9) Dan Stone/50 $700; 16. (5) Billy Moyer/49 $700;
17. (16) Garrett Durrett/49 $700; 18. (20) John Blankenship/49 $700; 19.
(13) Eric Jacobsen/49 $700; 20. (21) Booper Bare/48 $700; 21. (23) Eddie
Carrier Jr./48 $700; 22. (25) Ronnie DeHaven Jr./48 $700; 23. (6) Ricky
Elliott/29 $700; 24. (24) Jeremy Miller/28 $700; 25. (22) Roy Deese Jr./14
$700.

Time of Race: 24 Mins., 36.882 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 2.271 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 1 (Lap 29)
Lap Leaders: Smith (1-34); Lanigan (35-38); Smith (39-50).
Provisional Starters: Carrier, J. Miller, DeHaven.


Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 17m-Dale McDowell/Chickamauga, GA 19.630
2. 00-Bo Feathers/Winchester, VA 19.993
3. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland,KY 20.003
4. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 20.042
5. 5-Eric Jacobsen/Santa Cruz, CA 20.069
6. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 10.084
7. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 20.221
8. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 20.249
9. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 20.263
10. 41-Nathan Durboraw/Hagerstown, MD 20.265
11. 90-Gary Stuhler/Greencastle, PA 20.299
12. RG3-Bob Salathe/Bedford, PA 20.301
13. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 20.333
14. 42-Todd Andrews/Eldred, PA 20.350
15. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 20.370
16. 24m-Jeremy Miller/Littlestown, PA 20.402
17. 7NY-Alan Sagi/Hagerstown, MD 20.406
18. 1D-Ronnie DeHaven Jr./Winchester, VA 20.422
19. 05-Roy Deese Jr./Laurel, MD 20.443
20. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 20.481
21. 00-Booper Bare/Rockbridge Baths, VA 20.514
22. 91-Ricky Elliott/Seaford, DE 20.517
23. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 20.531
24. 6-Petey Ivey/Union, SC 20.537
25. 21d-Dan Stone/Thompson, PA 20.543
26. 6s-Donnie Schick/Middleburg, PA 20.592
27. 1w-Billy Wampler/York Haven, PA 20.605
28. 22-G.R. Smith/Folsom, NJ 20.608
29. 7h-Daryl Hills/Great Mills, MD 20.612
30. B2-Brian Booze/Marion, PA 20.625
31. 25a-Andy Anderson/Martinsburg, WV 20.633
32. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 20.738
33. 71-Brent Smith/Mercersburg, PA 20.840
34. 47-Richard Jarvis Jr./Ocean Pines, MD 20.885
35. 11-Anthony Rushing/Kosciusko, MS 20.910
36. 151-Marvin Winters/McConnellsburg, PA 20.935
37. 7-Paul Crowl/Upperco, MD 20.961
38. 215-Al Shawver Jr./Hampstead, MD 20.989
39. 91s-J.T. Spence/Winchester, VA 21.018
40. 58c-Garrett Durrett/Simsboro, LA 21.089
41. NO7-Jason Dupont/Lewis Run, PA 21.236
42. 18-Rick Hulson/Glen Burnie, MD 21.451
43. 17-Wayne Johnson/Hancock, MD 21.676
44. 7-Dustin Hoffman/McAlisterville, PA 21.928
45. F1-Coleby Frye/Dover, PA 22.215
46. 23p-Bud Phillips/Susquehanna, PA 22.772
47. 9-Frankie Plessinger/Hagerstown, MD N/T

Heat No. 1 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): McDowell, Moyer, Stone, Jacobsen,
Sagi, McCreadie, Bare, B. Smith, Crowl, Frye, Hills, Dupont.

Heat No. 2 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Lanigan, Elliott, Feathers, Andrews,
Durboraw, DeHaven, Shawver, Jarvis, Hulson, Booze, Phillips, Schick.

Heat No. 3 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Francis, Eckert, Stuhler, Spence,
Blankenship, Deese, Rushing, Johnson, Wampler, Carrier, Anderson.

Heat No. 4 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): C. Smith, Frank, Clanton, Durrett,
Richards, Miller, Ivey, Salathe, Hoffman, G.R. Smith, Winters.

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps - Top 3 Transfer): McCreadie, Sagi, Bare, DeHaven,
Jarvis, Crowl, Schick, Booze, Hills, Dupont, Shawver, Phillips, Hulson,
Durboraw, B. Smith, Frye.

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps - Top 3 Transfer): Richards, Blankenship, Deese,
Salathe, Wampler, Carrier, Rushing, Anderson, Ivey, Johnson, Hoffman, Miller
(DNS) G.R. Smith, Winters.

Dash (4 laps): C. Smith, Lanigan, McDowell, Francis.

WoO Late Model Series Points Standings (after Aug. 5): 1. Tim McCreadie
3,148; 2. Darrell Lanigan 3,126; 3. Shane Clanton 3,120; 4. Steve Francis
3,116; 5. Billy Moyer 3,114; 6. Chub Frank 3,102; 7. Rick Eckert 3,088; 8.
Dale McDowell 3,024; 9. Clint Smith 2,993; 10. Josh Richards 2,914; 11.
Eddie Carrier Jr. 2,591; 12. John Blankenship 2,580; 13. Eric Jacobsen
2,478; 14. Garrett Durrett 2,462; 15. Mike Balzano 998; 16. (tie) Ricky
Elliott 953; 16. (tie) Brady Smith 953; 18. Jimmy Mars 932; 19. Billy Decker
901; 20. Brian Birkhofer 877.

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[email protected].

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country
by several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor Hoosier Tire;
Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The
University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART
Machinery, Holley Performance Products Inc., MSD Ignition, Quarter Master,
Ohlins and Wrisco Industries.

Fifteen Months After Suffering Injury That Short-Circuited His 2005 Season,
Shane Clanton Returns To Lernerville Speedway As World of Outlaws Late Model
Series Title Contender

NORMAN, OK - Aug. 3, 2006 - Shane Clanton isn't especially fond of
Lernerville Speedway.

It's not because he has a problem with the DIRT MotorSports-owned track.
Actually, like most drivers, Clanton considers the half-mile oval among the
top venues on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series.

The mere mention of the western Pennsylvania facility, which hosts the WoO
LMS on Friday night (Aug. 4), just happens to make Clanton recall the moment
that short-circuited his 2005 season.

Clanton, 30, of Locust Grove, Ga., saw his first campaign as a WoO LMS
regular come to a sudden halt on April 29, 2005, when he suffered a
dislocated left shoulder during a tour event at Lernerville. He's still not
sure if the injury resulted from contact with another car or a jump over the
cushion that awkwardly twisted his body, but he definitely knew immediately
that it was serious.

A few weeks earlier Clanton's left shoulder had popped out of its socket
during a race in Georgia, but the gritty southerner was able to shove it
back in place and continue racing. He couldn't do that at Lernerville, so
one week later he underwent surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff.

Clanton was told by doctors that he faced a two-month recovery period,
sidelining him from racing as the season was beginning to heat up.

"It was real disappointing," recalled Clanton. "Here we were ready to run
with the Outlaws for the first time, and after a few shows we can't race."

Finally healed and cleared to compete, Clanton returned to WoO LMS action on
June 27, 2005, at Ransomville (N.Y.) Speedway and promptly recorded a
fourth-place finish. He salvaged the season by running respectably over the
final 26 events, rolling up four top-five and 12 top-10 finishes, including
a victory on Oct. 26, 2005, at Golden Isles Speedway in Waycross, Ga.

With help from the 'hardship' points he received by WoO LMS rules during his
recovery, Clanton finished 10th in the '05 standings. That wasn't bad
considering the circumstances, but he couldn't help thinking what might have
been.

"If I hadn't hurt my shoulder, where could we have finished in the points?"
Clanton wistfully said. "We did O.K. when we came back, but we were playing
catch-up."

This season Clanton is showing what he's capable of doing on the nation's
premier dirt Late Model tour. He's in the thick of the championship battle
entering this weekend's doubleheader at Lernerville and Hagerstown (Md.)
Speedway, sitting fifth in the standings, just 32 points behind leader Billy
Moyer of Batesville, Ark.

When the season began, the prospect of winning the WoO LMS title was a
pie-in-sky thought for Clanton, who acknowledged that he was hoping to
"finish top-five in points with a couple wins." But with 10 events left on
the 2006 schedule and first place in the standings so close, Clanton can
dream of capturing the $120,000 points crown - the biggest single check any
dirt Late Model driver in the country will receive this year.

"It would mean a lot to us to win it," said Clanton, who has been racing
dirt Late Models fulltime since only 2002. "We're racing against the
toughest guys out there. The championship would be a big deal."

Clanton realizes, however, that his pursuit of the title is an uphill
battle. He's still trailing some drivers who are more accomplished and
experienced in the division than he is.

"Every race is a new experience for us," said Clanton, who is in his fourth
year driving Atlanta car owner Ronnie Dobbins's RSD Enterprises
Custom/Rocket No. 25. "I haven't run at half the tracks (on the schedule),
so it's tough. It seems like the second time I go to a racetrack the better
off I am, but you have to be good the first time if you're gonna win the
championship."

Clanton also continues to chase his first win of the 2006 season. While his
impressive '06 resume includes nine top-five finishes (only three drivers
have more), 16 top-10s (just two drivers have more), two fast-time awards
(one driver has more), eight heat wins (one driver has more), two dash
victories (two drivers have more) and 1,047 of 1,050 possible laps
completed, he doesn't want to go through the entire campaign without an
appearance in COESfx Victory Lane.

"We have to win a couple," asserted Clanton, who has two career WoO LMS
triumphs (his first came on May 8, 2004, at North Georgia Speedway in
Chatsworth, Ga.). "We've had a good year so far and we've had our chances to
win - like at North Central (Speedway in Brainerd, Minn., on May 31) when we
had a tire go down (while) leading - but we haven't gotten the breaks we
need."

Maybe Clanton, who has six wins this season in other series and independent
competition, can bag his first WoO LMS triumph this weekend. He hasn't
enjoyed much success at either track - he owns finishes of 23rd, 14th and
17th in his last three Lernerville starts, and 20th and eighth in his two
Hagerstown runs - but he's not going to uncharted territory.

And he has some demons to exorcise at Lernerville.

For more information on this weekend's WoO LMS events visit
www.dirtmotorsport.com; www.lernerville.com; www.hagerstownspeedway.com; or
call 724-353-1511 (Lernerville Speedway) or 301-582-0640 (Hagerstown
Speedway).

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country
by several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor Hoosier Tire;
Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The
University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART
Machinery, Holley Performance Products Inc., MSD Ignition, Quarter Master,
Ohlins and Wrisco Industries.
 

WoO Late Model Series At A Glance: Lernerville Speedway & Hagerstown
Speedway

WHAT:

* The World of Outlaws Late Model Series heads to the Northeast this weekend
for events at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., and Hagerstown (Md.)
Speedway.

"For us, this is one of the best doubleheaders we have," said series regular
Chub Frank, whose shop in Bear Lake, Pa., is about a two-hour drive from
Lernerville. "It's close to home, and they're both good racetracks. When
everybody comes up (for the weekend), we can brag about our racetracks a
little bit, show 'em how good they are in the Pennsylvania and Maryland
area."

WHEN:

* On Fri., Aug. 4, the WoO LMS visits the DIRT MotorSports-owned Lernerville
Speedway for the 'Summer Showdown in Sarver Town 50.' Pit gates will open at
4 p.m. and spectator gates at 5 p.m. Hot-laps are scheduled to begin at 6:45
p.m., with time trials at 7:15 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

* The WoO LMS will headline the '25th Silver Anniversary Conococheague 50'
on Sat., Aug. 5, at Hagerstown Speedway. Pit gates will open at 4 p.m. and
spectator gates at 5 p.m. Hot laps are set to commence at 7 p.m., followed
by time trials at 7:30 p.m. and racing afterward.

WHERE:

* Lernerville Speedway is a half-mile, high-banked oval located north of
Pittsburgh. To get to the track, take Exit 48 off the PA Turnpike (I-76),
travel north on SR 28 to Exit 17, then 4.6 miles north on SR 356.

* Hagerstown Speedway is a half-mile, semi-banked oval located just below
the Mason-Dixon Line. Take I-81 to Exit 6B, then travel 5.3 miles west on SR
40.

TICKETS:

* At Lernerville, general admission for adults (ages 17 and up) is $27,
senior citizens is $24, students (ages 11-16) is $13 and under 10 is free.
Reserved seats are available for $29 (adults), $26 (senior citizens) and $14
(youths ages 16 and under). Pit admission is $25 for DIRT members and $34
for non-members.

* Hagerstown's program offers adult general admission for $30 and adult
reserved seats for $35, and children 12 years of age receive free general
admission. Pit passes are $35.

PREVIOUS WINNERS:

* There have been five WoO LMS events contested at Lernerville Speedway.
Chub Frank has two wins (April 23, 2004, and Aug. 12, 2005), and single
victories have been claimed by Dale McDowell (Aug. 13, 2004), Billy Moyer
(April 29, 2005) and Rick Eckert (April 18, 2005).

* Hagerstown Speedway has hosted four WoO LMS programs. Rick Eckert won the
two events in 2004 (April 24 and July 24), and Tim McCreadie captured the
two races run in 2005 (July 8 and July 9).

INFO:

* For more information on Lernerville's event, visit www.lernerville.com or
call 724-353-1511.

* To find out more about Hagerstown's show, visit www.hagerstownspeedway.com
or call 301-582-0640.

WHAT THEY THINK:

* Chub Frank on Lernerville Speedway: "It's one of the best prepared tracks
in the country. You go there and you know you're gonna have a track to race
on. They (the track crew) do a great job, and the place has good clay. The
only time it gets close to being a one-lane racetrack is if it gets way too
big a cushion - and even then you can still pass, but it's a little more
difficult."

* Frank on the discontinued Hoosier tires that he has stashed away and still
uses with great success at Lernerville: "That 35 (compound) tire definitely
works good there. I still got a few left.

"Everybody can get them tires; they just act like they can't get 'em."

* Rick Eckert on competing at Lernerville: "The racetrack is awesome. You
get there and it's wide-open fast, and by the last lap of the feature it's
so slow you can almost walk around it faster. That means it's just a real
racy place. Anytime you can go to a racetrack like that, it's a lot of fun.

"I've never seen a bad track there. There's never any chance of it rubbering
up (becoming one-lane)."

* Eckert on his victory at Lernerville earlier this year: "It was
icy-slippery and I was the only one to 'get in the infield' - I mean, get
low enough to get in the traction. The racetrack was a little different than
it's been in the past. There was just a little more moisture, and that's why
Chub's tires didn't work like they usually do. Chub usually dominates that
place; he's tough there."

* Eckert on racing in front of family and friends at Hagerstown, which hosts
the WoO LMS event that is closest to his home in York, Pa.: "I like to get a
chance to race close to home. The old man (Rick's father Junior) will bring
a bus load of people (24 or more) to the race. I think they have as good a
time on the way down and back as they do at the track."

WEEKEND STORYLINES:

* Will WoO LMS points leader Billy Moyer finally break through for his first
tour victory of the season?

* Will Rick Eckert sweep the weekend to tie Scott Bloomquist's WoO LMS
single-season win record of 10 (established in 2004)?

* Can the very competitive regulars at Lernerville and Hagerstown shoot down
the WoO LMS invaders?

ON THE INTERNET: If fans can't get to a track to see the tour, they can
experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series live on
Dirtvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on
the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT
Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail
[email protected].

ON TELEVISION: The Friday-night action at Lernerville Speedway will be
captured by the SPEED cameras for broadcast on the network on Sun., Sept.
24, at 6 p.m. EST.

The SPEED coverage of World of Outlaws Late Model Series action -- hosted by
lead commentator Rick Benjamin along with color man Shane Andrews and pit
reporter Mark Kenyon - has seven Sunday-night airdates left in 2006.

2006 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Points Standings & Statistical
Update - after 7-29-06 (Pos.-Driver-Residence-Races Entered-Starts-Wins-Top
5s-Top 10s-Fast Times-Heat Wins-Dash Wins-B-Main Wins-Earnings-Points-Trail
By)

1. Billy Moyer-Batesville,AR-21-21-0-10-19-2-8-1-1-$48,800-2,876-0
2. Tim McCreadie-Watertown,NY-21-21-1-9-16-4-7-0-0-$63,800-2,870-6
3. Darrell Lanigan-Union,KY-21-21-2-11-17-0-9-4-1-$60,100-2,856-20
4. Rick Eckert-York,PA-21-21-8-11-14-1-7-2-1-$100,200-2,850-26
5. Shane Clanton-Locust Grove,GA-21-21-0-9-16-2-8-2-1-$46,500-2,844-32
6. Steve Francis-Ashland,KY-21-21-2-9-16-1-8-0-1-$70,600-2,832-44
7. Chub Frank-Bear Lake,PA-21-21-2-6-15-1-4-1-1-$58,100-2,820-56
8. Dale McDowell-Chickamauga,GA-21-21-0-5-14-0-3-1-0-$37,900-2,736-140
9. Clint Smith-Senoia,GA-21-21-3-7-12-0-3-3-2-$55,410-2,707-169
10. Josh Richards-Shinnston,WV-21-21-0-3-12-2-2-1-1-$28,300-2,678-198
11. Eddie Carrier Jr.R-Salt Rock,WV-20-19-0-1-2-0-1-0-2-$16,610-2,369-507
12. John Blankenship-Williamson,WV-21-17-0-1-6-0-1-0-2-$21,640-2,350-526
13. Eric JacobsenR-Santa Cruz,CA-21-18-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-$14,130-2,291-585
14. Garrett DurrettR-Simsboro,LA-21-18-0-0-1-0-0-0-4-$14,100-2,271-605
15. Mike Balzano-Parkersburg,WV-9-7-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-$6,220-998-1,878

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country
by several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor Hoosier Tire;
Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The
University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART
Machinery, Holley Performance Products Inc., MSD Ignition, Quarter Master,
Ohlins and Wrisco Industries.
 

Deer Creek Speedway Heartland Nationals: World of Outlaws Late Model Series
News & Notes

STILL ON TOP: Defending WoO LMS champion Billy Moyer uncharacteristically
remained winless on this year's tour after last week's three-event Midwest
swing.

But even after experiencing his worst outing of the season on Friday night
(July 28) at Deer Creek Speedway and momentarily falling into a tie for the
points lead with Tim McCreadie, Moyer left Minnesota on Saturday night with
sole possession of the top spot in the standings.

On Friday night Moyer was lapped by eventual winner Darrell Lanigan on lap
43 of the 50-lap main - the first time this season that Moyer failed to
complete the entire distance of a WoO LMS event. After the subpar run, his
performance record showed he had completed 999 of 1,000 possible laps in 20
features.

Moyer pulled out his newer Rayburn car for Saturday's action at Deer Creek
and registered a seventh-place finish.

FRUSTRATING NIGHT: McCreadie relished having an opportunity to assume the
points lead on Saturday night at Deer Creek, but he couldn't take advantage
of it.

In the final analysis, however, he felt fortunate to end the evening
trailing Moyer by only six points.

McCreadie's night went bad right from the start. After deciding to run his
more freshly-skinned Sweeteners Plus No. 39 - the car he raced on Friday
night sported many battle scars, including a flapping number decal on its
left-side door - the machine developed fuel pickup problems during time
trials. The mechanical trouble led him to drive directly to his trailer
following his qualifying laps - a move that earned him a DQ from time trials
for not going to the scales.

McCreadie tried to run the problematic car in a heat after his crew worked
on it, but the fuel-pickup issue returned on the opening lap and knocked him
out. He then qualified the car he used on Friday through the B-Main, but
terminal engine trouble (an apparent broken lifter) with that mount cropped
up in the final laps and forced his team to hastily ready the car they had
just parked.

No further problems hampered McCreadie in the feature, which he finished a
respectable 10th.

"We salvaged the night," said McCreadie, who was scheduled to fly home early
Sunday morning to compete in a televised DIRT Modified event that evening at
Cayuga County Fair Speedway in Weedsport, N.Y. "We could've taken a big hit
in the points, but we stayed close to Moyer."

MORE CAR SWAPPING: Rick Eckert, who entered Saturday's program at Deer Creek
trailing Moyer by just 10 points, slapped the outside concrete barrier
between turns three and four during his second time-trial lap.

He wasn't a factor for the remainder of the show.

"I just drove 'er in the wall," mourned Eckert. "It broke the A-frame and
some other stuff."

Eckert ran the repaired No. 24 in a heat, but he failed to qualify. He
switched to his backup car and transferred through the B-Main, but was
involved in a lap-10 tangle in the feature and struggled to a 15th-place
finish.

ROUGH START, GREAT FINISH: Clint Smith began his weekend at Deer Creek
Speedway with a thud - while playing some football with fellow tour
travelers upon arriving at the track on Thursday, he hit his head on the
ground and knocked himself silly.

After shaking out the cobwebs, Smith returned to his early-season form with
two spectacular performances. He drove from the 18th starting spot to a
third-place finish in Friday's main, then dominated Saturday's feature to
win for the first time since he captured two of the first four WoO LMS
events in 2006.

Plenty of hard work was behind Smith's success.

On Friday, Smith's crew discovered that a head-gasket had started seeping
and fouled a spark-plug during the B-Main. As a result, his chief mechanic,
Johnny Cloer, "changed the (engine's) rocker arms and swapped the plugs,"
said Smith, "and then we poured a can of stop-leak in it right before the
feature."

The motor powered Smith to a third-place finish from deep in the field, but
it still didn't feel right to him. So Smith and Cloer spent Saturday
afternoon changing engines in the blazing sun - with the payoff being a
$10,000 first-place check.

The sweat-filled day and evening had Smith ready for some rest.

"It's been a long day," he said while signing autographs at his hauler, "and
it's gonna be a short night because we're not going far."

BACK ON TRACK: Steve Francis snapped out of a slump with a second-place
finish on Saturday after spending the afternoon analyzing his recent
problems.

"Tommy Grecco (McCreadie's chief mechanic) was down here a little bit with
us today," said Francis. "He kinda went through some things with us, and we
talked about some things. It was a real helpful discussion. Sometimes you
just have to get a little different perspective on what you're missing."

After Grecco departed, "We pulled out last year's notebook and made sure
we're doing everything we've been doing in the past," said Francis.

GREAT WEEKEND: Rising Upper Midwest dirt Late Model racer Brady Smith got
the attention of the WoO LMS big boys at Deer Creek.

Smith, 29, of Salon Springs, Wis., kicked off his weekend by setting a new
track record on Friday to record his first career fast-time award on the
tour. A penalty for jumping the initial start of the first heat definitely
hampered him the rest of the night - he placed fourth in the heat and thus
started 13th in the feature - but he still finished a respectable eighth.

Things went better for Smith on Saturday. He won a heat and drove to a
head-turning third-place finish in the main, which improved his best-ever
WoO LMS run he had authored just the previous night.

"We're not accustomed to running on an open tire rule," said Smith, who
began racing dirt Late Models in 2001 and is in his second season as a
fulltime competitor in the division. "But we're learning. I think we're
getting better at choosing the right tires."

Smith, whose homebase in northern Wisconsin makes for long hauls to most
events, plans to enter a few more WoO LMS and/or DIRT MotorSports-affiliated
shows this season. One race he wants to enter is the Sept. 8-9 World 100 at
Ohio's Eldora Speedway, which is sanctioned by DIRT's UMP division, but he
can't commit to it because his wife Jenni is due to give birth to the
couple's third child the week before the race.

IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: The WoO LMS's visit to Deer Creek gave teenage
sensation Josh Richards a chance to race reasonably close to the
headquarters of his team's major sponsor, Seubert Calf Ranches in
Dorchester, Wis.

But the company's owner, Mike Seubert, didn't make the three-and-a-half-hour
trip to Deer Lake for the weekend. Richards's father, Rocket Chassis
co-owner Mark Richards, said Seubert prefers to attend only races close to
his home.

Seubert, who has sponsored Josh's efforts since the youngster launched his
dirt Late Model career in 2004, is a big supporter of the sport. He fields a
dirt Late Model team for Kerry Hansen of Spencer, Wis., who entered last
weekend's action at Deer Creek, and sponsors numerous racers.

ETCETERA.

* Friday's feature was the first caution-free WoO LMS headliner since May 30
at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.Dak. - a race that was also won
by Darrell Lanigan.

* Chub Frank made some of the most exciting moves of Saturday night's
feature, tossing his car around the extreme outside of the track following a
lap-10 caution period. His attempts to reprise the daredevil antics he
displayed in his earlier visit this season to Deer Creek - in that event, he
climbed the wall one lap but continued racing - got him as high as fifth
place, but the top went away after a few green-flag circuits and he settled
for a finish of sixth.

* WoO LMS regular John Blankenship was eliminated from Saturday's feature
after he slammed into Eric Jacobsen's spinning car between turns one and two
on lap 10. Moisture from Blankenship's busted radiator dripped down the
banking during the cleanup.

* WoO LMS rookie of the year contender Garrett Durrett was scheduled to fly
home to Simsboro, La., on Sunday so he could help put together a new Rocket
car for this weekend's tour doubleheader at Pennsy's Lernerville Speedway
and Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway.

Durrett, whose chief mechanic was headed to Darrell Lanigan's shop in Union,
Ky., with the team's hauler after Deer Creek, is planning to tow the new car
north after it's completed.

* Wisconsin's Jimmy Mars was happy to finish fourth in Saturday's main after
experiencing a frustrating Friday night at Deer Creek. He dropped out of a
heat and the B-Main due to problems with his car's electrical system, then
managed just a 13th-place finish after getting into the feature thanks to a
provisional starting spot.

* Aspiring dirt Late Model driver Billy Moyer Jr., the teenage son of the
reigning WoO LMS champ, spent last week's Midwest Tour assisting his
father's effort.

The younger Moyer reported that he's set to begin his first year of college
at Arkansas State University. He told WoO LMS officials on Saturday that he
expects to have a good year at school because his semester "starts on August
21" - which happens to be his father's trademark number.

* Visitors to Deer Creek Speedway can't help but notice the spic-and-span
facility's unique watering system.

Rather than use a typical water truck to moisten the surface, Deer Creek's
track-prep team employs a giant 'Terra-Gator' agricultural tractor that is
equipped with a retractable crop-sprayer. The crop-sprayer apparatus unfolds
behind the tractor to cover the track's entire width with a steady stream of
water.

* DIRT MotorSports posted $1,000 in non-touring driver bonus bucks each
night. The cash was split up both nights among 10 drivers who haven't won
WoO LMS feature events or weren't ranked in the top 20 of a national series.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country
by several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor Hoosier Tire;
Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The
University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART
Machinery, Holley Performance Products Inc., MSD Ignition, Quarter Master,
Ohlins and Wrisco Industries.
 

Pole Position Start Propels Clint Smith To Convincing Victory In World of Outlaws Late Model Series Heartland Nationals Finale At Deer Creek Speedway

SPRING VALLEY, MN – July 29, 2006 - A problem-free qualifying effort helped put Clint Smith on the pole position for Saturday night’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Heartland Nationals’ finale at Deer Creek Speedway.

And that spelled a convincing victory for the driver known as ‘Cat Daddy,’ who dominated the 50-lap feature 24 hours after making a sterling charge from 18th to third in the weekend’s opening event.

“We didn’t get behind early in the night,” said Smith, who had to play catch-up on Friday after breaking a left-rear brake rotor during time trials. “That was the difference tonight. We qualified good (sixth-fastest), and that put us up front.”

Smith, 41, of Senoia, Ga., was outgunned for the lead at the initial green flag by outside-polesitter Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., but that was his only hiccup in the race. He nipped Francis for the top spot on lap 10 – seconds before a caution flag flew – and held firm control for the remainder of the distance.

Francis finished a half-straightaway behind Smith in second place. Brady Smith of Salon Springs, Wis., was third, followed by Jimmy Mars of Menominee, Wis., and Friday-night winner Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky.

With the main running without interruption after three caution flags were needed on lap 10, Clint pulled away from Francis and cruised alone in front. He was never seriously challenged en route to his third WoO LMS triumph of the 2006 season and first-ever at Deer Creek.

It was Smith’s first series win since March 17 at Baton Rouge (La.) Raceway. He also won the season opener, on Feb. 4 at Golden Isles Speedway in Waycross, Ga.

”This whole (Midwest) trip we picked it up every night,” said Smith, who earned $10,000 for his fifth career win on the country’s premier dirt Late Model tour. “Last night was a big turnaround, and now I think we got a good car and motor combination for next weekend (WoO LMS events at Pennsy’s Lernerville Speedway and Maryland’s Hagerstown Speedway).”

Despite his strong performance on Friday, Smith changed the motor in his GRT No. 44 for the finale. He craved more power, and he got it.

“This one has about 120 more horsepower,” said Smith, who made the engine change with his crewman Johnny Cloer in sweltering Saturday-afternoon heat that approached 100 degrees. “It’s a powerhouse.”

Smith’s stout RaceTek motor – and his tire choice – gave him the confidence to easily overcome his slow start.

“When I felt like I was hanging with (Francis) for the first five laps, I thought I’d be alright,” analyzed Smith, who co-owns his J.P. Drilling-backed team with Jerry Passmore. “I knew my car was coming in, so I just had to be patient.

“Once I got out front I could use the whole racetrack and that helped me get away. My guy (Cloer) gave me signals (from the infield) and told me where to go.”

Francis, 38, had no answer for Smith’s speed.

“Actually, I was just a tad harder on the right-rear (tire compound) than he was,” said Francis, who drove his familiar Mopar Performance Rocket No. 15. “But we didn’t have anything for Clint. He just had a really, really good car.

“We knew after seeing how good (Smith) was last night that we were gonna have our hands full.”

A $6,000 runner-up finish was satisfying to Francis, whose recent struggles have dropped him to sixth in the WoO LMS points standings.

“We just needed a good finish,” said Francis, who noted that his car’s tight condition allowed Smith to get inside of him for the lead. “We were probably a little conservative on everything because we have been struggling so much -- we could’ve probably put a little more gear in to run that bottom – but we’re just happy to turn things around.”

Quietly authoring a noteworthy run behind Smith and Francis was Brady Smith, a 29-year-old making his eighth appearance of the season with the WoO LMS.

Smith, who set fast time on Friday with a new-track-record circuit around the three-eighths-mile oval, inherited third place on lap 10 when Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, slowed with brake problems as he was closely tailing Francis and Clint Smith. Brady stayed there to the finish, solidly holding the position about a half-straightaway behind Francis.

It was easily Smith’s best career finish in WoO LMS competition. His previous best was the eighth place he scored on Friday night.

“We’re real happy,” said Smith, who drove his Amsoil/Big Red Motorsports No. 2. “These guys are some of the best, so to run third against them is a big accomplishment for us.”

PRELIMINARIES: Birkhofer’s lap of 14.54 seconds was best in time trials for the show, which attracted a field of 30 cars.

Heat winners were Brady Smith, Lanigan and Clint Smith. Lance Matthees won the B-Main and Clint Smith topped the pole dash.

POINTS BATTLE CHANGES: Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., broke out of a tie for the points lead with Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., using a seventh-place finish to build a six-point edge over McCreadie.

McCreadie was fortunate to remain second in the standings after a frustrating night in which he was disqualified from his time-trial lap for failing to report to the scales and changed cars twice. He salvaged a 10th-place finish after starting 22nd.

Title contender Rick Eckert of York, Pa., also struggled. He hit the outside wall between turns three and four during his time-trial bid, then went to a backup car before the feature and finished a dismal 15th.

Eckert’s subpar outing dropped him to fourth in the points standings, behind the surging Lanigan.

Results of WoO Late Model Series(Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won): 1. (1) Clint Smith/50 $10,000; 2. (2) Steve Francis/50 $6,000; 3. (4) Brady Smith/50 $3,500; 4. (10) Jimmy Mars/50 $2,500; 5. (5) Darrell Lanigan/50 $2,200; 6. (9) Chub Frank/50 $2,000; 7. (6) Billy Moyer/50 $1,800; 8. (15) Dale McDowell/50 $1,600; 9. (7) Josh Richards/50 $1,400; 10. (22) Tim McCreadie/50 $1,200; 11. (8) Shane Clanton/50 $1,000; 12. (12) Eddie Carrier Jr./50 $900; 13. (18) Garrett Durrett/50 $800; 14. (3) Brian Birkhofer/50 $700; 15. (21) Rick Eckert/50 $700; 16. (14) Justin Fegers/49 $700; 17. (16) Eric Jacobsen/49 $700; 18. (11) Kerry Hansen/49 $700; 19. (20) Gary Webb/48 $700; 20. (24) Barry Underdahl/43 $700; 21. (19) Lance Matthees/25 $700; 22. (25) Jerry Bloom/14 $700; 23. (17) Chad Simpson/10 $700; 24. (13) John Blankenship/10 $700; 25. (23) Andrew McKay/8 $700.

Yellow Flags: 3 (all on Lap 10)
Lap Leaders: Francis (1-9); C. Smith (10-50)
Provisional Starters: McKay, Underdahl, Bloom

Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 15b-Brian Birkhofer/Muscatine, IA 14.54
2. 15-Steve Francis/Ashhland, KY 14.66
3. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 14.77
4. 2-Brady Smith/Salon Springs, WI 14.80
5. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 14.83
6. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 14.84
7. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 14.85
8. 25H-Kerry Hansen/Spencer, WI 14.85
9. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 14.87
10. 28m-Jimmy Mars/Menominee, WI 14.87
11. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 14.89
12. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 14.94
13. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 14.95
14. F15-Justin Fegers/Mound, MN 14.96
15. 17M-Dale McDowell/Chickamauga, GA 15.01
16. 5-Eric Jacobsen/Santa Cruz, CA 15.09
17. 25s-Chad Simpson/Mt. Vernon, IA 15.09
18. 58c-Garrett Durrett/Simsboro, LA 15.15
19. 71-Andrew McKay/Edina, MN 15.16
20. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 15.19
21. 90-Lance Matthees/Winona, MN 15.30
22. 95-Keith Foss/Winona, MN 15.44
23. 3-Barry Underdahl/Cannon Falls, MN 15.47
24. 56-Gary Webb/Bluegrass, IA 15.50
25. 55-Kevin Kuehn/Winona, MN 15.83
26. 79k-Nick Kramer/Pine Island, MN 16.61
27. 35-Jerry Bloom/Grand Meadow, MN 16.89
28. 33-Joe Ludemann/Grand Meadow, MN 17.21
29. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY N/T-DQ
30. 177-Troy Brand/Winona, MN N/T

Heat No. 1 (10 laps - Top 6 Transfer): B. Smith, Birkhofer, Richards, Mars, Blankenship, Jacobsen, Foss, Kuehn, Ludemann (DNS) McKay.

Heat No. 2 (10 laps - Top 6 Transfer): Lanigan, Francis, Clanton, Hansen, Fegers, Simpson, Eckert, Underdahl, Kramer, McCreadie.

Heat No. 3 (10 laps - Top 6 Transfer): C. Smith, Moyer, Frank, Carrier, McDowell, Durrett, Matthees, Webb, Bloom (DNS) Brand.

B-Main (12 laps – Top 4  Transfer): Matthees, Webb, Eckert, McCreadie, McKay, Underdahl, Kramer, Kuehn, Bloom, Ludemann (DNS) Foss, Brand.

Dash (6 laps): C. Smith, Francis, Birkhofer, B. Smith, Lanigan, Moyer.

WoO Late Model Series Points Standings (after July 29): 1. Billy Moyer 2,876; 2. Tim McCreadie 2,870; 3. Darrell Lanigan 2,856; 4. Rick Eckert 2,850; 5. Shane Clanton 2,844; 6. Steve Francis 2,832; 7. Chub Frank 2,820; 8. Dale McDowell 2,740; 9. Clint Smith 2,707; 10. Josh Richards 2,678; 11. Eddie Carrier Jr. 2,369; 12. John Blankenship 2,350; 13. Eric Jacobsen 2,291; 14. Garrett Durrett 2,271; 15. Mike Balzano 998; 16. Brady Smith 953; 17. Jimmy Mars 932; 18. Brian Birkhofer 877; 19. Ricky Elliott 849; 20. Billy Decker 783.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the series, they can experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series live on Dirtvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail [email protected].

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor Hoosier Tire; Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART Machinery, Holley Performance Products Inc., MSD Ignition, Quarter Master, Ohlins and Wrisco Industries. 

Lanigan’s Latest Deer Creek Speedway Win Comes In Caution-Free World of Outlaws Late Model Series Heartland Nationals Opener

SPRING VALLEY, MN – July 28, 2006 - There’s something about Deer Creek Speedway that agrees with Darrell Lanigan.

The Union, Ky., star emerged victorious at the track for the second time in three World of Outlaws Late Model Series visits over the past two seasons, capturing Friday night’s 50-lap opener of the ‘Heartland Nationals.’

“We just run good here,” a smiling Lanigan said after coming out on top of a hard-fought, caution-free feature. “It’s the type of racetrack I like. I hate the one-lane tracks, and at this place if you’re fast, you can pass on the top or bottom.”

Lanigan’s Cornett Ford-powered Rocket car had plenty of speed in it on Saturday -- as evidenced by his victory margin of nearly a full straightaway over Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., who finished ahead of hard-charging 18th-starter Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, and Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va.

But getting to the finish line first for the second time this season on the WoO LMS was a real battle for Lanigan.

Lanigan, 36, raced off the outside pole to grab the lead from Clanton at the initial green flag and paced the main’s first 26 laps. His hopes appeared to be fading, however, after Rick Eckert of York, Pa., who had relentlessly pressured Lanigan for the top spot since lap five, overtook him to assume command on the 27th circuit.

Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., followed Eckert past Lanigan, and on lap 28 the surging McDowell snared the lead from Eckert.

“We went a little harder on tires (compounds) than most guys, so I thought I’d still have enough to come back and win if my tire would ever come in,” analyzed Lanigan, whose previous WoO LMS triumph at Deer Creek came on June 6, 2005, in the three-eighths-mile oval’s annual ‘Gopher 50’ event. “I thought I could maybe run them back down.”

Two twists of fate made that a moot point for Lanigan.

First, on lap 28, Lanigan and Eckert came together in turn one. Eckert somehow kept his Raye Vest-owned car from spinning, but after getting out of shape and bounding over the infield berm he found himself in fifth place.

Eckert, who started fourth, never recovered. Hampered by a left-rear tire that got “tore up pretty good” from rubbing bodywork, he faded to a ninth-place finish.

“We were changing lanes awful fast, we really were,” said Eckert, whose WoO LMS-best eight wins in ’06 have him two away from Scott Bloomquist’s single-season record of 10. “I was wide on the straightaway and wanted to go to the bottom of the corner, and Darrell apparently already stuck his nose in there and we got together.

“I don’t think it was anything he tried. It just wasn’t our day.”

Lanigan felt bad about the contact that knocked Eckert from contention.

“He was turning and I was coming in on the bottom,” said Lanigan. “I got him in the door and almost spun myself out.

“I apologize to Eckert. It was nothing intentional.”

Lanigan sent the ensuing laps trying in vain to keep pace with McDowell, who was gunning for his first WoO LMS win of the season. Lanigan finally regained the point when McDowell’s frustrating campaign continued thanks to a leaking oil line that forced him to retire on lap 37.

“A fitting cracked or something,” mourned McDowell, whose Rocket No. 17M began showing smoke on lap 30. “After the (warning) light came on and the oil pressure started to fluctuate, I shut it down. I looked up at the board and saw there was still 15 laps left, and I knew it wasn’t gonna make it.”

The strong run did raise McDowell’s spirits, however.

“You hate to break when you’re up there,” he said, “but it’s better than breaking (while) in the back.”

Lanigan gladly accepted the free pass back to the front.

“It took a little luck to get the lead,” said Lanigan, who registered his sixth career win on the WoO LMS. “But we’ve had bad luck the last month, so maybe it’s time it turned around a little bit.”

With Lanigan cruising alone at the head of the pack, Clanton spent the final laps fighting hard to maintain second place. He managed to match his season-high finish of second, achieved on May 5 at Brushcreek Motorsports Complex in Peebles, Ohio.

“We had a good car tonight, but just went a little too soft on the right-rear (tire),” said Clanton, who drove the RSD Enterprises Rocket No. 25. “And the lap Dale (McDowell) dropped out, we broke a right-side header. I had just gotten up to Lanigan when it happened.

“You probably lose 50 or 60 horsepower when a header breaks, so we’re tickled to death with a second-place finish. We need that (first) win (of 2006), but we’re not that far from it.”

Smith, 41, was the race’s biggest mover. He started deep in the field after qualifying through the B-Main because a broken left-rear brake rotor dive-bombed his time-trial effort, but smoothly made his way forward.

The driver know as ‘Cat Daddy’ cracked the top five with just over 10 laps remaining. He reached third on the final lap, passing Birkhofer with some help from an unlikely lapped car.

“We were passing them the whole race, but we just didn’t get noticed,” said Smith. “We got up to fifth, and it was like, Where did this guy come from?

“I caught Birkhofer real fast, but he kinda had the sweet part of the racetrack. Then we caught (Blly) Moyer on the last lap, and that held up Birkhofer enough for me to clear him at the flagstand.”

PRELIMINARIES: Brady Smith of Salon Springs, Wis., recorded fast-time honors in WoO LMS competition for the first time in his career after turning a lap of 14.27 seconds. He broke the track record set by Moyer on June 1, 2006.

Heat winners were Clanton, Eckert, Lanigan and McDowell. Eric Jacobsen of Santa Cruz, Calif., and Clint Smith captured the B-Mains, and Clanton topped the pole dash.

STANDINGS GET TIGHTER: Moyer’s worst outing of the ’06 season – he was 16th and failed to complete the entire feature distance for the first time in 20 events – erased his entire 20-point lead over Tim McCreadie.

Moyer and McCreadie ended the night tied atop the WoO LMS points standings. Eckert found himself 10 points back in third, and Lanigan and Clanton moved into a tie for fourth place (24 points out of first).

Results of WoO Late Model Series(Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won): 1. (2) Darrell Lanigan/50 $10,000; 2. (1) Shane Clanton/50 $6,000; 3. (18) Clint Smith/50 $3,500; 4. (8) Brian Birkhofer/50 $2,500; 5. (9) Josh Richards/50 $2,200; 6. (7) Tim McCreadie/50 $2,000; 7. (11) Chub Frank/50 $1,800; 8. (13) Brady Smith/50 $1,600; 9. (4) Rick Eckert/50 $1,400; 10. (12) Steve Francis/50 $1,200; 11. (5) Eddie Carrier Jr./50 $1,000; 12. (6) Justin Fegers/50 $900; 13. (23) Jimmy Mars/50 $800; 14. (20) Garrett Durrett/50 $700; 15. (16) John Blankenship/50 $700; 16. (15) Billy Moyer/49 $700; 17. (17) Eric Jacobsen/49 $700; 18. (22) Mike Prochnow/49 $700; 19. (21) Lance Mathees/43 $700; 20. (3) Dale McDowell/37 $700; 21. (25) Barry Underdahl/27 $700; 22. (24) Gary Webb/16 $700; 23. (10) Keith Foss/9 $700; 24. (19) Kerry Hansen/7 $700; 25. (14) Andrew McKay/3 $700.
Yellow Flags: NoneLap Leaders: Lanigan (1-26); Eckert (27); McDowell (28-37); Lanigan (38-50).
Provisional Starters: Mars, Webb, Underdahl


Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 2-Brady Smith/Salon Springs, WI 14.27
2. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 14.42
3. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 14.48
4. 15b-Brian Birkhofer/Muscatine, IA 14.49
5. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 14.56
6. 28M-Jimmy Mars/Menomonie, WI 14.57
7. 29-Darrel Lanigan/Union, KY 14.65
8. 17M-Dale McDowell/Chickamauga, GA 14.67
9. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 14.67
10. F15-Justin Fegers/Mound, MN 14.69
11. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AK 14.72
12. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 14.77
13. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 14.78
14. 95-Keith Foss/Winona, MN 14.78
15. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 14.83
16. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 14.90
17. 25H-Kerry Hansen/Spencer, WI 14.91
18. 90-Lance Mathees/Winona, MN 14.96
19. 58c-Garrett Durrett/Simsboro, LA 14.96
20. 25s-Chad Simpson/Mt. Vernon, IA 14.97
21. 5-Eric Jacobsen/Santa Cruz, CA 15.08
22. 71-Andrew McKay/Edina, MN 15.21
23. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 15.23
24. 68-Mike Prochnow/Menominee, WI 15.26
25. 177-Troy Brand/Winona, MN 15.37
26. 56-Gary Webb/Bluegrass, IA 15.52
27. 51-Joel Cryderman/Thunder Bay, ONT 15.68
28. 55-Kevin Kuehn/Winona, MN 15.84
29. 35-Jerry Bloom/Grand Meadow/MN 16.17
30. 79K-Nick Kramer/Pine Island, MN 16.88
31. 33-Joe Ludemann/Grand Meadow, MN 16.890
32. 22-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA (DQ-Light)
33. 3-Barry Underdahl/Cannon Falls, MN (N/T)

Heat No. 1 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Clanton, Carrier, Richards, B. Smith, Jacobsen, Hansen, Bloom, Underdahl, Brand.

Heat No. 2 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Eckert, Fegers, Foss, McKay, Mathees, Webb, Mars, Kramer.

Heat No. 3 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Lanigan, McCreadie, Frank, Moyer, C. Smith, Durrett, Cryderman, Ludemann.

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): McDowell, Birkhofer, Francis, Blankenship, Simpson, Prochnow, Kuehn, George.

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Jacobsen, Hansen, Mathees, Webb, Underdahl, Brand, Kramer, Bloom (DNS) Mars.

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): C. Smith, Durrett, Prochnow, Cryderman, Simpson, Kuehn, Ludemann, George.

Dash (6 laps): Clanton, Lanigan, McDowell, Eckert.

WoO Late Model Series Points Standings (after July 28): 1. (tie) Tim McCreadie 2,740; 1. (tie) Billy Moyer 2,740; 3. Rick Eckert 2,730; 4. (tie) Shane Clanton 2,716; 4. (tie) Darrell Lanigan 2,716; 6. Steve Francis 2,686; 7. Chub Frank 2,682; 8. Dale McDowell 2,606; 9. Clint Smith 2,557; 10. Josh Richards 2,546; 11. John Blankenship 2,248; 12. Eddie Carrier Jr. 2,243; 13. Eric Jacobsen 2,175; 14. Garrett Durrett 2,147; 15. Mike Balzano 998; 16. Ricky Elliott 849; 17. Brady Smith 809; 18. Jimmy Mars 790; 19. Billy Decker 783; 20. Brian Birkhofer 755.

LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the series, they can experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series live on Dirtvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail [email protected].

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor Hoosier Tire; Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART Machinery, Holley Performance Products Inc., MSD Ignition, Quarter Master, Ohlins and Wrisco Industries.

July 26....Farmer City Raceway....Rain again

Thunderstorms Wash Out World of Outlaws Late Model Series Stop at Farmer City Raceway On Wednesday Night 

FARMER CITY, IL – July 26, 2006 – Maybe the third time will be the charm. 

Thunderstorms that struck following hot laps forced the postponement of Wednesday night’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Farmer City Raceway – the second time this season that the tour made an unsuccessful attempt to race at the quarter-mile fairgrounds oval.

 DIRT MotorSports officials aren’t ready to give up, however, on running the first-ever WoO LMS show at Farmer City. They announced that Wednesday’s Farmer City 50 has been rescheduled for Mon., Aug. 14. 

“We are going to give the fans a World of Outlaws Late Model Series race at Farmer City this year,” said DIRT MotorSports special-event coordinator Tim Christman. “We just need a little help from Mother Nature.” 

After some light showers passed over the track early on Wednesday, the skies cleared and it appeared that DIRT officials might be able to complete a WoO LMS program that had been postponed by cold, wet weather on its original May 12 date. Forty dirt Late Models signed in for the event, including all the WoO LMS regulars and top-rated talent such Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., Darren Miller of Milledgeville, Ill., Brian Shirley of Springfield, Ill., and Billy Drake of Bloomington, Ill.

 But the wind picked up and dark clouds rolled in while drivers tested the sticky black clay during practice. Rain began falling as the hot-laps sessions came to a close, then turned into a full-fledged storm about a half-hour later, prompting DIRT officials to throw in the towel.

 “Despite the threat of rain we had a great crowd on hand and a great turnout with 40 Late Models and over 40 UMP Modifieds,” said Christman. “It was shaping up to be an exciting event.”

 DIRT officials initially announced on Wednesday night that the WoO LMS card would be rescheduled for Wed., Aug. 23, but scheduling conflicts with that date led them to quickly establish Mon., Aug. 14, as the day they’ll try again at Farmer City. 

The Aug. 14 show will set up two straight nights of racing in the Midwest for WoO LMS teams, who are already scheduled to visit Lake Ozark Speedway in Elden, Mo., on Tues., Aug. 15.

 All tickets and pit passes that were purchased for Farmer City’s WoO LMS event on May 12 and Wednesday night will be honored on Aug. 14.

 Those fans and racers who are unable to return for the new date can receive a full refund of their ticket price by sending their ticket or pit wristband to DIRT MotorSports, 3600 W. Main St., Suite 150, Norman, OK, 73072.

 For more information visit www.farmercityraceway.net.

 The WoO LMS will continue its busy week of competition on Friday and Saturday (July 28-29) at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., where separate programs topped by 50-lap features will headline the ‘Heartland Nationals.’ 

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor Hoosier Tire; Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART Machinery, Holley Performance Products Inc., MSD Ignition, Quarter Master, Ohlins and Wrisco Industries.

World of Outlaws Late Model Series At A Glance: Lebanon I-44 Speedway, Farmer City Raceway & Deer Creek Speedway

 NORMAN, OK – July 24, 2006

 WHAT:

* After a Saturday-night visit to Ohio’s K-C Raceway, the busiest single week of the 2006 World of Outlaws Late Model Series continues this week with four races in five days at three Midwestern tracks. 

WHEN:

* On Tuesday (July 25), the tour visits Missouri’s Lebanon I-44 Speedway to contest the ‘Missouri 50.’ The racetrack’s pit and spectator gates will open at 4:30 p.m. CDT, with hot laps scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., time trials at 7:25 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m. 

* On Wednesday (July 26), the series returns to Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway to run the “Battle of the Borders 50’ that the weather wouldn’t let start in May. Pit gates will open at 3 p.m. and spectator gates at 5 p.m., with warmups scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. and time trials at 7 p.m. 

* The WoO LMS ‘Heartland Nationals’ take center stage on Friday and Saturday (July 28 and 29) at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn. With complete shows topped by 50-lap features set for both nights, racing is scheduled to begin at 6:30 on Friday and 6 on Saturday. 

WHERE:

* Lebanon I-44 Speedway is located about two hours from St. Louis, six miles NE of Lebanon off I-44 exit 135 (Sleeper). Go north to Outer Drive, then 1.1 miles west on old US 66. 

* To get to Farmer City Raceway, take I-74 to exit 159, then go 0.6 miles south on State Route 54, then 0.7 of a mile west on U.S. Route 150. The quarter-mile speedway is located at the DeWitt County Fairgrounds. 

* To get to Deer Creek Speedway, take I-90 to exit 209, then go 11.3 miles south on US 63. The track is 0.7 of a mile north of SR 16.

 TICKETS:

* At Lebanon I-44 Speedway, general admission is $30 for adults and $10 for juniors (ages 13-15). Children 12 and under will be admitted free, and pit admission is $35. 

* Fans and racers holding rainchecks from the postponed May 12 WoO LMS event at Farmer City Raceway can present them on Wednesday for admission. General admission ticket prices on race day will be $25 for adults and $10 for students (ages 7-15), with children ages 6 and under free of charge. Pit admission will be $35. 

* General admission ticket prices for each night of action at Deer Creek will be $30 at the track ticket office.

 PREVIOUS WINNERS:

* Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., won the only previous WoO LMS event at Lebanon I-44 Speedway, on July 26, 2005. 

* Wednesday night will mark the first-ever visit to Farmer City Raceway by the WoO LMS.

* Two WoO LMS features have been contested at Deer Creek Speedway. Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., won the first on June 6, 2005, and Rick Eckert of York, Pa., was victorious on June 1, 2006. 

ON THE INTERNET: If fans can’t get to a track to see the series, they can experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series live on Dirtvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.  

To listen to the audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.  

Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail [email protected]. 

ON TELEVISION: The Friday-night action at Deer Creek Speedway will be captured by the SPEED cameras for broadcast on the network on Sun., Sept. 17, at 6 p.m. EST. 

Ironically, the June 1 WoO LMS event at Deer Creek will be broadcast on SPEED this Sunday (July 30) at 6 p.m. EST.

 The SPEED coverage of World of Outlaws Late Model Series action -- hosted by lead commentator Rick Benjamin along with color man Shane Andrews and pit reporter Mark Kenyon – has eight Sunday-night airdates left in 2006.

 After this Sunday’s airing of the June 1 event from Deer Creek, other races scheduled for broadcast on SPEED are the July 2 event from Cayuga County (N.Y.) Fair Speedway (Aug. 13); the July 8 race from Sharon (Ohio) Speedway (Aug. 27); the July 28 program from Deer Creek (Sept. 17); the Aug. 4 meet from Lernerville (Pa.) Speedway (Sept. 24); the Sept. 16 event from I-55 Raceway in Pevely, Mo. (Oct. 8); the Oct. 13 ‘Night Before the Gator 100’ event from Volusia (Fla.) Speedway Park (Nov. 12); and the Oct. 14 WoO LMS season-finale ‘Gator 100’ from Volusia (Nov. 19). 

All the races are scheduled for 6 p.m. EST broadcasts on SPEED. 

2006 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Points Standings After July 22 (Rank-Driver-Hometown-Race Entered-Starts-Wins-Top 5-Top 10-Earnings-Points-Trail By):                                                                   

1. Billy Moyer-Batesville,AR-18-18-0-9-17-$44,100-2,482-0

2. Tim McCreadie-Watertown,NY-18-18-1-9-14-$59,900-2,480-2

3. Rick Eckert-York,PA-18-18-8-11-13-$97,300-2,474-8

4. Darrell Lanigan-Union,KY-18-18-1-9-15-$47,000-2,440-42

5. Shane Clanton-Locust Grove,GA-18-18-0-8-14-$37,700-2,434-48

6. Steve Francis-Ashland,KY-18-18-2-8-13-$62,000-2,424-58

7. Chub Frank-Bear Lake,PA-18-18-2-6-13-$53,300-2,418-64

8. Dale McDowell-Chickamauga,GA-18-18-0-4-12-$29,600-2,350-132

9. Clint Smith-Senoia,GA-18-17-2-5-9-$40,310-2,279-203

10. Josh Richards-Shinnston,WV-18-18-0-2-9-$22,700-2,268-214

11. John Blankenship-Williamson,WV-18-14-0-1-6-$19,540-2,018-464

12. Eddie Carrier Jr.®-Salt Rock,WV-17-16-0-1-2-$14,010-1,995-487

13. Eric Jacobsen®-Santa Cruz,CA-18-15-0-0-1-$12,030-1,951-531

14. Garrett Durrett®-Simsboro,LA-18-15-0-0-1-$11,930-1,919-563

15. Mike Balzano-Parkersburg,WV-9-7-0-0-1-$6,220-998-1,484 

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor Hoosier Tire; Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART Machinery, Holley Performance Products Inc., MSD Ignition, Quarter Master, Ohlins and Wrisco Industries.

McCreadie & Richards Have Some Fun In Legends Cars En Route To World of Outlaws Late Model Series Midwest Swing

 NORMAN, OK – July 24, 2006 – Tim McCreadie and Josh Richards found a perfect way to break up their trips to this week’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series action in the Midwest. 

They went racing on Sunday night in Indiana – albeit in slightly smaller cars than they’re accustomed to driving.

 After competing in Saturday night’s WoO LMS Veterans Appreciation Weekend finale at Jim Nier’s K-C Raceway in Chillicothe, Ohio, McCreadie and Richards accepted offers to run Legends Cars on Sunday night at Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway. They competed in a KOIL Tour event at the well-known quarter-mile dirt oval.

 The deal was put together by KOIL Tour promoter James Spink, a good friend of McCreadie’s who attended last weekend’s WoO LMS meet at K-C Raceway. It fit nicely into the schedules of McCreadie and Richards, who immediately after K-C’s checkered flag headed west for the WoO LMS’s four-race swing through Missouri, Illinois and Minnesota that begins Tuesday night (July 25) at Lebanon (Mo.) I-44 Speedway.

 “I told the (WoO) Late Model guys that if they wanted to stop in Indiana on the way to Missouri to have some fun running Legends Cars, I’d find them rides,” said Spink. 

Not surprisingly, McCreadie, 32, of Watertown, N.Y., and Richards, 18, of Shinnston, W.Va., gave good accounts of themselves after squeezing into the popular small cars.  

The last two WoO LMS Rookies of the Year were quick right out of the box. Richards set fast time in qualifying behind the wheel of a machine owned by Greg Hewald of Hebron, Ky., and McCreadie was second-fastest in a 600 Racing house car that had never previously been raced.

 Both drivers were slowed by flat tires during heat action, relegating them to ninth-row starting spots in the 15-lap, 20-car feature. They proceeded to drive straight to the top five, but neither racer could finish there.

 Richards was forced to the pit area with a flat tire, then returned to finish seventh. McCreadie, meanwhile, was bidding for the lead on the race’s final lap when his car lost power, leaving him 13^th in the official finish. 

Another dirt Late Model driver who competed in Saturday’s WoO LMS show at K-C Raceway, Mike Amell of Deer Lake, Ohio, also ran the Legends race. A native of Watertown, N.Y., who grew up with McCreadie, Amell drove a Legends Car from his dirt Late Model team owner’s stable to a heat race win and led the feature early before being knocked backward to a 14^th-place finish. 

“The guys had a good time – and that’s what it was all about,” said Spink. “They were able to unwind a little before starting a real big week with the Outlaws.” 

McCreadie and Richards were accompanied to Lawrenceburg by their entire crews. WoO LMS regular Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., and his team also tagged along to attend the race, but McDowell declined an offer to jump in a Legends Car. 

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor Hoosier Tire; Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART Machinery, Holley Performance Products Inc., MSD Ignition, Quarter Master, Ohlins and Wrisco Industries.

NASCAR Standout Kenny Schrader Will Battle World of Outlaws Late Model Series Stars In Blockbuster Missouri 50 Event Tuesday Night (July 25) At Lebanon I-44 Speedway 

LEBANON, MO – July 24, 2006 – How will NASCAR Nextel Cup Series veteran Kenny Schrader begin a rare off-week for the stock car circuit? 

By jumping into one of his dirt Late Models to battle some of the biggest World of Outlaws Late Model Series stars, of course.
Schrader will return to his local short-track racing roots Tuesday night (July 25), entering the blockbuster World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Missouri 50’ at Lebanon I-44 Speedway.

 Vacationing in the middle of a racing season isn’t an option for Schrader, who hits the short tracks whenever he has an opening on his busy schedule.

 “I’d probably be better off if I didn’t,” Schrader joked when asked why he spends his free time doing more racing. “But why do some of these guys play golf when they have time off? For us, driving the race car is what we do to enjoy ourselves.” 

The native of Fenton, Mo., who now drives the famed Wood Brothers stock car on the NASCAR circuit, will make his first career start at the three-eighths-mile dirt oval. He has run pavement events at the track, which had its surface covered with clay four years ago, but he shoots down any notion that those appearances will help him on Tuesday.

 “It’s a new track now that it’s dirt,” Schrader said of Lebanon I-44. “I can’t really know what to expect just because I ran it when it was paved.”

 Schrader, 51, is no stranger to the national touring stars of DIRT MotorSports’ World of Outlaws Late Model Series. While he competes only rarely with the series, he’s had some success on it. In fact, during the WoO LMS’s inaugural 2004 season, Schrader ran three of the first four feature events at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.; he set fast time and won a heat race one night and compiled finishes of 12^th, 15^th and 18^th.

 Schrader has also raced against – and has developed friendly relationships with – many of the traveling WoO LMS drivers over the years. 

“(Rick) Eckert, (Steve) Francis, (Billy) Moyer, Clint Smith – I know quite a few of them,” Schrader said of the tour’s regulars. “They’re all really good racers.” 

The WoO LMS standouts also know Schrader will provide some top-notch competition. After all, he’s not jumping into someone else’s car to make a rare dirt-track appearance on Tuesday; he’s driving a C.J. Rayburn-built dirt Late Model out of his Ken Schrader Racing shop.

 Ken Schrader Racing, which is headquartered in Concord, N.C., but maintains a secondary shop in Dittmer, Mo., features a complete dirt Late Model program. Schrader, whose three No. 99 Late Models carry sponsorship from such companies as Red Baron Pizza and Petroff Towing, enters dozens of dirt-track events each season amidst his busy NASCAR Nextel Cup schedule. His nephew, Joey Walsh, serves as the chief mechanic on the dirt Late Models.

 Schrader has already won three dirt Late Model features this season – on April 15 at his own I-55 Speedway in Pevely, Mo. (which hosts the WoO LMS on Sept. 16), on June 13 at Quincy (Ill.) Raceway, and on June 16 at I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Mich.

 “He’s fast in the Late Model,” Lebanon I-44 Speedway owner/promoter Randy Mooneyham said of Schrader, “but he’ll have to run hard to compete with the World of Outlaws guys at their own game.” 

Schrader is dropping in to race with the Outlaws as the nation’s premier dirt Late Model tour is wrapped up in a thrilling battle for the points championship. A group of seven drivers is separated by a scant margin in the points standings – defending champion Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., Rick Eckert of York, Pa., who is challenging the tour’s single-season win record, Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., and Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa.

 Mooneyham can’t wait for Tuesday’s $10,000-to-win Missouri 50, which will also feature a strong contingent of local drivers, including Terry Phillips, Brad Looney and Justin Wells. 

“I think a lot of people are excited to see (Schrader) race at Lebanon,” said Mooneyham. “He’s so popular in our area, and it’s going to be fun to see him race on the dirt.”

 Mooneyham is confident that Schrader’s addition to the field will help Lebanon I-44 play host to a memorable WoO LMS show for the second straight season.

 “Last year for our World of Outlaws Late Model show we had the biggest crowd we ever had since we put dirt on the track,” said Mooneyham, fondly recalling the July 26, 2005, WoO LMS event at Lebanon I-44 Speedway that was won by Steve Francis. “We’re hoping we do just as good on Tuesday night.”

 On Tues., July 25, the racetrack’s pit and spectator gates will open at 4:30 p.m. CDT. Hot laps are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. CDT, with time trials for the WoO Late Models at 7:25 p.m. CDT and racing at 8 p.m. CDT.

 An autograph session with Schrader is also planned prior to the start of the night’s racing.

 General admission is $30 for adults and $10 for juniors (ages 13-15). Children 12 and under will be admitted free, and pit admission is $35.

 For more information visit www.lebanonI44.com or call the speedway at 417-532-2060.