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World of Outlaws Late Model Series Stars Eager To Run Tour’s First-Ever Event At Attica Raceway Park This Friday Night (May 16)

ATTICA, OH – May 11, 2008 – Most of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series stars got their first glimpse of Attica Raceway Park last year.

But their first chance to race on the popular one-third-mile clay oval will come this Friday night (May 16) when the barnstorming national tour makes its inaugural visit to the Buckeye State facility for a 50-lap A-Main paying $10,000 to win.

Mother Nature prevented the first attempt by Attica’s management to run a WoO LMS event, washing out last July’s scheduled mid-week date. All of the Outlaws travelers were already parked at the track when the cancellation was made, though – and to a man they were disappointed to miss an opportunity to tackle a speedway they not only had heard so many good things about, but also appeared to be so inviting.

“The first time I ever saw the place was last year in the rain,” said defending WoO LMS champion Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., who enters the Attica program tied for second in the trail points standings and still relishing a $50,000 victory in last month’s Circle K Colossal 100 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. “It looked like it could be a real racy track, so I’m looking forward to getting back there.”

Yes, Friday’s stop is one of the most eagerly anticipated shows on this year’s WoO LMS. Attica Raceway Park possesses a well-deserved reputation for producing action-packed competition, and the country’s best dirt Late Model drivers want to experience it for themselves.

Traditionally a home for open-wheel racing, the high-banked oval will continue to build the full-fender side of its program with the visit by the WoO LMS.

“We’re really excited about the World of Outlaws race,” said Rex LeJeune, the operations manager of Attica Raceway Park. “We’re working to bring up our weekly Late Model program and having the World of Outlaws come in here will really get the division some attention.”

Attica has hosted the UMP DIRTcar-sanctioned Sunoco American Late Model Series several times per season for the past decade and is back on the tour’s schedule again in 2008. The speedway has also sanctioned its weekly dirt Late Model competition under the UMP DIRTcar Racing banner for the first time this season, helping attract such young Midwestern talents as Tyler Boggs of Warsaw, Ind., and Rusty Schlenk of Jackson, Mich., to early-season events.

Boggs and Schlenk are among the regional standouts expected to challenge the invading WoO LMS stars at Attica, which has not hosted a touring dirt Late Model series event other than the Sunoco ALMS since a 2004 Northern Xtreme DirtCar Series (formerly Renegade/STARS DIRTcar Series) show won by Donnie Moran of Dresden, Ohio.

The 40-year-old Francis leads the traveling WoO LMS contingent, which features a 2008 driver roster that is arguably the most talented ever to follow the tour. He’s in the early stages of a points battle for the $100,000 tour championship that has the makings of a thriller, with the top-seven drivers separated by a mere 38 points through nine events.

Three-time WoO LMS champion Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., sits atop the tour’s current points standings, with four victories already to his credit. Francis and Rick Eckert of York, Pa., will tow to Attica tied for second (10 points behind Moyer), followed by Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky. (-24), Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa. (-34) and the dead-locked Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., and Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va. (both -38).

A bit further back in the standings are WoO LMS regulars Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., 2007 Rookie of the Year Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., and John Blankenship of Williamson, W.Va.

Friday’s field is also expected to include 2008 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year contenders Vic Coffey of Leicester, N.Y., Danny Johnson of Phelps, N.Y., and Joe Isabell of Pennellville, N.Y.

Joining Boggs and Schlenk on the list of regional standouts planning to enter Friday’s action are 2007 WoO LMS A-Main winner Jeep VanWormer of Pinconning, Mich., who captured two Sunoco ALMS features at Attica in 2006; defending Sunoco ALMS champion Brian Ruhlman of Clarklake, Mich.; and 2006 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year Eddie Carrier Jr. of Salt Rock, W.Va.

Friday night’s program will certainly be “a dirt-track race fans dream,” said LeJeune. That’s because Attica’s regular 410 Sprint Car division will run a complete show on the WoO LMS undercard.

Adult general admission for the rare WoO LMS/410 Sprint Car doubleheader is $30 for adults, $15 for students 11-15 and free for kids 10 and under. Pit passes will cost $35.

Pit gates will open on Fri., May 16, at 3:30 p.m., with grandstands gates unlocked at 5 p.m. and racing action heating up at 8 p.m.

The WoO LMS 50-lapper continues the ‘Month of Mayhem’ at Attica Raceway Park, which concludes on Fri., May 30, when the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series visits the track for the 40-lap Kistler Engines Classic.

For more information log onto www.atticaracewaypark.com or call the track office at 419-680-5606.

Additional info on the WoO LMS can be obtained by visiting www.worldofoutlaws.com.

World of Outlaws Late Model Series News & Notes: Babb/Bowyer Pairing Picking Up Steam; Points Race Tightens

CONCORD, NC – May 7, 2008 –

COMING TOGETHER: If last Saturday night’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Missouri’s Lebanon I-44 Speedway revealed anything, it’s this:

Here comes Shannon Babb.

With his first WoO LMS victory of the 2008 season, Babb served notice that his deal driving for NASCAR Sprint Cup star Clint Bowyer’s new dirt Late Model team is coming together very nicely.

“I think we’re finally getting all our ducks in a row,” said Babb, who accepted Bowyer’s ride offer in late December and has been working alongside crewmen Tommy Grecco and Jay Hunt to essentially build a big-time dirt Late Model operation from scratch. “It’s been a lot of hard work in a short amount of time, but we’re getting everything close, real close, to being in line. That’s what makes a real successful team.”

Babb, 34, of Moweaqua, Ill., and his mechanics pulled through the Lebanon I-44 pit gate riding in Bowyer’s brand-spanking-new hauler and trailer for the first time – they had been using a rig borrowed from J&J Steel’s Johnny Johnson while Bowyer’s was being built – and unloaded a new Traiger Grills Rocket car that had literally been finished the previous night.

Making just his fourth career start behind the wheel of a Rocket Chassis machine, Babb authored a flawless performance to reach Victory Lane.

“We had a whole new piece that I had a lot of confidence in,” said Babb. “I can’t tell (Rocket’s Mark and Josh Richards) thanks enough for all their help tonight. They’re trying to help me get running better, and they gave us all their setups and everything else you can imagine. We listened to them and the car just drove like a dream.”

After adding a seventh-place finish on Sunday night at Monett (Mo.) Speedway – he closed strong by picking up four spots over the final 13 circuits of the 40-lap A-Main – Babb ended the doubleheader tied for sixth in the points standings with Josh Richards.

UNDER A BLANKET: Thanks to the flat tire that forced WoO LMS points leader Billy Moyer to the pit area late in Sunday night’s A-Main at Monett, the tour’s points standings tightened considerably.

Through nine events on a 2008 schedule that currently boasts 47 dates, seven drivers are separated by a mere 38 points. Moyer leads the standings by 10 points over defending champion Steve Francis and Rick Eckert, followed by Darrell Lanigan (-24), Chub Frank (-34) and the deadlocked Babb and Richards (-38).

TOUGH WEEKEND: The 20-year-old Richards tumbled from second to a tie for sixth in the points standings after two frustrating evenings in the Show-Me State.

Saturday night at Lebanon I-44 was especially rough for Richards. He slapped the homestretch wall hard early in his heat race, forcing him to limp into the pit area with a heavily damaged car that his crew worked to repair right until the start of the A-Main’s pace laps.

Richards’s appearance on the starting grid was delayed because his team discovered a problem with the car’s driveshaft as they were finishing repair work, prompting the hasty installation of a new one. He managed to salvage a 13^th-place finish in the 40-lap A-Main despite racing with his car’s tow-in bent about four inches.

‘Kid Rocket’ appeared primed to get back on track at Monett after setting fast time and winning a heat, but he fell to fifth early in the event with a setup that was slightly off and later suffered a flat right-rear tire with just five laps remaining. He finished a dismal 20^th.

Notably, Richards’s use of a provisional at Lebanon I-44 marked the first time he had failed to qualify for a WoO LMS event through a heat or B-Main since April 16, 2006, at Virginia Motor Speedway.

NO-NAME CAR: Brian Birkhofer’s flag-to-flag win at Monett brought him a double-dose of satisfaction.

For starters, Birky got himself back in Victory Lane on the WoO LMS after a year’s absence. He was one of seven drivers who won at least one WoO LMS A-Main in each of the tour’s first three ‘modern-era’ seasons (2004-2006), but he failed to hit paydirt in 17 feature starts in 2007.

The Muscatine, Iowa, star also felt the personal accomplishment of winning for the first time with a car that he designed with fellow racer Jimmy Mars and Mars’s brother Chris.

“Jimmy and I have been talking the last few years that we wanted to build cars,” said Birkhofer. “At the end of last year Chris said, ‘You go half with me and Jimmy on the tubing bender and we’ll do it.’ I had a pretty decent year money-wise, so I invested with them guys and Bailey Industrial helped us out on the equipment.

“We’ve been working our tail off on it. Chris, Jimmy, myself – we put a lot of hours in over the winter to build these cars.

“I kinda want to concentrate on this (racing) a few more years,” added Birkhofer, 36. “But I don’t really want to travel up-and-down the road anymore when I’m 45, so I’d like to maybe get my kid behind the wheel and build race cars.

“We don’t want to be a big player in the chassis business. We just want to have something that we’re proud of and we can sell.”

Eventually, the Birkhofer/Mars machines will even have an official name.

“Right now we call it the ‘Three Fs’ – but I can’t tell you what that means,” quipped Birkhofer. “We haven’t figured out a name yet. We just want to work on ‘em and get ‘em better.

“We’ll be sitting around b.s.’ing one night and it’ll come to us, but right now it’s just another race car.

DISAPPOINTING OUTINGS: Terry Phillips of Springfield, Mo., entered the weekend hoping to make WoO LMS history.

With a victory at one of the tracks in his backyard, he would have joined his legendary late father Larry Phillips to become the first father-and-son tandem to win WoO LMS events in the six-plus seasons (1988-89, 2004-present) of the tour’s existence. Larry won the first-ever WoO LMS event of the tour’s first incarnation, on April 22, 1988, at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa.

But the 41-year-old Phillips struggled in both events. He finished 19^th at Lebanon I-44 after retiring early because he car wasn’t handling well on a track surface that kept more bite in it than he had anticipated, and he placed 21^st after another early drop-out at Monett.

MAGIC BUMP: Can contact from another car make a driver’s machine suddenly go faster?

It did in the case of Chub Frank, who credited his late-race surge at Monett to a hit he absorbed in his Rocket car’s left-rear corner from Vic Coffey. After surviving the contact that left Coffey spun out in turn one on lap 27, Frank burst forward from the 13^th spot to finish fifth.

“I actually don’t know what happened,” said Frank. “I was just wallowing around out there, and then Vic Coffey got into my left-rear and something happened.

“I guess the hit bent something and freed the car. We gotta look at it and see what it was, but I know that the car really felt good at the end of the race.”

STILL STRUGGLING: WoO LMS regular Brian Shirley’s miserable early-season luck continued at Lebanon I-44.

Holding high hopes for the Saturday event after finishing second in last year’s WoO LMS show there, the Chatham, Ill., was running fifth on lap 12 of the A-Main when he slowed with a flat right-rear tire. It was the fourth flat tire of the night for the snakebit Shirley, who also returned to the pits with deflating shoes after hot laps, time trials and his heat race.

Shirley was even more frustrated with his performance on Sunday at Monett. He was second-fastest in time trials and started third in the A-Main, but he fell backward when the initial green flag flew and managed just a 15^th-place finish in his Petroff Towing mount.

ETCETERA…

* Clint Smith wasn’t happy about finishing fifth at Lebanon I-44 after leaving his car “too loose” for the A-Main, but he took some solace in his sterling qualifying effort earlier in the night.

“I’m pretty proud about setting a new track record,” said Smith. “I’m not known for my qualifying, so I only have a few of them.”

* Last year Darrell Lanigan scored his first top-five finish in the 18^th WoO LMS A-Main of the season.

The Union, Ky., driver won’t have to wait that long again in ’08 after breaking into the top five for the first time on Sunday at Monett, finishing a solid fourth in the season’s ninth event. He already has seven top-10 finishes this year – tied with Steve Francis and Rick Eckert for the tour lead in that category.

* Francis wasn’t happy with his performance in the weekend events, which included a quiet sixth-place finish at Lebanon I-44 and an 11^th at Monett (after he slid off the track during his heat and used a provisional to start the A-Main).

So what did Francis do after Monett’s checkered flag? When he noticed that Darren Miller had gotten permission from promoter Randy Mooneyham to do some post-race testing, Francis kept his driver’s suit on and joined Miller on the track to try some things out.

* Tim Fuller hopes his third-place run at Monett – his first top-five of the season and only his second top-10 – gets him headed in the right direction.

The 2007 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year entered both races in his backup car after blowing the motor in his primary machine in a Thursday-night show at Virginia Motor Speedway.

* Both Vic Coffey and John Blankenship sported new bodies and graphics on their cars for the weekend events.

Coffey appeared headed to a top-10 finish at Lebanon I-44 until a broken left-front control arm forced the Rookie of the Year contender out of action while running seventh on 26.

* Coffey, Eckert and Shane Clanton enjoyed some straight-line competition on Friday night, stopping at Gateway International Raceway outside St. Louis to watch qualifying for the weekend’s NHRA national event.

NEXT UP: The WoO LMS returns to action with a three-race swing through the Midwest that stops at Attica (Ohio) Raceway Park on May 16; Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway on May 17; and Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway on May 18.

INFO: For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

Birkhofer Rolls To Flag-To-Flag Victory In First-Ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series Event At Monett Speedway

MONETT, MO – May 4, 2008 – Brian Birkhofer still doesn’t have an official name for the new car he built with Jimmy and Chris Mars.

But the Muscatine, Iowa, standout can certainly call the machine a winner after rolling to a flag-to-flag victory in Sunday night’s 40-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Main at Monett Speedway.

Birkhofer, 36, started from the pole position and was never seriously challenged en route to the $7,100 win, which came in the first-ever WoO LMS event at Randy Mooneyham’s three-eighths-mile oval. It was his fifth career triumph on the tour but first since July 25, 2006, at Lebanon I-44 Speedway, where he finished 18^th in the previous night’s WoO LMS show after blowing a tire while running fifth.

“I’m pretty pumped about this car now,” said Birkhofer, who won in his fifth start of 2008 behind the wheel of the Daufeldt Construction/J&J Steel No. 15b that he designed with the Mars brothers. “We started on the pole so it’s not like we drove through the field, but a win’s a win – and against these guys, nothing comes easy.”

Wendell Wallace of Batesville, Ark., raced closest to Birkhofer, running in second place from lap eight to the finish. But the GRT house car driver, who started fourth, was unable to threaten Birkhofer on several restarts and crossed the finish line about two seconds behind the winner.

Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., finished third in the Gypsum Express Rocket, followed by Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., in the gottarace.com Rocket and 16^th-starter Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., in the Lester Buildings Rocket.

Birkhofer actually didn’t realize that he was able to build a comfortable edge on Wallace after each of the race’s restarts.

“I figured Wendell was close,” said Birkhofer. “I really thought he was on my back bumper pushing me around there, so I just tried not to make any mistakes and stay on the bottom.

“After the first restart my tires felt like I didn’t cut (groove) ‘em up enough, so I was really nervous. I was just trying to drive straight and hit the traction off the corners so when I got the car turned it didn’t bind up.”

Birkhofer ended up victorious in his first career visit to Monett, a venerable 38-year-old track known as the ‘Grand Old Lady.’ He felt right at home as soon as he eyeballed the facility.

“It’s got some long straightaways and tight corners – kinda like I grew up (racing) on, only a little shorter than I like,” said Birkhofer, a product of the long, fast half-miles near his home in the Hawkeye State.

“(Scott) Bloomquist (the 2004 WoO LMS champion) always told me he had such a good record (of winning) the first time he rolled into a track,” added the driver known as ‘Birky.’ “I don’t have a record like his, but I am proud of what I have accomplished.”

Wallace’s runner-up finish bettered his fourth-place run the previous night at Lebanon I-44. It was worth a cool $4,100, including the $500 WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ cash for being the highest-finishing driver who’s never won a tour A-Main and isn’t ranked among the top-12 in the current points standings.

Fuller, meanwhile, scored a season’s-best finish after starting sixth. The 2007 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year was in dire need of a strong run to staunch his early-season struggles and he got it.

“I never would’ve thought a third would make me feel so good,” said a relieved Fuller, who slid inside Lanigan for third on a lap-35 restart and challenged Wallace in the closing circuits. “I thought we were good enough to get second.”

Lanigan also registered his top finish of the season after starting fifth. He had rung up six top-10 finishes in the first eight events of 2008 but couldn’t break into the top five until visiting Monett.

“We needed a good run like this,” said Lanigan, who made a bid to pass Wallace early before fading slightly.

The 46-year-old Frank turned in the most stirring drive of the night, charging from outside the top 10 to fifth over the final 13 laps. He said his car seemed to come on after he absorbed a hit in the left-rear corner from Vic Coffey of Leicester, N.Y., who spun in turn one after the contact on lap 27.

Five caution flags slowed the A-Main.

WoO LMS points leader Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., failed to finish after cutting a right-rear tire while running fourth on lap 27, and defending WoO LMS champion Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., managed only an 11^th-place finish after a slip over the turn-four berm during his heat forced him to use a provisional starting spot.

Finishing in positions 6-10 was Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., who lost fifth to Frank on the final lap; Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., who made a late charge; Darren Miller of Chadwick, Ill.; Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis.; and Rick Eckert of York, Pa.

Forty cars were signed in for the event.

Richards recorded his first fast time of the 2008 WoO LMS season, turning a new-track-record lap of 15.711 seconds during time trials.

Heat winners were Richards, Moyer, Birkhofer and Brady Smith. The B-Mains were captured by Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., and MARS regular Will Vaught of Crane, Mo.

The WoO LMS will be idle this weekend and then return to action with a three-race swing through the Midwest, visiting Attica (Ohio) Raceway Park on May 16; Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway on May 17; and Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway on May 18.

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

Results of WoO Late Model Series at Monett Speedway (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (1) Brian Birkhofer/40 $7,150

2. (4) Wendell Wallace/40 $4,100

3. (6) Tim Fuller/40 $2,000

4. (5) Darrell Lanigan/40 $1,700

5. (16) Chub Frank/40 $1,500

6. (9) Jimmy Owens/40 $1,300

7. (14) Shannon Babb/40 $1,200

8. (11) Darren Miller/40 $1,100

9. (8) Brady Smith/40 $1,000

10. (12) Rick Eckert/40 $900

11. (23) Steve Francis/40 $850

12. (18) Will Vaught/40 $800

13. (17) Clint Smith/40 $750

14. (25) Al Purkey/40 $740

15. (3) Brian Shirley/40 $710

16. (10) Shane Clanton/40 $680

17. (26) Jeremy Payne/40 $650

18. (20) Vic Coffey/40 $880

19. (21) Jimmy Mars/40 $620

20. (2) Josh Richards/40 $610

21. (19) Terry Phillips/35 $600

22. (15) John Blankenship/34 $600

23. (22) Jesse Stovall/34 $600

24. (7) Billy Moyer/30 $600

25. (24) Bill Frye/22 $600

26. (13) Terry Casey/18 $600

Yellow Flags: 5 (Laps 8, 10, 27, 27, 35)

Lap Leaders: Birkhofer (1-40)

Provisional Starters: Francis, Purkey (WoO); Frye, Payne (MARS)

Rookie of the Race: Vic Coffey ($250)

WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Wendell Wallace ($500)

Integra Shocks Crew Chief of the Race ($50): Jeff Roby (Birkhofer)

Chick Hawk Racing Hot Lap Award (half-off tire warmers): Birkhofer

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

1. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 15.711

2. 3s-Brian Shirley/Chatham, IL 15.742

3. 15b-Brian Birkhofer/Muscatine, IA 15.750

4. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 15.765

5. 42-Terry Casey/New London, WI 15.885

6. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 15.961

7. 19T-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 16.095

8. 2s-Brady Smith/Solon Springs, WI 16.102

9. 20-Jimmy Owens/Newport, TN 16.227

10. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 16.243

11. 2A-John Anderson/Omaha, NE 16.247

12. 32c-Vic Coffey/Leicester, NY 16.250

13. 28M-Jimmy Mars/Menomonie, WI 16.279

14. 19-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 16.294

15. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 16.314

16. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 16.342

17. 88-Wendell Wallace/Batesville, AR 16.346

18. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 16.362

19. 32d-Darren Miller/Chadwick, IL 16.375

20. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 16.394

21. 14L-Brad Looney/Republic, MO 16.401

22. 18-Shannon Babb/Moweaqua, IL 16.509

23. 18s-Jack Sullivan/Greenbrier, AR 16.512

24. 74-Jeremy Payne/Springfield, MO 16.512

25. 75-Terry Phillips/Springfield, MO 16.676

26. 6-Alan Vaughn/Belton, MO 16.688

27. 1V-Will Vaught/Crane, MO 16.740

28. 00-Jesse Stovall/Galena, MO 16.807

29. 15T-David Turner/Adrian, MO 16.893

30. 66W-Justin Wells/Aurora, MO 16.923

31. 42M-Brandon McCormick/Lebanon, MO 17.064

32. 8K-Rusty Dukes/Fair Grove, MO 17.096

33. 14Jr.-Steve Rushin/Poplar Bluff, MO 17.150

34. 33-Al Purkey/Coffeyville, KS 17.151

35. 01-Chris Jones/Neelyville, MO 17.185

36. 16-Dusty Johnston/Flippan, AR 17.246

37. 66-Bill Frye/Greenbrier, AR 17.381

38. 99-Larry Jones/Eldorado Springs, MO 18.279

39. 3-Michael Collins/Carter Lake, IA N/T

40. 55-Ken Essary/Cape Fair, MO N/T

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Richards, Wallace, Owens, Casey, Mars, Phillips, Rushin, Turner, Looney, Frye

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Moyer, Shirley, Clanton, Babb, C. Smith, Wells, Francis, Vaughn, Purkey, L. Jones

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Birkhofer, Fuller, D. Miller, Blankenship, Vaught, Sullivan, Anderson, McCormick, C. Jones (DNS) Collins

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): B. Smith, Lanigan, Eckert, Frank, Coffey, Dukes, Stovall, Johnston, Payne (DNS) Essary)

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): C. Smith, Phillips, Mars, Francis, Turner, Purkey, Vaughn, L. Jones, Looney, Wells, Frye, Rushin

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Vaught, Coffey, Stovall, Anderson, Sullivan, Payne, McCormick, Dukes, C. Jones (DNS) Collins, Johnston

2008 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of May 4 - 9 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/wins/top-5s/top-10s/earnings/points/deficit to leader):

1. Billy Moyer 4-6-6-$70,420-1181 (-0)

2. (tie) Rick Eckert 0-3-7-$24,050-1171 (-10)

2. (tie) Steve Francis 1-5-7-$71,550-1171 (-10)

4. Darrell Lanigan 0-1-7-$16,950-1157 (-24)

5. Chub Frank 0-3-5-$19,180-1147 (-34)

6. (tie) Shannon Babb 1-4-6-$37,000-1143 (-38)

6. (tie) Josh Richards 1-4-6-$33,760-1143 (-38)

8. Clint Smith 0-3-3-$14,410-1107 (-74)

9. Shane Clanton 0-3-3-$16,430-1083 (-98)

10. Tim Fuller 0-1-2-$10,190-1053 (-128)

11. Brian Shirley 0-0-2-$9,080-1019 (-162)

12. John Blankenship 0-0-2-$12,160-1017 (-164)

13. Vic Coffey 0-0-1-$8,350-823 (-358)

14. (tie) Joe Isabell 0-0-0-$2,260-589 (-592)

14. (tie) Danny Johnson 0-0-0-$2,650-589 (-592)

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

To listen to the free 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 customerservice@dirtvision.com.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by several sponsors and partners, including Advance Auto Parts – the official auto parts store of the WoO LMS – and contingency sponsors Wrisco Industries, Chicken Hawk Racing, Crane Cams, Ohlins Shocks, Quarter-Master, Eibach Springs, Integra Shocks, Jake’s Custom Golf Carts and Qwikliner.

Babb Makes Car Owner Clint Bowyer’s Saturday Night Even Better With First World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory Of ’08 At Lebanon I-44 Speedway

LEBANON, MO – May 3, 2008 – Shannon Babb gave his boss even more reason to smile on Saturday night.

On the same night that his famous car owner Clint Bowyer was triumphant in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition at Richmond International Raceway, Babb authored a flawless drive to victory in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘All-State Insurance 40’ at Lebanon I-44 Speedway.

Babb, 34, of Moweaqua, Ill., advanced from the fourth starting spot to pass Rick Eckert of York, Pa., for the lead on lap 12 and then never looked back. Driving a new Traiger Grills/Chevrolet Rocket car that had never before seen action, Babb repelled a late-race challenge from Eckert and Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., to score his first WoO LMS win of the 2008 season.

Mere moments after hoisting an oversized novelty check commemorating his $10,000 victory in an event that was co-sanctioned by the O’Reilly MARS DIRTcar Series, Babb learned that his high-profile car owner had also scored a big Saturday-night short-track win.

“We got back here to the trailer just in time to watch Clint run the last lap and win at Richmond,” said Babb, who is in his first season as the hired-gun of Bowyer’s fledgling dirt Late Model team. “He’s gonna be tickled to death when he hears that we won him a Late Model race tonight too.”

Eckert, who started from the outside pole and led laps 1-11, settled for a $5,100 runner-up finish in Raye Vest’s GRT car, 1.423 seconds behind Babb.

Moyer finished third in his Victory Circle M1 chassis, followed by 11^th-starter Wendell Wallace of Batesville, Ark., in the GRT house car and Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., in the Cliburn Tank Lines GRT, who started eighth but had to gather himself after losing several spots in the race’s early laps.

With Babb’s Clements-powered car purring along to perfection once he gained command, the WoO LMS title contender correctly felt that the race was his to lose.

“Not very often do you get a car that feels that good,” said Babb, who registered his seventh career WoO LMS A-Main win. “Tommy (Grecco) and Jay (Hunt) did a great job putting it together and I had 100 percent confidence in it.”

Babb’s only anxious moment came following a lap-26 restart, when Eckert and Moyer stayed close for several circuits. Eckert came within inches of leading lap 28 before Babb gradually opened up some breathing room.

“During that (lap-26) caution those guys probably caught their breath a little and got up on the wheel to try to go for it one last time,” said Babb. “So I had to get back going again hard too.”

After Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, slowed on lap 36 with a flat tire while running fifth to bring out the race’s fifth and final caution flag, Babb wasn’t threatened when the green flag returned.

“That last restart, I wasn’t gonna let nobody by me,” smiled Babb, who registered his first career win at Lebanon I-44 Speedway after running well but experiencing bad luck in several previous appearances. “I just put it on the floor.”

Eckert, 42, was close enough to taste his first WoO LMS victory in nearly two years, but he fell short.

“I left my car just a little bit too free,” said Eckert, whose last WoO LMS win came 65 races ago, on July 8, 2006, at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio. “I tightened up some for the feature, but I still left myself just a little bit too free on exit. If I got in the corner hard and got back in the gas, I got loose.

“After that long (lap-26) caution the racetrack came back, and I got four good laps and was even able to get door-to-door with (Babb) for two laps. But then his (harder) tire got going again and I was done.

“I tried everything I could try to win,” he added, “but I just couldn’t get ‘er done.”

The 50-year-old Moyer, meanwhile, remained atop the WoO LMS points standings with a steady, solid run to third place. He sniffed the lead in the battle after the lap-26 restart, but he wasn’t quite good enough to win for the fifth time in eight events this season.

“Shannon was commited to the top and Eckert to the bottom more or less,” said Moyer, who started seventh. “I could run through the center of one and two real quick, but Eckert was swinging way out wide there so I had to let him in a couple times or we would’ve crashed.

“If I could’ve just got a little bit farther up, I might have been able to get by him. But really, we were just a little bit off.”

The race’s five caution flags were all for minor problems, including a turn-two spin by Jeremy Payne of Springfield, Mo., on lap seven; right-rear flat tires on the cars of Chatham, Ill.’s Brian Shirley (as he ran fifth on lap 12) and Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga. (lap 25); Rookie of the Year contender Vic Coffey of Leicester, N.Y. (left-front suspension woes on lap 26); and Birkhofer.

Finishing in positions 6-10 was defending WoO LMS champion Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., who slipped backward after starting from the pole position; Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., who recorded his sixth top-10 finish of the season; MARS standout Will Vaught of Crane, Mo.; Lebanon I-44 dominator Brad Looney of Republic, Mo.; and Payne, who recovered from his early spin.

Thirty-nine cars entered the event, which was run on a cool spring evening.

Clint Smith established a new track record during time trials, rounding the three-eighths-mile oval in 13.626 seconds for his first WoO LMS fast-time of the season.

Heat winners were Smith, Babb, Francis and Eckert. Five-time MARS champion Bill Frye of Greenbrier, Ark., and Clanton captured the B-Mains.

Clanton scrambled to get on the track for the A-Main, however, after his car’s engine developed a broken rocker arm on the final lap of the B-Main. His crew hastily pulled out the team’s backup car and got it fired up for competition as the feature field was taking its pace laps.

Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., who entered the event ranked second in the WoO LMS points standings, had to use his first provisional since 2006 to start the A-Main after slapping the homestretch wall during the first heat. His crew worked up until the start of the A-Main pace laps to repair the car.

The WoO LMS weekend in Missouri continues on Sunday night (May 4) at Monett Speedway, which hosts the tour for the first time ever.

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

Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘All-State Insurance 40’ (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (4) Shannon Babb/40 $10,150

2. (2) Rick Eckert/40 $5,100

3. (7) Billy Moyer/40 $3,000

4. (11) Wendell Wallace/40 $3,000

5. (8) Clint Smith/40 $2,000

6. (1) Steve Francis/40 $1,700

7. (10) Darrell Lanigan/40 $1,400

8. (16) Will Vaught/40 $1,300

9. (19) Brad Looney/40 $1,200

10. (13) Jeremy Payne/40 $1,100

11. (3) Chub Frank/40 $1,050

12. (18) Shane Clanton/40 $1,000

13. (23) Josh Richards/40 $950

14. (6) Brian Shirley/40 $900

15. (20) Tim Fuller/40 $850

16. (9) John Blankenship/40 $800

17. (14) Jack Sullivan/38 $770

18. (5) Brian Birkhofer/36 $750

19. (22) Terry Phillips/30 $730

20. (15) Vic Coffey/26 $950

21. (21) Denny Woodworth/25 $700

22. (24) Brandon McCormick/21 $700

23. (26) Steve Rushin/19 $700

24. (17) Bill Frye/18 $700

25. (12) Al Purkey/12 $700

26. (25) Jimmy Mars/2 $700

Time of Race: 24 Mins., 17.456 Secs.

Margin of Victory: 1.423 Secs.

Yellow Flags: 5 (Laps 7, 12, 25, 26, 36)

Lap Leaders: Eckert (1-11); Babb (12-40)

Provisional Starters: Richards, Mars (WoO); McCormick, Rushin (MARS)

Rookie of the Race: Vic Coffey ($250)

WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Wendell Wallace ($500)

Integra Shocks Crew Chief of the Race ($50): Jay Hunt (Shannon Babb)

Chick Hawk Racing Hot Lap Award: Eckert (half-off tire warmers)

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

1. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 13.626 (NTR)

2. 15b-Brian Birkhofer/Muscatine, IA 13.686

3. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 13.692

4. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 13.769

5. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 13.812

6. 18-Shannon Babb/Moweaqua, IL 13.832

7. 88-Wendell Wallace/Batesville, AR 13.907

8. 3s-Brian Shirley/Chatham, IL 13.967

9. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 14.007

10. 18s-Jack Sullivan/Greenbrier, AR 14.025

11. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 14.073

12. 1V-Will Vaught/Crane, MO 14.092

13. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 14.109

14. 2-John Anderson/Omaha, NE 14.112

15. 32c-Vic Coffey/Leicester, NY 14.136

16. 19T-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 14.147

17. 74-Jeremy Payne/Springfield, MO 14.175

18. 66F-Bill Frye/Greenbrier, AR 14.180

19. 19-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 14.234

20. 66W-Justin Wells/Aurora, MO 14.234

21. 42-Brandon McCormick/Lebanon, MO 14.241

22. 14L-Brad Looney/Republic, MO 14.246

23. 8k-Rusty Dukes/Fairgrove, MO 14.260

24. 33-Al Purkey/Coffeyville, KS 14.317

25. 01-Chris Jones/Neelyville, MO 14.318

26. 45DW-Denny Woodworth/Mendon, IL 14.350

27. 28-Jimmy Mars/Menomonie, WI 14.368

28. 15T-David Turner/Adrian, MO 14.383

29. 00s-Chris Smyser/Lancaster, MO 14.394

30. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 14.396

31. 14M-Reid Millard/Jefferson City, MO 14.412

32. 75-Terry Phillips/Springfield, MO 14.426

33. 14Jr.-Steve Rushin/Poplar Bluff, MO 14.730

34. 21H-Brian Harris/Davenport, IA 14.745

35. 7W-Trace Westling/Fulton, MO 15.090

36. 56-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 15.123

37. 16-Dusty Johnston/Flippan, AR 15.592

38. 99-Larry Jones/Eldorado Springs, MO 15.729

39. 3c-Michael Collins/Carter Lake, IA 45.519

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): C. Smith, Frank, Blankenship, Payne, Smyser, McCormick, Rushin, C. Jones, Johnston, Richards

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Babb, Birkhofer, Lanigan, Sullivan, Frye, Anderson, Looney, Woodworth, Harris, L. Jones

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Francis, Moyer, Wallace, Coffey, Clanton, Dukes, Millard, Westling, Mars, Collins

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Eckert, Shirley, Purkey, Vaught, Fuller, Phillips, Turner, George, Wells

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Frye, Looney, Woodworth, Smyser, McCormick, Anderson, Johnston, L. Jones, C. Jones, Rushin (DNS) Harris, Richards

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Clanton, Fuller, Phillips, Turner, Collins, Millard, Wells, George, Westling, Dukes (DNS) Mars

2008 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of May 3 - 8 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/wins/top-5s/top-10s/earnings/points/deficit to leader):

1. Billy Moyer 4-6-6-$69,820-1079 (-0)

2. Steve Francis 1-5-7-$70,700-1043 (-36)

3. Rick Eckert 0-3-6-$23,150-1041 (-38)

4. Josh Richards 1-4-6 -$33,150-1033 (-46)

5. Darrell Lanigan 0-0-6-$15,250-1015 (-64)

6. (tie) Shannon Babb 1-4-5-$35,800-1007 (-72)

6. (tie) Chub Frank 0-2-4-$17,680-1007 (-72)

8. Clint Smith 0-3-3-$13,660-983 (-96)

9. Shane Clanton 0-3-3-$15,750-965 (-114)

10. John Blankenship 0-0-2-$11,560-911 (-168)

11. Tim Fuller 0-0-1-$8,190-909 (-170)

12. Brian Shirley 0-0-2-$8,370-899 (-180)

13. Vic Coffey 0-0-1-$7,470-709 (-370)

14. (tie) Joe Isabell 0-0-0-$2,260-589 (-490)

14. (tie) Danny Johnson 0-0-0-$2,650-589 (-490)

16. Jeep VanWormer 0-0-1-$6,270-479 (-600)

17. (tie) Eddie Carrier Jr. 0-0-3-$8,500-471 (-608)

17. (tie) Tim McCreadie 0-1-2-$11,550-471 (-608)

17. (tie) Billy Decker 0-0-0-$3,020-438 (-641)

20. Darren Miller 0-0-3-$5,700-404 (-675)

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World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘At A Glance’: Show-Me State Weekend At Lebanon I-44 Speedway (May 3) and Monett Speedway (May 4)

CONCORD, NC – May 1, 2008 –

WHAT:

* The World of Outlaws Late Model Series invades Missouri for a doubleheader this weekend, visiting Lebanon I-44 Speedway on Saturday night (May 3) and Monett Speedway on Sunday night (May 4).

The Show-Me State swing features a pair of 40-lap A-Mains for the national tour. Saturday’s show at Lebanon I-44 offers a $10,000 top prize, and a $7,000 check will go to the winner of Sunday’s headliner at Monett.

The O’Reilly MARS DIRTcar Series will co-sanction both events.

With sunny skies in the forecast for both days, the weekend is shaping up as the biggest ever at veteran promoter Randy Mooneyham’s pair of racetracks.

WHEN:

* At both speedways, gates are scheduled to open at 4:30 p.m. and on-track action will begin at 7:30 p.m.

WHERE:

* Lebanon I-44 Speedway is a high-banked, three-eighths-mile clay oval located in southwestern Missouri, off Exit 135 (Sleeper) of Interstate 44.

* A 100-mile drive to the southwest of Lebanon is Monett Speedway, a semi-banked, three-eighths-mile clay oval that is known as the ‘Grand Old Lady.’ To reach the track, go 1 mile east of SR 37 on US 60, then north on Chapel Drive.

TICKETS:

* General admission for both events is $30 for adults, $10 for juniors (ages 13-15) and free for kids 12-and-under. Pit passes will be $35 at both tracks.

INFORMATION:

* More information can be obtained by visiting www.lebanoni44speedway.net or www.monettspeedway.net, or calling 417-224-7074 (Randy Mooneyham), 417-532-2060 (Lebanon I-44 raceday hotline) or 417-236-0600 (Monett raceday hotline).

PREVIOUS WoO LMS WINNERS:

* This will be the fourth consecutive year and the fifth time overall that the WoO LMS has raced at Lebanon I-44 Speedway. The track hosted a tour event won by Billy Moyer on Aug. 27, 1988, during the first two-year incarnation of the WoO LMS under the direction of late Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series founder Ted Johnson, and has been part of the tour’s ‘modern-era’ (2004-present) with events won by Clint Smith on July 3, 2007; Brian Birkhofer on July 25, 2006; and Steve Francis on July 26, 2005.

* Monett Speedway is hosting a WoO LMS for the first time – making Sunday’s program the biggest in the track’s 38-year history.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR:

* Defending WoO LMS champion Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., brings a strong performance record to Lebanon I-44 – along with his 2005 win, he has tour finishes of fourth (2007) and ninth (2006) – and an eye on moving up in the WoO LMS history books.

Following his victory on April 19 in the Circle K Colossal 100 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Francis is tied with Rick Eckert of York, Pa., for second on the WoO LMS ‘modern-era’ win list, at 15 triumphs. He has an opportunity this weekend to tie or pass Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., as the tour’s winningest driver since 2004.

* Eckert has been stuck on 15 wins since July 8, 2006, at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio – an uncharacteristically long winless streak of 64 races for the star driver. He has high hopes of ending his absence from Victory Lane at Lebanon I-44, where he finished third in last year’s WoO LMS stop.

* Three-time WoO LMS champion Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., will enter the weekend doubleheader as the tour’s points leader and top winner of 2008 (four wins in seven events) – and likely possessing more experience at Lebanon I-44 and Monett than any of the WoO LMS travelers.

The 50-year-old dirt Late Model legend did, of course, win a WoO LMS event at Lebanon in 1988, and he’s entered each of the tour shows run there over the past three years (finishing 18^th in 2005, fifth in 2006 and sixth in 2007). Monett, meanwhile, is a track where Moyer has enjoyed plenty of success, including eight O’Reilly MLRA series wins from 1989-93, two MARS DIRTcar Series triumphs (2001 and 2002) and a victory on the old USAC Late Model Series in 1988.

* A visit to Lebanon I-44 Speedway might be just what the doctor ordered for WoO LMS traveler Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., who has been plagued by bad luck in four of his last five tour starts. The 27-year-old talent known as ‘Squirrel’ has developed a knack for getting around the fast track, as evidenced by his victory in the 2006 Larry Phillips Memorial and a second-place finish in last year’s WoO LMS event.

* Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., will certainly like the smell of the Midwest air this weekend. After all, the southerner won all four of his 2007 WoO LMS A-Mains in the region, including a victory in last year’s tour stop at Lebanon I-44.

* Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., enters the weekend ranked second in the WoO LMS points standings – the highest he’s ever been this far into the season. He’s never raced at Monett, but he has three starts under his belt at Lebanon I-44 with a top finish of sixth in the 2006 WoO LMS event.

* Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., hopes his steady improvement in WoO LMS shows at Lebanon I-44 continues this Saturday night. He finished 23^rd in 2005, seventh in 2006 and fifth in 2007.

* Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa. – the winningest driver on the 2007 WoO LMS but still looking for his first win this season – has been steady, if not spectacular, at Lebanon I-44. He has two eighth-place finishes (2005 and 2007) and an 11^th (2006).

* Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., who drives for NASCAR Sprint Cup star Clint Bowyer, flashed plenty of speed in last year’s WoO LMS event at Lebanon I-44, leading the first 15 laps of the A-Main. But a blown left-rear tire annihilated his car’s bodywork, forcing him to retire.

* Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., missed last year’s WoO LMS event at Lebanon I-44 to work on his engine program – the only race in the five-year ‘modern-era’ of the WoO LMS that he has not entered. He’ll be back this Saturday looking to run like he did when he finished second in the track’s 2005 tour stop.

* John Blankenship of Williamson, W.Va., likes Lebanon I-44. He had one of the best runs of his WoO LMS career there in 2005, finishing fourth.

* There will be an invasion of WoO LMS travelers from New York at this weekend’s events. Leading the group will be 2007 Rookie of the Year Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., who missed last year’s event at Lebanon I-44 to run an Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series big-block Modified show in the Empire State.

Other New Yorkers planning to travel halfway across the country to compete this weekend are Rookie of the Year contenders Vic Coffey of Leceister, N.Y., Danny Johnson of Phelps, N.Y., and Joe Isabell of Pennellville, N.Y.

* With the O’Reilly MARS DIRTcar Series co-sanctioning the weekend events, the Midwestern tour’s top drivers will be in the field, including five-time champ Bill Frye of Greenbrier, Ark.; three-time titlist Terry Phillips of Springfield, Mo.; Will Vaught of Seneca, Mo.; and Jeremy Payne of Springfield, Mo.

This quartet of MARS drivers has proven they can get the job done at Lebanon I-44 and Monett. Last year Vaught won a MARS show at Monett while Payne was victorious in MARS action at Lebanon I-44. And in MARS and MLRA events, Phillips has won 14 times at Monett and seven at Lebanon while Frye has captured 15 races at Monett and six at Lebanon.

* Other top regional drivers expected to compete in the weekend events include Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., who finished fourth in the 2006 WoO LMS A-Main at Lebanon I-44; Al Purkey of Coffeyville, Kans., who won the season-opening DLRA event at Monett on April 20; David Turner of Adrian, Mo.; John Anderson of Omaha, Neb., who won an MLRA event at Lebanon last season; and Lebanon I-44 dominator Brad Looney of Republic, Mo.

* Several drivers have plans to join the WoO LMS action on Sunday night at Monett, including Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., who won last year’s UMP DIRTcar-sanctioned World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio; Wendell Wallace of Batesville, Ark., who owns four MARS and four MLRA wins at Monett and two MARS triumphs at Lebanon; and Terry Casey of New London, Wis., who finished second in last year’s UMP DIRTcar Summernationals event at Lebanon I-44.

EXTRA CASH:

* The influx of regional and local standouts competing in the events will be chasing some WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks.’

The highest-finishing driver in each A-Main who is not ranked among the current top-12 in the WoO LMS point standings and has never won a WoO feature will receive the $500 ‘Bonus Bucks’ award.

COMING UP:

* The tour will have a weekend off before embarking on a three-race, three-state swing the weekend of May 16-18, visiting Attica (Ohio) Raceway Park on Fri., May 16; Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway on Sat., May 17; and Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway on Sun., May 18.

LISTEN OR WATCH ON THE INTERNET:

* Fans who can’t make it to the track can listen to the action live thanks to the DIRT Radio Network.

To listen to the free audio broadcasts of WoO LMS events, 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. Those who sign up for a free membership can enjoy advanced features while listening to the races, such as text chat and live scoring via AMB.it.

WoO LMS INFO:

* Log on to the WoO LMS website at www.worldofoutlaws.com.

2008 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of April 19 - 7 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/wins/top-5s/top-10s/earnings/points/deficit to leader):

1. Billy Moyer 4-5-5-$66,820-935 (-0)

2. Josh Richards 1-4-6-$32,200-909 (-26)

3. Steve Francis 1-5-6-$69,000-905 (-30)

4. Rick Eckert 0-2-5-$18,050-895 (-40)

5. (tie) Darrell Lanigan 0-0-5-$13,850-879 (-56)

5. (tie) Chub Frank 0-2-4-$16,630-879 (-56)

7. Shannon Babb 0-3-4-$25,650-857 (-78)

8. Clint Smith 0-2-2-$11,660-843 (-92)

9. Shane Clanton 0-3-3-$14,750-839 (-96)

10. John Blankenship 0-0-2-$10,760-793 (-142)

11. Tim Fuller 0-0-1-$7,340-789 (-146)

12. Brian Shirley 0-0-2-$7,470-777 (-158)

13. Vic Coffey 0-0-1-$6,520-599 (-336)

14. (tie) Joe Isabell 0-0-0-$1,910-589 (-346)

14. (tie) Danny Johnson 0-0-0-$2,300-589 (-346)

16. Jeep VanWormer 0-0-1-$6,270-479 (-456)

17. (tie) Eddie Carrier Jr. 0-0-3-$8,500-471 (-464)

17. (tie) Tim McCreadie 0-1-2-$11,550-471 (-464)

19. Billy Decker 0-0-0-$3,020-438 (-497)

20. Darren Miller 0-0-3-$5,700-404 (-531)

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