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World of Outlaws Late Model Series News & Notes: Assessing The 2012 Tour Hopefuls After A Busy Month Of February

CONCORD, NC – March 1, 2012 – Nearly two dozen drivers began the 2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series campaign with hopes of following the full schedule.

After a season-opening burst of six races at three tracks in two states over a 15-day span – the most ambitious February in the history of the national tour – how do the hopeful regulars stand? Here’s an assessment of each driver (listed by their position in the current points standings) in the wake of the circuit’s Southeast swing to Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga. (‘Winter Freeze’ on Feb. 10-11), Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla. (Bubba Army Winter Nationals on Feb. 16-18) and Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. (UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment on Feb. 23 and 25):

* Darrell Lanigan (points leader) – No racer was stronger out of the ’12 starting gate than the 41-year-old former champion from Union, Ky., who won the season’s first two events (Screven and BRP) and added finishes of second, third, fourth and ninth to end the trip sitting atop the points race.

While his back-to-back victories were impressive, Lanigan’s fourth-place run in the 50-lap finale at Volusia on Feb. 25 might have been the performance that proved his strength. He started the evening in a deep hole after a fire under the hood of his car left him unable to log a time-trial lap, but he rallied from the rear of his heat to finish second and battled forward from the eighth starting spot in the A-Main to place fourth. If not for a mid-race scrape with Steve Francis that bent his car’s right-front corner, Lanigan felt he could have challenged for the win.

What a difference a year makes for Lanigan, who missed the 2011 WoO LMS season opener at VSP due to a medical issue and never was able to make up those lost points. Now he has a chance to become the first driver in WoO LMS history to lead the points standings from start-to-finish.

* Josh Richards (second, -28 points) – The 23-year-old superstar from Shinnston, W.Va., matched his friendly rival Lanigan virtually move-for-move through the season’s first four races – he was fourth at Screven and sandwiched a win with two runner-up finishes at BRP – but stumbled at Volusia.

Richards uncharacteristically struggled at the half-mile Volusia oval, registering WoO LMS finishes of eighth and 16^th. He did appear headed to a top-five finish in the first A-Main until he slowed on lap 47 due to vision problems – his helmet shield was covered with so much mud that he had no choice but to pit for a helmet exchange – but he failed to flash the speed that propelled him to consecutive opening-night WoO LMS wins at Volusia from 2007-2010.

“We started the whole trip off awesome,” said Richards, who is once again focusing on the WoO LMS this season after his expected fulltime move to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series did not materialize. “We felt like we were getting a good rhythm going. We were really feeling good.

“Then we came to Volusia, a place where we've always been successful and I’ve loved racing at. For some reason, we struggled (there) and just never could dig our way out of a hole.”

* Shane Clanton (third, -42 points) – If anyone doubted Clanton’s off-season decision to leave Ronnie Dobbins’s established team for a ride with the fledgling Kennedy Motorsports operation, his performance in Georgia and Florida snuffed out those thoughts.

Clanton, 36, of Fayetteville, Ga., seemed ready to put his struggles of recent years behind him. While he failed to reach Victory Lane, he ended his three-track tour having already matched his top-five finish total from all of 2011 (four) and exceeded the number of fast times and heat wins he recorded one year ago.

A pair of third-place finishes (BRP opener and VSP finale) represented Clanton’s best outings, but he also lost second place in the second A-Main at BRP due to a late-race flat tire (he settled for 14^th).

“The good thing is,” said a very satisfied Clanton, “every time we’re running, we’re running up front.”

* Rick Eckert (fourth, -50 points) – The defending WoO LMS champion got off to a pretty strong start, finishing third in the opening-night 60-lapper at Screven and scoring a nail-biting $12,000-plus victory in the 60-lap finale at BRP.

But while Eckert, 46, of York, Pa., didn’t finish worse than 12^th in Outlaws action, he ended the swing facing a larger deficit in the points standings than he did at any time in 2011. Last year he never trailed by more than 36 points – and after six races he was second in the standings, just eight points behind the leader.

* Chub Frank (fifth, -86 points) – Reenergized for ’12 by new Roush-Yates Ford engines, ‘Chubzilla’ enjoyed arguably his strongest WoO LMS run in two years on Feb. 23 at Volusia, racing off the outside pole to lead laps 1-27 before settling for a third-place finish.

The 50-year-old from Bear Lake, Pa., who has not won on the tour since Aug. 22, 2009, also was solid at BRP, registering steady finishes of seventh (twice) and eighth. But two subpar nights – 17^th in the opener at Screven and 19^th in the finale at Volusia – left him further back in the points standings than he would have liked.

* Bub McCool (sixth, -112 points) – The 34-year-old from Vicksburg, Miss., established himself as the early favorite in the WoO LMS Rookie of the Year battle with a trip highlighted by a career-best tour finish of third on Feb. 17 at BRP.

But McCool, who added a second top-10 finish (ninth) in BRP’s finale, didn’t leave Florida unscathed. His last night of competition at Volusia was forgettable: after parking his primary car due to engine problems that were discovered during afternoon maintenance, his backup machine also developed terminal woes under the hood during time trials and he had to rely on a provisional to start his ailing mount at the rear of the A-Main field.

* Vic Coffey (seventh, -126 points) – A pair of top-10 finishes at BRP – 10^th on Feb. 17 and eighth on Feb. 18 – were the best runs of the southern excursion for the former WoO LMS Rookie of the Year.

Coffey, 40, of Caledonia, N.Y., had to use WoO LMS emergency provisionals to start A-Mains at Screven and on Feb. 25 at Volusia, but he still managed to end the swing with the highest points ranking of his career.

* Clint Smith (eighth, -132 points) – A seventh-place finish in the 40-lap opener at BRP was the lone top-10 WoO LMS run for ‘Cat Daddy,’ whose best performance of the trip was a third-place finish in the postponed DIRTcar UMP-sanctioned 25-lapper run on Friday afternoon, Feb. 24, at Volusia.

Smith, 46, of Senoia, Ga., also started the 2011 season with a seventh-place finish as his only top-10 through six races. He was ninth in the last year’s points standings after six events, but was fewer points (92) out of the lead than his current positioning.

* Tim McCreadie (ninth, -134 points) – The 2006 WoO LMS champion didn’t get off to the start he was hoping for with his new Warrior cars, failing to crack the top five in a single A-Main.

McCreadie, 37, of Watertown, N.Y., appeared primed for a solid trip when he jumped out of the box with a sixth-place finish at Screven, but his only other top-10 runs were ninths on Feb. 17 at BRP and Feb. 25 at VSP.

* Pat Doar (10^th, -176 points) – The 2011 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year was smiling after earning a career-best tour finish of fifth in the 60-lap finale at BRP, but he spent most of his trip snarling.

Doar, 48, of New Richmond, Wis., didn’t break into the top 10 in another WoO LMS A-Main. He also rode out two hard crashes in DIRTcar UMP-sanctioned action at Volusia, hitting the turn-two wall during Feb. 21 heat racing after contact from Jared Landers and smashing the spun car of Jonathan Davenport in turn one after Davenport and Dale McDowell came together in a heat on Feb. 24.

* Mike Marlar (11^th, -184 points) – A talented 33-year-old from Winfield, Tenn., who is eyeing his first assault on the WoO LMS this season, Marlar was thisclose to experiencing a spectacular trip.

Marlar recorded consecutive top-five finishes of fourth and fifth on Feb. 16 and 17 at BRP, but he was actually in position to string together four in a row – and even bag his first-ever WoO LMS victory. He had his Bryson Motorsports No. 5b solidly in the top five midway through the opener at Screven when a scrape sent him bouncing through the infield and out of the race (he finished 25^th), and in BRP’s 60-lap finale he led laps 1-42 and was bidding to regain command from Eckert on the final circuit when he found himself squeezed into the turn-three wall (and saddled with an 18 ^th-place finish).

While Marlar failed to qualify for the finale at VSP due to heat-race suspension trouble, he departed Florida ranked among the top 12 in the points standings. That puts him in position to receive series travel benefits at the next event, the Illini 100 on March 30-31 at Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway.

* Brandon Sheppard (12^th, -188 points) – The 19-year-old DIRTcar UMP standout from New Berlin, Ill., started five of six A-Mains and broke into the top 10 once, finishing a WoO LMS career-best ninth on Feb. 17 at BRP in his new Roush-Yates-powered Rocket. He headed home ranked second among Rookie of the Year contenders.

* Jared Hawkins (14^th, -210 points) – The 25-year-old Rookie of the Year aspirant from Fairmont, W.Va., hit his high-water mark in the WoO LMS season opener, finishing seventh at Screven. He didn’t crack the top 10 again and failed to qualify for both A-Mains at Volusia, but he did turn heads in the second feature at BRP when he charged from the 21^st starting spot to the verge of the top five before an incorrect tire choice caused him to fade.

* Tim Fuller (15^th, -226 points) – In dire need of a strong start, the 44-year-old from Watertown, N.Y., instead lived a nightmare.

Nothing went right for Fuller, who started all six A-Mains but used four emergency provisionals – requiring him to forfeit last-place money – to achieve that perfect record. His top finish was a 12^th on Feb. 18 at BRP – two nights after he flipped midway through the track’s opening-night feature.

Fuller ran the finale at BRP and all his VSP events in a familiar car: the blue-and-white Reliable Painting Rocket No. 19 that Dale Beitler fielded last year for Austin Hubbard. Beitler announced his retirement as a car owner following the 2011 season but he is providing one of his cars to Fuller this year – and Beitler was in the pits helping Fuller throughout the action at BRP and VSP.

* John Lobb (16^th, -236 points) – While his new Kennedy Motorsports teammate Shane Clanton shined, Lobb struggled throughout his trip.

The 42-year-old from Frewsburg, N.Y., started five of the six WoO LMS A-Mains – scoring a top finish of 17^th on Feb. 18 at BRP – but never made the cut through a heat or B-Main. He used one points provisional and his entire allotment of four emergency provisionals.

* Kent Robinson (18^th, -262 points) – The WoO LMS Rookie of the Year contender’s trip started in promising fashion – he transferred through a heat and finished 15^th in the season opener at Screven – but he was unable to maintain the momentum.

Robinson, 24, of Bloomington, Ind., placed 22^nd, 20^th and 16^th at BRP. He then fell short of both A-Mains at VSP, where he was passed by Earl Pearson Jr. for the final transfer spot on the last lap on Thursday night and saw his evening end early on Saturday after slapping the turn-one wall in his heat.

* Billy Moyer Jr. (19^th, -278 points) – The 24-year-old son of a dirt Late Model legend, Moyer’s chase of the WoO LMS Rookie of the Year award kicked off in disappointing fashion with a DNQ at Screven. He recovered with three progressively better outings at BRP – 20^th, 19^th, 15^th – but the resident of Batesville, Ark., slipped again at VSP, where he failed to qualify for both World of Outlaws A-Mains (and experienced engine woes on Thursday night that forced him to pull out his backup car).

* Dan Stone (21^st, -304 points) – The 34-year-old driver from Thompson, Pa., became the first casualty of the record WoO LMS rookie crop, revealing that he would have to call off his pursuit of the tour schedule after breaking two of his family-owned team’s three engines during the UNOH DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia.

While Stone managed to qualify for the WoO LMS finale at VSP with a 15-year-old powerplant under the hood of his car, it was just his third A-Main start of the swing. His best finish was 11^th on Feb. 18 at BRP.

Despite abandoning plans to follow the series fulltime, Stone will remain a stalwart entrant in WoO LMS events contested in the Northeast. He also might still enter the upcoming Illini 100 at Farmer City behind the wheel of the Super Deuce No. 2, whose owner, Leo Milus, lives in Indianapolis.

* Jack Sullivan (22^nd, -306 points) – The 36-year-old from Greenbrier, Ark., began his trip with a promising 13^th-place finish in the ‘Winter Freeze’ at Screven – after hurting an engine during the weekend’s first practice session – but didn’t make another A-Main field at either BRP or VSP. Undaunted, Sullivan said he plans to enter this month’s Illini 100 in hopes of turning around his fortunes in the WoO LMS Rookie of the Year race.

* Ron Davies (23^rd, -334 points) – The runner-up in the 2011 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year standings made no pre-season commitment to follow the tour this year; he said his travel plans would hinge on his performance.

When Davies, 54, of Warren, Pa., found himself fifth in the points standings through two events after finishes of ninth at Screven and 11^th at BRP, it appeared he might be on his way to another campaign on the road. But then he failed to finish the next two events at BRP, didn’t qualify for the opener at Volusia (and refused an emergency provisional) and skipped the VSP finale altogether.

* Greg Johnson (t-24^th, -350 points) – At 44 the oldest driver in this year’s WoO LMS Rookie of the Year field, Johnson began the trip with great expectations but never found his rhythm. He qualified for just two A-Mains, finishing 26^th in the opener at Screven and 22^nd in the finale at Volusia.

* Jill George (26^th, -410 points) – It was a rough trip for the 34-year-old female racer, who entered all six WoO LMS events but was unable to make an A-Main field.

George experienced her most painful night during the finale at BRP. She piled hard into a multi-car heat-race accident and was shaken up enough to warrant a hospital visit. A CT scan and X-rays of her neck, chest and left elbow were negative, but she suffered a minor concussion, needed a couple stitches to close a cut on his left arm and was left with a sore neck, shoulders and ribs.

George, who worked with new crew chief Jay Sessoms of Stanley, N.C., in Georgia and Florida, flew home to Cedar Falls, Iowa, after the BRP events in order to spend three days working at her chiropractic office. She returned to the Sunshine State for the WoO LMS events at Volusia and said she hopes to continue following the tour this season if she obtains sufficient sponsorship.

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Notable WoO LMS Milestones From The Season-Opening Swing...

* Richards became the alltime winningest driver on the WoO LMS (combining the original 1988-89 seasons and the ‘modern era’ from 2004-present) with his 38^th career win on Feb. 17 at BRP, but he held sole possession of the honor for just eight days. Billy Moyer pulled back into a tie atop the victory list with his triumph in the finale at Volusia.

* With his 25^th career WoO LMS fast-time honor on Feb. 25 at Volusia, Steve Francis became just the second driver to time fastest at least once in each season since 2004, joining Richards.

* Lanigan tied Francis for second on the WoO LMS win list since 2004, at 28 victories.

* WoO LMS announcer Rick Eshelman announced his 300^th series event on Feb. 25 at Volusia.

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

Fans can also follow the WoO LMS on Twitter at Twitter.com/WoOLateModels and Facebook at Facebook.com/WorldofOutlaws .

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), Vicci (Official Uniform), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award), McCarthy’s One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning (Raye Vest Memorial Pill Draw Award), Chizmark Larson Insurance, Factory Value Parts and RacingJunk.com; in addition to contingency sponsors Comp Cams, Eibach Springs, JE Pistons, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance, Superflow Dynos, Wix Filters and Wrisco Aluminum.

Moyer Caps UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit With Stirring World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory

Dennis Erb Jr. Crowned Champion Of Late Model Week At Volusia Speedway Park

BARBERVILLE, FL – Feb. 25, 2012 – Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., capped the 41^st UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment with a stirring victory in Saturday night’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Main at Volusia Speedway Park.

The 54-year-old dirt Late Model legend grabbed the lead in memorable fashion on lap 32, bursting past Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., and Don O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind., with a power move down the inside of the backstretch. He then turned back a brief late-race challenge from O’Neal en route to collecting the race’s $10,000 top prize.

Moyer became the lone two-time winner during the six-race Late Model portion of the 2012 UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit. He also won Tuesday night’s 30-lap DIRTcar UMP-sanctioned feature.

“I made some adjustments on the hot rod today that I should’ve made a couple days ago,” Moyer said of his Clements-powered Victory Circle Chassis. “It was right back where it should’ve been.”

O’Neal settled for a runner-up finish – 2.850 seconds behind Moyer – after leading laps 3-31 driving Larry Moring’s MasterSbilt car. Clanton advanced one position to finish third in the Kennedy Motorsports Capital Race Car, while seventh-starter Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., placed fourth in a Rocket to remain the WoO LMS points leader and polesitter Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., who led laps 1-2, was fifth in the Barry Wright house car.

Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., finished seventh and was crowned the Late Model points champion of the 2012 UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit, earning him a unique gator-shaped trophy. He won the week’s first WoO LMS event on Thursday night.

Moyer, who started ninth, mastered a track surface that he said “couldn’t have been more racy.”

“Earlier in the night I thought it was going to be one of those married-to-the-top deals because it looked like there was a treacherous berm,” said Moyer. “It turned out that, when we put the harder tires on, we were able to run everywhere on it, wherever you felt the car was the best at. I think I run the top, the bottom, the middle – a little bit everywhere.”

It was Moyer’s strength running the inside groove that proved key to his division-leading ninth win at Volusia since 1998. When he approached battling frontrunners O’Neal and Clanton, he simply stuck low and drove by them.

“Them guys were racing hard up there,” said Moyer. “I could tell Shane just wanted to give (O’Neal) a slide job and get on by him, (but) I don’t think anyone could circle around the bottom like I could. I just stayed with what I was doing and it worked out for us.”

Moyer’s win was the 38^th of his career on the WoO LMS, including 22 he registered in 1988-89 during the first incarnation of the national tour run under the auspices of late WoO Sprint Car Series founder Ted Johnson. He moved back into a tie for the alltime WoO LMS victory lead with Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., who finished a quiet 16^th in Saturday night’s A-Main.

Finishing in positions 6-10 was Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., who made a solid charge forward from the 18^th starting spot; Erb, who slipped backward from the fifth starting slot; Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga.; Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., who started 21^st; and John Blankenship of Williamson, W.Va., who won the previous night’s 40-lap DIRTcar UMP Late Model feature.

Three caution flags dotted the event, all for slowed cars: Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa. (lap two), Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y. (lap six) and Pat Doar of New Richmond, Wis. (lap 16).

Fifty-four cars were entered in the sixth WoO LMS event of 2012.

Francis was quickest in Ohlins Shock Time Trials with a lap of 16.024 seconds. It was his 25^th career WoO LMS fast-time honor and made him just the second driver to time fastest at least once in each season since 2004, joining Richards.

Heat winners were Francis, Clanton, Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., Erb and O’Neal. McCreadie and WoO LMS Rookie of the Year contender Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., captured the B-Mains.

Next on the WoO LMS schedule is the fourth running of the Illini 100 on March 30-31 at Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway. The $20,000-to-win event is returning this year to the exciting quarter-mile oval after a one-year absence.

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

Fans can also follow the WoO LMS on Twitter at Twitter.com/WoOLateModels and Facebook at Facebook.com/WorldofOutlaws .

Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment’ Night 2 at Volusia Speedway Park (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (9) Billy Moyer/50 $10,200

2. (3) Don O’Neal/50 $5,500

3. (4) Shane Clanton/50 $3,050

4. (8) Darrell Lanigan/50 $2,650

5. (1) Steve Francis/50 $2,100

6. (18) Jimmy Owens/50 $1,750

7. (5) Dennis Erb Jr./50 $1,450

8. (11) Dale McDowell/50 $1,300

9. (21) Tim McCreadie/50 $1,350

10. (7) John Blankenship/50 $1,100

11. (6) Scott Bloomquist/50 $1,150

12. (14) Rick Eckert/50 $1,200

13. (12) Frankie Heckenast Jr./50 $950

14. (17) Clint Smith/50 $1,000

15. (24) Bobby Pierce/50 $900

16. (19) Josh Richards/50 $1,000

17. (20) Brady Smith/50 $770

18. (28) Vic Coffey/50 $100

19. (25) Chub Frank/50 $780

20. (27) Tim Fuller/49 $50

21. (22) Brandon Sheppard/49 $700

22. (26) Bub McCool/49 $700

23. (27) Morgan Bagley/49 $700

24. (15) Donnie Moran/49 $725

25. (23) Jason Feger/40 $700

26. (2) Jimmy Mars/30 $700

27. (13) Dennis Franklin/26 $700

28. (16) Pat Doar/15 $750

29. (10) Dan Stone/2 $700

* Earnings include cash contingency award bonuses

Time of Race: 25 Mins., 43.186 Secs.

Margin of Victory: 2.850 Secs.

Yellow Flags: 3 (Laps 2, 6, 16)

Lap Leaders: Francis (1-2); O’Neal (3-31); Moyer (32-50)

Provisional Starters: Frank, McCool (WoO); Bagley (DCN); Coffey, Fuller

Rookie of the Race: Sheppard

WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: O’Neal ($500)

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

1. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 16.024

2. 25-Shane Clanton/Fayetteville, GA 16.117

3. 28M-Jimmy Mars/Menomonie, WI 16.219

4. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 16.259

5. 21d-Dan Stone/Thompson, PA 16.338

6. 25F-Jason Feger/Bloomington, IL 16.368

7. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 16.375

8. 37c-Dennis Franklin/Gaffney, SC 16.397

9. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 16.418

10. 99M-Donnie Moran/Dresden, OH 16.440

11. 0-Scott Bloomquist/Mooresburg, TN 16.466

12. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 16.525

13. 20-Jimmy Owens/Newport, TN 16.541

14. 28e-Dennis Erb Jr./Carpentersville, IL 16.550

15. 91-Billy Decker/Unadilla, NY 16.553

16. 17M-Dale McDowell/Chickamauga, GA 16.569

17. 99Jr-Frankie Heckenast Jr./Orland Park, IL 16.576

18. 5b-Mike Marlar/Winfield, TN 16.623

19. b5-Brandon Sheppard/New Berlin, IL 16.628

20. 1d-Don O’Neal/Martinsville, IL 16.636

21. 11-Pat Doar/New Richmond, WI 16.667

22. 13-J.R. Hotovy/Covert, MI 16.671

23. 18-Shannon Babb/Moweaqua, IL 16.691

24. 5L-Jared Landers/Batesville, AR 16.736

25. 25z-Mason Zeigler/Chalk Hill, PA 16.743

26. 14M-Morgan Bagley/Longview, TX 16.764

27. 32c-Vic Coffey/Caledonia, NY 16.796

28. 22s-Gregg Satterlee/Rochester Mills, PA 16.825

29. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 16.841

30. 2-Brady Smith/Solon Springs, WI 16.846

31. 37-Jared Hawkins/Fairmont, WV 16.848

32. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 16.854

33. 32P-Bobby Pierce/Oakwood, IL 16.862

34. 28L-John Lobb/Frewsburg, NY 16.872

35. 1s-Jack Sullivan/Greenbrier, AR 16.877

36. 57J-Bub McCool/Vicksburg, MS 16.907

37. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 16.908

38. 21Jr-Billy Moyer Jr./Batesville, AR 16.934

39. 18W-Eric Wells/Hazard, KY 16.938

40. 16b-Tyler Bruening/Decorah, IA 16.984

41. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 16.986

42. 7R-Kent Robinson/Bloomington, IN 17.013

43. 12-Hunter Peacock/Macon, GA 17.095

44. 49-Greg Johnson/Bedford, IN 17.106

45. 90-Lance Matthees/Winona, WI 17.125

46. 22G-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 17.329

47. 57s-Charlie Sandercock/Belleville, ONT 17.345

48. 15A-Phil Ausra/Dowagiac, MI 17.450

49. 77-Jason McBride/Carbondale, IL 17.556

50. 4ds-Chad Hollenbeck/Kingsley, PA 17.611

51. 16H-Mike Hammerle/St. Charles, MO 18.240

52. 33-Don Gordon/Chatham, ONT 21.278

53. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY N/T

54. 24-Ryan Unzicker/El Paso, IL N/T

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Francis, Bloomquist, McDowell, Doar, Feger, Bagley, Hawkins, Hammerle, George, Fuller (DNS) McCool

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Clanton, Blankenship, Heckenast, C. Smith, McCreadie, Hotovy, Sandercock, Frank, Robinson, Coffey

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Mars, Lanigan, Franklin, Owens, Pierce, Moyer Jr., Babb, Peacock, Ausra, Marlar, Satterlee

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Erb, Moyer, Eckert, Richards, Sheppard, Johnson, Lobb, Wells, McBride, Landers

Heat No. 5 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): O’Neal, Stone, Moran, B. Smith, Zeigler, Sullivan, Decker, Matthees, Bruening, Hollenbeck

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 2 Transfer): McCreadie, Feger, Hawkins, Frank, Hotovy, Moyer Jr., Coffey, Sandercock, Peacock, Hammerle, Bagley, George, McCool (DNS) Robinson, Fuller, Marlar

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 2 Transfer): Sheppard, Pierce, Johnson, Babb, Sullivan, Decker, Lobb, Wells, Matthees, Bruening, Ausra, Hollenbeck, Zeigler (DNS) McBride, Landers, Satterlee

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sport Shirts ($100 product certificate to 23^rd-place finisher I n A-Main or next highest w/decal): Shannon Babb

Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Billy Moyer

Cometic Gasket ($50 cash to 12^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Rick Eckert

Comp Cams ($50 cash to 10^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Rick Eckert

Comp Cams ($50 product certificate to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Billy Moyer

Dominator ($50 cash to 6^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Jimmy Owens

Eibach Springs (one free spring to each B-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Billy Moyer Jr./Bobby Pierce

Gravely ($50 cash to 7^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Dennis Erb Jr.

JE Pistons ($50 cash to 16^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Josh Richards

JE Pistons (one compete set of JE Pro Seal rings to 11^th-place finisher or next highest w/decal - $285 value): Rick Eckert

JE Pistons (one complete set of JE Pro Seal rings to 21^st-place finisher or next highest w/decal - $285 value): Bub McCool

MSD Ignition ($50 cash to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Billy Moyer

MSD Ignition ($25 cash to 24^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Donnie Moran

Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash to fast qualifier or next highest w/decal): Billy Moyer

Quartermaster ($100 product certificate to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Shane Clanton

Quartermaster ($50 product certificate to 5^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Steve Francis

Quartermaster ($25 product certificate to 15^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Bobby Pierce

Roush-Yates Performance Products ($50 cash to 4^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Josh Richards

Roush-Yates Performance Products (carburetor repair kit to 18^th-place finish in A-Main or next highest w/decal - $100 value): Chub Frank

Roush-Yates Lap Leader Award (one pair of Wiley X Sunglasses to driver who leads most laps in A-Main):

STP ($50 cash to 2^nd-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Shane Clanton

SuperFlow ($50 cash to 14^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Clint Smith

VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash to 9^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Tim McCreadie

VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (one VP 5-gallon container to fastest qualifier who misses A-Main or next highest with decal - $30 value): Billy Decker

WIX Filters ($50 cash to 13^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Clint Smith

Wrisco Aluminum (three sheets of aluminum to A-Main winner if decal displayed - $200 value): Shane Clanton

XS Power ($50 cash to 3^rd-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Bobby Pierce

XS Power ($60 product certificate to 8^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Bobby Pierce

XS ‘Power Move of the Race’ ($60 product certificate): Billy Moyer

2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of Feb. 25 – 6 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):

1. Darrell Lanigan 864

2. Josh Richards 836 (-28)

3. Shane Clanton 822 (-42)

4. Rick Eckert 814 (-50)

5. Chub Frank 778 (-86)

6. Bub McCool 752 (-112)

7. Vic Coffey 738 (-126)

8. Clint Smith 732 (-132)

9. Tim McCreadie 730 (-134)

10. Pat Doar 688 (-176)

11. Mike Marlar 680 (-184)

12. Brandon Sheppard 676 (-188)

13. Billy Moyer 656 (-208)

14. Jared Hawkins 654 (-210)

15. Tim Fuller 638 (-226)

16. John Lobb 628 (-236)

17. Jason Feger 610 (-254)

18. Kent Robinson 602 (-262)

19. Billy Moyer Jr. 586 (-278)

20. Gregg Satterlee 564 (-300)

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.

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BLOGGING: WoO LMS fans can now read interesting stories from the road by checking out two blogs –‘Life As An Outlaw’ by series announcer Rick Eshelman and ‘The Scoop With Scoop’ by tour P.R. director Kevin Kovac. Both blogs can be accessed by clicking on the preceding links or the specific ‘Blog’ buttons on the right-hand side of http://www.woolms.com/.

Erb Overtakes Frank For World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory At Volusia Speedway Park

Illinois Driver Wins For First Time During UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit

BARBERVILLE, FL – Feb. 23, 2012 – Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., tamed a demanding track to capture Thursday night’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Main at Volusia Speedway Park.

The 39-year-old DIRTcar UMP veteran overtook WoO LMS standout Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., for the lead on lap 28 and never looked back in the national tour’s first event of the 41^st annual UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment. He pocketed $10,000 for his first-ever triumph at the half-mile oval outside Daytona Beach.

It was Erb’s third career win on the WoO LMS. Both of his previous victories came in a one-week span of May 2007.

“This is a big win for us,” said Erb, a longtime owner/operator who campaigns a Team Zero by Bloomquist car with a Vic Hill engine under the hood. “The car’s been working real good the last couple nights and to get here in Victory Lane at Volusia for the first time really makes me excited.”

Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., who swept last year’s pair of WoO LMS A-Mains run during the UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit, passed Frank on lap 48 and went on to finish second. He crossed the finish line 1.935 seconds behind Erb.

Frank, who raced off the outside pole starting spot to lead laps 1-27, settled for a third-place finish in his Rocket machine. Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., started and finished fourth in the Barry Wright house car and Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., advanced from the 11^th starting spot to place fifth.

Erb, who started from the pole position but was outgunned for the top spot by Frank at the race’s initial green flag, chased the 50-year-old WoO LMS regular through six caution flags and one red flag before finally making his winning move. He ducked underneath Frank exiting turn two and was in front for good as lap 28 was scored.

“We were just sitting back there trying to get a run on him,” Erb said of Frank. “We were looking for the right time to get by him. We were able to get up underneath him, and then after that I knew it was gonna be pretty tough to beat us because we had a pretty good car.”

Erb, who preceded his victory with finishes of second (Monday) and fifth (Tuesday) in DIRTcar UMP-sanctioned 30-lappers at Volusia, built a straightaway-plus advantage before the field was tightened on lap 47 by the the race’s seventh and final caution flag. Frank was unable to offer a challenge on the restart and ultimately lost second to Bloomquist on lap 48.

“I couldn’t get through (turns) one and two,” said Frank, who is winless on the WoO LMS since Aug. 22, 2009 (a span of 87 races). “I was horrible unless I hit it just right. I was trying to cut across the bottom, but it would just wash out because I was too tight.

“We’re tickled though. I wanna win, but we’ll take a top three at this place for the points.”

Bloomquist, 48, spent most of the distance running in third place. He reached the spot on lap 18 after starting sixth.

“We tightened our car up – and even though it wasn’t much, it was just too much,” said Bloomquist. “I just thought the couple adjustments I made would be alright, but it was just miserable tight.

“Considering that, I’m happy for Dennis to win, and I’m happy to run second.”

With heavy, extremely fast track conditions prevailing after a rainout of Wednesday’s UMP-sanctioned program and several showers through early afternoon on Thursday, the race proved tough on equipment.

The event was just three laps old when a multi-car accident in turn four swept up Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y., and John Lobb of Frewsburg, N.Y. Fuller and Mars were eliminated from competition.

The A-Main’s most significant incident occurred on lap nine. Mid-pack jostling caused a pileup that saw defending DIRTcar UMP national champion Ryan Unzicker of El Paso, Ill., roll onto his roof. Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., Tyler Reddick of Corning, Calif., and Frankie Heckenast Jr. of Orland Park, Ill., were also involved in the tangle.

Unzicker climbed out of his car and gingerly walked to the ambulance for a check-up.

Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., moved from the 16^th starting spot to sixth at the finish in a Team Dillon car. Defending WoO LMS champ Rick Eckert of York, Pa., was seventh after using a provisional to start 25^th because a last-lap heat-race tangle with the lapped car driven by St. Charles, Mo.’s Mike Hammerle knocked him from a transfer spot. Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., was eighth, WoO LMS points leader Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., finished a quiet ninth and Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., faded to 10^th at the finish after climbing as high as third.

Richards, who started 10^th, got as high as third and was still running fifth when he brought out the race’s last caution flag on lap 47. He slowed because he had used all his helmet tear-offs and could barely see through his mud-caked shield. He made a quick pit stop to change a flat right-rear tire, which was cut by a hit he absorbed as he slowed, and exchange his helmet.

Seventy-nine cars were signed in for the event – the biggest dirt Late Model field of the 2012 UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit.

Clanton registered the quickest lap in Ohlins Shocks Time Trials, blazing around the tacky surface in 15.446 seconds. It was his 15^th career fast-time honor on the WoO LMS but first since 2010.

Heat winners were Erb, Moyer, Chub Frank, Bloomquist, Francis and Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill. The B-Mains were captured by John Blankenship of Williamson, W.Va., Dennis ‘Rambo’ Franklin of Gaffney, S.C., and Mars.

Three dirt Late Model events remain on the schedule of the 2012 UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit, beginning with a huge UMP-sanctioned doubleheader on Friday featuring a 30-lap, $7,000-to-win A-Main in the afternoon (start time 12:30 p.m.) and a 40-lap, $10,000 feature at night (7:30 p.m.). A 50-lap WoO LMS A-Main paying $10,000 to win will close out the week’s full-fender action on Saturday evening (Feb. 25).

The Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds will join the dirt Late Models on the card of all three UNOH DIRTcar Nationals programs.

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

Fans can also follow the WoO LMS on Twitter at Twitter.com/WoOLateModels and Facebook at Facebook.com/WorldofOutlaws .

Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment’ Night 1 at Volusia Speedway Park (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (1) Dennis Erb Jr./50 $10,000

2. (6) Scott Bloomquist/50 $5,100

3. (2) Chub Frank/50 $3,550

4. (4) Steve Francis/50 $2,600

5. (11) Jimmy Owens/50 $2,000

6. (16) Dale McDowell/50 $1,700

7. (25) Rick Eckert/50 $2,050

8. (10) Josh Richards/50 $1,950

9. (13) Darrell Lanigan/50 $1,850

10. (7) Shane Clanton/50 $1,650

11. (19) John Blankenship/50 $1,050

12. (27) Clint Smith/49 $850

13. (17) Mike Marlar/49 $1,450

14. (18) Frankie Heckenast Jr./49 $900

15. (15) Bub McCool/49 $850

16. (26) Vic Coffey/45 $1,350

17. (3) Jason Feger/31 $770

18. (14) Tim McCreadie/ $1,400

19. (22) Earl Pearson Jr./23 $730

20. (9) Steve Isenberg/17 $700

21. (12) Don O’Neal/16 $700

22. (29) Pat Doar/16 $550

23. (30) John Lobb/15 $0

24. (20) Dennis Franklin/13 $700

25. (5) Billy Moyer/8 $800

26. (8) Ryan Unzicker/8 $700

27. (24) Tyler Reddick/8 $700

28. (21) Jimmy Mars/2 $700

29. (28) Tim Fuller/2 $550

30. (23) Brady Smith/0 $700

* Earnings include Winners Circle program and cash contingency award bonuses

Margin of Victory: 1.935 Secs.

Yellow Flags: 7 (Laps 3, 5, 5, 13, 16, 24, 47); 1 Red Flag (Lap 9)

Lap Leaders: Frank (1-27; Erb 28-50)

Provisional Starters: Eckert, Coffey (WoO); C. Smith, Fuller, Doar, Lobb (WoO emergency)

Rookie of the Race: McCool

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

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

1. 25-Shane Clanton/Fayetteville, GA 15.446

2. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 15.447

3. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 15.555

4. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 15.588

5. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 15.603

6. 99Jr-Frankie Heckenast Jr./Orland Park, IL 15.638

7. 28e-Dennis Erb Jr./Carpentersville, IL 15.651

8. 13-J.R. Hotovy/Covert, MI 15.678

9. 9i-Steve Isenberg/Marshfield, WI 15.680

10. 0-Scott Bloomquist/Mooresburg, TN 15.752

11. 22-Gregg Satterlee/Rochester Mills, PA 15.752

12. 25F-Jason Feger/Bloomington, IL 15.753

13. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 15.785

14. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 15.797

15. 57J-Bub McCool/Vicksburg, MS 15.809

16. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 15.820

17. 91-Billy Decker/Unadilla, NY 15.854

18. 11R-Tyler Reddick/Corning, CA 15.861

19. 15d-Jonathan Davenport/Blairsville, GA 15.865

20. 24U-Ryan Unzicker/El Paso, IL 15.868

21. 2-Brady Smith/Solon Springs, WI 15.872

22. 17M-Dale McDowell/Chickamauga, GA 15.885

23. 20-Jimmy Owens/Newport, TN 15.888

24. 16R-Aaron Ridley/Chatsworth, GA 15.896

25. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 15.897

26. 14M-Morgan Bagley/Longview, TX 15.902

27. 12-Hunter Peacock/Macon, GA 15.910

28. 18b-Shannon Babb/Moweaqua, IL 15.914

29. 5b-Mike Marlar/Winfield, TN 15.918

30. 1d-Don O’Neal/Martinsville, IN 15.943

31. 5L-Jared Landers/Batesville, AR 15.957

32. 7R-Kent Robinson/Bloomington, IN 15.959

33. 1W-Dillon Wood/DaytonaBeach, FL 15.971

34. 3s-Brian Shirley/Chatham, IL 15.990

35. 11-Pat Doar/New Richmond, WI 15.999

36. 18W-Eric Wells/Hazard, KY 16.018

37. 44P-Earl Pearson Jr./Jacksonville, FL 16.030

38. 77-Jason McBride/Carbondale, IL 16.038

39. b5-Brandon Sheppard/New Berlin, IL 16.059

40. 37c-Dennis Franklin/Gaffney, SC 16.072

41. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 16.114

42. 28M-Jimmy Mars/Menomonie, WI 16.131

43. 22G-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 16.134

44. 4ds-Chad Hollenbeck/Kingsley, PA 16.135

45. 11H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 16.147

46. 32P-Bobby Pierce/Oakwood, IL 16.155

47. 42-Terry Casey/New London, WI 16.173

48. 99M-Donnie Moran/Dresden, OH 16.219

49. J4-John Garvin Jr./Sarver, PA 16.222

50. 21d-Dan Stone/Thompson, PA 16.269

51. 21J-Billy Moyer Jr./Batesville, AR 16.286

52. 27Y-Jim Yoder/Selinsgrove, PA 16.290

53. 5J-Eric Jacobson/Seacliff Beach, CA 16.296

54. 201-Billy Ogle Jr./Knoxville, TN 16.318

55. 8-John Lowrey/Bakersfield, CA 16.359

56. 25z-Mason Zeigler/Chalk Hill, PA 16.371

57. 18d-Danny Mitchell/Clarksburg, WV 16.373

58. 32c-Vic Coffey/Caledonia, NY 16.398

59. 90-Lance Matthees/Winona, MN 16.402

60. 49-Greg Johnson/Bedford, IN 16.410

61. 16b-Tyler Bruening/Decorah, IA 16.437

62. 81-Scott James/Bright, IN 16.480

63. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 16.488

64. 1s-Jack Sullivan/Greenbrier, AR 16.496

65. c4-Freddie Carpenter/Parkersburg, WV 16.504

66. 72-Michael Norris/Sarver, PA 16.627

67. 15A-Phil Ausra/Dowagiac, MI 16.664

68. 87-Duane Harbaugh/Hedgesville, WV 16.771

69. 71d-Ron Davies/Warren, PA 16.808

70. 28L-John Lobb/Frewsburg, NY 16.820

71. 76-Shelby Miles/Bloomington, IN 16.858

72. 37-Jared Hawkins/Fairmont, WV 16.916

73. 27-Jeff Beyers/Pana, IL 16.978

74. 21F-Todd Frank/Green Bay, WI 16.981

75. 57s-Charlie Sandercock/Belleville, ONT 17.228

76. 16H-Mike Hammerle/St. Charles, MO 17.935

77. 15F-Alan Fink/Brewerton, NY 17.965

78. 54-Chris Nash/Kalamazoo, MI 18.187

79. 81K-Randy Korte/Highland, IL N/T

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Erb, Clanton, Lanigan, Davenport, Blankenship, Landers, Pearson, George, Lowery, Garvin, Bruening, J. Beyers, Ausra (DNS) Korte

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Moyer, Unzicker, McCreadie, Robinson, Bagley, Hotovy, Stone, McBride, Zeigler, Harbaugh, James, Hollenbeck, T. Frank

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): C. Frank, Isenberg, McCool, B. Smith, Peacock, Wood, Mitchell, Sheppard, Fuller, Hubbard, Moyer Jr., Sandercock, Davies,

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Bloomquist, Richards, McDowell, Franklin, Babb, Yoder, Coffey, Lobb, Eckert, Pierce, Hammerle, Sullivan, Shirley

Heat No. 5 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Francis, Owens, Marlar, Decker, C. Smith, Miles, Satterlee, Doar, Carpenter, Casey, Fink (DNS) Jacobsen, Matthees

Heat No. 6 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Feger, O’Neal, Heckenast, Mars, Reddick, Ridley, Moran, Wells, Hawkins, Johnson, Norris, Nash, Ogle

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 2 Transfer): Blankenship, Pearson, Robinson, Bagley, Bruening, Hotovy, George, Ausra, McBride, Lowery, Hollenbeck, Davenport, Landers, J. Beyers (DNS) Stone, Zeigler, Garvin, Harbaugh, James, T. Frank, Korte

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 2 Transfer): Franklin, B. Smith, Fuller, Sullivan, Yoder, Coffey, Sheppard, Sandercock, Lobb, Moyer Jr., Peacock, Hammerle, Pierce, Eckert, Babb (DNS) Wood, Mitchell, Hubbard, Davies, Shirley

B-Main No. 3 (12 laps – Top 2 Transfer): Mars, Reddick, Decker, C. Smith, Moran, Wells, Hawkins, Miles, Doar, Ridley, Carpenter, Johnson, Ogle, Norris, Matthees, Satterlee (DNS) Casey, Fink, Jacobsen, Nash

2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of Feb. 23 – 5 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):

1. Darrell Lanigan 722

2. Josh Richards 718 (-4)

3. Rick Eckert 688 (-34)

4. Shane Clanton 678 (-44)

5. Chub Frank 666 (-56)

6. Bub McCool 646 (-76)

7. Vic Coffey 624 (-98)

8. Mike Marlar 620 (-102)

9. Clint Smith 610 (-112)

10. Tim McCreadie 598 (-124)

11. Pat Doar 594 (-128)

12. Brandon Sheppard 568 (-154)

13. Jared Hawkins 564 (-158)

14. John Lobb 546 (-176)

15. Kent Robinson 542 (-180)

16. Ron Davies 530 (-192)

17. Tim Fuller 528 (-194)

18. Jason Feger 510 (-212)

19. Billy Moyer 506 (-216)

20. Gregg Satterlee 504 (-218)

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Eckert Caps Bubba Army Winter Nationals At Bubba Raceway Park With Stirring $12,250 Triumph

Marlar’s Last-Lap Bid For Victory Ends Against Turn-Three Wall

OCALA, FL – Feb. 18, 2012 – Rick Eckert figured out Bubba Raceway Park just in time to score a stirring victory in Saturday night’s 60-lap Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals A-Main.

The defending World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion from York, Pa., found his rhythm in the finale of the national tour’s inaugural three-race meet at the central Florida oval. He surged into the lead on lap 44 and held on for the remainder of the distance, reaching the checkered flag first after Mike Marlar’s last-lap bid ended with the Winfield, Tenn., driver smacking the turn-three wall.

Eckert, 46, earned $12,250 for his first WoO LMS win of 2012 and the 25^th of his career. It also marked his first top-five finish in five career A-Main starts at BRP, including two (10^th and 11^th-place runs) in the preceding days.

“I was saying it would take a month of me racing here before I’d win a race,” said Eckert, who ranks fourth on the WoO LMS career win list since 2004. “We struggled here for the last couple days, but we kept working and making changes and we did finally get it done.”

Eckert brought an end to the first-place stranglehold on the Winter Nationals held by Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., and Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., who settled for finishes of second and third, respectively. Lanigan won Thursday night’s 40-lap opener over Richards and Richards beat Lanigan to the checkered flag in Friday evening’s 50-lap headliner.

Eighth-starter Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., finished fourth in Saturday night’s A-Main – his second top-five finish of the tripleheader – and 2011 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year Pat Doar of New Richmond, Wis., registered a career-best tour finish of fifth after starting from the pole position.

Eckert started sixth in the 25-car event, but he slipped to eighth almost immediately and was still running in that position when the race’s second caution flag flew on lap 20 for the slowing Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark. His Team Zero by Bloomquist machine came alive soon after, reaching fourth place when the next caution was needed, on lap 42 for a turn-one spin by WoO LMS rookie Greg Johnson of Bedford, Ind.

Then the race heated up. Lanigan grabbed second from Richards on the restart and nosed ahead of Marlar, who started second and had led from the initial green flag, to assume command on lap 43. Moments later, however, Lanigan’s car slid sideways in turn two and lost significant momentum, dropping him to fifth and allowing Eckert to vault into the lead at lap 44.

“They were wrestling pretty hard for the lead there, Darrell and the five car (Marlar),” said Eckert. “I think they might’ve touched (on lap 43) and they slid up the racetrack. I just stuck that bottom and got by ‘em.”

After rookie Jared Hawkins of Fairmont, W.Va., spun in turn four to bring out the race’s fourth and final caution flag on lap 47, Eckert built an edge of over one second on second-place Marlar. But over the final five circuits Eckert noticeably slowed his pace and Marlar drew his Bryson Motorsports Rocket car to Eckert’s rear bumper.

On the final lap, Marlar attempted to squeeze between Eckert and the outside wall entering turn three. The space closed up, however, and contact with Eckert sent Marlar into the guardrail.

As Marlar sat against the wall, Eckert went on to win the A-Main under a yellow-checkered condition by 2.044 seconds over Richards. Marlar was able to drive his damaged car across the finish line in 18^th place.

“I was like everybody – I was running out of tires,” said Eckert. “I was getting loose off (turn) two, so I’d just let my car drift out there. I drifted out there the last lap like I did every lap, and apparently Mike had a run and I got him in the wall.

“I know they’re all mad – and I’d be mad too,” he continued, speaking of Marlar and his crew. “But I surely didn’t try that. I didn’t try to crash the guy.”

Marlar, 33, was disappointed to come so close to his first-ever WoO LMS victory but gracefully accepted his fate.

“(Eckert) didn’t give me room, but it is hard to see out of these cars,” said Marlar, who hopes to follow the WoO LMS for the first time in 2012. “I’m not gonna say he wrecked me or, ‘He did this,’ or, ‘He did that.’ I definitely knew the chances (of trying an outside pass), and I took them. Our team’s strong and we got good equipment, so I just went for it – and unfortunately, I got bit.

“But we come to win. We have that win hunger, and when it comes to situations like that I guess we’re just gonna tear up some stuff because we’re not backing off.”

Marlar looked wistfully at the lap-42 restart when he lost the lead.

“It’s my fault I got passed,” said Marlar. “I kept pulling the front wheels of the ground scooting through the corner on those restarts. I had done it two or three times, and I was trying my best for that not to happen (on lap 42) so I went in and stood on it with all I could so it wouldn’t. But that made it even worse, and when I pushed it cost us the lead.”

Richards, 23, was in the middle of all the late-race action.

“It got crazy fast with everybody running so close together,” said Richards, who started third. “Everybody was going for the win.

“We had a great all night, but we weren’t quite set up for that (track) condition when it slowed down. I was pretty much holding on at the end.”

Lanigan, 41, saw an opportunity for his third win in four WoO LMS events this season slip through his fingers.

“We got the lead there for a second, but I don’t know if we got loosened up or just got too loose getting in there and somebody got in the back of me,” said Lanigan. “We got it corrected and come back out in fifth, so to get third – I guess that’s not too bad.”

Finishing in positions 6-10 was DIRTcar UMP Late Model star Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., who started fourth and ran as high as second early in the event; Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa.; Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y.; top WoO LMS rookie Bub McCool of Vicksburg, Miss.; and Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, Pa.

Lanigan was quickest in Ohlins Shocks Time Trials, topping the 49-car field with a lap of 13.998 seconds. It was his third fast-time honor of the young season.

Heat winners were Lanigan, McCool, Eckert and Richards. Dillon Wood of Daytona Beach, Fla., and Jason McBride of Carbondale, Ill., captured the B-Mains.

All of the A-Main starters posed for a photo during the pre-race introductions with professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, who served as the Grand Marshall of the event. He is a close friend of BRP owner Bubba ‘The Love Sponge’ Clem, a nationally-syndicated radio show host.

The WoO LMS will conclude its season-opening southern swing during the 41^st UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., contesting 50-lap, $10,000-to-win events on Thurs., Feb. 23, and Sat., Feb. 25.

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

Fans can also follow the WoO LMS on Twitter at Twitter.com/WoOLateModels and Facebook at Facebook.com/WorldofOutlaws .

Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals’ Night 3 at Bubba Raceway Park (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (6) Rick Eckert/60 $12,250

2. (3) Josh Richards/60 $6,150

3. (7) Darrell Lanigan/60 $4,650

4. (8) Shane Clanton/60 $3,550

5. (1) Pat Doar/60 $3,050

6. (4) Jason Feger/60 $2,600

7. (9) Chub Frank/60 $2,050

8. (10) Vic Coffey/60 $1,750

9. (5) Bub McCool/60 $2,100

10. (12) Gregg Satterlee/60 $1,350

11. (19) Dan Stone/60 $1,300

12. (14) Tim Fuller/60 $1,250

13. (16) Brandon Sheppard/60 $1,150

14. (18) Jason McBride/60 $1,100

15. (21) Billy Moyer Jr./60 $1,100

16. (24) Kent Robinson/60 $1,100

17. (25) John Lobb/60 $150

18. (2) Mike Marlar/60 $900

19. (17) Dillon Wood/59 $850

20. (15) Clint Smith/59 $850

21. (22) Jared Hawkins/49 $800

22. (20) Greg Johnson/40 $800

23. (23) Ron Davies/24 $850

24. (13) Billy Moyer/19 $925

25. (11) Tim McCreadie/15 $950

* Earnings include cash contingency award bonuses

Margin of Victory: 2.044 Secs.

Yellow Flags: 4 (Laps 11, 20, 42, 47)

Lap Leaders: Marlar (1-42); Lanigan (43); Eckert (44-60)

Provisional Starters: Davies, Robinson (WoO); Lobb (WoO emergency)

Rookie of the Race: Bub McCool

WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Bub McCool ($500)

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

1. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 13.998

2. 5b-Mike Marlar/Winfield, TN 14.089

3. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 14.116

4. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 14.130

5. 25-Shane Clanton/Fayetteville, GA 14.162

6. 57J-Bub McCool/Vicksburg, MS 14.232

7. 11-Pat Doar/New Richmond, WI 14.241

8. 22s-Gregg Satterlee/Rochester Mills, PA 14.267

9. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 14.278

10. 32c-Vic Coffey/Caledonia, NY 14.288

11. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 14.300

12. b5-Brandon Sheppard/New Berlin, IL 14.302

13. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 14.331

14. 21Jr.-Billy Moyer Jr./Batesville, AR 14.371

15. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 14.380

16. 25F-Jason Feger/Bloomington, IL 14.419

17. 8-John Lowery/Bakersfield, CA 14.466

18. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 14.468

19. 13-J.R. Hotovy/Covert, MI 14.470

20. 71d-Ron Davies/Warren, PA 14.472

21. 1W-Dillon Wood/Daytona Beach, FL 14.480

22. 28-John Lobb/Frewsburg, NY 14.498

23. 25z-Mason Zeigler/Chalk Hill, PA 14.501

24. 77-Jason McBride/Carbondale, IL 14.508

25. 101-Casey Roberts/Toccoa, GA 14.510

26. 7R-Kent Robinson/Bloomington, IN 14.519

27. 37-Jared Hawkins/Fairmont, WV 14.564

28. 99Jr.-Frankie Heckenast Jr./Orland Park, IL 14.565

29. 21d-Dan Stone/Thompson, PA 14.582

30. 1s-Jack Sullivan/Greenbrier, AR 14.613

31. 91-Billy Decker/Unadilla, NY 14.673

32. 49-Greg Johnson/Bedford, IN 14.685

33. B12-Kevin Weaver/Gibson City, IL 14.691

34. 47-Tyler Ivey/Tallahassee, FL 14.691

35. 80-Nick Lyons/Centralia, IL 14.736

36. 35-Christian Augsperger/Palm Beach Gardens, FL 14.750

37. 57-Charlie Sanderock/Belleville, ONT 14.782

38. 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick/Ocala, FL 14.790

39. 77M-Jay Morris/Watseka, IL 14.795

40. J4-John Garvin Jr./Sarver, PA 14.859

41. 22G-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 14.942

42. 4G-Bob Gardner/Matamoras, IL 14.950

43. 48-Tim Lance/Brimfield, IL 14.998

44. 38G-John Gardner Jr./Germantown Hills, IL 15.031

45. 15-Alan Fink/Brewerton, NY 15.341

46. 16H-Mike Hammerle/St. Charles, MO 15.624

47. 33-Don Gordon/Chatham, IL 16.581

48. 33F-Jim Fletcher/Chatham, IL 16.967

49. 22x-Jay Sessoms/Stanley, NC N/T

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Lanigan, Clanton, Frank, Moyer, Wood, Stone, Roberts, Fink, Sandercock, Lowrey, George, Weaver (DNS) Sessoms

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): McCool, Marlar, Coffey, Fuller, Moyer Jr., Lobb, Kirkpatrick, Ivey, Sullivan, Robinson, B. Gardner, Hammerle

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Eckert, Doar, McCreadie, C. Smith, Decker, Hawkins, Lyons, Hotovy, Lance, Morris, Gordon, Zeigler

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Richards, Feger, Satterlee, Sheppard, McBride, Johnson, Davies, Heckenast, Augsperger, Garvin, J. Gardner, Fletcher

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Wood, Stone, Moyer Jr., Lobb, Sullivan, Kirkpatrick, Ivey, Robinson, Fink, Sandercock, B. Gardner, Hammerle (DNS) Roberts, Lowrey, Weaver, Sessoms, George

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): McBride, Johnson, Hawkins, Decker, Davies, Heckenast, Augsperger, Lyons, Hotovy, Garvin, Lance, Morris, J. Gardner, Gordon, Fletcher (DNS) Zeigler

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sport Shirts ($100 product certificate to 23^rd-place finisher I n A-Main or next highest w/decal): Mason Zeigler

Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Jason Feger

Cometic Gasket ($50 cash to 12^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Tim Fuller

Comp Cams ($50 cash to 10^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Rick Eckert

Comp Cams ($50 product certificate to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Dan Stone

Dominator ($50 cash to 6^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Jason Feger

Eibach Springs (one free spring to each B-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Dan Stone/Jason McBride

Gravely ($50 cash to 7^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Bub McCool

JE Pistons ($50 cash to 16^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Kent Robinson

JE Pistons (one compete set of JE Pro Seal rings to 11^th-place finisher or next highest w/decal - $285 value): Dan Stone

JE Pistons (one complete set of JE Pro Seal rings to 21^st-place finisher or next highest w/decal - $285 value): Greg Johnson

MSD Ignition ($50 cash to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Rick Eckert

MSD Ignition ($25 cash to 24^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Billy Moyer

Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash to fast qualifier or next highest w/decal): Rick Eckert

Quartermaster ($100 product certificate to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Rick Eckert

Quartermaster ($50 product certificate to 5^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Pat Doar

Quartermaster ($25 product certificate to 15^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Billy Moyer Jr.

Roush-Yates Performance Products ($50 cash to 4^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Dan Stone

Roush-Yates Performance Products (carburetor repair kit to 18^th-place finish in A-Main or next highest w/decal - $100 value): Greg Johnson

Roush-Yates Lap Leader Award (one pair of Wiley X Sunglasses to driver who leads most laps in A-Main): Mike Marlar

STP ($50 cash to 2^nd-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Josh Richards

SuperFlow ($50 cash to 14^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Kent Robinson

VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash to 9^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Bub McCool

VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (one VP 5-gallon container to fastest qualifier who misses A-Main or next highest with decal - $30 value): John Lowrey

WIX Filters ($50 cash to 13^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Billy Moyer Jr.

Wrisco Aluminum (three sheets of aluminum to A-Main winner if decal displayed - $200 value): Josh Richards

XS Power ($50 cash to 3^rd-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Jason Feger

XS Power ($60 product certificate to 8^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Bub McCool

XS ‘Power Move of the Race’ ($60 product certificate):

2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of Feb. 18 – 4 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):

1. Darrell Lanigan 590

2. Josh Richards 584 (-6)

3. Rick Eckert 552 (-38)

4. Shane Clanton 548 (-42)

5. Bub McCool 526 (-64)

6. Chub Frank 522 (-68)

7. Vic Coffey 506 (-84)

8. Mike Marlar 496 (-94)

9. (tie) Brandon Sheppard 488 (-102)

9. (tie) Pat Doar 488 (-102)

11. (tie) Tim McCreadie 484 (-106)

11. (tie) Jared Hawkins 484 (-106)

11. (tie) Clint Smith 484 (-106)

14. Ron Davies 470 (-120)

15. Kent Robinson 454 (-136)

16. (tie) John Lobb 442 (-148)

16. (tie) Gregg Satterlee 442 (-148)

18. Tim Fuller 436 (-154)

19. Billy Moyer Jr. 428 (-162)

20. Dan Stone 408 (-182)

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Richards Ends Lanigan’s Domination Of Bubba Raceway Park In Friday-Night 50-Lapper

West Virginian Becomes Alltime Winningest Driver On World of Outlaws Late Model Series

OCALA, FL – Feb. 17, 2012 – Josh Richards got the best of Darrell Lanigan on Friday night, ending his friendly rival’s domination of World of Outlaws Late Model Series action at Bubba Raceway Park with a hard-fought victory in the 50-lap Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals A-Main.

Richards, 23, of Shinnston, W.Va., made WoO LMS history in the process, becoming the national tour’s alltime winningest driver. He won for the 38 ^th time in his career, moving him out of tie for first with Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., on the checkered flag list that includes races run in the modern era (2004-present) and the original 1988-89 seasons contested under late WoO Sprint Car Series founder Ted Johnson.

“That’s really crazy,” said Richards, who earned $10,100 for his first win of the 2012 WoO LMS campaign. “To look back at what we’ve accomplished (since 2004) is phenomenal. To win that many races against these guys, I couldn’t be more proud.”

Richards’s milestone score appeared headed toward a repeat of Thursday night’s Winter Nationals opener, however, when Union, Ky.’s Lanigan, who started outside of Richards on the front row for the second consecutive night, surged into the lead at the initial green flag. But Richards turned up the wick on his father Mark’s Rocket Chassis house car after falling to third place and rallied to grab the top spot from Lanigan for good on lap 26.

Lanigan, 41, settled for a runner-up finish in his Rocket mount, flashing under the checkered flag several car lengths behind Richards after his last-ditch bid fell short. It was the first WoO LMS defeat of 2012 for Lanigan, who followed his $20,000-plus victory in the season opener on Feb. 11 at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga., with a wire-to-wire win on Thursday evening.

WoO LMS Rookie of the Year contender Bub McCool of Vicksburg, Miss., finished third in a Victory Circle by Moyer car. He marched forward from the 12 ^th starting spot to register a career-best placing on the tour, bettering his previous high by eight positions.

Moyer drove his Victory Circle mount to a fourth-place finish after climbing as high as second and falling as far as fifth, and Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., was fifth in the Bryson Motorsports Rocket to earn a top-five finish for the second consecutive night.

Richards gained a dose of redemption for his near-miss on Thursday night, when he finished second to Lanigan after having his bid for the lead turned back with two laps remaining. He didn’t let his opportunity to overtake Lanigan slip through his fingers this time.

“We got off to a little bit of a slow start again,” said Richards, who fell back to third by lap eight. “I kept hitting the black with a 20 on the right front and shoving across the center, and Billy (Moyer) got by me. I just had to get back up on it and get back by.

“Once we got some heat in the right front tire we were able to gain some speed and get up on top and roll. That was the key to getting by Darrell. He runs a really aggressive, wide line, and it’s hard to get clear. I knew when I passed him on the front straightaway (on lap 26) it was a make-or-break deal to try and squeeze up through there.”

Beating Lanigan to the finish line was a satisfying development for Richards, whose team parked alongside Lanigan’s in the BRP pit area.

“It was cool to get the 29 behind us,” smiled Richards.

Lanigan, meanwhile, wore a frustrated scowl following the race. The ultra-competitive driver was disappointed that he couldn’t hold on for another victory.

“Our right-rear (tire) sealed over for some reason,” said Lanigan. “I don’t know why, but it did. It happened under the (lap-15) caution. When we went back racing, it felt like we had an old tire on it. I thought we had a flat.”

Lanigan managed to close within a car length of Richards on lap 47, but his hopes evaporated when he bobbled on the cushion in turns one and two that circuit.

“We just got up there and started winging it on the top,” said Lanigan, who ended the night leading the WoO LMS points standings by eight markers over Richards. “We just missed it one lap and lost too much ground to make up.”

DIRTcar UMP star Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., finished sixth after taking the green flag from the fifth spot. Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., who switched to his backup car after failing to qualify through his heat, used a provisional to start the A-Main and then came alive, charging forward from the 25^th spot to place seventh. WoO LMS rookie contender Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., recorded a career-best tour finish of eighth, while Sweeteners Plus teammates Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., who used a provisional and started 24^th, and Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y., placed ninth and 10^th, respectively.

Four caution flags slowed the event. Ron Davies of Warren, Pa., was involved in two incidents, slowing on lap 15 and later tangling on the backstretch with Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa., on lap 36. Defending BRP Late Model champion Ivedent Lloyd Jr. of Ocala, Fla., slowed with a smoking car on lap 32 and Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., relinquished second place on lap 40 due to a cut right-rear tire.

Lanigan was fastest in Ohlins Shocks Time Trials for the second time in three 2012 events, besting the 51-car field with a lap of 13.938 seconds. He established a new track record, nipping Richards’s one-day-old mark of 13.994 seconds.

Heat winners Lanigan, Richards, Clanton, Feger and Moyer. The B-Mains were captured by Casey Roberts of Toccoa, Ga., and Frankie Heckenast Jr. of Orland Park, Ill.

The Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals will conclude on Saturday night (Feb. 18) with a 60-lap A-Main paying $12,000 to win. Hot laps are scheduled to start at 6 p.m. each day and racing is set to get the green flag at 7 p.m.

More information on the Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals is available by logging on to www.bubbaracewaypark.com or calling 352-622-9400.

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

Fans can also follow the WoO LMS on Twitter at Twitter.com/WoOLateModels and Facebook at Facebook.com/WorldofOutlaws .

Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals’ Night 2 at Bubba Raceway Park (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (1) Josh Richards/50 $10,150

2. (2) Darrell Lanigan/50 $5,150

3. (13) Bub McCool/50 $3,550

4. (4) Billy Moyer/50 $2,600

5. (7) Mike Marlar/50 $2,000

6. (3) Jason Feger/50 $1,750

7. (25) Chub Frank/50 $1,450

8. (6) Brandon Sheppard/50 $1,400

9. (24) Tim McCreadie/50 $1,350

10. (10) Vic Coffey/50 $1,150

11. (8) Rick Eckert/50 $1,200

12. (14) Clint Smith/50 $1,050

13. (18) Dillon Wood/50 $950

14. (5) Shane Clanton/50 $1,000

15. (21) Jared Hawkins/50 $850

16. (11) Pat Doar/50 $850

17. (19) Jason McBride/50 $770

18. (17) Frankie Heckenast Jr./50 $750

19. (15) Billy Moyer Jr./50 $730

20. (20) Kent Robinson/50 $700

21. (27) John Lobb/49 $0

22. (9) Ron Davies/35 $750

23. (23) Dan Stone/35 $700

24. (12) Ivedent Lloyd Jr./31 $725

25. (22) John Lowery/15 $700

26. (16) Casey Roberts/15 $700

27. (26) Tim Fuller/1 $50

* Earnings include cash contingency award bonuses

Yellow Flags: 4 (Laps 15, 32, 36, 40)

Lap Leaders: Lanigan (1-25); Richards (26-50)

Provisional Starters: McCreadie, Frank (WoO); Fuller, Lobb (WoO emergency)

Rookie of the Race: McCool

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

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

1. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 13.938 (NTR)

2. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 14.023

3. 25-Shane Clanton/Fayetteville, GA 14.027

4. 71d-Ron Davies/Warren, PA 14.070

5. 32c-Vic Coffey/Caledonia, NY 14.114

6. 11d-Pat Doar/New Richmond, WI 14.115

7. 5b-Mike Marlar/Winfield, TN 14.116

8. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 14.126

9. 25F-Jason Feger/Bloomington, IL 14.157

10. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 14.167

11. b5-Brandon Sheppard/New Berlin, IL 14.197

12. 22s-Gregg Satterlee/Rochester Mills, PA 14.217

13. 57J-Bub McCool/Vicksburg, MS 14.225

14. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 14.275

15. 21Jr.-Billy Moyer Jr./Batesville, AR 14.297

16. 1W-Dillon Wood/Daytona Beach, FL 14.304

17. 81-Ivedent Lloyd Jr./Ocala, FL 14.319

18. 77-Jason McBride/Carbondale, IL 14.321

19. 11-Austin Kirkpatrick/Ocala, FL 14.335

20. 21d-Dan Stone/Thompson, PA 14.354

21. 25x-Mason Ziegler/Chalk Hill, PA 14.373

22. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 14.397

23. 101-Casey Roberts/Toccoa, GA 14.407

24. 91-Billy Decker/Unadilla, NY 14.431

25. 99Jr-Frankie Heckenast Jr./Orland Park, IL 14.472

26. 80-Nick Lyons/Centralia, IL 14.503

27. 28-John Lobb/Frewsburg, NY 14.526

28. 13-J.R. Hotovy/Covert, MI 14.535

29. 1s-Jack Sullivan/Greenbrier, AR 14.553

30. B12-Kevin Weaver/Gibson City, IL 14.602

31. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 14.607

32. 47-Tyler Ivey/Tallahassee, FL 14.651

33. 49-Greg Johnson/Bedford, IN 14.702

34. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 14.709

35. 35-Christian Augspurger/Palm Beach Gardens, FL 14.737

36. 48-Tim Lance/Brimfield, IL 14.739

37. 8-John Lowery/Bakersfield, CA 14.799

38. 3C-Mike Collins/Carter Lake, IA 14.834

39. 57-Charlie Sandercock/Belleville, ONT 14.875

40. 77M-Jay Morris/Watseka, IL 14.886

41. 38G-John Gardner Jr./Germantown Hills, IL 14.894

42. 4G-Bob Gardner/Matamoras, IL 14.973

43. 22G-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 14.974

44. J4-John Garvin Jr./Sarver, PA 15.149

45. 16H-Mike Hammerle/St. Charles, MO 15.413

46. 15-Alan Fink/Brewerton, NY 15.814

47. 33-Don Gordon/Chatham, ONT 16.389

48. 7R-Kent Robinson/Bloomington, IN N/T

49. 6-Steve Shaver/Vienna, WV N/T

50. 37-Jared Hawkins/Fairmont, WV N/T

51. 3s-Brian Shirley/Chatham, IL 14.560 (DQ – technical violation)

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Lanigan, Sheppard, Doar, Wood, Lyons, Ziegler, Frank, Fink, J. Gardner (DNS) Shirley

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Richards, Marlar, Lloyd, Ivey, McCreadie, Satterlee, Lowery, Lobb, Gordon (DNS) B. Gardner

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Clanton, Eckert, McCool, McBride, Roberts, Hotovy, Johnson, George, Robinson, Collins

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Feger, Davies, C. Smith, Sullivan, Fuller, Decker, Garvin, Sandercock, Kirkpatrick (DNS) Shaver

Heat No. 5 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Moyer, Coffey, Moyer Jr., Stone, Heckenast, Augspurger, Hawkins, Weaver, Morris (DNS) Hammerle

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Roberts, Wood, Robinson, Lowery, Johnson, Lobb, Lyons, Fink, Ziegler, B. Gardner, J. Gardner, Satterlee, Frank, Gordon, McCreadie, Ivey (DNS) Lance, Shirley

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Heckenast, McBride, Hawkins, Stone, Fuller, Hotovy, Garvin, Sullivan, Decker, Augspurger, George, Morris, Weaver, Sandercock, Hammerle, Kirkpatrick (DNS) Collins, Shaver

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sport Shirts ($100 product certificate to 23^rd-place finisher I n A-Main or next highest w/decal): Casey Roberts

Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Bub McCool

Cometic Gasket ($50 cash to 12^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Clint Smith

Comp Cams ($50 cash to 10^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Vic Coffey

Comp Cams ($50 product certificate to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Josh Richards

Dominator ($50 cash to 6^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Jason Feger

Eibach Springs (one free spring to each B-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Casey Roberts/Frankie Heckenast Jr.

Gravely ($50 cash to 7^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Brandon Sheppard

JE Pistons ($50 cash to 16^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Pat Doar

JE Pistons (one compete set of JE Pro Seal rings to 11^th-place finisher or next highest w/decal - $285 value): Rick Eckert

JE Pistons (one complete set of JE Pro Seal rings to 21^st-place finisher or next highest w/decal - $285 value): Ron Davies

MSD Ignition ($50 cash to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Josh Richards

MSD Ignition ($25 cash to 24^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Ivedent Lloyd Jr.

Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash to fast qualifier or next highest w/decal): Ron Davies

Quartermaster ($100 product certificate to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Darrell Lanigan

Quartermaster ($50 product certificate to 5^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Mike Marlar

Quartermaster ($25 product certificate to 15^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Shane Clanton

Roush-Yates Performance Products ($50 cash to 4^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Brandon Sheppard

Roush-Yates Performance Products (carburetor repair kit to 18^th-place finish in A-Main or next highest w/decal - $100 value): Frankie Heckenast Jr.

Roush-Yates Lap Leader Award (one pair of Wiley X Sunglasses to driver who leads most laps in A-Main): Josh Richards

STP ($50 cash to 2^nd-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Darrell Lanigan

SuperFlow ($50 cash to 14^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Shane Clanton

VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash to 9^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Tim McCreadie

VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (one VP 5-gallon container to fastest qualifier who misses A-Main or next highest with decal - $30 value): Gregg Satterlee

WIX Filters ($50 cash to 13^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Shane Clanton

Wrisco Aluminum (three sheets of aluminum to A-Main winner if decal displayed - $200 value): Darrell Lanigan

XS Power ($50 cash to 3^rd-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Bub McCool

XS Power ($60 product certificate to 8^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Brandon Sheppard

XS ‘Power Move of the Race’ ($60 product certificate): Josh Richards

2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of Feb. 17 – 3 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):

1. Darrell Lanigan 446

2. Josh Richards 438 (-8)

3. Shane Clanton 406 (-40)

4. Rick Eckert 402 (-44)

5. Bub McCool 394 (-52)

6. Chub Frank 386 (-60)

7. Tim McCreadie 384 (-62)

8. Mike Marlar 382 (-64)

9. Jared Hawkins 376 (-70)

10. Clint Smith 374 (-72)

11. Vic Coffey 372 (-74)

12. Ron Davies 366 (-80)

13. Brandon Sheppard 364 (-82)

14. Pat Doar 348 (-98)

15. Kent Robinson 336 (-110)

16. John Lobb 326 (-120)

17. Gregg Satterlee 312 (-134)

18. Tim Fuller 310 (-136)

19. Billy Moyer Jr. 308 (-138)

20. Billy Moyer 304 (-142)

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Lanigan Turns Back Challenge From Richards To Top Opening Night Of Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals

Kentucky Star Remains Undefeated In Three Career World of Outlaws Late Model Series Starts At Bubba Raceway Park

OCALA, FL – Feb. 16, 2012 – Darrell Lanigan owns Bubba Raceway Park.

The 41-year-old star from Union, Ky., emerged victorious in Thursday night’s 40-lap Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals opener, remaining undefeated in three career World of Outlaws Late Model Series starts at the three-eighths-mile oval.

Lanigan drove off the outside pole starting spot to lead the A-Main from flag-to-flag, but his third win at BRP in as many years did not come without a fight. He had to stave off a strong late-race challenge from Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., to preserve a triumph worth $8,700.

The race also gave Lanigan back-to-back wins to start the 2012 WoO LMS campaign and was his 28^th career checkered flag on the national tour, tying him with Steve Francis for second on the win list since 2004.

“This new (Rocket) chassis out of the box has been awesome,” said Lanigan, who won the WoO LMS season opener on Feb. 11 at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga. “And a brand-new Cornell motor – man, he’s putting the power down. I think we got some motor for ‘em this year.”

Richards, 23, slid to the inside of Lanigan rounding turns one and two on lap 38, but his bid was thwarted when Lanigan pulled ahead down the backstretch. The two-time WoO LMS champion settled for a runner-up finish in his father’s Rocket car, 1.174 seconds behind Lanigan.

Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., finished third in the Kennedy Motorsports Capital Race Car after climbing as high as second from the fifth starting spot. Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., who hopes to follow the WoO LMS for the first time in 2012, placed fourth in the Bryson Motorsports Rocket and Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, Pa., advanced from the 11^th starting spot to complete the top five in a Rocket machine.

Lanigan, who outgunned the pole-sitting Richards for the lead at the initial green flag, nearly become too conservative with the finish in sight.

“I looked at Josh’s tires under that last caution (lap 30) and I saw they were blistered,” said Lanigan. “I thought mine were gonna blow out, so I was trying to take it a little easy and I almost got passed (by Richards on lap 38).

“It got interesting there. He got in there real hard (in turns one and two), but he raced me real clean and I really got to thank him a lot.”

Richards, who slipped to fifth on the opening lap, battled back to second place by lap 14. It took him until lap 38 to draw close enough to Lanigan to make a serious bid for the lead.

“I kind of killed my tires trying to get back up through there, but I gave it all I had those last few laps,” said Richards, who has two runner-up finishes, a fourth and a fifth in four career starts at BRP. “I drove off in there (in turns one and two) and I knew I left just enough room where (Lanigan would) be fine. If he messed up just a little bit I could’ve prevailed, but he held us off.”

Clanton, 36, briefly threatened Lanigan early in the A-Main before losing contact with the leader. He settled into third place for the final 26 circuits to secure his second top-five finish in as many starts this season.

“I thought I had something for Darrell, but he found that bottom where he could just get off of turn four,” said Clanton. “He was better than me in one and two also and Josh was able to slip by us for second, so we just maintained the rest of the way. But I feel good about the car. To keep pace with these two, it feels good right now.”

Marlar, 33, saw his hopes of registering his first-ever WoO LMS victory effectively evaporate once two caution flags and one red flag flew between laps 27 and 30. Prior to that, he appeared ready to challenge the leaders.

“I put a harder right-rear tire on than they had,” said Marlar, who started fifth and was attempting to overtake Clanton for third when the race’s first caution flag was needed on lap 27. “It took me about 20 laps to get going, so right before that first caution flag came out I was able to get to them. But after the caution and then that red (on lap 28), we just weren’t the same.”

Satterlee, 25, cracked the top five on a lap-28 restart and stayed there to the finish. He fell one spot short of matching his career-best finish on the WoO LMS.

Young BRP Late Model regular Dillon Wood of Daytona Beach, Fla., finished sixth, earning a best-ever placing in WoO LMS competition. Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., moved forward from the 16^th starting spot to finish seventh, followed by Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., reigning BRP Late Model champion Ivedent Lloyd Jr. of Ocala, Fla., and defending WoO LMS titlist Rick Eckert of York, Pa.

The race’s two caution flags were caused by Rookie of the Year contender Jared Hawkins of Fairmont, W.Va., who slowed with a flat left rear tire on lap 27, and Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., who stopped on lap 30 while running 10^th and pitted to change his car’s bald right-rear tire.

The most serious accident occurred on lap 28 when Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., clipped the outside wall between turns one and flip and barrel-rolled. He escaped the accident uninjured and said his car sustained mostly body damage.

With 51 cars signed in for action, Richards was fastest in Ohlins Shocks Time Trials. He turned a blistering lap of 13.994 seconds on a track that sported steeper banking and a wider surface than it did when the WoO LMS last visited in March 2011.

Richards established a new track record, shattering the former standard of 14.873 seconds set by Austin Hubbard on March 25, 2011.

Heat winners were Richards, Marlar, Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., Lanigan and Clanton. The B-Mains were captured by Clint Smith and WoO LMS rookie Bub McCool of Vicksburg, Miss.

With the five-heat WoO LMS format producing a 25-car field, Keyser’s Port City Racing and Integra Shocks provided backing for the extra starting spot.

The Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals continue on Friday (Feb. 17) with a 50-lap A-Main paying $10,000 to win and Saturday (Feb. 18) with a 60-lap grand finale offering a $12,000 top prize. Hot laps are scheduled to start at 6 p.m. each day and racing is set to get the green flag at 7 p.m.

More information on the Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals is available by logging on to www.bubbaracewaypark.com or calling 352-622-9400.

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

Fans can also follow the WoO LMS on Twitter at Twitter.com/WoOLateModels and Facebook at Facebook.com/WorldofOutlaws .

Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals’ Night at Bubba Raceway Park (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (2) Darrell Lanigan/40 $8,650

2. (1) Josh Richards/40 $4,700

3. (4) Shane Clanton/40 $3,250

4. (5) Mike Marlar/40 $2,800

5. (11) Gregg Satterlee/40 $2,000

6. (6) Dillon Wood/40 $1,700

7. (16) Clint Smith/40 $1,950

8. (7) Chub Frank/40 $1,850

9. (9) Ivedent Lloyd Jr./40 $1,250

10. (13) Rick Eckert/40 $1,750

11. (12) Ron Davies/40 $1,600

12. (21) Brandon Sheppard/40 $900

13. (15) Pat Doar/40 $1,450

14. (17) Bub McCool/40 $850

15. (8) Jared Hawkins/40 $750

16. (20) Jason Feger/40 $750

17. (24) Vic Coffey/40 $1,210

18. (10) Tim McCreadie/40 $1,190

19. (22) Tim Lance/40 $620

20. (14) Billy Moyer Jr./40 $610

21. (25) John Lobb/40 $600

22. (19) Kent Robinson/39 $600

23. (23) Tyler Ivey/39 $600

24. (3) Billy Moyer/29 $725

25. (18) Tim Fuller/28 $1,150

* Earnings include Winners Circle program and cash contingency award bonuses

Margin of Victory: 1.174 Secs.

Yellow Flags: 2 (Laps 27, 30); 1 Red Flag (Lap 28)

Lap Leaders: Lanigan (1-40)

Provisional Starters: Coffey, Lobb

Rookie of the Race: Sheppard ($250)

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

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

1. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 13.994 (NTR)

2. 5b-Mike Marlar/Winfield, TN 14.127

3. 57J-Bub McCool/Vicksburg, MS 14.164

4. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 14.195

5. 25-Shane Clanton/Fayetteville, GA 14.256

6. 1W-Dillon Wood/Daytona Beach, FL 14.334

7. 71d-Ron Davies/Warren, PA 14.360

8. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 14.401

9. 21Jr.-Billy Moyer Jr./Batesville, AR 14.409

10. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 14.410

11. 22s-Gregg Satterlee/Rochester Mills, PA 14.415

12. 25F-Jason Feger/Bloomington, IL 14.495

13. 37-Jared Hawkins/Fairmont, WV 14.502

14. 7R-Kent Robinson/Bloomington, IN 14.503

15. 11-Pat Doar/New Richmond, WI 14.519

16. 49-Greg Johnson/Bedford, IN 14.538

17. J4-John Garvin Jr./Sarver, PA 14.541

18. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 14.544

19. 81-Ivedent Lloyd Jr./Ocala, FL 14.556

20. 77-Jason McBride/Carbondale, IL 14.571

21. 32c-Vic Coffey/Caledonia, NY 14.595

22. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 14.696

23. 25Z-Mason Ziegler/Chalk Hill, PA 14.715

24. 8-John Lowery/Bakersfield, CA 14.728

25. 3s-Brian Shirley/Chatham, IL 14.737

26. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 14.758

27. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 14.764

28. 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick/Ocala, FL 14.809

29. 80-Nick Lyons/Centralia, IL 14.825

30. 6-Steve Shaver/Vienna, WV 14.844

31. 35-Christian Augspurger/Palm Beach Gardens, FL 14.867

32. 48-Tim Lance/Brimfield, IL 14.873

33. 47-Tyler Ivey/Tallahassee, FL 14.890

34. b5-Brandon Sheppard/New Berlin, IL 14.892

35. 1s-Jack Sullivan/Greenbrier, AR 14.940

36. B12-Kevin Weaver/Gibson City, IL 14.943

37. 3C-Mike Collins/Carter Lake, IA 15.026

38. 13-J.R. Hotovy/Covert, MI 15.094

39. 38G-John Gardner Jr./Germantown Hills, IL 15.095

40. 21d-Dan Stone/Thompson, PA 15.127

41. 28-John Lobb/Frewsburg, NY 15.159

42. 22G-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 15.252

43. 91-Billy Decker/Unadilla, NY 15.307

44. 77M-Jay Morris/Watseka, IL 15.374

45. 57-Charlie Sandercock/Belleville, ONT 15.391

46. 4G-Bob Gardner/Matamoras, IL 15.521

47. 16H-Mike Hammerle/St. Charles, MO 15.598

48. 15-Alan Fink/Brewerton, NY 15.867

49. 33F-Jim Fletcher/Chatham, ONT 17.021

50. 33-Don Gordon/Chatham, ONT N/T

51. 75-Larry Plummer Jr./Warsaw, IN N/T

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Richards, Wood, Satterlee, Johnson, Fuller, Coffey, Weaver, Augspurger, Lobb, B. Gardner (DNS) Plummer

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Marlar, Frank, Davies, C. Smith, Feger, Lance, George, Garvin, Collins (DNS) Hammerle

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Moyer, Hawkins, Eckert, McCool, Kirkpatrick, Ivey, Decker, Hotovy, Ziegler, Fink

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Lanigan, Lloyd, Moyer Jr., Sheppard, Robinson, Morris, J. Gardner, Fletcher, Lyons, Lowery

Heat No. 5 (10 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Clanton, McCreadie, Doar, McBride, Shaver, Sullivan, Shirley, Stone, Sandercock, Gordon

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 4 Transfer): C. Smith, Fuller, Feger, Lance, Coffey, Decker, George, Lobb, Ziegler, B. Gardner, Hammerle, Augspurger, Kirkpatrick, Weaver (DNS) Johnson, Garvin, Collins, Plummer

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 4 Transfer): McCool, Robinson, Sheppard, Ivey, Sullivan, Shaver, Stone, Hotovy, Sandercock, McBride, Morris, J. Gardner, Fletcher, Gordon (DNS) Shirley, Lyons, Fink, Lowery

2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of - A-Mains completed (rank/driver/wins/top-5s/top-10s/earnings/points/deficit to leader):

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sport Shirts ($100 product certificate to 23^rd-place finisher I n A-Main or next highest w/decal): Mason Ziegler

Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Mike Marlar

Cometic Gasket ($50 cash to 12^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Pat Doar

Comp Cams ($50 cash to 10^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Rick Eckert

Comp Cams ($50 product certificate to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Darrell Lanigan

Dominator ($50 cash to 6^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Dillon Wood

Eibach Springs (one free spring to each B-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Bub McCool/Mason Ziegler

Gravely ($50 cash to 7^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Clint Smith

JE Pistons ($50 cash to 16^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Jason Feger

JE Pistons (one compete set of JE Pro Seal rings to 11^th-place finisher or next highest w/decal - $285 value): Ron Davies

JE Pistons (one complete set of JE Pro Seal rings to 21^st-place finisher or next highest w/decal - $285 value): Kent Robinson

MSD Ignition ($50 cash to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Josh Richards

MSD Ignition ($25 cash to 24^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Billy Moyer

Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash to fast qualifier or next highest w/decal): Ron Davies

Quartermaster ($100 product certificate to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Darrell Lanigan

Quartermaster ($50 product certificate to 5^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Dillon Wood

Quartermaster ($25 product certificate to 15^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Vic Coffey

Roush-Yates Performance Products ($50 cash to 4^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Ivedent Lloyd Jr.

Roush-Yates Performance Products (carburetor repair kit to 18^th-place finish in A-Main or next highest w/decal - $100 value): Brandon Sheppard

Roush-Yates Lap Leader Award (one pair of Wiley X Sunglasses to driver who leads most laps in A-Main): Darrell Lanigan

STP ($50 cash to 2^nd-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Josh Richards

SuperFlow ($50 cash to 14^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Bub McCool

VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash to 9^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Ron Davies

VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (one VP 5-gallon container to fastest qualifier who misses A-Main or next highest with decal - $30 value): Greg Johnson

WIX Filters ($50 cash to 13^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Pat Doar

Wrisco Aluminum (three sheets of aluminum to A-Main winner if decal displayed - $200 value): Darrell Lanigan

XS Power ($50 cash to 3^rd-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Dillon Wood

XS Power ($60 product certificate to 8^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Chub Frank

XS ‘Power Move of the Race’ ($60 product certificate): Clint Smith

2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of Feb. 16 – 2 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):

1. Darrell Lanigan 300

2. Josh Richards 288 (-12)

3. Shane Clanton 284 (-16)

4. Rick Eckert 274 (-26)

5. Ron Davies 260 (-40)

6. Jared Hawkins 256 (-44)

7. Tim McCreadie 252 (-48)

8. (tie) Bub McCool 250 (-50)

8. (tie) Chub Frank 250 (-50)

10. Clint Smith 248 (-52)

11. (tie) Vic Coffey 242 (-58)

11. (tie) Mike Marlar 242 (-58)

13. Gregg Satterlee 236 (-64)

14. (tie) Pat Doar 230 (-70)

14. (tie) Brandon Sheppard 230 (-70)

16. Kent Robinson 226 (-74)

17. Steve Shaver 222 (-78)

18. John Lobb 218 (-82)

19. (tie) Jack Sullivan 214 (-86)

19. (tie) Tim Fuller 214 (-86)

To listen to the free audio broadcasts, log on to http://www.dirtvision.com/welcome.php and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.

Richards & Lanigan Flash Speed During Wednesday Night’s Practice At New-And-Improved Bubba Raceway Park

OCALA, FL – Feb. 15, 2012 – If Wednesday’s practice night was any indication, the inaugural Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals at Bubba Raceway Park promises to provide fans an unprecedented level of speed and action.

Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., and Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., unofficially turned the fastest laps of the test-and-tune session, which gave drivers an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the three-eighths-mile oval’s increased banking and wider surface in advance of three consecutive nights of World of Outlaws Late Model Series competition.

The Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals kicks off on Thursday night (Feb. 16) with a 40-lap A-Main paying $8,000 to win. The meet also includes a 50-lap, $10,000-to-win event on Fri., Feb. 17, and a 60-lap, $12,000-to-win finale on Sat., Feb. 18.

A total of 39 drivers took practice laps around the venerable track, which was reworked significantly since its spring 2011 purchase by nationally-known radio show host Bubba ‘The Love Sponge’ Clem.

Richards, 23, was clocked clicking off circuits as low as 13.9 seconds – roughly a full second faster than the dirt Late Model track record of 14.873 seconds set by Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., on March 25, 2011. The 40-year-old Lanigan was just slightly off Richards’s top pace, registering lap times as fast as 14.1 seconds on multiple stopwatches.

“Bubba did a great job with the track,” said Richards, who has never won at BRP but owns a top-five finish in each of his three previous starts. “(Turns) three and four used to be so tight and flat, it kind of made it hard to get through them. Now those corners are banked and rounded more and you can carry speed and race more through there without getting all jammed up.

“With (turns) one and two banked more too, the track is definitely faster. Right now the top is so much faster, but I feel like once the cushion gets way up the track you’ll be able to move down and race all over it.”

Lanigan, who is undefeated in WoO LMS action at BRP with victories in both 2010 and 2011, seemed to have little trouble adjusting to BRP’s layout changes.

“I think we’re alright,” said Lanigan, who won the 2012 WoO LMS season opener on Feb. 11 at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga. “The track’s completely different – it’s fast all the way around the top, and down in three and four there’s more speed than there was last year – but I feel like we got a good handle on it tonight.”

There were several casualties during Wednesday’s practice, including Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark. (broken rearend), Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, Pa. (blown right-rear tire that caused body and suspension damage), Jason McBride of Carbondale, Ill. (driveshaft) and Alan Fink of Brewerton, N.Y. (driveshaft).

Forty-one cars were actually in the pit area, but Bub McCool of Vicksburg, Miss., opted not to practice and Billy Decker of Unadilla, N.Y., did not arrive at the track in time to put his Gypsum Express No. 91 through its paces.

Other drivers who are expected to join the field on Thursday night include WoO LMS Rookie of the Year contenders Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., and Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa.; Steve Shaver of Vienna, W.Va., who was a spectator on Wednesday; and Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill.

Pit gates are scheduled to open at 3 p.m. and grandstand gates at 4 p.m. on each day of the Bubba Army Late Model Winternationals. Practice is set to get the green flag at 6 p.m. with time trials to follow, and heat racing is slated for a 7 p.m. green flag.

The Florida Mini-Sprint Association will race on the undercard each evening.

More information on the Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals is available by logging on to www.bubbaracewaypark.com or calling 352-622-9400.

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

Fans can also follow the WoO LMS on Twitter at Twitter.com/WoOLateModels and Facebook at Facebook.com/WorldofOutlaws .

Drivers participating in Wednesday’s Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals practice night:

1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV

1-Jack Sullivan/Greenbrier, AR

1W-Dillon Wood/Dayton Beach, FL

1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA

3-Mike Collins/Carter Lake, IA

3s-Brian Shirley/Chatham, IL

4G-Bobby Gardner/Matamoras, IL

J4-John Garvin Jr./Sarver, PA

5b-Mike Marlar/Winfield, TN

7R-Kent Robinson/Bloomington, IN

8-John Lowrey/Bakersfield, CA

11-Pat Doar/New Richmond, WI

11-Austin Kirkpatrick/Ocala, FL

13-J.R. Hotovy/Covert, MI

15-Alan Fink/Brewerton, NY

19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY

21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR

21Jr.-Billy Moyer Jr./Batesville, AR

22-Gregg Satterlee/Rochester Mills, PA

24-Rick Eckert/York, PA

25-Shane Clanton/Fayetteville, GA

25-Jason Feger/Bloomington, IL

28-John Lobb/Frewsburg, NY

29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY

32c-Vic Coffey/Caledonia, NY

33-Don Gordon/Chatham, ONT

33-Jim Fletcher/Chatham, ONT

35-Christian Augsperger/Palm Beach Gardens, FL

37-Jared Hawkins/Fairmont, WV

38G-John Gardner/Germantown Hills, IL

39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY

44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA

49-Greg Johnson/Bedford, IN

57-Chuck Julien/Apopka, FL

57-Charle Sandercock/Belleville, ONT

71d-Ron Davies/Warren, PA

77-Jason McBride/Carbondale, IL

80xx-Nick Lyons/Centralia, IL

81-Ivedent Lloyd Jr./Ocala, FL

Tickets For Illini 100 On March 30-31 At Farmer City Raceway Set To Go On Sale Feb. 20

Fourth Running Of World of Outlaws Late Model Series Event Will Also Include $5,000-To-Win UMP Modified Special

CONCORD, NC – Feb. 15, 2012 – The World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Illini 100’ is back at Farmer City Raceway this season – and if the past is any indication, demand for tickets to the fourth running of the race on March 30-31 will be high.

Reserved seat and general admission tickets are set to go on sale for the $20,000-to-win weekend spectacular, which developed into one of the country’s most hailed events when it was contested from 2008-2010 at the high-banked, quarter-mile oval. The Illini 100 was scheduled to be run last year at LaSalle (Ill.) Speedway but was canceled due to inclement weather for the first time in its short history.

Beginning on Mon., Feb. 20, fans can purchase reserved seat and general admission tickets on-line at www.worldofoutlaws.com/tickets or by calling the event hotline at 877-395-8606.

The return of the Illini 100 to Farmer City will feature the event’s customary format, with Ohlins Shocks Time Trials and heat races on Fri., March 30, and B-Mains and the 100-lap headliner on Sat., March 31.

The big addition to the weekend will be a 50-lap DIRTcar UMP Modified feature offering a whopping $5,000 top prize. The open-wheel division will run heat races on Friday evening and B-Mains and the extra-distance A-Main on Saturday night.

“We’re very excited to once again run the Illini 100 at Farmer City Raceway,” said WoO LMS director Tim Christman. “The event was born there and the previous races are remembered by many as some of the most exciting 100-lappers in the history of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series. We’re expecting nothing less when cars hit the quarter-mile bullring on March 30 and 31.”

Former WoO LMS champion Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., has captured two of the three Illini 100 championships – both in dramatic fashion. He beat Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., to the finish line in down-to-the-wire thrillers in 2008 and 2010.

WoO LMS regular Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., won the 2009 edition of the Illini 100, pulling off a late-race pass of Muscatine, Iowa’s Brian Birkhofer to reach Victory Lane.

This year’s Illini 100 weekend will also include racing for Farmer City’s weekly support classes. The DIRTcar UMP Pro Late Models, Street Stocks and Hornets will run complete programs on Fri., March 30, and the Pro Late Models and Street Stocks will return on Sat., March 31, to battle in regular racing cards.

Hot laps are scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. on Friday and 5 p.m. on Saturday, with qualifying to immediately follow.

Illini 100 ticket prices (reserved and general admission) are $15 (Friday) and $30 (Saturday), with children’s tickets (ages 12-and-under) priced at $5 (Friday) and $15 (Saturday). Two-day tickets cost $40 (adults) and $20 (children) if purchased in advance, while pit passes are $30 on Friday and $40 on Saturday with a two-day band available for $65.

An open practice session will be held on Thursday evening, March 29. Pit passes will be $25 for the practice night, but Thursday’s pit admission can be included in an $85 three-day band.

A total of 39 reserved drive-in parking spots along the fence ringing turns one and two are also available for purchase. The 16-foot spots cost $75 each and will be numbered 1-39. Spectators can reserve a spot on-line at www.worldofoutlaws.com/tickets or by calling 877-395-8606.

More information on Farmer City Raceway is available by logging on to www.farmercityracing.com or calling 217-552-0432 (main line) or 217-552-0434 (promoter Jeff Hammer).

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

Fans can also follow the WoO LMS on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/WoOLateModels and Facebook at www.Facebook.com/WorldofOutlaws.

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Heads To Florida For Historic Tripleheader At Bubba Raceway Park

Inaugural ‘Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals’ Stretches From Feb. 16-18

OCALA, FL – Feb. 13, 2012 – The World of Outlaws Late Model Series has stopped at Bubba Raceway Park before – once in each of the last two years, in fact.

But that doesn’t mean the stars of the nation’s premier dirt Late Model tour will be totally familiar with the central Florida facility when they invade Feb. 16-18 for the inaugural Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals.

The three-eighths-mile track now has a new name (it was called Ocala Speedway when the WoO LMS visited), a new look (wider surface and steeper banking) and, perhaps most notably, a unique, revitalized atmosphere under the ownership of nationally-syndicated radio show host Bubba ‘The Love Sponge’ Clem.

A life-long dirt-track racing enthusiast, Clem, 45, has brought an unmistakable edge to the action at BRP since purchasing the property with agent Tom Bean in the spring of 2011. From his attention-grabbing promotions (like free admission to ladies 18-and-over who come to the track wearing Daisy Duke shorts and cowboy boots) to his unabashed championing of BRP in public, in the press and on his daily radio show, he’s made it clear that this is not the same old Ocala Speedway.

Coming off a successful debut season at the helm of the track, Clem is ready to take BRP to new heights with three consecutive nights of WoO LMS action. The tripleheader will not only mark just the second time that one track presents three full WoO LMS programs paying progressively larger purses (BRP’s schedule goes 40 laps/$8,000 to win on Thurs., Feb. 16; 50 laps/$10,000 on Fri., Feb. 17; and 60 laps/$12,000 on Sat., Feb. 18), it will rank as the richest three-race stretch in the long history of the Ocala speedplant.

There’s no doubt that Clem is pumped up for the highest-profile event of his short tenure at BRP. He already called the WoO LMS “the UFC of dirt-track racing” after announcing in December that the tour would sanction his Late Model Winter Nationals, and he’s continued upping the ante as the big meet approaches.

On Sunday, Clem set the stage for this week’s spectacular with a simple message on his Twitter feed: “yea the real studs coming 2 town. The woo dirt late models.”

All entrants will face the challenge of taming an egg-shaped bullring that had proved difficult to master even before it was tweaked as part of Clem’s $300,000-plus renovation project. Clem, who on most afternoons can be found working on the BRP surface in a water truck or grader, figures that more racing room (the speedway’s width has been increased 20 to 30 feet) and banking (the pitch of the corners has more than doubled to 18 degrees) should enhance the competition and certainly jeopardize the one-lap Super Late Model track record (14.873 seconds by Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., on March 25, 2011).

“I think the average racer has heard a little bit of a buzz about Bubba Raceway Park,” said Clem, who grew up in Warsaw, Ind., and attended many dirt tracks as a youngster. “And hopefully people up north will come down, check us out and have a good experience.”

MAN TO BEAT: As if Darrell Lanigan’s convincing triumph in the 2012 WoO LMS season opener on Saturday night at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga., didn’t install him as a favorite to reach Victory Lane in the Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals, there’s also this: he’s undefeated in World of Outlaws action at BRP.

Lanigan, 41, of Union, Ky., won both the 2010 and 2011 WoO LMS stops at BRP after grabbing the lead early in each A-Main. He fought off several challenges in the ’10 event and outran Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., to the checkered flag in ’11.

The 2008 WoO LMS champion’s performance at Screven certified that he’s ready to battle for another title this season. He emerged victorious driving a brand-new Rocket Chassis machine and with an entirely new three-man crew – Kentucky racer Jason Jameson, former Billy Moyer employee Timmy Lucas and young Alabaman Adam Logan – preparing his equipment.

ON THE DOORSTEP: Richards has raced at BRP three times in his career and has been in contention for victory in each A-Main, but he’s settled for finishes of fourth (WoO LMS ’10), fifth (DIRTcar UMP-sanctioned event in ’11) and second (WoO LMS ’11).

The 23-year-old sensation will look to finish the job in the Winter Nationals, during which he can become the alltime winningest driver on the WoO LMS. His 37 career victories already top the tour’s win list since 2004, but he enters the tripleheader tied with Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., for top-winner status when the original 1988-89 WoO LMS seasons are included.

GOING FOR TWO: Rick Eckert of York, Pa., kicked off his WoO LMS title defense with an impressive outing at Screven, charging forward from the 12^th starting spot to finish third. It was his best ever at the Peach State track, where he had a top finish of fifth in three previous starts.

That would seem to bode well for Eckert’s chances at BRP. His best performance in three career appearances is a sixth in last year’s WoO LMS A-Main.

BUBBA’S BUDDY: Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., knows Bubba Clem well. He’s even driven Clem’s crate Late Model to victory in a special event at Florida’s East Bay Raceway Park.

So the 37-year-old would love to meet Clem in Victory Lane at BRP, a track he’s raced at twice in WoO LMS action with finishes of second (’10) and 10 ^th (11^th). He enters the weekend after driving his Warrior Chassis mount to a sixth-place finish in the ’12 lidlifter at Screven.

HARD HIT: McCreadie’s Sweeteners Plus teammate, Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y., saw his 2012 WoO LMS campaign start in rough fashion when he slammed Screven’s turn-one wall during hot laps on Friday night. The contact was so heavy that it twisted the rear clip of Coffey’s car and bent a rib brace on his seat.

Coffey escaped the accident with only some residual soreness. He ultimately had to use an emergency provisional to start the A-Main in his backup car – thus forfeiting the race’s $1,500 start money – but salvaged a 12^th-place finish.

The 2008 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year’s crashed car was stripped down in the Screven pit area and won’t be serviceable for the remainder of his trip south. But Coffey will have a second car at his disposal because he arranged for another machine to be transported to him from the team’s Avon, N.Y., shop in time for the events at BRP.

Coffey’s two career starts at BRP include an 11^th-place finish in the 2011 WoO LMS event and a DNQ for last year’s DIRTcar UMP program.

STRONG CLASS: The record eight-driver WoO LMS rookie crop made noise in the opener at Screven.

Six of the hopeful tour travelers qualified for the 60-lap ‘Winter Freeze’ A-Main. Jared Hawkins of Fairmont, W.Va., led the rookie procession with a seventh place finish, followed by Bub McCool of Vicksburg, Miss. (11^th), Jack Sullivan of Greenbrier, Ark. (13^th), Kent Robinson of Bloomington, Ind. (15^th), Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill. (23^rd) and Greg Johnson of Bedford, Ind. (26^th). Only Billy Moyer Jr. of Batesville, Ark., and Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa., failed to qualify.

McCool, Sheppard and Sullivan are the lone rookies with previous experience at BRP, all in last year’s DIRTcar UMP event. McCool finished seventh and Sheppard was 12^th in the 50-lap A-Main, while Sullivan failed to qualify.

DEFENDING THEIR TURF: BRP’s local contingent is expected to be headed by Ivedent Lloyd Jr., a hometown Ocala star who pocketed $7,500 for winning the 2011 Late Model track title.

Lloyd has performed admirably against the Outlaws at BRP, finishing eighth in both the 2010 and ’11 A-Mains. He was especially strong in 2010, setting fast time and leading laps 1-2 of the feature before fading.

Tyler Ivey of Tallahassee, Fla., who finished seventh in the 2010 WoO LMS A-Main at BRP, and Christian Augspurger of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., are among the other Sunshine State drivers to watch.

NEWCOMER: DIRTcar UMP standout Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., didn’t enter the WoO LMS opener at Screven but is planning to make his season debut in the Bubba Army Winter Nationals. He finished fourth in last year’s WoO LMS event at BRP.

HULKAMANIA: Professional Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan – a close friend of Clem’s – is scheduled to serve as the Grand Marshall of Saturday night’s Winter Nationals finale at BRP. He will wave the green flag to start the 60-lap A-Main.

Clem said he will also have a “Hulk Hogan-themed surprise” for all 24 starters in Saturday evening’s headliner.

PREP TIME: On-track action will begin on Wed., Feb. 15, with an open practice session beginning at 6 p.m. Pit admission is $12.

WINTER NATIONALS TICKET INFO: Gate pricing for Thurs., Feb. 16, is $35 (reserved), $30 (adult general admission), $20 (G.A. children 6-12) and $35 (pits), and on Fri., Feb. 17, and Sat., Feb. 18, tickets cost $40 (reserved), $35 (adult G.A.), $25 (G.A. children 6-12) and $40 (pits).

Three-day passes are available for $100 (reserved seats), $90 (adult G.A.), $60 (G.A. children 6-12) and $110 (pits).

SKED: On each day of the Winter Nationals, pit gates are scheduled to open at 3 p.m. and grandstand gates at 4 p.m. Practice set to get the green flag at 6 p.m. with time trials to follow, and heat racing is slated for a 7 p.m. green flag.

The Florida Mini-Sprint Association will race on the undercard each evening.

INFO:More information on the Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals is available by logging on to www.bubbaracewaypark.com or calling 352-622-9400.

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Lanigan Opens 2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Season With $20,700 ‘Winter Freeze’ Victory At Screven Motor Speedway

SYLVANIA, GA – Feb. 11, 2012 – What a difference a year makes.

Almost exactly 12 months after missing the 2011 World of Outlaws Late Model Series season opener due to a medical issue, Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., kicked off the national tour’s 2012 schedule with a convincing victory in Saturday night’s inaugural 60-lap ‘Winter Freeze’ event at Screven Motor Speedway.

Lanigan, 40, grabbed the lead from Ray Cook of Brasstown, N.C., on lap 13 and paced all but one circuit over the remaining distance to secure a lucrative triumph worth $20,700. It was the richest race in the history of promoter Redd Griffen’s three-eighths-mile oval and Lanigan’s third $20,000-plus WoO LMS checkered flag in the last four years.

“I’m glad to come back and race the first race and not give up points this year,” said Lanigan, who was forced to sit out the ’11 lidlifter at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., while seeking treatment for back pain that doctors ultimately found to be caused by a fractured tailbone. “I just couldn’t ask for a better car tonight. It was just flawless...unbelievable.”

Cook, 40, settled for second place, matching his career-best finish in WoO LMS competition. He was able to nose ahead of Lanigan in lapped traffic to lead lap 45, but Lanigan slid back in front the following circuit and marched on win by 2.181 seconds.

Defending WoO LMS champion Rick Eckert of York, Pa., advanced from the 12^th starting spot to finish third. Two-time tour titlist Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., placed fourth and polesitter Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., slipped to fifth at the finish.

On a night that saw fans and competitors chilled by frigid conditions (below-freezing temperatures and wind-chill factors in the teens), Lanigan, who started fourth, survived a late-race scare from Cook to register his 27^th career victory on the WoO LMS. He is just one triumph from tying Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., for second on the tour’s win list since 2004.

“We just kind of gave up the bottom there trying to get around a lapped car,” said Lanigan, whose brand-new Rocket machine lost traction momentarily exiting turn four on lap 45 as he attempted to lap Brent Dixon of Elberton, Ga. “(Cook) got on the inside of me, but our car was good enough and I drove back by him. I wasn’t gonna give up the lead that easy.”

Cook, who started second, was a gracious bridesmaid.

“He got back by me the same way I got by him – lapped traffic,” said Cook, who debuted a new MasterSbilt car. “After I got ahead of him, all I did was catch the same group that messed him up to start with.

“But he had a better car than I did. There was no doubt about that. He could leave the center of the corner harder than I could. When he’d get under lapped traffic, he could about spin out and still take off.”

Eckert, 46, was one of the race’s hardest chargers. He drove his Team Zero by Bloomquist car into third place on lap 33 and quickly pulled within striking distance of Lanigan and Cook, but he was unable to climb higher.

“I really wanted one more double-file restart,” said Eckert. “I think I could’ve got by Ray on the outside. The track got one-lane pretty good late (in the distance) when it started cleaning up, but there was a little bit on top on restarts so I would’ve liked one more shot.”

Unfortunately for Eckert, after six caution flags flew during the race’s first 28 laps, only one was needed for the remainder of the distance. That slowdown came on lap 54 when Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., stopped in turn four – and with less than 10 laps left, the race was restarted in single-file fashion.

Richards, 23, ran inside the top five for virtually the entire distance, but he couldn’t steer his new Rocket Chassis house car higher than fourth.

“Our car was really good, but I kept getting myself in the wrong place on the restarts,” said Richards, who started sixth. “We definitely had a car that could’ve run second to Darrell, but we didn’t take advantage of the restarts like we needed to.”

Clanton, 36, struggled in the A-Main after driving to an impressive heat-race win on Friday night.

“It was just driver error,” said Clanton, who drove a new Capital Race Car in his first WoO LMS start for the Kennedy Motorsports team. “We just went the wrong way. I needed to go back to the way I was last night.

“Sitting behind that seat, I thought I needed to change something to get faster. I did – and I slowed down even more. I thought I was O.K. until Lanigan pulled up alongside me and he could charge the corner harder than I could.”

Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., finished a steady sixth in his first WoO LMS appearance in a Warrior Chassis machine. WoO LMS Rookie of the Year contender Jared Hawkins of Fairmont, W.Va., advanced from the 15^th starting spot to place a solid seventh, followed by Steve Shaver of Vienna, W.Va., Ron Davies of Warren, Pa., and Casey Roberts of Toccoa, Ga.

Several contenders had strong runs ended by problems in turn four. Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., started the trend when he spun on lap three while bidding for third place. Later, Scott James of Bright, Ind., spun on lap eight after coming together with Shaver and Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., who hopes to follow the WoO LMS for the first time in 2012, lost fourth place on lap 27 when he spun on the inside of the track.

Saturday’s program began with three 10-lap B-Mains won by James, Bub McCool of Vicksburg, Miss., and Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, Pa. Jack Sullivan of Greenbrier, Ark., captured the 10-lap Last Chance Qualifier that also transferred runner-up Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., to the A-Main.

A busy month of February for the WoO LMS will continue after the Winter Freeze. The tour will head farther south for the inaugural ‘Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals’ on Feb. 16-18 at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla., and two dates (Feb. 23 and 25) during the UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.

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Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘Winter Freeze’ at Screven Motor Speedway (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (4) Darrell Lanigan/60 $20,700

2. (2) Ray Cook/60 $10,500

3. (12) Rick Eckert/60 $6,650

4. (6) Josh Richards/60 $5,650

5. (1) Shane Clanton/60 $4,550

6. (7) Tim McCreadie/60 $3,650

7. (15) Jared Hawkins/60 $2,800

8. (9) Steve Shaver/60 $2,500

9. (10) Ron Davies/60 $2,900

10. (11) Casey Roberts/60 $2,100

11. (17) Bub McCool/60 $1,950

12. (26) Vic Coffey/60 $850

13. (22) Jack Sullivan/60 $1,700

14. (8) John Garvin/60 $1,700

15. (14) Kent Robinson/60 $1,650

16. (19) Hunter Peacock/60 $1,630

17. (24) Chub Frank/60 $2,110

18. (27) Tim Fuller/60 $590

19. (25) Clint Smith/60 $2,070

20. (29) John Lobb/60 $0

21. (20) Brent Dixon/59 $1,500

22. (28) Pat Doar/59 $550

23. (23) Brandon Sheppard/59 $1,525

24. (21) Austin Hubbard/52 $1,500

25. (3) Mike Marlar/27 $1,500

26. (13) Greg Johnson/27 $1,500

27. (18) Gregg Satterlee/26 $1,500

28. (16) Scott James/18 $1,500

29. (5) Shannon Babb/4 $1,500

* Earnings include Winners Circle program and cash contingency award bonuses

Margin of Victory: 2.181 Secs.

Yellow Flags: 7 (Laps 3, 8, 8, 27, 28, 28, 54)

Lap Leaders: Cook (1-12); Lanigan (13-44); Cook (45); Lanigan (46-60)

Provisional Starters: Frank, C. Smith (WoO); Coffey, Fuller, Doar, Lobb (WoO emergency)

Rookie of the Race: Hawkins

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

B-Main No. 1 (10 laps – Top 2 Transfer): 1. Scott James, 2. Hunter Peacock, 3. Brandon Sheppard, 4. Chesley Dixon, 5. Clint Smith, 6. Pat Doar, 7. Tim Fuller, 8. Vic Coffey, 9. Jill George, 10. Chub Frank

B-Main No. 2 (10 laps – Top 2 Transfer): 1. Bub McCool, 2. Brent Dixon, 3. Jack Sullivan, 4. Dillan White, 5. Billy Moyer Jr., 6. John Henderson, 7. Chad Hollenbeck, 8. John Lobb, 9. Scott Phillips, 10. Brian Nuttall Jr.

B-Main No. 3 (10 laps – Top 2 Transfer): 1. Gregg Satterlee, 2. Austin Hubbard, 3. Dan Stone, 4. Scott Shirey, 5. Josh McGuire, 6. Philip Pittman, 7. Dennis Franklin, 8. Casey Barrow, 9. Mike Collins

Last Chance Qualifier (10 laps – Top 2 Transfer): 1. Jack Sullivan, 2. Brandon Sheppard, 3. Dillan White, 4. Scott Shirey, 5. Dan Stone, 6. Chesley Dixon, 7. John Henderson, 8. Pat Doar, 9. Tim Fuller, 10. Philip Pittman, 11. Billy Moyer Jr. (DNS) Clint Smith

Drivers not returning for Saturday night program: Billy Moyer, Johnny Pursley Jr., Jason McBride, Brandon Overton, Jordy Nipper, Brian Reese, Sean Meeks, Benji Cole, Jeff Fortner, Todd Frank, Royce Bray, Garrett Schurling

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sport Shirts ($100 product certificate to 23^rd-place finisher I n A-Main or next highest w/decal): Austin Hubbard

Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Ray Cook

Cometic Gasket ($50 cash to 12^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Vic Coffey

Comp Cams ($50 cash to 10^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Bub McCool

Comp Cams ($50 product certificate to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Darrell Lanigan

Dominator ($50 cash to 6^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Tim McCreadie

Eibach Springs (one free spring to each B-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Hunter Peacock/Bub McCool/Dan Stone

Gravely ($50 cash to 7^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Jared Hawkins

JE Pistons ($50 cash to 16^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Hunter Peacock

JE Pistons (one compete set of JE Pro Seal rings to 11^th-place finisher or next highest w/decal - $285 value): Bub McCool

JE Pistons (one complete set of JE Pro Seal rings to 21^st-place finisher or next highest w/decal - $285 value): Austin Hubbard

MSD Ignition ($50 cash to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Darrell Lanigan

MSD Ignition ($25 cash to 24^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Brandon Sheppard

Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash to fast qualifier or next highest w/decal): Ron Davies

Quartermaster ($100 product certificate to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Darrell Lanigan

Quartermaster ($50 product certificate to 5^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Shane Clanton

Quartermaster ($25 product certificate to 15^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Kent Robinson

Roush-Yates Performance Products ($50 cash to 4^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Josh Richards

Roush-Yates Performance Products (carburetor repair kit to 18^th-place finish in A-Main or next highest w/decal - $100 value): Brandons Sheppard

Roush-Yates Lap Leader Award (one pair of Wiley X Sunglasses to driver who leads most laps in A-Main):

STP ($50 cash to 2^nd-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Darrell Lanigan

SuperFlow ($50 cash to 14^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Kent Robinson

VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash to 9^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Ron Davies

VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (one VP 5-gallon container to fastest qualifier who misses A-Main or next highest with decal - $30 value): Dennis Franklin

WIX Filters ($50 cash to 13^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): John Garvin

Wrisco Aluminum (three sheets of aluminum to A-Main winner if decal displayed - $200 value): Darrell Lanigan

XS Power ($50 cash to 3^rd-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Rick Eckert

XS Power ($60 product certificate to 8^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Steve Shaver

XS ‘Power Move of the Race’ ($60 product certificate): Darrell Lanigan

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Clanton Plays Starring Role During ‘Winter Freeze’ Qualifying-Night Action At Screven Motor Speedway

Fine Field Of 56 Late Models Enter World of Outlaws Late Model Series Season Opener

SYLVANIA, GA – Feb. 10, 2012 – Shane Clanton debuted a new car in sparkling fashion on Friday night, driving to a convincing heat-race victory during the World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Winter Freeze’ qualifying program at Screven Motor Speedway.

A strong field of 56 was signed in for the national tour’s season-opening weekend, which will conclude on Saturday night (Feb. 11) with a 60-lap A-Main paying $20,000 to win.

Clanton, 36, Fayetteville, Ga., established himself as a favorite to collect the big money in the ‘Winter Freeze’ finale with his Friday-night performance. He dominated the second of five 15-lap heat races, turning the fastest lap of the preliminary events en route to beating Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., to the finish line by over a straightaway margin.

Joining Clanton as heat-race victors were 2008 WoO LMS champion Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., who outran two-time tour titlist Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., in the first prelim; Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., who hopes to chase the WoO LMS for the first time in 2012; Ray Cook of Brasstown, N.C.; and Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill.

Clanton’s triumph came in his first start since destroying a car in a grinding crash while leading the Jan. 18 feature during the unsanctioned Wild West Shootout at USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz. The accident forced him and Kennedy Motorsports teammate John Lobb of Frewsburg, N.Y., to head home early from the six-race series and hastily assemble a new Capital Race Car for the start of the WoO LMS campaign.

Friday’s heat-race triumph made a grueling stretch of hard work well worth the effort.

“We stayed up a couple days to get enough cars and enough equipment built up to run for two-and-a-half weeks here,” said Clanton, who won just two heats all season en route to a disappointing seventh-place finish in the 2011 points standings. “We worked probably the hardest in the pit area the last two-and-a-half weeks.”

Clanton won’t be satisfied with his visit to Screven, however, unless he’s in the mix for victory in Saturday’s ‘Winter Freeze’ headliner. He has a good idea about what it will take to collect the big money in his home state.

“Tire management is gonna be key,” said Clanton, who will redraw for the top-five starting spots in the A-Main with Friday night’s other heat-race winners. “We hurt tires tonight in 15 laps, so the car’s gonna have to be good but we’re gonna have to save some equipment for the end of the race also.”

Lanigan, 40, was fastest in Friday night’s Ohlins Shocks Time Trials, clocking a circuit of 14.305 seconds around promoter Redd Griffin’s three-eighths-mile red-clay oval. It was his 21^st career fast-time honor on the WoO LMS.

Defending WoO LMS champion Rick Eckert of York, Pa., transferred to the A-Main with a third-place finish in the second heat. He will start 12 ^th in the ‘Winter Freeze.’

Also making the cut through Friday night’s heats was three of the eight drivers who were recently approved as 2012 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year contenders. Greg Johnson of Bedford, Pa., Kent Robinson of Bloomington, Ind., and Jared Hawkins of Fairmont, W.Va., each scored a third-place finish to crack the A-Main lineup.

Saturday night’s racing program features B-Mains and the lucrative Winter Freeze finale for the WoO LMS as well as a $5,000-to-win UNOH All-Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car show and a $2,500-to-win crate Late Model headliner.

Screven’s gates are scheduled to open at 10 a.m. Hot laps are set to start at 5 p.m. with on-track competition to immediately follow.

Admission (including pits) is $35 for adults, $15 for children 7-12 and free for kids 6-and-under. Each ticket also provides access Gee Chee Creek Mudd Drags and Gamecock Speedway go-kart races that will take place on Saturday afternoon elsewhere on the speedway property.

More information on the Winter Freeze is available by logging on to www.screvenmotorspeedway.com or calling 912-228-5886.

Screven Motor Speedway is located between Mile Markers 6 and 7 on GA Route 21 in Screven County, Ga., about 45 minutes Northwest of Savannah.

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

1. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 14.305

2. 25-Shane Clanton/Fayetteville, GA 14.400

3. 5b-Mike Marlar/Winfield, TN 14.480

4. 41-Josh McGuire/Grayson, KY 14.549

5. 71d-Ron Davies/Warren, PA 14.561

6. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 14.707

7. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 14.715

8. 27c-Dennis Franklin/Gaffney, SC 14.744

9. 53-Ray Cook/Brasstown, NC 14.746

10. 18-Shannon Babb/Moweaqua, IL 14.753

11. 101-Casey Roberts/Toccoa, GA 14.788

12. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 14.791

13. J4-John Garvin Jr./Sarver, PA 14.795

14. b5-Brandon Sheppard/New Berlin, IL 14.811

15. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 14.819

16. 3-Chesley Dixon/Swainsboro, GA 14.841

17. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 14.852

18. 98-Casey Barrow/Savannah, GA 14.858

19. 6-Steve Shaver/Vienna, WV 14.861

20. 57J-Bub McCool/Vicksburg, MS 14.891

21. 22s-Gregg Satterlee/Rochester Mills, PA 14.891

22. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 14.895

23. 76-Brandon Overton/Evans, GA 14.923

24. 1N-Jordy Nipper/Gray, GA 14.945

25. 11-Pat Doar/New Richmond, WI 14.950

26. 21d-Dan Stone/Thompson, PA 14.956

27. 1d-Brent Dixon/Elberton, GA 14.967

28. 27-Jeff Fortner/Vidalia, GA 14.983

29. 11H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 14.984

30. 1s-Jack Sullivan/Greenbrier, AR 15.036

31. 32c-Vic Coffey/Caledonia, NY 15.036

32. 121-Benji Cole/Cannon, GA 15.038

33. 77-Jason McBride/Carbondale, IL 15.046

34. 81-Scott James/Bright, IN 15.069

35. 37-Jared Hawkins/Fairmont, WV 15.072

36. 09-Johnny Pursley Jr./Clover, SC 15.075

37. 10-Scott Shirey/Swansea, SC 15.104

38. 21Jr.-Billy Moyer Jr./Batesville, AR 15.112

39. 2x-John Henderson/Aiken, SC 15.125

40. 5-Sean Meeks/Guyton, GA 15.126

41. 16-Brian Nuttall Jr./Claxton, GA 15.153

42. 28-John Lobb/Frewsburg, NY 15.161

43. 3c-Mike Collins/Carter Lake, IA 15.167

44. 7R-Kent Robinson/Bloomington, IN 15.180

45. 21F-Todd Frank/Green Bay, WI 15.184

46. 22G-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 15.192

47. G4-Garrett Shurling/Black Creek, GA 15.193

48. 49-Greg Johnson/Bedford, IN 15.233

49. 12-Hunter Peacock/Macon, GA 15.327

50. 3p-Philip Pittman/Vidalia, GA 15.362

51. 54-Dillan White/Crofton, KY 15.391

52. 33-Brian Reese/Sharpsburg, GA 15.428

53. 4ds-Chad Hollenbeck/Kingsley, PA 15.474

54. 50-Scott Phillips/Marlette, MI 15.531

55. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 15.624

56. 21b-Royce Bray/Hull, GA N/T

Heat No. 1 (15 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Lanigan, Richards, Roberts, C. Dixon, Satterlee, Coffey, Stone, White, Nuttall, Pursley, George (DNS) Bray

Heat No. 2 (15 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Clanton, McCreadie, Eckert, B. Dixon, C. Frank, Lobb, Fuller, Shirey, Reese, Cole (DNS) Shurling

Heat No. 3 (15 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Marlar, Garvin, Johnson, Franklin, Moyer Jr., Collins, Hollenbeck, Overton, Barrow, McBride, Fortner

Heat No. 4 (15 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Cook, Shaver, Robinson, Sheppard, Hubbard, James, McGuire, Nipper, Peacock, Phillips, Henderson

Heat No. 5 (15 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Babb, Davies, Hawkins, McCool, Moyer, Sullivan, C. Smith, Doar, Meeks, Pittman, T. Frank

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Richards Edges McCreadie For Top Spot In Fifth Annual World of Outlaws Late Model Series Pre-Season Media Poll

CONCORD, NC – Feb. 8, 2012 – The verdict is in: if Josh Richards focuses on the 2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series, he’s the favorite to win the national tour’s $100,000 championship.

That’s the caveat to the fifth annual WoO LMS Pre-Season Media Poll, which was topped by the sensational young talent from Shinnston, W.Va., for the fourth consecutive year.

Richards, 23, was voted the driver most likely to capture the 2012 World of Outlaws points crown just three months after it appeared he would not return to the series as a regular. He entered the off-season with expectations of moving to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in ’12 but a fulltime ride has not yet materialized, prompting the press corps to view him as a solid bet to remain on the dirt in pursuit of his third career WoO LMS points crown.

More than three dozen writers, photographers and broadcasters who cover the WoO LMS participated in the poll, which asked the press members to predict the top-five finishers in the tour’s 2012 points standings. Points were distributed to each driver named on the media ballots using a 5-4-3-2-1 system.

Richards tallied 170 points, buoyed by a poll-leading 22 first-place votes. His name appeared on 40 of the 43 ballots, with 37 of those selections listing him for a top-three finish in the points standings.

Last year Richards fell just short of capturing a third straight WoO LMS championship, ceding the title to Rick Eckert of York, Pa., due to a heartbreaking flat tire on the final lap of the season-ending Lowes Foods World Finals A-Main at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, N.C. He will begin his bid for 2012 glory with his father Mark’s Rocket Chassis team this weekend (Feb. 10-11) in the $20,000-to-win ‘Winter Freeze’ at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga.

Richards, who has been a WoO LMS regular since winning the Rookie of the Year award in 2005, enters the 2012 season as the tour’s winningest driver since 2004, with 37 victories. He is tied with Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., for the circuit’s alltime win record, including the earlier 1988-89 seasons.

While Richards’s primary objective since completing the 2011 campaign was securing a NASCAR Truck Series ride, his Kentucky Fuel Corporation/Seubert Calf Ranches-sponsored dirt Late Model team continued its customary off-season preparation. The possibility of a Truck deal remains alive for Richards, but, if he fails to land in a Truck seat for the complete schedule, he’s fully loaded to contend for the 2012 WoO LMS title.

Tim McCreadie, 37, of Watertown, N.Y., finished second in the Pre-Season Media Poll, trailing Richards by 11 points (170-159) in one of the closest votes in the poll’s history. The 2006 WoO LMS champion was listed on 41 ballots, collecting 12 first-place (second behind Richards) and 17 second-place selections.

McCreadie, who finished a disappointing fourth in the 2011 points standings, enters the new season with renewed enthusiasm and confidence. He expects great results from his move to Warrior Chassis, the Knoxville, Tenn.-based manufacturer that will work closely with McCreadie’s Sweeteners Plus team.

Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., placed third in the poll with 132 points. The 40-year-old star and 2008 WoO LMS champion appeared on 41 ballots, receiving six first-place, 11 second-place and 14 third-place votes.

Eckert, 46, finished fourth in the poll with 111 points, but the defending WoO LMS champion was the only driver listed on all 43 media ballots. He tallied a modest three first-place votes; the majority of his selections were for third place (12) and fourth place (20).

The top four drivers in the poll – who also occupied the top four positions in the final 2011 WoO LMS points standings – dominated the voting. They were the only drivers to receive first-place selections, and no other driver appeared on more than 18 ballots.

Shane Clanton, 36, of Fayetteville, Ga., was a distant fifth in the poll, accumulating 32 points. Now racing for Kennedy Motorsports after ending his nine-year run driving for Ronnie Dobbins, Clanton was listed on 18 ballots, with three third-place selections his highlights.

Chub Frank, 50, of Bear Lake, Pa., who finished fifth in last year’s points standings but is winless on the WoO LMS since August 2009, placed sixth in the poll with 18 points. He was named on 13 ballots, including one runner-up, one third-place and 11 fifth-place votes.

The surprise of the voting was Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., an accomplished 33-year-old driver who hopes to follow the WoO LMS for the first time in equipment fielded by Norman Bryson. He finished seventh in the poll on the strength of six fifth-place picks.

Rounding out the drivers earning points in the poll were Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., who earned one fourth- and three fifth-place votes for five points; Rookie of the Year contender Billy Moyer Jr. of Batesville, Ark., who picked up one third- and one fifth-place selection for four points; Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y. (one fourth, two fifths for four points); Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y. (one fifth); rookie Jared Hawkins of Fairmont, W.Va. (one fifth); and John Lobb of Frewsburg, N.Y. (one fifth).

As part of the poll, media members were also asked to predict who will win the most WoO LMS A-Mains in 2012 as well as the victors of three major events – the season-opening ‘Winter Freeze’ on Feb. 10-11 at Screven; the fifth annual Firecracker 100 ($30,000 to win) on June 28-30 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa.; and the 25th annual USA Nationals ($50,000 to win) on Aug. 3-4 at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis.

Richards ran away with the top-winner voting, receiving 28 votes. The only other drivers tapped for possible winningest-driver status in 2012 were McCreadie (eight), Eckert (three), Lanigan (three) and Frank (one).

Media members predicted that the season’s most prolific winner will lead the tour with as many as 14 victories and as few as three. The single-season win record for the WoO LMS since 2004 – nine victories – is shared by Richards (2011) and Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn. (2004).

Richards also emerged as the favorite among the media to win all three major events listed, receiving 11 selections in each race’s balloting. He is the defending champion of the USA Nationals, but he hasn’t won the Firecracker 100 and has never captured a WoO LMS event at Screven.

Drivers earning multiple votes as potential ‘Winter Freeze’ winners were Clanton (eight), McCreadie (eight), Lanigan (six), Eckert (three), Billy Moyer (three) and Billy Moyer Jr. (two). Receiving single votes were Clint Smith and Ray Cook of Brasstown, N.C.

In the Firecracker 100 category, Bloomquist trailed Richards with eight votes. Other drivers receiving multiple votes were Lanigan (seven), Eckert (five), two-time and defending race winner Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis. (three), McCreadie (three), Clanton (two) and Frank (two), while single votes were cast for Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., and Steve Shaver of Vienna, W.Va.

Mars was just edged for top honors by Richards in the USA Nationals voting, earning 10 selections. Also earning multiple votes for USA Nationals glory were Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa (six), McCreadie (five), Bloomquist (three), Moyer (three) and Clanton (two), while single votes went to Coffey, Eckert and Lanigan.

A busy month of February for the WoO LMS will continue after this weekend’s Winter Freeze at Screven. The tour will head farther south for the inaugural ‘Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals’ on Feb. 16-18 at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla., and two dates (Feb. 23 and 25) during the UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.

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2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Pre-Season Media Poll (Driver/first pl. votes/2nd pl/3rd pl/4th pl/5th pl/total points on 5-4-3-2-1 tabulation system):

1. Josh Richards 22-10-5-2-1 = 170

2. Tim McCreadie 12-17-7-5-0 = 159

3. Darrell Lanigan 6-11-14-6-4 = 132

4. Rick Eckert 3-4-12-20-4 = 111

5. Shane Clanton 0-0-3-8-7 = 32

6. Chub Frank 0-1-1-0-11 = 18

7. Mike Marlar 0-0-0-0-6 = 6

8. Clint Smith 0-0-0-1-3 = 5

9. Billy Moyer Jr. 0-0-1-0-1 = 4

9. Tim Fuller 0-0-0-1-2 = 4

11. Vic Coffey 0-0-0-0-1 = 1

11. Jared Hawkins 0-0-0-0-1 = 1

11. John Lobb 0-0-0-0-1 = 1

Clanton Hopes Hard Works Pays Off With Home-State Victory In ‘Winter Freeze’ At Screven Motor Speedway

Georgia Track Hosts $20,000-To-Win World of Outlaws Late Model Series Season Opener This Weekend (Feb. 10-11)

SYLVANIA, GA – Feb. 6, 2012 – If Shane Clanton manages to kick off the 2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series campaign with a rousing home-state victory this Saturday night (Feb. 11) in the ‘Winter Freeze’ at Screven Motor Speedway, he will have earned every cent of the race’s $20,000 first-place prize.

Success at Screven would culminate a grueling three-week stretch for Clanton, whose off-season move to a new team – and preparation for the start of the WoO LMS schedule – was made even more challenging by a disastrous mid-January racing trip to Arizona.

Clanton, 36, of Fayetteville, Ga., has been in full scramble mode since a devastating crash on Jan. 18 at USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz., cut short his debut with Kennedy Motorsports. The crash left his Capital Race Cars machine damaged beyond repair, forcing him to depart the unsanctioned Wild West Shootout after just three of six scheduled events and return home to hastily regroup.

“That wreck really put me behind the eight-ball,” said Clanton, who in late November ended his nine-year association with Georgia team owner Ronnie Dobbins to join John Kennedy’s fledgling operation as a teammate to 2011 WoO LMS rookie John Lobb of Frewsburg, N.Y. “We worked hard to get ready for the Arizona trip, but losing a car out there pretty much put us back to square one. We’ve been working our tails off to get my new car done and Lobb’s new car done (in time for Screven).”

Both Clanton and Lobb will have new Capital Race Cars – chassis that are built in a collaborative effort between Clanton and former dirt Late Model racer Marshall Green – ready for action in the ‘Winter Freeze,’ which includes time trials and heat races on Friday night (Feb. 10) and B-Mains and the 60-lap A-Main on Saturday evening (Feb. 11). But they will have to share one backup car because Clanton’s crash leaves the team down one vehicle.

It’s not the ideal situation for Clanton, who is hoping his dramatic change in race team scenery will allow him to rebound from a frustrating 2011 in which he won just one WoO LMS A-Main and finished a disappointing seventh in the points standings. The bump in the road hasn’t gotten him down, however.

“I feel good and I feel confident in what we’re doing,” said Clanton, who has been a WoO LMS regular since 2005 and finished as high as second in the points standings (2006). “We’re prepared as much as we possibly can be in the time we’ve had after losing that car in Arizona. We’ve been working day and night to get everything done and nobody is hanging their head.”

Clanton’s performance before the Arizona crash certainly buoys his spirits. Engine problems in the Wild West Shootout opener left him a non-qualifier and forced his team to purchase a powerplant from Billy Moyer to continue racing, but he improved in each of his next two starts – to the point, in fact, that he was leading the feature when he clipped an inside marker tire in turn four and careened nearly head-on into the outside wall.

“We were definitely going in the right direction,” said Clanton. “I thought we had made some progress. We went from not making the race (Night 1) to winning a heat race and running eighth (Night 2) and then leading the race (Night 3).

“(The accident) was a mistake on my part,” he added. “We just knocked ourselves out and ended up with more work than we should have had.”

Clanton, who felt sore for “three or four days” after absorbing what he called “probably the second-hardest hit I’ve ever taken in a crash,” plans to arrive at Screven on Thursday night to shake down his car in an open practice session. Then he expects to spend the remainder of the weekend battling for the checkered flag in the biggest event ever presented at Screven, a three-eighths-mile oval that its colorful owner, Redd Griffin, began cutting out of a cotton field 16 years ago.

With a triumph, Clanton would become the first driver hailing from Georgia to win a WoO LMS A-Main at Screven. The track’s previous tour events were captured by Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky. (2008), Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y. (2009) and Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del. (2010) – all of whom are expected to enter the ‘Winter Freeze.’

“I seem to run good every time I’ve been to Screven, so I think we’ll have a good shot it,” said Clanton, who has finished third (’08), sixth (’09) and 13^th (’10) in WoO LMS action at the speedway. “Hopefully we can start the year off on the right foot. It would be huge for us. The motivation is definitely there, so if we can get going good right out of the box it would build some momentum.”

Clanton will face off with what figures to be the largest, most talented field of dirt Late Model drivers ever to grace Screven’s pit area. Six of the seven former WoO LMS champions are planning to participate, including defending titlist Rick Eckert of York, Pa., Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va. (2009-10), Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky. (2008), Steve Francis (2007), Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y. (2006) and Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark. (1988-89, 2005).

A full weekend of activities is in the works for Winter Freeze attendees, starting with an open practice session running from 6-10 p.m. on Thurs., Feb. 9. The schedule of events on Fri., Feb. 10, includes WoO LMS time trials and heat races plus full programs for the All-Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series and the Screven Late Model division ($1,500 to win), while the card on Sat., Feb. 11, features B-Mains and the lucrative Winter Freeze finale for the WoO LMS as well as another $5,000-to-win All-Star Sprint Car show and a $2,500-to-win crate Late Model headliner. Griffin said he will also add a WoO LMS Non-Qualifiers’ Race to Saturday’s slate if more than 48 cars sign in for competition.

In addition, Griffin will keep things busy on his property Saturday afternoon, with Gee Chee Creek Mudd Drags competition, racing at his Gamecock Speedway go-kart oval and challenge races between World of Outlaws drivers and fans on a rental kart track. The mud-bog and go-kart action is included in Saturday’s $35 adult ticket price, which also provides an all-access pass to the pit area of each racing venue.

Screven’s gates are scheduled to open at 10 a.m. each day of the Winter Freeze. Hot laps are set to start at 5 p.m. on Fri., Feb. 10, and Sat., Feb. 11, with qualifying to immediately follow.

Admission to the practice night (including entry to the pits) on Thurs., Feb. 9, is $20 and free for children 12-and-under. On both Fri., Feb. 10, and Sat., Feb. 11, admission (including pits) is $35 for adults, $15 for children 7-12 and free for kids 6-and-under.

Screven Motor Speedway will provide free camping (no hookups) on the paved dragstrip on a first-come, first-served basis.

More information on the Winter Freeze is available by logging on to www.screvenmotorspeedway.com or calling 912-228-5886.

Screven Motor Speedway is located between Mile Markers 6 and 7 on GA Route 21 in Screven County, Ga., about 45 minutes Northwest of Savannah.

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Tentative Expected Drivers List For ‘Winter Freeze’ at Screven Motor Speedway:

1-Brent Dixon/Elberton, GA

1-Jordy Nipper/Gray, GA

1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV

1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA

R1-Riley Hickman/Ooltewah, TN

2-Dennis Franklin/Gaffney, SC

2-Bob Robertson/Evans, GA

2x-John Henderson/Beech Island, SC

3-Chesley Dixon/Swainsboro, GA

3-Phil Pittman/Vidalia, GA

J4-John Garvin Jr./Sarver, PA

5-Sean Meeks/Guyton, GA

B5-Brandon Sheppard/New Berlin, IL

5B-Mike Marler/Winfield, TN

6-Steve Shaver/Vienna, WV

7R-Kent Robinson/Bloomington, IN

9-John Pursley/Clover, SC

09-Johnny Pursley/Clover, SC

10-Scott Shirey/Swansea, SC

11-Pat Doar/New Richmond, WI

11-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE

11-Tyler Reddick/Corning, CA

12-Hunter Peacock/Macon, GA

13-J.R. Hotovy/Hartford, MI

15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY

16-Brian Nuttal Jr./Claxton, GA

16-Justin Rattliff/Campbellsville, KY

18-Jack Sullivan/Greenbrier, AR

19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY

21-Todd Frank/Green Bay, WI

21-Steven Howard/Bloomingdale, GA

21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR

21d-Dan Stone/Thompson, PA

21Jr.-Billy Moyer Jr./Batesville, AR

22-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA

22-Gregg Satterlee/Rochester Mills, PA

24-Rick Eckert/York, PA

25-Shane Clanton/Fayetteville, GA

27-Jeff Fortner/Vidalia, GA

28-Dennis Erb Jr./Carpentersville, IL

28-John Lobb/Frewsburg, NY

29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY

32cVic Coffey/Caledonia, NY

33-Brian Reese/Sharpsburg, GA

37-Jared Hawkins/Fairmont, WV

39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY

41-Josh McGuire/Grayson, KY

42-Terry Casey/New London, WI

44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA

49-Greg Johnson/Bedford, IN

53-Ray Cook/Brasstown, NC

54-Dillon White/Crofton, KY

57J-Bub McCool/Vicksburg, MS

71-Don O'Neal/Martinsville, IN

71d-Ron Davies/Warren, PA

76-Brandon Overton/Evans, GA

81-Scott James/Bright, IN

98-Casey Barrow/Savannah, GA

101-Casey Roberts/Toccoa, GA

121-Benji Cole/Cannon, GA

777-Jared Landers/Batesville, AR

North Alabama Speedway Books World of Outlaws Late Model Series Date On Fri., April 27

CONCORD, NC – Feb. 6, 2012 – The World of Outlaws Late Model Series will end a five-year absence from the racing calendar at North Alabama Speedway on Fri., April 27, series and track officials have announced.

The addition of the $10,000-to-win, 50-lap event at the one-third-mile oval near Tuscumbia, Ala., sets up a springtime southern doubleheader for the WoO LMS. The national tour will visit the high-banked Tazewell (Tenn.) Speedway on Sat., April 28.

The WoO LMS last appeared at North Alabama on March 25, 2007. Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., was victorious in a 40-lap A-Main.

“This is going to be the biggest race we’ve ever had here at North Alabama Speedway,” said track owner/promoter Jeff Greer, who will operate the facility on a specials-only slate in 2012. “We’re really looking forward to bringing the World of Outlaws Late Model Series back and giving our fans a huge early-season show.”

North Alabama becomes the 34^th track on the 2012 WoO LMS schedule. The series currently lists 48 race dates comprising 43 A-Mains in 19 states and three Canadian provinces.

North Alabama Speedway is located one mile south of US Rt. 72 on SR 247, a few miles south of Florence, Ala.

More information on North Alabama Speedway can be obtained by logging on to www.northalabamaspeedway.com or calling 256-381-5051 (track) or 256-247-0055 (owner/promoter Jeff Greer).

The 2012 WoO LMS kicks off on Feb. 10-11 with the $20,000-to-win ‘Winter Freeze’ at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga.

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Record Number Of Drivers Approved As Contenders For 2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Rookie of the Year

Upstart National Tour Travelers Set To Begin ’12 Season On Feb. 10-11 At Georgia’s Screven Motor Speedway

CONCORD, NC – Feb. 4, 2012 – A record number of drivers have been approved as contenders for the 2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Rookie of the Year award.

Eight competitors will carry rookie status when the national tour kicks off its 2012 schedule on Feb. 10-11 with the $20,000-to-win ‘Winter Freeze’ at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga., setting up an unprecedented battle for the prestigious first-year traveler honor.

“We’re really looking forward to this year’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series Rookie of the Year race,” said series director Tim Christman. “With a mix of rising young stars and veteran regional racers who are all looking to tackle a full national touring series schedule for the first time, this group of rookies isn’t only the biggest we’ve ever had but also the most interesting. They should really add another element of excitement to the 2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series.”

A select panel comprised of veteran WoO LMS drivers and dirt Late Model media members was tasked with determining each applicant’s eligibility for the Rookie of the Year program. The panelists reviewed the drivers’ career dirt Late Model resumes and provided ‘yes’ or ‘no’ votes for each.

A simple majority of ‘yes’ votes were needed to confirm each driver’s rookie status. Two applicants failed to receive sufficient votes to participate in the Rookie of the Year program.

The drivers approved to contend for the 2012 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year crown include:

* Jared Hawkins, 25, of Fairmont, W.Va. While already a WoO LMS winner after pocketing $20,000 for capturing the 45-lap ‘Sweet Sixteen finale’ of the 2011 ‘Black Diamond 125’ at Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, W.Va., the up-and-comer has qualified for only six tour A-Mains in 18 attempts during his seven-year dirt Late Model career. He is considering a 2012 attack on the WoO LMS with car owner Bobby Lake.

* Greg Johnson, 44, of Bedford, Ind. The 16-year dirt Late Model veteran has over 150 career feature wins, but most have come in local and smaller regional events and he has never earned a race paycheck worth over $7,500. He is hoping to run a national schedule for the first time behind the wheel of the Rainey Motorsports No. 49.

* Bub McCool, 34, of Vicksburg, Miss. Though he began driving a dirt Late Model at the age of 14, he did not race for nearly a decade after suffering injuries in a serious car accident in January 1997. He returned as a division regular in 2006 and over the past five years has won 22 features in local and regional action while also increasing his participation in national-level events with his family-owned team.

* Billy Moyer Jr., 24, of Batesville, Ark. The son of dirt Late Model legend and three-time WoO LMS champ Billy Moyer, the touted full-fender prospect has steadily increased his schedule’s degree of difficulty since debuting behind the wheel in 2006. He flashed his potential last year with a fourth-place finish – right behind his dad – in the WoO LMS ‘Cash Cow 100’ at Columbus (Miss.) Speedway.

* Kent Robinson, 24, of Bloomington, Ind. The least experienced dirt Late Model driver among the rookie crop, Robinson is a former DIRTcar UMP Modified standout who made his full-fender debut in 2010 and ran his first full season in the division last year. He turned heads in ’11 while making more than 60 starts with his family-owned team, winning once, qualifying for both the Dream and the World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, and scoring a sixth-place at Bluegrass Speedway in Bardstown, Ky., in his second career WoO LMS A-Main appearance.

* Brandon Sheppard, 19, of New Berlin, Ill. The son of DIRTcar UMP Late Model hard-charger Steve Sheppard Jr., the teenager began running a dirt Late Model at the age of 14 and has been on a steady upward arc since then. He broke out in 2011, putting up a double-figure win total (including a pair of DIRTcar Summer Nationals victories) and winning the Northern All-Stars Late Model Series title. Sheppard and his family-owned team plan to follow the WoO LMS through the event on April 28 at Tazewell (Tenn.) Speedway and then decide on the remainder of their 2012 schedule.

* Dan Stone, 34, of Thompson, Pa. A regular entrant since 2005 in WoO LMS events held in the Northeast, the good-natured driver known as ‘Big Brother’ pulled off one of the biggest upsets in WoO LMS history when he beat the tour’s stars to win a 50-lap A-Main on Sept. 2, 2007, at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa. After excelling in local and regional action for 17 years, he hopes to follow the WoO LMS for the first time with a combination of family-owned equipment and cars fielded by Leo Milus’s Super Deuce Racing.

* Jack Sullivan, 36, of Greenbrier, Ark. A former open-wheel Modified standout, he has enjoyed success on regional circuits since entering the dirt Late Model class in 2003. He owns a top WoO LMS finish of ninth in 12 career A-Main starts, and over the past two years he’s been a stalwart on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals ‘Hell Tour,’ winning twice and placing a personal-best fifth in the 2011 points standings.

A guaranteed $10,000 top prize awaits the winner of the 2012 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year award, which will be determined using drivers’ best 25 finishes in World of Outlaws events.

The rookies will dive into their 2012 WoO LMS assaults with a busy month of February, staying on the road for two consecutive weeks of action. The season opener at Screven will be followed by the inaugural Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals on Feb. 16-18 at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla., and two dates (Feb. 23 and 25) during the 41^st UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.

Previous WoO LMS Rookie of the Year award winners were Pat Doar of New Richmond, Wis. (2011), Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del. (2010), Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio (2009), Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y. (2008), Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y. (2007), Eddie Carrier Jr. of Salt Rock, W.Va. (2006), Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va. (2005) and Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y. (2004).

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Eckert Seeks To Regain Winning Form At Volusia Speedway Park In UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment Feb. 20-25

Defending World of Outlaws Late Model Series Champ Hasn’t Reached Victory Lane At Florida Track Since 2006

BARBERVILLE, FL – Jan. 27, 2012 – Rick Eckert seemed to get his groove back at the end of last year’s UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment and rode the momentum to his first-ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series title.

This year the veteran star from York, Pa., hopes to step up his performance even more and return to his old winning ways at Volusia Speedway Park, which hosts six consecutive nights of DIRTcar Late Model racing from Feb. 20-25 as part of the 41^st UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit. Four DIRTcar UMP-sanctioned events (Feb. 20, 21, 22 and 24) and two WoO LMS programs (Feb. 23 and 25) comprise the full-fender portion of the annual short-track spectacular in the Sunshine State.

“I gotta get back on a roll there,” Eckert said of the sprawling half-mile oval located less than a half-hour outside Daytona Beach, Fla. “We closed out last year’s (DIRTcar Nationals) strong, but it’s been a long time since we’ve won a race there. This year we’re gonna try to change that.”

For the eight-year period from 1999-2006, Eckert, 46, was a pretty solid bet to reach Victory Lane at least once during each edition of the UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit. He captured seven Late Model features in that span, going winless only in his 2000 and 2003 trips to Florida.

Eckert’s run of success at Volusia was so impressive that he remains atop the UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit win list since 1999 despite being shut out for the last five years. Only Don O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind., who won his seventh career DIRTcar Nationals A-Main last year, matches Eckert’s checkered flag total.

“Volusia was really good to us for awhile,” said Eckert, whose triumphs came in DIRTcar UMP (five), UDTRA/Hav-A-Tampa (one) and unsanctioned (one) races. “I still like the place, but it feels like we haven’t won there in forever.”

Eckert certainly hasn’t been a non-factor since his last win at Volusia, on Feb. 17, 2006. Over the past five years he’s recorded seven top-five and 14 top-10 finishes during the UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit, including runner-up outings in ’08 (WoO LMS) and ’09 and ’11 (DIRTcar UMP).

But the Volusia victory lull has proven frustrating for Eckert, never more so than during the first four nights of last year’s competition. He struggled to get his self-owned Team Zero by Bloomquist car up to speed, registering consecutive DIRTcar UMP-sanctioned feature finishes of 13 ^th, 24^th and 17^th and placing a quiet 13^th in the WoO LMS season opener.

Eckert’s disappointing runs sent him into the final two evenings of last year’s action needing a turnaround not just for his morale but also, he quipped at the time, so he’d have “enough money to buy diesel fuel to get back home.” An engine change prior to Friday night’s competition got him back on track, propelling him to an uplifting second-place finish in the 40-lap DIRTcar UMP finale and a fifth-place finish in Saturday night’s 50-lap WoO LMS A-Main that put a badly-needed $7,050 in his pocket and set him off on a championship season.

“We started the week with a fresh motor, but we fought some issues with it and really struggled,” said Eckert. “I was too hard-headed to change it, but we finally changed to our other motor on Friday afternoon and we instantly ran better. It had laps on it, but it actually ran better and made our car better. It turned our week around.”

Not surprisingly, Eckert plans to go back to what worked for him during last year’s UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit.

“Right from the start of the week this year we’re gonna run a motor that’s similar to what we used the last two nights last year,” said Eckert. “It might not be the same exact motor, but it’ll be the same size and the same combo. We’ll probably run another motor at the first two tracks we go to (the season-opening WoO LMS events on Feb. 10-11 at Georgia’s Screven Motor Speedway and Feb. 16-18 at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla.) and then change to the one we think will be best for Volusia.”

Just over three months removed from clinching the $100,000 WoO LMS crown during the Lowes Foods World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, N.C., Eckert is ready to begin another championship chase. He knows he can’t afford a slow jump out of the starting gate with the national tour running a record six events at three tracks during the month of February.

“Having more races in Georgia and Florida is good for the series, but it’s definitely harder on the regulars,” said Eckert, who has entered all 313 WoO LMS events contested since 2004. “There will be probably 60 or more cars at all six races, so we have to be on our game. You better get off to a good start this year or you’ll be in trouble.”

Eckert is confident that he’ll be in the mix for checkered flags at Volusia, a D-shaped track he always enjoys visiting.

“It’s a fun place,” said Eckert, who displayed his newly-skinned No. 24 in the DIRTcar Racing booth during last weekend’s VP Racing Fuels Motorsports 2012 show at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pa. “It’s big, but yet it’s still racy. I think because it’s round it just races good – usually side-by-side racing, which is cool.

“It’s been really good the last several years,” he continued. “It didn’t use to be as racy as it is now. I remember being there when guys would draw bad (time trial) numbers and then just didn’t race that night. But now the racetrack’s good enough where you can draw a bad number and still rebound. They (the track-prep crew) just do a lot more work (to the surface) than they used and that’s great for us and the fans.”

Of course, Eckert isn’t merely a proponent of the racing at Volusia. He’s likes the whole atmosphere that envelopes the UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit.

“It’s always fun to race in front of a big crowd,” said Eckert, “and it’s fun to get to see all the (DIRTcar Big-Block) Modified guys (who race from Feb. 22-25) that I probably only see one time a year. We’ll hang out with them after the races, cook out a little bit, have a few beers and talk about racing. That’s what makes the week even more fun.”

The UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit is a 12-night short-track blockbuster that features nightly doubleheaders. Joining the DIRTcar UMP Late Models (30-lap A-Mains paying $7,000 to win on Feb. 20, 21 and 22 and a 40-lap, $10,000-to-win finale on Feb. 24) and WoO LMS (50-lap A-Mains for $10,000 to win on Feb. 23 and 25) on the schedule are the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series (Feb. 17-19); the UNOH All-Star Sprint Car Series (Feb. 15-16); the Super DIRTcar Series for Big-Block Modifieds (Feb. 22-25); and the UMP Modifieds (Feb. 14-21).

For more information on the UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit – including special pricing on advance-sale tickets and details of the ‘Free Pit Pass With Every Ticket’ offer that allows fans to get up-close-and-personal with the race teams every night of the DCN – visit www.DIRTcarNationals.com or call 704-795-7223, 386-985-4402 or 877-395-8606 (ticket hotline).

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World of Outlaws Late Model Series Announcer Rick Eshelman Receives Prestigious Award From Michigan Auto Racing Fan Club

CONCORD, NC – Jan. 25, 2012 – World of Outlaws Late Model Series announcer Rick Eshelman got his start in the motorsports business while living in Michigan. Last Saturday night he returned to his native home to accept a high honor from the Wolverine State’s short-track racing community.

Eshelman, 50, made a 14-hour trip north from his residence in Phenix City, Ala., to attend the 46^th annual Michigan Auto Racing Fan Club Awards Banquet in Warren, Mich., where he received the organization’s prestigious Tom Carnegie Announcer of the Year Award. The award is named in memory of the legendary late announcer of the Indianapolis 500.

“Being recognized with an award like this really means a lot to me,” said Eshelman, who grew up in Waltz, Mich., about halfway between Toledo and Detroit. “So many great announcers from not only Michigan but all across the country have received this award and I’m honored to join them.”

Eshelman’s Michigan motorsports roots run deep. His hometrack throughout his childhood was Flat Rock (Mich.) Speedway, a paved oval he attended for the first time at the age of three. He began working there – selling welder’s insurance, scoring races – as a teenager and announced his first race at Flat Rock as a 17-year-old in 1979.

“It was opening night and the regular announcer couldn’t make it,” Eshelman remembered of his debut behind the microphone. “I asked if I could fill in for the night and I got the chance. I loved it and couldn’t wait to do it again.”

After serving as a substitute announcer at Flat Rock for the remainder of the 1979 season, Eshelman became the regular race-caller at Toledo (Ohio) Speedway in 1980. He then headed off for a four-year stint in the Army, but his announcing didn’t end while an enlisted man. With Eshelman stationed in Grand Forks, N.D., he spent the 1983-85 seasons calling the races at River Cities Speedway.

Eshelman returned to the announcer’s booth at Flat Rock and Toledo in 1986. He switched to weekly dirt-track announcing in 1999 and 2000 at Ohio’s Limaland Speedway and Oakshade Raceway, and from 2000-2003 he worked at the famed Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. He moved south to Columbus, Miss., for a short time early in 2004 – and announced the first event at the town’s Magnolia Motor Speedway – before settling in Phenix City, Ala., and landing his dream job with the WoO LMS in July ’04.

Since taking over as the voice of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, Eshelman has become one of the most well-known announcers in dirt Late Model racing. His distinctive style and devotion to the sport resulted in recognition from his home state’s stalwart fan club.

“I remember listening to Howard Williams announce at Flat Rock when I was a kid and I just told myself, ‘I’d like to do that,’” said Eshelman, who has called races at 160 tracks in 30 states and three Canadian provinces. “I feel real lucky to be doing what I’m doing now for a living. I owe it all to John Marcum (late founder and president of ARCA) and the start I got at Flat Rock.”

Eshelman will soon be back on the road with the World of Outlaws, traveling the country in the tour’s hauler with his girlfriend, WoO LMS chief scorer Sandy Holt, riding shotgun. The 2012 schedule begins on Feb. 10-11 with the $20,000-to-win ‘Winter Freeze’ at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga., and then continues with the ‘Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals’ on Feb. 16-18 at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla., and the tour’s portion of the UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summitt Racing Equipment on Feb. 23 and 25 at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.

And of course, Eshelman will have four opportunities to announce WoO LMS events in Michigan this season. The circuit is scheduled to visit Hartford Motor Speedway on July 20; Winston Speedway in Rothbury on Aug. 17; Merritt Raceway in Lake City on Aug. 18; and Berlin Raceway in Marne, a paved track that will be covered with clay for a historic $20,000-to-win, 100-lap race weekend on Sept. 21-22.

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Down & Dirty: Michigan’s Berlin Raceway Covering Pavement With Clay For World of Outlaws Late Model Series Weekend On Sept. 21-22

Huge 100-lap, $20,000-To-Win Event Will Return Showplace Oval To Its Dirt-Track Roots

MARNE, MI – Jan. 20, 2012 – Berlin Raceway is going to get down and dirty in 2012.

Harkening back to the famed facility’s beginnings as a dirt track six decades ago, the new management team of the Michigan speedway has announced plans to cover the 7/16^th-mile oval’s asphalt surface with a layer of clay for a spectacular season-ending program featuring the renowned World of Outlaws Late Model Series.

Keyser Manufacturing Co. of Coopersville, Mich., has signed on to sponsor the huge weekend scheduled for Sept. 21-22, providing fans from the Midwest and beyond the unique opportunity to witness dirt Late Model superstars sliding around one of the country’s most storied and popular paved tracks.

A 100-lap WoO LMS A-Main paying $20,000 to win will serve as the highlight of the historic, as-yet-unnamed weekend. Berlin Raceway’s management is setting up a fan contest to solicit ideas for the race’s title, adding interactive flair to arguably the biggest dirt Late Model event ever contested in the state of Michigan.

“When we started making our plans for the 2012 season we threw around ideas that might create some excitement,” said Berlin Raceway general manager Mike Bursley. “We thought putting dirt down for a big end-of-the-year show would be something that’s not only different, but also great for the racetrack and great for the fans.

“We’re going to bring Berlin Raceway back to where it started when Chet Mysliwiec and his family built it – and doing it with the World of Outlaws will be huge.”

A staple of the Wolverine State’s motorsports scene since 1950, Berlin Raceway will celebrate its 62^nd year of competition in 2012 with the energetic duo of Bursley, 28, and Kurt Dietrich, 33, serving as co-promoters for DBD Ventures, the Don Dewitt-led investment group that purchased the track’s lease during the off-season. The first dirt race since Berlin was paved in 1966 will conclude an ambitious ’12 schedule that includes the track’s traditional weekly action and major events.

The much-anticipated dirt-track weekend at Berlin will kick off on Thurs., Sept. 20, with an open practice session. The WoO LMS will take center stage for the remainder of the historic meet, running time trials and heat races on Fri., Sept. 21, and last-chance races and the 100-lap A-Main on Sat., Sept. 22.

The century grind figures to play a critical role in the battle for the $100,000 WoO LMS points championship. Just four more points races are scheduled to be contested after the national tour’s visit to Berlin.

“We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to headline one of the most exciting racing weekends the state of Michigan has ever seen,” said WoO LMS director Tim Christman. “It’s truly an honor to know the management of a well-known short track like Berlin Raceway holds the World of Outlaws Late Model Series in such high esteem that they are entrusting our officials and teams to help make the dirt-track weekend a memorable one.”

The process of applying a dirt surface on Berlin Raceway will begin immediately after the track presents its final scheduled pavement event of the season on Sept. 8. Bursley said the speedway has already made arrangements to truck in over 10,000 yards of clay excavated from the site of an athletic-field construction project at a nearby college.

“It’s quite a commitment to pull off something like this, but we’ve done our homework,” said Bursley, who plans to work with local dirt-track promoters and seek their assistance in surface preparation to ensure the success of Berlin’s big program. “We’re serious about doing this right. We want to make this a yearly event.”

Dirt-trackers who are unfamiliar with Berlin will discover a jewel of a track located less than 20 minutes from Grand Rapids, Mich. The facility was virtually rebuilt after its 2001 purchase by the West Michigan Whitecaps, a minor league baseball team that invested in infrastructure upgrades that included a new sound system, restrooms, private party areas, catch fencing and other amenities. More improvements came under Michael Blackmer, who leased the track in 2008 before transitioning to ownership the following season.

Berlin Raceway boasts a seating capacity of 8,800 and a uniquely-shaped track that will certainly prove to be a challenge for dirt Late Model racers.

“It’s really almost a circle, so the cars will rarely be going straight when they’re running on dirt,” said Dietrich, Berlin’s operations and marketing manager. “It will definitely lend itself to some real fast and interesting racing.”

More details of Berlin’s Keyser Manufacturing Co. dirt-track weekend will be announced in the near future, including information on ticket prices and advanced sales; support divisions that will compete; and a complete schedule of events.

Fans can get involved immediately by e-mailing their suggestions for an event name to [email protected] by Feb. 29. Track officials will pick five event names and then post them for fan voting at www.berlinraceway.com. The fan who submits the winning event name will receive four free tickets to the weekend and other perks to be announced.

The latest information on the event is available by logging on to www.berlinraceway.com or calling the track office at 616-662-2051.

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Award-Winning Promoter Redd Griffin Focused On Huge ‘Winter Freeze’ Weekend Feb. 10-11 At Screven Motor Speedway

Georgia Track Set To Open 2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Schedule With $20,000-To-Win Blockbuster

SYLVANIA, GA – Jan. 16, 2012 – James ‘Redd’ Griffin has received plenty of congratulatory handshakes and phone calls since being named the 2011 Racing Promotion Monthly Southeastern Region Auto Racing Promoter of the Year, but the modest Georgian certainly hasn’t paused to celebrate his honor.

For Griffin, there just isn’t any time right now for introspection. He’s less than one month away from the richest event he’s ever presented at his Screven Motor Speedway: the ‘Winter Freeze’ on Feb. 10-11, a blockbuster weekend that he hopes will prove he’s a worthy recipient of the coveted promotional award.

A 60-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Main paying $20,000 to win headlines the Winter Freeze, which also features a pair of $5,000-to-win events for the UNOH All-Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series. It’s a monster pairing of headline divisions that will kick off the season-opening Georgia/Florida speedweeks with a flourish.

“I’m really looking forward to this show,” said Griffin, whose three-eighths-mile oval played host to annual $10,000-to-win WoO LMS programs from 2008-10 (last year’s World of Outlaws race was rained out on its original date and then later canceled by the track). “This is the biggest thing we’ve ever done at Screven and the interest I’m seeing has been fantastic. If we can get some of that good weather I’m praying for, I think we’re gonna have a great turnout and an awesome show.”

The Winter Freeze promises to put a punctuation mark on Screven’s rise to relevance in the motorsports industry under Griffin, who 16 years ago began carving the complex out of a cotton field one hour northwest of Savannah. Griffin has constructed one of the most diverse racing facilities in the country, boasting not only a competitive red-clay oval but also the quarter-mile Savannah River Dragway, a mud bog, a nearly quarter-mile dirt go-kart track and a paved rental kart track.

Griffin, 43, has made additions to Screven’s infrastructure and beefed up the track schedules virtually every year since he came on the scene. It’s this dedication to providing fans and racers an ever-improving experience – not to mention Griffin’s down-home, regular-guy personality – that earned him recognition as one of six regional Promoter of the Year honorees by RPM, an idea newsletter and professional resource for racetrack operators.

“I’m really shocked to win it,” said Griffin, one of the nominees for the 36^th National Auto Racing Promoter of the Year Award that will be announced on Feb. 20 during the 39^th annual RPM Workshops in Daytona Beach, Fla. “It sure is an honor to be recognized like that by the other promoters. I guess you can say it puts the pressure on to live up to an award that’s that important.”

In that vein, Griffin is laser-focused on the Winter Freeze. A mild winter has given him and his staff plenty of opportunity to prep the property for the expected influx of spectators and teams. Most notably, he’s erected more bleachers on the front and back straightaways and has completely turned over Screven’s racing surface in hopes of continuing the side-by-side action that many observers rate as some of the best fans will see in the Southeast.

Griffin has planned a full weekend of activities for Winter Freeze attendees, starting with an open practice session running from 6-10 p.m. on Thurs., Feb. 9. The schedule of events on Fri., Feb. 10, includes WoO LMS time trials and heat races plus full programs for the All-Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series and the Screven Late Model division ($1,500 to win), while the card on Sat., Feb. 11, features B-Mains and the lucrative Winter Freeze finale for the WoO LMS as well as another All-Star Sprint Car show and a $2,500-to-win crate Late Model headliner.

In addition, Griffin will keep things busy on Saturday afternoon with Gee Chee Creek Mudd Drags competition, racing at his Gamecock Speedway go-kart oval and challenge races between World of Outlaws drivers and fans on the rental kart track. The mud-bog and go-kart action is included in the $35 adult ticket price, which also provides an all-access pass to the pit area of each racing venue.

“We’re gonna give everybody plenty to see and do during the day,” said Griffin. “It’s a great deal for the fans. For $35 you get to see all kinds of different racing in one place, and you can go in the pits and rub elbows with (WoO LMS stars) like Rick Eckert and Josh Richards and all the 410 Sprint Car guys.”

Griffin will also have his famed concession stand cranking out a wide variety of foods all weekend. The large building, situated between the speedway and dragstrip, is well known for producing much more than the normal racetrack fare.

“When the folks come down here from all over, we’re gonna make sure we treat ‘em right,” said Griffin, who plans to situate heaters under the grandstands to provide fans extra warmth if the temperatures dip at night. “We’re going to show them good southern hospitality and give ‘em some good southern cooking.”

The Winter Freeze will begin the chase for the $100,000 WoO LMS points title, assuring a banner turnout of World of Outlaws hopefuls. Topping the field will be former series champions Rick Eckert of York, Pa., Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., and Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y. – all of whom plan to pursue another crown in 2012 – as well as two-time titlist Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., who has not yet announced his schedule for ’12 as he looks to land a fulltime NASCAR Camping World Truck Series ride.

Eckert, Lanigan and McCreadie are just three of the last year’s WoO LMS fulltimers who are expected to return in ’12, joining Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y., Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., Pat Doar of New Richmond, Wis., Ron Davies of Warren, Pa., and John Lobb of Frewsburg, N.Y.

Several additional drivers have revealed their intention to enter the Winter Freeze in hopes of jump-starting a season-long assault on the WoO LMS. The list includes Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., Bub McCool of Vicksburg, Miss., Jack Sullivan of Greenbrier, Ark., Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa., Billy Moyer Jr. of Batesville, Ark., Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs of Bear Lake, Pa., Kent Robinson of Bloomington, Ind., and Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa.

The Winter Freeze roster will be accented by an array of other national, regional and local standouts.

Griffin said that he will add a Non-Qualifiers’ Race to the WoO LMS itinerary if more than 48 dirt Late Models are signed in for the event.

Screven’s gates are scheduled to open at 10 a.m. each day of the Winter Freeze. Hot laps are set to start at 5 p.m. on Fri., Feb. 10, and Sat., Feb. 11, with qualifying to immediately follow.

Screven Motor Speedway will provide free camping (no hookups) on the paved dragstrip on a first-come, first-served basis.

More information on the Winter Freeze is available by logging on to www.screvenmotorspeedway.com or calling 912-228-5886.

Screven Motor Speedway is located between Mile Markers 6 and 7 on GA Route 21 in Screven County, Ga.

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Tyler County Speedway Unveils Details Of Mega-Money Memorial Day Weekend ‘Bullring Bonanza’

Unique Event Features $150,000 World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Jackpot 100,’ Raffle Offering Over Half-Million Dollars In Cash & Prizes

MIDDLEBOURNE, WV – Jan. 6, 2012 – Tyler County Speedway already hosts the ‘Black Diamond 125,’ a Labor Day weekend World of Outlaws Late Model Series spectacular that’s become known as the “coolest crown jewel on the planet.”

This year the quarter-mile Mountaineer State oval will add another blockbuster to its schedule, unveiling the Memorial Day weekend ‘Bullring Bonanza’ that promises to be the most unique event dirt-track racing has ever seen.

A collaborative effort between the Tyler County Fireman’s Association and the Circle Track Management group that promotes Tyler County Speedway, the ‘Bullring Bonanza’ is a two-day fundraising event on May 25-26 that features the $150,000-plus WoO LMS ‘Jackpot 100’ and a raffle offering over a half-million dollars in cash and prizes.

While the $25,000-to-win/$2,000-to-start ‘Jackpot 100’ for the nationally-renowned World of Outlaws tour on Sat., May 26, stands as the primary on-track attraction of the weekend, it’s the amazing array of additional entertainment and fan enticements that sets the ‘Bullring Bonanza’ apart. The weekend will include live music, lots of great food, camping in the hills of West Virginia and, of course, the Saturday mega-raffle during which purchasers of $100 ‘Bullring Bonanza’ tickets will have a chance to win a long list of valuable prizes.

A $50,000 cash grand prize tops the raffle, which will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in conjunction with a ticket-holder buffet administered by Quinet’s famous catering. Only 10,000 ‘Bullring Bonanza’ raffle tickets will be sold, and all proceeds will benefit Tyler County fire departments and Tyler County Speedway upgrades.

“We are very excited about this unique event,” said Circle Track Management’s Frank Wilson. “The concept is based around a fundraising raffle featuring a tremendous country music lineup on Friday night (May 25) and six hours of non-stop prize drawings on Saturday afternoon that will send fans home with new cars, trucks, campers, Harleys, lots of cash and other great prizes. Throw in an all-you-can-eat buffet from Quinet’s famous catering and a Saturday-night racing program that includes the $25,000-to-win World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Jackpot 100’ and the $5,000-to-win ‘Let It Ride 55’ for the TSMA Renegades of Dirt Modifieds Tour, and how could the weekend get any better?

“This could be the can’t-miss show of the year – all for one ticket price of $100, and with all proceeds going to benefit the Tyler County Fireman’s Association and Tyler County Speedway improvements. It’s a win/win for race fans, the firemen of Tyler County and the speedway.

“Between this season’s historic ‘Bullring Bonanza’ and the coolest crown jewel on the planet – the ‘Black Diamond 125’ on Sept. 1 – we feel the ‘Bullring’ continues to grow among the nation’s elite speedways,” concluded Wilson.

Each $100 ticket for the one-of-a-kind ‘Bullring Bonanza’ experience is an all-access pass to the weekend, which officially kicks off on Fri., May 25, with a full day of fun at the Tyler County Fairgrounds – vendors, prize displays, swap meets, concessions, cornhole tournaments and much more. An evening of country music entertainment featuring several nationally-known recording artists (still to be announced) will begin on stage at 6 o’clock, and those who purchase tickets by March 30 will be eligible for two $1,000 ‘Early Bird’ raffle drawings during Friday’s festivities.

The prize drawing portion of the ‘Bonanza’ weekend will take place as part of the ‘Jackpot 100’ pre-race festivities on Sat., May 26, beginning at 11 a.m. and running through 5 p.m. Over $550,000 in cash and prizes will be given away, including brand-new cars and trucks; several Harley-Davidson motorcycles; ATVs; travel trailers; new race cars; trips to locales such as Cancun, Las Vegas, Nashville and DisneyWorld; Cabela’s shopping sprees; and cash awards ranging from $500 to $50,000.

Winning tickets will be drawn every five minutes during the six-hour ‘Bonanza’ raffle and buffet. Winners need not be present to win, and each ticket is eligible to win more than once.

A full list of prizes can be seen below in the ‘Bullring Bonanza Frequently Asked Questions’ section and on-line at the event’s dedicated Web site, www.BullringBonanza.org.

The weekend will be capped by a full racing program on Saturday night, including time trials, heats, B-Mains and the ‘Jackpot 100’ for the WoO LMS and a complete show for the TSMA Renegades of Dirt Modifieds Tour. Gates to the speedway are scheduled to open at 5:30 p.m. and hot laps are set to begin at 7 p.m.

For the racers, a cash award of $200 will be paid to each of the 10 teams ($2,000 total) that travel the most miles to compete in the ‘Jackpot 100’ event.

‘Bullring Bonanza’ ticket buyers, who must be at least 18 years of age, are entitled to one guest ticket per concert, Bonanza (not eligible for prizes) and race at $35 each. Children 10-and-under will be admitted free to the Friday-night Concert and the ‘Jackpot 100’ race.

To purchase ‘Bullring Bonanza’ tickets, download flyers and order forms or obtain more details about the event, visit www.BullringBonanza.org; e-mail [email protected]; call 304-771-5661 or 304-758-4411; or write Bullring Bonanza, P.O. Box 107, Middlebourne, WV, 26149.

Fans can also follow the ‘Bullring Bonanza’ on Facebook and Twitter to stay up-to-date with all the latest news and announcements regarding the 2012 Bonanza.

Tyler County Fairgrounds/Speedway is located on State Route 18, three miles south of Middlebourne, W.Va., and just an hour from Parkersburg, W.Va., Wheeling, W.Va., and Clarksburg, W.Va.

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2012 ‘Bullring Bonanza’ Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What exactly is the Bullring Bonanza?

A: The Bullring Bonanza is a two-day mega-event held at the Tyler County Speedway/Fairgrounds on Memorial Day weekend, Friday-Saturday, May 25-26, 2012. Gates will open on Friday and patrons will be welcomed to the richest event in Tyler County Speedway/Fairgrounds history. Attendees will enjoy live music, vendors, gaming, great food, prizes and racing action. ‘Bullring Bonanza’ ticket buyers are entitled to entry into the event on both Friday and Saturday; raffle drawing eligibility; free buffet food during the drawing on Saturday; and admission to the Friday-night country music concert and Saturday night’s ‘Jackpot 100’ racing program.

Q: How many guest tickets can I purchase?

A: You may purchase (1) guest ticket for the Bullring Bonanza drawing for every $100 ticket purchased (guest ticket includes free food but is not eligible for prizes). You may also purchase a $35 guest ticket for the Friday night concert as well.

Q: Do you have to be present to win?

A: Patrons need not be present for the raffle on Saturday to win prizes. Patrons who purchase a $100 ticket will be given a four-digit number. The drawing is done with four machines, each containing 10 balls numbered 0-9. Each drawing results in a four-digit number.

Q: How do I get my ticket?

A: Purchases may be made online at www.BullringBonanza.org. Tickets may also be bought in person at participating retailers or by mail using check, cash, money order or credit card at Bullring Bonanza, P.O. Box 107, Middlebourne, WV, 26149.

Q: What are all the ticket and camping prices for the weekend?

A: The breakdown is as follows:

* $100 - Weekend Pass (includes entry into ‘Bullring Bonanza’; free food buffet during the Bonanza; Friday night entertainment; and free all-access entry into World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Jackpot 100’ race on Saturday evening.

* $35 - Guest Ticket for Bonanza (free food but not eligible for prizes)

* $35 - Guest Ticket for Friday-night oncert

* $35 – General Admission Race Ticket for Jackpot 100 (Non-Bonanza ticket holder)

* $60 - Pit Pass for Jackpot 100 (Non-Bonanza ticket holder)

* $15 - Per Night Camping (Tyler County Fair Association)

* FREE - Kids 10-and-under to concert and Jackpot 100 (no one under 18 permitted at Bonanza prize drawings)

Q: Is there a deadline to purchase ‘Bonanza’ tickets?

A: No, but all ‘Bonanza’ tickets sold before March 30, 2012, will be entered in the (2) $1,000 ‘Early Bird’ drawings that will be held on Friday night.

Q: How can I get more information about the ‘Bullring Bonanza’ and weekend activities?

A:Log on to www.BullringBonanza.org; call 304-771-5661 or 304-758-4411; or e-mail [email protected].

Q: Will the ‘Bullring Bonanza’ raffle be held rain or shine?

A: Yes, the drawing will be held rain or shine. There will be seating with tables and chairs all under huge tents.

Q: What is the time schedule of events for the ‘Bullring Bonanza’ weekend?

A: The schedule is below:

Friday, May 25

8 a.m. - Gates open for admission

8 a.m. - Vendors/Swapmeet/Tradeshow

12 noon - Food Court Opens

5:30 p.m. - Opening Ceremonies

6 p.m. – Entertainment TBA

7:30 p.m. - Early Bird Big Money Drawings

8 p.m. - Entertainment TBA

9 p.m. - Entertainment TBA

11 p.m. - Pit Party w/live DJ Entertainment

Saturday, May 26

8 a.m. - Gates open for admission

8 a.m. - Vendors/Swapmeet/Tradeshow

11 a.m. - Prize Drawings begin (one every five minutes)/free food buffet (all day) fueled by Quinet’s

5 p.m. - $50,000 Grand Prize drawing

5:30 p.m. - Gates open to the speedway

7 p.m. – Hot laps and time-trial qualifying for the Jackpot 100 & Let It Ride 55

8 p.m. – Heat race action begins for the $25,000-to-win WoO LMS ‘Jackpot 100’ and the $5,000-to-win ‘Let It Ride 55’ for the Renegades of Dirt Modifieds Tour

Q: What prizes are being offered in the ‘Bullring Bonanza’ raffle?

A: The $550,000-plus prize list and time for each drawing on Sat., May 26, is below:

2012 Bullring Bonanza Prize List

Time Prize

11 a.m 2012 Chevy Silverado 4WD Ext. Cab

11:05 a.m. (2) $500 Cash

11:10 a.m. $1,000 Cash

11:15 a.m. 2012 Polaris RZR

11:20 a.m. $1,000 Cash

11:25 a.m. 4-Night Cancun Vacation for 2

11:30 a.m. 2012 Harley Davidson

11:35 a.m. 24 ft. Aluminum Enclosed Trailer

11:40 a.m. $1,000 Cash

11:45 a.m. 2012 Wildwood 17 ft. Travel Trailer

11:50 a.m. (2) $500 Cash prizes

11:55 a.m. $500 Cabela’s Shopping Spree

12 noon $5,000 Cold Hard Cash

12:05 p.m. John Deere 825i Gator

12:10 p.m. $1,000 Cash

12:15 p.m. $1,500 Jewelry Package from S&S

12:20 p.m. 2012 Barry Wright Late Model Chassis

12:25 p.m. $1,000 Cash

12:30 p.m. 2012 Chevrolet Cruze

12:35 p.m. Kawasaki XC 610 Mule

12:40 p.m. $1,000 Cash

12:45 p.m. 2012 Polaris Ranger 400 Camo

12:50 p.m. (2) 500 Cash prizes

12:55 p.m. $1,000 Cash

1 p.m. 2012 Harley Davidson

1:05 p.m. GM 604 Crate Engine

1:10 p.m. $1,000 Cash

1:15 p.m. 3-Night Las Vegas Vacation

1:20 p.m. $1,000 Cash

1:25 p.m. 2012 Larry Shaw Modified Chassis

1:30 p.m. 2012 FWD Chevy Equinox

1:35 p.m. 3-Night Nashville Vacation

1:40 p.m. Greenbriar Golf Trip

1:45 p.m. 2012 Ford F-150

1:50 p.m. $1,000 Cash

1:55 p.m. (2) $500 Cash prizes

2 p.m. 2012 Ford Fusion

2:05 p.m. (2) $500 Cash prizes

2:10 p.m. $1,000 Cash

2:15 p.m. 2012 Sportsman 500

2:20 p.m. $1,000 Cash

2:25 p.m. WoO World Finals (at Charlotte) Vacation for 4

2:30 p.m. 2012 Wildwood 28 ft. Travel Trailer

2:35 p.m. 24 ft. Aluminum Enclosed Trailer

2:40 p.m. $1,000 Cash

2:45 p.m. 2012 Flagstaff Tent Camper

2:50 p.m. (2) $500 Cash prizes

2:55 p.m. $500 Cabela’s Shopping Spree

3 p.m. $5,000 Cold Hard Cash

3:05 p.m. John Deere ZTurn Mower

3:10 p.m. $1,000 Cash

3:15 p.m. $1,500 Jewelry Package from S&S

3:20 p.m. 2012 Larry Shaw Chassis

3:25 p.m. $1,000 Cash

3:30 p.m. 2012 Ford Fiesta

3:35 p.m. Kawasaki Teryx 750

3:40 p.m. $1,000 Cash

3:45 p.m. Harley Davidson

3:50 p.m. (2) $500 Cash prizes

3:55 p.m. $1,000 Cash

4 p.m. Harley Davidson

4:05 p.m. GM 604 Crate Engine

4:10 p.m. $1,000 Cash

4:15 p.m. 4-Night Disney Vacation

4:20 p.m. $1,000 Cash

4:25 p.m. $2,000 Cash

4:30 p.m. Vic Hill SB2 Racing Engine

4:35 p.m. Tracker 20 ft. Pontoon Party Barge

4:40 p.m. 2012 Ford F-250 4x4

4:45 p.m. 2012 Complete Rocket Chassis

4:50 p.m. $5,000 Cash

4:55 p.m. $7,500 Cash

5 p.m. $50,000 Grand Prize

Q: How many times can I win?

A: Each ‘Bonanza’ ticket provides its holder unlimited chances to win, and ticket holders need not be present to win prizes.

Q: What is the purse for the WoO LMS ‘Jackpot 100’?

A: 1. $25,000, 2. $15,000, 3. $2,200, 12. $2,000, 13. $2,000, 14. $2,000, 15. $2,000, 16. $2,000, 17. $2,000, 18. $2,000, 19. $2,000, 20. $2,000, 21. $2,000, 22. $2,000, 23. $2,000, 24. $2,000

Q. What is the purse for the ‘Let It Ride 55’ for the TSMA Renegades of Dirt Modifieds Tour?

A: 1. $5,000, 2. $3,000, 3. $2,000, 4. $1,500, 5. $1,000, 6. $700, 7. $600, 8. $550, 9. $500, 10. $475, 11. $450, 12. $425, 13. $400, 14. $375, 15. $350, 16. $325, 17. $300, 18. $300, 19. $300, 20. $300, 21. $300, 22. $300

2012 BULLRING BONANZA RULES & REGULATIONS

- Must be at least 18 years of age to purchase a ticket. One set of numbers per ticket.

- Ticket(s) and valid photo ID must be presented for admission to Bonanza.

- Only (1) $35 guest ticket per $100 bonanza ticket purchased. Guest ticket includes admission to ‘Bonanza’ and free (catered) food from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Guest ticket holders not eligible for prizes.

- You must be a $100, 2012 ‘Bullring Bonanza’ ticket holder or a $35 guest ticket holder in order to attend Friday’s country music concert. Kids 10-and-under are admitted free to the concert

- Winners of prizes need not be present to win. All winners will be notified by phone or mail and the winning numbers will be posted on our website.

- Any unsold ticket becomes the property of the Tyler County Fireman’s Association.

- Prizes must be claimed within 30 days of drawing.

- All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.

- Income tax on the cash prizes is the responsibility of the winner.

- Any prize not picked up within 30 days, becomes the property of the TCFA.

- Winners not present are responsible for delivery costs.

- Identification is required for the prize to be awarded.

- Neither the TCFA nor any persons, organizations, businesses or other sponsoring agent in the 2012 Bullring Bonanza assumes any liability for any claims, injury, damages or other resulting out of the possession of the guns or any other prizes obtained from this raffle.

- Only 10,000 tickets will be sold. If the event is held, all prizes will be given away.

- 9,000 tickets must be sold for the 2012 Bullring Bonanza to be held. If cancelled, all money will be refunded.

- When paying by check, include home phone number and mailing address. A returned check will be assessed a $25 fee. When paying with money order be sure to include return address. When paying with credit card, please include name, address, type of card (Visa, Mastercard), card number, expiration date and home phone number.

- It is the responsibility of the purchaser to return the name and address portion of the ticket stub to the Bullring Bonanza by May 20, 2012. Tickets ordered online, by phone or mail in orders will be filled out by the Bullring Bonanza officials and the stub will remain with us. The ticket portion will be mailed to ticket buyer.

- Additional raffles and drawings will be available throughout the event at additional cost.

- Camping is available for the weekend. Bath houses and showers on site.

- The Tyler County Fireman’s Association reserves the right to substitute any prize with one of equal or greater value.

- Tyler County Fireman’s Association officials and their household family members are not eligible for this drawing.

- All decisions of the Tyler County Fireman’s Association are deemed final.

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Adds June Dates At Canada’s Autodrome Granby & Cornwall, New York’s Canandaigua

Trio Of Northeast Events Will Lead Tour To Sixth Annual Firecracker 100 Weekend At Lernerville Speedway

CONCORD, NC – Jan. 4, 2012 – The World of Outlaws Late Model Series will blast into summer with consecutive June dates at Canada’s Autodrome Granby and Cornwall Motor Speedway and New York’s Canandaigua Motorsports Park, tour officials announced on Wednesday.

Adding more excitement to the renowned national tour’s previously-released 2012 schedule, the full-fender World of Outlaws stars will end a one-year absence from the Canadian dirt-track scene with a weekend doubleheader at Autodrome Granby in Granby, Que., on Fri., June 22, and Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway on Sun., June 24. The swing will then conclude on Tues., June 26, at Canandaigua, a longtime DIRTcar-sanctioned facility.

The trio of events will lead into one of the season’s richest and most prestigious races – the sixth annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com on June 28-30 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. A pair of 30-lap, $6,000-to-win preliminary programs precede the weekend’s 100-lap headliner that offers a $30,000 top prize.

“We’re very happy to add visits to Autodrome Granby, Cornwall and Canandaigua to the 2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series schedule,” said tour director Tim Christman. “The fans in Canada and central New York always welcome the World of Outlaws teams with open arms so we’re really looking forward to bringing them more of the intense action that’s the hallmark of the World of Outlaws.”

The new dates will set up a two-week-long stretch of competition in the Northeast for the WoO LMS, which enters the region with back-to-back weekend programs on June 16 at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway and June 17 at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa. Christman said another mid-week event could be added to the schedule between the Eriez and Granby stops.

The 50-lap, $10,000-to-win show at Granby on June 22 will bring the WoO LMS to the half-mile oval for the first time. A top-notch facility that headlines the DIRTcar 358-Modified division on Friday nights, Granby is located one hour east of Montreal and two hours from the American border at Plattsburgh, N.Y.

Granby becomes the second French-Canadian track to host the WoO LMS, joining Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville. The four-tenths-mile Drummond oval has presented tour events won by former series champions Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky. (2007), Rick Eckert of York, Pa. (2008) and Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky. (2010).

Cornwall, meanwhile, returns to the WoO LMS slate for the fourth time in five years on June 24 with a 50-lap A-Main paying $10,000 to win. Previous winners at the quarter-mile bullring promoted by Ron Morin include two-time series champion Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va. (2008 and ’09) and Francis (’10).

The WoO LMS will close the swing on June 26 (distance and purse to be determined) with its third alltime appearance at Canandaigua, a sprawling half-mile fairgrounds track in its second season under the direction of Jeremie Corcoran. Richards was victorious there in ’08 and Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y. – the ’06 WoO LMS champion and a former Canandaigua DIRTcar Big-Block Modified regular at Canandaigua – scored an emotional triumph in ’09.

The 2012 WoO LMS campaign now stands at 45 confirmed race dates comprising 41 A-Mains – with more events still to be added. Christman said fans should look for several exciting announcements in the near future.

The coming season is shaping up as one of the most competitive in the tour’s nine-year history under the World Racing Group banner. Eleven of the 13 fulltime drivers from ’11 have indicated plans to follow the tour again, including defending champion Eckert, Lanigan, McCreadie, Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y., Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., Pat Doar of New Richmond, Wis., Ron Davies of Warren, Pa., and John Lobb of Frewsburg, N.Y.

Several additional drivers have revealed their intention to attempt a season-long assault on the WoO LMS, including Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., Bub McCool of Vicksburg, Miss., Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa., Billy Moyer Jr. of Batesville, Ark., Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs of Bear Lake, Pa., Kent Robinson of Bloomington, Ind., and Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa.

The 2012 WoO LMS season will begin with the $20,000-to-win ‘Winter Freeze’ on Feb. 10-11 at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga. A busy month of February for the tour also includes the inaugural ‘Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals’ on Feb. 16-18 at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla., and the UNOH DIRTcar Nationals on Feb. 23 and 25 at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.

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

Fans can also follow the WoO LMS on Twitter at Twitter.com/WoOLateModels and Facebook at Facebook.com/WorldofOutlaws .