Tour Rookie Inherits Lead With Three Laps To Go After Richards, James & Eckert Tangle With Lapped Car

WHEEL, TN – April 28, 2013 – Eric Wells will never forget his first-ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory.

The tour rookie from Hazard, Ky., inherited the lead on lap 47 when the top-three cars were swept up in a tangle with a lapped machine, then outran defending WoO LMS champion Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., to capture Sunday night’s 50-lap A-Main at Duck River Raceway Park.

“We had a pretty good car from the drop of the green,” said Wells, who earned a career-high paycheck of $10,800. “I don’t think I had the car to win if not for the misfortune of (the top three), but sometimes you gotta have luck on your side and tonight we did. I couldn’t be any happier to win a World of Outlaws race this early in our first season (as a regular).”

Wells, 24, suddenly found himself in the top spot after race-long leader Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., second-place Scott James of Bright, Ind., and third-place Rick Eckert of York, Pa., crashed together on the homestretch while lapping Mark Gant of Savannah, Tenn. The Bluegrass State driver sidestepped the scramble and never flinched over the final three circuits of the rough-and-tumble race, pulling away in his father David’s Team Zero by Bloomquist mount to defeat Lanigan’s Rocket by 0.696 of a second. (more…)

Georgian Holds Off Casebolt For Second Victory Of 2013 On National Tour

MARYVILLE, TN – April 26, 2013 – Everything fell Shane Clanton’s way on Friday night at Smoky Mountain Speedway.

Taking advantage of an outside pole starting spot and some well-placed caution flags, Fayetteville, Ga.’s Clanton had just enough speed to hold off a late challenge from Steve Casebolt Jr. of Richmond, Ind., and capture the ‘Mountain Outlaw 50.’

Clanton, 37, registered his second victory of the season on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, which made its first visit to Smoky Mountain since 2004. He steered his Kennedy Motorsports Capital Race Car under the checkered flag a scant 0.164 of a second ahead of Casebolt, who overtook Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., for second on a lap-38 restart and kept his Dishman Motorsports MasterSbilt car there to earn a career-best WoO LMS finish.

Owens settled for third in a Team Zero by Bloomquist mount after running in the second spot for laps 10-38. Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., maintained the WoO LMS points lead with a solid fourth-place finish in his father Mark’s Rocket Chassis house car and Billy Ogle Jr. of Knoxville, Tenn., made a late charge to complete the top five in a Blount Motorsports Rocket fielded by Smoky Mountain co-owner Larry Garner. (more…)

National Tour Set To Visit Smoky Mountain Speedway (April 26), Tazewell Speedway (April 27) & Duck River Raceway Park (April 28)
CONCORD, NC – April 24, 2013 – A big, reconfigured four-tenths-mile oval. A steeply-banked, blazing-fast one-third-mile paper-clip. A sweeping quarter-mile bullring.

Three distinct tracks located in Tennessee – that’s this weekend’s hit list for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, which invades the Volunteer State for one of the most anticipated and interesting tripleheaders of the 2013 season.

The swing kicks off on Friday night (April 26) at Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, which will host the WoO LMS for the first time since 2004. The famed Tazewell Speedway will present a World of Outlaws program for the fourth consecutive season on Saturday evening (April 27) while the smallest of the three tracks, Duck River Raceway Park in Wheel, will close the weekend on Sunday night (April 28) with its inaugural WoO LMS extravaganza. (more…)

PINE HALL, NC – April 20, 2013 – Something about 311 Motor Speedway agrees with Tim McCreadie.

The 39-year-old star from Watertown, N.Y., drove to a convincing victory in Saturday night’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series at the half-mile oval – the second consecutive year that his first win of the season on the national tour came at the Tar Heel State track.

McCreadie ran a virtually flawless race after surging off the outside pole to grab the lead from front-row partner Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., at the initial green flag. He paced the entire distance in his Sweeteners Plus Warrior car, turning back just a brief late-race challenge from Rick Eckert of York, Pa., en route to a $10,650 payday. (more…)

Southeast’s Hottest Driver Will Bid For Victory At North Carolina Track In His Race Team’s Backyard

PINE HALL, NC – April 18, 2013 – Jonathan Davenport is arguably the hottest dirt Late Model driver in the Southeast over the past month, but is he hot enough to deal with some of the country’s best touring stars? He’s about to find out.

This Saturday night (April 20) Davenport will enter the 50-lap, $10,000-to-win World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at 311 Motor Speedway, kicking off three consecutive weekends in which the 29-year-old native of Blairsville, Ga., plans to compete with the national tour throughout his home region. For Davenport, it’s the most important stretch of action in his fledgling tenure as a driver for the AES Racing team.

“We’re definitely focusing on the next three weeks,” said Davenport, who owns two career WoO LMS A-Main victories, both at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, N.C. (2010 and ’11 World Finals). “Even though we’ve been running good we haven’t really run too much on the national level yet, so we’re ready to test ourselves. I feel like we’re hitting our stride so hopefully this is a really good time for the Outlaws to come into our area.”

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World of Outlaws Late Model Series Returns To North Carolina Track For First Time Since 2010
FAYETTEVILLE, NC – April 16, 2013 – It should come as no surprise that Josh Richards is excited about the World of Outlaws Late Model Series returning to Fayetteville Motor Speedway for the first time since 2010 this Friday night (April 19).

With a sterling .667 career win percentage in WoO LMS competition at the four-tenths-mile oval, the 25-year-old star from Shinnston, W.Va., has a special affinity for the Tar Heel State track.

“I’m definitely looking forward to going back to Fayetteville,” said Richards, a two-time World of Outlaws champion and the national tour’s current points leader. “That place has treated us pretty good over the years. I’ve always had a lot of fun driving there.”

Richards owns two victories in three career WoO LMS starts at Fayetteville, capturing 50-lap A-Mains in October 2008 and April 2010.

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The FL United Promoters Series comes to Auburndale Speedway this Sat. 4/20 for the running of the 6th Annual Billie Harvey Memorial. This will be the first year at the tight 1/4 mile track for this prestigious race for the racer that competed at all Florida tracks back in the late 70’s and through the 80’s. Know for his famous #31 often color baby blue Billie race many different types of machines during his career. There will be over $2,000.00 in lap money and prizes added to the purse for this 100 lap event, which is race #4 for the FUPS Super late models.

Many teams have committed to appearing to compete with the ” FUPS Best Late Model Drivers” in the state. Along with series regulars, point leader and winner of the first three races will be Wayne Anderson trying for win #4. Jesse Dutilly, Daniel Webster, Jonathan Guy, David Green, Billy Bigley Jr., Daniel Keene Jr., Jeff Scofield, Joe Winchell and many more will try to keep Anderson from picking up win number four. (more…)

Unfavorable Weather Outlook Prompts Changes To Ohio’s Only World of Outlaws Late Model Series Event In 2013

ORRVILLE, OH – April 9, 2013 – The World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Buckeye 100’ scheduled for this weekend at NAPA Auto Parts Wayne County Speedway has been condensed to a one-day program on Saturday evening (April 13) topped by a 50-lap A-Main paying $10,000 to win, track and series officials announced on Tuesday afternoon.

With unfavorable weather conditions forecast for the start of the inaugural Buckeye 100 weekend, WCS co-promoters Jason and Kristin Flory collaborated with WoO LMS director Tim Christman on a contingency plan for the event. Both parties agreed to scrap the originally scheduled multi-day, 100-lap program and run a single-day card on Saturday night.

“All of us at NAPA Auto Parts Wayne County Speedway have been excited for months about the first Buckeye 100 weekend, but we don’t want to run such a huge event in conditions that would be miserable for fans and race teams,” said Jason Flory, who is starting his second full season of promoting the three-eighths-mile oval with his wife. “With forecasts calling for rain on Thursday (practice night) and then unseasonably cold temperatures and a chance of rain and/or snow on Friday, we felt that we didn’t want to have everyone travel to the speedway and face the possibility of sitting for a couple days without racing or competing in weather that would make the weekend unenjoyable. (more…)

Becomes First Home-Grown Driver To Capture $20,000 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Event

FARMER CITY, IL – April 6, 2013 – Jason Feger’s dreams met reality on Saturday night at Farmer City Raceway.

The 34-year-old star from Bloomington, Ill., marched to victory in the fifth running of the Illini 100, becoming the first home-grown driver to win the blockbuster World of Outlaws Late Model Series event and setting off a raucous party among his legion of ‘Feger Nation’ supporters in the process.

“This is just awesome,” said Feger, who earned $20,050 for the biggest victory of his racing career. “I almost feel better for my fans than myself because I finally was able to put it together for them here at Farmer City. I’ve always said the hardest thing to do is win a big race at your hometrack because of all the added pressure, and man, we did it.”

Even the extremely windy conditions that whipped across the quarter-mile oval throughout the day and continued after the checkered flag could not dampen Feger’s excitement. (more…)