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Wells and Ogle Jr. Make A Straight Shot to Tennessee

The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series takes on Duck River Raceway Park on Friday, April 8 and Tazewell Speedway on Saturday, April 9

040616_Ogle_Wells CONCORD, N.C. – April 6, 2016 – To this day, Eric Wells still thinks luck played a role in his first World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series victory at Duck River Raceway Park in 2013. But, winning this weekend may prove that it is more than luck.

With the first victory, Wells became the fifth driver in the series’ history to win an A-Main while chasing the Rookie of the Year honor (Fuller (’07), Brian Shirley (’07), Austin Hubbard (’10) and Bub McCool (’12)), which he ended up winning at the end of the 2013 campaign.

“It was unexpected to say the least,” said Wells about the race. “The weather was bad, everyone was complaining. But, we had to make the best of what we had.” (more…)

By Scott|2016-04-07T00:02:02-04:00April 7th, 2016|Front Page News, Late Models|Comments Off

Bloomquist Cashes In at 45th Annual DIRTcar Nationals

Scores $10,000 Victory on Third Night of Late Model Week

Bloomquist_Victory_Lane1_edited-1 (By Jordan Morris) BARBERVILLE, Fla. – Feb. 17, 2016 – Scott Bloomquist rebounded Wednesday from misfortunate the previous night as he scored the DIRTcar Late Model Swamp King Championship at the 45th Annual DIRTcar Nationals.

Bloomquist, a resident of Mooresburg, Tenn., set the overall quick time during qualifying driving his famous Reec Monument/Crop Production Services No. 0. Bloomquist then continued his strong night by dominating his heat race, putting him in the redraw group for the 40-lap feature event.

Bloomquist drew the fourth starting position with Steve Casebolt selecting pole-position. Casebolt, piloting the Riesbeck’s Food Markets/Lias Tires Racing Division No. C9, lost the lead once the green flag dropped to second place starter Dale McDowell driving the 17M.

Bloomquist quickly charged to the second position, passing Casebolt and placing McDowell in his crosshairs for the lead. A caution on lap 6 brought Bloomquist to the inside of McDowell for the lead, and after a side-by-side battle for two laps, Bloomquist completed the pass on lap 8. (more…)

By Scott|2016-02-20T05:07:52-05:00February 20th, 2016|Front Page News, Late Models|Comments Off

Clanton Claims Thriller on Opening Night of Winter Freeze VI

Defending Champ Completes Daring Pass to Score Season Opener

Screven_event_story_edited-1 (By Jordan Morris) SYLVANIA, G.A. – Feb. 12, 2016 – Defending World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series champion Shane Clanton rocketed around both Josh Richards and Jason Covert in one pass as he claimed the season opener at Screven Motor Speedway’s Winter Freeze VI on Friday.

Clanton started from the sixth position but made quick work powering his way into the top three. Richards, who is in the midst of a hot streak, drew the pole-positon after winning his heat race earlier in the night.

Richards led just two laps before second place starter Covert battled past. Covert controlled the field for the first half of the race but could never pull away from Richards and eventually a hard-charging Clanton.

Clanton saw an opening in turn four on lap 15 when Richards pulled even with Covert for the lead. Clanton rocketed his car to the outside of the leaders, creating a three-wide drag race for the lead as they approached lapped traffic. (more…)

By Scott|2016-02-15T17:06:33-05:00February 15th, 2016|Front Page News, Late Models|Comments Off

Red-Hot Richards Rolls into Winter Freeze VI at Screven Motor Speedway

Driver Concludes Off-Season on Winning Streak, Eyes Improvements in 2016

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(By Jordan Morris) SYLVANIA, G.A. – Feb. 11, 2016 – Josh Richards has not claimed a Winter Freeze event at Screven Motor Speedway since 2013 and struggled at the DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park last season, but if the offseason has indicated anything, it will be that Richards will be a force to be reckoned with to start the season.
As the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series gears up to take the green flag at Screven on Friday and Saturday, Richards has been hard at work preparing for the upcoming season by capturing two wins at Golden Isle Speedway in Brunswick, Ga., then winning twice at East Bay Raceway in Tampa, Fla.
“I couldn’t be more proud of my Valvoline team. We have all worked really hard over the off-season building this new car,” said the driver of the Rocket Chassis team car. “The XR1 Rocket Chassis has been great to drive. It’s been six years since I’ve been to Golden Isles Speedway and the track has changed a lot.

“It took me a little time to get it figured out, but I had a lot of fun racing with Brandon [Sheppard] and [Jonathon] Davenport. Those guys didn’t make it easy on us, we definitely had to earn those wins.” (more…)

By Scott|2016-02-12T06:36:17-05:00February 12th, 2016|Front Page News, Late Models|Comments Off

Final 2016 World of Outlaws Craftsman ® Late Model Series Schedule Announced

Series Returns in 2016 Building on Tradition While Expanding with New tracks and Bigger Events

schedule_release_graphic1 CONCORD, N.C. – Feb. 8, 2016 – As the 2016 World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series season gets ready to begin, the final dates in the 2016 schedule have been set. In all, the season will feature nearly 50 scheduled A-features at more than 30 tracks across the United States.

As the series kicks off the season, it looks forward to taking on old favorites, expanding historic traditions and writing a new chapter in its history at three new facilities.
This country’s longest-running dirt late model series opens the 2016 season at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga. on Feb. 12. The first event leads to Volusia Speedway Park for DIRTcar Nationals, Feb. 18 to 20. The coveted Big Gator is up for grabs as the Outlaws competitors seek to take home the DIRTcar Nationals title.

The series then takes on Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway for the Illini 100 on March 31 and April 1 and 2. In two of the biggest nights of late model racing during the season, fierce competition battles for the $15,000-to-win prize. (more…)

By Scott|2016-02-08T22:20:20-05:00February 8th, 2016|Front Page News, Late Models|Comments Off

Back On Tour, Lanigan Returns To World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory Lane With Third Straight NAPA Gopher 50 Victory

Three-Time Defending Series Champion Overtakes Briggs Late at Deer Creek Speedway to Earn First WoO LMS Victory of 2015

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR – Returning to the World of Outlaws Late Model Series after a one-race hiatus, Lanigan, the three-time and defending series champion from Union, Ky., led the final 13 laps of Saturday’s NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50 at Deer Creek Speedway to score his first WoO LMS victory of the season.

Driving a second Wayman McMillan-owned Black Diamond by Club 29 Race Car as a teammate to Morgan Bagley, the second-starting Lanigan overtook polesitter Boom Briggs of Bear Lake, Pa., on lap 38 and led the remaining distance to earn $11,900 for the 71st WoO LMS victory of his career and his third consecutive Gopher 50 triumph.

“This is definitely special to come back up here in Morgan’s car and get the win,” said Lanigan, who after struggling through the first half of the WoO LMS season pulled his own race team off the national tour following July 9’s event at Hibbing (Minn.) Raceway to refocus the team and his Club 29 Race Cars business. “It just shows what kind of equipment we’ve got. We’ve did a lot of testing this year for everybody else and it’s kind of got us behind a little bit. We’re gonna go back and build us a new car like Bagley’s here and go from there.” (more…)

By Scott|2015-07-20T20:01:44-04:00July 20th, 2015|Featured, Front Page News, Late Models, Race Results|Comments Off

Mars Set To Take On World of Outlaws Late Model Series Regulars During Five-Race Wild West Tour

Veteran Wisconsin Driver Joins National Tour For Events At Hibbing, River Cities, Gillette, Black Hills & Deer Creek

JimmyMars_WWTPreview_copy Jimmy Mars doesn’t get the opportunity to race with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series nearly as much as he would like, but he makes up for that when the national tour visits his home region each summer for its Wild West Tour.

Mars, the 43-year-old veteran racer from Menomonie, Wis., will once again join the WoO LMS for its annual western trek, beginning with Thursday’s Wild West Tour opener at Hibbing (Minn.) Raceway. The five-race stretch then heads to North Dakota, Wyoming and South Dakota before returning to Minnesota for the finale on July 18 at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn.

“I love to run with the World of Outlaws as much as I can, but it’s hard for us to drive to all those races with our shop here in Wisconsin,” said Mars, who in addition to his standout driving career produces the MB Customs chassis brand with his brother and crew chief Chris in their full-service race shop. “We always look forward to when the series comes up here in our area. A lot of these tracks we kind of grew up running. They’re pretty good tracks, and we have fans at most all of them.” (more…)

By Scott|2015-07-07T02:42:36-04:00July 7th, 2015|Featured, Front Page News, Late Models|Comments Off

Lanigan Breaks World of Outlaws Late Model Series Single-Season Wins Record With Third Keyser Down & Dirty 65 Victory

Kentucky Driver Remains Perfect in Three Visits to Dirt-Covered Berlin Raceway

091314_BERLIN_VL (1) MARNE, Mich. – Sept. 13, 2014 – Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., maintained his perfect record at Berlin Raceway with a $15,000 victory in Saturday’s third annual Keyser Manufacturing Down & Dirty 65 Presented by NAPA A-Main.

With his16th World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory of the season, Lanigan, 44, of Union, Ky., broke his own single-season wins record on the national tour and ensured that the he needs only to enter the season-ending World of Outlaws World Finals Nov. 6-8 at The Dirt Track at Charlotte to clinch his third WoO LMS championship.

“We broke a record and that’s definitely something to be proud of,” said Lanigan, who broke the record he set in his championship-winning season in 2012. “And to be the only winner of this event is definitely special, too.”

Advancing from the fourth starting spot, Lanigan battled back and forth with polesitter Jeep Van Wormer of Pinconning, Mich., for the lead early in the 65-lap race before taking command for good when Van Wormer ran into trouble as the two leaders raced through slower traffic on lap 13.

Slipping too high in turns three and four, Van Wormer tagged the wall and slowed directly in front of Lanigan’s Club 29 Race Car, causing Lanigan to get into the back of Van Wormer’s Rocket Chassis. The contact sent Van Wormer spinning as Lanigan continued running and assumed the lead.

“I have to apologize to Jeep,” Lanigan said of his involvement in the lap-13 accident. “It looked like he got up in the wall and then he kind of came back down. We had a head of steam coming in there and got into him. It wasn’t nothing on purpose.” (more…)

By Scott|2014-09-30T20:55:06-04:00September 18th, 2014|Featured, Front Page News, Late Models, Race Results|Comments Off

Bloomquist Charges Through The Field At Eldora Speedway To Claim Fourth Career World 100 Victory

Tennessee Racer Overcomes Penalty to Score $47,000 Crown Jewel Triumph

World_100a_09-06-14_410MikeRuefer copy ROSSBURG, OH – Sept. 6, 2014 – Nothing could stop Scott Bloomquist from claiming his fourth World 100 trophy Saturday night at Eldora Speedway. Not a lap-19 penalty that dropped him from the lead to the tail of the field. Not a steady Dale McDowell looking for an Eldora crown jewel sweep. And not slower traffic during the race’s closing laps.

Bloomquist’s No. 0 Sweet-Bloomquist machine was unstoppable at the historic half-mile oval as it carried the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer through the field for a $47,000 victory in the 44th running of the DIRTcar UMP-sanctioned event.

“I believe everybody got to witness the fastest race car in the world right there,” Bloomquist, 50, of Mooresburg, Tenn., told the Eldora Speedway crowd, which for once was nearly unanimous in applauding a driver who usually polarizes fans. “We talked this week in the shop; I told everybody I was gonna win this race this weekend and here it is.”

Advancing from his fifth starting spot, Bloomquist first took the lead from McDowell on lap 19 only to be penalized for an unapproved window net and sent to the tail of the field when the caution waved on the following lap.

That only made things more interesting. (more…)

By Scott|2014-09-08T21:26:35-04:00September 8th, 2014|Featured, Front Page News, Late Models, Race Results|Comments Off

Lanigan Scores Record-Tying 15th World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory Of The Season At Selinsgrove Speedway

Kentucky Driver Claims Selinsgrove’s National Late Model Open for Second Straight Year

LaniganVL2_650 SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Aug. 31, 2014 – Darrell Lanigan made sure his stellar 2014 World of Outlaws Late Model Series campaign will be remembered as one of the best ever on the national tour with a dominating victory at Selinsgrove Speedway on Sundayevening.

The two-time series champion and current points leader scored his 15th WoO LMS victory of the season at the historic half-mile oval, tying his own single-season win record set during his championship-winning season in 2012. Lanigan paced every lap ofSunday’s 50-lap A-Main, earning $10,650 for his second straight victory in Selinsgrove’s National Late Model Open.

“This definitely means a lot,” Lanigan said of the record-tying performance that marked his series-leading 68th career WoO LMS victory. “We go every week to win a race so to get that many wins just shows how great a car we have and how hard we’re working. That would be a hell of a record to break.” (more…)

By Scott|2014-09-03T14:12:59-04:00September 3rd, 2014|Featured, Front Page News, Late Models, Race Results|Comments Off