Darrell Lanigan takes 3 WoO Late Model Wins

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Bridesmaid No More: Lanigan Opens Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek With Victory At Central PA Speedway
Posted Wednesday, Jul 28, 2010

Clearfield, PA — By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

Don’t call Darrell Lanigan the ‘Bluegrass Bridesmaid’ any longer.

Snapping his unprecedented streak of four consecutive runner-up finishes on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, Lanigan kicked off the national tour’s Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek on Tuesday night with a victory in the ‘Fear The Bear 40’ at Central PA Speedway.

Lanigan, 40, of Union, Ky., advanced from the third starting spot to take the lead from Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., on lap six and never looked back. Racing in front of a standing-room-only crowd that turned out for the first-ever WoO LMS event at Tim Bainey Sr.’s four-tenths-mile oval, the 2008 tour champion survived four caution flags and an early threat from Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., to register his long-awaited second series win of 2010.

Clanton settled for second place in his RSD Enterprises Rocket car, a distant 2.308 seconds behind Lanigan’s GottaRace.com Rocket at the finish. Fifth-starter Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., was several car lengths farther back in third at the checkered flag in his Valvoline Rocket, Rick Eckert of York, Pa., placed fourth after running as high as second in his Team Zero by Bloomquist mount and defending WoO LMS champion and current points leader Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., completed the top five with a steady-but-quiet run in his Seubert Calf Ranches Rocket.

“It feels great to get that second-place jinx off us,” said Lanigan, who finished second in all four A-Mains contested during the recent ‘Wild West Tour.’ “Our car’s been good, but we just needed a little luck. Maybe things changed a little bit for the better tonight.”

Lanigan earned $8,600 for his 14th career WoO LMS victory and first since March 19 at Ocala (Fla.) Speedway. He scored nine runner-up finishes between his two wins this season, including six in the 10 races prior to Tuesday’s stop at Central PA.

Lanigan’s post-race prizes also included one of the track’s trademark three-foot-tall wooden ‘Big Bear’ carvings and a fresh six-pound cheeseburger from Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub, the local restaurant that has earned national attention for its menu featuring out-sized burgers.

Now a winner of two A-Mains in each WoO LMS campaign since 2004, Lanigan felt very comfortable circling Central PA Speedway for the first time in his career.

“This track kind of fit our program pretty good – big track with sweeping, wide corners,” Lanigan said of Central PA, which operated with a paved surface for 20 years until being covered by dirt prior to the 2006 season. “The setup we’ve been running lately works good on a place like this. I could just run through the middle without a problem.”

Lanigan was only briefly challenged by Clanton, who needed just six laps to hustle from the ninth starting spot to second. He vaulted from fifth to second in a single lap following a lap-six restart and nearly ran into the rear bumper of Lanigan’s car when he charged hard off the outside of turn four on lap 13, but that was as close as he got to the lead.

Clanton, 34, lost second to Eckert on a lap-15 restart. He regained the position on lap 21 and stayed there to the finish, but he couldn’t summon the speed to compete with Lanigan.

“He went a little harder on right-rear tire than I did,” Clanton said of Lanigan. “I knew where we were starting we had to go at the beginning. I thought I could get (past Lanigan) and then just ride, but I didn’t – and then at the end I just had to ride behind him.”

Lanigan’s victory moved him within 36 points of Richards in the WoO LMS points standings after 29 of a scheduled 47 events. Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., was left 26 points behind Richards in second after settling for a ninth-place finish.

Rookie Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., finished sixth, slipping forward from the 11th starting spot. Frank faded to a seventh-place finish after starting on the pole and leading laps 1-5, while his cousin, Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs, also of Bear Lake, Pa., was eighth to earn the $500 ‘Bonus Bucks’ cash for being the highest-finishing driver who has never won a WoO LMS A-Main and wasn’t among the top 12 in the points standings. McCreadie moved up just one spot to finish ninth and 17th-starter Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., rounded out the top 10.

There were no serious incidents during the race. Cautions were caused by Todd Snook of Mifflin, Pa., who slid off the track on lap six; D.J. Myers of Greencastle, Pa., who stopped in turn two on lap 15; and Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, Pa., who lost a wheel on laps 20 and 34.

Richards was quickest in Ohlins Shocks Time Trials, earning his series-leading fourth fast-time honor of 2010 with a lap of 16.242 seconds.

Heat winners were Richards, Lanigan, Mike Knight of Ripley, N.Y., and Eckert, and the B-Mains were captured by Clint Smith and Satterlee.

The WoO LMS Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek continues on Wednesday night (July 28) at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio. After an off-day on Thursday, the swing visits Attica (Ohio) Raceway Park on Fri., July 30; Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville, Ohio, on Sat., July 31; and Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa., on Sun., Aug. 1.

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

Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘Fear The Bear 40’ (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (3) Darrell Lanigan/40 $8,600
2. (9) Shane Clanton/40 $4,575
3. (5) Steve Francis/40 $3,300
4. (2) Rick Eckert/40 $2,800
5. (4) Josh Richards/40 $2,650
6. (11) Austin Hubbard/40 $2,350
7. (1) Chub Frank/40 $1,900
8. (7) Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs/40 $1,800
9. (10) Tim McCreadie/40 $1,800
10. (17) Clint Smith/40 $1,600
11. (14) Robbie Blair/40 $1,000
12. (13) Tim Fuller/40 $1,400
13. (6) Mike Knight/40 $850
14. (12) Russell King/40 $1,300
15. (15) Greg Oakes/40 $750
16. (19) Dylan Yoder/40 $750
17. (22) Brent Robinson/39 $1,160
18. (23) Chris Farrell/39 $640
19. (20) Chris Casner/39 $620
20. (18) Gregg Satterlee/32 $610
21. (8) D.J. Myers/14 $600
22. (21) Todd Snook/5 $600
23. (24) Bump Hedman/1 $600
24. (16) Billy Dickson/1 $625

* Earnings include Winners Circle program and cash contingency award bonuses

Time of Race: 22 Mins., 52.806 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 2.308 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 4 (Laps 6, 15, 20, 34)
Lap Leaders: Frank (1-5); Lanigan (6-40)
Provisional Starters: Chris Farrell, Hedman
Rookie of the Race: Hubbard ($250)
WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Briggs ($500)

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

1. 1- Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 16.242
2. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 16.334
3. 9K-Mike Knight/Ripley, NY 16.529
4. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 16.547
5. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 16.563
6. 99B-Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs/Bear Lake, PA 16.605
7. 19H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 16.649
8. 70J-D.J. Myers/Greencastle, PA 16.684
9. 25-Shane Clanton/Fayetteville, GA 16.737
10. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 16.796
11. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 16.867
12. 56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH 17.015
13. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 17.144
14. won11-Robbie Blair/Titusville, PA 17.244
15. 22-Gregg Satterlee/Rochester Mills, PA 17.301
16. 32-Billy Dickson/W. Decatur, PA 17.307
17. 32Y-Dylan Yoder/Selinsgrove, PA 17.320
18. 53-Chris Farrell/Clearfield, PA 17.436
19. 3-Brent Robinson/Smithfield, VA 17.514
20. B22-Bump Hedman/Sugar Grove, PA 17.548
21. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 17.591
22. 23-Todd Snook/Mifflin, PA 17.631
23. 22G-Greg Oakes/Franklinville, NY 17.782
24. c33-Chris Casner/Mifflintown, PA 17.784
25. 1L-Dane Laraway/Irwin, PA 17.836
26. 55-Denny Fenton/Clearfield, PA 17.975
27. 53R-Ray Farrell/Clearfield, PA 18.038
28. 773-Mike Evock/Hope Mills, NC 18.056
29. 82G-Ted Gallaher/Irvona, PA 18.535
30. 27-Bobby Stokes/Milton, PA 18.665
31. 55B-Jeramey Ohl/Jersey Shore, PA 18.947
32. 11-Greg Kent/Morrisdale, PA 19.126
33. 12-Doug Drown/Wooster, OH N/T
34. 8-Craig Vosbergen/Perth, Australia DQ

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Richards, Francis, Clanton, Fuller, C. Smith, Yoder, Gallaher, Laraway (DNS) Drown

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Lanigan, Briggs, McCreadie, Blair, C. Farrell, Snook, Stokes, Vosbergen, Fenton

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Knight, Frank, Hubbard, Oakes, Satterlee, Ohl, R. Farrell, Robinson

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Eckert, Myers, King, Dickson, Hedman, Casner, Evock, Kent

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): C. Smith, Yoder, Snook, Laraway, Stokes, Fenton, Vosbergen, Gallaher, C. Farrell (DNS) Drown

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Satterlee, Casner, Robinson, Ohl, R. Farrell, Kent, Hedman, Evock

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sports Shirts ($50 product certificate): Ted Gallaher/Ray Farrell
Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main w/decal): Gregg Satterlee
Eibach Springs (one free spring): Dylan Yoder/Chris Casner
MSD Ignition ($75 cash award): Shane Clanton
MSD Ignition ($25 cash award): Billy Dickson
Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash award to fastest qualifier w/decal): Josh Richards
Pink Carburetors ($100 product certificate): Rick Eckert
Pink Carburetors ($50 product certificate): Dylan Yoder
Quartermaster ($100 product certificate): Shane Clanton
Quartermaster ($50 product certificate): Tim McCreadie
Quartermaster ($25 product certificate): Greg Oakes
R2C Performance ($100 certificate): Shane Clanton
STP ($50 cash award): Dylan Yoder
VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (two five-gallon plastic fuel jugs to fastest qualifier who does not make the A-Main if decal is displayed): Ray Farrell
Wrisco Aluminum (three sheets of aluminum to A-Main winner w/decal): Shane Clanton

2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of July 27 – 29 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/wins/top-5s/top-10s/earnings/points/deficit to leader):

1. Josh Richards 3872
2. Tim McCreadie 3846 (-26)
3. Darrell Lanigan 3836 (-36)
4. Steve Francis 3760 (-112)
5. Austin Hubbard 3676 (-196)
6. Shane Clanton 3666 (-206)
7. Rick Eckert 3616 (-256)
8. Tim Fuller 3594 (-278)
9. Chub Frank 3538 (-334)
10. Clint Smith 3446 (-426)
11. Russell King 3260 (-612)
12. Brent Robinson 2912 (-960)
13. Brady Smith 2786 (-1086)
14. Jill George 2126 (-1746)
15. Brian Birkhofer 1566 (-2306)

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Two In A Row: Lanigan Steals Victory In Thursday Night’s Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek Stop At Sharon Speedway
Posted Friday, Jul 30, 2010

Hartford, OH — By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

Darrell Lanigan felt like he stole one on Thursday night at Sharon Speedway.

“We got a little lucky tonight,” Lanigan said after making the 50-lap ‘Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek’ event his second straight victory on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series. “I was figuring we’d run third, but we got some lucky breaks there late in the race.”

The first came on lap 43 when Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., slipped high in turns three and four while bidding for the lead, allowing Union, Ky.’s Lanigan to grab second.

Shortly thereafter, on lap 46, Lanigan vaulted into the top spot when race-long pacesetter Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., got momentarily hung up in turn two attempting to lap Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio, who was sent into a 360-degree spin by contact from McCreadie but continued without bringing out a caution flag.

Lanigan, 40, assumed command as lap 47 was scored and stayed there to the finish, holding off McCreadie’s frantic comeback bid to become the seventh different winner in the annual WoO LMS events held since 2004 at the three-eighths-mile oval. The $10,600 triumph backed up his score in Tuesday night’s Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek opener at Central PA Speedway in Clearfield, Pa., where he snapped his frustrating streak of four consecutive runner-up finishes on the national tour.

McCreadie, 36, settled for second place after starting from the pole position, crossing the finish line 0.240 of a second behind Lanigan. Richards finished third, followed by Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, Pa., who earned the $500 ‘Bonus Bucks’ cash for being the highest-finishing driver who has never won a WoO LMS A-Main and wasn’t ranked among the top 12 in the points standings, and outside-polesitter Matt Miller of Waterville, Ohio.

The quiet, low-key Lanigan was almost apologetic after capturing his 15th career win on the WoO LMS.

“We had a good car – good enough to run in the top three – but Timmy had the best car here,” said Lanigan, who started fourth in his Rocket mount. “We just were lucky and got the positions to win. Josh slipped up there and I got under him, and then Timmy got into the 56 car and handed me the lead.”

Lanigan also was fortunate that King’s twirl didn’t result in a caution flag.

“If there was a caution I would’ve had to pull in,” said Lanigan, whose third victory of 2010 gave him a single-season career high win total on the WoO LMS. “My right-rear (tire) would’ve been flat. It was leaking air. I could feel the car getting looser and looser, so I was just holding on at the end.”

Lanigan’s Hoosier right-rear deflated as he celebrated with his crew in Victory Lane – the final clear-cut signal that his luck has turned for the better. The 2008 WoO LMS champion said afterward that he might know the reason for his change in fortune.

“I give the credit to little Gavin,” Lanigan said of his fiancée Erin’s young son. “Before I left the house he gave me a couple Silly Bandz to wear as good-luck charms and said, ‘Don’t take them off.’ I’ve had them on my wrist all week and evidently they’re working.”

McCreadie, meanwhile, was gracious in defeat. He accepted the blame for initiating the race-deciding contact with King.

“I just went in there like a rookie and made a bonehead move,” said McCreadie, who drove his Sweeteners Plus Rocket car to a lead of as much as a full straightaway during the event. “Russ wasn’t doing anything wrong. I apologize to him. I just got a little flustered and forced the issue because I thought those guys (Lanigan and Richards) were right up behind me. I didn’t know I had enough of a lead where I didn’t have to try and get by (King).

“I saw Lanigan come up on the (score) board when he passed Richards (for second) and thought, ‘Oh man, he must’ve found a different part of the racetrack,’ because it wasn’t like (the surface) had laid enough rubber to make just one groove. It was multiple grooves and you could move around, so I thought, ‘I gotta go or he’s gonna roll me on the outside because he’s got nothing to lose.’”

McCreadie, who won a WoO LMS event at Sharon in 2005, registered his fourth runner-up finish of this year’s tour. The 2006 series champion remained second in the points standings, 24 points behind Richards, but Lanigan is now breathing down his neck, sitting just six points back in third after 30 events.

Richards, 22, also lost a position as a result of his aggressiveness. He ducked inside McCreadie a couple times while racing amid lapped traffic before going for it all on lap 43.

“I was just trying to go for the win,” Richards said of his slide-for-life through the high-side marbles in turns three and four. “I slipped up out of the rubber a little bit and I was like…whoa! I thought we were gonna (hit the wall) and need a clip, but I was able to get back down in the groove and run third.

“I probably could’ve just stayed behind Timmy and run second, but I feel like we were definitely good enough to win – and I was hungry for a win – so I went for it.”

Donnie Moran of Dresden, Ohio, who won the 2008 WoO LMS event at Sharon, finished sixth after being passed by Miller midway through the race. Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs of Bear Lake, Pa., advanced from the 10th starting spot to place seventh and Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., marched forward from 14th to secure eighth. Mike Knight of Ripley, N.Y., and eighth-starter Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., completed the top 10.

Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., who outran Lanigan to win last year’s WoO LMS 50-lapper at Sharon, managed only an 11th-place finish. He has gone 11 consecutive races without a top-10 finish since his run of two wins and a third during last month’s ‘Great Northern Tour.’

Three caution flags slowed the A-Main, all during the first 10 laps. Rookie Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., brought out the first yellow on lap seven when he stopped in turn two with a broken driveshaft – the second driveshaft to strike his Beitler Motorsports mount, which was also knocked out of heat competition. Subsequent cautions were caused by a lap-eight tangle that left Bump Hedman of Sugar Grove, Pa., sitting between turns one and two and Corey Conley of Wellsburg, W.Va., who stopped in turn two on lap 10.

Richards was quickest in the 34-car Ohlins Shocks Time Trials session with a lap of 16.445 seconds. It was his second consecutive fast-time honor and series-leading fifth of the 2010 season.

Heat winners were Richards, Miller, Moran and McCreadie. The B-Mains were captured by Rick Eckert of York, Pa., and Brent Rhebergen of Clymer, N.Y.

Ohio-Pennsylvania Late Model Speedweek continues on Friday night (July 30) at Attica (Ohio) Raceway Park before moving on to Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville, Ohio, on Saturday (July 31) and Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa., on Sunday (Aug. 1). Each program will be topped by a 50-lap A-Main paying $10,000 to win.

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

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

1. (4) Darrell Lanigan/50 $10,600
2. (1) Tim McCreadie/50 $5,675
3. (6) Josh Richards/50 $3,650
4. (3) Gregg Satterlee/50 $3,000
5. (2) Matt Miller/50 $2,000
6. (5) Donnie Moran/50 $1,700
7. (8) Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs/50 $1,400
8. (14) Steve Francis/50 $1,900
9. (10) Mike Knight/50 $1,200
10. (7) Chub Frank/50 $1,600
11. (9) Tim Fuller/50 $1,550
12. (11) Robbie Blair/50 $1,000
13. (17) Rick Eckert/50 $1,500
14. (12) Davey Johnson/50 $900
15. (13) Shane Clanton/50 $1,350
16. (19) Clint Smith/49 $1,300
17. (24) Brent Robinson/49 $1,270
18. (15) Jim Rasey/49 $750
19. (21) Russell King/49 $1,230
20. (18) Brent Rhebergen/49 $700
21. (22) Dennis Lunger/49 $700
22. (16) Bump Hedman/39 $700
23. (20) Corey Conley/9 $700
24. (23) Austin Hubbard/6 $1,475

* Earnings include Winners Circle program and cash contingency award bonuses

Time of Race: 21 Mins., 13.913 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 0.240 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 3 (Laps 7, 8, 10)
Lap Leaders: McCreadie (1-46); Lanigan (47-50)
Provisional Starters: Hubbard, Robinson
Rookie of the Race: Hubbard ($250)
WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Satterlee ($500)

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

1. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 16.445
2. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 16.450
3. 99-Donnie Moran/Dresden, OH 16.484
4. 99B-Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs/Bear Lake, PA 16.496
5. 22s-Gregg Satterlee/Rochester Mills, PA 16.530
6. 7-Matt Miller/Waterville, OH 16.549
7. 32-Jim Rasey/Warren, OH 16.553
8. 19H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 16.555
9. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 16.608
10. 9K-Mike Knight/Ripley, NY 16.622
11. won11-Robbie Blair/Titusville, PA 16.641
12. 1J-Davey Johnson/Latrobe, PA 16.672
13. 46-Doug Horton/Bruceton Mills, WV 16.702
14. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 16.706
15. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 16.707
16. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 16.727
17. 25-Shane Clanton/Fayetteville, GA 16.745
18. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 16.769
19. 14-Corey Conley/Wellsburg, WV 16.836
20. 07R-Brent Rhebergen/Clymer, NY 16.879
21. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 16.897
22. 44H-Dave Hess Jr./Waterford, PA 16.908
23. 1L-John Lobb/Frewsburg, NY 16.912
24. B22-Bump Hedman/Sugar Grove, PA 16.968
25. 3-Brent Robinson/Smithfield, VA 17.028
26. 56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH 17.036
27. 8-Craig Vosbergen/Perth, Australia 17.164
28. 22-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 17.244
29. 14B-Dick Barton/Ashville, NY 17.305
30. 16*-Dereck Frank/Jamestown, NY 17.341
31. 17L-Dennis Lunger/Cherry Hill, PA 17.375
32. 67-Charles Supplee/Rock Creek, OH 17.554
33. 16B-Rusty Wheeler/Dorsett, OH 17.955
34. 38R-Corey Ruffo/Mercer, PA 18.047

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Richards, Satterlee, Fuller, Clanton, C. Smith, Horton, Robinson, Barton, Wheeler

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Miller, Lanigan, Knight, Francis, Eckert, King, Hess, D. Frank, Ruffo

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Moran, C. Frank, Blair, Rasey, Vosbergen, Conley, Lunger, Lobb

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): McCreadie, Briggs, Johnson, Hedman, Rhebergen, George, Supplee, Hubbard

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Eckert, C. Smith, King, Horton, Hess, Robinson, Barton, D. Frank, Ruffo, Wheeler

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Rhebergen, Conley, Lunger, George, Supplee (DQ) Vosbergen (DNS) Lobb, Hubbard

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sports Shirts ($50 product certificate): Rick Eckert/Dennis Lunger
Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main w/decal):
Eibach Springs (one free spring): Brent Robinson/Dennis Lunger
MSD Ignition ($75 cash award): Tim McCreadie
MSD Ignition ($25 cash award): Austin Hubbard
Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash award to fastest qualifier w/decal): Josh Richards
Pink Carburetors ($100 product certificate): Rick Eckert
Pink Carburetors ($50 product certificate): Davey Johnson
Quartermaster ($100 product certificate): Tim McCreadie
Quartermaster ($50 product certificate): Rick Eckert
Quartermaster ($25 product certificate): Shane Clanton
RTC Performance ($100 certificate): Tim McCreadie
STP ($50 cash award): Rick Eckert
VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (two five-gallon plastic fuel jugs to fastest qualifier who does not make the A-Main if decal is displayed): Doug Horton
Wrisco Aluminum (three sheets of aluminum to A-Main winner w/decal): Tim McCreadie

2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of July 29 – 30 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):

1. Josh Richards 4016
2. Tim McCreadie 3992 (-24)
3. Darrell Lanigan 3986 (-30)
4. Steve Francis 3894 (-122)
5. Shane Clanton 3786 (-230)
6. Austin Hubbard 3778 (-238)
7. Rick Eckert 3740 (-276)
8. Tim Fuller 3722 (-294)
9. Chub Frank 3668 (-348)
10. Clint Smith 3564 (-452)
11. Russell King 3372 (-644)
12. Brent Robinson 3028 (-988)
13. Brady Smith 2786 (-1230)
14. Jill George 2216 (-1800)
15. Brian Birkhofer 1566 (-2450)

FOLLOW THE ACTION ON TWITTER: Fans can now keep up-to-date with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series online and through text messages on cell phones via Twitter, the internet’s fast-growing social-networking and micro-blogging website. Updates are provided to Twitter ‘followers’ of the WoO LMS throughout each race night, and fans also receive breaking news and interesting notes from the tour.

To sign-up as a WoO LMS ‘follower’ on Twitter to receive updates anywhere at anytime, visit twitter.com/WoOLateModels.

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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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), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.

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Three-For-Four: Lanigan Back To Winning Ways With Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek Score At Muskingum County Speedway
Posted Sunday, Aug 01, 2010

Zanesville, OH — By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., returned to his winning ways on Saturday night at Muskingum County Speedway,’ dominating the ‘Pepsi 50’ for his third win in four starts during the World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek.’

The 2008 WoO LMS champion was flawless before a big crowd in the national tour’s fourth annual event at Ronnie Moran’s three-eighths-mile oval. He raced off the outside pole to grab the lead at the start and controlled the remainder of the distance, turning back an early challenge from Steve Shaver of Vienna, W.Va., and then keeping his rivals at arm’s length in an A-Main that was run without a caution flag.

Despite facing heavy lapped traffic late in the frenetic race, Lanigan’s hold on the top spot was never seriously threatened. He kept his GottaRace.com Rocket glued to the inside groove and negotiated the slower cars with aplomb.

“I kinda committed to (running) the bottom,” said Lanigan, who earned $10,750 for his fourth World of Outlaws victory of 2010. “I wasn’t moving. You weren’t gonna get me off the bottom even when it got a little tricky around those lapped cars.

“If anybody was gonna pass me, they were gonna have to go to the outside.”

Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., and Bart Hartman of Zanesville, Ohio, spent the last five laps battling for the runner-up spot without drawing close enough to make a move on Lanigan. McCreadie nipped Hartman by 0.050 of a second at the finish line to place second in the Sweeteners Plus Rocket car, but the 2006 WoO LMS titlist was 1.304 seconds behind Lanigan.

Shaver, who started from the pole position in a new K&L Rumley machine, nearly nosed ahead of Lanigan for the lead twice in the first four laps but ultimately slipped to fourth in the final rundown. Defending WoO LMS champion Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., who started eighth, reached fifth on lap 29 and stayed there to the checkered flag.

Lanigan, 40, continued his torrid month on the WoO LMS with his first-ever triumph at Muskingum County. He has compiled eight consecutive top-three finishes – a streak that has allowed him to cut his points deficit to Richards from 78 to 22 points and move from third to second in the standings.

“Things have definitely turned around here lately,” said Lanigan, who entered Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek coming off four straight bridesmaid finishes during the ‘Wild West Tour.’ “I have no idea what the key to this (roll) has been, but we’re doing something right.”

Lanigan and his Randall Edwards-led crew made the right decisions once again on Saturday, turning their Cornett-powered machine into the class of the A-Main field after struggling to a second-place finish in the first heat.

“We were terrible in the heat race, so we threw a couple things at it for the feature and gambled a little bit on tires (softer compound) and everything came out O.K.,” said Lanigan, who recorded his 16th career win on the WoO LMS. “You couldn’t ask for a better car. This thing has been excellent everywhere we’ve gone lately.

“I think this car is finally getting worked in. I guess that sometimes you gotta run ‘em a little while to make ‘em good.”

There also might be a less tangible reason for Lanigan’s Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek victory explosion. His fortunes took a major turn for the better when he began wearing two Silly Bandz on his left wrist.

“This is my lucky charm right here,” Lanigan said after the race while displaying the two colorful rubber bracelets he received from his fiancée Erin’s young son Gavin. “(Gavin) gave me Silly Bandz before I left for this trip and said, ‘Don’t take ‘em off, they’ll bring you good luck.’

“They’ve been pretty good. Josh (Richards) has been trying to rip ‘em off me, but we’ll keep ‘em on.”

Both McCreadie and Richards – Lanigan’s primary competition for the $100,000 WoO LMS championship – also wore Silly Bandz on Saturday that were given to them by Gavin, who was on hand for the first time during Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek and celebrated with Lanigan in Victory Lane. But neither driver got quite the boost in fortune that the Bandz have provided to Lanigan.

McCreadie, 36, had to be content with his fifth runner-up finish on the 2010 tour after moving forward from the sixth starting spot. It was his first-ever start at Muskingum County.

“We were good from the green, but I just couldn’t get by Donnie (Moran) real quick (for fourth) and didn’t have enough time to get close to Darrell,” said McCreadie, who finally overtook Moran on lap 22 and then spent the next 14 laps erasing a straightaway deficit to Hartman and Shaver. “I would’ve liked to see a yellow to tighten the field, but who knows what would’ve happened on the restart. I might’ve lost some spots, so we’ll take second.”

The 41-year-old Hartman fell short in his bid for victory at his hometown track, but he was in good spirits after the race.

“We went a little harder on tires than these guys and we thought it would pay off in the end,” said Hartman, who grabbed second from Shaver with an outside pass on the backstretch on lap 36 but couldn’t repel McCreadie’s late pressure. “Actually, I thought with the straight (green-flag) running we’d be better off with the harder right-rear, but it seemed like I abused the left-rear until the right rear got going and then I didn’t have any drive.”

Eddie Carrier Jr. of Salt Rock, W.Va., finished second, earning the $500 ‘Bonus Bucks’ cash for being the highest-finishing driver who hasn’t won a WoO LMS A-Main and wasn’t ranked among the top 12 in the points standings. Rookie Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., moved up two spots to finish seventh, while Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., who used a provisional to start the A-Main, rallied from the 23rd starting spot to place eighth. Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, Pa., and fifth-starter Ron Davies of Erie, Pa., rounded out the top 10.

Lanigan was quickest in the 33-car Ohlins Shocks Time Trials session, earning his third fast-time honor of 2010 with a lap of 15.699 seconds.

Heat winners were Shaver, Richards, Carrier and Hartman. The B-Mains were captured by Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs of Bear Lake, Pa., and Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio.

The WoO LMS Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek concludes on Sunday night (Aug. 1) at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa. A 50-lap A-Main paying $10,000 will top the evening’s agenda.

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

Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘Pepsi 50’ (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (2) Darrell Lanigan/50 $10,750
2. (6) Tim McCreadie/50 $5,675
3. (4) Bart Hartman/50 $3,000
4. (1) Steve Shaver/50 $2,500
5. (8) Josh Richards/50 $2,600
6. (7) Eddie Carrier Jr./50 $2,200
7. (9) Austin Hubbard/50 $2,150
8. (23) Shane Clanton/50 $1,800
9. (12) Gregg Satterlee/50 $1,200
10. (5) Ron Davies/50 $1,100
11. (14) Clint Smith/50 $1,550
12. (24) Brent Robinson/50 $1,550
13. (3) Donnie Moran/50 $950
14. (10) Tim Fuller/49 $1,400
15. (16) Robbie Blair/49 $850
16. (13) Rick Eckert/49 $1,325
17. (17) Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs/49 $770
18. (20) Devin Moran/49 $750
19. (19) Chub Frank/49 $1,230
20. (11) Steve Francis/49 $1,300
21. (15) Rick Aukland/49 $700
22. (22) John Mason/49 $700
23. (18) Russell King/31 $1,200
24. (21) Cody Parker/27 $700
25. (25) Kyle Bates/8 $700

* Earnings include Winners Circle program and cash contingency award bonuses

Time of Race: 14 Mins., 36.634 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 1.304 Secs.
Yellow Flags: None
Lap Leaders: Lanigan (1-50)
Provisional Starters: Clanton, Robinson (WoO); Bates (track)
Rookie of the Race: Hubbard ($250)
WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Carrier ($500)

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

1. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 15.699
2. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 15.792
3. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 15.917
4. 22s-Gregg Satterlee/Rochester Mills, PA 15.957
5. 6-Steve Shaver/Vienna, WV 15.978
6. 99-Donnie Moran/Dresden, OH 15.979
7. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 15.988
8. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 15.990
9. 19H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 15.999
10. 11-Kyle Bates/Kimbolton, OH 16.075
11. 71d-Ron Davies/Erie, PA 16.094
12. 75-Bart Hartman/Zanesville, OH 16.169
13. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 16.220
14. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 16.221
15. 12-Rick Aukland/Zanesville, OH 16.259
16. won11-Robbie Blair/Titusville, PA 16.282
17. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 16.293
18. 99B-Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs/Bear Lake, PA 16.305
19. 99M-Devin Moran/Dresden, OH 16.370
20. 17e-Lance Elson/Wellsburg, WV 16.396
21. 63-Cody Parker/Zanesville, OH 16.403
22. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 16.417
23. 72M-John Mason/Millersburg, OH 16.494
24. 56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH 16.511
25. 25-Shane Clanton/Fayetteville, GA 16.530
26. 12d-Doug Dodd/Cambridge, OH 16.627
27. T8-Mark Banal/St. Clairsville, OH 16.762
28. 72c-Carri Mason/Millersburg, OH 16.781
29. L19-Larry Holbrook/Heath, OH 16.817
30. 3-Brent Robinson/Smithfield, VA 16.846
31. 22B-Paul Beaschler/Zanesville, OH 16.923
32. 22-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 16.968
33. ½-Rodney Kimes/Zanesville, OH 17.116

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Shaver, Lanigan, Hubbard, Eckert, Frank, Clanton, Parker, Kimes, Holbrook

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Richards, Donnie Moran, Fuller, Smith, Briggs, Robinson, Dodd, Bates

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Carrier, Davies, Francis, Aukland, Banal, J. Mason, Devin Moran, Beaschler

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Hartman, McCreadie, Satterlee, Blair, King, Elson, C. Mason, George

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Briggs, Frank, Parker, Robinson, Bates, Kimes, Clanton, Dodd, Holbrook

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): King, Devin Moran, J. Mason, Banal, C. Mason, Beaschler, Elson, George

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sports Shirts ($50 product certificate): Doug Dodd/Jill George
Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main w/decal): Gregg Satterlee
Eibach Springs (one free spring): Brent Robinson/Jill George
MSD Ignition ($75 cash award): Tim McCreadie
MSD Ignition ($25 cash award): Rick Eckert
Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash award to fastest qualifier w/decal): Darrell Lanigan
Pink Carburetors ($100 product certificate): Rick Eckert
Pink Carburetors ($50 product certificate): John Mason
Quartermaster ($100 product certificate): Tim McCreadie
Quartermaster ($50 product certificate): Shane Clanton
Quartermaster ($25 product certificate): Rick Eckert
R2C Performance ($100 certificate): Tim McCreadie
STP ($50 cash award): Brent Robinson
VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (two five-gallon plastic fuel jugs to fastest qualifier who does not make the A-Main if decal is displayed): Jill George
Wrisco Aluminum (three sheets of aluminum to A-Main winner w/decal): Tim McCreadie

2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of July 31 – 32 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):

1. Josh Richards 4302
2. Darrell Lanigan 4280 (-22)
3. Tim McCreadie 4274 (-28)
4. Steve Francis 4142 (-160)
5. Shane Clanton 4062 (-240)
6. Austin Hubbard 4048 (-254)
7. Rick Eckert 4008 (-294)
8. Tim Fuller 3976 (-326)
9. Chub Frank 3888 (-414)
10. Clint Smith 3832 (-470)
11. Russell King 3600 (-702)
12. Brent Robinson 3260 (-1042)
13. Brady Smith 2786 (-1516)
14. Jill George 2414 (-1888)
15. Brian Birkhofer 1566 (-2736)

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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), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.