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Ø DIRTcar Summer Nationals: Moyer Masters I-55 for Sixth Summer Nationals Win Ø Jason Meyers Shows the Way at North Central Speedway: Earns Series Leading Seventh Win of 2010 Ø Canandaigua Quick Results 7-3-10 Ø TRG's Lally and Valentine Win Rolex GT at Daytona Ø Lernerville Speedway Results July 3, 2010 DIRTcar Summer Nationals: Moyer Masters I-55 for Sixth Summer Nationals WinPevely, MO - July 3, 2010 - Billy Moyer is making things look relatively easy, as he did once again Saturday night at I-55 Raceway, the 18th stop of the 2010 DIRTcar Summer Nationals. The dirt late model hall of fame driver was challenged throughout the event, but proved to be too much leading all 40 laps to claim his sixth tour win in 2010. The victory earned the Batesville, Ark., native his second win worth $10,000 on the grueling month long tour. Will Vaught of Crane, Mo., was Moyer’s main challenger over the course of 40 laps and wound up second. Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, came to the line third ahead of Moyer's son Billy Moyer Jr., who also hails from Batesville, Ark. Defending Hell Tour champion and current series point leader Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., rallied from tenth to finish fifth. Up next for the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Tour is a visit to Lincoln Speedway on Sunday July 4, 2010. In total the Hell Tour has traveled over 3,400 miles in the course of 18 nights. The trip from Pevely to Lincoln Speedway in Lincoln, Ill., will have drivers traveling nearly 160 miles northeast to the track which will also feature a DIRTvision audio broadcast for the night's event. A-Main 40-Laps: (1) Billy Moyer, (2) Will Vaught, (3) Brian Birkhofer, (4) Billy Moyer Jr., (5) Dennis Erb Jr., (6) Scott James, (7) Ryan Unzicker, (8) Jimmy Mars, (9) Jeep Van Wormer, (10) Brian Shirley, (11) Michael Kloos, (12) Jeff Johns, (13) Mark Voigt, (14) Craig Smith, (15) Jason Feger, (16) Bryan Collins, (17) Nick Lyons, (18) Ron McQuerry, (19) Dave Jumper, (20) Dewayne Kiefer, (21) Brandon Sheppard, (22) Rodney Melvin, (23) Jack Sullivan, (24) Shannon Babb. B-Main: Jeep Van Wormer, Dewayne Kiefer, Nick Lyons, Ryan Unzicker, Mark Voigt, Rodney Melvin, Jason McBride, Butch Kruckeberg, Jeff Beyers, Dave Jumper, Mark Miner, Dan Jacober, Donny Walden, Bryan Collins, Matt Wiedner, Jason Crump. C-Main transfers: Butch Kruckeberg, Matt Wiedner, Jason Crump, Dan Jacober. First heat: Brian Birkhofer, Craig Smith, Jeff Johns, Ron McQuerry, Nick Lyons, Jeff Beyers, Donny Walden, Jason Crumb, Brandon Thirlby. Scratched: Dan Jacober. Second heat: Billy Moyer, Brandon Sheppard, Dennis Erb Jr., Michael Kloos, Dewayne Kiefer, Mark Miner, Jeep Van Wormer, Paul Roider, Matt Wiedner. Third heat: Billy Moyer Jr., Jimmy Mars, Jason Feger, Wendell Wallace, Ryan Unzicker, Jason McBride, Dave Jumpber, Bruce Unterbrink, Dylan Sharp. Fourth heat: Will Vaught, Scott James, Brian Shirley, Shannon Babb, Rodney Melvin, Mark Voigt, Bryan Collins, Brutch Kruckeberg. Scratched: Jack Sullivan. Time trials (unofficial) (Heat races start straight up by qualifying) First group Craig Smith (81), Godfrey, Ill., 13.032 Brian Birkhofer (15B), Muscatine, Iowa, 13.040 Jeff Johns (95), Belleville, Ill., 13.057 Ron McQuerry (1hr), St. Albans, Mo., 13.149 Nick Lyons (2x), Centralia, Ill., 13.164 Jeff Beyers (27B), Pana, Ill., 13.396 Brandon Thirlby (m14), Traverse City, Mich., 13.403 Donny Walden (1w), Towanda, Ill., 13.514 Jason Crump (86), Festus, Mo., 13.994 Dan Jacober (22), Highland, Ill., 16.506 Second group Billy Moyer (21), Batesville, Ark., 12.972 Brandon Sheppard (B5), New Berlin, Ill., 13.044 Dennis Erb Jr. (28), Carpentersville, Ill., 13.069 Michael Kloos (6k), Trenton, Ill., 13.126 Dewayne Kiefer (13), St. Genevieve, Mo., 13.255 Paul Roider (23), Columbia, Ill., 13.571 Mark Miner (78s), Arnold, Mo., 13.848 Jeff Van Wormer (55), Pinconning, Mich., 13.910 Matt Wiedner (7), Highland, Ill., 13.957 Third group Jimmy Mars (28), Menomonie, Wis., 12.992 Wendell Wallace (88), Batesville, Ark., 13.224 Billy Moyer Jr. (21jr), Batesville, Ark., 13.256 Ryan Unzicker (24), El Paso, Ill., 13.284 Jason Feger (25), Bloomington, Ill., 13.335 Jason McBride (77), Carbondale, Ill., 13.453 Dave Jumper (2j), Fenton, Mo., 13.812 Dylan Sharp (80D), Hillsboro, Mo., 13.828 Bruce Unterbrink (14u), Highland, Ill., 13.989 Fourth group Scott James (44), Lawrenceburg, Ind., 13.032 Rodney Melvin (27), Benton, Ill., 13.119 Bryan Collins (11z), Elsberry, Mo., 13.246 Will Vaught (1), Crane, Mo., 13.272 Brian Shirley (3s), Chatham, Ill., 13.291 Shannon Babb (18), Moweaqua, Ill., 13.545 Jack Sullivan (1), Greenbrier, Ark., 13.593 Mark Voigt (30), Marine, Ill., 13.691 Butch Kruckeberg (76), Edwardsville, Ill., 13.971 2010 DIRTcar Summer Nationals 'The Hell Tour' Schedule Date/ Track/Location/Winner/Car Count 06/16/10 - Brownstown Speedway - Brownstown, Ind. (Billy Moyer - 50) 06/17/10 - Kankakee County Speedway - Kankakee, Ill. (Billy Moyer - 47) 06/18/10 - Cedar Lake Speedway - Somerset, Wis. (Billy Moyer - 43) 06/19/10 - Cedar Lake Speedway - Somerset, Wis. (Brian Birkhofer - 44) 06/20/10 - Wilmot Speedway - Wilmot, Wis. (Rodney Melvin - 31) 06/21/10 - Vermillion County Speedway - Danville, Ill. (Jeep Van Wormer - 35) 06/22/10 - Highland Speedway - Highland, Ill. (Shannon Babb - 43) 06/23/10 - Belle Clair Speedway - Belleville, Ill. (Dennis Erb Jr. - 37) 06/24/10 - Shepps Speedway - Alexander, Ill. (Shannon Babb - 43) 06/25/10 - Farmer City Raceway - Farmer City, Ill. (Don O'Neal - 45) 06/26/10 - Clarksville Speedway - Clarksville, Tenn. (Jack Sullivan - 39) 06/27/10 - Tri-State Speedway - Haubstadt, Ind. (Don O'Neal - 28) 06/28/10 - Lincoln Park Speedway - Putnamville, Ind. (Don O'Neal - 27) 06/29/10 - I-96 Speedway - Lake Odessa, Mich. (Jeep Van Wormer - 45) 06/30/10 - Charleston Speedway - Charleston, Ill. (Brian Shirley - 26) 07/01/10 - Clay Hill Motorsports Park - Atwood, Tenn. (Billy Moyer - 33) 07/02/10 - Paducah International Raceway - Paducah, Ky (Billy Moyer - 43) 07/03/10 - I-55 Raceway - Pevely, Mo (Billy Moyer - 37) 07/04/10 - Lincoln Speedway - Lincoln, Ill. 07/06/10 - Fayette County Speedway - Brownstown, Ill. 07/07/10 - Spoon River Speedway - Canton, Ill. 07/08/10 - Macon Speedway - Macon, Ill. 07/09/10 - Tri-City Speedway - Pontoon Beach, Ill. 07/10/10 - Fairbury American Legion Speedway - Fairbury, Ill. 07/11/10 - Quincy Raceways - Quincy, Ill. 07/13/10 - Peoria Speedway - Peoria, Ill. 07/14/10 - Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, Ind. 07/16/10 - Attica Raceway Park - Attica, Ohio 07/17/10 - Oakshade Raceway - Wauseon, Ohio The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Hell Tour is brought to racing fans by many important sponsors and partners, including AFCO, ASI Racewear, Bill Pink Carburetors, Chizmark Larson Insurance, Dyers Rods, Eibach Springs, Fusion Graphics & Sign Company, Hoosier Racing Tire, Intercomp, Ohlins, Quarter Master, R2C Performance, Racing Electronics, Special Olympics, U Coat-It, University of Northwestern Ohio, VP Racing Fuels, Vicci, and Wrisco Aluminum. On A Roll: Clanton Holds Off Francis For World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory At Tazewell SpeedwayTAZEWELL, TN - July 3, 2010 - Shane Clanton didn’t let a pole position start slip through his fingers for the second time in 24 hours. The 34-year-old who now calls Fayetteville, Ga., home took full advantage of the opportunity presented to him on Saturday night, continuing his early-summer hot streak with a decisive victory in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Coca-Cola 50’ at Tazewell Speedway. Clanton, who also started from the pole on Friday night at Wartburg (Tenn.) Speedway but settled for a runner-up finish in the 50-lap A-Main, led the entire distance on Saturday evening before a near-capacity crowd that turned out for the national tour’s first-ever visit to the high-banked, one-third-mile oval. He repelled several challenges from Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., and barely escaped two incidents en route to his third WoO LMS triumph of 2010 and the 14th of his career. “I let two races go this year (failed to win after starting from the pole) so I wasn’t gonna lose another one,” said Clanton, who earned $10,500. “After Michelle (Davies, his girlfriend and designated position drawer) picked me the pole, I told her, ‘If you do your job, I’ll do mine.’” Clanton mastered the wicked-fast bullring, keeping his Malcuit-powered RSD Enterprises Rocket car out front in a rough-and-tumble event that was slowed by seven caution flags and one red and lasted just over 47 minutes. He crossed the finish line 1.053 seconds ahead of Francis, who started fourth but chased Clanton from the second spot for the final 35 laps in his Valvoline Rocket machine. Defending WoO LMS champion Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., calmly moved forward from the sixth starting spot to finish third despite running the last 15 circuits on seven cylinders because an engine lifter apparently broke in his father Mark’s Seubert Calf Ranches Rocket. He doubled his tour points lead to 36 markers over Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., who finished 12th after pitting on lap 20 to change a flat left-rear tire. Tommy Kerr of Maryville, Tenn., advanced from the 12th starting spot to finish a WoO LMS career-best fourth in his Rocket car, earning him the $500 ‘Bonus Bucks’ cash for being the highest-finishing driver who hadn’t won a series A-Main and wasn’t ranked among the top 12 in the points standings. Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., placed fifth in his Corry Rubber/Hino Toyota Rocket, surviving an overheating engine to register his second straight top-five finish. “I knew we had a good car, but we made some more changes right before the feature and it made it a lot better,” said Clanton, whose victory gave him two wins (including a $30,000-plus score on June 26 in the Firecracker 100 at Pennsylvania’s Lernerville Speedway) and two runner-up finishes in his last five WoO LMS starts. “We tightened the car up and it made a world of difference.” Clanton was fast enough to hold off Francis, who ran within striking distance but couldn’t pull off a pass. “I thought I heard him under me a couple times,” Clanton said of Francis, “but the bottom of (turns) one and two got so rough I said, ‘If he passes me down there, he’s gonna have to make a perfect line.’ I thought I was gonna break something in the race car if I ran down there, so I just married myself to the top and said, ‘If he beats me, he beats me.’” Francis, 42, was satisfied with $5,600 in second-place money. “I think I was more maneuverable, but he could run a faster lane in the open every lap,” Francis said of Clanton. “There wasn’t enough off of (turn) four to really pass. He was gonna have to make a mistake for me to get by him. “We ran first and second, though, so I’m happy. Me and Shane have been working on a lot of stuff together, so it was a good race for both of us.” Clanton experienced a couple very anxious moments, however, while pacing the field. The first came on lap 15 when Rick Rogers of Knoxville, Tenn., came off the turn-four wall and rolled his car in front of Clanton and several of his pursuers; later, on lap 48, Mike Collins of Carter Lake, Iowa, spun directly ahead of Clanton. “As that guy was flipping he came right over my nose,” said Clanton. “It scraped the nose of my car all the way up to the air filter. I was lucky it didn’t knock the carburetor off. “When I got to him I just gassed it up – I said, ‘I’m not stopping here.’ I guess I got him up in the air and he landed on the ‘1’ car (then second-place runner Vic Hill of Morristown, Tenn.) behind me. “Then with Collins – his eyes looked about the size of quarters when I seen him spinning in front of me,” added Clanton. “I thought I was gonna t-bone him, but he gassed it up and got out of the way just in time. The green stayed out and we made it to the finish.” Rogers’s series of flips provided the most spectacular accident of the event. His car landed upside down after it slammed into the right side of the machine driven by Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va., and also collected Hill, whose strong run came to an abrupt end due to damage his car sustained in the altercation. Rogers, who started third but was relegated to the rear of the field after spinning out of fourth place on lap 10, escaped the crash without injury. Finishing in positions 6-10 was Rick Eckert of York, Pa.; Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., who started 13th; 11th-starter Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky.; Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., who rallied from a pit stop on lap two to change a flat right-rear tire; and Eric Jacobsen of Sea Cliff Beach, Calif., who spun wildly in turn three late in the distance but continued without causing a caution flag. Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., had a rough night, finishing 15th after retiring on lap 33 with right-front suspension woes. His hopes were dashed after he crushed the right-front nose of his car and slowed to bring out a caution flag on lap five. The A-Main served as the third leg of the LaCrosse Extreme Tough Challenge, a unique mini-series that awards points to the top-five fulltime WoO LMS and Sprint Car Series drivers in 16 selected events – eight Late Model and eight Sprint Car – and will earn the champion of the combined standings a $5,000 bonus from a $15,000 points fund. Clanton earned five points for being the highest-finishing WoO LMS regular, boosting his overall lead in the standings. Also earning points were Francis (four), Richards (three), Frank (two) and Eckert (one). Richards registered his second fast-time honor of 2010, blazing around the track in 11.189 seconds during the 27-car Ohlins Shocks Time Trials session. Heat winners were Richards, Hill and Rogers, and Clint Smith captured the B-Main. The WoO LMS will be idle for three days before commencing the four-race ‘Wild West Tour’ on Wed., July 7, with the ‘Gopher 50’ at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn. The swing also features events on Thurs., July 8, at Superior (Wis.) Speedway; Fri., July 9, at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D.; and Sat., July 10, at Dakota State Fair Speedway in Huron, S.D. For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com. Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘Coca-Cola 50’ (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won): 1. (1) Shane Clanton/50 $10,500 2. (4) Steve Francis/50 $5,600 3. (6) Josh Richards/50 $3,725 4. (12) Tommy Kerr/50 $3,000 5. (7) Chub Frank/50 $2,500 6. (8) Rick Eckert/50 $2,200 7. (13) Austin Hubbard/50 $2,150 8. (11) Darrell Lanigan/50 $1,900 9. (19) Clint Smith/50 $1,750 10. (10) Eric Jacobsen/50 $1,100 11. (17) Russell King/50 $1,550 12. (14) Tim McCreadie/50 $1,600 13. (20) Mike Collins/47 $950 14. (21) Bryan Hendrix/32 $900 15. (9) Tim Fuller/32 $1,350 16. (16) Randy Weaver/24 $800 17. (5) Mike Marlar/19 $770 18. (15) Brian Smith/18 $750 19. (2) Vic Hill/15 $730 20. (3) Rick Rogers/14 $700 21. (23) Brent Robinson/14 $700 22. (18) Steve Smith/10 $700 23. (22) Chad Ogle/10 $700 24. (24) Jill George/0 $725 * Earnings include Winners Circle program and cash contingency award bonuses Time of Race: 47 Mins., 48.789 Secs. Margin of Victory: 1.053 Secs. Yellow Flags: 7 (Laps 2, 5, 10, 19, 20, 26, 33) Red Flag: Lap 15 Lap Leaders: Clanton (1-50) Provisional Starters: Robinson, George Rookie of the Race: Hubbard ($250) WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Kerr ($500) Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap): 1. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 11.189 2. 1H-Vic Hill/Morristown, TN 11.227 3. 44R-Rick Rogers/Knoxville, TN 11.289 4. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 11.290 5. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 11.317 6. 7-Brian Smith/Gray, KY 11.400 7. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 11.429 8. 157-Mike Marlar/Winfield, TN 11.457 9. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 11.497 10. 19H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 11.522 11. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 11.540 12. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 11.557 13. 5-Eric Jacobsen/Sea Cliff Beach, CA 11.567 14. 56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH 11.572 15. 4T-Tommy Kerr/Maryville, TN 11.576 16. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 11.619 17. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 11.714 18. 3s-Steve Smith/Powell, TN 11.738 19. 116-Randy Weaver/Crossville, TN 11.783 20. 3c-Mike Collins/Carter Lake, IA 11.796 21. 5H-Bryan Hendrix/Knoxville, TN 11.895 22. 7c-Marty Calloway/Maynardville, TN 11.960 23. 10-Chad Ogle/Sevierville, TN 12.002 24. 14-April Farmer/Livingston, TN 12.018 25. 3-Brent Robinson/Smithfield, VA 12.149 26. 22-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 12.801 27. 201-Billy Ogle Jr./Harriman, TN N/T Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 6 Transfer): Richards, Clanton, Frank, Jacobsen, Hubbard, Weaver, C. Smith, Robinson, Calloway Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 6 Transfer): Hill, Marlar, Eckert, Lanigan, McCreadie, King, Collins, C. Ogle, George Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 6 Transfer): Rogers, Francis, Fuller, Kerr, B. Smith, S. Smith, Hendrix, Farmer (DNS) B. Ogle B-Main (12 laps – Top 4 Transfer): C. Smith, Collins, Hendrix, C. Ogle, Robinson, Calloway, George, Farmer (DNS) B. Ogle World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners: Arizona Sports Shirts ($50 product certificate): Jill George Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main w/decal): Brian Smith Eibach Springs (one free spring): Brent Robinson MSD Ignition ($75 cash award): Josh Richards MSD Ignition ($25 cash award): Jill George 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): Jill George Quartermaster ($100 product certificate): Shane Clanton Quartermaster ($50 product certificate): Rick Eckert Quartermaster ($25 product certificate): Tim Fuller R2C Performance ($100 certificate): Shane Clanton STP ($50 cash award): Clint Smith 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): Marty Calloway 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 3 – 24 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader): 1. Josh Richards 3266 2. Tim McCreadie 3230 (-36) 3. Darrell Lanigan 3188 (-78) 4. Steve Francis 3150 (-116) 5. Tim Fuller 3084 (-182) 6. Austin Hubbard 3078 (-188) 7. Shane Clanton 3052 (-214) 8. Rick Eckert 3012 (-254) 9. Chub Frank Bear 2946 (-320) 10. Clint Smith 2886 (-380) 11. Russell King 2710 (-556) 12. Brent Robinson 2400 (-866) 13. Brady Smith 2338 (-928) 14. Jill George 1756 (-1510) 15. April Farmer 1128 (-2138) 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 http://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. To listen to the free audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo. Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail customerservice@dirtvision.com. The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by 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. Jason Meyers Shows the Way at North Central Speedway: Earns Series Leading Seventh Win of 2010Brainerd, MN- July 3, 2010- Jason Meyers certainly has known the way to Victory Lane this season with the World of Outlaws, as he started the year on a tear winning six times in the first 19 races of the 2010 campaign. Entering Saturday's event at North Central Speedway in Brainerd, Minnesota, it had been 12 races since he picked up a win and he wanted nothing more in his second visit to the 1/3-mile bullring than to pick up a victory. The native of Clovis, California did exactly that, besting Donny Schatz and Joey Saldana to score his series-leading seventh A-Feature win of the year. Meyers used a strong double file restart on the low side of the track with four laps remaining to edge Schatz, after the pair had a great battle on a previous restart only to have the caution fly, setting up the final restart. For Meyers, the $10,000 win was the 42nd of his World of Outlaws career. "It feels great to win," said Meyers. "We had a little bit of a dry spell after a great start to the season and we've been digging hard here. This entire team has been working hard and I think my confidence was down a little and we are getting that back and really getting rolling now." On the final restart, Meyers, Schatz and Saldana nearly went three wide into turn one when the yellow flew for Danny Lasoski, who has stopped on the track. With the same restart order, Meyers led the field into turns one and two in the GLR Investments KPC with Schatz diving low and nearly taking the lead on the final green flag as the pair raced side-by-side. Meyers held him off and Schatz again looked low in turns one and two on the next lap, pulling even with the leader, but was not quite able to get a run on him to make a pass. "All I was thinking was go hard," shared the winner when asked about the final restart. "That's the great thing about Donny (Schatz). He'll race you as hard as can be, but he'll race you clean. That takes a lot of skill to do. Anyone can run in there and run over you and Donny races you hard and I have the utmost respect for him." Meyers chose the low line on each of the five double file restarts on Saturday night, as he led the entire distance in the 35-lap contest. He had Schatz line up on his outside on four of those starts and Kraig Kinser on the other, leading the field each time into turn one. "I was better on the top actually, but on a restart, when you are going from a stop, it's just so far around the top going up there," he explained. "I did that a couple of weeks ago starting on the top at Dodge City (Raceway Park in Kansas) and gave the race away to Joey (Saldana) and I learned my lesson. I promised my guys I would not make that mistake again." Schatz did everything he could as he looked for the win down the stretch, winding up second in the Armor All/STP J&J. After lining up fourth, the North Dakota native quickly got around Kraig Kinser at the start and then tracked down Paul McMahan on the fourth lap to move into second. Kinser got back around him on the seventh lap, with Schatz retaking the second spot coming off turn four on the 26th lap. "He raced me clean and I guess you can't win them all," said Schatz of Meyers. "It doesn't seem like we are winning too many, but we had an awesome car. I can't thank my guys enough. They just keep plugging away and every night they keep giving me something even better than the night before. I probably left a few laps out there and didn't get aggressive enough at the right times." The final six laps of the race saw three cautions, putting the leaders in open track down the stretch. Schatz made up some ground on Meyers and Kinser in lapped traffic after the midway point of the race during an 18-lap green flag stretch, which was the longest such period of the race. "It would have," quipped Schatz when asked if lapped traffic would have helped. "We strive for that and want to see the traffic. The longer we raced the more yellows we seemed to get. We were able to stay with him on that one restart and the yellow came back out. That's just part of it and you find a way around it and keep on working." Joey Saldana, the current World of Outlaws point, leader quickly worked his way to the front on Saturday night. After falling back a spot to eighth on the start, he got around Danny Lasoski on the second lap and Tony Bruce Jr. on the fourth lap to move into sixth. Just two laps later he moved into the Top-Five getting around Jason Sides. He found himself in third on the eighth circuit, passing his teammate Paul McMahan. On the second to last restart, he ran nearly three-wide into turn one with Meyers and Schatz, when the caution came back out. He ended up third in the Budweiser Maxim, gaining 10 points on Steve Kinser in the series standings to extend his lead to 20 markers as he chases his first title. "We came from seventh to third, so it was a pretty good night," Saldana said. "I thought we had a shot at those guys and wanted to race them. On that last restart I was hoping Donny (Schatz) would go to the top because I was going straight to the cushion and didn't want to spin him out. We came home third and I'll take it. It's definitely better than where we have been running." Kraig Kinser, who won in the World of Outlaws debut at North Central Speedway in 2008, came home fourth on Saturday night in the Quaker State Maxim. Tim Kaeding came from 11th to finish fifth in the DTR Transport KPC in his debut at the 1/3-mile. Jason Sides was sixth in the Wetherington Tractor Service Maxim, with Chad Kemenah seventh in the Golden Flavor Sesame Sticks Maxim. Steve Kinser earned the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger Award coming from 19th to finish eighth in the Bass Pro Shops Maxim. Paul McMahan was ninth aboard the Great Clips Maxim, with Lucas Wolfe rounding out the Top-10 in the Allebach Racing Maxim. The World of Outlaws return to action on Thursday, July 8 with the final round of the Showdown for the Bud Crown, Kasey's King of LaSalle Presented By Budweiser at LaSalle Speedway in Illinois. NORTH CENTRAL SPEEDWAY NOTES •FAST QUALIFIER: Jason Sides paced the 26 cars that took time with an AMB i.t. timed lap around the high-banked 1/3-mile oval at 12.938 seconds at 92.657 mph. For his qualifying effort, Sides earned five bonus points. The next four fastest qualifiers also earned bonus points, including: Tim Kaeding (4), Kraig Kinser (3), Chad Kemenah (2) and Tony Bruce Jr. (1). •HUSET'S SPEEDWAY QUALIFYING WINNERS: Brooke Tatnell, Jason Meyers and Danny Lasoski won heat races. Jason Meyers won the dash. Chad Kemenah won the Last Chance Showdown • FEATURE WINNERS: There have been 32 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature events held in 2010. The winners include: Jason Meyers (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Thunderbowl Raceway, Volunteer Speedway, Tri-State (Okla.) Speedway, Virginia Motor Speedway, I-96 Speedway and North Central Speedway), Joey Saldana (Thunderbowl Raceway, Volunteer Speedway, I-55 Raceway, Eldora Speedway, Dodge City Raceway Park and River Cities Speedway), Steve Kinser (Volusia Speedway Park, Jackson Speedway, River Cities Speedway and Lakeside Speedway), Jason Sides (Houston Raceway Park , Tri-City Speedway and Missouri State Fair Speedway), Jac Haudenschild (Paducah International Raceway and Knoxville Raceway), Donny Schatz (Volusia Speedway Park and The Dirt Track at Charlotte), Sammy Swindell (Dodge City Raceway and Huset's Speedway), Brooke Tatnell (Knoxville Raceway and Junction Motor Speedway), Craig Dollansky (Lone Star Speedway), Chad Layton (Williams Grove Speedway), Paul McMahan (Eldora Speedway) and Fred Rahmer (Williams Grove Speedway). •1/3-WINNERS: North Central Speedway is a semi-banked 1/3-mile oval. The World of Outlaws have raced four times on a track that size this season. The winners include: Jason Meyers (Thunderbowl Raceway and North Central Speedway) and Joey Saldana (Thunderbowl Raceway and I-55 Raceway). World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; North Central Speedway; Brainerd, MN; July 3, 2010 Qualifying 1) 7S-Jason Sides 12.938 2) 83-Tim Kaeding 13.251 3) 11K-Kraig Kinser 13.274 4) 63-Chad Kemenah 13.308 5) 18-Tony Bruce Jr. 13.316 6) 15-Donny Schatz 13.348 7) 91-Paul McMahan 13.417 8) 14-Jason Meyers 13.465 9) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 13.480 10) 59-Brooke Tatnell 13.557 11) 9-Joey Saldana 13.558 12) 6-Danny Lasoski 13.609 13) 5W-Lucas Wolfe 13.617 14) 7-Craig Dollansky 13.631 15) 3-Kerry Madsen 13.645 16) 2B-Ben Gregg 13.665 17) 22-Brian Ellenberger 13.671 18) R19-Jac Haudenschild 13.706 19) 11-Steve Kinser 13.725 20) 1K-Chris Shirek 13.943 21) 8-Casey Mack 14.022 22) 1H-Jeremy Kerzman 14.165 23) 4X-Toni Lutar 14.194 24) 19-Rob Kibli 14.308 25) 11J-Nick Shirek 14.660 26) 29-Leigh Thomas 14.668 Heat 1 (8 Laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) - Starting Position [#] 1) 59-Brooke Tatnell[1] 2) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[5] 3) 91-Paul McMahan[2] 4) 11-Steve Kinser[7] 5) 7S-Jason Sides[4] 6) 2B-Ben Gregg[6] 7) 1H-Jeremy Kerzman[8] 8) 11J-Nick Shirek[9] Heat 2 (8 Laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) - Starting Position [#] 1) 14-Jason Meyers[2] 2) 9-Joey Saldana[1] 3) 18-Tony Bruce Jr,[3] 4) 7-Craig Dollansky[5] 5) 22-Brian Ellenberger[6] 6) 4X-Toni Lutar[8] 7) 83-Tim Kaeding[4] 8) 29-Leigh Thomas[9] 9) 1K-Chris Shirek[7] Heat 3 (8 Laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) - Starting Position [#] 1) 6-Danny Lasoski[1] 2) 15-Donny Schatz[3] 3) 11K-Kraig Kinser[4] 4) R19-Jac Haudenschild[6] 5) 3-Kerry Madsen[5] 6) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[2] 7) 8-Casey Mack[7] 8) 19-Rob Kibli[8] Dash (6 laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature) - Starting Position [#] 1) 14-Jason Meyers[1] 2) 91-Paul McMahan[2] 3) 7S-Jason Sides[6] 4) 15-Donny Schatz[3] 5) 18-Tony Bruce Jr.[4] 6) 11K-Kraig Kinser[5] 7) 9-Joey Saldana[8] 8) 6-Danny Lasoski[9] 9) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[10] 10) 59-Brooke Tatnell[7] B-main (10 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) - Starting Position [#] 1) 83-Tim Kaeding[1] 2) 63-Chad Kemenah[2] 3) 8-Casey Mack[4] 4) 1K-Chris Shirek[3] 5) 19-Rob Kibli[6] 6) 1H-Jeremy Kerzman[5] 7) 11J-Nick Shirek[7] [$200] 8) 29-Leigh Thomas[8] [$180] A-main (35 laps) - Starting Position [#] 1) 14-Jason Meyers[1] [$10,000] 2) 15-Donny Schatz[4] [$5,500] 3) 9-Joey Saldana[7] [$3,200] 4) 11K-Kraig Kinser[6] [$2,800] 5) 83-Tim Kaeding[11] [$2,500] 6) 7S-Jason Sides[3] [$2,300] 7) 63-Chad Kemenah[12] [$2,200] 8) 11-Steve Kinser[19] [$2,100] 9) 91-Paul McMahan[2] [$2,050] 10) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[9] [$2,000] 11) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[13] [$1,500] 12) R19-Jac Haudenschild[18] [$1,200] 13) 3-Kerry Madsen[15] [$1,100] 14) 2B-Ben Gregg[16] [$1,050] 15) 18-Tony Bruce Jr.[5] [$1,000] 16) 4X-Toni Lutar[22] [$900] 17) 8-Casey Mack[21] [$800] 18) 22-Brian Ellenberger[17] [$800] 19) 1K-Chris Shirek[20] [$800] 20) 1H-Jeremy Kerzman[24] [$800] 21) 6-Danny Lasoski[8] [$800] 22) 7-Craig Dollansky[14] [$800] 23) 59-Brooke Tatnell[10] [$800] 24) 19-Rob Kibli[23] [$800] Lap Leaders: Jason Meyers 1-35 KSE Hard Charger Award: Steve Kinser Penske Power Position Award: Ben Gregg World of Outlaws Championship Standings Through July 3 1. Joey Saldana 4462 2. Steve Kinser 4442 -20 3. Jason Meyers 4435 -27 4. Donny Schatz 4297 -165 5. Jason Sides 4266 -196 6. Paul McMahan 4128 -334 7. Lucas Wolfe 4117 -345 8. Jac Haudenschild 4057 -405 9. Craig Dollansky 4036 -426 10. Kraig Kinser 4003 -459 The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Chizmark & Larson Insurance , Goodyear Tires (Official Tire), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, Jake's Custom Golf Carts, KSE Race Products, Penske Shocks , R2C Performance, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo; Engine Builder's Challenge participants Don Ott Racing Engines, Kistler Engines, Shaver Specialties and Speedway Engines; and Chassis Builder's Challenge participants J&J Auto Racing, Maxim Racing and XXX Race Company. Canandaigua Quick Results 7-3-10DIRTCAR MODIFIEDS (50 Laps) - 1.STEVE PAINE 2. Justin Haers 3. Rob Bellinger 4. Charlie Donk 5. Ron Cartwright Jr. 6. Randy Chrysler 7. Vince Vitale 8. Mike Ward 9. Paul Habeck 10. Dave Allen 11. Eldon Payne Jr. 12. Brain Swartout 13. Mike O'Brien 14. Henry Maier 15. Chad Homan 16. Dave Rauscher 17. Tim Currier 18. Derrick Podsiadlo 19. Marcus Dinkins 20. Don Solver 21. Vic Coffey DIRTCAR SPORTSMAN (25 Laps) - 1. DAN WIESNER 2. Steve Gray 3. Randy McCulloch 4. Karl Comfort 5. Daryl Hilkert 6. Rob Bussey 7. Greg Cool 8. Loren Lincoln 9. Paul Guererri 10. Todd Henderson 11. Eric Giguere 12. James Henry 13. Justin Henderson 14. Mark Chiddy 15. Tom Keyes 16. Kane Bristol 17. Chris Mangarelli 18. Ricky Newton 19. Tom Jansch 20. Jimmy Maier DIRTCAR STOCK CARS (20 Laps) - 1.MIKE WELCH 2. Frank Burnell Jr. 3. Chris Fisher 4. Andy Fisk 5. Nate Peckham 6. Mike Rasbeck 7. Pat Hobbs 8. Steve Faulkner 9. Bryon DeWitt 10. Jason Whipple DIRTCAR FACTORY STOCK (15 Laps)- 1.ALEX MORRIS 2. Andrew Smith 3. Roger Bush 4. Don Drave 5. Dale Bush 6. Ross Lurcock 7. Wade Young 8. Brian Lyon 9. George LaVare Jr. 10. Jeremy Pifer 11. Mike Minutolo Jr.
Super Joe Kelley wins #7 on Charapp Route 28 NightRed Hot Ed Lynch Jr. wins Second StraightDouble Duty Daves Triple Up!Sarver, PA (July 3, 2010) The fine folks from new DIRTcar Sportsman division sponsor Charapp Route 28 Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ford were the weekly sponsor Friday Night and they rolled out the red carpet for the Sportsman drivers and fans alike. The evening started with a division-wide Meet & Greet with the fans featuring over 20 cars on display and drivers signing autographs. The drivers all contributed to create the biggest door prize cache in the 40+ year history of the Lernerville Speedway. Over 60 door prizes were donated by Charapp Route 28 and Sportsman division drivers. Charapp General Sales Manager Jim Matthes also put up $500 for an 8-car dash. When the dust settled on another stellar summer night of Fab Four Racing the names and faces in Sheetz Victory Lane were very familiar ones as Ed Lynch Jr. (Ti22 DIRTcar Sprints), Joe Kelley (Charapp 28 Sportsman), Dave Hess Jr. (DIRTcar Lates) and Dave Murdick (Diehl Mods) were all victorious. In fact, the only new name and face to Sheetz Victory Lane was Laiken Anderson, the new Lernerville Speedway Trophy Girl! The Ti22 Performance DIRTcar Sprints started the show with Cory Good and Australian Matthew Reed pacing the field. Good led the first lap, but veteran Scott Priester took the lead on lap two on a tricky, slick track. Priester led 18 of the next 21 laps and, after retaking the lead from Danny Holtgraver on lap 21, appeared to be on his way to Sheetz Victory Lane for the first time since July 20, 2007. And for three or four laps it appeared as if Danny Holtgraver might finally get his first career Lernerville Feature win. But as Priester and Holtgraver battle for the lead, “The Apollo Rocket” Ed Lynch Jr. was stalking his prey like a cheetah; mean and fast! He used an aggressive entry point in turn three to pass Holtgraver on lap 22 and again to take the lead from Priester on lap 23. Once out front, there was no catching the All Time division wins leader! His second straight win of the season bumped his Hall of Fame total to 104, (103 of those wins in a sprint car). Between his two Lernerville wins, Lynch has won races at Mercer Raceway Park and beat the PA Posse at Bedford Speedway. Priester and Holtgraver held on for solid, albeit disappointing, second and third place finishes. In the process, and when combined with the early race flip of Rod George, Holtgraver has unofficially taken the lead in the Budweiser Point Standings. Dan Kuriger came from 11th to finish fourth, his first top five of the season. After struggling in his heat race and having to run the B-Main, Bob Felmlee came from 16th on the starting grid to round out the Ti22 Top Five. The top ten shook out with Jack Sodeman Jr., Carl Bowser, Brent Matus, Scott Bonnell and Brian Steinman. National Guard Heat Races went to Matthew Reed, Ed Lynch Jr. and Rod George. As alluded to above, Defending Track Champion and incumbent Bud Points leader Rod George was making a charge to the front early in the race, but got too low in turn two trying to shoot beneath Australian invader Matthew Reed. George took a tight, quick flip onto the backstretch, while Reed took heavy damage to his top wing. George got a ride to the pits on the business end of a tow truck, while Reed rejoined the field, but the damage to the wing eventually prevented him from finishing the race. George was scored in 17th, Reed in 16th. With Charapp Route 28 Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ford on hand as the weekly sponsor and after their “Parade of Vehicles” including a three-wide salute to the fans, the DIRTcar Sportsman rumbled onto the speedway second. 16 year old, third generation driver A.J. Flick started on the pole and led the first 15 laps of a caution riddled feature, keeping both Jason and Jim Fosnaught at bay as he pursued his first Lernerville Feature win! But a lap 15 restart saw the youngster surrounded by the combined experience and power of Joe Kelley and Bob Egley. The veteran drivers split the rookie high (Kelley) and low (Egley) on the back straightaway with Joe Kelley taking the lead at the flagstand. As was the case previously with Ed Lynch Jr., once at the point there was no catching Joe Kelley who cruised to his seventh feature win of the 2010 season and 39th of his career. With two wins under his belt, Bob Egley finished second to Joe Kelley for the third time this season. A.J. Flick scored the best finish of his promising young career in third. Mark Sanders and Ryan Moyer each had a rough go at it during heat race competition and started in the back half of the feature lineup, but advanced to finish fourth and fifth place respectively. The Charapp 28 Top Ten rounded out with Brett McDonald, Wayne Carbo, Jim Fosnaught, Jim Bills and Troy Jeuther. Jeff Walters and Fred Casagni were National Guard Heat Race victors. Three-Time Defending Track Champion Alex Ferree started on the pole and led 11 of the first 18 caution free laps of the DIRTcar Sportsman Feature. Winless thus far in 2010, Ferree had his best run of the season going, but Budweiser Points Leader Dave Hess Jr. was too strong around the very outside perimeter of the 4/10 mile Action Track. After starting 11th, Hess powered his way around the top of the track, passing Ferree on lap 12 and cruising to his third win of the season and extending his points lead over an absent Jared Miley. Hess also scored an extra $45 from the National Guard Heat Race Challenge. Track conditions were perfect for Sarver’s own Kenny Schaltenbrand who runs the bottom of the Action Track better than just about anybody in Fab Four Racing and it showed with his best finish of the season in second place. Doug Eck also scored his best finish of the season with a third place run, while early leader Alex Ferree finished fourth ahead of Mike Johnson. Garrett Krummert scored his best Late Model finish at Lernerville with a sixth place run. Krummert was followed by Nick Reges, Chuck Sarver, Michael Norris and Todd Bachman. National Guard Heats were won by Hess and Ferree. After a two year winless drought in 2008 and 2009, Dave Murdick is on fire in the Diehl Auto Group DIRTcar Modifieds in 2010, winning three of the past five features. Last night Murdick rolled out a brand new car and started in the sixth row alongside Kevin Bolland. Bolland and Murdick quickly made their way to the front, with Bolland taking the lead from Del Rougeux Jr. on lap 10. Bolland, Rougeux and Murdick were three wide in turns three & four on lap 11, but Murdick had a rocket ship along the bottom of the track! He took second from Rougeux on lap 12, swapped the lead a few times with Bolland on laps 13 and 14 before officially taking the lead at the flagstand completing lap 14. By lap 18 Murdick stretched his lead to a half a straightaway over Bolland and motored away to his third win of the season. The 18th win of his career ties him for ninth all time in the division with Jack Sodeman. Sodeman, (the father of Ti22 Sprint Ace Jack Sodeman Jr.), is scheduled to attend next Friday Night’s Nostalgia Night! Early leaders Kevin Bolland (laps 10-13) and Del Rougeux Jr. (laps 1-9) finished the race second and third respectively. Mike Turner continues to impress, tying his career best finish of fourth, while Defending Track Champion Jeremiah Shingledecker recovered from early problems to round out the Diehl Top Five. The top ten rounded out with Skip Moore, Brian Swartzlander, Dean Pearson, Steve Feder and Carl Murdick. Carl Murdick will be inducted in Tri-City Speedway’s Hall of Fame this Sunday the Fourth of July! National Guard Heat Race winners were Shingledecker and Bolland. As mentioned above, next Friday July 9 is Nostalgia Night, as dozens of retired drivers of days gone by will be on hand to meet and greet the fans, sign autographs and reminisce with old friends! And the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup XIX is just over two weeks away! The sizzling Twin 30s format will provide the best Sprint Car racing of the season, as the Silver Cup will be the only event all year to include two World of Outlaws Features in One Night! Tickets are on sale now at www.Lernerville.com by clicking the “Buy Tickets” icon or by calling the speedway office Monday-Friday 9:00AM-4:00PM. |
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