Race Results

RACE REPORT: Francis Breaks Out Of Victory Drought In Alltel Ohio Speedweek Opener At Muskingum County Speedway
Posted Friday, Jul 25, 2008

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

Steve Francis let out a giant sigh of relief after capturing the Alltel Ohio Speedweek opener on Thursday night at Muskingum County Speedway.

The ‘Pepsi 40’ victory, after all, snapped a 19-race winless streak for the defending World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion.

“We needed this like nobody knows,” said Francis, whose only previous WoO LMS triumph this season came on April 19 in the Circle K Colossal 100 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. “We’ve just been off for awhile – making dumb decisions, missing stupid things. We finally were able to put it all together tonight.”

Francis, 40, of Ashland, Ky., was the class of the field in the first-ever WoO LMS event at Ronnie Moran’s three-eighths-mile oval. He steered his Dale Beitler-owned Reliable Painting/Valvoline Rocket car forward from the fifth starting spot to take the lead from Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., on lap 14 and was never threatened thereafter.

A caution flag for a multi-car tangle on lap 35 gave Francis some pause since it put the hard-charging, 18th-starting Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., on his rear bumper, but he easily glided away on the restart to defeat the 2007 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year by nearly a half-straightaway margin.

“The car was real good tonight from the start, like it was on a rail,” said Francis, who earned $7,150 for his first touring-series victory at Muskingum County since a UDTRA/Xtreme DirtCar Series score in 2003. “I was just able to drive into the corner and stick to the bottom like we were on glue.

“Tires could’ve been an advantage for us tonight – they definitely performed flawless, there’s no doubt about that,” he added, singling out his American Racer rubber. “But more than anything, we really got our car good again. It was kind of a combination of the two – when the two come together, it’s a good night.”

Pearson settled for a third-place finish after leading laps 12-13 in NASCAR Sprint Cup star Bobby Labonte’s LifeLong Locks MasterSbilt car. He went with a “safer” Hoosier Tire choice than Francis and Fuller and couldn’t quite match their speed.

WoO LMS points leader Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., advanced from the seventh starting spot to take fourth in the GottaRace.com Rocket – his 17th top-five finish in the last 18 tour events – and polesitter Steve Shaver of Vienna, W.Va., placed fifth in the Cosgrove Racing Rocket. Lanigan overtook Shaver for fourth with just four laps remaining and extended his points lead to 120 points over 13th-place finisher Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., who started fourth but faded dramatically as a result of an incorrect tire-compound choice.

Shaver collected the $500 ‘Bonus Bucks’ cash for being the highest-finishing driver who hasn’t won a WoO LMS A-Main and isn’t ranked among the top 12 in the tour points standings.

The top-five finishers became the first drivers eligible for the ‘Alltel Ohio Speedweek All-Star’ honor. A $10,000 top prize will go to the driver who receives the most votes in on-line polling that begins at AlltelAllStar.com after the final Alltel Ohio Speedweek event on July 27 at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa.

Fuller, 40, appeared to be the only driver capable of stopping Francis from reaching Victory Lane, but his stirring drive through the pack in the Gypsum Express Rocket following a B-Main victory stalled at second place.

A two-time winner on the recent WoO LMS ‘Wild West Tour,’ Fuller reached the runner-up spot on lap 32 without the benefit of a caution flag after one for an opening-lap spin between turns three and four by Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga. His full straightaway deficit to Francis was wiped out by a lap-35 caution flag, but he was unable to take advantage of the break on the restart.

“If that caution period had lasted a couple less laps, then maybe I would have had a shot at Francis,” said Fuller, who made his first-ever start at Muskingum County. “But he was just real good. That car of his was hooked. I know, because I had a front-row seat to see it.

“We just picked the right tire tonight – that’s it in a nutshell,” added Fuller, who went with a harder tire (a Hoosier UMP 40-compound) on his car’s right-rear corner. “I had nothing to lose starting so far back, so we gambled with our tire choice and it worked.”

Fuller’s tire selection was on Francis’s mind during the race’s final caution period, which was triggered by an incident between turns three and four that involved Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., Vic Coffey of Leicester, N.Y., Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., and Matt Miller of Waterville, Ohio.

“I knew what tire Fuller had on and I knew he was second,” said Francis. “That did worry me because I knew he had gone harder than everybody else. I thought he might be able to come at me right there at the end.”

A challenge from Fuller never materialized, however, and Francis cruised to his 16th career WoO LMS victory. He’s now tied with Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., and Rick Eckert of York, Pa., for the status of the tour’s winningest driver since 2004.

“Hopefully we can get on a little bit of a roll now,” said Francis. “This is about the time last year that I started on my roll, so we’ll try to build on this to do it again.

“I think Lanigan might be too far ahead this year (in the points standings) for us to win the championship again, but there’s still second place (on the WoO LMS) and there’s still a lot of money to win in big races. We’re concentrating on getting our cars to where we want them for Lernerville (Speedway’s $40,000-to-win Firecracker 100 on July 29) and other big races coming up.”

Finishing in positions 6-10 were Donnie Moran of Dresden, Ohio, whose father owns and operates Muskingum County Speedway; Bart Hartman of Zanesville, Ohio, who drove over the track’s berm to avoid the lap-35 accident; Robbie Blair of Titusville, Pa., who faded after leading laps 1-12; Marlar; and Shane McLoughlin of Nashport, Ohio.

Among the early retirees was Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., who was working his way forward from the 19th starting spot when a broken panhard bar mount eliminated him on lap 35. He fell to fourth in the WoO LMS points standings behind Francis thanks to the DNF.

Forty-nine cars were entered in the program.

Blair was quickest in time trials, turning a lap of 16.955 seconds. He earned a $100 prize from promoter Ronnie Moran for his third career WoO LMS fast-time honor.

Heat winners were Blair, Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., Eddie Carrier Jr. of Salt Rock, W.Va., and Lanigan. Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., and Fuller captured the B-Mains.

Doug Dodd of Cambridge, Ohio, suffered a heartbreaking fate on the last lap of the first heat race when he slipped off the track in turn one while leading. But he later received a pick-me-up from the crowd, which put him into the A-Main starting field as an Alltel/Track provisional by giving him the loudest cheer of five local non-qualifiers who were brought to the homestretch following the B-Mains.

Alltel Ohio Speedweek continues on Friday night (July 25) at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, with the ‘Subway 50’ paying $10,000 to win. NASCAR Sprint Cup star and Eldora owner Tony Stewart will drive his Old Spice/Bass Pro Shops Rocket No. 20 in the event.

The swing also includes stops on Saturday night (July 26) at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio, and Sunday night (July 27) at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa.

The Outlaws’ busy month of July will conclude on Tues., July 29, with the rescheduled $40,000-to-win Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa.

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

1. (5) Steve Francis/40 $7,150
2. (18) Tim Fuller/40 $3,600
3. (3) Earl Pearson Jr./40 $2,000
4. (7) Darrell Lanigan/40 $1,700
5. (1) Steve Shaver/40 $2,000
6. (6) Donnie Moran/40 $1,300
7. (14) Bart Hartman/40 $1,200
8. (2) Robbie Blair/40 $1,300
9. (11) Mike Marlar/40 $1,000
10. (22) Shane McLoughlin/40 $900
11. (10) Shannon Babb/40 $850
12. (23) John Blankenship/39 $800
13. (4) Josh Richards/39 $750
14. (16) Lance Elson/39 $740
15. (12) Shane Clanton/39 $710
16. (25) Doug Dodd/39 $680
17. (15) Rick Eckert/39 $650
18. (17) Clint Smith/39 $630
19. (21) Rick Aukland/39 $620
20. (20) Vic Coffey/39 $860
21. (24) Joe Isabell/38 $600
22. (8) Eddie Carrier Jr./35 $600
23. (19) Chub Frank/35 $600
24. (11) Mike Marlar/34 $600
25. (9) Corey Conley18 $600

Yellow Flags: 2 (Opening Lap, Lap 35)
Lap Leaders: Blair (1-11); Pearson (12-13); Francis (14-50)
Provisional Starters: Blankenship, Joe Isabell (WoO); Dodd (Alltel/Track)
Rookie of the Race: Coffey ($250)
WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Shaver ($500)
Integra Shocks Crew Chief of the Race ($50): Kevin Miller (Francis)
Chick Hawk Racing Hot Lap Award (half-off tire warmers): Blair
Super Clean ‘Start of the Race’: Blair ($100)

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

1. won11-Robbie Blair/Titusville, PA 16.955
2. 18-Shannon Babb/Moweaqua, IL 17.124
3. 28c-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 17.187
4. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 17.241
5. 99-Donnie Moran/Dresden, OH 17.277
6. 30-Steve Shaver/Vienna, WV 17.287
7. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 17.316
8. 17E-Lance Elson/Wellsburg, WV 17.323
9. 7-Matt Miller/Waterville, OH 17.333
10. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 17.351
11. 17M-Mike Marlar/Winfield, TN 17.384
12. 32c-Vic Coffey/Leicester, NY 17.422
13. 12-Doug Dodd/Cambridge, OH 17.481
14. 75-Bart Hartman/Zanesville, OH 17.506
15. 22s-Gregg Satterlee/Rochester Mills, PA 17.529
16. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 17.580
17. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 17.581
18. H1-Jared Miley/South Park, PA 17.592
19. 44p-Earl Pearson Jr./Jacksonville, FL 17.595
20. 19-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 17.620
21. 14-Corey Conley/Wellsburg, WV 17.622
22. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 17.628
23. 63-Cortney Clewell/Westerville, OH 17.663
24. 2s-Brady Smith/Solon Springs, WI 17.672
25. E1-Mike Balzano/Parkersburg, WV 17.673
26. 12A-Rick Aukland/Zanesville, OH 17.708
27. 9-Shane McLoughlin/Nashport, OH 17.711
28. 19T-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 17.726
29. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 17.757
30. 5M-Ryan Markham/Ashland, OH 17.782
31. 1N-Casey Noonan/Sylvania, OH 17.837
32. 27J-Danny Johnson/Phelps, NY 17.839
33. 42-Cody Parker/Zanesville, OH 17.855
34. 6J-Joe Isabell/Pennellville, NY 17.860
35. KC44-K.C. Burdette/Parkersburg, WV 17.925
36. z28-Johnny Boyd/Newark, OH 17.926
37. 59-Tracy Fritter/Zanesville, OH 17.935
38. 18H-Dustin Hapka/Grand Forks, ND 17.951
39. 2R-Joe Ramey/Ironton, OH 17.957
40. 21d-Dan Stone/Thompson, PA 18.112
41. T8-Mark Banal/St. Clairsville, OH 18.212
42. 11-Kyle Bates/Kimbolton, OH 18.221
43. 12H-Wes Hutchison/New Concord, OH 18.247
44. 96-Paul Devoll/Zanesville, OH 18.302
45. 22b-Paul Beaschler/Zanesville, OH 18.390
46. 0-Ryan Scott/Garland, PA 18.680
47. 18s-Sean Beardsley/Central Square, NY 18.946
48. 12d-Doug Drown/Wooster, OH N/T
49. 7JR-Jeff Isabell Jr./Pennellville, NY N/T

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Blair, Moran, Conley, M. Miller, Frank, Blankenship, Balzano, Parker, Fritter, Banal, Jeff Isabell Jr., Beaschler, Dodd

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Richards, Shaver, Babb, Hartman, C. Smith, Aukland, Miley, Markham, Bates, Scott, Hapka (DNS) Joe Isabell

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Carrier, Pearson, Marlar, Eckert, Satterlee, McLoughlin, Noonan, Burdette, Hutchison, Clewell, Ramey, Beardsley

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Lanigan, Francis, Clanton, Elson, Coffey, Fuller, D. Johnson, B. Smith, Stone, Devoll, Boyd (DNS) Drown

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): C. Smith, Frank, Aukland, Blankenship, Dodd, Balzano, Fritter, Miley, Parker, Joe Isabell, Markham, Beaschler, Bates, Scott, Banal, Hapka (DNS) Jeff Isabell Jr.

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Fuller, Coffey, McLoughlin, D. Johnson, Stone, Noonon, Burdette, Clewell, Boyd, Hutchison, Ramey, Beardsley, Satterlee, B. Smith (DNS) Drown

2008 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of July 24 - 27 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/wins/top-5s/top-10s/earnings/points/deficit to leader):

1. Darrell Lanigan 2-18-25-$76,450-3731 (-0)
2. Josh Richards 4-12-19-$88,060-3611 (-120)
3. Steve Francis 2-12-21-$107,950-3593 (-138)
4. Chub Frank 1-9-19-$56,930-3563 (-168)
5. Shannon Babb 2-12-19-$78,500-3551 (-180)
6. Shane Clanton 1-12-19-$62,090-3545 (-186)
7. Rick Eckert 1-9-19-$58,830-3529 (-202)
8. Clint Smith 1-9-16-$49,990-3521 (-210)
9. Tim Fuller 2-6-12-$51,620-3413 (-318)
10. John Blankenship 0-0-6-$29,520-3277 (-454)
11. Vic Coffey 0-0-6-$23,760-2764 (-967)
12. Joe Isabell 0-0-0-$14,090-2445 (-1286)
13. Danny Johnson 0-0-1-$13,260-2037 (-1694)
14. Sean Beardsley 0-0-0-$8,700-1943 (-1788)
15. Tim McCreadie 1-6-9-$38,200-1463 (-2268)

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RACE REPORT: Francis Sets Modern-Era World of Outlaws Late Model Series Win Standard With Victory In Alltel Ohio Speedweek Finale At Eriez Speedway Posted Monday, Jul 28, 2008

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

Steve Francis made World of Outlaws Late Model Series history on Sunday night at Eriez Speedway.

With a victory in the 50-lap finale of Alltel Ohio Speedweek, Francis set a new modern-era (2004-present) WoO LMS win standard. His 17th career triumph on the tour broke him out of a three-way tie atop the win list with Scott Bloomquist and Rick Eckert.

Francis, 40, of Ashland, Ky., earned $10,250 for his second win in four Alltel Ohio Speedweek events. The defending WoO LMS champion also captured the opening event, on July 24 at Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville, Ohio.

It was the third WoO LMS victory of 2008 for Francis, who started from the outside pole and led all but three laps of Sunday’s A-Main. He swapped the lead twice with polesitter Robbie Blair of Titusville, Pa., just before the race’s halfway mark but maintained firm control of the top spot from lap 21 to the checkered flag.

Francis drove his Dale Beitler-owned Reliable Painting/Valvoline Rocket No. 19 across the finish line with a 0.379-second margin over Blair, who used the outside lane to draw close to Francis in the waning moments.

Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., finished third after losing the runner-up spot to Blair on lap 37. Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., ran predominantly the outside groove to charge from the 22nd starting spot to a hard-earned fourth-place finish, and 21-year-old Mike Knight of Ripley, N.Y., registered a career-best WoO LMS placing of fifth at the track where he is the reigning Super Late Model champion.

Blair, McCreadie and Knight scored their first top-five finishes of the four-race swing, making them the final entries in the battle for the ‘Alltel Ohio Speedweek All-Star’ honor. The top-five finishers in each event became eligible for a $10,000 top prize that will go to the driver who receives the most votes in on-line polling at AlltelAllStar.com.

On-line Alltel Ohio Speedweek All-Star voting began at 12 midnight ET following the Eriez Speedway show.

Francis scored a top-five finish in three of the four Speedweek events and is ready to start campaigning for votes at AlltelAllStar.com.

“The Alltel deal would be neat to win, especially with our association with Ryan Newman,” said Francis, who maintains a dirt Late Model that the Alltel-sponsored NASCAR Sprint Cup star runs in selected events. “Hopefully the fans appreciated what we’ve done here, and we certainly appreciate what Alltel has done for us.”

The most stirring stretch of the race came after the second caution flag flew, on lap 13 for a flat tire on the car driven by Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill. Blair shot by Richards for second on the restart and proceeded to mount a serious assault on Francis.

Blair was scored the lead of laps 16-17 and also lap 20, but Francis was too strong on the bottom of the flat one-third-mile oval and gradually opened some breathing room after the halfway mark.

“When we were running side-by-side, I’m there hoping that he makes a mistake sooner or later,” Francis said of his battle with Blair. “He had an excellent car running out there (in the outside groove). I just didn’t realize you needed to be that wide out on the cushion. I was running through the slick part of the racetrack and didn’t realize you needed to be out there.

“We were able to get our wits back about us, get our car back under us and we were able to get back by him. It was just a fortunate deal that it happened the way it did.

“We pretty much focused on hitting our marks all night,” he continued. “The racetrack was very, very physical. It had icy-slippery spots, wet spots, rough spots – just really, really physical. You had to make sure you hit all of your marks. If you missed one you could kill your whole lap.

“We just tried to stay in our lane. If somebody was going to get us high and wide then they were going to get us and we were going to have to get up on the wheel and try to get back by them on the bottom.”

Blair, 37, was satisfied to match his career-best finish on the WoO LMS. He also finished second on Sept. 4, 2006, at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa.

“I was hitting those holes (early in the race) and my car was actually shutting off because the floats were too high or whatever,” said Blair, who drove his self-owned Rocket machine. “I just decided on that one restart, ‘It still looks like there’s traction up there (on the outside). I don’t know why nobody is running up there.’

“I was just trying to throw one lap up there and there was traction, so I stayed up there.

“I was having a ball (racing with Francis),” he continued. “I got ahead of him a couple of times. He was probably better in turns one and two and I was probably better in turns three and four, so it kind of evened out by the time we got back to the flagman.

“Then I got to racing Josh and it took me a while to get back by him – or maybe I would have had a shot at it. Who knows?”

The 20-year-old Richards, meanwhile, fell short of repeating his victory in last year’s inaugural WoO LMS event at Eriez Speedway. He moved up to second on a lap-three restart and swapped the position twice with Blair before settling for third in his Seubert Calf Ranches Rocket.

“I was a little bit softer on tires than Steve and Blair were, but for a little bit I could run with them,” said Richards. “I kept watching my dad tell me to run the top or the bottom. I hate it sometimes when I’d miss just a little bit, but our tires started to give up at the end so it was good for us to get third.”

No driver authored a more exciting drive than the 34-year-old McCreadie, who discovered that there was indeed an outside lane and used it to charge forward. He moved his Sweeteners Plus Rocket by Knight for fourth place heading to the white flag.

“It’s just sometimes mind over matter,” said McCreadie, who qualified poorly but came alive in the feature. “We struggled all night long with the car. Finally we hit on something.

“I owe it to Al Stevens, Tommy Grecco, Vic Coffey, Johnny Cocco and ‘Frog’ – everybody who was on this deal. We struggled all night, and finally when you throw enough things at it you’re going to get lucky and that’s what we did.

“The long green flag hurt me at the end,” added T-Mac. “I needed more restarts. I wish I had done my job as a driver earlier to get it further up so we wouldn’t have had to work so hard, but it is what it is.”

Knight slipped back two positions from his third starting spot, but the rising young star was ecstatic over his best run to date with the WoO LMS.

“I usually run up top at this track,” said Knight, who drove his family-owned Mobilia Farms Rocket car. “I won a couple of races up top, but I was maintaining in the top five and I decided to stay on the bottom and just maintain. I wanted a good top five. I had never been in the top five with the Outlaws. I was just trying to be smart about it.

“If we get some money coming our way, we’d probably end up going on tour with the Outlaws,” he added, looking toward the future. “I’d like to get out there and do some more traveling and run with these guys. Hopefully we can get things going. That would be great.”

Finishing in positions 6-10 were points leader Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky.; Vic Coffey of Leicester, N.Y., who earned the $250 Rookie of the Race bonus; Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga.; Ron Davies of Warren, Pa.; and Rich Gardner of Waterford, Pa.

A field numbering 48 cars was signed in for the event.

Ron Davies recorded the fastest lap in time trials, rounding the oval in 16.400 seconds for his first career fast-time honor on the WoO LMS.

Heat winners were Francis, Blair, Knight and Richards. The B-Mains were captured by David Scott of Garland, Pa., and Greg Oakes of Franklinville, N.Y.

Among the non-qualifiers were WoO LMS regulars Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., and John Blankenship of Williamson, W.Va., and Ricky Elliott of Seaford, Del., who finished second the previous night at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio.

The busy month of July for the WoO LMS will draw to an end on Tuesday (July 29) with the rescheduled $40,000-to-win Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. The entire second night of Firecracker 100 action is set for the midweek date, including a C-Main, B-Main, the $3,000-to-win Uncle Sam 30 for non-qualifiers and the 100-lap headliner.

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

1. (2) Steve Francis/50 $10,250
2. (1) Robbie Blair/50 5,600
3. (4) Josh Richards/50 $3,000
4. (22) Tim McCreadie/50 $2,500
5. (3) Mike Knight/50 $2,000
6. (5) Darrell Lanigan/50 $1,700
7. (6) Vic Coffey/50 $1,650
8. (8) Shane Clanton/50 $1,300
9. (9) Ron Davies/50 $1,200
10. (11) Rich Gardner/50 $1,100
11. (10) Dan Stone/50 $1,050
12. (14) Dave Hess Jr./50 $1,000
13. (19) Chub Frank/50 $950
14. (7) Andy Bozell/50 $900
15. (24) Rick Eckert/50 $850
16. (16) Doug Eck/50 $800
17. (17) David Scott/50 $770
18. (12) Shannon Babb/50 $750
19. (23) Clint Smith/ $730
20. (13) Chad Valone/ $700
21. (25) Andy Kania/ $700
22. (15) Donnie Moran/ $700
23. (18) Greg Oakes/ $700
24. (21) Randy Lobb/ $700
25. (20) Dutch Davies/ $700

Time of Race: 27 Mins., 12.465 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 0.379 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 3 (Lap 3, 13, 24)
Lap Leaders: Francis (1-15); Blair (16-17); Francis (18-19); Blair (20); Francis (21-50)
Provisional Starters: C. Smith, Eckert (WoO); Kania (Alltel Fans’ Choice)
Rookie of the Race: Coffey ($250)
WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Blair ($500)
Integra Shocks Crew Chief of the Race ($50): Al Stevens (McCreadie)
Chick Hawk Racing Hot Lap Award: Francis (half-off tire warmers)
Super Clean ‘Start of the Race’: Francis ($100)

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

1. 71d-Ron Davies/Warren, PA 16.400
2. won11-Robbie Blair/Titusville, PA 16.429
3. 9k-Mike Knight/Ripley, NY 16.538
4. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 16.552
5. 19-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 16.616
6. 19T-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 16.630
7. 1G-Rich Gardner/Waterford, PA16.672
8. 03-Doug Eck/Corry, PA 16.690
9. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 16.712
10. 32c-Vic Coffey/Leicester, NY 16.714
11. 12b-Andy Boozel/Clymer, NY 16.726
12. 3H-Bruce Hordusky/Erie, PA 16.764
13. 99b-Rick Briggs/Bear Lake, PA 16.770
14. 33-Chris Hackett/Erie, PA 16.803
15. B22-Bump Hedman/Sugar Grove, PA 16.806
16. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 16.806
17. 2v-Chad Valone/Warren, PA 16.813
18. 21d-Dan Stone/Thompson, PA 16.820
19. 99-Donnie Moran/Dresden, OH 16.866
20. M1-Mickey Wright/Albion, PA 16.885
21. 28J-Randy Lobb/Jamestown, NY 16.893
22. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 16.897
23. 40-Dutch Davies/Warren, PA 16.912
24. 3-David Scott/Garland, PA 16.939
25. 18-Shannon Babb/Moweaqua, IL 16.942
26. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 16.944
27. 121-Ricky Elliott/Seaford, DE 16.969
28. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 16.986
29. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 16.989
30. 44H-Dave Hess Jr./Waterford, PA 17.007
31. 07R-Brent Rhebergen/Clymer, NY 17.012
32. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 17.065
33. 2J-Scott Johnson/Wattsburg, PA 17.078
34. 00-Dan Maxim/Erie, PA 17.078
35. NO7-Jason Dupont/Cyclone, PA 17.079
36. 22-Greg Oakes/Franklinville, NY 17.086
37. 8-Jason Morell/North East, PA 17.115
38. 6J-Joe Isabell/Pennellville, NY 17.154
39. 76-Andy Kania/Waterford, PA 17.156
40. 4T-Merle Terry/Erie, PA 17.199
41. 28b-Dick Barton/Ashville, NY 17.278
42. 18s-Sean Beardsley/Central Square, NY 17.282
43. 15H-Steve Halpainy/Ashville, NY 17.354
44. U1-Matt Urban/North East, PA 17.403
45. 17L-Dennis Lunger/Cherry Hill, PA 17.460
46. 53-John Volpe/Lakeland, NY 17.570
47. 0s-Ryan Scott/Garland, PA 17.680
48. 7Jr.-Jeff Isabell Jr./Pennellville, NY 17.866

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Francis, Lanigan, R. Davies, Valone, D. Scott, Lobb, Briggs, Eckert, S. Johnson, Morell, Barton, Lunger

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Blair, Coffey, Stone, Hess, Hackett, Fuller, C. Smith, Frank, Joe Isabell, Volpe, Maxim, Beardsley

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Knight, Boozel, Gardner, Moran, D. Davies, Hedman, Rhebergen, Kania, Dupont, R. Scott, Elliott, Halpainy

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Richards, Clanton, Babb, Eck, Oakes, McCreadie, Wright, Urban, Terry, Blankenship, Jeff Isabell Jr., Hordusky

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): D. Scott, Frank, Lobb, Briggs, Eckert, C. Smith, Barton, Morell, Fuller, Volpe, Beardsley, Lunger, Joe Isabell, Maxim, S. Johnson, Hackett

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Oakes, D. Davies, McCreadie, Hedman, Kania, Wright, Hordusky, Rhebergen, Urban, Terry, R. Scott, Dupont, Elliott, Jeff Isabell Jr. (DNS) Blankenship

2008 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of July 27 - 30 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/wins/top-5s/top-10s/earnings/points/deficit to leader):

1. Darrell Lanigan 2-18-28-$81,150-4141 (-0)
2. Josh Richards 4-14-21-$94,360-4015 (-126)
3. Steve Francis 3-14-23-$121,450-3999 (-142)
4. Shane Clanton 1-14-22-$69,390-3967 (-174)
5. Chub Frank 1-9-20-$59,980-3943 (-198)
6. Shannon Babb 2-12-20-$81,500-3923 (-218)
7. (tie) Clint Smith 1-10-18-$53,820-3903 (-238)
7. (tie) Rick Eckert 1-9-20-$61,780-3903 (-238)
9. Tim Fuller 2-6-12-$53,300-3722 (-419)
10. John Blankenship 0-0-6-$30,370-3576 (-565)
11. Vic Coffey 0-0-7-$26,670-3097 (-1044)
12. Joe Isabell 0-0-0-$14,420-2670 (-1471)
13. Sean Beardsley 0-0-0-$9,030-2168 (-1973)
14. Danny Johnson 0-0-1-$13,620-2112 (-2029)
15. Tim McCreadie 1-7-11-$43,200-1849 (-2292)

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