After picking up the win at the last World of Outlaws event on Sunday in Maryland, the Big Game Treestands #7 team traveled south to The Dirt Track at Charlotte in North Carolina for the Circle K NOS Energy Outlaw Showdown with the cameras rolling live on SPEED. The night was very special for Craig Dollansky as son Garrett signed in for competition making his first career World of Outlaws start at age 18.
Day: May 27, 2012
• Garnes Pulls Off Upset At I-77
Upset Special: Chris Garnes Defends Home Turf With Dominating ‘Ripley RaceFest’ Victory At I-77 Raceway Park
Track Champion Outruns Talented Field For First-Ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series Triumph
By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director
RIPLEY, WV – May 27, 2012 – Chris Garnes of Evans, W.Va., pulled off one of the biggest upsets in World of Outlaws Late Model Series history, shocking the touring stars with a convincing run to victory in Sunday night’s 50-lap ‘Ripley RaceFest’ A-Main at I-77 Raceway Park.
The 25-year-old talent authored the race of his life, dominating his reconstructed home track’s first-ever WoO LMS event after inheriting the lead when a shorted-out battery caused Steve Shaver of Vienna, W.Va., to slow on a lap-five restart. He was never challenged during the 45 laps of uninterrupted green-flag action that closed the race.
• Lanigan Hits The ‘Jackpot’ At Tyler County
In A League Of His Own: Lanigan Rolls To $25,000 ‘Jackpot 100’ Triumph At Tyler County Speedway
World of Outlaws Late Model Series Points Leader Two-For-Two In Memorial Day Weekend Events
By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director
MIDDLEBOURNE, WV – May 26, 2012 – Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., continued to rule the 2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series on Saturday night, rolling to his second consecutive and fourth win of the season in the inaugural ‘Jackpot 100’ at Tyler County Speedway.
It was a powerful performance by the former WoO LMS champion, who grabbed the lead from Steve Shaver of Vienna, W.Va., on lap 17 and never looked back. He turned back a mid-race challenge from Steve Casebolt of Richmond, Ind., and then drove away from the pack, threatening to lap into the top five until a caution flag with two circuits remaining wiped out his commanding edge of over seven seconds.
5/26/12 – Tyler County Speedway/Middlebourne, WV (Jackpot 100)
Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘Jackpot 100’ at Tyler County Speedway (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):
1. (4) Darrell Lanigan/100 $25,150
2. (22) Brandon Sheppard/100 $15,100
3. (6) Steve Casebolt/100 $12,000
4. (7) Donnie Moran/100 $10,000
5. (13) Tim McCreadie/100 $8,150
