Late Models

Keyser Manufacturing Co. Last Chance Race Adds Starter To Each A-Main During Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals Feb. 15-17

Michigan Company Provides Extra Incentive For Racers In World of Outlaws Late Model Series Tripleheader At Bubba Raceway Park

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

OCALA, FL – Feb. 4, 2013 – Keyser Manufacturing Co. will sponsor a Last Chance Race during each of the three World of Outlaws Late Model Series programs comprising the Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals on Feb. 15-17 at Bubba Raceway Park, giving competitors one final shot to make the A-Main lineup.

The winner of the Keyser Manufacturing Co. Last Chance Race will advance to the evening’s feature event, earning a starting spot behind the B-Main qualifiers and just in front of the provisional starters.

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Merritt Speedway’s New Ownership Inks World of Outlaws Late Model Series Event On Sat., Aug. 17

Northern Michigan Track Will Host National Tour For Third Consecutive Season

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – Jan. 30, 2013 – With new ownership in place, Merritt Speedway in Lake City, Mich., will host the World of Outlaws Late Model Series for the third consecutive season on Sat., Aug. 17, track and series officials announced on Wednesday.

A 50-lap A-Main paying $10,000 to win will headline the late-summer program at the three-eighths-mile oval, which once again anchors a weekend WoO LMS doubleheader in the Wolverine State. The renowned full-fender circuit previously inked an Aug. 16 date at Winston Speedway in Rothbury, Mich.

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Lanigan Ready To Pick Up Where He Left Off Last Year On World of Outlaws Late Model Series

Defending Champ Has Plenty Of Motivation, Including Bid For Elusive WoO Victory During UNOH DIRTcar Nationals by Summit

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – Jan. 29, 2013 – Think Darrell Lanigan spent some time kicking back to savor his spectacular 2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series championship season?

Well, guess again. The ultra-competitive superstar from Union, Ky., basically put his record-smashing season in his rearview mirror as soon as he picked up his $100,000 points-fund check at the national tour’s awards ceremony in early November.

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Three Up-And-Coming Drivers Approved As Contenders For 2013 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Rookie of the Year

Bagley, Wells & Wood Prepping For National Tour’s Season Opener Feb. 8-9 At Georgia’s Screven Motor Speedway (above photos courtesy DirtonDirt.com)

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – Jan. 25, 2013 – Three up-and-coming young drivers have been approved as contenders for the 2013 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Rookie of the Year Award Presented by ButlerBuilt, series officials announced on Friday.

Morgan Bagley of Longview, Texas, Eric Wells of Hazard, Ky., and Dillon Wood of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., will carry rookie status when the national tour kicks off its 2013 schedule on Feb. 8-9 with the ‘Winter Freeze’ doubleheader at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga. The trio’s season-opening burst of events with the World of Outlaws will also include the Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals on Feb. 15-17 at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla., and the 42nd UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment on Feb. 21-23 at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.

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Anticipation Beginning To Build For World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Buckeye 100’ April 12-13 At NAPA Wayne County Speedway

Advance Reserved Seat Tickets To Historic Event Set To Go On Sale January 28

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

ORRVILLE, OH – Jan. 18, 2013 – The 2013 racing campaign will begin in unprecedented fashion at NAPA Auto Parts Wayne County Speedway.

A blockbuster weekend headlined by the World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Buckeye 100’ is set for April 12-13 at Wayne County, providing fans and racers from Ohio and neighboring states a new early-season tradition in the Midwest.

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Fuller’s Racing Fortunes Looking Up As Start Of 2013 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Schedule Approaches

New Yorker Has Already Claimed Two Victories In Arizona For Kennedy Motorsports Team

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – Jan. 15, 2013 – Tim Fuller’s racing fortunes have so completely changed for the better, he’s even looking forward to next month’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series events in the Southeast.

That’s a major shift in attitude for the driver from Watertown, N.Y., who normally views the national tour’s season-opening burst of action – a swing that this year features a record eight A-Mains over a two-week period at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga. (Feb. 8-9), Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla. (Feb. 15-17) and Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. (Feb. 21-23) – with the dread of a kid returning to the classroom after summer vacation.

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World of Outlaws Late Model Series Adds 2013 Dates At Duck River Raceway Park & Fonda Speedway

Stop At Tennessee’s Duck River (pictured) Set For March 24, New York’s Fonda Hosts Tour On June 19

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – Jan. 11, 2013 – The record-breaking 2013 World of Outlaws Late Model Series schedule continued its expansion Friday with the announcement of first-ever visits to Duck River Raceway Park in Wheel, Tenn., and Fonda (N.Y.) Speedway.

Duck River is set to host the WoO LMS on Sun., March 24 – anchoring a tripleheader weekend that also includes events in Arkansas and Mississippi – while Fonda’s date on Wed., June 19, will kick off an early-summer swing through the Northeast for the national tour. Both tracks will present 50-lap A-Mains paying $10,000 to win.

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This Year’s 24th Annual Prairie Dirt Classic Set To Become Biggest Event In History Of Fairbury American Legion Speedway

New July 26-27 Date, Record Purse & World of Outlaws Late Model Series Sanction Highlight Prestigious Weekend’s 2013 Makeover

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

FAIRBURY, IL – Jan. 4, 2013 – Fairbury American Legion Speedway’s marquee event is getting a spectacular makeover in 2013.

With a new mid-summer date, a record purse and sanctioning from the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, the 24th annual Prairie Dirt Classic is set to become the biggest and richest dirt Late Model race in the history of the popular quarter-mile oval.

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A Final Look Back: Facts, Figures & Statistical Notes From The 2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – Dec. 31, 2012 – As is custom, before the arrival of the new year here’s a final look back at facts, figures and statistical notes from the 2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series….

UNPRECEDENTED: Darrell Lanigan’s spectacular 2012 WoO LMS championship campaign has been rehashed and dissected countless times. Here’s a listing of the World of Outlaws records he set on his way to the second title of his career:

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DIRTcar UMP Hoosier Tire Rule In Place For World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Winter Freeze’ Feb. 8-9 At Screven Motor Speedway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

SYLVANIA, GA – Dec. 11, 2012 – The DIRTcar UMP Hoosier tire rule will be in effect for the 2013 World of Outlaws Late Model Series season-opening ‘Winter Freeze’ on Feb. 8-9 at Screven Motor Speedway, series and track officials announced on Monday.

The decision puts Screven’s doubleheader in line on the tire-rule front with ensuing WoO LMS events at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla. (Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals on Feb. 15-17) and Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. (UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment on Feb. 21-23). Hoosier LM 10-20-30-40 compound tires will be the only rubber permitted in the eight February racing programs.

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