2013

Defending Champion Josh Richards To Watch From Sidelines For Start Of 2014 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Season

SHINNSTON, W.Va. – Jan. 31, 2014 – By Andrea Cleveland/Josh Richards P.R. – Mark Richards Racing announced today that three-time World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion Josh Richards will not be in the seat of the No. 1 Valvoline Rocket Chassis house car due to medical issues for the start of the national tour’s 2014 season.

Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., will be behind the wheel of the iconic blue No. 1 in Richards’s absence. Sheppard is a familiar face in the Rocket camp after filling in for the 25-year-old defending champion in 2012 as he ran a limited schedule in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Sheppard also won the 33rd annual Red Buck Dirt Track World Championship at Portsmouth (Ohio) Raceway Park last October substituting for Richards.

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Lincoln Electric Welds Partnership with World of Outlaws

CONCORD, N.C. (January 31, 2014) – Lincoln Electric is pleased to announce a partnership for 2014 with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series and the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, signaling a commitment by the welding products giant to a passion shared by more than a million fans.

“There are more than 800 dirt tracks in the United States and Lincoln Electric is very excited to partner with the premier dirt racing sanction in the World of Outlaws,” said Mickey Holmes, Manager, Sports Marketing. “The fans are extremely passionate and loyal to their drivers and sponsors. We are thrilled to get the ‘Lincoln Welders’ brand in front of these passionate fans.”

Lincoln Electric will be known as the Official Welder of the World of Outlaws.

 

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Return To Rocket Chassis Has McCreadie Bullish About 2014 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Championship Prospects

New Yorker Ready To Kick Off Season Feb. 14-16 At Bubba Raceway Park & Feb. 20-22 At Volusia Speedway Park

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – Jan. 24, 2014 – Whether Tim McCreadie can raise his game sufficiently to make a serious run at the World of Outlaws Late Model Series championship in 2014 remains to be seen, but one thing is certain: he isn’t lacking for confidence as he plunges into the chase.

When the national tour’s ’14 campaign kicks off with the Bubba Army Dirt Late Model Winter Nationals on Feb. 14-16 at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla., and the DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment on Feb. 20-22 at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., McCreadie fully expects to be in the title conversation.

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Standout Roster Of Title Hopefuls Ready For Start Of Milestone World of Outlaws Late Model Series Campaign Feb. 14-16 At Bubba Raceway Park

Bubba Army Dirt Late Model Winter Nationals Begins Celebration Of National Tour’s 10th Anniversary Season Under World Racing Group Banner

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

OCALA, FL – Jan. 16, 2014 – The running of the third annual Bubba Army Dirt Late Model Winter Nationals on Feb. 14-16 at Bubba Raceway Park will mark two significant milestones for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series.

For starters, a season-long celebration of the 10th anniversary of the national tour’s rebirth in 2004 will begin with the weekend tripleheader at the unique egg-shaped, three-eighths-mile oval. In addition, the opening night of the meet – a 35-lap, $7,000-to-win event on Fri., Feb. 14 – is set to be the 400th WoO LMS A-Main contested since the circuit resumed action 10 years ago under the World Racing Group banner.

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World of Outlaws Late Model Series Shifts 2014 Season Opener To Florida’s Bubba Raceway Park

National Tour Will Not Sanction Feb. 7-8 ‘Winter Freeze’ At Georgia’s Screven Motor Speedway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – Jan. 10, 2013 – The 2014 World of Outlaws Late Model Series season will begin on Feb. 14-16 at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla., rather than the previous weekend at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga., as originally scheduled, series officials announced on Thursday.

A disagreement over tire rules prompted the national tour to drop its sanctioning of the Feb. 7-8 ‘Winter Freeze’ doubleheader at Screven, which was slated to kick off the WoO LMS campaign for the third consecutive year. WoO LMS officials had anticipated running the events under the four-compound DIRTcar UMP Hoosier LM tire rule – the mandate used in 2013 at Screven and earmarked for nine Florida events that follow this year’s Winter Freeze – but Screven promoter James ‘Redd’ Griffin preferred an open tire rule.

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A Final Look Back: Facts, Figures & Statistical Notes From The 2013 World of Outlaws Late Model Series

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – Dec. 31, 2013 – As the calendar turns to a new year it’s time to take one final look back at facts, figures and statistical notes from the 2013 World of Outlaws Late Model Series….

GRAND COMEBACK: It was like he never left.

After departing the World of Outlaws Late Model Series early in the 2012 season to take a stab at racing on the NASCAR Nationwide Series, Josh Richards returned as a regular on the national dirt Late Model tour in ’13. He proceeded to seamlessly slide back behind the wheel of his father Mark’s Rocket Chassis house car, putting together a superlative campaign that saw him become the first driver to win three championships since the circuit was restarted in 2004 under the World Racing Group banner.

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World of Outlaws Late Model Series Primed To Celebrate 10th Anniversary Of Rebirth With Action-Packed 2014 Season

National Tour’s ’14 Schedule Sits At Nearly 50 Events With Visits To More Than 30 Tracks

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – Dec. 12, 2013 – The World of Outlaws Late Model Series will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its rebirth in 2014 with a typically ambitious and diverse schedule of events, officials announced on Thursday during the Performance Racing Industry trade show in Indianapolis.

Forty-nine race dates comprising 44 A-Mains at 32 tracks in 21 states and Canada are currently confirmed as part of the national tour’s map-crossing 2014 itinerary, which kicks off with a burst of eight events in Georgia and Florida during the month of February.

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