2015

Heckenast Overcomes Challengers To Claim First World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory In Saturday’s Bubba Army Winter Nationals A-Main

Second-Year WoO LMS Competitor Outduels Veterans Clanton & Frank In Dramatic 50-Lapper At Bubba Raceway Park

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR Director

OCALA, Fla. – Feb. 14, 2015 – Frank Heckenast Jr. refused to be denied again.

The second-year national traveler nearly saw another chance at his breakthrough World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory slip through his fingers Saturday night at Bubba Raceway Park when Shane Clanton snuck by him late in the 3/8-mile oval’s 50-lap race. But instead of settling for another near-miss, Heckenast, 26, of Frankfort, Ill., dug deep and willed himself back to the lead one lap later.

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Lanigan Tops Late Battle With Richards To Claim Opening Round Of Bubba Raceway Park’s Bubba Army Winter Nationals

Kentucky Veteran Rebounds From Early-Season Struggles With $5,000 DIRTcar Victory

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR Director

OCALA, Fla. – Feb. 13, 2015 – Turning around his sluggish start to the season, Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., topped a late duel with Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., during Friday’s DIRTcar UMP-sanctioned A-Main at Bubba Raceway Park to earn a $5,000 victory during the opening night of the fourth annual Bubba Army Winter Nationals.

Lanigan, the three-time and defending World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion, rallied after losing the lead to Richards on lap 20 of the 30-lapper and retook command when Richards struggled with traffic on lap 26. The 44-year-old Lanigan pulled away through the race’s final four laps, earning his seventh career victory at the 3/8-mile, egg-shaped oval.

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Clanton Snaps 66-Race World of Outlaws Late Model Series Winless Streak With Final-Lap Pass At Screven Motor Speedway

Home-State Driver Overtakes Casebolt To Claim 21st-Career WoO LMS Victory During Final Night Of Screven’s Winter Freeze V

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR Director

SYLVANIA, Ga. – Feb. 7, 2015 – Shane Clanton doesn’t have to worry about going winless on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series in 2015.

The 39-year-old Zebulon, Ga., driver, who last season failed to win a WoO LMS event for the first time since the national tour was restarted in 2004, made his long-awaited return to victory lane with a dramatic triumph during the Saturday’s Winter Freeze V finale at Screven Motor Speedway.

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Steve Casebolt Claims First-Career World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory In Friday’s Season Opener At Screven Motor Speedway

Indiana Standout Bags $10,600 After Passing Polesitter Brandon Overton Late In The First Leg of Screven’s Winter Freeze Doubleheader

By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR Director

SYLVANIA, Ga. – Feb. 6, 2015 – Steve Casebolt added another major accomplishment to his resume Friday night at Screven Motor Speedway in earning his first-career World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory during the opening race on the national tour’s 2015 season.

Casebolt, 36, of Richmond, Ind., overtook Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., on lap 44 of Friday’s 50-lap Winter Freeze A-Main at Screven’s 3/8-mile oval and turned back Overton’s last-ditched effort to retake the lead in the closing laps. The former Eldora Dream winner earned $10,600 in just his second start behind the wheel of a Club 29 Race Car for new car owner Tye Twarog.

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