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Award-Winning Promoter Redd Griffin Focused On Huge ‘Winter Freeze’ Weekend Feb. 10-11 At Screven Motor Speedway

Georgia Track Set To Open 2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Schedule With $20,000-To-Win Blockbuster

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

SYLVANIA, GA – Jan. 16, 2012 – James ‘Redd’ Griffin has received plenty of congratulatory handshakes and phone calls since being named the 2011 Racing Promotion Monthly Southeastern Region Auto Racing Promoter of the Year, but the modest Georgian certainly hasn’t paused to celebrate his honor.

For Griffin, there just isn’t any time right now for introspection. He’s less than one month away from the richest event he’s ever presented at his Screven Motor Speedway: the ‘Winter Freeze’ on Feb. 10-11, a blockbuster weekend that he hopes will prove he’s a worthy recipient of the coveted promotional award.

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Tyler County Speedway Unveils Details Of Mega-Money Memorial Day Weekend ‘Bullring Bonanza’

Unique Event Features $150,000 World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Jackpot 100,’ Raffle Offering Over Half-Million Dollars In Cash & Prizes

MIDDLEBOURNE, WV – Jan. 6, 2012 – Tyler County Speedway already hosts the ‘Black Diamond 125,’ a Labor Day weekend World of Outlaws Late Model Series spectacular that’s become known as the “coolest crown jewel on the planet.”

This year the quarter-mile Mountaineer State oval will add another blockbuster to its schedule, unveiling the Memorial Day weekend ‘Bullring Bonanza’ that promises to be the most unique event dirt-track racing has ever seen.

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World of Outlaws Late Model Series Adds June Dates At Canada’s Autodrome Granby & Cornwall, New York’s Canandaigua

Trio Of Northeast Events Will Lead Tour To Sixth Annual Firecracker 100 Weekend At Lernerville Speedway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – Jan. 4, 2012 – The World of Outlaws Late Model Series will blast into summer with consecutive June dates at Canada’s Autodrome Granby and Cornwall Motor Speedway and New York’s Canandaigua Motorsports Park, tour officials announced on Wednesday.

Adding more excitement to the renowned national tour’s previously-released 2012 schedule, the full-fender World of Outlaws stars will end a one-year absence from the Canadian dirt-track scene with a weekend doubleheader at Autodrome Granby in Granby, Que., on Fri., June 22, and Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway on Sun., June 24. The swing will then conclude on Tues., June 26, at Canandaigua, a longtime DIRTcar-sanctioned facility.

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A Final Look Back: Facts, Figures & Statistical Notes From The 2011 World of Outlaws Late Model Series

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – Dec. 31, 2011 – As the new year arrives, here’s a final look back at facts, figures and statistical notes from the 2011 World of Outlaws Late Model Series….

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: Rick Eckert’s seven-year pursuit of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series title finally ended in 2011 – with a thoroughly dramatic finish, no less.

The only thing surprising about the York, Pa., star’s accomplishment, of course, was that it took him so long to etch his name on the national tour’s championship trophy.

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Eckert Named 2011 Eastern Motorsport Press Association Richie Evans Memorial Northeast Driver of the Year

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Champion Adds Another Accolade To Memorable Season

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – Dec. 27, 2011 – Rick Eckert’s memorable World of Outlaws Late Model Series championship season has earned a resounding stamp of approval from the media.

The veteran star from York, Pa., has been named the winner of the 2011 Eastern Motorsport Press Association Richie Evans Memorial Northeast Driver of the Year Award, a prestigious honor voted upon by the organization’s membership.

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McCreadie Focused On Reclaiming World of Outlaws Late Model Series Championship In 2012

New York Star Announces Partnership With Warrior Chassis For National Tour’s Upcoming Season

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – Dec. 16, 2011 – Tim McCreadie has already set his goal for the 2012 season.

“We’re focusing on the World of Outlaws (Late Model Series) championship,” said McCreadie, who won the national tour’s lucrative points title in 2006. “It’s not gonna be like the last couple years where we went to the races at the beginning of the season and then decided we were gonna do the whole series. We have a plan this year.”

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2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Schedule Released At Performance Racing Industry Trade Show

Busy Month Of February In Georgia & Florida Kicks Off National Tour’s Ninth Season Under World Racing Group Banner

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – Dec. 2, 2011 – An unprecedented stretch of February racing will serve as the kickoff for the 2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series schedule, which was released on Thursday during the Performance Racing Industry trade show in Orlando, Fla.

Forty-six race dates comprising 42 A-Mains at 32 tracks in 17 states and Canada are currently confirmed as part of the national tour’s 2012 slate, headed by a season-opening burst of six events in Georgia and Florida during the month of February.

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Clanton Joins Kennedy Motorsports For 2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Campaign

After Leaving RSD Enterprises Seat, Georgia Driver Will Follow National Tour As Teammate To New York’s John Lobb

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – Nov. 30, 2011 – Shane Clanton will close one chapter in his dirt Late Model life and begin a new one in 2012.

The 36-year-old driver from Fayetteville, Ga., decided on Monday to make a dramatic change in his career path, leaving Ronnie Dobbins’s RSD Enterprises team to join the fledgling Kennedy Motorsports operation as a teammate to 2011 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Rookie of the Year contender John Lobb of Frewsburg, N.Y.

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Eckert’s Wild 2011 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Championship Celebration Was A Long Time Coming

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – Nov. 23, 2011 – Rick Eckert had never experienced a moment quite like the one that immediately followed the final night of the fifth annual Lowes Foods World Finals presented by Tom’s Snacks, Coca-Cola and Nature’s Own at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.

But of course, no one around dirt Late Model racing had ever seen anything like it.

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Eckert Collects $100,000 For First-Ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series Title At Sunday’s Awards Banquet

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – Nov. 6, 2010 – Twenty-four hours after clinching the 2011 World of Outlaws Late Model Series championship, Rick Eckert’s head finally came out of the clouds.

On Sunday Eckert received his $100,000 check for winning the title during the national tour’s annual ‘Night of Champions’ Awards Banquet at the Great Wolf Lodge, capping an emotional whirlwind that put the York, Pa., driver on top of the dirt Late Model world.

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