Hagerstown, MD — By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

A torrential morning thunderstorm and a forecast of more heavy rain to come forced the cancellation of Saturday night’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Conococheague 50’ at Hagerstown Speedway.

It was the first rainout of the 2008 season for the WoO LMS. The national tour had completed 12 A-Mains without a weather-related postponement or cancellation.

With the 27th annual ‘Conococheague 50’ set to be part of the WoO LMS for the third consecutive season, tour and speedway officials are discussing a date to reschedule the event.

“Hagerstown Speedway is one of the top tracks in the nation for dirt Late Model racing and promoter Frank Plessinger has always been a key supporter of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series,” said WoO LMS director Tim Christman. “Everyone with the series –from the teams to the officials – looks forward to a race at Hagerstown, so we’re all disappointed that the weather took a turn for the worse this weekend.”

Hagerstown Speedway, of course, holds a historic place in the WoO LMS record books. It is the only track that has held a WoO LMS event in each of the tour’s first six seasons – 1988-1989, and 2004-2007.

The WoO LMS will return to action on Tues., June 17, at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway, which hosts the opener of the seven-race ‘Great Northern Tour’ that barnstorms Pennsylvania, New York and two Canadian provinces. The swing continues on June 19 at Oshweken (Ont.) Speedway; June 21 at Quebec’s Autodrome Drummond; June 22 at Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway; June 24 at Canandaigua (N.Y.) Speedway; June 25 at Big Diamond Raceway in Minersville, Pa.; and June 27-28 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. (the $40,000-to-win Firecracker 100).