Day: August 1, 2011

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Resets Labor Day Weekend Doubleheader For WV’s Tyler County & PA’s Roaring Knob

Tyler County’s ‘Black Diamond 125’ & First-Ever WoO LMS Event At Roaring Knob Replace Two-Day Show Scheduled For PA’s Closed Tri-City Speedway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

CONCORD, NC – Aug. 1, 2011 – World of Outlaws Late Model Series officials have reset the national tour’s schedule for the upcoming Labor Day weekend, inking dates at Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, W.Va., on Sat., Sept. 3, and Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex in Markleysburg, Pa., on Sun., Sept. 4.

The new events were announced on Monday to replace the circuit’s originally scheduled Oil Region Labor Day Classic on Sept. 3-4 at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa., which was closed indefinitely by its owners late last week.

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Lanigan Holds Off Richards For World of Outlaws Late Model Series Triumph At Eriez Speedway

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director

HAMMETT, PA – July 31, 2011 – Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., capped the three-race World of Outlaws Late Model Series swing through western Pennsylvania in fine fashion, mastering Eriez Speedway to capture Sunday night’s 50-lap A-Main.

The 2008 WoO LMS champion led from start-to-finish to register his first-ever victory at the one-third-mile oval outside Erie. He drove away from Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., following a late-race restart en route to his series-leading sixth win of the 2011 season behind the wheel of his self-owned GottaRace.com Rocket car.

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