Results of World of Outlaws Late Model Series at Ponderosa Speedway (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):
1. (3) Rick Eckert/50 $10,775
2. (4) Shane Clanton/50 $5,550
3. (12) Chub Frank/50 $3,550
4. (6) Josh Richards/50 $3,150
5. (5) Dale McDowell/50 $2,050
Eckert Ends World of Outlaws Late Model Series Winless Streak With Victory In Ponderosa Speedway’s First-Ever Series Event
Former Series Champion Tops Clanton & Frank in Friday’s A-Main to Earn First WoO LMS Victory in Nearly Two Years
By Joshua Joiner, WoO LMS PR
JUNCTION CITY, Ky. – May 8, 2015 – It took a visit to a track he had never even seen before for Rick Eckert to finally return to World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory lane.
Racing in front of a record crowd at Ponderosa Speedway in the track’s first-ever WoO LMS event, Eckert of York, Pa., overtook race-long leader Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., amid heavy traffic on lap 30 of Friday’s main event and later survived heavy pressure from Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga., and Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., in the closing laps of the 50-lap race.
After a lap-45 caution gave him clear track ahead, Eckert pulled away from Clanton and Frank and cruised through the final five laps on his way to earning $10,775 for his first WoO LMS victory since July 9, 2013.
Six Years in the Making, Schatz Returns to Victory Lane at Eldora Speedway
The driver scored his seventh World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series win of the season and 180th career win
ROSSBURG, Ohio – May 8, 2015 – Through the years Eldora Speedway has not always been kind to Donny Schatz. In fact, it had been almost exactly six years since the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing driver had stood as a winner in victory lane. Schatz changed that on Friday night though after he battled past Kerry Madsen and held off Shane Stewart to score his seventh World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory of the season.
“Every place we’ve struggled at this year and in the past, (my team has) picked up their game and come and gotten us good qualifying positions and wins,” Schatz said. “This place was on that list. These guys just kept working at it. They beat their head against the wall just like I did… Feels good to get a victory here at Eldora. It’s been a long time.”
ROSSBURG, Ohio. – May 8, 2015 – Donny Schatz put together another dominant performance at Eldora Speedway on Saturday night as he scored his second World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series win in a row, sweeping the ‘Mother of All Sprint Car Weekends.’ A caution with two to go shook-up the field as then third-place Shane Stewart had a tire go down. Paul McMahan moved into third with Gary Taylor running second behind Schatz. It was the best ever Outlaws finish for Taylor.
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