Post by Dirt Master on Jun 13, 2007 8:34:41 GMT -5
Contact: DIRT MotorSports d/b/a World Racing Group
Kevin Kovac, World of Outlaws Late Model Series P.R. Director
704-254-7929 . kkovac@dirtmotorsports.com
World of Outlaws Headline Biggest Late Model Show Ever At Lakeside Speedway This Saturday Night
KANSAS CITY, KS - June 11, 2007 - Lakeside Speedway has had a dirt surface only since 2000 - and it's never hosted a dirt Late Model race quite like the one it has scheduled for this Saturday night (June 16).
The nationally-renowned World of Outlaws Late Model Series will converge on the half-mile oval for the 'Kansas City 50,' a $10,000-to-win spectacular that dwarfs all previous dirt Late Model specials at the speedway.
"We usually run about three Late Model specials a year, but nothing's ever been as big as a World of Outlaws race," said Marc Olson, the general manager of Lakeside Speedway. "We felt it was time to introduce the Kansas City market to the best dirt Late Model drivers in the country."
Saturday night's program will mark the first visit to Kansas for the WoO LMS since the tour resumed operation in 2004 following a 15-year hiatus. The series did race at the old Badlands Raceway in Yates Center, Kan., on May 20, 1988, during the first incarnation of the WoO LMS (1988-89).
That 1988 WoO LMS event in the Jayhawk State was one by three-time tour champion Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., a dirt Late Model legend who is scheduled to compete in the tour's return to Kansas on Saturday night.
The red-hot battle for the $100,000 WoO LMS points championship will continue at Lakeside. Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., currently leads the standings by a slim margin over top '07 winner Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., with Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., 19-year-old Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., and Rick Eckert of York, Pa., within striking distance.
Other WoO LMS standouts headed for Lakeside include Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., Eddie Carrier Jr. of Salt Rock, W.Va., '07 Rookie of the Year contender Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., and John Blankenship of Williamson, W.Va.
A strong contingent of top talents from across the Midwest is expected to challenge the Outlaws, including 2006 Knoxville Late Model Nationals champion Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, and Kelly Boen of Henderson, Colo.
The event is also co-sanctioned by the MARS DIRTcar Series, a regional trail under the same DIRTcar Racing sanctioning umbrella as the WoO LMS. The WoO/MARS Challenge will bring the top MARS drivers to Lakeside, including defending MARS champion Bill Frye of Greenbrier, Ark., Terry Phillips of Springfield, Mo., current points leader Al Purkey of Coffeyville, Kan., Jeremy Payne of Springfield, Mo., and Jack Sullivan of Greenbrier, Ark.
Gates are scheduled to open at 5 p.m. on Saturday, with the first race set to hit the track at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $22 in advance and $25 on race day, and pit passes are $30.
For more information, visit www.lakesidespeedway.net or call 913-299-2040.
More info on the WoO LMS is available by logging on to www
Kevin Kovac, World of Outlaws Late Model Series P.R. Director
704-254-7929 . kkovac@dirtmotorsports.com
World of Outlaws Headline Biggest Late Model Show Ever At Lakeside Speedway This Saturday Night
KANSAS CITY, KS - June 11, 2007 - Lakeside Speedway has had a dirt surface only since 2000 - and it's never hosted a dirt Late Model race quite like the one it has scheduled for this Saturday night (June 16).
The nationally-renowned World of Outlaws Late Model Series will converge on the half-mile oval for the 'Kansas City 50,' a $10,000-to-win spectacular that dwarfs all previous dirt Late Model specials at the speedway.
"We usually run about three Late Model specials a year, but nothing's ever been as big as a World of Outlaws race," said Marc Olson, the general manager of Lakeside Speedway. "We felt it was time to introduce the Kansas City market to the best dirt Late Model drivers in the country."
Saturday night's program will mark the first visit to Kansas for the WoO LMS since the tour resumed operation in 2004 following a 15-year hiatus. The series did race at the old Badlands Raceway in Yates Center, Kan., on May 20, 1988, during the first incarnation of the WoO LMS (1988-89).
That 1988 WoO LMS event in the Jayhawk State was one by three-time tour champion Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., a dirt Late Model legend who is scheduled to compete in the tour's return to Kansas on Saturday night.
The red-hot battle for the $100,000 WoO LMS points championship will continue at Lakeside. Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., currently leads the standings by a slim margin over top '07 winner Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., with Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., 19-year-old Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., and Rick Eckert of York, Pa., within striking distance.
Other WoO LMS standouts headed for Lakeside include Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., Eddie Carrier Jr. of Salt Rock, W.Va., '07 Rookie of the Year contender Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., and John Blankenship of Williamson, W.Va.
A strong contingent of top talents from across the Midwest is expected to challenge the Outlaws, including 2006 Knoxville Late Model Nationals champion Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, and Kelly Boen of Henderson, Colo.
The event is also co-sanctioned by the MARS DIRTcar Series, a regional trail under the same DIRTcar Racing sanctioning umbrella as the WoO LMS. The WoO/MARS Challenge will bring the top MARS drivers to Lakeside, including defending MARS champion Bill Frye of Greenbrier, Ark., Terry Phillips of Springfield, Mo., current points leader Al Purkey of Coffeyville, Kan., Jeremy Payne of Springfield, Mo., and Jack Sullivan of Greenbrier, Ark.
Gates are scheduled to open at 5 p.m. on Saturday, with the first race set to hit the track at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $22 in advance and $25 on race day, and pit passes are $30.
For more information, visit www.lakesidespeedway.net or call 913-299-2040.
More info on the WoO LMS is available by logging on to www