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July 13
Ogilvie Raceway,
Ogilvie, MN
Sanction: World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series - $10,000
Information provided by: Series reports (last updated July 14, 8:39 am)
Richards dominates for WoO victory at Ogilvie
  1. Josh Richards
  2. Shane Clanton
  3. Steve Casebolt
  4. Eric Wells
  5. Brandon Overton
  6. Tyler Erb
  7. Rick Eckert
  8. Frank Heckenast Jr.
  9. Rodney Sanders
  10. Jimmy Mars
  11. Chub Frank
  12. Brent Larson
  13. Lance Matthees
  14. Joey Coulter
  15. Boom Briggs
  16. Morgan Bagley
  17. Ross Camponovo
  18. Brian Shirley
  19. Billy Moyer Jr.
  20. Jordan Yaggy
  21. Jeffrey Massingill
  22. Dustin Strand
  23. Chase Junghans
  24. Pat Doar
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Josh Richards won another Wild West Tour event at Ogilvie.
What won the race: Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., was dominant Wednesday night at Ogilvie Speedway, rolling to a flag-to-flag victory in the 50-lap World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series feature. The tour's runaway points leader crossed the finish line 1.987 seconds ahead of runner-up Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga., in the first-ever WoO event at the Minnesota track.
Key notes: The race was slowed by three caution flags, on laps 10, 17 and 44. ... Prior to the caution on lap 44, Richards had built over a seven-second lead. ... The victory was Richards's WoO-leading 10th of the season and the 68th career of his career on the national tour.
On the move: Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., started 23rd and finished 11th.
Winner's sponsors: Richards' No. 1 Rocket XR1 Chassis is powered by an Andy Durham Race Engine and is sponsored by Ace Metal Works, Hoosier, Joy Global, Seubert Calf Ranches and Valvoline.
Points chase: Richards continued to pad his lead in the standings, extending his edge to 224 points over Clanton.
Car count: 29
Fast qualifier: Frank Heckenast Jr.
Time: 14.938 seconds
Polesitter: Josh Richards
Heat race winners: Frank Heckenast Jr., Eric Wells, Josh Richards
Consolation race winners: Brian Shirley
Next series race: July 14, Hibbing Raceway (Hibbing, MN) $10,000
Editor's note: Results and race details are unofficial.
By Brendan Capria
World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series

OGILVIE, Minn. — Josh Richards held his index finger high in the sky Wednesday night, repeating his victory lane celebration in the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series for the 10th time this season at Ogilvie Raceway. The Wild West Tour victory marked his 68th career series victory for the polesitter.

“It was tough, I’ll tell you,” said Richards, who did his best to make it look easy. ““I want to thank the track guys. It’'s a beautiful facility and I wasn'’t expecting it to be this nice. It’s a great place to come. I didn’'t think we'’d have 10 (victories) this year and this early.””

Richards built leads of as large as eight seconds in racing to victory over reigning series champion and ninth-starting Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga. Steve Casebolt of Richmond, Ind., was third followed by Eric Wells of Hazard, Ky., and Brandon Overton of Appling, Ga.

Richards, who led the field into the green flag for 50 laps, never lost his top spot. Within the first 10 laps, Richards widened the gap between his Rocket Chassis house car and the field.

On lap nine, Richards had already caught the tail of the field, but the race’s first caution gave him clear racetrack.

On the restart, Rookie of the Year contender Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas, took the highest line on the 3/8-mile oval, taking the second spot from Eric Wells while Richards again pulled away, leading by 3.66 seconds after 15 circuits.

While Richards maintained his lead spot after a lap-17 caution, the rest of the top five shuffled while Clanton began heading for the front, eventually reaching the second spot. He got within a few seconds of Richards, but Richards rebuilt his margin to more than four seconds with 14 laps remaining.

Richards continued stretching his lead, extending it to more than six seconds while enjoying a cushion of five lapped cars between his No. 1 and Clanton’s No. 25. By the time the final caution appeared on lap 44, Richards led by eighth seconds and nothing much changed over the final six circuits.

“I knew Shane was really good, and I knew he started back and he made me worry a little bit,”” Richards said.  “My guys were telling me to go all over the place, so I just tried to get back into a rhythm. It had grip in places but it was hard to get a consistent feel. That last restart I thought he’d get a pretty good shot at it. I just tried to stay smooth the best I could.””

Though the final caution gave Clanton a fighting chance, the leader’s strong restart kept Clanton in check.

““Overall, we had a pretty good night,” Clanton said. ““Well (the Rocket Chassis house car team) got their program turned around from last year. They'’re way more consistent than we are with wins. We’'ve run top-five and second to him, but hopefully we can turn it around tomorrow night (at Hibbing, Minn.), we win and he gets second.””

Casebolt won a dogfight with Wells and Overton to secure the third spot and his fourth top-five finish of the season.

“It'’s been awhile,” Casebolt said grinning. ““I guess we'’re not totally washed up. Eric and I swapped spots a couple times, and he’'s really improved a ton. I asked him at the draw what he'’s doing different with his life that I need to take advantage of for myself. He wouldn’'t tell me. It'’s special to get a podium. We just need to win.”

Feature lineup

Row 1: Richards, Wells
Row 2: Erb, Heckenast
Row 3: Casebolt, Moyer Jr.
Row 4: Matthees, Coulter
Row 5: Clanton, Overton
Row 6: Sanders, Mars
Row 7: Larson, Eckert
Row 8: Yaggy, Strand
Row 9: Bagley, Junghans
Row 10: Shirley, Briggs
Row 11: Doar, Camponovo
Row 12: Frank, Massingill

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