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Daily Dirt 03/29/2024 02:31:49

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May 8
Ponderosa Speedway,
Junction City, KY
Sanction: World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series - $10,000
Information provided by: Alli Collis (last updated May 9, 9:32 am)
Eckert rules Ponderosa, ends long WoO dry spell
  1. Rick Eckert
  2. Shane Clanton
  3. Chub Frank
  4. Josh Richards
  5. Dale McDowell
  6. James Rice
  7. Eric Wells
  8. Kent Robinson
  9. Brandon Kinzer
  10. Michael Chilton
  11. Gregg Satterlee
  12. Tim McCreadie
  13. Frank Heckenast Jr.
  14. Josh Rice
  15. Morgan Bagley
  16. Mason Zeigler
  17. Mike Marlar
  18. Brad Neat
  19. Chase Junghans
  20. Brandon Overton
  21. Darrell Lanigan
  22. Justin Rattliff
  23. Dustin Linville
  24. Steve Francis
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Michael Moats/mrmracing.net
Winner Rick Eckert (7v) battles first-half leader Darrell Lanigan (29).
What won the race: Rick Eckert of York, Pa., overtook race-long leader Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., on the 30th lap and raced to his first WoO victory in nearly two years. Lanigan's car was damaged shortly after he lost the lead in a tangle with a lapped car while series points leader Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga., capitalized to finish second in the 50-lapper, .707 seconds behind Eckert at the checkers.
Key notes: Eckert snapped a 68-race WoO winless streak and became the first newcomer to win at Ponderosa since fellow Pennsylvanian Robbie Blair in 2008. ... Lanigan, the reigning series champion, retired shortly after suffering lap-30 damage. His 14-race dry spell on the tour is his longest since 2010.
On the move: Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., came from 12th to finish third.
Winner's sponsors: Eckert's Paul Crowl-owned MasterSbilt Race Car is sponsored Viper Risk Management, Monumental Paving and Excavating, National Concrete, Priority Construction, American Paving Fabrics, T.E. Jeff Inc. and BMW Construction Spec.
Points chase: Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga., has 1,836 points to lead while Josh Richards (1,740) moved into second past Darrell Lanigan (1,738).
Car count: 40
Fast qualifier: Rick Eckert
Time: 14.006 seconds
Polesitter: Mason Zeigler
Heat race winners: Shane Clanton, Mason Zeigler, Dustin Linville, Dale McDowell
Consolation race winners: Steve Francis, Chase Junghans
Provisional starters: Morgan Bagley, Eric Wells
Next series race: May 9, Smoky Mountain Speedway (Maryville, TN) $10,000
Editor's note: Results and race details are unofficial.
By Alli Collis
DirtonDirt.com staff writer

JUNCTION CITY, Ky. (May 8) — It had been nearly two years since Rick Eckert of York, Pa., captured his last World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory. But the former series champion made his way to victory lane Friday night, capturing a $10,000 triumph in his first ever appearance at Ponderosa Speedway.

Advancing from the third starting position, Eckert overtook race leader Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., on lap 30, leading the remaining distance for his first tour victory since July 2013. After getting off to a slow start to the 2015 season, Eckert said the win couldn’t have came at a better time for him and his Paul Crowl-owned race team.

“We really needed that,” Eckert said. “We’ve struggled all year. Last week I made some changes. We ran so bad the first night that I needed to do something drastic. I did something drastic the next night and we qualified fairly decent and we ran fifth, so that was the best we’ve run all year in a tour race.

“So we carried that over to this week and added a little bit to it and come here and set fast time, which was pretty cool. We run second in our heat, but it was pretty hard to get the jump from the inside. And then come back and caught Darrell (Lanigan) there, he was in traffic heavy. It’s bad for the leader when they’re in traffic. We snuck around him there … it’s hard to do that, it’s hard to pass that guy.”

While second-starting Lanigan jumped to an early lead, he would be among the race’s early retirees after he and third-running Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga., made contact on lap 30, collecting Justin Rattliff of Campbellsville, Ky., to draw a caution.

Clanton survived the tangle to post a runner-up finish, with WoO veteran Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., rallying from the 12th-place starting spot to finish third. Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., finished fourth, with Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., rounding out the top five.

“After me and (Darrell) Lanigan got together, we were just lucky to survive and run second,” Clanton said. “Second place, we’re tickled. It’s a good points night, gets us back to what we had a Farmer City, so we’re good.”

After falling victim to last Friday’s Josh Richards-Casey Roberts scuffle at Friendship Motor Speedway and spending most of the past week making repairs, Frank said he was pleased with his third-place run.

“It was pretty good considering,” Frank said. “We wrecked a car last week and had to fix it this week. I wasn’t sure what we had, if it was going to be back to where it was, because it’s been pretty good. But it showed tonight. We changed some stuff around for the feature and the car actually was pretty good. That restart we probably didn’t need. We had a chance to win right then. We started 12th, got third, so it’s not a bad night.”

The race was slowed by five cautions. The first yellow flew on the first lap when Brandon Kinzer of Allen, Ky., spun in turn two. Sixth-running Dustin Linville of Bryantsville, Ky., drew a lap-11 caution when he fell off the pace down the frontstretch with mechanical issues. Lanigan and Clanton collided, collecting Rattliff for a lap-30 yellow. Another yellow flew on lap 32 for a tangle involving Frank Heckenast Jr., Tim McCreadie, Chase Junghans, Brad Neat and Brandon Overton. Polesitter Mason Zeigler drew the final caution on lap-44 when he slowed with a flat right-rear tire.

WoO points

(Through May 8)
1. Shane Clanton - 1,836
2. Josh Richards - 1,740
3. Darrell Lanigan - 1,738
4. Chub Frank - 1,706
5. Rick Eckert - 1,646
6. Tim McCreadie - 1,644
(tie) Morgan Bagley - 1,644
8. Eric Wells - 1,610
9. Frank Heckenast Jr. - 1,608
10. Brandon Overton - 1,558

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