TUSCUMBIA, AL – April 27, 2012 – Brad Neat of Dunnville, Ky., registered his first-ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory on Friday night, surviving a hardscrabble 50-lap A-Main at North Alabama Speedway.

Taking advantage of an outside pole starting spot, Neat, 32, bolted into the lead at the initial green flag and never looked back. He controlled the action from start-to-finish, maintaining command following each of the race’s 10 caution flags and beating defending WoO LMS champion Rick Eckert of York, Pa., by 1.434 of a second.

Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., who ran second behind Neat for much of the distance, settled for third place after being overtaken by Eckert on a lap-44 restart. Though his one-race-old Rocket car was hampered by suspension damage sustained in some restart scrapes early in the race, the 50-year-old driver matched his best finish of the 2012 WoO LMS campaign

Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y., advanced from the 18^th starting spot to place fourth, giving him a top-five finish for the first time this season.

Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., who started 17^th, finished a season-high fifth in his first WoO LMS appearance behind the wheel of Mark Richards’s Rocket house car. The struggling racer was tapped as a replacement for two-time tour champion Josh Richards, whose decision to move south and pursue a NASCAR driving career brought an end to his streak of 278 consecutive WoO LMS starts dating back to September 2004.

Neat’s march to the $10,500 triumph wasn’t without some anxious moments. Beyond the headache of facing a series of restarts necessitated by the event’s rough-and-tumble nature, he nearly opened the door for his rivals on several occasions.

“This car was awesome tonight,” Neat said of his Red Buck Cigars-sponsored machine, a battle-tested vehicle built eight years ago by B&B Motorsports’ Butch Barber and reworked in recent years by Barber and the Longhorn Chassis shop. “But I about messed it up there a few times. That cushion was bad news – we went in the corner and pushed.”

Fortunately for Neat, no one was close enough to steer by him when his car momentarily lost momentum.

“My (crew) guy ‘Hopper’ was out there showing me that I was getting away from ‘em and I couldn’t believe it,” said Neat, who this season has backed off the national touring schedule he’s maintained in recent years. “I think we were alright.”

Neat became the seventh different winner in eight WoO LMS A-Mains this season and the 44^th driver to claim victory on the tour since 2004. He had enjoyed few highlights in his 24 previous World of Outlaws appearances, failing to record a single top-10 finish in 13 A-Main starts.

Eckert, 46, congratulated Neat in Victory Lane and shortly thereafter acknowledged that his only hope for pushing his Team Zero by Bloomquist mount into the top spot was a final caution flag after he grabbed second – a caution that never came.

“He was really good,” Eckert said of Neat. “I think with another restart where I could’ve been behind him, then maybe I could’ve showed myself at least and had a chance. The first lap (on a restart) is when it’s hard not to make a mistake.

“That’s how I got Chub (for second). Chub ran a great race – I was all over him and couldn’t pass – but then on that (lap-44) restart there I snuck by him because it’s just hard when you have somebody behind you you’re not all the way up to speed when you get into one. You can’t get your car in a position you want to.”

Eckert, who started fifth but lost a couple spots early in the distance, moved to second in the WoO LMS points standings. He closed to within 30 points of Union, Ky.’s Darrell Lanigan, who was running seventh on lap 39 when he was collected in a turn-one tangle that began when popular local Josh Putnam of Killen, Ala., slid sideways into turn one. Lanigan limped to the pit area with front-end damage and did not return, finishing 14^th and absorbing his DNF of 2012.

Putnam, who started from the pole position, ran among the top five for most of the distance in a head-turning effort. But after surviving the lap-39 incident he completed only five more circuits before stopping on the track with his car’s rearend broken.

Another Alabama standout, Ronny Lee Hollingsworth of Northport, saw a promising performance go awry late in the race. He advanced from the eighth starting spot to take second from Frank on a lap-28 restart, but his bid ended when he slid over the third-mile oval’s backstretch berm while battling for the runner-up spot with Frank on a lap-38 restart.

WoO LMS Rookie of the Year contender Kent Robinson of Bloomington, Ind., placed sixth, rallying after a slip off the backstretch on lap 13 dropped him from seventh to nearly out of the top 20. He tied his career-best finish on the WoO LMS.

Finishing in positions 7-10 was Rick Rickman of Columbus, Miss.; John Lobb of Frewsburg, N.Y., who started 23^rd after using a provisional to gain entry to the A-Main; WoO LMS rookie contender Greg Johnson of Bedford, Ind.; and Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., who recovered from a lap-nine pit stop to change a flat tire.

Hollingsworth blistered the track in Ohlins Shocks Time Trials, earning his first career WoO LMS fast-time honor with a lap of 12.704 seconds.

Heat winners were Eckert, Neat, Robinson and Putnam. The B-Mains were captured by Pat Doar of New Richmond, Wis., and Coffey.

The WoO LMS continues a weekend doubleheader on Saturday night (April 28) at Tazewell (Tenn.) Speedway, a high-banked, third-mile oval that hosts the ‘Outlaw Sizzler 50’ presented by Rusty Wallace Cadillac-GMC-Kia of Morristown.

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Results of WoO Late Model Series at North Alabama Speedway (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (2) Brad Neat/50 $10,500

2. (5) Rick Eckert/50 $5,700

3. (4) Chub Frank/50 $3,550

4. (18) Vic Coffey/50 $3,050

5. (17) Tim Fuller/50 $2,550

6. (6) Kent Robinson/50 $1,750

7. (14) Rick Rickman/50 $1,500

8. (23) John Lobb/50 $1,300

9. (16) Greg Johnson/50 $1,350

10. (15) Shane Clanton/50 $1,650

11. (19) Jack Sullivan/50 $1,050

12. (11) Bub McCool/48 $1,650

13. (1) Josh Putnam/44 $950

14. (7) Darrell Lanigan/39 $1,550

15. (21) Clint Smith/39 $1,450

16. (8) Ronny Lee Hollingsworth/38 $800

17. (10) Tim McCreadie/36 $1,420

18. (22) Eric Cooley/27 $750

19. (9) Mike Marlar/26 $1,280

20. (3) Dillon Wood/11 $700

21. (25) Jill George/11 $110

22. (12) Duke Whiseant/9 $700

23. (13) Billy Moyer/7 $700

24. (20) Pat Doar/7 $1,250

25. (24) Billy Moyer Jr./3 $700

* Earnings include Winners Circle program and cash contingency award bonuses

Time of Race: 39 Mins., 51.669 Secs.

Margin of Victory: 1.434 Secs.

Yellow Flags: 10 (Laps 3, 9, 10, 11, 28, 39, 39, 44)

Lap Leaders: Neat (1-50)

Provisional Starters: Lobb, Moyer Jr. (WoO points); George (WoO emergency)

WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Neat ($500)

Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 18-Ronny Lee Hollingsworth/Northport, AL 12.704

2. 1W-Dillon Wood/New Smyrna Beach, FL 12.756

3. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 12.784

4. A1-Duke Whiseant/Texarkana, AR 12.791

5. 53-Ray Cook/Brasstown, NC 12.801

6. 41-Brad Neat/Dunnville, KY 12.927

7. 7R-Kent Robinson/Bloomington, IN 12.952

8. 212-Josh Putnam/Killen, AL 13.020

9. 5b-Mike Marlar/Winfield, TN 13.031

10. 86-Rick Rickman/Columbus, MS 13.039

11. 25-Shane Clanton/Fayetteville, GA 13.059

12. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 13.098

13. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 13.194

14. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 13.206

15. 57J-Bub McCool/Vicksburg, MS 13.244

16. s4-Seth McCormack/Muscle Shoals, AL 13.249

17. 1s-Jack Sullivan/Greenbrier, AR 13.271

18. 1-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 13.278

19. R1-Riley Hickman/Cleveland, TN 13.279

20. 49-Greg Johnson/Bedford, IN 13.291

21. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 13.301

22. 28-John Lobb/Frewsburg, NY 13.304

23. 32c-Vic Coffey/Caledonia, NY 13.350

24. 33b-Eric Cooley/Fulton, MS 13.414

25. 7-Stacy Tyler/Moulton, AL 13.504

26. 12-Chad Winkles/Falkville, AL 13.517

27. 22-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 13.553

28. 11-Pat Doar/New Richmond, WI 13.563

29. 6M-Wendell Wallace/Batesville, AR 13.596

30. 21Jr.-Billy Moyer Jr./Batesville, AR 13.606

31. F26-Mark Fields/Lawrenceburg, IN 13.706

32. F36-Cale Finley/Ardmore, AL 13.730

33. 32-Mark Dodson/Caledonia, MS 13.771

34. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 13.798

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Eckert, Hollingsworth, Marlar, Moyer, Sullivan, Dodson, Cook, Tyler (DNS) Wallace

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Neat, Wood, McCreadie, R. Rickman, Fuller, Moyer Jr., C. Smith, Lobb (DNS) Winkles

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Robinson, Frank, McCool, Clanton, Coffey, Hickman, George, Fields

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Putnam, Lanigan, Whiseant, Johnson, Doar, Cooley, McCormack, Finley

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Fuller, Sullivan, C. Smith, Moyer Jr., Lobb, Cook, Dodson (DNS) Tyler, Winkles, Wallace

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Coffey, Doar, Cooley, Hickman, Fields, Finley, McCormack (DNS) George

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sport Shirts ($100 product certificate to 23^rd-place finisher I n A-Main or next highest w/decal): Jill George

Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Rick Rickman

Cometic Gasket ($50 cash to 12^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Bub McCool

Comp Cams ($50 cash to 10^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Bub McCool

Comp Cams ($50 product certificate to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Rick Eckert

Dominator ($50 cash to 6^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Greg Johnson

Eibach Springs (one free spring to each B-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Billy Moyer Jr./Pat Doar

Gravely ($50 cash to 7^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Rick Rickman

JE Pistons ($50 cash to 16^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Bub McCool

JE Pistons (one compete set of JE Pro Seal rings to 11^th-place finisher or next highest w/decal – $285 value): Dillon Wood

JE Pistons (one complete set of JE Pro Seal rings to 21^st-place finisher or next highest w/decal – $285 value): Jill George

MSD Ignition ($50 cash to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Rick Eckert

MSD Ignition ($25 cash to 24^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Pat Doar

Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash to fast qualifier or next highest w/decal): Rick Rickman

Quartermaster ($100 product certificate to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Rick Eckert

Quartermaster ($50 product certificate to 5^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Kent Robinson

Quartermaster ($25 product certificate to 15^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Clint Smith

Roush-Yates Performance Products ($50 cash to 4^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Greg Johnson

Roush-Yates Performance Products (carburetor repair kit to 18^th-place finish in A-Main or next highest w/decal – $100 value): Jill George

Roush-Yates Lap Leader Award (one pair of Wiley X Sunglasses to driver who leads most laps in A-Main): Brad Neat

STP ($50 cash to 2^nd-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Rick Eckert

SuperFlow ($50 cash to 14^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Clint Smith

VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash to 9^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Greg Johnson

VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (one VP 5-gallon container to fastest qualifier who misses A-Main or next highest with decal – $30 value):

WIX Filters ($50 cash to 13^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Clint Smith

Wrisco Aluminum (three sheets of aluminum to A-Main winner if decal displayed – $200 value): Chub Frank

XS Power ($50 cash to 3^rd-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Kent Robinson

XS Power ($60 product certificate to 8^th-place finisher in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Greg Johnson

XS ‘Power Move of the Race’ ($60 product certificate): Rick Eckert

2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of April 27 – 8 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):

1. Darrell Lanigan 1132

2. Rick Eckert 1102 (-30)

3. Shane Clanton 1064 (-68)

4. Chub Frank 1036 (-96)

5. Vic Coffey 996 (-136)

6. (tie) Josh Richards 974 (-158)

6. (tie) Clint Smith 974 (-158)

8. Bub McCool 972 (-160)

9. Tim McCreadie 970 (-162)

10. Pat Doar 908 (-224)

11. Mike Marlar 894 (-238)

12. Billy Moyer 870 (-262)

13. Tim Fuller 862 (-270)

14. Kent Robinson 860 (-272)

15. John Lobb 838 (-294)

16. Jack Sullivan 812 (-320)

17. (tie) Brandon Sheppard 782 (-350)

17. (tie) Billy Moyer Jr. 782 (-350)

19. Greg Johnson 778 (-354)

20. Jason Feger 738 (-394)

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Gravely Tractors (Official Lawn Equipment), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), Vicci (Official Uniform), VP Racing Fuel (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and McCarthy’s One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning (Raye Vest Memorial Pill Draw Award); in addition to contingency sponsors Butlerbuilt, Cometic Gaskets, Comp Cams, Dominator Race Products, Eibach Springs, JE Pistons, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, QuarterMaster, Roush Yates Performance Parts, Superflow Dynos, Wix Filter, Wrisco Aluminum and XS Power Racing Batteries; along with manufacturer sponsors Integra Shocks, GRT Chassis, Jake’s Carts, Longacre, Racing Electronics, Rocket Chassis, TNT Rescue, and Warrior Chassis.