By Kevin Kovac
COLUMBUS, MS – March 24, 2007 – The engine in Billy Moyer’s car sounded horrible, wheezing and spewing steam even after it was shut off.
But the racket happened to be background noise to Moyer’s Victory Lane celebration after Saturday night’s ‘ Battle at the Bullring 50,’ so it couldn’t eliminate the big smile on the veteran superstar’s face.
Despite a badly overheating engine, Moyer dominated the 360 OTC World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Columbus Speedway, racing unchallenged in front for virtually the entire distance.
“It’s not good when you keep punishing (a motor) like that,” Moyer said after racing a significant number of laps with his Pro Power engine at a dangerously high temperature. “But sometimes that’s what you gotta do if you want to win the race.”
Moyer, 50, of Batesville , Ark. , seemed barely hampered by the overheating woes. In fact, after inheriting the lead when Steve Francis of Ashland , Ky. , was felled by a busted rearend on lap four, the three-time 360 OTC WoO LMS champ (1988, 1989, 2005) simply pulled away from the pack with ease.
With his eyes scarcely glancing at his engine’s temperature reading, Moyer stayed on the attack and beat Rick Eckert of York , Pa. , to the finish line by nearly a half-lap margin on the one-third-mile, high-banked oval.
Chris Madden of Grey Court, S.C. , finished third, followed by Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., and Shannon Babb of Moweaqua , Ill.
“I know (the overheating) buried the (temp) gauge, and that ain’t good,” said Moyer, who earned $10,000 while becoming the third different winner in as many 360 OTC Woo LMS events this season. “But at this place you can’t look at the gauges too much. You just run as hard as you can and hope the thing stays together.”
Moyer was behind the wheel of a car from his Banner Valley Hauling/J&J Steel stable that performed flawlessly in the Columbus conditions, which featured rough-and-tumble action (six caution flags in the first 16 laps) as drivers attempted to tame the thick berm that built up around the outside.
“These (Rayburn) cars like a cushion probably more so than other cars,” analyzed Moyer, who ran a machine that he debuted the previous week in a UMP Late Model event at Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway.
Eckert, who started fourth in Raye Vest’s MasterSbilt No. 24, couldn’t match Moyer’s speed around the choppy top. He ran one position behind Moyer for the entire distance.
“Anytime there’s a big rough cushion like that, the guys in those Rayburn cars are hard to handle,” said Eckert, who scored his first top-five finish of the 360 OTC WoO LMS season. “And Moyer is always great at getting up on that lip and going. He proved it all night.”
Moyer’s victory was his second overall of the 2007 season, backing up a win he recorded earlier this month driving a West Coast-based dirt Late Model at Bakersfield ( Calif. ) Speedway . He considered the pair of triumphs in March to be a harbinger of good things to come.
“Our season’s getting started a whole lot better than last year,” said Moyer, who won twice on the 360 OTC WoO LMS in ’06 en route to finishing fourth in the point standings. “We didn’t have a very good Florida (trip in February), but we’ve been working hard and I think we’re on the right track now.”
The win was the 31st of Moyer’s career in 360 OTC WoO LMS competition – an alltime series-leading total. Twenty-two of his victories came during the first incarnation of the tour (1988 and ’89), while the remainder have been earned since the series restarted in 2004.
Moyer is the only driver who has won at least one feature in all six seasons of the tour’s existence.
Eckert, who has won more 360 OTC WoO LMS events (15) than any other driver since 2004, was satisfied with his $5,000 runner-up finish. It was his strongest outing since switching to MasterSbilt chassis for the 2007 season, and he had to survive a bout with the track’s ample berm late in the distance.
“My car was really good on that cushion, but (on lap 38) I just hit the nose on it (in turn three) and that almost cost me,” said Eckert. “I was straddling that big rut getting in the turn, but I guess that one lap I had the right-front half a tire width too low and didn’t get up on that nob, so I stuck the nose right in that dip and bent it.
“For the rest of the race the (damaged) bodywork would just barely touch the ground as I turned in, and that would push me up across the track. Fortunately there were no cautions and I was able to hold on to second.”
Little did Eckert know that Madden, who was coming off a victory in the previous night’s ‘World of Outlaws March Through Dixie’ weekend opener at Baton Rouge Raceway in Baker, La. , was experiencing some trouble of his own. The 31-year-old southern standout was hampered for much of the distance by a broken right-front shock on his Bloomquist Race Cars No. 44M, leaving him with cornering woes that precluded him from challenging Eckert after he advanced from the 12th starting spot to third in 17 laps.
Fourth-place Frank also felt fortunate to secure a top-five finish in his Lester Buildings Rocket. He survived a lap-16 restart scrape with Jimmy Mars of Menominee, Wis. , as they contested the third spot.
A slide-job moved Frank ahead of Mars off turn two, but then Mars made solid contact, getting the nose of his car underneath the rear of Frank’s and lifting Frank’s rear wheels off the track for a moment. Frank maintained control and sped on, but Mars spun into the outside wall and was clipped by Ray Cook of Brasstown , N.C. , leaving his MasterSbilt No. 28M badly damaged.
Frank nearly lost fourth to Chris Wall of Holden , La. , on lap 46, but Wall’s slide-job didn’t work and he ultimately fell to seventh at the finish. Frank flashed under the checkered flag in a tight position battle with Babb’s Rayburn No. 18 for the second consecutive night.
Rounding out the top 10 was Clint Smith of Senoia , Ga. , whose advance from the 18th starting spot allowed him to end the night leading the 360 OTC WoO LMS point standings by two markers over Madden; Wall, who for the second straight night earned the $500 ‘WoO Outlaws Bonus Bucks’ prize for being the highest-placing driver who’s not currently ranked among the top 12 in the tour point standings and has never won a WoO feature; Eric Jacobsen of Santa Cruz, Calif.; Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, who recovered from a lap-two spin in the second turn; and Jason Smith of Laurel, Miss.
Tim Fuller of Watertown , N.Y. , was the only ’07 360 OTC WoO LMS Rookie of the Year contender to make the A- Main , so he won the top-finishing rookie bonus of $250 for the third straight race. He finished 23rd, however, because his Gypsum Racing car had its nosepiece ripped up when he made contact with Jacobsen’s out-of-shape mount in turn two on the third lap.
Francis and Josh Richards of Shinnston , W.Va. , entered the program tied for the 360 OTC WoO LMS points lead with Clint Smith, but both drivers lost ground with dismal nights.
Francis felt his Valvoline Rocket No. 15 was strong enough to win after he surged off the outside pole to grab the lead from front-row mate Moyer at the initial green flag, but a broken rearend ended his bid on the fourth lap.
Richards, meanwhile, started 21st after qualifying through a B-Main and was never a factor in the A-Main. He was involved in several tangles and made multiple pit stops before a late-race flat tire caused him to limp to a 15th-place finish one lap down.
Forty-eight cars entered the event, which drew a near capacity crowd to the popular facility promoted by Johnny Stokes.
Eddie Rickman, a 56-year-old veteran from Columbus , Miss. , became the oldest driver to ever set fast time for a 360 OTC WoO LMS event with his clocking of 13.61 seconds.
Heat winners were Birkhofer, Moyer, Jason Smith and Francis. Babb and Clint Smith captured the B-Mains.
The three-night, three-state ‘World of Outlaws March Through Dixie’ concludes on Sunday night (March 25) with the ‘Alabama Assault 40’ at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia , Ala.
Results of WoO Late Model Series (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):
1. (1) Billy Moyer/50 $10,000
2. (4) Rick Eckert/50 $5,000
3. (12) Chris Madden/50 $3,000
4. (11) Chub Frank/50 $2,500
5. (17) Shannon Babb/50 $2,000
6. (18) Clint Smith/50 $1,700
7. (7) Chris Wall/50 $1,900
8. (10) Eric Jacobsen/50 $1,300
9. (8) Brian Birkhofer/50 $1,200
10. (5) Jason Smith/49 $1,100
11. (23) Darrell Lanigan/49 $1,050
12. (19) Shane Clanton/49 $1,000
13. (24) Eddie Carrier Jr./49 $950
14. (6) John Blankenship/49 $900
15. (21) Josh Richards/49 $850
16. (14) Justin McRee/18 $800
17. (3) Jimmy Mars/16 $770
18. (16) Ray Cook/16 $750
19. (15) Ronny Lee Hollingsworth/16 $730
20. (22) Michael England/15 $700
21. (20) Damon Eller/11 $700
22. (13) Eddie Rickman/11 $700
23. (9) Tim Fuller/6 $700
24. (2) Steve Francis/4 $700
Yellow Flags: 6 (Laps 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 16)
Lap Leaders: Francis (1-4); Moyer (5-50)
Rookie of the Race: Tim Fuller ($250)
WoO ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Chris Wall ($500)
Provisional Starters: Lanigan, Carrier
Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):
1. 68-Eddie Rickman/ Columbus , MS 13.61
2. 21-Billy Moyer/ Batesville , AR 13.65
3. 54-David Breazeale/ Four Corners , MS 13.74
4. 15-Steve Francis/ Ashland , KY 13.79
5. 15b-Brian Birkhofer/ Muscatine , IA 13.80
6. 12E-Jamie Elam / Senitobia , MS 13.81
7. 71W-Chris Wall/ Holden , LA 13.94
8. 29-Darrell Lanigan/ Union , KY 13.95
9. 86-Rick Rickmann/Columbus, MS 13.95
10. 25M-Justin McRee/Woodstock, AL 13.95
11. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake , PA 13.95
12. 53-Ray Cook/ Brasstown , NC 13.95
13. 24-Rick Eckert/ York , PA 13.95
14. 3s-Brian Shirley/ Chatham , IL 13.95
15. 44H-Adam Hensel/Barron, WI 13.96
16. 28M-Jimmy Mars/Menominee, WI 13.97
17. 18-Shannon Babb/ Moweaqua , IL 14.00
18. 23-John Blankenship/ Williamson , WV 14.01
19. 12-Jason Smith/ Laurel , MS 14.02
20. 44M-Chris Madden/Grey Court , SC 14.04
21. 19-Tim Fuller/ Watertown , NY 14.05
22. 13-Dewayne Kiefer/ St. Genevieve , MO 14.07
23. I4-Damon Eller/Crumpler, NC 14.10
24. 44-Clint Smith/ Senoia , GA 14.13
25. 44p-Earl Pearson Jr./ Jacksonville , FL 14.13
26. 888-Jason Cliburn/Star, MS 14.17
27. 18H-Ronny Lee Hollingsworth/Northport, AL 14.17
28. C16-Chris Ragan/Ramer, TN 14.22
29. 25-Shane Clanton/ Locust Grove , GA 14.22
30. 5-Eric Jacobsen/ Santa Cruz , CA 14.25
31. R25-Ryan Plaisance/ New Orleans , LA 14.26
32. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 14.34
33. 1-Josh Richards/ Shinnston , WV 14.34
34. 51-Dean Carpenter/ Coldwater , MS 14.41
35. 3-Mike Collins/ Carter Lake , IA 14.48
36. 57J-Bub McCool/Vicksburg, MS 14.57
37. 1d-Ronald Dunn/Corinth, MS 14.63
38. 4-Ricky Arms/Moss, TN 14.65
39. 54d-Dane Dacus/Arlington, TN 14.69
40. 66-Tony Knowles/ Tyrone , GA 14.71
41. 71-Don O’Neal/ Martinsville , IN 14.75
42. 91-Billy Decker/ Unadilla , NY 14.86
43. 88-Jimmy Cliburn/Star, MS 14.94
44. 21Jr.-Billy Moyer Jr./ Batesville , AR 15.01
45. 121-Anthony Burroughs/ Athens , AL 15.22
46. 26-Joey Barone/ Brandon , MS 15.48
47. 5E-Michael England / Glasgow , KY N/T
48. M31-Tony Morris/Murfreesboro, TN N/T
Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Birkhofer, Eckert, Fuller, E. Rickman, R. Rickman, Babb, Clanton, Pearson, Richards, Burroughs, O’Neal, Dunn
Heat No. 2 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Moyer, Blankenship, Jacobsen, McRee, Decker, Jason Cliburn, Arms, Kiefer, Shirley, Baroni , Elam , Carpenter
Heat No. 3 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): J. Smith, Wall, Frank, Hollingsworth, Eller, England , Plaisance, Dacus, Jimmy Cliburn, Collins, Breazeale, Hensel
Heat No. 4 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Francis, Mars, Madden, Cook, C. Smith, Ragan, McCool, Moyer Jr., Knowles, Morris, Carrier, Lanigan
B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Babb, Clanton, Richards, O’Neal, Shirley, R. Rickman, Jason Cliburn, Arms, Carpenter, Elam, Dunn, Kiefer, Decker, Pearson (DNS) Burroughs, Baroni
B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): C. Smith, Eller, England , Carrier, Knowles, Collins, Moyer Jr., Plaisance, Morris, McCool, Ragan, Jimmy Cliburn (DNS) Dacus, Hensel, Breazeale, Lanigan
2007 360 OTC World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings (after 3 events):
1. Clint Smith 497
2. Chris Madden 495
3. Chub Frank 489
4. Shane Clanton 481
5. (tie) Rick Eckert 479
5. (tie) Josh Richards 479
7. Shannon Babb 477
8. Steve Francis 461
9. Billy Moyer 445
10. Brian Birkhofer 427
11. Jimmy Mars 423
12. Chris Wall 422
13. Darrell Lanigan 421
14. Tim Fuller (rookie) 409
15. Eddie Carrier Jr. 404
16. Eric Jacobsen 384
17. John Blankenship 380
18. Michael England 366
19. (tie) Ray Cook 339
19. (tie) Billy Decker (rookie) 339
21. Adam Hensel (rookie) 329
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COLUMBUS, MS – March 24, 2007 – The engine in Billy Moyer’s car sounded horrible, wheezing and spewing steam even after it was shut off.
But the racket happened to be background noise to Moyer’s Victory Lane celebration after Saturday night’s ‘ Battle at the Bullring 50,’ so it couldn’t eliminate the big smile on the veteran superstar’s face.
Despite a badly overheating engine, Moyer dominated the 360 OTC World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Columbus Speedway, racing unchallenged in front for virtually the entire distance.
“It’s not good when you keep punishing (a motor) like that,” Moyer said after racing a significant number of laps with his Pro Power engine at a dangerously high temperature. “But sometimes that’s what you gotta do if you want to win the race.”
Moyer, 50, of Batesville , Ark. , seemed barely hampered by the overheating woes. In fact, after inheriting the lead when Steve Francis of Ashland , Ky. , was felled by a busted rearend on lap four, the three-time 360 OTC WoO LMS champ (1988, 1989, 2005) simply pulled away from the pack with ease.
With his eyes scarcely glancing at his engine’s temperature reading, Moyer stayed on the attack and beat Rick Eckert of York , Pa. , to the finish line by nearly a half-lap margin on the one-third-mile, high-banked oval.
Chris Madden of Grey Court, S.C. , finished third, followed by Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., and Shannon Babb of Moweaqua , Ill.
“I know (the overheating) buried the (temp) gauge, and that ain’t good,” said Moyer, who earned $10,000 while becoming the third different winner in as many 360 OTC Woo LMS events this season. “But at this place you can’t look at the gauges too much. You just run as hard as you can and hope the thing stays together.”
Moyer was behind the wheel of a car from his Banner Valley Hauling/J&J Steel stable that performed flawlessly in the Columbus conditions, which featured rough-and-tumble action (six caution flags in the first 16 laps) as drivers attempted to tame the thick berm that built up around the outside.
“These (Rayburn) cars like a cushion probably more so than other cars,” analyzed Moyer, who ran a machine that he debuted the previous week in a UMP Late Model event at Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway.
Eckert, who started fourth in Raye Vest’s MasterSbilt No. 24, couldn’t match Moyer’s speed around the choppy top. He ran one position behind Moyer for the entire distance.
“Anytime there’s a big rough cushion like that, the guys in those Rayburn cars are hard to handle,” said Eckert, who scored his first top-five finish of the 360 OTC WoO LMS season. “And Moyer is always great at getting up on that lip and going. He proved it all night.”
Moyer’s victory was his second overall of the 2007 season, backing up a win he recorded earlier this month driving a West Coast-based dirt Late Model at Bakersfield ( Calif. ) Speedway . He considered the pair of triumphs in March to be a harbinger of good things to come.
“Our season’s getting started a whole lot better than last year,” said Moyer, who won twice on the 360 OTC WoO LMS in ’06 en route to finishing fourth in the point standings. “We didn’t have a very good Florida (trip in February), but we’ve been working hard and I think we’re on the right track now.”
The win was the 31st of Moyer’s career in 360 OTC WoO LMS competition – an alltime series-leading total. Twenty-two of his victories came during the first incarnation of the tour (1988 and ’89), while the remainder have been earned since the series restarted in 2004.
Moyer is the only driver who has won at least one feature in all six seasons of the tour’s existence.
Eckert, who has won more 360 OTC WoO LMS events (15) than any other driver since 2004, was satisfied with his $5,000 runner-up finish. It was his strongest outing since switching to MasterSbilt chassis for the 2007 season, and he had to survive a bout with the track’s ample berm late in the distance.
“My car was really good on that cushion, but (on lap 38) I just hit the nose on it (in turn three) and that almost cost me,” said Eckert. “I was straddling that big rut getting in the turn, but I guess that one lap I had the right-front half a tire width too low and didn’t get up on that nob, so I stuck the nose right in that dip and bent it.
“For the rest of the race the (damaged) bodywork would just barely touch the ground as I turned in, and that would push me up across the track. Fortunately there were no cautions and I was able to hold on to second.”
Little did Eckert know that Madden, who was coming off a victory in the previous night’s ‘World of Outlaws March Through Dixie’ weekend opener at Baton Rouge Raceway in Baker, La. , was experiencing some trouble of his own. The 31-year-old southern standout was hampered for much of the distance by a broken right-front shock on his Bloomquist Race Cars No. 44M, leaving him with cornering woes that precluded him from challenging Eckert after he advanced from the 12th starting spot to third in 17 laps.
Fourth-place Frank also felt fortunate to secure a top-five finish in his Lester Buildings Rocket. He survived a lap-16 restart scrape with Jimmy Mars of Menominee, Wis. , as they contested the third spot.
A slide-job moved Frank ahead of Mars off turn two, but then Mars made solid contact, getting the nose of his car underneath the rear of Frank’s and lifting Frank’s rear wheels off the track for a moment. Frank maintained control and sped on, but Mars spun into the outside wall and was clipped by Ray Cook of Brasstown , N.C. , leaving his MasterSbilt No. 28M badly damaged.
Frank nearly lost fourth to Chris Wall of Holden , La. , on lap 46, but Wall’s slide-job didn’t work and he ultimately fell to seventh at the finish. Frank flashed under the checkered flag in a tight position battle with Babb’s Rayburn No. 18 for the second consecutive night.
Rounding out the top 10 was Clint Smith of Senoia , Ga. , whose advance from the 18th starting spot allowed him to end the night leading the 360 OTC WoO LMS point standings by two markers over Madden; Wall, who for the second straight night earned the $500 ‘WoO Outlaws Bonus Bucks’ prize for being the highest-placing driver who’s not currently ranked among the top 12 in the tour point standings and has never won a WoO feature; Eric Jacobsen of Santa Cruz, Calif.; Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, who recovered from a lap-two spin in the second turn; and Jason Smith of Laurel, Miss.
Tim Fuller of Watertown , N.Y. , was the only ’07 360 OTC WoO LMS Rookie of the Year contender to make the A- Main , so he won the top-finishing rookie bonus of $250 for the third straight race. He finished 23rd, however, because his Gypsum Racing car had its nosepiece ripped up when he made contact with Jacobsen’s out-of-shape mount in turn two on the third lap.
Francis and Josh Richards of Shinnston , W.Va. , entered the program tied for the 360 OTC WoO LMS points lead with Clint Smith, but both drivers lost ground with dismal nights.
Francis felt his Valvoline Rocket No. 15 was strong enough to win after he surged off the outside pole to grab the lead from front-row mate Moyer at the initial green flag, but a broken rearend ended his bid on the fourth lap.
Richards, meanwhile, started 21st after qualifying through a B-Main and was never a factor in the A-Main. He was involved in several tangles and made multiple pit stops before a late-race flat tire caused him to limp to a 15th-place finish one lap down.
Forty-eight cars entered the event, which drew a near capacity crowd to the popular facility promoted by Johnny Stokes.
Eddie Rickman, a 56-year-old veteran from Columbus , Miss. , became the oldest driver to ever set fast time for a 360 OTC WoO LMS event with his clocking of 13.61 seconds.
Heat winners were Birkhofer, Moyer, Jason Smith and Francis. Babb and Clint Smith captured the B-Mains.
The three-night, three-state ‘World of Outlaws March Through Dixie’ concludes on Sunday night (March 25) with the ‘Alabama Assault 40’ at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia , Ala.
Results of WoO Late Model Series (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):
1. (1) Billy Moyer/50 $10,000
2. (4) Rick Eckert/50 $5,000
3. (12) Chris Madden/50 $3,000
4. (11) Chub Frank/50 $2,500
5. (17) Shannon Babb/50 $2,000
6. (18) Clint Smith/50 $1,700
7. (7) Chris Wall/50 $1,900
8. (10) Eric Jacobsen/50 $1,300
9. (8) Brian Birkhofer/50 $1,200
10. (5) Jason Smith/49 $1,100
11. (23) Darrell Lanigan/49 $1,050
12. (19) Shane Clanton/49 $1,000
13. (24) Eddie Carrier Jr./49 $950
14. (6) John Blankenship/49 $900
15. (21) Josh Richards/49 $850
16. (14) Justin McRee/18 $800
17. (3) Jimmy Mars/16 $770
18. (16) Ray Cook/16 $750
19. (15) Ronny Lee Hollingsworth/16 $730
20. (22) Michael England/15 $700
21. (20) Damon Eller/11 $700
22. (13) Eddie Rickman/11 $700
23. (9) Tim Fuller/6 $700
24. (2) Steve Francis/4 $700
Yellow Flags: 6 (Laps 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 16)
Lap Leaders: Francis (1-4); Moyer (5-50)
Rookie of the Race: Tim Fuller ($250)
WoO ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Chris Wall ($500)
Provisional Starters: Lanigan, Carrier
Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):
1. 68-Eddie Rickman/ Columbus , MS 13.61
2. 21-Billy Moyer/ Batesville , AR 13.65
3. 54-David Breazeale/ Four Corners , MS 13.74
4. 15-Steve Francis/ Ashland , KY 13.79
5. 15b-Brian Birkhofer/ Muscatine , IA 13.80
6. 12E-Jamie Elam / Senitobia , MS 13.81
7. 71W-Chris Wall/ Holden , LA 13.94
8. 29-Darrell Lanigan/ Union , KY 13.95
9. 86-Rick Rickmann/Columbus, MS 13.95
10. 25M-Justin McRee/Woodstock, AL 13.95
11. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake , PA 13.95
12. 53-Ray Cook/ Brasstown , NC 13.95
13. 24-Rick Eckert/ York , PA 13.95
14. 3s-Brian Shirley/ Chatham , IL 13.95
15. 44H-Adam Hensel/Barron, WI 13.96
16. 28M-Jimmy Mars/Menominee, WI 13.97
17. 18-Shannon Babb/ Moweaqua , IL 14.00
18. 23-John Blankenship/ Williamson , WV 14.01
19. 12-Jason Smith/ Laurel , MS 14.02
20. 44M-Chris Madden/Grey Court , SC 14.04
21. 19-Tim Fuller/ Watertown , NY 14.05
22. 13-Dewayne Kiefer/ St. Genevieve , MO 14.07
23. I4-Damon Eller/Crumpler, NC 14.10
24. 44-Clint Smith/ Senoia , GA 14.13
25. 44p-Earl Pearson Jr./ Jacksonville , FL 14.13
26. 888-Jason Cliburn/Star, MS 14.17
27. 18H-Ronny Lee Hollingsworth/Northport, AL 14.17
28. C16-Chris Ragan/Ramer, TN 14.22
29. 25-Shane Clanton/ Locust Grove , GA 14.22
30. 5-Eric Jacobsen/ Santa Cruz , CA 14.25
31. R25-Ryan Plaisance/ New Orleans , LA 14.26
32. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 14.34
33. 1-Josh Richards/ Shinnston , WV 14.34
34. 51-Dean Carpenter/ Coldwater , MS 14.41
35. 3-Mike Collins/ Carter Lake , IA 14.48
36. 57J-Bub McCool/Vicksburg, MS 14.57
37. 1d-Ronald Dunn/Corinth, MS 14.63
38. 4-Ricky Arms/Moss, TN 14.65
39. 54d-Dane Dacus/Arlington, TN 14.69
40. 66-Tony Knowles/ Tyrone , GA 14.71
41. 71-Don O’Neal/ Martinsville , IN 14.75
42. 91-Billy Decker/ Unadilla , NY 14.86
43. 88-Jimmy Cliburn/Star, MS 14.94
44. 21Jr.-Billy Moyer Jr./ Batesville , AR 15.01
45. 121-Anthony Burroughs/ Athens , AL 15.22
46. 26-Joey Barone/ Brandon , MS 15.48
47. 5E-Michael England / Glasgow , KY N/T
48. M31-Tony Morris/Murfreesboro, TN N/T
Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Birkhofer, Eckert, Fuller, E. Rickman, R. Rickman, Babb, Clanton, Pearson, Richards, Burroughs, O’Neal, Dunn
Heat No. 2 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Moyer, Blankenship, Jacobsen, McRee, Decker, Jason Cliburn, Arms, Kiefer, Shirley, Baroni , Elam , Carpenter
Heat No. 3 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): J. Smith, Wall, Frank, Hollingsworth, Eller, England , Plaisance, Dacus, Jimmy Cliburn, Collins, Breazeale, Hensel
Heat No. 4 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Francis, Mars, Madden, Cook, C. Smith, Ragan, McCool, Moyer Jr., Knowles, Morris, Carrier, Lanigan
B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Babb, Clanton, Richards, O’Neal, Shirley, R. Rickman, Jason Cliburn, Arms, Carpenter, Elam, Dunn, Kiefer, Decker, Pearson (DNS) Burroughs, Baroni
B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): C. Smith, Eller, England , Carrier, Knowles, Collins, Moyer Jr., Plaisance, Morris, McCool, Ragan, Jimmy Cliburn (DNS) Dacus, Hensel, Breazeale, Lanigan
2007 360 OTC World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings (after 3 events):
1. Clint Smith 497
2. Chris Madden 495
3. Chub Frank 489
4. Shane Clanton 481
5. (tie) Rick Eckert 479
5. (tie) Josh Richards 479
7. Shannon Babb 477
8. Steve Francis 461
9. Billy Moyer 445
10. Brian Birkhofer 427
11. Jimmy Mars 423
12. Chris Wall 422
13. Darrell Lanigan 421
14. Tim Fuller (rookie) 409
15. Eddie Carrier Jr. 404
16. Eric Jacobsen 384
17. John Blankenship 380
18. Michael England 366
19. (tie) Ray Cook 339
19. (tie) Billy Decker (rookie) 339
21. Adam Hensel (rookie) 329
LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the series, they can experience the excitement of the 360 OTC World of Outlaws Late Model Series live on DIRTvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.
To listen to the free audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.
Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail webmaster@dirtvision.com.
The 306 OTC World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor 360 OTC pain reliever and contingency sponsors Wrisco Industries, Ohlins Shocks, Quarter-Master, Hawk Brake and Eibach Springs.
