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Darrell Lanigan at Hartford Motor Speedway

Darrell Lanigan sails toward a dominant win at Hartford, Michigan. (Steve Datema)

World of Outlaws: Lanigan Glides To Third Triumph Of 2011 In ‘Cabin Fever 50’ At Hartford

By Kevin Kovac

HARTFORD, Mich. – April 29. Darrell Lanigan glided forward from the sixth starting spot to score a convincing victory in Friday's World of Outlaws Late Model Series 'Cabin Fever 50' at Hartford Motor Speedway. Lanigan caught and passed early leader Jason Feger on lap 16 and led the remaining 33 circuits to take the win ahead of Feger by a nearly four-second margin.

Jason Feger - Josh Richards - Chub Frank

After dropping to second, early leader Jason Feger races past Chub Frank with Josh Richards in pursuit. (Jim Denhamer) 

The 40-year-old veteran from Union, Ky., continued his spectacular early-season comeback, winning for the third time in six events on the national tour. He missed the season-opening race in February but has quickly roared back into title contention with four consecutive top-three finishes.

"I'm telling you, right now we're on a roll",”said Lanigan, who earned $10,775 for a victory that gave him sole possession of third place on the WoO LMS win list since 2004, with 22 career wins. "I'm feeling better than I have in a while after getting a cortisone shot for my lower-back (which has been causing him discomfort due to the fractured tailbone recently found by doctors). Everything is just going great.


Austin Hubbard - Ron Davies - Hartford Motor Speedway

Ron Davies and series regular Austin Hubbard race back at midfield before finishing 10th and 11th at Hartford. (Jim Denhamer)

Lanigan discovered an extreme outside line around the sprawling 9/16th-mile oval before any of his rivals and used it almost exclusively to sweep through the top five. He completed his charge by passing pole sitter Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., for the lead on lap 17.

"I knew I had a good car at the beginning, but they kind of got me bundled up there on the bottom",”said Lanigan, who moved to fourth place in the WoO LMS points standings, just 38 points behind leader Josh Richards. I couldn't go nowhere, so I said, `I'm just going to the top.’And I'll tell ya, that thing was a rocket on the top.”

Clint Smith - Jeep Van Wormer - Hartford Motor Speedway World of Outlaws

Clint Smith races inside of #55 Jeep Van Wormer before taking a seventh place finish at Hartford. (Jim Denhamer)

The remainder of the distance belonged to Lanigan, who pulled away from the field following the race's second and final caution flag on lap 24.

"Man, that guy is on fire right now,"”the 32-year-old Feger said of Lanigan. "He passed me and took off there. It was his night." 

Darrell Lanigan at Hartford MS VL

Darrell Lanigan after his Hartford win. (Steve Datema) 

"It's not very often I get passed on the top side, but that's part of the disadvantage of leading - you don't know who's coming behind you. But I don't know if I would've been able to hold him off even if I could've gotten to the top. We're just happy to run second finally. We've been fast lately, but haven't had any good results".”

Richards, the two-time defending WoO LMS titlist and current points leader, finished third, but he had to rally during the second half of the A-Main after falling from third to fifth when he slid high between turns one and two on the lap 24 restart. He finally secured third place on lap 46 by passing outside pole sitter Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., who settled for a fourth-place finish that marked his first top-five run of the 2011 tour.

Lanigan hd - Hartford WoO 'Cabin Fever 50' - Hartford Motor Speedway
1) Darrell Lanigan, 2) Jason Feger, 3) Josh Richards, 4) Tim McCreadie, 5) Vic Coffey, 6) Rick Eckert, 7) Clint Smith, 8) Pat Doar, 9) Shane Clanton, 10) Austin Hubbard, 11) Ron Davies, 12) Matt Miller, 13) Brady Smith, 14) J.R. Hotovy, 15) Brent Robinson, 16) John Lobb, 17) Chub Frank, 18) Brian Ruhlman, 19) Curtis Roberts, 20) Jill George, 21) Jeep VanWormer, 22) Zack Olger, 23) Tim Fuller, 24) Alan Vochaska (prov.), 25. (24) Kent Robinson (prov.)
Fast Time (41 entries): Feger (18.770) Heat winners: Feger, McCreadie, Doar, Lanigan; B-Main Winners: Fuller, Lobb.

Steve Datema photo

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Scott James at Florence Speedway

Scott James battles #13 Barry Doss in heat race action at Florence (Ky.) Speedway, but in the $2,000-to-win feature, the only thing anyone saw was the tail end of James' #81 car. (Roy Walker)

Ivedent Lloyd and Jeff Walker

After plenty of trash-talking via the electronic media between Jeff Matthews and Ivedent Lloyd last week, it was #21 Lloyd who got the final word as he reeled in #33 Matthews to win Friday's LM feature at Oclala, Fla.'s Bubba Raceway Park. (R.E. Wing)

Tim Senic and Chuck Harper

Fans at Markleysburg, Pa.'s Roaring Knob Motorsports Comlex were treated to dual LM features Saturday - one a makeup from a May 5th rainout.  (Above) Tim Senic challenges eventual regular feature winner Chuck Harper, while Jared Hawkins (below) claimed the makeup race. (Tommy Micheals)

Jared Hawkins

Jason Russell

Henley, Missouri's Jason Russell leads the way to Victory Lane in the ULMS Late Model feature at Lucas Oil Speedway Saturday. (Chris Bork)

Racing action at Lucas Oil Speedway

Some fierce racing action at Lucas Oil speedway. (Chris Bork)

Craig Reece

Dalton, Ga.'s Craig Reece returned to Dixie Speedway Saturday and led all the way to win the Crate LM victory. (Steve Hixson)

Ray Guus Jr and Mike Murphy

Ray Guss Jr. races last week's Quad City Speedway winner, Mike Murphy, Jr. This time, it was advantage Guss. (Chris Damitz)

Lamar Scoggins

With a strong motor back into his mount, Veteran Lamar Scoggins claimed last Friday's Crate LM victory at Boyd's Speedway. (Steve Hixson)

Lance Matthees at Deer Creek

Veteran racer Lance Matthees navigates Spring Lake, Minnesota's Deer Creek Speedway before taking Saturday's WISSOTA Late Model checkers. (Jason Durst)

Ccory Mahder and Greg Nippoldt

Racing hard at mid-pack, it's the dueling 55s of Cory Mahder (inside) and Greg Nippoldt at Deer Creek. (Jason Durst)

Ryan King 1

Ryan King (above and below) swept both the Ltd. Late Model and Crate Late Model features Saturday at 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, Tenn. (Chad Wells)

Ryan King 2
Mike Murphy Jr

Still riding his wave in Iowa, Mike Murphy, Jr. in early action before taking the main event win at Davenport last Friday. (Chris Damitz)



Jason Jameson at Moler RP
Jason Jameson ran a gauntlet to finally capture another win Friday night at Moler Raceway Park (see main page). (Roy Walker)

Chub Frank at Lernerville Speedway

After holding back a charge from Alex Ferree, Chub Frank drove home with a Friday night win at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. (John Stivason) 
Bobby Pierce, Brett Sievert, and Mike Glynn

Bobby Pierce, Brett Sievert, and Mike Glynn race in a tight pack in Kankakee (Ill.) Speedway's "Crosstown Cup", but (below) it was ultimately Shawn Toczek (42) here racing the high side of Mike Provenzano, who sailed to the win. (Dan Simpson)

Shawn Toczek and Mike Provenzano



NALMS Suspends Remaining Season

In a statement released to the racing media Monday, Northern All All Stars Late Model Series (NALMS) owners Shawn Hall and Bob Mooney relased the following statement:

To all NALMS drivers and fans,

Northern Allstars Late Model Series regrets to inform all of our drivers and fans that as of today (May 14, 2012) we will suspend all series races for the remaining 2012 season. The primary reason for the decision to discontinue the series was mainly economics. Tracks, teams and fans are having a hard time these days with the cost of living in general. With the cost of fuel, parts, tires, tickets and lodging, many people just cannot afford to travel to our shows, so we feel it's best to stop for now and try to regroup for the 2013 season.

Our series needs to be able to have at least 18 to 20 shows to cover our cost of putting on these shows and our drivers point funds. With many tracks cutting back on their special events and other tracks just choosing not to have specials at all, it's has really cut our options for race tracks down to a very few unless you are willing to travel several hours away from the Central Illinois area, and that is not cost effective for the racing teams or fans.

In closing we would like to thank all of the drivers and fans whom have supported the series over the years and we hope to be able to come back with a bigger and better season for everyone in 2013.

A-Team Leaders from 1997-2011 (Click on link for complete rundown) 

2011 Scott Bloomquist
2010 Billy Moyer
2009 Josh Richards
2008 Jimmy Owens
2007 Scott Bloomquist
2006 Scott Bloomquist
2005 Steve Francis
2004 Don O'Neal
2003 Scott Bloomquist
2002 Don O'Neal
2001 Chub Frank
2000 Scott Bloomquist
1999 Billy Moyer
1998 Bart Hartman
1997 Billy Moyer
1996

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