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Title: WoOLMS at Charlotte Motor Speedway - 11/8 Results
Post by LMR on 11/08/15 at 2:57pm

World of Outlaws Late Model Series
Charlotte Motor Speedway
November 8, 2015
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Davenport Caps Spectacular Season With $12,000 Victory In Charlotte'’s Bad Boy Buggies World Finals Finale
Clanton Celebrates $100,000 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Title

WoOLMS PR
CONCORD, N.C. (November 8) - Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., topped off his dream 2015 season with a final flourish, rolling to a convincing victory in Sunday's 50-lap Bad Boy Buggies World of Outlaws World Finals finale at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.

The 32-year-old superstar passed Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., for the lead on lap 31 and never looked back in the season-ending World of Outlaws Late Model Series event, which was postponed one day by wet weather.

The $12,000 triumph was the 22nd overall of a historic 2015 campaign for Davenport, whose five crown-jewel wins helped push his earnings for the year over the $600,000 mark.

"Just to cap off this season we've had with this makes it extra special," said Davenport, who previously won World Finals features in 2010 and '11. "We can go into the winter with a big smile."

Starting sixth in the 31-car field, Davenport steered his K&L Rumley Longhorn Race Car to third on the race's opening circuit and reached second place by lap five. He briefly fell to third place when Lanigan passed him and early pacesetter Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., for the lead on lap 11, but the indomitable Davenport regained second from Madden on a lap-18 restart and snuck underneath Lanigan for the top spot in turn two on the 31st lap.

Davenport dominated the remainder of the distance, crossing the finish line 1.557 seconds in front of the polesitting Lanigan for his fourth World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory of the season and the sixth of his career.

Madden settled for third place after starting from the outside pole. Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., who won the World Finals finale in five of the past six years, finished fourth and Lanigan's Clint Bowyer Racing teammate, Don O'Neal of Martinsville, Ind., climbed forward from the 12th starting spot to place fifth.

Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga., was never a factor despite starting third, fading backward when the green flag flew and finishing a quiet ninth. But he still showed plenty of enthusiasm after the race when he celebrated his first-ever WoO LMS championship, which he clinched by starting Friday night's World Finals A-Main.

"It's a dream come true," the 40-year-old Clanton said after being presented his WoO championship trophy during the post-race ceremonies. "We've won a lot of big races but we've never put a whole season together. To put one together like we have this year, it's pretty special."

Clanton won a career-best 10 WoO LMS features and registered 34 top-five and 37 top-10 finishes in 41 features this season driving his father-in-law Ron Davies's Capital Race Cars. He led the standings from start-to-finish, ending the schedule with a commanding 174-point advantage over Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va.

"It's just a testament to what we've done all year," said Clanton, who will receive his $100,000 WoO LMS title check during the tour's awards banquet that was rescheduled for Monday at 1 p.m. at the Great Wolf Lodge in Concord, N.C. "Consistency pays off -you look at the record, and we almost tied Darrell (Lanigan) for top-fives in a season and we had like three less races than he had.

"We made a wrong tire choice tonight and didn't groove them just right, but we'll come back next year and defend our title and maybe we'll be standing up here again."

Davenport preceded Clanton on the post-race winner's stage. He enjoyed ending a World Finals that began with subpar time-trial results on a high note.

"We didn't start off too well this weekend," Davenport said. "We had ignition problems Thursday night (during qualifying), but Friday night we finally got them worked out and I knew we had a good piece here."

Lanigan, 45, led laps 11-30 after blasting around the outside of both Davenport and Madden to assume command following a restart, but he couldn't recover after allowing Davenport to slip past him for the lead on lap 31 when he slid high in turn two while working lapped traffic.

"We had a really good piece," Lanigan said of the Club 29 car he debuted for Clint Bowyer Racing - his recently-acquired ride for 2016 - at the World Finals. "We just got on the outside of a lapped car and he kind of run me up the racetrack and that left the bottom open for Davenport."

The 40-year-old Madden, meanwhile, wasn't able to match the speed of Davenport nor Lanigan once the 4/10-mile oval's surface locked down.

"We had a real good car all weekend," said Madden, who also finished third in Friday's A-Main. "We just tightened up too much for the feature. When they dropped the green we were running extremely well, but then the racetrack got a little more grip to it and we just couldn't steer across the center and these guys were a little bit better."

Six caution flags dotted the event. Friday-night winner Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., slowed to trigger yellow-flag conditions on lap 18 and 34. Other cautions flew for Eric Wells of Hazard, Ky., who spun in turn four and collected Jordan Yaggy of Rochester, Minn., on the opening circuit; Morgan Bagley of Tyler, Texas, who slowed with a flat left-rear tire on lap one; James Rice of Verona, Ky. (turn-three spin on lap 10); and Casey Roberts of Toccoa, Ga., who slowed with mechanical trouble while running fourth on lap 41.

Sixty-eight of the 86 cars that were signed in for Thursday night's time trials returned for Sunday's postponed program.

Heat winners were Lanigan, Clanton, Davenport, Madden, Owens and Billy Moyer Jr. of Batesville, Ark. The B-Mains were captured by Chase Junghans of Manhattan, Kan., Donny Schatz of Fargo, N.D., and Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga.

The 2016 WoO LMS season kicks off with six nights of racing during Georgia-Florida Speedway beginning Feb. 12-13 at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga., and continuing Feb. 14 at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla., and Feb. 18-20 at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

The Dirt Track at Charlotte
World Finals

A-Main
1 6 6 Jonathan Davenport Blairsville, GA (50)
2 1 15L Darrell Lanigan Union, KY (50)
3 2 44 Chris Madden Gaffney, SC (50)
4 5 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN (50)
5 12 5 Don O'Neal Martinsville, IN (50)
6 14 22s Greg Satterlee Rochester Hills, PA (50)
7 10 1 Josh Richards Shinnston, WV (50)
8 9 7 Rick Eckert York, PA (50)
9 3 25 Shane Clanton Zebulon, GA (50)
10 7 77b Chris Brown Longview, TX (50)
11 20 15s Donny Schatz Fargo, ND (50)
12 4 21jr Billy Moyer Jr Batesville, AR (50)
13 13 0 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN (50)
14 22 28 Dennis Erb Jr Carpentersville, IL (50)
15 25 1* Chub Frank Bear Lake, PA (50)
16 11 15 Steve Francis Ashland, KY (50)
17 16 76 Brandon Overton Appleton, GA (50)
18 21 17m Dale McDowell Chickamauga, GA (50)
19 30 99B Rick Briggs Bear Lake, PA (50)
20 19 18c Chase Junghans Manhattan, KS (50)
21 24 31L Nick Latham Winchester, OH (50)
22 26 14M Morgan Bagley Tyler, TX (50)
23 17 18 Eric Wells Hazard, KY (50)
24 18 22F Chris Ferguson Mount Holly, NC (49)
25 8 101 Casey Roberts Toccoa, GA (41)
26 23 B54 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL (33)
27 29 99jr Frank Heckenast Jr Orland Park, IL (32)
28 15 1v Will Vaught Crane, MO (31)
29 31 77 Jordan Yaggy Rochester, MN (30)
30 28 39 Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY (18)
31 27 11R James Rice Verona, KY (9)

Last Chance #1
1 18c Chase Junghans *
2 28E Dennis Erb Jr *
3 B1 Paul Wilmoth
4 14M Morgan Bagley
5 F5 Garrett Alberson
6 47 Tim Shaffer
7 87 Walker Arthur
8 0H Dale Hollidge
9 D8 Dustin Mitchell
10 2M Allen Murray
11 77 Jordan Yaggy
12 2x John Henderson
13 6r Jim Rasey
14 28 Kelly Guy
15 1M Willie Milliken

Last Chance #2
1 15s Donny Schatz *
2 B54 Brandon Sheppard *
3 111 Max Blair
4 25z Mason Zeigler
5 99jr Frank Heckenast Jr
6 54 Matt Westfall
7 281 Kyle Pierce
8 14H Tyler Horst
9 4-D's Chad Hollenbeck
10 32 Dean Bowen
11 82 Andy Fries
12 KB1 Kerry King Jr.
13 89 Mark Parks
14 92 Nick Davis
15 '07 Brian Ledbetter
16 1* Chub Frank
17 157 Mike Marlar

Last Chance #3
1 17m Dale McDowell *
2 31 Nick Latham *
3 R5 Chris Simpson
4 11 Josh Rice
5 2 Dennis Franklin
6 22E Russell Erwin Jr
7 21D Dan Stone
8 93 Donald Bradsher
9 4 Cody Mahoney
10 75 Colton Flinner
11 39c Greg Clark
12 84 Jay Sessoms
13 2C Joey Coulter
14 14 Reid Millard
15 93 Pancho Lawler
16 99B Rick Briggs

Heat #1
1 15L Darrell Lanigan *
2 77B Chris Brown *
3 0 Scott Bloomquist *
4 28E Dennis Erb Jr
5 B1 Paul Wilmoth
6 14M Morgan Bagley
7 77 Jordan Yaggy
8 6r Jim Rasey
9 1M Willie Milliken
10 D8 Dustin Mitchell

Heat #2
1 25 Shane Clanton *
2 101 Casey Roberts *
3 22 Gregg Satterlee *
4 18c Chase Junghans
5 47 Tim Shaffer
6 87 Walker Arthur
7 F5 Garrett Alberson
8 2M Allen Murray
9 28 Kelly Guy
10 0H Dale Hollidge
11 2x John Henderson

Heat #3
1 6 Jonathan Davenport *
2 7 Rick Eckert *
3 1G Will Vaught *
4 54 Matt Westfall
5 B54 Brandon Sheppard
6 89 Mark Parks
7 KB1 Kerry King Jr.
8 281 Kyle Pierce
9 1* Chub Frank

Heat #4
1 44 Chris Madden *
2 1 Josh Richards *
3 76 Brandon Overton *
4 15s Donny Schatz
5 111 Max Blair
6 25z Mason Zeigler
7 99jr Frank Heckenast Jr
8 82 Andy Fries
9 4-D's Chad Hollenbeck
10 14H Tyler Horst
11 157 Mike Marlar
12 92 Nick Davis
13 32 Dean Bowen

Heat #5
1 20 Jimmy Owens *
2 15 Steve Francis *
3 18 Eric Wells *
4 93 Donald Bradsher
5 17M Dale McDowell
6 4 Cody Mahoney
7 2 Dennis Franklin
8 75 Colton Flinner
9 99B Boom Briggs
10 39c Greg Clark
11 2C Joey Coulter
12 93L Pancho Lawler
13 44L Justin Labonte

Heat #6
1 21JR Billy Moyer Jr *
2 5 Don O'Neal *
3 22F Chris Ferguson *
4 R5 Chris Simpson
5 31 Nick Latham
6 11 Josh Rice
7 11R James Rice
8 39 Tim McCreadie
9 21d Dan Stone
10 22E Russell Erwin Jr.
11 84 Jay Sessoms
12 14 Reid Millard