World of Outlaws Late Model Series
I-30 Speedway
March 29, 2014
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Moyer Goes To Work On Outside To Net World of Outlaws Late Model Series Triumph At I-30 SpeedwayLegendary Arkansas Driver Pockets $10,150 Home-State Victory
by Chris Dolack
LITTLE ROCK, AR (March 29) – Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., blasted from third to first on a lap-18 restart and marched on to capture Saturday night’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Main at I-30 Speedway.
The 56-year-old Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer sailed around the outside of WoO LMS regulars Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., and Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga., rounding turns one and two and was in front for good when lap 19 was scored. He turned back a late challenge from Lanigan while negotiating lapped traffic to earn $10,150 in front of his home-state fans.
“It’s cool that we could pull one off for ‘em this close to home,” said Moyer, who registered his 19th WoO LMS triumph since 2004 and the 41 st overall of his career, including the national tour’s original 1988-89 seasons. “It’s nice. We’re just an hour-and-a-half away (from the shop). It makes for a short trip home.”
Driving his Moyer Extreme by Longhorn car, Moyer made a move worthy of an aggressive youngster to seize command following a lap-18 red flag for a multi-car accident in turn two involving contenders Rick Eckert of York, Pa., Jared Landers of Batesville, Ark., and Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill.
“When I was running fourth and Rick was second and took that outside (on a lap-15 restart), it surprised me that he went so good up there,” said Moyer, who started sixth. “It turned out that the outside wasn’t bad on the restart there. If you just were brave enough to get up there and not think that guy was gonna get underneath you, you could run up there in the middle a little bit.”
Moyer’s first WoO LMS win since April 6, 2013, at Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway came by 0.384 of a second over Lanigan, who closed up to Moyer’s rear bumper in the final laps but couldn’t find a way to regain the lead. Lanigan started from the pole position and led laps 1-6 in his Club 29 car.
“The track was a little choppy getting into one and you had to find the right groove – and I just hit the wrong groove and got out of the lead,” Lanigan said of an early-race miscue that allowed Clanton to overtake him for the top spot. “That just put me behind, and then Billy got going on the outside on that resart and kind of killed us.”
Clanton, who last year’s WoO LMS event at I-30, led laps 7-18 but settled for a third-place finish in his Capital Race Car. Though disappointed his shot at the checkered flag was hampered by a tire that sealed over during the red flag, he recorded his first WoO LMS top-five finish of 2014.
Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., also cracked the top five for the first time on the ’14 tour, placing fourth in the Sweeteners Plus Rocket after starting 11th. He closely tailed Clanton throughout the race’s second half.
Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., completed the top five in his Rocket mount, finishing in the same spot he started the race.
Rounding out the top 10 was WoO LMS rookie Frankie Heckenast Jr. of Orland Park, Ill.; Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., who started 17th driving one of Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs’s No. 99B machines; Sheppard, who rallied from the lap-18 incident; WoO LMS rookie Chase Junghans of Manhattan, Kans., who bagged a career-best finish on the tour; and 23rd-starter Eric Wells of Hazard, Ky.
Thirty-nine cars entered the event, which brought the WoO LMS to Tracey Clay’s track outside Little Rock for the second consecutive year.
Lanigan turned the fastest overall lap of Ohlins Shocks Time Trials, circling the three-eighths-mile oval in 12.604 seconds during Group ‘A’ of the split qualifying session.
Heat winners were Lanigan, Babb, Moyer and Eckert. Frank and Morgan Bagley of Tyler, Texas, captured the B-Mains.
The WoO LMS will be back in action April 4-5 with the sixth running of the Illini 100 at Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway. Time Trials and heat races will be run on Friday night and the $20,000-to-win finale is set for Saturday evening.
For more information on the WoO LMS, visit
www.worldofoutlaws.com.
A-Main
1 21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR $10,000
2 29 Darrell Lanigan Union, KY
3 25 Shane Clanton Zebulon, GA
4 39 Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY
5 18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL
6 99jr Frankie Heckenast Orland Park, IL
7 1* Chub Frank Bear Lake, PA
8 1 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL
9 18c Chase Junghans Manhattan, KS
10 18 Eric Wells Hazard, KY
11 44 Clint Smith Senoia, GA
12 24 Rick Eckert York, PA
13 27s Tommy Surrett Little Rock, AR
14 14M Morgan Bagley Longview, TX
15 17m Robert Baker Bryant, AR
16 c8 Timothy Culp West Monroe, LA
17 43 Garrett Alberson Las Cruces, NM
18 18x Jack Sullivan Greenbrier, AR
19 47 Chandler Petty Austin, AR
20 21jr Billy Moyer Jr Batesville, AR
21 777 Jared Landers Batesville, AR
22 99b Rick Briggs Bear Lake, PA
23 12m Raymond Merrill Salisaw, OK
24 6m Wendell Wallace Batesville, AR
B-Main #1
1 1* Chub Frank Bear Lake, PA
2 27s Tommy Surrett Little Rock, AR
3 47 Chandler Petty Austin, AR
4 8c Keith Craft Arkadelphia, AR
5 1b Anthony Burroughs Athens, AL
6 5 Jon Mitchell Texarkana, TX
7 99 Clay Fisher Dewitt, AR
8 18 Eric Wells Hazard, KY
9 5x Kody Mea Southhaven, MS
10 15 Odie Green Texarkana, TX
11 12 Dave Deetz Las Cruces, NM
12 86 Kyle Beard Trumann, AR
B-Main #2
1 14M Morgan Bagley Longview, TX
2 12m Raymond Merrill Salisaw, OK
3 44 Clint Smith Senoia, GA
4 6r Robbie Stuart Deridder, LA
5 99b Rick Briggs Bear Lake, PA
6 11c Jeff Chanler Minden, LA
7 6x Rob Litton Alexandria, LA
8 17k Cody Kierre Beebe, AR
9 m98 Clint Mashburn Hermitage, AR
10 40B Kyle Bronson Brandon, FL
11 96 Tanner English Benton, KY
Heat #1
1 29 Darrell Lanigan Union, KY
2 25 Shane Clanton Zebulon, GA
3 17m Robert Baker Bryant, AR
4 43 Garrett Alberson Las Cruces, NM
5 1* Chub Frank Bear Lake, PA
6 8c Keith Craft Arkadelphia, AR
7 47 Chandler Petty Austin, AR
8 18 Eric Wells Hazard, KY
9 86 Kyle Beard Trumann, AR
10 5x Kody Mea Southhaven, MS
Heat #2
1 18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL
2 6m Wendell Wallace Batesville, AR
3 18c Chase Junghans Manhattan, KS
4 18x Jack Sullivan Greenbrier, AR
5 5 Jon Mitchell Texarkana, TX
6 27s Tommy Surrett Little Rock, AR
7 99 Clay Fisher Dewitt, AR
8 1b Anthony Burroughs Athens, AL
9 15 Odie Green Texarkana, TX
10 12 Dave Deetz Las Cruces, NM
Heat #3
1 21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR
2 99jr Frankie Heckenast Orland Park, IL
3 39 Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY
4 777 Jared Landers Batesville, AR
5 14M Morgan Bagley Longview, TX
6 96 Tanner English Benton, KY
7 12m Raymond Merrill Salisaw, OK
8 44 Clint Smith Senoia, GA
9 11c Jeff Chanler Minden, LA
10 m98 Clint Mashburn Hermitage, AR
Heat #4
1 24 Rick Eckert York, PA
2 1 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL
3 21jr Billy Moyer Jr Batesville, AR
4 c8 Timothy Culp West Monroe, LA
5 6r Robbie Stuart Deridder, LA
6 6x Rob Litton Alexandria, LA
7 99b Rick Briggs Bear Lake, PA
8 17k Cody Kierre Beebe, AR
9 40B Kyle Bronson Brandon, FL
Group A Qualifying
1 29 Darrell Lanigan Union, KY 12.604
2 18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL 12.769
3 43 Garrett Alberson Las Cruces, NM 12.868
4 18x Jack Sullivan Greenbrier, AR 13.018
5 25 Shane Clanton Zebulon, GA 13.067
6 6m Wendell Wallace Batesville, AR 13.118
7 18c Chase Junghans Manhattan, KS 13.157
8 17m Robert Baker Bryant, AR 13.157
9 8c Keith Craft Arkadelphia, AR 13.157
10 27s Tommy Surrett Little Rock, AR 13.159
11 1* Chub Frank Bear Lake, PA 13.170
12 99 Clay Fisher Dewitt, AR 13.185
13 86 Kyle Beard Trumann, AR 13.279
14 1b Anthony Burroughs Athens, AL 13.280
15 47 Chandler Petty Austin, AR 13.323
16 5 Jon Mitchell Texarkana, TX 13.353
17 18 Eric Wells Hazard, KY 13.530
18 15 Odie Green Texarkana, TX 13.862
19 5x Kody Mea Southhaven, MS 14.707
20 12 Dave Deetz Las Cruces, NM 15.785
Group B Qualifying
1 12m Raymond Merrill Salisaw, OK 13.081
2 1 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL 13.087
3 21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR 13.151
4 24 Rick Eckert York, PA 13.231
5 99Jr Frankie Heckenast Orland Park, IL 13.269
6 21jr Billy Moyer Jr Batesville, AR 13.282
7 39 Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY 13.324
8 99b Rick Briggs Bear Lake, PA 13.342
9 14M Morgan Bagley Longview, TX 13.467
10 40B Kyle Bronson Brandon, FL 13.471
11 777 Jared Landers Batesville, AR 13.485
12 c8 Timothy Culp West Monroe, LA 13.519
13 11c Jeff Chanler Minden, LA 13.522
14 6x Rob Litton Alexandria, LA 13.573
15 96 Tanner English Benton, KY 13.651
16 6r Robbie Stuart Deridder, LA 13.720
17 44 Clint Smith Senoia, GA 13.769
18 17k Cody Kierre Beebe, AR 14.343
19 m98 Clint Mashburn Hermitage, AR no time
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