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Current World of Outlaws Stacker 2®
Late Model Series championship point leader Billy Moyer of Batesville,AR
padded his point lead Friday winning the rain-shortened “Showdown At
Sarvertown 50” at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver,PA Moyer bolted into
the lead from his pole starting position and held off Darrell Lanigan
through the first half of the scheduled 50-lapper before rain made the
racing surface unsafe for further competition. The field stayed on the
racetrack to try and save the surface but with radar showing no let up
in the showers Series officials deemed the race complete with 25 of the
50 scheduled laps completed. Finishing third was World of Outlaws
“Rookie of the Year” candidate Josh Richards with 18th starting Steve
Francis fourth and Scott Bloomquist fifth. Rounding out the top ten
finishers were sixth place finisher Rick Eckert followed by Tim
McCreadie, Chub Frank, Dale McDowell and David Scott.
Moyer and McCreadie brought the 27 car starting field to the green flag
before the very large crowd on hand at the ½ mile speedway with Moyer
jumping out in front as the pair exited turn two. In all actuality the
race was over at the point as Moyer quickly opened up some distance on
McCreadie, Lanigan, Richards and Shane Clanton. By lap 5, Moyer’s lead
was nearly 2 seconds over McCreadie who now had his hands full with
Lanigan. Moyer caught the back end of the field on lap 6 but never had
to worry about the lapped traffic as the first of five cautions flew
when John Blankenship rolled to a stop in turn two.
The double-file restart allowed Moyer to pull away from the field
leaving the racing behind him. McCreadie pushed up the track entering
turn three after the restart allowing Lanigan and Richards to slip past
as Bloomquist shot past Clanton for fifth. The caution would wave one
lap later when Mike Blose spun to a stop in turn one.
Moyer again was the class of the field busting out to a sizeable
advantage. By lap 14 McCreadie had worked his way back past Richards for
the third spot but things would be slowed again when the yellow flag
flew on lap 15. Exiting turn four several cars got together forcing
Clanton to roll to a stop in turn one. That caution period soon became a
red flag. The contact was hard enough to injure the Locust Grove,GA
driver. Medical staff helped Clanton from his car with Clanton then
walking to the pit area. A check-up by the medical personnel revealed a
left shoulder injury with Clanton transported to an area hospital for
medical treatment.
The top 10 restart order at this point showed Moyer with the lead,
Lanigan second, McCreadie third, Richards fourth and Bloomquist fifth
trailed by Eckert, Francis, Steve Shaver, Davey Johnson and Chub Frank.
As before, Moyer was simply no match for anyone else but the battles
behind him were nothing short of intense. Bloomquist shot to the top
side of the multi-groove race track grabbing fourth from Richards on lap
16. The young 17 year-old came right back at the defending World of
Outlaws Stacker 2® Late Model Series champion grabbing the spot back on
lap 18. The action would be slowed again when Alex Ferree spun in turn 2
to bring the caution back out.
Once the race restarted, Bloomquist and Richards went at it hard for the
next two circuits trading the fourth spot until Bloomquist grabbed it
back from Richards on lap 22. A light drizzle began to fall at this
point but the moisture didn’t deter the drivers from really going at it.
Lap 23 saw McCreadie, Bloomquist, Richards and Francis go four-wide for
position with Richards snaring the third spot, Francis fourth and
Bloomquist fifth as Eckert snuck past McCreadie for the sixth spot. With
the drizzle now becoming a shower three more laps were completed
reaching the halfway point. Rob Blair spun in turn one to bring out the
caution as the field worked lap 26. Officials were informed by the
drivers that the surface was too slick to continue during the caution
period. The cars continued to circle the race track trying to save the
surface but the rain grew harder. With the race officially at the
halfway point the decision was made to checker the race at that point.
Lanigan was happy with the second place finish. “We never really ran
that good up here last year. Tonight, we set a new track record during
time trials, won our heat and placed second in the feature. We’ll take
that and move on to the next one. You know, we moved in on Billy there a
little bit and then the rain set in. I could tell Billy’s car was
pushing a bit and ours was pretty good. It’s really hard to tell if we
coulda got him. Maybe if we would’ve been able to get that final 25 laps
in we may have had a shot but it’s really hard to say.”
For Richards, the third place finish was his best ever in World of
Outlaws Stacker 2® Late Model Series racing and “Kid Rocket” was pleased
with his performance. “The car was awesome. It was extremely good. We
ran good in the heat and won that and then I drove over my head in the
dash and knocked it out of gear. In the feature I was between third and
fifth the whole race and then got back into third after that last
restart and it paid off.”
All the action from the World Of Outlaws Stacker 2® Late Model Series
event at Lernerville Speedway was taped by the SPEED Channel cameras
with a broadcast date of May 14th at 3:00p.m. EDT. At 3:00p.m. EDT,
Saturday May 7th, SPEED Channel will broadcast coverage of the April
9th, 2005 World Of Outlaws Stacker 2® Late Model Series “Dixie Chopper
50” presented by Thurston Spring Service,Inc. at Bill Sawyer’s Virginia
Motor Speedway. SPEED Channel is available through cable systems
nationwide, DISH Network (Channel 150) and DIRECT TV (Channel 607). |
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1. (1) #21 Billy Moyer 25 Running $10,000
2. (3) #29 Darrell Lanigan 25 Running
$6,000
3. (5) # 1 Josh Richards® 25 Running $3,500
4. (18) #15 Steve Francis 25 Running $2,500
5. (4) # 0 Scott Bloomquist 25 Running
$2,200
6. (8) #24 Rick Eckert 25 Running $2,000
7. (2) #39 Tim McCreadie 25 Running $1,800
8. (10) #1* Chub
Frank 25 Running $1,600
9. (8) #17M Dale McDowell 25 Running $1,400
10. (14) # 3 David Scott 25 Running $1,200
11. (9) #19J Davey Johnson 25 Running
$1,000
12. (16) #44 Clint Smith 25 Running $900
13. (12) #0S Steve Shaver 25 Running $800
14. (25) #Won11 Rob Blair 25 Running $700
15. (21) #E1 Mike Balzano 25 Running $700
16. (23) #17 Keith Barbara 25 Running $700
17. (27) # 4 Alex Ferree 25 Running $700
18. (11) # 9 Dan Schlieper 25 Running $700
19. (17) #23 John Blankenship 24 $700
20. (23) #24M Jeremy Miller 23 Mechanical
$700
21. (19) #99 Donnie Moran 21 Mechanical
$700
22. (26) #1W Bob Wearing Jr. 16 Mechanical
$700
23. (9) #25 Shane Clanton 14 Accident $700
24. (13) #15J Nick Jones 14 Mechanical $700
25. (6) #5K Kirk Ryan Jr. 12 Mechanical
$700
26. (20) #79 Dave Satterlee 9 Mechanical
$700
27. (21) # 5 Mike Blose 8 Mechanical $700 |
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“Rookie of the Year”
Time Of Race: 20 Mins. 30 Secs.
Yellow Flags: Five – Laps 7, 9, 15, 18, 25
Red
Flags: One – Lap 15 (2 Mins. 10 Secs.)
Lap
Leaders: One – Moyer 1-25
"Rookie of the Race": Richards
Provisional Starters: Blair, Ferree, Wearing Jr.
Car
Count: 57
Time Trials Fast Qualifier: Lanigan 15.072 secs. (New Track Record)
Heat Race Winners: Lanigan, Moyer, McCreadie, Ryan Jr., Bloomquist,
Richards
"B"
Main Winners: Moyer, Satterlee, Blose
Dash Winner: Moyer |
