Lanigan & Bloomquist Share Fast-Time Honors At Third Annual World

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Lanigan & Bloomquist Share Fast-Time Honors As Third Annual World Finals Opens Thursday Night With 80-Car Dirt Late Model Turnout

 

CONCORD, NC - Nov. 5, 2009 - Former World of Outlaws Late Model Series champions Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., and Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., shined on Thursday night, sharing fast-time honors in the two rounds of time trials that kicked off the third annual World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway.

 

A massive field of 80 dirt Late Models jammed the pit area for the blockbuster doubleheader, which also attracted 57 machines for the companion World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series meet. It was a record two-division total for the fall event.

 

Lanigan, 39, earned the pole position for the first heat race on Friday night by registering the fastest lap in the first round of Ohlins Shocks Time Trials. His clocking of 16.185 seconds just nipped Bloomquist, who led a group of his Team Zero by Bloomquist chassis mates in taking four of the top-five spots in the opening round of qualifying.

 

The fast-time award was Lanigan's fifth of the 2009 WoO LMS season behind the wheel of his Rocket car.

 

Bloomquist, who turns 46 on Nov. 14, roared back in the second round of time trials, touring the four-tenths-mile oval in 15.912 seconds to register the fastest overall lap of the evening. The 2004 WoO LMS titlist's performance earned him the pole starting spot in Saturday night's first heat race as he seeks to win a World Finals A-Main for the third consecutive year.

 

Thursday's first round of time trials set the lineups for Friday night's heats, while the second round of qualifying was used to align Saturday night's heats.

 

Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., and Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va. – the main combatants in this weekend's battle for the $100,000 WoO LMS championship – were separated by less than a tenth of a second in both qualifying rounds. Francis timed seventh and 22nd, while Richards was 13th and 20th on the time-trial charts.

 

Francis enters the pair of 50-lap World Finals A-Mains holding a narrow four-point lead over Richards. Lanigan is 92 points behind Francis in third place and remains mathematically alive in the title hunt, but he will need Francis and Richards to experience bad luck in both races to repeat as champion.

 

Ironically, the top-three drivers in the WoO LMS points standings will start from the first three starting spots in Friday night's first heat race. Lanigan and Francis will share the front row with Richards starting third.

 

The World Finals continue on Friday and Saturday, with hot laps scheduled to begin at 5:45 p.m. and racing set to take the green flag at 6:30 p.m.

 

Saturday night's World Finals program will be televised live by the SPEED cable network from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET.

 

For more information, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com or www.lowesmotorspeedway.com.

 

Round 1 Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results For Fri., Nov. 6 Heat Races (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

 

1. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 16.185

2. 0-Scott Bloomquist/Mooresburg, TN 16.214

3. s9-Dan Schlieper/Sullivan, WI 16.309

4. 20-Jimmy Owens/Newport, TN 16.340

5. 44M-Chris Madden/Gaffney, SC 16.344

6. 17M-Dale McDowell/Chickamauga, GA 16.358

7. 19-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 16.359

8. 44H-Adam Hensel/Barron, WI 16.369

9. 3d-Austin Dillon/Welcome, NC 16.380

10. 18W-Eric Wells/Hazard, KY 16.398

11. 44p-Earl Pearson Jr./Jacksonville, FL 16.399

12. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 16.407

13. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 16.417

14. 22-Gregg Satterlee/Rochester Mills, PA 16.466

15. 55-Jeep VanWormer/Pinconning, MI 16.480

16. 18b-Shannon Babb/Moweaqua, IL 16.482

17. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 16.488

18. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 16.497

19. 24M-Jeremy Miller/Gettysburg, PA 16.504

20. 9k-Mike Knight/Ripley, NY 16.507

21. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 16.508

22. 17T-Tim Dohm/Cross Lanes, WV 16.541

23. 30-Steve Shaver/Vienna, WV 16.542

24. 2-Brady Smith/Solon Springs, WI 16.556

25. 19T-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 16.577

26. 4T-Tommy Kerr/Maryville, TN 16.582

27. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 16.594

28. 41-Brad Neat/Dunnville, KY 16.597

29. 11H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 16.604

30. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 16.618

31. 15B-Brian Birkhofer/Muscatine, IA 16.624

32. 56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH 16.633

33. 00K-Randy Korte/Highland, IL 16.634

34. 1W-Ricky Weeks/Rutherfordton, NC 16.636

35. 49R-Brian Ruhlman/Clarklake, MI 16.637

36. 22F-Chris Ferguson/Mount Holly, NC 16.644

37. 6-Randle Chupp/Troutman, NC 16.649

38. 12-Jordan Bland/Campbellsville, KY 16.679

39. 17-Mike Gault/Gaffney, SC 16.691

40. 5-Eric Jacobsen/Sea Cliff Beach, CA 16.697

41. 21L-Matt Lux/Franklin, PA 16.717

42. 32c-Vic Coffey/Caledonia, NY 16.728

43. 88-Ricky Elliott/Seaford, DE 16.766

44. 25F-Jason Feger/Bloomington, IL 16.772

45. 777-Jared Landers/Batesville, AR 16.782

46. 11J-Jerry Rice/Verona, KY 16.784

47. 12F-Devin Friese/St. Thomas, PA 16.786

48. 1V-Will Vaught/Crane, MO 16.796

49. 99-Donnie Moran/Dresden, OH 16.799

50. 09-Johnny Pursley/Clover, SC 16.804

51. 2J-Jeff Rine/Danville, PA 16.815

52. 00F-Bo Feathers/Winchester, VA 16.819

53. 53-Ray Cook/Brasstown, NC 16.820

54. 3-Brent Robinson/Smithfield, VA 16.828

55. 9s-Ken Schrader/Concord, NC 16.835

56. 21d-Dan Stone/Thompson, PA 16.838

57. 11-Tyler Reddick/Corning, CA 16.843

58. 00b-Booper Bare/Rock Bridge Baths, VA 16.871

59. 2F-Dennis Franklin/Gaffney, SC 16.889

60. 87-Walker Arthur/Forest, VA 16.909

61. 20R-Chad Ruhlman/Bemus Point, NY 16.916

62. 75-Cruz Pedregon/Brownsburg, IN 16.926

63. 32-Larry Blankenship/Mooresville, NC 16.965

64. 4-Jeremy Faircloth/Swainsboro, GA 17.037

65. 27-Jim Yoder/Selinsgrove, PA 17.041

66. 75H-Petey Ivey/Shelby, NC 17.072

67. 99B-Rick ‘Boom' Briggs/Bear Lake, PA 17.137

68. 27-Ben Faircloth/Swainsboro, GA 17.159

69. 31-Bob Gordon/Keyser, WV 17.254

70. d8-Dustin Mitchell/Princeton, NC 17.262

71. 1G-Doug Horton/Bruceton Mills, WV 17.272

72. 1M-Trey Martin/Charleston, WV 17.320

73. 44L-Justin Labonte/Trinity, NC 17.369

74. 00H-Chuck Harper/Beverly, WV 17.402

75. 11W-D.J. Wells/Wooton, KY 17.588

76. 18L-Spencer Liggon/Lexington, NC 17.707

77. 4ds-Chad Hollenbeck/Kingsley, PA 17.887

78. 215-Al Shawver Jr./Hampstead, MD 18.038

79. 17J-John Winge/Ringgold, GA 18.068

80. 18H-Dustin Hapka/Grand Forks, ND N/T

NOTE: 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA – N/T (WoO LMS regular – injured, unable to compete; receives 75 hardship points for Friday event)

 

Round 2 Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results For Sat., Nov. 7 Heat Races (Position/No./Driver//Best Lap):

 

1. Scott Bloomquist 15.912

2. Rick Eckert 16.185

3. Gregg Satterlee 16.231

4. Chris Ferguson 16.317

5. Darrell Lanigan 16.335

6. Shane Clanton 16.363

7. Tim McCreadie 16.365

8. Jimmy Owens 16.368

9. Clint Smith 16.385

10. Earl Pearson Jr. 16.398

11. Dan Schlieper 16.423

12. Shannon Babb 16.470

13. Chris Madden 16.478

14. Eric Wells 16.479

15. Jeremy Faircloth 16.483

16. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr. 16.493

17. Dale McDowell 16.498

18. Tommy Kerr 16.500

19. Eric Jacobsen 16.501

20. Josh Richards 16.502

21. Brady Smith 16.519

22. Steve Francis 16.525

23. Tim Fuller 16.537

24. Steve Shaver 16.562

25. Tyler Reddick 16.577

26. Jordan Bland 16.578

27. John Blankenship 16.610

28. Rick ‘Boom' Briggs 16.638

29. Johnny Pursley 16.647

30. Mike Knight 16.660

31. Dennis Franklin 16.676

32. Vic Coffey 16.678

33. Jeep VanWormer 16.700

34. Matt Lux 16.715

35. Russell King 16.718

36. Brad Neat 16.725

37. Austin Dillon 16.727

38. Jeremy Miller 16.754

39. Dan Stone 16.760

40. Petey Ivey 16.783

41. Brian Birkhofer 16.803

42. Jason Feger 16.815

43. Randle Chupp 16.816

44. Mike Gault 16.818

45. Austin Hubbard 16.833

46. Ricky Weeks 16.841

47. Randy Korte 16.860

48. Will Vaught 16.869

49. Tim Dohm 16.889

50. Ken Schrader 16.895

51. D.J. Wells 16.895

52. Booper Bare 16.903

53. Ray Cook 16.917

54. Jared Landers 16.917

55. Jerry Rice 16.921

56. Larry Blankenship 16.941

57. Donnie Moran 16.957

58. Brent Robinson 16.960

59. Devin Friese 16.989

60. Chad Ruhlman 17.036

61. Justin Labonte 17.048

62. Ben Faircloth 17.055

63. Ricky Elliott 17.062

64. Brian Ruhlman 17.080

65. Jeff Rine 17.086

66. Adam Hensel 17.090

67. Bo Feathers 17.168

68. Doug Horton 17.266

69. Chuck Harper 17.272

70. Jim Yoder 17.308

71. Bob Gordon 17.312

72. Walker Arthur 17.349

73. Al Shawver Jr. 17.422

74. Spencer Liggon 17.571

75. Dustin Mitchell 17.657

76. Cruz Pedregon 17.792

77. Trey Martin 17.876

78. Chad Hollenbeck 17.991

79. John Winge 18.284

80. 18H-Dustin Hapka N/T

NOTE: 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA – N/T (WoO LMS regular – injured, unable to compete; receives 75 hardship points for Saturday event)

 

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