Chub Frank Leads DirtOnDirt.com Hard Charger Standings

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Chub Frank Leads DirtOnDirt.com Hard Charger Standings With Three Events Left On 2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Schedule

 

CONCORD, NC - Sept. 29, 2010 - Chub Frank’s 2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series campaign hasn’t lived up to his expectations, but he is in the driver’s seat for an award that could bring some consolation to his frustrating season.

 

Frank, 48, of Bear Lake, Pa., leads the DirtOnDirt.com Hard Charger standings, a first-year program designed to reward the driver who advances the most cumulative positions in A-Mains over the course of the national tour’s 2010 schedule. He is bidding for the $500 prize that will be presented to the winner of the award at season’s end by DirtOnDirt.com’s Michael Rigsby, the CEO and head of Media/Communications for the Web site that has become a popular destination on the net for fans and industry types seeking unique, in-depth coverage of dirt Late Model racing.

 

With just three events at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, N.C., remaining on the 44-race WoO LMS schedule – the World of Outlaws Late Model Showdown on Oct. 13 and the World Finals on Nov. 4-6 – Frank holds an advantage of four gained positions (159-155) over Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., in the Hard Charger standings. Fuller saw his long run at the top of the Hard Charger battle end in the last WoO LMS event on Sept. 18 at I-55 Raceway in Pevely, Mo., where Frank’s move from the 19th starting spot to a ninth-place finish vaulted him ahead.

 

Frank, who is ninth in the WoO LMS points standings and needs a victory in one of the three remaining 50-lap A-Mains at The Dirt Track at Charlotte to avoid his first winless season on the tour since becoming a regular in 2004, scored his biggest position pickup on Aug. 7 in the 100-lap USA Nationals at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis. After using a provisional to start 25th he finished third, advancing 22 spots to put himself in serious contention for the DirtOnDirt.com Hard Charger Award.

 

“Unfortunately, we’ve had a lot of opportunities to gain spots this year (in A-Mains) because there’s been too many nights where we haven’t qualified as well as I would’ve liked,” said Frank, whose qualifying struggles have forced him to run a B-Main in nearly a quarter of this season’s events (he’s won six). “I would much rather have been starting up front than coming from the back so much, but I appreciate DirtOnDirt giving us a chance to win some money for picking up spots in the features.”

 

Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga. (148 positions gained) and 2010 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del. (140 positions) are third and fourth, respectively, in the Hard Charger standings and would seem to be the most likely challengers to Frank and Fuller for the $500 check. Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., who made the season’s biggest single-race advance when he picked up 25 spots (28th-to-third) in the Feb. 13 event at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., is fifth in the standings with 121 positions gained.

 

Rounding out the Hard Charger top 10 is WoO LMS points leader Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky. (115 positions gained), Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga. (112), Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio (105), defending tour champion Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va. (97) and Rick Eckert of York, Pa. (92).

 

DirtonDirt.com is a Web site that provides news coverage, results and features on all types of dirt Late Model racing. Subscribers to the site have access to exclusive video highlights, interviews and stories produced by DoD’s experienced reporting team.

 

Ticket information on The Dirt Track at Charlotte’s World of Outlaws Late Model Showdown (Wed., Oct. 13) and World Finals – the season-ending blockbuster weekend on Nov. 4-6 that also includes the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series and, for the first time, the Super DIRTcar big-block Modified Series – can be obtained by logging on to www.charlottemotorspeedway.com or calling 1-800-455-FANS.

 

Fans are reminded that have only have until this Thursday (Sept. 30) to take advantage of an attractive advance-ticket offer for the World Finals that provides a free pit pass with the purchase of every $69 weekend ticket.

 

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

 

DirtOnDirt.com Hard Charger Award Standings (positions improved in 2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Mains)

 

1. Chub Frank 159

2. Tim Fuller 155

3. Clint Smith 148

4. Austin Hubbard 140

5. Tim McCreadie 121

6. Darrell Lanigan 115

7. Shane Clanton 112

8. Russell King 105

9. Josh Richards 97

10. Rick Eckert 92

11. Brent Robinson 84

12. Steve Francis 76

13. Jill George 65

14. Billy Moyer 50

15. Vic Coffey 48