Eckert Bags World Of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory No. 3 Of The Season!

BOLIVAR, Mo. – May 23, 2006 - Rick Eckert of York, Pennsylvania became the first three-time winner of the 2006 World Of Outlaws Late Model Series Tuesday night after a dominating run in the $10,000 to win ‘Bank of Bolivar 50’ at Bolivar Speedway USA in Bolivar, Missouri. Driving the Raye Vest Excavating/J&J Steel No. 24 Raye Vest Rocket Chassis/Cornett Racing Engines/Ford Fusion, ‘Scrub’ blasted from his fifth starting slot in the main event to the lead on lap 6 and never looked back taking the win by 2.786 seconds.

Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pennsylvania worked his way into second after starting 15th aboard the Lester Buildings/Corry Rubber/All-Star Performance No. 1* Chub Frank Racing Rocket Chassis/Custom Racing Engines/Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Finishing third, after leading the first 5 circuits of the event was Steve Francis of Ashland, Kentucky driving the MOPAR Performance Parts/Valvoline/Freeport Recycling No. 15 Steve Francis Motorsports Rocket Chassis/Stanton Racing Engines/Dodge Charger.

Wendell Wallace of Batesville, Arkansas drove the J&J Steel/JFR Graphics No. 88 Wendell Wallace Racing GRT Race Cars/Gaerte Engines/Pontiac GTO to a fourth place finish after starting eleventh. Defending World Of Outlaws Late Model Series champion Billy Moyer of Batesville, Arkansas finished fifth aboard the J&J Steel/Banner Valley Hauling/McCarthy’s One Hour Heating and Air No. 21 Billy Moyer Racing C.J. Rayburn Race Cars/Pro Power/Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS.

Rounding out the top ten finishers were Clint Smith of Senoia, Georgia in sixth trailed by Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, IA in seventh. Eighth spot went to Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, GA followed by Jimmy Mars of Menominee, Wisconsin and Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Florida.

“It was a beautiful night here in Missouri”, stated the very happy winner. “The car was really good most of the night. We hurt an oil pump after time trials and with the help of Mark Richards and his crew we were able to get it changed just in time for the heat race. We finished second in the heat and the car was real maneuverable in the dash so we didn’t change much on it for the main event. We were a little bit softer on tires than some of the other guys so I figured we would try and get out front early and then try to fend them off at the end.

“Turns out I didn’t have to hold off anybody. The car was just so good. I could change lanes anytime I wanted too and the car was just as fast. This track was nothing but multi-laned. There had to have been four to five grooves out there. It was an excellent race track.”

Josh Richards and Steve Francis brought the 24 car starting field to the green flag with Francis winning the race off fo turn two to lead lap 1over Richards, Moyer, Eckert and Birkhofer. Eckert blasted past Moyer on lap 3 and then set his sights on Richards picking him off one lap later. Eckert quickly ran down Francis pulling ahead exiting turn four to lead lap 6. Once in front Eckert simply pulled away from his pursuers and was never threatened the rest of the way despite racing through lapped traffic from lap 10 to lap 31.

With the race staying green for the first 31 circuits the racing was nothing short of intense behind the Eckert. Francis continued to hold down the second spot as lap 15 was recorded with Tim McCreadie now third ahead of Mars and Moyer followed by Wallace, Birkhofer, Pearson Jr., Richards and Clanton.

By the halfway point McCreadie was now in second but trailed Eckert by nearly 3 seconds. Francis sat third with Mars still fourth. Wallace sat fifth over Moyer, Birkhofer, Pearson Jr., Frank and Richards. The yellow lights would flash at lap 31 when the driveshaft on Richards car broke sending the 2005 World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Rookie of the Year’ pitside for repairs. The youngster would return to the event many laps down.

The slow down never threatened Eckert as he simply powered away from McCreadie on the restart. At lap 35 McCreadie’s car started to belch blue smoke and at lap 41 the engine finally gave up the ghost dropping McCreadie out of the race as he rolled to a stop bringing out the races second and last caution.

The final laps were a donnybrook as Frank scratched and clawed his way into second with four laps to go while Wallace, Moyer and Smith hooked up in a three car battle. Wallace gained a car length on Moyer at the finish while Moyer just nipped Smith for the fifth spot at the finish.

The $45,000 purse event drew 26 cars to the high-banked 3/8ths mile clay speedplant. The very large crowd on hand saw Richards establish a new single-lap track record at 14.740 seconds. Taking heat race wins were Birkhofer, Moyer and Francis. Smith copped the ‘B’ Main event while Richards won the pole dash.

‘Rookie of the Year’ candidate Garrett Durrett of Simsboro, Louisiana had a night to forget. Durrett slammed the turn one wall during time trials but finished his time trial run despite heavy right side damage. Missing the transfer from the heat and the ‘B’ Main by one spot Durrett used a provisional starting spot to make the main event. After the field saluted the crowd in the four-wide parade formation Durrett’s car suddenly stopped. After a push from a safety truck failed to fire Durrett’s car the youngster headed pitside and failed to take the green flag. Inspection showed that the battery shorted out probably due to damage received in the time trial slap of the wall according to crew chief Randall Edwards.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series will travel to the upper Midwest for three $10,000 to win events in three nights. River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, North Dakota presents ‘The 7 Clans 50’ Tuesday, May 30 followed by the ‘North Central 50’ at North Central Speedway in Brainerd, Minnesota scheduled for Wednesday, May 31 before wrapping up Thursday, June 1 at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minnesota for the ‘27th Featherlite Trailers Gopher 50’.


World Of Outlaws Late Model Series Race Report For 5-23-06
Round No. 9-2006 Season-‘Bank of Bolivar 50’
Bolivar Speedway USA-Bolivar, MO- 3/8ths Mile Oval
$45,000 Purse-$10,000 To Win-50 Lap Feature Event

Showing Finish Pos.-Start Pos.-Car #-Driver-Residence-Laps Completed-Reason Out (if any)-Purse Money Won
1. (5) # 24-Rick Eckert-York, PA-50-Running-$10,000
2. (15) # 1*-Chub Frank-Bear Lake, PA-50-Running-$6,000
3. (2) # 15-Steve Francis-Ashland, KY-50-Running-$3,500
4. (11) # 88-Wendell Wallace-Batesville, AR-50-Running-$2,500
5. (3) # 21-Billy Moyer-Batesville, AR-50-Running-$2,200
6. (17) # 44-Clint Smith-Senoia, GA-50-Running-$2,000
7. (4) # 15B-Brian Birkhofer-Muscatine, IA-50-Running-$1,800
8. (14) # 25-Shane Clanton-Locust Grove, GA-50-Running-$1,600
9. (7) # 28M-Jimmy Mars-Menominee, WI-50-Running-$1,400
10. (6) # 1P-Earl Pearson Jr.-Jacksonville, FL-50-Running-$1,200
11. (22) # 75-Terry Phillips-Springfield, MO-50-Running-$1,000
12. (12) # 29-Darrell Lanigan-Union, KY-50-Running-$900
13. (18) # 28-Eddie Carrier Jr.®-Salt Rock, WV-50-Running-$800
14. (24) # 5-Eric Jacobsen®-Santa Cruz, CA-49-Running-$700
15. (16) # 2-Johnny Bone Jr.-Pea Ridge, AR-49-Running-$700
16. (20) # 23-John Blankenship-Williamson, WV-49-Running-$700
17. (8) # 39-Tim McCreadie-Watertown, NY-40-Engine-$700
18. (13) # 18-Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth-Northport, AL-37-Running-$700
19. (1) # 1-Josh Richards-Shinnston, WV-35-Running-$700
20. (23) #106-Jared Landers-Benson, AR-33-Mechanical-$700*
21. (10) # 1V-Will Vaught-Crane, MO-31-Mechanical-$700
22. (19) # 17M-Dale McDowell-Chickamauga, GA-21-Mechanical-$700
23. (9) # 7-Matt Miller-Waterville, OH-12-Mechanical-$700
24. (Did Not Start) # 58cent-Garrett Durrett®-Simsboro, LA-0-Mechanical-$110


® = “Rookie of the Year” Driver

* = Late To Line-Up/Started From The Rear



Time Of Race: 22 Mins. 40.481 Secs.

Margin Of Victory: 2.786 Secs.

Yellow Flags: Two – Laps 31, 41

Red Flags: None

Lap Leaders: Two – Francis 1-5, Eckert 6-50

‘Rookie of the Race’: Carrier Jr. ®

Provisional Starters: Durrett®, Jacobsen®

Car Count: 26

Time Trials Fast Qualifier: Richards 14.740 secs. (New Track Record)

Heat Race Winners: Birkhofer, Moyer, Francis

‘B’ Main Winner: Smith

Dash Winner: Richards



2006 World Of Outlaws Late Model Series Championship Point Standings (after 5-23-06)
Showing Pos.-Car #-Driver-Residence-Entered-Feature Starts-Wins-Top 5’s-Top 10’s-Purse Money Won-Points-Trail By

1. # 15-Steve Francis-Ashland, KY-9-9-2-5-7-$40,900-1,244-0

2. # 21-Billy Moyer-Batesville, AR-9-9-0-4-9-$21,500-1,236-8

3. # 39-Tim McCreadie-Watertown, NY-9-9-0-4-8-$26,100-1,232-12

4. # 25-Shane Clanton-Locust Grove, GA-9-9-0-4-7-$21,300-1,218-26

5. # 24-Rick Eckert-York, PA-9-9-3-5-7-$42,500-1,208-36

6. # 1*-Chub Frank-Bear Lake, PA-9-9-1-3-7-$26,900-1,206-38

tie6. # 29-Darrell Lanigan-Union, KY-9-9-0-3-7-$16,300-1,206-38

8. # 17M-Dale McDowell-Chickamauga, GA-9-9-0-2-5-$13,200-1,166-78

9. # 44-Clint Smith-Senoia, GA-9-8-2-2-4-$26,710-1,099-145

10. # 1-Josh Richards-Shinnston, WV-9-9-0-0-2-$8,200-1,076-168

11. # 58cent-Garrett Durrett®-Simsboro, LA-9-7-0-0-1-$6,220-944-300

12. # 28-Eddie Carrier Jr.®-Salt Rock, WV-8-7-0-0-0-$5,510-909-335

13. # 5-Eric Jacobsen®-Santa Cruz, CA-9-7-0-0-0-$5,120-908-336

14. # 23-John Blankenship-Williamson, WV-9-5-0-0-0-$3,940-868-376

15. # E1-Mike Balzano-Parkersburg, WV-7-6-0-0-1-$5,410-811-305

16. # 91-Ricky Elliott-Seaford, DE-6-5-0-2-3-$8,000-723-393

17. # 1-Earl Pearson Jr.-Jacksonville, FL-5-4-1-1-3-$13,900-595-649

18. # 99-Donnie Moran-Dresden, OH-5-4-0-1-1-$4,510-559-557

19. # 7-Matt Miller-Waterville, OH-5-4-0-1-1-$5,700-547-697

20. # 91-Billy Decker-Unadilla, NY-5-4-0-1-1-$4,510-539-577

21. # Won11-Rob Blair-Titusville, PA-5-4-0-0-0-$2,800-505-611

22. # 15B-Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, IA-4-3-0-1-2-$6,110-463-781

23. # 23-Patrick Sheltra-Indiantown, FL-4-3-0-0-0-$2,100-409-707

24. # 4B-Jackie Boggs-Grayson, KY-4-2-0-1-1-$3,010-394-722

25. # 75-Bart Hartman-Zanesville, OH-4-3-0-0-0-$1,810-382-734



2006 WORLD OF OUTLAWS LATE MODEL SERIES ‘ROOKIE OF THE YEAR’ POINT STANDINGS after 5-23-06
Showing Pos.-Car #-Driver-Residence-Entered-Feature Starts-Wins-Top 5’s-Top 10’s-Purse Money Won-Points-Trail By



1. # 58cent-Garrett Durrett®-Simsboro, LA-9-7-0-0-1-$6,220-944-0

2. # 28-Eddie Carrier Jr.®-Salt Rock, WV-8-7-0-0-0-$5,510-909-35

2. # 5-Eric Jacobsen®-Santa Cruz, CA-9-7-0-0-0-$5,120-908-36



SUMMARY - TIME TRIALS:

Showing Pos.-Car #-Driver-Residence-Sponsor-Chassis-Engine-Body Style-Fast Lap



1. # 1-Josh Richards-Shinnston, WV-Seubert Calf Ranches/ACE Metal Works-Rocket-Cornett-GTO-14.740 (New Track Record)

2. # 21-Billy Moyer-Batesville, AR-J&J Steel/Banner Valley Hauling-Rayburn-Pro Power-Monte Carlo SS- 14.800

3. # 1P-Earl Pearson Jr.-Jacksonville, FL-Luca Oil/Dunn Benson Ford-MasterSbilt-Wallace-Taurus-14.850

4. # 15B-Brian Birkhofer-Muscatine, IA-Daufeldt Transport/J&J Steel-MasterSbilt-Pro Power-Monte Carlo SS-14.870

5. # 24-Rick Eckert-York, PA-Raye Vest Excavating/J&J Steel-Rocket-Cornett-Fusion-14.870

6. # 15-Steve Francis-Ashland, KY-MOPAR Performance Parts/Valvoline-Rocket-Stanton-Charger-14.900

7. # 1V-Will Vaught-Crane, MO-Circle M Auto Sales/Branson Craft Mall-GRT-Kuntz-Mustang-14.920

8. # 39-Tim McCreadie-Watertown, NY-Sweeteners Plus/A and C Speedworld-Rocket-C.C. Performance-Grand Prix-15.020

9. # 29-Darrell Lanigan-Union, KY-Gotta Race/AccuTex-Rocket-Cornett-Taurus-15.070

10. # 28M-Jimmy Mars-Menominee, WI-Keyes Chevytown/Heeg Drilling-MasterSbilt-Pro Power-Monte Carlo SS-15.080

11. # 25-Shane Clanton-Locust Grove, GA-RSD Enterprises/SAE Parts-Rocket-Custom-Monte Carlo SS-15.120

12. # 7-Matt Miller-Waterville, OH-McCullough Industries/Lo-Temp Brazing-Rocket-Baker-Grand Prix-15.140

13. # 18-Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth-Northport, AL-Stuckey Enterprises-MasterSbilt-Wallace-Fusion

14. # 17M-Dale McDowell-Chickamauga, GA-J&J Steel/Hennessey Rental Tools-Rocket/Shaw-RaceTek-GTO-15.280

15. # 106-Jared Landers-Benson, AR-Mark Martin Ford-Rocket-RaceTek-Fusion-15.300

16. # 5-Eric Jacobsen®-Santa Cruz, CA-Well Pict Berries/Soil Fume, Inc.-Rocket-Pro Power-GTO-15.310

17. # 75-Terry Phillips-Springfield, MO-Presley’s Country Jubilee-GRT-Hatfield-Monte Carlo SS- 15.310

18. # 28-Eddie Carrier Jr.®-Salt Rock, WV-Engines, Inc/Railway Equip., Inc.-Rocket-Grover-Fusion-15.340

19. # 23-John Blankenship-Williamson, WV-Busch Beer/Walker CAT-Rocket-Pro Power-Monte Carlo SS-15.390

20. # 88-Wendell Wallace-Batesville, AR-J&J Steel/JFR Graphics-GRT-Gaerte-GTO-15.410

21. # 44-Clint Smith-Senoia, GA-JP Drilling/CSR Aluminum-GRT-RaceTek-GTO-15.440

22. # 2-Johnny Bone Jr.-Pea Ridge, AR-Shop Quik/Gatorade-MasterSbilt-Dickens-Grand Prix-15.460

23. # 1*-Chub Frank-Bear Lake, PA-Lester Buildings/Corry Rubber-Rocket-Custom-Monte Carlo SS-15.470

24. # 10-Justin Wells-Aurora, MO-Bald Knobbers Jamboree-GRT-Baker-Monte Carlo-15.530

25. # 58cent-Garrett Durrett®-Simsboro, LA-Garrett Racing/Davison Transport-MasterSbilt-Pro Power-Fusion-15.630

26. # 42-Brandon McCormick-Lebanon, MO-Darryl Capps Motorsports-GRT-Hatfield-Monte Carlo SS-15.910

® = “Rookie of the Year” Driver



Heat # 1 (10 Laps- Top 6 Advance To Feature): Birkhofer, Richards, Mars, Vaught, Hollingsworth, Bone Jr., Durrett, Blankenship, Jacobsen

Heat # 2 (10 Laps-Top 6 Advance To Feature): Moyer, Eckert, McCreadie, Wallace, Clanton, Frank, Phillips. McDowell, McCormick

Heat # 3 (10 Laps-Top 6 Advance To Feature): Francis, Pearson Jr., Miller, Lanigan, Landers, Carrier Jr., Smith, Wells

‘B’ Main (12 Laps-Top 4 Advance To Feature): Smith, Blankenship, McDowell, Phillips, Durrett, Jacobsen, Wells, McCormick

Dash (6 Laps-Finish Determines First Three Rows Of Feature): Richards, Francis, Moyer, Birkhofer, Eckert, Pearson Jr.