"Bacon Gains 9 Postitions Finishing 2nd"- Lake Ozark

Lake Ozark Speedway- Brady had a weekend off from the ASCS National series and decided to head up to Missouri for some Winged Outlaw Warrior action.  He started 7th in his heat race and finished 3rd.  This lined him up to start in the 11th position in the feature. Taking advantage of a huge break on lap twenty nine, Randy Martin went on to score a $3000 victory at Lake Ozark Speedway Saturday night in Winged Outlaw Warrior action. Kyle Hirst in the GP Development A.R.T. with Shark power jumped into the lead at the start followed by Martin. Hirst would set a blistering pace running the cushion as Martin and Jonathan Cornell kept chase. With just a handful of laps in the books, Jason Johnson, in the Pope Transportation Ott-powered Maxim, and Brady Bacon were serving notice that they would be a factor as the duo had moved up to fifth and sixth. The first caution would come out for a stalled Curtis Evans on the backstretch with four laps complete. At this point, it was Hirst, Martin, Cornell, Cody Baker, and Johnson making up the top five. The lead trio would remain the same as the green reappeared, but Johnson would move past Baker and into fourth. A lap later, Bacon would get past Baker and into the top five. As the top five remained the same, another driver moving forward was Jesse Hockett as he moved past Baker and into sixth on lap seven. The action was furious as Johnson moved past Cornell at the flagstand as nine laps were now in the books. A lap later, Bacon would move past Cornell as well. By lap twelve, the leaders got into heavy lapped traffic as Hirst had moved into a comfortable lead. Martin continued to run second as Johnson and Bacon inched closer and continued a great battle for third. By lap seventeen, with Hirst and Martin still leading the way, Johnson had made his way up to Martin. On lap nineteen, Johnson worked his way past Martin going down the backstretch with a slide job coming off of turn two. Martin got a run down the backstretch and returned the favor in between turns three and four with a nasty slider of his own. Johnson got on the brakes hard and had enough momentum to turn underneath Martin and get back by him going down the frontstretch. This allowed Bacon and Cornell to also move right in on Johnson and Martin. A couple of laps later, Bacon worked his way by Martin for third. On lap twenty two, Hirst was slowing in heavy lapped traffic and Johnson made a daring move as he sliced between lapped cars in turns three and four to narrow the advantage significantly. With all of the leaders mired in traffic and Johnson closing, Hirst would get a break on lap twenty three as Hockett, who was running sixth, ran into Evans in turn four. Evans spun to a stop and Hockett was able to do a 360 and continue saving his spot in the running order. With open track in front of him, Hirst again jumped into the lead with Johnson giving chase. Martin worked his way past Bacon and set his sights on Johnson for second. Hirst was running the top to perfection as the laps continued to click off. Johnson was starting to reel him in as twenty eight laps were in the books. On lap twenty nine, disaster would strike for Hirst as he would get too high and climb the cushion in turn two slapping the wall. As he tried to correct his car, he got sideways leaving Johnson with nowhere to go. The two leaders came to a stop just off of turn two ending great runs for both drivers. Martin and Bacon would now move to the front for the restart. Martin would run the top on the restart with Bacon running low. Martin was able to get the momentum needed to lead the final two laps as he would take the 40th WOW win of his career in the Diamond Pet Foods/Hoosier Tires J&J with Roush-Yates power. Bacon would run a strong second in the Tel Star Communications/Keizer Aluminum Wheels Wesmar-powered XXX. Hockett would come home third in the Fischer Body Shop A.R.T. with Don Ott power. Dustin Barks ran a solid fourth in the Ron’s Tire Center/DSL Computer Systems Maxim with a Gary Beck motor. Eric Todd rounded out the top five in the Team AmsOil Maxim powered by a Joe Todd engine. Mark Shirshekan was sixth in the Cooper Racing J&J followed by Cornell in the Kiowa Line Builders Maxim. Rounding out the top ten were Mike Trent, Baker, and Josh Fisher.

Hubbard Career-First World of Outlaws Late Model Series Win At Screven Motor Speedway

Sylvania, GA - By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director
Austin Hubbard loves Georgia - and Georgia loves him back.

Back in the state where he burst on the national scene with his first major victory two months ago, the 18-year-old sensation from Seaford, Del., thrilled his growing Peach State fan base again by winning his first career World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Main on Saturday night at Screven Motor Speedway.

Hubbard passed 2007 WoO LMS champion Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., for the lead on lap 30 and repelled a late challenge from defending tour titlist Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., to emerge triumphant in the 50-lap event. Then he reached Victory Lane and upped the ante on the wild, clothes-shedding post-race celebration he performed after his O'Reilly Southern All-Stars Series win on Jan. 30 at Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, Ga.

With the standing-room-only crowd cheering him on, Hubbard climbed out of his Beitler Motorsports Rocket car, removed his shoes, uniform and fireproof top, and ran down the homestretch wearing only his helmet and long underwear a la Ricky Bobby in Talladega Nights. He even added new wrinkles to his performance, rolling several times in the mud and high-fiving fans who stuck their hands through the catch fence.

"It's a dream come true," said Hubbard, who became the fourth driver in WoO LMS history to win an A-Main while chasing the Rookie of the Year title. "I'm just glad to be racing with these people. I'm just a country boy from Delaware, and this is all I've wanted to do since I was a little kid.

"It's so great that we finally made it. I won a World of Outlaws race and I couldn't be more excited."

Hubbard crossed the finish line 0.925 of a second ahead of the 21-year-old Richards, who was unable to take advantage of a final restart on lap 47 to steal the race from the rising young star following in his WoO LMS tire tracks. Richards, who started sixth in his father's Rocket Chassis house car, chased Hubbard for the final 19 laps en route to padding his points lead after four events.

"He did a heck of a job," Richards said of Hubbard. "I knew that he was gonna be competitive in that car this year - he has good equipment, he has Robby Allen as a crew chief and he's an awesome driver, so I'm not surprised he's doing what he's doing.

"I was glad to be there for his first win at Brunswick, and to run second to him in his first Outlaw win means a lot to me."

Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., advanced from the 11th starting spot to finish third in his Rocket mount, backing up his first win of 2010 earned the previous evening at Ocala (Fla.) Speedway. Fifth-starter Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., placed fourth in the Sweeteners Plus Rocket - matching Richards with his fourth top-five finish in as many events this season � and outside polesitter Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., finished fifth in the Gypsum Express Rocket after slipping as far back as eighth midway through the race.

Hubbard, who started third, slid into second place on lap 10 when he passed Ivedent Lloyd Jr. of Ocala, Fla. He ran down Francis, who started from the pole position, and was in the process of overtaking the 42-year-old veteran for the top spot when Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio, spun in front of the leaders to bring out a caution flag on lap 26.

Francis, who ironically preceded Hubbard as the driver of Dale Beitler's familiar No. 19, proved to be no match for the teenager after the restart. Hubbard sailed underneath Francis off turn two and assumed command for good as lap 30 was scored.

"The car was just great tonight," said Hubbard, hailing his car owner and chief mechanic Robby Allen. "Francis, he just couldn't quite keep it down off two. He left me about a car length down there so I could get under him.

"We could just get through one and two so well once I found that outside. When I did, I was like, 'All right, now we're in business.' I felt like I had one of the best cars I've ever had under me."

Hubbard earned $10,750 for his victory, which moved him to fifth in the WoO LMS points standings. He scored three top-five finishes last year and one just one day removed from his career-best run on the tour, a third-place finish at Ocala Speedway.

Francis faded to sixth in the final rundown after leading laps 1-29 in his Valvoline Rocket car. He said he was "scared to tighten the car up tonight because that thing was completely stupid last night" in a subpar outing at Ocala - and as a result, his machine became too loose for him to hold a firm line around the three-eighths-mile oval.

Rick Eckert of York, Pa., moved forward from the 17th starting spot to finish seventh. Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va., recorded a career-best WoO LMS finish of eighth after starting 20th, while 23rd-starter Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., placed ninth after nearly going a lap down midway through the event and Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis., was 10th after spinning out of fourth place on lap 31 to trigger the third of the race's fourth caution flags.

Thirty-three cars were entered in the evening's action.

Hubbard blistered the track in 14.605 seconds during Ohlins Shocks Time Trials to earn his third career fast-time award on the WoO LMS.

Heat winners were Hubbard, Brady Smith, Francis and McCreadie. The B-Mains were captured by Eckert and John Henderson of Aiken, S.C.

The WoO LMS will resume with a doubleheader weekend in Texas, visiting Battleground Speedway in Highlands on Fri., March 26, and Lone Star Speedway in Kilgore on Sat., March 27. Both events will feature 50-lap A-Mains that pay $10,000 to win.

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

Threewide Clothing Will Be At The 2010 Battle At The Barn Coke Syrup Races

The 2nd Annual Battle at The Barn is ready to roar back to life on Friday January 22nd and Saturday the 23rd. Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Des Moines, IA, The event this year will also feature of complete trade show in the basement in conjunction with the coke syrup racing. On Friday, the doors will open at 2:00 p.m. with the trade show running until 10:00 p.m. An open practice will be held for all from 6:00 p.m. Until 10:00 p.m. On Saturday,the doors will open at 9:00 a.m. with the trade show running from 10:00 a.m. Until 6:00 p.m. There will be a practice session from 11:00 a.m. Until 1:00 p.m., heat races will start at 2:00 p.m., and the features will start at 7:00 p.m.
This years event will be scored with transponders which will be distributed at the Friday practice and once again starting at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.

Make sure to stop by out Booth and get your Threewide Gear!