Shane Clanton scored a dominating win on Friday night
The World of Outlaws CASE Construction Late Model Series made its way to one of dirt racing’s most historic locales when it hit the track at the Williams Grove Speedway. Shane Clanton came away with the victory in the first of a three-race weekend on Friday night after a dominating performance.
The Capital Race Cars driver from Zebulon, Georgia claimed the first prize of $10,000 from the half-mile track located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania in a race shown live by DirtVision.com.
A total of 30 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results: 1. Dennis Erb Jr.(19.636), 2. Shane Clanton, 3. Tanner English, 4. G.R. Smith, 5. Rick Eckert, 6. Ryan Gustin, 7. Kyle Lee, 8. Gordy Gundaker, 9. Coleby Frye, 10. Kyle Hardy
Heat 1 Results: 1. Dennis Erb Jr., 2. Max Blair, 3. Dale Hollidge, 4. Mason Zeigler, 5. Dan Stone, Chad Julius
Heat 2 Results: 1. Shane Clanton, 2. Rick Eckert, 3. Matt Cosner, 4. Jason Covert, 5. Eddie Carrier Jr., 6. Gordy Gundaker
Heat 3 Results: 1. Ryan Gustin, 2. Tanner English, 3. Josh Richards, 4. Justin Weaver, 5. Coleby Frye, 6. Brent Larson
B-main Finish: 1. Kyle Hardy, 2. Gene Knaub, 3. Steve Casebolt, 4. Shaun Jones
WoO Redraw Results: 1. Ryan Gustin, 2. Shane Clanton, 3. Tanner English, 4. Max Blair, 5. Rick Eckert, 6. Dennis Erb Jr.
Feature Re-cap: At the start of the 40-lap main event it was Clanton who bolted to the lead ahead of Blair, Gustin, English and Erb. On the second circuit, points leader Erb began to fade as he was passed by Eckert and Hollidge for fifth and sixth.
By lap 7, Clanton had pulled away by more than three seconds as the top-5 logged laps around the big half-mile. Eckert moved in to challenge English for fourth on lap 10 with English holding the spot while Clanton began negotiating slower traffic.
A lap 15 yellow flag for Briggs slowed the pace with Clanton leading Blair, Gustin, English and Eckert. Clanton held the lead on the restart while further back, Eckert grabbed fourth away from English.
At the halfway point, Clanton had again pulled away from his pursuers with the front runners stringing out around the track. But as the laps clicked away, Blair and Gustin began to close on Clanton as the top-3 ran in tight formation.
A lap 30 caution for the slowing car of Zeigler again bunched the field. English moved around Eckert for fourth when the green flag was displayed to the field as Clanton pulled away from the pack.
As the laps dwindled, Clanton left Blair and Gustin behind then drove on to the victory.
Feature Results: 1. Shane Clanton, 2. Max Blair, 3. Ryan Gustin, 4. Tanner English, 5. Rick Eckert, 6. Eddie Carrier Jr., 7. Dennis Erb Jr., 8. Josh Richards, 9. Dale Hollidge, 10. Jason Covert, 11. Kyle Hardy, 12. Matt Cosner, 13. Steve Casebolt, 14. Brent Larson, 15. Gene Knaub, 16. Gordy Gundaker, 17. Tyler Horst, 18. Coleby Frye, 19. Mason Zeigler, 20. Shaun Jones, 21. Boom Briggs, 22. Justin Weaver, 23. Chad Julius, 24. Dan Stone
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