Shane Clanton drove to a $10,000 victory on Friday night in North Dakota
Shane Clanton has recently had the look of a racer who has regained his old form. And that look was magnified even further on Friday night when the former series champion drove to a World of Outlaws CASE Construction Late Model Series win at River Cities Speedway.
The Capital Race Cars driver from Zebulon, GA was awarded $10,000 for his victory at the quarter-mile Grand Forks, ND track in a race shown live by DirtVision.com.
A total of 38 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results:
Group A Results- 1. Dennis Erb Jr.(12.090), 2. Tanner English, 3. Mike Marlar, 4. Josh Richards, 5. Max Blair
Group B Results- 1. Shane Clanton(11.978), 2. Gordy Gundaker, 3. Tyler Bruening, 4. Brent Larson, 5. Jeff Massengill
Heat 1 Results: 1. Dennis Erb Jr., 2. Mike Marlar, 3. Max Blair, 4. Boom Briggs
Heat 2 Results: 1. Tanner English, 2. Joey Pederson, 3. Josh Richards, 4. Shane Edington
Heat 3 Results: 1. Shane Clanton, 2. Tyler Bruening, 3. Jeff Massengill, 4. Scott Greer
Heat 4 Results: 1. Gordy Gundaker, 2. Ricky Weiss, 3. Brent Larson, 4. Blair Nothdurft
Last Chance Showdown 1 Finish: 1. Brad Seng, 2. Billy Moyer Sr, 3. Mike Greseth
Last Chance Showdown 2 Finish: 1. Chad Mahder, 2. Jason Strand, 3. Jesse Teunis
WoO Redraw Results: 1. Clanton, 2. English, 3. Erb, 4. Gundaker, 5. Bruening, 6. Marlar, 7. Weiss, 8. Pederson
Feature Re-cap: At the start of the 40-lap feature Clanton took the lead with English, Erb, Bruening and Gundaker trailing. Erb looked to move forward on lap 2 as he challenged English for second in a battle that carry on for several laps before Erb would capture the position.
On lap 11 Clanton began to encounter slower traffic which then served to tighten the front runners. Bruening took third away from English on lap 15 thne Erb closed in and began to stalk Clanton for the race lead.
Josh Richards spun on lap 20 to bring out the first yellow flag of the night. On the ensuing restart, the top-3 of Clanton, Erb and Bruening quickly separated themselves from the pack with Bruening working on Erb for second. However, a spin by Greseth on lap 29 again re-set the field.
On the lap 29 restart, Marlar moved to fourth. At that point the battle raged between the front runners as Erb took on Clanton for the lead while Marlar pulled alongside Bruening for third. As the laps clicked away, Marlar eventually took third from Bruening and Erb was able to get into side-by-side formation with Clanton but never could complete the pass.
It was Clantons first World of Outlaws win of the season adding to the $40,000 XR Super Series triumph on the Belleville(KS) High Banks from back in June.
Feature Results: 1. Shane Clanton, 2. Dennis Erb Jr, 3. Mike Marlar, 4. Tyler Bruening, 5. Tanner English, 6. Ricky Weiss, 7. Gordy Gundaker, 8. Ryan Gustin, 9. Brent Larson, 10. Max Blair, 11. Joey Pederson, 12. Blair Nothdurft, 13. Brad Seng, 14. Jeff Massengill, 15. Mike Balcaen, 16. Boom Briggs, 17. Chad Mahder, 18. Scott Greer, 19. Mike Greseth, 20. Josh Richards, 21. Billy Moyer Sr., 22. Jason Strand, 23. Jesse Teunis, 24. Shane Edington
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