2010 Official Media Release #13 (For Immediate Distribution: May 9, 2010)
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It’s a “Nightmare” in World of Outlaws My Old KY Home Shootout at Bluegrass Speedway

Bardstown, KY-May 8, 2010- With the newest version of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” showing at movie theaters nationwide, it was a “Nightmare at Bluegrass Speedway” on Saturday evening as “The Newport Nightmare” Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN would prevail in the 8th Annual My Old Kentucky Home Shootout as the World of Outlaws Late Model Series made its first ever visit to Bluegrass Speedway. Other feature event winners included Barry Chesser of Bloomfield, KY in WBRT 1320-AM UMP Sportsman and Shane Lafollette of Hodgenville, KY in UMP Street Stocks.

The start of the World of Outlaws Late Model A-Main would see Steve Francis jump to the race lead, with Don O’Neal, Jimmy Owens, Tim McCreadie, and Josh Richards in pursuit. The first of four cautions waved with one lap scored as Jordan Bland rolled to a stop at the topside of turn four. The restart would see Jimmy Owens duck beneath Francis and O’Neal in turn one and take the top spot off of turn two. The second caution would wave on lap 3 as Brady Smith would make contact with the wall in turn two and roll to a stop, but would be able to continue. The restart would see Owens hold the lead, while 11th place starter Darrell Lanigan would get a good restart and make his way into the top five. Lanigan would work his way to third by lap 10 and begin to pressure O’Neal for the runner-up slot, while Francis worked in fourth spot, with McCreadie fifth. Lap 15 would see O’Neal and Lanigan side by side for second, as race leader Owens began working traffic, with 13th starting Tim Fuller charging his way into the top five. O’Neal and Lanigan would trade the second spot and would make it a three-way battle for the lead with Owens in traffic on lap 22, with Lanigan now in second. Rick Eckert would draw the next caution on lap 26 when his mount rolled to a stop in turn four with a flat right rear tire. Back underway, it would be three-wide for the lead into turn one between Owens, Lanigan, and O’Neal, with Owens hanging on to the race lead. Lanigan would pressure Owens off of turn two one trip later, with the pair making contact and Owens maintaining the lead, but O’Neal would scoot past Lanigan for second. The final caution of the event waved on lap 34 as Dustin Neat would spin in turn four and pull pitside. The restart would see Owens maintain the lead, while Francis would begin to mount a charge as he and Lanigan would now battle for second, with O’Neal fourth, while 12th starting Shannon Babb had made his way to fifth. By lap 40, Owens would begin to pull away, while Lanigan and Francis would battle for second, trading slidejobs on lap 42 and 43, with Francis winning the battle. However, Owens would go unchallenged the remainder of the way and put the Mike Reece owned Reece Monument/Gannette Appraisals/VP Racing Fuel/Ohlins Shocks sponsored #20 Bloomquist Race Cars, Cornett Race Engines powered mount in victory lane. Francis would claim second, with Lanigan third, while O’Neal and Babb would complete the top five. The remainder of the top ten would be Fuller, McCreadie, Shane Clanton, 17th starting Eric Wells, and Dan Schlieper. In preliminary action, four drivers would break the five year old track record, with Don O’Neal finally setting the new mark at 14.563 seconds among 40 entries. Heat race wins fell to O’Neal, Justin Rattliff, Josh Richards, and Owens. The B-Mains were scored by Eric Wells and Brad Neat. Series provisionals were Chub Frank and Clint Smith, while track provisionals were Dustin Neat and Lee Devasier.

The 15 lap WBRT 1320-AM UMP Sportsman feature event would see things come down to a battle between Barry Chesser and Avral Thompson, with Chesser coming out on top of the battle in his Buzick Construction/44 Auto Mart/Lewis Auto Salvage sponsored #75 Buick Regal machine. The remainder of the finishing order would be Thompson, Wayne Hager, and Tim Cummings, as only four of the seven starters would finish. Billy Meredith would be the top qualifier and also win the heat.

Shane Lafollette would stave off the challenges of Timmy Glazer to take the win in the 12 lap UMP Street Stock main event behind the wheel of the David Copley owned Geneva’s Florist and Gifts/Advance Auto Parts/Larue Insurance/K&K Flower Shop/Select Designs/Henry Miller-#1 U.K. Fan sponsored #63 machine. Glazer would take second, with Joe Walker finishing third.

SUMMARY-Bluegrass Speedway-Bardstown, KY-May 8, 2010

World of Outlaws Late Models (40 entries)
Top Qualifier- Don O’Neal 14.563 (New Track Record)
1st Heat (top 4 transfer)- Don O’Neal, Shane Clanton, Russ King, Tim Fuller, Eric Wells, Dustin Neat, Tyler Red****, Matt Lux, Rick Combs, Jill George
2nd Heat (top 4 transfer)- Justin Rattliff, Brady Smith, Austin Hubbard, Jordan Bland, Jason Feger, Rick Eckert, Mike Marlar, Brent Robinson, Jarryd Holshouser, Chris Wall
3rd Heat (top 4 transfer)- Josh Richards, Steve Francis, Darrell Lanigan, Aaron Hatton, Brad Neat, David Webb, Clint Smith, Dillon White, Tim Tungate, (DNS- Scott James)
4th Heat (top 4 transfer)- Jimmy Owens, Tim McCreadie, Shannon Babb, Dan Schlieper, Tanner English, Vic Coffey, Chub Frank, Lee Devasier, Dustin Linville
1st B-Main (top 3 transfer)- Eric Wells, Rick Eckert, Matt Lux, Chris Wall, Mike Marlar, Tyler Red****, Rick Combs, Jason Feger, Jarryd Holshouser, Jill George, Brent Robinson, Dustin Neat
2nd B-Main (top 3 transfer)- Brad Neat, Tanner English, Dillon White, Clint Smith, Chub Frank, David Webb, Lee Devasier, Tim Tungate, Dustin Linville (DNS- Scott James)
Series Provisionals- Chub Frank, Clint Smith
Track Provisionals- Dustin Neat, Lee Devasier
8th Annual My Old Kentucky Home Shootout A-Main- Jimmy Owens, Steve Francis, Darrell Lanigan, Don O’Neal, Shannon Babb, Tim Fuller, Tim McCreadie, Shane Clanton, Eric Wells, Dan Schlieper, Chub Frank, Josh Richards, Russ King, Austin Hubbard, Rick Eckert, Brad Neat, Tanner English, Clint Smith, Justin Rattliff, Dillon White, Brady Smith, Dustin Neat, Matt Lux, Aaron Hatton, Lee Devasier, Jordan Bland

WBRT 1320-AM UMP Sportsman (7 entries)
Top Qualifier- Billy Meredith
Heat- Billy Meredith, Barry Chesser, Avral Thompson, Elton Martin
Feature- Barry Chesser, Avral Thompson, Wayne Hager, Tim Cummings, Billy Meredith, Elton Martin, Derek Bottoms

UMP Street Stocks (4 entries)
Heat- Shane Lafollette, Joe Walker, Timmy Glazer
Feature- Shane Lafollette, Timmy Glazer, Joe Walker (DNS- Brad Leake)