By SmokinNews, on June 24th, 2008%
Canandaigua, New York – Josh Richards traveled to the half mile Canandaigua Speedway and started out right where he finished on Saturday night. Josh won his heat race and started the A Feature on the pole. Outside of Richards’ #1 was the number 1* of Chubb Frank. The pole start was the 3rd consecutive pole for the 20 year old Kid Rocket.
Josh dominated the race, winning by nearly a straightaway to get his fourth win of the year and his second in a row. Following Josh to the checkered flag was Rick Eckert, then Tim McCready, points leader Darrel Lanigan was fourth and Chub Frank finished 5th.
Josh will forever be in the records books as the first World of Outlaws Late Model
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By SmokinNews, on June 24th, 2008%
SHINNSTON, WV – The maturation of Josh Richards continues.
With a come-from-behind victory in Sunday night’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Main at Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway, the 20-year-old star known as ‘Kid Rocket’ was triumphant for the first time on foreign soil and proved again that he’s much more than just a long-track specialist.
Josh mastered the high-banked, quarter-mile Cornwall oval, pulling off an impressive rally to score his third WoO LMS checkered flag of 2008. He fell back to third place early in a race that he started from the pole position, but he found his rhythm and ran down 2006 tour champion Tim McCreadie to grab the lead for good while racing through lapped traffic on the 40th circuit.
A resident of Shinnston, W.Va.,
Continue reading Victory in Canada Moves Josh into Second in WoO LMS Standings
