WoO Late Models Ready to Create Some Heat in Summer Sizzler Friday Night at Virginia Motor Speedway

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by Dave SeayJAMAICA, Va. — The stars of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series are headed to Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway for the second time in 2007. This Coming Friday July 20th the thundering super late models will hit the track for the 50-lap, $10,000 to win Summer Sizzler presented by Thurston Spring Service, Inc.

“We are very excited to have the World of Outlaws competitors back, they always put on a fantastic show for our fans and I expect nothing less coming Friday,” commented Track General Manager Clarke Sawyer.

With the WoO LMS being idle since July 3, the tour’s red-hot points race will resume at VMS. Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., holds a slim edge over Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa. (-10 points) and Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga. (-34), with Rick Eckert of York, Pa., Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., and Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., all within striking distance as the series enters its second half.

Other WoO LMS travelers with plans to invade VMS are Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., and Rookie of the Year contenders Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., and Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill.

Virginia Motor Speedway is a ½ mile dirt oval track and located on U.S. Route 17, eight miles north of Saluda, VA and 25 miles south of Tappahannock, VA in Jamaica, VA.   Visit the track’s web site at www.vamotorspeedway.com.

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