World of Outlaws Late Model Series
Potomac Speedway
August 15, 2014
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Hubbard Returns To National Spotlight with World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory at Potomac Speedway
Former WoO LMS Regular Leads All the Way to Earn Third Career Series Victory

BUDDS CREEK, Md. (August 15) - Austin Hubbard may no longer travel nationally, but he's still capable of competing with the best dirt Late Model drivers in the country. The 22-year-old Seaford, Del., driver proved as much Friday night at Potomac Speedway with a dominating performance in the 3/8-mile oval's World of Outlaws Late Model Series event.

Hubbard, the former WoO LMS Rookie of the Year who followed the national tour full time in 2010 and 2011, claimed a victory worth $10,050 at the high-banked 3/8-mile oval, leading every lap from the pole starting spot to score his first series victory since winning twice on the series in 2010.

"This is a huge deal for us," said Hubbard, who has continued to compete part time on the WoO LMS after scaling back his racing program in recent seasons. "I've always believed we could win these big races. We've got good cars and good people supporting us. I definitely know we can run with these guys and we proved it."

Hubbard's victory came in front of a standing-room-only crowd as Potomac Speedway welcomed the WoO LMS back for the first time since 2004 in hosting the second leg of the tour's tripleheader weekend in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Hubbard's MasterSbilt by Huey Race Car was fast all night. He set fast time in his group during Ohlins Shocks Time Trials and dominated his heat race before earning the pole through a redraw among the race's top eight starters. He cruised during the opening stages of the main event before turning back challenges from Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., through the middle portions.

Lanigan pressured Hubbard on a number of restarts, but Hubbard pulled away from Lanigan and third-place finish Gregg Satterlee of Indiana, Pa., during the race's closing laps to take the checkereds with an advantage of 1.120 seconds.

The performance continued a stellar weekend for Hubbard, who finished third in Thursday night's WoO LMS A-Main at his home track of Delaware International Speedway in Delmar, Del.

"I'm telling you, this car is on point. It's been that way all weekend," said Hubbard, who claimed his third overall victory of the season. "I don't have to do anything to it and it just goes right around there."

Lanigan, the two-time WoO LMS champion and current points leader, settled for his second runner-up finish in as many nights in his Club 29 Race Car. Satterlee, who topped Lanigan to claim Thursday's WoO LMS event at Delaware International Speedway, finished third in a Rocket Chassis. Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., and Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., both also driving Rocket cars, were fourth and fifth respectively.

The victory was a special to Hubbard not only because of the competition it came against but also because of the track at which it came. With his previous WoO LMS victories coming at Georgia's Screven Motor Speedway and North Dakota's River Cities Speedway, Hubbard was ecstatic to win a major event in front of many of his fans at the track where he claimed his first-ever Late Model victory.

"This means a lot," said Hubbard, whose race shop is roughly two and half hours from Potomac. "The first Late Model race I ever won was at this track and it's pretty cool to win a national tour race at this place too. I love this crowd and this track. It's always a lot of fun to come out here."

Lanigan entered the event hoping for a special moment of his own. The veteran racer scored the first of his series-leading 64 career WoO LMS victories at Potomac when the tour made its only previous visit to the track in 2004, but he was denied a return to the track's victory lane.

"I remember that race here," said Lanigan, who recorded his 20th top-five finish in 28 WoO LMS A-Mains this season. "It'd been nice to win here again. I really wanted to it, but second is a good points night. We'll take it and go on to the next one."

The race was slowed by seven cautions and saw a number of top runners fall by the wayside. Heat race winners Stevie Long of Mechanicsville, Md., and Keith Jackson of Edenton, Md., each gave up top-five spots, Long for an overheating engine on lap 14 and Jackson with a lap-44 spin. B-Main winner Dale Hollidge of Mechanicsville, Md., retired from a top-10 spot to draw a lap-21 caution, and Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., slowed from 10th to draw a lap-35 yellow.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series wraps up a three-race weekend Saturday evening with a visit to Winchester (Va.) Speedway. General admission gates open at 4 p.m. at the 3/8-mile oval with hot laps set for 6:45.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

A-Main    
1 1 11h Austin Hubbard Seaford, DE
2 7 29 Darrell Lanigan Union, KY
3 3 22 Gregg Satterlee Indiana, PA
4 6 39 Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY
5 9 1* Chub Frank Bear Lake, PA
6 4 25 Shane Clanton Zebulon, GA
7 8 99jr Frank Heckenast Jr. Orland Park, IL
8 22 38 Kenny Pettyjohn Millsboro, DE
9 15 1 Rick Eckert York, PA
10 20 18 Eric Wells Hazard, KY
11 24 18c Chase Junghans Manhattan, KS
12 14 7 Ross Robinson Georgetown, DE
13 23 44 Clint Smith Senoia, GA
14 2 11j Keith Jackson Odenton, MD
15 11 72 Jason Covert York Haven, PA
16 21 14M Morgan Bagley Tyler, TX
17 12 24 Kenny Moreland Waldorf, MD
18 13 32c Vic Coffey Caledonia, NY
19 17 19 Tim Fuller Watertown, NY
20 16 6 Jamie Lathroum Mechanicsville, MD
21 18 0 Dale Hollidge Mechanicsville, MD
22 5 44L Stevie Long Mechanicsville, MD
23 19 91 JT Spence Winchester, VA
24 10 21d Dan Stone Thompson, PA

B-Main #1  
1 19 Tim Fuller Watertown, NY
2 91 JT Spence Winchester, VA
3 14M Morgan Bagley Tyler, TX
4 99B Rick Briggs Bear Lake, PA
5 18c Chase Junghans Manhattan, KS
6 19g Rance Garlock Three Springs, PA
7 44w Amanda Whaley Millsboro, DE
8 90 Larry Ramsey Lexington, VA
9 41 Ryan Hackett LaPlata, MD
10 151 Kyle Lear Severna Park, MD

B-Main #2  
1 0 Dale Hollidge Mechanicsville, MD
2 18 Eric Wells Hazard, KY
3 38 Kenny Pettyjohn Millsboro, DE
4 93 Pancho Lawler Hanover, MD
5 92 Nick Davis Millsboro, DE
6 44 Clint Smith Senoia, GA
7 44g Deane Guy Clements, MD
8 88 Ricky Elliott Seaford, DE

Heat #1
1 29 Darrell Lanigan Union, KY
2 22 Gregg Satterlee Indiana, PA
3 1* Chub Frank Bear Lake, PA
4 32c Vic Coffey Caledonia, NY
5 19 Tim Fuller Watertown, NY
6 44w Amanda Whaley Millsboro, DE
7 18c Chase Junghans Manhattan, KS
8 151 Kyle Lear Severna Park, MD
9 19g Rance Garlock Three Springs, PA

Heat #2
2 39 Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY
1 11j Keith Jackson Odenton, MD
9 91 JT Spence Winchester, VA
6 99B Rick Briggs Bear Lake, PA
3 21d Dan Stone Thompson, PA
5 14M Morgan Bagley Tyler, TX
8 90 Larry Ramsey Lexington, VA
7 41 Ryan Hackett LaPlata, MD
4 7 Ross Robinson Georgetown, DE

Heat #3
1 11h Austin Hubbard Seaford, DE
2 25 Shane Clanton Zebulon, GA
3 72 Jason Covert York Haven, PA
4 1 Rick Eckert York, PA
5 18 Eric Wells Hazard, KY
6 38 Kenny Pettyjohn Millsboro, DE
7 44 Clint Smith Senoia, GA
8 44g Deane Guy Clements, MD

Heat #4
1 44L Stevie Long Mechanicsville, MD
2 99jr Frank Heckenast Jr. Orland Park, IL
3 24 Kenny Moreland Waldorf, MD
4 6 Jamie Lathroum Mechanicsville, MD
5 0 Dale Hollidge Mechanicsville, MD
6 92 Nick Davis Millsboro, DE
7 93 Pancho Lawler Hanover, MD
8 88 Ricky Elliott Seaford, DE
dns 66x Tom Wagner Winchester, VA

Group A Qualifying
1 29 Darrell Lanigan Union, KY 14.686
2 39 Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY 14.773
3 19 Tim Fuller Watertown, NY 14.919
4 11j Keith Jackson Odenton, MD 14.920
5 22 Gregg Satterlee Indiana, PA 14.967
6 91 JT Spence Winchester, VA 15.018
7 32c Vic Coffey Caledonia, NY 15.138
8 99B Rick Briggs Bear Lake, PA 15.178
9 1* Chub Frank Bear Lake, PA 15.190
10 21d Dan Stone Thompson, PA 15.236
11 18c Chase Junghans Manhattan, KS 15.268
12 14M Morgan Bagley Tyler, TX 15.430
13 44w Amanda Whaley Millsboro, DE 15.477
14 90 Larry Ramsey Lexington, VA 15.532
15 19g Rance Garlock Three Springs, PA 15.584
16 41 Ryan Hackett LaPlata, MD 15.674
17 151 Kyle Lear Severna Park, MD 15.72
18 7 Ross Robinson Georgetown, DE 15.981

Group A Qualifying
1 11h Austin Hubbard Seaford, DE 14.905
2 44L Stevie Long Mechanicsville, MD 14.979
3 38 Kenny Pettyjohn Millsboro, DE 15.003
4 24 Kenny Moreland Waldorf, MD 15.103
5 25 Shane Clanton Zebulon, GA 15.188
6 99jr Frank Heckenast Jr. Orland Park, IL 15.198
7 1 Rick Eckert York, PA 15.205
8 6 Jamie Lathroum Mechanicsville, MD 15.222
9 72 Jason Covert York Haven, PA 15.235
10 0 Dale Hollidge Mechanicsville, MD 15.287
11 18 Eric Wells Hazard, KY 15.329
12 88 Ricky Elliott Seaford, DE 15.361
13 44 Clint Smith Senoia, GA 15.369
14 93 Pancho Lawler Hanover, MD 15.520
15 44g Deane Guy Clements, MD 15.885
16 92 Nick Davis Millsboro, DE 15.984
17 66x Tom Wagner Winchester, VA 16.094