World of Outlaws

When you think dirt track racing….you think WoO!

I was about 3 years old when my father took me to see a dirt modified race. I was hooked on the sideways action of dirt/clay, forever. When I was still a youngster my parents took me to Terra Haute, Indiana to see the USAC Twin 30s. Jim Hurtibise was in this race. Both features came down to Greg Weld and Bobby Unser Sr., with Unser winning both times. Sprint cars not only did not carry wings at the time, but they also lacked roll cages. They were terrifying death traps, but the danger was strangely intoxicating.

My first races covered as a teenage racing photographer, were a form of dirt modified/super modifieds. In the late 1970s I was covering a sprint car race at Colorado National Speedway in Erie, CO. A new sanctioning body was involved. They called themselves The World of Outlaws. I wondered how you could call a structured series with a point schedule and championship, OUTLAWS. That seemed to be flawed by its very nature. It was great racing none the less and the WoOs were born. That race at the ½ mile high banked dirt track was run minus wings. A veteran sprint car racer named Rick Ferkel, and a youngster named Doug Wolfgang put on a great show but a teenager named Steve Kinser went on the steal the win. Many legends were born in the first two years of the WoOs. Many of those legends are still winning today.

I have photographed more dirt sprint cars and late models than I can remember. I have also photographed a wide variety of types of dirt and asphalt modifieds and super modifieds but I was never fortunate enough to cover the legendary DIRT (mud bus) Modifieds of the eastern U.S. I was fortunate to see these guys race at Volusia County Speedway in Florida and it was worth the price of admission. This has been a series of legends the likes of Gary (Hot Shoe) Balough, A.J. (Slideways) Johnson and (Barefoot) Bob McCreadie and is now a part of the WoOs and that is where it belongs.

Below you will find the current ( or nearly) top 20 in all three WoO divisions. The three photos you see were not made by me. They are recent images from each division and came from their respective websites.

Sprint Cars

Through Tri-State Speedway, April 21

Pos.	Driver	Total	Diff	Wins	T5	T10	QT
1	Sammy Swindell	1547	0	2	7	9	2
2	Donny Schatz	1511	-36	2	5	9	0
3	Joey Saldana	1494	-53	2	6	8	1
4	Kraig Kinser	1490	-57	0	3	9	2

5	Steve Kinser	1485	-62	0	5	8	0
6	Jason Sides	1478	-69	0	5	8	0
7	Craig Dollansky	1446	-101	2	4	6	1
8	Cody Darrah	1366	-181	0	2	4	0
9	Chad Kemenah	1338	-209	0	1	3	2
10	Lucas Wolfe	1336	-211	0	0	3	0
11	Kerry Madsen	1297	-250	0	2	3	0
12	Bill Rose	1185	-362	0	0	1	0
13	Terry McCarl	1106	-441	0	1	2	0
14	Jason Meyers	1054	-493	0	3	4	1
15	Jac Haudenschild	853	-694	0	0	1	0
16	Austen Wheatley	816	-731	0	0	1	0
17	David Gravel	770	-777	0	1	3	0
18	Sam Hafertepe Jr.	743	-804	0	0	3	0
19	Danny Smith	721	-826	0	1	2	0
20	Tim Kaeding	714	-833	2	3	4	0

Late Models

Points standings as of March 31, 2012 (7 A-Mains completed)

Pos.	Car	Driver	Residence	Entered	Races	A-Mns	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	F/T	Ht Wins	B Wins	Earnings	Points	Trail By
1	29	Darrell Lanigan	Union, KY	7	7	7	2	6	7	3	5	0	$54,400	1010	0
2	1	Josh Richards	Shinnston, WV	7	7	7	1	4	6	1	3	0	$33,250	974	36
3	24	Rick Eckert	York, PA	7	7	7	1	3	5	0	1	0	$30,750	956	54
4	25	Shane Clanton	Fayetteville, GA	7	7	7	0	4	5	1	4	0	$19,120	934	76
5	1*	Chub Frank	Bear Lake, PA	7	7	7	0	1	4	0	1	0	$13,880	892	118
6	32c	Vic Coffey	Caledonia, NY	7	7	7	0	0	2	0	1	0	$8,520	854	156
	44	Clint Smith	Senoia, GA	7	7	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	$9,970	854	156
	39	Tim McCreadie	Watertown, NY	7	7	7	0	0	3	0	0	2	$12,240	854	156
9	57J	Bub McCool	Vicksburg, MS	7	7	7	0	1	2	0	1	2	$10,660	846	164
10	11d	Pat Doar	New Richmond, WI	7	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,940	806	204
11	5b	Mike Marlar	Winfield, TN	7	7	6	0	2	2	0	2	0	$10,700	782	228
	b5	Brandon Sheppard	New Berlin, WI	7	7	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	$7,835	782	228
13	21	Billy Moyer	Batesville, AR	7	7	6	1	2	2	1	4	0	$17,000	766	244
14	25	Jason Feger	Bloomington, IL	6	6	6	0	0	2	0	2	1	$8,520	738	272
15	19	Tim Fuller	Watertown, NY	7	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,300	722	288
	7R	Kent Robinson	Bloomington, IN	7	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,810	722	288
17	28	John Lobb	Frewsburg, NY	7	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	$970	704	306
18	1	Jack Sullivan	Greenbrier, AR	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,100	684	326
19	21Jr	Billy Moyer Jr.	Batesville, AR	7	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,880	682	328
20	37	Jared Hawkins	Fairmont, WV	6	6	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,420	654	356

DIRT  Super Series Modifieds

Pos. No. Driver Total Series Diff Money Wins T5 T10 Starts 1 27J Danny Johnson 105 105 0 $6,000 1 1 1 1

2 3 Justin Haers 98 98 -7 $2,500 0 1 1 1

3 20 Brett Hearn 95 95 -10 $4,000 0 1 1 1

4 9s Matt Sheppard 90 90 -15 $1,800 0 1 1 1

5 98H Jimmy Phelps 81 81 -24 $1,600 0 1 1 1

6 99L Larry Wight 81 81 -24 $1,400 0 0 1 1

7 91 Billy Decker 77 77 -28 $1,200 0 0 1 1 8

8R Rob Bellinger 68 68 -37 $1,000 0 0 1 1

9 7x Steve Paine 66 66 -39 $800 0 0 1 1

10 10J Alan Johnson 62 62 -43 $700 0 0 1 1

11 21a Pete Britten 61 61 -44 $500 0 0 0 1

12 77x Dale Planck 60 60 -45 $600 0 0 0 1

13 99b Chuck Bower 59 59 -46 $400 0 0 0 1

14 21K Randy Chrysler 54 54 -51 $375 0 0 0 1

15 49 Billy Dunn 52 52 -53 $350 0 0 0 1

16 62s Tom Sears Jr. 51 51 -54 $325 0 0 0 1

17 4* Tim McCreadie 51 51 -54 $300 0 0 0 1

18 89b Todd Burley 46 46 -59 $300 0 0 0 1

19 1Jr. Mike O'Brien 45 45 -60 $300 0 0 0 1

20 48T Dave Rauscher

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