Friday
JAMAICA, Va. — This time Shane Clanton got the job done.
Three months after finishing second in a World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Virginia Motor Speedway — despite leading nearly half the distance — Clanton returned to the pristine half-mile oval and emerged victorious in Friday night’s Summer Sizzler 50.
It was the second WoO LMS victory of the season for Clanton, who exorcised the demons associated with his April 14 loss to Shannon Babb.
“That went through my mind tonight,” Clanton said when asked if he thought about his springtime defeat while leading Friday’s A main. “It’s always in the back of your mind when you come back to a track where you lost a race that you led for a bunch of laps.”
Clanton started from the outside pole in Ronnie Dobbins’s Custom-powered RSD Enterprises Rocket, but he had to scratch and claw for every cent of the $10,000 first prize. He was involved in each of the feature’s six lead changes — four with Jeremy Miller, who fell from contention with mechanical trouble, and two with fellow WoO LMS regular Darrell Lanigan.
The final exchange of the top spot came on lap 45 when Clanton criss-crossed lanes with Lanigan off turn four while racing through lapped traffic and nosed in front at the start/finish line. Clanton held on to win by .539-second over Lanigan, whose charge from the eighth starting spot in his gottarace.com Rocket fell short.
Tim Fuller finished third to earn top rookie honors. Jason Covert was fourth, and Steve Francis rounded out the top five.
The finish:
Shane Clanton, Darrell Lanigan, Tim Fuller, Jason Covert, Steve Francis, Ricky Elliott, Booper Bare, Clint Smith, Brian Shirley, Gary Stuhler, Chub Frank, Rick Eckert, Bo Feathers, Josh Richards, Billy Decker, Darryl Hills, Allen Brannon, Roland Mann, Jack Pencil, Dan Stone, Jeremy Miller, David Williams, Austin Hubbard, Sean Cosgrove.

Saturday
HAGERSTOWN, MD — Just more than five months after winning the 2007 World of Outlaws Late Model Series season opener, Josh Richards made his long-awaited return to victory lane on Saturday night at Hagerstown Speedway.
And oh, what a relief it was for the 19-year-old sensation.
“It’s definitely a great feeling to get a win and get everything moving again,” Richards said after making Saturday’s 60th Anniversary Classic his first WoO LMS score since Feb. 17 at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. “The last couple of weeks and months, when we’ve had a fast car, something’s happened to take us out. 
“It’s been frustrating, so hopefully this will turn everything around for us and we can stay on top.”
 Richards was the cream of the extra-distance event’s crop, leading the 60-lap A main from flag to flag after starting on the outside pole. He held off some late pressure from Clint Smith to preserve the $12,225 triumph — the biggest win of his four-year dirt-late-model career.
Smith settled for second place, a slim .411 second behind Richards at the finish.
 Jason Covert made a head-turning charge from the 16th starting spot to place third, followed by WoO LMS point-leader Steve Francis and 13th-starter Shane Clanton.
The finish:
Josh Richards, Clint Smith, Jason Covert, Steve Francis, Shane Clanton, Tim Fuller, Bo Feathers, Jeremy Miller, D.J. Myers, Keith Jackson, Darrell Lanigan, Rick Eckert, Alan Sagi, Matt Lux, J.T. Spence, Brent Smith, Marvin Winters, Jack Pencil, Booper Bare, Ricky Elliott, Darryl Hills, Todd Andrews, David Williams, Chub Frank, Brian Shirley.

Sunday

HAMMETT, Pa. — Instant replay was in effect Sunday night when the World of Outlaws Late Model Series made its first appearance at Eriez Speedway, as Josh Richards led every lap for the second straight race. Also reprising the results from Hagerstown 24 hours earlier, it was Clint Smith chasing the 19-year-old Richards to the checkers.
Darrell Lanigan, point-leader Steve Francis and Shane Clanton completed a top-five sweep for the touring pros, leaving Dave Hess, Jr. to carry the banner for the regional drivers in sixth. Chub Frank, the overwhelming favorite of the near-capacity crowd, settled for seventh, with Vic Coffey, Robbie Blair and Mike Knight making up the balance of the top 10.
Smith edged past polesitter Richards on the initial start, but that attempt was called back when Rick Eckert spun.
Richards powered into the lead at the next green flag, which produced 41-straight laps of racing. By lap 15, the leaders were lined up behind the tail of the field on the locked-down surface, unable to find an outside groove to pass. That situation prevailed until Brian Shirley stopped on the track with nine laps remaining, opening the track in front of the leaders.
Richards got a strong restart and reeled off the remaining laps without serious challenge.
The finish:
Josh Richards, Clint Smith, Darrell Lanigan, Steve Francis, Shane Clanton, Dave Hess, Jr., Chub Frank, Vic Coffey, Robbie Blair, Mike Knight, Doug Eck, Rick Eckert, Matt Urban, Greg Oakes, Andy Boozel, Brent Rhebergen, Chris Hackett, Dan Stone, Paul Briggs, Brian Shirley, Chad Ruhlman, Dutch Davies, Steve Halpainy, David Scott, Doug Horton, Rich Gardner.