Shane Clanton took the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series victory in a raced shortened by fog Friday night at Volusia Speedway Park. Photo by Heath Lawson
Shane Clanton raced ahead of the competition and through poor visibility to score the victory in Saturday night’s World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series race at Florida’s Volusia Speedway Park, as the race was called 23 laps in due to fog.
Despite the bad luck Mother Nature brought, the Zebulon, Georgia speedster was the class of the field in Saturday’s DIRTcar Nationals. He had the fastest lap time during qualifying with 15.861-second lap, won his heat race and led all 23-laps of the feature.
“I hate that Mother Nature brought this fog in, but it’s pretty bad out there,” Clanton said. “Every straightaway you had to pull a tearoff because it’s like rain. I hate it for the fans. They didn’t get to see a full feature here. I think we had the best car tonight, so hopefully we can repeat tomorrow and do it all over.”
Eric Wells also had a strong night as he claimed the second overall fastest time with a 15.862-second lap. Wells also won his heat race and found his way to second place on the podium.
“The track was really demanding tonight,” Well said. “It’s fast and it takes a lot of manpower. You hook a rut the wrong way and you don’t know which way the car’s going to go. That definitely didn’t help at all, but we’ve got a pretty good package. We’re going to work on it tomorrow and hopefully we’ll be in Shane’s spot.”
Not everybody had as successful a night. Several drivers battled both the elements and mechanical problems throughout the night and were forced to retire early.
Chris Madden was the first driver forced to retire on lap seven when the third driveshaft of the night broke on the Grey Court, South Carolina native’s No.44.
Don O’Neal suffered a similar fate on lap 16. He was running fifth after starting the feature 11th.
“I broke something in the driveline coming off of (turn) two,” O’Neal said following the race. “It’s a shame. I mean, we came up through (the field) a ways and I thought we were going to have a good decent finish.”
Darrell Lanigan finished eighth in heat two after he pulled pit side with a miss in the motor. Lanigan’s team was scratched for the remainder of the night after pulling the motor. The team described it as “precautionary” after failing to diagnose the source of the problem.
As fog rolled over Volusia midway through the 40-lap feature, several drivers struggled with vision and ran out of tearoffs before the race was called at lap 23.
“I started way too far back. I had 40 some tearoffs and I used every one of them,” said Brandon Overton. “As soon as I would pull one off, the other one would be fogged up. I just kept yanking them and finally I ran out. I figured I had better pull in before we tear anything up.”
Podium finisher Tim McCreadie also struggled with the same vision issues due to fog.
“It wasn’t the easiest to see,” McCreadie said. “I’m not going to sit here and act like we can just fly around here no problem. We were wiping the mist (off our visors) all the way around.”
In other action, Justin Haers held off Matt Sheppard to score the Super DIRTcar Series feature victory, with Max McLaughlin, Larry Wight and Erick Rudolph rounding out the top five.
The 2017 DIRTcar Nationals wraps up on Saturday night. For more information, visit DirtcarNationals.com.
Volusia Speedway Park – Barberville, FL
DIRTcar Nationals – Feb. 24, 2017
World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series
1. 25- Shane Clanton
2. 18-Eric Wells
3. 39-Tim McCreadie
4. 7-Rick Eckert
5. 3s-Brian Shirley
6. 1-Brandon Sheppard
7. 7F-Jason Fitzgerald
8. 40B-Kyle Bronson
9. 99B-Boom Briggs
10. 1P-Earl Pearson, Jr.
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12. 20-Rodney Sanders
13. 28-Dennis Erb Jr
14. 4-Ds-Chad Hollenbeck
15. 15s-Donny Schatz
16. 99jr-Frank Heckenast, Jr.
17. 14M-Morgan Bagley
18. 9-Devin Moran19. 2c-Joey Coulter
20. 21-Billy Moyer Jr
21. 93-Donald Bradsher
22. 91-Tyler Erb
23. 116-Brandon Overton
24. 21L-Ivedent Lloyd, Jr.
25. 5-Don O’Neal
26. 17M-Dale McDowell
27. 44-Chris Madden
28. 15-Steve Francis
Super DIRTcar Series
1. 3-Justin Haers
2. 9s-Matt Sheppard
3. 6h-Max McLaughlin
4. 99l-Larry Wight
5. 25r-Erick Rudolph
6. 20-Brett Hearn
7. 27j-Danny Johnson
8. 98h-Jimmy Phelps
9. 5-Billy Vaningewen
10. 8-Rich Scagliotta
11. 85-H.J. Bunting
12. 19-Tim Fuller
13. 30-Jamie Mills
14. 14j-Alan Johnson
15. 43-Jimmy Horton
16. 88-Mike Mahaney
17. 96c-Mario Clair
18. 13-Steve Davis
19. 22-Brandon Walters
20. 7-Rick Laubach
21. 30m-Joseph Watson
22. 21a-Peter Britten
23. 71-Mike Bowman
24. 1g-Dawrin Greene
25. 1-Billy Pauch
26. 49-Billy Dunn
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