Willie Milliken scored the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series victory Saturday night at Fayetteville Motor Speedway. Photo: WoO Media
Willie Milliken has logged thousands of laps at Fayetteville Motor Speedway. But the 50 laps he led during Saturday night’s World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series Tarheel 100 at the Fayetteville, NC raceway met something more to him.
“We have a good piece,” said Milliken. “We don’t get to showcase it all the time. (The win) was just getting on the gas, the car would take it and it would go.”
This win was Milliken’s seventh late model start ever – his first with the Outlaws. He takes home not only the $10,000 purse, but also the pleasure of finishing first in each of his events. Milliken was the Fast Timer of the night (16.740), won his heat race, pulled the No. 1 on the redraw and led every lap of the A-Main.
Brian Shirley, who finished runner-up to Milliken, said there was no stopping him. Shirley used the two-car-lengths between him and Milliken to remain in the lower groove until Milliken made a mistake late in the race; it was not the case here.
“I don’t know the guy who won, but congratulations to him,” Shirley said. “I know how cool it is to win a race this big.”
Shirley favored the lower groove throughout the race, but secured second-place on lap 17 when he battled side-by-side with Earl Pearson, Jr.’s car from the middle groove of the track on turn 1.
“I was lucky just to duck down and get by Jr.,” Shirley said. “Racing like that is really tough. It’s nerve-racking. You’re fighting side-by-side for the same position. I was glad when we went single-file.”
When the 25-car field began to run single-file, Shirley waited for the time to make his move into first place. But, Milliken maintained a consistent distance away from Shirley, beating him by a 1.184 margin.
Rounding-out the podium was Pearson, Jr., who spent the majority of the race in a battle with Shirley. Pearson said he was “glad to be in front of the standing room only crowd,” battling for the win.
“Milliken did a great job getting out front, and he never made a mistake,” Pearson said. “Me and Shirley got together on turn 1 on the restart and once we went single-file, that’s all we had.”
Unlike Milliken, Shirley and Pearson said they do not get to compete at Fayetteville Motor Speedway as often. But the full-capacity crowds coupled with the fast racing conditions make this stop worth looking forward to on the Outlaws series schedule.
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World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series
Fayetteville Motor Speedway – Fayetteville, NC
Race Results – April 30, 2016
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1. 1M- Willie Milliken
2. 3s- Brian Shirley
3. 1P- Earl Pearson, Jr.
4. 1- Josh Richards
5. 21JR- Billy Moyer, Jr.
6. 6-Jonathan Davenport
7. 7- Rick Eckert
8. 93- Donald Bradsher
9. 25- Shane Clanton
10. 2F- Dennis Franklin
11. C9- Steve Casebolt
12. 18- Eric Wells
13. 09- Johnny Pursley
14. 91- Tyler Erb
15. 18c- Chase Junghans
16. 76- Brandon Overton
17. 99jr- Frank Heckenast, Jr.
18. 89- Dustin Mitchell
19. 77- Jordan Yaggy
20. 14M- Morgan Bagley
21. 1*- Chub Frank
22. 1A- Austin Hubbard
23. 10- Scott Shirey
24. 16- Ben Watkins
25. 72- Jason Covert
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