Contact: World Racing Group

Kevin Kovac, World of Outlaws Late Model Series P.R. Director

WILLISTON, ND – July 13, 2008 – Tim Fuller might be ready to take up residence in

North Dakota.

After running the outside line to a convincing victory in Sunday night’s caution-free 50-

lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Main at Williston Basin Speedway, Fuller

owns two career wins on the tour – both in North Dakota.

“It is unbelievable that the two races we’ve won have been in North Dakota,” said Fuller,

whose previous WoO LMS triumph came on June 12, 2007, at River Cities Speedway in

the eastern portion of the state. “I can’t explain why this is the place we’ve had this

success, but I hope that now we can duplicate it everywhere else we go.”

Fuller, 40, of Watertown, N.Y., busted out of a frustrating sophomore slump on the WoO

LMS in a big way. He slipped back two positions from the fifth starting spot early in the

event, but he soon discovered a high lane around the one-third-mile track and used it to

blast by the six cars ahead of him in a matter of nine stirring laps.

The winning pass came on lap 15 when Fuller surged ahead of Shinnston, W.Va.’s Josh

Richards, who had led from the initial green flag after starting on the pole position. Fuller

dominated the remainder of the distance, artfully negotiating lapped traffic with his

Gypsum Express Rocket No. 19 to cross the finish line nearly a straightaway ahead of

Richards.

spot to finish third, hot on Richards’s rear bumper at the checkered flag. WoO LMS

points leader Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., continued to roll with a fourth-place run,

and Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., placed fifth.

Though Fuller used the outside groove to explode from fourth to the lead on the opening

lap en route to a heat-race win, he didn’t go back to the line in the A-Main until he was

forced there.

“I saw (Rick) Eckert burst up inside of me (in a bid for seventh place on lap six), so I had

to go to the outside,” said Fuller. “When I got on the outside of (Kelly) Boen I was, ‘Oh,

man, this feels pretty good.’

“I was getting ready to try the top, but I never would’ve went up there that quick if Eckert

didn’t get under me. I guess it always takes a turn of events to make you do something.”

Fuller thrilled the track’s capacity crowd with his high-side march, driving by Henderson,

Colo.’s Boen, Vic Coffey of Leicester, N.Y., Babb, Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa.,

Lanigan and Richards in succession. He completed the charge by sailing around the

outside of Richards’s Seubert Calf Ranches Rocket No. 1 through turns three and four to

assume command as lap 15 was scored.

What allowed Fuller to become peerless at the top of the track? He credited his success to

his Hoosier tire choice, including a 1350-compound left-rear that he obtained from Clint

Smith just minutes before the start of the A-Main.

“Clint had the only 1350 left-rear left in the place and he let me run it,” said Fuller,

whose head wrench, Mike Countryman, received the Integra Shocks Crew Chief of the

Race Award. “It was a lot softer than everybody else probably ran, and I had a 40 (UMP

tire compound) on the right-rear that stuck real good. I could just roll right on the outside

of everybody.”

The victory was a welcomed dose of relief for the 2007 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year,

who entered the ‘Wild West Tour’ with just three top-five finishes to his credit this

season on the series.

“It helps the bank account and it helps everybody’s spirits,” said Fuller, who pocketed

$10,150 for capturing the first-ever WoO LMS event at Williston Basin Speedway.

“Think about it – we have two days off before we go to Wyoming (for the next Wild

West Tour show, on July 16 at Gillette Thunder Speedway), so we can rest easy because

we know the things we are doing now are right.

“Hopefully we can ride this momentum for the rest of the ryear. We’re out of the points

race (he’s a distant ninth in the standings), so we can gamble like we did tonight and go

for wins.”

The 20-year-old Richards, of course, is in the thick of the WoO LMS points battle, sitting

a solid second behind Lanigan. That’s why he was satisfied with a runner-up finish.

“I thought that maybe I should’ve moved up (higher on the track) when I was leading, but

I didn’t want to even chance it,” said Richards. “Fuller’s car was better than mine

anyway, though, so I don’t think it would’ve made a difference if I moved up to the lane

he was running.

“I was glad to see Fuller get a win,” he added. “He’s been struggling a lot, so he needed

one.”

Richards felt fortunate to escape Williston Basin without taking a huge hit in the points

chase. His night began in horrible fashion – first with an off-track excursion over the

track’s turn-one berm and into a retaining rail during hot laps, and later a multi-car tangle

on the opening lap of the first heat.

The practice-session incident left Richards’s car with significant damage, including

crushed sheet metal, a busted radiator and even a slightly bent rear clip. But with

assistance from several other teams, his machine was repaired in time for time trials.

“The night turned out way better than it started,” said Richards, who ended the night

trailing Lanigan by 48 points. “I have to thank all the guys who helped up fix the car –

Lanigan and his guys, Vic Coffey, Clanton, Francis, Babb. They all pitched in.”

Smith, 42, was just as impressive as Fuller on the top side of the track, but his charge

stalled at third place on lap 39. He had his J.P. Drilling/J&J Steel GRT car all over

Richards for the final circuits but couldn’t pull off a pass.

“If I could’ve just cleared Josh after I got Lanigan (for third), then Fuller was dead,” said

Smith. “I knew what tires Fuller had on, so I think I might’ve been able to drive right on

by him.

“But Josh got wide when I got to him, so I never got by him.”

finish in WoO LMS competition.

“I wasn’t good up there (on the outside) like Fuller with the rubber I had on,” said

Lanigan, who survived an early-race scrape with Frank that bent the right-rear bodywork

of his GottaRace.com Rocket.

The 34-year-old Babb, meanwhile, recovered from an accident that eliminated him on the

opening lap of the previous night’s event at Estevan (Sask.) Motor Speedway to score a

steady fifth-place finish.

“I was on pins and needles when I tried to go up to the top,” said Babb, who drove

NASCAR Sprint Cup star Clint Bowyer’s Rocket car. “I’m still just too loose all the

time. I haven’t hit on anything for the slick tracks with this car yet.”

Finishing in positions 6-10 was Frank, who was shuffled back from the second starting

spot; Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., who ran as high as fifth at the race’s halfway

point; Coffey, the A-Main’s top-finishing rookie; Al Purkey of Coffeyville, Kan., who

drove Clint Smith’s backup car to the $500 WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ prize for being the

highest-finishing driver who hasn’t won a tour A-Main and isn’t ranked among the top 12

in the current points standings; and defending tour champion Steve Francis of Ashland,

Ky.

heat. He was running second on the final lap when he spun in turn two after apparently

catching a hole in the track and then receiving a tap from Frank.

Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis., entered the program riding a two-race WoO LMS

win streak, but he never threatened to score a hat trick. He retired on lap 16 after sliding

The entry list numbered 26 cars at Williston Basin, which is operated by the Williston

Basin Racing Association. The fairgrounds track sits 18 miles from the Montana border.

Vic Coffey of Leicester, N.Y., was the quickest in time trials, turning a new-track-record

lap of 13.774 seconds from the next-to-last slot in the qualifying order. It was the 2008

Rookie of the Year contender’s first-ever fast-time honor on the WoO LMS.

Heat winners were Coffey, Lanigan and Fuller.

The first heat began in wild fashion when front-row starters Coffey and John Blankenship

of Williamson, W.Va., came together on the homestretch, sending Blankenship sideways

to trigger a multi-car wreck. Blankenship came to rest with his car’s nose smashed into

the right side of the car driven by Rick Eckert of York, Pa., with Richards, Joe Isabell of

Pennellville, N.Y., and Dustin Hapka of Grand Forks, N.D., also involved.

The WoO LMS ‘Wild West Tour’ will take a break for two days before concluding with

shows on July 16 at Gillette (Wyo.) Thunder Speedway; July 18 at Brown County

Speedway in Aberdeen, S.D.; July 20 at the Belleville (Kan.) High Banks; and July 21 at

Boone County Raceway in Albion, Neb.

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

1. (5) Tim Fuller/50 $10,150

2. (1) Josh Richards/50 $5,100

3. (11) Clint Smith/50 $3,000

4. (4) Darrell Lanigan/50 $2,500

5. (3) Shannon Babb/50 $2,000

6. (2) Chub Frank/50 $1,700

7. (14) Shane Clanton/50 $1,400

8. (6) Vic Coffey/50 $1,550

9. (12) Al Purkey/50 $1,700

10. (24) Steve Francis/50 $1,100

11. (8) Kelly Boen/50 $1,050

12. (7) Rick Eckert/50 $1,000

13. (18) Darryn Waldo/50 $950

14. (15) Ricky Weiss/50 $900

15. (13) John Blankenship/50 $850

16. (10) Troy Heupel/50 $800

17. (20) Gary Webb/50 $770

18. (19) Dustin Hapka/49 $750

19. (23) John Winge/49 $730

20. (16) Sean Beardsley/48 $700

21. (25) Joe Isabell/44 $700

22. (21) Jeff Isabell Jr./33 $700

23. (9) Brady Smith/16 $700

24. (17) Brad Seng/7 $700

25. (22) Jimmy Mars/3 $700

Yellow Flags: None

Lap Leaders: Richards (1-14); Fuller (15-50)

Rookie of the Race: Coffey ($250)

WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Purkey ($500)

Integra Shocks Crew Chief of the Race ($50): Mike Countryman (Fuller)

Chick Hawk Racing Hot Lap Award: Richards (half-off tire warmers)

1. 32c-Vic Coffey/Leicester, NY 13.774

2. 18-Shannon Babb/Moweaqua, IL 13.877

3. 19-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 13.903

4. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 13.932

5. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 13.965

6. 41-Al Purkey/Coffeyville, KS 13.991

7. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 14.051

8. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 14.083

9. 2-Brady Smith/Solon Springs, WI 14.157

10. 28-Jimmy Mars/Menomonie, WI 14.211

11. 12s-Brad Seng/Grand Forks, ND 14.352

12. 19T-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 14.470

13. 4T-Troy Heupel/Williston, ND 14.478

14. 07-Kelly Boen/Henderson, CO 14.482

15. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 14.484

16. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 14.596

17. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 14.734

18. 2W-Darryn Waldo/Billings, MT 14.736

19. 6J-Joe Isabell/Pennellville, NY 14.760

20. w56-Gary Webb/Bluegrass, IA 14.777

21. 27J-Jeff Isabell Jr./Pennellville, NY 14.795

22. 18H-Dustin Hapka/Grand Forks, ND 15.032

23. 17J-John Winge/Rossville, GA 15.096

24. 7-Ricky Weiss/Winnipeg, MAN 15.441

25. 18s-Sean Beardsley/Central Square, NY 15.481

26. 11M-Paul Mueller/Bismark, ND N/T

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 2 Redraw): Coffey, Richards, Eckert, Heupel, Blankenship,

Beardsley, Hapka, Mars, Joe Isabell

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 2 Redraw): Lanigan, Babb, Boen, C. Smith, Clanton, Seng,

Webb, Winge

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 2 Redraw): Fuller, Frank, B. Smith, Purkey, Weiss, Waldo,

Jeff Isabell Jr., Francis

1. Darrell Lanigan 2-14-20-$64,850-3025 (-0)

2. Josh Richards 4-12-18-$82,660-2977 (-48)

3. (tie) Rick Eckert 1-9-16-$53,750 -2903 (-122)

3. (tie) Chub Frank 1-7-15-$45,730-2903 (-122)

5. Steve Francis 1-9-17-$92,850-2893 (-132)

6. Clint Smith 1-8-12-$42,560-2859 (-166)

7. Shane Clanton 0-10-15-$43,030-2855 (-170)

8. Shannon Babb 1-8-15-$61,400-2853 (-172)

9. Tim Fuller 1-4-8-$34,120-2733 (-292)

10. John Blankenship 0-0-6-$24,820-2651 (-374)

11. Vic Coffey 0-0-3-$18,120-2152 (-873)

12. Joe Isabell 0-0-0-$9,990-1859 (-1166)

13. Danny Johnson 0-0-1-$11,200-1724 (-1301)

14. Tim McCreadie 1-6-9-$38,200-1463 (-1562)

15. Sean Beardsley 0-0-0-$5,520-1412 (-1613)

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