Contact: World Racing Group

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

GILLETTE, WY – July 16, 2008 – Tim Fuller continued his summer resurgence on the

World of Outlaws Late Model Series on Wednesday night – at the expense of Jimmy

Mars.

Taking advantage of a late-race caution flag that gave him new life, Fuller grabbed the

lead from Mars with one lap to go and held on to score a thrilling victory in the inaugural

‘Cowboy 50’ presented by the YES Foundation at Gillette Thunder Speedway.

The $10,250 triumph was Fuller’s second straight on the WoO LMS ‘Wild West Tour’

and kept Mars shut out of Victory Lane in Outlaws action. Fuller was victorious for the

first time in 2008 on July 13 at Williston Basin Speedway in Williston, N.D.

“We’re on a roll – that’s all there is to it,” said Fuller, who donned a cowboy hat and

hoisted a unique trophy after capturing the first-ever WoO LMS event held in Wyoming.

“What it really comes down to is we made the right tire choices the last couple nights and

we had some luck on our side.”

Fuller, 40, of Watertown, N.Y., led the race’s first 39 laps after starting from the outside

pole in his Gypsum Express Rocket car, but he could only watch when Menomonie,

Wis.’s Mars rode the inside hub to assume command on lap 40. Mars, 36, relinquished

the top spot back to Fuller momentarily on lap 41, but he was back in front the following

circuit and immediately drove away toward what appeared would be his first career WoO

LMS win.

But when Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., pulled up lame with a flat right-rear tire on

lap 46 and brought out a caution flag, Fuller was back in the game. His Hoosier tires

came back to life during the caution period and he drove to the outside of Mars on the

restart.

After two circuits of side-by-side racing, Fuller inched ahead of Mars to lead lap 49 and

marched on to beat the Cheese State veteran by a mere 0.257 of a second.

Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., picked up two positions on the final restart to finish third.

WoO LMS points leader Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., ran his consecutive top-five

Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., completed the top five after running as high as second.

“If it would’ve went green (to the finish), Mars had me covered bad,” conceded Fuller.

“He was gonna win by a half-straightaway, but luckily that caution came out. I was

smiling because I knew I was gonna get one more chance.

“That caution let me get down there on the bottom and cool the tires down. I had on a

1425 (compound), and it doesn’t want any heat. My tires would give out after about 10 or

12 laps, kind of right when I had to start racing with lapped traffic and throwing the car

around. Once my tires cooled off, I said, ‘This is my only shot.’

“During the caution I packed that middle (lane) where everybody was throwing stuff out,

so I knew I’d have a few laps to run up there. I came to find out that (Mars) had a 1350

(compound) and had to be right on that bottom, but I could roll that middle.”

Mars, who started third in his Deppe Enterprises Mars/Birkhofer chassis, knew he was in

trouble when the caution flag interrupted his cruise to the checkered flag.

“My carburetor was stumbling when I ran the bottom, but it was O.K. once I had more

patience,” said Mars. “It would cough all the way through the corners if you tried to drive

it hard, so I started driving it in deeper and letting it coast through the corners.

“I was fine until the caution came out. (Fuller) was fast out there (on the outside) after the

restart, so I had to go faster and that hurt me.”

Mars matched his career-best finish on the WoO LMS, but earning $5,600 – including the

tour’s $500 Bonus Bucks prize for being the highest-finishing driver who hasn’t won a

WoO LMS A-Main and isn’t ranked among the top 12 in the points standings – didn’t

soothe his disappointment.

“I just can’t win one of these Outlaw races,” mourned Mars, whose previous runner-up

finish came on April 17, 2007, at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. “I feel like the

Minnesota Vikings – do good until you get to the Super Bowl, and then lose it.”

While Mars pondered his fate, Fuller celebrated his third career WoO LMS triumph. He

won once in 2007 en route to the Rookie of the Year Award.

“This is a big one because we backed up our win,” said Fuller, who swept the evening’s

program by also setting fast time and winning a heat race. “Last year we won and backed

a one-hit wonder.

“It’s just too bad we haven’t put these kind of showings on up north where the local

people are. Hopefully that will come.”

The 46-year-old Frank had an up-and-down race in his Lester Buildings Rocket car. He

climbed as high as second, on a lap-24 restart, after starting eighth, then fell back to fifth

before rallying after the final caution flag to snare third.

“Cautions were definitely my friend tonight,” said Frank. “My right-front tire would give

up a little after a few laps and I’d pick up a push, but I was better after my tire cooled

down under caution.”

Lanigan, 38, authored yet another steady, championship-worthy performance, coming

back from an unspectacular qualifying effort to finish fourth in his GottaRace.com

Babb, 34, appeared primed to bid for the win after hustling his Bowyer Dirt Motorsports

Rocket from the ninth starting spot to second by lap 25, but he slid back to fifth.

“It’s the story of our season,” said Babb. “We just haven’t been good enough.”

Finishing in positions 6-10 were polesitter Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga.; fifth-starter Shane

Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., who ran second for laps 13-24 before fading because he

couldn’t run his car in the bottom lane; Rick Eckert of York, Pa.; Al Purkey of

Coffeyville, Kan., who drove Smith’s second car; and Rookie of the Race Vic Coffey of

Leceister, N.Y.

Eckert salvaged his night by finishing seventh. He saw his run of bad luck on the ‘Wild

West Tour’ continue earlier in the program when the motor in his GRT car expired as he

ran fourth in the third heat, forcing him to pull out his Rayburn machine for the

remainder of the night.

A field of 36 cars was signed in for the event at the one-third-mile oval, which is operated

by the Gillette Racing Club. Ed Kirchoff, whose 25-year-old son Eddie won a heat race

The largest crowd in the five-year history of the track jammed the hillside seating areas

for the night’s action.

Fuller was fastest in time trials for the third time this season, turning a lap of 13.989

seconds. He was the only driver to crack the 13-second bracket.

Heat winners were Fuller, Clanton, John Blankenship of Williamson, W.Va., and Clint

Smith. The B-Mains were captured by Kelly Boen of Henderson, Colo., and John Bey of

Deadwood, S.D.

The stars of the WoO LMS will have a travel day on Thursday before the ‘Wild West

Tour’ resumes on Friday night (July 18) at Brown County Speedway in Aberdeen, SD.

The swing concludes with events on Sunday night (July 20) at the Belleville (Kan.) High

Banks and Monday night (July 21) at Boone County Speedway in Albion, Neb.

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

1. (2) Tim Fuller/50 $10,250

2. (3) Jimmy Mars/50 $5,600

3. (8) Chub Frank/50 $3,000

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

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

6. (1) Clint Smith/50 $1,700

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

8. (20) Rick Eckert/50 $1,300

9. (16) Al Purkey/50 $1,200

10. (12) Vic Coffey/50 $1,350

11. (11) Steve Francis/50 $1,050

12. (17) Kelly Boen/50 $1,000

13. (7) Josh Richards/50 $950

14. (4) John Blankenship/50 $900

15. (6) Eddie Kirchoff/50 $850

16. (22) Joe Isabell/49 $800

17. (19) Ricky Weiss/49 $770

18. (21) Mike Stadel/49 $750

19. (10) Eric Mass/49 $730

20. (15) Sean Beardsley/48 $700

21. (23) Dustin Hapka/47 $700

22. (24) Jeff Isabell Jr./47 $700

23. (18) John Bey/41 $700

24. (14) Darryn Waldo/35 $700

Time of Race: 22 mins., 35.856 secs.

Margin of Victory: 0.257 Secs.

Yellow Flags: 3 (Laps 13, 24, 46)

Lap Leaders: Fuller (1-39); Mars (40); Fuller (41); Mars (42-48); Fuller (49-50)

Provisional Starters: Hapka, Jeff Isabell Jr.

Rookie of the Race: Coffey ($250)

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

Integra Shocks Crew Chief of the Race ($50): Chris Mars (Jimmy Mars)

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

Super Clean ‘Start of the Race’: Fuller ($100)

1. 19T-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 13.989

2. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 14.054

3. 19-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 14.060

4. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 14.244

5. 18-Shannon Babb/Moweaqua, IL 14.251

6. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 14.304

7. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 14.307

8. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 14.408

9. 28-Jimmy Mars/Menomonie, WI 14.445

10. 44M-Eric Mass/Rapid City, SD 14.447

11. E5K-Eddie Kirchoff/Gillette, WY 14.520

12. 41-Al Purkey/Coffeyville, KS 14.520

13. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 14.613

14. 7s-Mike Stadel/Rapid City, SD 14.614

15. 18s-Sean Beardsley/Central Square, NY 14.652

16. 32c-Vic Coffey/Leicester, NY 14.653

17. 07-Kelly Boen/Henderson, CO 14.654

18. 27J-Jeff Isabell Jr./Pennellville, NY 14.755

19. 6J-Joe Isabell/Pennellville, NY 14.769

20. 82-John Bey/Deadwood, SD 14.799

21. 7-Ricky Weiss/Winnipeg, MAN 14.805

22. 2W-Darryn Waldo/Billings, MT 14.862

23. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 14.870

24. 18H-Dustin Hapka/Grand Forks, ND 14.894

25. 17J-John Winge/Rossville, GA 14.956

26. 97-Dan Henrikson/Rapid City, SD 15.213

27. 13-Wes McKenney/Gillette, WY 15.262

28. 36-Kelly Hample/Billings, MT 15.672

29. 21R-John Robertson/Gillette, WY 15.722

30. 1M-Matt Sheesley/Rapid City, SD 15.783

31. 62-Kim Horn/Gillette, WY 15.785

32. 71-Morris Oberle/Lead, SD 15.801

33. 23d-Dylan Schmer/Lingle, WY 15.870

34. 00-Bryan Renken/Gillette, WY 16.025

35. 61-James Botts/Broomfield, CO 17.015

36. 16-Buddy Rosorelli/Denver, CO N/T

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Fuller, Mars, Babb, Lanigan, Boen, Weiss,

Winge, Schmer, Robertson

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Clanton, Frank, Mass, Waldo, Stadel,

Henrikson, Sheesley, Renken, Jeff Isabell Jr.

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Blankenship, Kirchoff, Francis, Beardsley, Joe

Isabell, McKenney, Horn, Eckert, Botts

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): C. Smith, Richards, Coffey, Purkey, Bey,

Hapka, Hample, Oberle, Rosorelli

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top Transfer): Boen, Weiss, Stadel, Winge, Jeff Isabell Jr.,

Henrikson, Sheesley, Renken, Robertson, Schmer

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top Transfer): Bey, Eckert, Joe Isabell, Hapka, McKenney,

Horn, Oberle, Botts, Hample, Rosorelli

1. Darrell Lanigan 2-15-21-$67,350-3167 (-0)

2. Josh Richards 4-12-18-$83,610-3101 (-66)

3. Chub Frank 1-8-16-$48,730-3047 (-120)

4. Rick Eckert 1-9-17-$55,050-3037 (-130)

5. Steve Francis 1-9-17-$93,900-3021 (-146)

6. Clint Smith 1-8-13-$44,260-2997 (-170)

7. Shannon Babb 1-9-16-$63,400-2993 (-174)

8. Shane Clanton 0-10-16-$44,430-2991 (-176)

9. Tim Fuller 2-5-9-$44,370-2883 (-284)

10. John Blankenship 0-0-6-$25,720-2773 (-394)

11. Vic Coffey 0-0-4-$19,470-2282 (-885)

12. Joe Isabell 0-0-0-$10,790-1977 (-1190)

13. Danny Johnson 0-0-1-$11,200-1724 (-1443)

14. Sean Beardsley 0-0-0-$6,220-1522 (-1645)

15. Tim McCreadie 1-6-9-$38,200-1463 (-1704)

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