Victory At Cornwall Motor Speedway Gives Lanigan Sweep Of World of Outlaws Late Model Series Doubleheader In Canada
Defending Tour Champion Inherits Lead From McCreadie, Beats Resurgent Clint Smith To Finish Line
By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director
CORNWALL, ONT – June 23, 2013 – Stick a maple leaf on Darrell Lanigan’s car and call him the King of Canada.
The defending World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion from Union, Ky., completed an undefeated trip north of the border with the national tour on Sunday night, outrunning the resurgent Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., down the stretch to capture the 50-lap A-Main at Cornwall Motor Speedway.
Lanigan, 43, benefitted from a dose of good fortune to win his series-leading sixth race of 2013. After race-long leader Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., had his full straightaway edge over Lanigan wiped out by a lap-28 caution flag, the restart saw McCreadie slow on the homestretch due to a broken driveshaft and spin into the infield – a dramatic turn of events that handed the top spot to Lanigan for good.
The 48-year-old Smith chased Lanigan for the final 32 laps, drawing within striking distance of the leader with six circuits remaining. But the race’s fifth and final caution flag, on lap 47, cleared lapped traffic from the picture and left Smith to settle for a season-best runner-up finish, 1.703 seconds behind Lanigan.
A-Main Finish: 1. Darrell Lanigan, 2. Clint Smith, 3. Bub McCool, 4. Billy Decker, 5. Shane Clanton, 6. Morgan Bagley, 7. Chub Frank, 8. Rick Eckert, 9. Tim Fuller, 10. Josh Richards, 11. Greg Oakes, 12. Eric Wells, 13. Dan Stone, 14. Larry Wight, 15. John Mason, 16. Lee Ladouceur, 17. Greg Belyea, 18. Philip Potts, 19. Adam Turner, 20. Kyle Sopaz, 21. Tim McCreadie, 22. Charlie Sandercock, 23. Jason McCrory, 24. Gil Tegg Jr.