Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., captured his fourth World of Outlaws Late Model Series win in a row on Saturday night, rolling to a dominant victory in the 50-lap A-Main at Hagerstown Speedway.
The $10,600 triumph was historic for the 41-year-old Fuller, who equaled Rick Eckert’s modern-era (2004-present) WoO LMS consecutive-win record of four established in 2006. He will attempt to set a new mark on Aug. 20 when the tour visits Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville, Ohio.
“This is just unbelievable,” said Fuller, who pushed his WoO LMS career win total to seven by completing a sweep of the three-race Mid-Atlantic swing. “I don’t know what to say. No one would’ve ever expected this after our rough start in Late Model racing in 2007.
“To be able to tie Rick Eckert – who’s done so many things in Late Model racing – for a World of Outlaws record just blows my mind. This ranks right up there at the top of my accomplishments, that’s for sure.”
Fuller showed just how things are going his way when he drew the pole position for the A-Main for the second consecutive night. He was outgunned for the lead at the initial green flag by front-row mate Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., but he used the outside lane through turns three and four to sail by Richards and gain control for good on lap eight.
Not a single driver threatened Fuller’s Gypsum Express Rocket car for the remainder of the race, which was slowed by a single caution flag, on lap 44, when Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., relinquished third place – and the WoO LMS points lead – due to a blown right-rear tire.
Richards, 21, settled for a distant runner-up finish in the Seubert Calf Ranches Rocket, 2.623 seconds behind Fuller. The performance elevated Richards back into the WoO LMS points lead by six points over Francis, who finished 10th after pitting to change his car’s tire.
Jason Covert of York Haven, Pa., climbed forward from the 11th starting spot to place third in Barry Klinedinst’s Rocket, earning the $500 ‘Bonus Bucks’ cash for being the highest-finishing driver who hadn’t won a WoO LMS A-Main and wasn’t ranked among the top 12 in the tour points standings. He picked up two spots running the outside groove after the lap-44 restart.
D.J. Myers of Greencastle, Pa., finished fourth in Greg Gunter’s PPM Chassis, matching his career-best WoO LMS finish established just two nights earlier at Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville, Pa. Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., was fifth in the RSD Enterprises Rocket after charging forward from the 14th starting spot to crack the top five with a lap-49 pass of Greencastle, Pa.‘s Gary Stuhler.
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