November
7, 2012 | Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN captured
his second consecutive Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National
Championship in 2012. Owens, also known as the “Newport
Nightmare” capped off another great season on the series
by winning the season’s final event, the “Red Buck
Dirt Track World Championship” and the $50,000 first place
prize money. The Reece Monument Racing Team, owned by Mike Reece,
put up some amazing stats during the 2012 LOLMDS season and
will take home the $75,000 points check, along with numerous
other awards at the series year-end awards banquet on December
6th.
Owens won seven Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events during
the 2012 season. His wins came at Batesville Motor Speedway
(AR) in May; Lucas Oil Speedway (MO) in May and July; Lawrenceburg
Speedway (IN) in August; Brownstown Speedway (IN) in September;
Dixie Speedway (GA) in October and Portsmouth Raceway Park (OH)
again in October. Owens also recorded eleven (11) runner-up
finishes in 2012 and an amazing 37 top ten finishes out of 38
points paying series events in 2012. The lone finish out of
the top ten was a 16th place finish at Rome Speedway, only after
leading most of the event to suffer a flat tire that set him
back in the field out of the top ten. Owens took over the series
championship points lead after the March 30th event at Jackson
Motor Speedway (MS) and never relinquished the points lead the
remainder of the season, beating out Don O’Neal by 470
points!
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November
4, 2012 | Darrell Lanigan's dream season on
the World of Outlaws Late Model Series officially came to a
close on Sunday night. The 42-year-old star from Union, Ky.,
was crowned the 2012 champion of the renowned national tour
– and collected a $100,000 points-fund check – during
Sunday's annual WoO LMS 'Night of Champions' Awards Banquet
at the Great Wolf Lodge.
Lanigan rewrote the circuit's record book en route to becoming
the second two-time WoO LMS titlist since 2004. He established
new standards for wins in a single season (15), consecutive
victories (six) and alltime triumphs (41), leaving the typically
reserved driver even more at a loss for words.
"Wow...what a year!" Lanigan told a filled ballroom
when he was called to the stage to accept his championship honors.
"Unbelievable, just unbelievable. That's all I can say."
Lanigan seized the points lead with a victory in the 2012 season
opener on Feb. 11 at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga.,
and never relinquished it, becoming the first driver to remain
atop the standings from start-to-finish. His final championship
margin of 228 points over 2011 titlist Rick Eckert of York,
Pa., was the largest in series history!
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July
12, 2012 | A member of the International Motorsports
Hall of Fame and owner of a successful NASCAR racing team expressed
sadness upon learning of the death Tuesday of “Red’
Cornett, owner-founder of Cornett Machine Shop and Cornett Racing
Engines. Jack Roush, founder, CEO and co-owner of Roush Fenway
Racing, called Cornett “a prince of a fellow.”
“Cornett built the engine for my first serious race car
in 1966,” said Roush, who has won 32 championships and
more than 400 races in drag racing, sports and stock car racing.
Roush Fenway Racing is headquartered in Concord, North Carolina.
Roush, a member of Michigan Sports Hall of Fame, got acquainted
with Cornett at Berea College and “ ... after college
I interviewed for a job with him.” [full
story]
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July
11, 2012 | Pulaski County, the state, the nation
and the world have lost a champion. Ira Jackson Cornett, better
known as “Red,” founder of Cornett Machine Shop,
died yesterday morning at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital.
He was 95.
“Red” Cornett was probably the most talented; the
most dedicated man to his business and his family; the hardest
worker Pulaski County has ever known. Who among us, like “Red,”
will report to work every day as we pass our 95th birthday and,
even at that age, personally care for a loved one, like Mary
Elizabeth, his beloved wife of more than 70 years?
“He was a good man,” said his son, Jack. “He
cared about people, especially about people in need. He always
wanted to help people in need.” [full
story]
November
7, 2012 | Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN captured
his second consecutive Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National
Championship in 2012. Owens, also known as the “Newport
Nightmare” capped off another great season on the series
by winning the season’s final event, the “Red Buck
Dirt Track World Championship” and the $50,000 first place
prize money. The Reece Monument Racing Team, owned by Mike Reece,
put up some amazing stats during the 2012 LOLMDS season and
will take home the $75,000 points check, along with numerous
other awards at the series year-end awards banquet on December
6th.
November
4, 2012 | Darrell Lanigan's dream season on
the World of Outlaws Late Model Series officially came to a
close on Sunday night. The 42-year-old star from Union, Ky.,
was crowned the 2012 champion of the renowned national tour
– and collected a $100,000 points-fund check – during
Sunday's annual WoO LMS 'Night of Champions' Awards Banquet
at the Great Wolf Lodge.
July
12, 2012 | A member of the International Motorsports
Hall of Fame and owner of a successful NASCAR racing team expressed
sadness upon learning of the death Tuesday of “Red’
Cornett, owner-founder of Cornett Machine Shop and Cornett Racing
Engines. Jack Roush, founder, CEO and co-owner of Roush Fenway
Racing, called Cornett “a prince of a fellow.”
July
11, 2012 | Pulaski County, the state, the nation
and the world have lost a champion. Ira Jackson Cornett, better
known as “Red,” founder of Cornett Machine Shop,
died yesterday morning at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital.
He was 95.
