For Immediate Release
Contact: Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)
February 15, 2016

Shane Clanton Opens WoOCLMS Title Defense with Win; Volusia Next

Zebulon, Georgia (02/15/16) –Shane Clanton lifted the lid on the 2016 World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series (WoOCLMS) with a victory in his Weldbank Energy #25 Capital/Clements Racing Engine Super Late Model at Screven Motor Speedway.

Shane traveled to Screven Motor Speedway (Sylvania, Georgia) on Friday night for the two-day, Winter Freeze VI. Drawing 46 Super Late Models, Shane earned a front row starting spot for his heat after timing in 2nd quick in his group. Cruising to a 10-lap heat race win, Clanton earned the 6th-starting spot for the main event. Working his way to the front by lap 13, Shane Clanton made his move with a daring, three-wide pass over Jason Covert and Josh Richards to take the lead with 27 laps remaining. With $8,000 on the line, Shane held on for his first victory of the 2016 season with Josh Richards, Brian Shirley, Brandon Overton, and Jason Covert rounding out the top five.

On Saturday evening the ante increased to $10,000-to-win. Preliminary results left Clanton starting 15th on the grid for the 50 lap finale. Bad luck struck early in the event, when the Georgia racer was collected in a melee. He was able to rejoin the tail of the field, but was only able to muster a 15th place finish.

“The weekend couldn’t have started any better on Friday night with the win, but Saturday was definitely a struggle,” noted Clanton. “It goes that way sometimes though, and now we’ll just look ahead to Volusia. Hopefully we can dominate that deal again this year like we did last year.”
Shane is fourth in the initial WoOCLMS standings, just twelve markers removed from the lead. Full results are available at www.WoOLMS.com .

Attention now shifts to Volusia Speedway Park (Barberville, Florida), where Shane will enter six events, which will be held as a part of the 45 Annual DIRTcar Nationals. Spanning February 15-20, the week starts with a pair of $7,000-to-win, UMP DIRTcar Late Model events on Monday and Tuesday before the winner’s purse is increased to $10,000 on Wednesday. Thursday through Friday find a trio of $10,000-to-win, World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series events held. For more information on the events, please visit www.DIRTcarNationals.com .

Shane Clanton would like to thank all of his sponsors including Weldbank Energy, Capital Race Cars, Cooper’s Country Meat Packers, Super K Express, Clements Racing Engines, VP Racing Fuels, Hoosier Tire South, Keyser Manufacturing, GW Performance, Southern Fibernet Inc., Quarter Master, Bert Transmission, Weld Racing, Five Star Stock Car Bodies, Bulldog Rear Ends, Cizmar Racing, CV Products, Bicknell Racing Calipers, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Simpson Race Products, Integra Racing Shocks, Integra MX Springs, Beyea Custom Headers, Mason Racin Inc., Sweet Manufacturing, Peterson Fluid Systems, Driven Oil, TWM Racing Products, Turbo Start Racing Batteries, Slavic Graphics and Apparel, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.

For more information on Shane Clanton, please visit www.ShaneClanton25.com .