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COLUMBUS, MS (June 18, 2016) - Darrell Lanigan
came from the sixth starting spot to win his first Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event of the year on
Saturday Night at Magnolia Motor Speedway. Lanigan passed race leader Jimmy Owens with 12 laps to
go for his second career LOLMDS victory.
It was Lanigan's first series win since September of
2013, when he won a preliminary at the Knoxville
Nationals. Owens finished second, followed by pole
sitter Brandon Sheppard, Scott Bloomquist, and Jared
Landers.

lapped traffic using the inside lane of the track while
Owens stayed up against the wall.
"I think we have one of the best crews out there
working on these cars, Anthony, Cory, and everybody else at the race shop. Like I said, I can't thank
those guys enough. We can definitely build on this. I
have told these guys all year, we need to be in the
ground. We have had a lot of wheel spin this year.
We changed a lot on the cars this week and it definitely showed here tonight."
Owens had another podium finish in the R&W
Motorsports/E3 Spark Plugs/Barry Wright Race Cars
number 20. He led from lap four until he was overtaken by Lanigan on lap 49.
"I stayed up on the topside too long", said Owens.
"The bottom started coming into it and he [Lanigan]
had a run on me and I couldn't hold him off. I was
trying to clear that last lapped car and he cut in front
of me and it just killed my momentum. We had a
good car here tonight. Congratulations to Darrell and
his crew. They deserved the win. We will hopefully
build off of these finishes for the rest of the year."

Lanigan debuted a new Georgia Boot/Peak Antifreeze/ Club 29 Race Car for Clint Bowyer Racing
and kept a steady pace during the first-half of the race
before gradually picking off the top five in front of
him during the caution-free 60 lap feature.
"We saved our tires there early on. My car really
came on. We built this piece this week. When we hot
lapped here on Thursday night it was really in the
ground. I'd like to thank Clint and Casey Bowyer for
giving me this chance," said the 46-year-old, who
was making his first appearance at the track in ten
years.

Sheppard in another strong run for the Best Performance Motorsports team came home in third. "I
think we had a pretty good car all night long. Both
Darrell and Jimmy had good cars tonight. I moved
back up to the top and was gaining on those guys. I
had a pretty maneuverable car. We definitely made
some good strides tonight," said last year's LOLMDS
Rookie of the Year.
Completing the top ten were Dennis Erb Jr., Jonathan
Davenport, Wendell Wallace, Don O'Neal and Earl
Pearson Jr.

Lanigan; in his first full season running the Lucas Oil
Late Model Dirt Series for Clint Bowyer Racing;
moved into second on lap 34 overtaking Landers for
that position. He then tracked down Owens in heavy

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