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Steve Francis Takes Home $50,000 with win at Circle K Colossal 100
Steve Francis won the first crown-jewel dirt late model race of the 2008 season after he took the checkers last Saturday night April 19th at the Dirt Track at Lowe’s Motorspeedway. The Kentucky Colonel started on the pole for the 100 lap A-Main event and he never relinquished the top spot as he led wire to wire. “This car was perfect, probably the best car I’ve ever had from start to finish”, said Francis. The $50,000 payday proves that Francis Read more |
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Francis builds momentum and prepares for The Colossal
Steve Francis Racing has had a very strong month, gathering top 3 finishes in three of the last five events. The highlight of the past month was a thrilling victory at Kentucky Lake Motorspeedway where Francis nursed a right rear tire going flat in the final laps to come away with the win. With that win Steve Francis has now won eight out of the sixteen events he has participated in at Kentucky Lake. Francis also collected top 3 finishes in World of Outlaw events at Farmer City Speedway and Virginia Motorspeedway. At Farmer City Steve dominated his heat race and set himself up for his third place finish in the 100 lap A-main. Read more
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Francis readies for KY Lake and WoO Schedule
After a strong month of February in Florida, Steve Francis Racing is prepped to buckle down for the start of the "rest" of the 2008 tour. Francis will head to Kentucky Lake Speedway March 14-15, where the team has had great success over the years with numerous wins and top-5 finishes.
"We're going to take a new car to Kentucky Lake. We have a good feel on one of our cars that we took to Florida, but we need to get this car some laps, work any bugs out and see what we have with this car. We have had a lot of good runs at Kentucky Lake. Read more |
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Defending WoO Champion Ready To Roll Out 2008!
After an extremely active off-season, where Steve Francis Racing has made numerous changes to their operation, the team is as excited as ever to bring on the 2008 season.
Since clinching their first World Of Outlaw Championship back in early November, Francis shook the racing community with joining legendary car owner Dale Beitler to form what many would call a “Super Team”. The new merger kicks off their title defense January 23 in New Brunswick, GA and will race non-stop for the next 23 days in UMP, Lucas DirtCar and World Of Outlaw events during Florida Speedweeks. Read more |
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Francis Heads Into An Exciting 2008!
Lots of deals and developments have occurred since Francis was crowned 2007 WoO Champion back in early November. The team has taken major steps into defending their series championship, along with adding a team of part-time wheel men behind the familiar #15 for the 2008 season. Read more |
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Steve Francis Finally Lays Claim To Coveted World of Outlaws Late Model Series Championship
A weight as heavy as a 2,300-pound dirt Late Model is now off Steve Francis’s shoulders.
Finally, after two heart-breaking close calls, the ‘Kentucky Colonel’ won the 2007 World of Outlaws Late Model Series championship.
“I don’t have to answer the second-place questions anymore,” said Francis, who had been the tour’s points runner-up in two of the last three seasons. “All that stuff about, Can he finally finish it? Can he get the job done? That’s all over with now.” Read more
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Francis On The Cusp Of First WoO Championship
A long season of hard work, blood and sweat is close to paying of for Steve Francis Racing. With two WoO events remaining Francis holds a 62-point lead over Chub Frank for the 2008 crown. If Francis finishes at least 14th in each night’s headliner at the Dirt Track @ Lowes, he’s assured of the $100,000 WoO LMS championship even if Frank wins both events. While 62-points is a large margin to overcome in such a short period, Francis and team are claiming the crown yet. Read more |
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The Stretch Run Gives Francis An Opportunity For First WoO Championship!
The 2007 season to day has been nothing short of special for Steve Francis Racing. Consistent Top 10 finishes with an occasional stroll into victory lane has put and kept the team on top of the WoO point standings since June 15th. Most recently Francis has reeled off 14-straight Top-10's, 11-straight Top 5's and 4-Wins in the past 45-days. But even with the constancy the WoO title is far from in the bag. Francis sits just 40-points in front of Chub Frank and 90-point ahead of Clint Smith. With 4 events left to run, Francis will need to continue the success he has earned since early Summer. Read more |
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WoO LMS Points Leader Steve Francis Falls One Spot Short Of Second Career World 100 Victory
Rossburg, OH — By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director
On one hand, Steve Francis was happy after finishing second in Sunday afternoon’s 37th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway.
It was, after all, by far his best outing in the dirt Late Model division’s most prestigious event since he won it in 1999, and he was the highest-finishing World of Outlaws Late Model Series regular in the 28-car starting field. Read more
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Francis Holds WoO Point Lead Going Into Stretch Run!
Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., is perched atop the tight WoO LMS points standings heading into the tour’s critical stretch run, which begins Aug. 21-23 with the fourth annual ‘Scorcher 100’ at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tenn., and culminates Nov. 1-3 with the inaugural ‘Outlaws World Finals’ at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. Read more |
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