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Darrell Lanigan continued his hot streak in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, but it wasn’t without a fight. Lanigan, who held off Clint Smith throughout the second half of the Dirt Late Model Magazine 50, took his fifth straight series win at Independence Motor Speedway. The second heat winner, Lanigan redrew the pole position for the 50-lap feature and quickly took charge at the drop of the green. He immediately extended his advantage to a few car-lengths before caution slowed action on lap nine. Don O’Neal and Chris Simpson restarted directly behind the leader with Clint Smith one row behind them. Smith quickly swept past the outside of O’Neal in turns one and two before pulling alongside Simpson. The caution flag waved again on lap 18 before Smith could make his way into the runner-up spot. When racing resumed, Smith ran the top groove past Simpson, then worked to keep Lanigan in his sights. As the leaders encountered slower traffic on lap 28, Smith attempted to work the top line around Lanigan when caution slowed action once again. Smith chased Lanigan on the ensuing restart and challenged for numerous laps before making his bid for the lead exiting turn two on lap 42. Smith raced around the outside of the leader to take charge at the stripe, however Lanigan fought back to steal the lead the next time around the fast, smooth oval. Lanigan led the remainder of the event to score the win in thrilling fashion. Smith ran a close second ahead of O’Neal, Rick Eckert and Brian Birkhofer. Troy Cordes has suffered plenty of bad luck this season, but picked the right night to visit victory lane. Cordes drove to his first victory in Independence this season on a night the IMCA Modified winner’s share was $1,000. Pole-sitter Shawn Ryan led throughout the early going of the 25-lapper while Mark Schulte and Cordes made their way through traffic from respective third and fourth row starts. The leaders broke away from the pack in close formation until mechanical problems forced Ryan to the infield on lap 10. Cordes inherited the lead, then held off a hard-charging Mark Schulte down the stretch to take home the win. Richie Gustin, who came from the sixth row, finished third. J.D. Auringer ran fourth ahead of Kyle Brown, who started in the 10th row after qualifying through a last chance race. RESULTS WORLD OF OUTLAWS LATE MODEL SERIES Feature – 1. 29 Darrell Lanigan; 2. 44 Clint Smith; 3. 1D Don O’Neal; 4. 24 Rick Eckert; 5. 21 Billy Moyer; 6. 15B Brian Birkhofer; 7. 25S Chad Simpson; 8. 1* Chub Frank; 9. 25 Shane Clanton; 10. 25F Jason Feger; 11. 11 Pat Doar; 12. 32 Chris Simpson; 13. 19 Tim Fuller; 14. 51 Matt Furman; 15. 57J Bub McCool; 16. 89 Mike Spatola; 17. 7 Dennis Erb Jr.; 18. 7R Kent Robinson; 19. 39 Tim McCreadie; 20. 1S Jack Sullivan; 21. 7JL Jerry Lierly; 22. 45 Curt Martin; 23. 98 Jason Rauen; 24. 32C Vic Coffey; 25. Duane Treadwell. First heat (4 qualify, 2 redraw) – 1. O’Neal; 2. Coffey; 3. Treadwell; 4. Moyer; 5. Robinson; 6. Fuller; 7. Lierly; 8. Martin; 9. 22 Jill George. Second heat – 1. Lanigan; 2. Clanton; 3. Birkhofer; 4. Spatola; 5. 21JR Billy Moyer Jr.; 6. Sullivan; 7. 78 Rick Wendling; 8. 18C Ross Camponovo. Third heat – 1. Eckert; 2. C. Smith; 3. Rauen; 4. McCool; 5. McCreadie; 6. Frank; 7. 21B Rich Bell; 8. Furman. Fourth heat – 1. Chris Simpson; 2. Erb; 3. Feger; 4. Chad Simpson; 5. 74 Russ Adams; 6. Doar; 7. 16 Tyler Bruening; 8. 3S Brian Shirley. First B Feature (3 transfer) – 1. Fuller; 2. Robinson; 3. Lierly; 4. Moyer Jr.; 5. Sullivan; 6. Camponovo; Wendling; 7. Martin; 8. George. Second B feature – 1. McCreadie; 2. Doar; 3. Furman; 4. Frank; 5. Bell; 6. Adams; 7. Bruening; 8. Shirley. Provisionals – Frank (series), Sullivan (series), Martin (track). Fast Time – O’Neal (14.337, 94.162mph). IMCA MODIFIED Feature – 1. 71 Troy Cordes (Dunkerton); 2. 27M Mark Schulte (Delhi); 3. 19G Richie Gustin (Gilman); 4. 00J J.D. Auringer (Waterloo); 5. 21K Kyle Brown (Kellogg); 6. 12D Joe Docekal (Dysart); 7. 12J Justin O’Brien (West Union); 8. 18 Jerry Luloff (Independence); 9. 26P Kevin Pittman (Waterloo); 10. 24R Adam Johnson (Independence); 11. 93K Jeff Kriz (Waterloo); 12. 98 Jason Snyder (Dunkerton); 13. 32 Chris Snyder (Raymond); 14. 1J Jeff Streeter (Vinton); 15. 70 Jerry King (Waterloo); 16. F7 Patrick Flannagan (Cedar Rapids); 17. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 18. 75 Josh Sherbon (Cedar Falls); 19. 19D Darin Duffy (Hazleton); 20. 85 Johnathan Thimmesch (Independence); 21. 64 Vern Jackson (Waterloo); 22. 11B Mike Burbridge (Delhi); 23. 91 Shawn Ryan (Waterloo); 24. 14B Shane Burbridge (Manchester). First heat (4 qualify, 2 redraw) – 1. Ryan; 2. King; 3. M. Burbridge; 4. S. Burbridge; 5. Flannagan; 6. Brown; 7. 34 Scott Strauss (Cedar Rapids); DNS 43 Brandon Wilson (Cuba City, Wis.). Second heat – 1. Lauritzen; 2. Docekal; 3. Jackson; 4. Johnson; 5. Luloff; 6. 8 Tony Snyder (Readlyn); 7. C. Snyder; 8. 1XX Tom Hanson (Vinton); 9. 9 Leon Wilson (Hopkinton). Third heat – 1. Cordes; 2. Thimmesch; 3. Duffy; 4. O’Brien; 5. Pittman; 6. 93K Jeff Kriz (Waterloo); 7. Streeter; 8. 44H Tye Haslip (Waseca, Minn.). Fourth heat – 1. Schulte; 2. Auringer; 3. Gustin; 4. J. Snyder; 5. Sherbon; 6. 80 Jerry Dedrick (Vinton); 7. 57B Dennis Betzer (Central City); 8. 01 Ed Thomas (Waterloo). First B feature (4 transfer) – 1. Luloff; 2. Brown; 3. Flannagan; 4. C. Snyder; 5. Strauss; 6. Krall; 7. Hanson; DNS T. Snyder; DNS Wilson. Second B feature – 1. Pittman; 2. Sherbon; 3. Kriz; 4. Streeter; 5. Betzer; 6. Haslip; 7. Dedrick; DNS Thomas.