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Chub Frank Comes Home To Stateline Speedway On Wednesday June 27
Press Release Submitted by BigDog on 06/26/2007 at 10:36 PM Send To Friend | Report Press Release
BUSTI, NY – June 26, 2007 – Chub Frank has never rolled into a World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at his hometown Stateline Speedway quite like he will on Wednesday night (June 27).

When Frank’s legion of local supporters see him take to the one-third-mile oval for the ‘Roberts Trucking 40,’ they’ll be looking at arguably the hottest driver on the hyper-competitive national tour.

The 45-year-old Frank, whose Bear Lake, Pa., residence is just a few short miles from Stateline Speedway, is carrying plenty of momentum into the $7,000-to-win mid-week special. He won Sunday night’s WoO LMS stop at Cayuga County Fair Speedway in Weedsport, N.Y., giving him four victories in the last 11 tour events and leaving him just six points behind series co-leaders Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., and Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky.

“Hopefully we can keep it going at Stateline,” said Frank, who is tied with Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., for the most wins on the 2007 WoO LMS (both have four). “It would be nice to win in front of the home crowd. You hate to go there and look bad, because then everybody wants to know why you’re struggling.”

Frank has struggled in the two previous WoO LMS events at Stateline, finishing 14th in 2005 and 15th in 2006. He never contended in either race, disappointing performances he attributed at least partially to track conditions that didn’t allow much passing.

The popular racer known as ‘Chubzilla’ thinks Wednesday night will be different. He competed in the track’s ‘Stateline Memorial’ program on May 26 Twin 25s honoring the memories of Chub’s mother Janet Frank as well as Leonard Briggs and Lloyd Williams and was impressed with the surface improvements made for 2007 by track owner Francis Seamens.

“When I was there a few weeks ago, the track was really nice,” said Frank. “They re-clayed it this year and the track’s a lot better. We got spun out and had to go tail on the second lap (of the night’s second feature), but we came back up to (finish) third and if we had one more lap, we would’ve had a shot at winning it.

“I hate that all these (WoO LMS) guys have come up (to Stateline) the last two years and haven’t had a real racy track, but I think it’ll be different this year. I think it’ll be a good track that they can race all over.”

Frank, whose father Jerry helped build Stateline Speedway over 50 years ago and co-owned it until 1984, is ready for the swarm of family members, friends and area fans that will surround him on Wednesday night. He’s only entered a handful of events at Stateline each season since leaving the local circuit over a decade ago to pursue a career as a fulltime touring dirt Late Model driver, so there’s a lot of people who will clamor for a chance to talk to him.

“We know from experience that you better have your stuff (equipment) ready from the garage, because you’re not gonna get much of a chance to work on it at the racetrack,” Frank said of racing at Stateline. “Everybody wants a piece of your time, and that’s tough when you’re trying to get stuff done at the track.”

Frank has had two full days at his shop a rare luxury during the travel-filled months of June and July for the WoO LMS to prepare his Lester Buildings Rocket cars for duty at Stateline. His garage has actually been a mini WoO LMS pit area for the last two days, with his two primary rivals for the title Smith and Francis among the series regulars who accepted Frank’s invitation to spend the off days working on their cars at his place.

Stateline Speedway’s gates are scheduled to open at 3 p.m. on Wednesday and racing will begin at 7 p.m.

General admission to the ‘Roberts Trucking 40’ is $20 for adults and $15 for kids. The track’s weekly divisions will also be part of the card, competing in features-only.

All of the stars of the WoO LMS will be on hand for the night’s action, plus a host of top regional and local racers. One area favorite ready to do battle is Dick Barton of Ashville, N.Y., who will try to repeat his huge victory in last year’s WoO LMS event at Stateline.

A raindate of Thurs., June 28, has been established for the event.

For more information, visit www.stateline-speedway.com or call 814-489-7866 (office) or 716-664-2326 (track).

Additional info on the WoO LMS is available by logging on to www.worldofoutlaws.com.
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