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Dispatches: Checking out Hendry County storylines
Boom Briggs had the biggest catch. (Emily Schwanke/woolms.com)
Among the latest notes and quotes from Late Model action, primarily focused this weekend on World of Outlaws Late Model Series action in the tour’s debut at Hendry County Motorsports Park in Clewiston, Fla. (look for Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series coverage from All-Tech Raceway in Ellisville, Fla., elsewhere):
Hendry storylines
World of Outlaws Late Model Series publicist Spence Smithback breaks down five storylines of the tour’s $12,000- and $20,000-to-win events on Friday and Saturday:
• Nick Hoffman of Mooresville, N.C., rolls into Hendry County as the series points leader after the Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., with three victories, five top-fives and a 3.1 average finish in six nights to earn the Big Gator trophy.
• Thursday’s practice will present a new track for most WoO competitors although Boom Briggs, Tristan Chamberlain, Ryan Gustin, Eli Johnson, Brent Larson, Matthew Larson, Tim McCreadie, Trey Mills and Drake Troutman practice at the track last month. Hoffman will lean on Elite Chassis customers, many of whom were at Hendry County’s modified events last month.
• A few drivers have been on the track earlier this season in Crate Late Models, including Daulton Wilson, Sam Seawright and Cody Overton. Wilson finished third in a Crate Racin’ USA event and Seawright was fourth.
• Hometown driver Eli Johnson also has Crate Late Model experience at the track near the home base of his family’s business, Clyde Johnson Contracting & Roofing. The WoO rookie will have home-track advantage for the only time this season at a track where he won six times in 2023 and once more in 2024 before venturing out in 2025 in preparation for his WoO run.
• The Swamp Cabbage 100 has seen the series partner with the Hendry County Tourism Development Council for a Wednesday fishing tournament and Thursday's post-practice party. The Swamp Cabbage Festival takes center stage in downtown LaBelle, Fla., about 20 minutes from the track, on Saturday and Sunday. Events include live music, an air show, car corrals, as well as a 10 a.m. Saturday parade that will feature Late Models rolling through town.
