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For the third time in four years, Kentucky’s Darrell Lanigan rolled into victory lane Tuesday at the World of Outlaws Late Models Series race at Shawano Speedway.

“We just have a good car, man,” Lanigan said. “As long as you can move around on this racetrack, you can definitely do some passing.”

Lanigan, who also won the race in 2011 and 2012, edged Rick Eckert of Pennsylvania to take the top spot and the $10,000 purse for the 50-lap feature.

Wisconsin’s Jimmy Mars took third and New York’s Tim Fuller was fourth.

The win raised Lanigan’s earnings this season in the series to $189,275 and increased his points lead over Tim McCreadie, of New York, who finished 12th. Last year’s winner, Gregg Satterlee, finished 14th.

After taking an early lead, Eckert was able to hold off Mason Zeigler and then Lanigan until a caution on lap 8.

Once Lanigan was past Eckert, the World of Outlaws points leader was on his way to his 11th Outlaws feature win of the season.

“We have had a lot of success,” Lanigan said. “You have to have a good motor program, you have to have a good car. It’s unbelievable.”

A rain shower that delayed the start of racing made the track a little faster.

“It actually helped the track,” Lanigan said. “It didn’t rubber up, you could move around. It was definitely a good race.”

The Shawano Speedway grounds crew began prepping the track Sunday. Once they knew rain was in the forecast, track officials made an effort Tuesday to pack the track so the water would flow off and not make the track too soft.

“We watched the weather very close all day,” said Dale Hodkiewicz, Shawano Speedway president. “We anticipated that we were going to get some rain, so we rolled our track in.”

The extra packing worked, and the track dried quickly after the rain moved on.

In the IMCA Modified feature race, Jared Siefert picked up the win and $600 after taking an early lead and holding off Jason Czarapata, who moved into second on lap 2 and never gave up the spot.

Jerry Wilinski won a close battle with Troy Jerovetz for third place.

In the final feature of the night, Jordan Bartz won the IMCA Sport Mods, beating out Lucas Lamberies. Tracy Wassenberg was third and Joey Taycher fourth. Bartz took home $400 for her win.

Billy Moyer Jr., of Arkansas, set the Shawano Speedway record during a Late Model heat, doing the half-mile lap in 18.4 seconds.

The Outlaws’ next race is the USA Nationals at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond on Saturday.