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Hess Outruns Former World of Outlaws Late Model Series Champs For Buckeye 50 Victory At NAPA Wayne County Speedway Pennsylvania Driver Captures Coveted First-Ever Triumph On National Tour By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director ORRVILLE, OH – May 24, 2013 – Dave Hess Jr. ran the race of his life on Friday night at NAPA Auto Parts Wayne County Speedway. The 28-year-old driver from Waterford, Pa., grabbed the lead on lap  two and never looked back en route to capturing the World of Outlaws  Late Model Series Buckeye 50 Presented by Southeast Equipment – his  coveted first-ever triumph on the national tour.    Not even a lap-36 caution flag could derail Hess, who pulled away  from three former WoO LMS champions – Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va.,  Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., and Rick Eckert of York, Pa. – during  the race's late stages to pocket $10,550. Hess's victory came in the 58th WoO LMS event he's entered and 38th  A-Main he's started since 2004. His previous best finish was a second on  Aug. 31, 2008, at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa. "We've been trying a long time to win one of these World of Outlaws  shows," said Hess, who has driven family-owned equipment throughout his  career. "We've come close before, and I knew the way the car's been (in  recent years) it was just a matter of time (that a win would come) if we  got some luck. "But I didn't think (the win) would be here," he added. "I thought it  would be at one of my better tracks. We haven't even been here in a  couple years, but the car was great." Richards, 25, advanced from the seventh starting spot to run second  from lap 11 to the finish, but he only managed to briefly duck  underneath Hess twice late in the distance. The two-time WoO LMS  champion crossed the finish line 1.262 seconds behind Hess. Lanigan, who started sixth but lost two spots on the race's first lap  when he bounced through a rut in turn one, recovered to finish third.  He turned back the late-race challenges of the eighth-starting Eckert,  who settled for fourth. Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., completed the top  five after climbing forward from the 12th starting spot to match his top  finish of the season. Hess, who started from the pole position, was outgunned for the lead  at the initial start by WoO LMS rookie Eric Wells of Hazard, Ky. But  Hess pushed his Craiger-powered Rocket past Wells for the top spot on  lap two and maintained firm control for the remainder of the distance. Running hard on the top side of the three-eighths-mile oval, Hess  kept Richards and the rest of the star-studded field at bay. He  understood that he had to be flawless to reach the checkered flag first. "You gotta have your car perfect, have the right tires on and then  drive a perfect race," said Hess, noting the ingredients for success in a  WoO LMS event