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CONCORD, NC – June 14, 2010 -

A HEARTBREAKER: Shane Clanton nearly roared into the World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Great Northern Tour’ – a six-track, eight-race swing that begins on Tuesday, June 15, at Can-Am Motorsports Park in Lafargeville, N.Y. – with some extra spending money in his pocket.

The WoO LMS star from Locust Grove, Ga., appeared primed to grab the $100,000 top prize on the line in Sunday afternoon’s postponed DIRTcar Racing-sanctioned ‘Dream XVI’ at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio – until a cruel twist of fate left him only ‘dreaming’ of the cash that slipped through his fingers.

Clanton, 34, had no sooner begun challenging eventual winner Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., for the lead on lap 65 of the 100-lap Dream A-Main when his car’s right-rear shock bolt broke, knocking him out of action on the 68th circuit. Rather than a division-high $100,000 payday – or even a still-cool $20,000 for second place – Clanton was left sulking with a 13th-place finish worth $1,800.

“I never start counting the money until the checkered flag falls,” said Clanton, who has one win on the 2010 WoO LMS and sits ninth in the points standings. “But when I got up there and caught Moyer, I did think about that 100-grand for a minute.”

Clanton, who started 10th in the prestigious event, exploded into contention for the big money after the halfway point, vaulting sixth place on lap 50 to second just 11 circuits later. He dived underneath Moyer rounding turns one and two on lap 65, but before he could make another bid his RSD Enterprises Rocket slowed, slumped over on its disabled right-rear corner.

“I don’t know if I would’ve got (Moyer), but I was gonna give it my best shot,” said Clanton, who was bidding to join Moyer, Scott Bloomquist, Donnie Moran and Jimmy Owens as the only drivers to win Eldora’s World 100 and Dream mega-events. “I was right up on his back bumper, and generally when you’re pressing somebody like that every lap you can get them to make at least one mistake.”