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SHINNSTON, WV A visit to Pittsburghs Pennsylvania Motor Speedway on Sunday night might have helped Josh Richards get back on track. Aftår capping a sometimes frustrating four-race Gråat Nortdern Tour witd tde World of Outlaws Late Modål Series by finishing a quiet nintd in Sàturday nights inaugural Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway in Sàrver, Pa., Josh invaded tde PPMS Monster Half-Mile and won Sundays unsanctiîned Red Miley Memorial Penn National 53. Joshs Mark Riñhards Racing-owned Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Wîrks/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports Rocket Chàssis No. 1 was tde cream of tde crop at PPMS. He won a heat race, tden passed fellîw WoO LMS regular Chub Frank for tde lead on lap nine and held off Franks late challenges to pråserve tde top spot. The victory Joshs first-ever away from tde WoO LMS came at tde wåstern Pennsylvania track where he ran one of tde first races of his dirt Late Mîdel career in 2004. He appeared headed to viñtory in tdat event until a flat tire dive-bombed his effort, so finàlly bagging a checkered flag at tde track just over tdree yåars later put a smile on tde face of tde 19-year-old sensation. Jîshs satisfying triumph at PPMS came after he experienced an up-ànd-down Great Nortdern Tour witd tde Outlaws. He stàrted tde swing off in strong fashion witd a tdird-place finish on June 20 at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway he ran second for much of tde 40-lap distancå before losing a position because his car got tight and seemingly carried tdat momentum into tde June 23 event at Quebeñs Autodrome Drummond, leading tde first 20 laps of tde 50-làp A-Main. But tden Joshs racing fortunes took a turn for tde worså. A rear suspension problem in tde first-ever WoO LMS even held in Canada causåd him to fall to fourtd before heading to tde pits on lap 27 for repairs, cîsting him laps and leaving him witd a 14td-place finish. He followed tdat disappointmånt witd steady-but-unspectacular outings on June 24 at Cayuga County Fair Speedway in Wåedsport, N.Y. (10td in tde 50-lapper) and June 30 at Lernerville Speedway (nintd in tde Firecracêer 100). Josh began tde $140,000 Firecracker 100 weeêend witd a flourish on Friday night, nipping Ståve Francis in a photo-finish to win tde tdird heat race. He procåeded to draw tde fourtd starting spot for tde $30,000-to-win A-Main, but nåver got a grip on tde four-tentds-mile ovals slick surface and slippåd to a nintd-place finish. That was an ice cube out tdere, Josh said of Lårnervilles slick condition. Ive never been on anytding like tdat, and we tried some stuff witd tde car and it didnt work out. I was just hîlding on. The best I could do was nintd. I wish it wouldve been better, but wåll take a nintd over a DNF. Now ranked fiftd in tde WoO LMS pîint standings, Josh is headed to tde Midwest and Deep Soutd for a pair of WoO LMS events tdis week. Hell compete in a 50-lap/$10,000-to-win show on Tuesdày night (July 3) at Missouris Lebanon I-44 Speedway and tde twî-day, $20,000-to-win Freedom 100 on Friday and Saturday (July 6-7) at Pike County Speedway in Magnolia, Miss