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Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
December 30th, 2008
Bub McCool Opens Make-A-Wish Campaign 2009 at TST
Vicksburg, MS (12/30/08) – Bub McCool and McCool Motorsports will open the Make-A-Wish Campaign 2009 this weekend at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Alabama for the 18th Annual Ice Bowl.
The Make-A-Wish Campaign 2009 will give race fans, 12 years of age and younger, the chance to have their face on his 2009 Halloween themed Trakstar chassis. At every event in 2009 up until September 13th, children and their parents can purchase a raffle ticket for $1 each at the McCool Motorsports hauler. The tickets will have the contact information for each entrant on them. On September 14th, 2009 the winning ticket will be drawn and the winning child will be contacted. A photo of the child will be obtained and Xtreme Graphics By J-Rod, will incorporate the child’s photo into the graphic’s design for Bub’s 2009 Halloween car. The winning child will also receive Bub McCool apparel as well as a signed door panel from the Halloween car at the end of October. There is no limit to the number of entries that each entrant can purchase.
All proceeds from the raffle will go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which awards terminally sick children with dream prizes and trips. One “Wish” costs $5,000. It is the hope of McCool Motorsports to grant at least one wish through this unique promotion.
Bub competed last year in the 17th Annual Ice Bowl at Talladega Short Track. After earning the 24th and final starting spot for the feature event, McCool raced his way to a strong 12th place finish on a track that did not lend itself to much passing under daytime conditions. This weekend, January 1st – 4th, McCool will be looking for his first ever Ice Bowl crown. McCool will be on hand on Thursday and Friday for Open Practice Sessions. On Saturday time trials and heat race action will be held, and on Sunday b-mains and the feature event will be held. For more informatoin, please visit www.TalladegaShortTrack.com .
Bub and everyone at McCool Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include McCool Logging, Barker Racing Engines, Trak-Star Race Cars, Phase 2 Sign Supply, Good Hope Lumber, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Boland Performance, Phase II Graphics, & MSRMafia.com.
For more information on Bub & McCool Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.BubMcCool.com .
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
December 29th, 2008
UMP National Champion, Jonathan Clayton, Launches New Website
Denham Springs, Louisiana (12/29/08) – Jonathan Clayton from Denham Springs, Louisiana is the latest addition to the MSR Mafia.com team of drivers, and is pleased to announce the launch of his brand new website at www.JonathanClayton7.com .
Jonathan Clayton, who is 28 years old, competes in the UMP Dirt Car Series Limited Open Wheel Modified division. He has won the UMP National title in back-to-back seasons (2007 and 2008). He is also the 2008 Louisiana State Champion as well as the 2008 Pike County Speedway (Magnolia, MS) Track Champion. He is also a former Super Late Model and Limited Open Wheel Modified Track Champion at Baton Rouge Raceway in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Jonathan pilots his #7 I-Fab Chassis/Darden Performance Engine Open Wheel Modified at tracks throughout the Southeast. In 2009, he will be chasing his third straight, UMP national title.
Clayton Motorsports would like to thank their sponsors, which include I-Fab Race Cars, Darden Performance Engines, Harry’s Appliance Service, Embroidery Boutique, MSRMafia.com, and Lookout Graphics.
Clayton Motorsports is always looking for new sponsors, and has packages to match any advertising budget. For more information, please visit the official internet home of Clayton Motorsports at www.JonathanClayton7.com .
Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
December 28th, 2008
Eric Cooley Set For NeSmith Opener at Talladega
Fulton, MS (12/28/08) – After a 2008 season that ended only two weeks ago, there will be on rest for the weary as Eric Cooley will begin his pursuit of the 2009 NeSmith Late Model Series title this weekend, January 1st-4th at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Alabama in the 18th Annual Ice Bowl.
Eric wrapped up the 2008 season December 12th-13th at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibstonton, Florida in the Crate Racing USA World Finals, which was a non-points event for the NeSmith Late Models. Eric got behind the eight ball on Friday night as he struggled in time trials, which pinned him deep in his heat race. The track lended itself to minimal passing in heat race action, which resulted in Eric starting mid-pack in a consolation race on Saturday night. He would fall just short of transferring from his b-main into the main event on Saturday night, which brought his weekend to an early end.
Overall, the team had a successful year as they visited several facilities for the first time with the NeSmith Late Model Series. Despite missing an early season event with the NeSmith tour due to a family vacation, Eric still managed to finish 7th in final standings and 3rd in the NeSmith Rookie of the Year chase. During the course of the season Eric competed in a total of 44 events, including Crate and Late Model Stock events. Cooley recorded 8 wins, 22 top five finishes, and 30 top ten finishes.
In 2009, Eric will once again purse the NeSmith Late Model Series National title, and his pursuit will begin this weekend in the 18th Annual Ice Bowl at Talladega Short Track Track. Open Practice Sessions for the NeSmith Late Models will be held on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday, January 3rd, time trials and heat race action will be held. On Sunday, January 4th, consolation events and the 40 lap, $3,000 to win main event will be held. For more information please visit www.NeSmithRacing.com or www.TalladegaShortTrack.com .
Eric and everyone at Cooley Motorsports would like
to thank all of their sponsors, which include Tiffin Motorhomes (Red Bay, AL),
78 Towing & Recovery Inc., Cooley Transport Inc., Searcy Tires (Cherokee, AL),
Twisted Designs (Fayette, AL), D&D Trade (Fulton, MS), MSRMafia.com, and Simpson
Race Products.
For more information on Cooley Motorsports, visit the official team website at
www.EricCooleyRacing.com .
Contact: Ben
Shelton (901) 335-3037
December 28th, 2008
Kyle Beard Opens 2009 at 18th Annual Ice Bowl
Trumann, AR (12/28/08) –Kyle Beard and Beard Motorsports will get an early start to the 2009 season as the team travels to Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Alabama for the 18th Annual Ice Bowl on January 1st-4th, 2009.
The 2008 season started slowly for Beard Motorsports as the team was plagued by bad luck. However, by April things started to pick up for the team, and Kyle found his way into victory lane for the first time in May. Beard would go on to pick up four feature wins, 13 top five finishes, and 24 top ten finishes in 45 events during the course of the 2008 season. Despite missing events with both tours due to schedule conflicts, Kyle managed to finish fifth in the final O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model point standings, and he recorded a 2nd place finish in the final AMP Super Late Model point standings.
With a strong finish to the 2008 campaign, Kyle is eager to get the 2009 season underway, and he won’t waste anytime as he will spend New Year’s Day traveling to Talladega Short Track for the 18th Annual Ice Bowl. Kyle competed in the event in 2008. After bad luck in his heat race, pinned him deep in a b-main, he charged his way to the front of the pack and recorded a 3rd place finish. Unfortunately only the top two cars transferred to the feature, so Kyle’s weekend came to an early end. He will be looking for redemption this weekend behind the wheel of his #86 GRT By Frye/Samuels Performance Racing Engine Super Late Model. An open practice session will be held on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday, the actual event gets underway with time trials and heat race action. On Sunday, triple consolation events will be held along with the $6,000 to win feature event. For more information on the event, please visit www.TalladegaShortTrack.com .
Race fans make sure to stop by the Beard Motorsports hauler this weekend to purchase one of Kyle’s new t-shirts!
Kyle Beard would like to thank his sponsors including KB Transport, Gary Beard Trucking, Samuel’s Performance Engines, Engines Inc., Mean Street Motors, Inc., JFR Graphics, Bill Frye Motorsports, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services. Beard Motorsports is always looking for more sponsors, and anyone, who may be interested, can find more information at www.KyleBeard86.com .
For more information on Kyle and Beard Motorsports, please visit www.KyleBeard86.com .
Carl Bowser Headed to Australia
12-23-08
Carl Bowser has been working very hard this off-season preparing his
team's Sprint Cars for the '09 racing season. And now it turns out
that Carl's off-season is going to be much shorter than the past few.
Carl has a great opportunity ahead of him. He will be racing in
Australia for Tasmania's Peter and Tim Austin. Carl's 'Down Under'
tour starts January 14th and runs through March 11th and will consist
of racing in some of Tasmania's biggest Sprint Car races of the year.
"I'm very excited to get a chance to race for Peter and Tim; I'm also
very anxious to get down there and climb back into a car," stated
Bowser.
He will be joined by his father Terry for the last two weeks of the
trip. Terry will see Carl run his final four races of the trip.
The two month trip will be an exciting experience for the young racer
as he hopes to turn it into a yearly adventure, and an excellent
jumpstart to his 2009 racing season in the States.
Look for updates as well as news and notes from the trip at
CarlBowser.com and Lernerville.com
Carl would like to thank his family and all of his sponsors, Terry
Bowser Excavating, Shellhammer Atwood Nationwide Insurance Agency,
Dlubak Fabrication, Ressman Body Shop, and all the product sponsors,
Precise Racing Products, Hoosier Tire, HTMA, and Simpson Racing
Products.
Contact: Ben
Shelton (901) 335-3037
December 21st, 2008
Mike Mataragas Joins MSR Mafia & Launches New Website
Dekalb, Illinois (12/21/08) – Mike Mataragas from Dekalb, Illinois is the latest addition to the MSR Mafia.com family of drivers, and is proud to announce the launch of his brand new website at www.1mRacing.com .
Mike competes in the Super Late Model division at tracks throughout the Midwest in his #1M Zeus Chassis/SouthlakeAutoMall.com/Witham-Fuel/Three Sisters Farm/Peterson Aluminum/Schomers Trading Post/Pro Power Mataragas Motorsports Entry. In 2008, Mataragas had a great year. In 30 starts, he recorded 5 feature wins, 25 top five finishes, 27 top ten finishes, and only three dnf’s.
The 2009 season will see Mataragas Motorsports pursuing an aggressive schedule. The docket will get underway on March 28th, 2009 at Brownstown Speedway in Brownstown, Indiana in the annual Indiana Ice Breaker event, which will be sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Series event. From there, Mike will compete in various events with various series including the World of Outlaws, the Northern All Stars, the Monster Midwest Tour, and the UMP Summernationals. He also intends to compete in various unsanctioned crown jewel events including the World 100 and the Dream 100. Close to forty events are already on the schedule for the team with the possibility of more events being added. The complete 2009 schedule can be found at www.1mRacing.com .
Mike Mataragas would like to thank all of his sponsors including South Lake Auto Mall.com, Witham-Fuel, Three Sisters Farm, Peterson Aluminum, Pro Power Racing Engines, Schomers Trading Post, Hoosier Racing Tires Midwest, JC Dubil, Sweet Mfg, Genesis Racing Shocks, Butlerbuilt Professional Seat Systems, Simpson Racing Products, MSRMafia.com, and Frankland Racing Products.
Mataragas Motorsports. is always looking for new sponsors and marketing partners. For more information on joining the team, please visit www.1mRacing.com .
For the latest information on Mike Mataragas please visit www.1mRacing.com .
Bub McCool Announces Make-A-Wish Campaign 2009
Vicksburg, MS (11/25/08) – Bub McCool and McCool Motorsports are proud to announce the Make-A-Wish Campaign 2009.
The Make-A-Wish Campaign 2009 will give race fans, 12 years of age and younger, the chance to have their face on his 2009 Halloween themed Trakstar chassis. At every event in 2009 up until September 13th, children and their parents can purchase a raffle ticket for $1 each at the McCool Motorsports hauler. The tickets will have the contact information for each entrant on them. On September 14th, 2009 the winning ticket will be drawn and the winning child will be contacted. A photo of the child will be obtained and Xtreme Graphics By J-Rod, will incorporate the child’s photo into the graphic’s design for Bub’s 2009 Halloween car. The winning child will also receive Bub McCool apparel as well as a signed door panel from the Halloween car at the end of October. There is no limit to the number of entries that each entrant can purchase.
All proceeds from the raffle will go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which awards terminally sick children with dream prizes and trips. One “Wish” costs $5,000. It is the hope of McCool Motorsports to grant at least one wish through this unique promotion.
“Everybody, especially the kids, always love our Halloween graphics’ wraps on the car. The kids always want to know how to get there face used on the car as one of the monsters or ghouls, so we thought we would give a child a special opportunity, while at the same time helping a sick child,” comments Bub McCool.
The first event of 2009 is still up in the air for McCool Motorsports, but it is tentatively scheduled to be the Ice Bowl at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Alabama on January 2nd-4th. Visit www.BubMcCool.com for the latest schedule news!
Bub and everyone at McCool Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include McCool Logging, Barker Racing Engines, Trak-Star Race Cars, Phase 2 Sign Supply, Good Hope Lumber, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Boland Performance, Phase II Graphics, & MSRMafia.com.
For more information on Bub & McCool Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.BubMcCool.com .
Wes Steidinger Racing hangs up the helmet, equipment for sale.
Over the 9 years of racing, Wes collected over 60 wins, Two (2) track championships, one at Fairbury American Legion Speedway, and the other at Farmer City Raceway, both of those came in 2006. He started racing Modifieds in 1999 and after two quick years moved into the UMP Late Model division for the next seven years.
This announcement comes during a poor economic time for everybody, a major reason for this tough decision. Spending more time focusing on the well being of his family is also a factor in the decision. When asked what prompted him to make this decision, Steidinger commented, “There are several factors but the two major ones are the current state of the economy, spending more time and looking out for the well being of my family. I would love to keep racing, it's in my blood hopefully a situation presents itself and someone will give me a chance to continue my career! We just can't do it with our budget anymore.”
Wes would like to thank all of the sponsors who have supported him throughout his career. Some of those include: Executive Homes, S & M Trim Carpentry, Aaron's Disc Sharpening, Pontiac RV, Limestone Transit, Hundman Lumber Do-It Center, Garrels Powersports, Coreco Enterprises, Aftershock Graphix, C.J Rayburn Race cars, ARC Racing Engines Inc., Cook Performance, Design 500, Absolute Limousine, Vallow Race Fuels and Central Illinois Buildings. A special thanks to Paul Bayne with Fast Lane Web Design who maintained my website for years, also to Erik Grigsby Photography for all of the help and support.
Wes would also like to thank all of his fans for their support throughout his racing career.
“I would especially like to thank all the guys that have been there for me my "crew guys" Kendall, Scott, Brian, Jimmy, Bubba, Jared, Marky, Jamey, Brenton & Albie; they were the heart and sole of my team. However the guy that deserves all the credit in the world for my success is Terry he will never know how much he meant to me and my racing career. Last but not least thank you Dad for making my racing dreams come true its been an unbelievable ride. Im going to miss all the bonding time we had together, thats what I call "priceless". I've made so many friends in the racing world and I wish every single one of you good luck in your years to come. Go B5!”
Information about items for sale will be released in the coming weeks. To find out about anything that is for sale, please contact Wes at 815-867-0582 or Terry at 815-848-3275.
Wes Steidinger Racing
Erik Grigsby Photography
Media Contact / Public Relations / Webmaster
(309).224.3611 - [email protected]
Jason Fitzgerald Wins O'Reilly Southern All Stars Rookie of the
Year, Racecar to Be On Display at PRI Show
JACKSONVILLE, FL (December 4, 2008)- Jason Fitzgerald and the Mixson Motorsports
Team finished their first full year together competing mainly on the O'Reilly
Southern All Stars Series. 2008 was Jason's first full year competing in the
super late model division and it would be a challenge for the Florida resident
to compete against some of the best veteran drivers in the country on a weekly
basis. Jason and the Murrell Mixon Motorsports Team would be up to the task
while competing at new tracks and venues throughout the season. Jason competed
in 22 O'Reilly Southern All Stars sanctioned events in 2008 and finished with
two top 5's and ten top 10 finishes winning the "Rookie of the Year" on the
series and placing 2nd in the final series points standings for 2008.
"It was a huge accomplishment for me and our team to win the Rookie of the Year
award and finish 2nd in the point's standings. We don't have that much
experience with a lot of the tracks we went to and we had to learn a lot
throughout the year. It was a challenge no doubt but being our first year
together I feel it was a great year for us as a team", stated Jason.
Jason would also compete in several other events in 2008 including sanctioned
events with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, World of Outlaws Late Model
Series and the World 100 at the famous Eldora Speedway. Jason qualified an
impressive 36th fastest out of the 175 cars entered for the World 100. Jason
also had an impressive run in front of the SPEED Channel Cameras at a Lucas Oil
Late Model Sanctioned event at Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, GA. Jason
would win his heat race and start 4th in the $10,000 to win feature event and
would race in the top five running as high as 2nd place much of the feature
battling Scott Bloomquist and Earl Pearson Jr. for lead. Jason would end up
finishing a strong 4th place in the final run down against some of the best
drivers in the country for race that will be broadcasted on SPEED on December
13th.
Jason's O'Reilly Southern All Stars Rookie of the Year car will be on display
next week at the Performance Racing Industry Show (PRI) in Orlando at the Orange
County Convention Center on December 11 through the 13th.
Jason and the Mixson Motorsports Team would like to thank all their sponsors in
2008 for their support including Tire Kingdom, M&M Transport & Refrigeration,
Bobby Labonte Foundation, Allstar Performance, ASI Racewear, Bell, Butlerbuilt,
Jones Racing Products, M&M Enterprises, Penske Racing Shocks, Stephens
Advertising, Pro-Systems, Q-Racing, PRC, TWM, VP Race Fuels, WD Enterprises, WRT
Web Designs, Wiles Drive Shafts, Wrisco Aluminum and Xtreme Graphics by J-Rod.
To learn more about Jason Fitzgerald and the M&M Motorsports Team visit their
official website at http://jfitzracing.com. To learn more about the Tire Kingdom
Company and a store near you visit their website at www.Tirekingdom.com. To join
the Jason Fitzgerald news letter and receive his press releases by e-mail just
send an email to [email protected] requesting that your email address be
included for the press release list for Jason Fitzgerald. For more information
about the O'Reilly Southern All Stars Racing Series visit their website at
http://www.southern-allstars.com.
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
December 3rd, 2008
Travis Senter Jr. Set For Second Australian Invasion
Osceola, AR (12/3/08) – The racers “Down Under” are nervously preparing for an American Invasion, as nationally renowned 600cc Mini Sprint racer, Travis Senter Jr. from Osceola, Arkansas, is prepared for his second trip to challenge the racers in Australia.
Senter Jr. made his inaugural international trip to Australia in December 2006 through January 2007. What was supposed to be a fun trip with minimal stress, quickly took a turn for the worse when it was discovered that the car that Travis had shipped several months earlier had still not arrived in Australia. With a borrowed car and engine parts that Travis stowed away in his luggage, the team put together a make-shift car. The result of the “make-shift” car was far better than average as Travis picked up two feature wins en route to claiming the Formula 500 Oval Express Speedweek Series title despite never perviously seeing any of the race tracks.
In December 2007- January 2008 the team did not return to Australia to defend their title as Travis was busy enjoying the spoils of his brand new, baby-girl, who was born in mid-December 2007.
A new season is upon us, and with it the drive for Senter Jr. to once again conquer the world. Travis and his crewman, Robert “Motorstand Man” Longo, will depart from Memphis International Airport on December 15th and will return on January 8th. This time, Travis, will be much better prepared. Not only will he be seeing these race tracks for a second time, but he will also be arriving a week early to prepare his car, which was shipped to Australia in July to racer. The car that Travis will be piloting was purchased by Australian racer, Steve Caunt, and it is a car with a strong legacy as he used it to dominate Speedweek action at East Bay Raceway (Tampa, FL) in January as well as a $2,000 win at Clarksville Speedway (Clarksville, TN) and several other, prominent wins. In addition, Senter Jr. already has a spare motor and several spare parts onsite in Australia.
Travis will shake the car down on Saturday, December 20th at the Jack Wilsher Cup at Premier Speedway in Warrnambool, Victoria, AU.
The following week the Travis will look for his
second title at the Formula 500 Oval Express Speedweek Series begins with the
following dates on tap:
2008/2009 Oval Express Formula 500 Series
Race Dates
Rd #1: Saturday
December 27th, Murray Bridge Speedway, Murray Bridge, SA. (with World
Series of Sprint Cars)
Rd #2: Sunday December 28th,
Borderline Speedway, Mount Gambier, SA. (with World Series of Sprint Cars)
Rd #3: Tuesday December 30th,
Western Speedway, Hamilton, VIC.
Rd #4: Thursday January 1st,
Sungold Stadium, Warrnambool, VIC. (With World Series of Sprint Cars)
Grand Final. Saturday & Sunday, 3rd & 4th January, Laang Speedway, Laang, VIC.
Travis is eager to get to Australia to chase his second title, but he admits the biggest challenge of the entire trip will be leaving his wife, kids, and family at home during the holidays. Missing Christmas will be tough for Trav, but the family plans to have Christmas before he leaves, and of course he will also stay in constant contact with them throughout the duration of his trip.
Travis wants to thank all of the sponsors, who are making this trip possible. Australian sponsors, Fire Service Plus and Wickham Smash Repairs have stepped up to the plate to assist in the costs of the trip. In addition, Senter Jr.’s American sponsors have been a great help, and they include Stallard Chassis, FTZ Engines, Holthouse Farms, Accurate Machine Works, Keizer Wheels, Butler Built Seats, Clayton’s Body Shop, Xtreme Race Graphics, Killer Coatings, ARS Shocks, Motorstands.com, Saldana Racing Products, Alliance Performance Group, StrenFlex Straps, Intense Fabrication, AIM Sports, and Hoosier Race Tires.
To keep track of Travis’s endeavors down under, please visit www.TravisSenter.com and www.Formula500.com.au .
November 25th, 2008
Bub McCool To Go Possum Hunting at Columbus This Weekend
Vicksburg, MS (11/25/08) – Bub McCool and McCool Motorsports are locked and loaded for the final two events of 2008 this weekend at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi.
McCool started the year off on a high note by breaking a 16 year winless streak at Columbus Speedway by winning the Winter Classic in January. From that point, McCool went on a tear in 2008, winning seven events, and racking up multiple top five and top ten finishes at tracks throughout the Southeast. Bub will bring things for 2008 to an end this weekend in his #57j McCool Logging/Trakstar/Barker Racing Engine Super Late Model at Columbus Speedway in the 7th Annual Possum Town Grand Prix. The weekend gets underway on Thursday night with an Open Practice Session. On Friday night, a complete Super Late Model program will be held, which will reward the winner of the 30 lap feature with a $2,000 top prize. On Saturday night, a fresh Super Late Model event will be held, which will culminate with a 40 lap, $3,000 to win feature. For more information on the event, please visit www.ColumbusSpeedway.net .
Bub last raced two weeks ago in the Fall Late Model Nationals at Deep South Speedway in Loxley, Alabama. On Saturday, November 15th, with 29 Super Late Models on hand, McCool qualified in the 17th position, which resulted in him starting 3rd in a b-main event. He would advance to a 2nd place finish in the b-main, which earned him a 15th starting position for the 25 lap feature on the high banked, clay oval. In the feature, Bub would race his way to an 8th place finish.
Night #2 of the Fall Late Model Nationals was held on Sunday night, November 16th at Deep South Speedway. Bub qualified in the 9th position, which earned him a 9th starting position for the 40 lap, $4,000 to win event. McCool would pick off several positions early in the event before settling for a 5th place finish.
Bub and everyone at McCool Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include McCool Logging, Barker Racing Engines, Trak-Star Race Cars, Phase 2 Sign Supply, Good Hope Lumber, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Boland Performance, Phase II Graphics, & MSRMafia.com.
For more information on Bub & McCool Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.BubMcCool.com .
Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
November 25th, 2008
Eric Cooley Set For NeSmith Finale at Columbus
Fulton, MS (11/25/08) – Eric Cooley from Fulton, Mississippi has spent the 2008 season chasing the NeSmith Late Model Series tour throughout the Southeast. His efforts will culminate this weekend at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi at the 7th Annual Possum Town Grand Prix.
Despite missing an early season NeSmith Late Model Series event in 2008 due to a family vacation, Cooley made the decision to sign in to chase the NeSmith Rookie of the Year Honors. With a strong field of close to ten candidates for the RoY award, Cooley had to overcome the disadvantage of missing an early season event at Columbus. With one race remaining in the year, Eric is currently third in the RoY standings, and an impressive seventh overall in the NeSmith National standings.
This weekend, Eric will return to familiar territory in the final point’s event of 2008 for the NeSmith Late Model Series at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi. The weekend gets underway with an Open Practice Session on Thursday night. On Friday night, the Weekly Racing Series Invitational will be held for the NeSmith Late Model Series, which will be headlined by a $2,000 to win event. On Saturday night, a complete NeSmith Late Model Series program will be held, and will award a cool $3,000 check to the feature winner. For more information on the event, please visit www.ColumbusSpeedway.net .
Eric last raced two weeks ago at Avenger Speedway in Greenville, Alabama with the NeSmith Late Model Series. With 33 Crate Late Models on hand, Eric qualified 22nd. He would go on to finish 4th in his qualifier, which earned him an 18th starting position for the 40 lap feature. During the course of the main event, Eric worked his way to a 10th place finish, in his first ever visit to the facility. Making Eric's finish even more impressive was the fact that he broke his thumb on lap 20 when his hand got caught up in the steering wheel when two cars tangled in front of him.
Eric and everyone at Cooley Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include Tiffin Motorhomes (Red Bay, AL), 78 Towing & Recovery Inc., Cooley Transport Inc., Searcy Tires (Cherokee, AL), Twisted Designs (Fayette, AL), D&D Trade (Fulton, MS), MSRMafia.com, and Simpson Race Products.
For more information on Cooley Motorsports, visit the official team website at www.EricCooleyRacing.com .
Billy Moyer Jr. Set To Close Out Season at Columbus
Batesville, Arkansas (11/25/08) – Billy Moyer Jr. will climb behind the wheel of his #21jr Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer/Bullock Racing Engine Super Late Model for the final two events of 2008 this weekend at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi.
This weekend Jr. Motorsports will travel to “The Baddest Bullring in the South” at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for the 7th Annual Possum Town Grand Prix. Billy has competed at Columbus Speedway once in 2008, and advanced to as high as the 4th position in the feature event before recording a 10th place finish. Moyer Jr. will look to earn a pair of wins this weekend. Action gets underway on Friday night with a $2,000 to win, 30 lap event. On Saturday night, a fresh program will be on tap with a $3,000 to win, 40 lap program scheduled. For more information on the event, please visit www.ColumbusSpeedway.net .
Moyer Jr. was last in action almost a month ago as he entered the 2nd Annual Gumbo Nationals at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi over the Halloween weekend. On Friday night, Billy struggled in time trials, but managed to lock into the feature event via his heat race finish. Billy started 11th in the 40 lap main event, and early on struggled some with the handling of the car. However, by lap 15 the car began to come in and Billy started to move forward. However, Billy's march to the front would be nixed a few laps later. Despite being advertised as being 40 laps, the checkered flag was thrown on lap 20 for unknown reasons. Due to the shortened event, Moyer Jr. was credited with a 9th place finish.
Billy Moyer Jr. would like to thank all of his sponsors including Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer, Banner Valley Hauling, Valley Transfer, Universal Concrete, Imperial Motors, Red Line Oil, Karl Chevrolet, Bert Transmission, New Vision Graphics, S & H Industrial Services, Watters Autoland, Performance Rod & Custom, Peterson Fluid Systems, Mason Starters, Sweet Mfg., Wiles Driveshafts, Cizmar Racing, Performance Bodies, Schoenfeld Headers, Hoosier Tire South by Pup, Bell Helmets, ISC Racing Tape, VP Racing Fuel, Hooker Harness, MSR Mafia.com, Ringer's Gloves, Kluhsman Racing Components, BSB Manufacturing, Outlawd Motorsports, and CPD Tools.
Billy Moyer Jr. is always looking for new sponsors and marketing partners. For more information on joining the team, please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .
For the latest information on Billy Moyer Jr., please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
November 24th, 2008
Tony Knowles Wins At GVS; Columbus Up Next
Tyrone, Georgia (11/24/08) – Tony Knowles piloted his #26 RSD Enterprises/SAE Parts/Rocket Chassis/Custom Race Engine Super Late Model to a $2,500 win over the weekend at Green Valley Speedway in Glencoe, Alabama.
On Saturday afternoon Tony competed in the first leg of the Super Late Model Series Challenge at Green Valley Speedway in Glencoe, Alabama. The event was highlighted by seven different Super Late Model Series clashing in one event. Tony started the day by setting quick time over the 29 Super Late Models on hand, which earned him the pole position for the feature event. Knowles would assume the lead at the drop of the green flag and would go on to lead the entire event en route to the $2,500 payday!
TKR competed in the second part of the Super Late Model Series Challenge at Green Valley Speedway on Sunday afternoon in what proved to be a very strange event. After qualifying fourth fastest overall, Tony started fourth in the 30 lap feature event. He would lose three spots on the first lap when he was crowded off the back straightaway. He had rebounded from the 7th position to the 5th spot, when the race was red flagged on lap 19 for a horrific crash involving Byron Michaels. Michaels had to be extracted from the car and life-flighted to a local hospital, where thankfully he was found to have no serious injuries. Due to the severity of the wreck, officials made the decision to end the race at lap 19. Tony was credited with a 5th place finish, and although he felt that he had a car that would've resulted in a better finish, he fully understood the circumstances.
This weekend, November 28th-29th, TKR is slated to invade Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for the 7th Annual Possum Town Grand Prix. “The Baddest Bullring in the South” is a place where Tony always runs well, and it holds a sentimental value as well since it is where he picked up his first ever Super Late Model win in January of 2007 at the Winter Classic. This weekend, a pair of Super Late Model events will be on tap with Friday’s program being highlighted by a $2,000 to win Super Late Model event and Saturday program’s featuring a $3,000 to win Super Late Model program. For more information, please visit www.ColumbusSpeedway.net .
Tony Knowles Racing would like to thank all of their sponsors including RSD Enterprises, SAE Parts, Hoosier Race Tires, VP Racing Fuel, Simpson Race Products MSRMafia.com, Rocket Chassis, Hunter Electric, GW Performance, Ohlins Racing Suspension, and All Star Graphix.
Tony Knowles Racing is always looking for new sponsors and marketing sponsors. If you or your company is interested on becoming a member of TKR please visit www.TonyKnowles26.com .
For more information on TKR Motorsports, please visit www.TonyKnowles26.com .
Contact: [email protected]
Tim McCreadie Wraps Up Successful Racing Season
Former WoO LMS Champion, Chili Bowl Winner
Looking at ’09 Options Including a Return to NASCAR
WATERTOWN, N.Y. – If Tim McCreadie were to stop racing today, he would have accomplished more than many drivers combined. In 2006 alone, he earned the World of Outlaws Late Model Series title as well as a win at the prestigious Chili Bowl. This year alone, he took victories at the Knoxville Late Model Nationals, the Topless 100, the Jackson 100, and finished the season in Victory Lane at the Hagerstown Speedway in Maryland.
But T-Mac isn’t stopping today.
In fact, he’s hungrier than ever and is ready to move to the next level. In 2007, McCreadie ran six races in the NASCAR Nationwide, then Busch, Series for Richard Childress Racing. During that stretch he earned two top-15s at Gateway International Raceway and O’Reilly Raceway Park despite the fact he had never raced on pavement prior to his stint with the legendary team owner. Even with those strong performances, sponsorship could not be procured and McCreadie was released from RCR.
“I think it’s a sign of the economic times,” he said. “We couldn’t get the car sponsored, unfortunately, for a full season. I wasn’t the only one that lost out: Bobby Labonte ran four or five races and then they cut his schedule, too. I guess it really didn’t matter if you were a newcomer or a veteran who has won a bunch of races. It was just a tough deal all around.”
While he knows NASCAR provides more money and visibility, McCreadie has options. Moving to NASCAR has never been about leaving dirt racing; it has been about proving to himself and his fans that he can run with the best racers in the country.
“It was a new experience and I liked doing it,” he said. “But I’ve got a great late model team and I love driving midgets and modifieds and maybe I can jump into some pavement stuff here and there and have some fun doing that.”
T-Mac is riding a wave of momentum that hit full stride this summer when he won the Knoxville Late Model Nationals, topping some of the best in the business, including two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion and former USAC Triple Crown winner Tony Stewart.
While Knoxville brings visions of sprint car racing to most, the Late Model Nationals at the historic track is building a reputation as one of the top races of the season. McCreadie understands this and is proud to add that win to his impressive racing resume.
“It’s pretty exciting to be able to win that race,” McCreadie said. “Josh (Richards) and I had a real good final two laps of the race. Until then, I thought we had a car that was really good and we got away from everybody. There were some challenges from Tony Stewart and a couple other guys, but that car was probably the best car I’ve had all year long.”
Not all of his highlights in 2008 have been on the track. Instead of racing at the Syracuse Mile last month, he provided analysis of the Rite Aid 200 for SPEED. While it was a fun and unique experience, McCreadie is quick to say his fans shouldn’t worry that he’ll be heading to the booth permanently anytime soon.
“It’s definitely a lot more nerve-wracking. It seems like there’s a lot more pressure on you when there’s only two people up there,” he said with a laugh. “It was a lot of fun and a great opportunity and I thank everyone who put that together. I know most of the guys who do the TV for SPEED and they would rather have me racing. It was fun to do it once.”
While his win at Hagerstown Speedway is scheduled to be his last start of the season, McCreadie said he would be interested in racing on Thanksgiving night at the Turkey Night midget race at the Toyota Speedway at Irwindale (Calif.). He would only make the trip, however, if he were provided with equipment capable of winning the race.
But no matter what he does in the waning weeks of 2008, one race ahead of all others looms before him: the Chili Bowl. He won the Golden Driller in 2006 in one of the most competitive fields in the event’s history and he would very much like to add his name to the list of racers with multiple wins at the Tulsa, Okla.-based race.
He doesn’t have a ride set in stone yet, but once again, the New York native has options. “I have to touch base with Steve Smith and see what his program’s going to be,” McCreadie said. “Unfortunately, he’s had to go back and forth to Australia a few times this year, so I don’t know what he’s got planned. I’ve got some people up here who might be interested in getting behind a team that I might be a part-owner of.
“The Chili Bowl is such an addictive race. I feel like if I can afford to own anything, I can afford to own a midget once a year. I can’t afford to own anything else! It doesn’t pay a lot to win, but when I won that race, it was one of the most amazing things I’ve done in my career, so I’m looking for a way to improve my program and win that thing again.”
Regardless of where and what he races next year, there are two things race fans can be assured of: T-Mac will race to win and he’ll do it on his terms.
To find out more about Tim McCreadie, including his schedule, pictures, bio information, and merchandise, visit him on the Web at TimMcCreadie.com.
Contact: Ben
Shelton (901) 335-3037
November 19th, 2008
Kyle Beard Travels To Green Valley Speedway This Weekend
Trumann, AR (11/19/08) – After a few weeks away from the track, “The Silent Assassin,” Kyle Beard from Trumann, Arkansas will return to action this Friday and Saturday, November 21st-22nd at Green Valley Speedway in Glencoe, Alabama in the Super Late Model Series Championship.
Kyle was last in action three weeks ago in the 2nd Annual Gumbo Nationals at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi. With 35 Super Late Models on hand, Kyle transferred to the feature event from his heat race on Friday night. On Saturday night, Beard started on the 4th row in the main event. He would get shuffled back several spots on the start though as another competitor temporarily lost control in front of Kyle, causing him to almost come to a stop. Over the next several laps, Kyle began working his way back to the front, and was up to the 8th position when the feature was unexplainably ended on lap 20 despite being scheduled for 40 laps. Beard Motorsports had chosen hard tires, and it took several more laps for the tires to fire than it did for the drivers, who chose soft tires. If the feature had gone the distance the team thinks that Kyle would've had a shot at a top three finish or even a win. As it was the team settled for an 8th place finish.
This weekend, Beard Motorsports will make their debut at Green Valley Speedway in Glencoe, Alabama for the Super Late Model Series Championship. Seven different Super Late Model tours are slated to be represented this weekend in the event. Action gets underway on Friday night with a $2,500 to win/$250 to start event. On Saturday night, another $2,500 to win/$250 to start event will be held. In addition, the driver, who has the best average finish between the two nights will receive a $1,000 bonus. For more information on the event, please visit www.GreenValleySpeedway.com
Upcoming Beard Motorsports Events:
November 21st-22nd: SLM
Series Championship - Green Valley Speedway (Glencoe, AL)
November 28th-29th: Possum Town Grand Prix – Columbus
Speedway (Columbus, MS)
Race fans make sure to stop by the Beard Motorsports hauler this weekend to purchase one of Kyle’s brand new t-shirts, which are available in several different colors!
Kyle Beard would like to thank his sponsors including KB Transport, Gary Beard Trucking, Samuel’s Performance Engines, Engines Inc., Mean Street Motors, Inc., JFR Graphics, Bill Frye Motorsports, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services. Beard Motorsports is always looking for more sponsors, and anyone, who may be interested, can find more information at www.KyleBeard86.com
For more information on Kyle and Beard Motorsports, please visit www.KyleBeard86.com
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
November 17th, 2008
Tony Knowles Launches New Website; Preps For Green Valley
Tyrone, Georgia (11/17/08) – Tony Knowles from Tyrone, Georgia is the latest addition to the MSR Mafia and is proud to announce the launch of his brand new website at www.TonyKnowles26.com .
The 21 year old Knowles, who is currently in his 12th year of racing, pilots the #26 RSD Enterprises/SAE Parts/Rocket Chassis/Custom Race Engine Super Late Model at tracks across the country. After spending the early years of his racing career, driving Go-Karts and Street Stocks, Tony burst onto the Super Late Model scene in 2007, when he picked up his first ever win in the division in the Winter Classic at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi. Since the win, Knowles has picked up several feature wins in the Super Late Model division, and in 2008, the team began to travel to more national events. In 2009, the team looks to run a vast national schedule, hitting a majority of the crown jewel events in addition to events with various tours.
This past weekend, Tony Knowles Racing competed at Deep South Speedway in Loxley, Alabama in the Fall Late Model Nationals. On Friday night with 29 Super Late Models on hand to battle for the $2,500 top prize, Tony recorded a time that would earn him the 4th fastest lap overall. As a result, he started 4th in the main event. He would battle in the top five throughout the 25 lap event, before recording a solid 4th place finish.
On Saturday night Tony competed in the second night of the Fall Late Model Nationals at Deep South Speedway. Tony qualified third in time trials, which earned him a third starting position for the 40 lap, $4,000 to win feature event. In the feature, Knowles would battle his way home to a sixth place finish.
This weekend, November 21st-22nd, the team will travel to Green Valley Speedway in Gadsden, Alabama for the Super Late Model Championship. The event will see drivers from seven different series coming together to battle in a pair of $2,500 To Win/$250 To Start events. In addition, the driver, who accumulates the most points between the two race nights will receive a $1,000 bonus for his efforts. For more information on this big event, please visit www.GreenValleySpeedway.com .
Tony Knowles Racing would like to thank all of their sponsors including RSD Enterprises, SAE Parts, Hoosier Race Tires, VP Racing Fuel, Simpson Race Products MSRMafia.com, Rocket Chassis, Hunter Electric, GW Performance, Ohlins Racing Suspension, and All Star Graphix.
Tony Knowles Racing is always looking for new sponsors and marketing sponsors. If you or your company is interested on becoming a member of TKR please visit www.TonyKnowles26.com .
For more information on TKR Motorsports, please visit www.TonyKnowles26.com .
Jason Fitzgerald Heads to Golden Isles Speedway In Brunswick, GA This Weekend
JACKSONVILLE, FL (November 14, 2008)- Jason Fitzgerald and the Mixson Motorsports Team will travel to familiar grounds this weekend as he will compete at Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, GA for a $3,000 to win NLMS sanctioned event. Jason was to originally scheduled to compete in the final O'Reilly Southern All Stars Series final event at Cleveland Speedway in Cleveland, TN but that event has been postponed till next weekend due to bad weather in the TN area this weekend. Jason will race close to home at Golden Isles Speedway this Saturday and hopes to improve on his last visit there competing in the "Show Down on the Coast" finishing 6th.
Jason and the team competed last weekend in a pair of events. On Saturday November 8th Jason competed at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, GA in a $2,500 to win super late model event. Jason qualify 5th fastest and ran among the leaders the entire event finishing 5th in the final run down. Then on Sunday November 9th Jason traveled to Cherokee Speedway for the annual "Blue-Gray 100" in Gaffney, SC. The 100-lap $10,000 to win event was sanctioned by the O'Reilly Southern All Stars Series. Jason qualified 12th fastest and would race into the top ten of the feature event early but was caught up in someone else's wreck collecting damage to his right front suspension. Jason would return to the track after making repairs but was many laps down and finished 18th.
Jason remains in second place in the series points standings and still leads the "Rookie of the Year" points on the O'Reilly Southern All Stars Series in 2008. For more information about these events log onto the series website at
http://www.southern-allstars.com."We had a pretty good car at both events last weekend. We got a top 5 finish at Screven and really felt we would have got another top 5 finish on Sunday at Cherokee but got caught up in some other guys wrecking. Were looking forward to racing close to home this weekend and hopefully get a win. Then next weekend we will finish the Southern All Stars Series schedule and hopefully wrap up the "Rookie of the Year" award and clinch second place in the series points standings", stated Jason.
Jason and the Mixson Motorsports Team would like to thank all their sponsors in 2008 for their support including Tire Kingdom, M&M Transport & Refrigeration, Bobby Labonte Foundation, Allstar Performance, ASI Racewear, Bell, Butlerbuilt, Jones Racing Products, M&M Enterprises, Penske Racing Shocks, Stephens Advertising, Pro-Systems, Q-Racing, PRC, TWM, VP Race Fuels, WD Enterprises, WRT Web Designs, Wiles Drive Shafts, Wrisco Aluminum and Xtreme Graphics by J-Rod.
Tire Kingdom is the largest independent tire and automotive services retailer in the United States with more than 7,000 employees. Tire Kingdom successfully serves millions of customers a year and is committed to outstanding customer service. Tire Kingdom sells quality name brand tires such as Michelin, Goodyear, General, BFGoodrich, Sigma, Toyo, Pirelli, Uniroyal, Yokohama, and more. Tire Kingdom's retail centers provide full-service tire replacement including tire balancing, wheel alignment, extended service programs and warranties. The centers also offer under-car / under-hood maintenance services including brake repairs, suspension system replacement, drive line repair, air conditioning service, cooling service, transmission service, fuel system service and oil change service. To learn more about the Tire Kingdom Company and a store near you visit their website at
www.Tirekingdom.com.To learn more about Jason Fitzgerald and the M&M Motorsports Team visit their official website at
http://jfitzracing.com. To join the Jason Fitzgerald news letter and receive his press releases by e-mail just send an email to [email protected] requesting that your email address be included for the press release list for Jason Fitzgerald. For more information about the O'Reilly Southern All Stars Racing Series visit their website at http://www.southern-allstars.com.
Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
November 12th, 2008
Fall Late Model Nationals Up Next For Bub McCool
Vicksburg, MS (11/12/08) – Bub McCool and McCool Motorsports will invade Deep South Speedway in Loxley, Alabama this weekend for the Fall Late Model Nationals.
McCool Motorsports was last in action two weeks ago as the team endured a bizarre Halloween weekend in the 2nd Annual Gumbo Nationals at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi. On Friday night, Bub was running second in his heat race with two laps remaining when the engine expired in his #57j Trakstar Super Late Model. As a result, he had to start last in a consolation event on Saturday night in his backup car. McCool would charge from the last starting spot to take the win, which earned him the 17th starting position for the feature, which was scheduled to be 40 laps. At the drop of the green in the feature, Bub began passing cars on his way to the front. By lap seven, Bub was already up to the 9th position. Over the next few laps, McCool began methodically passing cars one at a time. As the race wore on it became evident that McCool had a car to contend for the win, but any chance of that materializing was nixed, when the race was unexpectedly ended on lap 20 as the flagman displayed the checkered flag. McCool was scored with a 6th place finish. After a tough weekend it was extremely disappointing to have the feature laps cut in half without any warning.
This weekend, Bub will pilot his #57j McCool Logging/Trakstar/Barker Racing Engine Super Late Model into battle in a pair of events at Deep South Speedway in Loxley, Alabama. Bub has enjoyed some success at the high-speed, clay oval, and he will be looking to bank on his previous experience to pick up a pair of feature wins this weekend. The festivities get underway on Friday night with an Open Practice session. On Saturday night, a complete Super Late Model program will be held, which will culminate with a 30 lap, $2,500 to win feature event. On Sunday afternoon, a fresh program will be held. Super Late Models are scheduled to battle for $4,000 to win in a 40 lap event. For more information, please visit www.DeepSouthSpeedway.com .
This weekend, the highly popular McCool Motorsports Halloween shirts will be available. In addition, race fans please note that the regular Bub McCool t-shirts are still available and come in a wide array of colors and sizes. Please visit the McCool Motorsports hauler this weekend to get yours before they sell out! To view the shirts, please visit www.BubMcCool.com .
Bub and everyone at McCool Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include McCool Logging, Barker Racing Engines, Trak-Star Race Cars, Phase 2 Sign Supply, Good Hope Lumber, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Boland Performance, Phase II Graphics, & MSRMafia.com.
For more information on Bub & McCool Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.BubMcCool.com
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
November 11th, 2008
Bad Luck For Breazeale at Pike; Deep South Up Next
Franklinton, Louisiana (11/11/08) – After starting the night off with a promising heat race win, things quickly went south for Voodoo Motorsports, and their driver, David Breazeale, on Saturday night at Pike County Speedway in Magnolia, Mississippi.
With 17 Super Late Model signed in for battle in the Jambalaya Nationals, David Breazeale powered his way to a heat race win in his #54 Mastersbilt By Stuckey/Jay Dickens Racing Engine Super Late Model. With passing points in effect, Breazeale was slated to start in the 3rd position for the 50 lap feature event. However, the team discovered after the heat race that the car was severely overheating, and in an effort to not further damage the entry, the decision was made to not run the feature.
This weekend, the team will look to get things back on track as they head to the Deep South Nationals at the state-of-the-art, Deep South Speedway in Loxley, Alabama for a pair of events on Saturday and Sunday, November 15th-16th. The hammer-down style required to get around the high-banks of the 4/10’s mile oval is a perfect fit for Breazeale’s heavy right foot, and he was able to use this combination to pick up a $2,500 win at the facility in mid-October. This weekend an open practice session will be held for the Super Late Models on Friday night. On Saturday a complete program will be held for the Super Late Models, which will be headlined by a $2,500 to win feature event. On Sunday afternoon, another complete program will be held with $4,000 on the line for the winner of the event. For more information, please visit www.DeepSouthSpeedway.com .
A special congratulation goes out to Voodoo Motorsports team owner, Jason Creel, and his bride Amber (Thrash), who were married two weeks ago. Amber is the daughter of Charles and Jannie Thrash, who own and operate the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series Super Late Models.
Also, please visit the Voodoo Motorsports hauler for brand new shirts that are now available for both David Breazeale and Scott Creel.
Voodoo Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Black Warrior Auction Company LLC, Creel Brothers, Hypercoil, J&J Motorsports, Stuckey Enterprises, Hoosier Racing Tires, Xtreme Graphics By J-Rod, MSRMafia.com, Team Voodoo Racing, and ASI Racewear.
For more information on Voodoo Motorsports, please visit www.VoodooDirt.com .
Dirt Late Model Superstar Billy Moyer Headlines Barnett Harley Davidson Nationals This Weekend (Nov. 13-15) At Manzanita Speedway
Legendary Driver Will Enter Huge DIRTcar Racing Event After Enjoying Week Of Off-Roading In Desert
PHOENIX, AZ – Nov. 11, 2008 – Dirt Late Model legend Billy Moyer will roll into Manzanita Speedway for this weekend’s Barnett Harley Davidson Nationals at the top of his game.
And after spending an enjoyable week off-roading in the California desert, he’ll also be recharged from a long, successful season of competition.
That promises to be a scary combination for Moyer’s rivals to deal with during the famed Phoenix track’s blockbuster program, which includes non-point DIRTcar Late Model racing on the sprawling half-mile oval and Barnett Harley DIRTcar Modified action on the inner one-third-mile layout.
An open practice is scheduled for Thursday night (Nov. 13), followed by a preliminary-feature program on Friday night (Nov. 14) and the grand finale for both divisions ($6,000 to win for Late Models, $5,000 to win for Mods) on Saturday night (Nov. 15).
The rejuvenated Moyer, 51, of Batesville, Ark., will be looking for his 20th overall victory of 2008 this weekend, giving him extra incentive during a rare appearance in front of the Grand Canyon State’s fans. It would be the first 20-win season since 2001 for the superstar driver, whose nearly 700 wins over 32 years of racing include virtually every major dirt Late Model event in existence.
A six-time UMP DIRTcar Racing Summer Nationals champion and three-time World of Outlaws Late Model Series titlist, Moyer jumped out of the 2008 starting gate with six victories during February’s Speedweeks activities in Florida and hasn’t let up. Among his 19 wins to date are four in WoO LMS action (including two $20,000-to-win specials) and last month’s $15,000-to-win Cotton Pickin’ 100 at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Miss.
Moyer’s sparkling resume would be lengthened further by a victory in the Barnett Harley Davidson Nationals, which sports co-sanction from DIRTcar Racing Western Region’s Southwest DIRTcar Late Model Series and Western Allstars DIRTcar Late Model Series. Moyer owns one career Western Allstars DIRTcar triumph but has none with the SWDLMS, which ran under the Southwest Dirt Racing Association (SWDRA) name from 2001 until coming under the World Racing Group’s DIRTcar Racing banner this season.
The driver known as ‘Mr. Smooth’ will enter Manzanita’s doubleheader after taking a week-long break from the daily grind of his self-owned racing program. He’s spent the past few days at the Glamis Sand Dunes, a well-known recreation area in Southern California near the borders of Arizona and Mexico that Moyer annually visits with friends to do some off-roading behind the wheel of his dune-buggy.
Moyer will drive his customized motorhome just over 200 miles from the Glamis Sand Dunes to Manzanita, where he’ll meet up with his crew on Thursday. Moyer’s familiar Banner Hauling Victory Circle No. 21 will be waiting for him after being hauled out to Phoenix – a 1,360-mile trip lasting nearly 21 hours – by Jesse Stovall of Galena, Mo., an up-and-coming dirt Late Model racer who agreed to put Moyer’s machine in his team’s rig.
Stovall will be one of several Barnett Harley Davidson Nationals entrants running a car built by Victory Circle Chassis, the Bakersfield, Calif.-based shop that Moyer has helped push into the national dirt Late Model limelight this season. Moyer began collaborating with Victory Circle in 2007 to produce experimental cars chock full of ideas from his vast reservoir of knowledge.
Moyer’s visit to Manzanita will provide him an opportunity to talk setup ideas with several Victory Circle campaigners from the West Coast who plan to compete in the event, including 2008 Western Allstars DIRTcar Late Model Series champion Chris Shannon of Merced, Calif., Bobby Hogge IV of Salinas, Calif. (the winningest Western Allstars driver in ’08), A.J. Kirkpatrick of Castroville, Calif. (a five-time Western Allstars victor this season) and Rob Mayea of Bend, Ore.
Racing is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at Manzanita Speedway, which is located on the corner of 35th Avenue and Broadway Road in Phoenix.
For more information, visit www.manzanitaspeedway.us or call 602-276-7575.
Manzanita’s blockbuster doubleheader won’t end the DIRTcar Racing Western Region action in Arizona for the 2008 campaign. The two-day Bill Cheesbourg Memorial – a non-point Southwest DIRTcar Late Model Series program – will be contested on Nov. 22-23 at USA Raceway in Tucson. More information is available at www.usadirttrack.com.
Additional info on all of the series, sanctioning and member tracks of DIRTcar Racing is available at www.DIRTcar.com.
Earl Pearson Jr. and
Bobby Labonte Racing Team Fights Through Injuries, Wins Record 5th National
Touring Series Championship
ARCHDALE, NC (November 12, 2008)- Winning his 5th National touring series in a
row did not come easy in 2008 for Earl, nicknamed "The Hurricane". In 2008
adversity would strike Earl for the first time in his career while competing at
Volusia Speedway Park for several events including both UMP sanctioned events
and WoO sanctioned events during speedweeks this year. A violent crash during
the final night at Volusia Speedway Park would temporarily halt any plans for a
record 5th dirt late model national touring series title. Earl competing in the
WoO sanctioned event drove hard into turn three on a very rough track surface
and hooked a rut at the very moment he turned the wheel for the turn. Earl's car
became air borne and rolled violently into turn three before coming to rest
upside down on its roof. Earl was trapped and knocked out from the wreck and
unable to escape the upside down machine. Rescue personnel gently turned the car
back over and cut away part of the roll cage to remove Earl from the car. An
eerie silence would come over the facility as it was uncertain the severity of
Earl's condition. A life flight rescue helicopter was called to the track to
transport Earl but it was decided later to transport Earl by ambulance to a
Deland Florida hospital. Many at the track that witnessed the wreck said it was
a very scary looking wreck that had many concerned Earl would ever race again.
Earl would awaken from being knocked out from the wreck in the ambulance ride to
the hospital. Earl later said he remembers hearing the helicopter flying above
the track and thought he must be hurt bad but he was even unaware how bad till
later that night in the hospital. Earl would suffer a mild concussion, a badly
bruised ankle and soreness throughout his body in the days after the wreck.
Earl would recover from the wreck but returned to racing with several new added
safety devices installed in the car. Earl would start wearing the special head
and neck restraint device the HANS device and using a window net in the car.
Other safety devices added after the wreck included an on board fire system and
added padding and seat bracing in his cars. Earl and Bobby Labonte would use
their experience as an opportunity to encourage other dirt late model race teams
and drivers to apply more safety devices within their cars. But even with the
added safety devices Earl would suffer another injury in April while competing
in the Colossal 100 at the Lowes Dirt track in Concord, NC. Earl was involved in
a minor crash with several other drivers in the feature event but Earl's right
wrist would get caught in the steering wheel breaking his wrist. Earl would see
several specialists and was fitted with a special cast that he would wear for
six weeks that allowed him to continue driving. Both injuries had many people
doubting Earl would repeat as the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Champion in
2008 but Earl and the team kept working hard and competed every week to win each
event.
Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team again proved to be the team
to beat and won the 2008 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series national points
championship for the second year in a row! It was a record 5th straight national
touring dirt late model series championship for Earl Pearson Jr. Earl had 4 wins
on the series tied for the most wins in 2008, 21 top 5 finishes, 28 top 10
finishes and 3 Fast Time awards in 40 sanctioned events in 2008. Earl also won
the PBM/Erson Cams Hard Charger Points Category in 2008. For the season Earl and
the team recorded 6 wins, 30 top 5's and 43 top ten finishes in 65 events in
2008. Earl also set three new track records in qualifying in 2008. Earl holds
the World 100 track record at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, OH, the track record
at the Knoxville Late Model Nationals at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, IA and
the new track record at Belleville Speedway in Belleville, KS.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors in
2008 for their support including LifeLong Locks, Lucas Oil, Mastersbilt Race
Cars, Larry Wallace Engines, Mopar, Sunoco Race Fuels, Allstar Performance,
Tiger Rear End, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, SHY, Wilwood, Woodward, TWM, Dyers
Top Rods, Weld, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Wrisco, Sparco, Bell, Mechanix Wear, Oakley,
Cheerios, Coke, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs, The
Decal Source, Rick Schwallie Photography and WD Enterprises.
For more information about LifeLong Locks and the strongest locks on the market
today, visit www.lifelonglocks.com. To purchase Earl Pearson Jr. merchandise and
for more information about Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team
visit their official website at www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com.
SPEED is available through cable television providers nationwide, DISH Network
(Channel 150) and DIRECTV (Channel 607).
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series SPEED Channel Broadcasts:
12/06/08, 3:00pm EST- East Bay, Florida
12/13/08, 3:00pm EST- Golden Isles, Georgia
12/20/08, 3:00pm EST- KC Raceway, Ohio
01/03/09, 7:30pm EST- Wheatland, Missouri
01/10/09, 7:30pm EST- Talladega, Alabama
01/31/09, 7:30pm EST- Columbus, Mississippi
02/14/09, 7:30pm EST- Tri City, Illinois
02/21/09, 7:30pm EST- Florence, Kentucky
02/28/09, 7:30pm EST- Batesville, Arkansas
03/07/09, 7:30pm EST- Bardstown, Kentucky
03/14/09, 7:30pm EST- Brownstown, Indiana
03/28/09, 7:30pm EST- Rome, Georgia
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Josh Richards Closes VAULT World Finals With Victory, Second-Place Finish In 2008 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Points Standings
SHINNSTON, WV - Josh Richards ended the 2008 World of Outlaws Late Model Series campaign on a very high note.
The 20-year-old sensation from Shinnston, W.Va., won last Saturday night’s 50-lap VAULT World Finals A-Main at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., and clinched a career-high second-place finish in the WoO LMS points standings in the process.
Josh was ecstatic after the event, which concluded four consecutive nights of competition at the four-tenths-mile oval. His $10,150 victory gave him six WoO LMS wins in 2008 – tying him with Steve Francis for the tour lead in that department – and came in front of a packed grandstand and a national television audience on SPEED.
“This is definitely my biggest win ever,” said Josh. “To win a race like this, on live T.V. and in front of all these people, is just awesome.”
Josh worked hard to gain Saturday’s spotlight. He advanced from the eighth starting in his Mark Richards Racing-owned Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Works/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports/Ernie’s Auto & Hauling Rocket Chassis No. 1 to take the lead from Earl Pearson Jr. on lap 36 and then held off a final-lap challenge from the Jacksonville, Fla., driver.
The triumph came behind the wheel of a car that he had last driven in his WoO LMS victory on Oct. 7 at Fayetteville (N.C.) Motor Speedway – and will never drive again.
“We’ve already sold this car to Duke Whiseant,” said Josh. “I hate to give it up, but we’re gonna build some new cars for next year.”
Josh entered the season-ending WoO LMS meet sitting fourth in the points standings, trailing second-place Steve Francis by 26 points and third-place Shane Clanton by 20 points. He leap-frogged both drivers in Friday night’s 50-lap VAULT World Finals A-Main despite starting and finishing 10th, thanks to the DNFs suffered by both Francis and Clanton.
The week started off strong for Josh in Wednesday night’s postponed Armour Vienna Sausage Showdown, which offered only WoO LMS show-up points to all entrants. In the first-ever WoO LMS event run ‘topless,’ Josh registered his fifth fast time on the tour in ’08 (14.955 seconds), won a heat and finished sixth in the feature after losing fifth to Clanton with five laps remaining.
Josh was steady in Thursday night’s World Finals qualifying, clocking eighth-fastest in the Round 1 time trials and 14th in Round 2. At the end of the night, meanwhile, he lost to Don O’Neal in the final round of the ‘Breaking the VAULT’ dashes.
Josh will climb behind the wheel of Ernie Davis’s Rocket No. 25 this weekend (Nov. 8-9) for the 100-lap/$10,000-to-win dirt Late Model portion of the postponed Octoberfest 350 at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway.
Chub Ends 2008 Season with Sixth-Place Finish In Finale of VAULT World Finals
BEAR LAKE, PA. At least Chub Frank was able to end his 2008 racing season on a fairly positive note last Saturday night (Nov. 1) at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway.The veteran driver from Bear Lake, Pa., salvaged a frustrating four-day stay at the four-tenths-mile oval in Concord, N.C., finishing sixth in the 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Main that concluded the second annual VAULT World Finals.
Chub had struggled the previous three nights, managing finishes of 13th in Wednesday night’s 50-lapper (the postponed Armour Vienna Sausage Showdown that was run ‘topless’) and 12th in Friday night’s 50-lap VAULT World Finals headliner. His visit to The Dirt Track also included a Thursday-night effort in which he timed 27th-fastest (Round 1) and 15th-fastest (Round 2) for the World Finals and lost to Darrell Lanigan in the first round of the ‘Breaking the VAULT’ dashes.
“I would’ve liked to finish better (on Saturday night), but I’m happy with the car because it got the nose on the ground and it was going forward,” Chub said of his Lester Buildings/Corry Rubber/All Star Performance/Corry Laser/Slavic Corporation/Farr MotorSports/Lake Shore Paving/Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1*. “We hadn’t done that all weekend, so I was happy. I think we at least have something now if we have to come back here next year.”
Chub moved from the ninth starting spot to the top five in the Saturday-night feature, but his bid for fourth place was short-circuited on lap 39 when he clipped the turn-four wall while battling with Donnie Moran.
“It didn’t hurt the car; it just knocked the deck over a little bit,” said Chub. “But it didn’t have to happen. The 99 car (Moran) doesn’t give you any room. He knows you’re there and he still runs you up the racetrack.
“I appreciate how (Steve) Francis ran me (in the battle for fifth),” he added. “We ran side-by-side twice and he left me room – and he probably could’ve run me up, but he didn’t.”
Chub didn’t contend in The Dirt Track’s other A-Main action. In Wednesday night’s ‘topless’ feature (which offered WoO LMS show-up points), Chub started 20th after winning a B-Main and moved up to the fringe of the top 10 before pitting with a flat tire on lap 42 and then slowing with a faulty battery on the final lap. He had to use a WoO LMS provisional starting spot to get in Friday night’s World Finals headliner after missing a transfer spot by one position in a B-Main.
With the VAULT World Finals closing the 43-event WoO LMS season, Chub headed home in possession of a fifth-place finish in the 2008 points standings. He won just once on this season’s tour, which, when combined with a points finish that fell below his expectations, left him immediately looking toward 2009.
“I’m so glad it’s over,” Chub said of the 2008 season. “It’s not the kind of season we were hoping for. But we can’t change anything now, so all we can do is try to come back strong next year.
“We’re done racing for the year, but we’ve got a lot of work to do to keep us busy. I have to the hauler out to Nebraska to get it fixed (the truck and trailer sustained damage in a Minnesota hail storm in July and two run-ins with deer last month in Ohio) and we have plenty to do in the shop.”
Contact: Ben
Shelton (901) 335-3037
October 29th, 2008
Gumbo Nationals Up Next For Kyle Beard
Trumann, AR (10/29/08) – After bad luck last weekend at Whynot Motorsports Park, “The Silent Assassin” Kyle Beard from Trumann, Arkansas will travel to Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi this weekend for the 2nd Annual Gumbo Nationals.
Last weekend Beard Motorsports had a nightmare experience in south Mississippi. After making the long trip down to Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi for the 14th Annual Fall Classic, the team experienced mechanical woes. In hot laps on Friday night, a loose rocker arm in the motor caused damage that forced the team to withdraw from the weekend's events.
“We were one of the fastest cars in hot laps, and I think we had something for them, but our mechanical woes brought things to an end before they ever got started,” commented Kyle.
This weekend the team will travel to Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi for the 2nd Annual Gumbo Nationals. Action gets underway on Friday with time trials and heat race action. On Saturday night, a dash, b-mains, and the 40 lap feature will be scheduled. The winner’s share could reach as high as $4,000 for the event and will pay at least $300 to start. For more information, please visit www.GreenvilleSpeedway.net .
Race fans make sure to stop by the Beard Motorsports hauler this weekend to purchase one of Kyle’s brand new t-shirts, which are available in several different colors!
Kyle Beard would like to thank his sponsors including KB Transport, Gary Beard Trucking, Samuel’s Performance Engines, Engines Inc., Mean Street Motors, Inc., JFR Graphics, Bill Frye Motorsports, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services. Beard Motorsports is always looking for more sponsors, and anyone, who may be interested, can find more information at www.KyleBeard86.com .
For more information on Kyle and Beard Motorsports, please visit www.KyleBeard86.com .
Contact: Ben
Shelton (901) 335-3037
October 29th, 2008
Billy Moyer Jr. Travels To Greenville
Batesville, Arkansas (10/29/08) – Billy Moyer Jr. and Jr. Motorsports will travel to Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi this weekend, October 31st-November 1st for the 2nd Annual Gumbo Nationals.
Jr. Motorsports traveled to Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi last weekend for the 14th Annual Fall Classic. Billy qualified 7th in his group, which resulted in him starting seventh in his heat. He would finish 7th in his heat race, which relegated him to the consolation event, where he started in the 5th position. Billy would finish in the 4th and final transfer position for the feature, which earned him a 23rd starting spot for the 75 lap event. After not being able to advance many positions Moyer Jr. would retire early in the event to save the extra laps on his motor. He was credited with a 20th place finish.
For the fourth week in a row, Billy will travel to the state of Mississippi as he will be in action this weekend at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi in his #21jr Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer/Bullock Racing Engine Super Late Model. Moyer Jr. has enjoyed some success at the ¼ mile, gumbo oval this year including a pair of top ten finishes. The weekend gets underway with time trials and heat race action on Friday night, October 31st. On Saturday night, b-mains, dashes, and the 40 lap feature are on tap. The event boasts $4,000 possible to win and at least $300 to start. For more information, on the event, please visit www.GreenvilleSpeedway.net .
Jr. Motorsports has several items for sale including used CJ Rayburn Chassis, Barry Wright Chassis, Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer, a Pro Power Motor, and a Jay Dickens Racing Engine for sale. Contact Moyer Motorsports at 870 251 2151 for information on purchasing any of these items.
Billy Moyer Jr. would like to thank all of his sponsors including Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer, Banner Valley Hauling, Valley Transfer, Universal Concrete, Imperial Motors, Red Line Oil, Karl Chevrolet, Bert Transmission, New Vision Graphics, S & H Industrial Services, Watters Autoland, Performance Rod & Custom, Peterson Fluid Systems, Mason Starters, Sweet Mfg., Wiles Driveshafts, Cizmar Racing, Performance Bodies, Schoenfeld Headers, Hoosier Tire South by Pup, Bell Helmets, ISC Racing Tape, VP Racing Fuel, Hooker Harness, MSR Mafia.com, Ringer's Gloves, Kluhsman Racing Components, BSB Manufacturing, Outlawd Motorsports, and CPD Tools.
Billy Moyer Jr. is always looking for new sponsors and marketing partners. For more information on joining the team, please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .
For the latest information on Billy Moyer Jr., please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .
Ben Shelton
(901) 335-3037
October 29th, 2008
Eric Cooley Rockets To Top Five At Whynot
Fulton, MS (10/29/08) – Eric Cooley was in action last weekend in his #33c Mastersbilt Crate Late Model in the 14th Annual Fall Classic at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi, where he earned a top five finish.
Eric traveled to Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi last weekend for the 14th Annual Fall Classic. He entered the Crate Late Model portion of the event. With 37 Crate Late Models on hand, Cooley qualified 5th in his group in group qualifying, which earned him a 5th starting spot for his heat race. He would race his way to a 3rd place finish in the heat. His heat race finish, earned him a transfer to the feature event, where he started 12th. Cooley would have a great handling car in the main event, which allowed him to rocket his way to a solid 4th place finish against a stout field of competitors.
“The car was just awesome in the feature, and if we could’ve started a little closer to the front, we might’ve had a shot at the win. Either way it was a great weekend for our team,” commented Cooley.
This weekend, October 31st-November 2nd, the team will travel to East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, Alabama for the 34th Annual National 100. The Crate Late Model portion of the event pays $5,000 to win. Action gets underway on Friday, October 31st with an open practice session. On Saturday, November 1st time trials and heat race action will be held, and on Sunday, November 2nd b-mains and the feature event will be held. For more information on this weekend’s event, please visit www.EAMSDirt.com .
Eric and everyone at Cooley Motorsports would like
to thank all of their sponsors, which include Tiffin Motorhomes (Red Bay, AL),
78 Towing & Recovery Inc., Cooley Transport Inc., Searcy Tires (Cherokee, AL),
Twisted Designs (Fayette, AL), D&D Trade (Fulton, MS), MSRMafia.com, and Simpson
Race Products.
For more information on Cooley Motorsports, visit the official team website at
www.EricCooleyRacing.com .
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Earl Pearson Jr. 2008 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Champion,
Heads to Lowe's Dirt Track for World Finals
ARCHDALE, NC (October 28, 2008)- Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing
Team will compete in their final event in 2008 this weekend in North Carolina at
the Lowe's Dirt Track in the World of Outlaws season finale. Earl will first
compete on Thursday in the two rounds of qualifying for the World of Outlaws
Late Model Series events for Friday and Saturday night. Friday nights events
will include heat races, B-mains and the 50-lap $10,000 to win feature event.
Then on Saturday Earl will again compete in heat races, B-mains and another
50-lap $10,000 to win feature event. Saturday night's event will be broadcasted
"live" on the SPEED Channel network from 8-11pm from the Lowe's Dirt Track.
Earl has seen both success and bad luck at the very fast Lowe's Dirt Track
winning a Southern All-Stars sanctioned event at the track several years ago but
most recently broke his wrist in a wreck this past April at the Colossal 100
sanctioned by the World of Outlaws. Earl has won one World of Outlaws sanctioned
event in 2008 back in July winning the World of Outlaws feature event at Eldora
Speedway in Rossburg, OH. "Were looking forward to racing in North Carolina this
weekend being close to the race shop and having a lot of fans and friends
attending the events there this weekend. Hopefully we'll have better luck this
time there than what we had back in April breaking my wrist in a wreck. Our
sponsor LifeLong Locks is just up the road from the track so hopefully we can
get a win for them to end the year", stated Earl.
This weekend's events will be Earl's last event for the 2008 racing season. Earl
has won six feature events in 2008 including four wins on the Lucas Oil Late
Model Dirt Series and his fourth Lucas Oil Series national championship and
fifth national touring series in a row. Earl's stats for the 2008 Lucas Oil Late
Model Dirt Series include a tie for the most wins on the series with 4 wins, 21
top 5 finishes, 28 top 10 finishes and 3 Fast Time awards in 40 sanctioned
events in 2008. Earl also won the PBM/Erson Cams Hard Charger Points Category in
2008 and will receive a special award for that along with being crowned the 2008
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Champion on November 7th at the series
year-end banquet. To see all the results and information about the Lucas Oil
Late Model Dirt Series visit their website at www.lucasdirt.com.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors in
2008 for their support including LifeLong Locks, Lucas Oil, Mastersbilt Race
Cars, Larry Wallace Engines, Mopar, Sunoco Race Fuels, Allstar Performance,
Tiger Rear End, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, SHY, Wilwood, Woodward, TWM, Dyers
Top Rods, Weld, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Wrisco, Sparco, Bell, Mechanix Wear, Oakley,
Cheerios, Coke, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs, The
Decal Source, Rick Schwallie Photography and WD Enterprises.
For more information about LifeLong Locks and the strongest locks on the market
today, visit www.lifelonglocks.com. To purchase Earl Pearson Jr. merchandise and
for more information about Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team
visit their official website at www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com.
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Mike Knight Primed To Receive Alltel Ohio Speedweek All-Star Recognition During First Career Visit To The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway
RIPLEY, NY – Mike Knight will get his moment in the spotlight for winning the Alltel Ohio Speedweek All-Star contest this week at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
The fast-rising 21-year-old star from Ripley, N.Y., is scheduled to be honored in front of the four-tenths-mile oval’s massive grandstand at some point during a four-day racing spectacular that includes the Armour Vienna Sausage Showdown on Wednesday night (Oct. 29) and the World of Outlaws VAULT World Finals from Oct. 30-Nov. 1.
“I’m real excited to race at Charlotte for the first time,” said Knight, who collected $10,000 for receiving the most votes among the 15 drivers eligible for the Alltel Ohio Speedweek All-Star on-line poll. “We’re going to race at a beautiful track against some of the best drivers in the country – and we’re going to have a chance to stand in front of the grandstand and thank Alltel for putting on a great contest and all the fans who voted for me.”
Knight will go to the post in The Dirt Track’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series action behind the wheel of a Rocket No. 9K that carries a new, blacker color scheme. It’s close to the look that he plans to use on his machines in 2009.
Knight, who earned his berth in the Alltel Ohio Speedweek All-Star contest by finishing fifth in the WoO LMS event on July 27 at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa., has four nights of competition at The Dirt Track on his plate. The postponed Showdown event, which will be run ‘topless,’ kicks off the week on Wednesday evening, followed by VAULT World Finals time trials on Thursday night and complete WoO LMS programs of heats, B-Mains and 50-lap A-Mains on Friday and Saturday nights.
The Saturday-night program, which also includes the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series, will be broadcast live on the SPEED cable network starting at 8 p.m. ET. Friday night’s show will be taped for telecast by SPEED on Sat., Nov. 8, at 9 p.m. ET.
The racer known as ‘Hollywood’ has actually been down south since last Friday. He traveled to Atlanta Motor Speedway with some friends to attend the weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event and then headed over to East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, Ala., on Monday to help Southern racer William Thomas, whose family promotes the track. Knight will spend Tuesday attending “shock school” at Genesis Racing Shocks in Roswell, Ga., before hauling up to Charlotte.
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a point’s title at Eriez Speedway, Knight is completing an ambitious 2008 season with his family-owned team. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottaway’s Auto Parts, Ottaway’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Ripley Machine & Tool, Genesis Shocks, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts, Farr MotorSports, MWB Web Designs and American Racing Tires.
For more information on Mike Knight, visit
www.mikeknight9k.com.
Donnie Moran Looking for a New Challenge in 2009
DRESDEN, OH (October 24, 2008) - Donnie Moran of Dresden, OH who just completed his 30th year of racing is looking for a new start for the 2009 season as the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer and 4-time World 100 winner has his racing equipment up for sale and is currently pursuing a ride for next year.
“I’ve decided it’s the right time to do this,” said Moran from his race shop. “It’s gotten to the point where this is the best move for myself and my family, I am not quitting or retiring, I still have the desire to compete and win and I would like to do it driving for someone else.”
Moran started his racing career driving for his father, Ronnie and for the past several years he has been on his own, but realizes the expense of running a race team has escalated so much in the last few years that it’s time for him to make a career-changing decision. “My family is behind me 100% and I have talked to a couple of car owners who are interested, but I have nothing concrete as of now,” stated Moran who would not reveal the potential suitors for his driving services.
Moran is a driver who needs no resume to apply for a seat behind the wheel, his records and accomplishments are well documented and he his rated as one of the all-time best in dirt late model racing history. “I look at what Billy (Moyer) has done this year, many people in the last year or two said he was washed up, finished, he should retire or whatever, but he has come back strong this year with 19 wins and a renewed enthusiasm for racing.” Moyer indeed received a new breath of life in 2008 teaming up with the Victory Circle Chassis builders out of California which has revitalized his career at age 51 and Moran who is five years younger than Moyer hopes his career receives the same jolt come next year.
The sport of late model racing has been good to Donnie Moran and he wants to give something back to it in the future. “I want to be able to do more of the driving school we have had here for a while now and selling my equipment and hopefully driving for someone else I will be able to expand it to more days of schooling during the summer months.”
Moran is a hands on type of driver whom you will find under the race car working on suspension setups or fine tuning the engine and you can bet that Moran will not stand still and watch and with 30 years of racing experience under his belt that experience would prove invaluable to a race team looking for a driver who can put the car in victory lane.
“I want to sell my truck and trailer, also I have two MasterSbilt cars for sale along with two Draime engines and one Vic Hill engine and several tires and wheels.,” said Moran who would like to sell all of this in one whole package, but realizes he may have to separate some and he would prefer to talk to those that have serious inquiries only.
What else does Donnie Moran have to offer a race team that is interested? The always important sponsorship factor with his sponsors potentially coming along with him including Eddie’s Sunoco, Custom Cutters, C&J Excavating, Sunoco Race Fuels and his product sponsors. “I would have to ask them first if they want to continue to be a part of my racing, but I am confident that they would come with me to another race team,” Moran said. He also notes the added exposure that race teams receive via SPEED Channel that televises several dirt late model events including 14 with the Lucas Oil Series is another factor in obtaining more sponsorship.
Moran, who for almost his entire career has raced with a series, would like to continue to do that come 2009. “I really would love to go back to running the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series full-time, they have a very good sanctioning body there and I feel they are going to be around for a long-time, the reason I dropped off the tour this year had nothing to do with how they run things, but due to the diesel fuel expense which got to be too much of a burden on my bottom line as it did with several other teams.”
Moran would like to sell his racing equipment as soon as possible and what about offers to drive for someone else? “I am sure I will be in contact with the two people I have spoken with up until now, but if there is anyone else out there looking for a full-time driver for 2009 and hopefully beyond then I will listen to them as well, I’d like to get things wrapped up with someone in the next month or so, because East Bay is right around the corner in February.
Moran will conclude his 2008 season with the three-races at the Dirt Track at Lowe’s in Concord, NC where he won the World Finals in 2007 before a live audience watching on SPEED Channel.
For more information on how to contact Donnie Moran Racing you can visit his website at www.donniemoran.com, via email at [email protected] or by calling (740) 607-2299 or (740) 754-2013.
Press Release by James Essex ([email protected])
October 22, 2008
Josh Disappointed With Dirt Track World Championship Outing
SHINNSTON, WV – Josh Richards had high hopes for last weekend’s 28th annual Dirt Track World Championship at K-C Raceway in Chillicothe, Ohio – after all, he finished a strong second in last year’s 100-lapper.
So the 20-year-old sensation was understandably disappointed with his quiet 12th-place finish in the crown-jewel dirt Late Model event on Saturday night.
“We were just off in the feature,” said Josh, who also started the 100-lap headliner from the 12th position. “I don’t know quite what we were missing.”
Josh’s DTWC weekend started off on a high note Friday night when he recorded the second-fastest lap overall in the 106-car group-qualifying session. He then finished second in his 20-lap heat race to gain entry to Saturday night’s A-Main.
But Josh never quite got his Mark Richards Racing-owned Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Works/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports/Ernie’s Auto & Hauling Rocket Chassis No. 1 rolling to his liking in the $50,000-to-win race. He rode out the 100-lap distance positioned just outside the top 10.
“Everybody from second to where I finished seemed to be running about the same speed,” said Josh, describing the difficult nature of passing on the three-eighths-mile oval. “(Brian) Birkhofer (who won the event) drove off, but everybody else really just spent most of the race stuck running in line.
“It’s definitely disappointing,” he added of his performance. “We felt pretty confident that we had a shot to win after running so well last year, but we just missed the setup.”
Josh will move over to the Ernie Davis-owned team this weekend for a busy three-day stretch of competition. He’ll climb behind the wheel of two separate Ernie’s Auto & Hauling Rocket No. 25 cars – one earmarked for duty in the 100-lap dirt Late Model portion of the Winchester 200 on Friday and Saturday nights (Oct. 24-25) at Winchester (Va.) Speedway, and the other ready for battle in the 100-lap dirt Late Model portion of the Octoberfest 350 on Saturday and Sunday afternoons (Oct. 25-26) at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway. Both events pay $10,000 to win.
Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
October 21st, 2008
Bub McCool Travels To Whynot Motorsports Park This Weekend
Vicksburg, MS (10/21/08) – Bub McCool and McCool Motorsports will travel to Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi this weekend, October 23rd – 25th for the 14th Annual Fall Classic.
McCool has already piloted his #57j McCool Logging/Trakstar/Barker Racing Engine Super Late Model to a pair of feature wins at Whynot Motorsports Park in 2008. This weekend’s 14th Annual Fall Classic will offer $15,000 to win and $1,000 to start for Super Late Models. Bub took a hiatus from the event in 2007, but is back in 2008 looking to picking up his biggest payday of the season. On Thursday night, an open practice session will be held. Friday night’s program will be highlighted by time trials and six qualifying heat races for the Super Late Model division. On Saturday night, last chance qualifiers and a 75 lap feature event will be held. For more information, please visit www.WhynotMotorsportsPark.com .
Last weekend Bub entered the 5th Annual Cotton Pickin' 100 at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi. With 63 Super Late Models on hand on Friday night, Bub qualified 3rd in his group, which earned him a third starting spot for his 15 lap heat qualifier. Bub would run fourth for much of his qualifier before successfully executing a daring slide job to take the final transfer spot with one lap to go. After transferring through his heat race to the feature, Bub started 18th in the main event. Despite a one lane track that lended itself to little passing, McCool would advance to a 7th place finish in the 100 lap event.
This weekend, the highly popular McCool Motorsports Halloween shirts will be available. In addition, race fans please note that the regular Bub McCool t-shirts are still available and come in a wide array of colors and sizes. Please visit the McCool Motorsports hauler this weekend at Whynot Motorsports Park to get yours before they sell out! To view the shirts, please visit www.BubMcCool.com .
Bub and everyone at McCool Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include McCool Logging, Barker Racing Engines, Trak-Star Race Cars, Phase 2 Sign Supply, Good Hope Lumber, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Boland Performance, Phase II Graphics, & MSRMafia.com.
For more information on Bub & McCool Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.BubMcCool.com .
Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
October 21st, 2008
Eric Cooley Scores Top Ten Finish at Magnolia Motor Speedway
Fulton, MS (10/21/08) – Eric Cooley from Fulton, Mississippi picked up a 6th place finish over the weekend in the 5th Annual Cotton Pickin’ 100 at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi.
Cooley Motorsports entered the 5th Annual Cotton Pickin' 100 over the weekend in the team’s #33c Mastersbilt Crate Late Model. With 59 cars on hand in the Crate Late Model/Late Model Stock division, Eric finished 2nd in his heat race, which earned him a transfer to the $2,000 to win main event. Eric started 11th in the feature event, and advanced to a 6th place finish by the time that the checkered flag fell on the 20 lap feature.
This weekend the team will travel to Rodney Wing’s Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi for the 14th Annual Fall Classic. A $2,000 top prize will be on the line for the Crate Late Model division. Eric competed once at the facility earlier in the year with the NeSmith Late Model Series, and he recorded a 10th place finish. For more information on this weekend’s event, please visit www.WhynotMotorsportsPark.com .
Eric and everyone at Cooley Motorsports would like
to thank all of their sponsors, which include Tiffin Motorhomes (Red Bay, AL),
78 Towing & Recovery Inc., Cooley Transport Inc., Searcy Tires (Cherokee, AL),
Twisted Designs (Fayette, AL), D&D Trade (Fulton, MS), MSRMafia.com, and Simpson
Race Products.
For more information on Cooley Motorsports, visit the official team website at
www.EricCooleyRacing.com .
Chub Frank Falls Short In Bid For Second Straight Dirt Track World Championship Victory
BEAR LAKE, PA – Chub Frank couldn’t recapture the magic that brought him a victory in last year’s Dirt Track World Championship event at K-C Raceway in Chillicothe, Ohio.
The 46-year-old star from Bear Lake, Pa., got off his title defense off t o a good start when he returned to the three-eighths-mile oval last weekend, setting the overall fast time (14.674 seconds) in Friday night’s 106-car group-qualifying session. But that effort proved to be the highlight of his trip to the 28th annual dirt Late Model spectacular.
Chub managed only a third-place finish in his 20-lap heat race on Friday night – good enough to transfer, but also only good enough for the 13th starting spot in Saturday night’s 100-lap, $50,000-to-win A-Main. He went on to finish a quiet 13th in the feature, one lap down to runaway winner Brian Birkhofer.
“We drew a good number and qualified well, but then it went downhill,” said Chub, who earned a $1,000 bonus from DirtonDirt.com for his fast-time award. “We just weren’t set up right. We just missed something.”
Chub lost a few spots at the initial green flag of the A-Main, but he spent most of the distance running just outside the top 10 in his Lester Buildings/Corry Rubber/All Star Performance/Corry Laser/Slavic Corporation/Farr MotorSports/Lake Shore Paving/Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1*. He was part of a conga-line of cars that was largely stuck in order.
“I don’t know if it’s because the clay (on the track) is shot, but that track just isn’t that racy,” said Chub. “It’s just so hard to pass there. Birkhofer found something and smoked everybody, but it seemed like everybody else ran the same speed and just stayed in line.”
Chub actually didn’t think his car was too bad, considering he could see eventual second-place finisher Shane Clanton ahead of him on the same straightaway as the race wound down. Birkhofer made him rethink the speed of his machine, however.
“I could still see Clanton when Birkhofer came up and just drove right by me to put me a lap down,” said Chub. “I just thought, Holy smokes, he’s flying out there.”
Adding further frustration to a disappointing weekend, Chub hit two deer with his hauler on his way back to Pennsylvania following Saturday night’s race. Both run-ins with the wildlife occurred near Columbus, Ohio – the first damaging the left side of Chub’s tow vehicle, and the second a few minutes later damaging the left side of his trailer.
Chub did report that the hauler damage fortunately happened to the areas that already sustained dents in a heavy Minnesota hail storm in July. He is scheduled to take his hauler and trailer back to S&S in Nebraska for repairs the first week in November.
Chub has no racing planned for this weekend. He will stay home to prepare for his final competitive appearance of the season from Oct. 29-Nov. 1 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., which hosts the postponed World of Outlaws Late Model Series Armour Vienna Sausage Showdown on Oct. 29 and VAULT World Finals from Oct. 30-Nov. 1.
Steve Shaver and the Shaver Motorsports/Cosgrove Racing Team Wins
at Skyline, Heads to DTWC this weekend
VIENNA, WV (October 16, 2008)- Steve Shaver and the Shaver Motorsports/Cosgrove
Racing Team competed in the "Jack-o-Lantern 35" at Skyline Speedway in Stewart,
OH this past weekend. The 35-lap special late model event paying $2,500 to win
drew several big names to the track for this event. Shaver would take the lead
on the start and lead the first 10 laps before being passed by Josh McGuire on
lap eleven. Shaver would stay glued to McGuire's bumper and would close in on
the leader by the halfway mark of the race. In the closing laps Shaver would put
his rocket chassis back in front of McGuire for the lead and hold off the hard
charging McGuire and record another win at the track that Shaver has mastered
over the years.
"I want to dedicate this race to my friend Jack Shutts and his family. I want to
wish him the best, this one is for him," said Shaver in victory lane. "It's
getting toward the end of the season, so it's good to finish the season strong.
And we finally beat Josh McGuire here...fair and square. He has owned this place
so it's really good to get the win." Shaver's dedication was in response to
longtime flagman/scorer and Shaver's neighbor Jack Shutts, who is critically ill
and undergoing treatment.
Shaver and the team will now get ready to compete in the Dirt Track World
Championship this coming weekend at K-C Raceway in Chillicothe, OH. The 100-lap
crown jewel event will pay a whopping $50,000 to the winner. Qualifying and heat
races start on Friday October 17th with the b-mains and 100-lap feature event on
Saturday October 18th. For more information about this event log onto
www.dirttrackworldchampionship.net.
Steve Shaver Motorsports and his race team, Cosgrove Racing, continue to thank
their current sponsors, Drywall Systems Inc, United Bank, Lakeview Estates,
Malcuit Racing Engines, Sunoco Race Fuels, Penske Racing Shocks, Hyperco, Bert
Transmissions, Schoenfeld Headers, Wrisco Aluminum, Cyco Custom Race Products,
Hoosier Tires, Behea Headers, Weld Wheels, Mason Racin, Winters, Poskes
Performance, WRT Webdesigns and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about Steve Shaver and Shaver Motorsports/Cosgrove Racing Team
visit their official website at www.steveshavermotorsports.com.You can receive
Steve Shaver's press releases by emailing your email address to [email protected].
Flush With Momentum, Josh Richards Looks For One Position Improvement In This Weekend’s Dirt Track World Championship
SHINNSTON, WV Riding a wave of momentum, Josh Richards will enter this weekend’s $50,000-to-win Dirt Track World Championship at K-C Raceway in Chillicothe, Ohio, primed to make a bid for his first career dirt Late Model crown-jewel victory.
The 20-year-old sensation from Shinnston, W.Va., has his eyes squarely focused on a one-position improvement in his 2007 DTWC finish when the 28th annual version goes to the post on Saturday night (Oct. 18).
“We came close to winning the Dirt Track (World Championship) last year,” said Josh, who led more than half of the ‘07 DTWC 100 at K-C Raceway before settling for a runner-up finish behind fellow World of Outlaws Late Model Series regular Chub Frank. “Hopefully we can finish the job this time.”
Josh will take to the three-eighths-mile K-C oval with his Mark Richards Racing-owned Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Works/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports/Ernie’s Auto & Hauling Rocket Chassis No. 1 for time trials on Friday night (Oct. 17) coming off one of his most impressive stretches of the 2008 season.
After scoring his first win since July in a Late Model Knoxville Nationals preliminary feature on Sept. 25 and then finishing a close second to Tim McCreadie in the three-day show’s 100-lap headliner two days later, Josh jumped in the Ernie Davis-owned Rocket No. 25 the following weekend. He proceeded to20run off with a $12,000 flag-to-flag triumph in the MACS-sanctioned ‘Big Kahuna’ event on Oct. 4 at The Rock/Allegany County Speedway in Cumberland, Md.
Josh continued his hot streak with a stirring performance on Oct. 7 at Fayetteville (N.C.) Motor Speedway, where he charged forward from the 18th starting spot to capture the 50-lap WoO LMS A-Main that had been held-over by rain from Aug. 15. He had to qualify through a B-Main in the mid-week program and didn’t feel especially confident about his chances when the feature began, but his No. 1 was simply too hooked up to be stopped.
Calling the performance of his car “unreal,” Josh ripped through the field to grab the lead from Shane Clanton on lap 31 and wasn’t headed thereafter. It was his career-high fifth WoO LMS victory of the season; he won from the deepest starting spot of any driver on the 2008 WoO LMS; and, while still fourth in the WoO LMS points standings, he moved within 26 points of second-place Steve Francis with three events remaining on the schedule.
Josh’s scheduled appearance in the ‘topless’ WoO LMS Armour Vienna Sausage Showdown on Oct. 8 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., was rained out and rescheduled for Oct. 29, but he returned to the cockpit the following night during the kickoff of the UFO-sanctioned ‘Ultimate’ event at Challenger Raceway in Indiana, Pa. Once again behind the wheel of the Davis No. 25, Josh won a heat race and finished 19th in Thursday night’s 41-lap ‘Mega Blitz 2008’ special and then drove forward from the 14th starting spot to place ninth in Saturday night’s 91-lap, $22,000-to-win ‘Ultimate’ headliner.
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
October 14th, 2008
David Breazeale Earns Fifth Win of 2008; Scott Creel Wins RoY
Franklinton, Louisiana (10/14/08) – Voodoo Motorsports enjoyed considerable success over the weekend as David Breazeale powered his way to his 5th feature triumph of the 2008 season, and Scott Creel won the 2008 Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series Rookie of the Year honor.
The weekend kicked off for Voodoo Motorsports at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi with a $2,000 to win, 40 lap MSCCS event. Breazeale started the night by setting quick time around the 1/3 mile oval. Via his time trial, David earned the pole position for the pole-sitter’s dash, which he would win in his #54 Mastersbilt By Stuckey/Jay Dickens Racing Engine Super Late Model. In the feature event, he started on the pole and battled Bub McCool for the lead for the entire event before recording a second place finish.
Scott Creel qualified 7th in his group in his #31 Mastersbilt By Stuckey/Wall-2-Wall Racing Engine Super Late Model, which earned him a 3rd starting spot for his b-main. He finished 4th in his qualifier and started 15th in the feature. He would race his way to another top ten in the main event as he recorded a 9th place finish at the checkered flag.
On Saturday night, the team was in action at Whynot Motorsports Park at Meridian, Mississippi in the 2008 finale for the MSCCS Super Late Models. After winning the pole-sitter’s dash, Breazeale picked up another feature win last night to the tune of $2,500. With his feature finish, David earned the 2nd position in the final 2008 MSCCS tour point standings.
Scott Creel had a rough night. His night would to an early end in the feature event, when he jumped the cushion and knocked the nose under the car ending his night. He was credited with an 18th place finish, which was enough to earn him the 2008 MSCCS Rookie of the Year title! Scott also finished 6th in the final MSCCS Point Standings.
This weekend, Voodoo Motorsports and David Breazeale will travel to Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for the 5th Annual Cotton Pickin’ 100. The event pays $15,000 to win and $1,000 to start for Super Late Models. An open practice session will be held on Thursday night with time trials and heat race action on Friday night. Saturday night’s program will feature consolation events as well as the 100 lap main event. For more information, please visit www.MagnoliaMotorSpeedway.net .
Also, please visit the Voodoo Motorsports hauler for brand new shirts that are now available for both David Breazeale and Scott Creel.
Voodoo Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Black Warrior Auction Company LLC, Creel Brothers, Hypercoil, J&J Motorsports, Stuckey Enterprises, Hoosier Racing Tires, Xtreme Graphics By J-Rod, MSRMafia.com, Team Voodoo Racing, and ASI Racewear.
For more information on Voodoo Motorsports, please visit www.VoodooDirt.com .
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
October 14th, 2008
Billy Moyer Jr. Heads To Cotton Pickin’ This Weekend
Batesville, Arkansas (10/14/08) – Billy Moyer Jr. and Jr. Motorsports will invade Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi this weekend, October 16th-18th for the 5th Annual Cotton Pickin’ 100.
Last Friday Moyer Jr. made his first trip of the year last night to Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series event. In time trials, bad luck once again struck Billy as his nose dug into the track, resulting in a poor qualifying lap. As a result he started 9th in his b-main event. However, he didn't let his poor starting position discourage him as he raced his way to a 3rd place finish, which earned him a 13th starting spot in the feature. At the drop of the green flag in the feature, he blasted his way to the front, and got as high as the fourth position by the race's midway point. Late in the race, the handling would begin to go away on his entry, and he lost a few spots to finish in the 10th position.
On Saturday night, Jr. Motorsports traveled south to Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi for another MSCCS Super Late Model event. Billy locked into the feature event via time trials after qualifying in the 6th position. Moyer Jr. would experience a setback in the pole-sitters dash, when another car slammed him into the wall at the drop of the green flag. After finishing last in the dash, Billy started in the 8th starting position in the 25 car field for the 50 lap event. Moyer Jr. would battle his way to an 11th place finish in the feature.
This weekend, October 16th-18th Billy will return to the state of Mississippi as he pilots his #21jr Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer/Bullock Racing Engine Super Late Model into battle at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for the 5th Annual Cotton Pickin’ 100. Two years ago, Billy blasted his way onto the national scene by finishing 2nd in the coveted event in his rookie year of Super Late Model racing. The 2008 edition of the event boasts $15,000 to win and $1,000 to start. Action gets underway on Thursday night with an Open Practice Session. On Friday night time trials and heat races will be held, and on Saturday night b-mains and the 100 lap feature event will be held. For more information on the event, please visit www.MagnoliaMotorSpeedway.net .
Jr. Motorsports has several items for sale including used CJ Rayburn Chassis, Barry Wright Chassis, Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer, a Pro Power Motor, and a Jay Dickens Racing Engine for sale. Contact Moyer Motorsports at 870 251 2151 for information on purchasing any of these items.
Billy Moyer Jr. would like to thank all of his sponsors including Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer, Banner Valley Hauling, Valley Transfer, Universal Concrete, Imperial Motors, Red Line Oil, Karl Chevrolet, Bert Transmission, New Vision Graphics, S & H Industrial Services, Watters Autoland, Performance Rod & Custom, Peterson Fluid Systems, Mason Starters, Sweet Mfg., Wiles Driveshafts, Cizmar Racing, Performance Bodies, Schoenfeld Headers, Hoosier Tire South by Pup, Bell Helmets, ISC Racing Tape, VP Racing Fuel, Hooker Harness, MSR Mafia.com, Ringer's Gloves, Kluhsman Racing Components, BSB Manufacturing, Outlawd Motorsports, and CPD Tools.
Billy Moyer Jr. is always looking for new sponsors and marketing partners. For more information on joining the team, please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .
For the latest information on Billy Moyer Jr., please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com
Chub Frank’s Weekend At Challenger Raceway Starts Promisingly, Ends Quietly
BEAR LAKE, PA – A weekend that started promisingly ended quietly for Chub Frank at Challenger Raceway in Indiana, Pa.The 46-year-old star from Bear Lake, Pa., kicked off last weekend’s three-day UFO-sanctioned ‘Ultimate’ meet at the one-third-mile oval with a solid fourth-place finish in Thursday night’s 41-lap ‘Mega Blitz 2008’ preliminary feature. But his hopes of pocketing the main event’s $22,000 top prize weren’t realized because he failed to qualify for Saturday night’s 91-lap headliner.
Chub’s fortunes took a nose-dive during the Friday-night heat-race program for the ‘Ultimate’ feature. After he vaulted from the last starting spot to third in a single lap, a suspension failure on his Lester Buildings/Corry Rubber/All Star Performance/Corry Laser/Slavic Corporation/Farr MotorSports/Lake Shore Paving/Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1* sent him to the pit area.
Buried at the back of the pack for the start of the fourth B-Main on Saturday night, Chub made a valiant effort to grab one of the race’s two transfer spots. His charge ended with a third-place finish, leaving him one position shy of a berth in the feature.
“The car was good all weekend,” said Chub, who drove the machine he steered to a third-place finish its debut run on Oct. 7 in a World of Outlaws Late Model Series event=2 0at Fayetteville (N.C.) Motor Speedway. “We were going to be in good shape even though we drew a bad starting spot for the heat, but then we got behind when we dropped out of the heat – and when you have to start at the back of a B (Main) at a show with the kind of car count (Challenger) had, you’re going to be in trouble.”
Chub was a serious contender for victory in the ‘Mega Blitz 2008’ program that kicked off the ‘Ultimate’ on Thursday night. He won a heat race and ran as high as second in the 41-lap feature before settling for fourth place.
“We had a little harder tire, but our biggest problem was the restarts,” said Chub. “We got up to second a couple times, but then there would be a caution and we’d get stuck in the inside lane. The outside lane was better on the restarts.”
Chub arrived at Challenger after a two-day trip to North Carolina with the WoO LMS. He began the swing with the uplifting third-place finish at Fayetteville in the completi on of a show held-over by rain on Aug. 15, but the Wednesday night (Oct. 8) event scheduled for The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., was postponed by rain to Oct. 29.
Chub, who sits fifth in the WoO LMS points standings, will head to K-C Raceway in Chillicothe, Ohio, this weekend to defend his 2007 victory in the prestigious Dirt Track World Championship event. Time trials and heat races are scheduled for Friday night (Oct. 17) and last-chance events and the $50,000-to-win, 100-lap A-Main will be contested on Saturday night (Oct. 18).
“Hopefully we’ll go there and have everything go our way like last year,” said Chub, who won the DTWC for the first time in his career last season. “We could use a good run to get out of this funk we’ve been in.”
After Strong Thursday-Night Run, Mike Knight Falls Short Of Challenger Raceway’s ‘Ultimate’ Feature Field
RIPLEY, NY – Mike Knight wasn’t smiling when he left Challenger Raceway in Indiana, Pa., on Saturday night.
After starting the one-third-mile track’s three-day UFO-sanctioned program with a solid fifth-place finish in Thursday night’s 41-lap ‘Mega Blitz 2008’ preliminary feature, Knight failed to crack the starting field for Saturday night’s 91-lap ‘Ultimate’ main event that paid $22,000 to win.
“I’m very disappointed I didn’t make the feature,” said Knight, a rising 21-year-old driver from Ripley, N.Y. “I felt like we had a good car, but it was a real tough field and we didn’t draw (for position) well so we had our work cut out for us.”
Knight had his family-owned Rocket No. 9K running strong on Thursday night. He advanced from the seventh starting spot to finish second in his heat race and charged from the 15th starting position in the 41-lap feature to place fifth, right behind veteran Chub Frank at the checkered flag.
But Knight didn’t fare as well when heat races for the ‘Ultimate’ were contested on Friday night. He missed transferring by one position after moving from the seventh starting to fourth in the qualified.
Then, on Saturday night, Knight had a short stint in his B-Main. He started third in the last-chance event, but a busted fuel pump on the opening 20 lap forced him to the pit area and ended his weekend short of the feature.
Knight arrived at Challenger after spending the previous Saturday night (Oct. 4) driving Jim Clinger’s E-Mod in a special event at Mercer (Pa.) Raceway Park. He qualified through a B-Main and moved from 23rd to sixth in the 30-lap feature before developing a flat tire, leaving him 15th in the official rundown.
The final dirt Late Model event tentatively listed on Knight’s 2008 schedule is the Vault Outlaws World Finals for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series on Oct. 30-Nov. 1 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway, Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottaway’s Auto Parts, Ottaway’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Ripley Machine & Tool, Genesis Shocks, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts, Farr MotorSports, MWB Web Designs and American Racing Tires.
For more information on Mike Knight, visit
www.mikeknight9k.com.
Bub McCool Wins Again; Cotton Pickin’ 100 This Weekend
Vicksburg, MS (10/13/08) – Bub McCool piloted his #57j McCool Logging/Trakstar/Barker Racing Engine Super Late Model to the $2,000 feature win on Friday night, October 10th at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi.
With 25 Super Late Models on hand, Bub qualified fastest in his group and second fast overall in the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series sanctioned event. After finishing second in the dash, Bub started outside front row for the 40 lap feature event. At the drop of the green flag, he blasted his way to the lead. McCool would hold off the challenges of David Breazeale for the entire event to pick up the win, which was his second of the year at Columbus Speedway, and his seventh win overall.
On Saturday night, Bub’s luck would not be as good as he traveled to Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi for a 50 lap, $2,500 to win MSSCS event. Bub finished 2nd in his qualifier, which earned him the 12th starting position for the feature event. In the feature, McCool was up to the 4th position with 15 laps to go when contact with Scott Slay brought his night to an early end. He was credited with a 14th place finish.
This weekend, McCool Motorsports will travel to Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for the 5th Annual Coors Cotton Pickin’ 100. The 2008 edition of the event pays $15,000 to win and $1,000 to start. In 2007, Bub made a charge through the b-main to start 21st in the main event. Despite his back of the pack starting position, Bub raced his way to an 8th place finish on the gumbo oval.
Action gets underway this weekend with an Open Practice session on Thursday night. Things kick into high gear on Friday night with time trials and six heat races. Saturday night will be highlighted by b-mains and a 100 lap feature event. For more information, please visit www.MagnoliaSpeedway.net .
This weekend, the highly popular McCool Motorsports Halloween shirts will be available. In addition, race fans please note that the regular Bub McCool t-shirts are still available and come in a wide array of colors and sizes. Please visit the McCool Motorsports hauler this weekend at Magnolia Motor Speedway to get yours before they sell out! To view the shirts, please visit www.BubMcCool.com .
Bub and everyone at McCool Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include McCool Logging, Barker Racing Engines, Trak-Star Race Cars, Phase 2 Sign Supply, Good Hope Lumber, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Boland Performance, Phase II Graphics, & MSRMafia.com.
For more information on Bub & McCool Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.BubMcCool.com .
Contact: Ben Shelton
(901) 335-3037
October 13th, 2008
Cotton Pickin’ 100 Up Next For Kyle Beard
Trumann, AR (10/13/08) – “The Silent Assassin” Kyle Beard from Trumann, Arkansas will invade Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi this weekend for the 5th Annual Coors Cotton Pickin’ 100.
Kyle took last weekend off from racing to prepare for the home stretch of the 2008 season, which includes trips to Mississippi for the next three weeks. The first of these trips will be this Thursday-Saturday, October 16th-18th at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for the $15,000 to win/$1,000 to start, Cotton Pickin’ 100. In 2007, Kyle qualified for his first ever Cotton Pickin’ 100 main event, and finished a very respectable 14th against many of the nation’s top drivers. This weekend, Beard will look to pick up his first ever Cotton Pickin’ 100 title. Action gets underway on Thursday night with an Open Practice. On Friday night, time trials and heat races will be held. On Saturday night, b-mains and the 100 lap feature event will be held. For more information on the event, please visit www.MagnoliaSpeedway.net .
Upcoming Beard Motorsports Events:
Oct. 16th-18th: Magnolia Motor Speedway (Columbus, MS)
Oct. 23rd-25th: Whynot Motorsports Park (Meridian, MS)
Oct. 30th-Nov. 1st: Greenville Speedway (Greenville, MS)
Kyle competed in the 2008 AMP Super Late Model Series finale on Saturday, October 4th at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi. He started on the pole of his heat race and led flag to flag to win it. With passing points in effect, Beard earned the 7th starting position for the feature event. Kyle cracked the top five early in the event, before another car slid up in front of him, causing front end damage to the front of his #86 GRT By Frye Super Late Model. Kyle would fight the ill-handling car home to a 7th place finish.
Race fans make sure to stop by the Beard Motorsports hauler this weekend to purchase one of Kyle’s brand new t-shirts, which are available in several different colors!
Kyle Beard would like to thank his sponsors including KB Transport, Gary Beard Trucking, Samuel’s Performance Engines, Engines Inc., Mean Street Motors, Inc., JFR Graphics, Bill Frye Motorsports, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services. Beard Motorsports is always looking for more sponsors, and anyone, who may be interested, can find more information at www.KyleBeard86.com .
For more information on Kyle and Beard Motorsports, please visit www.KyleBeard86.com .
Contact: Ben Shelton
(901) 335-3037
October 13th, 2008
Todd Hall Heads To North Carolina & Virginia This Weekend
Charleston, MO (10/13/08) –Todd Hall Motorsports will make the long trek this weekend to North Carolina and Virginia for the FasTrak Crate Late Model Grand Nationals.
Todd Hall was last in action two weeks ago in the Nathan Rettig Memorial Cotton Boll Cup at Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri. Double features were on tap for the weekend. On Friday night, Todd started 14th in the feature and advanced to a 10th place finish. After struggling on Friday night, the team made a tire change for Saturday night's program. Hall lost a few spots early in the feature event, but rebounded for a 7th place finish.
Last month, Todd piloted his #99 Mastersbilt Crate Late Model in Round #1 of the FasTrak Grand Nationals at Callaway Raceway in Fulton, Missouri. Todd recorded a 3rd place finish in the feature qualifier. This week, Hall will enter Round #2 and Round #3 of the FasTrak Grand Nationals. The driver, who accumulates the most points over the course of the three events, earns a $50,000 bonus.
This Wednesday and Thursday, October 15th-16th, the team will make the long trek to Friendship Speedway in Elkins, North Carolina for Round #2 of the FasTrak Grand Nationals. On Wednesday night time trials will be held. Thursday night will see heat races, b-mains, and the feature event.
On Friday and Saturday, October 17th-18th, Hall Motorsports will head north to Wythe Raceway in Rural Retreat, Virginia for Round #3 of the FasTrak Grand Nationals. On Friday night, time trials will be held with heat races, b-mains, and the feature event on Saturday night. For more information on the events, please visit www.FasTrakRacing.com .
Todd Hall
Motorsports would like to thank all of their marketing partners including FTS
Logistics, Financial Transportation Services LLC, First Security State Bank,
Greg Hall Motorsports, New Vision Graphics, and MSRMafia.com .
For the latest information on the Todd Hall
Motorsports Team visit the official website at
www.ToddHallMotorsports.com .
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October 7, 2008
Mitchell Claims Top 5 At Greenville AMP Show, Preps For Boothill
(Texarkana, Texas) Jon "Catman" Mitchell powered his #5 Black, Silver, and Red
Team 5 Enterprise, GRT Super Late Model to a Top 5 finish at this past weekends
AMP Late Model Series race in Greenville, Mississippi. Mitchell, who ended up
with a fourth place finish, was not sure if he would even be able to make the
feature race after noticing a mechanical problem after winning his heat race.
"We had some broken push rods after the heat race win, and we was planning on
just making a lap in the feature then pulling off." said Mitchell "The car did
good and I didn't feel like the motor was in bad shape, so I stayed out, and was
running third until the last lap when Ray Moore was able to get around me when I
got into some loose stuff in the last turn. Ray is a good racer and took
advantage."
Mitchell and his crew are planning on attending this weekend's Open Wheel Mod
race at Boothill.
Mitchell will also be selling his T-Shirts at a special price of $10 a shirt for
the remainder of the season, regardless of color, or size of the shirt.
Jon Mitchell Racing would like to thank all of their sponsors for the 2008
season: W&W Timber, Marion Towing, JFR Graphics, GRT Race Cars, GRT Fab,
Performance Powder Coating, J&J Motorsports, Bell Helmets, BSB Manufacturing,
Hoosier Tire, Pro-Blend Motorsports Products, True Flow Air Filters, Duralite
Wheels, Hawk Performance Break Pads, Integra Shocks and Springs, Brodix, Stealth
Carburetors, Bert, Simpson, Outpace, Schoenfield, Kenneth's High Performance,
Big Worm Motorsports, Franklin Rear Ends, Cam Motion, RCI, Port City Racing,
Woodward Steering and Wilwood, Dyers Top Rods, ASI Racewear, Pectol Motorsports,
Two Rivers Agri Service, Ark La Tex Driveshafts, Schafers Racing Oil, and
Victory Lane Web Designs
Be sure to visit Jon Mitchell's official website at
http://JonMitchellRacing.com
Media Contact: Luke Matheson
www.VictoryLaneWebDesigns.com
http://southerndirt.net/index.php?referredby=1
870-329-5536
Contact: Ben
Shelton (901) 335-3037
October 7th, 2008
Billy Moyer Jr. Preps For Mississippi Double Dip
Batesville, Arkansas (10/07/08) – Billy Moyer Jr. and Jr. Motorsports will travel to the Magnolia State this weekend for back-to-back events with the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series behind the wheel of his #21 Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer/Bullock Racing Engine Super Late Model.
Last Saturday Jr. Motorsports made the trip to Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi for a $2,000 to win/$300 to start Arkansas Motorsports Professionals (AMP) Super Late Model event. Thirty-two Super Late Models signed in to battle in the 2008 AMP tour season finale. Billy started on the front row in his heat race and jumped to the early lead before the nose of his car dug into the track, causing heavy front end damage and pushing him to the back of the pack. Due to his heat finish, Billy was forced to run the b-main, which he led flag to flag to take the win. He started 16th in the feature, and by the time that the checkered flag fell on the 30 lap feature, Moyer Jr. recorded a solid 5th place finish.
This weekend, Billy will return to Mississippi for a pair of events with the MSCCS Super Late Models. Action gets underway on Friday night, October 10th at the Baddest Bullring in the South at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi. The event will be highlighted by a $2,000 to win/$250 to start program. This will mark Billy’s third time to compete at the facility.
On Saturday night, October 11th, the team will head south on Highway 45 to Rodney Wing’s Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi for a MSCCS event, which will pay $2,500 to win and $300 to start for the 50 lap event. Billy looks to use the event as a tune up race for the upcoming Fall Classic, which pays $15,000 to win and $1,000 to start on October 23rd-25th. For information on any of this weekend’s events, please visit www.StateSeries.com or www.WhynotMotorsportsPark.com or www.ColumbusSpeedway.net .
Billy Moyer Jr. would like to thank all of his sponsors including Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer, Banner Valley Hauling, Valley Transfer, Universal Concrete, Imperial Motors, Red Line Oil, Karl Chevrolet, Bert Transmission, New Vision Graphics, S & H Industrial Services, Watters Autoland, Performance Rod & Custom, Peterson Fluid Systems, Mason Starters, Sweet Mfg., Wiles Driveshafts, Cizmar Racing, Performance Bodies, Schoenfeld Headers, Hoosier Tire South by Pup, Bell Helmets, ISC Racing Tape, VP Racing Fuel, Hooker Harness, MSR Mafia.com, Ringer's Gloves, Kluhsman Racing Components, BSB Manufacturing, Outlawd Motorsports, and CPD Tools.
Billy Moyer Jr. is always looking for new sponsors and marketing partners. For more information on joining the team, please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .
For the latest information on Billy Moyer Jr., please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .
Earl Pearson Jr. Wins
at Rome Georgia, Wins 2008 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National
Championship
ARCHDALE, NC (October 7, 2008)- Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing
Team competed at the final two events of the 2008 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt
Series in the state of Georgia. On Friday night Earl competed at Rome Speedway
in Rome Georgia and set the 4th fastest time during qualifying out of the 55
cars entered. Earl would win his heat race and start third in the 50-lap feature
event. Earl would battle Chris Madden early for the lead and eventually took the
lead on lap eight and held off challenges from several drivers and led the final
42 laps to win his 4th feature event on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series in
2008. Earl's victory was very satisfying with the numerous top national touring
drivers in the field that he would beat and put an exclamation point on his 5th
consecutive national touring series championship in the final events of the 2008
season.
On Saturday night Earl would compete in the final Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt
Series event in 2008 at Dixie Speedway in Woodstock Georgia. Earl would show the
way in qualifying setting a new track record at 13.893 to set the fastest lap
out of the 46 drivers entered. Earl would have high hopes to finish the season
with back to back wins but suffered bad luck in his heat race breaking a left
front upper a-arm and would have to use a series provisional starting position
for the 50-lap feature event. Earl would battle throughout the feature and
advanced into the top 15 and finished 12th in the final feature event of the
2008 season for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. Earl's stats for the 2008
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series include a tie for the most wins on the series
with 4 wins, 21 top 5 finishes, 28 top 10 finishes and 3 Fast Time awards in 40
sanctioned events in 2008. Earl also won the PBM/Erson Cams Hard Charger Points
Category in 2008 and will receive a special award for that along with being
crowned the 2008 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Champion on November
7th at the series year-end banquet. To see all the results and information about
the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit their website at www.lucasdirt.com.
"To win our 4th consecutive Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Championship and
our 5th national touring series championship in a row is really amazing to me
with the level of competition there is in dirt late model racing. This
championship means a lot after all we went through early in the year with my
injuries I suffered in a couple of wrecks. I can't say enough about my car owner
Bobby Labonte and my crew for sticking with me and helping me through my
injuries early this year and keeping focused even though we got behind in the
points early. Then to win in the next to last race on the series at Rome was
really cool and to beat such a strong field of drivers makes it even more
satisfying for our team. I have to thank my crew Randal Edwards, Matt Langston,
Keith Edwards and Devine Ellis for giving me well prepared cars every time we
hit the track. These guys are professionals and really good at their individual
duties they each have which makes my job a lot easier to focus on driving. It
has been a great year and we had a lot of fun racing with Hartman, Casebolt and
all the guys that followed the series. Ritchie Lewis and the entire Lucas Oil
staff did a great job with the series this year and everyone was a pleasure to
work with. I have to thank all my sponsors, especially LifeLong Locks, Lucas
Oil, Larry Wallace Engines, Mopar, Allstar Performance, Sunoco Race Fuels,
Mastersbilt Race Cars and all my product sponsors for their support this year.
It was a great year again and we had fun", stated Earl
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors in
2008 for their support including LifeLong Locks, Lucas Oil, Mastersbilt Race
Cars, Larry Wallace Engines, Mopar, Sunoco Race Fuels, Allstar Performance,
Tiger Rear End, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, SHY, Wilwood, Woodward, TWM, Dyers
Top Rods, Weld, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Wrisco, Sparco, Bell, Mechanix Wear, Oakley,
Cheerios, Coke, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs, The
Decal Source, Rick Schwallie Photography and WD Enterprises.
For more information about LifeLong Locks and the strongest locks on the market
today, visit www.lifelonglocks.com. For more information about Earl Pearson Jr.
and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team visit their official website at
www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com.
Earl's Remaining 2008 Schedule:
October 17-18th - DTWC- KC Raceway, Chillicothe, OH
Oct 31-Nov 1- WoO Finals- Lowes Dirt Track, Concord, NC
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
October 6th, 2008
Jake Tucker Set For SMP Vs. USCS At Riverside
Collierville, TN (10/06/08) – After two weeks away from the track, Jake “The Snake” Tucker is locked and loaded for the SMP Vs. USCS Open Wheel Modified showdown this Saturday, October 4th at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas.
This Saturday, Tucker will pilot his #11 Parts Plus/Valvoline Oil/Larry Shaw/Dynotech Racing Engine Open Wheel Modified into battle in the $1,500 to win/$125 to start, 35 lap event. The event will be held in conjunction with the 3rd Annual Parts Plus Trick or Treat Nationals at Riverside International Speedway and will serve as the final event of the 2008 season for the track. Jake already has one feature win at the facility in 2008, and he finished 3rd in the 2008 track point’s standings. This weekend Jake will be looking to add another to his win total. For more information on the event, please visit www.RiversideInternationalSpeedway.com .
Jake was last in action a couple of weeks ago at Riverside International Speedway in a Weekly Racing Series Event. After finishing 2nd in his heat race, Jake started 5th in the feature event. He charged his way to the 2nd position by the white flag lap. However, on the final lap, Tucker would slip up in the final corner, allowing a pair of cars to slip by on the low side. Jake was credited with a 5th place finish.
Tucker Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Parts Plus, Valvoline Oil, Smyth Auto (Cincinnati, OH), Champion Electric (Collierville, TN), Mr. Parts Stores (Pine Bluff, AR), Auto Sport Center (Little Rock, AR), Dynotech Engines, Main Street Garage(Collierville, TN), The UPS Stores(Collierville, TN), Comp Cams, Dynamic Electric(Memphis, TN), and Wilson Competition (Tony Wilson).
For more information on Jake Tucker Motorsports, please visit www.TuckerMotorsports.com .
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
October 6th, 2008
David Breazeale Rolls To Another Win
Franklinton, Louisiana (10/06/08) – “The Ragin’ Rebel” David Breazeale rolled to another feature win on Saturday night for Voodoo Motorsports at Deep South Speedway in Loxley, Alabama.
David Breazeale continued his strong second half of the 2008 season on Saturday night at Deep South Speedway in Loxley, Alabama as he picked up the $2,500 feature win with the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series (MSCCS) tour. David set quick time around the large, clay oval, which earned him the pole position for the feature event. Breazeale would lead the entire event, but narrowly escaped disaster as he hit debris on the track with five laps left, which cut a tire. Despite the rapidly deflating tire, David was able to hold onto the car to take the win, which was his fourth of the 2008 season.
Scott Creel also had a strong night as he qualified 3rd for the feature event. Creel would run in the top five for much of the event before jumping the cushion on a mid race restart, which pushed him back to the 12th spot. He would bounce back to a 10th place finish at the finish line.
This weekend, Voodoo Motorsports will enter the final two MSCCS Super Late Model events of the 2008 season. David Breazeale will pilot his #54 Mastersbilt By Stuckey/Jay Dickens Racing Engine Super Late Model into battle, and Scott Creel will be behind the wheel of his #31 Mastersbilt By Stuckey/Wall-2-Wall Racing Engine entry. The weekend gets underway on Friday night at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi with a $2,500 to win event. For more information, please visit www.ColumbusSpeedway.net .
On Saturday night, the action shifts south to Rodney Wing’s Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi for another $2,500 to win event that will be sanctioned by the MSCCS tour. For more information, please visit www.WhynotMotorsportsPark.com .
Also, please visit the Voodoo Motorsports hauler for brand new shirts that are now available for both David Breazeale and Scott Creel.
Voodoo Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Black Warrior Auction Company LLC, Creel Brothers, Hypercoil, J&J Motorsports, Stuckey Enterprises, Hoosier Racing Tires, Xtreme Graphics By J-Rod, MSRMafia.com, Team Voodoo Racing, and ASI Racewear.
For more information on Voodoo Motorsports, please visit www.VoodooDirt.com .
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
October 6th, 2008
Jan Howard Sweeps Grass Root Nationals
Byhalia, Mississippi (10/06/08 ) – Jan Howard from Byhalia, Mississippi picked up his biggest payday of the 2008 season by sweeping the 305 Wingless Sprint Car portion of the 2nd Annual COMP Cams Grass Root Nationals Presented By MidSouthRacing.com on Saturday night at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas.
Jan picked up $1,450 in cash plus $500 in contingency awards on Saturday night for his efforts in the 305 Wingless Sprint Car division at Riverside International Speedway in the 2nd Annual COMP Cams Grass Root Nationals. He started the night by setting quick time over the 27 entries on hand and picking up the $200 Ray’s Auto Collision Fast Qualifier Bonus. Jan pulled the #2 inversion for the heat races, and as a result he started second in his heat. He went on to win it as well as the $250 prize for winning the Sundial Shirt Company Dash for Cash. With his dash win, he earned the pole position for the 25 lap feature. Jan took the lead at the drop of the green flag, survived a pair of early race red flags, and went on to lead all 25 laps en route to the win.
“The car was just awesome all night. My crew did a great job, and it really made my job easier. I want to dedicate this win to my Brother, Josh, who has returned to the Shephard Clinic in Atlanta, Georgia, to continue his rehabilitation from his racing accident. This trophy that I just won will go in his room!” commented an elated Jan Howard in victory lane.
In the 360 Sprint Car division Jan finished 2nd in his heat race and via passing points, he earned the 2nd starting position for the feature event in his #4x Lofton Motorsports/Maxim/Dale Howard Racing Engine Sprinter. Howard would chase Jeff Swindell for the entire 20 laps before settling for a 2nd place finish.
Jan would also like to let everyone know that his Wingless 305 Sprint Car is currently for sale, and he would consider trading the car for a top notch, race-ready 600cc Mini Sprint. For anyone interested, Jan can be reached 901-262-1884.
Jan would
like to thank all of his sponsors for 2008 including Brim's Snack Foods,
Carpenter Steel Erectors, K&N Filters, Mason Water Wells, Trumann Paramedics,
Interior Trim Works by Jay Henderson, Carpenter Homes, Skull Covers By Gator,
Lofton Motorsports, Ray's Auto Collision, Truck Parts Specialists, A.T.R.O.M.
Transmissions, Sanders Pest Control,
www.WideOpenWorldTravel.com, Cole & Desmon,
special thanks to Kristy and Tony Graves, and MSRMafia.com .
For more information on Jan Howard, please visit
www.HowardRacing.net .
Jason Fitzgerald Heads to Lucas Oil Series Event and Southern
All-Stars Series Event This Weekend
JACKSONVILLE, FL (October 1, 2008)- Jason Fitzgerald and the Mixson Motorsports
Team will travel to North Georgia this weekend and compete in a pair of events.
On Friday night Jason will travel to Rome Speedway in Rome GA for a $10,000 to
win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned event. Then on Saturday night
Jason and the team will travel to Talladega Short track in Talladega, AL and
compete in a $5,000 to win O'Reilly Southern All Stars sanctioned event.
Jason will be looking to improve on his performance after a disappointing past
weekend at Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, Georgia. Jason competed in an
O'Reilly Southern All Stars East Series event this past Friday. Jason would
struggle with an ill handling car and finished 14th in the $3,000 to win feature
event. Then on Saturday Jason competed again at the same track in an O'Reilly
Southern All Stars Series sanctioned event in a 50-lpa $5,000 to win feature.
Jason again fought the chassis setup all night finishing a disappointing 16th.
Jason still remains in second place in the series point's standings and leads
the series "Rookie of The Year" category. For more information about these
events log onto the series website at http://www.southern-allstars.com.
"Were looking forward to racing this weekend and running better. We found a few
things wrong with the car from last week so hopefully we'll be in contention for
a win this weekend. We struggled at Golden Isles Speedway this past weekend and
hopefully we've corrected the problem and get back to contending for a win again
like I know we can", stated Jason.
Jason and the Mixson Motorsports Team would like to thank all their sponsors in
2008 for their support including Tire Kingdom, M&M Transport & Refrigeration,
Bobby Labonte Foundation, Allstar Performance, ASI Racewear, Bell, Butlerbuilt,
Jones Racing Products, M&M Enterprises, Penske Racing Shocks, Stephens
Advertising, Pro-Systems, Q-Racing, PRC, TWM, VP Race Fuels, WD Enterprises, WRT
Web Designs, Wiles Drive Shafts, Wrisco Aluminum and Xtreme Graphics by J-Rod.
Tire Kingdom is the largest independent tire and automotive services retailer in
the United States with more than 7,000 employees. Tire Kingdom successfully
serves millions of customers a year and is committed to outstanding customer
service. Tire Kingdom sells quality name brand tires such as Michelin, Goodyear,
General, BFGoodrich, Sigma, Toyo, Pirelli, Uniroyal, Yokohama, and more. Tire
Kingdom's retail centers provide full-service tire replacement including tire
balancing, wheel alignment, extended service programs and warranties. The
centers also offer under-car / under-hood maintenance services including brake
repairs, suspension system replacement, drive line repair, air conditioning
service, cooling service, transmission service, fuel system service and oil
change service. To learn more about the Tire Kingdom Company and a store near
you visit their website at www.Tirekingdom.com.
To learn more about Jason Fitzgerald and the M&M Motorsports Team visit their
official website at http://jfitzracing.com. To join the Jason Fitzgerald news
letter and receive his press releases by e-mail just send an email to [email protected]
requesting that your email address be included for the press release list for
Jason Fitzgerald. For more information about the O'Reilly Southern All Stars
Racing Series visit their website at http://www.southern-allstars.com.
Mike Knight Struggles During ULMS ‘Fall Classic’ Weekend At McKean County Raceway
RIPLEY, NY. – Last weekend’s United Late Model Series ‘Fall Classic’ at McKean County Raceway in East Smethport, Pa., won’t be a racing meet that Mike Knight fondly remembers.
The 21-year-old dirt Late Model standout from Ripley, N.Y., experienced a frustrating visit to the one-third-mile oval, failing to crack the top 10 in either of the features that comprised the weekend. He finished 18th in the 30-lap preliminary A-Main on Friday night (Sept. 26) and improved only to 11th place in the 50-lap finale on Saturday night (Sept. 27).
Knight appeared primed for a strong run in Saturday’s $12,000-to-win Priority Car RaceFan 50 after winning a heat race, but that ended up being the high point of his evening. He slipped to a fifth-place finish in one of the dashes and made no headway from the 10th starting spot in the feature; he lost one position to take the checkered flag in 11th place behind the wheel of his Rocket No. 9K.
“We just struggled all weekend,” said Knight. “We were running at one of the tracks where we haven’t really been good in the past and we didn’t improve much. We were missing something the whole weekend.”
Knight did feel good about his chances in Saturday night’s companion United E-Mod Series event, which he entered in the Jim Clinger-owned E-Mod that he drove for the first time on Sept. 16 at Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y. He finished second in a heat race and was scheduled to start fourth in the $2,000-to-win, 30-lap feature, but the race was postponed due to an apparent power failure at the track that resulted from a pickup truck in the parking lot damaging a wire to the facility’s main transformer.
The driver known as ‘Hollywood’ will keep his dirt Late Model parked this weekend, but he’ll take his helmet bag to Mercer (Pa.) Raceway Park on Saturday night (Oct. 4) and drive Clinger’s E-Mod in a $2,000-to-win special for the division. His next scheduled appearance with his dirt Late Model in the FallFest spectacular from Oct. 9-11 at Challenger Raceway in Indiana, Pa.
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway, Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottaway’s Auto Parts, Ottaway’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Ripley Machine & Tool, Genesis Shocks, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts, Farr MotorSports, MWB Web Designs and American Racing Tires.
For more information on Mike Knight, visit
www.mikeknight9k.com.
Contact: Ben Shelton
(901) 335-3037
September 30th, 2008
Kyle Beard Finishes 12th in Magnolia State 100
Trumann, AR (9/30/08) – Kyle Beard from Trumann, Arkansas continued his breakout season over the weekend in the 19th Annual Magnolia State 100 at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi, where he qualified for the main event and recorded a 12th place finish.
Last weekend Beard Motorsports made the trek to Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for the 19th Annual Magnolia State 100. In time trial action on Friday night, with 65 Super Late Models on hand, Kyle qualified in the 5th position in his group, which earned him a 5th starting position in his heat race. In the heat, Beard would experience some mechanical woes, but would still record a strong fourth place finish after a great battle with Anthony Burroughs and Ray Moore. His heat race finishing position earned him the pole position for one of the consolation events on Saturday night. Beard would power from his front row starting position to lead all twelve laps of the b-main to earn a 21st starting position for the 100 lap, $20,008 to win/$1,000 to start event. In the feature, Kyle was caught up in an early race melee. He headed pit side for quick repairs and was able to join the back of the pack. He went on to a great 12th place finish in the mega-event!
This Saturday, October 4th, Kyle will turn his attention to the Arkansas Motorsports Professionals (AMP) Super Late Model Series finale at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi. The event pays $2,000 to win and $300 to start, and will also serve as a tune up event for the 2nd Annual Gumbo Nationals to be held October 31st-November 1st at the, ¼ mile gumbo oval. For more information, please visit www.AMPSeries.com or www.GreenvilleSpeedway.net .
Race fans make sure to stop by the Beard Motorsports hauler this weekend to purchase one of Kyle’s brand new t-shirts, which are available in several different colors!
Kyle Beard would like to thank his sponsors including KB Transport, Gary Beard Trucking, Samuel’s Performance Engines, Engines Inc., Mean Street Motors, Inc., JFR Graphics, Bill Frye Motorsports, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services. Beard Motorsports is always looking for more sponsors, and anyone, who may be interested, can find more information at www.KyleBeard86.com .
For more information on Kyle and Beard Motorsports, please visit www.KyleBeard86.com .
Contact: Ben Shelton
(901) 335-3037
September 30th, 2008
Todd Hall Looks for Nathan Rettig Memorial Title
Charleston, MO (9/30/08) –Todd Hall from Charleston, Missouri will pilot his #99 Mastersbilt/Crate Late Model into action this Friday and Saturday night, October 3rd – 4th in the Annual Nathan Rettig Memorial Cotton Boll Cup at Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri.
The big season-ending event for Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri will be held this weekend with two big features on tap for the Crate Late Model division. On Friday and Saturday night, complete programs will be held, which will culminate in 30 lap, $1,200 to win/$150 to start feature events. The event also remembers Nathan Rettig, who had his live cut short in an atv accident four years ago. Nathan was a regular competitor at Malden Speedway, and in his short time in this world, had a big impact on many people. For more information, please visit www.MaldenSpeedway.com .
Todd was last in action at Callaway Raceway in Fulton, Missouri on Friday, September 19th. Double features were on tap for the evening’s program that served as a qualifier for the FasTrak Crate Late Model Series National finals. The first feature was highlighted by a FasTrak Grand National race for the Crate Late Models. Hall started on the poll of the second heat race and won it. In the feature event, Todd started second and challenged Ed Dixon early on for the lead. A mid race double file restart forced Hall to the bottom, and he fell to third on the restart due to the outside line being the preferred groove. Todd would go on to record a third place finish.
In the second feature, Todd started front row outside after winning his heat race from the back of the pack. He would snag the lead at the drop of the green flag and go on to take the win, which was his seventh of the 2008 season. Overall it was a good night for Todd Hall Motorsports. Hall will continue his pursuit of the $50,000 Fastrak bonus on October 15th-18th at Friendship Speedway (Elkin, North Carolina) and Wythe Raceway (Rural Retreat, Virginia). For more information, please visit www.FasTrakRacing.com .
Todd Hall
Motorsports would like to thank all of their marketing partners including FTS
Logistics, Financial Transportation Services LLC, First Security State Bank,
Greg Hall Motorsports, New Vision Graphics, and MSRMafia.com .
For the latest information on the Todd Hall
Motorsports Team visit the official website at
www.ToddHallMotorsports.com .
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
September 29th, 2008
Jan Howard Wins at
Riverside; Grass Root Nationals Up Next
Byhalia, Mississippi (9/29/08) – Jan Howard from Byhalia, Mississippi added another victory to his 2008 tally on Saturday night at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas.
Jan had another great night at Riverside International Speedway on Saturday night by winning the 305 Wingless Sprint Car feature! With 24 Wingless 305 Sprint Cars on hand Jan started 6th in his heat race, and he blasted his way to the heat win, which earned him a 2nd starting position for the 20 lap feature event. Howard would fight a tight race car and the pressures of Eddie Gallagher to lead all twenty laps en route to the win. The victory marked his eighth triumph of the 2008 campaign.
Jan had planned to also compete in his 360 Sprint Car on Saturday night, but mechanical woes that arose as the team prepared to load the car into the hauler at the shop made him decide to just compete in the 305 Wingless Sprint Car division.
This Saturday, October 4th, Jan will turn his attention to the 2nd Annual COMP Cams Grass Root Nationals at Riverside International Speedway. The event pays $1,000 to win/$100 to start for Wingless 305 Sprint Cars. In 2007, he earned the pole position for the feature event, but elected to take a bonus that offered him a chance to double his money if he could win from the back row. By the race’s midway point, Howard was already up to the sixth position. However, a few laps later his strong run to the front of the pack would come to an end as contact with the backstretch wall sent him for a series of flips. The accident would end his night, but not before he got an appreciative, standing ovation from the crowd on hand. This Saturday, Jan will look for redemption in the 25 lap event. For more information, please visit www.RiversideInternationalSpeedway.com .
Jan would also like to let everyone know that his Wingless 305 Sprint Car is currently for sale, and he would consider trading the car for a top notch, race-ready 600cc Mini Sprint. For anyone interested, Jan can be reached 901-262-1884.
Jan would
like to thank all of his sponsors for 2008 including Brim's Snack Foods,
Carpenter Steel Erectors, K&N Filters, Mason Water Wells, Trumann Paramedics,
Interior Trim Works by Jay Henderson, Carpenter Homes, Skull Covers By Gator,
Lofton Motorsports, Ray's Auto Collision, Truck Parts Specialists, A.T.R.O.M.
Transmissions, Sanders Pest Control,
www.WideOpenWorldTravel.com, Cole & Desmon,
special thanks to Kristy and Tony Graves, and MSRMafia.com .
For more information on Jan Howard, please visit
www.HowardRacing.net .
Earl Pearson Jr. Sets
New Track Record, Finishes 6th at Knoxville Nationals
ARCHDALE, NC (September 29, 2008)- Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing
Team competed at the famous Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, IA this past weekend
in the Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals. In Thursday's night qualifying
and preliminary events Earl would blister the Knoxville Raceway track record in
qualifying breaking the old track record by 8 tenths of a second turning a new
track record lap for dirt late models at 16.621. Earl would start 12th in his
heat race and advance to finish second place earning the pole position for the
25-lap $7,000 to win feature event on Thursday night the first of the three
night event. Earl would suffer a broken rear rotor and brake caliper during the
middle stages of the feature and would limp his car to a 13th place finish. On
Friday nights preliminary event Earl would try to improve on his overall points
position for Saturday's 100-lap $40,000 to win feature event. Earl would
struggle all night with the setup on a very slick track and finished a
disappointing 16th in Friday nights 25-lap $7,000 to win main event. Earl earned
enough points from Thursdays night's preliminary event to earn the 7th starting
position for the 100-lap feature event on Saturday. Earn would quickly move into
the top 5 early in the event running as high as 4th place during the early
stages of the 100-lap feature. But track conditions would change over the course
of the event and Earl would find the handling on his Mastersbilt chassis going
away after the halfway mark of the race. Earl would use a couple of cautions
during the later stages of the feature to come in and make a few chassis
adjustments and change tires to hopefully improve the handling on his car. Earl
would fall back as far as 18th after making a couple of pit stops during caution
periods. Earl's chassis adjustments would help his car as he started passing
cars for position in the late stages of the race. Earl would mange to get back
into the top ten with a 15 laps to go and advanced a couple of more positions
in the final five laps to finish 6th in the final run down of the 100-lap
feature event.
"We were very confident after Thursday night's heat race that we had a good car
to contend for the win. Then we broke the rear rotor and brake caliper and it
tore some other stuff up in the rear end that we think might have affected the
handling of the car the rest of the weekend. We were able to make some
adjustments in Saturdays 100-lap feature and managed to get a good 6th place
finish after falling back deep in the field early. It was great to set a new
track record at Knoxville and to know that we hold the track record at Eldora
for the World 100 and now Knoxville Raceway both in the same year is pretty net.
We just would have really liked to have won both of those events to go along
with the new records. Overall it was a good weekend or us and great to race
again at Knoxville Raceway in front of a huge crowd and their great facility",
stated Earl
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors in
2008 for their support including LifeLong Locks, Lucas Oil, Mastersbilt Race
Cars, Larry Wallace Engines, Mopar, Sunoco Race Fuels, Allstar Performance,
Tiger Rear End, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, SHY, Wilwood, Woodward, TWM, Dyers
Top Rods, Weld, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Wrisco, Sparco, Bell, Mechanix Wear, Oakley,
Cheerios, Coke, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs, The
Decal Source, Rick Schwallie Photography and WD Enterprises.
For more information about LifeLong Locks and the strongest locks on the market
today, visit www.lifelonglocks.com. For more information about Earl Pearson Jr.
and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team visit their official website at
www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com.
After Flat Tires Dive-Bomb Bid For Pittsburgher 100 Victory, Josh Richards Looks Toward Knoxville Nationals
SHINNSTON, WV – Everyone keeps telling Josh Richards that he’s due to win a major dirt Late Model event.
The 20-year-old talent from Shinnston, W.Va., is hoping his time will com e this weekend when he visits the famed Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway for the fifth annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by SuperClean.
“I feel pretty good about Knoxville,” said Josh, who heads west on an off-weekend from World of Outlaws Late Model Series competition. “We’ve always had a fast car at that place, but we haven’t been able to do what we need to do to win a race. We’re going to try to apply things we’ve learned from racing there in the past and also try some other ideas and see if we can get it all to work.”
Josh will be behind the wheel of his familiar Mark Richards Racing-owned Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Works/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports/Ernie’s Auto & Hauling Rocket Chassis No. 1 for Knoxville’s three-day extravaganza of speed (Sept. 25-27). Preliminary programs on Thursday and Friday will be topped by 25-lap A-Mains paying $7,000 to win, and Saturday night’s finale will feature a 100-lap event with a $40,000 top prize up for grabs.
“Knoxville is actually one of the most fun tracks we race at all year,” said Josh, who appeared headed to victory in a June 2007 WoO LMS event at Knoxville when mechanical trouble knocked him from the lead. “It’s usually wide-open early so you can stand on the gas, and then by the feature it slows down and you really have to think about what you’re doing.
“Last year we missed the setup for the (100-lap) feature and didn’t run like we were hoping to (he finished 13th), so this year we’re hoping we can make the right decisions.”
‘Kid Rocket’ and his Rocket crew will also stay busy during the Knoxville Nationals fielding the Old Spice/Bass Pro Shops Rocket No. 20 for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series star Tony Stewart. The former Sprint Cup champion is scheduled to compete in the Thursday and Saturday programs at the half-mile oval.
Josh is coming off a strong-but-frustrating performance last weekend in the Pittsburgher 100 at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway in Imperial, Pa. He survived two flat tires to finish fifth in the event, which was part of the UFO series.
After scoring an impressive heat-race victory on Friday night from the last starting spot, Josh lined up 10th on the grid for Saturday night’s Pittsburgher 100. He moved up to second place before a flat right-rear tire forced him pitside on lap 38, and he was approaching the top five again when another flat right-rear sent him in for a new shoe on lap 56.
“I don’t know if we could’ve beat (eventual winner Steve Baker), but we definitely had a good car,” said Josh, who rallied from the rear over the race’s final 42 circuits to salvage a fifth-place finish. “We passed a lot of cars.”
Josh sent out his congratulations to Baker, a veteran driver who is a business partner of Josh’s father Mark. The $12,000 victory was the biggest of Baker’s career.
“I’ve known him all my life,” Josh said of Baker, “so I was real happy to see him win.”
J.R.R. – PR.
Steve
Shaver and the Shaver Motorsports/Cosgrove Racing Team Get One Win and a
Second Place Finish over the Weekend
VIENNA, WV (September 24, 2008)- Steve Shaver and the Shaver
Motorsports/Cosgrove Racing Team competed in the "Harvest 50" at Skyline
Speedway in Stewart, OH on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was a $3,000 to win
feature event and Sunday's event was a $5,000 to win feature event with a $3,000
bonus going to a driver that can win both events. Steve would set fast time on
Saturday but finished second in his heat race. "Showtime" Shaver would put on a
masterful show in the feature working through the field and taking the lead in a
rim riding show that had the fans on their feet. Shaver would hold on and win
the first leg of the "Harvest 50" on Saturday and the $3,000 first place prize.
On Sunday Shaver looking to repeat his title at the "Harvest 50" champion would
finish second in his heat race. In the feature Shaver would battle with the
leaders throughout the race chasing Blair and eventual race winner McGuire
throughout the event. Shaver was able to move into second late in the race but
couldn't muster a pass on McGuire for the win. Shaver would finish second at the
checkers.
"We had a great car all weekend and a lot of fun racing those guys. It was great
to get the win on Saturday but we were just one position short on Sunday. All in
all a good weekend for our team," stated Steve. Steve's racing schedule is
uncertain at this time and we will announce his plans for his next event that he
will attend in the near future. Steve will take this weekend off from racing.
Steve Shaver Motorsports and his race team, Cosgrove Racing, continue to thank
their current sponsors, Drywall Systems Inc, United Bank, Lakeview Estates,
Malcuit Racing Engines, Sunoco Race Fuels, Penske Racing Shocks, Hyperco, Bert
Transmissions, Schoenfeld Headers, Wrisco Aluminum, Cyco Custom Race Products,
Hoosier Tires, Behea Headers, Weld Wheels, Mason Racin, Winters, Poskes
Performance, WRT Webdesigns and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about Steve Shaver and Shaver Motorsports/Cosgrove Racing Team
visit their official website at www.steveshavermotorsports.com.You can receive
Steve Shaver's press releases by emailing your email address to [email protected].
Matt Miller Heading to
Knoxville LM Nationals
After 12th Place Finish at Brownstown
WATERVILLE, OH (September 24, 2008)- Matt Miller and the Stephen McCullough
owned team based out of Ohio competed at Brownstown Indiana this past weekend
in hopes to defend his "Jackson 100" title at Brownstown Speedway. Matt won the
2007 "Jackson 100" at the Indiana race track with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt
Series sanctioning the event. Matt would finish second in his heat race to earn
the 11th starting position for the 100-lap $20,000 to win feature event. Matt
would struggle all night with his setup and finished 12th in the final run down.
Matt will travel to Knoxville, IA for the Lucas Oil Knoxville Nationals at the
famous Knoxville raceway on September 25-27th. Matt will drive the Moring
Motorsports Team car at the Knoxville event and will compete all three nights of
the prestigious event. Thursday and Friday's feature events will pay $7,000 to
win and Saturday's 100-lap feature event will pay $40,000 to win. SPEED Channel
will be on hand taping the event for re-broadcast later this year.
Matt Miller would like to thank all their fans and sponsors for their support in
2008. Primary sponsorship will come from Moring Motorsports, McCullough
Industries, M&W Auto Body, MDI Environmental Services, Freeport Recycling
Centers and Graphic Arts Express. Associate sponsorship will come from Sunoco
Race Fuels, Performance Rod and Custom (PRC). Other sponsors of the team for
2008 include, Q-Racing, Tiger Rear Ends, BERT, Mason Racin, Performance Bodies,
Bazell Race Fuels, Hawk Performance, M&B Services, Bell Racing, ACTP, Integra
Shocks, Hooker Harness, Waterman Racing Components, Real Wheels, Hoosier Tire,
Stuckey Enterprises, Banshee Graphics, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs and WD
Enterprises Inc.To learn more about Matt Miller visit his official website at
www.mattmiller7.com.
Earl Pearson Jr. Finishes 3rd at Jackson 100 Heads to Knoxville LM Nationals
ARCHDALE, NC (September 24, 2008)- Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team competed at Brownstown Speedway in Brownstown IN this past weekend in the "Jackson 100" a $20,000 to win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned event. Earl would set fast time in his group win the sixth heat race and drew the pole position for the 100-lap feature event. Earl would battle Steve Francis for the lead for the first three laps before falling back to fifth place in the early stages of the race. Earl would soon get his car working on the low groove around the track and began moving forward contending for the lead again at the halfway mark of the race. Earl, Tim McCreadie and Jimmy Owens would put on a tremendous battle for the lead running three wide for many laps with each taking turns leading over the final 30 laps. Earl looked to be in control taking the lead again on lap 79 but McCreadie pasted Earl back on lap 82 and Earl would settle for a 3rd place finish at the checkers.
"It was a great race between myself, McCreadie and Owens. We had a good enough car to win and we were setup to run the bottom. I thought I would get the win after taking the lead with about 20 laps to go but that top groove took a little rubber there at the end and got just a bit faster than the bottom groove. We were close but we ended up 3rd. We're heading to Knoxville and looking forward to going there. We haven't been there in three years so were really looking forward to running there again", stated Earl.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Motorsports Team will travel to the famous Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, IA this weekend and compete in the Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Thursday and Fridays feature events will pay $7,000 to win and Saturday's 100-lap feature will pay $40,000 to win.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors in 2008 for their support including LifeLong Locks, Lucas Oil, Mastersbilt Race Cars, Larry Wallace Engines, Mopar, Sunoco Race Fuels, Allstar Performance, Tiger Rear End, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, SHY, Wilwood, Woodward, TWM, Dyers Top Rods, Weld, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Wrisco, Sparco, Bell, Mechanix Wear, Oakley, Cheerios, Coke, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs, The Decal Source, Rick Schwallie Photography and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit www.lucasdirt.com. For more information about LifeLong Locks and the strongest locks on the market today, visit www.lifelonglocks.com. For more information about Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team visit their official website at www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com.
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Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
September 23rd, 2008
Eric Cooley Set For Magnolia State Championships
Fulton, MS (9/23/08) – Eric Cooley from Fulton, Mississippi will be entering the 19th Annual Magnolia State 100 Championships at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi this Thursday through Saturday, September 25th – 27th.
In 2007, Cooley finished 13th in the Crate Late Model feature after being involved in an early race melee. With more seat time under his belt since the 2007 edition of the event, Eric will be looking to take home the top prize in the $2,508 to win/$125 to start Crate Late Model event this weekend. Eric Cooley will kick the weekend off with an open practice session on Thursday night in his #33c Tiffin Motorhomes/ Mastersbilt/ Crate Late Model. On Friday night, qualifying heat races will be held, and on Saturday night consolation events and the main event will be held. For more information, please visit the official internet home of Columbus Speedway at www.ColumbusSpeedway.net .
Eric entered the weekly racing series event last Saturday night at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi. Cooley was leading the third heat race in the Crate Late Model division, when he lost power forcing him to the pit area. The team was able to repair the car for the feature event, where he started last in the 21 car field. Cooley fought tooth and nail in the feature event to race his way to a 7th place finish.
Eric and everyone at Cooley Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include Tiffin Motorhomes (Red Bay, AL), 78 Towing & Recovery Inc., Cooley Transport Inc., Searcy Tires (Cherokee, AL), Twisted Designs (Fayette, AL), D&D Trade (Fulton, MS), MSRMafia.com, and Simpson Race Products.
For more information on Cooley Motorsports, visit the official team website at www.EricCooleyRacing.com
Contact: Ben Shelton
(901) 335-3037
September 23rd, 2008
Silent Assassin Takes Aim On Magnolia State 100
Trumann, AR (9/23/08) – “The Silent Assassin” Kyle Beard from Trumann, Arkansas will take aim on the 19th Annual Magnolia State 100 this weekend at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi in his #86 GRT By Frye/Samuels Performance Racing Engine Super Late Model.
Last Saturday Kyle competed with the Arkansas Motorsports Professionals (AMP) Super Late Model Series at Central Arkansas Speedway in Plumerville, Arkansas. Beard started fourth in the thirty lap feature event, and recorded a second place finish behind winner, Jon Mitchell.
This weekend, September 25th-27th, Beard Motorsports will travel to “The Baddest Bullring in the South” for the 19th Annual Magnolia State 100. Kyle competed at the event for the first time in 2007, but he fell just short of qualifying for the main event. Beard will be looking for redemption this weekend in the $20,008 to win/$1,000 to start event that will start twenty-six cars. The action gets underway on Thursday night with an open practice session. Group time trials and heat races will be held on Friday night. Saturday night’s program will be highlighted by triple consolation events, a last chance qualifier, and a 100 lap main event. For more information on the event, please visit the official internet home of Columbus Speedway at www.ColumbusSpeedway.net
Race fans make sure to stop by the Beard Motorsports hauler this weekend to purchase one of Kyle’s brand new t-shirts, which are available in several different colors!
Kyle Beard would like to thank his sponsors including KB Transport, Gary Beard Trucking, Samuel’s Performance Engines, Engines Inc., Mean Street Motors, Inc., JFR Graphics, Bill Frye Motorsports, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services. Beard Motorsports is always looking for more sponsors, and anyone, who may be interested, can find more information at www.KyleBeard86.com .
For more information on Kyle and Beard Motorsports, please visit www.KyleBeard86.com .
Mike Knight Not Satisfied With Weekend Runs In West Virginia & Pennsylvania
RIPLEY, NY – The final results indicate that Mike Knight experienced a decent weekend of dirt Late Model competition.
On Saturday night (Sept. 20), the 21-year-old sensation from Ripley, N.Y., finished sixth in the 50-lap Independent Racing Series (IRS) event at Elkins Motor Speedway in Kerens, W.Va. And on Sunday night (Sept. 21), Knight scored a solid third-place finish in the season-ending 25-lap Super Late Model feature at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa.
But the steely-eyed Knight wasn’t satisfied with either of his runs.
“I’m pretty upset with how the car’s been running,” said Knight, who drives a family-owned Rocket machine. “Ever since Tri-City (Speedway in Franklin, Pa., over Labor Day weekend) we’ve just been fighting it. It just hasn’t been running like I want it to – it’s had no drive, and it hasn’t handled.
“That was the problem again over the weekend, so we have to get back in the shop and figure out what we’re doing wrong.
Making his first-ever visit to Elkins for the two-day ‘Motor Madness in the Mountains’ event that served as the IRS season finale, Knight started fifth in the 50-lap A-Main and ran in the position for almost the entire distance. He was overtaken by Robbie Blair with just a handful of circuits remaining and settled for a sixth-place finish.
“The track was as one-lane as it gets, so I just ran in the same spot the whole race,” said Knight. “But we didn’t run good all night. We were missing something.”
The finish did leave Knight fifth in the final 2008 IRS points standings and second in the Rookie of the Year battle. He competed in 16 of the tour’s 21 events.
After a long overnight haul back from the Mountaineer State, Knight fell short in his quest for a sixth victory in ’08 at his hometrack of Eriez Speedway. He advanced from the eighth starting spot in Sunday night’s feature to place third.
Knight will race close to home this weekend, entering his familiar No. 9K in the third annual United Late Model Series (ULMS) ‘Fall Classic’ at McKean County Raceway in East Smethport, Pa. He’ll compete in the $2,500-to-win Don Hardy Memorial 30 on Friday night (Sept. 26) and the $12,000-to-win Priority Care Race Fans 50 on Saturday night (Sept. 27).
The driver known as ‘Hollywood’ will work overtime on Saturday night, jumping in Jim Clinger’s E-Mod for the open-wheel division’s $2,000-to-win ‘New York/Pennsylvania Border Skirmish’ special. It will mark the second E-Mod start in three weeks for Knight, who nearly won a big-money event for the class on Sept. 16 at Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y.
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway, Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottaway’s Auto Parts, Ottaway’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Ripley Machine & Tool, Genesis Shocks, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts, Farr MotorSports, MWB Web Designs and American Racing Tires.
For more information on Mike Knight, visit
www.mikeknight9k.com.
Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
September 22nd, 2008
McCool Top Ten at Duck River; Columbus This Weekend
Vicksburg, MS (9/22/08 ) – After recording a top ten finish last weekend at Duck River, Bub McCool will pilot his #57j McCool Logging/Trakstar/Barker Racing Engine Super Late Model into battle this weekend, September 25th-27th, in the 19th Annual Magnolia State 100 at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi.
Last weekend McCool Motorsports traveled to Duck River Speedway in Wheel, Tennessee for a $10,000 to win/$800 to start event that was sanctioned by the Southern Regional Racing Series. On Friday night, with 47 Super Late Models on hand, Bub raced his way to a second place finish in his heat race, which earned him a 6th starting position for Saturday night's 75 lap main event. Early in the event, Bub would work his way up to the fourth position, however as the race surpassed the half way mark, his car began to tighten up, and he had a hard time turning the car in the corners. He would fight the tight race car home to an 8th place finish.
This weekend, Bub will debut his 2008 Halloween Wrap on his Trakstar Super Late Model this weekend at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi in the 19th Annual Magnolia State 100. X-Treme Graphics By J-Rod has brewed up another phenomenal Halloween themed graphics package, and McCool will be displaying it through early November on his familiar #57j entry. To match the new car, McCool Motorsports also has brand new Halloween themed shirts that will be available starting this weekend.
Race fans will get the first chance to see the car and the new apparel in Thursday’s open practice session at Columbus Speedway. Things will start to heat up on Friday night with time trials and heat races on tap. Saturday night’s program will be highlighted by three consolation events, a last chance qualifier, and the 100 lap feature event, which boasts $20,008 to win and $1,000 just to start for the twenty-six car field. For more information, please visit www.ColumbusSpeedway.net .
In addition, race fans please note that the brand new Bub McCool t-shirts are now available and come in a wide array of colors and sizes. Please visit the McCool Motorsports hauler this weekend at Duck River Speedway to get yours before they sell out! To view the shirts, please visit www.BubMcCool.com .
Bub and everyone at McCool Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include McCool Logging, Barker Racing Engines, Trak-Star Race Cars, Phase 2 Sign Supply, Good Hope Lumber, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Boland Performance, Phase II Graphics, & MSRMafia.com.
For more information on Bub & McCool Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.BubMcCool.com
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
September 22nd, 2008
Jeff Floyd Preps For Magnolia State 100
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas (9/22/08) – JFR Motorsports and driver, Jeff Floyd, will make the trek to Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi this weekend, September 25th-27th, for the 19th Annual Magnolia State 100.
Jeff recently wrapped up the 2008 O’Reilly MSRA season. Floyd finished 2nd in the final tour standings, just eighteen points out of first place. He also picked up one series’ win in 2008.
This weekend Floyd will ride his #F1 JFR Motorsports/GRT/Kuntz & Company Super Late Model into battle at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi. The weekend will be highlighted by Dewitt Singleton’s 19th Annual Magnolia State 100. Jeff last competed in the event three years ago and qualified for the feature before being caught in an early race melee ending his night. The 19th edition of the coveted event pays $20,008 to win and $1,000 to start. Action gets underway on Thursday night, September 25th with an Open Practice session. On Friday night September 26th, group time trials will be held as well as six heat races. Saturday, September 27th will see triple consolation events, a last chance qualifier, and the 100 lap finale, which will start twenty-six Super Late Models. For more information on the event, please visit www.ColumbusSpeedway.net .
Jeff Floyd would like to thank all of his sponsors including Kuntz & Company Racing Engines, GRT Race Cars, Autozone, RiceTec, Engineering Lubrication, NEA Super Gas, Floyd’s Body Shop, MSRMafia.com, and JFRGraphics.com .
For more information on JFR Motorsports please visit www.JeffFloydF1.com .
September 19, 2008
Jeremy Miller Returns To Form With Another September Surge
GETTYSBURG, PA Jeremy Miller finally is back on track.
After a promising start to the 2008 season devolved into a frustrating summer-long slump, the dirt Late Model talent from Gettysburg, Pa., has returned to form with a September surge. He’s won an extra-distance special for two straight weekends and will be looking to make it a hat track this weekend in the Pittsburgher 100 at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway.
Miller, 37, brought the good times back with victories on Sept. 6 in the ‘King of the Knob’ event at Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex in Markleysburg, Pa., and Sept. 13 in the Independent Racing Series (IRS) ‘Hub City 50’ at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway.
“We had a real tough stretch, but everybody associated with the team kept working hard,” said Miller, who drives the familiar Buckler Motorsports Rocket No. 24. “And I’ll tell ‘ya – winning definitely makes everybody feel a whole lot better.”
It appeared that Miller was ready to enjoy his best season ever after he scored his first career World of Outlaws Late Model Series triumph on April 11 at Virginia Motor Speedway, but then Lady Luck began rearing her ugly head on his efforts. Aside from a July feature win at Hagerstown, his outings were mostly plagued by misfortune.
But after taking the Labor Day weekend off to regroup, Miller roared back with his first-ever win at the Roaring Knob oval. He won his heat race, drew the pole position for the 51-lap feature and led the headliner from flag-to-flag, dominating the action to pocket a cool $5,500 check.
The mild-mannered Miller was so relieved to make a return to Victory Lane that he had no qualms about having a king’s crown placed on his head for the post-race ceremonies at Roaring Knob.
“It didn’t matter to me,” said Miller. “I was so happy to finally run good and get a win, I would’ve taken any humiliation in Victory Lane. They could’ve dressed me up any way they wanted to.”
Miller authored a virtual replay of his Roaring Knob success the following Saturday night at Hagerstown Speedway. He set fast time in qualifying and won a heat race for the ‘Hub City’ event, then took advantage of an outside-pole starting spot to lead the 50-lap A-Main from green-to-checkered and pocket a $7,000 prize.
It was the fourth career Hub City victory for Miller, who has registered all his victories in the annual event while driving for Buckler Motorsports.
“There’s so many people who deserve the credit for these wins,” said Miller. “Charles and Genni Buckler (team owners) and the guys on the crew have been behind me the whole way. Our sponsors (Complete Flooring, USA Spares, Inc., Rocket Chassis, Bullock Race Engines, Miller Fabrication Inc., Genesis Racing Shocks and American Racer Tires) have stood behind us through the tough times.
We also switched to VP Racing Fuel (recently) and (VP’s) Jim Kelly helped us out so much.
“I’m just glad that we’ve finally been able to reward everybody on the team with some good times.”
Could Miller’s checkered-flag explosion mean that he’s on his way to closing the 2008 campaign with a rush of big-race victories like he famously did two years ago?
“I sure hope so,” said Miller. “We had such a good end to our year in 2006 and it would be great to duplicate that. We’re off to a good start, but we just have to keep working hard.”
Following his participation in this weekend’s $12,000-to-win ‘Pittsburgher 100,’ Miller’s fall schedule tentatively includes visits to McKean County Raceway in East Smethport, Pa. (ULMS Fall Classic on Sept. 26-27); the MACS ‘Big Kahuna’ at The Rock/Allegany County Speedway in Cumberland, Md. (Oct. 3-4); the FallFest at Challenger Raceway in Indiana, Pa. (Oct. 9-11); the Octoberfest 300 at Hagerstown Speedway (Oct. 25-26); and the Vault World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. (Oct. 30-Nov. 1).
For more information on Jeremy Miller, visit www.jeremymiller24.com.
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
September 18th, 2008
Kyle Beard Resumes AMP Action This Weekend
Trumann, AR (9/18/08) –Kyle Beard will be behind the wheel of his #86 GRT By Frye/Samuels Performance Racing Engine Super Late Model this Saturday, September 20th in an Arkansas Motorsports Professionals (AMP) Super Late Model event at Central Arkansas Speedway.
Last weekend Beard Motorsports entered the 2nd Annual O'Reilly MSRA Midsouth Dirt Track Championship at Poinsett County Raceway in Harrisburg, Arkansas. The event was originally scheduled to be a two day event with heat races on Friday night and b-mains and the main event on Saturday night. However, a less than promising forecast for Saturday night forced the O'Reilly MSRA staff to make Friday night's event the final point's show of the 2008 season. With 32 entries on hand, Kyle fell just short of qualifying for the main event via his heat race in his #86 GRT By Frye/Samuels Racing Engine Super Late Model. As a result, he had to run a b-main, which he led flag to flag for the win. As a result, he started 15th in the 30 lap, feature event. Kyle would battle his way home to a 7th place finish by the time that the checkered flag fell. With the finish, Kyle locked up the 5th position in the final 2008 O'Reilly MSRA point standings. In addition, with three feature wins on the tour in 2008, which was more than any other driver, Kyle is the recipient of the COMP Cams Winner's Circle Bonus.
Kyle’s Dad, Gary Beard, was also in action on Friday night, and jumped out to the early lead in his heat race, but mechanical woes would sideline him halfway through the race, bringing his night to an end.
Saturday night's non-points event at PCS was nixed by Mother Nature.
This Saturday, Beard Motorsports will make the trek to Central Arkansas Speedway in Plumerville, Arkansas for a $1,500 to win/$200 to start event on Saturday night. The event will be sanctioned by the AMP Super Late Models. For more information on the event, please visit www.AMPSeries.com .
Race fans make sure to stop by the Beard Motorsports hauler this weekend to purchase one of Kyle’s brand new t-shirts!
Kyle Beard would like to thank his sponsors including KB Transport, Gary Beard Trucking, Samuel’s Performance Engines, Engines Inc., Mean Street Motors, Inc., JFR Graphics, Bill Frye Motorsports, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services. Beard Motorsports is always looking for more sponsors, and anyone, who may be interested, can find more information at www.KyleBeard86.com .
Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
September 19th, 2008
Bub McCool Invades Duck River This Weekend
Vicksburg, MS (9/19/08) – Bub McCool will pilot his #57j McCool Logging/Trakstar/Barker Racing Engine Super Late Model into battle this weekend at Duck River Speedway in Wheel, Tennessee in a $10,000 to win/$800 to start event.
Last weekend Bub competed at Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, Mississippi in the 14th Annual Ival Cooper Memorial. McCool was in action in two divisions as he competed in both the $5,000 to win Super Late Model event and the $2,000 to win Crate Late Model event. Bad luck struck McCool again in the Super Late Model division as he had a tire go flat in time trials before he could complete a lap. As a result, he had to start at the back of the last chance qualifier. Bub did not let this slow him down though as he blasted his way through the cushion to take the win from his 12th starting position in the 12 lap event. Via his win in the consolation event, he earned a 13th starting position for the feature event. In the feature, Bub would be collected in two different incidents as cars stacked up in front of him. He would sustain minimal damage in each incident and would be able to continue. By the race's midway point, he was up to the 5th position, and lap 32 would see him move past Scott Slay for the second spot. He would chase David Breazeale for the last 18 laps, but was not able to make the pass for the lead, and recorded a 2nd place finish.
In the Crate Late Model division, Bub qualified in the 2nd position, which earned him an outside front row starting spot for the main event. In the feature he would battle Mike Boland for the top spot for the entire 25 lap event before finishing in the 2nd position. Race fans also, please note that the brand new Bub McCool t-shirts are now available and come in a wide array of colors and sizes. Please visit the McCool Motorsports hauler this Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway to get yours before they sell out! To view the shirts, please visit www.BubMcCool.com .
On Labor Day weekend, Bub raced his way to the $5,000 win at Duck River Speedway in Wheel, Tennessee, and this weekend, he will look to repeat his performance. This weekend’s event will be sanctioned by the Southern Regional Racing Series and pays $10,000 to win and $800 to start. Action gets underway on Friday, September 19th with time trials and heat races. On Saturday night, consolation events and the main event will be held. For more information, please visit www.SouthernRegionalRacingSeries.com or www.DuckRiverSpeedway.com .
Race fans also, please note that the brand new Bub McCool t-shirts are now available and come in a wide array of colors and sizes. Please visit the McCool Motorsports hauler this weekend at Duck River Speedway to get yours before they sell out! To view the shirts, please visit www.BubMcCool.com .
Bub and everyone at McCool Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include McCool Logging, Barker Racing Engines, Trak-Star Race Cars, Phase 2 Sign Supply, Good Hope Lumber, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Boland Performance, Phase II Graphics, & MSRMafia.com.
For more information on Bub & McCool Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.BubMcCool.com .
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Earl Pearson Jr.
Finishes 3rd This Past Weekend, Heads to Indiana for Jackson 100
ARCHDALE, NC (September 18, 2008)- Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing
Team competed in South Georgia in a O'Reilly Southern All Stars sanctioned
event at Swainsboro Speedway in Swainsboro, GA. On Friday September 12th Earl
competed in a 50-lap $5,000 to win feature event that drew 31 drivers from six
states. Earl would qualify 7th and start the feature from the 7th starting
position. Earl would navigate through the rough track conditions and moved into
the top five finishing a strong 3rd place in the final run down. Then on
Saturday September 13th Earl was suppose to compete at Screven Motor Speedway in
Sylvania, GA for a 50-lap $10,000 to win feature event but the promoter canceled
the event due to a shortage of fuel in south Georgia over the weekend.
Earl and the team will travel to Brownstown Speedway in Brownstown IN this
weekend and compete in the "Jackson 100" a $20,000 to win Lucas Oil Late Model
Dirt Series sanctioned event. Earl has won at this track in 2007 winning the
"Ice Breaker" a Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned event. "Were excited
about this weekend's event. We always run really well at Brownstown so hopefully
we can get another win for our sponsors and Bobby Labonte this weekend", stated
Earl. Earl currently leads the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series national point's
standings with three races left on the 2008 schedule. Earl is trying to win his
fourth Lucas Oil Series national championship in a row and his fifth national
touring series championship in a row.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors in
2008 for their support including LifeLong Locks, Lucas Oil, Mastersbilt Race
Cars, Larry Wallace Engines, Mopar, Sunoco Race Fuels, Allstar Performance,
Tiger Rear End, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, SHY, Wilwood, Woodward, TWM, Dyers
Top Rods, Weld, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Wrisco, Sparco, Bell, Mechanix Wear, Oakley,
Cheerios, Coke, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs, The
Decal Source, Rick Schwallie Photography and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit www.lucasdirt.com.
For more information about LifeLong Locks and the strongest locks on the market
today, visit www.lifelonglocks.com. For more information about Earl Pearson Jr.
and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team visit their official website at
www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com.
Jason Fitzgerald and Mixson Motorsports Team Will Compete in Georgia Next Couple
Weeks
JACKSONVILLE, FL (September 18, 2008)- Jason Fitzgerald and the Mixson
Motorsports Team will stay in the state of Georgia for the next couple of weeks
competing in several O'Reilly Southern All Stars sanctioned events. Jason will
compete this Saturday at Lavoina Speedway in Lavoina Georgia for a 50-lap $5,000
to win feature event. Jason finished 8th at Lavoina Speedway back in March at an
earlier O'Reilly Southern All Stars sanctioned event. After competing at Lavonia
Speedway this weekend, Jason will travel to Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick,
Georgia next weekend for a pair of events. Friday Jason will compete with the
Southern All Stars East sanction in a $3,000 to win feature event. Then on
Saturday Jason will compete at the same track in an O'Reilly Southern All Stars
sanctioned event in a 50-lpa $5,000 to win feature. Jason is currently in second
place in the series points standings and leads the series "Rookie of The Year"
category. For more information about these events log onto the series website at
http://www.southern-allstars.com .
This past weekend Jason and the team traveled to Swainsboro Georgia and competed
in an O'Reilly Southern All Stars sanctioned event on Friday. The 50-lap $5,000
to win event drew31 drivers from 6 states. Jason after using a series
provisional starting spot was able to advance into the top ten and salvaged a
6th place finish on a really rough track. Jason then traveled to Golden Isles
Speedway on Saturday and competed in a $3,000 to win United Dirt Late Model
Challenge Series sanctioned event. Jason would get another top ten finish
finishing 6th in his Tire Kingdom sponsored Mastersbilt chassis.
Jason and the Mixson Motorsports Team would like to thank all their sponsors in
2008 for their support including Tire Kingdom, M&M Transport & Refrigeration,
Bobby Labonte Foundation, Allstar Performance, ASI Racewear, Bell, Butlerbuilt,
Jones Racing Products, M&M Enterprises, Penske Racing Shocks, Stephens
Advertising, Pro-Systems, Q-Racing, PRC, TWM, VP Race Fuels, WD Enterprises, WRT
Web Designs, Wiles Drive Shafts, Wrisco Aluminum and Xtreme Graphics by J-Rod.
Tire Kingdom is the largest independent tire and automotive services retailer in
the United States with more than 7,000 employees. Tire Kingdom successfully
serves millions of customers a year and is committed to outstanding customer
service. Tire Kingdom sells quality name brand tires such as Michelin, Goodyear,
General, BFGoodrich, Sigma, Toyo, Pirelli, Uniroyal, Yokohama, and more. Tire
Kingdom's retail centers provide full-service tire replacement including tire
balancing, wheel alignment, extended service programs and warranties. The
centers also offer under-car / under-hood maintenance services including brake
repairs, suspension system replacement, drive line repair, air conditioning
service, cooling service, transmission service, fuel system service and oil
change service. To learn more about the Tire Kingdom Company and a store near
you visit their website at www.Tirekingdom.com.
To learn more about Jason Fitzgerald and the M&M Motorsports Team visit their
official website at http://jfitzracing.com. To join the Jason Fitzgerald news
letter and receive his press releases by e-mail just send an email to [email protected]
requesting that your email address be included for the press release list for
Jason Fitzgerald. For more information about the O'Reilly Southern All Stars
Racing Series visit their website at http://www.southern-allstars.com.
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
September 17th, 2008
David Breazeale Rages To $5k Payday at Jackson
Franklinton, Louisiana (9/17/08) – “The Ragin’ Rebel” David Breazeale lived up to his nickname on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway as he blasted his way around the cushion of the ¼ mile, gumbo oval to the $5,000 win.
After a few weeks away from the track to freshen their equipment, Voodoo Motorsports and team drivers, Scott Creel and David Breazeale, returned to action in the 14th Annual Ival Cooper Memorial at Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, Mississippi. David Breazeale qualified 3rd out of 25 entries in his #54 Mastersbilt/Jay Dickens Racing Engine Super Late Model, which earned him the 3rd starting position for the 50 lap feature. At the drop of the green flag Breazeale shot into the second position and began pressuring Scott Slay for the top spot. Lap five would see Breazeale blast past Slay for the top spot. David went on to lead the next 45 laps on the heavy, gumbo oval en route to the win and the $5,000 payday. The win marked Breazeale's third triumph of the 2008 season.
Scott Creel was also in action, and turned in a solid qualifying lap to earn the 11th starting position for the 50 lap feature. Creel would drive a smart race and earned a 9th place finish.
Voodoo Motorsports will look to carry their momentum into this Saturday’s event at Deep South Speedway in Loxley, Alabama. The 50 lap, $2,500 to win/$300 to start event is sanctioned by the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series (MSCCS). David Breazeale is currently third in the latest MSCCS points and Scott Creel holds down the seventh position in points. In addition, Creel is the current MSCCS Rookie of the Year point’s leader with only a few events remaining in the 2008 season.
Also, please visit the Voodoo Motorsports hauler for brand new shirts that are now available for both David Breazeale and Scott Creel.
Voodoo Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Black Warrior Auction Company LLC, Creel Brothers, Hypercoil, J&J Motorsports, Stuckey Enterprises, Hoosier Racing Tires, Xtreme Graphics By J-Rod, MSRMafia.com, Team Voodoo Racing, and ASI Racewear.
For more information on Voodoo Motorsports, please visit www.VoodooDirt.com .
September 17, 2008
Mike Knight Flirts With Victory In Unexpected E-Mod Start Sunday Night At Stateline Speedway
RIPLEY, NY – Mike Knight nearly picked up a memorable feature win on Sunday night – in a race he didn’t expect to enter and a division he had never previously attempted.
The 21-year-old dirt Late Model sensation from Ripley, N.Y., received a last-minute ride offer for Sunday night’s rain-postponed, $5,000-to-win ‘E-Mod Invasion’ special at Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y., and gladly accepted it. He proceeded to make his presence known in his first-ever start behind the wheel of an open-wheel machine.
Driving an E-Mod owned by chassis builder Jim Clinger, Knight charged forward from the 10th starting spot to win a heat race. He then advanced from the fifth starting spot to grab the lead just after the halfway mark of the scheduled 30-lap feature, but his time in front was short-lived because a flat left-rear tire forced him to make a pit stop on lap 17.
Adding insult to injury, the event was declared official one lap later when the track’s lights went out as a result of a power failure caused by strong winds that blew through the area in association with the remnants of Hurricane Ike. Knight had tagged the rear of the field and was beginning a late-race charge when the speedway went dark.
“The lights went out just a little bit too late for us,” said Knight, who got the opportunity to run Clinger’s E-Mod because the car’s regular driver was unable to attend the Sunday-night event. “I felt like we would’ve been tough to beat if I didn’t get that flat.
“I had a real good car,” he added, “and I really wanted to win it for Jim. He’s a real nice guy and hasn’t won a race all year, so I thought it would be great to get a win for him.”
Knight arrived at Stateline on Sunday night after entering his family-owned Rocket dirt Late Model in Saturday night’s Independent Racing Series ‘Hub City 50’ at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway. His third career start at the half-mile oval wasn’t memorable, ending with a 13th-place finish in the 50-lap A-Main after he used an IRS provisional to start from the 23rd position.
“We were just too tight all night long,” said Knight, whose plans to run a Friday-night IRS event at Winchester (Va.) Speedway were washed out by rain. “I was able to get almost into the top 10 from 23rd, but then my motor started getting kind of hot. I was up there running hard in the cushion, so I started backing down a little bit to make sure I didn’t hurt the motor and I lost a couple spots.”
Knight will hit the road again this weekend to compete in the two-day (Sept. 19-20) IRS ‘Motor Madness in the Mountains’ at Elkins (W.Va.) Speedway. Qualifying is on Friday night and the $7,000-to-win feature is scheduled for Saturday night.
Knight, who also plans to enter Sunday night’s Super Late Model season finale at his home track of Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa., is currently ranked sixth in the IRS points standings. Running the Elkins event will allow him to remain in line for IRS points-fund money by entering at least 75 percent of the tour’s races in 2008.
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway, Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with with his family-owned team in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottaway’s Auto Parts, Ottaway’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Ripley Machine & Tool, Genesis Shocks, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts, Farr MotorSports, MWB Web Designs and American Racing Tires.
For more information on Mike Knight, visit
www.mikeknight9k.com.
September 16, 2008
Josh Richards Gets Back On Track With Third-Place Finish In Pepsi Nationals At I-55 Raceway
SHINNSTON, WV Josh Richards was burning up after last Saturday night’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Pepsi Nationals’ at I-55 Raceway in Pevely, Mo., but only from the heat and humidity.
The 20-year-old sensation from Shinnston, W.Va., was actually beaming under his sweat-covered face, ecstatic that a strong third-place finish in the 50-lap A-Main had gotten him back on track after several struggle-filled weeks.
“I’m just glad we were able to get out of our little slump,” said Josh, who recently slipped one position, to fourth, in the WoO LMS points standings thanks to some frustrating outings. “I would have liked to win, but we needed a good finish like this.”
Josh was fast all night at the high-banked, one-third-mile oval owned by NASCAR veteran Ken Schrader. His blazing qualifying lap of 12.534 seconds was second-fastest in the 39-car time-trial session and he won a heat race, and then he marched forward from the sixth starting spot in the feature to contend for his fifth WoO LMS victory of the season.
After steering his Mark Richards Racing-owned Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Works/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports/Ernie’s Auto & Hauling Rocket Chassis No. 1 into third place on lap 28, Josh soon found himself in a three-car battle for the $10,000 top prize with eventual winner Shane Clanton and early pacesetter Chub Frank. The three drivers actually raced three-wide for the lead through turns three and four on lap 42, thrilling the crowd.
Josh’s bid effectively ended, however, on lap 46 when he slipped over the track’s cushion in turn four while alongside Frank for second. He lost his momentum and dropped to fourth, though he regained third place from Jason Feger with three laps remaining.
“I thought we had a shot at the win,” said Josh. “I tried to run into (turns) three and four as hard as I could so I could carry alot of momentum down the straightaway and then try to slide under Clanton in (turns) one and two, but I got stuck on the cushion (in turn four). I had to about stop the car so I wouldn’t hit the wall.”
The hard racing on a hot, muggy night left Josh searching for a cool-down following the checkered flag. He quickly went into his team’s air-conditioned hauler after returning to the pit area so he could bring down his body temperature.
“I’ve never been so hot in a race car before,” said Josh. “But I still had a lot of fun. That was the most fun race I’ve had in a long time.”
With the WoO LMS off this weekend, Josh’s plan is to enter either the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series ‘Jackson 100’ at Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway or the annual ‘Pittsburgher 100’ at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway. Both events are scheduled for Sept. 19-20.
September 16, 2008
Runner-Up Finish In Pepsi Nationals At I-55 Raceway Is Just What Chub Frank Needed
BEAR LAKE, PA – A victory would’ve been ideal, but Chub Frank had no qualms about finishing second in last Saturday night’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Pepsi Nationals’ at I-55 Raceway in Pevely, Mo.After struggling throughout the late-summer months and spending his 730-mile trip from Bear Lake, Pa., to NASCAR veteran Ken Schrader’s one-third-mile oval thinking that Saturday night’s action was very likely going to be rained out, the driver known as ‘Chubzilla’ was very happy about a runner-up finish worth $5,100.
“It feels good to be competitive again,” said Frank, who registered his best finish on the national tour since a second-place outing on July 20 at the Belleville (Kan.) High Banks. “I think we’re getting back to where we need to be.”
Chub, who timed fourth-fastest in qualifying and finished second in a heat race, grabbed the lead at the start of the 50-lap A-Main from the pole position. He kept his Lester Buildings, Corry Rubber, All Star Performance, Corry Laser, Slavic Corporation, Farr MotorSports, Lake Shore Paving, Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1* in front through six caution flags over the first 26 laps, but one momentary slip off turn four allowed Shane Clanton to seize command and go on to the victory.
Though Chub got close enough to challenge Clanton again, he couldn’t pull off a pass and had to settle for second place. He actually lost second to Josh Richards on lap 42 but regained the position when Richards bounced over the cushion with four laps remaining.
“There was just a real fine line out there,” Chub said of the tracks outside groove. “I missed it one lap and had to almost stop to stay off the wall.
“I think Shane knows that we probably would have won if I didn’t make that one mistake. He told me, ‘If you didn’t jump that cushion and give me an opening, I wouldn’t have passed you.’”
Chub credited his resurgence to help he’s received recently from Clanton, who has become arguably the nation’s hottest dirt Late Model driver over the past month.
“I have to thank him for really being good about showing us some of the things he’s been doing lately,” said Chub, who ranks fifth in the WoO LMS points standings with four events remaining on the 2008 schedule.
Chub headed back home following Saturday night’s action because the WoO LMS event scheduled for Sunday night at La Salle (Ill.) Speedway was canceled due to heavy rain on Saturday and the forecast of more coming on Sunday with the arrival of the remnants of Hurricane Ike. He does not plan to race this weekend but is scheduled to enter the two-day United Late Model Series ‘Fall Classic’ on Sept. 26-27 at McKean County Raceway in East Smethport, Pa.
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
September 16th, 2008
Billy Moyer Jr. Travels To Missouri This Weekend
Batesville, Arkansas (9/16/08) – Billy Moyer Jr. and Jr. Motorsports will travel to the Show-Me state this weekend for a pair of challenge events between the O’Reilly Mid America Racing Series and the Allstate DLRA Super Late Models.
Last weekend Billy traveled to Poinsett County Raceway in Harrisburg, Arkansas for the 2nd Annual O'Reilly MSRA Midsouth Dirt Track Championship. The event was originally scheduled to be a two day event with heat races on Friday night and b-mains and the main event on Saturday night. However, a less than promising forecast for Saturday night forced the O'Reilly MSRA staff to make Friday night's event the final point's show of the 2008 season. With 32 Super Late Models on hand Billy started on the pole of the second heat race and powered his way to the win, which earned him the 5th starting position for the feature. Billy would fight a loose race car home to an 11th place finish in the thirty lap event.
Saturday night's O'Reilly MSRA non-point's event was nixed by rain, and will not be rescheduled.
Billy finished 4th in the final 2008 O'Reilly MSRA point standings.
This weekend Billy will pilot his #21jr Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer/Bullock Racing Engine Super Late Model into battle at I-44 Speedway in Lebanon, Missouri for the Fall Nationals, which will be highlighted by a pair of challenge events between the O’Reilly MARS tour and the Allstate DLRA tour. Action will get underway on Friday night with a $1,500 to win event. On Saturday night a $2,000 to win program will be held for the Super Late Models. For more information, please visit www.LebanonI44Speedway.net or www.DLRA.net .
Billy Moyer Jr. would like to thank all of his sponsors including Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer, Banner Valley Hauling, Valley Transfer, Universal Concrete, Imperial Motors, Red Line Oil, Karl Chevrolet, Bert Transmission, New Vision Graphics, S & H Industrial Services, Watters Autoland, Performance Rod & Custom, Peterson Fluid Systems, Mason Starters, Sweet Mfg., Wiles Driveshafts, Cizmar Racing, Performance Bodies, Schoenfeld Headers, Hoosier Tire South by Pup, Bell Helmets, ISC Racing Tape, VP Racing Fuel, Hooker Harness, MSR Mafia.com, Ringer's Gloves, Kluhsman Racing Components, BSB Manufacturing, Outlawd Motorsports, and CPD Tools.
Billy Moyer Jr. is always looking for new sponsors and marketing partners. For more information on joining the team, please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .
Contact: Ben Shelton
(901) 335-3037
September 16th, 2008
Todd Hall Wins 6th Event of 2008
Charleston, MO (9/16/08) –Todd Hall from Charleston, Missouri piloted his #99 Mastersbilt/Crate Late Model to his sixth win of the 2008 season on Saturday night at Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri.
With thirteen cars on hand, Todd started on the front row for the second heat race and powered his way to the heat win. Via his heat race win, Todd earned the outside front row starting position for the feature. He took possession of the top spot at the drop of the green flag and went on to lead flag to flag en route to the win.
This Friday, September 19th, Todd Hall Motorsports will travel to Callaway Raceway in Fulton, Missouri for a FasTrak Late Model Series Event. The event will serve as round #1 of the FasTrak Grand Nationals If the team does well at this event, Todd will likely travel to Friendship Speedway in Elkins, North Carolina on October 15th-16th and Wythe Raceway in Rural Retreat, Virginia on October 17th-18th. If a driver can win all three events, they will receive a $50,000 bonus. For more information, please visit www.FasTrakRacing.com .
Todd continues to maintain the 2nd position in the current point standings for the FasTrak Crate Late Models Midwest Region.
Todd Hall
Motorsports would like to thank all of their marketing partners including FTS
Logistics, Financial Transportation Services LLC, First Security State Bank,
Greg Hall Motorsports, New Vision Graphics, and MSRMafia.com .
For the latest information on the Todd Hall
Motorsports Team visit the official website at
www.ToddHallMotorsports.com .
Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
September 11th, 2008
Eric Cooley Wins Again at Columbus
Fulton, MS (9/11/08) – Eric Cooley from Fulton, Mississippi returned to familiar territory on Saturday night, and confirmed the old adage that “there is no place like home” as he drove his #33c Mastersbilt Crate Late Model to another feature win at Columbus Speedway
Eric continued his hot streak on Saturday night at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi, where he picked up the feature win in the Crate Late Model division. Cooley started 6th in his heat race and powered his way to a 2nd place finish. In the feature event, Cooley started 4th and charged his way to the lead early in the event. He went on to claim the feature win. The win marked his second win of the year at Columbus Speedway and his eighth win overall in 2008.
This Saturday, Eric is once again slated to compete in a lone event as he travels to Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for a Weekly Racing Series event in his #33c Mastersbilt Crate Late Model. For more information, please visit www.ColumbusSpeedway.net .
Eric and everyone at Cooley Motorsports would like
to thank all of their sponsors, which include Tiffin Motorhomes (Red Bay, AL),
78 Towing & Recovery Inc., Cooley Transport Inc., Searcy Tires (Cherokee, AL),
Twisted Designs (Fayette, AL), D&D Trade (Fulton, MS), MSRMafia.com, and Simpson
Race Products.
For more information on Cooley Motorsports, visit the official team website at
www.EricCooleyRacing.com .
Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
September 11th, 2008
Bub McCool Invades Jackson Motor Speedway This Saturday
Vicksburg, MS (9/11/08) – After a weekend away from the track to freshen their equipment and prepare for the hectic last part of the season Bub McCool and McCool Motorsports will invade Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, Mississippi this Saturday night.
With few race options last weekend and equipment that needed to be repaired McCool Motorsports decided to work at the shop last weekend. The end result is a team that is hungry to return to action, and they will do so this Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway for the 14th Annual Ival Cooper Memorial. The 50 lap event pays $5,000 to win and $400 to start and will see many of the region’s top drivers invading Don Cliburn’s ¼ mile, gumbo oval. Action gets underway on Saturday night with time trials. Dependant on car count, a certain number of cars will lock in via time trials for the feature event with the balance of the 22 car starting grid being completed by last chance qualifiers. For more information on the event, please visit www.JacksonMotorSpeedway.net .
Race fans also, please note that the brand new Bub McCool t-shirts are now available and come in a wide array of colors and sizes. Please visit the McCool Motorsports hauler this Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway to get yours before they sell out! To view the shirts, please visit www.BubMcCool.com .
Bub and everyone at McCool Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include McCool Logging, Barker Racing Engines, Trak-Star Race Cars, Phase 2 Sign Supply, Good Hope Lumber, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Boland Performance, Phase II Graphics, & MSRMafia.com.
For more information on Bub & McCool Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.BubMcCool.com .
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
September 11th, 2008
Jeff Floyd Ready For O’Reilly MSRA Finale
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas (9/11/08) – JFR Motorsports will invade Poinsett County Raceway in Harrisburg, Arkansas this weekend for the 2nd Annual Midsouth Dirt Track Championship, which will conclude the 2008 O’Reilly MSRA season.
Last Saturday, JFR Motorsports was in action in a challenge event between the O'Reilly MSRA and Allstate DLRA Super Late Model tours at Tri State Speedway in Pocola, Oklahoma. Jeff Floyd behind the wheel of his #F1 GRT/Kuntz & Company Super Late Model started 2nd and finished 2nd in his heat race on a hooked up race track and earned a 5th starting position for the feature event. In the main event, Floyd would battle throughout the top ten for the entire 35 lap event before recording a 7th place finish. Via his finish, Jeff cut Joey Mack's advantage in the current O'Reilly MSRA standings to 21 points with only one event remaining in the season.
Jordan Jones was also in action in the #60 JFR Motorsports/GRT/Kuntz & Company Super Late Model. Jordan finished 2nd in his heat race and started 7th in the feature event. Despite being down on horse power with a spec motor on the big track, Jordan battled his way to a 12th place finish in the feature event.
This Friday and Saturday, September 12th – 13th, JFR Motorsports will travel to Poinsett County Raceway in Harrisburg, Arkansas for the O’Reilly MSRA Season finale. Both Jeff Floyd and Jordan Jones are scheduled to be in action in the $5,000 to win/$400 to start event. The weekend gets underway on Friday night with double heat races. The lineup for the first set of heat races will be determined by the pill draw. The second set of heat races will see the lineup from the first set of heat races completely inverted. The top 12 drivers, who earn the most passing points, between the two sets of heat races lock into Saturday night’s main event. The balance of the field will compete in b-mains on Saturday night to set the starting grid for the 40 lap, main event. For more information on the event, please visit www.MSRADirt.com or www.PoinsettCountyRaceway.com .
Jeff Floyd would like to thank all of his sponsors including Kuntz & Company Racing Engines, GRT Race Cars, Autozone, RiceTec, Engineering Lubrication, NEA Super Gas, Floyd’s Body Shop, MSRMafia.com, and JFRGraphics.com .
For more information on JFR Motorsports please visit www.JeffFloydF1.com .
Mike Knight Thrilled To Be Declared $10,000 Winner Of Alltel Ohio Speedweek All-Star Contest
RIPLEY, NY – Mike Knight didn’t win a dirt Late Model feature last weekend.But when the 21-year-old from Ripley, N.Y., clicked on his computer on Wednesday, he learned that he had captured the biggest prize of his young racing career.
The www.AlltelAllStar.com website revealed the news that Knight was the winner of the Alltel Ohio Speedweek All-Star contest, an on-line poll that ended on Sept. 9 following more than a month of voting. He will receive a cool $10,000 for his victory over 14 other drivers who earned a top-five finish in one of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series Alltel Ohio Speedweek events run from July 24-27.
“I’m thrilled to win it,” said Knight, who gained his berth in the unique fan-participation contest with a fifth-place finish in the 50-lap WoO LMS on July 27 at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa. “We’ve been sitting on pins and needles waiting for the contest to end because we can really use the money for our team.”
Knight, who burst on the dirt Late Model scene last year when he won the Eriez Speedway points title, sat atop the Alltel Ohio Speedweek All-Star voting virtually from Day One. He finished the contest having won nearly a quarter of all the votes cast, beating good friend Robbie Blair of Titusville, Pa., for the cash by several percentage points.
“I have to thank Alltel and the World of Outlaws for having the All-Star contest, and I’m real thankful to everybody who voted for me,” said Knight, who campaigns family-owned equipment. “I didn’t think I’d have a big enough fanbase to beat all the big-name drivers who I was up against, but I got some great support.
“I think it says so much about how loyal the fans are in this (western Pennsylvania/eastern Ohio/southern New York) area. Me and Robbie (Blair) got almost half the votes between us, so obviously we really had the fans behind us.”
Knight also noted that his pal Dave Hess Jr. of Waterford, Pa., who like Knight has grown up racing at Eriez Speedway and Statel ine Speedway in Busti, N.Y., was the first Alltel All-Star contest victor earlier this season. Hess came out on top of voting among feature winners during February’s Alltel DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.
“It’s pretty neat that me and Hess are the only two Alltel All-Star winners,” said Knight, “and we’re best friends.”
Knight is looking forward to cashing his $10,000 check – the biggest payoff he’s received to date as a racer. He already has a pretty good idea of what he’s going to do with the extra infusion of money.
Ironically, Knight just might be sending much of the money over to Blair.
“Robbie lent one of his motors to us earlier this year,” said Knight. “I liked it so much that I decided I wanted to buy it, so we settled on a pretty good price with Robbie. I still owe him some money and this Alltel cash will be going towards that.”
The Alltel All-Star news came after Knight raced just once last weekend, finishing third in a 30-lap Super Late Model special on Sunday night (Sept. 7) at Little Valley (N.Y.) Speedway that was postponed one day by rain. He was fast in his first-ever appearance at the half-mile oval, but he slipped back several positions from his sixth starting spot at the initial green flag and had to hustle to get back to third by the finish.
Knight plans to enter Independent Racing Series (IRS) events this weekend on Friday night (Sept. 12) at Winchester (Va.) Speedway and Saturday night (Sept. 13) at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway.
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a point’s title at Eriez Speedway, Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottaway’s Auto Parts, Ottaway’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Ripley Machine & Tool, Genesis Shocks, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts, Farr MotorSports, MWB Web Designs and American Racing Tires.
For more information on Mike Knight, visit www.mikeknight9k.com.
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Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
September 9th, 2008
Kyle Beard Returns To The Scene of the Crime
Trumann, AR (9/09/08) – A year ago Kyle Beard piloted his #86 GRT By Frye/Samuels Performance Racing Engine Super Late Model to the biggest win of his young career as he picked up the $5,000 payday by winning the 1st Annual Midsouth Dirt Track Championship at Poinsett County Raceway. This weekend he will return to the scene of the crime.
Over the past two months, Beard Motorsports has kicked their season into high gear with several wins and top five finishes. His two most recent wins came in O’Reilly MSRA action at his home track, Poinsett County Raceway in Harrisburg, Arkansas.
This Friday and Saturday, Beard will return to PCS for the 2nd Annual Midsouth Dirt Track Championship, which will be sanctioned by the O’Reilly MSRA and pays $5,000 to win and $400 to start for the 40 lap event. The weekend gets underway on Friday night with double heat races. The lineup for the first set of heat races will be determined by the pill draw. The second set of heat races will see the lineup from the first set of heat races completely inverted. The top 12 drivers, who earn the most passing points, between the two sets of heat races lock into Saturday night’s main event. The balance of the field will compete in b-mains on Saturday night to set the starting grid for the main event. Heading into the weekend, Kyle is currently fifth in the O’Reilly MSRA standings, and leads the COMP Cams Winner’s Circle Bonus with three feature wins on the season. For more information on this weekend’s event, please visit www.MSRADirt.com or www.PoinsettCountyRaceway.com .
Last Saturday, Beard Motorsports traveled to Tri State Speedway in Pocola, Oklahoma for a $2,000 to win event that was co-sanctioned by the O'Reilly MSRA and the Allstate DLRA Super Late Model tours. Early in his heat race, the powerplant in Kyle Beard's #86 GRT By Frye experienced some minor problems forcing him pitside. In an effort not to risk further damage to the primary engine, the crew thrashed to get the backup motor in the car for the 35 lap feature event. Kyle started 21st on the starting grid and when the green flag dropped he began an impressive march to the front of the field. With only two cautions to bunch the field, Beard passed 16 cars on the large, clay oval to charge to a 5th place finish. For his efforts he earned the Larry Shaw Race Cars Hard Charger Award.
Kyle Beard would like to thank his sponsors including KB Transport, Gary Beard Trucking, Samuel’s Performance Engines, Engines Inc., Mean Street Motors, Inc., JFR Graphics, Bill Frye Motorsports, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services. Beard Motorsports is always looking for more sponsors, and anyone, who may be interested, can find more information at www.KyleBeard86.com .
For more information on Kyle and Beard Motorsports, please visit www.KyleBeard86.com
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
September 9th, 2008
Voodoo Motorsports Invades Jackson This Weekend
Franklinton, Louisiana (9/09/08) – Voodoo Motorsports and team drivers, Scott Creel and David Breazeale, will return to action this Saturday, September 13th in the 14th Annual Ival Cooper Memorial at Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, Mississippi.
Voodoo Motorsports has taken the past few weeks off from racing to regroup and freshen their equipment for the home stretch of the 2008 season. The team will return to action with both guns blazing this weekend as they travel to Jackson Motor Speedway for the $5,000 to win/$400 to start, 14th Annual Ival Cooper Memorial. David Breazeale will be piloting his #54 Mastersbilt/Jay Dickens Racing Engine Super Late Model and Scott Creel will be behind the wheel of his #31 Mastersbilt/Wall-2-Wall Super Late Model. For more information on the event, please visit www.JacksonMotorSpeedway.net .
The next few weeks will be extremely busy for Voodoo Motorsports with the following events on tap:
Sept. 13th – 14th Annual Ival Cooper Memorial: Jackson Motor Speedway (Jackson, MS)
Sept. 20th – MSCCS Super Late Models: Deep South Speedway (Loxley, AL)
Sept. 25th-27th – 19th Annual Magnolia State 100: Columbus Speedway (Columbus, MS)
Also, please visit the Voodoo Motorsports hauler for brand new shirts that are now available for both David Breazeale and Scott Creel.
Voodoo Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Black Warrior Auction Company LLC, Creel Brothers, Hypercoil, J&J Motorsports, Stuckey Enterprises, Hoosier Racing Tires, Xtreme Graphics By J-Rod, MSRMafia.com, Team Voodoo Racing, and ASI Racewear.
For more information on Voodoo Motorsports, please visit www.VoodooDirt.com .
Earl Pearson Jr.
Finishes 9th and Sets New World 100 Fast Time Record, Heads to Georgia for Two
Events This Weekend
ARCHDALE, NC (September 8, 2008)- Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing
Team competed at Eldora Speedway in the famous World 100 event in Rossburg, OH.
Earl, the 2006 World 100 winner and the winner of this years World of Outlaws
sanctioned event at Eldora Speedway in July headed to the famous race track with
confidence that he would be a contender for his second World 100 victory in the
past three years. On Friday nights qualifying action Earl would set a new World
100 qualifying lap of 15.350 to best the 175 drivers that attempted to qualify
for the event. Earl would draw a six which would place him 6th in the first heat
race. Earl would battle hard to come home third in his heat race earning a 13th
starting position for the 100-lap feature event. In the feature Earl would show
how strong his car was by advancing into the top 5 by lap 25. Earl would
continue to march through the field getting to 3rd place and would battle with
Jimmy Owens and Shane Clanton for the top spot before passing Owens on lap 72
for second place. Earl would slowly close in on Shane Clanton for the lead and
was in striking distance on lap 82 when Earl's right front tire went flat
bringing out the race's first caution. After changing the tire would restart at
the rear of the field having to pass the lapped cars before the final laps wound
down with Earl finishing 9th in the final run down. Earl was disappointed with
the finish knowing he had the car to win the event.
"Man my car was really good and I could run anywhere, bottom, top and really
fast in the middle groove. I was closing in on Clanton and had a plan on where I
was going to try and pass him when either I ran over something or the right
front bumper piece broke off from dragging the track and cut my right front tire
down. I really felt like I had the car to win coming from 13th like I did. Just
bad luck I guess. It was great to set a new World 100 record and I have to thank
my crew for a great car all weekend", stated Earl.
This weekend Earl will race close to home in South Georgia in a pair of O'Reilly
Southern All Stars sanctioned events. On Friday September 12th Earl will travel
to Swainsboro Raceway in Swainsboro, GA for a 50-lap $5,000 to win feature
event. Then on Saturday September 13th Earl will compete at Screven Motor
Speedway in Sylvania, GA for a 50-lap $10,000 to win feature event. Both events
are close to Earl's hometown of Jacksonville, FL and gives him a rare
opportunity to race close for family and friends during the racing season.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors in
2008 for their support including LifeLong Locks, Lucas Oil, Mastersbilt Race
Cars, Larry Wallace Engines, Mopar, Sunoco Race Fuels, Allstar Performance,
Tiger Rear End, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, SHY, Wilwood, Woodward, TWM, Dyers
Top Rods, Weld, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Wrisco, Sparco, Bell, Mechanix Wear, Oakley,
Cheerios, Coke, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs, The
Decal Source, Rick Schwallie Photography and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit www.lucasdirt.com.
For more information about LifeLong Locks and the strongest locks on the market
today, visit www.lifelonglocks.com. For more information about Earl Pearson Jr.
and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team visit their official website at
www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com.
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
September 8th, 2008
Jake Tucker Records Top Five Finish at Riverside
Collierville, TN (9/08/08) – Tucker Motorsports with their driver, Jake Tucker, returned to action on Saturday night at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas behind the wheel of his #11 Parts Plus/Valvoline Oil/Larry Shaw/Dynotech Racing Engine Open Wheel Modified.
The past few weeks have seen Jake in several situations of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and having his night ended by other competitor’s miscues. Tucker finally turned his luck around on Saturday night. After starting 7th in his heat race Jake advanced to a 4th place finish, which earned him a 6th starting position for the 15 lap feature. Early in the event, Jake would crack the top five in the seventeen car field. By lap eight he was up to the third position, and he would go on to hold down the third spot for the last half of the race to record a podium finish on the racy ¼ mile, gumbo oval.
With his third place finish, Jake is now fourth in the current Open Wheel Modified point standings at Riverside with just a few events remaining in the 2008 season.
This weekend Tucker Motorsports will once again return to Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas for a Weekly Racing Series Event. For more information, please visit www.RiversideInternationalSpeedway.com .
Tucker Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Parts Plus, Valvoline Oil, Smyth Auto (Cincinnati, OH), Champion Electric (Collierville, TN), Mr. Parts Stores (Pine Bluff, AR), Auto Sport Center (Little Rock, AR), Dynotech Engines, Main Street Garage(Collierville, TN), The UPS Stores(Collierville, TN), Comp Cams, Dynamic Electric(Memphis, TN), and Wilson Competition (Tony Wilson).
For more information on Jake Tucker Motorsports, please visit www.TuckerMotorsports.com .
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
September 8th, 2008
Travis Senter Jr. Wins 100th Career Event
Osceola, AR (9/08/08) – On Saturday night, Travis Senter Jr. from Osceola, Arkansas made history as he raced his way to his 100th feature win in the 600cc Mini Sprint division in his #22 Stallard entry at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Senter Jr. began racing 600cc Mini Sprints in 1999, and although he only ran three events that year, he managed to pick up his first ever win at Beebe Speedway in Beebe, Arkansas. The next few years would see Travis running more and more events as the team began to travel. The 2001 season saw Travis pick up eight feature wins, including feature triumphs in Illinois, Indiana, and Arkansas.
With the 2001 season and its successes in the rearview mirror, Senter Jr. looked to really kick things up a notch in 2002, and he did it in a big way as he won an amazing 15 events out of 24 starts, including the biggest win in his young career, when he picked up the $1,100 payday in the Fall Nationals at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The 2003 through 2005 seasons would see Senter Motorsports traveling to more new tracks and enjoying success throughout the country with several feature wins.
The 2006 season would officially establish Travis as a national powerhouse as he won several national events. However, the high point of Senter’s career to date would come on September 16th, 2006, when he powered his way to the $10,000 triumph over a field of 126 Mini Sprints in the 600cc Nationals at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas. Late in the 2006 season, Senter Motorsports would also experience a first as the team made the trip “down under” to compete in the Oval Express Mini Sprint Speedweek in Australia in late December. During the course of the week, Travis won two events and earned five top five finishes as car counts soared into the 40’s each night.
In 2007 Travis scored a career best, twenty events, during the course of the season, including wins in Florida, Illinois, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Texas.
Thus far into the 2008 season, Senter has had another banner year with 13 feature wins. While most racers are skeptical of the number “13” it proved to be a lucky number for Travis as with his thirteenth win of the year on Saturday night, September 6th at I-30 Speedway he reached his landmark, 100th win in the 600cc Mini Sprint divisions.
“To win 100 races in my first ten years of competition in the 600cc Mini Sprint division, really means a lot to me and my family. So many people have supported and helped us along the way, and I can’t thank everyone enough for their backing,” commented Senter Jr.
This weekend, Travis will eye another crown jewel as well as win #101 when he travels to his home track, Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas for the $2,000 to win Dynamic Electric Mini Sprint Event that is being sanctioned by the Tri State Mini Sprint Series. For more information on the event, please visit www.RiversideInternationalSpeedway.com or www.Tri-StateMiniSprints.com .
Fans of Travis Senter Jr. will also be interested to learn that Travis will be heading back to Australia this December for the Oval Express Mini Sprint Series. The team has already shipped their car and necessary equipment down under, and looks to bring the Speedweek title back to the United States.
Travis and everyone at Senter Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Stallard Chassis & Components, Holthouse Farms, FTZ Racing, Xtreme Graphics, Gamble Home Furnishings, HiPer Racing Wheels, Shell Truck Stop Exit 48 (Osceola, AR), Senter Farms, Senter & Sons Gin, Balanced By Beezley, Clayton’s Auto Painting & Body Shop, MotorStands.com, and Advanced Racing Suspensions.
For more information on Travis Senter and Senter Motorsports, please visit www.TravisSenter.com .
Photo Attachment:
Senter100.jpg – Travis Senter
(center) and crew celebrate after his 100th career win at I-30
Speedway on Saturday night.
September 8, 2008
Heat Race Heartbreak Ends 2008 World 100 Victory Hopes For Josh Richards
SHINNSTON, WV – Josh Richards will never forget the heartbreak he experienced during the 38th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.
The 20-year-old sensation from Shinnston, W.Va., saw his hopes for victory in dirt Late Model racing’s most prestigious event dashed in the blink of an eye during heat-race action. His car suddenly lost power as he headed off turn four with the checkered flag – and a transfer spot to the 100-lap A-Main – just ahead of him.
After out dueling fellow World of Outlaws Late Model Series regular Darrell Lanigan to secure the third and final qualifying spot in Saturday night’s fourth 15-lap heat race, Josh was well on his way to making the World 100 starting field for the fourth time in as many years. But Lady Luck had other ideas.
“The car just shut down as I was going through the (fourth) corner on the last lap,” said Josh, who in 2005 became the youngest A-Main starter in the history of the World 100. “It was fine until I got to turn four – then it just started popping and carrying on.
“When I started slowing down and guys went by me, I was just thinking, ‘Oh, man, this isn’t happening. I did all that work to get to third, and the car shuts off going through the last corner.’”
Josh limped across the finish line in fifth place, which still left him with reasonable hope of driving his Mark Richards Racing-owned Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Works/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports/Ernie’s Auto & Hauling Rocket Chassis No. 1 into the World 100 through a B-Main. But he never made it onto to the half-mile oval for the second B-Main because his car simply wouldn’t fire up in the pit area.
“We came in after the heat and went through everything, trying to figure out what it was,” said Josh, who initially thought the problem might have been in the car’s fuel system or ignition. “We changed the MSD box and the car fired up three times in the pits, so we thought it was fine. We shut it down and got the car ready to go out for the B, and then when we went to start it up again to go out for the B it just wouldn’t start. We tried push-starting it and it still wouldn’t start, so we couldn’t get out there.”
Josh and his crew ultimately identified the problem as stemming from a battery that went bad.
“While the B was out there we changed the battery and the car started up fine,” said Josh, shaking his head at his fate.
Josh had timed 10th-fastest in Friday night’s 175-car time-trial session, turning a lap of 15.706 seconds. A six-car invert left him with a fifth-place starting spot in the fourth heat, and then he showed the speed in his machine by racing up to third place after exchanging several ‘sliders’ with Lanigan midway through the preliminary.
“It’s very disappointing,” Josh said of his fourth appearance at the World 100. “It would’ve been our fourth World 100 in a row if we had made it – and I felt pretty good about our car. We were able to get up there into a transfer spot, and we had some things we wanted to try that I think would’ve made us really good in the feature.
“Unfortunately, stuff like this happens, so we’ll just have to come back next year.”
Josh will return to action on the WoO LMS this weekend, heading to the Midwest for tour events on Saturday night (Sept. 13) at I-55 Raceway in Pevely, Mo., and Sunday night (Sept. 14) at La Salle (Ill.) Speedway. He currently sits fourth in the WoO LMS point’s standings with six events remaining on the 2008 schedule.
September 8, 2008
Special Themed Car Brings Chub Frank No Luck At World 100 For Second Consecutive Year
BEAR LAKE, PA – Another eye-catching themed car, another World 100 disappointment at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, for Chub Frank.The Bear Lake, Pa., star known as ‘Chubzilla’ brought a machine that sported a special graphics scheme to dirt Late Model racing’s most prestigious event for the second consecutive year – and once again a heat-race accident left him watching the $41,000-to-win World 100 A-Main from the sidelines.
After driving his orange-camouflage ‘Chub’s Army: Salute to the Troops’ car to the sixth-fastest lap (15.599 seconds) in Friday night’s 175-car time-trial session, a six-car invert left Chub with the sixth starting spot in Saturday night’s sixth 15-lap heat race.
Unfortunately, Chub barely got a chance to secure a top-three finishing position to transfer to the A-Main. The 2004 World 100 champion saw his night end on lap three of the prelim when he was swept up in fellow World of Outlaws Late Model Series regular Clint Smith’s fence-smacking crash.
“Clint just caught the wall with the right-rear and it sucked his right-front in,” said Chub, who was running in seventh place at the time of the incident. “When his right-front hit it pretty much stopped him, and then the ass-end of his car came out and I clipped him going by.
“I just caught him with my right-rear. It ripped the rear deck out and probably made the crash look pretty spectacular, but it didn’t really hurt anything. It was all tin. The suspension was fine.”
There wasn’t enough time for Chub’s crew to repair the mangled bodywork before the heat race restarted, so he became a non-qualifier. A 19th-place finish in the heat wasn’t good enough to earn him a berth in a B-Main.
Chub, who last year missed the World 100 starting field when he hit the turn-one wall late in his heat with his green ‘Chubzilla’ themed car, felt good about his chances for success if he had been able to make Saturday night’s headliner.
“It should’ve been good because it was identical scale-wise to the car that won the World,” smiled Chub, who pitted alongside – and worked closely with – eventual World 100 winner Shane Clanton. “He scaled it, so it was identical.”
While Chub’s orange-camo Lester Buildings, Corry Rubber, All Star Performance, Corry Laser, Slavic Corporation, Farr MotorSports, Lake Shore Paving, Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1* certainly helped him sell plenty of t-shirts and diecast cars during the World 100 weekend, he’s wondering if the special graphics packages are jinxing him at Eldora.
“Mary (Chub’s wife) said we’re not bringing any themed cars to the World anymore,” Chub joked. “We’re just running our standard (appearing) cars because we just haven’t had any luck the last two years with these special deals.”
Chub will return to action on the WoO LMS this weekend, heading to the Midwest for tour events on Saturday night (Sept. 13) at I-55 Raceway in Pevely, Mo., and Sunday night (Sept. 14) at La Salle (Ill.) Speedway. He currently sits fifth in the WoO LMS point’s standings with six events remaining on the 2008 schedule.
Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
September 4th, 2008
Bub McCool Romps To $5k Payday At Duck River
Vicksburg, MS (9/04/08) – Bub McCool had a busy Labor Day weekend behind the wheel of his #57j Trakstar/Barker Racing Engine Super Late Model, and his efforts paid off as he picked up a $5,000 win along the way.
McCool Motorsports set out to compete in three events over the Labor Day weekend with the action kicking off on Friday night at Duck River Speedway in Wheel, Tennessee with the Southern Regional Racing Series Super Late Model tour. Bub started 6th in the feature event, and early in the race, he would rocket his way to the lead. Once at the point, McCool would never look back en route to the $5,000 win. The win marked McCool’s sixth win of the 2008 season.
On Saturday, the team followed the Southern Regional Racing Series tour to Thunderhill Speedway in Summertown, Tennessee. Bub would have another strong qualifying effort and ultimately finished in the 3rd spot in the feature event.
McCool entered the Labor Day Bash 40 at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama on Sunday night. Bub qualified fourth in his group and started 7th in the feature event. By lap seven, Bub was already up to the third position and began pressuring the second place runner as McCool committed to the low side of the clay oval. On lap 17, things would turn bad for McCool when a broken lift arm on caused his car to make a strong right in turns three and four. A couple of cars, left with nowhere to go, piled into the back of McCool bringing his night to an end. Despite once again having bad luck at North Alabama, overall it was a great weekend for McCool Motorsports, and the team is feeling confident heading into the late year special events.
McCool Motorsports will take this weekend off to repair their primary car from last weekend’s damage. Bub is set to return to action on Saturday, September 13th at Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, Mississippi in the $5,000 to win, 14th Annual Ival Cooper Memorial. For more information on the event, please visit www.JacksonMotorSpeedway.net .
Race fans also, please note that the brand new Bub McCool t-shirts are now available. To view the shirts, please visit www.BubMcCool.com .
Bub and everyone at McCool Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include McCool Logging, Barker Racing Engines, Trak-Star Race Cars, Phase 2 Sign Supply, Good Hope Lumber, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Boland Performance, Phase II Graphics, & MSRMafia.com.
For more information on Bub & McCool Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.BubMcCool.com
Mike Knight Enters Final Week Of Alltel Ohio
Speedweek All-Star Voting As Leader In Chase For $10,000 Top Prize
RIPLEY, NY – Mike Knight is getting so close to the $10,000 Alltel Ohio Speedweek All-Star top prize, he can almost taste it.
With less than a week to go before the contest’s on-line voting (
www.AlltelAllStar.com) ends on Sept. 9 at 11:59 p.m., the 21-year-old dirt Late Model standout from Ripley, N.Y., sits atop the standings with 24 percent of the vote. His closest pursuer is fellow area racer Robbie Blair, who has 19 percent of the vote through Sept. 3.Knight, who qualified for the unique promotion by finishing fifth in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series Alltel Ohio Speedweek event on July 27 at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa., has been listed as the contest’s vote-leader among 15 eligible drivers for more than a month. He’s actually extended his edge in recent days, but he’s not taking anything for granted as the voting draws to a close.
“I’m hoping that everybody who’s been voting for us keeps it up for a few more days,” said Knight. “Hopefully we’ll pick up a few more new votes too. We sure could use that money.”
Fans can vote for Knight once a day through Sept. 9 by visiting
www.AlltelAllStar.com. All voters are also entered into a contest for a $500 Alltel Wireless gift card.Knight is coming off a lackluster holiday weekend of racing in western Pennsylvania. He kicked off the Labor Day weekend with a 15th-place finish on Friday night (Aug. 29) in the Mid-Atlantic Championship Series (MACS) ‘Jim Shank Memorial 50’ at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., then scored finishes of 15th (Saturday) and 14th (Sunday) in the pair of 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Mains that comprised the Oil Region Labor Day Classic Weekend at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa.
The driver known as ‘Hollywood’ should have enjoyed a much better finish in Lernerville’s special event. He had charged from the 17th starting spot (he won a B-Main) to sixth place when a blown right-front tire on the final lap caused him to tumble nine spots in the finishing order.
“I feel like we were gonna get a top-five finish at least,” Knight said of his Lernerville effort. “The tire was going flat for about the last 15 laps so I kinda stalled in sixth place, and then it blew out on the last corner and a bunch of cars passed me.”
Knight struggled with his family-owned Rocket No. 9k in the weekend doubleheader at Tri-City. He started 20th in Saturday night’s A-Main after qualifying through a B-Main, while on Saturday night a fourth-place finish in a heat race gave him the 16th starting spot in the headliner.
“I’m not really happy with our runs (at Tri-City),” said Knight. “I’m not sure if it was the car or tires, but we were missing something somewhere. We’re trying to figure it out.
“I do know that I got Dave Hess (Jr.) on Genesis Racing Shocks for the first time (on Sunday at Tri-City), and he ran second (in the A-Main). He had his car identical to mine, but we struggled all weekend and he ran real well on Sunday.
“We’ll go home and try to get better.”
Knight plans to stay close to home this weekend. He’ll enter a $5,000-to-win Super Late Model special on Saturday night (Sept. 6) at Little Valley (N.Y.) Speedway and compete on Sunday night (Sept. 7) at Eriez Speedway, where he’ll shoot for his sixth victory of the season.
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway, Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottaway’s Auto Parts, Ottaway’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Ripley Machine & Tool, Genesis Shocks, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts, Farr MotorSports, MWB Web Designs and American Racing Tires.
To vote for Mike Knight in the Alltell All Star contest visit
www.AlltelAllStar.com.For more information on Mike Knight, visit
www.mikeknight9k.com.
Chub Frank’s Special-Edition Car & Prize-Filled Promotion Puts Lester Buildings In Spotlight During This Weekend’s World 100 At Eldora Speedway
BEAR LAKE, PA – Chub Frank’s special-edition car and a prize-filled promotion will put Lester Buildings in the spotlight during this weekend’s 38th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.Frank, 46, of Bear Lake, Pa., has prepared his familiar Lester Buildings-sponsored No. 1* dirt Late Model with a unique World 100 graphics scheme for the second consecutive year, ensuring that his machine will gain double-takes from fans both on and off the track. The car will sport a bright orange ‘camouflage’ appearance – complete with headlights that resemble eyes looking through a gun’s crosshairs – as part of a ‘Salute to the Troops’ and ‘Chub’s Army’ theme.
Apparel and diecast cars featuring the ‘Chub’s Army’ car will be available throughout the World 100 festivities at the Chub Frank Racing/Slavic Corporation merchandise trailer.
In addition, Lester Buildings will continue will continue its summer-long racetrack promotion honoring the popular driver known as ‘Chubzilla’ during the World 100 weekend. Fans will have an opportunity to stop by the Lester Buildings display in Eldora’s spectator area to meet Frank, check out his Lester Buildings Rocket No. 1* dirt Late Model, obtain free ‘Chubzilla’/Lester posters, inquire about special discounts on Lester Buildings orders and enter free drawings to win valuable prizes, including BP gas cards and Chub Frank Racing items.
Frank will make himself available at the Lester Buildings display to meet fans and sign autographs prior to the start of each night’s racing action. He will also pick the names of contest winners during Saturday night’s program.
Three ‘Grand Prizes’ – BP gas cards worth $500, $250 and $100 – will be awarded to fans by Lester Buildings representatives. Three=2 0second-prize winners will receive 1/24th-scale diecast models of Frank’s familiar No. 1* dirt Late Model, and 10 third-prize winners will receive Chub Frank Racing caps.
Fans can enter the gas-card contest throughout the World 100 extravaganza, with the drawing of winning names set for Saturday night.
“I can’t wait to get to Eldora for the World,” said Frank, who has reskinned the Lester Buildings/Corry Rubber/All Star Performance/Corry Laser/Slavic Corporation/Farr MotorSports/Lake Shore Paving/Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1* that he drove to a second-place finish at the Belleville (Kan.) High Banks in July. “The contest is going to get Lester Buildings plenty of attention from the fans and we’re going to try to get them even more with our special car.
“Hopefully we’ll be able to get a win and really put our Lester Buildings car in the spotlight.”
Frank is a former winner of the World 100, capturing the famed globe trophy in 2004. He failed to qualify for the 100-lap A-Main last year, however, after an accident during heat action.
Frank heads to Eldora coming off a quiet weekend of World of Outlaws Late Model Series competition in his homestate. He cracked the top 10 in all three events run over the holiday weekend, but his finishes of ninth (Friday night at Bedford Speedway), eighth (Saturday night at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa.) and ninth (Sunday night in the finale of the Oil Region Labor Day Classic Weekend at Tri-City) weren’t enough to satisfy him.
“It wasn’t that good of a weekend,” said Frank, who has won WoO LMS events at both Bedford and Tri-City in the past. “We’re still missing something, but we’re working hard to try to figure this thing out.”
Frank appeared primed to end the weekend in impressive fashion in Sunday’s 50-lap A-Main at Tri-City when he charged from the 17th starting spot to seventh in a mere 10 laps. But he climbed no higher in the caution-free race and ultimately lost a couple positions during its late stages.
“We went a little softer on tire (compound), but what really hurt the most is we didn’t sipe the tires up good enough,” Frank said of his Sunday-night outing. “I think we wore the sipes out at the end and the tires just gave out for about the last 15 laps.”
Frank ended the weekend ranked fifth in the WoO LMS point’s standings, 272 points behind leader Darrell Lanigan.
Contact: Ben
Shelton (901) 335-3037
September 3rd, 2008
Billy Moyer Jr. Records Top Ten At I-30 Speedway
Batesville, Arkansas (9/03/08) – Billy Moyer Jr. took his #21jr Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer/Bullock Racing Engine Super Late Model into battle with the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model tour on Saturday night at I-30 Speedway, and he came away with another top ten finish on the season.
With 20 Super Late Models on hand, Billy started 3rd in his heat race and finished in the 5th spot after missing the setup on his #21jr entry. His heat race finish resulted in him starting 15th in the feature event. However, Billy did not let his starting position impede his progress in the 30 lap feature event as he charged to a 7th place finish on the ¼ mile, clay oval. With his top ten finish Billy continues to maintain the 4th position in the current O’Reilly MSRA standings with two events remaining in the 2008 season.
This weekend, Jr. Motorsports will once again return to action with the O’Reilly MSRA as they travel to Tri State Speedway in Pocola, Oklahoma for a $2,000 to win/$450 to start event. The program will be co-sanctioned by the Allstate DLRA Super Late Model tour. For more information, please visit www.MSRADirt.com or www.DLRA.net .
Billy Moyer Jr. would like to thank all of his sponsors including Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer, Banner Valley Hauling, Valley Transfer, Universal Concrete, Imperial Motors, Red Line Oil, Karl Chevrolet, Bert Transmission, New Vision Graphics, S & H Industrial Services, Watters Autoland, Performance Rod & Custom, Peterson Fluid Systems, Mason Starters, Sweet Mfg., Wiles Driveshafts, Cizmar Racing, Performance Bodies, Schoenfeld Headers, Hoosier Tire South by Pup, Bell Helmets, ISC Racing Tape, VP Racing Fuel, Hooker Harness, MSR Mafia.com, Ringer's Gloves, Kluhsman Racing Components, BSB Manufacturing, Outlawd Motorsports, and CPD Tools.
Billy Moyer Jr. is always looking for new sponsors and marketing partners. For more information on joining the team, please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .
For the latest information on Billy Moyer Jr., please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com
Jason Fitzgerald and Mixson Motorsports Team Heads to Eldora
Speedway and the World 100
JACKSONVILLE, FL (September 2, 2008)- Jason Fitzgerald and the Mixson
Motorsports Team will travel to the famous Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, OH this
weekend and compete in the prestigious World 100. Eldora Speedway owned by
NASCAR star Tony Stewart will award the winner of this years World 100 $41,000
and is expected to draw over 200 drivers from all over the country for a chance
to compete in the most coveted race in dirt late model racing. Jason is familiar
with the event and has visited victory lane in the 2006 World 100 as the crew
chief for 4-time National Dirt Late Model champion Earl Pearson Jr. This will be
the first ever visit for Jason as a driver in the biggest dirt late model event
of the year.
"I'm really looking forward to competing at Eldora Speedway this weekend and
trying to make the feature for the World 100. It was an incredible feeling to
win the World 100 in 2006 as Earl's crew chief. Making the race as a driver
would be like winning the race for me. There will be 200 drivers there with the
best of the best in dirt late model racing trying to make that race, so if I'm
lucky enough to make the feature that would be huge for me and our team.
Hopefully we can get a good qualifying lap and do our best in one of those heat
races and try to transfer into the feature. It will also be good exposure for
our new sponsor Tire Kingdom in front of the 25,000 people that will be there",
stated Jason.
Jason and the Mixson Motorsports Team have recently had their transporter
wrapped with an impressive graphic wrap by Stephens Advertising Inc out of
Jacksonville, Florida. The new wrap on the transporter should stand out among
the 200 transporters that will attend this weekend's event. "We are very
impressed with the wrap and the staff at Stephens Advertising Inc and how well
and easy they were to work with. I would recommend any racer that would like to
give their sponsors additional publicity and signage to get a wrap from Stephens
Advertising", stated Jason.
Jason and the Mixson Motorsports Team would like to thank all their sponsors in
2008 for their support including Tire Kingdom, M&M Transport & Refrigeration,
Bobby Labonte Foundation, Allstar Performance, ASI Racewear, Bell, Butlerbuilt,
Jones Racing Products, M&M Enterprises, Penske Racing Shocks, Stephens
Advertising, Pro-Systems, PRC, TWM, VP Race Fuels, WD Enterprises, WRT Web
Designs, Wiles Drive Shafts, Wrisco Aluminum and Xtreme Graphics by J-Rod.
Tire Kingdom is the largest independent tire and automotive services retailer in
the United States with more than 7,000 employees. Tire Kingdom successfully
serves millions of customers a year and is committed to outstanding customer
service. Tire Kingdom sells quality name brand tires such as Michelin, Goodyear,
General, BFGoodrich, Sigma, Toyo, Pirelli, Uniroyal, Yokohama, and more. Tire
Kingdom's retail centers provide full-service tire replacement including tire
balancing, wheel alignment, extended service programs and warranties. The
centers also offer under-car / under-hood maintenance services including brake
repairs, suspension system replacement, drive line repair, air conditioning
service, cooling service, transmission service, fuel system service and oil
change service. To learn more about the Tire Kingdom Company and a store near
you visit their website at www.Tirekingdom.com.
To learn more about Jason Fitzgerald and the M&M Motorsports Team visit their
official website at http://jfitzracing.com. To join the Jason Fitzgerald news
letter and receive his press releases by e-mail just send an email to [email protected]
requesting that your email address be included for the press release list for
Jason Fitzgerald. For more information about the O'Reilly Southern All-Stars
Racing Series visit their website at http://www.southern-allstars.com.
Jason's Recent Results:
August 15- Fayetteville, NC- WoO- Rain
August 16- Sylvania, GA- WoO- 19th
August 23- Woodstock, GA- SAS- 7th
August 30- Portsmouth, OH- LOLMDS-DNQ
August 31- Middlebourne, WV- LOLMDS- DNQ
Eric Cooley Doubles Up On Weekend Wins
Fulton, MS (9/03/08) – Eric Cooley from Fulton, Mississippi had an extremely busy Labor Day weekend, but by the time that the three race swing was complete, everyone at Cooley Motorsports was quite pleased with the results.
Action got underway over the weekend for Cooley Motorsports on Friday and Saturday at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi with the NeSmith National Late Model Series. With 48 Crate Late Models on hand, Eric qualified in the 19th position. He would go on to finish 5th in his heat race, which was just short of a transfer to the feature event, so he was forced to run a consolation event. After starting second, Eric would go on to win his consolation race, and started 17th in the feature event. Eric would power his way to a 10th place finish by the time that the checkered flag fell. Via his finish Cooley moved into the 6th position in the current NeSmith National Point Standings. In addition, Eric has worked his way into the second position in the current NeSmith National Rookie of the Year standings.
On Sunday night, the team traveled to Magnolia Motor Speedway with both guns blazing as Eric was in action in both his Crate Late Model and his Late Model Stock. Eric's hard work would pay off as he would pick up the feature win in both divisions. In the Late Model Stock division, Cooley started 7th in his heat race and charged his way to the win. In the feature event, he started on the pole and led the first 6 laps before Ray Paul moved past him for the top spot. Eric would pursue Paul until lap 11, when he reassumed control of the top spot and went on to lead the last five laps of the event to take the win. In the Crate Late Model division, Eric started second in his heat race and won it, and then went on to lead all 15 laps of the feature event.
This Saturday, Eric is slated to compete in a lone event as he travels to Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for a Weekly Racing Series event in his #33c Mastersbilt Crate Late Model. For more information, please visit www.ColumbusSpeedway.net .
Eric and everyone at Cooley Motorsports would like
to thank all of their sponsors, which include Tiffin Motorhomes (Red Bay, AL),
78 Towing & Recovery Inc., Cooley Transport Inc., Searcy Tires (Cherokee, AL),
Twisted Designs (Fayette, AL), D&D Trade (Fulton, MS), MSRMafia.com, and Simpson
Race Products.
For more information on Cooley Motorsports, visit the official team website at
www.EricCooleyRacing.com .
Contact: Ben Shelton (901)
335-3037
September 3rd, 2008
Kyle Beard Scores Pair of Top Ten Finishes
Trumann, AR (9/03/08) – Kyle Beard competed in Arkansas and Alabama over the Labor Day weekend in his #86 KB Transport/GRT By Frye/Samuels Performance Racing Engine and earned a pair of top ten finishes to show for his efforts.
The weekend kicked off on Saturday night at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas as Beard Motorsports entered the $2,000 to win O'Reilly MSRA Super Late Model event at the ¼ mile oval. Kyle started 6th in his heat race and charged to a 2nd place finish. Via passing points, Kyle earned the pole position for the feature event. Beard would lead the first seven laps of the feature before getting crossed up after hitting a hole and spinning to bring out the caution. Kyle was forced to go to the back of the 20 car field, but he was far from done for the night. As the race resumed green flag action, Kyle headed to the high side of the track and began passing cars wholesale. By the end of the 30 lap event, Kyle had rocketed his way back to a 4th place finish.
On Sunday night the team competed at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama with the AMP Late Model Series. After qualifying seventh in his group, Kyle started 3rd in his qualifier and recorded a 3rd place finish, which earned him a 14th starting position for the feature event. Kyle evaded several early accidents to work his way to the fourth position by lap eight. Lap ten would find Beard up to the third position and challenging Josh Putnam for the second spot. However, for the second night in a row disaster would strike for Kyle. On lap 23 contact from a lapped car sent Beard spinning in turn one. Kyle headed pitside to fix a flat tire and was forced to join the back of the pack. In the last seventeen laps, he advanced to a strong 6th place finish.
Beard Motorsports has a solo event on tap for the upcoming weekend as they will travel to Tri State Speedway in Pocola, Oklahoma for a $2,000 to win/$450 to start event that will be co-sanctioned by the O’Reilly MSRA and Allstate DLRA. Kyle is currently fifth in the O’Reilly MSRA point standings with two events remaining on the 2008 schedule. For more information on this weekend’s event, please visit www.MSRADirt.com .
Kyle Beard would like to thank his sponsors including KB Transport, Gary Beard Trucking, Samuel’s Performance Engines, Engines Inc., Mean Street Motors, Inc., JFR Graphics, Bill Frye Motorsports, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services. Beard Motorsports is always looking for more sponsors, and anyone, who may be interested, can find more information at www.KyleBeard86.com .
For more information on Kyle
and Beard Motorsports, please visit www.KyleBeard86.com .
Contact:
Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
September 3rd, 2008
Jeff Floyd Wins First Event of 2008
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas (9/03/08) – Jeff Floyd has been consistent each race night in 2008 and has been close to victory lane in almost every event. However, he had yet to pick up the first elusive win of the year. That all changed on Saturday night at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas where Floyd powered his way to the $2,000 feature win in the O’Reilly MSRA sanctioned event.
JFR Motorsports traveled to I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas on Saturday night with both Jeff Floyd and Jordan Jones in action. Jeff started second in his heat race and took the lead early in the event and went on to take the heat win. Via his heat race finish he earned the outside front row starting position for the feature event. At the drop of the green flag in the feature, Floyd took command of the second spot and chased the early leader, Kyle Beard, before Beard spun on lap seven. Jeff inherited the lead and led the next ten laps before Joey Mack slipped by in lapped traffic to take over the top spot on lap 19. One lap later Floyd and Mack would briefly make contact as they dueled for the lead. Both drivers would recover with Floyd reassuming control of the lead. Jeff went on to hold off Mack and lead the final ten laps en route to his first feature win of the 2008 season. With the win, Floyd closed to within 32 points of Joey Mack in the current O’Reilly MSRA point’s standings. Two events remain on the docket for the tour in the 2008 season.
Jeff’s teammate, Jordan Jones, was also in action and was charging through the field in the feature when a broken shock brought his night to an early end.
This weekend JFR Motorsports will once again be in action with the O’Reilly MSRA tour at Tri State Speedway in Pocola, Oklahoma on Saturday, September 6th in a $2,000/$450 to start event. Jeff will pilot his #F1 JFR Motorsports/GRT/Kuntz & Co. Super Late Model into battle and Jordan Jones will be behind the wheel of the #60 JFR Motorsports/GRT/Kuntz & Co. Super Late Model. For more information on the event, please visit www.MSRADirt.com .
Jeff Floyd would like to thank all of his sponsors including Kuntz & Company Racing Engines, GRT Race Cars, Autozone, RiceTec, Engineering Lubrication, NEA Super Gas, Floyd’s Body Shop, MSRMafia.com, and JFRGraphics.com .
For more information on JFR Motorsports please visit www.JeffFloydF1.com .
Matt Miller Finishes
2nd in Eldora TuneUp, World 100 up Next
WATERVILLE, OH (September 3, 2008)- Matt Miller and the Stephen McCullough owned
team competed at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, OH this past Sunday in a $3,000 to
win ALMS event as a tune up for this weekends World 100 at the same track. Matt
would start the night off by setting fast time out of the 42 cars entered. Matt
would finish 2nd in his heat race to Billy Moyer. In the feature Matt would fall
into second place behind Moyer and would run there the entire distance coming
home 2nd at the checkers.
"It was a good run for us but we were just a little off of Moyer's pace. Still
to finish 2nd at Eldora is a solid run for us. Hopefully we can get one position
better for this weekend's World 100. I've won the Dream and just about every
other late model race except the World 100 so it would be nice to get that
trophy", stated Matt. Matt and the Larry Moring Motorsports Team will travel to
Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, OH this weekend and compete in the biggest dirt
late model event of the year the World 100. Friday will be time trials and
Saturday will consist of heat races, last chance races and the 100-lap feature
event paying $41,000 to the winner.
As a Team Sunoco driver Matt will participate in the Sunoco Race Fuels pre-race
show on Friday September 5th at Eldora Speedway. The Sunoco Pre-Race Show
presented by Dirt on Dirt will take place from 2-5pm Friday outside of turn four
just in front of the pond. Matt Miller will also have a new t-shirt design at
the World 100. Fans can purchase the new shirt at his official vendor trailer
the ASI Racewear trailer located on t-shirt row outside of turn one in the
vendor area.
Matt Miller would like to thank all their fans and sponsors for their support in
2008. Primary sponsorship will come from Moring Motorsports, McCullough
Industries, M&W Auto Body, MDI Environmental Services, Freeport Recycling
Centers and Graphic Arts Express. Associate sponsorship will come from Sunoco
Race Fuels, Performance Rod and Custom (PRC). Other sponsors of the team for
2008 include, Q-Racing, Tiger Rear Ends, BERT, Mason Racin, Performance Bodies,
Bazell Race Fuels, Hawk Performance, M&B Services, Bell Racing, ACTP, Integra
Shocks, Hooker Harness, Waterman Racing Components, Real Wheels, Hoosier Tire,
Stuckey Enterprises, Banshee Graphics, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs and WD
Enterprises Inc.To learn more about Matt Miller visit his official website at
www.mattmiller7.com.
September 2, 2008
Josh Richards Looks Ahead To World 100 Following Frustrating Weekend In Pennsylvania
SHINNSTON, WV – Josh Richards put his full focus on this weekend’s World 100 at Eldora Speedway as soon as the final checkered flag flew on his holiday weekend of World of Outlaws Late Model Series racing in Pennsylvania.
It was the best thing for his psyche after he experienced three frustrating outings in the Keystone State to unofficially close the summer of 2008.
“I always look forward to going to Eldora,” said the 20-year-old sensation from Shinnston, W.Va., who won a Sunoco American Late Model Series event earlier this season at Eldora. “I just hope this (past) weekend doesn’t drag me down going into the World. I’m always confident going into a race at Eldora, but I just hate being in a slump going there.”
Josh’s level of frustration hits its zenith on Sunday night (Aug. 31) when he labored to a 18th-place finish (one lap down) in the 50-lap finale of the Oil Region Labor Day Classic Weekend at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa. He started the program off in fine fashion by recording his fourth fast-time honor of the 2008 WoO LMS campaign, but he faded to a fourth-place finish in his heat and went backward from the 13th starting spot in the A-Main.
“It wasn’t a very good night – I don’t know what else to say,” the disappointed young driver said of his weekend-ending performance. “We were just so bad, I don’t even know what the problem was. We set fast time and were feeling pretty good, but then we fell back in our heat race and everything went downhill.”
Josh ran better on Saturday night (Aug. 30) at Tri-City, finishing sixth in the 50-lap feature. But he started the race from the pole position after winning a qualifying heat, so he was certainly expecting more than a placing outside the top five.
“I was just too free getting into the corners (on Saturday night ),” Josh said of his Mark Richards Racing-owned Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Works/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports/Ernie’s Auto & Hauling Rocket Chassis No. 1. “I couldn’t enter the corners like I needed to. I never went in the same way twice.”
Josh also struggled in Friday night’s opening event of the weekend at Bedford (Pa.) Speedway. Noting that the motor in his car was down slightly on power because it was ready for a rebuild, Josh finished a quiet eighth in the 50-lap A-Main after taking the green flag from the 10th starting spot.
Following the weekend’s action, Josh sits fourth in the WoO LMS points standings, 214 points behind leader Darrell Lanigan.
The standout racer known as ‘Kid Rocket’ will look to break out of his doldrums this weekend in the World 100, dirt Late Model racing’s most prestigious event. The $41,000-to-win event will feature time trials on Friday night (Sept. 5) and heats, B-Mains and the 100-lap finale on Saturday night (Se pt. 6).
Josh is looking to make the tough World 100 starting field for the third straight year. He contended for victory in the 2006 event before settling for a fourth-place finish, and last year he placed 19th.
Eldora’s fans will have a chance to hear Josh’s thoughts on the World 100 when he participates in the Sunoco Race Fuels Pre-Race Show, which runs from 2-5 p.m. on Friday in front of the pond outside turn four of the facility. He’s one of the Team Sunoco drivers who will be interviewed during the show by host Dustin Jarrett.
Byhalia, Mississippi (9/02/08 ) – Jan Howard will be a busy man this Saturday night at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas as he looks to participate in three different divisions.
Last Saturday night Jan Howard pulled double duty at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas. In the 305 Sprint Car division, Jan won his heat race and earned the pole position for the 20 lap feature event. He took the lead at the drop of the green flag and built a straight away lead over the field by the race's midpoint. He looked to be on his way to another feature win before a lapped car made contact with him and caused him to spin with only three laps remaining. Jan would retire from the event and was credited with a 12th place finish. In the 360 Sprint Car division, Jan started 4th in his heat race and advanced to a 2nd place finish. Howard started 3rd in the feature event and battled his way home to a 3rd place finish.
This Saturday, September 6th, Jan will kick things up another notch as he plans to enter three divisions at Riverside International Speedway. He will be in action in his #4x Lofton Motorsports/Maxim/Dale Howard Racing Engine 360 Sprint Car and his #46 Brim’s Snack Foods/Maxim/Dale Howard Racing Engine 305 Sprint Car. In addition, he will be piloting Brandon Morris’s #5 600cc Mini Sprint in preparation for the upcoming $2,000 to win Dynamic Electric TSMA Championship event, to be held on Saturday, September 13th at Riverside International Speedway. For more information, please visit www.RiversideInternationalSpeedway.com .
Jan would
like to thank all of his sponsors for 2008 including Brim's Snack Foods,
Carpenter Steel Erectors, K&N Filters, Mason Water Wells, Trumann Paramedics,
Interior Trim Works by Jay Henderson, Carpenter Homes, Skull Covers By Gator,
Lofton Motorsports, Ray's Auto Collision, Truck Parts Specialists, A.T.R.O.M.
Transmissions, Sanders Pest Control,
www.WideOpenWorldTravel.com, Cole & Desmon,
special thanks to Kristy and Tony Graves, and MSRMafia.com .
For more information on Jan Howard, please visit
www.HowardRacing.net .
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August 28, 2008
Coming Off Top-Five Finish At K-C Raceway, Labor Day Weekend Tripleheader Begins Final World of Outlaws Late Model Series Points Push For Josh Richards
SHINNSTON, WV – Josh Richards hopes his fourth-place finish in last Saturday night’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Main at K-C Raceway in Alma, Ohio, provides the momentum he needs heading down the homestretch of the 2008 season.
The 20-year-old sensation from Shinnston, W.Va., sits third in the WoO LMS points standings entering this weekend’s tripleheader in Pennsylvania – a hefty 174 points behind cruising leader Darrell Lanigan, but only 30 points in arrears of second-place Steve Francis.
With less than a dozen events remaining on the WoO LMS schedule, Josh can see that a career-best points finish on the national tour is well within his grasp.
“Darrell has been so good all year so it’s obviously going to take something crazy happening for us to catch him,” said Josh, the 2005 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year whose personal-high points finish was sixth last season. “Now we’re just trying to gain points on Francis. It would be great if we could finish second.”
Josh will bring his Mark Richards Racing-owned Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Works/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports/Ernie’s Auto & Hauling Rocket Chassis No. 1 to WoO LMS events this weekend at Bedford (Pa.) Speedway on Friday night (Aug. 29) and Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa., on Saturday and Sunday nights (Aug. 30-31). Just last month, on July 31, he finished third in a Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series show at Bedford driving the Ernie Davis-owned Rocket No. 25.
Last Saturday night’s WoO LMS stop at K-C Raceway was one of mixed emotions for Josh. He was pleased with a top-five finish after managing only a pair of quiet 13th-place runs earlier in the week (Aug. 20-21) in the two 60-lap WoO LMS A-Mains that comprised the fifth annual ‘Scorcher’ presented by Alltel Wireless at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tenn., but he felt he was in line to finish better if a couple caution flags hadn’t ruined his hopes.
After timing sixth-fastest and winning a heat race, Josh moved forward from the eighth starting spot to sit third when Shannon Babb spun out of the lead on lap 17. But he lost the position to Lanigan on the restart and stayed in fourth for the remainder of the distance, hampered by 40-compound Hoosier tires that changed for the worse after the caution period.
“I think if that didn’t happen to Babb (the spin) I could’ve gotten at least to second,” said Josh. “I wasn’t running real hard and my car felt real good, like it was just getting better and better. Then that caution came out and just killed us. My car was never the same again, just way too loose.”
August 28, 2008
With Another Eriez Speedway Victory In His Back Pocket, Mike Knight Looks Ahead To Big Holiday Weekend In Western Pennsylvania
RIPLEY, NY – Mike Knight is rolling at Eriez Speedway.
The 21-year-old from Ripley, N.Y., registered his second straight and fifth overall victory on Sunday night at the one-third-mile oval in Hammett, Pa., dominating the 25-lap Super Late Model feature.
Coming off his biggest win ever in the previous week’s Independent Racing Series 50 at Eriez, Knight drove his Rocket No. 9K forward from the third starting to take the lead early in the event. He survived one momentary misstep en route to a convincing triumph.
“I made one mistake on the cushion and lost the lead,” said Knight, who sits third in Eriez’s points standings despite not entering every show this season. “But I had a real good car and just got back up on the wheel to get the lead back.
“We really have Eriez figured out right now. Our car is working real good there.”
Knight wasn’t quite as tuned in to The Rock/Allegany County Speedway in Cumberland, Md., last Friday night. He finished eighth in the evening’s 50-lap IRS feature after starting 17th.
“We had some engine issues during qualifying that set us back,” Knight said of his first-ever visit to Allegany County. “But we got those resolved and I was able to move up through there to finish eighth. That actually was a pretty good run for us considering we picked the wrong tires.”
Knight, who is sixth in the IRS points standings, has a big weekend ahead of him in western Pennsylvania. He’ll start it off by entering Friday night’s Mid-Atlantic Championship Series (MACS) event at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., and then attack the two-day World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Oil Region Labor Day Classic’ on Saturday and Sunday nights at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa.
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway, Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottaway’s Auto Parts, Ottaway’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, NY Penn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Ripley Machine & Tool, Genesis Shocks, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts, Farr MotorSports, MWB Web Designs and American Racing Tires.
To vote for Mike Knight in the Alltell All Star contest visit
www.AlltelAllStar.com.
Contact: Ben Shelton
(901) 335-3037
August 27th, 2008
Todd Hall Rolls To Win At DuQuoin Mile
Charleston, MO (8/27/08) –Todd Hall from Charleston, Missouri picked up his 5th win of the 2008 season on Sunday afternoon behind the wheel of his #99 Mastersbilt/Crate Late Model at the DuQuoin Mile in Duquoin, Illionis.
During the practice session on the one mile race track, Todd turned some of the fastest laps of all of the competitors on hand. He was quite confident for time trials, but a flat tire on his timed lap relegated him to the back of a heat race. He advanced to a 3rd place finish in his heat race, which earned him a third row starting position for the feature event. A three row invert was drawn for the feature event, which resulted in Hall starting on the front row. Todd would take over possession of the top spot at the green flag and would only briefly lose the lead on lap four, before reassuming command later in the lap. Once at the front, he never looked back en route to the feature win.
“After the past month that I’ve had, it felt awesome to get back into victory lane. Hopefully we can use this momentum to launch our team to more wins as the end of the year special events draw near,” commented Hall
Todd remains 2nd in the current point standings for the FasTrak Crate Late Models Midwest Region and will resume action with the sanction this Friday, August 29th at Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri as the facility hosts a $1,200 to win event. For more information, please visit www.MaldenSpeedway.com .
Todd Hall
Motorsports would like to thank all of their marketing partners including FTS
Logistics, Financial Transportation Services LLC, First Security State Bank,
Greg Hall Motorsports, New Vision Graphics, and MSRMafia.com .
For the latest information on the Todd Hall
Motorsports Team visit the official website at
www.ToddHallMotorsports.com .
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
August 27th, 2008
Jeff Floyd Heads To I-30 Speedway This Saturday
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas (8/27/08) – After a week away from the track, JFR Motorsports will return to action this weekend at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas in an O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model event.
With only a few events remaining on the 2008 docket for the O’Reilly MSRA tour, Jeff Floyd is currently 36 points out of the top spot in the standings. Jeff will ride his #F1 JFR Motorsports/GRT/Kuntz & Co. Super Late Model into battle this weekend as he looks to narrow the margin between himself and the point’s leader.
Also in action this weekend in a JFR Motorsports team car will be Jordan Jones from Beebe, Arkansas. Jordan will pilot the #60 JFR Motorsports/GRT/Kuntz & Co. Super Late Model. Jordan last drove the car at Malden Speedway a few weeks ago and led several laps in the feature before a mechanical failure sidelined him late in the event.
Both drivers will in action at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas this Saturday in a $2,000 to win/$400 to start event that will be sanctioned by the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Models. For more information on the event, please visit www.MSRADirt.com or www.I-30Speedway.com .
Jeff Floyd would like to thank all of his sponsors including Kuntz & Company Racing Engines, GRT Race Cars, Autozone, RiceTec, Engineering Lubrication, NEA Super Gas, Floyd’s Body Shop, MSRMafia.com, and JFRGraphics.com
For more information on JFR Motorsports please visit www.JeffFloydF1.com
Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
August 27th, 2008
Triple Header Weekend On Tap For Bub McCool
Vicksburg, MS (8/27/08) – Bub McCool will embark on a trio of events in Tennessee and Alabama over the Labor Day weekend in his #57j Trakstar/Barker Racing Engine Super Late Model.
Last weekend McCool Motorsports traveled to Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi. The team was able to test their new Trakstar entry on Friday night. However, Saturday night’s $2,500 to win event, that was to be sanctioned by the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series (MSCCS), was nixed by the remnants of Hurricane Rita.
This weekend Bub will head north for a host of events. The weekend will get underway on Friday night at Duck River Speedway in Wheel, Tennessee with a $5,000 to win event that will be sanctioned by the Southern Regional Racing Series. On Saturday night, the team will travel to Thunderhill Raceway in Summertown, Tennessee for a $3,000 to win with the Southern Regional Racing Series. The event will mark Bub’s first ever event at the high-banked, clay oval. For more information on these events please visit www.SouthernRegionalRacingSeries.com .
McCool Motorsports will wrap up the weekend on Sunday night, August 31st at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama with a $2,500 to win/$300 to start event. The program will be sanctioned by the Arkansas Motorsports Professionals Super Late Models. Bub was last in action at North Alabama Speedway in early August, and his night came to an abrupt end, when he flipped his car. He will be looking to improve his luck this time around. For more information, please visit www.NorthAlabamaSpeedway.com .
Race fans also, please note that the brand new Bub McCool t-shirts will be available this weekend at each event at the team’s hauler. To view the shirts, please visit www.BubMcCool.com .
Bub and everyone at McCool Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include McCool Logging, Barker Racing Engines, Trak-Star Race Cars, Phase 2 Sign Supply, Good Hope Lumber, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Boland Performance, Phase II Graphics, & MSRMafia.com.
For more information on Bub & McCool Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.BubMcCool.com
Chub Frank’s Sponsor
Lester Buildings Plans Prize-Filled Contest For Fans At This Weekend’s Oil
Region Labor Day Classic At Pennsylvania’s Tri-City Speedway
BEAR LAKE, PA – Chub Frank’s
primary sponsor will make some fans very happy during this weekend’s World of
Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Oil Region Labor Day Classic’ at Tri-City Speedway in
Franklin, Pa.
Lester Buildings, which has backed Frank for several years, will continue its special prize-filled promotion honoring the popular driver known as ‘Chubzilla’ by paying a visit to Tri-City Speedway. The half-mile oval located just over an hour’s drive from Frank’s shop in Bear Lake, Pa., is scheduled to host complete WoO LMS programs topped by 50-lap, $10,000-to-win A-Mains on both Saturday (Aug. 30) and Sunday (Aug. 31).
Fans will have an opportunity to stop by the Lester Buildings display in Tri-City Speedway’s spectator area on both Saturday and Sunday to20meet Frank, check out his Lester Buildings Rocket No. 1* dirt Late Model, obtain free ‘Chubzilla’/Lester posters, inquire about special discounts on Lester Buildings orders and enter free drawings to win valuable prizes, including BP gas cards and Chub Frank Racing items.
Frank will make himself available at the Lester Buildings display to meet fans and sign autographs prior to the start of each night’s racing action. He will also pick the names of 16 contest winners during Sunday night’s draw for A-Main starting spots, which will be held on the track’s homestretch after the heat races.
Three ‘Grand Prizes’ – BP gas cards worth $500, $250 and $100 – will be awarded to fans by Lester Buildings representatives. Three second-prize winners will receive 1/24th-scale diecasts models of Frank’s familiar No. 1* dirt Late Model, and 10 third-prize winners will receive Chub Frank Racing caps.
Fans can enter the gas-card contest on both Saturday and Sunday, with the drawing of winning names set for Sunday night.
“We’re looking forward to another great Lester Buildings promotion at Tri-City Speedway,” said Frank, whose past success at the track makes him one of the favorites in the weekend’s doubleheader. “The first two Lester contests at Boone County Raceway in Nebraska (on July 21) and Eriez Speedway (in Hammett, Pa., on July 27) were big successes, so we’re expecting a bunch of fans to stop by the Lester Buildings display again this weekend.”
Lester Buildings will continue its special Chub Frank promotion at two more events this season – the World 100 on Sept. 5-6 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, and the Vault Outlaws World Finals on Oct. 30-Nov. 1 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
Frank enters this weekend’s meet at Tri-City coming off three lackluster outings on the WoO LMS. He began the swing with a solid fifth-place finish on Wednesday night (Aug. 20) in the 60-lap opening half of the ‘Scorcher’ presented by Alltel Wireless at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tenn., but he followed that run up with an 11th-place finish in Thursday night’s 60-lap ‘Scorcher’ finale and a 13th-place finish in Saturday night’s 50-lap A-Main at K-C Raceway in Alma, Ohio.
“I’m not happy with how we ran,” said Frank, who sits fifth in the WoO LMS points standings (246 points behind leader Darrell Lanigan). “It was nice to get a top-five at Bulls Gap, but that was just circumstances more than anything – we qualified good (10th-fastest in time trials and second in a heat) and started up front (third), so we ended up with a good finish.
“The other two nights we didn’t qualify well and that put us behind for the rest of the deal. The tracks we were on were tough to pass on, so when we didn’t qualify up front we didn’t get a good finish.”
In hopes of turning around his recent frustrating performances, Frank plans to bring out his favorite Lester Buildings/Corry Rubber/All Star Performance/Corry Laser/Slavic C orporation/Farr MotorSports/Lake Shore Paving/Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1* this weekend – a two-year-old car he calls ‘Old Faithful.’ He debuted the machine at Tri-City’s Oil Region Labor Day Classic in 2006 and promptly won one of the weekend’s A-Mains.
Before pulling into Tri-City Speedway on Saturday, Frank will begin his weekend of WoO LMS action on Friday night (Aug. 29) at Bedford (Pa.) Speedway. He won last year’s tour event at the half-mile oval.
Contact: Ben Shelton (901)
335-3037
August 22nd, 2008
Billy Moyer Jr. Finishes 20th in Topless 100;
Wheatland Up Next
Batesville, Arkansas (8/22/08)
– Billy Moyer Jr. is coming off a strong weekend, where the young Batesville,
Arkansas driver qualified for his first ever Topless 100 main event.
Jr. Motorsports entered the 16th Annual COMP Cams
Topless 100 at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas last weekend.
The team spent Thursday night's open practice session doing a great deal of
testing on his #21jr Victory Circle By Moyer Super Late Model, and in the end it
would pay off as Moyer Jr. qualified for his first ever Topless 100 main event
in only his third attempt. Friday night's program of time trials and heat races
would be negated by heavy rains that left the facility bound by mud. As a
result, the entire program was consolidated into a single day event on Saturday
night with the format adjusted and the purse condensed to $25,000 to win and
$1,000 to start. Billy qualified 4th fastest in his group in group qualifying
which earned him a 4th starting position for his heat race. Billy grabbed the
second position early in the event before the short end of a battle between he
and Brian Birkhofer relegated him to the 3rd spot. Moyer Jr. would maintain the
3rd position for the balance of the ten lap heat, which earned him a 13th
starting position for the 100 lap, feature event. In the feature, Billy would
record a 20th place finish.
This Saturday, August 23rd, Billy will ride his #21jr
Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer/Bullard Racing Engine Super Late Model into
battled with the O’Reilly MLRA Late Model Series at Lucas Oil Speedway in
Wheatland, Missouri. For more information, please visit
www.LucasOilSpeedway.com or
www.MLRARacing.com .
Billy Moyer Jr. would like to thank all of his
sponsors including Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer, Banner Valley Hauling,
Valley Transfer, Universal Concrete, Imperial Motors, Red Line Oil, Karl
Chevrolet, Bert Transmission, New Vision Graphics, S & H Industrial Services,
Watters Autoland, Performance Rod & Custom, Peterson Fluid Systems, Mason
Starters, Sweet Mfg., Wiles Driveshafts, Cizmar Racing, Performance Bodies,
Schoenfeld Headers, Hoosier Tire South by Pup, Bell Helmets, ISC Racing Tape, VP
Racing Fuel, Hooker Harness, MSR Mafia.com, Ringer's Gloves, Kluhsman Racing
Components, BSB Manufacturing, Outlawd Motorsports, and CPD Tools.
Billy Moyer Jr. is always looking for new sponsors and
marketing partners. For more information on joining the team, please visit
www.BillyMoyerJr.com
.
Eric Cooley Travels To Whynot Motorsports Park This Saturday
Fulton, MS (8/21/08) – After a few weeks away from cockpit, Eric Cooley from Fulton, Mississippi will return to action behind the wheel of his #33c Mastersbilt Crate Late Model this Saturday at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi.
Eric was last in action two weeks ago at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama, where he picked up a third place finish in his #33c Mastersbilt Late Model Stock. Since that event, Eric took a few nights off from driving to attend several races including the North/South 100 and the Topless 100.
This weekend, Eric will end his hiatus behind the wheel as he travels to Rodney Wing’s Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi for a Weekly Racing Series Event this Saturday night. Cooley looks to do some testing and tuning on his entry as he prepares for the NeSmith National Crate Late Model Series event to be held at Whynot on August 29th-30th. Eric is currently 7th in the NeSmith National standings and 3rd in the NeSmith Rookie of the Year competition. For more information on this Saturday’s event, please visit www.WhynotMotorsportsPark.com .
Eric and everyone at Cooley Motorsports would like
to thank all of their sponsors, which include Tiffin Motorhomes (Red Bay, AL),
78 Towing & Recovery Inc., Cooley Transport Inc., Searcy Tires (Cherokee, AL),
Twisted Designs (Fayette, AL), D&D Trade (Fulton, MS), MSRMafia.com, and Simpson
Race Products.
For more information on Cooley Motorsports, visit the official team website at
www.EricCooleyRacing.com .
Ben Shelton
(901) 335-3037
August 21st, 2008
Columbus Up Next For Bub McCool; New Shirts Now Available
Vicksburg, MS (8/21/08) – After a week away from the track, Bub McCool will return to action this weekend at Columbus Speedway behind the wheel of his #57j McCool Logging/Trakstar/Tony Barker Racing Engine Super Late Model.
This Saturday, August 23rd, Bub and the team will invade “The Baddest Bullring in the South” at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for a $2,500 to win/$300 to start, 50 lap event that will be sanctioned by the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series (MSCCS). Bub has four wins in 2008 with the MSCCS tour, one win at Columbus Speedway, and five wins overall. For more information on the event, please visit www.ColumbusSpeedway.net or www.StateSeries.com .
McCool Motorsports is also proud to announce that their brand new apparel is now available. The shirts will be available starting this weekend at Columbus Speedway at the McCool Motorsports hauler. You can view the shirts by going to www.BubMcCool.com and clicking on the link on the home page..
Bub and everyone at McCool Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include McCool Logging, Barker Racing Engines, Trak-Star Race Cars, Phase 2 Sign Supply, Good Hope Lumber, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Boland Performance, Phase II Graphics, & MSRMafia.com.
For more information on Bub & McCool Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.BubMcCool.com .
Kyle Beard Makes First Topless 100 Main Event
Trumann, AR (8/20/08) –Kyle Beard piloted his #86 GRT By Frye/Samuels Performance Racing Engine to his first ever main event start in the 16th Annual COMP Cams Topless 100 at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas over the weekend.
The team competed in the open practice session on Thursday night at Batesville Motor Speedway and tweaked their car for the weekend’s event. After the practice, the team felt confident about their chances on the weekend. However, Friday night's program would be nixed by Mother Nature, forcing the format and payout to be adjusted as the show became a one day event on Saturday night paying $25,000 to win and $1,000 to start. With 67 Super Late Models on hand on Saturday night, Kyle set third quick time in his group. A zero was pulled for the heat race inversion, and as a result, Beard started 3rd in his heat race. He maintained the 3rd position for the entire, ten lap heat race, which earned him a transfer to his first ever Topless 100 main event. In the feature he started 17th, and picked up some spots early in the feature before contact from competitors on two separate occasions relegated him to a 22nd place finish. Overall, it was a great weekend for Kyle Beard as he turned in a great performance against the nation's top drivers in front of a capacity crowd at Batesville Motor Speedway. The Speed TV cameras were also on hand to tape the event, and the race will be aired later in the year on the Speed Channel.
This weekend, Beard Motorsports will travel to the state of Mississippi as they invade Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi. The weekend gets underway with an open practice session on Friday night. Kyle hopes to test several setups on the car for the upcoming 19th Annual Magnolia State 100 at Columbus Speedway on September 26th-27th. On Saturday, August 23rd the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series (MSCCS) Super Late Models will sanction a $2,500 to win/$300 to start event. For more information on the event, please visit www.ColumbusSpeedway.net or www.StateSeries.com .
Kyle Beard would like to thank his sponsors including KB Transport, Gary Beard Trucking, Samuel’s Performance Engines, Engines Inc., Mean Street Motors, Inc., JFR Graphics, Bill Frye Motorsports, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services. Beard Motorsports is always looking for more sponsors, and anyone, who may be interested, can find more information at www.KyleBeard86.com .
For more information on Kyle and Beard Motorsports, please visit www.KyleBeard86.com .
Voodoo Motorsports Resumes MSCCS Action at Columbus This Saturday
Franklinton, Louisiana (8/19/08) – Voodoo Motorsports and team drivers, Scott Creel and David Breazeale, will resume their pursuit of the 2008 Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series (MSCCS) crown this Saturday at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi
Last weekend Voodoo Motorsports and driver, David Breazeale, traveled to Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas for the 16th Annual COMP Cams Topless 100. The team participated in the open practice session on Thursday night, but Friday's program was nixed by heavy afternoon rains. As a result, the entire program was moved to Saturday night. David qualified 5th in his group in group qualifying with 67 Super Late Models signed in for battle. With a zero inversion drawn for heat race action, Breazeale rolled off from the heat race grid in the 5th position. David would battle a tight race car home to a 7th place finish in the 10 lap event. Via his heat race finish, Breazeale would earn an 8th place starting position for his b-main event, where he would advance to a 4th place finish. Unfortunately, only the top two cars transferred to the feature event, so David's night came to an end.
In addition, Scott Creel made the last minute decision to race in a weekly racing series event in his #31 Mastersbilt/Wall-2-Wall Racing Engine Super Late Model at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi on Saturday night, and he came away with a 3rd place finish in the feature event.
This Saturday, August 23rd, Voodoo Motorsports will travel to Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for the $2,500 to win/$300 to start, 50 lap MSCCS event at the Baddest Bullring in the South. Breazeale is the current track record holder at Columbus. For more information on the event, please visit www.ColumbusSpeedway.net or www.StateSeries.com .
Also, please visit the Voodoo Motorsports hauler for brand new shirts that are now available for both David Breazeale and Scott Creel.
Voodoo Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Black Warrior Auction Company LLC, Creel Brothers, Hypercoil, J&J Motorsports, Stuckey Enterprises, Hoosier Racing Tires, Xtreme Graphics By J-Rod, MSRMafia.com, Team Voodoo Racing, and ASI Racewear.
For more information on Voodoo Motorsports, please visit www.VoodooDirt.com .
August 18, 2008
Josh Richards Encouraged By Top-Five Finish Down South At Screven Motor Speedway
SHINNSTON, WV – Normally a fifth-place finish doesn’t get Josh Richards too excited, but he was smiling after taking the checkered flag in that position on Saturday night at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga.
The 20-year-old star from Shinnston, W.Va., felt pretty good about his performance in the three-eighths-mile oval’s first-ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series event.
“We usually always struggle at tracks like this – these southern places,” bottom-lined Josh following the 50-lap A-Main that just beat an approaching thunderstorm. “It’s just something about the dirt down here that we haven’t been able to really figure out, but we finally got a good run.
“Actually, the feature was really fun. I’m kinda looking forward20to coming back next year.”
Driving his familiar Mark Richards Racing-owned Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Works/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports/Ernie’s Auto & Hauling Rocket Chassis No. 1, Josh timed 11th-fastest in the 34-car field and finished third in a heat race. He started 11th in the A-Main but smartly advanced forward, getting as high as third on lap 39 before losing some momentum and settling for fifth at the finish.
“I got by the 4 car (driven by Georgia’s Jeremy Faircloth) for third, but I had such a good run down the front straightaway I ended up pushing up in (turns) one and two,” Josh said of his bid for third on lap 39. “Then he got back by me and (Shane) Clanton went by both of us.”
Josh entered the event tied with Steve Francis for second in the WoO LMS point’s standings, but he fell to third as Francis raced to a victory at Screven. Josh trails leader Darrell Lanigan by 152 points and is now 10 markers behind Francis.
Josh’s WoO LMS weekend in=2 0the Southeast began on Friday night with a visit to Fayetteville (N.C.) Motor Speedway. Rain during the first B-Main forced officials to postpone the remainder of the program to Tues., Oct. 7 – but not before Josh experienced one of the most frustrating nights of the 2008 season.
With officials deciding to reduce the night’s time-trial session to one lap per car due to a late start to the card and the threat of rain, Josh qualified 35th-fastest out of 38 cars because he got out of shape on his lone circuit. He then finished seventh in the third heat – missing a transfer spot by three positions – and was scheduled to start fifth in the second B-Main.
Josh will continue his chase of the WoO LMS title this week with three tour events. He’ll start off by competing in the pair of $10,000-to-win A-Mains that comprise the fifth annual ‘Scorcher’ presented by Alltel Wireless on Wednesday and Thursday (Aug. 20-21) at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tenn., and then head to K-C Raceway in Alma, Ohio, for a 50-lap/$10,000-to-win program on Saturday night (Aug. 23).
August 18, 2008
Walking On Air: Mike Knight Wins First-Ever IRS Event At Eriez Speedway & Grabs Lead In Alltel Ohio Speedweek All-Star Contest
RIPLEY, NY –Mike Knight finally has that first big Super Late Model victory he’s been chasing.
The 21-year-old sensation from Ripley, N.Y., broke through on Sunday night, capturing the 50-lap Independent Racing Series (IRS) event on his home turf at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa.
“Our whole team couldn’t be any happier,” Knight said after pocketing a career-high $5,000 first-place prize at the one-third-mile oval where he reigned as the 2007 Super Late Model champion. “We’ve been trying so hard to win a special show this year and now we’ve done it.”
It was a command performance by the driver known as ‘Hollywood.’ Starting fourth in his familiar family-owned Rocket No. 9K, Knight surged forward to take the lead from Brent Rhebergen just past the race’s halfway point and never looked back.
“Only than finishing fourth in the dash because we went too soft on tires, we did everything right all night,” said Knight, who registered his first career IRS victory and his fourth overall triumph of 2008 at Eriez. “I was a little worried when I got up to second and Rhebergen was already checked out on me (in the lead), but I knew our car was real good so I figured he must have been on soft tires.
“Well, once my 48s (American Racer tires) started working I caught right up to him, passed him and then checked out. I ran side-by-side with Richie Gardner for a while when I was lapping him late in the race because I knew nobody could pass me if we were racing two-wide, but they told me Scott Johnson (the eventual runner-up) was pretty far back anyway.”
Knight, who still sits sixth in the IRS points standings despite dropping off as a regular midway through the 2008 season to retool his racing program, felt his run to the checkered flag was a sign that he’s maturing as a driver.
“We’ve run a lot of 50-lap races this year and I’ve learned a lot,” said Knight. “I realized that you can’t use up all your stuff running too hard early in the race, so I was patient (at Eriez) and kept the car under me. I had plenty of car left after halfway.”
Adding more luster to Knight’s evening at Eriez, he jumped in Chris Ottoway’s Limited Late Model immediately after the IRS Victory Lane ceremonies were completed and charged from the 12th starting spot to win the division’s 20-lap feature in dominating fashion.
A former regular in Eriez’s Limited Late Model class, Knight accepted a ride offer for the night from Ottoway, who is sidelined by a back injury he suffered recently after being thrown off a live bull. Ottoway is one of Knight’s sponsors and keeps his Limited Late Model in Knight’s race shop.
Knight also learned on Monday that he had taken the outright lead in the Alltel Ohio Speedweek All-Star voting by a slight margin, holding 16% of the vote to Robbie Blair’s 14%. A $10,000 prize goes to the winner of the contest, which allows fans to vote for their favorite driver once a day through Sept. 9 at
www.AlltelAllStar.com.The only down point of Knight’s weekend was his Saturday-night visit to Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y. He finished 25th in the 25-lap Super Late Model feature after a slap of the outside wall eliminated him on lap 11 as he was battling for the lead with eventual winner Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs and John Lobb.
Knight will head back out on the road with the IRS tour this Friday night (Aug. 22) for a 50-lap event at The Rock/Allegany County Speedway in Cumberland, Md. He also plans to go for another win at Eriez Speedway in a regular show on Sunday night (Aug. 24).
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway, Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottaway’s Auto Parts, Ottaway’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Ripley Machine & Tool, Genesis Shocks, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts, Farr MotorSports, MWB Web Designs and American Racing Tires.
For more information on Mike Knight, visit
www.mikeknight9k.com.To vote for Mike Knight in the Alltell All Star contest visit
www.AlltelAllStar.com.
Jason Fitzgerald Finishes 4th at Toccoa Speedway, Heads to Pair
of WoO Events and Makes Two Appearances This Weekend
JACKSONVILLE, FL (August 14, 2008)- Jason Fitzgerald and the Mixson Motorsports
Team traveled to Toccoa Speedway in Toccoa, GA this past Saturday and competed
in an O'Reilly Southern All-Stars Series sanctioned event. The 50-lap feature
event paid $5,000 to the winner and counted towards the series point's
standings. Jason would run a strong race finishing a earning another top five
finish finishing 4th in the final run down.
Jason and the Mixson Motorsports Team will travel to a pair of World of Outlaw
Dirt Late Model sanctioned events this weekend. On Friday Jason will compete in
a 50-lap $10,000 to win feature event at Fayetteville Speedway in Fayetteville
North Carolina. Then on Saturday Jason will travel to Screven Motor Speedway in
Sylvania Georgia for another WoO sanctioned event paying $10,000 to the winner.
"Were excited about this weekends events. Getting a chance to run with the World
or Outlaws Series this weekend will be a huge challenge but I've run well at
both those tracks in the past. Were also excited about making a couple of
appearances this weekend for our sponsor Tire Kingdom", stated Jason.
Jason and the team car will make two appearances this weekend for fans in the
North Carolina and South Carolina area. On Friday Jason's car will be located
at Merchants Tire in Garner, NC from 11am-1pm. Merchants Tire is located at
1480 US HWY 70W in Garner, NC 27529. Then on Saturday Jason's car will be at the
Tire Kingdom store from 11am till 1pm at 118 Parris Island Gateway, Beaufort, SC
29906.
Jason and the Mixson Motorsports Team would like to thank all their sponsors in
2008 for their support including Tire Kingdom, M&M Transport & Refrigeration,
Bobby Labonte Foundation, Allstar Performance, ASI Racewear, Bell, Butlerbuilt,
Jones Racing Products, M&M Enterprises, Penske Racing Shocks, Stephens
Advertising, Pro-Systems, PRC, TWM, VP Race Fuels, WD Enterprises, WRT Web
Designs, Wiles Drive Shafts, Wrisco Aluminum and Xtreme Graphics by J-Rod.
Tire Kingdom is the largest independent tire and automotive services retailer in
the United States with more than 7,000 employees. Tire Kingdom successfully
serves millions of customers a year and is committed to outstanding customer
service. Tire Kingdom sells quality name brand tires such as Michelin, Goodyear,
General, BFGoodrich, Sigma, Toyo, Pirelli, Uniroyal, Yokohama, and more. Tire
Kingdom's retail centers provide full-service tire replacement including tire
balancing, wheel alignment, extended service programs and warranties. The
centers also offer under-car / under-hood maintenance services including brake
repairs, suspension system replacement, drive line repair, air conditioning
service, cooling service, transmission service, fuel system service and oil
change service. To learn more about the Tire Kingdom Company and a store near
you visit their website at www.Tirekingdom.com.
To learn more about Jason Fitzgerald and the M&M Motorsports Team visit their
official website at http://jfitzracing.com. To join the Jason Fitzgerald news
letter and receive his press releases by e-mail just send an email to [email protected]
requesting that your email address be included for the press release list for
Jason Fitzgerald. For more information about the O'Reilly Southern All-Stars
Racing Series visit their website at http://www.southern-allstars.com.
Mike Knight Has Quiet Weekend But Receives Good News In Alltel Ohio Speedweek All-Star Contest
RIPLEY, NY –Mike Knight experienced a quiet weekend on the local racing scene, but off the track he received some good news about his pursuit of the $10,000 Alltel Ohio Speedweek All-Star prize.
The 21-year-old dirt Late Model standout from Ripley, N.Y., has emerged as a frontrunner in the Alltel-sponsored contest, which features an on-line poll that pits the 15 drivers who scored a top-five finish in the recent World of Outlaws Late Model Alltel Ohio Speedweek events. He is in a virtual dead-heat for the 10-grand check that goes to the top vote-getter at the close of the contest on Sept. 9, sitting tied atop the rankings with fellow regional racer Robbie Blair of Titusville, Pa. – both at 16 percent of the vote through Aug. 13.
Fans can vote once a day for Knight by logging on to
www. AlltelAllStar.com. Voting also automatically enters fans in a drawing for a $500 Alltel Wireless gift card.“We’re doing everything we can to round up votes for the Alltel All-Star contest,” said Knight, one of the nation’s most talented young dirt Late Model drivers. “So far, so good, but there’s a long way to go. We have to keep up the momentum and keep the votes coming to us – that $10,000 would be a real big help to our team.”
Knight raced his family-owned Rocket No. 9K just once last weekend – and it wasn’t a memorable outing. Making an appearance close to home in a regular weekly program on Saturday night (Aug. 9) at Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y., the personable driver known as ‘Hollywood’ completed just eight laps of the 25-lap Super Late Model feature. He was credited with a 26th-place finish after dropping out with a broken right-front tie-rod.
“We weren’t in the handicapping rotation so we had to start last (10th) in our heat, but we came up through to finish fourth,” Knight said of his evening at Stateline. “I started 14th in the feature and got up to about 10th before I got into the wall because I was trying to ru n really high on the track. I think that bent the tie-road and then it broke a couple laps later.
“We were running decent, but I don’t know how it would’ve turned out.”
Knight had planned to run on Sunday night at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa., but he found himself with a day off after the program was washed out by rain.
This week Knight’s focus will be on the 50-lap, $5,000-to-win Independent Racing Series (IRS) event on Sunday night (Aug. 17) at Eriez Speedway. He has tentative plans to compete in a regular show on Saturday night (Aug. 16) at Stateline Speedway.
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway, Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottaway’s Auto Parts, Ottaway’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Ripley Machine & Tool, Genesis Shocks, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts, Farr MotorSports, MWB Web Designs and American Racing Tire
For more information on Mike Knight, visit
www.mikeknight9k.com.
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
August 12th, 2008
Voodoo Motorsports & David Breazeale Head To Topless 100
Franklinton, Louisiana (8/12/08) – Voodoo Motorsports is cocked, locked, and loaded and will invade Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas this weekend for the 16th Annual COMP Cams Topless 100.
Last year, Voodoo Motorsports with Breazeale behind the wheel, entered the Topless 100, but fell just short of qualifying for the feature event. The team will use the knowledge obtained last year as well as the team’s current momentum to try and propel themselves into victory lane in this year’s $40,000 to win/$2,000 to start event. The team will get things underway on Thursday night with an open practice session. On Friday night, time trials as well as six heat races will be held, and on Saturday night, b-mains and the 100 lap main event will be held. For the first time ever, the Lucas Oil Late Model Series will sanction the event, and the Speed TV cameras will be on hand to tape all of the action for a future airing. For more information, please visit www.BatesvilleMotorSpeedway.net and www.LucasDirt.com .
Voodoo Motorsports was in action on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi. David Breazeale set quick time in time trials with a 12.30 second lap around the 3/8 mile oval in his #54 Mastersbilt By Stuckey/Jay Dickens Racing Engine Super Late Model. David went on to win the pole sitters dash to earn the pole position for the feature event. However, Breazeale's strong run would end in the feature as the tire choice and car setup would not agree, resulting in David retiring to a 20th place finish. Scott Creel would make the switch to a Mastersbilt Race Car for the event, and the change would pay off in a big way as Scott qualified 2nd in his group in qualifying, which earned him a 3rd starting position for the pole sitters dash. Creel finished 5th in the dash, and as a result he started 5th in the feature event. Scott battled in the top ten throughout the event before recording a 10th place finish.
Also, please visit the Voodoo Motorsports hauler for brand new shirts that are now available for both David Breazeale and Scott Creel.
Voodoo Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Black Warrior Auction Company LLC, Creel Brothers, Hypercoil, J&J Motorsports, Stuckey Enterprises, Hoosier Racing Tires, Xtreme Graphics By J-Rod, MSRMafia.com, Team Voodoo Racing, and ASI Racewear.
For more information on Voodoo Motorsports, please visit www.VoodooDirt.com .
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
August 12th, 2008
Kyle Beard Wins Fourth Event of 2008
Trumann, AR (8/12/08) – On Saturday night, Kyle Beard powered his #86 GRT By Frye/Samuels Performance Racing Engine to the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model feature win at Poinsett County Raceway in Harrisburg, Arkansas
Saturday night found Beard Motorsports in action at Poinsett County Raceway in Harrisburg, Arkansas with the O'Reilly MSRA Late Model Series. Kyle started on the pole of his heat race and comfortably picked up the win. His heat race finish earned him the 6th starting position for the 40 lap feature event. By lap three, Kyle was already up to the second position as he was one of the few drivers to brave the high line of the high-banked, clay oval. Exiting turn four on lap three, Kyle would rocket past race leader, Jesse Stovall, to take the lead. Kyle went on to lead the remainder of the event and fight off a late race charge from Joey Mack to take home the win and the $2,000 payday.
On Friday night at Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri, Kyle's luck would not be quite as good. After winning his heat race, he started fourth in the feature event and was battling for the second position, when contact with another driver forced him off the track in turn one. Beard rejoined the pack and advanced to a 10th place finish.
Kyle’s Father, Gary Beard, was also in action both nights this weekend and picked up a 15th place finish at Malden Speedway and after suffering mechanical woes recorded a 20th place finish at Poinsett County Raceway on Saturday night.
The 16th Annual COMP Cams Topless 100 will be the next event on the docket for Kyle Beard as he travels to Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas this weekend. Kyle has limited experience at the 3/8 mile, clay oval, but he has recorded some strong finishes. This weekend Beard will focus on qualifying for the $40,000 to win and $2,000 to start feature event. The weekend gets underway on Thursday night with an open practice session. Time trials and heat races will headline Friday night’s program, and on Saturday night three b-mains and the 100 lap finale will be on hand. This year’s event will be sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Series, and the Speed TV cameras will be on hand to tape all of the action for a future airing. For more information, please visit www.BatesvilleMotorSpeedway.net or www.LucasDirt.com .
Kyle Beard would like to thank his sponsors including KB Transport, Gary Beard Trucking, Samuel’s Performance Engines, Engines Inc., Mean Street Motors, Inc., Extreme Graphix (Jonesboro, AR), Bill Frye Motorsports, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services. Beard Motorsports is always looking for more sponsors, and anyone, who may be interested, can find more information at www.KyleBeard86.com .
For more information on Kyle and Beard Motorsports, please visit www.KyleBeard86.com .
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
August 12th, 2008
Dusty Johnston Set For 16th Annual Topless 100
Flippin, Arkansas (8/12/08) – After a few weeks away from racing for the team to regroup, PJ Motorsports and driver, Dusty Johnston, will return to action behind the wheel of his #16 GRT By Frye/Kuntz & Co. Super Late Model in the 16th Annual COMP Cams Topless 100 at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas.
After a rough start to the year, Dusty and his crew took the past few weeks off to go over their equipment and prepare for the upcoming end of the year special events. Also, Johnston has been working with Bill Frye Motorsports on some research and development, that will hopefully help the Flippin, Arkansas’ native get his season back on track.
The first step in the positive direction will start this weekend at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas with the running of the 16th Annual COMP Cams Topless 100 at Batesville Motor Speedway. Dusty has found his way to victory lane before at Batesville Speedway and will look to bank on his knowledge to pick up the biggest win of his career this weekend. The event will be sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Series with a purse boasting $40,000 to win and $2,000 to start for Super Late Models. In addition the Speed TV cameras will be on hand to tape the event for a future airing. The weekend kicks off on Thursday night with an open practice session. Racing action shifts into high gear on Friday night with time trials as well as six heat races. Saturday night will be highlighted by three b-mains along with a 100 lap main event. For more information, please visit www.BatesvilleMotorSpeedway.net or www.LucasDirt.com .
Dusty Johnston Motorsports would like to thank all of their 2008 sponsors including PJ Transportation, El Chico Café, Burns Funeral Home, EZ Loader Boat Trailers, Swans Plumbing, Integra, JFR Graphics, Simpson Race Products, Frye Motorsports, Kuntz & Co., MSRMafia.com, Blue Heron Campground & Resort, and Ideal RV.
Dusty Johnston is always looking for new sponsors and marketing partners. For more information on joining the team, please visit www.DustyJohnston16.com .
For more information on Dusty Johnston Motorsports please visit www.DustyJohnston16.com .
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
August 12th, 2008
Billy Moyer Jr. Snares Pair of Top Ten Finishes in MSRA Action
Batesville, Arkansas (8/12/08) – Billy Moyer Jr. carried the momentum of several strong runs over the past month into a pair of weekend O’Reilly MSRA events, and by the time that the checkered flag had fallen on the final event, he had a pair of top ten finishes to his credit.
On Friday night, the action got underway at Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri with a $2,000 to win, 30 lap event. In heat race action, Billy started 7th and advanced to a 4th place finish, which earned him a 12th starting position for the feature. At the drop of the green flag, Billy began his march to the front. By lap four, he was battling for the fifth position, when contact with another car caused his left rear tire to go flat. Moyer Jr. headed pitside where he got fresh rubber and rejoined the back of the pack. Over the remainder of the event, Billy charged back to a solid 8th place finish.
On Saturday night, Jr. Motorsports traveled to Poinsett County Raceway in Harrisburg, Arkansas for another $2,000 to win O'Reilly MSRA event. Billy started 3rd in his heat race. He took over the top spot early in the race, and went on to pick up the heat race win. Via passing points, he earned the outside front row starting spot for the feature. In the main event, Billy battled throughout the top five for the entire 40 lap event. By the time that the checkered flag fell, he was credited with a 4th place finish.
This weekend, Billy Moyer Jr. will be in action at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas for the 16th Annual COMP Cams Topless 100. The 2008 edition of the event pays $40,000 to win and $2,000 to start and will be sanctioned for the first time ever by the Lucas Oil Late Model Series. The weekend gets underway with an open practice session on Thursday night. On Friday night, time trials and six heat races will be held. Saturday night’s program will be highlighted by three b-mains and the 100 lap main event. For more information, please visit www.BatesvilleMotorSpeedway.net .
Billy Moyer Jr. would like to thank all of his sponsors including Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer, Banner Valley Hauling, Valley Transfer, Universal Concrete, Imperial Motors, Red Line Oil, Karl Chevrolet, Bert Transmission, New Vision Graphics, S & H Industrial Services, Watters Autoland, Performance Rod & Custom, Peterson Fluid Systems, Mason Starters, Sweet Mfg., Wiles Driveshafts, Cizmar Racing, Performance Bodies, Schoenfeld Headers, Hoosier Tire South by Pup, Bell Helmets, ISC Racing Tape, VP Racing Fuel, Hooker Harness, MSR Mafia.com, Ringer's Gloves, Kluhsman Racing Components, BSB Manufacturing, Outlawd Motorsports, and CPD Tools.
Billy Moyer Jr. is always looking for new sponsors and marketing partners. For more information on joining the team, please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .
Following Frustrating North-South 100 Outing, Chub Frank Focuses On Strong Finish To World of Outlaws Late Model Series Campaign
BEAR LAKE, PA – Chub Frank just wants to put his assault on the 2008 North-South 100 at Florence Speedway in Union, Ky., behind him.The winner of the crown-jewel dirt Late Model event in 2002 failed to make the cut for last Saturday night’s $50,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series A-Main, falling victim to a qualifying format that didn’t sit well with him.
“We went down there thinking that the time trials would be straight-up like they’ve been in the past for the North-South,” said Chub. “They decided to change it to group qualifying (drivers time-trialed only against the 15-16 rivals in their respective groups) once we got there, and I don’t agree with that. I’ve never been a fan of group qualifying because it’s too much luck of the draw, so if I knew that’s what they were gonna do I wouldn’t even have gone down.”
The veteran standout from Bear Lake, Pa., ended up drawing the most stacked of Friday night’s six heat-race qualifying groups. His group – the fifth of the night – included four other former North-South 100 winners (Jimmy Owens, Bart Hartman, Steve Shaver and Donnie Moran); Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champ Earl Pearson Jr.; current World of Outlaws Late Model Series points leader Darrell Lanigan; eventual 2008 North-South 100 winner Darren Miller; and rising young stars Justin Rattliff and Brian Shirley.
“We had the fastest group of the night,” Chub said of his group’s combined qualifying times. “We were 17th-fastest overall (17.962 seconds), which would’ve put us on the pole for a heat race if it was a straight-up format. Instead, we started sixth (in a Saturday-night heat) because we were in the fastest group.”
Chub finished sixth in his heat race (missing a transfer spot by three positions) and placed fifth in the third B-Main, which sent just its winner to the North-South 100. He also fell one spot short of the fast-time provisional, which went to Lanigan as the fastest qualifier who failed to make the North-South 100 through a heat or B-Main.
“If they’re gonna do things the way they did them this year,” Chub said of Florence Speedway, “then that was my last time there for that race.”
With a disappointing North-South 100 experience now in his rearview mirror, Chub is focused on preparing his Lester Buildings/Corry Rubber/All Star Performance/Corry Laser/Slavic Corporation/Farr MotorSports/Lake Shore Paving/Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1* for the homestretch of the WoO LMS campaign. He sits fourth in the tour’s points standings following a two-and-a-half-week break from WoO LMS competition.
Chub returns to action on the WoO LMS this weekend with events on Friday night (Aug. 15) at Fayetteville (N.C.) Motor Speedway and Saturday night (Aug. 16) at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga. Chub owns a 2001 Hav-A-Tampa/Xtreme DirtCar Series victory at Fayetteville in his only career visit to the track, but he’s never before raced at Screven.
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Matt Miller and the
McCullough Owned Team Heading to Kentucky for Sunoco Race Fuels North/South 100
This Weekend
WATERVILLE, OH (August 6,
2008)- Matt Miller and the Stephen McCullough owned team based out of Ohio will
travel to Union Kentucky this weekend and compete in the Lucas Oil Late Model
Dirt Series sanctioned Sunoco Race Fuels North/South. This crown jewel event for
dirt late models will pay a whopping $50,000 to the winner of the 100-lap
feature event at Florence Speedway. This prestigious event will draw a huge
field of drivers from all over the country trying to win the big first place
prize money and the coveted North/South 100 title. Matt is eager to race at
Florence Speedway again and especially with $50,000 up for grabs to the winner.
"Were excited about going back to Florence again this year for this weekend's
big event. We've been to Florence a couple times this year with McCullough's car
and we feel we got a good chance as anybody to win that race. It should be a
great event and a packed house watching", stated Matt.
Matt Miller would like to thank all their fans and sponsors for their support in
2008. Primary sponsorship will come from Moring Motorsports, McCullough
Industries, M&W Auto Body, MDI Environmental Services, Freeport Recycling
Centers and Graphic Arts Express. Associate sponsorship will come from Sunoco
Race Fuels, Performance Rod and Custom (PRC). Other sponsors of the team for
2008 include, Q-Racing, Tiger Rear Ends, BERT, Mason Racin, Performance Bodies,
Bazell Race Fuels, Hawk Performance, M&B Services, Bell Racing, ACTP, Integra
Shocks, Hooker Harness, Waterman Racing Components, Real Wheels, Hoosier Tire,
Stuckey Enterprises, Banshee Graphics, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs and WD
Enterprises Inc.To learn more about Matt Miller visit his official website at
www.mattmiller7.com.
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
August 6th, 2008
JFR Motorsports Returns To O’Reilly MSRA Action This Weekend
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas (8/06/08) – Jeff Floyd will resume his pursuit of the 2008 O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model title this weekend in a pair of events in Missouri and Arkansas.
JFR Motorsports was in action last Friday and Saturday night at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas with the O’Reilly SUPR Super Late Model tour. On Friday night, Jeff started 4th in his heat race and advanced to a 3rd place finish. In the main event, he started 6th and finished 4th. He also picked up a $100 bonus for being the highest finisher with an open motor.
On Saturday night, Floyd started 8th in his heat race and picked up a 4th place finish, which via passing points earned him an 8th starting position. Unfortunately in the main event, Floyd would run into problems that would relegate him to a 13th finishing position. Floyd's teammate, Jordan Jones, picked up a 14th place finish on Friday night and a 6th place finish on Saturday after starting in the second position.
In regards to the weekend, Jeff commented, “We really appreciate the Clay's for hosting late model races, and we’re glad to be able to support their SUPR race down there. Running against the cars with the spec engine package and big spoiler is really tough when it is hot, dry, and slick, so we were at a pretty big disadvantage. Jordan's car has a little spec motor, so we were able to put a big spoiler on it. We’re happy that we could take a seven year-old back up car, win a heat race, put it on the outside pole Saturday, and bring home a solid finish. I got to run nose to tail with my own car for a while, which was a lot of fun. I look forward to going back to I-30 at the end of the month with the O’Reilly MSRA and running with that rules package.”
This weekend, JFR Motorsports will be back in action with the O’Reilly MSRA with both team cars locked and loaded. On Friday night, Jeff Floyd and Jordan Jones, will travel to Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri for a $2,000 to win/$300 to start event. For more information, please visit www.MaldenSpeedway.com or www.MSRADirt.com .
On Saturday night, the action will move to Poinsett County Raceway in Harrisburg, Arkansas for a 40 lap, $2,000 to win/$400 to start event at the high-banked, red clay oval. For more information, please visit www.PoinsettCountyRaceway.com or www.MSRADirt.com .
Jeff Floyd would like to thank all of his sponsors including Kuntz & Company Racing Engines, GRT Race Cars, Autozone, RiceTec, Engineering Lubrication, NEA Super Gas, Floyd’s Body Shop, MSRMafia.com, and JFRGraphics.com .
For more information on JFR Motorsports please visit www.JeffFloydF1.com .
Vote for Earl Pearson Jr. in the Alltel Allstar Fan Vote
Contest
ARCHDALE, NC (August 6, 2008)- Earl Pearson Jr. is in the running for the Alltel
Allstar fan vote that will pay the winner $10,000. The driver that receives the
most votes from fans that log onto the Alltel Allstar website will win the
$10,000 cash prize. Earl became eligible for the Alltel Allstar award during the
World of Outlaws Dirt Late Model Series Ohio Speedweeks in the month of July.
Earl won the World of Outlaws sanctioned event on July 25th at Eldora Speedway
one part of the Alltel Ohio Speedweeks. Voting began at 11:59pm on Sunday, July
27th and runs through 11:59pm on Tuesday, September 9th. You can vote once every
24 hours after which the votes will be tallied and Alltel will have a special
ceremony to announce the winner of the Alltel Allstar award
To vote for Earl log onto his website at www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com and
click on the Alltel Allstar logo on the front page and it will take you to the
website www.alltelallstar.com. Once you're on the website click on Earl's
picture and vote for Earl every day now until September 9th. By voting you as a
fan will become eligible to win a $500 gift card from Alltel.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team will travel to the Lucas Oil Late Model
Dirt Series sanctioned event the "Sunoco Race Fuels North/South 100 Presented by
Lucas Oil" at Florence Speedway in Union Kentucky this weekend. Earl will attend
Thursday night's practice session and compete on Friday and Saturday for a
chance to win the $50,000 first place prize. This event will be taped by SPEED
Channel for a TV broadcast later in the year and also broadcasted "Live" on the
internet at www.racetalklive.com.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors in
2008 for their support including LifeLong Locks, Lucas Oil, Mastersbilt Race
Cars, Larry Wallace Engines, Mopar, Sunoco Race Fuels, Allstar Performance,
Tiger Rear End, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, SHY, Wilwood, Woodward, TWM, Dyers
Top Rods, Weld, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Wrisco, Sparco, Bell, Mechanix Wear, Oakley,
Cheerios, Coke, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs, The
Decal Source, Rick Schwallie Photography and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit www.lucasdirt.com.
For more information about LifeLong Locks and the strongest locks on the market
today, visit www.lifelonglocks.com. For more information about Earl Pearson Jr.
and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team visit their official website at
www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com.
A few weeks ago Steve Francis believed he and his team were on the verge of having a great run, and he was right. Over the last eight events that he has entered, Francis finished in the top 5 seven times and won three of the events. To kickoff the Alltel Ohio Speedweek Steve Francis Racing took home the win at Muskingum County Speedway on July 24th. The next night at Eldora Speedway was the only race that the Kentucky Colonel struggled in as bad luck forced Francis to an 18th place finish. Sharon Speedway was next on the schedule and the Valvoline, Reliable Painting #19 came away with a fourth place run. The final event of the Ohio Speedweek looked a lot like the first as Steve Francis and his crew won again at Eriez Speedway on July 27th. Two days later was the “make-up” Firecracker 100 at Learnerville Speedway. During the first attempt to run that race Steve Francis qualified second and won his heat race. Francis backed up his earlier success by landing a fourth place finish during the 100 lap event. Next for the 2007 World of Outlaws Champ was a Lucas Oil Swing where he collected three top 5s in three races. The Kentucky Colonel won at Bedford Speedway on July 31st, finished third at Winchester Speedway on the following night, and came away with a fifth place finish at Hagerstown Speedway on August 2nd. Due to his success during the Ohio Speedweek, Steve Francis has now jumped to second in the World of Outlaws point standings.
Steve Francis Racing has eight races scheduled for the rest of the month of August. The North - South 100 is held at Florence Speedway in Union, KY and that is the next tour stop for the Beitler Enterprises team on August 8th and 9th. The North - South is one of the crown jewel events of the dirt late model season and it is especially important to Francis since its held in his home state. The World of Outlaws are back in action on the 15th at Fayetteville Speedway in North Carolina and at Screven Motor Speedway in Screven, GA on the 16th. August 20th and 21st Francis will be at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, TN and the following night he and his crew will travel to Lawrenceburg Speedway in Lawrenceburg, IN. To finish up the month Steve Francis will spend his labor day weekend racing at KC Raceway on the 28th, Bedford Speedway the 29th, and Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, PA on the 30th and 31st.
As always, Steve Francis Racing would like to thank Valvoline, VP Racing Fuels, Reliable Painting, American Race Tires, Port City Racing, TWM Race Products, Rocket Chassis, and all the fans as well for all their continued support in 2008.
Victory At Eriez, Runner-Up Finish At McKean County Puts Smile On Mike Knight’s Face
RIPLEY, NY – Mike Knight fell just a handful of laps short of two wins in as many starts last weekend, but he wasn’t about to complain about his fate.
After being plagued by bad luck for much of the season, the 21-year-old from Ripley, N.Y., was more than satisfied with a victory on Sunday night (Aug. 3) at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa., and a runner-up finish last Thursday night (July 31) at McKean County Raceway in East Smethport, Pa.
“We had a great weekend,” said a happy Knight, whose momentum was dulled only by a rainout on Saturday night (Aug. 2) at Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y. “We had two really good runs and we made some money close to home.”
Knight continued to stamp himself as the driver to beat in 2008 at Eriez, rolling to his third triumph in his last five Super Late Model starts there on Sunday night. The defending track champion roared forward from the third starting spot in the 25-lap feature to grab the lead from Rich Gardner and march to an uncontested victory.
“I just went to the high side on a restart and made it happen,” Knight said of his winning pass. “My car has been so fast lately at Eriez, it’s been unreal. We’ve really found a combination that works there.”
Three days earlier, Knight made a strong bid to win the 30-lap United Late Model Series (ULMS) feature at McKean County Raceway. He started from the pole position in his Rocket No. 9K and led the race’s first 22 laps before being overtaken by eventual winner Todd Andrews while racing amid lapped traffic.
A caution flag with six laps remaining gave Knight a final shot at Andrews, but he couldn’t pull off a pass and settled for second place.
“My car was so bolted to the track, I didn’t think that anybody would be able to touch us,” Knight said of his McKean County performance. “But Todd Andrews really had a fast car. I was probably a little hard on the right-rear (tire compound) and a little soft on the left-rear, but Andrews had the best car
“I tried everything I could to pass him back after the last caution, but I couldn’t get him.”
Knight will stay close to home again this weekend to enter events on Saturday night (Aug. 9) at Stateline Speedway and Sunday (Aug. 10) at Eriez Speedway.
Off the track, the rising star continues to seek the support of his fans in pursuit of the $10,000 top prize in the ‘Alltel Ohio Speedweek All-Star’ on-line contest. He’s one of 15 standout dirt Late Model drivers eligible for the 10-grand award thanks to his fifth-place finish in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series Alltel Ohio Speedweek event on July 27 at Eriez Speedway.
Fans can vote for Knight once a day through Sept. 9 by visiting
www.AlltelAllStar.com.An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway, Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottaway’s Auto Parts, Ottaway’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Ripley Machine & Tool, Genesis Shocks, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts, Farr MotorSports, MWB Web Designs and American Racing Tire
For more information on Mike Knight, visit
www.mikeknight9k.com
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
August 5th, 2008
David Breazeale Rolls To Second Win of 2008
Franklinton, Louisiana (8/05/08) – On Friday night, David Breazeale made the last minute decision to compete at North Alabama Speedway, and by the end of the night it proved to be a wise decision as “The Ragin Rebel” stood dominantly in victory lane.
On Friday night David Breazeale piloted the #1 Mastersbilt/Jay Dickens Racing Engine House Car at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama in an Arkansas Motorsports Professionals (A.M.P.) Super Late Model event. He won his heat race, which earned him a third starting spot for the main event. In the feature, David would move to the second spot at the drop of the green. A few laps later, Daniel Miller would slip by for the second position. The pair would begin a side-by-side duel for the spot over the next several laps. Lap 24 would see the leader of the event, eliminated in an incident with lapped traffic. With Miller in the lead, Breazeale would begin applying heavy pressure for the top spot. Caution would fly again on lap 28, which would set up a two lap dash to the checkered flag. On the ensuing restart, Breazeale used the low line to rocket past Miller for the lead and went on to lead the last two laps en route to the $1,500 payday and his second win of 2008.
Both Breazeale and Scott Creel were slated to be in action in the Team Voodoo Motorsports entries on Saturday night at Columbus Speedway in a MSCCS Vs. AMP event. However, heavy rains just before hot laps forced the postponement of the event until August 23rd.
This Saturday, August 9th Voodoo Motorsports will once again invade Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi for a $2,500 to win/$300 to start, 50 lap event sanctioned by the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series (MSCCS). David will return to action in his #54 Mastersbilt By Stuckey/Jay Dickens Racing Engine Super Late Model and Scott Creel will pilot his #31 GRT/Wall-2-Wall Racing Engine Super Late Model.
Also, please visit the Voodoo Motorsports hauler for brand new shirts that are now available for both David Breazeale and Scott Creel.
Voodoo Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Black Warrior Auction Company LLC, Creel Brothers, Hypercoil, J&J Motorsports, Stuckey Enterprises, Hoosier Racing Tires, Xtreme Graphics By J-Rod, MSRMafia.com, Team Voodoo Racing, and ASI Racewear.
For more information on Voodoo Motorsports, please visit www.VoodooDirt.com .
Contact: Ben Shelton
(901) 335-3037
August 5th, 2008
Todd Hall Wins Again At Malden; O’Reilly MSRA Up Next
Charleston, MO (8/05/08) – On Friday night, Todd Hall from Charleston, Missouri was in action at Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri, where he piloted his #99 Mastersbilt/Crate Late Model to the feature win.
Malden Speedway has been very good to Todd throughout his racing career, and last Friday night was no exception as he maneuvered his entry to his second win of the year at Malden, and his fourth overally win of 2008 in the Crate Late Model division.
This weekend, Friday and Saturday, August 8th and 9th, Todd Hall Motorsports will enter a pair of O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model events in Missouri and Arkansas. On Friday, August 8th the action gets underway at Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri with a $2,000 to win/$300 to start event. On Saturday, August 9th, the action will shift to Poinsett County Raceway in Harrisburg, Arkansas for a $2,000 to win/$400 to start, 40 lap event.
Hall Motorsports is picking up their brand new Mastersbilt Chassis this week, so they will utilize their Mastersbilt/Crate Late Model in both of this weekend’s events. For more information on these events, please visit www.MSRADirt.com .
Todd Hall
Motorsports would like to thank all of their marketing partners including FTS
Logistics, Financial Transportation Services LLC, First Security State Bank,
Greg Hall Motorsports, New Vision Graphics, and MSRMafia.com .
For the latest information on the Todd Hall
Motorsports Team visit the official website at
www.ToddHallMotorsports.com .
Billy Moyer Jr. Earns Top Five Finish At I-30 Speedway
Batesville, Arkansas (8/05/08) – Billy Moyer Jr. competed in a pair of O’Reilly SUPR Super Late Model events over the weekend at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas in his #21jr Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer/Runion Racing Engine Super Late Model.
Billy had a good outing on Friday night at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas. He started fifth in his heat and finished in the 6th position. His 6th place finish earned him a 12th starting position for the feature event. Billy was able to work his way through the field to record a 5th place finish by the time that the checkered flag dropped on the event.
After Friday night’s strong performance, Moyer Jr. was optimistic for Saturday night’s event, but as it would turn out luck would not be on his side. Billy struggled with the setup all night long as he started 3rd in his heat race and finished in the 5th position. In the feature event, Billy started 9th in the feature and retired early in the event to a 15th place finish.
“Friday night was a good night for us, and Saturday would’ve been better, if the track had not got so slick. Once it slicked off, our open motor was at a major disadvantage against the spec motors and big spoilers, which most of the competitors were utilizing,” commented Moyer Jr.
This weekend, Moyer Jr. will resume action with the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model tour in a pair of events in Arkansas and Missouri. Billy still holds down the fourth position in the current standings, and is only 51 points out of the third position. Action explodes on Friday night with a $2,000 to win/$300 to start event at Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri.
On Saturday night, the O’Reilly MSRA travels to Poinsett County Raceway in Harrisburg, Arkansas for a $2,000 to win/$400 to start program at the high-banked, red clay oval. For more information on these events, please visit www.MSRADirt.com .
Billy Moyer Jr. would like to thank all of his sponsors including Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer, Banner Valley Hauling, Valley Transfer, Universal Concrete, Imperial Motors, Red Line Oil, Karl Chevrolet, Bert Transmission, New Vision Graphics, S & H Industrial Services, Watters Autoland, Performance Rod & Custom, Peterson Fluid Systems, Mason Starters, Sweet Mfg., Wiles Driveshafts, Cizmar Racing, Performance Bodies, Schoenfeld Headers, Hoosier Tire South by Pup, Bell Helmets, ISC Racing Tape, VP Racing Fuel, Hooker Harness, MSR Mafia.com, Ringer's Gloves, Kluhsman Racing Components, BSB Manufacturing, Outlawd Motorsports, and CPD Tools.
Billy Moyer Jr. is always looking for new sponsors and marketing partners. For more information on joining the team, please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .
For the latest information on Billy Moyer Jr., please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .
Steve Shaver and the Shaver Motorsports/Cosgrove Racing Team
Preparing for North/South 100 This Weekend, Vote For Steve in Alltel Allstar
Contest
VIENNA, WV (August 5, 2008)- Steve Shaver and the Shaver Motorsports/Cosgrove
Racing Team are busy preparing their equipment for this weekends mega event the
Sunoco Race Fuels North/South 100 at Florence Speedway in Union, KY. This year's
event is sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and will pay the
winner of the 100-lap feature event a whopping $50,000. Steve won this event in
2004 and most recently in 2006. Steve is always a favorite to win at Florence
Speedway and this year he plans to be fully prepared to win another North/South
100 title.
"Were excited about this weekend and racing again at Florence Speedway. We
always run well there and hopefully it's our year again to win it. We've won
this event in even number years so here we are in 2008 again it's our year to
win it. With Sunoco as the title sponsor of the event it would be awesome to win
it for those guys that support our race team as well", stated Steve.
With a top 5th place finish at Muskingum County Speedway during the World of
Outlaws sanctioned event and the Alltel Ohio Speedweek, Steve is eligible to win
$10,000 as part of the Alltel Allstar contest where fans can vote for their
favorite driver. The driver that earns the most votes between July 27th and
September 9th will be awarded the Alltel Allstar award and the $10,000. To vote
for Steve Shaver log onto www.alltelallstar.com and click on Shaver's picture
and cast your vote for "Showtime" and help Steve win $10,000.
Steve Shaver Motorsports and his race team, Cosgrove Racing, continue to thank
their current sponsors, Drywall Systems Inc, United Bank, Lakeview Estates,
Malcuit Racing Engines, Sunoco Race Fuels, Penske Racing Shocks, Hyperco, Bert
Transmissions, Schoenfeld Headers, Wrisco Aluminum, Cyco Custom Race Products,
Hoosier Tires, Behea Headers, Weld Wheels, Mason Racin, Winters, Poskes
Performance, WRT Webdesigns and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about Steve Shaver and Shaver Motorsports/Cosgrove Racing Team
visit their official website at www.steveshavermotorsports.com.You can receive
Steve Shaver's press releases by emailing your email address to [email protected].
Steve's Latest Results:
Date- Track- City- Series- Finishing Position
July 24th -Muskingum County Speedway- Zanesville, OH- WoO- 5th
July 25th -Eldora Speedway- Rossburg, OH- WoO- DNQ
July 26th -Tyler County Speedway- Middlebourne, WV- IRS- 10th
July 31st -Bedford Speedway- Bedford, PA- Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series- 6th
Aug 1st -Winchester Speedway- Winchester, VA- Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt
Series-DNQ
Aug 2nd -Hagerstown Speedway- Hagerstown, MD- Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt
Series- 12th
Aug 3rd -Tyler County Speedway- Middlebourne, WV -UFO- 15th
Jason Fitzgerald Gets Two Top Ten Finishes Over Weekend, Heads To Toccoa Georgia This Weekend
JACKSONVILLE, FL (August 5, 2008)- Jason Fitzgerald and the Mixson Motorsports Team will travel to Toccoa Speedway in Toccoa, GA this Saturday and compete in an O'Reilly Southern All-Stars Series sanctioned event. The 50-lap feature event will pay $5,000 to the winner and will count towards the series point's standings. Jason is currently second in the series point's standings and leads the series "Rookie of the Year" point's standings.
Jason and the Mixson Motorsports Team competed this past weekend on the National Late Model Series in two events in Alabama. This past Friday Jason competed at Penton Raceway in Penton Alabama in a $3,000 to win National Late Model Series sanctioned event. Jason would set fast time for the event and run in the top five throughout the entire feature and finished a strong 3rd place at the finish. Then on Saturday Jason and team originally headed to Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, GA for an O'Reilly Southern All-Stars Series sanctioned event but the event would be canceled due to rain. Jason and team hurried to East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City Alabama to compete in the second leg of the weekend for the National Late Model Series. The 40-lap feature event would pay the winner $3,000 and drew 30 late models from the southeast. Jason would make it to the track just in time to qualify and made the feature lineup. Jason would again run in the top ten throughout the event and finished 7th in the final run down.
"We had a good car at both events this past weekend it was just really tough to pass at those tracks. Were looking forward to going to Toccoa Speedway this weekend and compete with the Southern All-Stars again. We've a had some good runs lately on that series and were knocking on the door to get our first win. I have to thank Pro-Systems Carburetors for their support. We've run their carburetors over the past couple weeks and they have been performing very well with our engine combination. Hopefully we can get a win for them and all our sponsors this weekend", stated Jason.
Jason and the Mixson Motorsports Team would like to thank all their sponsors in 2008 for their support including Tire Kingdom, M&M Transport & Refrigeration, Bobby Labonte Foundation, Allstar Performance, ASI Racewear, Bell, Butlerbuilt, Jones Racing Products, M&M Enterprises, Penske Racing Shocks, Stephens Advertising, Pro-Systems, PRC, TWM, VP Race Fuels, WD Enterprises, WRT Web Designs, Wiles Drive Shafts, Wrisco Aluminum and Xtreme Graphics by J-Rod.
Tire Kingdom is the largest independent tire and automotive services retailer in the United States with more than 7,000 employees. Tire Kingdom successfully serves millions of customers a year and is committed to outstanding customer service. Tire Kingdom sells quality name brand tires such as Michelin, Goodyear, General, BFGoodrich, Sigma, Toyo, Pirelli, Uniroyal, Yokohama, and more. Tire Kingdom's retail centers provide full-service tire replacement including tire balancing, wheel alignment, extended service programs and warranties. The centers also offer under-car / under-hood maintenance services including brake repairs, suspension system replacement, drive line repair, air conditioning service, cooling service, transmission service, fuel system service and oil change service. To learn more about the Tire Kingdom Company and a store near you visit their website at
www.Tirekingdom.com.To learn more about Jason Fitzgerald and the M&M Motorsports Team visit their official website at
http://jfitzracing.com. To join the Jason Fitzgerald news letter and receive his press releases by e-mail just send an email to [email protected] requesting that your email address be included for the press release list for Jason Fitzgerald. For more information about the O'Reilly Southern All-Stars Racing Series visit their website at http://www.southern-allstars.com.Jason's Latest Results:
Date - Track- City- Series - Finishing Position
July 18th -North Georgia Speedway- Chatsworth, GA- SAS- 19th
July 19th -Cleveland Speedway- Cleveland, TN- SAS- 13th
July 20th - Rome Speedway- Rome, GA- SAS- 9th
July 26th - Talladega Short Track- Talladega, AL- SAS- 6th
Aug 1st - Penton Raceway- Penton, AL- NLMSS- 3rd
Aug 2nd - East Alabama Motor Speedway- Phenix City,AL- NLMSS- 7th
Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
August 4th, 2008
Bub McCool Thanks Trakstar Race Cars
Vicksburg, MS (8/04/08 ) – Even though the scheduled, two-day race weekend was shortened by Mother Nature, Bub McCool still had an action packed race night at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama on Friday night.
On Friday night, Bub competed at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama with the AMP Late Model Series in what ended up being a very wild night. Via the pill draw Bub started at the back of his heat race, and on the second lap of the event, he drifted high in turn three, and he straddled the cushion, causing him to flip wildly several times, ultimately landing on his roof. McCool was uninjured, but the car was heavily damaged, so the team had to unload their backup car. Bub started last in the feature event and charged to a 6th place finish in his #57j Trakstar/Barker Racing Engine Super Late Model.
In regards to the incident Bub remarked, “Friday night’s flip was a wild experience for me, but it could’ve been much worse than it was as those were some very hard flips. However, my Trakstar Chassis did exactly what it was supposed to do and protected me. The roll cage absorbed the impact, and despite false information that is circulating, my roll cage did not collapse. I cannot thank Mike Boland and everyone at Trakstar Chassis enough for building me an extremely safe race car!”
On Saturday night, the team traveled to Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for a MSCCS Vs. AMP Challenge event. However, rains shortly before hot laps forced the postponement of the show.
This Saturday night, Bub will return to action with the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series (M.S.C.C.S.) at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi in a $2,500 to win/$300 to start, 50 lap event. McCool already has two wins at Rodney Wing’s speedplant in 2008, and will be looking to increase the tally by one this Saturday. For more information on the event, please visit www.WhynotMotorsportsPark.com or www.StateSeries.com .
Bub and everyone at McCool Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include McCool Logging, Barker Racing Engines, Trak-Star Race Cars, Phase 2 Sign Supply, Good Hope Lumber, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Boland Performance, Phase II Graphics, & MSRMafia.com.
For more information on Bub & McCool Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.BubMcCool.com .
Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team
Dominates Month of July, Heading to Kentucky for the $50,000 to Win North/South
100
ARCHDALE, NC (August 4, 2008)- Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing
Team put together an incredible string of finishes dominating the month of July
and the first weekend of August in dirt late model events all across the
country. Earl competed in 14 events between July 3rd and August 2nd racking up 3
WINS, 12 top 5 finishes and 2 top ten finishes for the entire month. Earl's 3
wins came at Volunteer Speedway on July 5th, LOLMDS event, July 25th at Eldora
Speedway, WoO sanctioned event and August 1st at Winchester Speedway another
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned event. Earl also set fast time at
three events including a new track record at Belleville High Banks Speedway in
Belleville, KS. Earl finished a strong 4th at the last Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt
Series sanctioned event this past Saturday at Hagerstown Speedway in Hagerstown,
MD and extended his points lead on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series national
points standings. He now leads Bart Hartman by 515 points with just ten events
left on the 2008 schedule. Earl is trying to win his fifth consecutive national
dirt late model touring series championship in a row with a Lucas Oil Late Model
Dirt Series championship in 2008.
"We had an incredible month of racing. To win at Eldora again two years in a row
at the World of Outlaw show was awesome. I can't say enough about my crew
Randal, Keith and Matt. They have really focused this past month on giving me
the best possible prepared car I could have. Their attention to the little
details with these cars has been a big part in our success this past month.
These Mastersbilt cars have been really working great for us and you can't get a
better powerplant than these Larry Wallace engines we run. It's been a team
effort from Bobby's support to all our sponsors that support us that has really
makes it fun right now. Hopefully we can stay on top of our game and win the
$50,000 this weekend and give our sponsor Sunoco a win in their event that they
are sponsoring", stated Earl.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team will travel to the Lucas Oil Late Model
Dirt Series sanctioned event the "Sunoco Race Fuels North/South 100 Presented by
Lucas Oil" at Florence Speedway in Union Kentucky this weekend. Earl will attend
Thursday night's practice session and compete on Friday and Saturday for a
chance to win the $50,000 first place prize. This event will be taped by SPEED
Channel for a TV broadcast later in the year and also broadcasted "Live" on the
internet at www.racetalklive.com.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors in
2008 for their support including LifeLong Locks, Lucas Oil, Mastersbilt Race
Cars, Larry Wallace Engines, Mopar, Sunoco Race Fuels, Allstar Performance,
Tiger Rear End, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, SHY, Wilwood, Woodward, TWM, Dyers
Top Rods, Weld, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Wrisco, Sparco, Bell, Mechanix Wear, Oakley,
Cheerios, Coke, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs, The
Decal Source, Rick Schwallie Photography and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit www.lucasdirt.com.
For more information about LifeLong Locks and the strongest locks on the market
today, visit www.lifelonglocks.com. For more information about Earl Pearson Jr.
and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team visit their official website at
www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com.
Earl Pearson Jr.'s Latest Results:
Finish- Date- Series- Race Track- City
3rd- July 3rd -Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Muskingum County Speedway, Zanesville, OH
5th- July 4th -Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series- Tazewell Speedway,
Tazewell, TN
1st - July 5th -Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series- Volunteer
Speedway, Bulls Gap, TN
2nd- July 11th -Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series- North Alabama
Speedway, Tuscumbia, AL
8th- July 12th -Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series- Columbus Speedway,
Columbus, MS
2nd- July 18th -Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series- Tri-City Speedway,
Pontoon Beach, IL
2nd- July 19th -Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series- Lucas Oil Speedway,
Wheatland, MO
4th- July 20th -World of Outlaws Late Model Series- Belleville High
Banks, Belleville, KS
3rd- July 24th -World of Outlaws Late Model Series- Muskingum County
Speedway, Zanesville,OH
1st- July 25th -World of Outlaws Late Model Series- Eldora Speedway,
Rossburg, OH
9th- July 29th -World of Outlaws Late Model Series- Lernerville
Speedway, Sarver, PA
2nd- July 31st -Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series- Bedford Speedway,
Bedford, PA
1st- Aug 1st -Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series- Winchester
Speedway, Winchester, VA
4th- Aug 2nd -Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series- Hagerstown Speedway,
Hagerstown, MD
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
July 31st, 2008
JFR Motorsports Invades I-30 Speedway This Weekend
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas (7/31/08 ) – JFR Motorsports will invade I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas this weekend with both guns blazing as both Jeff Floyd and Jordan Jones will be in action in the two O’Reilly SUPR Super Late Model sanctioned events.
Last weekend, Jeff Floyd traveled to the Show-Me state to compete in a pair of events on Saturday and Sunday night. Saturday night’s program at Springfield Raceway in Springfield, Missouri was to be highlighted by a $3,000 to win event featuring a challenge between the O’Reilly MARS an Allstate DLRA Super Late Models. However, heavy afternoon rains nixed the program.
On Sunday night, the team headed to Monett Speedway in Monett, Missouri for an O'Reilly MSRA vs. Allstate DLRA Challenge event with hopes of better weather and good fortune. Both of the hopes would come to fruition as Jeff won his heat race and recorded a strong 5th place finish in the feature event with 38 Super Late Models on hand. Via his finish, Floyd narrowed Joey Mack’s points lead to a mere 21 points in the latest O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model standings.
With the O’Reilly MSRA tour not in action this weekend, JFR Motorsports will enter a pair of O’Reilly SUPR events at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas. Jeff Floyd will be in action in his #F1 GRT/Kuntz & Co. Super Late Model and Jordan Jones will be in the #60 GRT/Kuntz & Co. Super Late Model team car. Action gets underway on Friday night with a $1,250 to win feature event at the ¼ mile, red clay oval. On Saturday night a $2,500 to win/$400 to start event will be held. For more information, please visit www.SUPRRacing.com or www.I-30Speedway.com .
Jeff Floyd would like to thank all of his sponsors including Kuntz & Company Racing Engines, GRT Race Cars, Autozone, RiceTec, Engineering Lubrication, NEA Super Gas, Floyd’s Body Shop, MSRMafia.com, and JFRGraphics.com .
For more information on JFR Motorsports please visit www.JeffFloydF1.com .
Up-And-Down Week Closes Busy Stretch Of World of Outlaws Late Model Series Action For Josh Richards
‘Kid Rocket’ Seeking Votes From Fans In Battle For $10,000 Alltel Ohio Speedweek All-Star Prize
SHINNSTON, WV. – Up. Down. Up. Down.
Josh Richards rode a rollercoaster for the final week of his busy July stretch of competition with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, culminating with an early-race tangle in Tuesday night’s Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., that ended his shot at a $40,000 victory.
During a swing that included four Alltel Ohio Speedweek events and the rescheduled Firecracker 100, the 20-year-old sensation from Shinnston, W.Va., recorded two solid top-five finishes but also saw three potentially strong runs dive-bombed by bad luck or incorrect decisions.
“We just couldn’t put together good finishes back-to-back,” said Josh, who ended the five-race swing tied with Steve Francis for second in the WoO LMS points standings, 146 points behind leader Darrell Lanigan. “We were fast just about every night, but some stupid stuff just keeps happening to us.”
A silver lining for Josh: his top-five finishes earned him a spot in the ‘Alltel Ohio Speedweek All-Star’ contest. Each driver who scored a top-five finish in one of the Speedweek A-Mains is eligible for the contest, which boasts a $10,000 top prize for the racer who receives the most votes in on-line polling that began on Sunday at
www.AlltelAllStar.com. Fans can vote once a day through Sept. 9.“Hopefully all our fans and friends will go on-line and vote for us,” said Josh. “We would love to earn a $10,000 bonus from Alltel.”
Josh began Alltel Ohio Speedweek last Thursday night (July 24) with a disappointing 13th-place finish at Muskingum County Speedway in20Zanesville, Ohio. He entered the 40-lap A-Main with high hopes after winning a heat race and picking the fourth starting spot, but the wrong compound tires for the track conditions were bolted on his Josh’s Mark Richards Racing-owned Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Works/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports/Ernie’s Auto & Hauling Rocket Chassis No. 1 and he faded dramatically.
‘Kid Rocket’ came back strong on Friday night at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, starting and finishing fourth in the ‘Subway 50.’ He briefly reached second place, but a lap-13 restart that saw him fall to back to fifth left him playing catch-up for the remainder of the distance.
Josh appeared headed toward a top-10 finish on Saturday night at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio, until the final lap, when contact from Matt Miller sent him spinning in turn two as he battled for sixth place. He rebounded on Sunday night with a third-place finish in the 50-lapper at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa., after running as high as second.
Tuesday’s Firecracker 100, meanwhile, had the makings of a great night for Josh when he drew the pole position for the A-Main. But on lap 19, while battling for third place with Shane Clanton, the two WoO LMS regulars tangled in turn one and spun, effectively ended their hopes for victory.
Josh accepted responsibility for the incident, which came after Clanton had used a ‘slider’ to pull ahead of Josh in turn four. Josh came back to finish 12th in the Firecracker 100.
“It’s just something that’s sort of been going the last couple races with me and Clanton,” Josh said of the tangle. “I’m sure most of the time it wasn’t anything he did on purpose, but I guess I kind of over-reacted tonight. I meant to just bump him and let him know I didn’t appreciate (the slider in turn four), and I ended up taking us both out.
“I feel dumb for that part because I took us both of contention for the win. That was a rookie mistake, I guess you could say.
“I don’t know if our car was good enough to win the race, but I think we could’ve got a decent top-five finish.”
With Josh’s own team returning to the shop for the first time in three weeks to regroup, ‘Kid Rocket’ plans to stay active this weekend behind the wheel of the Ernie Davis-owned Rocket No. 25. He’ll run the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series tripleheader on Thursday night (July 31) at Bedford (Pa.) Speedway; Friday night (Aug. 1) at Winchester (Va.) Speedway; and Saturday night (Aug. 2) at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway.
Mike Knight Seeks Support From Fans After Career-Best World of Outlaws Late Model Series Finish Gains Him Berth In $10,000 Alltel Ohio Speedweek All-Star Contest
RIPLEY, NY – Mike Knight is looking for a little help from his friends and fans after scoring a career-best World of Outlaws Late Model Series finish on Sunday night at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa.
The 21-year-old standout from Ripley, N.Y., placed a solid fifth in his home track’s 50-lap WoO LMS A-Main, earning him a berth in the tour’s ‘Alltel Ohio Speedweek All-Star’ contest. Only the top-five finishers in each of the four Alltel Ohio Speedweek events gained entry to the competition, which features an on-line poll at
www.AlltellAllStar.com that will be worth $10,000 to the top vote-getter.Fans can vote for Knight once a day through Sept. 9 at
www.AlltelAllStar.com.“I guess I have to campaign and get everybody I know to vote for me,” said Knight, a personable rising star known as ‘Hollywood.’ “It sure would be nice to win $10,000 at the end of the contest. I know our race team could really put that money to good use.”
Knight’s good buddy, fellow dirt Late Model driver Dave Hess Jr. of Waterford, Pa., won a similar ‘Alltel All-Star’ on-line contest earlier this year after winning a UMP DIRTcar Modified feature in February during the Alltel DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.
“Maybe Hess will help us out by getting some of his fans and friends to vote for us,” smiled Knight.
The opportunity to be in the Alltel Ohio Speedweek All-Star contest alongside some of the sport’s biggest names is an honor for Knight, who left Eriez Speedway on Sunday night very satisfied with his performance against the Outlaws.
“I=2 0really wanted to get my first top-five finish in an Outlaw show,” said Knight, who timed third-fastest, won a heat race and stayed in the top-five for the A-Main’s entire distance after starting third. “I probably could’ve moved up and run the top like I usually do at Eriez and maybe finished a little higher, but I decided to be smart about it. I wanted to finish in the top five so I decided to stay on the bottom rather than risk falling back if I went up top.
“After Tim McCreadie passed me on the top on the last lap (for fourth place), I went home and laid awake in bed for awhile thinking about why I didn’t try running up there. But I was real happy to get a top-five finish, and getting in the Alltel All-Star contest made it an even better night.”
Knight also enjoyed a memorable outing in Tuesday night’s WoO LMS Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. Returning to the four-tenths-mile oval to complete the second half of the Firecracker 100 weekend that was rained out on June 28-29, Knight fell four spots short of transferring to the $40,000-to-win A-Main through the first B-Main but made up for his disappointment in the ‘Uncle Sam 30’ for non-qualifiers. He grabbed the lead from Ron Davies on lap nine of that event and never looked back, roaring to a victory that put a cool $3,000 in his bank account.
“I definitely would have rather made the big show, but winning the Uncle Sam race was a great consolation prize,” said Knight, who earned more money than the last-place finisher in the Firecracker 100. “Mike Farr of Genesis Shocks helped us with some different shock valvings and I think we really hit on something. I have to thank him a lot because that was the best I’ve ever run at Lernerville.”
Knight’s other weekend appearance came in Saturday night’s WoO LMS event at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio. It was a tough evening for the talented racer, who was involved in a multi-car heat-race and then – after repairing his Rocket car during a four-hour rain delay – fell two spots short of transferring to the feature through a B-Main.
Coming off back-to-back strong performances, Knight has three events on his schedule for this weekend. He’s planning to enter United Late Model Series (ULMS) events on Thursday night (July 31) at McKean County Raceway in East Smethport, Pa., and Saturday night (Aug. 2) at Woodhull (N.Y.) Raceway, and he’ll cap his swing with a regular show on Sunday night (Aug. 3) at Eriez Speedway.
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway, Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottawaya’s Auto Parts, Knight Farms, NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Ley Machine & Tool, Genesis Shocks, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts and American Racing Tires.
Chub Frank Looking Forward To Some Rest & Regrouping After Three Weeks On Road With World of Outlaws Late Model Series
BEAR LAKE, PA – Chub Frank is ready to get some needed rest.The star driver known as ‘Chubzilla’ is certainly in need of a breather from the summer grind after his sixth-place finish in Tuesday night’s Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., completed a grueling stretch of World of Outlaws Late Model Series action that kept him away from home for three weeks.
Chub’s solid performance in the $40,000-to-win spectacular at Lernerville came after he experienced an especially frustrating Alltel Ohio Speedweek. He registered just one top-10 finish in the four events that comprised the WoO LMS swing, contributing to his fall from 76 points behind leader Darrell Lanigan when the ‘Wild West Tour’ began on July 9 to his current 206 points in arrears of Lanigan.
“We just need to get back and get regrouped,” said Chub, who sits fourth in the WoO LMS points standings after 31 events. “We’re just tired. We’ve been on the road for three weeks and that’s just hard on everybody.”
Chub did get to stop at his Bear Lake, Pa., shop for a day following Sunday night’s WoO LMS show at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa., but he certainly didn’t have as much time as he would have liked to gear up for the completion of Lernerville’s crown-jewel program, which had its second night rained out last month.
“I know we had to have the Firecracker when we did because everyone was up here in the area, but running the race after being on the road for three weeks didn’t help any of us,” said Chub. “Clint (Smith), (Shane) Clanton and (Tim) Fuller were at my shop the last two days getting ready for Lernerville and their stuff was all torn up. Our stuff wasn’t quite as bad, but it was a thrash for all of us just to get on the road to Lernerville.
“I’m happy that we were at least able to get a decent finish (at Lernerville). We had a pretty good car, but now we’ll go home, rebuild everything, put on new parts and sheet metal and go back at it for the rest of the season.”
The Alltel Ohio Speedweek events were forgettable for Chub, who never quite got on track in any of the races. He qualified through a B-Main all four nights (winning two of them), so his Lester Buildings/Corry Rubber/All Star Performance/Corry Laser/Slavic Corporation/Farr MotorSports/Lake Shore Paving/Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1* was mired deep in the starting field of each A-Main.
Chub started the Speedweek off with a rare DNF on Thursday night (July 24) at Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville, Ohio, finishing 23rd after retiring due to a broken panhard mount on lap 35 of the 40-lap headliner. He followed that disappointment with finishes of 12th on Friday night at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio (started 17th); 10th on Saturday night at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio (after a four-hour rain delay, he started 17th and had to rally from a pit stop on lap 17); and 13th on Sunday night at Eriez Speedway (started 19th).
“We just struggled all week,” said Chub. “I don’t know what we were missing. Neither car performed as good as I’d like it to.
“I really think we’ll find some stuff when we get back home. You get to racing it that many times without really going through it like you should, and you’ll find stuff that wasn’t right.”
Chub plans to take this weekend off from competition to retool his team’s equipment.
Kyle Beard Earns Hard Charger In MSRA Event
Trumann, AR (7/30/08) – This weekend Beard Motorsports and driver, Kyle Beard, will return to Arkansas Motorsports Professionals (A.M.P.) action with a pair of events in his #86 GRT By Frye/Samuels Performance Racing Engine Super Late Model.
Last weekend, the team traveled to Missouri for a pair of events at two venues where Beard Motorsports had never previously competed. On Saturday night, the team made the tow to Springfield Raceway in Springfield, Missouri for a $3,000 to win O’Reilly M.A.R.S. vs. Allstate D.L.R.A. Super Late Model event. However, just as the team arrived at the track, heavy rains drenched the ¼ mile oval forcing the postponement of the event.
On Sunday night, the action moved to Monett Speedway in Monett, Missouri for a $2,000 to win challenge event between the O’Reilly M.S.R.A. and Allstate D.L.R.A. Super Late Models. With 38 Super Late Models signed in for battle, Kyle started 5th in his heat race and was battling for the 3rd position, when his right rear tire went flat. As a result, Kyle would not finish his heat race and was forced to start at the back of one of the twin b-mains. Beard would advance to a 6th place finish, which was short of a transfer spot. As a result, Kyle utilized an O'Reilly MSRA provisional for the feature event. In the main event, Kyle's luck would take a turn for the better as he charged from his 22nd starting position to an 11th place finish. Along the way he earned the Larry Shaw Race Cars Hard Charger Award. Kyle is currently fifth in the latest edition of the O’Reilly M.S.R.A. Super Late Models point standings.
This weekend, Kyle will resume action with the A.M.P. Super Late Model Series. On Friday, August 1st, Kyle will make his second appearance of 2008 at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama for a $1,500 to win/$200 to start event. For more information, please visit www.NorthAlabamaSpeedway.com or www.AMPSeries.com .
On Saturday, Beard Motorsports will travel south to the Baddest Bullring in the South for a M.S.C.C.S Vs. A.M.P. Super Late Model Challenge event. The event tabbed “The Bullring Brawl” will pay $2,500 to win and $300 to start for the 50 lap event at the 1/3 mile, high banked, red clay oval. For more information, please visit www.ColumbusSpeedway.net or www.StateSeries.com .
Kyle Beard would like to thank his sponsors including KB Transport, Gary Beard Trucking, Samuel’s Performance Engines, Engines Inc., Mean Street Motors, Inc., Extreme Graphix (Jonesboro, AR), Bill Frye Motorsports, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services. Beard Motorsports is always looking for more sponsors, and anyone, who may be interested, can find more information at www.KyleBeard86.com .
For more information on Kyle and Beard Motorsports, please visit www.KyleBeard86.com .
Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
July 30th, 2008
Alabama & Mississippi Weekend On Tap For Bub McCool
Vicksburg, MS (7/30/08) – After a weekend away from racing Bub McCool will invade Alabama and Mississippi this weekend for a pair of events in his #57j Trakstar/Barker Racing Engine Super Late Model.
Last Saturday, McCool was planning to attend the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series (M.S.C.C.S.) event at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi, but widespread rain nixed the program.
This weekend Bub will look to conquer Mother Nature and return to action. The weekend will get underway on Friday night at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama with a $1,500 to win/$200 to start Arkansas Motorsports Professionals (A.M.P.) event. Bub picked up a win at North Alabama Speedway back in March. For more information, please visit www.NorthAlabamaSpeedway.com or www.AMPSeries.com .
On Saturday night, the action will move to Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for the Bullring Brawl, which will be co-sanctioned by the M.S.C.C.S. and A.M.P. Super Late Models going head to head in a $2,500 to win/$300 to start, 50 lap event at the 1/3 mile, high-banked oval. For more information on the event, please visit www.ColumbusSpeedway.net or www.StateSeries.com .
Bub and everyone at McCool Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include McCool Logging, Barker Racing Engines, Trak-Star Race Cars, Phase 2 Sign Supply, Good Hope Lumber, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Boland Performance, Phase II Graphics, & MSRMafia.com.
For more information on Bub & McCool Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.BubMcCool.com .
AMP Rookie driver Jeff “Superman” Wells Jr, Late Model Team readies for North Alabama Speedway and Columbus Speedway
July 29, 2008
Alexander, ARK—Jeff Wells Jr., is putting the finishing touches on his 1S, Super Late Model in preparation for the duel series events.
The young gun out of Trumann, Arkansas, is making his name known in the racing world with heat race wins, successful finishes and dedication to the sport this season.
Wells pulls ahead in the 2008 Rookie of the year chase, and finds a solid 3rd place position in the over all point standings by competing in 100% in series events this season.
August 1st -Friday night, Jeff Wells Jr., will go up against the local “Bad Boys” North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, AL. Jeff and the team will be on the move and looking for a starting place on the feature grid that will provide $200 to start the 30-Lap hunt for a $1500 payday.
August 2nd -Saturday night the team will enter the AMP/MSCCS at the “Baddest Bullring in the South” at “Columbus Speedway” in Columbus, MS, where he and the team will again pick up the velocity and compete in the bloodthirsty action for $300 to start and $2500 to win the feature event.
Jeff Wells Jr currently sits 3rd in the point chase with 345 points
For more information on Jeff Wells Jr. racing log on to www.jeffwellsjr.com with the AMP Series log on to www.ampseries.com
For more information on North Alabama Speedway & Columbus Speedways log on to www.northalabamaspeedway.com and www.columbusspeedway.net
Lester Buildings’ Chub Frank Promotion Is A Rousing Success On Sunday Night At Eriez Speedway
BEAR LAKE, PA – Lester Buildings brought its special promotion honoring Chub Frank to one of the dirt Late Model star’s home tracks on Sunday night and the fan response was overwhelming.The Lester Buildings display was bustling with activity throughout Sunday night’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa., a one-third-mile oval where Chub cut his racing teeth. Fans stopped by to inquire about special discounts on Lester Buildings orders, obtain free Chub Frank/Lester posters, check out Chub’s No. 1* car and enter free drawings to win valuable prizes, including BP gas cards and Chub Frank Racing items.
“Everyone at Chub Frank Racing, Lester Buildings, The Slavic Group and Farr MotorSports was thrilled with the response the promotion received at Eriez Speedway,” said Chub, who raced to a subpar 13th-place finish in the evening’s 50-lap A-Main. “We want to make sure to thank (Eriez Speedway promoter) Bobby Rohrer, the World of Outlaws and all the fans for helping make the promotion an overwhelming success.”
Lester Buildings’ Pittsburgh-area dealer Mike Lee of South Hills Construction was on hand with two of his staffers and helped Chub draw the contest winners in front of the track’s big crowd at intermission. There were three ‘Grand Prizes’ (BP gas cards worth $500, $250 and $100); three second-prizes (1/24th-scale diecasts models of Chub’s dirt Late Model); and 10 third-prizes (Chub Frank Racing caps).
The Lester Buildings/Chub Frank promotion will continue with identical contests on Aug. 30-31 at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa. (WoO LMS Oil Region Labor Day Classic); Sept. 5-6 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio (UMP DIRTcar-sanctioned World 100); and Oct. 30-Nov. 1 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. (Vault Outlaws World Finals).
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
July 28th, 2008
Jake Tucker Claims First Career Open Wheel Modified Win
Collierville, TN (7/28/08) – The first half of the season has been full of ups and downs for Tucker Motorsports, but things finally kicked into high gear on Saturday night as Jake Tucker won the first Open Wheel Modified feature of his career at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas behind the wheel of his #11 Parts Plus/Valvoline Oil/Larry Shaw/Dynotech Racing Engine Open Wheel Modified.
With 20 cars on hand, Jake started outside front row in heat race and won it in convincing fashion, which earned him the outside front row starting position for the feature. After two mis-attempts to get the 15 lap event underway, the field was lined up single file with Tucker in the second position. He would chase early leader, Ben Reed, until Reed broke on lap 7. Jake would inherit the lead before getting crossed up exiting turn four on lap 9, allowing second place, Tommy Ray, to slip by. Tucker would pursue Ray for the next few laps, before Ray got pinned behind a lapped car, allowing Tucker to slip back around him for the top spot. Jake would go on to lead the last three laps en route to the feature win.
This weekend Tucker Motorsports will once again return to Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas for a Weekly Racing Series Event on Saturday night. For more information, please visit www.RiversideInternationalSpeedway.com .
Tucker Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Parts Plus, Valvoline Oil, Smyth Auto (Cincinnati, OH), Champion Electric (Collierville, TN), Mr. Parts Stores (Pine Bluff, AR), Auto Sport Center (Little Rock, AR), Dynotech Engines, Main Street Garage(Collierville, TN), The UPS Stores(Collierville, TN), Comp Cams, Dynamic Electric(Memphis, TN), and Wilson Competition (Tony Wilson).
For more information on Jake Tucker Motorsports, please visit www.TuckerMotorsports.com .
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
July 24th, 2008
Dusty Johnston Looks To Turn Luck Around This Weekend
Flippin, Arkansas (7/24/08) – The first half of the season has been full of bad breaks and hard luck for Dusty Johnston and the PJ Motorsports team. However, this weekend, Dusty will be looking to get things back on track as he enters two events in the state of Missouri with his #16 GRT By Frye/Kuntz & Co. Super Late Model.
Last weekend, Dusty was in action both Friday and Saturday night in a pair of MSRA/DLRA Super Late Model Challenge events at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas. On Friday night, PJ Motorsports would once again battle a broken fuel pump, which would end their night early. On Saturday night, Johnston started deep in a heat race and was unable to advance any positions. As a result he started 9th in his consolation, event and advanced to a 4th place finish. However, only the top two cars transferred so his night came to an end.
“At some point our luck has to change. We’ve got all of the pieces in place, we just need to get things to click,” commented Johnston.
This weekend, Johnston will travel to Missouri for two events on Saturday and Sunday night. On Saturday, the action gets underway at Springfield Raceway in Springfield, Missouri with a $3,000 to win/$500 to start event that is sanctioned by the O’Reilly MARS and Allstate DLRA Super Late Model Series. The event was slated to be held two weeks ago, but rains moved in shortly after hot laps nixing the program. For more information, please visit www.DLRA.net or www.SpringfieldRaceway.com .
On Sunday night, the team tentatively plans to travel to Monett Speedway in Monett, Missouri for a $2,000 to win/$450 to start program that will be sanctioned by the O’Reilly MSRA and Allstate DLRA Super Late Model Series. Johnston has enjoyed considerable success at Monett Speedway in the past, and hopes to bank off of his experience this weekend. For more information, please visit www.MSRADirt.com or www.MonettSpeedway.net .
Dusty Johnston Motorsports would like to thank all of their 2008 sponsors including PJ Transportation, El Chico Café, Burns Funeral Home, EZ Loader Boat Trailers, Swans Plumbing, Integra, JFR Graphics, Simpson Race Products, Frye Motorsports, Kuntz & Co., MSRMafia.com, Blue Heron Campground & Resort, and Ideal RV.
Dusty Johnston is always looking for new sponsors and marketing partners. For more information on joining the team, please visit www.DustyJohnston16.com .
For more information on Dusty Johnston Motorsports please visit www.DustyJohnston16.com .
Contact: Ben
Shelton (901) 335-3037
July 24th, 2008
Billy Moyer Jr. Set For Show-Me State Double Header
Batesville, Arkansas (7/24/08) – Billy Moyer Jr. will continue his 2008 campaign this Saturday and Sunday in southwest Missouri for a pair of events in his #21jr Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer/Runion Racing Engine Super Late Model.
Jr. Motorsports entered a pair of events at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas last weekend. On Friday night, the action got underway with a $2,000 to win/$350 to start, challenge event between the MSRA & DLRA Super Late Models. Billy finished 4th in his heat race, which earned him a 13th starting spot for the 35 lap feature. At the end of the event, he would be scored with an 11th place finish.
On Saturday night, Billy competed at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas for night #2 of the MSRA/DLRA Challenge event. He started 8th in his heat race and advanced to a 4th place finish. In the feature, Billy would start 10th, and he would pick up a 12th place finish. Over the course of the weekend, Billy would move into the fourth position in the O’Reilly MSRA point standings.
This weekend, Moyer Jr. would look to pick up more ground in the O’Reilly MSRA point’s chase as he invades Monett Speedway in Monett, Missouri on Sunday night, July 27th in a $2,000 to win/$450 to start event that is being sanctioned by the O’Reilly MSRA & Allstate DLRA Super Late Models. Billy scored a 4th place finish with the Allstate DLRA last month at Monett Speedway. For more information on the event, please visit www.MSRADirt.com or www.DLRA.net .
Billy will also be in action on Saturday night as the O’Reilly MARS tour and Allstate DLRA tour go head to head at Springfield Raceway in Springfield, Missouri with a $3,000 to win/$500 to start event at the ¼ mile, dirt oval. For more information, please visit www.SpringfieldRaceway.com or www.DLRA.net .
Billy Moyer Jr. would like to thank all of his sponsors including Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer, Banner Valley Hauling, Valley Transfer, Universal Concrete, Imperial Motors, Red Line Oil, Karl Chevrolet, Bert Transmission, New Vision Graphics, S & H Industrial Services, Watters Autoland, Performance Rod & Custom, Peterson Fluid Systems, Mason Starters, Sweet Mfg., Wiles Driveshafts, Cizmar Racing, Performance Bodies, Schoenfeld Headers, Hoosier Tire South by Pup, Bell Helmets, ISC Racing Tape, VP Racing Fuel, Hooker Harness, MSR Mafia.com, Ringer's Gloves, Kluhsman Racing Components, BSB Manufacturing, Outlawd Motorsports, and CPD Tools.
Billy Moyer Jr. is always looking for new sponsors and marketing partners. For more information on joining the team, please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .
For the latest information on Billy Moyer Jr., please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .
Kyle Beard Travels To Missouri
Trumann, AR (7/24/08) – This weekend Beard Motorsports and driver, Kyle Beard, will head to the Show-Me state for a pair of events with his #86 GRT By Frye/Samuels Performance Racing Engine Super Late Model.
The weekend will get underway on Saturday night at Springfield Raceway in Springfield, Missouri with a $3,000 to win/$500 to win event that will be sanctioned by the O’Reilly MARS & Allstate DLRA Super Late Models. This will mark Kyle’s first visit to the southwest Missouri ¼ mile oval. For more information please visit www.SpringfieldRaceway.com or www.DLRA.net .
On Sunday, the team will travel to Monett Speedway in Monett, Missouri for a $2,000 to win/$450 to start program that will feature a clash between the O’Reilly MSRA and Allstate DLRA Super Late Models. Kyle has two wins on the season with the O’Reilly MSRA and is currently 5th in the tour’s point standings. For more information on the event, please visit www.MonettSpeedway.net or www.MSRADirt.com .
Last weekend Kyle entered the MSRA/DLRA Challenge Events at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas. On Friday night, with 33 Super Late Models on hand, Beard powered his way to his heat race win and earned the 5th starting position for the feature event. In the main event, Kyle was running in the 5th position, when he got crossed up in lapped traffic causing him to spin. He went to the tail of the field and charged back to a solid 8th place finish.
Saturday night was a tough night for Kyle at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas in night #2 of the MSRA/DLRA Challenge. Beard would not qualify for the feature event via heat action for the 34 car field, and was forced to run one of the twin b-mains. However, mechanical woes in the b-main would force him pitside. He was able to utilize an O'Reilly MSRA tour provisional for the 35 lap feature events, but mechanical woes would once again rear their ugly head early in the event, relegating him to a 21st place finish.
Kyle Beard would like to thank his sponsors including KB Transport, Gary Beard Trucking, Samuel’s Performance Engines, Engines Inc., Mean Street Motors, Inc., Extreme Graphix (Jonesboro, AR), Bill Frye Motorsports, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services. Beard Motorsports is always looking for more sponsors, and anyone, who may be interested, can find more information at www.KyleBeard86.com .
For more information on Kyle and Beard Motorsports, please visit www.KyleBeard86.com .
Josh Richards Disappointed To Go Winless On ‘Wild West Tour’ But Remains Second In World of Outlaws Late Model Series Points Standings
SHINNSTON, WV – The grueling World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Wild West Tour’ wasn’t too bad for 20-year-old sensation Josh Richards.
After all, when the eight-race swing through six states and one Canadian province was over, Josh was still sitting a solid second in the points standings.
But while Josh rang up two top-five and five top-10 finishes, he couldn’t help thinking of a potential win that slipped through his fingers.
Josh appeared to be in the driver’s seat toward a series-leading fifth victory in 2008 on July 20 at the famed Belleville (Kan.) High Banks. He grabbed the lead at the start of the 35-lap A-Main from the outside pole and quickly built a comfortable edge on the field.
But on lap 13 Josh’s Mark Richards Racing-owned Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Works/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports/Ernie’s Auto & Hauling Rocket Chassis No. 1 suddenly slowed on the sprawling half-mile oval. He headed to the pit area with a broken rearend and returned only to limp around the track at reduced speed to accumulate more points, finishing seven laps down in 15th place.
The race marked the first time during the 2008 WoO LMS season that Josh failed to finish an A-Main on the lead lap.
“We had an awesome car – you couldn’t have asked for a better one,” Josh said of his Belleville outing. “That was my kind of track – real fast and round, a place where you have to keep up your momentum. It would’ve been real cool to win there, but we just didn’t have luck on our side.”
Josh’s best run of the ‘Wild West Tour’ came on a night that started out looking like it would be disastrous. On July 13, at Williston Basin Speedway in Will iston, N.D., Josh slid over the turn-one bank during hot laps and slapped the outer guardrail, forcing his crew to hastily repair their machine – with help from several other teams – in time for time trials. Josh later was involved in an opening-lap tangle in his heat, but he rallied to qualify in a draw position and then finished second to Tim Fuller in the 50-lap A-Main after leading laps 1-14.
The remainder of Josh’s ‘Wild West Tour’ finishes included a fifth on July 9 at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn.; sixth on July 11 at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D. (after setting the second-fastest time in qualifying); sixth on July 12 at Estevan (Saskatchewan) Motor Speedway; 13th on July 16 at Gillette (Wyo.) Thunder Speedway (after pitting to change a flat tire with four laps remaining); sixth on July 18 at Brown County Speedway in Aberdeen, S.D.; and 11th on July 21 at Boone County Raceway in Albion, Neb. (after running as high as sixth).
“I guess the tour wasn’t too bad for us,” said Josh. “There were a lot of little tracks on the swing and we had a pretty good car at most of them, but a lot of our problem was tire choices. Our choices bit us too many times.”
Josh ended the swing still second in the points standings, but his deficit to leader Darrell Lanigan grew from 36 points to 102 points.
“We’re just getting so far behind in the points right now, I don’t know if we’re ever gonna be able to catch up to Darrell,” said Josh. “But we’re gonna do all we can to win the points. There’s still time left, so we’re not giving up.”
Josh will get back on the points comeback trail with a flurry of WoO LMS activity to close the month of July. He’ll compete in the Alltel Ohio Speedweek events on July 24 at Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville, Ohio; July 25 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio; July 26 at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio; and July 27 at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa. (where Josh won a WoO LMS event last year), then move on to the rescheduled finale of the $40,000-to-win Firecracker 100 on Tues., July 29, at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa.
After competing in eight races in thirteen nights out west, Steve Francis and his crew are journeying back east for the World of Outlaws Alltel Ohio Speedweek. Francis and his Valvoline Rocket Chassis had a solid western swing by collecting six top 10s in the eight events, including three top 5s. The tour opened up at Deer Creek Speedway where bad luck struck again for Francis as he lost a motor and was subdued to a 24th place finish. However, the Beitler Enterprise team didn’t let the bad luck at Deer Creek put them down. Two nights later the team came back strong by finishing 7th at River Cities Speedway and bettered that performance with a 3rd place run at Estevan Motor Speedway. During the next two events at Williston Basin Speedway and Gillette Thunder Speedway, Francis came away with an 11th and a 10th place position in the final rundowns. The team had an off day between events and after regrouping the #19 team came back with yet another top 3 run at Brown County Speedway on July 18th and followed that finish with a 7th place finish at the Belleville High Banks and a 4th place run at Boone County Raceway to finish the Wild West Tour. Even after some misfortune Steve Francis was able to fight back and gather up some impressive finishes and hold his position in the World of Outlaws points standings. “ We actually ran pretty well during the western tour, but we did have some bad luck. Our consistency still isn’t where it needs to be, but we’re getting closer.”
Steve Francis and his crew will put their consistency to the test once again as they plan to compete in eight races in ten days. The World of Outlaws Alltel Ohio Speedweek begins its four day stretch on July 24th at Muskingum County Speedway. From there the World of Outlaws travel to Eldora Speedway, then to Sharon Speedway, and the speed week concludes on July 27th at Eriez Speedway. Two nights later on the 29th, the Firecracker 100 will be made up at Lernerville Speedway, and Francis is looking forward to completing that event as he set second fast time and won his heat race during the original event. Starting on the 31st of July at Bedford Speedway in Bedford, PA, Francis and his team will race in four straight Lucas Oil Dirt Series events. The following night Francis will travel to Winchester Speedway in Winchester, VA and then head to Hagerstown Maryland on August 2nd to race at Hagerstown Speedway. The Kentucky Colonel will be competing in one of dirt late model racing’s “Majors” in his home state on August 8th and 9th as Florence Speedway will host the North-South 100, an event paying $50,000 to win.
As always, Steve Francis Racing would like to thank Valvoline, VP Racing Fuels, Reliable Painting, American Race Tires, Port City Racing, TWM Race Products, Rocket Chassis, and all the fans as well for all their continued support in 2008.
Chub Frank Experiences ‘Eventful’ World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Wild West Tour’
BEAR LAKE, PA – Chub Frank will always remember his 2008 World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Wild West Tour’ – for better or for worse.“It was the most eventful time I’ve ever had on the road,” Chub said of the extended western trip that included eight events in six states and one Canadian province from July 9-21. “It started with our trailer getting all beat up by hail (the morning of July 10 during a storm-abbreviated promotional appearance at the Lester Buildings corporate headquarters in Lester Prairie, Minn.), and then we spent the rest of the time switching between our new car and old car, trying whatever we could to get going.”
The popular driver from Bear Lake, Pa., was one of the steadiest Outlaws on the ‘Wild West Tour,’ racking up two top-five and seven top-10 finishes in the eight A-Mains that were completed (the July 10 date at North Central Speedway in Brainerd, Minn., was rained out. But he failed to crack Victory Lane – a fact that certainly gnawed at the competitive racer.
“It was an O.K. trip from the racing end of it,” said Chub. “But we needed to be a little better. I expected to do a little better than I did.”
Chub’s best night came on July 20 at the blazing-fast Belleville (Kan.) High Banks, where he finished second in the 35-lap A-Main. He closed in on eventual winner Kelly Boen in the race’s final moments but ran out of time.
Another satisfying evening for Chub came on July 16 at Gillette (Wyo.) Thunder Speedway. He finished third in the track’s inaugural ‘Cowboy 50’ after climbing as high as second from the eighth starting spot in his Lester Buildings, Corry Rubber, All Star Performance, Corry Laser, Slavic Corporation, Farr MotorSports, Lake Shore Paving, Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1*.
Chub also scored solid, if not spectacular, top-10 finishes in 50-lap events on July 9 at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn. (ninth place); July 12 at Estevan (Saskatchewan) Motor Speedway (ninth after starting 16th); July 13 at Williston Basin Speedway in Williston, N.D. (sixth); July 18 at Brown County Speedway in Aberdeen, S.D. (seventh after turning the second-fastest lap in time trials); and July 21 at Boone County Raceway in Albion, Neb. (10th after overtaking Josh Richards in the final laps). His only finish outside the top 10 came on July 11 at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D., where he placed 12th.
After entering the ‘Wild West Tour’ ranked fifth in the in the WoO LMS points standings, Chub ended the swing sitting in the third spot. He trails leader Darrell Lanigan by 130 points after 26 WoO LMS events.
“We moved up in the points, so from that standpoint the trip was a success,” said Chub. “Lanigan definitely has it going on right now and is going to be hard to catch, but we have ourselves in good position now.”
There’s little rest from the WoO LMS grind for Chub. He’ll be right back in action with the tour this weekend, competing in the Allte l Ohio Speedweek that has dates on Thursday (July 24) at Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville, Ohio; Friday (July 25) at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio; Saturday (July 26) at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio; and Sunday (July 27) at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa.
Chub will end his busy month with the Outlaws on Tues., July 29, with the rescheduled $40,000-to-win Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa.
Sunday night’s event at Eriez Speedway will put Chub in the spotlight. Not only is the one-third-mile oval one of the tracks where Chub grew up racing, it’s also the site of a special promotion administered by his primary sponsor Lester Buildings. Fans can stop by the Lester Buildings booth at the track to meet Chub and enter a contest that will award three grand prizes (BP gas cards worth $500, $250 and $100); three second prizes (1/24th-scale diecasts of Chub’s dirt Late Model); and 10 third prizes (Chub Frank Racing hats).
Sunday Night’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series Event At Eriez Speedway Is Next Stop For Prize-Filled Lester Buildings Promotion
HAMMETT, PA – Chub Frank always gets plenty of attention when he competes close to home at Eriez Speedway.
Thanks to Lester Buildings, however, the star driver from Bear Lake, Pa., will be an even bigger attraction when the World of Outlaws Late Model Series visits the one-third-mile oval this Sunday night (July 27) as part of Alltel Ohio Speedweek.
Lester Buildings, which has become well-known as the primary sponsor of Chub Frank Racing, will continue a prize-filled promotion aimed at Frank’s legion of fans during the $10,000-to-win program at Eriez Speedway.
A special Lester Buildings display will be set up in the Eriez spectator area on Sunday, with Frank’s familiar No. 1* dirt Late Model serving as the centerpiece along with Chub’s Merchandise Trailer. Fans will have an opportunity to stop by the display to inquire about special discounts on Lester Buildings orders, obtain free Chub Frank-Lester calendar posters and enter free drawings to win valuable prizes, including BP gas cards and Chub Frank Racing items.
“We really appreciate Chub’s passion, professionalism and his consistent high performance level,” said Lester Buildings Marketing Director Tom Borgman. “We couldn’t ask for a better spokesperson and look forward to solidifying our relationship with him and this growing grassroots sport.
“With that in mind, we thought it was high time that we did something special for Chub’s legion of fans, so that’s why we’re offering this special promotion at selected events throughout the remaining 2008 schedule.”
Three ‘Grand Prizes’ – BP gas cards worth $500, $250 and $100 – will be awarded to fans. Three second-prize winners will receive 1/24th-scale diecasts models of Frank’s dirt Late Model, and 10 third-prize winners will receive Chub Frank Racing hats.
The contest winners will be drawn by Frank during intermission of Sunday’s racing card.
The Lester Buildings/Chub Frank promotion kicked off during a WoO LMS event on July 21 at Boone County Raceway in Albion, Neb. Lester Buildings representatives will also conducts identical contests on Aug. 30-31 at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa. (WoO LMS Oil Region Labor Day Classic); Sept. 5-6 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio (UMP DIRTcar-sanctioned World 100); and Oct. 30-Nov. 1 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. (Vault Outlaws World Finals).
Voodoo Motorsports Records First Win of 2008
Franklinton, Louisiana (7/22/08) – Voodoo Motorsports and drivers, David Breazeale and Scott Creel, traveled to Central Mississippi Speedway on Saturday night, and by the time that the checkered flag fell, the team had picked up their first win of 2008.
Voodoo Motorsports broke into victory lane for the first time in 2008 with David Breazeale winning the $2,500 top prize last night at Central Mississippi Speedway in Winona, Mississippi. Due to some upcoming testing and an offer from Jay Dickens, the team made the last minute decision for Breazeale to pilot the Jay Dickens Motorsports Mastersbilt on Saturday night. David set second quick time overall and started second in the feature event. Breazeale would run down early leader Chris Wall and take over the top spot near the race's midpoint. The pair would stage an exceptional battle for the top spot over the remainder of the feature with Breazeale taking the win by a slim margin over Wall. Scott Creel extended his advantage in the MSCCS Rookie of the Year standings by picking up a 12th place finish. Creel started 11th in the feature event after finishing 3rd in the last chance qualifier.
This weekend Voodoo Motorsports will invade Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi for a $2,500 to win/$300 to start, 50 lap event sanctioned by the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series (MSCCS). David will return to action in his #54 Mastersbilt By Stuckey/Jay Dickens Racing Engine Super Late Model and Scott Creel will pilot his #31 GRT/Wall-2-Wall Racing Engine Super Late Model.
Also, please visit the Voodoo Motorsports hauler for brand new shirts that are now available for both David Breazeale and Scott Creel.
Voodoo Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Black Warrior Auction Company LLC, Creel Brothers, Hypercoil, J&J Motorsports, Stuckey Enterprises, Hoosier Racing Tires, Xtreme Graphics By J-Rod, MSRMafia.com, Team Voodoo Racing, and ASI Racewear.
For more information on Voodoo Motorsports, please visit www.VoodooDirt.com .
Jeff Floyd Makes Up Ground in MSRA Title Chase
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas (7/22/08) – JFR Motorsports and driver, Jeff Floyd, entered a pair of O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model events over the weekend, and by the time that the action had concluded, Floyd had made up ground in the point’s chase as well as picking up a pair of top ten finishes.
The weekend got underway on Friday night at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas with a $2,000 to win O’Reilly MSRA event. With 33 cars on hand, Jeff won his heat race, and earned a third starting position for the 35 lap feature event. At the outset of the event, Floyd would rocket into the 2nd position as he and Jesse Stovall battled side by side for the spot. Floyd would maintain the second spot until a late race caution, set up a nine lap dash to the checkered flag. In the closing laps, the handling on Floyd's entry would start to go away, and he would fade to a 5th place finish.
On Saturday night, Jeff would start 4th in the feature and fight his way home to a 7th place finish in the 35 lap event. Via his weekend performances, Floyd currently resides in the second position in O'Reilly MSRA points and has trimmed Joey Mack's advantage in the standings to a mere 27 points heading into next Sunday's event at Monett Speedway in Monett, Missouri.
Jeff will enter a pair of events this coming weekend behind the wheel of his #F1 GRT/Kuntz & Co. Racing Engine Super Late Model in the state of Missouri. The first event will be held on Saturday night at Springfield Raceway in Springfield, Missouri with $3,000 to win/$500 to start Andy’s Frozen Custard John Kuntz Memorial Race event that is being sanctioned by both the O’Reilly MARS tour and the Allstate DLRA tour. For more information, please visit www.SpringfieldRaceway.com or www.DLRA.net .
On Saturday night, JFR Motorsports will make the trek to Monett Speedway in Monett, Missouri for a challenge event between the O’Reilly MSRA & Allstate DLRA Super Late Models. The event pays $2,000 to win and $450 to start. For more information, please visit www.MonettSpeedway.net or www.MSRADirt.com .
Jeff Floyd would like to thank all of his sponsors including Kuntz & Company Racing Engines, GRT Race Cars, Autozone, RiceTec, Engineering Lubrication, NEA Super Gas, Floyd’s Body Shop, MSRMafia.com, and JFRGraphics.com .
For more information on JFR Motorsports please visit www.JeffFloydF1.com
Don Young Records Top 10 Finish at Knoxville Raceway
Bartlett, Tennessee (7/22/08) –Don Young from Bartlett, Tennessee competed at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa for the first time in 2008 on Saturday, and he made the most of it as he wheeled his #75 Pro Auto/J&J/Dynotech Racing Engine Sprinter to a top ten finish against a stout field of competitors.
Young is currently in Knoxville, Iowa at the legendary Knoxville Raceway racing for the next few weeks in preparation for the upcoming 360 Sprint Car Nationals. On Saturday night, with 32 360 Winged Sprint Cars on hand, Don finished 2nd in his heat race, and started on the pole for the feature event. The team would slightly miss the setup for the feature and Don would come home in the 9th finishing position by the time that the checkered flag flew on the feature event.
This Saturday, July 26th, Young will once again be in action at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa in another Weekly Racing Series Event for the 360 Winged Sprint Cars. The event will serve as the final tune up for the upcoming 18th Annual 360 Sprint Car Nationals, which will be held July 31st-August 2nd at the famed, ½ mile oval. For more information, please visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com .
Don and Young Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Pro Auto, Patton Classic Cars, Screamindeal.com, R.E. Technologies, Hoosier Racing Tire, Tennison Brothers Sheet Metal, MSRMafia.com, Dynotech Racing Engines, Xtreme Race Graphics, and Sun Dial Shirt Company.
Young Motorsports is always looking for new sponsors, and anyone, who is interested can find more information at www.DonYoung75.com .
Todd Hall Takes Checkers At ATPR
Charleston, MO (7/22/08) – On Friday night, Todd Hall Motorsports traveled to Auto Tire & Parts Racepark in Benton, Missouri for a FasTrak Crate Late Model Series event, where he picked up his third feature win of the 2008 campaign.
Todd was in action behind the wheel of his #99 Mastersbilt/604 Racing Engine Crate Late Model. Hall started 6th in his heat race, and advanced to a second place finish. Via his runner-up finish in his heat race, Todd earned the outside front row starting position for the feature event. At the drop of the green flag, he bolted to the lead and went on to pick up his third feature win of the 2008 season.
Todd is currently 2nd in the FasTrak Late Model point standings and only eight points out of the top spot, behind the leader Billy James. This weekend Hal will continue his pursuit of the title as he travels to an event at Clay County Speedway in Flora, Illinois. The event pays $1,200 to win and $100 to start. For more information please visit www.claycountyspeedwayonline.com .
On August 8th and 9th, Todd Hall Motorsports will enter a pair of O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model events in Missouri and Arkansas. On Friday, August 8th the action gets underway at Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri with a $2,000 to win/$300 to start event. On Saturday, August 9th, the action will shift to Poinsett County Raceway in Harrisburg, Arkansas for a $2,000 to win/$400 to start event. Hall is currently waiting on his new Mastersbilt Chassis to arrive, so he will most likely enter his Crate Late Model in both of these events. For more information on these events, please visit www.MSRADirt.com.
Todd Hall
Motorsports would like to thank all of their marketing partners including FTS
Logistics, Financial Transportation Services LLC, First Security State Bank,
Greg Hall Motorsports, New Vision Graphics, and MSRMafia.com .
For the latest information on the Todd Hall
Motorsports Team visit the official website at
www.ToddHallMotorsports.com .
Coleby Frye Racing
Jason Shank:
[email protected]
JNJ Motorsports Media
Coleby Frye Racing Launches New Online Home!
Dover, PA (July 22, 2008) Coleby Frye Racing and 2008 Mid-Atlantic Championship
Series (MACS) Rookie of the Year contender Coleby Frye have launched a brand new
online home. Coleby teamed up with JNJ Motorsports Media for the all new
www.colebyfrye.com.
Frye, a 23 year old lead-foot from Dover, PA is steadily making his presence
known in the dirt late model industry as he has hit the road in 2008 chasing the
MACS Rookie of the Year crown. Coleby and his Fryeco Inc. / PA College of
Technology / A&A Auto Salvage and Recycling / Keystone Trailer Services / TC
Race Cars / Krenn Trucking #F1 Rocket Chassis GTO have already picked up on
Rookie of the Year title at the Selinsgrove Speedway in 2007 and has been racing
in the limited late model division since he was 15yrs. old. 2007 was his first
full season behind the wheel of a Super Late Model.
‘I’m really looking forward to working with Coleby and the entire Coleby Frye
Racing Team,’ said Jason Shank of JNJ Motorsports Media. ‘Coleby is a bright
young star in this sport and it will be an honor for me to be a part of the team
as he progresses through the ranks. The all new
www.colebyfrye.com will feature everything anyone could expect from a
website.’ Jason continued, ‘There will be pages featuring Coleby himself, a
schedule page, photos from Cory Stivason and Stivason Photos, pages highlighting
the team, sponsors and Coleby Frye merchandise.’
This upcoming weekend Frye and the Coleby Frye Racing Team will have a busy
weekend as the team will head to Bedford Speedway on Friday, July 25th,
Selinsgrove Speedway on Saturday, July 26th, Hesston Speedway for a $5,000 to
win event on Sunday, July 27th and then to Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA on
Tuesday, July 29th for the finale of the $40,000 to win, 2nd Annual
‘GottaRace.com Firecracker 100’ sanctioned by the World of Outlaws Late Model
Series. Coleby finished second in his heat race back on June 27th lining him up
seventh on the starting grid for the 100 lap main event that was postponed due
to inclement weather.
Coleby Frye and Coleby Frye Racing would like to thank all of their sponsors and
supporters: Fryeco Inc., Pennsylvania College of Technology Penn State, A&A Auto
Salvage and Recycling, Keystone Trailer Services, TC Race Cars, Krenn Trucking,
Integra Shocks and Springs, Speedwrapz, Clements Racing Engines, ATL Fuel Cells,
Baker Carburetion, Butlerbuilt, C-Line, Fastener Specialties Motorsports,
Fleming Design Solutions, Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic, JNJ Motorsports Media, Port
City Racing, PPM, PRC, Simpson, Speed Bear Fasteners, Sunoco Race Fuels, Winters
Performance, WMF Racing Products.
For more information on Coleby Frye and Coleby Frye Racing visit:
www.colebyfrye.com
Written and Distributed by:
Jason Shank - JNJ Motorsports Media
www.jnjmotorsportsmedia.com
Victor Lee claims ‘Butterball’ Wooldridge Memorial, Heads to Crossville with Ray Cook
By Chris Tilley (C/T Marketing)
CONTACT: (606) 219-1723 or [email protected]
RICHMOND, KY (July 21, 2008)—After Friday Night’s un-sanctioned victory at Richmond Raceway on July 18, it became evident that Victor Lee would be a threat to win the 21st edition of the Paul ‘Butterball’ Wooldridge Memorial.
After Lee’s $2,000 triumph, the Revel Motorsports Team along with the Stanford, KY hot-shoe claimed the $5,000 victory during the event at the historic Richmond Raceway on Saturday Night July 19, 2008. This win became Lee’s sixth win of the season on the tour, his seventh career.
Not only was this a momentous win for Lee, but Team Owner Frank Revel as well. The Richmond, KY based operation has fielded cars in many previous ‘Butterball’ events but has never won the prestigious event until now.
Lee made a slide-job pass for the lead from Joey Kramer on the 24th circuit and lead the remaining laps for the event win over Josh McGuire, Dustin Linville, Aaron Hatton and Joey Kramer.
Lee will now turn his attention to this Tuesday Night July 22, 2008 when the team will head to the Crossville Raceway in Crossville, TN for the $3,500 to win event during the running of Ray Cook’s O’Reilly Southern Nationals Series. The team will then venture into the Buckeye State this Saturday Night July 26 as the O’Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series will invade the Portsmouth Raceway Park in Portsmouth, OH for a $3,000 to win event.
Next weekend, the series will hot the Independent Racing Series tour with a pair of back-to-back $5,000 to win events at Ponderosa Speedway on August 1 and the Bluegrass Speedway on August 2. The IRS-sanctioned events will see the Battle of the Bluegrass Series receiving points on both nights.
Further information on Revel Motorsports and driver Victor Lee can be found by visiting www.victorlee4.com .
Sponsors on the Jay Dickens powered CJ Rayburn mount include: Kentucky’s Best, Budda Bert Transmissions, Junction City Quick Stop, Tim Logan Racing Supply, Xtreme Style Signs and Graphics, Five Star Food Marts, Ado’s Auto Parts, Bilstein Shocks, PPM Racing Products, Custom Cams, Dyer’s Top Rods, Real Racing Wheels, American Racer Tires, C/T Marketing and Wiles Driveshafts.
Upcoming Events Schedule:
Tuesday July 22-Crossville Raceway-Crossville, TN-$3,500 to win (Southern Nat’s)
Saturday July 26-Portsmouth Raceway Park-Portsmouth, OH-$3,000 to win (BoB)
Friday August 1-Ponderosa Speedway-Junction City, KY-$5,000 (IRS)
Saturday August 2-Bluegrass Speedway-Bardstown, KY-$5,000 (IRS)
ARCHDALE, NC (July 17, 2008)- Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team continued the "Drive For Five" tour this past weekend extending his lead in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series national point's standings to 300 points over Steve Casebolt. Earl competed in two Lucas Oil sanctioned events this past weekend earning a runner up finish at North Alabama Speedway and an 8th place finish at Columbus Speedway in Mississippi. At North Alabama speedway earl dominated the feature event leading the first 29 laps before tangling with a lapped car that cause a caution and sent Earl to the rear of the field. With just 11 laps to go Earl was able to drive back to the front and nearly grabbed the lead from Freddy Smith on the final lap but settled for a second place finish at the Alabama facility. With two wins on the series in 2008 Earl continues to march towards his fifth consecutive national dirt late model touring series title with 15 sanctioned series events left on the schedule in 2008.
"We had probably the best car I've ever had all year. I could drive it anywhere and I was running away from the other drivers when I got hooked up with a lapped car. I should have been more patient with the lapped traffic and took my time because nobody was going to catch me. If I couldn't win then I'm glad Freddy got the win. It's an honor to race with him every week knowing how much he has accomplished in his career. I wanted to win but to see Freddy get a win on the series was really cool", stated Earl.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team will travel to a pair of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events this weekend one in Pontoon Beach, IL at Tri-City Speedway and the second event on Saturday at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO. Friday night's event at Tri-City Speedway will be taped for broadcast by SPEED Channel. Earl and the team will be on the road and travel to several other events next week as Earl's schedule gets real busy heading to the month of August. Earl's upcoming schedule for next week is listed below.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors in 2008 for their support including LifeLong Locks, Lucas Oil, Mastersbilt Race Cars, Larry Wallace Engines, Mopar, Sunoco Race Fuels, Allstar Performance, Tiger Rear End, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, SHY, Wilwood, Woodward, TWM, Dyers Top Rods, Weld, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Wrisco, Sparco, Bell, Mechanix Wear, Oakley, Cheerios, Coke, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs, The Decal Source, Rick Schwallie Photography and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit www.lucasdirt.com. For more information about LifeLong Locks and the strongest locks on the market today, visit www.lifelonglocks.com. For more information about Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team visit their official website at www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com.
Earl Pearson Jr. upcoming schedule:
July 18th - Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series- Tri-City Speedway, Pontoon Beach, IL
July 19th - Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series- Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, MO
July 20th - World of Outlaws Late Model Series-
Belleville High Banks, Belleville,KSJuly 21st - World of Outlaws Late Model Series-Boone County Raceway, Albion, NE
July 24th - World of Outlaws Late Model Series- Muskingum County Speedway, Zanesville, OH
July 25th - World of Outlaws Late Model Series- Eldora Speedway, Rossburg, OH
July 29th - World of Outlaws Late Model Series-
Lernerville Speedway, Sarver, PA
www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com
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Jason Fitzgerald and the Mixson Motorsports Team
Heading to O'Reilly Southern All-Stars Sanctioned Events This Weekend
JACKSONVILLE, FL (July 16, 2008)- Jason Fitzgerald and the Mixson Motorsports
Team with new sponsor Tire Kingdom will travel to three of O'Reilly Southern
All-Stars Series sanctioned events this coming weekend. On Friday July 18th
Jason will compete at North Georgia Speedway in Chatsworth, GA for a $5,000 to
win sanctioned event. Then on Saturday July 19th Jason will compete at the
Cleveland Speedway in Cleveland, TN for another $5,000 to win sanctioned event.
The final leg of the three events will take place on Sunday at Rome Speedway for
another $5,000 to win feature event. All three events will count towards the
O'Reilly Southern All-Stars Series point's standings. Jason is currently second
in the series points and leads the "Rookie of the Year" title on the series in
2008.
Jason and the Mixson Motorsports Team competed this past weekend on the Lucas
Oil Late Model Dirt Series at North Alabama Speedway in Alabama and registered a
19th place finish after get up in a wreck ending his night. Jason also competed
at Columbus Speedway in Columbus Mississippi this past weekend in another Lucas
Oil sanctioned event but failed to make the feature event.
"We struggled a little this past weekend with a new car. We found a few things
wrong with the car when we got home and hopefully we'll have it working better
for this weekends events on the Southern All-Stars Series events", stated Jason.
Jason and the Mixson Motorsports Team would like to thank all their sponsors in
2008 for their support including Tire Kingdom, M&M Transport & Refrigeration,
Bobby Labonte Foundation, Allstar Performance, ASI Racewear, Bell, Butlerbuilt,
Jones Racing Products, M&M Enterprises, Penske Racing Shocks, Stephens
Advertising, Pro-Systems, PRC, TWM, VP Race Fuels, WD Enterprises, WRT Web
Designs, Wiles Drive Shafts, Wrisco Aluminum and Xtreme Graphics by J-Rod.
Tire Kingdom is the largest independent tire and automotive services retailer in
the United States with more than 7,000 employees. Tire Kingdom successfully
serves millions of customers a year and is committed to outstanding customer
service. Tire Kingdom sells quality name brand tires such as Michelin, Goodyear,
General, BFGoodrich, Sigma, Toyo, Pirelli, Uniroyal, Yokohama, and more. Tire
Kingdom's retail centers provide full-service tire replacement including tire
balancing, wheel alignment, extended service programs and warranties. The
centers also offer under-car / under-hood maintenance services including brake
repairs, suspension system replacement, drive line repair, air conditioning
service, cooling service, transmission service, fuel system service and oil
change service. To learn more about the Tire Kingdom Company and a store near
you visit their website at www.Tirekingdom.com.
To learn more about Jason Fitzgerald and the M&M Motorsports Team visit their
official website at http://jfitzracing.com. To join the Jason Fitzgerald news
letter and receive his press releases by e-mail just send an email to [email protected]
requesting that your email address be included for the press release list for
Jason Fitzgerald. For more information about the O'Reilly Southern All-Stars
Racing Series visit their website at http://www.southern-allstars.com.
Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
July 17th, 2008
Central Mississippi Up Next For Bub McCool
Vicksburg, MS (7/17/08) – Bub McCool will invade Central Mississippi Speedway in Winona, Mississippi this weekend behind the wheel of his #57j Trakstar/Barker Racing Engine Super Late Model for a $2,500 to win Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series (MSCCS) event.
McCool Motorsports raced in a pair of Lucas Oil Late Model Series events last weekend in Alabama and Mississippi. On Friday night, the team competed at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama in a $7,000 to win event. Bub finished 4th in his heat race, which earned him a 12th starting position for the 40 lap feature event. McCool would fight an ill handling car home to a 13th place finish.
On Saturday night at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi luck would not be on the team's side. As Bub went out for qualifying his left rear tire went flat resulting in him not getting a qualifying lap. As a result, he started 10th in his heat race. He was able to advance to a 5th place finish, which was one spot short of a transfer to the feature. McCool started outside front row for the 12 lap b-main and led flag to flag en route to the win. In the 50 lap, feature event, Bub would start in the 19th position, and once again fight an ill handling car all night before retiring from the event with a 21st place finish.
This weekend McCool will compete in a sole event in the state of Mississippi on Saturday, July 19th. The event will be at Central Mississippi Speedway and will be sanctioned by the MSCCS Super Late Models. The event will see the Super Late Model pilots battling in a $2,500 to win/$300 to start, 50 lap event around the 3/8 mile, high-banked oval. McCool found victory lane twice at CMS in 2007, and will be looking to use that momentum this weekend. Time trials, consolation events, and the feature event will all be held on Saturday night. For more information, please visit www.StateSeries.com or www.CentralMississippiSpeedway.com .
Bub and everyone at McCool Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include McCool Logging, Barker Racing Engines, Trak-Star Race Cars, Phase 2 Sign Supply, Good Hope Lumber, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Boland Performance, Phase II Graphics, & MSRMafia.com.
For more information on Bub & McCool Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.BubMcCool.com
Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
July 17th, 2008
Eric Cooley Resumes NeSmith Action This Weekend
Fulton, MS (7/17/08) – Fresh off his best ever finish with the NeSmith National Late Model Series, Eric Cooley will return to action with the tour this weekend with a pair of events in the state of Alabama.
Two weeks ago, Eric recorded his best career finish with the NeSmith tour at Fort Payne Motor Speedway in Fort Payne, Alabama as he picked up a solid, third place finish against many of the nation’s top Crate Late Model drivers. The top five finish propelled Eric into the 7th position in the NeSmith National Point Standings, and also leaves him currently 4th in the Rookie of the Year chase.
This weekend, Eric will look to make up even more ground as he enters two races with the NeSmith series in Alabama. Action gets underway on Friday night with a 40 lap, $2,500 to win event at Penton Raceway in Penton, Alabama. This will mark Eric’s first trip to the clay oval. For more information on this event, please visit www.PentonRaceways.com or www.NeSmithRacing.com .
On Saturday night, Cooley Motorsports will head south to Phenix City Raceway in Phenix City, Alabama. A $2,500 to win, 40 lap feature event will be on tap around the 3/8 mile, red clay high-banks. For more information on this event, please visit www.EAMSDirt.com or www.NeSmithRacing.com .
Last weekend Eric competed in a pair of Late Model Stock events in his #33 Mastersbilt/Jeff Burns Racing Engine entry. By the time that the weekend was over he picked up a pair of second place finishes at North Alabama Speedway (Tuscumbia, Alabama) and Columbus Speedway (Columbus, Mississippi).
Eric and everyone at Cooley Motorsports would like
to thank all of their sponsors, which include Tiffin Motorhomes (Red Bay, AL),
78 Towing & Recovery Inc., Cooley Transport Inc., Midway Marine, David Beane
Logging & Sons (Fulton, MS), Searcy Tires (Cherokee, AL), Twisted Designs
(Fayette, AL), Jamie Reid Trucking (Tupelo, MS), Stewart Construction (Fulton,
MS), D&D Trade (Fulton, MS), MSRMafia.com, and Simpson Race Products.
For more information on Cooley Motorsports, visit the official team website at
www.EricCooleyRacing.com .
Weekend On Home Turf Produces An Eriez Speedway Victory For Mike Knight
RIPLEY, NY –Mike Knight’s decision to regroup his racing effort with some action on home turf worked out swell last weekend.
The 21-year-old dirt Late Model standout from Ripley, N.Y., scored a feature win on Sunday night (July 13) at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa., and a solid third-place finish on Saturday night (July 12) at Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y., getting him back on track.
“It was a real good weekend for us,” said Knight, who has been plagued by bad luck while chasing the Independent Racing Series (IRS) schedule for the first half of the 2008 season. “We needed some strong runs to get our program going and we got them at a couple tracks we know.”
Knight dominated Sunday night’s 25-lap feature at Eriez, flashing around the one-third-mile oval to register a flag-to-flag triumph. He started from the outside pole en route to victory in his second straight appearance at Eriez.
“We changed some stuff for the feature and it worked great,” said Knight. “Me and Dave Hess Jr. started on the front row and we got ahead of him right at the start and checked out. I feel like our car was so good, I think we could’ve won even if we started 10th or whatever.”
Knight hopes his two-race win streak at Eriez is a harbinger of good things to come in the track’s approaching World of Outlaws Late Model Series event, scheduled for Sun., July 27.
“That’s the one we’re looking at,” said Knight. “We want to be as strong as we can be for that race.”
Knight didn’t quite nail the setup on Saturday night at Stateline, which hosted a 40-lap special that paid $4,000 to win. He advanced from the fifth starting spot to led one lap early in the event, but he couldn’t hang on and settled for a third-place finish in a race won by Chris Hackett.
“I got the lead on the bottom and stayed there when I probably should’ve moved to the top – that’s where Hackett passed me,” said Knight. “But our car wasn’t right, and I had a right-rear tire going flat for more than half the race. It was just about out of air at the end.”
This weekend Knight will remain close to home again, entering Stateline’s $5,000-to-win IRS event on Saturday night (July 19) and a regular show on Sunday night (July 20) at Eriez.
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway, Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottawaya’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, RJB Construction, Chessa’ Pizza, NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Genesis Shocks, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts and American Racing Tires.
Billy Moyer Jr. Ready for Batesville Double Header
Batesville, Arkansas (7/15/08) – Billy Moyer Jr. will invade Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas this weekend for a pair of MSRA/DLRA Super Late Model Series Challenge events in his #21jr Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer/Runion Racing Engine Super Late Model.
This weekend will mark the first official event that Moyer Jr. will get to race at his home track in 2008. Several events have been nixed by Mother Nature at the 3/8 mile, red clay oval, thus far into 2008, including an AMP Late Model Series event that was rained out shortly after hot laps.
In reference to getting to compete a few miles from the house, Moyer Jr. comments, “After so much time on the road, it will be REALLY nice to sleep in my own bed both nights this weekend, while also running a track that I have experience on.”
The weekend will get underway on Friday night with a $2,000 to win/$350 to start, 30 lap event that will be co-sanctioned by the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Models and the Allstate DLRA Super Late Models. This will mark the first ever meeting between the two tours.
On Saturday night, the ante will increase as a $3,000 to win/$450 to start, 40 lap event will be held. Once again the event, will be co-sanctioned by the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Models and the Allstate DLRA Super Late Models. For more information on the events, please visit www.MSRADirt.com , www.DLRA.net, or www.BatesvilleMotorSpeedway.net .
Last weekend, Billy entered a pair of O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model events in the state of Arkansas. Action blasted off on Friday night at Poinsett County Raceway in Harrisburg, Arkansas. He started 10th in the feature event and at the conclusion of the 30 lap, caution free event, he finished in the 9th position.
Jr. Motorsports was in action at Arkansas Motor Speedway in Nashville, Arkansas on Saturday night with the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Models. Billy started 4th in his heat, and was battling for the second spot, when a car got sideways in front of him causing him to check up fall to the back. He would fight his way back to a 3rd place finish, which would result in him starting 9th in the feature event. Moyer Jr. was battling for the 7th position early in the feature when another car made contact with him, causing his left rear tire to go flat. Billy went to the back of the pack and charged back to a 6th place finish.
Via his two top ten finishes, Billy moved into the 4th position in the current O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model point standings.
Billy Moyer Jr. would like to thank all of his sponsors including Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer, Banner Valley Hauling, Valley Transfer, Universal Concrete, Imperial Motors, Red Line Oil, Karl Chevrolet, Bert Transmission, New Vision Graphics, S & H Industrial Services, Watters Autoland, Performance Rod & Custom, Peterson Fluid Systems, Mason Starters, Sweet Mfg., Wiles Driveshafts, Cizmar Racing, Performance Bodies, Schoenfeld Headers, Hoosier Tire South by Pup, Bell Helmets, ISC Racing Tape, VP Racing Fuel, Hooker Harness, MSR Mafia.com, Ringer's Gloves, Kluhsman Racing Components, BSB Manufacturing, Outlawd Motorsports, and CPD Tools.
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Jeff Floyd Racks Up Pair Of Top 3 Finishes
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas (7/15/08) – It may have been a few weeks since Jeff Floyd piloted his #F1 GRT/Kuntz & Company Racing Engine Super Late Model, but he didn’t show any signs of rust as he picked up a pair of top three finishes over the weekend in O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model action.
On Friday night at Poinsett County Raceway in Harrisburg, Arkansas, Jeff started sixth in his heat race and charged to a 2nd place finish with 27 cars on hand for the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model event. Via passing points, Jeff started outside front row for the 30 lap feature event. Jeff would battle for the top spot for much of the race before recording a third place finish in his #F1 GRT/Kuntz & Co. Super Late Model. Teammate, Jordan Jones, would record a 16th place finish on Friday night.
On Saturday night, the action shifted to Arkansas Motor Speedway in Nashville, Arkansas for another $2,000 to win event. Jeff would start 7th in the main event. He would fall back to the 9th position early in the event before mounting a charge to the front of the pack. Floyd took over the lead during the race's middle stages, but a caution flag relegated the pass. He would ultimately finish in the 2nd position, and earn the Larry Shaw Race Cars Hard Charger Award. Jordan Jones in the #60 JFR Motorsports/GRT/Kuntz & Co. Super Late Model would battle in the top five for much of the event before having to go to the back of the pack when contact with another driver sent him spinning shortly after the race’s midway point. Jones would bounce back to a 13th place finish.
“We didn’t get the wins that we were looking for, but we made up ground on Joey (point’s leader) in the O’Reilly MSRA point standings, and that’s definitely a good thing,” noted Floyd on Monday from his race shop.
There will be no rest for the weary as the 2008 season rolls on for the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Models this Friday and Saturday, July 18th-19th with a pair of events at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas. Both events will be co-sanctioned by the Allstate DLRA Super Late Model Series. Friday night will be highlighted by a $2,000 to win/$350 to start event. On Saturday night, $3,000 to win and $450 will be up for grab for the Super Late Model division. For more information, please visit www.MSRADirt.com or www.DLRA.net or www.BatesvilleMotorSpeedway.net .
Jeff Floyd would like to thank all of his sponsors including Kuntz & Company Racing Engines, GRT Race Cars, Autozone, RiceTec, Engineering Lubrication, NEA Super Gas, Floyd’s Body Shop, MSRMafia.com, and JFRGraphics.com .
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David Breazeale Records Top Ten Finish in Lucas Oil Action
Franklinton, Louisiana (7/15/08) – Last weekend, Voodoo Motorsports and driver, David Breazeale, entered a pair of Lucas Oil Late Model Series events and came away with a tenth place effort to show for their efforts.
Action got underway on Friday night at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama as the team debuted a brand new #54 Mastersbilt By Stuckey/Jay Dickens Racing Engine Super Late Model. Luck would be far from being on the team’s side though as David would lose a drive shaft less than two laps into his heat race. As his car came to a halt, another competitor slammed into him, resulting in heavy left rear damage on the new car. As a result, the team's night came to an end, and they spent much of the daytime hours on Saturday at Jay Dickens Racing Engines shop in Aberdeen, Mississippi rebuilding the car.
On Saturday night, the team made the trek to Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for a $10,000 to win event with the SPEED Channel cameras on hand to record the race. Breazeale would finish 3rd in his heat, which earned him a 9th starting spot for the feature event. Throughout the course of the event, David would battle in the top 10, with many of the nation’s top drivers, getting as high as the 5th position before settling for a 10th place finish at the end of the 50 lapper.
Team owner, Jason Creel, commented on the weekend, “We were just glad to complete more than two laps on Saturday night. The past couple of weeks, we have been sidelined less than two laps into the races, by some crazy problems. Hopefully we have all of the bugs worked out now.”
This weekend Voodoo Motorsports will return to action with the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series (MSCCS) at Central Mississippi Speedway in Winona, Mississippi in a $2,500 to win/$300 to start, 50 lap event, and they will do so with both guns blazing with both Breazeale and Scott Creel slated for action. Scott didn’t race last weekend as he spent most of the time turning wrenches on David’s car, but this weekend Creel will once again pilot his #31 GRT/Wall-2-Wall Racing Engine Super Late Model.
Also, visit the Voodoo Motorsports hauler for brand new shirts that are now available for both David Breazeale and Scott Creel.
Voodoo Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Black Warrior Auction Company LLC, Creel Brothers, Hypercoil, J&J Motorsports, Stuckey Enterprises, Hoosier Racing Tires, Xtreme Graphics By J-Rod, MSRMafia.com, Team Voodoo Racing, and ASI Racewear.
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Kyle Beard Doubles Up On Weekend Wins
Trumann, AR (7/15/08) – Despite having a slow start to the season, Kyle Beard and Beard Motorsports knew that sooner or later things would start to click and the wins would start to come. Last weekend proved that they knew exactly what they were talking about as the team picked up back-to-back wins.
Not only is Poinsett County Raceway in Harrisburg, Arkansas, Kyle’s home track, but it is also one of his favorites. On Friday night, Kyle enjoyed the high-banks of PCR to the tune of a $2,000 feature win with the O’Reilly MSRA. Beard started last in his heat race and charged his way to the win. Via passing points, he earned the pole position for the feature event. He grabbed the lead at the drop of the green flag and never looked back en route to the $2,000 payday, which marked his second win of 2008 behind the wheel of his #86 GRT By Frye/Samuels Performance Racing Engine Super Late Model.
Kyle continued his hot streak on Saturday night at Arkansas Motor Speedway in Nashville, Arkansas as he picked up the win and the $2,000 payday once again in O'Reilly MSRA action. Kyle started the night by winning his heat race from outside the front row. His heat race finish earned him a 3rd place starting position in the feature event. At the drop of the green flag, Beard would bolt to second and begin his pursuit of the leader. He would work his way past the leader early in the race before a caution negated the pass. On the ensuing double file restart, Kyle would fall back to third. Beard would maintain the third position until a caution shortly after the race's midway point set up another double file restart, where Kyle would race past Jeff Floyd and Joey Mack to take the lead and never look back en route to the win.
This weekend, Kyle will look to carry last week’s momentum into a pair of events. The weekend will get underway on Friday night at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas with a $2,000 to win/$350 to start MSRA/DLRA Super Late Model Challenge event around the 3/8 mile, red clay oval. For more information on the event, please visit www.MSRADirt.com or www.DLRA.net .
At this time, Saturday night’s plans for Beard Motorsports are still up in the air. The team will either compete in night #2 of the MSRA/DLRA Challenge at Batesville Motor Speedway or head to Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi for a $2,500 to win SUPR/AMP Super Late Model Challenge event. Check www.KyleBeard86.com for the latest team’s plans as the week progresses.
Kyle Beard would like to thank his sponsors including KB Transport, Gary Beard Trucking, Samuel’s Performance Engines, Engines Inc., Mean Street Motors, Inc., Extreme Graphix (Jonesboro, AR), Bill Frye Motorsports, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services. Beard Motorsports is always looking for more sponsors, and anyone, who may be interested, can find more information at www.KyleBeard86.com .
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Lester Buildings Begins Special Promotion For Chub Frank’s Fans During World of Outlaws Late Model Series Event On July 21 At Nebraska’s Boone County Speedway
LESTER PRAIRIE, MN – July 14, 2008 – Lester Buildings is going to make some Chub Frank fans very happy.
Beginning with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series event on Mon., July 21, at Boone County Speedway in Albion, Neb., and continuing for four more events in the coming weeks and months, Lester Buildings will reach out to Frank’s fans with a prize-filled promotion.
Lester Buildings, which has become well-known as the primary sponsor of Chub Frank Racing, will set up displays at each event that are staffed by local dealers and feature Frank’s familiar No. 1* dirt Late Model. Fans will have an opportunity to stop by the displays to inquire about special discounts on Lester Buildings orders, obtain free Chub/Lester posters and enter free drawings to win valuable prizes, including BP gas cards and Chub Frank items.
“We really appreciate Chub’s passion, professionalism and his consistent high performance level,” said Lester Buildings Marketing Director Tom Borgman. “We couldn’t ask for a better spokesperson and look forward to solidifying our relationship with him and this growing grassroots sport.
“With that in mind, we thought it was high time that we did something special for Chub’s legion of fans, so that’s why we’re offering this special promotion at selected events throughout the remaining 2008 schedule.”
Three ‘Grand Prizes’ – BP gas cards worth $500, $250 and $100 – will be awarded at each event. Three second-prize winners will receive 1/24th-scale diecasts models of Frank’s dirt Late Model, and five third-prize winners will receive Chub Frank Racing caps.
Fans can enter the contests at the Lester Buildings display on July 21 at Boone County Speedway; July 27 at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa. (WoO LMS); Aug. 30-31 at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa. (WoO LMS Oil Region Labor Day Classic); Sept. 5-6 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio (UMP DIRTcar-sanctioned World 100); and Oct. 30-Nov. 1 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
The special promotion for Chub’s fans was announced during his visit on July 10 to the Lester Buildings Corporate Headquarters in Lester Prairie, Minn. Chub stopped at the facility after competing the previous night in the opening event of the WoO LMS ‘Wild West Tour’ at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn.
Chub spent two hours at the Corporate Headquarters. He toured the company’s plant, participated in a meet-and-greet with corporate employees and displayed his dirt Late Model in the parking lot.
Victor Lee is Tops at Ponderosa, Hard Charger and Fifth during BoB at Bluegrass
By Chris Tilley (C/T Marketing)
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RICHMOND, KY (July 14, 2008)—After July 11, Victor Lee and Frank Revel Motorsports are now 2-for-2 in wins with the O’Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series at the Ponderosa Speedway.
Each time the Louisville, KY based racing division has visited the Famed Ponderosa Speedway in 2008, Lee has smashed the competition and captured series wins, wins coming on American Racer Tires. First it was the Hugh ‘Junebug’ Rowland Memorial in May and now Lee has captured the Pete Abell Memorial event on Friday Night July 11.
The win was worth $3,000 for the Stanford, KY driver who is now in route to winning his second-straight O’Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series Title. During the event at the Junction City, KY oval, Lee set Fast Time, won his Heat Race and his sixth career Battle of the Bluegrass Main event, the fifth in 2008.
On Saturday Night July 12 at the Bluegrass Motor Speedway in Bardstown, KY, the Kentucky's Best/Jay Dickens powered CJ Rayburn Race Cars team followed the win at Ponderosa up with a Hard Charging Fifth place finish during the Kentuckiana Klash after starting in the 13th position.
This weekend, the team will roll into the Richmond Raceway in Richmond, KY for the 21st Annual Paul ‘Butterball’ Wooldridge Memorial weekend. The team will be vying for the $2,000 first place prize on Friday Night July 18 during the un-sanctioned event and on Saturday Night July 19, the team will compete for the $5,000 prize during the O’Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series-Sanctioned 50 Lapper.
Further information on Victor Lee and Revel Motorsports can be found by logging on to www.victorlee4.com .
Jeff Floyd Returns To Action This Weekend
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas (7/09/08) – After a few weeks away from the race track to catch up on business at his company, JFR Graphics, Jeff Floyd will return to action this weekend behind the wheel of his #F1 GRT/Kuntz & Company Racing Engine Super Late Model.
Jeff currently sits second in the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model point standings and will be looking to make up ground in the chase as the tour hosts a double header this weekend in the state of Arkansas. Floyd will also be fielding a car for Jordan Jones from Beebe, Arkansas in both of the weekend’s events. Jones will be piloting the #60 JFR Motorsports/GRT/Kuntz & Company Super Late Model.
The weekend’s action kicks off on Friday night, July 11th, at Poinsett County Raceway in Harrisburg, Arkansas with a $2,000 to win/$300 to start event around the 1/3 mile, red clay oval. For more information, please visit www.PoinsettCountyRaceway.com
On Saturday night, July 12th, the tour will head to the south part of the state as they invade Arkansas Motor Speedway in Nashville, Arkansas for a $2,000 to win/$400 to start, 40 lap event. For more information, please visit www.ArkansasMotorSpeedway.com .
Jeff Floyd would like to thank all of his sponsors including Kuntz & Company Racing Engines, GRT Race Cars, Autozone, RiceTec, Engineering Lubrication, NEA Super Gas, Floyd’s Body Shop, MSRMafia.com, and JFRGraphics.com .
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Mike Knight Experiences A Holiday Day Weekend Of Racing He’d Like To Forget
RIPLEY, NY – Mike Knight would like to forget his 2008 Fourth of July holiday weekend.
In action at Buckeye State tracks for four consecutive nights from July 3-6, the 21-year-old dirt Late Model talent from Ripley, N.Y., experienced little to get excited about. His top finish during the period was a quiet eighth-place finish in a $3,000-to-win special on Friday night (July 4) at Raceway 7 in Conneaut, Ohio.
The remainder of Knight’s weekend? Well, he would rather those results just disappear – a visit to Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville, Ohio, on Thursday night (July 3) that ended during time trials, plus DNFs at Moler Raceway Park in Williamsburg, Ohio, on Saturday night (July 5) and Midway Speedway in Crooksville, Ohio, on Sunday night (July 6).
“We just can’t seem to get over the hump with our bad luck,” said Knight, a perpetually positive rising star. “But I guess you’ll have years like this.”
Knight had originally planned to run Independent Racing Series (IRS) events for four consecutive nights, but rainouts of scheduled shows on July 3 at K-C Raceway in Alma, Ohio, and July 4 at Hilltop Speedway in Millersburg, Ohio, led him elsewhere to start his weekend.
Following an early cancellation of K-C’s action on Thursday, Knight headed to a Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event at nearby Muskingum County. His outing was extremely short, however, after a broken valve spring in his car’s engine during time trials forced him to the trailer.
Knight and Co. stopped at engine builder Draime’s Ohio shop on Friday morning to have the engine repaired – “I have to thank Draime’s guys for coming in to work on the Fourth of July,” said Knight – and then headed for Raceway 7 thanks to another IRS cancellation at Hilltop. He managed just an eighth-place feature finish at a track “we still haven’t been able to figure out.”
IRS competition resumed for Knight on Saturday night at Moler, where he advanced from the 15th starting spot to eighth in the 50-lap feature before running into trouble. The coil wire came off his car’s ignition midway through the event, causing his family-owned machine to stall and leaving him with a 19th-place finish.
Knight was in the midst of another strong march forward in Sunday night’s IRS-sanctioned Jim Dunn Memorial at Midway – moving from the 16th starting spot to seventh – before a broken brake line forced him to the pit area. He was credited with another 19th-place finish.
Knight ended the weekend still ranked sixth in the IRS points standings, but he won’t attempt to advance higher in the rankings this week. His recent struggles have prompted him to stay closer to him this weekend rather than hit the road for scheduled IRS events.
“We’re going to run a $4,000-to-win show on Saturday night (July 12) at Stateline Speedway (in Busti, N.Y.) and a regular show on Sunday (July 13) at Eriez (Speedway in Hammett, Pa.),” said Knight. “We’re going to take the next couple of weeks and run locally to try to get our equipment back up and get our program back on track.
“We’ll be back out on the road to hit bigger shows later this year, but right now we have to stay more local and get things figured out.”
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway, Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottawaya’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, RJB Construction, Chessa’ Pizza, NY-Penn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Genesis Shocks, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts and American Racing Tires.
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Don Young Competes With USCS & WoO
Bartlett, Tennessee (7/08/08) – Over the course of the holiday weekend Don Young competed in a pair of Sprint Car events behind the wheel of his #75 Pro Auto/J&J/Dynotech Racing Engine Sprinter.
Young’s weekend got underway on Thursday, July 3rd at Camden Speedway in Camden, Tennessee with the O’Reilly USCS Midsouth Region Sprint Cars. Don finished 3rd in his heat race and started in the 5th position in the feature event. At the finish line, Don was credited with a 6th place finish.
On Saturday night, Young Motorsports put a 410 c.i. engine in their Sprint Car as they headed to Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas to compete with the World of Outlaw Sprint Cars. Don would qualify in the 20th position of the 32 entries, who were on hand. His qualification would earn him a 5th starting position for his heat race. In the heat race, Young would battle a tight race car, and he would fall one spot short of a transfer to the feature event via his heat race by finishing in the 6th position, which relegated him to the b-main. In the b-main, Young would once again battle a tight race car before being caught in an incident when a car spun in front of him. The accident ended his night.
This Thursday, July 10th, Don will be pulling double duty at Riverside International Speedway in a very unique event. He will be piloting his #75 J&J/Dynotech Racing Engine Sprinter in a $2,500 to win feature event with the USCS Sprint Cars. He will also be driving Danny and Darryl Dickerson’s #33 Street Stock in a $500 to win feature event. If a driver, can win both features they get a $1,000 bonus. A $10,000 bonus is posted for any driver, who can win the Sprint Car, Street Stock, and Open Wheel Modified feature, but Young has opted to only compete in two of the divisions. For more information on the event, please visit www.USCSRacing.com .
Don and Young Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Pro Auto, Patton Classic Cars, Screamindeal.com, R.E. Technologies, Hoosier Racing Tire, Tennison Brothers Sheet Metal, MSRMafia.com, Dynotech Racing Engines, Xtreme Race Graphics, and Sun Dial Shirt Company.
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Billy Moyer Jr. Has Strong Weekend in Louisiana and Mississippi
Batesville, Arkansas (7/07/08) – Billy Moyer Jr. invaded the South over the holiday weekend for a pair of events in his #21jr Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer/Runion Racing Engine Super Late Model.
Saturday night would find Billy in action with the MSCCS Super Late Models at Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, Mississippi. Billy set second quick time in his group during group qualifying, which earned him a third starting position for the pole-sitters dash. He would record a fourth place finish in the dash, which is where he would start for the feature event. In the feature, Billy had a strong run throughout the event and recorded a 5th place finish.
On Friday night, Billy made his first ever trip to Champion Raceway in Minden, Louisiana for a $2,500 to win S.U.P.R. Super Late Model event. Billy started 4th in his heat race, which is where he would also finish on the hooked-up racing surface. Via his heat race finish, Billy started 16th in the feature and got as high as 9th in the feature before settling for a 14th place finish as the team tested some different setups during the course of the feature event.
This weekend Jr. Motorsports will resume action with the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model Series in a pair of events in the Razorback state. Action gets underway on Friday night at Poinsett County Raceway in Harrisburg, Arkansas with a $2,000 to win/$300 to start event. On Saturday night, the team will head to Arkansas Motor Speedway in Nashville, Arkansas for a $2,000 to win/$400 to start event. Billy currently sits 5th in the O’Reilly MSRA point standings, and will be looking to make up ground this weekend. For more information, please visit www.MSRADirt.com .
Billy Moyer Jr. would like to thank all of his sponsors including Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer, Banner Valley Hauling, Valley Transfer, Universal Concrete, Imperial Motors, Red Line Oil, Karl Chevrolet, Bert Transmission, New Vision Graphics, S & H Industrial Services, Watters Autoland, Performance Rod & Custom, Peterson Fluid Systems, Mason Starters, Sweet Mfg., Wiles Driveshafts, Cizmar Racing, Performance Bodies, Schoenfeld Headers, Hoosier Tire South by Pup, Bell Helmets, ISC Racing Tape, VP Racing Fuel, Hooker Harness, MSR Mafia.com, Ringer's Gloves, Kluhsman Racing Components, BSB Manufacturing, Outlawd Motorsports, and CPD Tools.
Billy Moyer Jr. is always looking for new sponsors and marketing partners. For more information on joining the team, please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .
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David Breazeale Ready For Lucas Oil Double Header
Franklinton, Louisiana (7/07/08) – This weekend Voodoo Motorsports and driver, David Breazeale, will enter a pair of Lucas Oil Super Late Model Series events in Mississippi and Alabama.
Voodoo Motorsports was in action with both team cars on Saturday, July 5th at Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, Mississippi for a $2,500 to win MSCCS Super Late Model event. David Breazeale started the night off by setting fast time overall in his #54 Mastersbilt/Jay Dickens Racing Engine Super Late Model. David would go on to win the pole-sitters dash, which earned him the pole position for the 50 lap feature. Breazeale would battle at the front of the pack during the race's early stages before having to head pitside early in the event with a broken left front shock bolt. He would rejoin the back of the pack and charge back to a 7th place finish.
Scott Creel qualified in the 11th position in his group during group qualifying behind the wheel of his #31 GRT/Wall-2-Wall Racing Engine Super Late Model. He would start 7th in his b-main and finish 8th. As a result, he was forced to utilize a MSCCS tour provisional and start 22nd in the feature. Early in the event he would be eliminated in an accident. Creel was credited with a 20th place finish.
This weekend, Scott Creel will take the weekend off as David Breazeale heads into battle with the Lucas Oil Late Model Series. On Friday night, the weekend gets underway at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama in a $7,000 to win/$500 to start event. Breazeale is the current track, record holder at North Alabama Speedway and will be looking to find his way into victory lane. For more information on the event, please visit www.NorthAlabamaSpeedway.com .
On Saturday night, the team will travel to Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for a $10,000 to win Lucas Oil Late Model Series event at “The Baddest Bullring in the South”. The event will be taped by the SPEED channel for a future airing. For more information on the event, please visit www.ColumbusSpeedway.net .
Voodoo Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Black Warrior Auction Company LLC, Creel Brothers, Hypercoil, J&J Motorsports, Stuckey Enterprises, Hoosier Racing Tires, Xtreme Graphics By J-Rod, MSRMafia.com, Team Voodoo Racing, and ASI Racewear.
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Kyle Beard Returns To MSRA Action
Trumann, AR (7/07/08) – Kyle Beard will return to action this weekend in a pair of events with the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model Series behind the wheel of his #86 GRT By Frye/Samuels Performance Racing Engine Super Late Model.
Last weekend, Beard Motorsports made the last minute decision to make the long trek on Saturday to Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, Mississippi for a $2,500 to win MSCCS Super Late Model event. Kyle qualified 4th in his group during group qualifying, which locked him into the pole-sitters dash as well as the feature event. In the pole-sitters dash, Kyle started in the 8th position and advanced to a 7th place finish. Via his 7th place finish, Kyle started 7th in the 50 lap feature event. Despite never racing at JMS before, the team was quite confident for the feature event. However, bad luck would once again strike Beard Motorsports as Kyle was forced to the infield early in the event by another competitor, and he made contact with an infield concrete barrier. The contact would damage the front suspension on the car. Kyle would fight the car for the next 20 laps before retiring from the event. He was credited with a 16th place finish.
The team will race closer to home this weekend as they enter a pair of O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model events in their home state. On Friday night, the weekend gets underway at Kyle’s home track, Poinsett County Raceway, in Harrisburg, Arkansas. Kyle has enjoyed considerable success at the facility, including the $5,000 payday that he picked up for winning the 2007 MidSouth Dirt Track Championship there in 2007. For more information, please visit www.PoinsettCountyRaceway.com .
On Saturday night, the team will head southwest to Arkansas Motor Speedway in Nashville, Arkansas for a $2,000 to win/$400 to start event. For more information, please visit www.ArkansasMotorSpeedway.com .
Kyle Beard would like to thank his sponsors including KB Transport, Gary Beard Trucking, Samuel’s Performance Engines, Engines Inc., Mean Street Motors, Inc., Extreme Graphix (Jonesboro, AR), Bill Frye Motorsports, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services. Beard Motorsports is always looking for more sponsors, and anyone, who may be interested, can find more information at www.KyleBeard86.com .
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Jeremy Miller Hopes Time Spent On World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Great Northern Tour’ Will Bring Future Success
GETTYSBURG, PA – Jeremy Miller will chalk up the World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Great Northern Tour’ as a learning experience.
The 37-year-old driver from Gettysburg, Pa., certainly wasn’t satisfied with scoring just one top-10 finish in six races with the WoO LMS in Canada, New York and Pennsylvania, but he’s hopeful that spending nearly two weeks rubbing shoulders and running side-by-side with the country’s best drivers will pay dividends.
“We weren’t really running that good when we left on the trip, so we weren’t expecting to set the world on fire,” said Miller, whose high point of 2008 came on April 11 when he recorded his first career WoO LMS A-Main triumph at Virginia Motor Speedway. “Our results show that we’re still struggling, but you hope that by running with those Outlaw guys you learn something that will help you down the road.
“It can take a long time for the information those guys have to get back to the regional racer like us, so racing with them definitely helps you step up your program. Taking a little bit of what you learn out there should hopefully get you running better.”
Miller’s best ‘Great Northern Tour’ outing came in the ‘Quebec 50’ on June 21 at Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville, Que. He raced forward from the 17th starting spot to finish eighth in his Buckler Motorsports No. 24, which carries sponsorship from Complete Flooring, USA Spares, Inc., Rocket Chassis, Bullock Race Engines, Miller Fabrication Inc., Torco Race Fuels, Genesis Racing Shocks and American Racer Tires.
The Northeast standout also had a strong run in the swing’s opening-night event on June 17 at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway. He timed second-fastest in qualifying and appeared headed to a seventh-place finish in the 40-lap A-Main until a worn-out tire blew on the final circuit, dropping him to 15th in the official rundown.
Miller failed to finish the remaining races, placing 20th on June 20 at Ohsweken (Ont.) Speedway; 21st on June 21 at Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway; 24th on June 24 at Canandaigua (N.Y.) Speedway; and 23rd (after timing fifth-fastest) on June 25 at Big Diamond Raceway in Minersville, Pa. He used a WoO LMS points provisional to start the Canandaigua and Big Diamond features.
The ‘Great Northern Tour’ was scheduled to conclude on June 27-28 with the $40,000-to-win Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., but rain pushed the weekend’s headline action to Tues., July 29. Friday night’s qualifying program did beat the weather, however, and Miller had a strong performance, timing 17th-fastest and nipping Davey Johnson at the finish line of the fifth heat to claim the prelim’s third and final transfer spot.
“I felt like we had a pretty good car at Lernerville,” said Miller, who is scheduled to start 17th in the Firecracker 100. “But I’m not disappointed that the feature was rained out. I feel like if we can get our car going better over the next month, then when we go back (on July 29) I’ll have a better shot.”
Miller, his wife, his parents and two crewmen arranged vacation days from their jobs several months ago in order to chase the ‘Great Northern Tour.’ They’re all glad they made the trip.
“I really enjoyed it,” said Miller, who relished the opportunity to “think about nothing but racing” for two full weeks. “We raced at some real nice tracks. We were treated really well by the World of Outlaws officials. We had a great time traveling and hanging out with (WoO LMS star) Chub (Frank).
“Even though we didn’t run as well as we would’ve liked, it was a pleasure to race with the Outlaw guys. The whole trip was a great experience and I’m definitely not against doing it again next year.”
Miller will travel to Portsmouth (Ohio) Raceway Park this weekend for two nights of holiday action with the Mid-Atlantic Championship Series (MACS). He’ll run a $5,000-to-win event on Friday night (July 4) and a $10,000-to-win show on Saturday night (July 5) at the riverside oval, where he’s been victorious twice in his career.
For more information on Jeremy Miller, visit www.jeremymiller24.com.
All New Chub Frank 2008 Merchandise Just Released on Chub's Web Site
BEAR LAKE, PA – 2008 Chub Frank Racin merchandise just released on
www.chubfrank.com. There's five new T-shirts including the 30 year anniversary shirt with all 30 cars on the back of the shirt, and awesome black shirt called Shadow, Chub's Army T, the crew CFR Lester T,and a long sleeve in black. For the Ladies "The World Famous ChubZilla Thong" as seen on CNN and a new Ladies Sherbert top. Seventeen new Hats and a Visor.The 30th Anniversary Very Limited Edition 1/24 th scale Diecast Car and it's available in 1/64 th as well, along with numerous special decals.
Chub’s only planned competitive appearance over this holiday week is on Thursday night (July 3) at Central PA Speedway in Clearfield, Pa., where he’ll enter the annual ‘Yankee Doodle 50.’
In addition, The Chub Frank Racing Merchandise Trailer / Slavic Corporation has complete line of the new Chub Frank merchandise that can be purchased at the merchandise trailer this weekend at Central PA Speedway in Clearfield, Pa.,
Billy Moyer Jr. Picks Up Pair of Top Five Finishes
Batesville, Arkansas (7/02/08) – Over the past week, Billy Moyer Jr. and Jr. Motorsports have been quite busy as they criss-crossed the Midwest and Southeast at various events with his #21jr Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer/Runion Racing Engine Super Late Model
Billy raced at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas on Friday, June 27th. He once again drew a large number at the pill draw, but was able to charge from an 8th starting position to a 3rd place finish. Via his 3rd place finish in the heat race, he earned a 5th starting position for the feature. Moyer Jr. would maintain the spot throughout the event, and record a 5th place finish at the checkered flag. Saturday night's event at I-30 Speedway was rained out.
On Wednesday, June 25th, he followed the UMP Summernational tour to Lake Ozark Speedway in Lake Ozark, Missouri. His night would get off to a rough start as one of the j-bar mounts broke on the car in hot laps forcing him to miss his heat race and start at the back of a b-main. Moyer Jr., would fall just short of the transfer.
On Tuesday, June 24th, Billy was in action at Sedalia State Fair Speedway in Sedalia, Missouri with the UMP Summernationals. It was his first time on a large flat track, and Billy battled the setup all night, and once again fell just short of transferring from the b-main into the feature.
On Sunday, June 22nd Billy was in action at Monett Speedway in Monett, Missouri in a $2,000 to win DLRA Late Model Series event. Jr. finished second in his heat race and recorded a strong fourth place finish in the feature event.
On Saturday, June 21st, the week of insanity got underway at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri for the O'Reilly Late Model Challenge on Saturday night. Billy was one of sixty-five Super Late Models signed in for the event. Once again, he drew a large number at the pill draw, and was forced to start in the 10th position in one of the six heat races. Billy would manage a 7th place finish in his heat race, which earned him an 8th starting position in his b-main event. He advanced to a 5th place finish in his consolation event, but only the top two cars transferred to the feature event.
This weekend Jr. Motorsports will enter a pair of events in the deep south. On Friday night, the team will travel to Champion Park Speedway in Minden, Louisiana in an event sanctioned by the O’Reilly S.U.P.R. Super Late Model tour. This will mark Billy’s first visit to the facility. For more information, please visit www.SUPRRacing.com .
On Saturday night, Moyer Jr. will be in action at Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, Mississippi with the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series (MSCCS) Super Late Models in a $2,500 to win/$300 to start, 50 lap event. For more information, please visit www.StateSeries.com .
Billy Moyer Jr. would like to thank all of his sponsors including Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer, Banner Valley Hauling, Valley Transfer, Universal Concrete, Imperial Motors, Red Line Oil, Karl Chevrolet, Bert Transmission, New Vision Graphics, S & H Industrial Services, Watters Autoland, Performance Rod & Custom, Peterson Fluid Systems, Mason Starters, Sweet Mfg., Wiles Driveshafts, Cizmar Racing, Performance Bodies, Schoenfeld Headers, Hoosier Tire South by Pup, Bell Helmets, ISC Racing Tape, VP Racing Fuel, Hooker Harness, MSR Mafia.com, Ringer's Gloves, Kluhsman Racing Components, BSB Manufacturing, Outlawd Motorsports, and CPD Tools.
Billy Moyer Jr. is always looking for new sponsors and marketing partners. For more information on joining the team, please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .
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First Win Of Season Highlights End-Of-Month Rush
For Rising Young Late Model Star Mike Knight
RIPLEY, NY – Mike Knight closed out the month of June with a whirlwind of traveling.
And in the midst of it all, the rising young star registered his long-awaited first feature win of the 2008 season.
Knight, 21, of Ripley, N.Y., raced to a flag-to-flag 25-lap Super Late Model victory on June 22 at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa. – the same one-third-mile oval where last year he earned his first career track title in the headline full-fender division.
“It definitely felt good to finally get a win,” said Knight, who has found the going anything but easy this season as he steps up his Super Late Model program by chasing the Independent Racing Series (IRS) schedule. “We’ve had some tough stretches this year, but I think this might be a sign that we’re starting to get some luck on our side and we’re ready to turn the corner.”
Knight drove his familiar family-owned Rocket No. 9K to the $1,500 checkered flag. He used a Draime engine that was borrowed from fellow racer Robbie Blair.
“We’ve been having some engine problems and Robbie said, ‘Here, use my motor for a couple weeks,’” said Knight, who started from the pole position at Eriez. “I have to thank him for letting us use it. I really like it – and actually, I think we might end up buying it from him.”
Knight’s triumph came after he spent the preceding days hopping all over the map in pursuit of races. His travels began on June 19 when he crossed the border to enter a World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Ohsweken (Ont.) Speedway, which is just over a three-hour drive from his home. Unfortunately, rain arrived after hot laps and postponed that evening’s action to the following day, which meant Knight had to bypass the show because he was scheduled to run an IRS program on June 20 at Elkins (W.Va.) Motor Speedway.
Alas, Knight learned that Elkins was rained out as he was en route to the track on June 20, so he changed direction and entered a regular weekly show that evening at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. His impromptu visit to the four-tenths-mile oval resulted in solid fourth-place finish from the 20th starting spot.
Knight hit the highway again on June 21 for an IRS event at Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, W.Va. But Mother Nature again had other plans, postponing the program to July 12 shortly after Knight had timed sixth-fastest in time trials.
Another midweek WoO LMS show close to Knight’s shop lured him into action on June 24. He made a modest drive to Canandaigua (N.Y.) Speedway, but he didn’t have a memorable outing. After timing 11th-fastest among 34 entrants he ended up failing to qualify, his evening done after an apparent oil-pump problem surfaced during his heat race.
Knight was back in WoO LMS competition last weekend, entering the big Firecracker 100 weekend at Lernerville Speedway. He timed 19th-fastest in the 62-car time-trial session on Friday night, but his sixth-place finish in the first 15-lap heat race left him three spots short of transferring to the $40,000-to-win A-Main.
Following Friday’s program Knight and Co. discovered a carburetor issue that seemed to be sapping horsepower from his engine, so he was “really looking forward to the B-Main on Saturday,” said Knight. “I felt like we were definitely going to be better.”
But Knight’s shot at making the feature field never came because waves of showers kept rolling across Lernerville on Saturday night and again on Sunday’s raindate, forcing officials to postpone the final night of the Firecracker 100 weekend to Tues., July 29.
Knight, who sits sixth in the current IRS points standings and third in the tour’s Rookie of the Year, battle, will be busy this week. He’s scheduled to run IRS events on four consecutive nights – July 3 at K-C Raceway in Alma, Ohio; July 4 at Hilltop Speedway in Millersburg, Ohio; July 5 at Moler Raceway Park in Williamsburg, Ohio; and July 6 at Midway Speedway in Crooksville, Ohio.
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway, Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottawaya’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, RJB Construction, Chessa’ Pizza, NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Genesis Shocks, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts and American Racing Tires.
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Todd Hall Records Pair of Top 5 Finishes
Charleston, MO (7/01/08) – During the course of the past week, Todd Hall from Charleston, Missouri competed in a trio of events and recorded a pair of top five finishes along the way.
Todd’s week got underway on Friday, June 20th with a FasTrak Late Model Series event at Auto Tire and Parts Raceway in Benton, Missouri. Hall won his heat race behind the wheel of his #99 Mastersbilt. He also won the dash, and was leading the feature, when disaster struck on a late race restart. The second place car fired before Hall did on the restart, which resulted in Todd being spun. Unbelievably, offficials credited Hall with the caution, and he was sent to the back of the pack. With only five laps remaining, Hall would charge from the back of the field to a 5th place finish.
On Thursday, June 26th Todd Hall Motorsports traveled to Paducah International Raceway in Paducah, Kentucky for a UMP Summernationals event. Todd would battle an ill-handling car all night long and fall just short of qualifying for the main event.
On Friday, June 27th, Todd raced in a weekly racing series event in the Crate Late Model division at Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri and recorded a 5th place finish in the feature event.
Todd is currently 2nd in the FasTrak Late Model point standings, and will continue his pursuit of the title this weekend as he travels to an event at Clay County Speedway in Flora, Illinois. The event pays $1,200 to win and $100 to start. For more information please visit www.claycountyspeedwayonline.com .
Todd Hall Motorsports has a pair of engines for sale including a 430 Russell Baker Engine with 110 total laps on it and a 415 Russell Baker Racing Engine with 440 laps since the last freshening. Todd is interesting in possibly trading these motors for a SAS or SUPR Spec Engine. In addition, Todd has a 2007 Mastersbilt for sale. For more details on these engines please visit the For Sale page at www.ToddHallMotorsports.com .
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Don Young Wins First Event of 2008; WoO Up Next
Bartlett, Tennessee (6/30/08) – It’s definitely been a year of ups and downs for Don Young and Young Motorsports as they have spent the first half of the year criss-crossing the country, but all of their hard work finally paid of in a big way as he picked up his first feature win of the year over the weekend.
Young Motorsports traveled to Florida for a pair of American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) Coastal Region events over the weekend. The weekend got underway on Friday night at Northwest Florida Speedway in Baker, Florida. Don grabbed the lead at the drop of the green in the feature event and never looked back en route to the win behind the wheel of his #75 J&J Chassis/Dynotech Racing Engine Sprint Car.
On Saturday night at Southern Speedway in Milton, Florida, Don finished 2nd in his heat race, and in the feature event had surged into the second spot by the race's midway point, when he slipped off the track during a spirited battle. He was ultimately credited with a 12th place finish. After the completion of the weekend’s events, Young maintains the point’s leader of the ASCS Coastal Region.
With a win under his belt and momentum on his side Don has set his sights on a big goal for the upcoming weekend. On Saturday night, July 5th, the Bartlett, Tennessee native will pilot his #75 Sprinter into battle with the World of Outlaw Sprint Cars at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas. The team typically utilizes 360 c.i. engines, but this weekend they will have a high-powered 410 c.i. engine in their entry. For more information on the event, please visit www.RiversideInternationalSpeedway.com .
Don and Young Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Pro Auto, Patton Classic Cars, Screamindeal.com, R.E. Technologies, Hoosier Racing Tire, Tennison Brothers Sheet Metal, MSRMafia.com, Dynotech Racing Engines, and Sun Dial Shirt Company.
Young Motorsports is always looking for new sponsors, and anyone, who is interested can find more information at www.DonYoung75.com .
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Eric Cooley Scores Three Top Five Finishes
Fulton, MS (6/30/08) – Eric Cooley had a busy three day swing over the weekend, as he competed in three different states and picked up three runner-up finishes.
The weekend got underway for Cooley on Friday night at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama as he entered his #33c Mastersbilt Late Model Stock into a weekly racing series event. Eric would win his heat race before finishing in the second position in the feature event.
On Saturday night the team made the trek to Milan Motor Speedway in Milan, Tennessee for a $1,500 to win Crate Late Model event. Eric qualified in the third position and battled his way to a second place finish.
On Sunday night, the action shifted to Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi as Eric once again piloted his #33c Mastersbilt Late Model Stock. Cooley started 7th in his heat race, and by the second lap he had powered his way to the lead. Eric led the early stages of the feature event before his tires sealed over during a caution period. He would fight an ill handling car home to another second place finish.
This weekend Cooley Motorsports resumes NeSmith National Late Model Series action with an event at Fort Payne Motor Speedway in Fort Payne, Alabama. Action gets underway on Friday night with time trials and heat races. On Saturday night, b-mains and the $5,000 to win, 75 lap feature event will be held. This will mark Eric’s first trip to the recently reopened facility. For more information please visit www.NeSmithRacing.com .
Eric and everyone at Cooley Motorsports would like
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Logging & Sons (Fulton, MS), Searcy Tires (Cherokee, AL), Twisted Designs
(Fayette, AL), Jamie Reid Trucking (Tupelo, MS), Stewart Construction (Fulton,
MS), D&D Trade (Fulton, MS), MSRMafia.com, and Simpson Race Products.
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Dusty Johnston Set For Missouri Double Header
Flippin, Arkansas (6/30/08) – After taking a weekend off to freshen his equipment, Dusty Johnston will return to action behind the wheel of his #16 GRT By Frye/Kuntz & Co. Racing Engine Super Late Model with a pair of events in the Show-Me state.
Johnston was last in action two weeks ago with the M.A.R.S. series as sixty-five Super Late Models turned out for the $10,000 to win/$700 to start event at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri in the O'Reilly Late Model Challenge, which featured nine different Super Late Model tours. Dusty drew a sixth starting spot for his heat race. With passing points in effect, Johnston advanced to a 4th place finish at the end of the 10 lap event. Via his heat race finish, Johnston started 3rd in his b-main event and battled his way to a second place finish, which earned him the 19th starting position in the coveted 51 lap feature event. In the main event, Dusty would record a 17th place finish.
“It really meant a lot to qualify for the race at Lucas Oil Speedway with the caliber of competition that was on hand, and although we didn’t get the finish that we had hoped for, we learned a lot about the car,” remarked Johnston.
This weekend Dusty will head back into battle. The weekend gets underway on Thursday, June 3rd at I-44 Speedway in Lebanon, Missouri with a $3,000 to win challenge event between the M.A.R.S. and D.L.R.A. Late Model Series. Johnston is currently fifth in the O’Reilly M.A.R.S. point standings. For more information, please visit www.MidAmericaRacingSeries.com .
On Saturday night, Dusty will compete in a weekly racing series event at I-44 Speedway. For more information, please visit www.LebanonI44Speedway.net .
Dusty Johnston Motorsports would like to thank all of their 2008 sponsors including PJ Transportation, El Chico Café, Burns Funeral Home, EZ Loader Boat Trailers, Swans Plumbing, Integra, JFR Graphics, Simpson Race Products, Frye Motorsports, Kuntz & Co., MSRMafia.com, Blue Heron Campground & Resort, and Ideal RV.
Dusty Johnston is always looking for new sponsors and marketing partners. For more information on joining the team, please visit www.DustyJohnston16.com .
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Chub Frank’s Bid For A $40,000 Firecracker 100 Victory Will Have To Wait One Month
BEAR LAKE, PA – Chub Frank was hoping last weekend’s Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway would be the event that shook him from some recent doldrums on the World of Outlaws Late Model ‘Great Northern Tour.’A close second-place finish to Brian Birkhofer in a Friday-night heat race – the two drivers ran side-by-side for virtually the entire 15-lap distance – just made the 46-year-old star known as ‘Chubzilla’ more confident about his prospects in the $40,000-to-win headliner.
But Mother Nature kept all cars off the four-tenths-mile oval on Saturday night and again on Sunday’s rain date, dousing the track with waves of rain that forced officials to postpone the event to Tues., July 29.
“I wish we could’ve run the thing,” said Chub, who is set to start 12th in the Firecracker 100. “Our car was good on Friday night and I think we had something for ‘em.”
Chub, who timed 12th-fastest among 62 entrants in Friday night’s time trials at Lernerville, came to the ‘Action Track’ after registering a pair of steady-but-quiet top-10 finishes in 40-lap mid-week WoO LMS events. He finished fifth on June 24 at Canandaigua (N.Y.) Speedway and placed ninth on June 25 at Big Diamond Raceway in Minersville, Pa.
While the fifth-place run represented Chub’s second-best finish in the six ‘Great Northern Tour’ A-Mains that were completed, he certainly wanted more. He had, after all, won four WoO LMS events in upstate New York over the past three years – and he also started second in the event. Darrell Lanigan actually nipped Chub at the finish line for fourth place.
Chub wasn’t a serious factor at the three-eighths-mile Big Diamond oval, improving two spots from his 11th starting position.
Chub now sits fifth in the WoO LMS point’s standings, 76 points behind leader Darrell Lanigan. Frustrated with his recent performances, he plans to assemble a new Lester Buildings, Corry Rubber, All Star Performance, Corry Laser, Slavic Corporation, Farr MotorSports, Lake Shore Paving, Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1* car in the coming days before heading out on the road for the WoO LMS ‘Wild West Tour,’ which kicks off on July 9 at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn. The swing will feature nine races over a 13-day period in Minnesota, North Dakota, Saskatchewan, Wyoming, South Dakota, Kansas and Nebraska.
“I had a new blue front-end car ordered already,” said Chub. “I always try to have one those cars for the big races and big tracks at the end of the track, but we’ve been searching for something to get us going so we’re going to take the new car on the trip and see what we can do with it.”
Right now were trying to schedule time for the entire team to stop at the Lester Buildings corporate headquarters in Lester Prairie, Minn. around the Deer Creek and Brainerd, Minn. events.
Chub’s only planned competitive appearance over this holiday week is on Thursday night (July 3) at Central PA Speedway in Clearfield, Pa., where he’ll enter the annual ‘Yankee Doodle 50.’
In addition, The Chub Frank Racing Merchandise Trailer / Slavic Corporation has released a complete line of new Chub Frank merchandise that can be purchased on-line at
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Only A Firecracker 100 Postponement Dulls Kid Rocket’s Momentum As June Comes To Close
SHINNSTON, WV – No one was more disappointed about the postponement of last weekend’s Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway than Josh Richards.
Already riding a certified hot streak into the blockbuster World of Outlaws Late Model Series weekend, Josh pulled off a spectacular heat-race victory in Friday night’s Firecracker 100 preliminary action that had him chomping at the bit for the $40,000-to-win main event on Saturday night. But continuous showers on Saturday and again on Sunday’s raindate prevented any further competition, forcing officials to postpone the headline program to Tues., July 29.
“I was really looking forward to the feature,” said Josh, who will redraw for the top-six starting spots in the 100 with his fellow heat-race winners on the rescheduled date. “We had a great car in the heat and I was confident we would have a shot to win if we made the right decisions. Now we’ll just have to wait a month.”
The 20-year-old sensation from Shinnston, W.Va., was very impressive in his 15-lap heat victory. After timing 16th-fastest among the 62 entrants in Friday’s time trials, he used the outside groove to drive past dirt Late Model legends Donnie Moran and Scott Bloomquist and assume command on lap 12.
“I knew the only chance I had to start up front (in the Firecracker 100) was if I won the heat, so I got my elbows up and drove as hard as I could,” said Josh. “I didn’t get off to a very good start, but I kept packing the top (groove) during the cautions and I kept getting better and better up there.
“I just tried to race (Moran and Bloomquist) like they were anybody else and beat them. It definitely was a fun race.”
Josh arrived at Lernerville hot off a super stretch of racing on the WoO LMS ‘Great Northern Tour.’ He backed up his come-from-behind victory on June 22 at Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway with a second straight triumph, taking the 40-lap feature on June 24 at Canandaigua (N.Y.) Speedway, and he led more than of the 40-lap A-Main on June 25 at Big Diamond Raceway in Minersville, Pa., before settling for a third-place finish.
‘Kid Rocket’ dominated the first-ever WoO LMS event at Canandaigua, blasting off the pole position to lead the entire distance. He beat Rick Eckert to the finish line by a full straightaway margin to pocket $7,150 and capture back-to-back WoO LMS races for the second time in his career.
“I like tracks like this where you can just focus, hit your marks every lap and keep up your momentum,” Josh said of Canandaigua. “This place races a lot like Volusia (Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.), and we’ve always been real good there. There’s less bank here, but the way the backstretch is shaped and the way you drive into one, you can refer to Volusia a lot.”
Josh made a good run at three straight wins at Big Diamond, another track that hosted the WoO LMS for the first time. He moved up one row to the second starting spot after scheduled outside-polesitter Darrell Lanigan was penalized for jumping the original green flag and took advantage of the gift, motoring into the lead on the opening lap.
But Shannon Babb’s charge to the front sent Josh sliding over the turn-two bank on lap 30, effectively ending his bid for victory. He held on to finish third but could only watch as Lanigan inherited the win when Babb cut a tire on lap 33.
Josh was disappointed about his loss, but he didn’t blame Babb.
“I don’t hold anything against him for it,” said Josh. “It was just hard racing. He’s extremely competitive and wanted to win just like I did, and I know he didn’t do it on purpose.
“I really wanted three in a row though,” he added with a smile. “I thought everything was falling our way to win another one.”
Josh is now second in the WoO LMS points standings, 36 points behind Lanigan.
With the WoO LMS off until embarking on a monster ‘Wild West Tour’ on July 9 that will feature nine races over a 13-day period in Minnesota, North Dakota, Saskatchewan, Wyoming, South Dakota, Kansas and Nebraska, Josh’s Mark Richards Racing-owned Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Works/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports/Ernie’s Auto & Hauling Rocket Chassis No. 1 will stay in the shop this week to be prepared.
But Josh plans to stay busy behind the wheel of the Ernie Davis-owned Rocket No. 25, entering three holiday-week events in Ohio. He plans to run the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series show on Thursday night (July 3) at Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville, Ohio, and MAC’S Series event at Portsmouth Speedway in Portsmouth, Ohio on Friday night (July 4 & 5th) and Sunday night (July 6) at Midway Speedway in Crooksville, OH. for the IRS event.
Jake Tucker Survives For Top 10 Finish at Riverside
Collierville, TN (6/29/08) – Even though it was not the finish that the team had hoped for at the outset of the evening, Jake Tucker came away with a solid top ten finish behind the wheel of his #11 Larry Shaw/Dynotech Racing Engine Open Wheel Modified on Saturday night at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas.
With 27 Open Wheel Modifieds on hand, including many of the area’s top drivers, Jake drew an 8th starting position in his heat race. Tucker would advance to a 6th place finish, which via passing points would earn him a 15th starting position in the 15 lap feature event. The early stages of the feature would see intense carnage at the front of the pack, due to over anxious drivers, with the front four rows being involved in some type of incident before a lap could ever be completed. The third attempt at a start would see the feature get underway with Jake advancing into the top five within the first few laps. The feature would continue to be caution-plagued, and Tucker managed to dodge many of the incidents before a lap seven spin by the fourth place car collected him, and forced him to the back of the pack. During this time the time limit expired on the division, and a green-white-checkered finish was announced. In the last two laps, Jake would rebound to a 7th place finish.
This weekend Tucker Motorsports will be in action in a pair of Southern Modified Promotions (SMP) Open Wheel Modified events. The action gets underway on Friday, July 4th with a $1,500 to win/$125 to start event at West Tennessee Motor Speedway in Lexington, Tennessee. For more information, please visit www.WTMSRacing.com or www.SMPRacing.com
On Saturday night, July 5th, the action will continue at Milan Speedway in Milan, Tennessee with another $1,500 to win/$125 to start SMP Open Wheel Modified event. For more information, please visit www.MilanSpeedway.net or www.SMPRacing.com .
Tucker Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Parts Plus, Valvoline Oil, Smyth Auto (Cincinnati, OH), Champion Electric (Collierville, TN), Mr. Parts Stores (Pine Bluff, AR), Auto Sport Center (Little Rock, AR), Dynotech Engines, Main Street Garage(Collierville, TN), The UPS Stores(Collierville, TN), Comp Cams, Dynamic Electric(Memphis, TN), and Wilson Competition (Tony Wilson).
For more information on Jake Tucker Motorsports, please visit www.TuckerMotorsports.com
Thanks!
Ben Shelton, Owner
MSR Mafia
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Earl Pearson Jr. Heads to Pennsylvania for Firecracker 100, Finishes 12th at Cherokee Speedway
ARCHDALE, NC (June 26, 2008)- Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team will travel to Sarver, PA this weekend to compete in the World of Outlaws sanctioned event the "Firecracker 100" at Lernerville Speedway. On Friday night Earl will qualify and run heat races at the $40,000 to win event and then return Saturday for to compete in the 100-lap feature event. For more information about the event log onto www.lernerville.com the official track website.
This past weekend Earl and the team competed in a Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt series sanctioned event at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, SC. The $7,000 to win feature event was the first night of the two night swing in the Carolinas for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. Earl would run in top ten for most of the 40-lap feature event but suffered a slow deflating right rear tire in the final laps that relegated Earl to a 12th place finish losing several positions in the final laps. On Saturday night June 21st Earl and team traveled to Fayetteville Motor Speedway to compete in the $10,000 to win "Dunn-Benson Ford 50" in Fayetteville, NC. Series officials canceled the event due to rain that rolled in early Saturday afternoon. Earl is currently in 2nd place in the national point's standings only 10 points behind Steve Casebolt. For more information about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series log onto the series website at www.lucasdirt.com.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors in 2008 for their support including LifeLong Locks, Lucas Oil, Mastersbilt Race Cars, Larry Wallace Engines, Mopar, Sunoco Race Fuels, Allstar Performance, Tiger Rear End, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, SHY, Wilwood, Woodward, TWM, Dyers Top Rods, Weld, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Wrisco, Sparco, Bell, Mechanix Wear, Oakley, Cheerios, Coke, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs, The Decal Source, Rick Schwallie Photography and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit www.lucasdirt.com. For more information about LifeLong Locks and the strongest locks on the market today, visit www.lifelonglocks.com. For more information about Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team visit their official website at www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com.
Earl Pearson Jr. upcoming schedule:
June 27-28th -WoO Sanctioned Event-Lernerville
Speedway - Sarver, PA
July 3rd - Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series- Muskingum
Speedway- Zanesville, OH
July 4th - Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-Tazewell
Speedway - Tazewell, TN
July 5th - Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series- Volunteer
Speedway- Bulls Gap, TN
Jason Fitzgerald and the M&M Motorsports Team Heads to GIS,
Launches New Website
JACKSONVILLE, FL (June 25, 2008)- Jason Fitzgerald and the M&M Motorsports Team
will compete at familiar surroundings the next two weekends competing at Golden
Isles Speedway in Brunswick, GA for a one-day $3,000 to win United Dirt Late
Model Series sanctioned event on June 28th and a $3,000 to win National Late
Model Series sanctioned event on July 5th. Jason has turned many laps behind
the wheel at GIS and had an impressive 4th place finish in the Lucas Oil Late
Model Dirt Series event back in April competing against some of the top dirt
late model drivers in the country.
Jason the former crew chief of 4-Time dirt late model national champion driver
Earl Pearson Jr. has teamed up with Murrell Mixon and the M&M Motorsports Team
for the 2008 season. M&M Motorsports is based out of Jacksonville, FL and will
use Mastersbilt Racecars as their chassis of choice with Custom Race Engines as
their power plants for 2008. Jason is currently in 2nd place in the O'Reilly
Southern All-Stars Series overall point's standings and leads all rookies in
points for the "Rookie of the Year Award".
Jason is also excited to announce his new website is now online with all the
latest information and photos for fans to visit at http://jfitzracing.com. The
official website for Jason Fitzgerald Racing was designed by one of the top
website companies in motorsports WRT Web designs and will be updated weekly with
results, photos and all the latest news about Jason Fitzgerald.
"I'm really excited about racing in front of my hometown friends and family the
next couple of weekends at Golden Isles Speedway. We've been traveling a lot
already this year on the Southern All-Stars Series but it's nice to be close to
home this weekend. I want to thank WRT Web designs for a great website and
hopefully everyone will visit it often as we plan to do some really cool stuff
with the website in the near future. I also want to thank Bobby Labonte and his
foundation for their support of my racing career. Make sure you visit http://bobbylabontefoundation.org/
to learn more about the Bobby Labonte Foundation", stated Jason
Jason and the M&M Motorsports Team would like to thank all their sponsors in
2008 for their support including M&M Transport & Refrigeration, Bobby Labonte
Foundation, Allstar Performance, ASI Racewear, Bell, Butlerbuilt, Jones Racing
Products, M&M Enterprises, Penske Racing Shocks, PRC, Q-Racing, TWM, VP Race
Fuels, WD Enterprises, Wiles Drive Shafts, Wrisco Aluminum and Xtreme Graphics
by J-Rod.
To learn more about Jason Fitzgerald and the M&M Motorsports Team visit their
official website at http://jfitzracing.com. To join the Jason Fitzgerald news
letter and receive his press releases by e-mail just send an email to [email protected]
requesting that your email address be included for the press release list for
Jason Fitzgerald. For more information about the O'Reilly Southern All-Stars
Racing Series visit their website at http://www.southern-allstars.com.
Upcoming Schedule for Jason Fitzgerald and the M&M Motorsports Team
June 28th - Golden Isles Speedway, Brunswick, GA- United Dirt Racing Series
July 5th - Golden Isles Speedway, Brunswick, GA- National Late Model Dirt
Series
July 11th - North Alabama Speedway, Tuscumbia, AL- Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt
Series
July 12th - Columbus Speedway, Columbus, MS- Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
July 18th - North Georgia Speedway, Chatsworth, GA- Southern All-Stars Series
July 19th - Cleveland Speedway, Cleveland, TN- Southern All-Stars Series
July 20th - Rome Speedway, Rome, GA- Southern All-Stars Series
Hottinger readies for I-30 Speedway Friday night
June 24, 2008
Russellville, ARK— Dewaine Hottinger will be in tow to I-30 Speedway this Friday evening. The team’s plans are still in the works as to Saturday’s competition.
Hottinger will pilot the #65 GRT by Frye, Super Late Model on Friday night at the Speedway. Saturday plans are still unfolding. The Hottinger team currently sits 9th in the AMP Series point standings with 169.
Friday night at 7:30 pm, he will compete for $1250.00 to win.
GRT will provide the Pole Sitter award for the AMP
Pole Sitter
Larry Shaw will provide the Hard Charger award for
the AMP Hard Charger
I-30 Speedway’s Race Card for the weekend of events:
SUPR/AMP Late Models, Bumper to Bumper Super Stocks,
Mini-Sprints, Horizon Mini-Sprints and Mini-Stocks. Gates open at 5:00 and races
at 7:30. Adult admission $10 and kids 6 - 12 only $1 when accompanied by an
adult. Pit passes are $25
SUPR/AMP Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, Bumper to
Bumper Super Stocks, Mini-Sprints, and Horizon Mini-Sprints. Gates open at 5:00
and races at 7:30. Adult admission $15 and kids 6 - 12 only $2 when accompanied
by an adult. Pit passes are $25. 2 day adult ticket is $20
To learn more about Dewaine Hottinger racing with the
AMP Series during 2008, log on
www.ampseries.com
To learn more about I-30 Speedway log on to
www.i-30speedway.com
To learn more about SUPR logon to
www.suprracing.com
AMP Series would like to thank our Marketing Partners
and encourage all racer, fans and friends to visit with them during the 2008
race season.
AMP Series members/drivers that compete 80% during
2008 with paid membership will be able to have a chance of winning a 28 foot
Lift Gate Stacker Trailer presented by Blue Ridge Trailers Inc of Canton, Texas.
www.blueridgeliftgate.com
The “Official Graphics” of the AMP Series,
www.racewrapz.com : Blue Ridge Trailers, Inc.
www.blueridgeliftgate.com Team GRT, Larry Shaw
Racing, Mike McNay DBA – SnapOn Tool’s, Smiley’s Racing Products, Hoosier Tire
Southwest, Duralite Wheels, Wulff Pumps, Smith Towing, William Gould Racing,
Race on Driving Experience, Kenny Morden Racing, Luvracin.com, Clampedup.com,
Victory Lane Web Designs, Realracingusa.com, Smith Towing and Recovery of
Minden, La, The Contingency Connection, Raceceivers.com, GRT by Catman, Race
Replica Die Cast, Schoenfeld Headers
Terry Henson gears up for I-30 Speedway
June 23, 2008
North Little Rock, ARK— Terry Henson will be in tow to I-30 Speedway this Friday and Saturday night for a pair of series events.
Henson will pilot the #U2 Super Late Model this weekend in a pair of events at his home track of I-30 Speedway.
The teams last visit to the speedway: picked up fifth place in the heat race, later the team suffered from mechanical issues and was unable to compete in the main event.
Henson Motorsports team will be in Little Rock, Arkansas at I-30 Speedway. Friday night at 7:30 pm where he will compete for $1250.00 to win, and Saturday he will compete for $2500.00 to win.
GRT will provide the Pole
Sitter award for the AMP Pole Sitter
Larry Shaw will provide the Hard Charger award for
the AMP Hard Charger
I-30 Speedway’s Race Card for the weekend of events:
SUPR/AMP Late Models, Bumper to Bumper Super Stocks,
Mini-Sprints, Horizon Mini-Sprints and Mini-Stocks. Gates open at 5:00 and races
at 7:30. Adult admission $10 and kids 6 - 12 only $1 when accompanied by an
adult. Pit passes are $25
SUPR/AMP Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, Bumper to
Bumper Super Stocks, Mini-Sprints, and Horizon Mini-Sprints. Gates open at 5:00
and races at 7:30. Adult admission $15 and kids 6 - 12 only $2 when accompanied
by an adult. Pit passes are $25. 2 day adult ticket is $20
To learn more about Terry Henson racing with the AMP
Series during 2008, log on
www.ampseries.com
To learn more about I-30 Speedway log on to
www.i-30speedway.com
To learn more about SUPR logon to
www.suprracing.com
AMP Series would like to thank our Marketing Partners
and encourage all racer, fans and friends to visit with them during the 2008
race season.
AMP Series members/drivers that compete 80% during
2008 with paid membership will be able to have a chance of winning a 28 foot
Lift Gate Stacker Trailer presented by Blue Ridge Trailers Inc of Canton, Texas.
www.blueridgeliftgate.com
The “Official Graphics” of the AMP Series,
www.racewrapz.com : Blue Ridge Trailers, Inc.
www.blueridgeliftgate.com Team GRT, Larry Shaw
Racing, Mike McNay DBA – SnapOn Tool’s, Smiley’s Racing Products, Hoosier Tire
Southwest, Duralite Wheels, Wulff Pumps, Smith Towing, William Gould Racing,
Race on Driving Experience, Kenny Morden Racing, Luvracin.com, Clampedup.com,
Victory Lane Web Designs, Realracingusa.com, Smith Towing and Recovery of
Minden, La, The Contingency Connection, Raceceivers.com, GRT by Catman, Race
Replica Die Cast, Schoenfeld Headers
Voodoo Motorsports Preps For Mississippi Double Header
Franklinton, Louisiana (6/24/08) – This weekend Voodoo Motorsports will invade the state of Mississippi for a pair of $2,000 to win/$200 to start Super Late Model events.
Last Saturday night both team cars were in action at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi for the $2,500 to win Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series event. After locking into the pole-sitter’s dash via his qualifying time, David Breazeale finished 2nd in the dash, which earned him a 2nd starting position for the feature event. David would battle for the lead for much of the event before recording a 2nd place finish.
Scott Creel failed to qualify for the main event, and had to utilize a provisional to start 21st in the main event. However, he would take advantage of the provisional starting position by advance his #31 GRT/Wall-2-Wall Racing Engine Super Late Model to a 14th place finish and maintain his spot on top of the 2008 MSCCS Rookie of the Year standings.
Action will resume this Saturday night at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi with Round #2 of the Firecracker Three Crown Nationals. The event pays $2,000 to win and $200 to start. Voodoo Motorsports has enjoyed considerable success at the 1/3 mile, high-banked oval with several feature wins. In addition, David Breazeale is the current track record holder behind the wheel of his #54 Mastersbilt/Jay Dickens Racing Engine Super Late Model. For more information, please visit www.ColumbusSpeedway.net .
On Sunday night, the action will move across town to Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi. Once again, both team cars will be battling for $2,000 to win and $200 to start in a big 40 lap event. For more information, please visit www.MagnoliaMotorSpeedway.net .
Voodoo Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Black Warrior Auction Company LLC, Creel Brothers, Hypercoil, J&J Motorsports, Stuckey Enterprises, Hoosier Racing Tires, Xtreme Graphics By J-Rod, MSRMafia.com, Team Voodoo Racing, and ASI Racewear.
For more information on Voodoo Motorsports, please visit www.VoodooDirt.com .
Thanks!
Ben Shelton, Owner
MSR Mafia
www.MSRMafia.com
The
Midsouth Racing Scene
www.MidSouthRacing.com
McCool’s Hot Streak Continues at Whynot
Vicksburg, MS (6/24/08) – Bub McCool continued his torrid pace in 2008 as he maneuvered his #57j Trakstar/Barker Racing Engine Super Late Model to the $2,500 feature win at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi in Mississippi Championship Challenge Series (MSCCS) action on Saturday night.
With 36 Super Late Models signed in for the event, Bub locked into the pole-sitters dash via his qualifying time. McCool finished 4th in the dash, which earned him a 4th starting position in the feature event. Bub would rocket from his 4th starting spot to take over the lead shortly after the race’s midway point. McCool would never look back en route to his second win of 2008 at Whynot Motorsports Park and his fifth feature win overall for the 2008 season.
This weekend, McCool Motorsports will take part in the Firecracker Three Crown Nationals. Action gets underway with on Friday night at Jeff Greer’s North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama for a $2,000 to win/$200 to start, 40 lap event. Bub already has one feature win at NAS in 2008. For more information, please visit www.NorthAlabamaSpeedway.com .
On Saturday night, the team will travel to Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for Round #2 of the series. Once again, a $2,000 to win/$200 to start , 40 lap event will be held as the competitors wage war around the Baddest Bullring in the South. McCool has also visited victory lane at Columbus Speedway once in 2008. For more information, please visit www.ColumbusSpeedway.net .
The three day trek will wrap up on Sunday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi with another $2,000 to win/$200 to start, 40 lap feature. For more information, please visit www.MagnoliaMotorSpeedway.net .
Bub and everyone at McCool Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include McCool Logging, Barker Racing Engines, Trak-Star Race Cars, Phase 2 Sign Supply, Good Hope Lumber, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Boland Performance, Phase II Graphics, & MSRMafia.com.
For more information on Bub & McCool Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.BubMcCool.com .
Thanks!
Ben Shelton, Owner
MSR Mafia
www.MSRMafia.com
The
Midsouth Racing Scene
www.MidSouthRacing.com
The ‘Silent Assassin’ charges to Little Rock, Arkansas this
weekend
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June 23, 2008
Alexander, ARK— The Trumann, Arkansas Beard team will be in tow to I-30 Speedway
this Friday and Saturday night for a pair of series events.
Kyle Beard will pilot the Red & Yellow, GRT by Frye, #86 Super Late Model
The teams’ last visit to the 1/4th mile clay oval scored him 7th in the heat and
followed it up with 9th place feature finish.
The team has just returned from Wheatland Mo, where he started inside pole in
his heat, and was able to maintain second position until a caution came out for
an incident on the track. On the restart, his car pushed up, sending him in the
marbles, and was unable to maintain his second place position before race end.
The Trumann native was credited with a fifth place finish, which placed him in
the third b-main, where he was slated to start 3rd inside, when officials waved
him in due to fuel leakage on the speedway.
Track officials noticed the fuel lid was MIA. Once the problem was solved then
he relined on the rear of the field and charged to a 3rd place finish, missing
transfer by one position.
Kyle currently sits 3rd in the AMP Series point standings with 298 points.
Kyle will be back in action this weekend in Little Rock, Arkansas at I-30
Speedway. Friday night at 7:30 pm where he will compete for $1250.00 to win, and
Saturday for $2500.00 to win.
GRT will provide the Pole Sitter award for the AMP Pole Sitter
Larry Shaw will provide the Hard Charger award for the AMP Hard Charger
I-30 Speedway’s Race Card for the weekend of events:
SUPR/AMP Late Models, Bumper to Bumper Super Stocks, Mini-Sprints, Horizon
Mini-Sprints and Mini-Stocks. Gates open at 5:00 and races at 7:30. Adult
admission $10 and kids 6 - 12 only $1 when accompanied by an adult. Pit passes
are $25
SUPR/AMP Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, Bumper to Bumper Super Stocks,
Mini-Sprints, and Horizon Mini-Sprints. Gates open at 5:00 and races at 7:30.
Adult admission $15 and kids 6 - 12 only $2 when accompanied by an adult. Pit
passes are $25. 2 day adult ticket is $20
To learn more about Kyle Beard racing with the AMP Series during 2008, log on
www.kylebeard86.com or
www.ampseries.com
To learn more about I-30 Speedway log on to
www.i-30speedway.com
To learn more about SUPR logon to
www.suprracing.com
AMP Series would like to thank our Marketing Partners and encourage all racer,
fans and friends to visit with them during the 2008 race season.
AMP Series members/drivers that compete 80% during 2008 with paid membership
will be able to have a chance of winning a 28 foot Lift Gate Stacker Trailer
presented by Blue Ridge Trailers Inc of Canton, Texas.
www.blueridgeliftgate.com
The “Official Graphics” of the AMP Series,
www.racewrapz.com :
Blue Ridge Trailers, Inc.
www.blueridgeliftgate.com
Team GRT, Larry Shaw Racing, Mike McNay DBA – SnapOn Tool’s, Smiley’s Racing
Products, Hoosier Tire Southwest, Duralite Wheels, Wulff Pumps, Smith Towing,
William Gould Racing, Race on Driving Experience, Kenny Morden Racing,
Luvracin.com, Clampedup.com, Victory Lane Web Designs, Realracingusa.com, Smith
Towing and Recovery of Minden, La, The Contingency Connection, Raceceivers.com,
GRT by Catman, Race Replica Die Cast, Schoenfeld Headers
Josh Richards Pulls Off Come-From-Behind World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory At Canada’s Cornwall Motor Speedway
SHINNSTON, WV – The maturation of Josh Richards continues.
With a come-from-behind victory in Sunday night’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Main at Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway, the 20-year-old star known as ‘Kid Rocket’ was triumphant for the first time on foreign soil and proved again that he’s much more than just a long-track specialist.
Josh mastered the high-banked, quarter-mile Cornwall oval, pulling off an impressive rally to score his third WoO LMS checkered flag of 2008. He fell back to third place early in a race that he started from the pole position, but he found his rhythm and ran down 2006 tour champion Tim McCreadie to grab the lead for good while racing through lapped traffic on the 40th circuit.
A resident of Shinnston, W.Va., Josh was doused with champagne in Victory Lane by runner-up McCreadie and third-place finisher Shane Clanton. It was the perfect topper for a race that he enjoyed to the hilt.
“It’s awesome to win like that,” said Josh, who drove his familiar familiar Mark Richards Racing-owned Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Works/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports/Ernie’s Auto & Hauling Rocket Chassis No. 1. “We started on the pole, but we didn’t just lead every lap like we have in the past. It’s so much more fun to actually race your way to the front and beat the best guys in the country.”
Josh was especially jazzed about battling it out with McCreadie in his
“Racing with Timmy, you know he’s gonna give it all he’s got until he’s got nothing left because he’s not running for points,” said Josh. “He’s just like everybody else on this (WoO LMS) series – they’re just great to race with. They’ll race you clean as long as you give them the same respect.”
Josh, who earned $10,150 for his ninth career WoO LMS victory, put a nice cherry on top of his successful three-race Canadian swing of the WoO LMS ‘Great Northern Tour.’ Before visiting Cornwall, he finished a respectable fifth in Saturday night’s ‘Quebec 50’ at Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville, Que., after starting from the pole position, and he placed ninth in Friday night’s rain-postponed ‘Six Nations 50’ at Ohsweken (Ont.) Speedway.
Earlier in the week, Josh kicked off the ‘Great Northern Tour’ with a 13th-place finish in the 40-lap event held on June 17 at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway. He was running sixth in that A-Main when a flat right-rear tire forced him to pit during a lap-25 caution period.
Josh’s steady improvement in finishing position over the first four events of the ‘Great Northern Tour’ helped him in the WoO LMS points standings. He ended the weekend ranked second in the championship battle, 38 points behind leader Darrell Lanigan.
The Northeast swing of the WoO LMS continues this week for Josh with events on Tuesday (June 24) at Canandaigua (N.Y.) Speedway, Wednesday (June 25) at Big Diamond Raceway in Minersville, Pa., and Friday/Saturday (June 27-28) at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. The two-day ‘Firecracker 100’ at Lernerville will pay a whopping $40,000 to win.
06-24-08
Chub Frank Looks To Get Back On Track After
Frustrating Swing Through Canada
The three-race swing through Ontario and Quebec was a frustrating one for Chub, who registered just a single top-10 finish. He was left searching for answers after failing to seriously contend for his second WoO LMS victory of the season and falling from third to fifth in the points standings.
“We were just missing something all weekend,” said Chub, who had seemingly crossed the border with momentum after finishing third in the ‘Great Northern Tour’ lidlifter on June 17 at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway. “I can’t put my finger on what it was. We just weren’t as competitive as we needed to be and we need to figure out why.”
After the opening race in Canada, at Ohsweken (Ont.) Speedway, was postponed one day by rain last Thursday night, Chub raced to a 15th-place finish (two laps down) in the ‘Six Nations 50’ on Friday evening. He was never a factor in the event, during which he pitted his Lester Buildings/Corry Rubber/All Star Performance/Corry Laser/Slavic Corporation/Farr MotorSports/Lake Shore Paving/Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1* twice in hopes of finding more speed with tire changes and other adjustments.
Chub managed a respectable sixth-place finish in Saturday night’s ‘Quebec 50’ at Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville, Que., but he struggled again on Sunday night, finishing 11th in the 50-lap A-Main at Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway.
Chub’s weekend in Canada ended with a trip to the hospital – not for anything that happened to him, but rather to be with his cousin and fellow racer Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs, who flipped hard in hot laps at Cornwall and was taken to the hospital for a checkup. Chub spent a couple hours with ‘Boom’ before doctors declared him fit and released him.
The stretch of racing ended with Chub ranked fifth in the WoO LMS points standings, 56 points behind leader Darrell Lanigan.
The ‘Great Northern Tour’ continues for Chub on Tuesday (June 24) at Canandaigua (N.Y.) Speedway; Wednesday (June 25) at Big Diamond Raceway in Minersville, Pa.; and Friday/Saturday (June 27-28) at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. The two-day ‘Firecracker 100’ at Lernerville will pay a whopping $40,000 to win.
In other Chub Frank Racing news, Chub has announced that he will compete in the ‘Yankee Doodle 50’ on July 3 at Central PA Speedway in Clearfield, Pa.
In addition, Slavic Corporation has released a complete line of new Chub Frank merchandise that can be purchased on-line at
www.chubfrank.com or at the Slavic merchandise trailer this weekend at and Lernerville Speedway.
Superman flies into I-30 Speedway this weekend
June 23, 2008
Alexander, Ark— Jeff Wells Jr., of Trumann, Arkansas will make his way back into Central Arkansas this weekend for a double night of racing at I-30 Speedway.
Race fans can expect to see him behind his Red and Yellow #1s Super Late Model
This is Jeff’s first year to compete from behind the wheel of a Dirt Late Model and his first ever time to commit to a regional touring series. Jeff’s willingness to perform each race night has planted this first year rookie driver; first place in the rookie of the year point chase and he currently sits fourth in the AMP Series point chase with 272 points.
Jeff’s last adventure at the ¼ mile bullring, just less then two weeks ago, scored him sixth after suffering damages during in his heat race, and he was able to charge to an eleventh place feature finish for the evening.
Wells will compete in Little Rock, Arkansas at I-30 Speedway June 27th for $1250.00 to win. Saturday night June 28th the action will start over again, and the event will pay $2500.00 to win.
GRT will provide the Pole Sitter award for
the AMP Pole Sitter
Larry Shaw will provide the Hard Charger award for the AMP Hard Charger
I-30 Speedway’s Race Card for the weekend of events:
SUPR/AMP Late Models, Bumper to Bumper Super Stocks,
Mini-Sprints, Horizon Mini-Sprints and Mini-Stocks. Gates open at 5:00 and races
at 7:30. Adult admission $10 and kids 6 - 12 only $1 when accompanied by an
adult. Pit passes are $25
SUPR/AMP Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, Bumper to
Bumper Super Stocks, Mini-Sprints, and Horizon Mini-Sprints. Gates open at 5:00
and races at 7:30. Adult admission $15 and kids 6 - 12 only $2 when accompanied
by an adult. Pit passes are $25. 2 day adult ticket is $20
To learn more about Jeff Wells racing with the AMP
Series during 2008, log on
www.jeffwellsjr.com or
www.ampseries.com
To learn more about I-30 Speedway log on to
www.i-30speedway.com
To learn more about SUPR logon to
www.suprracing.com
AMP Series
would like to thank our Marketing Partners and encourage all racer, fans and
friends to visit with them during the 2008 race season.
AMP Series members/drivers that compete 80% during
2008 with paid membership will be able to have a chance of winning a 28 foot
Lift Gate Stacker Trailer presented by Blue Ridge Trailers Inc of Canton, Texas.
www.blueridgeliftgate.com
The “Official Graphics” of the AMP Series,
www.racewrapz.com : Blue Ridge Trailers, Inc.
www.blueridgeliftgate.com Team GRT, Larry Shaw
Racing, Mike McNay DBA – SnapOn Tool’s, Smiley’s Racing Products, Hoosier Tire
Southwest, Duralite Wheels, Wulff Pumps, Smith Towing, William Gould Racing,
Race on Driving Experience, Kenny Morden Racing, Luvracin.com, Clampedup.com,
Victory Lane Web Designs, Realracingusa.com, Smith Towing and Recovery of
Minden, La, The Contingency Connection, Raceceivers.com, GRT by Catman, Race
Replica Die Cast, Schoenfeld Headers
Don Young Launches New Website
Bartlett, Tennessee (6/23/08) – Don Young from Bartlett, Tennessee is the latest addition to the MSR Mafia and has launched a brand new website at www.DonYoung75.com .
Don pilots the #75 J&J Chassis/Dynotech Racing Engine Sprint Car at local, regional, and national events. The nineteen year-old driver is currently in his third year of racing 360 Winged Sprint Cars. He also has twelve years of go-kart racing to his credit. Young currently sits atop the point standings in the ASCS Sprint Car Coastal Region.
This weekend, Don will resume action with the ASCS Coastal Region as he travels to a pair of events in the state of Florida. On Friday night, action gets underway with a $2,000 to win event as the ASCS Coastal Region and ASCS Rebel Region square off in the sanction’s first ever visit to Northwest Florida Speedway in Baker, Florida. On Saturday night, the ASCS regional divisions will once again square off in a $2,000 to win event as they invade Southern Raceway in Milton, Florida. For more information, please visit www.ASCSRacing.com
Don and Young Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Pro Auto, Patton Classic Cars, Screamindeal.com, R.E. Technologies Racing, Hoosier Racing Tire, Tennison Brothers Sheet Metal, MSRMafia.com, Dynotech Racing Engines, and Sun Dial Shirt Company.
Young Motorsports is always looking for new sponsors, and anyone, who is interested can find more information at www.DonYoung75.com .
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Kenny
Basco ‘Malvern Missile’ readies for I-30 Speedway
AMP Series (501) 847-6019
www.ampseries.com
June, 22, 2008
Alexander, ARK--Kenny Basco owner and operator of Basco Tracking & Basco
Motorsports will be back on tour with the AMP Series this Friday and Saturday
night at I-30 Speedway in, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Kenny will pilot the Black, White and Blue #B79 GRT powered by PTS race engines.
The Basco team is very challenging on race nights and his pride holds great
response to the kids that attend events he frequents. As the “kid’s choice” this
driver gives away t-shirts, posters, and his time in talking and visiting with
them. It is common place for him to receive several phone calls from the young
ones to ask questions and wish him well each time he races.
36 year old Basco is a husband to Donna Basco who works on the race team as a
crew member and supporter of the sport her husband loves most. Donna stands
beside him each weekend he competes. They have three children; Courtney, Lane &
Kayla who all help make this family full of excitement on the weekend. He has
competed in the AMP, SUPR, and Stormpay Series and in the Wing Modified
division.
Technicians’ and Mechanics that will help the Malvern Missile make his way to
victory lane this season: Charles Basco, Donna Basco along with many sponsors:
Basco Trucking, Ins, superior Trailer Sales, MJB Wood Group, Jims Auto Parts
To learn more about Kenny Basco and his racing with the AMP Series during 2008,
log on
www.ampseries.com
AMP Series would like to thank our Marketing Partners and encourage all racer,
fans and friends to visit with them during the 2008 race season.
AMP Series members/drivers that compete 80% during 2008 with paid membership
will be able to have a chance of winning a 28 foot Lift Gate Stacker Trailer
presented by Blue Ridge Trailers Inc of Canton, Texas.
www.blueridgeliftgate.com
The “Official Graphics” of the AMP Series,
www.racewrapz.com : Blue Ridge Trailers, Inc.
www.blueridgeliftgate.com Team GRT, Larry Shaw
Racing, Mike McNay DBA – SnapOn Tool’s, Smiley’s Racing Products, Hoosier Tire
Southwest, Duralite Wheels, Wulff Pumps, Smith Towing, William Gould Racing,
Race on Driving Experience, Kenny Morden Racing, Luvracin.com, Clampedup.com,
Victory Lane Web Designs, Realracingusa.com, Smith Towing and Recovery of
Minden, La, The Contingency Connection, Raceceivers.com, GRT by Catman, Race
Replica Die Cast, Schoenfeld, Headers
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Jason Fitzgerald and the M&M Motorsports Team Heads to Carolinas
for a Pair of Lucas Oil Sanctioned Events This Weekend
JACKSONVILLE, FL (June 19, 2008)- Jason Fitzgerald and the M&M Motorsports Team
will travel to Cherokee Super Speedway in Gaffney, SC this Friday night and
compete in the "Grassy Smith Memorial" that pays $7,000 to the winner. Then on
Saturday night Jason and the team will compete at Fayetteville Motor Speedway
for the "Dunn-Benson Ford 50" in Fayetteville, NC. Both events are sanctioned by
the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. For more information log onto the series
website at www.lucasdirt.com.
Jason and the team competed in three Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned
events this past weekend. On Thursday June 12th Jason competed at Duck River
Speedway in Wheel, TN for a $7,000 to win Lucas Oil sanctioned event and
finished 20th. Then on Friday June 13th the M&M Motorsports team traveled to
North Georgia Speedway in Chatsworth, GA for a $10,000 to win Lucas Oil
sanctioned event. Unfortunately Jason failed to transfer to the feature event.
The final leg of the three day weekend happened at Talladega Short Track in
Talladega, AL for another $10,000 to win Lucas Oil Sanctioned event. Jason
missed the setup and failed to transfer to the feature event.
"We struggled this weekend and got behind in qualifying. We'll regroup this week
and hopefully get a new car put together in time for the races in the Carolinas
this weekend", stated Jason.
Jason and the M&M Motorsports Team would like to thank all their sponsors in
2008 for their support including M&M Transport & Refrigeration, Bobby Labonte
Foundation, Q-Racing, Allstar Performance, ASI Racewear, Bell, Butlerbuilt,
Jones Racing Products, M&M Enterprises, Penske Racing Shocks, PRC, TWM, VP Race
Fuels, WD Enterprises, Wiles Drive Shafts, Wrisco Aluminum and Xtreme Graphics
by J-Rod.
To learn more about Jason Fitzgerald and the M&M Motorsports Team visit their
official website at http://jfitzracing.com. To join the Jason Fitzgerald news
letter and receive his press releases by e-mail just send an email to [email protected]
requesting that your email address be included for the press release list for
Jason Fitzgerald. For more information about the O'Reilly Southern All-Stars
Racing Series visit their website at http://www.southern-allstars.com.
Earl
Pearson Jr. Heads to the Carolinas This Weekend For a Pair of Lucas Oil
Sanctioned Events
ARCHDALE, NC (June 19, 2008)- Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team
will travel to South Carolina and North Carolina this weekend to compete in a
pair of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned events. On Friday night June
20th earl and the team will compete in the "Grassy Smith Memorial" at the
Cherokee Super Speedway in Gaffney, SC. The $7,000 to win feature event will be
the first night of the two night swing in the Carolinas for the Lucas Oil Late
Model Dirt Series. On Saturday night June 21st Earl and team will travel to
Fayetteville Motor Speedway and compete in the $10,000 to win "Dunn-Benson Ford
50" in Fayetteville, NC. Both races will count towards the year long national
point's standings for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. Earl is currently in
2nd place in the national point's standings only 5 points behind Steve Casebolt.
For more information about this weekend's events and the Lucas Oil Late Model
Dirt Series log onto the series website at www.lucasdirt.com.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team traveled to three Lucas Oil Late Model
Dirt Series sanctioned events this past weekend finishing 23rd at Duck River
Speedway in Wheel, TN on June 12th . Earl was running in the top five when he
suffered a rare part failure in the front suspension that caused Earl to collide
with Scott James ending his night. Then on Friday June 13th Earl and the team
will traveled to North Georgia Speedway in Chatsworth, GA and finished 12th in
the final run down. Then on Saturday June 14th Earl competed at the Talladega
Short Track in Talladega , AL for a $10,000 to win Lucas Oil Sanctioned event.
Earl would finish a solid 6th place in the final run down and closed too within
5 points of Steve Casebolt in the series national point's standings.
"I had a little bad luck last week at Duck River breaking something in the front
end that caused the car to veer right directly into Scott James. Once the
suspension broke I had no control. I hate that James got caught up in my wreck
but I couldn't steer the car at all and wrecked him as well. We struggled a
little at North Georgia but then got going pretty good at Talladega and gained
points on Casebolt. Were looking forward to this weekends events in front of the
race fans in the Carolinas. Hopefully we can get back to winning this weekend",
stated Earl.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors in
2008 for their support including LifeLong Locks, Lucas Oil, Mastersbilt Race
Cars, Larry Wallace Engines, Mopar, Sunoco Race Fuels, Allstar Performance,
Tiger Rear End, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, SHY, Wilwood, Woodward, TWM, Dyers
Top Rods, Weld, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Wrisco, Sparco, Bell, Mechanix Wear, Oakley,
Cheerios, Coke, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs, The
Decal Source, Rick Schwallie Photography and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit www.lucasdirt.com.
For more information about LifeLong Locks and the strongest locks on the market
today, visit www.lifelonglocks.com. For more information about Earl Pearson Jr.
and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team visit their official website at
www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com.
Billy Moyer Jr. Ready For Busy Week of Racing
Batesville, Arkansas (6/19/08) – Billy Moyer Jr. and Jr. Motorsports are busily preparing their equipment for a week of almost non-stop racing action.
Last weekend, Billy planned to enter, however, Friday night at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas was nixed by rain shortly after hot laps. On Saturday night, Moyer Jr. was in action at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas for a $1,500 to win AMP show. Billy battled a loose race car in the heat race and started 12th in the feature event. In the feature, he would advance to a 7th place finish.
“I just need as many nights as possible behind the wheel to get a handle on the setup and hone my driving skills,” commented Billy.
This coming week, Billy will do just that as he enters several events over a nine day span. The excitement gets underway this weekend with the O’Reilly Late Model Challenge at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri. The event features nine different Super Late model sanctions coming together to battle it out for bragging rights. Billy will be representing the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model Series in the event. The 2007 O’Reilly MSRA Rookie of the Year is 5th in the current series’ point standings.
On Friday night, action gets underway with heat race action. The top fourteen cars in passing points will automatically qualify for Saturday night’s main event. In addition on Friday night, a 20 lap, Past Champion’s Race will be held. The Past Champion’s Race will consist of the past two champions from each series being represented in a $1,000 to win/$400 to start event.
On Saturday night, last chance qualifiers will be held as well as the $10,000 to win/$700 to start O’Reilly Late Model Challenge. The event will be 51 laps to honor O’Reilly Auto Parts, who is celebrating its 51st year of business. For more information on the event, please visit www.LucasOilSpeedway.com
On Sunday night, the action will shift to Randy Mooneyham’s Monett Speedway in Monett, Missouri for a $2,000 to win DLRA Late Model Series event. For more information, please visit www.DLRA.net .
The remainder of the week will be jammed with action including the following tentative dates:
June 24th: UMP Summernationals –
Sedalia State Fair Speedway (Sedalia, MO)
June 25th: UMP Summernationals – Lake Ozark Speedway (Lake Ozark,
MO)
June 27th: SUPR – I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR)
June 28th: SUPR – I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR)
June 29th – Three Crown Nationals – Magnolia Motor Speedway (Columbus, MS)
Billy Moyer Jr. would like to thank all of his sponsors including Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer, Banner Valley Hauling, Valley Transfer, Universal Concrete, Imperial Motors, Red Line Oil, Karl Chevrolet, Bert Transmission, New Vision Graphics, S & H Industrial Services, Watters Autoland, Performance Rod & Custom, Peterson Fluid Systems, Mason Starters, Sweet Mfg., Wiles Driveshafts, Cizmar Racing, Performance Bodies, Schoenfeld Headers, Hoosier Tire South by Pup, Bell Helmets, ISC Racing Tape, VP Racing Fuel, Hooker Harness, MSR Mafia.com, Ringer's Gloves, Kluhsman Racing Components, BSB Manufacturing, Outlawd Motorsports, and CPD Tools.
Billy Moyer Jr. is always looking for new sponsors and marketing partners. For more information on joining the team, please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .
For the latest information on Billy Moyer Jr., please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .
Thanks!
Ben Shelton, Owner
MSR Mafia
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The
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Kyle Beard Preps For O’Reilly Late Model Challenge
Trumann, AR (6/19/08) – Kyle Beard and Beard Motorsports will invade Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri for the O’Reilly Late Model Challenge with his #86 GRT By Frye/Samuels Performance Racing Engine Super Late Model.
Beard Motorsports planned to compete in two Arkansas Motorsports Professionals (AMP) Super Late Model Series event last weekend. On Friday night the team traveled to Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas for a $1,500 to win event. However, heavy rains drenched the 3/8 mile, clay oval before heat races could be completed. On Saturday night, Beard headed south to I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas for another 30 lap, $1,500 to win event. The night looked to be off to a good start as Kyle was battling for the second spot in his heat race, when he got crossed up with another car, causing him to spin, and resulting in him finishing at the back of his heat race. As a result, Kyle would start at the back of the feature event. He managed to advance to a 9th place finish by the time that the checkered flag fell.
This weekend, Kyle will travel to Lucas Oil Speedway behind the wheel of his #86 GRT By Frye/Samuels Performance Racing Engine Super Late Model for the inaugural O’Reilly Late Model Challenge. This will mark Beard’s first ever trip to the state-of-the-art facility. The event features nine different Super Late model sanctions coming together to battle it out for bragging rights. Kyle will be representing the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model Series in the event.
On Friday night, action gets underway with heat race action. The top fourteen cars in passing points will automatically qualify for Saturday night’s main event. In addition on Friday night, a 20 lap, Past Champion’s Race will be held. The Past Champion’s Race will consist of the past two champions from each series being represented in a $1,000 to win/$400 to start event.
On Saturday night, last chance qualifiers will be held as well as the $10,000 to win/$700 to start O’Reilly Late Model Challenge. The event will be 51 laps to honor O’Reilly Auto Parts, who is celebrating its 51st year of business. For more information on the event, please visit www.LucasOilSpeedway.com .
Kyle Beard would like to thank his sponsors including KB Transport, Gary Beard Trucking, Samuel’s Performance Engines, Engines Inc., Mean Street Motors, Inc., Extreme Graphix (Jonesboro, AR), Bill Frye Motorsports, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services. Beard Motorsports is always looking for more sponsors, and anyone, who may be interested, can find more information at www.KyleBeard86.com .
For more information on Kyle and Beard Motorsports, please visit www.KyleBeard86.com .
Thanks!
Ben Shelton, Owner
MSR Mafia
www.MSRMafia.com
The
Midsouth Racing Scene
www.MidSouthRacing.com
Jan Howard Wins Fourth 305
Sprint Car Event of 2008
Byhalia, Mississippi (6/18/08) – On Saturday night at
Riverside International Speedway, Jan Howard from Byhalia, Mississippi picked up
his fourth feature win of the year in the 305 Wingless Sprint Car division.
Jan started 5th in his heat race and advanced to a 3rd place finish on a hammer-down race track. Via passing points, Howard earned a 5th starting position for the feature event. In the feature, Jan took the lead near the race's midway point, and never looked back on his way to the win.
After winning his fourth 305 Sprint Car feature of the year (5th win overall), Jan has announced that his Wingless 305 Sprint Car is for sale (less motor). The Maxim chassis is clearly a proven winner, and anyone interested in purchasing the car can contact Jan at 901-262-1884.
This Saturday night Jan will return to action behind the wheel of his #4x Lofton Motorsports Maxim/Dale Howard Racing Engine 360 Sprint Car. The last time that Howard piloted the 360 Winged Sprint Car at Riverside International Speedway, he found himself in victory lane after a final corner pass for the lead. For more information, please visit www.RiversideInternationalSpeedway.com .
Jan would
like to thank all of his sponsors for 2008 including Brim's Snack Foods,
Carpenter Steel Erectors, K&N Filters, Mason Water Wells, Trumann Paramedics,
Interior Trim Works by Jay Henderson, Carpenter Homes, Skull Covers By Gator,
Lofton Motorsports, Ray's Auto Collision, Truck Parts Specialists, A.T.R.O.M.
Transmissions, Sanders Pest Control,
www.WideOpenWorldTravel.com, Cole & Desmon, special thanks to Kristy and
Tony Graves, and MSRMafia.com .
For more information on Jan Howard, please visit
www.HowardRacing.net
.
Thanks!
Ben Shelton, Owner
MSR Mafia
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The
Midsouth Racing Scene
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Todd Hall Picks Up Pair of Wins
Charleston, MO (6/18/08) – Over the past month, Charleston, Missouri driver, Todd Hall, has kicked his season into high gear by picking up a pair of wins and several top five finishes.
For the most part, Todd has been action behind the wheel of his #99 Mastersbilt Crate Late Model, which has rendered some nice rewards. In May, Hall picked up a feature win at Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri, and just two weeks ago, he powered his way to an impressive win against a stout field of entries in FasTrak Late Model Series action at Montgomery Speedway in New Florence, Missouri. In addition, over the past few weeks he has a second and fourth place finish at Malden Speedway.
Todd also competed in a single Super Late Model event at Paducah International Raceway in Paducah, Kentucky three weeks ago. Hall charged from his 11th starting position to a 6th place finish, while driving his #99 Mastersbilt/Russell Baker Racing Engine Super Late Model.
Over the course of the next week, Todd has a trio of events scheduled. This Friday, June 20th, Todd will be in action with the FasTrak Late Model Series at Auto Tire & Parts Racepark in Benton, Missouri. Next Thursday, June 26th, Hall will travel to Paducah International Raceway in Paducah, Kentucky for a UMP Summernationals event. Finally, next Friday, June 27th Todd Hall Motorsports will travel to Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri to compete in a weekly racing series event.
Todd Hall Motorsports has a pair of engines for sale including a 430 Russell Baker Engine with 110 total laps on it and a 415 Russell Baker Racing Engine with 440 laps since the last freshening. Todd is interesting in possibly trading these motors for a SAS or SUPR Spec Engine. For more details on these engines please visit the For Sale page at www.ToddHallMotorsports.com .
Todd Hall
Motorsports would like to thank all of their marketing partners including FTS
Logistics, Financial Transportation Services LLC, First Security State Bank,
Greg Hall Motorsports, New Vision Graphics, and MSRMafia.com .
For the latest information on the Todd Hall
Motorsports Team visit the official website at
www.ToddHallMotorsports.com .
Thanks!
Ben Shelton, Owner
MSR Mafia
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The
Midsouth Racing Scene
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Dusty Johnston Resumes M.A.R.S. Action This Weekend
Flippin, Arkansas (6/17/08) – After a few weeks away from racing, Dusty Johnston and PJ Motorsports will return to action this Friday and Saturday, June 20th-21st in the O’Reilly Late Model Challenge at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri.
In what has been the theme for the 2008 season, Dusty’s weekend plans were once again nixed by rain this past weekend as both the I-44 Speedway and Monett Speedway events, which were to be sanctioned by the O’Reilly MSRA, were nixed by Mother Nature.
This weekend, Johnston will invade Lucas Oil Speedway behind the wheel of his #16 GRT By Frye/Kuntz & Co. Racing Engine Super Late Model for the inaugural O’Reilly Late Model Challenge. The event features nine different Super Late model sanctions coming together to battle it out for bragging rights. Dusty will be representing the O’Reilly Mid America Racing Series (M.A.R.S.) in the event. He is currently 5th in the M.A.R.S. point standings with only a few events completed thus far in 2008.
On Friday night, action gets underway with heat race action. The top fourteen cars in passing points will automatically qualify for Saturday night’s main event. In addition on Friday night, a 20 lap, Past Champion’s Race will be held. The Past Champion’s Race will consist of the past two champions from each series being represented in a $1,000 to win/$400 to start event.
On Saturday night, last chance qualifiers will be held as well as the $10,000 to win/$700 to start O’Reilly Late Model Challenge. The event will be 51 laps to honor O’Reilly Auto Parts, who is celebrating its 51st year of business. For more information on the event, please visit www.LucasOilSpeedway.com .
Dusty Johnston Motorsports would like to thank all of their 2008 sponsors including PJ Transportation, El Chico Café, Burns Funeral Home, EZ Loader Boat Trailers, Swans Plumbing, Integra, JFR Graphics, Simpson Race Products, Frye Motorsports, Kuntz & Co., MSRMafia.com, Blue Heron Campground & Resort, and Ideal RV.
Dusty Johnston is always looking for new sponsors and marketing partners. For more information on joining the team, please visit www.DustyJohnston16.com .
For more information on Dusty Johnston Motorsports please visit www.DustyJohnston16.com .
Thanks!
Ben Shelton, Owner
MSR Mafia
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The
Midsouth Racing Scene
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Eric Cooley Eyes NeSmith Double Header
Fulton, MS (6/17/08) – Eric Cooley and Cooley Motorsports have spent much of the first part of the 2008 season following the hectic NeSmith Late Model Series across the Southeast, but this weekend the tables are turned as the tour invades their backyard.
In February, Eric declared his intent to pursue the Rookie of the Year title with the NeSmith Late Model Series. Despite missing an early season event due to a pre-planned vacation, Eric is currently 11th in the national point standings and 4th in the Rookie of the Year chase. It’s definitely been a learning experience for the young driver, as he has visited several tracks for the first time this year, while simultaneously competing against a star-studded cast. This weekend, however, Cooley will have a leg up on many of his competitors as the tour hosts events at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama and Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi.
On Friday night, June 20th the NeSmith Late Model Series makes its first ever visit to Jeff Greer’s North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama for a $2,500 to win, 40 lap event. Eric has enjoyed considerable success at N.A.S. and will be looking to use his experience to pick up his first ever NeSmith National tour win.
On Saturday, June 21st, the action shifts to Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for another $2,500 to win, 40 lap event at the Baddest Bullring in the South. Eric was the 2007 Columbus Speedway Track Champion in the Late Model Stock division, and has already raced his way into victory lane there in 2008. For more information on these two events, please visit www.NeSmithRacing.com .
Last Saturday Eric invaded North Alabama Speedway in his #33c Mastersbilt/Jeff Burns Racing Engine Late Model Stock for a weekly racing series event. Eric started at the back of his heat race and advanced to a 4th place finish. In the feature, he started 7th and came away with a 6th place finish.
Eric and everyone at Cooley Motorsports would like
to thank all of their sponsors, which include Tiffin Motorhomes (Red Bay, AL),
78 Towing & Recovery Inc., Cooley Transport Inc., Midway Marine, David Beane
Logging & Sons (Fulton, MS), Searcy Tires (Cherokee, AL), Twisted Designs
(Fayette, AL), Jamie Reid Trucking (Tupelo, MS), Stewart Construction (Fulton,
MS), D&D Trade (Fulton, MS), MSRMafia.com, and Simpson Race Products.
For more information on Cooley Motorsports, visit the official team website at
www.EricCooleyRacing.com .
Thanks!
Ben Shelton, Owner
MSR Mafia
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The
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Bub McCool Claims $2,500 Check at Greenville
Vicksburg, MS (6/17/08) – Bub McCool piloted his #57j Trakstar/Barker Racing Engine Super Late Model to the $2,500 feature win at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi in Mississippi Championship Challenge Series (MSCCS) action on Saturday night.
Bub qualified in the 5th position, which locked him into the pole-sitters dash. In the dash, he recorded a third place finish, which earned him a 3rd starting position for the feature event. He would battle in the top five for much of the event before racing his way to the lead on lap 41 of the 50 lap event. He would never look back en route to the $2,500 payday and his fourth feature win of 2008.
This Saturday, June 21st, McCool Motorsports will return to the scene of the crime as they invade Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi for a $2,500 to win MSCCS event. McCool was the victor in the MSCCS event at Whynot Motorsports Park earlier this year and will be looking to go two for two this weekend as he pursues win #5 of the 2008 campaign. For more information on the event, please visit www.StateSeries.com .
Bub and everyone at McCool Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include McCool Logging, Barker Racing Engines, Trak-Star Race Cars, Phase 2 Sign Supply, Good Hope Lumber, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Boland Performance, Phase II Graphics, & MSRMafia.com.
For more information on Bub & McCool Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.BubMcCool.com .
Thanks!
Ben Shelton, Owner
MSR Mafia
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The
Midsouth Racing Scene
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Voodoo Motorsports Endures Tough Weekend
Franklinton, Louisiana (6/16/08) – Voodoo Motorsports traveled to Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi on Saturday night for a $2,500 to win event, but as it would turn out luck would not be in their favor.
Saturday’s event was sanctioned by the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series (M.S.C.C.S.) Super Late Models. Although, the turn out was light with only 14 Super Late Models in attendance, there was some stout competition, and Voodoo Motorsports found themselves behind the eight ball early in the night on a hooked up, heavy race track. Both David Breazeale and Scott Creel struggled in time trials and had to run the qualifying race. Breazeale started third in the qualifier and won it, which earned him a 9th starting position. David looked to have his night back on track as he was up to the 4th position early in the feature event. However, luck would not be on his side as his engine expired ending his night. Scott Creel transferred to the a-main via the qualifier and was battling for the 7th position in the feature when engine woes also ended his night near the race's midpoint.
This Saturday, June 21st, the team will look to put last weekend as they travel to Rodney Wing’s Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi for a $2,500 to win, 50 lap event. David Breazeale will pilot his #54 Mastersbilt By Stuckey/Jay Dickens Racing Engine Super Late Model into battle, while Scott Creel will be behind the wheel of his #31 GRT/Wall-2-Wall Racing Engine Super Late Model. For more information, please visit www.StateSeries..com .
This week, 17 year old Scott Creel is also getting some lessons from one of Super Late Model racing’s greatest drivers, as he attends the Dale McDowell Chassis & Driving School at Cleveland Speedway in Cleveland, Tennessee.
Voodoo Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Black Warrior Auction Company LLC, Creel Brothers, Hypercoil, J&J Motorsports, Stuckey Enterprises, Hoosier Racing Tires, Xtreme Graphics By J-Rod, MSRMafia.com, Team Voodoo Racing, and ASI Racewear.
For more information on Voodoo Motorsports, please visit www.VoodooDirt.com .
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Ben Shelton, Owner
MSR Mafia
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The
Midsouth Racing Scene
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Jeff Floyd Preps For O’Reilly Late Model Challenge
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas (6/16/08) – After almost a month hiatus from the cockpit of his #F1 GRT/Kuntz & Company Racing Engine Super Late Model, “The Fireball” Jeff Floyd will return to action this weekend at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri.
Even though, Jeff has not been in action since the O’Reilly Show Me 100 at West Plains Motor Speedway back in late May, he has been extremely busy over the past several weeks. Floyd created the graphics that were on Nascar stars, Jeff Gordon’s #24 Super Late Model and Aric Almirola’s #8 Super Late Model, that competed in the Prelude to the Dream at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio a few weeks ago.
“It was really a lot of stress and time that went into getting the graphics just right for those two cars, but after it was all said and done, it was definitely worth it,” noted Floyd from his Walnut Ridge, Arkansas shop. “Now I’m just ready to get back behind the wheel!”
This weekend, Jeff will do just that, as he returns to action in a huge event at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri. The event, tabbed as the O’Reilly Late Model Clash, will feature nine different Super Late Models tours in action. On Friday night, the festivities get underway with heat race action, which will see the top 14 cars in passing points locking into Saturday night’s main event. Also on Friday night, a Past Champion’s event will be held, which will pay $1,000 to win and $400 to start. The previous two champions from each series represented will take part in the event. Floyd will be representing the O’Reilly MSRA Late Model Series this weekend, and since the series is only in its second season, Floyd will take part in the dash, as he was the 2007 O’Reilly MSRA Runner-Up. On Saturday night, consolation events will be held as well as the 51 lap, $10,000 to win/$400 to start main event. For more information, please visit www.MSRADirt.com or www.LucasOilSpeedway.com .
Jeff will also be fielding a second entry this weekend, as he prepares the #60 GRT/Kuntz & Company Racing Engine Super Late Model for Beebe, Arkansas driver, Jordan Jones.
Jeff Floyd would like to thank all of his sponsors including Kuntz & Company Racing Engines, GRT Race Cars, NEA Super Gas, Floyd’s Body Shop, MSRMafia.com, and JFRGraphics.com .
For more information on JFR Motorsports please visit www.JeffFloydF1.com .
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Ray Moore Racks Up Fourth Win of 2008
Shreveport, Louisiana (6/16/08) – Ray Moore from Shreveport, Louisiana increased his win total for 2008 on Saturday night as he picked up yet another feature win at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Ray originally planned to competed in two events with the Arkansas Motorsports Professionals (A.M.P.) Super Late Models over the weekend, but Friday night’s program at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas was nixed by rain shortly after hot laps. On Saturday night, Ray followed the series to I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he had already won an event back in April with the MSRA Late Model Series. Moore knew his work was cut out for him though as he drew one of the largest numbers at the pill draw and had to start 7th in his heat race. However, his #93 Mastersbilt By Stuckey/Jay Dickens Racing Engine Super Late Model was set to rock and roll, and he charged to a 2nd place finish in his heat race. Via passing points, he earned a 2nd place starting position in the feature. Moore would go on to lead all 30 laps en route to the $1,500 payday. The victory marked his fourth win of 2008.
This weekend, Moore will make the long trek to Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri for the O’Reilly Late Model Clash, which will feature nine different Super Late Model groups in action. Ray, who is the defending O’Reilly SUPR National Champion, will be representing the series at the event. Action gets underway on Friday night with heat races, which will see the top 14 in passing points lock into Saturday night’s main event. Also, on Friday night, a Race of Champions will be held, which will feature the two previous champions from each series in action in a $1,000 to win/$400 to start race. On Saturday night, consolation events will be held as well as the $10,000 to win/$700 to start main event. For more information, please visit www.LucasOilSpeedway.com
Moore Motorsports has brand new shirts are now available. The shirts, along with ordering information, can be found at www.RayMooreRacing.com .
Ray and Moore Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Moore Wireline, Inc, Bayou Swabbing LLC, J&J Motorsports, Stuckey Enterprises, X-treme Graphics by J-Rod, Jay Dickens Racing Engines, Tools International, Phase II Sign Supply, and MSRMafia.com.
For the latest information on Ray Moore please visit www.RayMooreRacing.com .
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Jake Tucker Picks Up Best Finish of 2008
Collierville, TN (6/16/08) – Tucker Motorsports, and driver, Jake Tucker, competed at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas on Saturday night, and the end result was their best outing thus far into the 2008 campaign.
Jake started the night in fine fashion as he picked up the win in his heat race behind the wheel of his #11 Larry Shaw/Dynotech Racing Engine Open Wheel Modified. With passing points in effect for the program, Tucker earned a 4th starting position in the 21 car main event. Jake would fight tooth and nail in the top five for much of the feature event before advancing to a 2nd place finish at the end of the twelve lap affair.
In regards to Saturday night, Tucker Motorsports owner, Steve Tucker, commented, “It’s been a tough year for the team so far, and this was really a big confidence builder for everyone as we prepare for the second half of the season.”
This Saturday, June 21st, Tucker Motorsports will look to carry their momentum to Clayhill Motorsports Park in Atwood, Tennessee for a weekly racing series event. Jake has competed at Clayhill several times in 2008, with a best finish of sixth. For more information on the event, please visit www.ClayhillMotorsports.com .
Tucker Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Parts Plus, Valvoline Oil, Smyth Auto (Cincinnati, OH), Champion Electric (Collierville, TN), Mr. Parts Stores (Pine Bluff, AR), Auto Sport Center (Little Rock, AR), Dynotech Engines, Main Street Garage(Collierville, TN), The UPS Stores(Collierville, TN), Comp Cams, Dynamic Electric(Memphis, TN), and Wilson Competition (Tony Wilson).
For more information on Jake Tucker Motorsports, please visit www.TuckerMotorsports.com .
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June 16, 2008
Jeremy Miller Ready To Tackle World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Great Northern Tour’
GETTYSBURG, PA – Jeremy Miller is going to be a busy dirt Late Model driver for the rest of the month.
The 37-year-old star from Gettysburg, Pa., is going on the road with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series for nearly two weeks to run the ‘Great Northern Tour,’ a seven-race swing through the Northeast that will visit tracks in Pennsylvania, New York and Canada.
“I’m really looking forward to it,” Miller said of his racing excursion, which begins on Tuesday night (June 17) at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway. “I’m looking forward to racing with the World of Outlaws because it’s a great series. I’m looking forward to the whole adventure of the trip.
“And most of all, I’m looking forward to not having to work and just concentrating on racing for two weeks. I’ve never been able to do that.”
Indeed, Miller has had the WoO LMS ‘Great Northern Tour’ on his radar all season. Rather than use vacation time from his job at Miller Fabrication to spend a week racing in Florida in February, he decided to take time off and enter events at seven different tracks in his home region over a 12-day period. Two of his crewmen, his parents and his wife Julie also planned their schedules out well in advance in order to make the trip.
After Tuesday’s $7,000-to-win show at Port Royal, the tour heads north for the border to contest three $10,000-to-win races in Canada, on June 19 at Ohsweken (Ont.) Speedway, June 21 at Quebec’s Autodrome Drummond and June 22 at Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway. The series then runs $7,000-to-win 40-lappers on June 24 at Canandaigua (N.Y.) Speedway and June 25 at Big Diamond Raceway in Minersville, Pa., before closing the swing with the second annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com on June 27-28 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa.
“Our equipment is ready to go,” Miller said of his Buckler Motorsports team, which carries sponsorship from Complete Flooring, USA Spares, Inc., Rocket Chassis, Bullock Race Engines, Miller Fabrication Inc., Torco Race Fuels, Genesis Racing Shocks and American Racer Tires. “We did some testing (during an open practice at Pennsy’s Susquehanna Speedway) and I think we learned some things. I feel like we’re ready.”
Miller enters the ‘Great Northern Tour,’ which will include his first career dirt Late Model starts in Canada, working on a solid season. He owns one very big victory – his first-ever WoO LMS triumph on April 11 at Virginia Motor Speedway – and eight top-10 finishes in nine starts since May 1, including runner-up placings at Virginia Motor (May 1), Potomac Speedway in Budds Creek, Md. (May 9) and Hesston (Pa.) Speedway (June 1). He’s also experienced five rainouts over the past month, including the cancellation of last Saturday night’s Mid-Atlantic Championship Series (MACS) event at Virginia Motor after he had won the night’s first heat.
For more information on Jeremy Miller, visit www.jeremymiller24.com.
June 16, 2008
Fourth-String Powerplant Carries Mike Knight To Top-Five IRS Finish At Portsmouth Raceway Park
RIPLEY, NY – Mike Knight’s fourth-string engine served him well.
Forced to use his oldest powerplant in recent weeks after having his primary pieces sidelined with problems, the young lion from Ripley, N.Y., put together a series of quality starts that culminated with a fifth-place finish last Saturday night (June 14) in the 50-lap Independent Racing Series (IRS) event at Portsmouth (Ohio) Raceway Park.
Knight, 21, charged from the 16th starting spot to score his top-five finish at Portsmouth. He felt his result could have been even better if his tired motor had not finally succumbed to the punishment it has been taking.
“I got up to fifth running the cushion and was pressuring (Donnie) Moran for fourth when I felt the motor start to lose power,” said Knight, an IRS rookie who had transferred to the feature with a fourth-place finish in his heat despite racing most of the prelim’s distance without power steering. “Something went wrong and we were lucky to hold on to fifth.”
According to Knight, pushing the underpowered, nine-year-old engine to the limit for several weeks finally caught up to it. He tried to run Sunday night’s regular Super Late Model show at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa., with the engine, but terminal problems that he discovered after a second-place heat-race finish forced him to scratch from the 25-lap feature, which he was scheduled to start from the outside pole.
“I was hoping the motor would hold out through the weekend, but it didn’t make it,” said Knight, who has a repaired engine ready to go for his next action. “But it definitely didn’t let us down. We made some money using that thing the last few weeks – a fourth at Sharon (on May 31), a third at Eriez (on June 8) and a fifth at Portsmouth.
“We needed some good finishes to get our season turned around and we got ‘em.”
Knight, who moved up to sixth in the IRS points standings, is heading into a busy stretch of racing with his family-owned equipment. He’s planning a trip across the border on Thursday night (June 19) to run the World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Ohsweken (Ont.) Speedway, and then he’ll return to the states for an IRS doubleheader on Friday night (June 20) at Elkins (W.Va.) Speedway and Saturday night (June 21) at Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, W.Va., as well as a regular Sunday-night (June 22) program at Eriez Speedway.
Knight plans to close the month with two more WoO LMS starts – on Tues., June 25, at Canandaigua (N.Y.) Speedway and the second annual Firecracker 100 presented by gottarace.com on June 27-28 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa.
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway, Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottawaya’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, RJB Construction, Chessa’ Pizza, NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Genesis Shocks, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts and American Racing Tires.
For more information on Mike Knight, visit
www.mikeknight9k.com.
Billy Moyer Jr. Preps For Arkansas Double Header
Batesville, Arkansas (6/12/08) – He had to do it the hard way, but by the time that the dust settled on last weekend’s Arkansas Motorsports Professionals (AMP) events, Billy Moyer Jr. had raced his way to a pair of top ten finishes.
On Friday night, Billy was in action at Beebe Speedway in Beebe, Arkansas for a $1,500 to win, 30 lap event behind the wheel of his #21jr Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer/Runion Racing Engine Super Late Model. Billy drew one of the largest pills at the pill draw, and as a result, he started last in his heat race. Billy advanced from his 5th starting position to a 3rd place finish in his heat race. Via the passing points that he accumulated in his heat race, he started 9th in the feature event. Billy was battling in the top five by lap 10, when he had to head pitside with a flat left rear tire. He rejoined the back of the pack and charged back to a 7th place finish.
On Saturday night, Jr. Motorsports traveled to Central Arkansas Speedway in Plumerville, Arkansas for another AMP event. Once again, Billy drew a large pill at sign-in and was forced to start 6th in his heat race. He passed three cars en route to a 3rd place finish in the heat race. Billy then started 6th in the feature and advanced to a 5th place finish.
“If we can every draw a decent number for the heat race line ups, I think that we can get some wins under our belt, but it’s tough when it seems like we start in the back every night,” commented the energetic Moyer Jr.
This weekend, Billy will once again enter a pair of AMP Super Late Model Series events in the state of Arkansas. On Friday night, Billy will compete at his home track, Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas. This will mark the first Super Late Model event of 2008 at the 3/8 mile oval. On Saturday night, Jr. Motorsports will travel to I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas for another $1,500 to win, 30 lap event. For more information, please visit www.AMPSeries.com .
Billy Moyer Jr. would like to thank all of his sponsors including Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer, Banner Valley Hauling, Valley Transfer, Universal Concrete, Imperial Motors, Red Line Oil, Karl Chevrolet, Bert Transmission, New Vision Graphics, S & H Industrial Services, Watters Autoland, Performance Rod & Custom, Peterson Fluid Systems, Mason Starters, Sweet Mfg., Wiles Driveshafts, Cizmar Racing, Performance Bodies, Schoenfeld Headers, Hoosier Tire South by Pup, Bell Helmets, ISC Racing Tape, VP Racing Fuel, Hooker Harness, MSR Mafia.com, Ringer's Gloves, Kluhsman Racing Components, BSB Manufacturing, Outlawd Motorsports, and CPD Tools.
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Kyle Beard Racks Up Pair of Top 10’s
Trumann, AR (6/12/08) – Kyle Beard turned a couple of hot Arkansas nights into a pair of top ten finishes last weekend behind the wheel of his #86 GRT By Frye/Samuels Performance Racing Engine Super Late Model.
Kyle kicked the weekend off at the scene of his first feature win of 2008, as he invaded Beebe Speedway in Beebe, Arkansas for a $1,500 to win Arkansas Motorsports Professionals (AMP) event. Beard won his heat race and started 5th in the feature event. By lap 10 he was up to the second position and battling for the lead. Beard would battle for the lead until lap 20, when he jumped the cushion in turns one and two causing him to spin. Kyle went to the back of the pack and charged back to a 9th place finish.
On Saturday night, the action shifted to Central Arkansas Speedway in Plumerville, Arkansas. Kyle started 5th in his heat race, and charged to a 2nd place finish, which via passing points earned him a 4th starting position for the feature event. Beard once again moved into the second position early in the 30 lap event, but was unable to overtake the leader, and recorded a strong 2nd place finish.
The 2008 season will continue for Beard Motorsports this weekend as they once again enter a pair of AMP Late Model Series events in the state of Arkansas. On Friday night, Beard will make the short trip to Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas for a $1,500 to win event around the 3/8 mile, red clay oval. On Saturday night, the action shifts to I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas. Once again $1,500 will be up for grabs as Beard looks to avenge a strong run at the ¼ mile back in April that was abruptly ended by an infield tire.. For more information, please visit www.AMPSeries.com
Kyle Beard would like to thank his sponsors including KB Transport, Gary Beard Trucking, Samuel’s Performance Engines, Engines Inc., Mean Street Motors, Inc., Extreme Graphix (Jonesboro, AR), Bill Frye Motorsports, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services. Beard Motorsports is always looking for more sponsors, and anyone, who may be interested, can find more information at www.KyleBeard86.com .
For more information on Kyle and Beard Motorsports, please visit www.KyleBeard86.com .
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June 12th, 2008
Greenville Speedway Up Next For Bub McCool
Vicksburg, MS (6/12/08) – Bub McCool and McCool Motorsports will travel to Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi this Saturday, June 14th for a Mississippi Championship Challenge Series (MSCCS) Super Late Model event.
Last Saturday, Bub was in action at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for the $5,000 to win Governor’s Cup in his #57j Trakstar/Barker Racing Engine Super Late Model. McCool qualified in the 22nd position in the 40 car field, which earned him a 4th starting position in a b-main. Bub would take the win in his b-main, which earned him a 13th starting spot for the feature. Early in the feature, he would get as high as the 7th position before being relegated to an 11th place finish at the end of the 60 lap event.
This Saturday, June 14th McCool Motorsports will travel to Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi for a $2,500 to win, 40 lap event. Bub has enjoyed considerable success at the gumbo oval in the past and will be looking to pick up his fourth win of the year this weekend. For more information on the event, please visit www.StateSeries.com .
Bub and everyone at McCool Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include McCool Logging, Barker Racing Engines, Trak-Star Race Cars, Phase 2 Sign Supply, Good Hope Lumber, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Boland Performance, Phase II Graphics, & MSRMafia.com.
For more information on Bub & McCool Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.BubMcCool.com .
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Mike Knight Flirts With Victory Twice On Home Turf
RIPLEY, NY – Mike Knight came close to scoring his first feature win of 2008 last weekend – twice.
The rising 21-year-old from Ripley, N.Y., had his first near-miss on Saturday night at Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y., where he spun while bidding for the lead late in the 25-lap Super Late Model headliner. He came back the next evening at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa., and finished third after battling David Scott and Dave Hess Jr. to the wire in the 25-lap Super Late Model main.
“We were good enough to win both nights, so that’s a good sign,” said Knight, who has begun to shed the bad luck that plagued him early in the season. “But we didn’t win one, so we’re a little disappointed about that.”
Knight knows he might have let one slip through his fingers on Saturday at Stateline. After transferring to the feature through a heat despite having a power-steering pump go bad, the driver known as ‘Hollywood’ steered his Rocket No. 9K from the 12th starting spot to second in flawless fashion.
Then Knight saw his hopes dashed. While attempting to pass John Lobb for the lead on lap 19, the young standout spun in turn one to bring out a caution flag and was scored 13th in the final rundown.
“I pulled a no-brainer,” Knight frankly stated. “I charged into the corner too hard and spun myself hard. It was slicker in the corners than it was on the straightaways, and I just got in there going too fast.
“I shouldn’t have been so anxious, but I was going for the win. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.”
Knight made another strong charge forward on Sunday night at Eriez, blasting around the one-third-mile oval’s cushion to reach third from the ninth starting slot by the halfway mark. He ran down leaders Scott and Hess and diced with them during the race’s final laps, but he couldn’t find the right lane to pull off a race-winning pass.
“We were really going at it,” said Knight. “It was anybody’s race.”
Knight will return to the Independent Racing Series trail this Saturday night (June 14) at Portsmouth (Ohio) Raceway Park. He also tentatively plans to compete in an unsanctioned Friday-night event at Rocky Top Speedway, and he’ll close out his weekend with a Sunday-night appearance at Eriez Speedway.
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway, Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottawaya’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, RJB Construction, Chessa’ Pizza, NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Genesis Shocks, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts and American Racing Tires.
For more information on Mike Knight, visit
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Billy Drake Heading to Three Lucas Oil Sanctioned Events This Weekend
BLOOMINGTON, IL (June 11, 2008)- Billy Drake Racing will travel to three Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned events this weekend. Thursday June 12th Billy will compete at Duck River Speedway in Wheel, TN for a $7,000 to win Lucas Oil sanctioned event. Then on Friday June 13th Billy and the team will travel to North Georgia Speedway in Chatsworth, GA for a $10,000 to win Lucas Oil sanctioned event. The final leg of the three day weekend will happen in front of the SPEED Channel Cameras at Talladega Short Track in Talladega , AL for a $10,000 to win Lucas Oil Sanctioned event. Billy is currently in 7th place in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series national point's standings.
"Were looking forward to racing this weekend on the Lucas Oil Series. We decided to skip the Dream 100 at Eldora Speedway this past weekend and get our cars ready for the upcoming Lucas races. Hopefully we can get a win this weekend and run well for our sponsors and fans", stated Billy from his race shop.
Billy Drake Racing would like to thank all his sponsors and his whole team
for their support in 2008. Billy Drake's sponsors include: Creative Kitchens &
Baths, Executive Homes, Steidinger Construction, Afco Racing Products, Custom
Racing Engines, K&N Filters, Mullvain Motorsports, Q Racing Oils, Hoosier Tire,
Out-Pace Racing Products, Real Racing Wheels, Simpson Performance Products,
Sweet Manufacturing, Wiles Racing Driveshafts, Wilwood, Rick Schwallie
Photograhy and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit www.lucasdirt.com. For more information about Billy Drake Racing and to sign up for the free newsletters and official Billy Drake press releases log onto www.Billydrake.net
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Steve Shaver and the Shaver Motorsports/Cosgrove Racing Team
Finish 8th at Eldora Speedway's Dream 100
VIENNA, WV (June 11, 2008)- Steve Shaver and the Shaver Motorsports/Cosgrove
Racing Team competed in the Dream 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg Ohio this
past weekend. The Dream 100 is the biggest paying dirt late model event of the
year paying a whopping $100,000 to win the 100-lap feature event. Steve would
qualify an impressive 18th out of the 123 drivers entered. Steve would finish
3rd in his heat race earning the 18th starting position for the feature. Steve
would charge into the top ten early in the event and ran a solid race finishing
8th in the final run down.
"We were very pleased to finish 8th at Eldora this past weekend. We started 18th
and I was able to move forward and pass some good cars to get into the top ten.
It was a good weekend for us and hopefully we'll come back in September and
contend for the win at the World 100. I want to thank all my sponsors for their
support and help. It's always good to run good in the big events for our
sponsors", stated Steve.
Steve and the team will take this weekend off from racing and start preparing
their cars for the next several big events coming up this summer. At this time
Steve's plans are uncertain to where he will race again next. Keep watching
Steve's website for updates to his upcoming schedule.
Steve Shaver Motorsports and his race team, Cosgrove Racing, continue to thank
their current sponsors, Drywall Systems Inc, United Bank, Lakeview Estates,
Malcuit Racing Engines, Sunoco Race Fuels, Penske Racing Shocks, Hyperco, Bert
Transmissions, Schoenfeld Headers, Wrisco Aluminum, Cyco Custom Race Products,
Hoosier Tires, Behea Headers, Weld Wheels, Mason Racin, Winters, Poskes
Performance, WRT Webdesigns and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about Steve Shaver and Shaver Motorsports/Cosgrove Racing Team
visit their official website at www.steveshavermotorsports.com.You can receive
Steve Shaver's press releases by emailing your email address to [email protected].
Matt Miller Heads to Wisconsin for the Masters Events At Cedar
Lake Speedway
WATERVILLE, OH (June 11, 2008)- Matt Miller and the Larry Moring Motorsports
Team will travel to New Richmond, WI and compete at Cedar Lake Speedway in the
two day "Masters" event. Friday June 13th Matt will compete in a $5,000 to win
WDRL sanctioned event. Then on Saturday Matt and the team will again compete at
Cedar lake Speedway for the second $5,000 to win WDRL sanctioned event. For more
information about this event log onto www.cedarlakespeedway.com.
Matt and the Larry Moring Motorsports team competed at Eldora Speedway in
Rossburg Ohio this past weekend in the "Dream 100" paying $100,000 to the
winner. On Friday Matt qualified 11th out of 123 drivers entered in the event.
Matt would return on Saturday and finish second in his heat race earning the
11th starting position for the 100-lap feature event. Unfortunately Matt would
suffer mechanical failure while running in the top ten that would end his night
finishing 23rd.
"We had a really good car at Eldora and I felt like I could have easily finished
in the top five. Just bad luck hitting the cushion in turn one and the four bar
mount broke. We regroup this week and head to Cedar Lake. Hopefully we can get a
couple good finishes this weekend", stated Matt.
Matt Miller would like to thank all their fans and sponsors for their support in
2008. Primary sponsorship will come from Moring Motorsports, McCullough
Industries, M&W Auto Body, MDI Environmental Services, Freeport Recycling
Centers and Graphic Arts Express. Associate sponsorship will come from Sunoco
Race Fuels, Performance Rod and Custom (PRC). Other sponsors of the team for
2008 include, Q-Racing, Tiger Rear Ends, BERT, Mason Racin, Performance Bodies,
Bazell Race Fuels, Hawk Performance, M&B Services, Bell Racing, ACTP, Integra
Shocks, Hooker Harness, Waterman Racing Components, Real Wheels, Hoosier Tire,
Stuckey Enterprises, Banshee Graphics, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs and WD
Enterprises Inc.To learn more about Matt Miller visit his official website at
www.mattmiller7.com.
Josh Richards Experiences a Week of Highs & Lows at Eldora Speedway
SHINNSTON, WV – Josh Richards got a chance to climb the catch fence as a winner last week at Eldora Speedway.
That post-race celebratory maneuver, however, didn’t result from Josh’s exploits behind the wheel. It came in Josh’s role as crew chief for NASCAR star Tony Stewart, who won Wednesday night’s 30-lap Old Spice Prelude to the Dream event in a car prepared by Josh and the Rocket Chassis team.
Josh was hopeful that he could duplicate Stewart’s victorious effort when he climbed into his familiar Mark Richards Racing-owned Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Works/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports/Ernie’s Auto & Hauling Rocket Chassis No. 1 for the weekend’s Dirt Late Model Dream event at the half-mile oval, but Lady Luck didn’t allow that to happen. He was involved in a heat-race tangle and failed to qualify for the $100,000-to-win spectacular, ending his extended stay at Eldora on a down note.
“It was really disappointing to miss the Dream, especially after winning the Prelude with Tony,” said the 20-year-old sensation from Shinnston, W.Va. “We felt like we had a car that could win the Dream, but we had some bad luck so we’ll have to try again.”
Josh qualified fifth-fastest among the 122-car field in Friday night’s time trials, showing his car’s speed. But his hopes were derailed on the first lap of Saturday night’s fifth 15-lap heat race, when he clipped the crashed car of Brad Neat in turn three and was left with significant damage to the right-rear of his machine.
Though Josh restarted the prelim at the rear of the field after his crew attempted to patch up the car’s thoroughly bent rear deck, he struggled to move forward and ultimately retired on lap 11 when the bodywork came loose and cut his right-rear tire. With Josh missing the cut to transfer to the C- or B-Mains and two drivers ahead of him on the time-trial sheet grabbing the pair of fast-time provisional spots for the Dream, ‘Kid Rocket’ had to watch the rich A-Main from the sidelines for the second time in his four attempts at the race.
“I got a little bit of a bad start (in the heat) so it took me until the backstretch to get back in line,” said Josh. “I followed Neat into the corner, but I couldn’t really see him that well because of the glare of the sun. When he came off the wall I tried to avoid him the best I could and I actually thought I didn’t hit him that bad, but my right-rear must have gotten caught on his car and it just ripped the whole rear deck off.
“The car was still good even with the deck all bent up as long as I could roll the top, but it was just so hard to pass with guys running side-by-side in front of me.”
Josh was certainly happy with his machine’s performance before the incident, boosting his confidence for Eldora’s upcoming World of Outlaws Late Model Series event (July 25) and the World 100 (Sept. 5-6).
“You couldn’t ask for a better car,” said Josh.
Josh will jump into the Ernie Davis-owned No. 25 this weekend for events on Friday night (June 13) at Winchester (Va.) Speedway and Saturday night (June 14) at Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, Va. The VMS program is sanctioned by the Mid-Atlantic Championship Series.
J.R.R. – PR.
Chub Frank Scores A Ninth-Place Finish In Eldora’s Dirt Late Model Dream
BEAR LAKE, PA – Chub Frank ran “decent” to record a ninth-place finish in Saturday night’s 14th annual Dirt Late Model Dream event at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.But for an ultra-competitive, fulltime professional race car driver like Chub, “decent” isn’t good enough.
“We made the race, ran in the top 10 and took the car home in one piece,” Chub said of his ’08 assault on the UMP DIRTcar-sanctioned Dream. “But it wasn’t really a good weekend. We wanted to run better.”
Chub qualified 10th-fastest (17.181 seconds) among the 122 drivers that turned a lap during Friday night’s single round of time trials. He started fourth in Saturday night’s fourth heat and went on to transfer to the 100-lap A-Main with a third-place finish.
But while Chub was able to guide his Lester Buildings/Corry Rubber/All Star Performance/Corry Laser/Slavic Corporation/Farr MotorSports/Lake Shore Paving/Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1* from the 16th starting spot to the top 10 by lap 17 of the Dream headliner, his charge stalled there. He picked up only one position the remainder of the distance and crossed the finish line ninth, worth $2,500.
“We were decent, but we weren’t gonna drive up through there like (Brian) Birkhofer,” said Chub, referring to Birkhofer’s run from the 21st starting spot to a second-place finish behind te $100,000 winner Scott Bloomquist. “I just didn’t have the drive from the middle off. I could get to the center, but I just couldn’t pick up the gas like I wanted to.
“When (Birky) went by the first time, I saw he could get back up on the gas a lot quicker than what we could.”
Driving one of his newer Rocket cars, Chub registered his fourth top-10 finish in six career Dream A-Main starts. His best finish is third, achieved in 2007
Chub is planning to take this weekend off from competition to prepare his equipment for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Great Northern Tour’ that crosses his native Northeast region from June 17-28. The swing begins on June 17 at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway and then continues on June 19 at Oshweken (Ont.) Speedway; June 21 at Quebec’s Autodrome Drummond; June 22 at Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway; June 24 at Canandaigua (N.Y.) Speedway; June 25 at Big Diamond Raceway in Minersville, Pa.; and June 27-28 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. (the $40,000-to-win Firecracker 100).
The driver known as ‘Chubzilla’ will enter the ‘Great Northern Tour’ ranked fourth in the WoO LMS points standings through 12 events, just 20 points behind co-leaders Steve Francis and Darrell Lanigan.
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Victor Lee breaks records and wins third-straight Battle of the Bluegrass event
By Chris Tilley (C/T Marketing)
CONTACT: (606) 219-1723 or
[email protected]
JUNCTION CITY, KY (June 5, 2008)—It’s hard to win twice in a row not to mention
winning three times in a row, but Victor Lee has broken another record on the
O’Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series.
The Stanford, KY driver won his third-straight and fourth career O’Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series event on Friday Night May 30, 2008 at the Ponderosa Speedway in Junction City, KY during the Ninth edition of the Hugh ‘Junebug’ Rowland Memorial event.
Lee’s accomplishment now makes him the only driver in the series history to ever win three-straight main events wins during one season. His other two victories came at Brownstown (IN) Speedway on May 10 and the Tazewell (TN) Speedway on May 24.
Last Saturday night, the team ventured north to the King Family’s Florence Speedway in Union, KY for the 22nd Annual Ralph Latham Memorial event sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. Lee finished fourth in the second Hawk Brake Heat Race while winning the first Rebel Shock Dyno B-Main advancing to the feature event. Lee finished 17th in the main event while Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN went on to the $10,000 pay-day. There were 58 entries on hand for the event.
Lee and Revel Motorsports sits high atop the O’Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series point standings heading into this weekend’s duel in Eastern Kentucky at Chuckie May’s 201 Speedway in Sitka, KY this Saturday night June 6, 2008. The BoB boys will race for $3,000 to win at one of Eastern Kentucky’s Best Kept Secrets, the 201 Speedway located minutes from Prestonsburg and Paintsville, KY.
Further information on Revel Motorsports and driver Victor Lee can be found by
clicking your web browser to the official team’s website located at
www.victorlee4.com
Jan Howard Wins First 360 Sprint Car Event of 2008
Byhalia, Mississippi (6/03/08 ) – On Saturday night at
Riverside International Speedway, Jan Howard from Byhalia, Mississippi finally
got the monkey off his back in the 360 Sprint Car division and picked up the
feature win.
Jan started 5th in the 20 lap feature event for the 360 Winged Sprint Cars, and by the race’s midpoint, he was already up to the second position behind the wheel of his #4x Lofton Motorsports Maxim/Dale Howard Racing Engine Sprinter. Over the next several laps, he would begin to narrow the leader, Jeff Swindell’s advantage, at the front of the pack. Howard would catch Swindell with a few laps remaining, and on the white flag lap exiting turn four, Howard would use a strong run on the bottom to take the lead for the race’s final 100 feet en route to the feature win.
In the 305 Sprint Car feature, Jan’s luck would not be quite as good. Howard won his heat race, behind the wheel of his #46 Maxim/Dale Howard Racing Engine Wingless 305 Sprint Car, and would start 4th in the feature. However, on the race’s first lap, Jan would make contact with another car causing him to flip in turn three. The red flag was displayed, and after some minor repairs Jan was able to restart at the back of the pack. He managed to advance back to a 9th place finish.
This Saturday night Jan, will once again be pulling double duty at Riverside as he competes in both his #4x Lofton Motorsports Maxim/Dale Howard Racing Engine 360 Sprint Car as well as his 305 Wingless Sprint Car. For more information, please visit www.RiversideInternationalSpeedway.com .
Jan would
like to thank all of his sponsors for 2008 including Brim's Snack Foods,
Carpenter Steel Erectors, K&N Filters, Mason Water Wells, Trumann Paramedics,
Interior Trim Works by Jay Henderson, Carpenter Homes, Skull Covers By Gator,
Lofton Motorsports, Ray's Auto Collision, Truck Parts Specialists, A.T.R.O.M.
Transmissions, Sanders Pest Control,
www.WideOpenWorldTravel.com, Cole & Desmon, special thanks to Kristy and
Tony Graves, and MSRMafia.com .
For more information on Jan Howard, please visit
www.HowardRacing.net
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Dusty Johnston Heads To Missouri This Weekend
Flippin, Arkansas (6/03/08) – This Saturday and Sunday, June 7th-8th, Dusty Johnston will invade Missouri for a pair of weekly racing series events to do some research and development for upcoming races.
Last weekend, Dusty resumed his pursuit of the O’Reilly Mid America Racing Series (M.A.R.S.) title by traveling to Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, Mississippi for a pair of events. Friday night was highlighted by a $2,000 to win event. In heat race action, Dusty started 4th and finished in the 5th position. Via passing points he fell just short of transferring to the feature event, so he had to start on the pole position for the b-main. He would lead the b-main flag to flag to take the win and earn the 17th starting spot for the feature. In the feature event, he advanced to a 13th place finish.
On Saturday night, 28 Super Late Models once again signed in, and this time the field battled for a lucrative, $6,000 to win top prize. Dusty would win his heat race and start 5th in the feature event. Johnston would battle in the top ten for the entire event before recording a 6th place finish.
“It was a good point’s weekend for us with M.A.R.S., and hopefully we can build off of those finishes to make a run at the title,” commented Johnston.
This weekend PJ Motorsports will invade southwest Missouri for a pair of weekly racing series events. On Saturday night, Dusty will pilot his #16 GRT By Frye/Kuntz & Co. Super Late Models on the high banks of I-44 Speedway. On Sunday night, Johnston will take part in the weekly event at Monett Speedway in Monett, Missouri. Johnston looks to use this weekend to test some setups and get some track time in preparation for the following weekend’s MSRA Vs. DLRA Super Late Model Challenge event. For more information on the events, please visit www.LebanonI44Speedway.net and www.MonettSpeedway.net .
Dusty Johnston Motorsports would like to thank all of their 2008 sponsors including PJ Transportation, El Chico Café, Burns Funeral Home, EZ Loader Boat Trailers, Swans Plumbing, Integra, JFR Graphics, Simpson Race Products, Frye Motorsports, Kuntz & Co., MSRMafia.com, Blue Heron Campground & Resort, and Ideal RV.
Dusty Johnston is always looking for new sponsors and marketing partners. For more information on joining the team, please visit www.DustyJohnston16.com .
For more information on Dusty Johnston Motorsports please visit www.DustyJohnston16.com .
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Home State Double Header On Tap For Moyer Jr.
Batesville, Arkansas (6/03/08) – Billy Moyer Jr. from Batesville, Arkansas competed in a pair of Mid America Racing Series (M.A.R.S.) events behind the wheel of his #21jr Victory Circle M1 Chassis by Moyer Super Late Model over the weekend in the state of Mississippi.
Last weekend Jr. Motorsports traveled to Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, Mississippi for the first time ever as he competed in a pair of M.A.R.S. events. On Friday night Billy started 6th in his heat race and advanced to a 4th place finish, which earned him a 13th starting position for the feature event. In the main event, Moyer Jr. would pick up a 12th place finish. On Saturday night, a $6,000 to win M.A.R.S. event was held and Billy once again started 6th in his heat race. He would record a 5th place finish, which sent him to the b-main where he started 3rd. He would battle for the final transfer spot throughout the b-main, and at the finish line he picked up the fourth and final transfer spot, which earned him a 20th starting position for the feature. A strong car in the feature, allowed him to drive to a 13th place finish.
“It was a pretty good weekend for us, other than the fact that we got stuck in the heat race with Dad (Billy Moyer) both nights,” Moyer Jr. laughed on Monday. “It was nice to go to a track for the first time and be pretty competitive right out of the box.”
This weekend, Moyer Jr. will return to familiar territory as he enters a pair of AMP Super Late Model Series events in the state of Arkansas. On Friday night, action gets underway at Beebe Speedway in Beebe, Arkansas with a $1,500 to win event. On Saturday night, the tour will head to Central Arkansas Speedway in Plumerville, Arkansas for another $1,500 to win event. For more information, please visit www.AMPSeries.com .
Billy Moyer Jr. would like to thank all of his sponsors including Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer, Banner Valley Hauling, Valley Transfer, Universal Concrete, Imperial Motors, Red Line Oil, Karl Chevrolet, Bert Transmission, New Vision Graphics, S & H Industrial Services, Watters Autoland, Performance Rod & Custom, Peterson Fluid Systems, Mason Starters, Sweet Mfg., Wiles Driveshafts, Cizmar Racing, Performance Bodies, Schoenfeld Headers, Hoosier Tire South by Pup, Bell Helmets, ISC Racing Tape, VP Racing Fuel, Hooker Harness, MSR Mafia.com, Ringer's Gloves, Kluhsman Racing Components, BSB Manufacturing, Outlawd Motorsports, and CPD Tools.
Billy Moyer Jr. is always looking for new sponsors and marketing partners. For more information on joining the team, please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .
For the latest information on Billy Moyer Jr., please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .
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Mike Gets Season Back On Track With Strong Three-Race Weekend
RIPLEY, NY –Mike Knight stopped the bleeding.
In dire need of some uplifting outings to get his 2008 season back on track, the rising young dirt Late Model star from Ripley, N.Y., got them last weekend.
Knight, 21, made three starts – and all three resulted in a top-10 finish. He finished seventh in last Friday night’s 50-lap Independent Racing Series (IRS) feature at Skyline Speedway in Stewart, Ohio; place fourth in Saturday night’s 50-lap IRS event at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio; and scored a fifth-place finish in Sunday night’s regular 25-lapper at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa.
What a relief the strong weekend was for Knight, who has been struggling to shake the string of bad luck that has plagued his most ambitious season ever.
“We needed a weekend like this,” said Knight. “We’ve been struggling and we’re down to our last motor, so it feels good to finish some races.”
Knight’s best evening came on Saturday at the three-eighths-mile Sharon oval, where he proved to be a serious contender. After winning his heat race by a commanding margin, Knight marched forward from the ninth starting spot to take fourth in his Rocket No. 9K – his best finish on the season on the IRS tour.
“I was running around the bottom for awhile and not going anywhere, so I went to the top side and I was like, ‘Wow, here we go!’” said Knight. “We also tired hard (ran a harder compound), so my car just started coming on like gangbusters. The longer we went green, the better I got.
“I think if a caution didn’t come out with about 10 to go, we might have had a chance to win the race. It took me a little too long to fire on the restart.”
Knight had begun his weekend with a solid, if unspectacular, seventh-place finish in IRS action at Skyline. He had high hopes for the feature after setting second-fastest time and winning a heat, but he made no headway from the fifth starting spot.
“We just missed on the setup and the tires,” said Knight. “(Steve) Shaver and (Dave) Hess were the only guys who got by me, but we weren’t very good. I’ll take it, though, because we needed a finish.”
Knight capped his tripleheader with another top-five finish at Eriez, the one-third-mile oval that happens to be his hometrack. He moved forward from the ninth starting spot but was unable to challenge for the win because he went too soft with his tire choice.
The driver known as ‘Hollywood’ ended his two-race IRS swing sitting seventh in the tour’s points standings and third in the Rookie of the Year battle.
Knight is planning two starts close to home this weekend, running regular events at Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y., on Saturday night (June 7) and Eriez on Sunday night (June 8).
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway, Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottawaya’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, RJB Construction, Chessa’ Pizza, NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Genesis Shocks, Lehman Motorsports, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts and American Racing Tires.
For more information on Mike Knight, visit
www.mikeknight9k.com.
Earl
Pearson Jr. Regains Lucas Oil Series Points Lead Over Weekend,
Heading to Eldora Speedway and the $100,000 To Win Dream 100,
New Dream Team T-Shirt Designs at Eldora
ARCHDALE, NC (June 3, 2008)- Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team
competed at two Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned events over the
weekend and was trailing Steve Casebolt in the series national points standings
heading into the weekend. On Friday night Earl and the team traveled to Hilltop
Speedway in Millersburg Ohio for a $7,000 to win Lucas Oil Series event. Earl
would start 9th in the feature event and would earn a solid top 5 finish with a
4th place run at Hilltop Speedway on Friday. Then on Saturday Earl and the team
traveled to Florence Speedway in Union Kentucky for the "Ralph Latham Memorial
Race" also sanctioned by Lucas Oil for a $10,000 feature event. Earl would start
8th in the 50-lap feature event and would advance into the top five by halfway
of the race. Earl would battle among the top five positions throughout the
second half of the feature and came home with another 4th place finish at
Florence Speedway his second consecutive 4th place finish over the weekend. Earl
regained the Lucas Oil Series national point's standings and now leads Steve
Casebolt by 55 points after 17 events in 2008.
"We had a really good car at both races over the weekend. We'll take two top
five finishes and the points lead again and look to get more wins on the Lucas
Oil Series in the next series sanctioned events in two weeks. Now that we have
the points lead again Randall, Keith and Matt are busy preparing our cars for
the big events at Eldora this week. With Bobby racing on Wednesday in the
Prelude and the Dream for us on Friday and Saturday, it's a short week for to
get ready. But my crew is pumped up and looking to get Bobby a win in the
Prelude and then we'll be trying to win that $100,000 on Saturday. It's going to
be a fun week at Eldora and were looking forward to racing there again", stated
Earl from his home in Jacksonville, Florida.
ASI Racewear the official Merchandise vendor for Bobby Labonte Racing and Earl
Pearson Jr. will have several new T-Shirt Designs at Eldora Speedway starting on
Wednesday at the Prelude. A special edition "Dream Team" T-shirt that includes
both the blue LifeLong Locks car that Earl will drive at Eldora and the new red
Lucas Oil car that Bobby will drive in the Prelude will be in the ASI Racewear
trailer on vendors row behind the main grandstands in turn one. ASI Racewear
will also release a new "Forever Red" T-shirt design of Earl's car that he will
run in the TV races this year with Lucas Oil as the primary sponsor. All of Earl
Pearson Jr's merchandise can be found at the ASI Racewear trailer at Eldora
Speedway this week and all Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned events in
2008.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors in
2008 for their support including LifeLong Locks, Lucas Oil, Mastersbilt Race
Cars, Larry Wallace Engines, Mopar, Sunoco Race Fuels, Allstar Performance,
Tiger Rear End, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, SHY, Wilwood, Woodward, TWM, Dyers
Top Rods, Weld, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Wrisco, Sparco, Bell, Mechanix Wear, Oakley,
Cheerios, Coke, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs, The
Decal Source, Rick Schwallie Photography and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit www.lucasdirt.com.
For more information about LifeLong Locks and the strongest locks on the market
today, visit www.lifelonglocks.com. For more information about Earl Pearson Jr.
and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team visit their official website at
www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com.
Chub Frank Looks Ahead To $100,000 Dirt Late Model Dream After Frustrating Outings In Delaware & Ohio
BEAR LAKE, PA – What’s the best thing Chub Frank could do after experiencing a pair of frustrating outings to end the month of May?Look ahead to this weekend’s huge 14th annual Dirt Late Model Dream at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio – and the $100,000 top prize that is on the line.
So that’s what the 46-year-old star from Bear Lake, Pa., is doing to wipe away the memories of two unspectacular runs. He finished a quiet 10th in last Thursday night’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘First State 50’ at Delaware International Speedway and managed a ninth-place finish in Saturday night’s 50-lap Independent Racing Series (IRS) event at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio.
“I was horrible all weekend,” said Chub, who made an unscheduled appearance at Sharon’s IRS show after Saturday night’s WoO LMS ‘Conococheague 50’ was canceled in the morning by thunderstorms. “Something just wasn’t right with the car (the 2006 Rocket machine he calls ‘Old Faithful’) both nights and we haven’t figured out what it was yet.”
Coming off his first WoO LMS victory of the season on May 18 at Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway, Chub had high hopes for Thursday’s event at Delaware International. After all, he won last year’s tour stop there.
But after timing 12th-fastest in the 39-car field and finishing second in a heat race, Chub couldn’t make any headway in the A-Main. He fell from the seventh starting spot and finished 10th – the position in which he spent most of the distance.
“The track wasn’t like it was last year,” Chub said of DIS. “There wasn’t a lot of passing, but we couldn’t get going anyway.”
Chub decided to enter Sharon’s IRS program following Hagerstown’s early-Saturday cancellation, but he struggled for a second consecutive start. He qualified through a B-Main and had to advance forward in the rough-and-tumble A-Main to secure a ninth-place payoff with his Lester Buildings/Corry Rubber/All Star Performance/Corry Laser/Slavic Corporation/Farr MotorSports/Lake Shore Paving/Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1*.
“The track was way too rough and hard on equipment,” Chub said of the three-eighths-mile Sharon oval. “It wasn’t rough with big holes, just choppy all over. It’s a really nice facility, so hopefully they’ll get the track figured out and it’ll be smoother the next time we run there (a WoO LMS event on July 26).”
Chub, who sits fourth in the WoO LMS points standings (20 points behind co-leaders Steve Francis and Darrell Lanigan), plans to keep his ‘Old Faithful’ car parked this weekend and run one of his newer Rocket models in the Dirt Late Model Dream event.
“We have some things to figure out (on ‘Old Faithful’) so I don’t want to run it in the Dream,” said Chub, who scored a career-best finish of third in last year’s 100-lap Dream. “I want to go there with a car we have a little better handle on.”
Mike Knight Still
Looking For Some Luck On The Road After Tough Memorial Day Weekend Tripleheader
RIPLEY, NY –Mike Knight knew that his first season of extensive traveling as a
dirt Late Model driver wouldn’t be easy.
But after a tough Memorial Day Weekend on the road with the Independent Racing
Series (IRS), the rising young star from Ripley, N.Y., can’t help but wonder
what he must do to catch a break.
Knight, 21, had little to show for his three-race IRS swing through Ohio to
Raceway 7 in Conneaut (May 23), Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville (May 24)
and Cannonball Speedway in St. Clairsville. He finished 15th in the 50-lap
A-Main at Raceway 7 after he simply “missed the setup”; failed to qualify for
the headliner at Muskingum County (finishing seventh in the first B-Main); and
had to settle for a 17th-place finish in the 50-lapper at Cannonball after
leading early in the race.
“It was a real frustrating weekend, that’s for sure,” said Knight, who made his
first career start at both Muskingum County and Cannonball. “The real
disappointing race was at Cannonball. We were real good there, but we just
didn’t keep our stuff together again.”
Knight was a major-league contender at Cannonball. He set fast time in
qualifying – besting the 33-car field with a lap of 15.548 seconds around the
high-banked, three-eighths-mile oval – and then finished third in his heat and
the dash. Starting third in the feature, he blasted into the lead on lap three
with a pass of Tim Dohm.
Dohm nosed back ahead of Knight to lead lap five, but Knight regained command on
lap five and proceeded to flex some serious muscle. He looked primed to score
his first-ever IRS victory – until hitting a hole in the surface on lap 16 and
falling to third behind new leader Robbie Blair and Dohm.
“Then I felt my car starting to lose power,” said Knight. “A few laps later I
hit that hole again and broke the driveshaft.”
Forced to retire early, Knight could only shake his head after seeing a great
run go bad.
“I called (World of Outlaws Late Model Series star) Chub (Frank) and Mike Farr
(of Genesis Shocks) on Sunday morning and talked for an hour about some things
to do to the car to get us going,” said Knight. “We made a bunch of changes (for
Cannonball) and the car was great, but we just didn’t have any luck.
“It was cool to have the guy who won the race, Eddie Carrier Jr., come up
afterwards and say, ‘Man, you were fast. We didn’t have anything for you.’ But
we have to put a whole race together and get a good finish, not just run good
and drop out.”
Knight ended the weekend ranked seventh in the IRS points standings and third in
the tour’s Rookie of the Year battle.
Despite his rough stretch, the driver known as ‘Hollywood’ is focused on getting
his program headed in the right direction and will head back out on the IRS
trail this weekend for the final two events of the ‘Rapid Refund Week’ swing. He
will compete at Skyline Raceway in Stewart, Ohio, on Friday night (May 30) and
Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio, on Saturday night (May 31).
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was
highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway, Knight has an ambitious
schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team
in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia
Fruit Farm, Ottawaya’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, RJB Construction, Chessa’ Pizza,
NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Genesis Shocks, Lehman Motorsports,
Slavic Custom Racing Shirts and American Racing Tires.
For more information on Mike Knight, visit www.mikeknight9k.com.
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Jake Tucker Records Another Top Ten at Clayhill Motorsports Park
Collierville, TN (5/28/08) – Tucker Motorsports, and driver, Jake Tucker, once again traveled to Clayhill Motorsports Park in Atwood, Tennessee on Saturday night for a weekly racing series event.
Jake was back behind the wheel of his #11 Larry Shaw/Dynotech Racing Engine Open Wheel Modified on Saturday night. In the heat race, Tucker would battle a tight race car throughout the heat race and earned a 12th starting position for the feature event. After the heat race, the team made changes to the car, and in the feature, Jake was able to charge to a 7th place finish.
Tucker Motorsports would like to thank Tommy and Sonny Ray for all of their help in getting the team’s season on track.
This Saturday, Jake will take return to familiar territory as he competes in a weekly racing series event at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas. For more information on the event, please visit www.RiversideInternationalSpeedway.com .
Tucker Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Parts Plus, Valvoline Oil, Smyth Auto (Cincinnati, OH), Champion Electric (Collierville, TN), Mr. Parts Stores (Pine Bluff, AR), Auto Sport Center (Little Rock, AR), Dynotech Engines, Main Street Garage(Collierville, TN), The UPS Stores(Collierville, TN), Comp Cams, Dynamic Electric(Memphis, TN), and Wilson Competition (Tony Wilson).
For more information on Jake Tucker Motorsports, please visit www.TuckerMotorsports.com .
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Jan Howard Wins Third Event
of 2008
Byhalia, Mississippi (5/28/08 ) – Jan Howard was back
in action in the 305 Wingless Sprint Car division over the weekend at Riverside
International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas, and he picked up his third
feature win of the year.
Jan started the night off by picking up a win in his heat race behind the wheel of his #46 Maxim/Dale Howard Racing Engine Sprinter. In the feature event, Jan would power his way to the lead and never looked back en route to the win. The victory marked his third feature triumph of the 2008 season in the wingless 305 Sprint Car division at Riverside International Speedway. Jan did not compete in the 360 Sprint Car division over the weekend.
This Saturday night Jan, will once again be pulling double duty at Riverside as he competes in both his #4x Lofton Motorsports Maxim/Dale Howard Racing Engine 360 Sprint Car as well as his 305 Wingless Sprinter Car. For more information, please visit www.RiversideInternationalSpeedway.com .
Jan would
like to thank all of his sponsors for 2008 including Brim's Snack Foods,
Carpenter Steel Erectors, K&N Filters, Mason Water Wells, Trumann Paramedics,
Interior Trim Works by Jay Henderson, Carpenter Homes, Skull Covers By Gator,
Lofton Motorsports, Ray's Auto Collision, Truck Parts Specialists, A.T.R.O.M.
Transmissions, Sanders Pest Control,
www.WideOpenWorldTravel.com, Cole & Desmon, special thanks to Kristy and
Tony Graves, and MSRMafia.com .
For more information on Jan Howard, please visit
www.HowardRacing.net
.
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Steve Shaver and the Shaver Motorsports/Cosgrove Racing Team
Heading to Skyline Speedway and Florence Speedway This Weekend
VIENNA, WV (May 28, 2008)- Steve Shaver and the Shaver Motorsports/Cosgrove
Racing Team will travel to the state of Ohio this Friday May 30th and compete in
the IRS sanctioned event at Skyline Speedway in Stewart Ohio for a $5,000 to win
feature event. Shaver is no stranger to Skyline Speedway winning numerous
special events over the years at the track only 30 minutes from his race shop.
On Saturday May 31st Shaver and the teams plans are to travel to Florence
Speedway in Union Kentucky and compete in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
sanctioned event the "Ralph Latham Memorial Race".
"Were excited about this weekend and the tracks that we plan on traveling too.
Both Skyline and Florence have been good for us in the past and were confident
about getting a couple of wins this weekend. Hopefully we can get a little luck
to go our way and we'll be in contention for the win both nights", stated Steve.
This past weekend Steve competed in two IRS sanctioned events with mixed
results. On Friday Steve traveled to Raceway 7 in Conneaut, OH for a $5,000 to
win event. Steve would lead most of the event only to fade in the closing laps
with the wrong tire choice but still managed a solid 4th place finish. Then on
Saturday Steve and the team headed to Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville
Ohio for another $5,000 to win IRS sanctioned event only to miss his qualifying
setup a little and was mired deep in the pack. Steve would make the feature
event but never really got the handle on the car all night and finished a
disappointing 17th place in the final run down.
Steve Shaver Motorsports and his race team, Cosgrove Racing, continue to thank
their current sponsors, Drywall Systems Inc, United Bank, Lakeview Estates,
Malcuit Racing Engines, Sunoco Race Fuels, Penske Racing Shocks, Hyperco, Bert
Transmissions, Schoenfeld Headers, Wrisco Aluminum, Cyco Custom Race Products,
Hoosier Tires, Behea Headers, Weld Wheels, Mason Racin, Winters, Poskes
Performance, WRT Webdesigns and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about Steve Shaver and Shaver Motorsports/Cosgrove Racing Team
visit their official website at www.steveshavermotorsports.com.You can receive
Steve Shaver's press releases by emailing your email address to [email protected].
WD Enterprises
Media Contact / PR for Steve Shaver Motorsports
Wayne Castleberry
(904) 210-6649
[email protected]
Matt Miller and the DSI Racing Team Gets Win and a 2nd Place Over
Weekend, Announces New Sponsor Q-Racing
WATERVILLE, OH (May 28, 2008)- Matt Miller and the DSI Race Team competed in a
pair of Sunoco ALMS sanctioned dirt late model events over the weekend. On
Saturday Matt and the team traveled to Oakshade Raceway in Wauseon, Ohio and
competed for the $2,000 first place prize money. Matt would jump into the lead
and never was challenged throughout the feature event and would earn another win
in his home state of Ohio. On Sunday Matt and the DSI Racing Team would travel
to the famous Eldora Speedway in Rossburg Ohio and again compete in a Sunoco
ALMS sanctioned event that drew 56 drivers. Matt would jump into the lead from
his 3rd starting position on the first lap and lead until the halfway point
until giving up the lead after being passed by Josh Richards. Matt would not be
able to mount a charge pass the leader and would finish a strong second place at
Eldora in the final event before the $100,000 Dream 100 being held June6-7th.
"It was a pretty good weekend for our team and car owner Stephen McCullough. We
had a really good car both nights and probably should have won on Sunday at
Eldora also but I got caught behind a lapped car and hesitated just enough that
Josh was able to get by me for the lead. All in all a win and a 2nd place for
this team is pretty good. Were looking forward to this weekends events and the
upcoming Dream 100 at Eldora in two weeks", stated Matt.
Matt and the DSI Racing Team will travel to a pair of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt
Series sanctioned events this weekend competing at Hilltop Speedway in Ohio on
Friday night and Florence Speedway in Kentucky on Saturday night. Friday night's
event will pay $7,000 to the winner while Saturday's events will pay $10,000 to
the winner at Florence Speedway. To learn more about these events log onto the
series website at www.lucasdirt.com.
Matt Miller is excited to announce a new sponsor for his DSI Racing Team in
2008. Q-Racing Engine Oil has joined forces with Matt and the DSI Racing Team to
become the official engine oil for the DSI Racing Team for the remainder of
2008. Q-Racing continues to expand into the dirt late model market and is
aligning their company with some of the top national dirt late model drivers in
the country hoping to gain a market share in the dirt late model industry.
Q-Racing is proud to be associated with one of the top dirt late model drivers
in the country with a 2005 Dream 100 victory on his accomplished list. To learn
more about Q Racing Engine Oil visit their official website at www.qpower.com
and visit www.shell.com/globalsolutions/racing.
Matt Miller would like to thank all their fans and sponsors for their support in
2008. Primary sponsorship will come from Moring Motorsports, McCullough
Industries, M&W Auto Body, MDI Environmental Services, Freeport Recycling
Centers and Graphic Arts Express. Associate sponsorship will come from Sunoco
Race Fuels, Performance Rod and Custom (PRC). Other sponsors of the team for
2008 include, Q-Racing, Tiger Rear Ends, BERT, Mason Racin, Performance Bodies,
Bazell Race Fuels, Hawk Performance, M&B Services, Bell Racing, ACTP, Integra
Shocks, Hooker Harness, Waterman Racing Components, Real Wheels, Hoosier Tire,
Stuckey Enterprises, Banshee Graphics, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs and WD
Enterprises Inc.To learn more about Matt Miller visit his official website at
www.mattmiller7.com.
WD Enterprises
Media Contact / Public Relations for Matt Miller
Wayne Castleberry
(904) 210-6649
[email protected]
Earl Pearson Jr. Heads to Ohio and Kentucky after
Top 5 finish at Show-Me 100,
Lucas Oil Series Victory on TV this Week
Billy Drake Racing Heading to a Pair of Lucas Oil Sanctioned Events This Weekend
BLOOMINGTON, IL (May 28, 2008)- Billy Drake will travel Ohio and Kentucky this weekend and compete in a pair of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned events. On Friday the Billy Drake Racing Team will compete at Hilltop Speedway in Millersburg Ohio in a $7,000 to win feature event. Then on Saturday Billy will travel to Florence Speedway in Union Kentucky and compete in the $10,000 win "Ralph Latham Memorial Race". Both events will count in the national point's standings for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. Billy is currently 8th in the Lucas Oil Series point's standings and will be looking to move up with some good finishes this weekend.
"I'm looking forward to going to Hilltop and Florence Speedways this weekend. Both tracks are exciting to race on and hopefully we can get a couple good finishes and even get a win this year and gain some points on those guys ahead of us. I want to thank everyone at Warrior Race Cars for giving me the opportunity last week to drive one of their house cars at the Show-Me 100 in Missouri. Even though we didn't make the show we learned a lot with Envy Suspensions and all those guys that made the deal possible", stated Billy.
Last weekend Billy traveled to West Plains Speedway in West Plains Missouri for the $42,000 to win Show-Me 100 and drove one of the Warrior Race Cars house cars. Billy failed to transfer to the 100-lap feature event through his heat race or his consolation event.
Billy Drake Racing would like to thank all his sponsors and his whole team for their support in 2008. Billy Drake's sponsors include: Creative Kitchens & Baths, Executive Homes, Steidinger Construction, Afco Racing Products, Custom Racing Engines, K&N Filters, Mullvain Motorsports, Q Racing Oils, Hoosier Tire, Out-Pace Racing Products, Real Racing Wheels, Simpson Performance Products, Sweet Manufacturing, Wiles Racing Driveshafts, Wilwood, Rick Schwallie Photograhy and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit www.lucasdirt.com. For more information about Billy Drake Racing and to sign up for the free newsletters and official Billy Drake press releases log onto www.Billydrake.net
WD Enterprises
Media Contact / Public Relations for Billy Drake Racing
(904) 210-6649
[email protected]
After Winning Johnny Appleseed Classic, Josh Richards Eyes A Bigger Prize At Eldora Speedway
SHINNSTON, WV – Josh Richards got his coveted first-ever dirt Late Model feature win at Tony Stewart’s Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, on Sunday night.
And immediately after finishing his Victory Lane celebration for capturing the 25-lap Sunoco American Late Model Series ‘Johnny Appleseed Classic,’ ‘Kid Rocket’ started thinking about bagging a much bigger prize at the famed half-mile oval.
“Now that we finally won a race at Eldora,” said the 20-year-old star from Shinnston, W.Va., “maybe we’ll have some luck on our side for the Dream (which pays $100,000 to win on June 6-7).”
Josh, who arrived at Eldora after a nine-hour overnight haul from West Plains (Mo.) Motor Speedway where he finished 14th in Saturday night’s Show-Me 100, was the dominant force in the 39th annual ‘Johnny Appleseed Classic.’ He passed Matt Miller for the lead on lap 15 and never looked back, easily controlling a restart with two laps remaining to pocket the $2,000 top prize.
The only real scare Josh experienced came on the race’s initial start. He started from the pole position after winning the first heat, but he watched Miller overtake him for the top spot at the drop of the green flag.
“I felt like (the third-starting Miller) was by me before we got to the flagstand, so I thought they’d call the start back,” said Josh, who registered his third overall feature win of 2008. “But they didn’t, and he took off pretty good.
“But I ran him back down and I finally got by him in lapped traffic.”
The win meant a lot to the young sensation, who has contended for a win at Eldora several times since 2005 when he became, at the age of 17, the youngest driver in history to qualify for both the Dream and the World 100 at Eldora.
“I love going to Eldora – I have ever since I ran my first race there,” said Josh. “It seems like we’ve always been fast there and we’ve been close to winning so many times, but we just couldn’t quite get it done. I’m real happy that we finally did it.
“What really makes me happy is that it was the first time my Dad (Mark Richards) won a race at Eldora with one of his cars (that he worked on or owned). He’s been going there with a car for 33 years but had never won a feature.”
Josh raced at Eldora and West Plains behind the wheel of a new Mark Richards Racing-owned Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Works/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports/Ernie’s Auto & Hauling Rocket Chassis No. 1. He said it performed very well at Eldora and will likely be his ride for the upcoming Dream event.
The Show-Me 100 didn’t go as well for Josh. After timing 27th-fastest among 79 cars on and finishing third in a heat race on Friday night to make his first career Show-Me 100 A-Main, Josh’s hopes of contending in the Saturday-night headliner weren’t realized. He was never a factor and finished one lap down in 14th – the same spot from which he started the race.
“We just didn’t have the right setup for the conditions,” said Josh, who didn’t attempt to qualify for last year’s Show-Me 100 after suffering a concussion in a wild flip during the event’s Thursday-night practice session. “But it was the first time I made the Show-Me, so we accomplished something.”
Josh will return to action on the WoO LMS this Thursday night (May 29) at Delaware International Speedway in Delmar, Del., and Saturday night (May 31) at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway. He enters the doubleheader ranked fourth in the tour’s points standings, just 10 points behind leader Steve Francis.
Chub’s Weekend Close To Home Nearly A Winning One!
BEAR LAKE, PA – A weekend off from the World of Outlaws Late Model Series meant a weekend racing close to home for Chub Frank.It also nearly brought him a couple visits to Victory Lane.
The 46-year-old superstar from Bear Lake, Pa., came oh-so-close to a pair of checkered flags on Saturday night at Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y., finishing second in both ends of the American Tire ‘Double Nickel’ Super Late Model program.
Racing at the one-third-mile oval where he launched his prolific motorsports career 30 years ago, Chub appeared to be in position to score a $5,000 triumph in the evening’s first 30-lap feature after drawing the pole position and grabbing the lead from Randy Lobb on a lap-one restart. With less than 10 laps remaining, however, Chub was overtaken for the top spot by David Scott, who went on to take the win over an unhappy ‘Chubzilla.’
“I kinda got run run over by David Scott,” Chub said of the move that decided the race in Scott’s favor. “I don’t know if he thought he had cleared me, but he didn’t and got into me. The contact bent my spindle and tore the nose up, so I was just hanging on the rest of the way.”
In the 30-lap nightcap, Chub started several rows back but reached second place by lap 14, passing invader Jeremy Miller to assume control of the spot. He then spent the remainder of the distance unsuccessfully attempting to pass Matt Lux, who held on for the $5,000 victory.
“Matt did a great job,” said Chub. “I could get alongside him, but just couldn’t get off the corner good enough to pull ahead of him. He stayed down in the traction and didn’t make any mistakes.”
Both features at Stateline – a track just minutes from Chub’s shop – were memorial events. The first was run in memory of Leonard Briggs, who built Stateline in the ‘50s with Chub’s father Jerry, Chub’s uncle Don and Lloyd Williams, and the second event was dubbed the Bill Freiwald Memorial.
Chub started his weekend on Friday night with a fifth-place finish in the 50-lap Independent Racing Series A-Main at Raceway 7 in Conneaut, Ohio. Calling his setup choice “not very good,” Chub got as high as third but fell back to finish in the same position he started.
Chub ran both nights with a Lester Buildings/Corry Rubber/All Star Performance/Corry Laser/Slavic Corporation/Farr MotorSports/Lake Shore Paving/Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1* that he hasn’t used much since early-season events in Georgia. He “did some testing” with the car in hopes of pressing it into service on the WoO LMS sometime in the future.
“I wish we would’ve got a win, but at least we made some money,” said Chub. “We only used 40 gallons of diesel fuel all weekend to tow to the races, so we did O.K.”
A holiday picnic with family and friends at his shop filled Sunday for Chub, who returns to WoO LMS action this Thursday (May 29) at Delaware International Speedway in Delmar, Del., and Saturday (May 31) at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway. He enters the East Coast doubleheader coming off a victory on May 18 at Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway and tied for second in the tour points standings, just six points behind leader Steve Francis.
Jason Flory Caps Memorial Day Weekend With Win
By Jarrod Lehman
Creston, OH --- Jason & Kristin Flory of Creston, OH, the husband-wife dirt Late Model racing team (‘Mr. & Mrs. Late Model’), had a busy Memorial Day weekend competing at three different race tracks in Ohio in three nights with Jason Flory ending the holiday weekend with a feature win at Midway Speedway in Crooksville, OH. The Flory’s raced their dirt Late Models this weekend at Lakeville Speedway, Muskingum County Speedway and Midway Speedway.
Both were driving their Mastersbilt Race Cars sponsored by Joe Mcillvaine, J&D Truck Leasing, LLC, Ray’s Garage, Kurt’s Auto Parts, Winar Conections/#1 Sales, Donnie Moran Racing, Hodge’s Café, American Racer by Tye Twarog, Millistone Services, Mason Racin, Farriss Farms & Medina Mountain Motors.
Jason was a man on a mission when he won the Super Late Model main event Sunday
May 25 at Midway Raceway in Crooksville, Ohio over Harold Redman, Jr., Shane
McLoughlin, Ralph Withem and Dan Shrigley. It was his first Super Late Model
main event victory of the season for the former Wayne County Speedway track
champion. It was also the team’s first trip of the season to Midway Speedway.
Kristin finished eighth in the companion Limited Late Model feature event at
Midway.
On Saturday May 24 the team headed south for the Independent Racing Series
sanctioned special event at the Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville, OH
where Jason finished 22nd among the 51-car field on tap that night. In the
companion Limited Late Model feature race Kristin took the checkered flag with a
strong second place finish.
On Friday night May 23 at Lakeville Speedway in Lakeville, OH the duo competed in the first leg of the non-sanctioned Triple Crown Series 40-lap special event for Late Models where Jason scored a third place finish in the main event with Kristin placing 16th after running as high as third.
After Kristin won the season opener a month ago at Lakeville Speedway the team, like other racers around the region and country, have been dodging rain drops and foul weather trying to compete. During the previous two weeks the Flory’s both managed to get some racing in between thunderstorms.
On Friday May 16 the team headed to Hilltop Speedway in Millersburg, OH where the team had a self-described successful night. “We raced Hilltop that Friday night since Lakeville rained out,” explained Kristin. “Jason and I both had bad qualifying efforts with a 9th and 11th. Jason started eighth in the feature and was running second for a long time with a restart about three to go when Rick Bond passed both Jason and George (Lee) for the win. Jason was extremely happy with that finish because Hilltop is not usually good to us. I was able to get a seventh place finish.” The following night, after a trip south to Muskingum County Speedway, the races were rained out.”
The Saturday prior on (May 10) they both did get to race at Muskingum County Speedway where Kristin also raced in the Super Late model division with Jason. The duo also raced in the main event with team sponsor Donnie Moran. “Jason started seventh and finished fourth and I started 15th and finished 13th,” said Kristin. “Jason had hard tires on and needed more laps to make things work. But he was happy with the finish!”
Plans for this coming weekend will be announced soon.
The
Flory Racing Team is comprised of crew chief Paul McVicker, Dale Michael, Joe
McIlvaine and part time crewmembers Mark Uhler, Helen Uhler, Janet Parker & John
Stone.
Jason & Kristin also released late last season their all-new ‘Mr. & Mrs. Late
Model’ T-Shirt designed and produced by ASI Racewear. The new T-Shirts are now
available for purchase.
The new ‘Mr. & Mrs. Late Model’ T Shirts are in full color with both race cars
displayed on the front. Sizes available include Small, Medium, Large, X-Large,
XX-Large and XXX-Large. Cost per shirt is only $15.00 and they are available at
the team’s hauler at each race track they compete at.
Mail order is also available. To purchase the new ‘Mr. & Mrs. Late Model’
T-Shirt simply send $15.00 per shirt along with $10.00 for shipping per order
to: Flory Racing, 209 Pine Street, Creston, OH 44217. Make checks & money orders
payable to: Flory Racing. All orders will include two new full color trading
cards of Jason & Kristin Flory. State the size(s) you wish to purchase and send
your complete name, address and telephone number. All orders will be sent via
USPS.
For more information visit the team’s NRG Web Design produced website at:
www.floryracingteam.com
To get a free Kristin Flory and a free Jason Flory trading card (baseball card
size) simply send a SASE (self addressed stamped envelope) to: Flory Racing, 209
Pine Street, Creston, OH 44217. They will be autographed upon request!
‘Mr. & Mrs. Late Model’ would like to thank their 2008 sponsors:
Ray's Garage, Hodges Cafe, Milestone Services, Winar #1 Sales Inc., Donnie Moran Racing, J&D Truck Leasing LLC., Joe McIlvaine, Medina Mountain Motors, American Racers by Tye Twarog, Farriss Farms, Mason Racin, Lehman Motorsports Services, NRG Web Design
Mike Knight Ready for Busy Memorial Day Weekend of Racing
RIPLEY, NY –Rising young dirt Late Model star Mike Knight is ready for a Memorial Day Weekend filled with racing – as long as Mother Nature cooperates.
After all three of his scheduled starts were washed out by rain last weekend, the 21-year-old from Ripley, N.Y., can’t wait to see some clear skies. He will take part in an Independent Racing Series (IRS) tripleheader, on Friday night (May 23) at Raceway 7 in Conneaut, Ohio; Saturday night (May 24) at Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville, Ohio; and Sunday night (May 25) at Cannonball Speedway in St. Clairsville, Ohio.
“The rain last weekend gave us a chance to get caught up and even do some other things,” said Knight, who had planned to run IRS events last weekend at McKean County Raceway in East Smethport, Pa., and Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y., as well as a regular Sunday-night program at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa. “But I’m excited to get back at it and go racing.”
Knight is especially pumped about Friday night’s show at Raceway, a 7/16th-mile oval that he’s quite familiar with.
“We won seven or eight steel-block Late Model races there during our first year of racing,” Knight said of Raceway 7. “That’s a place we’ve usually run pretty well at.”
The driver known as ‘Hollywood’ will be making his first-ever appearances at Muskingum County and Cannonball.
The IRS holiday-weekend tripleheader will serve as the first leg of the tour’s ‘Rapid Refund Week’ in the Buckeye State. The five-race swing – with all races running over the 50-lap distance and paying $5,000 to win – will conclude on May 30 at Skyline Speedway in Stewart, Ohio, and May 31 at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio.
Knight enters the weekend ranked ninth in the overall IRS points standings and fourth in the tour’s Rookie of the Year points battle.
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway, Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottawaya’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, RJB Construction, Chessa’ Pizza, NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Genesis Shocks, Lehman Motorsports, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts and American Racing Tires.
For more information on Mike Knight, visit
www.mikeknight9k.com.
Earl Pearson Jr. and Bobby Labonte Racing Heads
to
Missouri for the "Show-Me 100"
ARCHDALE, NC (May 22, 2008)- Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing
Team will travel to West Plains Missouri and compete at West Plains Motor
Speedway for the $42,000 to win Show-Me 100. This mega event is expected to draw
many of the top dirt late model drivers in the country. Earl has had success at
this event in previous years setting fast time and finishing 4th in 1999. Earl
will have a little more confidence this weekend after visiting the doctor this
past week and having his cast removed from an accident earlier this year. This
event will be the first event without the cast that Earl has competed in since
breaking his right wrist back in April.
Earl and the team competed in a pair of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events
this past weekend in Iowa and Illinois. On Friday Earl competed at Farley
Speedway and had to use a series provisional to start the feature event. Earl
would start 23rd in the feature and advanced to a solid top ten finish finishing
9th. Then on Saturday Earl would compete at LaSalle Speedway and again would
struggle in qualifying and his heat race relegating him to use another series
provisional based on series points to start the feature. Again Earl started 23rd
and advanced to 8th at the checkers earning the Hard Charger Award of the race.
Earl is currently second in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series national points
standing just 5 points behind Steve Casebolt for first.
"Were looking forward to this weekends Show-Me 100. With $42,000 up for grabs it
should be a great race. My guys have been hard at work this week getting our car
ready and we should be back on top of our game again now that I have my cast
removed", stated Earl.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors in
2008 for their support including LifeLong Locks, Lucas Oil, Mastersbilt Race
Cars, Larry Wallace Engines, Mopar, Sunoco Race Fuels, Allstar Performance,
Tiger Rear End, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, SHY, Wilwood, Woodward, TWM, Dyers
Top Rods, Weld, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Wrisco, Sparco, Bell, Mechanix Wear, Oakley,
Cheerios, Coke, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs, The
Decal Source, Rick Schwallie Photography and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit www.lucasdirt.com.
For more information about LifeLong Locks and the strongest locks on the market
today, visit www.lifelonglocks.com. For more information about Earl Pearson Jr.
and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team visit their official website at
www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com
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Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
May 20th, 2008
Jeff Floyd Launches New Website; Show Me 100 Up Next
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas (5/20/08) – Jeff Floyd and JFR Motorsports are proud to
announce the launch of the team’s brand new website at
www.JeffFloydF1.com .
Jeff, who is known as “The Fireball” throughout the racing community, is
currently in his 24th year of racing. He has over 100 career feature wins to his
credit. He currently pilots the #F1 GRT/Kuntz & Co. Racing Engine Super Late
Model on the O’Reilly MSRA circuit, and on off weekends competes in various
sanctioned and unsanctioned events throughout the Midwest and Southeast.
Last Saturday, Floyd was in action at Arkansas Motor Speedway in Nashville,
Arkanasas with the O’Reilly MSRA, and he came away with a 4th place finish. Jeff
currently sits 2nd in the 2008 O’Reilly MSRA point standings.
This weekend, Jeff will be competing in the 16th Annual O’Reilly Show Me 100 at
West Plains Motor Speedway in West Plains, Missouri. He will be behind the wheel
of a team car being fielded by Clint Smith of Senoia, Georgia for the $42,000 to
win/$4,200 to start event. The GRT that Floyd will pilot at West Plains this
weekend is being prepped for Nextel Nascar Star, Jeff Gordon, to drive in the
upcoming Prelude To The Dream event at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio on
Wednesday, June 4th. After this weekend, Jeff Floyd, who is also the owner of
JFR Graphics, will be placing a special graphics package on the car to prepare
it for Gordon. For more information on this weekend’s event, please visit
www.WestPlains-Speedway.com and for more information on the Prelude please
visit
www.EldoraSpeedway.com .
Jeff Floyd would like to thank all of his sponsors including Kuntz & Company
Racing Engines, GRT Race Cars, NEA Super Gas, Floyd’s Body Shop, MSRMafia.com,
and JFRGraphics.com .
For more information on JFR Motorsports please visit
www.JeffFloydF1.com .
Steve Francis, the 2007 World of Outlaws champion, has reclaimed his spot on top of the points standings. The Kentucky Colonel currently leads Chub Frank and Darrell Lanigan by six points in the points standings of the nation’s premiere dirt late model touring series. Several solid finishes and consistency has propelled Francis back to the top of the World of Outlaws.” We haven’t ran as well as we would like and to be on top of the points standings is really a testament to my crew and my equipment, because we haven’t had any part failures and we’ve finished all the races.”. Since winning the Colossal 100, Francis has posted seven straight top 12 finishes in the past month, including five top 10 and two top 5 finishes. Steve and his team competed in the inaugural UFO Series race at Challenger Speedway and posted a 10th place finish, and after that they rejoined the World of Outlaw tour in Missouri for races at Lebanon I-44 Speedway and Monett Speedway where they came away with finishes of 6th and 11th. Next on the schedule was the Lucas Oil Diamond Nationals at Lucas Oil Speedway where the team had a solid 12th place run. Most recently, Francis piloted his Valvoline, Reliable Painting Rocket Chassis to an 8th place finish at Attica Raceway Park and a 3rd place run at Lincoln Speedway in World of Outlaw events, as well as a 5th place finish in a Lucas Oil series race at LaSalle Speedway in Illinois.
In the upcoming weeks Francis will be competing in two of the “Crown Jewel” events of the 2008 season. On May 23rd and 24th, Steve and his crew will battle in the $42,000 to win Show-Me 100 at West Plains Motor Speedway in West Plains, Missouri. Two weeks later, June 6th and 7th, the 2007 World of Outlaw champ will compete in The Dream 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, OH. The Dream 100 is the highest paying event of the 2008 season paying $100,000 to the winner. Not to be overlooked, during the week between the two major races the #19 team will be at World of Outlaw events at Delaware International Speedway on May 29th and Hagerstown Speedway on May 31st. Francis and his team are preparing for the busiest part of the season as the dog days of summer are about to begin, “We’re getting ready for a lot of racing here in the next few weeks, after the Dream we’re going to do some test and then head to Port Royal and Canada for World of Outlaw shows”.
Steve Francis racing will have a busy week during the Dream at Eldora, as Francis will be fielding a car for NASCAR Sprint Cup star Ryan Newman for the Prelude to the Dream race. Steve’s car owner Dale Beitler will also be supplying Sprint Cup driver Kasey Kahne with a Rocket Chassis for the Prelude as well. Steve will also be acting as car owner during The Dream 100 as Tim McCreadie will once again pilot the #15 Valvoline car for Steve Francis Racing.
As always, Steve Francis Racing would like to thank Valvoline, VP Racing Fuels, Reliable Painting, American Race Tires, Port City Racing, TWM Race Products, Rocket Chassis, and all the fans as well for all their continued support in 2008.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Chub Frank Brings Back ‘Old Faithful’ And Wins!
BEAR LAKE, PA – All is well again with Chub Frank’s racing fortunes.
The veteran star from Bear Lake, Pa., pressed his favorite car – the machine he calls ‘Old Faithful’ – back into service over the weekend and returned to his usual form. He won his first World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Main of the 2008 season on Sunday night at Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway and finished second in the tour’s Friday-night stop at Attica (Ohio) Raceway Park.
“It was a good weekend,” smiled Chub, who moved into a tie for second (with Darrell Lanigan) in the WoO LMS points standings, just six points behind leader Steve Francis through 11 events. “We needed a weekend like this bad.”
Chub actually came close to sweeping the WoO LMS Midwestern doubleheader. He came off the outside pole to lead the first 43 laps of Friday’s first-ever WoO LMS event at the one-third-mile Attica oval before watching young Josh Richards drive by him on the outside with six laps remaining en route to victory in the 50-lap A-Main.
After settling for runner-up money to Richards, Chub turned the tables on ‘Kid Rocket’ Sunday night. Chub roared off the outside pole at the quarter-mile Lincoln oval to lead the ‘Land of Lincoln 40’ from flag-to-flag – with the 20-year-old Richards chasing him from lap 14 to the finish and finishing second.
“I wasn’t giving up the top this time,” Chub quipped after repelling Richards’s challenges at Lincoln. “Losing two nights in a row would’ve been real tough to take.”
Chub’s $7,000 victory came exactly one year to the day since he won his first WoO LMS A-Main of 2007, at I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Mich. Chub got rolling after that first tour win last season and ended up leading all series drivers with six triumphs, so he’s hoping “it works out the same this year.”
The driver known as ‘Chubzilla’ feels good about his chances of ringing up more checkered flags thanks to the return of ‘Old Faithful.’ He debuted this particular Lester Buildings/Corry Rubber/All Star Performance/Corry Laser/Slavic Corporation/Farr MotorSports/Lake Shore Paving/Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1* in September 2006 and has run it in a majority of his appearances since then because he fells so good in it, but there was concern that its life-cycle might have ended when he flipped the car last month at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
Alas, Chub’s favorite car can take a licking and keep on ticking. He found that the car’s frame was not significantly damaged in the wreck, so he had it skinned with a new body and did some other work to it before rolling it back on the track at Attica.
“I’m happy to have it back,” said Chub. “It’s still gonna need a little work – it’s not quite the same as it was before – but it got the job done.”
Chub’s next WoO LMS start comes on May 29 at Delaware International Speedway in Delmar, Del., where he was victorious in last year’s tour stop. He’ll usher out the month with another WoO LMS event on May 31 at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway.
May 19, 2008
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Hard Work In Shop Pays Off: Richards Enjoys Spectacular World of Outlaws Late Model Series Weekend In Midwest
SHINNSTON, WV – Hard work paid off for Josh Richards and the Mark Richards Racing team.
After spending three full days thoroughly reworking their cars following Josh’s seventh-place finish on May 11 in the Diamond Nationals at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo., the 20-year-old sensation from Shinnston, W.Va., enjoyed one of the most spectacular weekends of his career during a two-race World of Outlaws Late Model Series swing through the Midwest.
Josh registered an exciting victory in Friday night’s 50-lap WoO LMS A-Main at Attica-(Ohio) Raceway Park, then backed it up with a runner-up finish in Sunday night’s ‘Land of Lincoln 40’ at Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway.
“We had a great weekend,” said Josh, who joined Billy Moyer as this season’s only repeat winners on the WoO LMS with his $10,000 triumph at Attica. “When we got back from Wheatland we worked until midnight every night to get these cars ready. We made a bunch of changes and everything really worked out.”
Driving his Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Works/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports/Ernie’s Auto & Hauling Rocket Chassis No. 1, Josh authored a memorable run in the first-ever WoO LMS event at the one-third-mile Attica oval. He swept the night, setting fast time, winning a heat race and capturing the feature.
Josh spent most of the A-Main’s distance chasing leader Chub Frank before finally slipping by the Pennsylvania veteran for the top spot with a high-side pass off turn on lap 44.
“That was one of the most fun races I’ve ever run,” said Josh, who recorded his first WoO LMS win since the season opener on Feb. 14 at Florida’s Volusia Speedway Park. “I just kept trying and trying to find a way to get by Chub, and finally I was able to get him.”
Following an off-day on Saturday because the scheduled WoO LMS event at Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway was indefinitely postponed due to ongoing reconstruction of the track, Josh nearly pulled off a mirror-image of his Attica success on Sunday night at Lincoln Speedway.
‘Kid Rocket’ once again spent much of the A-Main running second behind Frank. He made several bids to grab the lead, but Frank held on this time to score his first WoO LMS win of the season, leaving Josh to settle for runner-up money.
Josh still had a big smile on his face after Lincoln’s checkered flag.
“I feel like I won it,” said Josh. “A track like this (tight quarter-mile) normally isn’t my kind of deal. I was just hoping for at least a top 10 tonight.
“We’re real happy with our weekend. These are the kind of runs you have to put together to be a championship contender.”
Josh’s weekend outburst moved him into the thick of the WoO LMS points battle through 11 events. He’s now fourth in the tight standings, 10 points behind leader Steve Francis.
The Mark Richards Racing team returned to its homebase in West Virginia on Monday. Josh and Co. have more shop time planned to gear up for the busy summer stretch of racing on their doorstep.
Mike Knight’s Bad Luck Returns During Trip To Kentucky
RIPLEY, NY – May 13, 2008 – The on-the-road education of Mike Knight continued on Saturday night (May 10) at 201 Speedway in Sitka, Ky.
Unfortunately, the rising young star’s “learning experience” was all about how to deal with a major dose of bad luck a long, long way from home.
Knight, 21, of Ripley, N.Y., made a seven-and-half-hour haul for Saturday night’s Independent Racing Series (IRS) event at the Bluegrass State but had a very short night. Engine problems that were later diagnosed as a couple of broken pistons knocked him out early in the 50-lap feature as he ran in seventh place, leaving him with a disappointing 24th-place finish.
“Our tough luck was back again,” said Knight, who started 11th in his Craiger-powered Rocket No. 9K after finishing second in a heat race in his first-ever visit to 201 Speedway. “It’s possible that the motor problem might’ve come from being in the car when I flipped a few weeks ago, but that’s how it goes.
“It’s disappointing to travel so far and have bad luck, but we keep reminding ourselves that we’ve been running good. At least we’re opening some eyes.”
Knight, whose planned Sunday-night visit to Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa., was scratched due to a rainout, is looking forward to three races virtually in his backyard this weekend.
The driver known as ‘Hollywood’ will enter $5,000-to-win IRS events on Friday (May 16) at McKean County Raceway in East Smethport, Pa., and Saturday (May 17) at Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y., then end the weekend with a regular show on Sunday (May 18) at Eriez.
“Everything is close to home and at tracks where we’ve run decent and had some success,” said Knight. “I’m excited about the weekend. Hopefully we’ll be able to get some good finishes without traveling too far.”
Knight’s DNF at 201 Speedway dropped him to ninth in the IRS points standings, 64 points behind leader Robbie Blair. He also fell to fourth in the IRS Rookie of the Year battle.
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway, Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottawaya’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, RJB Construction, Chessa’ Pizza, NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Genesis Shocks, Lehman Motorsports, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts and American Racing Tires.
For more information on Mike Knight, visit
www.mikeknight9k.com.
Earl Pearson Jr. Heads to Iowa and Illinois This Weekend after Disappointing Finish at Diamond Nationals
ARCHDALE, NC (May 14, 2008)- Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team will travel to Farley Speedway in Farley Iowa and LaSalle Speedway in LaSalle Illinois this weekend and compete in a pair of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned events this weekend. Both events will consist of 50-lap feature events paying $10,000 to the winner and series points towards the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series national points standings. Both events should draw a strong field of drivers from the mid west area and provide exciting racing action at both racy facilities.
This past weekend Earl and the team traveled to Wheatland Missouri and competed in the Diamond Nationals at the Lucas Oil Speedway. Earl driving the new Lucas Oil red color scheme car would qualify 8th out of the 80 drivers that entered the event. Earl would win his heat race going away and drew the #3 starting position for the 100-lap feature event. Earl and the team felt confident that they had a good chance to win the $40,000 first place prize money and with the track officials reworking the track for the feature Earl and the team were excited about a racy track that would provide great racing. Earl would fall into fourth on the start but would wage an epic battle with Scott Bloomquist and Billy Moyer for second place in the early stages of the event swapping positions between the three drivers on multiple occasions. Earl would eventually pull away from Bloomquist and Moyer and run a solid second place for several laps. Earl would run in striking distance of leader Shannon Babb after the half way point and was starting to close in on the race leader by lap 70 when a broken J-bar would end his run with just 30 laps remaining in the feature event. Earl would finish 14th in the final run down and suffered a rare DNF on the series in 2008. Earl is now tied for first for the series national points standings with Steve Casebolt who finished 5th in the Diamond Nationals feature event this past weekend.
"I really feel we had a car to win this past weekend and at worst we would have run second to Babb. Babb was strong and I want to congratulate him and his team for a great win. I always enjoy racing with Babb no matter what sanctioned event or national event we compete together at. It's just unlucky in such a big paying event to have a mechanical failure end our race without the results to show how good a car we had. I'm really looking forward to this weekends events at tracks that we had success at in the past", stated Earl.
On Friday night after qualifying at the Diamond Nationals Earl and the team competed in the Integra Shocks Pit Crew Challenge Competition. In the first round Randal Edwards and Matt Langston would set the fastest time out of the 21 teams that competed in a timed event where the driver would drive the car into a pit box and the crew would change the right rear tire and send the driver out of the pit box. The fastest three teams came back and competed against each other in another timed pit stop this time the crew had to change the right front shock during the pit stop. Earl and the team would again finish the round as the fastest team earning the first place prize of $1,000 presented by Integra Shocks. Earls winning crew consisted of Randal Edwards, Matt Langston and Keith Edwards. Video coverage of the pit crew challenge can be found at www.dirtondirt.com.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors in 2008 for their support including LifeLong Locks, Lucas Oil, Mastersbilt Race Cars, Larry Wallace Engines, Mopar, Sunoco Race Fuels, Allstar Performance, Tiger Rear End, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, SHY, Wilwood, Woodward, TWM, Dyers Top Rods, Weld, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Wrisco, Sparco, Bell, Mechanix Wear, Oakley, Cheerios, Coke, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs, The Decal Source, Rick Schwallie Photography and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit www.lucasdirt.com. For more information about LifeLong Locks and the strongest locks on the market today, visit www.lifelonglocks.com. For more information about Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team visit their official website at www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com.
Chub Looks Ahead To Return Of ‘Old Faithful’ After Quiet Diamond Nationals Outing
BEAR LAKE, PA – May 13, 2008 – Chub Frank’s long week in the Show-Me State ended quietly on Sunday night.A 21st-place finish in the rain-delayed second annual SuperClean Diamond Nationals 100 at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo., capped off Chub’s extended stay in the Midwest.
Chub spent the week leading up to the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event working on his Lester Buildings/Corry Rubber/All Star Performance/Corry Laser/Slavic Corporation/Farr MotorSports/Lake Shore Paving/Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1* in Missouri after competing in a pair of World of Outlaws Late Model Series shows that were held on May 3-4 in the southwestern part of the state.
“I wish we would’ve had a little more to show for the trip, but we just made some wrong choices in the feature,” Chub said of his Diamond Nationals effort.
After qualifying third-fastest in his group time-trial session on Friday night, Chub rode out the strong storms that postponed Saturday night’s scheduled Diamond Nationals action to Sunday. He qualified for the 100-lap A-Main by finishing second in the first B-Main on Sunday.
Chub started 21st in the headline event, which was run on a track surface that was completely reworked after the heats and B-Mains produced little passing in afternoon conditions. He said the speedway’s manicuring definitely made it racier, but he wasn’t able to make any move forward and thus retired once he was lapped about one-third of the way through the 100.
“We went too hard with our tires,” said Chub. “We probably would’ve been O.K. later in the race, but, starting so far back, we should’ve put on a softer tire so we would’ve been better at the beginning. We ended up getting lapped early and that was it for us.
“The only good thing was that there was a wreck a little while after I pulled off. I probably would’ve been right in the middle of that if I was still on the track.”
Chub made the long drive back to his shop in Bear Lake, Pa., on Monday with visions of his favorite race car dancing in his head. He’s hoping that the machine he calls ‘Old Faithful’ – the 2006 Rocket that he flipped last month at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway – will be ready to return to competition in this weekend’s WoO LMS shows at Attica (Ohio) Raceway Park (Fri., May 16) and Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway (Sun., May 18).
“The car wasn’t even in my shop when we left for Missouri because it was off getting a new body put on it,” said Chub. “Hopefully it’ll be there when I get back and we’ll have enough time to finish it up before the weekend.”
Chub enters the weekend ranked fifth in the WoO LMS points standings through nine events, 34 points behind leader Billy Moyer.
Towanda's 'Young Gun' Donny Walden Launches New Website
Towanda, Illinois (5/8/08) - Towanda Native and Dirt Late Model Driver Donny Walden is proud to announce the launch of a brand new website at www.donnywalden.com.
The driver otherwise known as 'The Young Gun' will continue his 7th year in a Dirt Late Model, as he will be piloting the #1w CJ Rayburn Racecar, Mullvain Racing Engines Super Late Model in a wide variety of events.
Donny picked up a 5th place points finish at Fairbury American Legion Speedway in '07 and a 7th place points finish at Farmer City raceway in '07.
Donny has an exciting weekend of racing planned. Friday night fans of 'The Young Gun' will see him take to the 1/4 mile at Farmer City Raceway for a night of regular racing action. For more information go to www.farmercityraceway.net. Saturday night they will head back south to Lincoln Speedway for a night of regular racing. For more information go to www.lincolnspeedway.org
Donny Walden Racing would like to thank all of his 2008 Sponsors which include: Walden Automotive, Executive Homes, Creative Kitchens & Baths, The Sprinkler Guys, Gitcha Sum Racewear, S & S Printing, C.J. Rayburn Racecars, Mullvain Racing Engines, The Graybeal Family, Walden Signs & Designs, Bert Transmissions, Hoosier Racing Tire.
We would also like to thank all of his fans for all of the support which he has received throughout his racing career.
For more information on Donny and 'The Young Gun' Racing, be sure to check out the newly redesigned website at http://www.donnywalden.com
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Erik Grigsby
Owner/Photographer
Erik Grigsby Photography
P.O. Box 101
Canton, Illinois 61520
309.224.3611 (cell)
Billy Drake Finishes 2nd in Kentucky, Heading to Diamond Nationals at Lucas Oil Speedway in Missouri
BLOOMINGTON, IL (May 7, 2008)- Billy Drake Racing traveled to Kentucky Lake Speedway in Calvert City, KY over the weekend and competed in a Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned event the "Kentucky 99". The 50-lap feature event paid $9,999 to the winner and valuable points towards the series national point's standings. Billy would finish 7th in his heat race after his engine began to falter in the last laps of the heat race. Billy would park the primary car with a hurt motor and unloaded a new Mastersbilt chassis for the B-main. Billy would shake down the new car and eventually pulled in to make some minor chassis adjustments before the feature. Billy would make the 24 car field by virtue of a series provisional starting position based on the current series national point's standings.
Drake would start 24th in the field for the 50-lap feature event that was full of great racing action and multiple passing on the racy track. Billy would immediately move forward in the feature event and cracked into the top 10 by the halfway point of the race. Billy would then charge into the top 5 by lap 33 and new he had a great car that was driving exceptional on this given night. Billy would move into the top three over the final laps and eventually moved into second place behind eventual winner Brady Smith. Billy would stay within striking distance of the leader Smith but was only able to finish a strong and impressive run towards the front from 24th with a solid 2nd place finish in the feature.
"Our car was really good on long green flag laps. We just needed a long green flag run at the end of the race and we might have won the darn thing. Were happy with a second place finish after the night we started with. We hurt a motor in the other car in the heat race so we had to go to a back up car that turned out to handle and drive better. We were fortunate to finish 2nd with the level of competition that was here. Were going to take the same car to Wheatland this weekend for the "Diamond Nationals" that we ran 2nd in to Brady Smith at Kentucky Lake", stated Billy Drake.
With his second place finish this past weekend Drake is now in 8th place in the series national point's standings. Billy Drake Racing will travel this weekend to Wheatland, MO and compete at the Diamond of Dirt Tracks the Lucas Oil Speedway. Billy will compete in the huge mega -event the "Super Clean Diamond Nationals on Friday and Saturday May 9-10th with the winner of the 100-lap feature event taking home $40,000 dollars.
Billy Drake Racing would like to thank
all his sponsors and his whole team for their support in 2008. Billy Drake's
sponsors include: Creative Kitchens & Baths, Executive Homes, Steidinger
Construction, Afco Racing Products, Custom Racing Engines, K&N Filters, Mullvain
Motorsports, Q Racing Oils, Hoosier Tire, Out-Pace Racing Products, Real Racing
Wheels, Simpson Performance Products, Sweet Manufacturing, Wiles Racing
Driveshafts, Wilwood, Rick Schwallie Photograhy and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit www.lucasdirt.com. For more information about Billy Drake Racing and to sign up for the free newsletters and official Billy Drake press releases log onto www.Billydrake.net
Following Strong Run At Virginia Motor Speedway, Jeremy Miller Preps For Busy Upcoming Schedule
GETTYSBURG, PA - Jeremy Miller is hoping that another strong run at Virginia Motor Speedway will provide some momentum for his busy upcoming schedule.
Returning to the site of his emotional first career World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory on April 11, Gettysburg, Pa.’s Miller drove his Buckler Motorsports Rocket No. 24 to a second-place finish in last Thursday night’s 40-lap Paul Sawyer Memorial dirt Late Model special at the pristine half-mile oval in Jamaica, Va.
The runner-up outing to fellow Pennsylvanian Jason Covert came in Miller’s first start since the Circle K Colossal 100 on April 19 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., where Miller finished 27th because a bent front nosepiece forced him to retire early after he had advanced from the 18th starting spot to eighth. Miller’s hopes of competing in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events the last weekend in April at Bedford (Pa.) Speedway and Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway were dashed by rain.
The 37-year-old Miller wasn’t quite able to duplicate his thrilling WoO LMS run at Virginia Motor, but a bridesmaid placing wasn’t a bad alternative.
“We were off just a little bit from the Outlaw show,” said Miller, who started fourth after locking into the feature through a time-trial session. “We’ve been working with the car trying to get it better and driving easier, so we didn’t run the car the same as we did last month. Maybe that doesn’t make sense, but as a team you’re always looking to improve and go faster.
“We can’t complain about finishing second, though. I battled side-by-side with (Tim) McCreadie for second for about 30 laps, so I think we put on a show that gave the fans their money’s worth.”
Miller is looking ahead to two races this weekend with his familiar No. 24, which carries sponsorship from Complete Flooring, USA Spares, Inc., Rocket Chassis, Bullock Race Engines, Miller Fabrication Inc., Torco Race Fuels, Genesis Racing Shocks and American Racer Tires. He’s scheduled to compete on Friday night (May 9) at Potomac Speedway in Budds Creek, Md., in a 35th Anniversary special paying $3,500 to win, and on Sunday night (May 11) in a Mid-Atlantic Championship Series (MACS) show at Hesston (Pa.) Speedway that offers a $5,000 top prize.
Next week Miller has two Independent Racing Series (IRS) events planned – the third annual Dave Lundgren Memorial 50 on Fri., May 16, at McKean County Raceway in East Smethport, Pa., and the Roberts Trucking 50 on Sat., May 17, at Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y. Both races will pay $5,000 to win.
For more information on Jeremy Miller, visit www.jeremymiller24.com.
Mike Knight’s Racing Fortunes Take A Turn For The Better
RIPLEY, NY – Mike Knight’s racing fortunes are beginning to look up.
The rising young dirt Late Model star from Ripley, N.Y., saw his tough early-season luck turn around last weekend with a pair of strong runs.
Knight, 21, registered a solid sixth-place finish last Friday night (May 2) in the 50-lap Independent Racing Series (IRS) event at Elkins (W.Va.) Speedway, and on Sunday night (May 4) he backed up his morale-boosting performance with a come-from-behind fourth-place finish in the 25-lap Super Late Model season opener at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa.
“We kept it on all four wheels and didn’t blow a motor,” joked Knight, referring to a flip and engine malfunction that were among the lowlights of his recent string of misfortune. “It was a good weekend for us. Maybe we’re finally getting rid of our bad luck.”
A 2008 IRS Rookie of the Year contender, Knight showed he’s a serious threat to win the award during his first-ever visit to Elkins Speedway. His time-trial lap of 14.642 seconds around the three-eighths-mile oval was the fastest of the night’s 39 entries – giving him his first Integra Racing Shocks Fast Time Award of the IRS season – and a third-place finish in the first heat transferred him to the A-Main. Armed with the fourth starting spot for the feature, he ran steady throughout the distance in his family-owned Rocket No. 9K and settled for sixth place after veteran Mike Balzano slipped by him with just five laps remaining.
“I don’t know if we picked the wrong tires or missed the setup, but we were just a little off in the feature,” said Knight. “We’re happy with the run, though. We needed a good finish to get back on track.”
After Knight’s plan to race at Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y., on Saturday night (May 3) was scuttled by rain that washed out the program, he entered Sunday’s 2008 lidlifter at Eriez Speedway, the one-third-mile track where he won his first career Super Late Model points title last season.
Knight started 12th in the Eriez feature and cracked the top five in less than 10 laps, but then he spun to avoid a car that had slowed dramatically in front of him. He restarted at the rear of the field and proceeded to make an impressive charge forward over the remaining distance, ending up fourth to salvage his night.
“I felt like we had a car that could win the race,” said Knight. “We got right up into the top five, but the track was pretty rough and a car in front of me must have hit a rut and gotten out of shape so I had to spin myself out or run over him.
“It was disappointing to have to go to the rear, but we felt pretty good about how the car let me get back up through the field.”
Knight, who ranks fifth in the overall IRS points standings and second behind Tim Dohm in the Rookie of the Year race, will return to IRS competition this Saturday night (May 10) at 201 Speedway in Sitka, Ky. He also plans to make the eight-and-a-half-hour overnight trip back north to race Sunday night (May 11) at Eriez Speedway.
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway, Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottawaya’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, RJB Construction, Chessa’ Pizza, NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Genesis Shocks, Lehman Motorsports, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts and American Racing Tires.
For more information on Mike Knight, visit
www.mikeknight9k.com.
Late-Race Surge At Monett Speedway Ends Chub Frank’s Weekend In Missouri On A High Note
BEAR LAKE, PA – Chub Frank salvaged his World of Outlaws Late Model Series weekend in the Show-Me State with a super late-race surge on Sunday night at Monett (Mo.) Speedway.
After finishing a dismal 11th in Saturday night’s 40-lap A-Main at Lebanon I-44 Speedway and appearing headed toward another placing outside the top 10 for more than half of Sunday’s 40-lapper at Monett, the star driver known as ‘Chubzilla’ suddenly came alive.
Over the final 13 laps of the first-ever WoO LMS event at Monett Chub tore through the field, using the inside and outside of the three-eighths-mile oval to finish a very satisfying fifth in his Lester Buildings/Corry Rubber/All Star Performance/Corry Laser/Slavic Corporation/Farr MotorSports/Lake Shore Paving/Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1*.
“I actually don’t know what happened,” Chub said when asked why his car suddenly came to life after a lap-27 caution flag. “I was just wallowing around out there, and then Vic Coffey got into my left-rear (entering turn one on lap 27) and something happened.
“There was something wrong with the car at Lebanon and Monett until I got hit in the left-rear. I guess the hit bent something and freed the car. We gotta look at it and see what it was, but I know that the car really felt good at the end of the race.”
Passing cars like he once did at his old hometrack of Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y. – “Real tight to the guy,” he said – Chub completed his charge by overtaking Jimmy Owens for fifth on the final circuit.
“The weekend didn’t start off very good,” said Chub, referring to his subpar outing at Lebanon I-44 in which he missed the setup and was never a factor. “But it finished well.”
Chub ended the doubleheader sitting fifth in the tight WoO LMS points race, 34 points out of the lead.
Chub, who made an appearance at his sponsor Lester Buildings’ service center plant in Charleston, Ill., on Friday afternoon en route to Missouri, will spend the week in the Show-Me State so he can enter this weekend’s SuperClean Diamond Nationals at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. The 100-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event is set for Friday (May 9) and Saturday (May 10) and offers a $40,000 top prize.
Head-Turning DIRTcar Big-Block Modified Debut Highlights Busy Stretch Of Racing For Josh Richards
SHINNSTON, WV – May 6, 2008 – Josh Richards proved his adaptive abilities last Thursday night (May 1) when he made a head-turning DIRTcar big-block Modified debut at Virginia Motor Speedway.
The 20-year-old dirt Late Model star known as ‘Kid Rocket’ finished only 19th in the 60-lap Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series ‘Paul Sawyer Memorial’ event, but his qualifying effort and early performance in the feature showed how quickly he was able to make the transition to the open-wheel machine.
Josh’s special appearance behind the wheel of DIRTcar big-block Modified legend Brett Hearn’s backup Madsen Motorsports No. 20 highlighted a busy stretch of racing for the Shinnston, W.Va., product. He also drove the Ernie Davis-owned Rocket No. 25 dirt Late Model to a fifth-place finish in the division’s 40-lap companion event on May 1 at VMS, then battled some missteps and bad breaks in weekend World of Outlaws Late Model Series events to finish 13th on Saturday night (May 3) at Missouri’s Lebanon I-44 Speedway and 20th on Sunday night (May 4) at Monett (Mo.) Speedway steering his familiar Mark Richards Racing Rocket No. 1.
The big-block Modified ride was what Josh will always remember about his on-track action last week. He recorded the fourth-fastest lap among 48 entries in time trials, finished second to Hearn in a heat race and led the feature’s first eight laps from the pole position before his evening went downhill.
Shortly after losing the lead, Josh made unintentional contact with New Yorker Dale Planck, causing Planck to spin and sending Josh to the rear of the field for the restart. Josh continued for a short time before his involvement in a couple multi-car scrapes prompted him to retire from further competition.
“Driving the Modified was a lot of fun,” said Josh, who thanked Hearn for providing him a ride. “I had the track record for awhile (in time trials) and led a few laps of the feature, but the car was just too free and I let a couple cars pass me. Then by accident my foot slipped off the brake pedal going into turn one and I ran right in the back of the 77 (Planck), which I feel real bad about.”
Josh noted that the big-block Modified had a distinctly different feel from the dirt Late Models he regularly campaigns, especially in terms of motor responsiveness.
“It felt like I was in a Top-Fuel dragster when I got back in the Late Model,” said Josh. “The Modified didn’t respond as fast as a Late Model, but it was real racy to drive. It seems like you have more time to think about everything in the Modified, which is probably why the racing is so good.”
Josh’s biggest problem with the Modified? Getting comfortable sitting in a more upright position in the seat than he does in his dirt Late Model.
After flying to St. Louis, Mo., on Saturday morning to meet up with his dirt Late Model team, Josh experienced his worst night of WoO LMS racing this season on Saturday at Lebanon I-44 Speedway. He recorded the night’s fifth-fastest lap in time trials, but a slap of the homestretch wall early in his heat forced him to the pits with his thoroughly-damaged Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Works/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports/Ernie’s Auto & Hauling No. 1.
Josh had to use a provisional to start a WoO LMS A-Main for the first time since 2006 – and he barely made the starting grid. His crew worked right up until the start of the feature pace laps to fix his machine, which he manhandled to a 13th-place finish in the 40-lapper.
“We had the car just about ready when we realized that the driveshaft was damaged and needed to be changed,” said Josh. “We got a new one on just in time to roll out for the feature. The problem was that we didn’t have a chance to fix the front end, so it was towed-out about four inches.”
The following night’s first-ever WoO LMS event at Monett Speedway started off great for Josh, who set a new track record of 15.711 seconds around the three-eighths-mile oval in qualifying to earn his first fast-time honor of 2008. He went on to win a heat race and draw the outside pole for the feature, but he couldn’t outgun polesitter and eventual winner Brian Birkhofer at the initial green flag and settled into fifth place soon after.
Josh’s hopes for a strong finish ended on lap 35 when his car’s right-rear tire went flat. He slowed and pitted after the caution flag flew, but he made no headway over the final five circuits and was the last driver on the lead lap at the finish, taking 20th place.
“I knew the tire was going down, so I just tried to ride it out,” said Josh. “I was just holding on the whole race anyway. We were really good early in the night, but we tried to experiment for the feature and it didn’t work out. We’ll just look at like it wouldn’t have mattered anyway because we got a flat.”
Josh entered the weekend ranked second in the WoO LMS points standings, but he fell into a tie for sixth with Shannon Babb, 38 points out of the lead.
Josh is spending the week at the Petroff Towing shop outside St. Louis to prepare for this weekend’s SuperClean Diamond Nationals at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. The 100-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event is set for Friday (May 9) and Saturday (May 10) and offers a $40,000 top prize
Earl Pearson Jr. Finishes 5th in Kentucky, Heads to Diamond Nationals in Missouri with Special Color Scheme
ARCHDALE, NC (May 6, 2008)- Earl Pearson Jr. driving in his first event with a cast on his broken right wrist from a wreck in early April was able to extend his points lead in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series national points standings with a solid 5th place finish at last weekends "Kentucky 99" event in Calvert City, KY. Earl driving the Bobby Labonte owned Mastersbilt Chassis finished 3rd in his heat race to earn a 12th starting position for the 50-lap feature event. Earl would advance into the top five by halfway and was running as high as 3rd place before finishing a solid 5th place at the checkers. Earl now leads the series points standings by 45 points over Steve Casebolt. "It was a good finish for us with the circumstances we were under. It was a little uncomfortable at times in the car trying to drive with the cast but I was able to get the job done a get a top 5 finish", stated Earl.
Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team will travel this weekend to the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO. and compete in the "Super Clean Diamond Nationals" this Friday and Saturday. The 100-lap feature event sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will pay a whopping $40,000 to win. In association with this huge event Earl and the team will compete for additional cash awards in the Integra Crew Chief Competition on Friday night as the Bobby Labonte Racing Team will compete in a pit stop competition against the other teams that should be entertaining for the fans on Friday night.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team are excited to announce a special color scheme for this weekends events at the "Diamond Nationals" and the remaining ten (10) selected events for broadcast on SPEED Channel on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series in 2008. The special color scheme will be a familiar one for Earl Pearson Jr. fans as the team will debut a mostly red car with primary sponsor Lucas Oil logos on the front hood and quarter panels similar to Earls cars when he drove for Carlton Lamm and the Dunn-Benson Ford Motorsports team. Bobby Labonte and the Lucas Oil company agreed to a contract to bring back the red car for the TV shows along with a special red Lucas Oil car for Bobby Labonte to drive in the Nextel Prelude later this year at Eldora Speedway. In addition to these events Bobby Labonte and his team will assemble a new dirt late model racecar with the red color scheme and Lucas Oil logos that will be displayed in the new Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN where the Indianapolis Colts will play beginning this season. The new stadium will have a special motorsports display area where fans can tour at every event at the new stadium. The car will represent the four national touring series national championships Earl has won sponsored by Lucas Oil.
"We've been working on this deal for a while now and were excited to bring back the red car that everyone was familiar with that I drove for so many years. Lucas Oil will be the primary sponsor on the red cars with LifeLong Locks as the associate sponsor. When were not racing the TV events we will be back in the blue cars with LifeLong Locks as the primary sponsor and Lucas Oil as the associate sponsor. Bobby and myself are also excited to get to display our car in the new Lucas Oil Stadium. Forest Lucas and the Lucas Oil Company have been great supporters of my career over the past 6-7 years and it's a great honor that he wanted to include our car in the new Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Hopefully we can put the red car in victory lane this weekend", stated Earl.
The popular internet website www.Dirtondirt.com that covers dirt late model racing from all over the country recently visited the Bobby Labonte Racing Facility in Archdale North Carolina and took a video tour of the shops showing the inside of Bobby Labonte Racing. Last week the website also added a two part one-on-one interview with team owner Bobby Labonte and talked about various topics and how he came about owning a dirt late model team.The informative website has posted the video shoot and the Bobby interview on the video page of their website www.dirtondirt.com. To view the video you must have a paid subscription to the website. The dirt on dirt website is one of the leading sources for dirt late model coverage in the country and offers numerous features not found anywhere on the internet. The small subscription fee is well worth the investment if you want up to the minute news and coverage of dirt late model racing. To view the feature video go to www.dirtondirt.com.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors in 2008 for their support including LifeLong Locks, Lucas Oil, Mastersbilt Race Cars, Larry Wallace Engines, Mopar, Sunoco Race Fuels, Allstar Performance, Tiger Rear End, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, SHY, Wilwood, Woodward, TWM, Dyers Top Rods, Weld, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Wrisco, Sparco, Bell, Mechanix Wear, Oakley, Cheerios, Coke, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs, The Decal Source, Rick Schwallie Photography and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit www.lucasdirt.com. For more information about LifeLong Locks and the strongest locks on the market today, visit www.lifelonglocks.com. For more information about Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team visit their official website at www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com.
Chub Frank Visits Lester Buildings Plant In Illinois To Show Appreciation For Company’s Sponsorship Support
CHARLESTON, IL – May 3, 2008 – Chub Frank visited a Lester Buildings plant in Charleston, Ill., on Friday afternoon to show appreciation for the company’s support of his racing efforts.
The 46-year-old star from Bear Lake, Pa., stopped at the Lester Buildings Service Center en route to weekend World of Outlaws Late Model Series events in Missouri at Lebanon I-44 Speedway (Saturday) and Monett Speedway (Sunday).
“It was a great opportunity to thank everyone at Lester Buildings for all they do to make our sponsorship program possible,” said Frank, who has carried the Lester Buildings logo on his No. 1* dirt Late Models for four seasons. “If it wasn’t for Lester’s backing, we wouldn’t be able to do all the racing that we do.”
Frank’s afternoon in the ‘Land of Lincoln’ included lunch with the company’s employees and a tour of the plant where the tresses for his own Lester Buildings race shop were produced. He displayed his familiar Rocket car outside the plant and mingled with Lester Buildings workers and local fans that stopped by.
“We had a great time at the plant,” said Frank, who is celebrating 30 years behind the wheel of a race car in 2008. “Everyone treated us so well all day and made us feel right at home.
“Hopefully our visit will bring us some good luck that will help get us a win this weekend in Missouri.”
For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.
April 29, 2008
Mike Knight Feels Breakout Is Close At Hand After Up-And-Down Weekend
RIPLEY, NY – Up one day, down the next.
Rising young dirt Late Model star Mike Knight rode an emotional rollercoaster over the weekend, going from a season-high second-place finish on Saturday night (April 26) at Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y., to a disappointing DNF on Sunday night (April 27) at Challenger Raceway in Indiana, Pa.
The tough night in Challenger’s United Force Race Championship (UFO) series inaugural certainly stung the 21-year-old from Ripley, N.Y., but it couldn’t wipe away the good feelings he gained the previous evening with a runner-up outing in Stateline’s 25-lap Super Late Model feature.
“We had a real good car at Stateline,” said Knight, who drove his Craiger-powered Rocket No. 9K to a heat win and led laps 1-11 before being overtaken by Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs and eventual winner Dick Barton. “We just got passed on the high side and had to settle for second.
“A win would’ve been great, but the way our luck’s been going we’ll take second.”
Knight’s early-season misfortune returned in Sunday night’s ‘Area 51’ special at Challenger. Driving the repaired car that he flipped the previous week at Hilltop Speedway in Millersburg, Ohio, he was cruising to an impressive heat win after starting eighth when his machine’s left-rear tire rolled off the bead, forcing him to the pit area with the finish in sight.
A strong rally from the rear of a B-Main earned Knight a transfer spot to the 51-lap feature, but he again didn’t have Lady Luck on his side. He slowed to avoid a wreck ahead of him and was clipped lightly by another car – contact that bent his mount’s right-front tie-rod enough to knock him out of action and leave him with a 23rd-place finish.
“We have to get rid of this bad-luck,” said the still-positive Knight. “It’s just frustrating to know that we’ve been fast but don’t have the finishes to show for it. That’s racing, though, so we’ll just keep plugging away at it.”
Knight will go to the post this weekend on Friday night (May 2) in an Independent Racing Series (IRS) event at Elkins (W.Va.) Speedway and Saturday night (May 3) in a regular show at Stateline Speedway.
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa., Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team in 2008. His operation carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottawaya’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, RJB Construction, Chessa’ Pizza, NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Genesis Shocks, Lehman Motorsports, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts and American Racing Tires.
For more information on Mike Knight, visit www.mikeknight9k.com.
Josh Richards Falls Short In Bid For Sunday-Night
Victory At Challenger Raceway
04-29-08
SHINNSTON, WV – Josh Richards enjoyed a great run in Sunday night’s inaugural Unified Force Race Championship (UFO) series event at Challenger Raceway in Indiana, Pa.
The 20-year-old star from Shinnston, W.Va., would have loved his visit to the Keystone State, however, if he could have pulled off a victory in the ‘Area 51’ special. He fell just short of that honor, placing second to Titusville, Pa.’s Robbie Blair.
Josh had the Ernie Davis-owned Rocket No. 25 rolling all night, charging from the 11th starting spot to win a heat race and advancing from the ninth starting spot in the 51-lap feature to take the lead on lap 23.
The race’s second half featured a titanic battle for the top spot between Josh and Blair. Josh lost the lead to Blair on a lap-31 restart, but then regained command on lap 45 and appeared primed to score his first career win at the one-third-mile oval.
Blair slipped underneath Josh’s car off turn four with two laps remaining, however, and sped on to snare the $5,000 first prize.
“It was definitely a good race between me and Robbie,” said Josh. “I think we went with a little bit too soft of a tire, though, and I pushed a little in (turns) three and four (with two to go) and that let Robbie get by me.”
The Challenger program came after Josh’s attempts to race close to home were foiled by Mother Nature for two consecutive nights. Josh had planned to take advantage of an off weekend from World of Outlaws Late Model Series competition by running the Davis mount in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events on Friday (April 25) at Bedford (Pa.) Speedway and Saturday (April 26) at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway, but both shows were rained out after teams had already signed in.
Josh’s agenda will be full this week, beginning on Thursday night (May 1) with his first-ever start in a DIRTcar big-block Modified at Virginia Motor Speedway. He is slated to drive a Madsen Motorsports Modified as a teammate to division superstar Brett Hearn in Thursday’s Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series season opener – the 60-lap Paul Sawyer Memorial that pays $10,000 to win.
The mid-week VMS card also includes a $5,000-to-win dirt Late Model show, so Josh will enter the event in Davis’s No. 25.
Josh will then fly to the Midwest on Saturday morning (May 3) to meet his team in Missouri, where WoO LMS events are on top for Saturday night at Lebanon I-44 Speedway and Sunday night (May 4) at Monett Speedway.
Josh, who will stay in the Midwest following the weekend to enter the $40,000-to-win SuperClean Diamond Nationals on May 9-10 at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo., enters the WoO LMS Show-Me State swing ranked second in the points standings, 26 points behind leader Billy Moyer.
Victor Lee gets pair of Runner-up finishes to round out month of April
By Chris Tilley (C/T Marketing)
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RICHMOND, KY (April 28, 2008)—A pair of runner-up finishes for the ‘Lincoln Leadfoot’ Victor Lee of Stanford, KY capped off a great first month for the Revel Motorsports dirt late model entry in 2008.
On Friday Night April 25, the team ventured over to Larry Yantz’s Ponderosa Speedway in Junction City, KY for the $1,500 to win event special and finished second in the Pole Dash and lead the main event until two laps to go when Brad Neat slipped on the outside of Lee to take the checkered flag and the victory. Lee posted a runner-up finish in just his second appearance of the season to the Ponderosa Speedway.
On Saturday Night April 26, the team rolled north to compete with the O’Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series at the Bluegrass Motor Speedway in Bardstown, KY while Victor Lee posted a win in the K&N Performance Engineering sponsored Heat-2 and finished second in the main event to Mike Marlar of Winfield, TN in the 11th Annual Spring Sizzler.
Up next for the Revel Motorsports will be a pair of O’Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series-Sanctioned events in Central Kentucky starting off Friday Night May 2 at the Ponderosa Speedway in Junction City, KY for the 9th Annual Hugh ‘Junebug’ Rowland Memorial and then off to the Richmond Raceway in Richmond, KY on Saturday Night May 3. Both events pay $3,000 to win.
Sponsors on the Revel Motorsports entry include: Kentucky’s Best, CJ Rayburn Race Cars, Jay Dickens Racing Engines, Budda Bert Transmissions, Tim Logan Racing Supply, Bilstein Racing Shocks, Dyer’s Top Rods, American Racer Tires, Hypercoils, PPM Racing Products, Real Wheels, Custom Cams, Ado’s Auto Parts, The Key Club, Xtreme Style Signs/Graphics and CT Marketing.
Earl Pearson Jr. Heading to Bedford Speedway,
Bobby Labonte Racing Facility on DirtonDirt.com
ARCHDALE, NC (April 25, 2008)- Earl Pearson Jr. consulted with a prominent NASCAR physician in Concord North Carolina on Thursday of this week and had a special cast placed on his right wrist and arm from his accident last Saturday at the Colossal 100 at Lowes Dirt Track in Concord, NC. The doctors determined that Earl's wrist did not require surgery at this time and placed a specially designed cast on his wrist that will allow Earl to grip the steering wheel and still compete in this weekends events. Earl and the team will travel to Bedford Speedway in Bedford, PA and Hagerstown Speedway in Hagerstown, MD this weekend for a pair of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned events. Earl is currently leading the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series national point's standings and is trying to win his fifth consecutive national dirt late model touring series championship in a row.
"The doctors did a great job with this cast that hopefully I can still drive the car well enough to be competitive this weekend. Bobby sent me to a doctor that has experience with these kinds of injuries with racers and he determined that the wrist should heal fine without surgery. The doctor put some extra wrapping in the cast that should keep my wrist from moving and healing proper. Were heading to Bedford, PA and do our best with the situation were faced", stated Earl.
The popular internet website www.Dirtondirt.com covers dirt late model racing from all over the country and recently visited the Bobby Labonte Racing Facility in Archdale North Carolina and took a video tour of the shops showing the inside of Bobby Labonte Racing. Crew chief Randall Edwards for Earl Pearson Jr. gives the dirt on dirt crew a walk through of the shops and gives race fans a behind the scenes look into a dirt late model race shop. The informative website has posted the video shoot on the front page of their website www.dirtondirt.com. To view the video you must have a paid subscription to the website. The dirt on dirt website is one of the leading sources for dirt late model coverage in the country and offers numerous features not found anywhere on the internet. The small subscription fee is well worth the investment if you want up to the minute news and coverage of dirt late model racing. To view the feature video go to www.dirtondirt.com.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors in 2008 for their support including LifeLong Locks, Lucas Oil, Mastersbilt Race Cars, Larry Wallace Engines, Mopar, Sunoco Race Fuels, Allstar Performance, Tiger Rear End, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, SHY, Wilwood, Woodward, TWM, Dyers Top Rods, Weld, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Wrisco, Sparco, Bell, Mechanix Wear, Oakley, Cheerios, Coke, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs, The Decal Source, Rick Schwallie Photography and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit www.lucasdirt.com. For more information about LifeLong Locks and the strongest locks on the market today, visit www.lifelonglocks.com. For more information about Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team visit their official website at www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com.
Chub Scheduled To Visit Lester Buildings Plant In Illinois On May 2
LESTER PRAIRIE, MN – World of Outlaws Late Model Series star Chub Frank will get an early start on his trip to Missouri for a pair of tour events the first weekend in May by making a personal appearance on Fri., May 2, at the Illinois plant of his primary sponsor Lester Buildings.Frank is scheduled to visit Lester Buildings’ Service Center in Charleston, Ill., on May 2 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The popular driver from Bear Lake, Pa., known as ‘Chubzilla’ will tour the Lester facility and visit with the company’s employees.
Race fans in the Charleston area are also invited to the event, which will provide them an opportunity to meet Frank and get an up-close look at his Lester Buildings dirt Late Model race car and hauler. He will be available to sign autographs and will have some of his merchandise available for purchase.
Frank will continue heading west after his appearance to enter World of Outlaws Late Model Series events in the Show-Me state on May 3 at Lebanon I-44 Speedway and May 4 at Monett Speedway. He currently is tied for fifth in the tour’s 2008 points standings.
Frank was scheduled to visit the Lester Buildings Service Center last September en route to World of Outlaws Late Model Series events in the Midwest. But that appearance had to be canceled at the last minute, so he’s excited to have another chance to spend some time with a very loyal and energetic group of employees who have embraced Lester’s sponsorship of his race team.
“I take my job of helping to promote and spread the Lester Buildings name seriously,” said Frank. “I’ve had a great relationship with Lester and of course own a Lester race shop myself – and it’s always fun to meet Lester employees and owners of Lester buildings!
“This is an opportunistic chance to interact with the Lester gang and see their Charleston operation – which is one of three Lester plants. We’re really looking forward to it.”
The Lester Buildings Charleston (Ill.) Service Center is located at 890 West State Street in Charleston, Ill.
Before hitting the road for the Lester Buildings plant, Frank plans to enter a pair of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events this weekend at Northeast tracks where he’s fared well in the past. He’ll run on Friday (April 25) at Bedford (Pa.) Speedway and Saturday (April 26) at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway.
Frank and his crew have been hard at work all week trying to repair the Rocket Chassis car he calls ‘Old Faithful’ – the machine he flipped wildly during the Circle K Colossal 100 on April 19 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. He expects to have his favorite car, which he debuted in September 2006 and has run in a majority of his appearances since then, back in service as soon as possible.
“It’s amazing that it really wasn't bent at all in the wreck at Lowe’s,” Frank said of the car. “A lot of expensive bolt-on parts were damaged, but the frame was O.K.”
Frank said that by mid-week the car’s damaged rear-end was en route back from servicing at Frankland and the car’s bent shocks were on their way back from Genesis.
Kristin Flory Opens Season With Feature Win
By Jarrod Lehman
Creston, OH --- Jason & Kristin Flory of Creston, OH, the husband-wife dirt Late Model racing team (‘Mr. & Mrs. Late Model’), opened their 2008 racing season last weekend at Lakeville Speedway in Lakeville, OH where Kristin came home the big winner by taking the checkered flag during the season opener. Jason completed the main event in fourth place. Both were driving their Mastersbilt Race Cars sponsored by Joe Mcillvaine, J&D Truck Leasing, LLC, Ray’s Garage, Kurt’s Auto Parts, Winar Conections/#1 Sales, Donnie Moran Racing, Hodge’s Café, American Racer by Tye Twarog, Millistone Services, Mason Racin, Farriss Farms & Medina Mountain Motors.
“It was a great way to start off the season,” commented Kristin. “I have never won a season opener before so that was great and Lakeville seemed to have a really good crowd and they seemed to love watching me beat all those men by their cheers. Jason says that I won because of him. Not only did he fix some mistakes I made on my car including the shifting linkage and a loose clutch line, when we went to draw a pill for the feature there was a #1 and a #4 in the bucket and he decided to let me pick first.”
“I think I was meant to draw number one. It was my night that is for sure. The car was not that great in the heat but my crew, Janet, Dad and Paul made lots of changes and it was really good for the feature. My Mom even waxed both cars before the feature. I think that is what put my car in the winners circle (laughs)!”
“I am not sure what happened to Jason but I told him earlier that we needed to finish 1-2 and it did not matter who was ahead. I told him I held up my end of the deal, where was he? (Laughs) He told me the track was one groove and that is why he did not beat me. We will just have to see what happens next week. I am real happy for my win but we race again next Friday so I have to keep my head in the game and not slack up because I know that Jason did not like me beating him and he will definitely be gunning for me next week.”
“And I really want to keep beating him!”
Races last Saturday at Wayne County Speedway in Orrville, OH were rained out before the features could be completed.
This past week the Flory’s had a busy time. In addition to racing they both appeared on the Handy Randy Autocare TV show on Sunday that airs on WAX Channel 35 (Cleveland) and WAOH Channel 29 in Akron and on Tuesday the duo were guests on the ‘Dirt Racing Wrap-Up’ radio program that airs each Tuesday evening on WYBZ 107.3 FM in Zanesville, Ohio. The team was also spotlighted in their local daily newspaper, the Daily Record.
Jason also did some testing at Muskingum County Speedway with good friend and team sponsor Donnie Moran earlier in the week.
This coming Friday night April 25 both drivers will return to Lakeville Speedway and then to Wayne County Speedway on Saturday evening.
The
Flory Racing Team is also comprised of crew chief Paul McVicker, Dale Michael,
Joe McIlvaine and part time crewmembers Mark Uhler, Helen Uhler, Janet Parker &
John Stone.
Jason & Kristin also released late last season their all-new ‘Mr. & Mrs. Late
Model’ T-Shirt designed and produced by ASI Racewear. The new T-Shirts are now
available for purchase.
The new ‘Mr. & Mrs. Late Model’ T Shirts are in full color with both race cars
displayed on the front. Sizes available include Small, Medium, Large, X-Large,
XX-Large and XXX-Large. Cost per shirt is only $15.00 and they are available at
the team’s hauler at each race track they compete at.
Mail order is also available. To purchase the new ‘Mr. & Mrs. Late Model’
T-Shirt simply send $15.00 per shirt along with $10.00 for shipping per order
to: Flory Racing, 209 Pine Street, Creston, OH 44217. Make checks & money orders
payable to: Flory Racing. All orders will include two new full color trading
cards of Jason & Kristin Flory. State the size(s) you wish to purchase and send
your complete name, address and telephone number. All orders will be sent via
USPS.
For more information visit the team’s NRG Web Design produced website at:
www.floryracingteam.com
To get a free Kristin Flory and a free Jason Flory trading card (baseball card
size) simply send a SASE (self addressed stamped envelope) to: Flory Racing, 209
Pine Street, Creston, OH 44217. They will be autographed upon request!
‘Mr. & Mrs. Late Model’ would like to thank their 2008 sponsors:
Ray's Garage, Hodges Cafe, Milestone Services, Winar #1 Sales Inc., Donnie Moran Racing, J&D Truck Leasing LLC., Joe McIlvaine, Medina Mountain Motors, American Racers by Tye Twarog, Farriss Farms, Mason Racin, Lehman Motorsports Services, NRG Web Design
Earl Pearson Jr. Breaks Wrist at Lowes Dirt Track, Weekend Schedule Uncertain
ARCHDALE, NC (April 22, 2008)- Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team competed at the Colossal 100 at the Lowes Dirt Track in Concord, NC over the weekend. The 100-lap $50,000 to win feature event was sanctioned by the World of Outlaws Late Model Dirt Series. Earl would finish third in his heat race on Friday night earning a starting position in the 36 car field for the 100-lap feature. On Saturday night the top 24 drivers would draw for their stating position in the feature. Earl would draw the 23rd starting position for the feature.
At the start of the feature Earl would avoid a multi-car melee on the first lap when the outside front row starter spun out in front of the whole field and no caution was waved by the track officials. Earl would decide to run a conservative pace and try an avoid the many cautions and save his car for the second half of the race. Earl also struggled with the difficulty of seeing with the heavy track surface resulting in using all his tear offs by the halfway point of the race. Earl was able to get a new helmet during the red flag for the Chub Frank wreck that enabled him to get the needed tear offs for the heavy track conditions. Earl would advance into the top ten in the final stages of the 100-lap feature but got caught up in a wreck between Doug Horton and Scott Bloomquist. Earl would crash into Bloomquist resulting in his steering wheel being yanked from his hands and causing his to right wrist to get broken. Earl would finish 17th in the final run down.
Earl would visit his personal family doctor on Tuesday following the event and found out in the x-rays that his right wrist was fractured severe enough that he is scheduled to see a surgeon this week to discuss his options and possibly have surgery to repair his wrist. Because of the injury Earls plans for this weekends racing schedule are uncertain at the time of this press release. "Its unfortunate that I got hurt this past weekend. It's funny that during speedweeks I have the worst wreck of my career but only suffer a mild concussion with no broken bones and I didn't miss any racing. Then this weekend I have a simple little collision and not at top speed and fracture my wrist that may cause me to miss some events. Like I've been saying all year I was the first person to say I'll never get hurt in a racecar when I was younger but it's very possible to get hurt each time I get into these cars. Every week we are seeing more of these dirt late models flip and have violent wrecks and now I've broken my wrist along with Michael England. We all need to put safety as a main priority before someone gets seriously hurt", stated Earl.
"Let me also say this about safety. My wreck wasn't caused by any unsafe issues by track officials or track conditions, it was just a freak accident. But it was extremely unsafe of the track officials at Lowes for not calling for a yellow flag when the outside front row starter spun in front of the whole field on the first lap. That was totally a lack of safety on the track officials and put Eddie Carrier and the rest of the field in a very unsafe situation. And several other times cars were crawling to get off the track instead of track officials throwing a caution that could have been a disaster with cars colliding at a high rate of speed with a car almost stopped. Safety issues in the cars we drive are important but track officials must put safety first when running an event. Starting 36 cars is in my opinion is unsafe and tends to cause a lot more cautions than a normal event, then add in the fact the heavy track conditions adds a higher risk of accidents, we need the track officials to put our safety first not any event format, car count or lack of waving the caution flag", stated Earl.
Depending on what the doctors decide on Earl's injury this week will decide if Earl attends and competes at the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned events this Friday at Bedford Speedway in Bedford, PA and Hagerstown Speedway in Hagerstown, MD on Saturday. Earl is currently leading the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series national point's standings.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors in 2008 for their support including LifeLong Locks, Lucas Oil, Mastersbilt Race Cars, Larry Wallace Engines, Mopar, Sunoco Race Fuels, Allstar Performance, Tiger Rear End, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, SHY, Wilwood, Woodward, TWM, Dyers Top Rods, Weld, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Wrisco, Sparco, Bell, Mechanix Wear, Oakley, Cheerios, Coke, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs, The Decal Source, Rick Schwallie Photography and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit www.lucasdirt.com. For more information about LifeLong Locks and the strongest locks on the market today, visit www.lifelonglocks.com. For more information about Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team visit their official website at www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com
Young Mike Knight Looking Forward To Better Days Ahead After Tough Weekend Of Action
RIPLEY, NY – April 21, 2008 – Better days are ahead for Mike Knight.
The rising dirt Late Model star from Ripley, N.Y., is looking at the bright side after experiencing one of the most frustrating weekends of his young career.
In a case of promising outings going bad, Knight rolled his car in Friday night’s Independent Racing Series (IRS) season opener at Hilltop Speedway in Millersburg, Ohio, and suffered a broken engine in Saturday night’s 2008 lidlifter at Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y.
“It was just a rough weekend for us,” said Knight, a 21-year-old talent in his third season behind the wheel of a dirt Late Model. “It’s disappointing to run good and then have bad luck, but we’ll just keep working hard and try to turn our luck around.”
On Friday night (April 18) in his first-ever start at Hilltop Speedway, Knight appeared primed for a strong finish to kick off his pursuit of the 2008 IRS Rookie of the Year award. He was sixth-fastest in time trials, finished second in a heat race and moved from the eighth starting spot to third place in the ‘Deadline 50’ headliner.
But disaster struck on lap 36 of the 50-lap A-Main. As Knight was running strong in third he caught the wall between turns one and two and rolled over once in his Craiger-powered Rocket No. 9K, which carries sponsorship from Arrowhead Wine Cellars, Mobilia Fruit Farm, Ottawaya’s Auto Body, Knight Farms, RJB Construction, Chessa’ Pizza, NYPenn Surveying, TeCulver Contracting, Genesis Shocks, Lehman Motorsports, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts and American Racing Tires.
With his vision compromised by a crinkled hood that was damaged a few laps earlier from contact with Tim Dohm as well as dust flying off the cars around him, Knight missed his marks just slightly entering turn one on the 36th lap and saw his race end as a result.
“I just got a little too high and brushed the wall in one and two,” said Knight, who was credited with a 17th-place finish. “My left-front bumper was dragging a little from the deal with Dohm and when I came off the wall it just dug in the track and flipped me over.”
Knight wasn’t injured in the wreck, which destroyed his car’s body and broke some front-end parts but didn’t appear to cause any frame damage. It was the first time in his racing career that he had gotten upside down.
On Saturday night Knight brought out his new Rocket car for duty close to home at Stateline Speedway, but his outing was short. After winning a heat race and starting sixth in the 25-lap feature, he retired just a half-dozen laps into the race due to terminal engine problems.
“We never even got a chance to really see what we had,” Knight said of his Stateline effort. “I feel like we had a fast car and could’ve gotten a good finish.”
Knight plans to return to action this weekend on Sat., April 26, at Stateline Speedway and Sun., April 27, at Challenger Raceway in Indiana, Pa.
An up-and-coming dirt Late Model driver whose breakout 2007 season was highlighted by a points title at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa., Knight has an ambitious schedule of 70-plus races across the region planned with his family-owned team in 2008.
For more information on Mike Knight, visit www.mikeknight9k.com.
Josh Richards Scores A Hard-Earned Third-Place Finish In The Circle K Colossal 100
SHINNSTON, WV – It wasn’t easy, but Josh Richards scored a good-looking third-place finish in Saturday night’s third annual Circle K Colossal 100 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
Fighting through a nearly disastrous opening lap, a race-long push condition and flying clay that hampered both his vision and perhaps even his car’s handling, the 20-year-old sensation from Shinnston, W.Va., pulled out a career-best finish in the $200,000 event.
“It was a good finish for us,” said Josh, who pocketed $10,000 for placing in the show position. “I wish we would’ve been a little bit better, but the way things looked early I thought we were gonna be stuck in like 13th (place) the whole race. We finally broke free towards the middle of the race and got closer to the front.”
After timing 13th-fastest in qualifying and registering a convincing victory in his heat race on Friday night, Josh drew the 13th starting spot for the $50,000-to-win A-Main. He lost several positions on the first lap, however, when he took evasive action to avoid hitting outside polesitter Eddie Carrier Jr.’s spinning car in turn four.
“That first lap was wild,” said Josh. “There were cars spun around, banging together, slowing. When (Carrier) spun, I bumped him and a few cars went by me. I thought for sure they’d throw a caution and restart the deal, but they didn’t. When the caution finally came out a couple laps later we were back a few spots.”
A Hoosier tire selection for the right-front corner that was a bit too hard created a “little bit of a push” on Josh’s Mark Richards Racing-owned Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Works/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports/Ernie’s Auto & Hauling Rocket Chassis No. 1. The car improved late in the distance, however, and Josh was able to advance several positions, moving from the sixth spot he held on the caution-plagued event’s final restart, on lap 82, to third by lap 95.
Josh’s biggest problem might have been the thick mud that cars were kicking up all race long on the heavy track, which was hit by early-evening rain that delayed the start of Saturday’s program by two hours.
“Visibility wasn’t really good at all,” described Josh. “I ran out of (helmet) tearoffs on like lap 20. Every caution I was trying to scrape the mud off my shield, but it didn’t help too much. We changed helmets during the red flag (for Chub Frank’s flip on lap 45), which probably saved me.”
The opening-lap scramble threw up an immense amount of mud that clung to the nosepiece of Josh’s car, adding untold pounds to its front end – a development that might have caused Josh’s mount to drive “kind of sluggish,” as he reported.
Josh credited The Dirt Track’s surface-prep crew with doing the best job possible with the speedway given the wet weather.
“If it didn’t rain, I think it would’ve been a really good racetrack,” said Josh. “Early on (in the 100) it wasn’t the greatest because it was just so fast and then slimy in spots on the bottom, but they did what they could.”
Josh congratulated fellow Rocket driver Steve Francis and the Beitler Motorsports team on their big victory in the Colossal 100.
Josh, whose led off his Colossal 100 weekend on Thursday by making an appearance with his car at a local Circle K store and doing an interview on the Sirius satellite radio NASCAR show Tradin’ Paint, remained second in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series after the event because it offered only show-up points toward the tour championship.
This weekend Josh plans to drive the Ernie Davis-owned Rocket No. 25 in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events on Fri., April 25, at Bedford (Pa.) Speedway and Sat., April 26, at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway.
Chub Frank Emerges Unscathed From Wild Series Of Flips During Circle K Colossal 100
BEAR LAKE, PA – Chub Frank experienced something he never had before during Saturday night’s Circle K Colossal 100 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t a first-ever victory in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series event that offered a whopping $50,000 top prize.
Chub had a rough night, riding out a wild series of flips just before the halfway point of the 100-lapper that left his favorite Lester Buildings, Corry Rubber, All Star Performance, Corry Laser, Slavic Corporation, Farr MotorSports, Lake Shore Paving, Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1* a mangled heap of sheet metal. But he wasn’t injured in the hard wreck, which marked the first time in Chub’s 30-year racing career that he had gotten upside down.
“I’ve never been over in my life,” the 46-year-old driver from Bear Lake, Pa., said when asked if he had ever previously flipped a race car. “I’ve been lucky, I guess. I just don’t flip.”
Chub started the Circle K Colossal 100 weekend strong on Friday night, timing 30th fastest out of 69 cars in qualifying and holding off two-time defending event winner Scott Bloomquist to win the sixth 10-lap heat race. He then drew the 21st starting spot for the A-Main on Saturday.
Disaster struck as Chub was biding his time running 11th on lap 45 of the caution-plagued feature. His car’s right side dug into the track between turns three and four, sending it gyrating through the air several times before landing on its wheels in the fourth turn.
“I came in (the corner) on a bad angle,” said Chub. “Instead of going in high, I kinda come in a little bit off the cushion and slid to it. But I was in there so hot, the whole right side just caught and bicycled over, and then it just took off.
“It felt like when you’re watching a crash on those in-car cameras, when the camera is behind the driver. At one point I was standing on my nose and looking right at the ground, and I’m thinking, ‘This ain’t gonna be good.’”
While the bodywork and many other parts on Chub’s machine were badly damaged, he said that the frame of his car – a mount that has been his personal favorite since he debuted it in September 2006 – appeared to come through the crash surprisingly well.
“We’ll see for sure when we get home, but I don’t think it’s that bad,” said Chub, who was credited with a 28th-place finish in the Circle K Colossal 100.
Chub said he wasn’t “even a little bit sore” after the crash. He was wearing an R3 head-and-neck restraint system from Safety Solutions, which he began using at the start of the season.
“I have to thank Trevor Ashline of Safety Solutions,” said Chub. “He got me hooked up with one of these R3 restraints and I’m glad I had it on.”
With the Colossal 100 offering only show-up points toward the WoO LMS championship, Chub remained tied for fifth in the tour’s points standings, 56 points out of the lead.
Chub has plans to stay active on an off weekend from the WoO LMS by competing in a pair of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events this weekend – on Fri., April 25, at Bedford (Pa.) Speedway and Sat., April 26, at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway.
‘Mr. & Mrs. Late Model’ Slated For ‘Dirt Racing Wrap-Up’ Radio
By Jarrod Lehman
Creston, OH --- Jason & Kristin Flory of Creston, OH, the husband-wife dirt Late Model racing team (‘Mr. & Mrs. Late Model’), will be making a special appearance on the widely acclaimed ‘Dirt Racing Wrap-Up’ radio program that airs each Tuesday evening on WYBZ 107.3 FM in Zanesville, Ohio. The popular weekly dirt racing radio program is hosted by ‘Downtown’ Randy Brown and airs from 8:00 – 9:00 PM EST.
The Flory’s will discuss their careers, their upcoming 2008 season, racing in the Zanesville area and take questions from listeners. Those tuning in can be a part of the show by calling 1-740-450-1073.
The show also features weekend race results, local and national racing news and more.
Before taking to the radio airwaves the Flory’s will also be special guests on
the Handy Randy Autocare TV show on Sunday April 20. The show is hosted by Randy
Lipscomb and at 14 seasons old is the longest running show on the ‘CAT’
(Cleveland/Akron) network. The show airs every Sunday evening from 8:00 – 9:00
PM EST over WAX Channel 35 (Cleveland) and WAOH Channel 29 in Akron in addition
to being carried on all the major cable providers.
In addition to the program being broadcast from WAX Channel 35 (Cleveland) and
WAOH Channel 29 in Akron, viewers can also tune in and catch the show via
numerous cable system outlets including Time Warner (Akron-Portage), Cox
(Cleveland), Armstrong (Wayne County), Adelphia (Summit County) and Clear
Picture/Massillon Cable among others.
The Flory’s are gearing up for another racing season on dirt tracks throughout Ohio and the surrounding region and will make their season debuts this coming Friday April 18 at Lakeville Speedway in Lakeville, OH followed by Wayne County Speedway in Orrville on Saturday April 19. Kristin is a former Lakeville Speedway track champion and Jason is a former Wayne County Speedway track champion.
This season the Flory’s will each be racing a Mastersbilt Race Car sponsored by Joe Mcillvaine, J&D Truck Leasing, LLC, Ray’s Garage, Kurt’s Auto Parts, Winar Conections/#1 Sales, Donnie Moran Racing, Hodge’s Café, American Racer by Tye Twarog, Millistone Services, Mason Racin, Farriss Farms & Medina Mountain Motors.
The
Flory Racing Team is also comprised of crew chief Paul McVicker, Dale Michael,
Joe McIlvaine and part time crewmembers Mark Uhler, Helen Uhler, Janet Parker &
John Stone.
Jason & Kristin also released late last season their all-new ‘Mr. & Mrs. Late
Model’ T-Shirt designed and produced by ASI Racewear. The new T-Shirts are now
available for purchase.
The new ‘Mr. & Mrs. Late Model’ T Shirts are in full color with both race cars
displayed on the front. Sizes available include Small, Medium, Large, X-Large,
XX-Large and XXX-Large. Cost per shirt is only $15.00 and they are available at
the team’s hauler at each race track they compete at.
Mail order is also available. To purchase the new ‘Mr. & Mrs. Late Model’
T-Shirt simply send $15.00 per shirt along with $10.00 for shipping per order
to: Flory Racing, 209 Pine Street, Creston, OH 44217. Make checks & money orders
payable to: Flory Racing. All orders will include two new full color trading
cards of Jason & Kristin Flory. State the size(s) you wish to purchase and send
your complete name, address and telephone number. All orders will be sent via
USPS.
For more information visit the team’s NRG Web Design produced website at:
www.floryracingteam.com
To get a free Kristin Flory and a free Jason Flory trading card (baseball card
size) simply send a SASE (self addressed stamped envelope) to: Flory Racing, 209
Pine Street, Creston, OH 44217. They will be autographed upon request!
‘Mr. & Mrs. Late Model’ would like to thank their 2008 sponsors:
Ray's Garage, Hodges Cafe, Milestone Services, Winar #1 Sales Inc., Donnie Moran Racing, J&D Truck Leasing LLC., Joe McIlvaine, Medina Mountain Motors, American Racers by Tye Twarog, Farriss Farms, Mason Racin, Lehman Motorsports Services
April 18, 2008
‘The General’ To Appear On WYBZ’ ‘Dirt Racing Wrap-Up’
By Jarrod Lehman
Loudonville, OH --- George ‘The General’ Lee of Loudonville, OH, the 2007 Hilltop Speedway Super Late Model champion, will be making a special appearance on the widely acclaimed ‘Dirt Racing Wrap-Up’ radio program that airs each Tuesday evening on WYBZ 107.3 FM in Zanesville, Ohio. The popular weekly dirt racing radio program is hosted by ‘Downtown’ Randy Brown and airs from 8:00 – 9:00 PM EST.
Lee will discuss his racing career, his upcoming 2008 season, racing in the Zanesville area and take questions from listeners. Those tuning in can be a part of the show by calling 1-740-450-1073.
The show also features weekend race results, local and national racing news and more.
This weekend The General kicks off his 2008 season on Friday April 18 at Hilltop Speedway’s season opener in Millersburg, OH for the Independent Racing Series race before heading west on Saturday to Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, OH for the Sunoco American Late Model Series race.
Lee will be driving his Rocket Chassis/Malcuit Racing Engines #21 sponsored by Cowen Truckline Inc, American Payroll Advance LTD, Hague Crystal Clear Water, Bert Transmission, Mason Racin' Inc, Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic, Trick Race Parts, Lehman Motorsports Services, Wrisco Aluminum.
Team GLR still has merchandise available. “We still have some 2007 Team GLR racing shirts left as well as hoodie sweatshirts,” said Lee. “You can contact me via my website www.georgeleeracing.com to purchase yours or see us at any race track we’re at.”
Lee’s championship crew consists of Jeff (Root) Long, Dave Hazlet, Aaron Hulet, Mike Akins, Tim Vickers, Gavin Vickers, Alisa Vickers, Sherri Lee and Ed & Mark Hagen.
For more on George ‘The General’ Lee visit: www.georgeleeracing.com
Team GLR would like to acknowledge their supporters for 2007:
Cowen Truckline Inc, American Payroll Advance LTD, Hague Crystal Clear Water, Bert Transmission, Mason Racin' Inc, Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic, Trick Race Parts, Lehman Motorsports Services, Wrisco Aluminum, Malcuit Racing Engines, Rocket Chassis, KRace Photos
Josh Richards Heads To Charlotte Knocking On Door To Victory Lane
SHINNSTON, WV – Josh Richards is knocking on the door to Victory Lane as he heads to The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway for this weekend’s Circle K Colossal 100.
The 20-year-old star known as ‘Kid Rocket’ enters the richest race on the 2008 World of Outlaws Late Model Series coming off three strong performances in a five-day span.
Two WoO LMS starts produced solid finishes of third (April 11 at Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, Va.) and seventh (April 15 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa.) for Josh. Driving his familiar Mark Richards Racing-owned Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Works/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports/Ernie’s Auto & Hauling Rocket Chassis No. 1, Josh started eighth in both A-Mains.
Josh also entered an unsanctioned event on April 12 at Winchester (Va.) Speedway on behind the wheel of the Ernie Davis-owned No. 25. He battled eventual winner J.T. Spence for the lead in the 25-lap feature before registering a second-place finish in his first-ever start at the three-eighths-mile oval
The run continued Josh’s strong jump out of the 2008 starting gate – he’s currently ranked second in the WoO LMS points standings through six events – and pumped up his confidence for the $50,000-to-win Circle K Colossal 100. The third annual mega-event at the four-tenths-mile oval in Concord, N.C., rolls off with time trials and heat races on Friday night (April 18) and the last-chance races and 100-lap A-Main on Saturday night (April 19).
“We feel pretty good about our chances in the Colossal,” said Josh. “We ran up front last year until having power-steering problems (he was second when he retired on lap 25), so if we make the right decisions and have the car prepared right I think we can be in the hunt.
“It would be so cool to win the Colossal,” he continued. “We’ve been close (to a win) in some of these big races, so it would be nice to finish one off and win one.”
Josh will start off his weekend at the Circle K Colossal 100 by making an appearance with fellow WoO LMS regular Brian Shirley on Thursday at the Circle K store located at 4930 Davidson Highway in Concord, N.C., near the Rowan Cabarrus Community College. Josh and Shirley will have their cars on display and visit with shoppers from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Josh is also scheduled to do a phone interview on the Sirius satellite radio racing show Tradin’ Paint on Thursday at 12 noon ET. The NASCAR-oriented show is hosted by MRN pit reporter Steve Post and runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sirius channel 128.
Lernerville Speedway Visit Helps Chub Frank Shake Off Some Early-Season Misfortune
BEAR LAKE, PA –Chub Frank shook off a bout of early-season misfortune with a mid-week visit to his favorite racetrack.
The veteran star from Bear Lake, Pa., battled to a hard-earned third-place finish in Tuesday night’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Showdown in Sarvertown’ at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., where he’s enjoyed plenty of success over the years.
After rallying to finish third in his heat race following a first-lap scramble that sent him back to eighth, Chub marched forward from the 10th starting spot to finish hot on Shane Clanton’s runner-up car in the A-Main. He wasn’t sure if he might have had something for winner Billy Moyer, but he never even got a chance to mount a serious bid for the $10,000 win because he couldn’t complete a late-race pass of Clanton.
“The track was actually pretty good for the first night (of racing there in 2008),” said Chub. “But when we get back here in June (for the ‘Firecracker 100’ on June 27-28) we’ll see a little different racetrack. I’m looking forward to that one.”
The third-place run did raise Chub’s spirits after a pair of disappointing outings a few days earlier, on April 11 at Virginia Motor Speedway and April 12 at The Rock/Allegany County Speedway in Cumberland, Md.
“The way our luck’s been going,” said Chub, “I definitely needed a good finish (at Lernerville).”
In Friday’s 50-lap WoO LMS ‘Rumble on the River IV’ at VMS, Chub felt that his Lester Buildings/Corry Rubber/All Star Performance/Corry Laser/Slavic Corporation/Farr MotorSports/Lake Shore Paving/Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1* was capable of finishing as high as second. But his hopes for such a strong placing were dashed when he slid sideways in turn four while running third on lap 14 and was clipped by Josh Richards.
Chub, who half-spun because his car stalled when he got on the brakes to avoid another machine that pushed out of what he described as the track’s wet bottom, salvaged an eighth-place finish after pitting to have his car’s damaged hood removed.
Twenty-four hours later, in the 50-lap Mid-Atlantic Championship Series (MACS) season opener at Allegany County Speedway, Chub appeared headed to a third-place finish when he slowed with a blown left-rear tire. He had to settle for a 12th-place finish.
Chub, who sits tied for fifth in the WoO LMS points standings with Darrell Lanigan (56 points out of first) after six events, heads south to compete in the tour’s Circle K Colossal 100 this weekend (April 18-19) at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. The third annual race pays $50,000 to win.
Steve Francis Racing has had a very strong month, gathering top 3 finishes in three of the last five events. The highlight of the past month was a thrilling victory at Kentucky Lake Motorspeedway where Francis nursed a right rear tire going flat in the final laps to come away with the win. With that win Steve Francis has now won eight out of the sixteen events he has participated in at Kentucky Lake. Francis also collected top 3 finishes in World of Outlaw events at Farmer City Raceway and Virginia Motorspeedway. At Farmer City Steve dominated his heat race and set himself up for his third place finish in the 100 lap A-main. “We had a real good car… actually I feel we had the better car, but we were just a little too tight on entry”. As for the race at Virginia Motor Speedway, The Kentucky Colonel conquered his heat race in similar fashion by leading every lap. In the $10,000 to win feature event the #19 Valvoline, VP Racing Fuels Rocket Chassis came away with a very solid second place finish. “We had on harder tires and when the caution came out with 5 laps to go I knew it was going to be tough, but we had a good car and I’m very pleased with how we ran”.
The 2007 World of Outlaws Late Model Champion has used these recent finishes to propel himself to third in the World of Outlaws point standings and close the points gap to put himself in prime position to make another run at the championship. Francis and team will be heading to The Circle K Colossal 100 at Lowe’s Motorspeedway this upcoming weekend April 18th and 19th. After the Colossal, the tour continues on to Lucas Oil Dirt Series races at Bedford Speedway and Hagerstown Speedway the following weekend. The grind of the World of Outlaws Series will pick back up on May 3rd and 4th as Steve Francis Racing heads to Missouri for races at Lebanon I-44 Speedway and Monett Speedway.
Steve Francis Racing would like to thank Valvoline, VP Racing Fuels, Reliable Painting, American Race Tires, Port City Racing, TWM Race Products, Rocket Chassis, and all the fans as well for all their continued support in 2008.
Billy Drake Finishes 4th in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Event in Ohio
BLOOMINGTON, IL (April 16, 2008)- Billy Drake Racing traveled to Chillicothe Ohio over the weekend and competed in a Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned event at K-C Raceway. The 50-lap feature event paid $10,000 to the winner and valuable points towards the series national point's standings. Billy would qualify 19th fastest out of the 52 drivers entered for the event. Billy then would finis a strong second place in his heat race to earn a 7th place starting position for the feature. Billy would run in the top ten all night and moved into the top 5 after halfway of the 50-lap event. Billy would battle among the leaders and finish a strong 4th place at the checkers. The 4th place finish was Billy's first top five finish of the season on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series in 2008. Billy has now moved up to 9th place in the series national points standings.
"It was a good run for us to finally get a decent finish. We've run good at most places just suffered bad luck and got caught up in other people's wrecks a lot this year. Our Mastersbilt chassis worked really well tonight and it was a good solid run for our team, sponsors and my crew that has been working hard this year. Hopefully we can continue to get more top fives and get a win on the series soon", stated Billy.
Billy Drake Racing will take this weekend off from racing action and will concentrate on getting prepared for a pair of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned events on April 25th a $7,000 to win feature event at Bedford Speedway in Bedford, PA and a $10,000 to win feature event at Hagerstown Speedway in Hagerstown, MD on April 26th.
Billy Drake Racing would like to thank
all his sponsors and his whole team for their support in 2008. Billy Drake's
sponsors include: Creative Kitchens & Baths, Executive Homes, Steidinger
Construction, Afco Racing Products, Custom Racing Engines, K&N Filters, Mullvain
Motorsports, Q Racing Oils, Hoosier Tire, Out-Pace Racing Products, Real Racing
Wheels, Simpson Performance Products, Sweet Manufacturing, Wiles Racing
Driveshafts, Wilwood, Rick Schwallie Photograhy and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit www.lucasdirt.com. For more information about Billy Drake Racing and to sign up for the free newsletters and official Billy Drake press releases log onto www.Billydrake.net
Earl Pearson Jr. Finishes 5th in Ohio Takes Over Series Points Lead, Heading to Lowes Dirt Track This Weekend
ARCHDALE, NC (April 16, 2008)- Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team competed at K-C Raceway in Chillicothe, OH this past weekend in a 50-lap $10,000 to win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned event. Earl would post the 12th fastest lap out of the 52 drivers entered in the event. Earl would finish 3rd in his heat race to earn the 12th starting position in the 50-lap feature event. Earl coming off a big win in the last Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned event at Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, GA, was looking to move through the field again for the SPEED Channel cameras that were on hand taping the event for re-broadcast. Earl would move into the top 10 soon after the start and moved into the top 5 after the halfway mark of the feature. Earl would have a fierce battle with Billy Drake for 4th and 5th place over the final 15-laps before settling for a solid 5th place finish at the checkers. By virtue of his 5th place finish and Terry Casey's 19th place finish Earl has taken over the lead in the series national points standings by 5 points over Terry Casey. The 2008 season has become "The Drive for 5" for Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team in quest for 5 national touring series championships in a row.
"I have to really thank my crew for giving me a good car tonight. The track was rough due to all the rain they have had up there but my crew prepared the car to handle the rough surface and finish the event without anything breaking or falling off. My guys really go over the car closely every week to give me the best chance possible to win every week. It was a solid finish for us and we took over the points lead from Terry Casey. To win championships you have finish races and my crew is the best at preparing my cars that we seldom have DNFS", stated Earl.
Earl and the team will now travel to Lowes Dirt Track in Concord, NC to compete in the $50,000 to win Colossal 100 sanctioned by the World of Outlaws Late Model Dirt Series. Earl has won at Lowes in past events at the fast racy facility and hopes to earn his biggest paycheck ever this weekend. "I really like coming to the Lowes Dirt Track. I always seem to run well and have won a couple events there in the past. My car owner Bobby Labonte has the weekend off from racing and will attend the events. Its always fun to have him at the races with us and racing close to his race shops in Archdale, NC. It should be an exciting event and hopefully we can take home the winners trophy", stated Earl.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors in 2008 for their support including LifeLong Locks, Lucas Oil, Mastersbilt Race Cars, Larry Wallace Engines, Mopar, Sunoco Race Fuels, Allstar Performance, Tiger Rear End, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, SHY, Wilwood, Woodward, TWM, Dyers Top Rods, Weld, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Wrisco, Sparco, Bell, Mechanix Wear, Oakley, Cheerios, Coke, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs, The Decal Source, Rick Schwallie Photography and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit www.lucasdirt.com. For more information about LifeLong Locks and the strongest locks on the market today, visit www.lifelonglocks.com. For more information about Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team visit their official website at www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com.
Matt Miller and the DSI Racing Team Finish 6th at K-C Raceway, Heads to Ohio Again This Weekend for a Pair of Races
WATERVILLE, OH (April 16, 2008)- Matt Miller and he DSI Race Team competed at K-C Raceway in Chillicothe, OH this past weekend in a 50-lap $10,000 to win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned event. Matt driving again for former car owner Stephen McCullough posted the third fastest lap in qualifying out of 52 drivers entered. Matt would finish third in his heat race earning a 11th starting position for the feature event. Matt driving a rocket chassis powered by a Gressman Race Engine used his patience and moved into the top ten by midway through the feature. Matt would advance to the 6th position and finish with a strong top ten finish against a strong field of drivers.
"We had a good car and to get a solid top ten finish in our first race back with the DSI Racing Team is a great accomplishment. Very pleased with our engine program and our Rocket Chassis worked really well on a tricky and rough racing surface. Look forward to this weekends events with the DSI Racing Team to hopefully get a win for Stephen McCullough and our sponsors", stated Matt.
Matt and the DSI Race Team will travel this weekend to the Hilltop Speedway in Millersburg, OH on Friday April 18th for a 50-lap $6,000 to win IRS sanctioned event. Then on Saturday Matt will return to the famous Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, OH for a $2,000 to win Sunoco American Late Model Series sanctioned event.
Matt Miller would like to thank all their fans and sponsors for their support in 2008. Primary sponsorship will come from Moring Motorsports, McCullough Industries, M&W Auto Body, MDI Environmental Services, Freeport Recycling Centers and Graphic Arts Express. Associate sponsorship will come from Sunoco Race Fuels, Performance Rod and Custom (PRC). Other sponsors of the team for 2008 include, Tiger Rear Ends, BERT, Mason Racin, Performance Bodies, Bazell Race Fuels, Hawk Performance, M&B Services, Bell Racing, ACTP, Integra Shocks, Hooker Harness, Waterman Racing Components, Real Wheels, Hoosier Tire, Stuckey Enterprises, Banshee Graphics, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs and WD Enterprises Inc.To learn more about Matt Miller visit his official website at www.mattmiller7.com.
Jeremy Miller Makes His Dream Come True With Big World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory At Virginia Motor Speedway
GETTYSBURG, PA – April 14, 2008 – Jeremy Miller’s dream finally came true.
After coming close to a coveted victory in a World of Outlaws Late Model Series event on several occasions last year, Miller broke through in a big way to win Friday night’s 50-lap ‘Rumble on the River IV’ at Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, Va.
The 37-year-old driver from Gettysburg, Pa., worked hard to score his first career triumph on the tough national tour. He drove his Buckler Motorsports No. 24 past the red-hot Billy Moyer for the lead on lap 35 and held off defending series champion Steve Francis to pocket a $10,650 check – and celebrate arguably the most meaningful win of his life.
“It means so much to me to win a World of Outlaws race,” said Miller, who led Francis under the checkered flag. “Just being able to challenge these Outlaw guys is a pretty cool deal for me. They’re the best in the business.
“It was definitely an honor to race for the lead with Billy because he’s been running so good this year. Billy always told (Charles) Buckler (Miller’s car owner) that he could run 100 laps side-by-side with me. I’ve tried to earn his respect, and we raced hard, we raced clean.
“I’m happiest for all the people who support me,” he continued. “I have great car owners (Charles and Genny Buckler) and they deserve this – I just wish I could’ve done it for them last year. And there’s all my crew guys, who are all weekend racers and work so hard on the car, and everything that my parents and my wife Julie do to help me.”
Miller also gave special thanks to his sponsors, a group that includes Complete Flooring, USA Spares, Inc., Rocket Chassis, Bullock Race Engines, Miller Fabrication Inc., Torco Race Fuels, Genesis Racing Shocks and American Racer Tires.
Miller won in his first start of the season driving a brand-new Rocket car. The machine was basically a twin to the style Rocket that WoO LMS regular Chub Frank drives.
“When I ordered new cars from Rocket I’d always get a different type of car than Chub got,” said Miller. “He’d always say, ‘Why don’t you get a car like mine?’ Well, I didn’t know what kind of car Chub has, but when I ordered this one I told them to build one just like Chub’s.”
The car was just like Chub’s – right down to the placement of the pedals. Since Miller is several inches shorter than Frank, he had to move the seat forward in the car to comfortably reach the pedals with his feet.
“I think it says a lot about Rocket Chassis that we were able bring a car right out of the box and win with it,” said Miller. “I also can’t say enough about our Bullock motor – Bullock has given us a motor to race with these guys – and I hope we showed that American Racer has a pretty good tire.”
Hot off his WoO LMS victory, Miller headed to The Rock/Allegany County Speedway in Cumberland, Md., for the Mid-Atlantic Championship Series (MACS) season opener on Saturday night. He timed second-fastest and finished third in his heat race, but he slipped backward slightly from the third starting spot in the 50-lap feature to place fifth.
“I think we went a little hard on tires,” said Miller. “That was a little disappointing coming off the win the night before, but I guess if you think you picked the wrong tires and you still run in the top five, then you’re doing pretty good.”
Miller will continue a busy week of action by entering two more World of Outlaws events – Tuesday night (April 15) at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., and the Circle K Colossal 100 on April 18-19 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
For more information on Jeremy Miller, visit www.jeremymiller24.com.
April 10, 2008
Jeremy Miller Ready For First Big-Race Stretch Of 2008 Season
GETTYSBURG, PA – Jeremy Miller already has two dirt Late Model starts under his belt this season, but those races were mere tune-ups for his first big-show swing of 2008 coming up this weekend.
“As far as I’m concerned, my season hasn’t even started yet,” said Miller, who suffered misfortune in his recent runs on March 21 at Maryland’s Potomac Speedway (finished 19th due to suspension woes) and March 28 at Pennsylvania’s Williams Grove Speedway (20th thanks to a fuel-system problem). “This weekend is when we really get going.”
Indeed, the 36-year-old driver from Gettysburg, Pa., and his Buckler Motorsports team will be very busy over the next week. His schedule kicks off on Friday night (April 11) with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Rumble on the River IV’ at Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, Va., then continues with the Mid-Atlantic Championship Series (MACS) season opener on Saturday night (April 12) at The Rock/Allegany County Speedway in Cumberland, Md.; the WoO LMS ‘Showdown in Sarvertown’ on Tues., April 15, at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa.; and the third annual Circle K Colossal 100 on April 18-19 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
Miller had also planned to enter a MACS event on Sunday (April 13) at Hesston (Pa.) Speedway, but track and MACS officials announced on Wednesday that the program has been postponed until Sun., May 11.
Coming off a frustrating, bad-luck 2007 campaign, Miller feels good about his chances of returning to winning form. He has combined with car owners Charlie and Jenny Buckler to put together an ambitious regional schedule of nearly 60 events that includes starts with the WoO LMS, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, MACS and the Independent Racing Series (IRS) as well as a host of special unsanctioned shows.
“We spent the off-season trying to get prepared for all the racing we’re planning to do,” said Miller, who led the Northeast in dirt Late Model feature wins in both 2004 and 2006. “I feel like the equipment we have ready to go is the best we’ve ever started the year out with.”
Miller has two new Rocket cars set for action, including one equipped with a brand-new Bullock Race Engine that he plans to make his primary machine for the upcoming week of action.
“We put a lot of hard work into the cars this winter,” said Miller. “We’re just trying to improve like everybody else, and I’m anxious to get out there and see how everything works out.”
Miller is especially upbeat about Friday’s WoO LMS show at Virginia Motor Speedway, a half-mile oval where he’s enjoyed a fair share of success in recent years. In fact, in 2003 he scored the first $10,000 victory of his dirt Late Model career at VMS.
“For some reason that place has always suited me,” Miller said of Virginia Motor, where he led last July’s WoO LMS event before succumbing to mechanical trouble. “I always seem to run decent there, so that’s a big reason why I’m excited about the Outlaw show there.”
Miller’s Buckler Motorsports cars carry sponsorship from Complete Flooring, USA Spares, Inc., Rocket Chassis, Bullock Race Engines, Miller Fabrication Inc., Torco Race Fuels and Genesis Racing Shocks. He uses American Racer tires on his No. 24 machines.
April 11, 2008
‘The General’ Returns To Nat’l Radio
By Jarrod Lehman
Loudonville, OH --- George ‘The General’ Lee of Loudonville, OH, the 2007 Hilltop Speedway Super Late Model champion, recently made another appearance on the popular Doug’s Dirt Diary radio program. The program can be accessed at: www.dougsdirtdiary.com Lee talked about his plans for the upcoming weekend, for the year and why he does not follow any particular series. Lee also reviewed his 2007 season, his big crash in the final race and how much he loves his job helping racers at Mason Racin.
The extremely popular radio program, that also features video, has been in operation two years and has accumulated listeners from all over the country on a daily basis. Doug’s Dirt Diary has been recording audio daily since it’s launch on April 15, 2006 and is updated numerous times each day by Doug Elkins the founder of the site, who has been covering racing in the Northeast for over 15 years. The site has amassed hundreds of hours of audio, and that number continues to grow by the day.
This weekend The General kicks off his 2008 season on Friday April 11 at Hilltop Speedway’s season opener in Millersburg, OH. The General and Team GLR will then head east to the UFo PA State Short Track Championships that will take place on Saturday and Sunday April 12-13 at the Challenger Raceway in Indiana, PA. The 2-day mega-event will feature the first-ever race of the brand-new Unified Force Race Championship Tour presented by Comcast.
Lee will be driving his Rocket Chassis/Malcuit Racing Engines #21 sponsored by Maibach Ford of Orrville, OH, Valvoline Oil, Bishop Collision Repair Center, American Payroll Advance, Cowen Truck Lines, Hague Crystal Clear Water, Mason Racin’, Bert Transmission, Hoosier Racing Tire & Reliable Mold.
Team GLR still has merchandise available. “We still have some 2007 Team GLR racing shirts left as well as hoodie sweatshirts,” said Lee. “You can contact me via my website www.georgeleeracing.com to purchase yours or see us at any race track we’re at.”
Lee’s championship crew consists of Jeff (Root) Long, Dave Hazelet, Kerrissa Darr, Mark & Ed Hagen, Sherri Lee and Ben Huff.
For more on George ‘The General’ Lee visit: www.georgeleeracing.com
Team GLR would like to acknowledge their supporters for 2007:
Maibach Ford of Orrville, OH, Valvoline Oil, Bishop Collision Repair Center, American Payroll Advance, Cowen Truck Lines, Hague Crystal Clear Water, Mason Racin’, Bert Transmission, Hoosier Racing Tire, Reliable Mold, Lehman Motorsports Services, Rocket Chassis & Malcuit Racing Engines.
April 11, 2008
Jimmy Owens Named 2007 RPM Racing News ‘Driver Of The Year’
By Jarrod Lehman
Latrobe, PA --- Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN has been named the recipient of the Fourth Annual RPM Racing News Driver of the Year Award based on his 2007 accomplishments and achievements. Owens, also known as "The Newport Nightmare," won four UMP Modified National Championships before moving up to Super Late Models where he has found tremendous success.
Owens' 2007 season included winning the World 100 at Eldora Speedway, the 25th Annual North/South 100 at Florence Speedway in Florence, KY, the Blue/Gray 100 in Gaffney, SC, Racefest World Championship in Mineral Wells, WV, and the Crate World Championship in Tampa, FL. Owens won a total of seventeen races in 2007.
Owens drives the Bloomquist Chassis/Cornett Racing Engines Ford Fusion #20 sponsored by Reece Monument Company, Gantte Appraisals, Wear Development, Alwee Trucking Company & PRC.
The RPM Racing News Driver of the Year Award is sponsored by RPM Racing News based in Latrobe, PA and will be presented to Owens in August during the annual National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies during the 26th Annual North-South 100 race weekend at Florence Speedway in Kentucky.
Owens won based on receiving a majority of votes by the voting panel selected by RPM Racing News that is made up of veteran motorsports journalists. Scott Bloomquist, Shannon Babb and Earl Pearson, Jr., won the award in previous years.
“I have watched Jimmy come on as a driver,” stated Dave Kittey, co-editor & co-publisher of RPM Racing News. “He made a name for himself in Modifieds and you knew if he could put a good ride together for Late Models he would be a driver to contend with.”
“Last season was definitely a break out year for him. Hooking up with Scott Bloomquist hasn't hurt either.”
“On behalf of our entire staff at RPM Racing News I would like to congratulate Jimmy Owens on an outstanding season,” added Dr. David Horne, co-editor & co-publisher of RPM Racing News. “I am really honored that Bill Holder asked us to be part of the Hall of Fame and present this award to a deserving driver each year.”
The RPM Racing News Driver of the Year Award honor is bestowed upon a dirt Late Model racer each year at the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame (NDLMHOF) induction ceremonies and has become an annual designation to a deserving dirt Late Model driver who has risen to the top heights of their profession.
RPM Racing News sponsors and administers the RPM Racing News Driver of the Year Award during each induction ceremony of the NDLMHOF. While not part of the overall NDLMHOF process, the award is being given to one driver chosen among an independent group of voters from the media. A permanent standing trophy honoring each year's selection will be placed on-site at the NDLMHOF building.
"Although not a specific category of the NDLMHOF, we think this adds something to the festivities and record in some small way over the years who the most prominent driver of each particular year is," stated Kittey. "Each year when the winner is announced we present the winning Driver of the Year Award winner with a plaque to commemorate the honor. The response to this the past couple years has been very favorable.”
“In addition, we have supplied a trophy to the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame that remains at the building. Each year an engraved plate is added to the trophy with the name of each successive Driver of the Year Award winner. We at RPM Racing News take great pride in associating ourselves with this award, the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame and the tireless efforts of Bill Holder in honoring the greats of this sport."
RPM Racing News is a
weekly racing results newspaper publishing 27 times a season. Weekly
publications begin in April and run through the third week of September, with
additional printings in October and December. RPM Racing News carries results
and photos from over 80 of the areas racetracks, from Ohio to West Virginia,
Maryland, Virginia, New York and Western and Central Pennsylvania.
RPM Racing News is the reality of a joint venture between Dr. David Horne and
David Kittey. In 1993 they purchased the monthly magazine "Racing's Almost
Perfect Magazine". The two had a goal, the need to fill a void they saw within
the area's weekly news coverage of auto racing during the racing season. They
continued to publish the magazine for three more years, while still keeping
their vision in mind.
In 1996 the conception of their dreams became a reality, as RPM Racing News acquired Tri-State Auto Racing News, the areas oldest racing publication. The acquisition strengthened the market exposure and coverage for RPM Racing News. The move made RPM Racing News the leading periodical covering racing in the area.
For more information on RPM Racing News email: Email: [email protected] or telephone: (724) 537-8962.
Late-Race Flat Tire Derails Chub Frank’s Bid For Strong Finish In ‘Illini 100’ At Farmer City Raceway
BEAR LAKE, PA – April 7, 2008 – Chub Frank could taste a strong finish in last Saturday night’s inaugural ‘Illini 100’ at Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway.
The star driver from Bear Lake, Pa., had to settle for a disappointing 12th-place finish in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series event, however, after a cut left-rear tire derailed his solid effort with just 12 laps remaining.
“I was just trying to keep my car in one piece and get a good finish out of it,” said Chub, who started from the outside pole and led laps 1-9 before settling into a top-five spot. “The line I was using wasn’t the fastest, but I ran it because I was trying to stay out of the holes so I wouldn’t tear a left-rear tire off like I saw so many guys doing.
“We were just hoping for a good points night, but we got caught anyway and got a flat.”
Shortly after losing third place on lap 74 to eventual winner Billy Moyer, Chub watched Moyer slide in front of Steve Francis for second between turns one and two. Moyer’s lap-82 move forced Francis to check up, causing a chain-reaction jam-up behind him that did in Chub.
“When Moyer did a slide-job on Francis, Francis got hung up on the cushion (in turn two),” said Chub. “I slowed down to avoid hitting Francis, and then (Tim) McCreadie ran over me. It’s not Timmy’s fault because he didn’t have anywhere to go, but he got into my left-side door and that pushed the body back into the tire.
“A few laps later the tire blew up. The body cut the tire right in half.”
Chub pitted and remained on the lead lap to the checkered flag, but there wasn’t enough time for him to finish better than 12th in his Lester Buildings/Corry Rubber/All Star Performance/Corry Laser/Slavic Corporation/Farr MotorSports/Lake Shore Paving/Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1*. He earned $1,800 for his night’s work.
A heat-race winner on Friday night despite timing 23rd-fastest in the 55-car field, Chub left the quarter-mile oval ranked seventh in the WoO LMS points standings after four events. He trails leader Moyer by 68 points, but he’s only 28 markers out of second place.
Chub returns to action on the WoO LMS on Fri., April 11, at Virginia Motor Speedway. before racing at the WoO LMS banner again on Tues., April 15, at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa.
Josh Richards Ends Solid Weekend At Farmer City Raceway With Sixth-Place Finish In ‘Illini 100’
SHINNSTON, WV – April 7, 2008 – Josh Richards pulled off one of the most memorable moves of the weekend at Farmer City Raceway.
Unfortunately, it didn’t come in Saturday night’s headlining ‘Illini 100’ at the high-banked, quarter-mile track.
After thrilling a chilled crowd on Friday night with a breathtaking pass of Billy Moyer to win the 8-lap Douglas Pontiac-GMC-Dodge Dash, Josh had high hopes of translating his qualifying-program speed into a $20,000 victory that would rank as the richest of his young career. But he fell short in his quest, finishing sixth in the 100-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series event after running among the top-five for much of the distance.
In the biggest dirt Late Model show ever run in the state of Illinois, the 20-year-old standout from Shinnston, W.Va., lacked a little bit of that extra juice he had flashed on Friday night while timing second-fastest among 55 entries, winning a heat race and capturing the dash’s $1,000 top prize.
“We were way too hard on our tire choice,” said Josh, who started sixth after selecting the worst number possible in the pre-race draw for position among heat winners. “We went with 30s (Hoosier compounds) down the left side and 40s on the right, and that ended up being the wrong choice. We should’ve gone with 30s all the way around or even some 20s.
“We also switched to a four-link (setup from a swing-arm) right before the race and that probably didn’t help us either. We might have panicked a little and made the change because we weren’t too good in practice (on Saturday night), but the real problem was that we were too hard on tires.”
Driving his Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Works/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports/Ernie’s Auto & Hauling Rocket Chassis No. 1 that has the nickname ‘Brutus,’ Josh still was in line for a top-five finish in the ‘Illini 100.’ But he lost a couple positions when a jam-up occurred on lap 82 after eventual winner Moyer’s slider to take second from Steve Francis caused Francis to lose momentum in turn two.
“I think we could’ve finished fourth if that didn’t happen,” said Josh. “When Moyer slid in front of Francis, I had to slam on the brakes to avoid running into Francis and three cars got by me.
“It was still a good run. I’m happy with how the weekend went. Farmer City is probably my favorite short-track by far, because the place is actually a lot of fun to drive.”
Josh remained second in the WoO LMS points standings after four events, trailing Moyer by 40 points.
‘Kid Rocket’ makes his next WoO LMS start on Fri., April 11, at Virginia Motor Speedway. Before returning to WoO LMS action on Tues., April 15, at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., he plans to drive the Ernie Davis-owned Rocket No. 25 on Sat., April 12, at Winchester (Va.) Speedway in an event sponsored by Davis’s business and on Sun., April 13, in a Mid-Atlantic Championship Series (MACS) program at Hesston (Pa.) Speedway.
Josh will make his first career start at both Winchester and Hesston this weekend.
Royce McGowan ready to roll
in 2008; Now Authorized KY Dealer for Integra Racing Shocks
By Chris Tilley (C/T Marketing)
CONTACT: (606) 219-1723 or
[email protected]
FAUBUSH, KY (April 7,
2008)—After a five year hiatus from dirt track racing, Royce McGowan of Faubush,
Kentucky will once again fire up his # M92 Super Late Model and tame the
high-banks of the dirt tracks across Kentucky.
McGowan, who in his last season of Dirt Late Model competition captured the 2002
Track Championship at Lake Cumberland Speedway in Burnside, KY, will compete
this season trying a new game.
The 46-year-old will try his hand at the O’Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass
DirtCar Series Rookie of the Year title in 2008. While competing for the Rookie
honors, McGowan will also chase Championship points.
Royce McGowan Racing has also announced that they will also be an Authorized
Dealer in Kentucky for Integra Racing Shocks and Port City Racing starting with
this season.
McGowan attended the Clinton County Speedway in Alpha, KY on Sunday Afternoon
April 6, 2008 for an un-sanctioned $1,000 event and finished seventh in the
25-Lap A-Main. Chris Wilson of Louisa, KY won the main event.
The season opener for the O’Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series
will be this Saturday night April 12th at the Twin Cities Raceway
Park in North Vernon, Indiana paying $3,000 to the winner.
Veteran Driver and Crew Chief Dennis Selby of Russell Springs, KY will serve as
Crew Chief for Royce McGowan Racing during the 2008 campaign. Selby has around
38 years of pit/driving experience with Dirt Late Models and Open Wheel
Modifieds.
Sponsors on the # M92 of Royce McGowan Racing for the ’08 campaign are McGowan
Excavating Inc., American Racer Tires, CJ Rayburn Race Cars, Cornett Racing
Engines, McGowan Angus Farms, Highway 80 Auto, Shelby Johnson Lawn Service,
Integra Racing Shocks, Port City Racing, Integra MX Springs, CT Marketing and
Skillsaw Designs.
April 6, 2008
George ‘The General’ Lee Opens ’08 Season At Hilltop
By Jarrod Lehman
Loudonville, OH --- With the 2008 Ohio dirt racing season set to commence this weekend dirt Late Model driver and defending Hilltop Speedway Super Late Model champion George ‘The General’ Lee of Loudonville, OH is looking forward to kicking off his 2008 season this coming weekend April 11 at Hilltop Speedway’s season opener. Lee will attend opening night at the Millersburg, H dirt track driving his Rocket Chassis/Malcuit Racing Engines #21 sponsored by Maibach Ford of Orrville, OH, Valvoline Oil, Bishop Collision Repair Center, American Payroll Advance, Cowen Truck Lines, Hague Crystal Clear Water, Mason Racin’, Bert Transmission, Hoosier Racing Tire & Reliable Mold.
“I really am happy that I won the points last year at Hilltop Speedway,” stated Lee. “We have never worried about the points in the past. Seems like when we did, we would fall on our butts and fall back towards the end of the season, so I went into last year with the attitude that we were just going to win and 2007 became a year for records for Team GLR. Our first track championship since starting racing Late Models in ’94, most wins ever in a year is another.”
“Not only myself, but the whole team is looking forward to getting the 2008 season started and what better way to kick it off than to race at Hilltop? We won opening night down there last year and I hope we can duplicate that this Friday night.”
Lee and his potent Team GLR will, at this time, run a tentative schedule looking for bigger paying races within the Buckeye state. At this point in time we really don't have a set schedule in mind for ‘08, we are just going to look at the 3-4 hour window of traveling to races around us and see what works with all of our work schedules.”
Team GLR will tentatively compete at Wayne County Speedway in Orrville, OH Saturday night April 12.
A new Rocket Chassis will also be among the arsenal at Lee’s disposal this season. “After our bad crash at Hilltop last October, we lost a race car,” said Lee. “We were not planning on having to build another car, but the guys in the shop have worked their butts off putting together a new Rocket Chassis. Things are getting close to being finished. In fact, we spent this past weekend putting the new graphics on the car.”
In the coming weeks Team GLR will announce various upcoming radio appearances by ‘The General’.
Team GLR still has merchandise available. “We still have some 2007 Team GLR racing shirts left as well as hoodie sweatshirts,” said Lee. “You can contact me via my website www.georgeleeracing.com to purchase yours or see us at any race track we’re at.”
Lee’s championship crew consists of Jeff (Root) Long, Dave Hazelet, Kerrissa
Darr, Mark & Ed Hagen, Sherri Lee and Ben Huff.
For more on George ‘The General’ Lee visit: www.georgeleeracing.com
-Prepared by Lehman Motorsports Services/Jarrod Lehman
Team GLR would like to acknowledge their supporters for 2007:
Maibach Ford of Orrville, OH, Valvoline Oil, Bishop Collision Repair Center, American Payroll Advance, Cowen Truck Lines, Hague Crystal Clear Water, Mason Racin’, Bert Transmission, Hoosier Racing Tire, Reliable Mold, Lehman Motorsports Services, Rocket Chassis & Malcuit Racing Engines.
By Jarrod Lehman
Creston, OH --- Jason & Kristin Flory (‘Mr. & Mrs. Late Model’) of Creston, OH will be making a return appearance on the Handy Randy Autocare TV program on Sunday April 20. They will discuss their careers and their upcoming 2008 racing season. This season the Flory’s will each be racing a Mastersbilt Race Car sponsored by Joe Mcillvaine, J&D Truck Leasing, LLC, Ray’s Garage, Kurt’s Auto Parts, Winar Conections/#1 Sales, Donnie Moran Racing, Hodge’s Café, American Racer by Tye Twarog, Millistone Services, Mason Racin, Farriss Farms & Medina Mountain Motors.
The Handy Randy Autocare TV show is hosted by Randy Lipscomb and at 14 seasons
old is the longest running show on the ‘CAT’ (Cleveland/Akron) network. The
show airs every Sunday evening from 8:00 – 9:00 PM EST over WAX Channel 35
(Cleveland) and WAOH Channel 29 in Akron in addition to being carried on all
the major cable providers.
The Handy Randy Show covers cruises, repair tips, car shows, race events and
much more (all things automotive!).
In addition to the program being broadcast from WAX Channel 35 (Cleveland) and
WAOH Channel 29 in Akron, viewers can also tune in and catch the show via
numerous cable system outlets including Time Warner (Akron-Portage), Cox
(Cleveland), Armstrong (Wayne County), Adelphia (Summit County) and Clear
Picture/Massillon Cable among others.
Recently dirt Late Model drivers Jason & Kristin Flory of Creston, OH, known by their many fans as ‘Mr. & Mrs. Late Model’, are gearing up for the 2008 racing season and have announced tentative plans. Starting off their 2008 season this month will be their first regular season appearance in Ohio at Lakeville Speedway on April 11.
“The plan is on racing at Lakeville Speedway on Friday nights because it is close and we can’t get any where else due to work,” explained Kristin. “I just want to focus on winning. Points are not going to be a focus because if a special race comes up out of town that we want to go to we want to be able to pick up and go.”
“Wayne County Speedway is also in the plans along with Muskingum County and KC. I would like to rotate but who knows with Jason (laughs)! We tentatively plan on racing a couple of races at Hilltop Speedway on Saturday night for the Limited Late Models the beginning of the year.”
Along with the Mastersbilt Race Cars they utilized last year a new Mastersbilt from the shop of Donnie Moran Racing will also be in the stable for Jason to use in 2008.
The Flory Racing Team is also comprised of crew chief Paul McVicker, Dale Michael, Joe McIlvaine and part time crewmembers Mark Uhler, Helen Uhler, Janet Parker & John Stone.
Jason & Kristin also released late last season their all-new ‘Mr. & Mrs. Late
Model’ T-Shirt designed and produced by ASI Racewear. The new T-Shirts are now
available for purchase.
The new ‘Mr. & Mrs. Late Model’ T Shirts are in full color with both race cars
displayed on the front. Sizes available include Small, Medium, Large, X-Large,
XX-Large and XXX-Large. Cost per shirt is only $15.00 and they are available
at the team’s hauler at each race track they compete at.
Mail order is also available. To purchase the new ‘Mr. & Mrs. Late Model’
T-Shirt simply send $15.00 per shirt along with $10.00 for shipping per order
to: Flory Racing, 209 Pine Street, Creston, OH 44217. Make checks & money
orders payable to: Flory Racing. All orders will include two new full color
trading cards of Jason & Kristin Flory. State the size(s) you wish to purchase
and send your complete name, address and telephone number. All orders will be
sent via USPS.
For more information visit the team’s NRG Web Design produced website at:
www.floryracingteam.com
To get a free Kristin Flory and a free Jason Flory trading card (baseball card
size) simply send a SASE (self addressed stamped envelope) to: Flory Racing,
209 Pine Street, Creston, OH 44217. They will be autographed upon request!
‘Mr. & Mrs. Late Model’ would like to thank their 2008 sponsors:
Ray's Garage, Hodges Cafe, Milestone Services, Winar #1 Sales Inc., Donnie Moran Racing, J&D Truck Leasing LLC., Joe McIlvaine, Medina Mountain Motors, American Racers by Tye Twarog, Farriss Farms, Mason Racin, Lehman Motorsports Services