PORT ROYAL, PA (August 27, 2021) – Current Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship point leader, Tim McCreadie, took another big step in his quest for his first series title by winning Friday Night’s event at Port Royal Speedway.  The 47-year-old New York native captured his fourth series win of 2021 as he crossed the line nearly a straightaway ahead of four-time Series Champion Jimmy Owens. Tyler Erb came from 10th to place third with Shane Clanton taking fourth and Hudson O’Neal finishing in fifth.  Jonathan Davenport and McCreadie started on the front row for the 40-lap main event as the two went side-by-side at the line to complete the first lap. McCreadie would take the lead from Davenport on the next lap, a lead he never relinquished. A terrific four-car battle for the lead would ensue for several laps as the leaders raced through traffic. Davenport stayed close by, with O’Neal and Chris Ferguson in the hunt as well. During a lap 25 caution flag period, both Davenport and Ferguson had issues with flat tires as they made their way to the hot pit area for new rubber. With the second and fourth place running cars relegated to the back, that opened the door for Owens and Erb to move into the top three. Erb got to second on lap 27, but Owens would get back around Erb for second with ten laps to go.  McCreadie, who has finished second in the final championship point standings three out of the last four years extended his current lead after Friday Night’s victory. “I am still nervous; I was nervous the whole race. I am not getting any younger, there’s not that many chances to be up front as you get older. You need to cherish every moment. I hated it for JD. He might have got me there in traffic. I know the sticks were getting pretty close. JD had his problems and then Hudson, these two have been better than all of us here lately. As a team we just try things and try things. I felt so good in three and four and I didn’t think anybody could roll me.” Owens, the reigning Series Champion came home in second. “We had a good car especially through the middle of the track. I wasn’t as good as those other guys were up at the cushion. I was able to maintain with them a little bit, so I thought when he got to traffic I was going to be able to do something with them. We could gain on them. We’re happy to bring this car home in second. Maybe we will have something for them tomorrow night.” Erb, who was looking for his fifth series win of the season rounded out the podium in third. “We were just fortunate when the 49 [Davenport] and the 22 [Satterlee] had their misfortunes, when they had their flats. I definitely didn’t want to be on the bottom on the restart. I knew Jimmy probably did. I was able to get by him on the first one. I didn’t want to see that last caution. All-in-all it was good. I am historically not very good here, so we are just getting better.” The winner’s Donald and Gena Bradsher Paylor Motorsports Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Cornett Racing Engine and sponsored by Mega Plumbing of the Carolinas, Bilstein Shocks, New Point Lighting and Design, D&E Marine, Racing for Heroes, and The Aesthetic Haus. Completing the top ten were Earl Pearson Jr., Michael Norris, Spencer Hughes, Ross Robinson, and Trever Feathers. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Race Summary Rumble by the River – Night 2Friday, August 27th, 2021Port Royal Speedway – Port Royal, PA Allstar Performance Time TrialsFast Time Group A: Jonathan Davenport / 18.616 seconds (overall)Fast Time Group B: Tim McCreadie / 18.727 seconds Penske Race Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 14-Josh Richards[4]; 3. 76H-Andy Haus[2]; 4. 72C-Jason Covert[5]; 5. 2T-Kyle Lee[3]; 6. 1-Earl Pearson Jr[7]; 7. 2J-Jeff Rine[6]; 8. 66C-Matt Cosner[8]; 9. 157-Mike Marlar[10]; 10. 32J-Shaun Jones[11]; 11. 93-Pancho Lawler[9]; 12. 15F-Scott Flickinger[12] Summit Racing Equipment Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 22F-Chris Ferguson[1]; 2. 2S-Stormy Scott[3]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]; 4. 48-Colton Flinner[2]; 5. 11B-Brian Booze[4]; 6. 24Y-Dylan Yoder[8]; 7. 39T-Tim Smith Jr[7]; 8. 1Z-Logan Zarin[10]; 9. 94M-Jason Miller[11]; 10. D19-Dillan Stake[6]; 11. 45-Kyle Hardy[9] Simpson Race Products Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 39-Tim McCreadie[1]; 2. 71-Hudson O’Neal[2]; 3. 1T-Tyler Erb[3]; 4. 40B-Kyle Bronson[4]; 5. 4-Gary Stuhler[6]; 6. 11H-Spencer Hughes[5]; 7. 7R-Ross Robinson[8]; 8. 06-Mike Lupfer[10]; 9. 2D-Dan Stone[11]; 10. 0H-Dale Hollidge[9]; 11. 1ST-Johnny Scott[7]; 12. C33-Chris Casner[12] Ohlins Shocks Heat Race #4 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 20-Jimmy Owens[1]; 2. 72-Michael Norris[6]; 3. 25-Shane Clanton[3]; 4. 20F-Trever Feathers[4]; 5. 22-Gregg Satterlee[10]; 6. 24D-Michael Brown[2]; 7. 0E-Rick Eckert[7]; 8. 43A-Tyler Bare[5]; 9. 0G-Deshawn Gingerich[11]; 10. 86B-Austin Berry[9]; 11. 22S-Brett Schadel[8] LINE-X B-Main #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 1-Earl Pearson Jr[3]; 2. 2T-Kyle Lee[1]; 3. 2J-Jeff Rine[5]; 4. 11B-Brian Booze[2]; 5. 157-Mike Marlar[9]; 6. 66C-Matt Cosner[7]; 7. 24Y-Dylan Yoder[4]; 8. D19-Dillan Stake[12]; 9. 1Z-Logan Zarin[8]; 10. 39T-Tim Smith Jr[6]; 11. 32J-Shaun Jones[11]; 12. 94M-Jason Miller[10]; 13. 93-Pancho Lawler[13]; 14. 15F-Scott Flickinger[15]; 15. (DNS) 45-Kyle Hardy UNOH B-Main #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 22-Gregg Satterlee[2]; 2. 4-Gary Stuhler[1]; 3. 11H-Spencer Hughes[3]; 4. 24D-Michael Brown[4]; 5. 0E-Rick Eckert[6]; 6. 43A-Tyler Bare[8]; 7. 06-Mike Lupfer[7]; 8. 2D-Dan Stone[9]; 9. 1ST-Johnny Scott[13]; 10. 0H-Dale Hollidge[11]; 11. 22S-Brett Schadel[14]; 12. 86B-Austin Berry[12]; 13. C33-Chris Casner[15]; 14. 0G-Deshawn Gingerich[10]; 15. 7R-Ross Robinson[5]Rumble by the River Night 2 Feature Finish (40 Laps):

Race StatisticsEntrants: 46Lap Leaders: Jonathan Davenport (Lap 1); Tim McCreadie (Laps 2-40)Wrisco Feature Winner: Tim McCreadieArizona Sport Shirts CJC – Presented by DirtOnDirt Feature Winner: n/aBrandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: Tim McCreadieMargin of Victory: 2.339 secondsStop Tech Brakes Cautions: Debris (Lap 25); Stormy Scott, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Jason Covert, Josh Richards (Lap 25 restart); Gregg Satterlee (Lap 26); Kyle Bronson (Lap 28)Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Provisionals: Mike Marlar; Matt CosnerSeries Emergency Provisionals: N/ATrack Provisional: Ross RobinsonBig River Steel Podium Top 3: Tim McCreadie, Jimmy Owens, Tyler ErbPenske Shocks Top 5: Tim McCreadie, Jimmy Owens, Tyler Erb, Shane Clanton, Hudson O’NealOptima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Ross Robinson (Advanced 16 Positions)Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Tim McCreadieHot Rod Processing Most Laps Led: Tim McCreadie (39 Laps)Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Jimmy OwensEibach Springs Rookie of the Race: Ricky Thornton Jr.Dirty Girl Racewear Fastest Lap of the Race: Tim McCreadie (Lap 2 – 19.868 seconds)Fast Shafts Tough Break of the Race: Jonathan DavenportOuterwears Crew Chief of the Race: Philip Snellen (Tim McCreadie)ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Cornett Race EnginesMiller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn ChassisDirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Jonathan Davenport (18.736 seconds)Time of Race:  41 minutes 47 seconds Lucas Oil Championship Points:

*Results are unofficial until Close of Business on the Tuesday following Race Day* ####

About Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt SeriesFounded in 2005, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series showcases the talents of the top dirt late model drivers from across the country. In 2021, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will sanction 59 events across 18 states, including some of the biggest marquee events in the industry, providing dirt slinging, sideways, door-to-door racing action lap after lap.  The series receives national exposure through a television package filmed, produced and edited by Lucas Oil Production Studios. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events will broadcast on four networks including CBS, NBC Sports, CBS Sports Network and the MAVTV Motorsports Network.   The in your face excitement of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is second to none in motorsports. For more information, including the latest news, tour schedule, driver information, and more, visit the official website at: www.LucasDirt.com.

Father Darrell’s support and inspiration from former Modified star Jimmy Owens helped drive the dominant campaign

MOORESVILLE, NC – Aug. 27, 2021 – Twenty starts, 19 wins. Four-hundred fifty-four of 495 laps led. $32,000 in first-place earnings alone. A fourth career championship.

To many, these seem like video game-type numbers. But to Nick Hoffman, this was reality at the end of his 2021 DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals campaign – one that also broke the record for most consecutive victories (8) and most wins all-time (57).

The 29-year-old UMP Modified star from Mooresville, NC, turned a lot of heads this summer, traveling around the Midwest with crew member Shawn O’Neill on a tour of utter domination. But like most awe-inspiring seasons across sports history, those involved often don’t get the chance to soak it in until it’s all over.

“It’s kinda weird looking back at it, as it was going on,” Hoffman said. “We didn’t really realize what we were doing. You just kinda look past it and are always racing for the next day.

“Now that we’ve had a couple weeks here, it’s just pretty wild to look back at it. I guess we took it for granted at the time. It’s going to be something that people talk about for years, I think.”

SOCIAL MEDIA STAR

In fact, people have already been talking about it, and there doesn’t seem to be any end in sight. Since early June, Facebook newsfeeds and Twitter timelines of fans and industry professionals have been dotted with the chatter about Hoffman’s accomplishments, both positive and negative.

From spectators’ cheating and cherry-picking accusations to full-on wars of words in the comment sections between his supporters and naysayers, Hoffman’s seen it all online this year. But he knows whether they’re for or against him, just the fact that they’re talking about him means he’s doing something right.

“I enjoy reading all the stuff, whether it’s good stuff, bad stuff, whatever… I don’t care,” Hoffman said. “It doesn’t matter who you are – as long as they’re talking about you, it’s a good thing.

“I use the negativity as just fuel to the fire to make me want to win the next night again.”

The two-time DIRTcar UMP Modified national champion took to Twitter daily over the summer and was more active on the platform than he ever had been, providing followers with updates and commentary on his travels and racing. It’s a strong method of interaction with his fans that he says more drivers should be taking advantage of.

“I think a lot of racecar drivers don’t use social media to their benefit,” Hoffman said. “I get a lot of people that just come up to me and say, ‘man, I really enjoy following you on Twitter.’ At the end of the day, those are the type of people that are going to buy t-shirts or root for you in the stands. I think a lot of guys miss out on that.”

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

One of Hoffman’s biggest moments on social media this season came with his announcement regarding his new driving duties behind the wheel of Scott Bloomquist’s Drydene #0 car while the Dirt Late Model Hall-of-Famer recovers from injury complications.

Hoffman drove the Team Zero Race Car to a seventh-place finish in his first night out at Davenport Speedway, then qualified for the 31st Prairie Dirt Classic four days later at Fairbury Speedway. He also bagged a podium finish in a preliminary night of action at Batesville Motor Speedway last weekend, displaying the high-quality results the fans are used to seeing from both Hoffman and Bloomquist’s #0.

“It’s the best opportunity I’ve ever had, as far as the equipment to run up front every single night,” Hoffman said. “I’ve had great equipment in every Late Model ride I’ve ever drove, but this obviously has the knowledge of Scott, and everybody put in place.”

Right now, Hoffman said he will compete in the upcoming double World 100s at Eldora Speedway – the same place where he qualified for all four Features of the double Dirt Late Model Dreams back in June, piloting a Team Zero Race Car for the Mahomet, IL-based Hatchers Auto Sales team.

And while he’s made his home and career in the UMP Modified world, Hoffman’s hoping the success he’s had thus far will bring him more Late Model opportunities in the future.

“I’d like to do some full-time Late Model stuff, it’s just all about getting the right deal and the right opportunity put in place,” he said.

WORKING FROM HOME

Between racing the Late Model for Bloomquist and his own UMP Modified this season, it’s been a challenge for Hoffman to balance racing and work at his Elite Chassis shop – a simple two-car garage behind his parents’ house in Mooresville.

His work on the jig has given his customers the tools they need to succeed, and it’s shined bright this year with the rise of teenage Modified sensation Hunt Gossum and his three Summit Modified victories. A new Elite car also put 2012 Summit Modified champion Kenny Wallace in Victory Lane at Fayette County Speedway in July. However, it’s still been a struggle for Hoffman to keep up with the fabrication process back home.

“It’s pretty crazy right now – I literally cannot take on any more orders,” Hoffman said. “I want to race 90 times a year, and I only want to build 15 cars a year. I’ve got very good clientele right now, and right now I just can’t take on anymore work.”

“If I could possibly build 100 cars a year, I would sell 100 cars a year. It’s crazy right now.”

CHILDHOOD HEROES

One of Nick’s biggest helps in the shop his father, Darrell. A Midwest native now living in Mooresville, Darrell has been an engine builder for several drivers across multiple disciplines over his career. He builds and maintains Nick’s powerplants at the NASCAR Technical Institute building in Mooresville, where he teaches his craft to only the top-level students at the university during the week.

Darrell’s support, either at the track or over the phone, has always played an integral role to Nick’s success.

“Every single night, whether it was on the Hell Tour or when I race a Late Model – when he’s not there, he’s normally the first one to call me. Just to kinda go through how everything went and whatever we gotta do for the next day,” he said.

Now with his fourth championship and chart-topping win total, Nick joins the greats of the UMP Modified world – some of which Darrell raced against back in his days of competition. But to Nick, one of his biggest inspirations has always been the former four-time DIRTcar UMP Modified national champion, Jimmy Owens.

“I’ve always chased the Summer Nationals and the [DIRTcar national points] deal the last couple years, and the way I wanted to do it was the way Jimmy Owens did it. To me, he was the best, and he still is one of the best.”

“I wanted to always do it like Jimmy did it. If there was a race to be won or a decent paying race, he went and did it. Whether if that was in Indiana or Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, wherever… he traveled around and he beat whoever he had to beat to win the national title.”

While the regular season moves forward for another month still before national and regional champions are crowned, Hoffman maintains an 84-point lead in the nation with 27 wins total over 47 recorded races. Should he win the national title a third consecutive ti

NASCAR CUP SERIES COKE ZERO SUGAR 400 DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY TEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT AUGUST 26, 2021 RICKY STENHOUSE JR., NO. 47 FUNFETTI CAMARO ZL1 1LE, Teleconference Transcript: WITH A FEW CHANGES IN THE RULES PACKAGE FOR THE DAYTONA RACE, AND WITH NO PRACTICE, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WILL TAKE AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU WILL HAVE TO DO TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT CAR IS GOING TO DO NOW?“That’s a great question. I think overall, obviously the speeds will be slower. The runs will probably be not as big, not as quick. So, on one hand, that’s nice. It’s a little safer and a little easier for us to race hard and maybe not make as many mistakes trying to block runs at the last minute. With that being said, I think it kind of goes back to some of the races that we’ve had where I feel like you are able to, once you get out front, you can kind of control the race a little bit better and you don’t have those big runs coming. So, we’ll just have to see it play out and use the first two Stages to figure it out. For us and our No. 47 team, the only Stage the matters is the last one. We got caught in a wreck before we ever made it to the end in the race last year. I was bummed that we were sitting there watching and not having a shot to make the Playoffs. We’re going to try and learn as much as we can, but do it safely, and have a shot there at the end. But everybody is going to be learning, too.” LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS RACE WAS THE REGULAR SEASON FINALE. THERE IS ALWAYS A LOT OF INTENSITY AT A SPEEDWAY RACE. IS THERE A SENSE THAT LAST YEAR’S RACE WAS MORE INTENSE BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS AT STAKE? DO YOU SEE THAT BEING THE SAME THIS TIME? OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT WILL BE A NORMAL SPEEDWAY RACE?“I feel like it’s going to be normal and then sometimes I would say it could be less crazy knowing that a lot of us that want to win or need to win to make the Playoffs; Stage points do us no good. And obviously there’s a handful of people that are going to be trying to get Stage points. I would say the No. 11 (Denny Hamlin) the No. 5 (Kyle Larson), the No. 3 (Austin Dillon) and the No. 8 (Ty Dillon) are probably the cars that need Stage points; trying to win the regular season championship or between the No. 8 and the No. 3 trying to make it in on points. So, I feel like there are a lot of us that are going to stay pretty calm and try and make it to the end and obviously then, things get crazy at the end. But I can see the race being pretty calm up until ten (laps) to go.” IS A WIN ALL THAT YOUR TEAM REALLY MISSING TO REALLY BREAK OUT AND TAKE THAT NEXT STEP? AND HOW LIKELY IS IT FOR YOU TO HAPPEN AT DAYTONA?“I think our chances are really good. At Daytona, Brian Pattie (crew chief) and the boys have definitely been kind of massaging and working on our Funfetti Camaro, so I know the car is going to be good and I know it’s going to be capable of getting the job done. But we have had a good season. We’ve been consistent. It’s something that probably more consistent than I’ve ever been in my career. And yeah, we haven’t been knocking down top 10’s week in and week out, but we’ve been close. We’ve been all over it. We’ve had so many 11th and 12th and top 15’s, which we were looking for going into this season, but obviously we still had a handful of races that kind of killed us and took us out of the points battle for the Playoffs. But we feel like we’ve accomplished our goal of being a lot more consistent on all different race tracks. So, I’m happy about that. Definitely winning could push us over that next hump, that next level that we’re looking for. We’ll try and get that done Saturday night.” YOU SEEM TO BATTLE WITH RYAN BLANEY AT SUPERSPEEDWAYS. IS HE SOMEONE YOU TALK TO AND WOULD HE SORT OF EASE UP ON YOU, KNOWING YOU NEED TO MAKE IT INTO THE PLAYOFFS?“I don’t think any of us ease up on anyone, no matter what race track it’s at. All of us want to win. These races are hard to come by. I think definitely Blaney is going to be a tough competitor out there. We’ve finished second to him a couple of times and just narrowly missed a couple of them. I think it’ll be a fun battle. He and his spotter do a great job working the draft and keeping his track position. That’s what we’re going to have to try and do as well to go toe-to-toe with him. But I’m still confident in what we can do.”

TEAM CHEVY ADVANCE COKE ZERO SUGAR 400 DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA AUGUST 28, 2021
RACE #26 – DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAYWith plenty at stake, intensity ramps up for Chevrolet drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) regular-season finale under the lights Saturday, August 28, at Daytona International Speedway. Five Chevrolet drivers have secured a Playoff berth and will aim to cement momentum, while eight other Team Chevy drivers remain in the running to fill the final spot in the 16-driver Playoff field. Kyle Larson, driving the No. 5 Valvoline Instant Oil Change Camaro ZL1 1LE, seeks to clinch the regular-season title. He’ll start from the pole in the 160-lap race.
Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 48 victories, including 20 in the summer race, in the 148 races on the high-banked, 2.5-mile tri-oval dating to 1959. Career Chevrolet driver, Jimmie Johnson, is among five drivers to win both the Daytona 500 and summer race in the same year. Johnson accomplished the feat in 2013 in an Impala SS among his three NCS wins at the track.
Team Chevy has finished 1-2 in the summer race the past two years. On July 7, 2019, Justin Haley prevailed from the improbable 34th starting spot with William Byron the runner-up. On August 29, 2020, Byron earned his first NCS win and clinched a spot in the 2020 Playoffs, with Chase Elliott finishing second. Byron, who earned a 2021 Playoff spot with an early-season victory, will start on the outside of front row in the No. 24 Liberty University Camaro ZL1 1LE in the 26th NCS race of the season. 
The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) will race Friday, August 27, at Daytona International Speedway as four races remain before the Series’ Playoffs begin. Chevrolet has won seven of the past eight NXS races at the track, and Chevrolet or fellow GM brands have won 49 of the 59 races. AJ Allmendinger will start from the pole in the No. 16 Hyperice Camaro SS for Kaulig Racing.
Allmendinger led three drivers of the Camaro SS in the top-five at Michigan International Raceway to capture his third NXS victory of the season. He is second in the standings and JR Motorsports driver, Justin Allgaier, is third. Chevrolet returned to the top of the Manufacturer Standings.
CHEVROLET CONTINUES TO PACE MANUFACTURERS…Chevrolet remains the leader in the NASCAR Cup Series Manufacturer Standings in pursuit of its 40th title. Team Chevy has recorded field highs of 13 victories and 112 top-10 finishes through 25 races, surpassing its win total (9) from the 36-race 2020 season.
… WHILE LARSON LOOKS TO CLINCH TITLEKyle Larson remains atop the Driver Standings. Hendrick Motorsports teammates William Byron is fourth and Chase Elliott is fifth.
Larson can clinch the regular-season championship and its 15-point Playoff bonus by accumulating 32 points at Daytona, where he has posted five top-10 finishes in 14 starts. Larson, a five-time winner this season, collected 51 points after a third-place finish at Michigan International Speedway.
WHO’S IN AND PLAYOFF SCENARIOSChevrolet will be represented by at least five drivers when the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs begin at Darlington: Kyle Larson, William Byron, Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman and Kurt Busch. Eight Chevrolet drivers – Tyler Reddick, Austin Dillon, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ross Chastain, Erik Jones, Daniel Suarez, Ryan Preece and Corey LaJoie – have a shot to fill the final spot in the 16-car field with a win at Daytona. Also, Richard Childress Racing teammates Reddick and Dillon can clinch the spot based on points.
Dillon has one win (2018 Daytona 500) among eight top-10 finishes in 16 NCS races at the track. Reddick has a best finish of 27th in four NCS starts. He won the NXS race in February 2017 and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race in February 2015.
BACK AT THE STARTBob Welborn, driving a ’59 Chevrolet Impala, won the first NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway on February 20, 1959 – the 40-lap Daytona 500 qualifier – from the seventh starting position. Grand National qualifying races were counted as points-paying races. It began a 17-race winning streak at the track for Chevrolet and fellow GM brands Pontiac and Oldsmobile. Junior Johnson delivered the first Daytona 500 win for Chevrolet in 1960.
ON THE WAY TO THE GREENWith no practice or qualifying for the 160-lap race, the starting lineup is determined by NASCAR’s metrics system that was introduced to the series last year and incorporates results from both individual races and season-long results. Team Chevy’s Top-20 starters:1st         Kyle Larson, No. 5 Valvoline Instant Oil Change Camaro ZL1 1LE2nd        William Byron, No. 24 Liberty University Camaro ZL1 1LE 5th         Chase Elliott, No. 9 Unifirst Camaro ZL1 1LE8th         Kurt Busch, No. 1 Monster Energy Camaro ZL1 1LE12th       Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Funfetti Camaro ZL1 1LE15th       Alex Bowman, No. 48 Ally Camaro ZL1 1LE 17th       Tyler Reddick, No. 8 Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen Camaro ZL1 1LE
BOWTIE BULLETS·       Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 112 top-10 finishes and 2,683 laps led of 5,861 total this season.·       In addition to its 48 NCS wins, Chevrolet has amassed 220 top-five and 444 top-10 finishes at Daytona International Raceway.·       Kyle Larson paces all drivers with 1,566 laps led.·       Larson has started from the pole six times this season.·       Tyler Reddick is second among drivers with 99.42% of laps completed (5,827 of 5,861).·       Kurt Busch is tied for most starts at Daytona International Speedway among active drivers with 40, which includes 20 in the summer races. He is also the leader among current drivers with 13 top-five and 18 top-10 finishes and 6,595 laps completed.·       Hendrick Motorsports is tied for the most wins at Daytona with 15. ·       Career Chevrolet driver, Jeff Gordon, leads Chevrolet with six career wins at Daytona.·       Twenty years ago, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway in No. 8 Chevrolet Impala months after his father’s fatal crash at the track.·       Five Team Chevy drivers have combined for 23 stage wins: Chase Elliott (Daytona RC, Michigan); William Byron (Homestead, Pocono2, Road America); Tyler Reddick (Road America, Indianapolis Road Course x2); Kurt Busch (Nashville Superspeedway, Pocono1, Atlanta2); Kyle Larson (Las Vegas, Atlanta x2, Kansas, Dover x2, Charlotte x3, Sonoma x2, Nashville).
FOR THE FANS:

• Fans can visit the Team Chevy Racing Display in the Fan Midway at Daytona International Speedway. 
• Fans can check out an assortment of Chevrolet vehicles including: Silverado 1500 Trailboss, Silverado 2500 HD Custom, Traverse Premier, Tahoe LTZ, Blazer RS AWD, Corvette 3LT Convertible and Camaro Convertible 3LT. 
• At the Chevrolet Display, fans can also view Chase Elliott’s No. 9 Camaro ZL1 1LE show car. 

Richard Childress Racing at Daytona International Speedway… Dating back to 1976, Richard Childress Racing has won 11 poles and collected six points-paying victories at the most-storied racetrack on the NASCAR Cup Series circuit. RCR owns three Daytona 500 wins (Dale Earnhardt – 1998, Kevin Harvick – 2007, Austin Dillon – 2018), three Coke Zero Sugar 400 trophies (Earnhardt – 1990, 1993 and Harvick – 2010) and 14 qualifying races, including a record 10-consecutive victories with Earnhardt (1990 – 1999).
In the NASCAR Xfinity Series, the Welcome, N.C. organization has captured six wins, 33 top-five and 53 top-10 finishes in a total of 99 starts. 

The Big Cat Passes Sheldon for the Win, Passes Jac on All-Time Wins List

GRAND FORKS, ND – August 26, 2021 – It seems as if River Cities Speedway has been providing “race of the year” vibes for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series all the way back to the dawn of time.

On Wednesday night, the “world-famous legendary bullring” offered up its latest masterpiece, a last-lap pass for the win between the Series’ forefront champion and the Series’ hottest rising star.

It’s something the Grand Forks, ND oval has become famous for with daring moves in tight traffic, treacherous curbs atop a multi-lane surface, and nail-biting finishes that stun the fans over and over again.

This mid-week rescheduled date was no different.

Carson Macedo commanded the opening 28 laps aboard the Jason Johnson Racing #41, but Sheldon Haudenschild rose to the top spot on Lap 29 and seemed to be a sure bet to seal the deal on win #8 this year. However, with each passing lap, the lead dwindled and dwindled for the NOS Energy Drink, Stenhouse Jr. Marshall Racing #17.

It was The Big Cat Brad Sweet who pounced perfectly, though, watching as the white flag waved and immediately flipping his Kasey Kahne Racing, NAPA Auto Parts #49 into attack mode. The savvy veteran rolled the middle of turns one and two right by the young gun and took command down the backstretch.

The duo ran wheel-to-wheel through turns three and four before a drag race to the checkered flag solved all with a mere 0.133-second advantage, in the favor of Sweet.

“I hope you fans enjoyed that finish,” Sweet told the Grand Forks faithful as they stood in awe for the second-straight year. “We’ve been struggling lately, so I’m just happy to get the win. I’ve been close here so many times, but Donny just dominated this place for years. We finally found something that got us on the top step of the podium; it feels good.”

Ironically enough, Sweet’s last-lap pass of one Haudenschild lifted him past another Haudenschild in the grand scheme of the history books.

By overtaking Sheldon for his 73rd career win, the Grass Valley, CA native officially moved beyond Jac to take sole possession of 11th on the World of Outlaws All-Time Wins List.

Wednesday marked his 15th NOS Energy Drink Feature win of the season and his first breakthrough at North Dakota’s River Cities Speedway.

After starting fifth in the 40-lap Feature, Sweet slipped as far back as eighth, but never let himself get too far out of it. He went seventh-to-four on a single restart on Lap 15, then passed Schatz for third on Lap 33, snuck by Macedo for second on Lap 35, and snookered Haudenschild for the win on Lap 39.

“I knew when I saw the white flag that I had to go for it,” Sweet noted. “The lappers kept moving Sheldon around just enough to give me that chance. I found the middle through turns one and two, and that’s how I got by Donny and Carso, too. It got tight there at the end, glad we could hang on for it.”

In a heartbreaking turn of events, Sheldon Haudenschild was handed his sixth second-place effort of the season in dramatic fashion. The throttle smasher and cushion blaster from Wooster, OH didn’t hang his head through the disappointing result but instead looked forward to the momentum his NOS Energy Drink squad is building.

“All we can do is keep learning and getting better,” Haudenschild acknowledged. “I survived the first half just playing it cool, but I probably should have protected the middle more there at the end. Brad is one of the best in the business, those guys were great tonight. This track was incredible, for sure. We’ve got a really good car right now, so I’m looking forward to his next stretch.”

Outside polesitter Carson Macedo paced the opening 28 laps of the 40-lapper before settling into a third-place finish. It was a much-needed podium appearance for the Jason Johnson racing #41 following a rough-go at Huset’s on Sunday. The Lemoore, CA 25-year-old knows he just can’t make mistakes competing against The Greatest Show on Dirt.

“I made too many mistakes in traffic and that’s what really cost me,” Macedo mentioned. “All it takes is one mistake to lose these Outlaw races with how good everyone else is. I tried to move around and find something after Sheldon got me, but he set such a good pace up top there was no keeping up. It sucks to lead that many laps and not win the race, but it’s good momentum to get this #41 team going again.”

Rounding out the top-five on Wednesday Fargo’s own Donny Schatz with his 12th-straight top-10 run in the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing #15, and behind him was Shark Racing’s Logan Schuchart in the fifth position aboard the Drydene Performance Products #1S.

Closing out the top-10 at River Cities was David Gravel & the Big Game Motorsports #2 in sixth, James McFadden & the Kasey Kahne Racing #9 in seventh, Brock Zearfoss & the Moose’s LZ Bar & Grill #3Z in eighth, Mark Dobmeier & the Buffalo Wild Wings #13 with a season-best ninth, and Wayne Johnson & the Two-C Racing #2C with a second-straight top-10 effort.

UP NEXT: A seven-hour drive from Grand Forks, ND to Greenwood, NE will lead the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series to I-80 Speedway for Friday’s FVP Platinum Battery Showdown. On Sunday, the week concludes with a trip to South Dakota’s Black Hills Speedway.

NOS Energy Drink Feature Results (40 Laps): 1. 49-Brad Sweet [5][$10,000]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [4][$6,000]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo [2][$3,500]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [3][$2,800]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [7][$2,500]; 6. 2-David Gravel [8][$2,300]; 7. 9-James McFadden [1][$2,200]; 8. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [11][$2,100]; 9. 13-Mark Dobmeier [10][$2,050]; 10. 2C-Wayne Johnson [9][$2,000]; 11. 83-Kasey Kahne [12][$1,600]; 12. 20G-Noah Gass [14][$1,400]; 13. 11K-Kraig Kinser [6][$1,200]; 14. 14T-Tim Estenson [20][$1,100]; 15. 7S-Jason Sides [17][$1,050]; 16. 8H-Jade Hastings [18][$1,000]; 17. 9N-Wade Nygaard [19][$1,000]; 18. 17M-Zach Omdahl [23][$1,000]; 19. 11M-Brendan Mullen [15][$1,000]; 20. O-Nick Omdahl [22][$1,000]; 21. 1A-Jacob Allen [13][$1,000]; 22. 8-Jack Croaker [21][$1,000]; 23. 2A-Austin Pierce [16][$1,000]; 24. 6N-Greg Nikitenko [24][$1,000]. Lap Leaders: Carson Macedo 1-28, Sheldon Haudenschild 29-39, Brad Sweet 40. KSE Hard Charger Award: 14T-Tim Estenson[+6]

NEW Championship Standings (60/81 Races): 1. Brad Sweet (7,872); 2. David Gravel (-132); 3. Carson Macedo (-168); 4. Donny Schatz (-246); 5. Sheldon Haudenschild (-270); 6. Logan Schuchart (-314); 7. James McFadden (-726); 8. Kraig Kinser (-936); 9. Brock Zearfoss (-1206); 10. Jacob Allen (-1426).

Aug 24, 2021 | Featured, Race Results, Rachel Meyer

Driving the NTK Sensors, Lucas Oil Top Alcohol Dragster with additional support from John Haley #1 Roofer LLC of Minnesota, Rachel Meyer went to the semifinals this weekend at the 39th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway by defeating Mitch Myers and Shawn Cowie before coming up short against Rich McPhillips Jr. 

First round, Rachel came into raceday qualified No. 3 with a 5.216-second pass at 279.67 mph and had a first round matchup against No. 8 Mitch Myers. Staging up for the first time in eliminations, Rachel was the winner as soon as the duo left the starting line when Mitch Myers rolled the beams. She clocked in with a 5.229, 279.79.

Second round, it was a battle of the titans when Rachel took on fellow championship contender Shawn Cowie. Only .005-seconds separated the pair at the starting line, Rachel scored a huge win for her team when she crossed the finish line with a 5.178, 281.01 to defeat Cowie’s 5.188, 278.98.

In the semifinals, Rachel had a sizeable reaction time advantage over Rich McPhillips Jr. but her 5.246, 278.52 wasn’t quick enough to outlast McPhillips Jr.’s 5.189, 276.80.

NASCAR CUP SERIES COKE ZERO SUGAR 400 DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAYTEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT AUGUST 25, 2021

 TYLER REDDICK, NO. 8 CHEDDAR’S SCRATCH KITCHEN CAMARO ZL1 1LE, Press Conference Transcript:  LAST WEEK, DISAPPOINTING FINISH ASIDE, YOU ARE IN YOUR SECOND YEAR AND HAVE 26-LAPS LED. YOU ALSO HAVE A CAREER-HIGH IN TOP-10’S AND NOW YOU’RE IN THE POSITION TO POSSIBLY CLINCH A PLAYOFF BERTH IN YOUR SOPHMORE SEASON. WHAT WERE YOUR GOALS AT THE START OF THIS YEAR AND WHERE YOU’RE AT RIGHT NOW, DO THEY MATCH WITH WHAT YOU HOPED TO ACHIEVE AT THE START OF THE YEAR? “I would say for the last 20 weeks or so, things have been going really well. The first six, seven races of our year got off to a really unfortunate start. They really put us behind the ball; really hurt our qualifying metric, if you will, in getting better starts. So, we had to really climb that pole and we were able to do that from about Bristol on. That was about the time that things started to turn around for us. Since that time, yeah it’s been really great to see it turn around and get better. But nonetheless, we’re in a spot now where we didn’t quite have enough points without a win to lock ourselves in come Daytona. We’re in a tough spot, but the consistency has been there to do well in the Playoffs if we do a good job this weekend, survive Daytona and make it into the Playoffs.”
“We’ve just got one more hurdle and, unfortunately, it’s a big one. One with a lot of uncertainty; not just with who’s going to be running at the end, but how much different the car is going to drive with the different horsepower and so many drivers below the cutline that are all out of options and desperate going into Daytona to do whatever it takes to win and lock themselves in, as well.” 
YOU REFERENCED A LITTLE BIT THE CHANGES FOR THIS WEEKEND. HOW MUCH MIGHT THAT IMPACT THINGS? “It’s entirely unknown. I can’t really say what it’s going to drive like. I think we’ve seen, in years past with previous generation cars, the draft being not as chaotic or unpredictable. But where we were, runs would kind of appear out of nowhere and once they would develop, they were very large runs and you could take them really far; farther than when I ran Xfinity or the Truck Series. The draft at times was not the same. There’s really nothing to go off of, I’d say. You can maybe look to the past some. But how the drivers approach these plate races, how much better the field is in its entirety has gotten in racing on superspeedways and how spotters communicate, have evolved so much that leaning back on previous races, previous experiences or digging into the files of some old races from the mid-2000’s – I don’t know that it would really be of a benefit. Those that can really learn fast in this race, whether that’s by playing it safe or being extremely aggressive. The drivers that do a lot of racing and put themselves in a lot of different situations at the beginning of the race will have a pretty good idea of what they can do and what to stay away from. Without practice, you don’t find that out until the race and there’s a lot on the line for myself and all the drivers from 17th in the points standings all the way back. A lot is going to go on the first 15-20 laps for a lot of us drivers; the whole field really.”
IN YOUR CAREER, HOW DID YOU ACCESS THE POTENTIAL OF WRECKING AT THE END OF A RACE WHEN EVERYONE IS GOING AFTER IT AND BEING COMFORTABLE WITH MAKING MOVES? “When I’ve won at Daytona, it’s been the first race of the year and you’re just getting started. The year I won Daytona in the Truck Series, that was before stage racing for the Trucks. That was before the Playoff format, if you will, too. So, every race really mattered. But the first race of the year, you don’t really know how your year is going to shakeup, so you’re just out there racing hard.”
“The same thing at Daytona when I won with JR Motorsports. It was the first race of the year. We had kind of had a crazy day to start the thing off. Our car wasn’t even really running. So, for me in those situations, there wasn’t really anything holding back. But in the Cup Series, it’s just totally different. You have a lot of really good drivers out there that have been through the ranks and have won in other series; and have the laps and experience, know what to do and what to stay away from, and know what moves to not fall for.”
“With that being said, we’ve won races a lot harder because of that and we can all get away with a lot more. But when the moment finally happens when one mistake is made or two drivers don’t understand what the other is doing and you end up in the same place because we race so tight – a lot of chaos unfolds.”
IN REFERENCING THOSE WINS AT DAYTONA – WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO WIN AT DAYTONA? IF YOU WIN THIS WEEKEND, IT WOULD GIVE YOU A TRUCK, XFINITY AND CUP VICTORY AT DAYTONA. “I haven’t kept up with it the last couple of years, but I don’t think anybody has done that before, last time I checked. I never would have thought I would have won a number of races at Daytona, let alone to get my first Truck Series win there – that was great. My first win with JR Motorsports there was great. The way I got the Xfinity win was pretty crazy in itself.”
“It was something, for a while, I was keeping an eye on. It’s still important to me. But, racing in the Cup Series, you go to Daytona twice a year and the amount you prepare for Daytona and how you prepare for Daytona has always been a little bit different than how you prepare for the intermediates, road courses and short tracks. It’s still really important for me to get done, it’s just a tough goal to totally go after with everything else that’s in the air for our team right now. We’ll go about this race a number of different ways; depending on how it starts and how it’s going for ourselves and for Austin (Dillon). And then, at the very end, once we get past the first two stages – not only do we have to keep an eye on Austin, but we have to keep an eye on pretty much half of the field.”
“It’s going to be an interesting challenge, all the meanwhile. The cars are totally different now, too. There’s a lot on our plate, but we’re ready for the challenge. I was hoping we wouldn’t be in this position going into Daytona. But getting put through an experience like this, if we can overcome this, I think it will have us really prepared for the Playoffs and we’ll be really ready to go. We’ll feel like we conquered the first big mountain and arguably the next one after it won’t be as severe. I could be totally wrong; but this is a lot of pressure on ourselves, RCR in general, and a lot of the field that isn’t locked in.”
IS IT DIFFICULT NOT TO DWELL ON WHAT HAPPENED ON SUNDAY AND THE POINTS YOU GAVE UP? “It is a little bit, for sure. It would be very easy to immediately go right to that place and really be negative; be down and really be caught up in the mistake and the points lost. But that was something when our year started off, we had bad race after bad race – really let the downward spiral in the beginning of the year really get to us. It was nice to be able to go to the dirt race at Bristol; go in there and forget about how the year has gone. We thought we were going to do heat races and all that good stuff to set our starting position, which we didn’t. But we were able to get through that race and push to the front all day. From that point on, we kind of just forgot how the year had been up to that point. Based on how Indy went, we gave up points there; getting caught up in a wreck late. Yeah, we’ve given up a good number of points the last two weeks at the very end of these races. It would be easy to be ripping our hair out and freaking out. But the things that we’ve done up until these last few weeks and historically have been doing for months now, have all been very good.”
“So, yeah, these little things do happen and mistakes are still made. This was one of those mistakes that I made, for sure. But the good thing is we’re still plus 25-points. We’re going to Daytona, which I’ve always really enjoyed to race. I have an incredible spotter. I’ve always loved going to superspeedways with my spotter, Derek Kneeland. It would be nice to be sitting plus 50-points. But we’re not negative 25-points. We’re not totally out of it. It’s still very doable to at least cover the 25-points. It’s certainly just going to be a little more interesting than it would have been if we weren’t caught up in a crash at the end.”
DO YOU GET REALLY NERVOUS? IS THIS A TIME WHERE YOU CAN’T SLEEP OR ARE YOU A GUY TO REMAIN CALM AND IN THE MOMENT?“I would say, this moment, definitely. But I look at other moments in the past that you could argue were pretty pressure-filled; but for me, honestly, I’m not losing a lot of sleep. When you have the most important moments of your year or of your life coming up, the last thing you should do is not be sleeping and be worrying yourself to death. The reason I’m not in that place and I don’t believe the rest of our team is in that place is because of all the things we’ve done right up until this point. Yeah, for sure, the last two weekends weren’t great for us and they make things a little more challenging. But everything up until this point has been great and we’ve been doing really, really well. The work that I’ve been putting in and my team has been putting in – this is one of those big moments in our year. We’ve been preparing and working really hard to be able to kick ass in moments like these. That’s going to be our goal going into this – just do what we’ve always been doing. This isn’t the time to freak out, panic and do something different or try to do more or whatever it might be. The things that we’ve been doing right all year long is why we’re here and it’s no time to change anything. What we’ve been doing gives us confidence for the pressure-packed Daytona race that we’re going to have on Saturday.”
GOING INTO THIS WEEKEND, HOW AGGRESSIVE DO YOU FEEL YOU NEED TO BE? “It’s all going to depend how things are going for my teammate Austin (Dillon), honestly. We’re going to be starting around each other, for sure. It’s going to be interesting to see how aggressive he will be in trying to charge to the front at the beginning of the race. It’s going to be a constant moving target throughout the event on Saturday. We’ve got 25-points to lean on. Now, do we only want to get in by one-point over Austin? I don’t think so. But again, we just have to maintain what we have. We have 24-points to throw away if we really wanted to; but we don’t want to. It’s going to constantly move. It’s going to depend how Stage One goes for him and myself. And then, we’ll have to think about it a little bit. We have a plan in place for what’s going to happen on Saturday with him. But nonetheless, they could score zero stage points and we’ll still have to be thinking about him and all the others behind him in the points standings in that final stage as the finish creeps closer and closer. There are going to be so many drivers that have nothing to lose and everything to gain by winning that race and it’s going to make for a very chaotic finish to the regular season. As the laps wind down, drivers will get tired of being third in line on top or the bottom; it’s going to get wild at some point in the race. So, we’re going to have to try to stay ahead of it or be aware of it and keep our eyes out for it, as well. We can’t fight for the win if we’re crashed out before we get to the white flag. A lot is going to be on our plate to keep track of.”
AT WHAT POINT DOES THE TEAMMATE THING GO OUT THE WINDOW? “It’s a difficult thing, right. We’ve worked together so much throughout this entire year to make our cars better at a lot of these racetracks; setup wise, working on our driving techniques. There’s a lot of things we’ve been working on. But when we go into Daytona, unfortunately, I can’t really help Austin (Dillon) and he can’t really help me without hurting the other’s chances of making the Playoffs. That’s just the unfortunate situation that we are presented with. Yeah, we’re going to be pretty similar on build in our racecars. Our cars, I would imagine, will work pretty good together. But yeah it’s a difficult thing. As much as we would love to work together, be upfront and control the race; it’s just not really an option for us. I can’t push him to the win and still make the Playoffs. And he can’t push me to the win and still make the Playoffs. It’s just an unfortunate spot for us to be in right now. It’s just a tough spot to be in for the whole RCR organization at the moment.”
GIVEN BOTH YOUR AND AUSTIN (DILLON)’S POSITION IN THE STANDINGS, HAS THERE BEEN A TEAM MEETING OR HAVE YOU GUYS TALKED TO EACH OTHER ABOUT HOW TO APPROACH THIS RACE AND WORKING TOGETHER?“I mean we can’t, honestly. I’m in; he’s out. There’s a 25-point gap. Anything I do to help him, hurts me. Anything he does to help me, hurts him. So, we really can’t work together at all, unfortunately. At the end of the day, I still want an RCR car to be in the Playoffs over anybody else, obviously. And he feels the exact same way about that. But for him to do everything for his team to get into the Playoffs, he can’t be helping the 8 and I can’t be helping the 3. It’s kind of a weird spot. But, for sure, I know where he stands because I’m the same way. We want an RCR car to be in the Playoffs this year. It’s just a difficult place to be in because we’re obviously not going to go out there and screw each other over because neither one of us will make the Playoffs potentially if someone new wins. It’s just a very complex situation. That’s just kind of the way it’ll have to be Saturday night.”

Inside Line Promotions – WATSONVILLE, Calif. (Aug. 25, 2021) – Dominic Scelzi picked up a pair of top-10 finishes last weekend during the Johnny Key Classic at Ocean Speedway.

Scelzi qualified 19^th quickest during the opener on Friday before he finished where he started – fifth – in a heat race to narrowly miss locking into the main event. A runner-up result in the B Main transferred him toward the back of the A Main.

“We went out pretty early in qualifying and the track was really greasy,” he said. “I felt like we put down a good lap for when we went out, but the track got way faster. In the heat race I got under the car in front of me, but we hit grease and I wasn’t able to get by the car so we ran fifth. Then we moved forward and did what we needed to do in the B Main to transfer into the feature.”

Scelzi drove into the top 10 within the first 10 laps and gained two more positions before the checkered flag was waved. His run from 18^th to eighth place earned the Hard Charger Award for passing the most cars.

“We just missed the issues,” he said. “We had a good race car and got as high as seventh. A car in front of me bounced and I had to get off the gas or else I would have hit them, which allowed someone by. Just being able to finish was an accomplishment with the amount of cars that were tore up. All in all I was happy with our performance.”

Scelzi continued to move forward on Saturday as the track welcomed the Sprint Car Challenge Tour for the weekend finale. Scelzi timed in third quickest in his group and won a heat race to advance into the dash. A second-place result lined him up on the outside of the front row for the A Main.

“We qualified a lot better on Saturday and I felt like we raced really good,” he said. “At the drop of the green the outside wasn’t the place to start. We fell to third right away, but we got back to second and worked on the leader. We had a really good restart and slid him into turn one, but I wasn’t able to clear him and he powered around me. We ran him back down. At that time the track started laying rubber. I felt we had a chance to do something in traffic, but the yellow flag came out again with a few laps remaining. I got a really good restart, but just wasn’t able to do anything. To run second at the Johnny Key Classic is nothing to be upset about.”

Scelzi’s second-place effort was his 32^nd top five of the season.

A big four-race weekend with the King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Series is on tap, running Thursday at Merced Speedway in Merced, Calif.; Friday at Ocean Speedway; Saturday at Stockton Dirt Track in Stockton, Calif.; and Sunday at Petaluma Speedway in Petaluma, Calif. Scelzi enters the weekend with a six-point lead in the championship standings.

“I think this is going to be the tell-tale,” Scelzi said. “These four races are going to set someone up to win the championship or to lose it. The next six races, the speedweek this weekend and the following weekend in Chico, will set the tone for who is going to be on top of the championship.”

QUICK RESULTS –

Aug. 20 – Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Calif. – Qualifying: 19; Heat race: 5 (5); B Main: 2 (3); Feature: 8 (18).

Aug. 21 – Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Calif. – Qualifying: 3; Heat race: 1 (2); Dash: 2 (2); Feature: 2 (2).

SEASON STATS –

43 races, 16 wins, 32 top fives, 37 top 10s, 39 top 15s, 39 top 20s

UP NEXT –

Thursday at Merced Speedway in Merced, Calif.; Friday at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Calif.; Saturday at Stockton Dirt Track in Stockton, Calif.; and Sunday at Petaluma Speedway in Petaluma, Calif., with the King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Series

MEDIA LINKS –

Website: http://www.GaryScelziMotorsports.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DominicScelzi41

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Scelzi41

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Scelzi would like to thank Red Rose Transportation, Inc., Scelzi Enterprises, Whipple Superchargers, Red Line Oil, Roth Motorsports, Schoenfeld Headers, NAPA Auto Parts, Todd Jorgensen, FK Rod Ends, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, K&N Filters, Sparco, Allstar Performance, Auto Meter, Meridian Steel, Kenny’s Components and Worldwide Bearings for their continued support.

NASCAR CUP SERIES COKE ZERO SUGAR 400DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY TEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT AUGUST 25, 2021 WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY CAMARO ZL1 1LE, Teleconference Transcript Highlights: CAN YOU LOOK BACK TO DAYTONA A YEAR AGO AND TELL US WHAT YOU HAD TO DO THEN TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS VERSUS THIS YEAR IN TRYING TO WIN?“Yeah, I think the pressure throughout the week is a lot easier. I’m definitely not as tensed-up or thinking about the moment and what I’m going to do to execute a good race. I’m just kind of going in there just to have fun. Obviously, you try to have fun every week but, it’s a lot more stressful each week. This week is kind of easier on me. I feel like the speedway races, we’ve been good on. I feel like my plate racing, my queue has gone up. But for me, there’s not a lot of pressure involved. I don’t envy the position of the other guys that are in that position to try to either they have to win or they’re right there on the bubble for the points. It’s a tough position to be in.” WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT CHASE ELLIOTT DID IN THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR, IS EVERYTHING ALMOST FOCUSED ON THAT LAST ROUND IN PHOENIX?“It is. I think the regular season has a feel of its own because you’re constantly trying to win to get more bonus points. Everyone it trying to chase the bonus points because it’s such a big deal and that’s the big factor in the regular season. But in the grand scheme of things, the difference of five points in the Playoffs is important, but you’ve just got to go out there and execute. We’ve spent a lot of time talking about each race in that first round. I feel like at Darlington we ran well. Richmond, we ran well. Obviously, we don’t have an idea on Bristol yet. But I think we can improve just a little bit on both of those tracks that we ran already and try to put ourselves in a good position in that first round. Like you said, it’s kind of all about the Playoffs at this point.” DOES KNOWING YOU ARE IN A DIFFERENT POINT SITUATION THAN YOU WERE LAST YEAR CHANGE WHERE YOU TRY TO RACE IN THE PACK? DOES THAT CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT WHERE YOU RACE?“It does. I think for me I’d love to get the Stage wins. But realistically, our goal is to get to the end and have a shot to win. That’s really the big goal is trying to get the five bonus points for the Playoffs, and also to get a good starting spot for Darlington. Those two things are first and foremost. But in the grand scheme of things, Rudy (Fugle, crew chief) and I talked about it, it’s not a huge deal either way. So, for us it’s about having fun and trying to go out there and get another win and continue to learn some things and build some things for Talladega. Obviously, the package is different. Less horsepower than we’ve had. So, I think we’re going to be going quite a bit slower. And that’s going to play a role too in trying to learn the draft and the aero package for the next race in the Playoffs.  So, I’m just trying to take the temperature on the draft and what’s a safe position to be in. If I can be up front the whole race, then great. But if I get shuffled back and it feels too dicey, then I’ll try to make it to the end.” HOW DO YOU BALANCE TRYING TO GO ALL-OUT AND TRYING TO GET AS MANY PLAYOFF POINTS AS YOU CAN, KNOWING THOSE COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADVANCING ON OR BEING ELIMINATED POST-SEASON?“It’s definitely on our minds. I felt like we and Kyle (Larson) have been close, the last three races. I think we had that unfortunate thing at Indy with the curb and that hurt us in the points. So, we’re probably five points, I think, behind him and it would be really nice to get that position. Kyle is a good plate racer. He’s gotten better and better every time and closer to a win. He’s going to be tough to beat. So, we’ve just got to keep tabs on him and try race as hard as we can, and hopefully we can finish the race third in points. I think there is only one point between me and him, third versus fourth, but still, it would be a good one to have.” LAST WEEK, ROSS CHASTAIN MADE AN INTERESTING COMMENT ABOUT HOW HE USED TO BE FEARFUL GOING INTO SUPERSPEEDWAY RACES JUST BECAUSE THERE’S GOING TO BE THE BIG ONE AT THE END OF THE RACE. HOW DO YOU CALM YOURSELF TO FOCUS ON THE TASK AT HAND KNOWING THAT COULD COME AT THE END OF THE RACE?“That’s a good question. I think I’ve grown more at peace with it as my skill has kind of improved on those tracks. There’s a lot out of your control at those places. But I do feel like, as I’ve improved and led more laps and been in more positions to win or finish in the top 5, it’s made the end of the race easier. It’s made the end of the race more about how can I make the right move and less about how can I avoid a wreck? I do think the first handful of superspeedway races I wasn’t really comfortable with it, and didn’t really like the end of the race because I knew a wreck was coming. And I wasn’t really willing to take those risks or didn’t really know how to take the right risk. So yeah, I think your mindset changes as you improve, and you focus more on trying to win.” YOU MENTIONED THE IMPORTANCE OF EXECUTION IN THE PLAYOFFS. WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING ON ALL SEASON TO POSITION YOURSELVES AS CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDERS?“We started the year really strong with the win in the third race. After that we were in the top 10, it felt like every week, for a while. That came down to just execution and having the balance of the car close. Those were all race tracks that Rudy and I had been to together. So, we were just using the notebook of Chad (Knaus) and the other crew chiefs to figure out what to do. And then we went through the summer, and I thought we had speed, but we didn’t execute. We kind of left that behind. Some of it was on my end and some of it was on the team. We just kind of needed to clean it up. I feel like after the summer break, we’ve really been a top 5 team every week. I think we are really capable right now of executing well. We’ve gotten back to our roots in that and made our race cars just a little bit better, I think. So, I feel like we just have to continue to execute. It sounds simple but it is really hard. We’re just trying to keep that going like we did in the early part of the season and hopefully the wins will come.” IN LOOKING BACK TO LAST YEAR’S DAYTONA RACE, WHAT DID YOU DO RIGHT?“I think every speedway race that you win or do well, there’s a little bit of both. I think there’s always a little bit of luck and there’s always a little bit of skill. I don’t think aby of the plate races, the guys who win them, are pretty much the guys who should win them, especially lately. In that race, we were a good car but our car needed tires to handle well enough to make the aggressive moves. So, I think we were running about fifth or sixth before we pitted. We kind of knew we weren’t going to have the ability to go up there and get the lead with the way our car was handling. So, we put tires on and restarted in the back. We were stuck for a couple of laps, but I knew with our tire advantage, once we got a lane to run in and could make drafting moves, I felt fine about it. We were really fortunate to miss the one big wreck. The move with the No. 22 and the No. 43 was really about the way that we were handling and the confidence I had to split the gap. There was enough of a gap there to squeeze in and put it four-wide and that was definitely the race-winning move. I think a lot of it had to do with knowing our race car, being confident in the moves I could make, and then getting lucky that a tire didn’t go down when I kind of split the gap.” WHAT GOALS DID YOU HAVE STARTING THIS SEASON AND DO YOU THINK YOUR RESULTS SO FAR HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THOSE GOALS? HOW MUCH HAS BEING TEAMMATES WITH CHASE ELLIOTT AND KYLE LARSON PUSHED YOU TO ACHIEVE WHAT YOU’VE DONE SO FAR THIS YEAR?“We’ve performed better in some ways than I thought we would. Probably less in the laps led category. I think we still have some room to go there to lead more consistently in races. But we have led in a lot of different races, so that’s been good. It shows we have speed. As far as the teammates go, we started the year knowing that Kyle and Chase were going to be really good. And that Alex (Bowman) was going to be really good. He’s won a race each year in his Cup Series career with Hendrick. So, we knew our teammates were going to keep us really honest. It is just kind of all about us clicking well. And we were able to win that race early and kind of battle with our teammates for that one. And that was a big confidence boost. Ever since then it’s just been all about trying to execute and put ourselves in good positions and I feel like we’ve been close to a number of wins.”

August 25, 2021

Saturday night’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway offers Matt DiBenedetto and the No. 21 Menards/Dutch Boy team one last chance to be among the 16 team that will participate in the 2021 Cup Series Playoffs.

DiBenedetto and the Menards/Dutch Boy team enter the regular season finale 16^th in the Cup Series standings, but because two teams behind them in the standings have a race victory this season, the No. 21 team will need a win on Saturday night to return to the Playoffs.

DiBenedetto, who will start Saturday night’s 400-miler from ninth place, said he and the Menards/Dutch Boy team are optimistic that they will be able to earn that final Playoff spot.

“We have really fast Mustangs on the speedways, and our team is on a roll,” he said, adding that he and the crew, including spotter Doug Campbell, will be making plans to best respond to the different scenarios that races at Daytona produce.

“Doug and I study like crazy for these races,” he said. “We have an entire day set aside to study together and be fully prepared for what I call a chess match of a race.”

DiBenedetto and the Menards/Dutch Boy team have reasons to be hopeful for a victory.

They enter the race riding a string of six consecutive finishes of 11^th or better, including top-six finishes in the past two races.

And Fords have been fast at Daytona and its sister track, Talladega Superspeedway. Ford drivers have won 10 of the past 12 Cup races at Talladega and have six wins in the past 14 Cup races on the oval at Daytona, including the most recent race there.

“Obviously the hope is to get this Menards/Dutch Boy Mustang in the Playoffs because we have a ton of strength and momentum as a team,” DiBenedetto said.

The Coke Zero Sugar 400 is set to get the green flag just after 7 p.m. Eastern Time on Saturday, with TV coverage on NBC.

Stage breaks are set for Laps 50 and 100 of the 160-lap race.
 

The Greatest Show on Dirt Races on Wednesday, Friday & Sunday

GRAND FORKS, ND – August 25, 2021 – A busy stretch of three races over the next five nights awaits the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series.

It all starts tonight as The Greatest Show on Dirt returns to River Cities Speedway for the third time this season, hoping to complete its first event at the Grand Forks, ND bullring. David Gravel was QuickTime at the track in June, but North Dakota native Donny Schatz is certainly the favorite to defend his home turf again.

A seven-hour drive to Greenwood, NE awaits on Thursday, then the FVP Platinum Battery Showdown goes off on Friday night at I-80 Speedway. Championship leader Brad Sweet enters as the most recent winner at the 4/10-mile oval and looks to extend his point lead in pursuit of his third-straight World of Outlaws title.

Another 550-mile drive on Saturday to Rapid City, SD will lead the Outlaws into a Sunday showdown at Black Hills Speedway. Carson Macedo, who is third in points and in need of a fresh start, will enter as the defending winner aboard his Jason Johnson Racing #41.

By the end of the weekend when the Outlaws head west for a three-week swing in Washington and California, only 19 races will remain in the championship chase.

RIVER CITIES TICKETS (Wed.)
I-80 TICKETS (Fri.)
BLACK HILLS TICKETS (Sun.)

Here are some of the top storylines to follow:

DAKOTA DOMINANCE: No driver on the World of Outlaws tour takes defending their home turf to the next level as much as Donny Schatz. Last weekend, the Fargo, ND native won just a few minutes away from his house at Red River Valley Speedway. It was his 23rd win in his home state and the 301st of his iconic career, a win that was almost even sweeter than his milestone 300th.

Tonight, Schatz gets one more race at arguably his best track on tour, River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, ND. Previously known as “The Minot Missile,” Schatz has contested all 26 World of Outlaws Features at the bullring with monumental success. He’s won 12 of those races (46% winning percentage) and returns as the favorite tonight to make it 13 wins. With the Ford Performance Engine hitting on all cylinders, the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing #15 will be a threat everywhere we go over the next two months.

CHIPPING AWAY: All that remains in 2021 is 22 races for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, and the championship battle is far from over. Sure, Brad Sweet has held a tight grasp on the top spot since March, but David Gravel and his Big Game Motorsports #2 team are kicking it into high gear as they cut the deficit down to -120 after winning on Sunday night.

What’s on the line? Simply put, history, glory, prestige, and money. The things every Outlaw desires.

For Sweet and the Kasey Kahne Racing, NAPA Auto Parts #49, they’re chasing a third-consecutive title, something that only legends Steve Kinser and Donny Schatz have accomplished. For Gravel, he’s trying to climb the mountaintop for the first time in his career, which would make him the 11th driver in history to become an Outlaw champion.

From now until the conclusion of the World Finals, 75 days is all that remains in the season. Another weekend in the Dakotas, a three-week trip to the west coast, a return out east, a southeastern double, and the season finale, along with other challenges stand in the way.

TIME TO SHINE: A pair of full-time World of Outlaws drivers recorded season-best efforts on Sunday night at Huset’s Speedway.

Wayne Johnson of Oklahoma City, OK won his Team Drydene Heat Race and won the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash to earn his first pole position in more than seven years. He led 13 of the first 14 Feature laps before falling to finish seventh, his best run of 2021 aboard the Two-C Racing entry. The seventh-place finish is Wayne’s 19th top-10 of his Outlaw career and his best result since June of 2013 at Kokomo. It’s the second time in the last month that the 50-year-old Johnson has stole headlines with his performance.

Along with the #2C, the #1A also opened eyes on Sunday night. Hanover, PA’s Jacob Allen charged forward to put his Shark Racing, Drydene Performance Products #1S on the podium for the first time this season. His third-place finish the 12th podium finish of his career and gives him more momentum heading into a weekend where we visit Black Hills and I-80, two places that Allen has led laps at and nearly won before.

SETTLING IN: Assigned to the Roth Motorsports, Beef Packers #83 for the remainder of the 2021 season, Kasey Kahne has taken little time settling into his new ride. After a top-10 performance at the Knoxville Nationals, the former NASCAR Cup Series star rattled off another QuickTime and New Track Record at Red River Valley. They’ve had immense qualifying speed, but struggles with Heat Race starts forced Kahne to miss both Dashes last weekend.

He’ll have three more opportunities this week to finetune the new combination before the Enumclaw, WA native returns to his home state for four straight nights on September 3-6.

RESET BUTTON: The case could be made that Huset’s Speedway is Carson Macedo’s kryptonite. The Lemoore, CA native debuted at the Brandon, SD last September and ran second in his first appearance, although it was a race haunted by tire trouble. In four starts since then, three of them coming this year, Macedo has yet to finish better than 14th at the 1/3-mile oval. He was leading on Sunday night when a lap traffic incident stripped him of a potential eighth win of the year.

An 18th-place effort officially ended Macedo’s streak of 20 consecutive top-10 finishes and sent him falling to third in the championship at -162 behind Sweet. With three races over the next five nights, Macedo and the Jason Johnson Racing #41 will look to hit the reset button and start fresh with a new streak as we hit the homestretch of the 2021 season.

THIRD TIME’S THE CHARM: Mother Nature has done her best to deter the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars away from Grand Forks this year. She sent a massive downpour of rain following Slick Woody’s Qualifying in June and offered severe thunderstorms last Friday night. However, Wednesday’s forecast looks great, albeit chilly, as the Outlaws prepare to visit the always-thrilling bullring for the 27th time in Series history.

ALL CHARGED UP: Friday’s FVP Platinum Battery Showdown puts Greenwood, NE’s I-80 Speedway in the spotlight. It marks the 33rd Series event at the 4/10-mile, but only the fifth race within the last decade. Championship leader Brad Sweet enters as the most recent winner at the track, overtaking Jacob Allen last August and surviving a green-white-checkered finish to beat Carson Macedo and Logan Schuchart.

HEADING WEST: On Sunday, a visit to Black Hills Speedway in Rapid City, SD will officially mark the journey west. A three-week swing with four straight nights through Washington and four more nights in California will bring The Greatest Show on Dirt back to the West Coast for the first time since the fall of 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This Week at a Glance – When and Where

Wednesday, August 25 at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, ND
Friday, August 27 at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, NE
Sunday, August 29 at Black Hills Speedway in Rapid City, SD

On the Internet
World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series
Twitter – @WorldofOutlaws
Instagram – @WoOSprint
Facebook – Facebook.com/WorldofOutlawsSprintCarSeries
YouTube – Youtube.com/WorldofOutlaws
DIRTVision – DIRTVision.com – Platinum annual FAST PASS for $299 or monthly FAST PASS for $39/month

Around the Turn: Following this weekend, the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series takes The Greatest Show on Dirt to the west coast for a three-week swing. It all starts with four straight nights in Washington highlighted by the Sage Fruit Skagit Nationals (Sept. 3-5) and a Monday night stop at Grays Harbor Raceway (Sept. 6).

NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (14 Drivers):
14 wins – Brad Sweet, Kasey Kahne Racing w/ Mike Curb #49
8 wins – David Gravel, Big Game Motorsports #2
7 wins – Carson Macedo, Jason Johnson Racing #41
7 wins – Sheldon Haudenschild, Stenhouse Jr. Marshall Racing #17
4 wins – Aaron Reutzel, Roth Motorsports #83
3 wins – Kyle Larson, Silva Motorsports #57
3 wins – Logan Schuchart, Shark Racing #1S
2 wins – Kerry Madsen, Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing #14
2 wins – Brent Marks, Brent Marks Racing #19
2 wins – Donny Schatz, Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing #15
1 win – James McFadden, Kasey Kahne Racing w/ Mike Curb #9
1 win – Dave Blaney, Dave Blaney #10
1 win – Spencer Bayston, Sam McGhee Motorsports #11
1 win – Tyler Courtney, Clauson-Marshall Racing #7BC

FEATURE LAPS LED (27 Drivers):
296 laps – Brad Sweet
256 laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
188 laps – Aaron Reutzel
189 laps – David Gravel
186 laps – Carson Macedo
181 laps – Donny Schatz
174 laps – Logan Schuchart
72 laps – Kyle Larson
63 laps – Kerry Madsen
57 laps – Tyler Courtney
36 laps – James McFadden
33 laps – Spencer Bayston
29 laps – Giovanni Scelzi
27 laps – Brent Marks, Sam Hafertepe Jr.
13 laps – Wayne Johnson
11 laps – Sye Lynch
10 laps – Jacob Allen, Brock Zearfoss, Parker Price-Miller
9 laps – Austin McCarl
3 laps – Ian Madsen
1 lap – Kasey Kahne, Kraig Kinser, Brandon Spithaler, Dave Blaney, Brian Brown

SLICK WOODY’S QUICKTIME AWARDS (20 Drivers):
12 QuickTimes – David Gravel
7 QuickTimes – Sheldon Haudenschild
5 QuickTimes – Brad Sweet, Logan Schuchart
4 QuickTimes – Kerry Madsen
3 QuickTimes – Aaron Reutzel
2 QuickTimes – James McFadden, Kasey Kahne, Cory Eliason, Giovanni Scelzi, Parker Price-Miller, Sam Hafertepe Jr.
1 QuickTime – Carson Macedo, Kraig Kinser, Danny Dietrich, Anthony Macri, Brian Brown, Brock Zearfoss, Rico Abreu, Sye Lynch

DRYDENE HEAT RACE WINNERS (39 Drivers)
24 Heat Wins – David Gravel
20 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo
16 Heat Wins – Donny Schatz, Aaron Reutzel
13 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
12 Heat Wins – Brad Sweet, Logan Schuchart
10 Heat Wins – James McFadden
6 Heat Wins – Brian Brown
5 Heat Wins – Kerry Madsen
4 Heat Wins – Brock Zearfoss, Kraig Kinser, Giovanni Scelzi, Tyler Courtney
3 Heat Wins – Jason Sides, Wayne Johnson, Ian Madsen, Anthony Macri, Sam Hafertepe Jr.
2 Heat Wins – Jacob Allen, Kasey Kahne, Kyle Larson, DJ Netto, Parker Price-Miller
1 Heat Win –  Danny Dietrich, Hunter Schuerenberg, Lance Dewease, Brandon Spithaler, Tim Kaeding, Jack Dover, Scotty Thiel, Paul McMahan, Daryn Pittman, Justin Peck, Jac Haudenschild, Sye Lynch, Chad Trout, TJ Stutts, Brent Marks

PODIUM FINISHES (27 Drivers):
27 Podiums – Brad Sweet
18 Podiums – Carson Macedo
17 Podiums – David Gravel, Donny Schatz
16 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild
12 Podiums – Logan Schuchart
10 Podiums – Aaron Reutzel
7 Podiums – James McFadden
6 Podiums – Kerry Madsen, Brent Marks
5 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
3 Podiums – Brian Brown, Lance Dewease, Kyle Larson
2 Podiums – Kraig Kinser, Cory Eliason, Anthony Macri, Danny Dietrich, Tyler Courtney
1 Podium – Jacob Allen, Justin Peck, Brian Brown, Anthony Macri, Dave Blaney, Spencer Bayston, Daryn Pittman, Paulie Colagiovanni, Austin McCarl, Sam Hafertepe Jr.

2021 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Schedule & Winners

No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Fri, Feb. 5 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Sun, Feb. 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Logan Schuchart (1)
3. Fri, March 5 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Carson Macedo (1)
4. Sat, March 6 / East Bay Raceway Park / Tampa, FL / Aaron Reutzel (1)
5. Fri, March 12 / Magnolia Motor Speedway / Columbus, MS / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
6. Sat, March 13 / The Rev / Monroe, LA / David Gravel (1)
7. Fri, March 19 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
8. Sat, March 20 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brad Sweet (2)
9. Sat, March 27 / Lake Ozark Speedway / Eldon, MO / Brad Sweet (3)
10. Fri, April 2 / I-55 Raceway / Pevely, MO / Brad Sweet (4)
11. Sat, April 3 / I-55 Raceway / Pevely, MO / Brad Sweet (5)
12. Fri, April 9 / Kokomo Speedway / Kokomo, IN / James McFadden (1)
13. Sat, April 10 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Carson Macedo (2)
14. Fri, April 22 / Bristol Motor Speedway / Bristol, TN / David Gravel (2)
15. Sun, April 24 / Bristol Motor Speedway / Bristol, TN / David Gravel (3)
16. Thur, April 29 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / Brad Sweet (6)
17. Fri, April 30 / I-70 Motorsports Park / Odessa, MO / Brad Sweet (7)
18. Sat, May 1 / I-70 Motorsports Park / Odessa, MO / Brad Sweet (8)
19. Sat, May 8 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Brent Marks (1)
20. Sat, May 8 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
21. Wed, May 12 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / Brad Sweet (9)
22. Fri, May 14 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Carson Macedo (3)
23. Sat, May 15 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Aaron Reutzel (2)
24. Tues, May 18 / Bridgeport Speedway / Swedesboro, NJ / Logan Schuchart (2)
25. Fri, May 21 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / David Gravel (4)
26. Sat, May 22 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / Dave Blaney (1)
27. Mon, May 31 / Lawrenceburg Speedway / Lawrenceburg, IN / Kyle Larson (1)
28. Sat, June 5 / Granite City Speedway /Sauk Rapids, MN / David Gravel (5)
29. Fri, June 11 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Carson Macedo (4)
30. Sat, June 12 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Carson Macedo (5)
31. Thur, June 17 / 34 Raceway / West Burlington, IA / Brad Sweet (10)
32. Fri, June 18 / Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway / Dubuque, IA / Donny Schatz (1)
33. Sat, June 19 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
34. Mon, June 21 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / David Gravel (6)
35. Tues, June 22 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Aaron Reutzel (3)
36. Thur, June 24 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Kerry Madsen (1)
37. Fri, June 25 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Kerry Madsen (2)
38. Sat, June 27 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Logan Schuchart (3)
39. Fri, July 2 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Brad Sweet (11)
40. Sat, July 3 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Brad Sweet (12)
41. Sat, July 10 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Brad Sweet (13)
42. Tues, July 13 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Spencer Bayston (1)
43. Wed, July 14 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Carson Macedo (6)
44. Sat, July 17 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Tyler Courtney (1)
45. Sat, July 17 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Kyle Larson (2)
46. Sun, July 18 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Carson Macedo (7)
47. Tues, July 20 / Lernerville Speedway / Sarver, PA / Brad Sweet (14)
48. Fri, July 23 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Sheldon Haudenschild (5)
49. Sat, July 24 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Brent Marks (2)
50. Fri, July 30 / Ransomville Speedway / Ransomville, NY / Aaron Reutzel (4)
51. Sat, July 31 / Weedsport Speedway / Weedsport, NY / David Gravel (7)
52. Fri, August 6 / I-55 Raceway / Pevely, MO / Sheldon Haudenschild (6)
53. Sat, August 7 / I-55 Raceway / Pevely, MO / Sheldon Haudenschild (7)
54. Sat, August 14 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Kyle Larson (3)
55. Sat, August 21 / Red River Valley Speedway / Fargo, ND / Donny Schatz (2)
56. Sun, August 22 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / David Gravel (8)

HEBRON, Ohio (August 24) — A record number of seven members of Team JEGS will be participating in this year’s recently-added JEGS Performance Summer Fling presented by Optima Batteries at National Trail Raceway, the home track of the famous Coughlin clan.  From six-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr., to 20-year-old rookie Super Comp driver Jack Coughlin, the entire yellow-and-black contingent will be fighting for glory throughout the four-day, action-packed meet. Jeg Jr. will be doubling-up each day, as he plans to compete in both his JEGS.com dragster and the crowd-favorite JEGS.com Chevy II wagon.  A student at Ohio State University, Jack will allow his father Mike, a three-time Division 3 champion, to pinch-hit for him until he breaks free from his classes later in the week. Joining Jeg Jr., Mike and Jack will be Pro Stock ace Troy Coughlin Jr., who, like Jeg Jr., will compete in two cars, a dragster and a Corvette Roadster. His sister Paige and cousin Makenna Brown will round out the team in their own dragsters as soon as their school week ends. This is the first time in the 12-year history of the “Fling” series of bracket races that four events are taking place in one season. Like the other races, competitors can pick and choose what races they want to contest, with newcomers allowed a single timed run at the start to gain data on the track.

Wednesday features the FST Carburetors “Wednesday Warm-Up” which awards the winner a cool $15,000. American Race Cars have posted the prize money for two $25,000-to-win races, one Thursday and another Friday.  The No. 1 race everyone has their eyes on is the ATI Performance Main Event, where someone will walk away with a whopping $100,000 top prize. Saturday’s final, sponsored by FuelTech, is worth $25,000 to the victor. One-off “Dragster vs. Door Cars” and “Dragster vs. Dragster races” will fill out the schedule each day. Additionally, more than $50,000 in products will be given away. There also will be various bonuses available for drivers recording .00X and .000 reaction times.  In honor of Fling co-founder Kyle Seipel, who passed away earlier this year, there will be a racer selected for the :”Never Give Up” award, for overcoming the most adversity to race at this event. This special honor includes a custom crystal plaque and $1,000, courtesy of the Summer Fling and Rob’s Automotive, Collision and Towing. Families will enjoy the kid’s Fun Zone, which comes complete with a water slide, bounce house, kiddie pools, water balloons, water guns, and ice pops to keep everyone cool. All of the action will be streamed live as it happens on MotorManiaTV.com at no cost, thanks to sponsorship from Strange Engineering.  More information can be found at www.BracketRaces.com, the Spring Fling Bracket Races Facebook page, or by texting the word “COLUMBUS” to 74121 for race info and updates.

Batavia, OH (August 24, 2021) – The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series returns to Port Royal Speedway for three days of the Rumble by the River. This will be the largest three-day purse in the history of the Port Royal Speedway for the Late Model division, with a total of over $200,000 on the line. Thursday, August 26th is $10,000-to-win for 30 laps; Friday, August 27th is $12,000-to-win for 40 laps; and 50 laps on Saturday, August 28th that will pay $30,000-to-win, twice what the finale paid in 2020. A new addition for 2021, there will be a 20 lap, $2,500-to-win non-qualifier race for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series drivers on Saturday, August 28th. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will be joined by Limited Late Models on Thursday. The Mid-Atlantic Modified division will serve as support with full shows on both Friday and Saturday. In 2020, the three days of the Rumble by the River saw three different winners, each a major force to be reckoned with: Tim McCreadie, Inclement Weather, and Kyle Larson. Both completed A-Main events saw plenty of action and left fans on their feet at the half-mile oval better known as “The Speed Palace.” In Lucas Oil Victory Lane McCreadie said, “This is as close to home as I get. You could tell these fans are excited, I am happy!” The pit gates will close at 3:30 PM ET and reopen at 4:00 PM ET each day. The general admission gate will also open at 4:00 PM ET each day with a 6:00 PM ET driver’s meeting, 6:30 PM ET Hot Laps.  Track Information:Port Royal SpeedwayPhone Number: 717-527-2303Location: 308 W. 8th St., Port Royal, PA 17082Directions: Two miles south of US Rt. 322 just off PA Rt. 75 in Port Royal. Pit entrance on Fourth St., General Admission on Sixth and Eighth St.Website: www.portroyalspeedway.com Tire Rules:Thursday, August 26th & Friday, August 27thLeft Rear/Fronts – Hoosier Rib (28.5) 1300Right Rear – Hoosier (29.0) 1425 NRM, (29.0) 1425 NRMW*Must use the same set of 4 tires for Time Trials, Heat Races, and B-Mains.*For the A-Main, competitors may use 2 new tires.*Flat tire must be replaced with a used tire of the same compound and construction to retain starting position. Saturday, August 28thLeft Rear/Fronts – Hoosier Rib (28.5) 1300, (28.5) 1425Right Rear – Hoosier (29.0) 1425 NRM, (29.0) 1425 NRMW*Must use the same set of 4 tires for Time Trials, Heat Races, and B-Mains.*For the Non-Qualifiers Race, competitors may use 3 new tires.*For the A-Main, competitors may use 3 new tires.*Flat tire must be replaced with a used tire of the same compound and construction to retain starting position. Thursday, August 26th Rumble by the River A-Main Purse (30 laps):1. $10,000, 2. $5,500, 3. $3,500, 4. $2,700, 5. $2,500, 6. $2,300, 7. $2,200, 8. $2,100, 9. $2,050, 10. $2,000, 11. $1,600, 12. $1,400, 13. $1,200, 14. $1,000, 15. $950, 16. $925, 17. $900, 18. $875, 19. $850, 20. $825, 21. $800, 22. $800, 23. $800, 24. $800. = $48,575 Friday, August 27th Rumble by the River A-Main Purse (40 laps):1. $12,000, 2. $6,000, 3. $3,500, 4. $2,800, 5. $2,500, 6. $2,300, 7. $2,200, 8. $2,100, 9. $2,050, 10. $2,000, 11. $1,600, 12. $1,400, 13. $1,200, 14. $1,100, 15. $1,050, 16. $1,000, 17. $1,000, 18. $1,000, 19. $1,000, 20. $1,000, 21. $1,000, 22. $1,000, 23. $1,000, 24. $1,000. = $52,800 Saturday, August 28th Rumble by the River A-Main Purse (50 laps):1. $30,000, 2. $15,000, 3. $10,000, 4. $8,000, 5. $6,000, 6. $5,000, 7. $4,000, 8. $3,000, 9. $2,750, 10. $2,600, 11. $2,500, 12. $2,475, 13. $2,450, 14. $2,425, 15. $2,400, 16. $2,375, 17. $2,350, 18. $2,325, 19. $2,300, 20. $2,250, 21. $2,200, 22. $2,150, 23. $2,100, 24. $2,000. = $118,650 Saturday, August 28th Non-Qualifier Race:1. $2,500, 2. $1,250, 3. $750, 4. $600, 5. $500, 6. $475, 7. $450, 8. $425, 9. $400, 10. $375, 11. $350, 12. $325, 13. $300, 14. $275, 15. $250, 16. $250, 17. $250, 18. $250, 19. $250, 20. $250, 21. $250, 22. $250, 23. $250, 24. $250. = $11,475

About Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt SeriesFounded in 2005, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series showcases the talents of the top dirt late model drivers from across the country. In 2021, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will sanction 59 events across 18 states, including some of the biggest marquee events in the industry, providing dirt slinging, sideways, door-to-door racing action lap after lap.  The series receives national exposure through a television package filmed, produced and edited by Lucas Oil Production Studios. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events will broadcast on four networks including CBS, NBC Sports, CBS Sports Network and the MAVTV Motorsports Network.   The in your face excitement of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is second to none in motorsports. For more information, including the latest news, tour schedule, driver information, and more, visit the official website at: www.LucasDirt.com.

Sheppard, Pierce, Bruening, Gustin, and more will battle for $50K over three nightsDAVENPORT, IA – August 24, 2021 – The banks of the Mississippi River will rumble this weekend as the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Models return to Davenport Speedway in Davenport, IA. The Quad Cities 150 presented by Hoker Trucking features three nights of high-octane action and the potential for one driver to take home $50,000.   Thursday (Aug. 26) and Friday (Aug. 27) will be full shows, ending with a 40-lap, $10,000-to-win Morton Buildings Feature. The Series will use an “Every Lap Matters” format, meaning drivers score points based on Qualifying, Heat Races, and Features.  Those points determine the lineups for Saturday’s Drydene Heat Races, setting up Saturday’s 70-lap finale, paying $30,000-to-win.  If you can’t make it to the track, watch all the action live on DIRTVision with the annual Platinum FAST PASS subscription for $299/year or the monthly FAST PASS subscription for $39/month. Here are some of the storylines to keep an eye on this weekend:  Home state Hawkeyes: The Quad Cities 150 at Davenport Speedway is the final chance for Tyler Bruening and Ryan Gustin to race in their home state for the 2021 World of Outlaws season.   This year, Gustin has found success on 1/4-mile tracks like Davenport, winning a preliminary event at the Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury Speedway. He also has three top-fives on bullrings in 2021.  Bruening, however, has struggled on 1/4-miles this season. The Decorah, IA driver hasn’t finished inside the top-10 on a bullring other than a third-place finish at Plymouth Speedway in June. Both drivers are still searching for their elusive first Morton Buildings Feature win. It would be a feather in the cap to their Rookie campaigns if either can bring home state fans to their feet this weekend with a win at Davenport.  The Chase for History: Only one driver stands between reigning Series champion Brandon Sheppard and World of Outlaws history.  Sheppard’s win Sunday at Eriez Speedway was his sixth victory of the season and 75th overall, putting him only three wins away from tying Josh Richards for most all-time (78). The New Berlin, IL driver, could accomplish that feat this weekend at Davenport Speedway if he sweeps all three events. Sheppard had a stranglehold on his competition at Davenport in 2020, winning all three World of Outlaws events at the track—including two on the 1/4-mile.  The “Rocket Shepp” has 27 top-fives, and 33 top-10’s in 39 starts and leads the Series standings by 158 points over Chris Madden.  1/4-mile Tune: The World of Outlaws has run six events on 1/4-mile tracks in 2021, so far, and no driver has won more of those events than Dennis Erb Jr.  In June, the Carpentersville, IL driver found Victory Lane at Circle City Speedway and backed it up with a win at River Cities Speedway in July. The “One Man Band” sits fourth in the season standings, on the strength of three victories, eight top-fives, and 17 top-10’s. Erb is coming off a fourth-place finish at Eriez Speedway on Sunday.  Bullring Operator:  Bobby Pierce has found Victory Lane twice with the World of Outlaws in 2021. One of those came at the Illini 100 at Farmer City Raceway, a 1/4-mile track like Davenport.  Farmer City isn’t the only 1/4-mile track the “Smooth Operator” has found success at this season. He also finished second to Kyle Larson during the Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury Speedway, and won a preliminary Feature.  Saturday’s 70-lap finale could also play into the Oakwood, IL driver’s favor. Both of his wins this season have come in races longer than 50 laps.    When and WhereAug. 26-28:  Davenport Speedway in Davenport, IAAbout the TracksDavenport Speedway is a 1/4-mile oval Previous Davenport Speedway winners2020 – Brandon Sheppard on May 29, May 30, & July 28 2019 – Jimmy Owens on July 24 2018 – Chad Simpson on July 24 2007- Brian Harris on May 9 2004- Brian Birkhofer on Aug. 10  OnlineDavenport Speedway: http://www.davenportiaspeedway.com   Track RecordDavenport Speedway 1/4-mile: 13.660 set by Spencer Hughes on 7/1/21On the Internet World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Models Series Twitter – Twitter.com/WoOLateModels – @WoOLateModels Instagram – Instagram.com/WoOLateModels – @woolatemodels Facebook – Facebook.com/WorldofOutlawsLateModelSeries YouTube – Youtube.com/WorldofOutlaws DIRTVision – DIRTVision.com – Platinum annual FAST PASS for $299 or monthly FAST PASS for $39/month Around the turn: The Most Powerful Late Models on the Planet return to the Southeast for three nights at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, SC, Lavonia Speedway in Lavonia, GA, and Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, TN. CLICK HERE for tickets. Feature Winners: (20 Drivers) Rank- Driver- Hometown-WinsBrandon Sheppard, New Berlin, IL-6Chris Madden, Gray Court, SC-4Brandon Overton, Evans, GA-3 Dennis Erb Jr., Carpentersville, IL-3Kyle Strickler, Mooresville, NC-2 Devin Moran, Dresden, OH-2 Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, IL-2 Frank Heckenast Jr., Frankfort, IL-2 Cade Dillard, Robeline, LA-2 Kyle Larson, Elk Grove, CA-2Kyle Bronson, Brandon, FL-1 Mike Spatola, Manhattan, IL-1 Josh Richards, Shinnston, WV-1 Tim McCreadie, Watertown, NY-1 Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, IL-1 Rick Eckert, York, PA-1 Dave Hess, Waterford, PA-1 Ashton Winger, Senoia, GA-1 Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, GA-1 Gregg Satterlee, Rochester Mills, PA-1 DRYDENE HEAT RACE WINNERS (52 Drivers) Rank- Driver- Hometown-WinsBrandon Sheppard, New Berlin, IL-17Chris Madden, Gray Court, SC-13Cade Dillard, Robeline, LA-8 Tyler Bruening, Decorah, IA-8Brandon Overton, Evans, GA-7Rick Eckert, York, PA-6 Dennis Erb Jr., Carpentersville, IL-6Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, IL-5Tim McCreadie, Watertown, NY-4 Kyle Strickler, Mooresville, NC-4 Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, IA-4 Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, WI-4 Max Blair, Titusville, PA-4Kyle Bronson, Brandon, FL-3 Ricky Weiss, Headingley, MB-3 Boom Briggs, Bear Lake, PA-3 Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, IL- 3 Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, GA-3Devin Moran, Dresden, OH- 2 Ross Bailes, Clover, SC- 2 Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, TN-2 Mason Zeigler, Chalk Hill, PA-2 Hudson O’Neal, Martinsville, IN-2 Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, GA-2 Chad Simpson, Mt. Vernon, IA-2 Ashton Winger, Senoia, GA-2 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, KS-2 Jimmy Owens, Newport, TN-2 Chub Frank, Bear Lake, PA-2Dale Mcdowell, Chickamauga, GA- 1 Darell Lanigan, Union, KY-1 Parker Martin, Milledgeville, GA-1 Brent Larson, Lake Elmo, MN-1 Mike Marlar, Winfield, TN-1 Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, AZ-1 Brian Shirley, Chatham, IL-1 Ryan Unzicker, El Paso, IL-1 Taylor Scheffler, Waukesha, WI- 1 Mike Spatola, Manhattan, IL-1 Kevin Weaver, Gibson City, IL-1 Josh Richards, Shinnston, WV-1 Dan Stone, Thompson, PA-1 Billy Moyer, Batesville, AR-1 Frank Heckenast Jr., Frankfort, IL-1 Dave Hess, Waterford, PA-1 Chris Hackett, Erie, PA-1 Spencer Hughes, Meridian, MS-1 Mike Norris, Sarver, PA-1 Mark Whitener, Middleburg, FL-1 Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, NM-1 Nick Hoffman, Mooresville, NC-1 Kyle Larson, Elk Grove, CA-1 Wyatt Scott, Garland, PA-1 Last Chance Showdown Winners (41 drivers) Rank- Driver- Hometown-WinsRicky Weiss, Headingley, MB-4Brent Larson, Lake Elmo, MN-3 Dale McDowell, Chickamauga, GA-3 Tyler Bruening, Decorah, IA-3 Boom Briggs, Bear Lake, PA-3Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, IL-2 Rick Eckert, York, PA-2 Cade Dillard, Robeline, LA-2 Dennis Erb, Jr., Carpentersville, IL-2 Chad Simpson, Mount Vernon, IA-2Ross Robinson, Georgetown, DE- 1 Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, TN-1 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, KS-1 Brandon Overton, Evans, GA- 1 Mike Norris, Sarver, PA- 1 Stacy Boles, Clinton, TN-1 Kyle Strickler, Mooresville, NC-1 Kyle Bronson, Brandon, FL-1 Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, GA-1 Chris Simpson, Oxford, IA-1 Jake Timm, Winona, MN-1 Taylor Scheffler, Waukesha, WI- 1 Gordy Gundaker, St. Charles, MO-1 Tyler Bare, Rockbridge Baths, VA-1 Trevor Gundaker, St. Charles, MO-1 Greg Oakes, Franklinville, NY-1 Mark Whitener, Middleburg, FL-1 Jared Miley, Pittsburgh, PA-1 Mike Benedum, Salem, WV-1 Darrell Lanigan, Union, KY-1 Gregg Satterlee, Indiana, PA-1 Chad Mahder, Eau Claire, WI-1 Cole Schill, West Fargo, ND-1 James Giossi, New Richmond, WI-1 Kevin Eder, Ashland, WI-1 Frank Heckenast Jr., Frankfort, IL-1 Nick Hoffman, Mooresville, NC-1 Devin Moran, Dresden, OH-1 Lukas Postl, Shawano, WI-1 Jason Feger, Bloomington, IL-1 Chad McClellan, Stoystown, PA-1 Dutch Davies, Warren, PA-1PODIUM FINISHES (42 drivers) Rank – Driver, Hometown – PodiumsBrandon Sheppard, New Berlin, IL-20Chris Madden, Gray Court, SC-12Dennis Erb Jr., Carpentersville, IL-5 Frank Heckenast Jr., Frankfort, IL- 5 Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, IL-5 Cade Dillard, Robeline, LA – 5 Brandon Overton, Evans, GA – 5 Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, IA-5Tyler Bruening, Decorah, IA-4Kyle Strickler, Mooresville, NC – 3 Devin Moran, Dresden, OH-3 Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, IL-3Kyle Bronson, Brandon, FL – 2 Rick Eckert, York, PA-2 Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, TN – 2 Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, WI-2 Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, GA-2 Ashton Winger, Senoia, GA-2 Max Blair, Titusville, PA-2 Kyle Larson, Elk Grove, CA-2 Dave Hess, Waterford, PA-2Darrell Lanigan, Union, KY – 1 Hudson O’Neal, Martinsville, IN – 1 Ricky Thornton, Jr., Chandler, AZ – 1 Dale McDowell, Chickamauga, GA – 1 Mike Marlar, Winfield, TN-1 Ryan Unzicker, El Paso, IL-1 Mike Spatola, Manhattan, IL-1 Josh Richards, Shinnston, WV-1 Tim McCreadie, Watertown, NY-1 Ross Bailes, Clover, SC-1 Ricky Weiss, Headingly, MB-1 Scott James, Bright, IN-1 Billy Moyer, Batesville, AR-1 Brent Larson, Lake Elmo, MN-1 Dan Stone, Thompson, PA-1 Mike Norris, Sarver, PA-1 Mark Whitener, Middleburg, FL-1 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, KS-1 Gregg Satterlee, Rochester Mills, PA-1 Kyle Hardy, Stephens City, VA-1 Chub Frank, Bear Lake, PA-1HARD CHARGER (23 drivers) Rank – Driver, Hometown – H.C.Ricky Weiss, Headingly, MB – 4Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, IL – 3 Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, IA-3Chase Junghans, Manhattan, KS – 2 Brent Larson, Lake Elmo, MN-2 Cade Dillard, Robeline, LA-2 Darrell Lanigan, Union, KY-2 Chris Madden, Gray Court, SC-2 Boom Briggs, Bear Lake, PA – 2 Ross Robinson, Georgetown, DE-2Brandon Overton, Evans, GA-1 Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, AZ-1 Jason Jameson, Lawrenceburg, IN-1 Logan Martin, West Plains, MO-1 Dan Stone, Thompson, PA-1 Gregg Satterlee, Rochester Mills, PA-1 Frank Heckenast Jr., Frankfort, IL-1 Pat Doar, New Richmond, WI-1 Dennis Erb Jr., Carpentersville, IL-1 Ron Berna, Green Bay, WI-1 Kyle Bronson, Brandon, FL-1 Jason Feger, Bloomington, IL-1 Max McLaughlin, Mooresville, NC-1 Dave Hess, Waterford, PA-1 SLICK WOODY’S QUICK TIME Award (20 drivers) Rank – Driver, Hometown – QTsBrandon Sheppard, New Berlin, IL-5 Chris Madden, Gray Court, SC-4Kyle Strickler, Mooresville, NC – 2 Brandon Overton, Evans, GA-2 Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, IL – 2 Dennis Erb Jr., Carpentersville, IL-2 Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, IA-2 Brent Larson, Lake Elmo, MN-2Kyle Bronson, Brandon, FL – 1 Devin Moran, Dresden, OH – 1 Donald McIntosh, Dawsonville, GA- 1 Taylor Scheffler, Waukesha, WI- 1 Billy Moyer, Batesville, AR-1 Boom Briggs, Bear Lake, PA-1 Rick Eckert, York, PA-1 Dave Hess, Waterford, PA-1 Mike Norris, Sarver, PA-1 Tyler Bruening, Decorah, IA-1 Cade Dillard, Robeline, LA-1 Bryan Bernheisel, Lebanon, PA-1 Matt Lux, Franklin, PA-12021 World of Outlaws Late Model Schedule & WinnersNo./ Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins) 1. Thursday, Jan. 14 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Kyle Bronson (1) 2. Saturday, Jan. 16 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Kyle Strickler (1) 3. Wednesday, Feb. 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Kyle Strickler (2) 4. Thursday, Feb. 11 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Devin Moran (1) 5. Friday, Feb. 12 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brandon Overton (1) 6. Saturday, March 6/ Smoky Mountain Speedway/ Maryville, TN/ Chris Madden (1). 7. Friday, March 26 / Cherokee Speedway / Gaffney, SC / Jimmy Owens/Brandon Sheppard 8.Friday, April 2/Farmer City Raceway/Farmer City, IL/ Mike Spatola(1) 9. Saturday, April 3/ Farmer City Raceway/Farmer City, IL/Bobby Pierce(1) 10. Friday, April 9/Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN/Josh Richards(1) 11. Sunday, April 11/Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN/Devin Moran(2) 12. Friday, April 23/Richmond Raceway, Richmond, KY/Tim McCreadie(1) 13. Friday, April 30/Boone Speedway, Boone IA/Cade Dillard(1)/Shannon Babb(1) 14. Saturday, May 1/Boone Speedway, Boone IA/Bobby Pierce(2) 15.Friday, May 7/Mississippi Thunder Speedway, Fountain City, WI/Brandon Sheppard(1) 16.Saturday, May 8/Mississippi Thunder Speedway, Fountain City, WI/Chris Madden(2) 17. Friday, May 21/ Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal, PA/Chris Madden(3) 18. Saturday, May 22/Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal, PA/Chris Madden (4) 19. Friday, June 4/Circle City Raceway, Indianapolis, IN/Dennis Erb Jr. (1) 20. Saturday, June 5/Plymouth Raceway, Plymouth, IN/Rick Eckert (1) 21. Thursday, June 17/Stateline Speedway, Busti, NY/Dave Hess(1) 22. Thursday, June 24/Lernerville Speedway, Sarver, PA/Brandon Sheppard(2) 23. Friday, June 25/Lernerville Speedway, Sarver, PA/Brandon Overton(2) 24. Saturday, June 26/Lernerville Speedway, Sarver, PA/Brandon Overton(3) 25. Friday, July 9/Jackson Motorplex, Jackson, MN/Frank Heckenast Jr. (1) 26. Saturday, July 10/Jackson Motorplex, Jackson, MN/Dennis Erb Jr.(2) 27. Tuesday July 13/Gondik Law Speedway, Superior, WI/Brandon Sheppard (3) 28. Friday, July 16/River Cities Speedway, Grand Forks, ND/Dennis Erb Jr. (3) 29. Saturday, July 17/I-94 Sure Step Speedway, Fergus Falls, MN/Frank Heckenast Jr. (2) 30. Sunday, July 18/Red Cedar Speedway, Menomonie, WI/Brandon Sheppard (4) 31. Saturday, July 31/Fairbury Speedway, Fairbury, IL/Kyle Larson(1) 32. Tuesday, August 3/Outagamie Speedway, Seymour, WI/Cade Dillard (2) 33. Friday, August 6/ Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond, WI/Ashton Winger (1) 34. Saturday, August 7/ Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond, WI/Jonathan Davenport (1) 35. Thursday, August 19/Orange County Fair Speedway, Middletown, NY/Brandon Sheppard (5) 36. Friday, August 20/Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA/Gregg Satterlee(1) 37. Saturday, August 21/Sharon Speedway, Hartford, OH/Kyle Larson(2) 38. Sunday, August 22/ Eriez Speedway, Erie, PA/Brandon Sheppard(6)

The World of Outlaws Morton Buildings® Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: DIRTVision (Official Live Broadcast Partner), Drydene (Official Motor Oil), Hoosier Racing Tire (Official Tire), iRacing (Official Online Racing Game), Morton Buildings (Official Building), SIS Insurance (Official Insurance Provider) VP Racing Fuels (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, including: Arizona Sport Shirts/Gotta Race, ARP (Automotive Racing Products), Cometic Gasket, COMP Cams, MSD, Penske Racing Shocks, Quarter Master, Slick Woody’s (Quick Time Award), and Wrisco (Exclusive Racing Aluminum); along with manufacturer sponsors, including: Capital Race Cars, FireAde, Integra Shocks, Intercomp, K1 Race Gear, Racing Electronics, Reliable Painting, and Rocket Chassis.Founded in 1978, the World of Outlaws®, based in Concord, NC, is the premier national touring series for dirt track racing in North America, featuring the most powerful cars on dirt, the World of Outlaws NOS® Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings® Late Model Series. Annually, the two series race nearly 140 times at tracks across the United States and Canada. CBS Sports Network is the official broadcast partner of the World of Outlaws. DIRTVision® also broadcasts World of Outlaws events over the Internet to fans around the world. Learn more about the World of Outlaws.

“Sertões rally is complete! Finisher pin this year, honestly it was a phenomenal race. The challenge was real, the competition is so fierce here. We finished 8th and I think everyday if you average it out, we lost less than 5 minutes a day. Overall, I think the top 30 racers were all within 45 minutes total for the whole rally. It’s pretty wild, if you lose 3 minutes on the day, you’re going to go from top 5 to 20th to 30th.

It was an amazing experience, the terrain was unbelievable, fast and crazy technical roads, it was just a lot of fun everyday. There was never a section of whoops or miserable section where you would get beat up in the RZR. It was all fun and fast.

All in all, the Polaris RZR did a phenomenal job, for having a bone stock RZR it really was good. I’m excited to come back and do it again. We made a lot of great friends, the competitors are fierce but they’re friendly as ever when we get to the bivouac. We met a lot of new friends. I just want to come back down to Brazil, it’s a beautiful country. Thank you to RZR for letting us come out here and accept the journey, and the complete RZR family for taking care of us while we were here. Thank you everybody and we’ll be back!” – Casey Currie

BROOKLYN, MI – August 23, 2021 – Ford Performance and Roush Yates Engines won their seventh straight NASCAR Cup race at Michigan International Speedway with Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney in the FireKeepers Casino 400. This was Blaney’s second win of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Season and Ford retained the Michigan Heritage Trophy, presented to the winning manufacturer at the 2-mile track.

“This is such a big deal for our company, for our employees,” said Mark Rushbrook, the global director of Ford Performance. “To come here and race in front of all of our employees and their friends and families and have Ryan go get that win with Team Penske and Roush Yates power. We are taking the Heritage Trophy back to Dearborn.” “Congratulations to Ford, Ryan, Todd, Roger, and the entire No. 12 crew for the strong finish and making it 7 wins in a row at Michigan,” said Doug Yates, President and CEO of Roush Yates Engines. “We have always strived to finish strong at Michigan and this year was no exception. We are thankful for the continued leadership and commitment from Ford Motor Company and honored to power these Mustangs.”

Blaney started the race in third position but was quickly shuffled to mid-pack at the start of the race. Blaney and the No. 12 team continued to make adjustments and finished stage 1 & 2 just outside of the top 10. There were 20 lead changes throughout the race and the last half of the race came down to pit strategy and race execution. With 20 laps remaining, there was a brief caution for rain and another following a 7-car incident with 14 to go. With 8 laps remaining, Blaney was able to take the lead and hold off the hard charging second position by 0.077 seconds.

“We come up here every year and know it is important to the Blue Oval and the Ford family and Mr. Penske as well. It is a really big race for all of our group including the Penske side. To have Edsel here, I haven’t seen Edsel in over a year so it was great to have him out. I am excited to get him in victory lane. Everyone from Ford does so much for us. It really is a big family and I am just happy to be a part of it.” commented Blaney.

Matt DiBenedetto with Wood Brothers Racing finished P6, Brad Keselowski with Team Penske in P9, and Chase Briscoe with Stewart-Haas Racing finished P11.

The NASCAR Xfinity Series raced on Saturday at Michigan International Speedway while Ford Performance teammates finished in the top 12 as Riley Herbst with Stewart-Haas Racing finished in P7 and Ryan Sieg with RSS Racing finished P12.

NASCAR Cup and Xfinity series will race at Daytona International Speedway this upcoming weekend. This race will be the last regular season race for the Cup series while the Xfinity series has 4 remaining prior to the playoffs. Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, Brad Keselowski, Michael McDowell, Aric Almirola, and Kevin Harvick have clinched a spot in the playoffs.  33 CHAMPIONSHIPS – 423 WINS – 383 POLES!

Top Fuel — Steve Torrence, 3.712 seconds, 323.74 mph def. Clay Millican, 3.729 seconds, 320.05 mph.

Funny Car — Matt Hagan, Dodge Charger, 3.923, 327.98 def. Cruz Pedregon, Charger, 3.935, 324.83.

Top Alcohol Dragster — Rich McPhillips Jr., 5.194, 276.86 def. Joey Severance, Broke. 

Top Alcohol Funny Car — Kyle Smith, Ford Mustang, 5.496, 259.56 def. Bob McCosh, Chevy Camaro, 5.616, 262.23. 

Super Stock — Anthony Bertozzi, Pontiac Grand Am, 9.019, 146.46 def. Mike Mans, Pontiac Firebird, 8.769, 153.54. 

Stock Eliminator — Brett Speer, Chevy Nova, 10.510, 111.21 def. Russ Kramer, Plymouth Belvedere, 10.815, 121.57. 

Super Comp — Gary Stinnett, Dragster, 8.909, 179.49 def. Craig Schultz, Dragster, 8.904, 167.22. 

Super Gas — Luke Bogacki, Chevy Corvette, 10.541, 115.62 def. Dale Evens, Corvette, Foul – Red Light. 

Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers — Curt Harshfield, Chevy BelAir, 6.968, 184.77 def. Steve Jaeger, Chevy Monte Carlo, 6.796, 197.80. 

Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers — Kendra Larson, Dragster, 7.088, 188.96 def. Holden Laris, Dragster, Foul – Red Light. 

Pro Modified — Jose Gonzalez, Chevy Camaro, 5.790, 246.03 def. Brandon Snider, Chevy Corvette, 5.812, 247.29. 

Mountain Motor Pro Stock — JR Carr, Chevy Camaro, 6.379, 209.88 def. John DeFlorian Jr, Camaro, Foul – Red Light.

Austin McCarl & Jacob Allen Earn First Podium Finishes of 2021

BRANDON, SD – August 22, 2021 – David Gravel has found a knack for shining bright when he plays in the boss’ backyard.

For the second time this season, the Watertown, CT native parked his Huset’s Speedway #2 in victory lane at none other than Huset’s Speedway, a track promoted by his Big Game Motorsports car owner – Tod Quiring.

His win ironically came just about 24 hours after the Watertown, CT native stated “they needed to get start getting some Outlaw wins” after running second at Red River Valley Speedway on Saturday night. He gave himself exactly what he wanted on Sunday, scoring his eighth win of the year and the 66th of his World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series career.

Becoming the fourth different leader with 11 to go, Gravel said Sunday’s Pioneer Bin Buster Bash simply played into his favor. He’s not entirely wrong as Carson Macedo spun in lap traffic, Wayne Johnson slipped back from the pole, and Austin McCarl knocked the jacob’s ladder out of the car when he hit the wall.

However, a win is a win; and with 22 races remaining in the championship chase, every single point matters.

“That was a wild race,” Gravel said. “I thought I was going to wreck a couple of times. I just bided my time and the race really played out in my favor. I think the lead really just got handed to me. All in all, really happy to get another win at Huset’s Speedway. I mean this place was closed down four years ago and look at it now. It’s incredible seeing this kind of crowd.”

Beyond Gravel, the storylines were plentiful on Sunday as The Greatest Show on Dirt survived an afternoon thunderstorm and beat incoming weather to conclude an epic night of racing.

First off, Wayne Johnson of Oklahoma City, OK earned his first pole position in seven years with the World of Outlaws. The 50-year-old sophomore led 13 of the first 14 laps before slipping to finish seventh, which is still a season-best result for the Two-C Racing team.

Secondly, there was A-Mac Austin McCarl. The son of T-Mac Terry McCarl started outside pole at a track he has dominated in 2021, giving himself and his dad to become the eighth father-son duo to win in World of Outlaws history. The #17A led nine laps through the halfway point, but contact with the wall dropped him from the lead and eventually to a career-best P2 run.

There was also the run of Jacob Allen on this night. The lovable Shark Racing driver drove by the likes of Kraig Kinser and Donny Schatz to earn his first podium finish of the 2021 season.

Once in command of the lead on Lap 24, Gravel never looked back. He easily survived a restart with four to go, and then a green-white-checkered finish, as he ultimately crossed the line with a 1.425-second advantage.

“For how much we rain got, the track was really good,” Gravel noted. “Hats off to the Huset’s Speedway crew on the job they did, and the Outlaws did a great job rushing us through to beat the weather.”

After leading nine laps, Austin McCarl of Altoona, IA ended up with a second-place finish, equalling his career-best with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series.

“You know you’re doing something right when you’re disappointed with running second at an Outlaw show,” McCarl mentioned. I just got too aggressive in traffic, made the car too tight and when I hit the fence it knocked the ladder out. It hurts, but I beat myself. I think I can live with that, rather than something else taking it away from us.”

Claiming the final podium position was Hanover, PA’s Jacob Allen with his first top-three result of the year in his Shark Racing, Drydene Performance Products #1S.

“This feels great, man,” Allen said. “Huset’s is so much fun when it’s like this. Getting back on the podium with the Outlaws is awesome.”

Closing out the top-five at Huset’s was a red-hot Donny Schatz in fourth aboard the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing #15 and Kraig Kinser in fifth aboard the #11K with his third top-five finish of the season.

Rounding out the top-10 on Sunday night was James McFadden in sixth, Wayne Johnson with a season-best seventh, championship leader Brad Sweet in eighth, Sheldon Haudenschild in ninth, and Brock Zearfoss with his 15th top-10 of the year.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series will take two days off before returning to North Dakota this Wednesday, August 25 for a makeup date at Grand Forks’ River Cities Speedway. After that, The Greatest Show on Dirt will head to Nebraska’s I-80 Speedway on Friday, August 27, and South Dakota’s Black Hills Speedway on Saturday, August 29.

NOS Energy Drink Feature RESULTS (36 Laps Due to Green-White-Checkered Finish) – 1. 2-David Gravel [4][$10,000]; 2. 17A-Austin McCarl [2][$6,000]; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen [7][$3,500]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [6][$2,800]; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [5][$2,500]; 6. 9-James McFadden [12][$2,300]; 7. 2C-Wayne Johnson [1][$2,200]; 8. 49-Brad Sweet [9][$2,100]; 9. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [13][$2,050]; 10. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [8][$2,000]; 11. 13-Mark Dobmeier [17][$1,600]; 12. 1S-Logan Schuchart [10][$1,400]; 13. 18-Giovanni Scelzi [15][$1,200]; 14. 83-Kasey Kahne [11][$1,100]; 15. 3-Tim Kaeding [24][$1,050]; 16. 81-Jack Dover [18][$1,000]; 17. 19-Paige Polyak [14][$1,000]; 18. 41-Carson Macedo [3][$1,000]; 19. 27-Carson McCarl [20][$1,000]; 20. 16-Brooke Tatnell [23][$1,000]; 21. ACE-Dusty Zomer [19][$1,000]; 22. 47N-Marcus Dumesny [22][$1,000]; 23. O9-Matt Juhl [21][$1,000]; 24. 7-Justin Henderson [16][$1,000]. Lap Leaders: Wayne Johnson 1-7, 9-14; Carson Macedo 8, Austin McCarl 15-23; David Gravel 24-36. KSE Hard Charger Award: 3-Tim Kaeding[+9]

NEW Championship Standings (58/81 Races): 1. Brad Sweet (7,722); 2. David Gravel (-120); 3. Carson Macedo (-162); 4. Donny Schatz (-238); 5. Sheldon Haudenschild (-266); 6. Logan Schuchart (-304); 7. James McFadden (-712); 8. Kraig Kinser (-910); 9. Brock Zearfoss (-1190); 10. Jacob Allen (-1384).

Photo – Trent Gower

The New Berlin, IL driver is second on the all-time wins list with 75 World of Outlaws VictoriesERIE, PA – August 22, 2021 – A timely decision by reigning Series champion Brandon Sheppard brought him one step closer to history. The New Berlin, IL driver, was running second when a caution came out on Lap 2, giving him lane choice on the restart. Sheppard chose the outside, using his momentum to power around Dennis Erb Jr., and hold on for the win Sunday night at Eriez Speedway.  It’s the “Rocket Shepp’s” sixth win of the season and 75th World of Outlaws triumph of his career. He’s now in sole possession of second on the all-time wins list—three wins away from tying Josh Richards for the most all-time (78).  Sheppard knew his decision could be costly later in the race if he couldn’t wrestle the lead away from Dennis Erb Jr., who took the top spot on the initial green flag.   “I wasn’t that great at restarting on the bottom I didn’t feel like, and I thought [Erb] would restart on the bottom, so I knew I needed to choose the top,” Sheppard said. “I knew getting the lead early was going to be key later because the slicker the track got, the more tire wear would come into play.” Several cautions in the second half of the race halted Sheppard’s chances of driving away from the field. Even though he wasn’t worried about his tires, the “Rocket Shepp” was nervous about how quickly his car came to life on restarts.   “It took me a few laps to really get a good rhythm going and get a good line going to get rolling there, so I really hated seeing them cautions,” Sheppard said. “I didn’t think I was taking off very good on the restarts, and it was definitely stressing me out, but we were able to pull it off.” While Sheppard led most of the event, the hometown crowd locked their eyes on Eriez Speedway regular Dave Hess.  The Waterford, PA driver, who needed a provisional after an incident in his Drydene Heat Race, drove to second place after starting last.  It’s a finish Hess never expected, as he let the race come to him.  “The car was bad enough that we were real tempted just to load it,” Hess said. “The type of track it was when we got out there, I was just hoping to stay alive and get up through and get a top-10 out of it. Never did I believe we would get up to a podium finish.” Hess used both lanes throughout the Feature, but a timely switch around halfway was key to his ascension through the field.  “I felt like I needed to get toward the bottom around mid-race, and then we started picking them off down there,” Hess said. “I think one more restart or maybe another 10 laps, and maybe we could’ve at least gave Sheppard some competition and made a race out of it.”  Chub Frank, a 16-time World of Outlaws Feature winner, crossed the line third. “Chubzilla” stated he had a good car but couldn’t keep pace with Sheppard because of tire wear.  “We burnt the left rear tire up on them restarts trying to get back to second,” Frank said. “Where [Sheppard] was running is probably where I was going to have to run, and I think Hess was the only one who probably had a shot at it because he saved his left rear tire.”  Dennis Erb Jr. finished fourth, and Boom Briggs crossed the line fifth, inching ahead of Chris Madden on the final lap. The Bear Lake, PA driver felt the number of cautions prevented him from having a better finish.   “Longer green flag runs were definitely better for us; I just couldn’t get enough heat in that right rear tire,” Briggs said. “I never could get to the top where I wanted to go, but I just made that bottom work and ran around for 25 laps, and it paid off in the end.”  On the first restart, Brandon Sheppard’s choice paid dividends on his quest toward World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model history. The New Berlin, IL driver extended his points lead over Chris Madden to 158—shortening his path toward another Series Championship.  UP NEXT: The Most Powerful Late Models on the Planet travel to Davenport Speedway in Davenport, IA, Aug. 26-28 for the Quad Cities 150 presented by Hoker Trucking.  If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all the action live on DIRTVision – either online or through the DIRTVision App.Morton Buildings Feature (40 Laps)-1. 1-Brandon Sheppard [1][$10,000]; 2. 44H-Dave Hess [25][$6,000]; 3. 1X-Chub Frank [3][$3,500]; 4. 28-Dennis Erb [2][$2,800]; 5. 99B-Boom Briggs [13][$2,500]; 6. 44-Chris Madden [12][$2,300]; 7. B1-Brent Larson [9][$2,200]; 8. 111V-Max Blair [15][$2,100]; 9. X3-Wyatt Scott [5][$2,050]; 10. 19R-Ryan Gustin [7][$2,000]; 11. 19-Bob Dorman [21][$1,600]; 12. 16-Tyler Bruening [22][$1,400]; 13. 7-Ricky Weiss [11][$1,200]; 14. 29J-Jason Genco [20][$1,100]; 15. 40-Dutch Davies [19][$1,050]; 16. 9K-Mike Knight [10][$1,000]; 17. 29-Ken Schaltenbrand [17][$1,000]; 18. 111-Matt Lux [6][$1,000]; 19. 1Z-Logan Zarin [16][$1,000]; 20. 22-Greg Oakes [14][$1,000]; 21. B22-Bump Hedman [4][$1,000]; 22. 12B-Andy Boozel [18][$1,000]; 23. 7J-Kyle Bedell [23][$1,000]; 24. 76-Steve Kania [8][$1,000]; 25. 20-Doug Eck [24][$1,000] Hard Charger: 44H-Dave Hess[+23]Qualifying –1. 111-Matt Lux, 15.48; 2. 44H-Dave Hess, 15.611; 3. 1X-Chub Frank, 15.653; 4. 28-Dennis Erb, 15.658; 5. X3-Wyatt Scott, 15.675; 6. B1-Brent Larson, 15.693; 7. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 15.706; 8. 40-Dutch Davies, 15.77; 9. 1-Brandon Sheppard, 15.777; 10. 1Z-Logan Zarin, 15.893; 11. B22-Bump Hedman, 15.905; 12. 44-Chris Madden, 15.928; 13. 9K-Mike Knight, 15.946; 14. 76-Steve Kania, 15.947; 15. 12B-Andy Boozel, 15.966; 16. 99B-Boom Briggs, 15.973; 17. 22-Greg Oakes, 15.979; 18. 111V-Max Blair, 15.985; 19. 29J-Jason Genco, 16.037; 20. 7-Ricky Weiss, 16.062; 21. 16-Tyler Bruening, 16.084; 22. 20-Doug Eck, 16.1; 23. 29-Ken Schaltenbrand, 16.1; 24. 19-Bob Dorman, 16.137; 25. 7J-Kyle Bedell, 16.388; 26. 01W-Khole Wanzer, 16.729

The World of Outlaws Morton Buildings® Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: DIRTVision (Official Live Broadcast Partner), Drydene (Official Motor Oil), Hoosier Racing Tire (Official Tire), iRacing (Official Online Racing Game), Morton Buildings (Official Building), SIS Insurance (Official Insurance Provider) VP Racing Fuels (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, including: Arizona Sport Shirts/Gotta Race, ARP (Automotive Racing Products), Cometic Gasket, COMP Cams, MSD, Penske Racing Shocks, Quarter Master, Slick Woody’s (Quick Time Award), and Wrisco (Exclusive Racing Aluminum); along with manufacturer sponsors, including: Capital Race Cars, FireAde, Integra Shocks, Intercomp, K1 Race Gear, Racing Electronics, Reliable Painting, and Rocket Chassis.Founded in 1978, the World of Outlaws®, based in Concord, NC, is the premier national touring series for dirt track racing in North America, featuring the most powerful cars on dirt, the World of Outlaws NOS® Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings® Late Model Series. Annually, the two series race nearly 140 times at tracks across the United States and Canada. CBS Sports Network is the official broadcast partner of the World of Outlaws. DIRTVision® also broadcasts World of Outlaws events over the Internet to fans around the world. Learn more about the World of Outlaws.