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WHITENER EARNS POLE FOR 4TH
ANNUAL STREET STOCK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
BRONSON SWEEPS VOLUSIA SUNSHINE NATIONALS WITH $10K WIN
DeLEON SPRINGS, FL – Kyle Bronson of Brandon, FL got out his
broom and swept up the competition collecting $13,500 along the way after
winning his third straight Sunshine Nationals race on Saturday night
co-sanctioned by the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model
Series and the DIRTcar Pro Late Model Series at Volusia Speedway Park.
Bronson drove the Brandon Ford Rocket to a $1,500 win on
Thursday night, a $2,000 win on Friday night, and then just made it to
victory lane on Saturday night for a $10,000 victory. The left-rear tire on
Bronson’s car was flat as he pulled into Victory Lane. The tire was cut down
in an epic battle with Michael Page of Douglasville, GA in which contact was
the rule rather than the exception.
“We cut down that tire on the first restart on lap 14 and the
car kept getting looser, so I knew it was going down,” Bronson said. “I just
kept telling the tire to please hang in there during those last five
laps. Page and I had some words during the red flag, but we worked it out
and he said let’s race. To me, when you come to race in Florida, rubbin’s
racin’ and we’re going to trade paint and bend some quarter panels, but oh
well, they make them every day.”
Bronson and Page swapped the lead three times in spectacular
fashion with side jobs and crossover moves that kept the packed house on
their feet watching the leaders go at it. Brandon Williams of Crossville, TN
made the battle for the lead a three-car dance with his Jeff Woods
Construction Capital Race Car, but he dropped out with five laps to go while
running second with a broken fuel pump.
Page finished a close second in his 16-year-old Troy Beard
Racing Mastersbilt and Walker Arthur of Forest, VA took the third spot in
the Cecil B. Arthur Beef Farms Kryptonite. Mark Whitener of Middleburg, FL
started his ULC Motorsports Barry Wright 21st
and finished fourth to earn the Knowles Race Parts and Bodies Hard Charger
Award.
Jason Fitzgerald of Middleburg, FL came back from a lap 14
spin to finish fifth in the Southway Crane and Rigging Black Diamond. Max
Blair of Centerville, PA was sixth in the Murphy’s Logging Rocket, and
seventh went to Randy Weaver of Crossville, TN in the B&M Concrete CVR.
Two-time Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Champion Cory
Hedgecock of Loudon, TN finished eighth in the Eagle Racing Engines Rocket
and Trynt Lloyd of Jacksonville, FL took the ninth spot in the Tom Kelly
Construction Longhorn. Dillon Brown of Gaffney, SC rounded out the top ten
in the Cherokee Landscaping Longhorn.
In preliminary action, Trever Taylor of Zellwood, FL in the
Envy Suspension Snow Brothers out-timed the 43-car field during Pace
Performance Quick Time Qualifying with a lap around the half-mile clay oval
in 17.018 seconds.
The four KRC Power Steering eight-lap Heat Races were won by
Page, Brown, Weaver, and Corey Almond of Appomattox, VA in the AA
Contractors Longhorn. The two ten-lap Last Chance Showdown Races were won by
Whitener and 2018 Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA National Champion
Ashton Winger of Hampton, GA in the Johnny Doan Plumbing Rocket.
The only strategy for a 30-lap race paying $10,000-to-win is
to get to the front as quickly as you can and then try to stay there. The
26-car field did not disappoint from the drop of the green flag. Page came
from his third starting spot to dive under polesitter Walker and outside
front row starter Weaver in the first turn.
Bronson came from the fifth starting hole to move up to third
going down the backstretch. Page led lap one followed by Weaver, Bronson,
Arthur and Fitzgerald. Lap two saw Fitzgerald get by Arthur for fourth, and
Bronson dove under Weaver in turn four to slide job his way up to second on
lap three.
Williams came from the tenth starting spot to hurry into the
fourth spot on lap four. Williams was on a mission, as he passed his
Crossville, TN neighbor Weaver for the third spot on lap seven.
The first pass for the lead took place on lap ten when Bronson
threw a slider on Page in turn three and then came up over Page’s nose
coming off turn four to take the point. Bronson led Page into the cars on
the tail end of the lead lap by the 12th
tour, but they didn’t play in the traffic very long.
The caution flag came out on lap 14 for debris on the front
straightaway. The field lined up for the Dixie-Style Double-File Restart
with Bronson in the lead followed by Page, Williams, Weaver, Fitzgerald,
defending Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA National Champion Jake
Knowles of Rome, GA, Lloyd, Almond, and Blair doubled up behind the leader.
On the restart, Page dove to the inside of Bronson in turn one
and the lead pair made contact. That gave the lead to Williams, but when
Bronson and Page gather up their machines, that caused the rest of the field
to check up and accordion into a mess five-wide going down the back
straightaway.
The cars running fifth on back never got things sorted out and
Fitzgerald spun. The big one was wading up in four. A total of seven cars
were involved in a pile up behind Fitzgerald, who went to the rear of the
field for the restart after being ticketed with the caution flag.
Bronson and Page caught a break as a lap had not been
completed, and they restarted first and second respectively with Williams in
third. When the green flag came back out, Page drove under the back end of
Bronson’s car, lifted it up in the air, and sat it back down going into turn
one. Page tried to make a move under Bronson, but the leader came charging
back on the outside to stay out front.
A multi-car wreck in turn two on lap 15 brought out a red
flag. It appeared that Knowles and Blair got together in turn two while
battling for the fifth spot. Knowles had to park his Knowles Race Parts and
Bodies Longhorn after being taken to the pits on the back of a wrecker.
While the red flag was out, Bronson and Page parked next to each other on
the front straightaway to discuss the wrecker or checkers racing that was
going on for $10,000. By the time they fired their Chevrolet Performance 604
Engines back up for the restart, both drivers had an understanding of what
kind of race it was going to be, and that was more of the same.
When the field went back to green flag racing it was Slide Job City and
Crossover County, as Bronson and Page traded paint, sheet metal, racing
grooves, the first and second spots, everything except Christmas Cards. Page
threw a slider on Bronson to take the lead on the restart in turn
two. Bronson came back to return the favor in turn four on lap 16.
The wild and wooly action was slowed on lap 18 when Jeff Mathews of Brandon,
FL hit the front straightaway wall in the CURS Rocket to light up the yellow
LEDs for the fourth time. Bronson had Page, Williams, Arthur, Blair, Weaver,
Whitener, Lloyd, Brown, and Almond doubled up behind him for the restart.
Williams came out with the lead in turn two getting by both Bronson and
Page. Bronson got up a head of steam going into turn three and he threw a
tight and inside slider on Williams to retake the lead coming off the fourth
turn. By lap 20, Bronson pulled out to a six-tenth of the second lead over
Williams.
The night came to an end for Williams when he slowed on lap 26 to bring out
the caution flag. With the field inside five laps to go, it was a
single-file restart with Bronson leading Page, Arthur, Blair, Whitener,
Weaver, Fitzgerald, Lloyd, Brown, and Hedgecock.
Bronson was able to keep the bottom covered in the five lap dash to the
finish. Page stayed close, but Bronson was able to take a .330 second margin
of victory under the checkered flag. By the time Bronson cleared the scales,
all of the air was gone out of his left-rear tire.
The next three races for the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt
Late Model Series will be Rounds 5, 6, and 7 of the Winter Shootout Series
at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, FL with a pair of $2,500-to-win races on
Thursday night, January 30 and Friday night, January 31, and a $5,000-to-win
race on Saturday night, February 1.
For more information and rules about the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’
USA Dirt Late Model Series, visit the series web site
atwww.crateracinusa.com, or visit the series on Facebook at Durrence Layne
Racing. You can follow us on Twitter @DurrenceLayneRacing.
OFFICIAL RESULTS OF ROUND 4 FOR THE WINTER SHOOTOUT SERIES AT VOLUSIA
SPEEDWAY PARK IN DeLEON SPRINGS, FL ON 1/18/20:
POS STRT CAR
# DRIVER HOMETOWN LAPS
1. 5 40b Kyle Bronson Brandon,
FL 30
2. 3 18x Michael
Page Douglasville, GA 30
3. 1 87 Walker Arthur Forest,
VA 30
4. 21 5 Mark
Whitener Middleburg, FL 30
5. 4 7 Jason
Fitzgerald Middleburg, FL 30
6. 11 111 Max
Blair Centerville, PA 30
7. 2 116 Randy Weaver Crossville,
TN 30
8. 23 14 Cory Hedgecock Loudon,
TN 30
9. 9 2 Trynt
Lloyd Jacksonville, FL 30
10. 7 6 Dillon
Brown Gaffney, SC 30
11. 24 17 Nevin Gainey Fort
White, FL 30
12. 8 7a Corey
Almond Appomattox, VA 30
13. 23 71 Pierce
McCarter Gatlinburg, TN 30
14. 12 11 Cruz Skinner Oxford,
AL 30
15. 17 74 Mike
Franklin Winchester, VA 30
16. 20 38p Trey Pearson Callahan,
FL 30
17. 15 33 Jeff Mathews Brandon,
FL 30
18. 19 84 Sam Halstead Newlondon,
IA 29
19. 10 95 Brandon Williams Crossville,
TN 25
20. 6 66 Jake Knowles Rome,
GA 14
21. 22 9 Ashton Winger Hampton,
GA 14
22. 16 J8 Jadon Frame Decherd,
TN 13
23. 14 K37 Drew Kennedy Lancing,
TN 13
24. 18 7t Trever Taylor Zellwood,
FL 13
25. 26 4 Justin Litchford Chattanooga,
TN 13
26. 25 66k Jody Knowles Tyrone,
GA 13
ENTRIES: 43
PACE PERFORMANCE QUICK TIME FAST QUALIFIER: Taylor, 17.018 Seconds
PROVISIONALS: Jo. Knowles and Litchford
LEAD CHANGES: 3
LAP LEADERS: Page, 1-9; Bronson, 10-14; Page, 15; Bronson, 16-30
LAPS LED: Bronson, 20; Page, 10
KNOWLES RACE PARTS HARD CHARGER: Whitener (started 21st
and finished 4th)
KRC HEAT RACE WINNERS: Page, Almond, Brown, Weaver
CAUTIONS: 5
MARGIN OF VICTORY: .330 Seconds
TIME OF THE RACE: 43 Minutes and 51.720 Seconds
NEXT RACE: 1/30/20, East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, FL, $2,500-to-win
BRONSON MAKES IT 2 IN A ROW WITH FRIDAY SUNSHINE NATIONALS WIN
DeLEON SPRINGS, FL – Kyle
Bronson of Brandon, FL drove the Brandon
Ford Rocket to his second straight win on
Friday night in the 25-lap Sunshine
Nationals main event for the Newsome Raceway
Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model
Series and the DIRTcar Pro Late Models at
Volusia Speedway Park.
Bronson took the lead on lap
five and never looked back to collect the
$2,000 top prize and another Newsome Raceway
Parts Crate Racin’ USA Golden Helmet Trophy
to add to his collection. Bronson picked up
the $1,500-to-win Sunshine Nationals race on
Thursday night at Volusia Speedway Park.
The lead change came on lap
five as Bronson dove to the inside of early
race leader Jadon Frame of Decherd, TN in
turn one. The two front runners made contact
in turn two and Frame’s Denby’s J&J
Construction Capital Race Car made a hard
right turn and made heavy contact with the
wall. Frame was uninjured, but he was done
for the night.
“I hate what happened with
Frame up in turn two, as we were just two
good cars racing hard for the lead and we
got together,” Bronson said. “Once we got in
the lead, we just tried to maintain what we
had, and save a little for the end if we
needed it.”
On Saturday night, Bronson and
the rest of the field will race for
$10,000-to-win in a 30-lap main event for
the finale of the Sunshine
Nationals. Bronson has had past success in
$10,000-to-win races with the Crate Racin’
USA, as he has six wins that include three
Chevrolet Performance World Championship
Races, two Southern 100 wins, and a Possum
Town Grand Prix win.
Randy Weaver of Crossville, TN
finished second for the second straight
night in the B&M Concrete CVR and Max Blair
of Centerville, PA was third for the second
straight night in the Murphy’s Logging
Rocket. The defending Newsome Raceway Parts
Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series
National Champion Jake Knowles of Rome, GA
took the fourth spot in the Knowles Race
Parts and Bodies Longhorn.
Nevin Gainey of Fort White, FL
finished fifth in the Kryptonite Race Cars
Special and Trever Taylor of Zellwood, FL
drove the Envy Suspension Snow Brothers to a
sixth-place finish. Corey Almond of
Appomattox, VA was seventh in the AA
Contractors Longhorn and Brandon Williams of
Crossville, TN took the eighth spot in the
Jeff Woods Construction Capital.
The ninth spot went to Trynt
Lloyd of Jacksonville, FL in the Tom Kelly
Construction Longhorn and Devin Dixon of
Apollo Beach, FL rounded out the top ten in
the CURS Capital. Todd Cooney of Pleasant
Hill, IA started 24th
in the Spangler Automotive Mastersbilt and
finished 11th
to earn the Knowles Race Parts and Bodies
Hard Charger Award.
In preliminary action, Bronson
was the Pace Performance Quick Time winner
with a lap around the half-mile clay oval in
17.058 seconds. The four eight-lap heat
races were won by Bronson, Mark Whitener of
Middleburg, FL in the ULC Motorsports Barry
Wright, Knowles, and Walker Arthur of
Forest, VA in the Cecil B. Arthur Beef Farms
Kryptonite. The two ten-lap B-Main races
were won by Jeff Mathews of Brandon, FL in
the CURS Rocket and Dixon.
Knowles took the lead at the
start of the race from the pole position
followed by Whitener, Bronson, Frame, and
Blair. Frame made a big move from fourth to
the lead on lap two, bringing Bronson with
him up into second.
The first of five caution
flags came out on lap five when Dillon Brown
of Gaffney, SC hit the fourth turn wall in
the Cherokee Landscaping Longhorn. Frame led
Bronson, Knowles, Whitener, Arthur, Blair,
Michael Page of Douglasville, GA in the Troy
Beard Racing Mastersbilt, Almond, Williams,
and Weaver in the top ten double up behind
him for the restart.
Bronson dove for the inside of
turn one on the restart to challenge Frame
for the lead. The two leaders raced into
turn two side-by-side when Frame on the
outside veered to the wall, made hard
contact, and brought the caution flag back
out.
Blair made a big move on the
next restart coming from fifth to
third. Bronson had his car on kill, as he
opened up a full straightaway lead by lap
ten. The yellow caution bulb was lit up for
the third time on lap 11 when Clay Harris of
Jupiter, FL stalled the Dunnrite
Construction Rocket on the backstretch.
The field raced for one more
lap when Page gave up the seventh spot when
he stalled on the backstretch to bring out
the fourth caution flag. Bronson had
Knowles, Blair, Arthur, Weaver, Gainey,
Taylor, David Whitener of Middleburg, FL in
the ULC Motorsports Barry Wright, and Dixon
doubled up behind him for the restart. Blair
and Weaver got by Knowles on the restart to
take over second and third respectively.
Blair and Weaver battled for
the second spot while Bronson pulled
away. On lap 15, Bronson had a two second
lead on Weaver, but that went away on lap 18
when Mark Whitener spun in turn two. Bronson
led Weaver, Blair, Knowles, Gainey, Taylor,
Almond, Dixon, David Whitener, and Jamie
Carter of Clayhill, FL in the DMT Trucking
Barry Wright down for the restart.
Weaver was reeling in Bronson
during the closing laps but Bronson sealed
the deal when Weaver jumped the cushion in
turn four on lap 24. Bronson had a 1.260
second margin of victory at the checkered
flag. Night three of the Sunshine Nationals
will be on Saturday night with the Newsome
Raceway Park Crate Racin’ USA/DIRTcar Pro
Late Models running for $10,000-to-win.
For more information and rules about the
Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt
Late Model Series, visit the series web site
atwww.crateracinusa.com, or visit the series
on Facebook at Durrence Layne Racing. You
can follow us on Twitter @DurrenceLayneRacing.
OFFICIAL RESULTS OF ROUND 3 OF THE WINTER
SHOOTOUT SERIES AT VOLUSIA SPEEDWAY PARK IN
DeLEON SPRINGS, FL ON 1/17/20:
POS STRT CAR
# DRIVER HOMETOWN LAPS
1. 3 40b Kyle
Bronson Brandon,
FL 25
2. 9 116 Randy
Weaver Crossville,
TN 25
3. 6 111 Max
Blair Centerville,
PA 25
4. 1 66 Jake
Knowles Rome,
GA 25
5. 12 17 Nevin
Gainey Fort White,
FL 25
6. 14 7t Trever
Taylor Zellwood,
FL 25
7. 10 7a Corey
Almond Appomattox,
VA 25
8. 5 95 Brandon
Williams Crossville,
TN 25
9. 11 2 Trynt
Lloyd Jacksonville,
FL 25
10. 22 313 Devin
Dixon Apollo Beach,
FL 25
11. 24 30 Todd
Cooney Pleasant Hill,
IA 25
12. 16 5w David
Whitener Middleburg,
FL 25
13. 13 38 Jamie
Carter Clayhill,
FL 25
14. 19 14b John
Baker Norman Park,
GA 25
15. 25 11 Cruz
Skinner Oxford,
AL 25
16. 21 33 Jeff
Mathews Brandon,
FL 25
17. 26 7 Jason
Fitzgerald Middleburg,
FL 25
18. 8 87 Walker
Arthur Forest,
VA 25
19. 23 38p Trey
Pearson Callahan,
FL 25
20. 17 71 Pierce
McCarter Gatlinburg,
TN 25
21. 15 84 Sam
Halstead Newlondon,
IA 18
22. 2 5 Mark
Whitener Middleburg,
FL 17
23. 20 6 Dillon
Brown Gaffney,
SC 16
24. 7 18x Michael
Page Douglasville,
GA 11
25. 18 6h Clay
Harris Jupiter,
FL 9
26. 4 J8 Jason
Frame Decherd,
TN 4
ENTRIES: 43
PACE PERFORMANCE QUICK TIME: Bronson,
17.058 Seconds
PROVISIONALS: Skinner and Fitzgerald
LEAD CHANGES: 2
LAP LEADERS: Knowles, 1; Frame, 2-4;
Bronson, 5-25
LAPS LED: Bronson, 21; Frame, 3; Knowles, 1
KNOWLES RACE PARTS HARD CHARGER: Cooney
(started 24th
and finished 11th)
KRC POWER STEERING HEAT RACE
WINNERS: Bronson, Mark Whitener, Jake
Knowles, and Arthur
CAUTIONS: 5
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.260 Seconds
TIME OF THE RACE: 30 Minutes and 26.900
Seconds
NEXT RACE: 1/18/20, Volusia Speedway Park,
DeLeon, Springs, FL, $10,000-to-win
BRONSON TOPS NEWSOME RACEWAY
PARTS CRUSA VOLUSIA FIELD
DeLEON SPRINGS, FL
– Kyle Bronson of Brandon, FL led all 25 laps to
pocket the $1,500 top prize on Thursday night
for the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA
Dirt Late Model Series at Volusia Speedway
Park. Bronson was able to pull away from the
field on the start and restarts in the Brandon
Ford Rocket to score the win.
The race was the first of three
nights of the Sunshine Nationals at VSP that is
co-sanctioned with the DirtCar Pro Late Model
Series. It was also the second of eight races
that make up the 3td Annual Newsome Raceway
Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series
Winter Shootout Series.
“Getting the lead at the start of
the race was important because clean air is big
here,” Bronson said referring to the big
half-mile clay oval. “We had a good car
tonight. I want to thank all of my sponsors and
the fans for coming out tonight. We’re looking
forward to the rest of the week.”
Randy Weaver of Crossville, TN
came out of retirement to finish second in the
B&M Concrete CVR, and Max Blair of Centerville,
PA was third in the Murphy’s Logging
Rocket. Walker Arthur of Forest, VA took the
fourth spot in the Cecil B. Arthur Beef Farms
Kryptonite, and fifth went to Clay Harris of
Jupiter, FL in the Dunnrite Construction Rocket.
Trynt Lloyd of Jacksonville, FL
was sixth in the Tom Kelly Construction Longhorn
and David Whitener of Middleburg, FL started 20th
in the ULC Motorsports Barry Wright and finished
seventh to earn the Knowles Race Parts and
Bodies Hard Charger of the Race Award. Mark
Whitener of Middleburg, FL came back from a lap
ten spin to take the eighth spot in the ULC
Motorsports Barry Wright.
Brandon Williams of Crossville,
TN drove the Jeff Woods Construction Capital
Race Car to a ninth-place finish and Trevor
Taylor of Zellwood, FL rounded out the top ten
in the Envy Suspension Snow Brothers Race Car.
In preliminary action, Weaver
out-timed the 41-car field in Group Qualifying
with a lap in 16.997 seconds. The four eight-lap
KRC Power Steering Heat Races were won by
Weaver, Harris, Corey Almond of Appomattox, VA
in the AA Contractors Longhorn and Bronson. The
two ten-lap B-Main Races were won by Jimmy
Waldrop of Seffner, FL in the Johnny Doan
Plumbing Rocket and Devin Dixon of Apollo Beach,
FL in the CURS Capital Race Car.
Bronson drew the pole position
for the start of the race among the first and
second-place drivers in the four heat races, and
jumped out to the lead at the start of the race,
but the contest was immediately red flagged for
a multi-car incident coming off the fourth
turn. No one was injured and all but Cody
Overton of Evans, GA in the Midstates Equipment
Special was able to continue.
The complete restart saw Bronson
pull out to a two car-length lead over Mark
Whitener, Harris, Blair and Pierce McCarter of
Gatlinburg, TN in the Parkway Liquors
Longhorn. Blair came from the eighth starting
spot to pass four cars in turn two of the
opening lap. Harris worked to the inside of
Whitener to take over the second spot on lap
five.
Nevin Gainey of Fort White, FL
brought out the caution flag on lap seven when
he stalled the Kryptonite Race Cars Special on
the backstretch. Bronson led Harris, Whitener,
Blair, Jody Knowles of Tyrone, GA in the Clayton
Signs Rocket, McCarter, Weaver, Arthur,
Williams, and Lloyd doubled up behind him for
the restart.
On the restart, Bronson pulled
away, the action behind him was fast and furious
with wholesale position changes. Whitener was
able to get by Harris for second in turn two,
and Blair raced by Harris for third in turn
three. Knowles gave up a top five spot on lap
nine when he stalled on the backstretch.
Whitener and Blair were all over
Bronson on the restart, but Whitener spun in
turn two on lap ten going for the lead. Whitener
had to go to the back of the pack for the
restart, which moved Blair up to second followed
by Weaver, Williams, Arthur, Lloyd, Almond, and
Harris.
Weaver moved up to challenge
Blair Side-by-side for the second spot while
Bronson pulled away on the restart. Weaver was
able to take the second spot away from Blair on
lap 15, but by then, Bronson had pulled out to
over a two second lead. Bronson caught the cars
on the tail of the lead lap by lap 18 and easily
kept his lead over Weaver as the laps clicked
off closer to the checkered flag.
Bronson’s big lead and the lapped
traffic were gone on lap 24 when a lapped car
got into McCarter, who was running in the top
ten, causing him to make heavy contact with the
wall. The top ten for the green, white,
checkered dash to the finish was Bronson,
Weaver, Blair, Williams, Arthur, Lloyd, Harris,
David Whitener, Mark Whitener, and Jaden Frame
of Decherd, TN in the Denby’s J&J Construction
Capital Race Car.
Bronson was able to keep Weaver
behind him to take a .830 second margin of
victory under the checkered flag. The Newsome
Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model
Series returns to Volusia Speedway Park on
Friday night for a $2,000-to-win race, and the
grand finale on Saturday night pays
$10,000-to-win.
For more information and rules
about the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA
Dirt Late Model Series, visit the series web
site atwww.crateracinusa.com, or visit the
series on Facebook at Durrence Layne Racing. You
can follow us on Twitter @DurrenceLayneRacing.
OFFICIAL FINISH OF ROUND 2 AT
VOLUSIA SPEEDWAY PARK IN DeLEON SPRINGS, FL ON
1/16/20:
POS STRT CAR
# DRIVER HOMETOWN LAPS
1. 1 40b Kyle
Bronson Brandon,
FL 25
2. 5 116 Randy
Weaver Crossville,
TN 25
3. 8 111 Max
Blair Centerville,
PA 25
4. 9 87 Walker
Arthur Forest,
VA 25
5. 2 6 Clay
Harris Jupiter,
FL 25
6. 11 2 Trynt
Lloyd Jacksonville,
FL 25
7. 20 5w David
Whitener Middleburg,
FL 25
8. 4 5 Mark
Whitener Middleburg,
FL 25
9. 15 95 Brandon
Williams Crossville,
TN 25
10. 13 7t Trevor
Taylor Zellwood,
FL 25
11. 22 313 Devin
Dixon Apollo Beach,
FL 25
12. 14 J8 Jadon
Frame Decherd,
TN 25
13. 18 38 Jamie
Carter Clayhill,
FL 25
14. 7 7a Cory
Almond Appomattox,
VA 25
15. 23 1 Grant
Garrison Walton,
KY 25
16. 19 17 Nevin Gainey Fort
White, FL 25
17. 26 11 Cruz
Skinner Oxford,
AL 24
18. 21 9 Jimmy
Waldrop Seffner,
FL 24
19. 12 74 Mike
Franklin Winchester,
VA 24
20. 25 84 Sam
Halsted 24
21. 10 27 Joe Denby Tullahoma,
TN 24
22. 6 71 Pierce
McCarter Gatlinburg,
TN 22
23. 16 33 Jeff
Mathews Brandon,
FL 22
24. 24 K37 Drew
Kennedy Lancing,
TN 21
25 3 66k Jody
Knowles Tyrone,
GA 7
26. 17 10 Cody
Overton Evans,
GA 0
ENTRIES: 41
FAST QUALIFIER: Weaver, 16.997
Seconds
PROVISIONALS: Halstad and Skinner
LEAD CHANGES: None
LAP LEADER: Bronson, 1-25
KNOWLES RACE PARTS HARD
CHARGER: D. Whitener (started 20th
and finished 7th)
KRC HEAT RACE WINNERS: Weaver, Harris, Almond,
and Bronson
CAUTIONS: 5
MARGIN OF VICTORY: .830 Seconds
TIME OF THE RACE: 19 Minutes and 36.859 Seconds
NEXT EVENT: Volusia Speedway Park, 1/17/2020,
$2,000-to-win
2020 CRATE RACIN’ USA LATE MODEL
RULES AND ONLINE REGISTRATION AT CRATERACINUSA.COM
ADAIRSVILLE, GA – The
2020 Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’
USA Dirt Late Model Rules and online Membership
Registration have now been posted on the series web
site at
www.crateracinusa.com. For
rules, click the Rules tab at the top of the web
site page. For Online Registration, click the
Drivers tab and then scroll down to Online or Mail
In Registration.
On the Rules Page,
competitors will find all of the rules, regulations,
and body measurements for Newsome Raceway Parts
Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model cars. These rules
can be found on the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate
Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series web site and the
Newsome Raceway Parts Weekly Racing Series Late
Model Division page. Rules new for 2020 will be in
red.
The Registration Form
and Membership can be done online with a credit or
debit card, or the form can be printed out and
mailed in to the series with a check or money
order. Competitors will save $10 on their annual
membership with either option, and it will also save
them time at the race track.
Once the series receives a
competitor’s completed membership form and payment,
the competitor’s 2020 Newsome Raceway Parts Crate
Racin’ USA Membership Card will be mailed out to
them. If a competitor elects to purchase their
annual membership at a sanctioned Newsome Raceway
Parts Crate Racin’ USA Weekly Racing Series
sanctioned track, the cost will be $10 extra.
For more information and rules about
the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late
Model Series, visit the series web site at
www.crateracinusa.com, or visit the series on
Facebook at Durrence Layne Racing. You can follow us
on Twitter @DurrenceLayneRacing.
NEWSOME RACEWAY PARTS WINTER SHOOTOUT
HEADS FOR 3-RACE SUNSHINE NATIONALS
ELLIOTT BAGS SECOND STRAIGHT CRATE RACIN’ USA ICE
BOWL WIN AT TST
EASTABOGA, AL – Jimmy Elliott of
Cleveland, TN drove the Car Smart Auto Sales Longhorn to his
second straight Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late
Model Series Ice Bowl win on Sunday at Talladega Short
Track. Elliott started second and led all 50 laps on his way to
a $3,000 pay day in the 29th
Annual version of the race.
Three-time Newsome Raceway Parts
Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series National Champion Ronnie
Johnson of Chattanooga, TN finished second and Pierce McCarter
of Gatlinburg, TN took the third spot in the Parkway Liquors
Longhorn. Chase Walls of Decherd, TN drove the Live Pure CVR to
a fourth-place finish.
Two-time series champion Cory
Hedgecock of Loudon, TN was fifth in the Eagle Racing Engines
Rocket and Oakley Johns of Hohenwald, TN finished sixth in the
Johns Farms Pierce. Seven went to T.J. Brittain of Centre, AL in
the Brittain Hauling Warrior, and Joseph Brown of Columbus, GA
drove the Lewis Auto Sales Rocket to an eighth-place finish.
Josh Adkins of Talladega, AL
finished ninth and Jake Rainey of Hiram, GA rounded out the top
ten in the Wren’s Body Shop Capital Race Car. Jody Knowles of
Tyrone, GA was the Hard Charger of the Race after starting 22nd
and finishing 11th
in the Clayton Signs Rocket.
In preliminary action, Cruz Skinner
of Oxford, AL out-timed the 34-car field in Boyd Bilt
Fabricators Group Qualifying on Saturday with a lap around
Talladega Short Track in 15.378 seconds driving the Skinner’s
Body Shop Rocket.
The four ten-lap Heat Races on Saturday were won
by McCarter, Elliott, Johns and Johnson. The two 12-lap B-Main
Races on Sunday were won by Bryant Marsh of Corinth, MS in the
Modern Woodmen of America Rocket and Mike Combs of Odenville, AL
in the Legacy Environmental Process Rocket.
For more information and rules about the Newsome
Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series, visit the
series web site atwww.crateracinusa.com, or visit the series on
Facebook at Durrence Layne Racing. You can follow us on Twitter
@DurrenceLayneRacing.
OFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE 29TH
ANNUAL ICE BOWL AT TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK IN EASTABOGA, AL ON
1/5/2020:
POS STRT CAR
# DRIVER HOMETOWN LAPS
1. 2 J39 Jimmy
Elliott Cleveland, TN 50
2. 1 5 Ronnie
Johnson Chattanooga, TN 50
3. 3 71 Pierce
McCarter Gatlinburg,
TN 50
4. 5 25 Chase
Walls Decherd, TN 50
5. 6 23 Cory
Hedgecock Loudon,
TN 50
6. 4 C6 Oakley
Johns Hohenwald, TN 50
7. 7 05 T.J.
Brittain Centre,
AL 50
8. 10 92 Joseph
Brown Columbus, GA 50
9. 14 57 Josh
Adkins Talladega, AL 50
10. 11 87 Jake
Rainey Hiram, GA 50
11. 22 66 Jody
Knowles Tyrone, GA 50
12. 21 14 Randall
Walker New Market, AL 50
13. 20 B97 Lee
Burdett Hueytown, AL 50
14. 18 5c Mike
Combs Odenville, AL 50
15. 15 14LP Logan
Palmer Acworth, GA 50
16. 9 11 Cruz
Skinner Oxford, AL 48
17. 17 1 Bryant
Marsh Corinth, MS 46
18. 13 14jr Victor Turner
Jr. Pell City, AL 45
19. 8 J0 John Ownbey Cleveland,
TN 45
20. 23 01w Jason Welshan Maryville,
TN 32
21. 12 01 Blant
Duke Carrollton, GA 24
22. 21 21 Corey
Dunn Milledgeville, GA 7
23. 16 K5 David
Kay Munford, AL 5
24. 24 00 Ruben
Mayfield Lenoir City, TN 2
ENTRIES: 34
BOYD BILT FABRICATORS FAST QUALIFIER: Skinner,
15.378 Seconds
LEAD CHANGES: None
LAP LEADERS: Elliott, 1-50
HARD CHARGER OF THE RACE: Knowles (started 22nd
and finished 11th)
CAUTIONS: 9
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.290 Seconds
TIME OF THE RACE: 42 Minutes and 13.946 Seconds
NEXT RACE: January 16, $1,500-to-win, Volusia County Speedway,
Barberville, FL
HEAT RACES (10 Laps – Top 4 Transfer To Main
Event):
1ST
HEAT: 1. McCarter; 2. Brittain; 3. Rainey; 4. Palmer; 5.
Burdett; 6. J. Knowles; 7. Farmer; 8. Culver; 9. Welshan.
2ND
HEAT: 1. Elliott; 2. Hedgecock; 3. Brown; 4. Adkins; 5. Marsh;
6. Isbell; 7. Tyler Hurst; 8. Spurgeon.
3RD
HEAT: 1. Johns; 2. Ownbey; 3. Duke; 4. Kay; 5. Combs; 6.
Mayfield; 7. Cooney; 8. D. Knowles; 9. Frame;
4TH
HEAT: 1. Johnson; 2. Walls; 3. Skinner; 4. Turner; 5. Walker; 6.
Dunn; 7. Thomas; 8. Todd Hurst.
B-MAINS (12 Laps – Top 4 Transfer To Main Event):
1ST
B-MAIN: 1. Marsh; 2. Dunn; 3. Walker; 4. Welshan; 5. Tyler
Hurst; 6. Isbell; 7. Todd Hurst; 8. Spurgeon; 9. Thomas.
2ND
B-MAIN: 1. Combs; 2. Burdett; 3. J. Knowles; 4. Mayfield; 5.
Cooney; 6. Farmer; 7. Culver; 8. D. Knowles DNS; 9. Frame DNS.
COCHRAN, GA - Mark Whitener of
Middleburg, FL earned the pole position on Friday night for Saturday
night’s $10,000-to-win 4th
Annual Durrence Layne Performance Parts Street Stock World
Championship Race at Cochran Motor Speedway. Whitener won the first
of four Heat Races on Friday night to earn the inside front row
starting spot for the Big Show.
Hayden Moran of Covington, LA drove the
We Buy Junk Cars Special to victory in Friday night’s second Heat
Race and will start Saturday night’s main event from the outside of
the front row. Tyler Love of Lancaster, SC will start on the inside
of row two on Saturday night after winning the third Heat Race on
Friday night in the Interstate Towing and Fleet Service Special.
The fourth Heat Race on Friday night
was won by Michael Stalnaker of Ocala, FL in the SRE Electrical
Special. Stalnaker will start Saturday night’s 100-lap race from the
outside of row two. Stalnaker finished third in last year’s Durrence
Layne Performance Parts Street Stock World Championship Race.
The top four finishers in Friday
night’s Heat Race earned one of 16 starting spots in Saturday
night’s $10,000-to-win race. Wil Herrington of Hawkinsville, GA,
Charles Christian and Kevin Durden of Archer, FL followed Whitener
in the second through fourth spots respectively in the first Heat
Race.
Brooks Strength of Raymond, MS, Chase Collins and Tim
Powers of Okeechobee, FL finished second through fourth respectively
behind Moran in the second Heat Race on Friday night to earn a spot
in Saturday night’s Big Show. Ricky Greene of Inman, SC, Shawn
Washam of Nahunta, GA, and Tuck Trentham of Pierson, FL were second
through fourth respectively in the third Heat Race.
Robby Metts of Albany, GA, Michael Blount of Sumrall,
MS, and Tyler Turvin of Ochlocknee, GA raced into the Big Show on
Saturday night after finishing second through fourth respectively in
the fourth Heat Race on Friday night. Drivers that finished fifth on
back in their Heat Races will have another opportunity to make the
Main Event 24-car starting field in one of two B-Main Races on
Saturday night that will take the top four finishers to fill in
starting spots 17 through 24.
In other Friday night preliminary action, Herrington
drove the Childs Racing Special to the $100 Boyd Bilt Fabricators
Fast Time Award in Group Qualifying. Herrington out-timed the 40
entrants with a lap around Cochran Motor Speedway in 17.235 seconds.
For more information and rules about the Durrence
Layne Performance Parts Street Stock Division, visit the series web
site at
www.durrencelayneracing.com,
or visit the series on Facebook at Durrence Layne Performance Parts
Street Stock Division. You can follow us on Twitter
@DurrenceLayneRacing.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE 4TH
ANNUAL STREET STOCK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE AT COCHRAN MOTOR
SPEEDWAY IN COCHRAN, GA ON 12/27/19:
GROUP QUALIFYING:
1ST
GROUP:
1. 7H Wil Herrington – 17.235
2. 14 Ben Keith – 17.559
3. 514 Mark Whitener – 17.586
4. 04 Charles Christian – 17.604
5. 15 Dustin Miller – 17.906
6. 0 Clay Alexander – 17.914
7. 56 Kevin Durden – 17.987
8. 77 Josh Nelms – 18.062
9. 30 Noel Bailey – 18.081
10. 27 Joe Linville – 18.346
2ND
GROUP:
1. 444 Brooks Strength – 17.250
2. 41m Hayden Moran – 17.349
3. 4 Chase Collins – 17.557
4. 7 Justin McRee – 17.595
5. 44 Tim Powers – 17.641
6. 9 Jeff Stalnaker – 17.655
7. 77b Robert Brillhart – 17.792
8. 51 Bradley Frakes – 17.794
9. 40a Alex Sturkie – 17.912
10. 2f Jamie Flowers – 18.257
3RD
GROUP:
1. 18g Ricky Greene – 17/261
2. 92 Tyler Love – 17.400
3. 12 Shawn Washam – 17.402
4. 8 Chris Keller – 17.464
5. 6 Calvin Cook – 17.507
6. 22 Kyle Livingood – 17.529
7. 54 Tuck Trentham – 17.534
8. J3 Joe Hamm – 17.805
9. 999 Carl Kilgore – 18.005
10. 46d Dean Watson – 18.154
4TH
GROUP:
1. 8s Michael Stalnaker – 17.390
2. 37 Robby Metts – 17.532
3. 121 Michael Blount – 17.596
4. 02t Tyler Turvin – 17.678
5. 75 Andy Stewart – 17.803
6. 01 Coby Giddens – 17.966
7. 00p Kip Poole – 18.301
8. 72 Bruce Griffin – 18.357
9. 1 Chris Cape – 18.462
10. 8m Mike Lane – NT
HEAT RACES (10 Laps – Top 4 Transfer To Main Event):
1ST
HEAT: 1. Whitener; 2. Herrington; 3. Christian; 4. Durden; 5. Nelms;
6. Alexander; 7. Bailey; 8. Keith; 9. Linville; 10. Miller.
2ND
HEAT: 1. Moran; 2. Strength; 3. Collins; 4. Powers; 5. J. Stalnaker;
6. Brillhart; 7. McRee; 8. Flowers; 9. Sturkie; 10. Frakes.
3RD
HEAT: 1. Love; 2. Greene; 3. Washam; 4. Trentham; 5. Keller; 6.
Livingood; 7. Kilgore; 8. Cook; 9. Hamm; 10. Watson.
4TH
HEAT: 1. M. Stalnaker; 2. Metts; 3. Blount; 4. Turvin; 5. Stewart;
6. Giddens; 7. Poole; 8. Cape; 9. Griffin.
“SWEET 16” MAIN EVENT STARTING LINE-UP:
ROW 1:
514 Mark Whitener – 41m Hayden Moran
ROW 2:
92 Tyler Love – 8s Michael Stalnaker
ROW 3:
7 Wil Herrington – 444 Brooks Strength
ROW 4:
18 Ricky Greene – 37 Robby Metts
ROW 5:
04 Charles Christian – 4 Chase Collins
ROW 6:
12 Shawn Washam – 121 Michael Blount
ROW 7:
56 Kevin Durden – 44 Tim Powers
ROW 8:
54 Tuck Trentham – 02 Tyler Turvin
B-MAIN RACE LINE-UPS (Top 4 Transfer To Main Event):
1st
B-Main:
77 Josh Nelms – 9 Jeff Stalnaker
0 Clay Alexander – 77b Robert Brillhart
30 Noel Bailey – 7m Justin McRee
14 Ben Keith – 2f Jamie Flowers
27 Joe Linville – 40a Alex Sturkie
15 Dustin Miller – 51 Bradley Frakes
2nd
B-Main:
8 Chris Keller – 75 Andy Stewart
22 Kyle Livingood – 01 Coby Giddens
999 Carl Kilgore – 00p Kip Poole
6 Calvin Cook – 1 Chris Cape
J3 Joe Hamm – 72 Bruce Griffin
46d Dean Watson
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NEWS AND NOTES NEWS AND NOTESNEWS AND NOTES NEWS AND NOTES LUCAS LATE MODEL SERIES |
Wrisco Industries Inc. Expands Partnership
with Lucas Oil Motorsports
CORONA, CA (January 22, 2020) - Wrisco
Industries Inc., a long-time partner
with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt
Series has agreed to a new multi-year
deal as an Official Partner of the
series. As part of the new multi-year
agreement, Wrisco Industries Inc.will
also be a partner of the Lucas Oil MLRA
Series and Lucas Oil Speedway, along
with their continued title sponsorship
of the Wrisco Industries Inc.
Winternationals at East Bay Raceway
Park, February 3rd
thru 8th
in Tampa, FL.
With their title sponsorship of the
Winternationals, Wrisco Industries
Inc. will give racers an additional
starting spot in the feature event,
each night at East Bay Raceway Park,
to the fastest qualifying driver
that doesn't transfer into the main
event through a Heat Race or B-Main.
That spot will be titled the 'Wrisco
Fast Time Provisional' and will
start 25th
in each feature event. In addition,
Wrisco Industries Inc. will also
sponsor the GA-FL Speedweeks Points
Fund, giving cash awards to the top
eight (8) drivers in points that
maintain perfect attendance through
all nine (9) events, starting at
Golden Isles Speedway January 31st
and crowning the Wrisco Industries
Inc. GA-FL Speedweeks Champion after
the event at All-Tech Raceway
February 9th.
"We are excited and proud to
continue our partnership with Lucas
Oil and expand our partnership to
include the MLRA Series, Lucas Oil
Speedway and some TV elements on
MAVTV. Lucas Oil Motorsports
continues to grow grass roots
motorsports and we are honored to be
a part of that", stated Jim Monastra,
President of Wrisco Industries Inc.
Wrisco Industries Inc. will also
sponsor the cutaway car segment
during the MAVTV Broadcasts at East
Bay Raceway Park. This technical
segment has become a fan favorite
during the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt
Series TV broadcasts and Wrisco is
pleased to be a part of that program
during the Wrisco Industries Inc.
Winternationals.
Wrisco Industries Inc. has expanded
their partnership to include the
Lucas Oil MLRA Series this year by
sponsoring the Wrisco Most Feature
Wins Category on that series, along
with sponsoring the category on the
National Tour as well. The driver
that wins the most feature events on
both tours will receive a cash award
at both series year-end awards
banquets.
"We are thrilled to have Wrisco
Industries Inc. continue their
support of Lucas Oil Motorsports.
They, along with all our great
partners, make it possible to bring
the most exciting form of
motorsports to the fans through
events like the Wrisco
Winternationals. Wrisco Industries
Inc. dedication and passion for our
sport allowed us to offer their
company an even bigger footprint in
Lucas Oil Motorsports with this new
agreement. We look forward to
working with everyone at Wrisco for
years to come," stated Wayne
Castleberry, Corporate Motorsports
Sales and Marketing for Lucas Oil.
Wrisco Industries Inc. is the
leading company providing aluminum
sheets to all forms of racers in the
motorsports industry. For more than
100 years, as the industry leader,
Wrisco Industries Inc.' mission has
been to supply customers unmatched
quality aluminum products and
services. To learn more about Wrisco
Industries Inc. visit
www.wrisco.com.
Under the Lucas Oil Motorsports
banner, Team Lucas creates an
alliance between Lucas Oil Products
Inc. and select marketing partners
that enhances brand awareness,
maximizes television event coverage
and heightens live, family-friendly
event experiences. Team Lucas' fan
and media exposure includes the
Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series,
Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League, Lucas
Oil Late Model Dirt Series, Lucas
Oil Speedway, Lucas Oil MLRA Series,
Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series
and the Lucas Oil Stadium, home of
the Indianapolis Colts.
Partners benefit from a tremendous
TV package associated with our
motorsports entities with coverage
on the MAVTV Motorsports Network,
NBC Sports Network, CBS,
CBS Sports Network and Lucas Oil
Racing TV - the first streaming
TV network dedicated solely to the
world of motorsports. This type of
television exposure is one of the
essential ingredients that make the
dynamic Team Lucas marketing and
advertising platform so beneficial
to Team Lucas partners.
Lucas Dirt Forms Partnership
with MyRacePass
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
BATAVIA, OHIO (January 17, 2019)
- The Lucas Oil Late
Model Dirt Series is excited to
announce MyRacePass (MRP) as the
Official Race Management of the
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. "A
partnership with the Lucas Oil Late
Model Dirt Series is something we've
strived to achieve for quite a
while," says
MyRacePass Co-Founder and Director
of Business and Marketing, Josh
Holt. "The whole
team at MyRacePass is excited to
work with the premier traveling dirt
series. We are confident our product
will help the series both with fan
engagement as well as race
management." The MRP App is FREE to
download from the App Store or
Google Play, providing entry list,
lineups, results, points, and news.
"It's our goal to make the sport
better, and with what we have
done with MRP in other areas
around the country it makes it
exciting to now be able to bring
that to the Lucas Oil Late Model
Dirt Series and to all of the
fans and drivers of the series."
Fans can upgrade to "MRP Live"
for only $7.99/yr. and enjoy the
additional benefits of live
timing and scoring along with
driver lap times. MRP Live also
includes sorting functionalities
that allow fans and drivers to
see which drivers are quickest
lap-by-lap and even monitor the
cut off line in qualifying races
to see who is in the show, and
who is out.
"It's our mission to help engage
race fans and provide them with
more information at their
fingertips, faster," commented
Holt. "We're constantly working
on more and more ways to get our
product into the people's hands
during the race, the whole time
they are at the venue. Nearly
everyone has a smartphone and
nearly everyone has them out
during the events. With the
tools we provide, they can now
be on the MyRacePass app
learning about their favorite
drivers and learning more about
the race itself."
For the
ultimate race fan "MRP Insider"
is available for $34.99/yr.,
giving full LIVE access plus
driver bio's, event history from
previous years, detailed points
breakdowns, and more.
Series drivers will not only
benefit from MRP's live
lap-by-lap timing, but also be
able to maximize their marketing
portfolio via MRP's website
package options, which start as
low as $144/year. MRP driver
websites automatically populate
with results and news articles
via integration with the MRP
Race Management program.
MRP Race Management systems are
currently being utilized by 550+
organizations around the globe.
Full details regarding MRP and
their various fan and driver
options can be found at
www.MyRacePass.com.
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2020
Lucas Dirt Speedweeks Preview
BATAVIA, OHIO (January
14, 2019)
-The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series season is upon
us, with two states, three tracks, and nine days of
racing. The 2020 season starts off with return
visits to Golden Isles Speedway, for the RhinoAg
Super Bowl of Racing - Presented by General Tire,
and on January 30th-February 1st, and East Bay
Raceway Park for the 44th Annual Wrisco Industries
Winternationals - Presented by Lucas Oil February
2nd-8th. The Series will make its first ever visit
to All-Tech Raceway in Lake City, Florida for the
Lucas Oil Winter Nationals - Presented by GEICO on
February 9th.
The action will get underway
with an open practice for all competing divisions on
Thursday, January 30th, before the Lucas Oil Late
Model Dirt Series takes center stage on Friday,
January 31st and Saturday, February 1st at Golden
Isles Speedway. Both events will include a full
program, highlighted by a 50-lap, $12,000-to-win
main event. The Golden Isles Speedway Late Models
will also have a complete program each night.
On Thursday, January 30th, the
pit gate will open at 3:00 pm, with practice from
6:30 pm -10:00 pm. The general admission gate will
also be open for anyone wanting to get a sneak peek
on the excitement the weekend is sure to bring. Pit
gates will open at noon on Friday, and 11:00 am on
Saturday, while the grandstands will open at 3:30 pm
Friday, and Saturday at 3:00 pm. Saturday, fans will
get to meet their favorite drivers with an autograph
session from 3:30 pm-4:15 pm. Hot laps will begin
each day at 5:00 pm, with Heat Race action at 7:10
pm.
Golden Isles Speedway is
located off Highway 82 in Waynesville, GA, just 12
miles west of I-95 at Exit 29. For tickets or more
information, visit:
www.gisdirt.com or
call the track office at (916) 386-0061.
Teams will then make the trek
south to Tampa, Florida to East Bay Raceway Park for
a thrilling week of racing. The action starts off on
Sunday with an open practice from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm.
Beginning Monday, February 3rd and continuing
through Saturday, February 8th the nation's top dirt
late model drivers will battle it out for nearly
$200,000 in prize money.
A full program is scheduled for
six straight nights, which includes: Hot Laps, Time
Trials, Heat Races, B-Mains, Berry Barn Strawberry
Dash, and the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Main
Event. Each day, the Drivers Meeting will take place
at 5:00 pm, followed by Hot Laps at 5:30 pm.
For tickets or more information
on the 44th Annual Wrisco Industries
Winternationals, visit:
www.eastbayracewaypark.com,
or call the track office at: (877) 457-5611.
Following six nights of racing
at East Bay Raceway Park, teams will make the
two-and-a-half-hour trip back North to All-Tech
Raceway, a half-mile clay oval. With continuous
improvements to the facility in the last few years,
drivers, teams, and series officials are all eager
for the visit on Sunday, February 9th.
Both pit gates and grandstand
gates are set to open at 2:00 pm, Drivers Meeting at
5:30 pm, and Hot Laps set for 6:00 pm. In addition
to a full program for the Lucas Late Models,
highlighted by a 50-lap $10,000-to-win A-Main, the
Street Stocks will also have a full program that
will conclude the night with a 20-lap A-Main
event.
For tickets or more information
on the Lucas Oil Winter Nationals - Presented by
GEICO, visit:
www.alltechraceway.com,
or call the track office at: (386) 754-7223.
New for 2020 Speedweeks,
Championship Points will be awarded to perfect
attendance Speedweeks drivers/teams for their best
five points nights only. All other drivers will be
awarded 50 points per night.
Track Information:
Golden Isles Speedway
Phone Number: 912-386-0061
Location: 101 Speedway Drive,
Waynesville, GA 31566
East Bay Raceway Park
Phone Number: (877) 457-5611
Location: 6311 Burts Road,
Tampa, FL 33619
All-Tech Raceway
Phone Number: 386-754-7223
Location: 1024 SW Howell Rd,
Lake City, FL 32024
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt
Series Tire Rule:
Left Rear/Fronts - Hoosier Rib
(28.5) 1300
Right Rear - Hoosier (29.0)
1300 NRM, (29.0) 1300 NRMW, (92) LM40
*Must use the same set of 4
tires for Time Trials, Heat Races, and B-Main.
*For the Feature, competitors
may use 2 new rear tires of choice.
*NO Spec 1300 or 01 (1300)
*Flat tire must be replaced
with a used tire of the same compound and
construction for Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Mains,
and Strawberry Dash (at East Bay).
Event Purses:
Golden Isles Speedway Event
Purse (50 laps): 1. $12,000, 2. $5,500, 3. $3,500,
4. $2,750, 5. $2,250, 6. $1,800, 7. $1,500, 8.
$1,300, 9. $1,200, 10. $1,100, 11. $1,075, 12.
$1,050, 13. $1,025, 14. $1,000, 15. $1,000, 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
East Bay Raceway Park Purses
for the Week:
Monday and Tuesday (30 laps) - $5,000 to win- 1.
$5,000, 2. $3,000 3. $2,000, 4. $1,500, 5. $1,000,
6. $800, 7. $750, 8. $700, 9. $650, 10. $600, 11.
$550, 12. $500, 13. $500, 14. $500, 15. $500, 16.
$500, 17. $500, 18. $500, 19. $500, 20. $500, 21.
$500, 22. $500, 23. $500, 24. $500
Wednesday and Thursday (40
laps) - $7,000 to win- 1. $7,000, 2. $3,500, 3.
$2,000, 4. $1,500, 5. $1,400, 6. $1,300, 7. $1,200,
8. $1,100, 9. $1,000. 10. $950, 11. $900. 12. $850,
13. $800, 14. $750, 15. $725, 16. $700, 17. $700,
18. $700, 19. $650, 20. $625, 21. $625, 22. $600,
23. $600, 24. $600
Friday and Saturday (50 laps) -
$12,000 to win- 1. $12,000, 2. $5,500, 3. $3,500, 4.
$2,750, 5. $2,250, 6. $1,800, 7. $1,500, 8. $1,300,
9. $1,200, 10. $1,100, 11. $1,075, 12. $1,050, 13.
$1,025, 14. $1,000, 15. $1,000, 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
All-Tech Raceway Purse (50
laps):
$10,000 to win (50
laps) - 1. $10,000, 2. $5,500, 3. $3,500, 4. $2,750,
5. $2,250, 6. $1,800, 7. $1,500, 8. $1,300, 9.
$1,200, 10. $1,100, 11. $1,075, 12. $1,050, 13.
$1,025, 14. $1,000, 15. $950, 16. $925, 17. $900,
18. $875, 19. $850, 20. $825, 21. $800, 22. $800,
23. $800, 24. $800
Big River Steel Partners
with Late Model Dirt, Pro Pulling Series and Team Lucas
CORONA, CA (January 8,
2020) - Big River Steel, a leading flat-rolled steel
producer, has agreed to a multi-year agreement to
partner with "Team Lucas" as an Official Partner of the
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and the Lucas Oil Pro
Pulling League.
"We are pleased to
announce our relationship with Lucas Oil Products and
Team Lucas for the 2020 race season. We enjoyed our
first season as a motorsports sponsor last year and are
looking forward to building on our experience," said
Dave Stickler, Chief Executive Officer of Big River
Steel. "We're excited to cheer on the
Clint Bowyer Race Team and driver Josh Richards as well,
as we help
advance motorsport racing."
In addition to being a
"Team Lucas" partner, Big River Steel will also be
associated with the Clint Bowyer Race Team and driver
Josh Richards on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series in
2020. Josh Richards' impressive resume includes winning
the series championship in 2017, being a runner-up in
the series championship in 2018, and finishing third in
the final series point standings in 2019. Clint Bowyer
Race Team is owned by NASCAR star, Clint Bowyer. To
learn more about Clint Bowyer Racing and Josh Richards
visit: www.clintbowyer.com and: www.joshrichards.com.
"Team Lucas has a positive
impact on grassroots racing across the country and in
all different forms of motorsports," said Scott
Coleman, Manager of Coated Products at Big River
Steel. "We are thrilled to GO BIG in our partnership
with Team Lucas, and we look forward to being part of
the Clint Bowyer Race Team and supporting Josh Richards.
Lucas Oil continues to improve grassroots racing for its
passionate fans and growing the sport with their TV
coverage."
The Big River Steel
partnership will include "Presenting Sponsorship"
entitlements of the "Clash at the Mag" at Magnolia Motor
Speedway in Columbus, MS as part of the Lucas Oil Late
Model Dirt Series, for the second year in a row.
The Big River Steel
partnership with Team Lucas also includes a presence and
association with the Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League and
the Super Modified Tractor Division in 2020. The Lucas
Oil Pro Pulling League will definitely emphasize the
motto "GO BIG" for Big River Steel, with the goal to get
four Hemi's, three Turbines or Allison Aircraft Engines
to sing in harmony, in a pursuit of putting the power to
the track at over 10,000 horses.
"Big River Steel is a
great company to work with," said Wayne Castleberry,
Corporate Motorsports Sales and Marketing for Lucas Oil.
"They are an innovative company with over 500 company
employees that are passionate race fans that support
Lucas Oil Motorsports. We look forward to continuing the
relationship for years to come."
Team Lucas creates an
alliance between Lucas Oil Products
Inc. and select marketing partners
that enhances brand awareness, maximizes television
event coverage and heightens live, family-friendly event
experiences. Team Lucas' fan and media exposure includes
the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, Lucas Oil Pro
Pulling League, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, Lucas
Oil Speedway, Lucas Oil MLRA Series, Lucas Oil American
Sprint Car Series and the Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the
Indianapolis Colts.
Partners benefit from a
tremendous TV package associated with our motorsports
entities, with coverage on the MAVTV Motorsports Network,
NBC Sports Network, CBS, CBS Sports Network
and Lucas Oil Racing TV - the first streaming
TV network
dedicated solely to the world of motorsports. This type of
television exposure is one of the essential ingredients that
make the dynamic Team Lucas marketing and advertising
platform so beneficial to Team Lucas partners.
Lucas Dirt Celebrates a Season of Successes
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. (December
17, 2019) - The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series celebrated
the 2019 season on Friday night with the annual Awards
Banquet at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Jonathan Davenport was awarded
his third career National
Championship title, collecting a $75,000 points
fund check, along with a
$10,000 bonus from Sweet Manufacturing, a product
certificate from Swift Springs, and a Championship ring.
Other awards claimed by the 2019 National Champion include:
Midwest Sheet Metal Points Leader Spoiler Challenge
($1,000), Wrisco Industries Most Feature Wins ($1,000),
Allstar Performance Power Move of the Year ($500 and product
certificate), Penske Shocks Consistency Award ($1,000),
Performance Friction Brakes Most Pole Awards ($500 and
product certificate), Simpson Most Heat Wins ($500), GEICO
TV Challenge Runner-Up ($2,500), and fourth in Arizona Sport
Shirts Crown Jewel Cup - Presented by DirtonDirt.com
($2,000).
Davenport and the Lance
Landers Motorsports team ended their season with the Lucas
Oil Late Model Dirt Series with 12 wins, 30 top-five and 40
top-ten performances, and collected a total of $370,787.60
in earnings. His Lance Landers Motorsports, Longhorn Chassis
is powered by a Cornett Racing Engine and sponsored by:
Nutrien Ag Solutions, ASC Warranty, Penske Racing Shocks,
Valvoline, Mega Plumbing of the Carolinas, Spartan Mowers,
and Hawkeye Trucks.
Tyler Erb received the 2019
Eibach Springs Rookie of the Year award. Erb concluded his
first season with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series by
totaling six wins, 19 top-five finishes and 38 top-ten
performances. Erb received $30,000 for fourth in points and
$10,000 for Eibach Springs Rookie of the Year. He was also
awarded $10,000 for GEICO TV Challenge Winner and $2,000 for
Runner-Up in Sunoco Race for Gas. In addition to his other
awards and honors, he also walked away from the banquet with
a ring for Rookie of the Year, an Earnhardt Technologies
Group $500 product certificate, a Fast Shafts carbon fiber
driveshaft, a Keyser Manufacturing $500 Product Certificate,
a Performance Bodies product certificate, a free wrap from
Slicker Graphics, and a product certificate for 10 sheets of
aluminum from Wrisco Industries.
Erb's Eric and Kelly
Brock-owned, Best Performance Motorsports, Rocket Chassis is
powered by a Durham Racing Engine and sponsored by:
Industrial Resourcing Group, Roberts Bee Company, New Point
Lighting and Design, Bazell Race Fuels, Sunoco, Franklin
Enterprises, Valvoline, Keyser, and KBC Graphix.
The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt
Series would like to thank everyone that helped to make 2019
a huge success for the series. We also appreciate the teams,
sponsors, promotors, and staff that took the time to
celebrate with us in person. The year-end banquet is also
available for you to view on
lucasoilracing.tv or on the Lucas Oil Racing TV app.
Other awards presented
included:
Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup - Presented by
DirtonDirt.com: Jimmy Owens ($10,000)
GEICO TV Race Challenge: Tyler Erb ($10,000)
Ohlins Shocks Chassis Builder of the Year: Rocket Chassis
($1,000 & product certificate)
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year: Cornett Racing Engines
($1,000 & product certificates)
Allstar Performance Power Move of the Year: Jonathan
Davenport ($500 & product certificate)
Midwest Sheet Metal Point Leader Spoiler Challenge: Jonathan
Davenport ($1,000)
Simpson Most Heat Race Wins: Jonathan Davenport ($500)
Miller Welders Most Fast Time Awards: Tim McCreadie (Miller
Welder Multimatic 220 AC/DC)
Sunoco Race Fuels Race for Gas: Josh Richards ($3,000)
Wrisco Industries Most Feature Wins: Jonathan Davenport
($1,000)
PFC Brakes Most Pole Awards: Jonathan Davenport ($500 &
product certificate)
Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Year: Hudson O'Neal
($500)
Penske Shocks Consistency
Award: Jonathan Davenport ($1,000)
Hot Rod Processing Tough
Break: Jimmy Owens ($1,000)
Outerwears Crew Chief of the
Year: Jason Durham ($1,000)
Lucas Oil Final Championship
Standings:
|
POS
|
CAR #
|
DRIVER NAME
|
HOMETOWN
|
POINTS
|
EARNINGS
|
|
1
|
49
|
Jonathan Davenport
|
Blairsville, GA
|
8170
|
$275,287.60
|
|
2
|
39
|
Tim McCreadie
|
Watertown, NY
|
7700
|
$163,755.08
|
|
3
|
14
|
Josh Richards
|
Shinnston, WV
|
7660
|
$190,612.57
|
|
4
|
1t
|
Tyler Erb ®
|
New Waverly, TX
|
7590
|
$191,066.34
|
|
5
|
20
|
Jimmy Owens
|
Newport, TN
|
7540
|
$227,102.70
|
|
6
|
1m
|
Devin Moran ®
|
Dresden, OH
|
7305
|
$132,490.03
|
|
7
|
71
|
Hudson O'Neal
|
Martinsville, IN
|
7235
|
$172,427.59
|
|
8
|
1
|
Earl Pearson, Jr.
|
Jacksonville, FL
|
7160
|
$151,986.31
|
|
9
|
40b
|
Kyle Bronson
|
Brandon, FL
|
6525
|
$111,290.00
|
|
10
|
50
|
Shanon Buckingham
|
Morristown, TN
|
6505
|
$97,345.00
|
|
11
|
2s
|
Stormy Scott
|
Las Cruses, NM
|
6135
|
$78,040.00
|
|
12
|
21
|
Billy Moyer, Jr.
|
Batesville, AR
|
5965
|
$72,565.00
|
|
13
|
5
|
Don O'Neal
|
Martinsville, IN
|
5485
|
$85,900.00
|
|
Tyler Erb
Claims Rookie of the Year
|
BATAVIA, OH (December 19, 2019) - Tyler Erb started off the
2019 season by winning the first night out and taking the
honor of displaying the Midwest Sheet Metal orange spoiler
to signify the points lead. Erb finished out the year as the
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Eibach Springs Rookie of
the Year and taking fourth in Championship points.
"I'm super happy to be able to win Rookie of the Year for
Best Performance Motorsports. We had a goal to win that, and
to set and achieve a goal is something people always talk
about, but not everyone can say they did," Erb stated. "Our
season started out so well that people said we hit a slump
halfway through the year, but we really weren't. It's not
easy to win every night, especially racing the champions
that we do. Next year we plan to be named Champion and are
going to be full speed ahead towards achieving that goal."
At the year-end awards banquet, Erb received $10,000 in cash
and other prizes for Rookie of the Year honors. Erb went on
to say, "I'd like to thank Eric and Kelly Brock, Jeff and
Kelly Babcock, and everyone that works for Best Performance,
as they all play a role in our season. I would also like to
thank Rocket Chassis, Durham Racing Engine, Industrial
Resourcing Group, Roberts Bee Company, New Point Lighting
and Design, Bazell Race Fuels, Sunoco, Franklin Enterprises,
Valvoline, Keyser, and KBC Graphix."
Final 2019 Eibach Springs Rookie of the Year
Points:
|
POS
|
CAR#
|
DRIVER
|
POINTS
|
|
1
|
1T
|
Tyler Erb ®
|
7590
|
|
2
|
1M
|
Devin Moran ®
|
7305
|
|
3
|
12J
|
Jason Jameson ®
|
2570
|
About Eibach
Eibach production technology is recognized worldwide as
leading its field, from their high-strength spring-steel
alloys, advanced CNC winding process, high-quality corrosion
protection and legendary longevity of their components. The
entire process, from initial development to final shipping,
is subject to an extensive quality management system that is
certified by the highest ISO 9001:2008 international quality
standard. In fact, Eibach operates in accordance to its own,
often more rigid, specifications. When you see the Eibach
logo on a part, you can be sure that it is of the highest
possible quality.
Previous Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Rookie
of the Year:
2018 - Mason Zeigler
2017 - Hudson O'Neal
2016 - Colton Flinner
2015 - Brandon Sheppard
2014 - Jason Hughes
2013 - Billy Moyer Jr.
2012 - Jonathan Davenport
2011 - Jared Landers
2010 - Chris Wall
2009 - John Blankenship
2008 - Terry Casey
2007 - Justin Rattliff
2006 - Steve Casebolt
2005 - Scott James |
Jonathan
Davenport Wins Third National Championship
|
BATAVIA, OH (November 26, 2019) - The 2015 and 2018 Lucas
Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Champion, Jonathan
Davenport, has joined Scott Bloomquist and Jimmy Owens as
three-time National Champions, just one behind Earl Pearson
Jr.
Davenport finished out the season with 12 feature wins, 30
top five and 40 top ten finishes, allowing him to maintain
the points lead for most of the season. After the banquet,
Davenport and his Lance Landers Motorsports team will have
banked over $370,000 this year, including event winnings,
tow money, championship points earnings, and various other
year end cash awards.
"Every year we set out to win races and the championship.
Now, for the second time in a row, we were able to do that.
It's been great to go into the final race with no pressure,
since we already had the championship clinched," Davenport
said. "I can't thank everyone enough that's stood behind me
and believed in me. Huge thanks to Lance (Landers), Steve
Martin with Nutrien Ag Solutions, Rachel, Blane, my dad,
Jason, Tyler, Matt, Brewster, all of my sponsors, and fans."
Davenport's Lance Landers Motorsports, Longhorn Chassis is
powered by a Cornett Racing Engine and sponsored by: Nutrien
Ag Solutions, ASC Warranty, Penske Racing Shocks, Valvoline,
Mega Plumbing of the Carolinas, Spartan Mowers, and Hawkeye
Trucks.
Tim McCreadie (NY) finished second, followed by Josh
Richards (WV), Tyler Erb (TX), and Jimmy Owens (TN) rounding
out the top five in series standings. Sixth through
thirteenth are: Devin Moran (OH), Hudson O'Neal (IN), Earl
Pearson Jr (FL), Kyle Bronson (FL), Shanon Buckingham (TN),
Stormy Scott (NM), Billy Moyer Jr (AR), and Don O'Neal
(IN).
|
POS
|
CAR #
|
DRIVER NAME
|
HOMETOWN
|
POINTS
|
EARNINGS
|
|
1
|
49
|
Jonathan Davenport
|
Blairsville, GA
|
8170
|
$275,287.60
|
|
2
|
39
|
Tim McCreadie
|
Watertown, NY
|
7700
|
$163,755.08
|
|
3
|
14
|
Josh Richards
|
Shinnston, WV
|
7660
|
$190,612.57
|
|
4
|
1t
|
Tyler Erb ®
|
New Waverly, TX
|
7590
|
$191,066.34
|
|
5
|
20
|
Jimmy Owens
|
Newport, TN
|
7540
|
$227,102.70
|
|
6
|
1m
|
Devin Moran ®
|
Dresden, OH
|
7305
|
$132,490.03
|
|
7
|
71
|
Hudson O'Neal
|
Martinsville, IN
|
7235
|
$172,427.59
|
|
8
|
1
|
Earl Pearson, Jr.
|
Jacksonville, FL
|
7160
|
$151,986.31
|
|
9
|
40b
|
Kyle Bronson
|
Brandon, FL
|
6525
|
$111,290.00
|
|
10
|
50
|
Shanon Buckingham
|
Morristown, TN
|
6505
|
$97,345.00
|
|
11
|
2s
|
Stormy Scott
|
Las Cruses, NM
|
6135
|
$78,040.00
|
|
12
|
21
|
Billy Moyer, Jr.
|
Batesville, AR
|
5965
|
$72,565.00
|
|
13
|
5
|
Don O'Neal
|
Martinsville, IN
|
5485
|
$85,900.00
|
|
|
NEWS AND NOTES NEWS AND NOTESNEWS AND NOTES NEWS AND NOTES
DURRENCE LAYNE
LATE MODEL series |
SOUTHEASTERN PROMOTERS
WORKSHOP THIS FRIDAY IN GATLINBURG, TN
ADAIRSVILLE, GA – Event
Promoters, track owners and motorsports
personnel are invited to attend the
Southeastern Promoters Workshop this
Friday at the Gatlinburg, TN Convention
Center. The itinerary of diverse
speakers includes industry leaders from
a variety of backgrounds and
disciplines.
In addition
to presentations by the panelists, there
will also be a question and answer
session with each speaker. Vendors will
also have displays for attendees to look
at that include several innovative
equipment to aid towards a smoother,
safer, and more profitable night of
motorsports entertainment.
The list of
Workshop speakers includes Kate Dillon
with Winning Motorsports Marketing, Bill
Martens with Chevrolet Performance,
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame 360
Promoter of the Year Nominee Pete Walton
with the United Sprint Car Series, Josh
Holt with My Race Pass, “Dr. Dirt”
Johnny Stokes with Magnolia Motor
Speedway, and Adam Stewart with Crate
Racin’ USA.
The doors
to the Gatlinburg Convention Center will
open this Friday at 7:45 a.m. for Vendor
Setup. The doors for attendees will open
at 8:30 a.m. with a Meet and Greet with
a Continental Breakfast until 9 a.m. The
Workshop will get underway at 9:15 a.m.
and run until 5 p.m. with a Lunch Break
from 11:45 a.m. until 1:15 p.m.
From 5 p.m.
to 6 p.m., there will be Cocktails and
Hors’ D’oeuvers served compliments of
the Southeastern Promoters Workshop
hosts Crate Racin’ USA, Hoosier Racing
Tires and RaceCeiver.
The
Gatlinburg Convention Center is located
at 234 Historic Nature Trail,
Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Southeastern
Promoters Workshop Attendees are asked
to enter the Gatlinburg Convention
Center at the W.L. Mills Conference
Center Entrance. Parking is available in
the Public Parking Lots adjacent to the
Convention Center.
For more information
about the Southeastern Promoters
Workshop contact Crate Racin’ USA
Director Adam Stewart at 256-499-7536.
Southeastern Promoter’s
Workshop Itinerary
Friday January 24th,
2020
Gatlinburg Convention
Center – Gatlinburg, TN
Tentative Schedule
(Subject to Change):
7:45 AM – Open for Vendor
Setup
8:30 AM – Doors Open for
Attendees
8:30-9:00 – Continental
Breakfast and Meet and Greet
9:15 – Welcome and
Opening (Roby Helm – Crate Racin’ USA PR
and Adam Stewart)
9:30 – 10:30 (10 minutes
at end for Q&A) – Digital Marketing –
Getting the Most Out of Websites and
Social Media (Kate Dillon – Winning
Motorsports Marketing)
10:30 – 11:30 – New
Technology, Tech Tools, and Commitment
to Affordable Sealed Engine Racing (Bill
Martens – Chevrolet Performance)
11:30-11:45 – Exhibitor
Recognition (Flex Time if needed)
11:45-1:15 – Lunch Break
1:15 – Workshop
Reconvenes
1:15-2:15 – “Old School”
Guerilla Promotions and Special Event
Marketing (Pete Walton – USCS Sprint Car
Series)
2:15-3:00 – Utilizing
Race Management Software and Benefits to
Tracks, Competitors, and Fans (Josh Holt
– My Race Pass)
3:00-3:45 – Obtaining and
Retaining Sponsors – Do’s and Don’ts
(Kate Dillon – Winning Motorsports
Marketing)
3:45-4:10 – Track
Preparation Tips, Tricks, and Trials
(“Dr. Dirt” Johnny Stokes – Magnolia
Motor Speedway)
4:10-4:30 –Race Day
Management/Event Coordination (Adam
Stewart – Crate Racin’ USA)
4:30-5:00 – Tech Seminar
on Chevrolet Performance Circle Track
Sealed Engines and Other Tips (Crate
Racin’ USA Technical Staff and Others
TBA)
5:00 – Workshop Closing
Remarks and Q&A
5:00-6:00 – Cocktails and
Hors’ D’oeuvers compliments of Crate
Racin’ USA/Hoosier Racing Tires/RaceCeiver
**Projector screen and
sound equipment provided by Convention
Center. Presenters are asked to prepare
slides if possible.**
ADAIRSVILLE, GA – The
Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late
Model Series Winter Shootout heads to Volusia
Speedway Park in DeLeon Springs, FL for the
three-race Sunshine Nationals for Rounds 2, 3, and
4. Jimmy Elliott of Cleveland, TN will arrive to
race in the Sunshine State with a tight stranglehold
on the 3rd
Annual Winter Shootout Series.
Elliott is coming off
his second straight Ice Bowl win and he will have a
very familiar piece of equipment bolted on his Car
Smart Auto Sales Longhorn, and that’s the Advance
Lazer and Machine day-glow red Point Leader rear
spoiler.
After winning the 29th
Annual Ice Bowl at Talladega Short Track in
Eastaboga, AL on January 5, Elliott leads the point
standings in the 3rd
Annual Winter Shootout. Elliott has been Mr. Winter
Shootout for the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’
USA Dirt Late Model Series after winning the
Championship in the first two years.
As he has each year for the past
three years, Elliott will take on the top drivers in
the country in the Sunshine Nationals. The
three-race series will be highlighted by a
$10,000-to-win race on Saturday night, and preceded
with a $1,500-to-win race on Thursday night and a
$2,000-to-win race on Friday night. There will be an
open practice on Wednesday night.
Following Elliott in the Top 10 of
the Winter Shootout Series point standings are
three-time Crate Racin’ USA National Champion Ronnie
Johnson of Chattanooga, TN, Pierce McCarter of
Gatlinburg, TN, Chase Walls of Decherd, TN, two-time
CRUSA National Champion Cory Hedgecock of Loudon,
TN, Oakley Johns of Hohenwald, TN, T.J. Brittain of
Centre, AL, Joseph Brown of Columbus, GA, Josh
Adkins of Talladega, AL, and Jake Rainey of Hiram,
GA.
The defending Newsome Raceway Parts
Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series National
Champion Jake Knowles of Rome, GA will join the
Winter Shootout Series this week, and Max Blair of
Titusville, PA will make the trip south for a run at
the big money in an event co-sanctioned by DirtCar.
Drivers can spend less time at
Pre-Race Registration by taking care of their
paperwork online. The Newsome Raceway Parts Crate
Racing USA Membership Forms can be found and printed
out at
www.crateracinusa.com
by clicking the Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model
Series tab at the top of the page, then clicking the
drop down tab under Drivers, and then clicking
Registration (Mail In). Scroll down the page to
click on the 2020 Crate Racin’ USA Driver
Registration Form.
Print out the form and completely
fill out both pages. Then bring the form to Pre-Race
Registration at Volusia Speedway Park, pay the
Membership Fee and you will be registered for the
rest of the year. All you will have to do for the
rest of the year to register is to pay the entry and
transponder fee and draw for your spot in the
qualifying line.
For more information and rules about
the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late
Model Series, visit the series web site at
www.crateracinusa.com,
or visit the series on Facebook at Durrence Layne
Racing. You can follow us on Twitter
@DurrenceLayneRacing.
NEWSOME RACEWAY PARTS ANNOUNCED AS TITLE
SPONSOR OF CRATE RACIN’ USA
ADAIRSVILLE, GA – The Crate
Racin’ USA New Year’s Eve Party will have champagne
corks popping in Hartsville, SC, as Newsome Raceway
Parts has signed on to be the Title Sponsor of Crate
Racin’ USA for the 2020 racing season. Newsome Raceway
Parts will also become the Official Chevrolet
Performance Engine and Parts Supplier for Crate Racin’
USA.
Newsome Raceway Parts is a
Division of Raceway Chevrolet in Hartsville, SC. They
carry a complete line of Chevrolet Performance Engines
and Parts for the three Chevrolet Performance Racing
Engines used by Crate Racin’ USA competitors in two
Touring Series and four Weekly Racing Series Divisions.
“Newsome Raceway Parts
sponsoring Crate Racin’ USA is a perfect match because
we benefit each other,” Crate Racin’ USA Director Adam
Stewart said. “Newsome Raceway Parts helps Crate Racin’
USA fund its operations, and Crate Racin’ USA gives
Newsome Raceway Parts direct contact to its customers
that use Chevrolet Performance Engines and Parts.”
Crate Racin’ USA is
America’s leader in affordable racing, largely due to
economical Chevrolet Performance Racing Engines, three
of which are used in Crate Racin’ USA racing
Divisions. All three engines are built and sealed at the
factory to prevent any expensive modifications. Crate
Racin’ USA also has a network of Certified Rebuilders
that are authorized to repair and rebuild the engines
and reseal them with seals issued by Crate Racin’ USA.
“Newsome Raceway Parts is
looking forward to the 2020 Crate Racin’ USA racing
season and we’re excited to be the Title Sponsor for the
series,” Newsome Raceway Parts Director of Wholesale
Parts Tracy Haynes said. “We stand committed to
supporting this awesome program and look forward to
working with everyone.”
Haynes said the competitors
of Crate Racin’ USA will be working with the same people
they have worked with over the past 15 years in serving
their Chevrolet Performance Engine and Parts needs. Tim
Bland and Debbie Fluett have joined the Newsome Raceway
Parts team, and they are two people Crate Racin’ USA
competitors have worked with in the past.
Tim Bland is the Performance Specialist
and Debbie Fluett is the Performance Customer Service
Associate for Newsome Raceway Parts. They also have the
same toll-free number Crate Racin’ USA competitors have
called in the past for their Engine and Parts needs at
1-877-497-3624.
“I am pleased to announce
that I have joined the Newsome Raceway team, along with
Debbie Fluett, another familiar face in the racing
industry,” Bland said. “Debbie and I will be available
to provide support for engine and parts needs. We may be
contacted at 1-877-497-3624. We are looking forward to
working with Crate Racin’ USA once again, and together
we can make 2020 the best year yet.”
The Newsome Raceway Parts
Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series will begin its
16th
consecutive season this weekend with the $3,000-to-win
29th
Annual Ice Bowl at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga,
AL, the first race of the 3rd
Annual Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Winter
Shootout Series.
Along with the Late Models, the Newsome
Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Street Stock Division,
the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Late Model
Sportsman Division, and the Newsome Raceway Parts
Modified Sportsman Division will also compete in the Ice
Bowl.
The Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’
USA Dirt Late Model Series allows the Chevrolet
Performance 604 and 602 Circle Track Engines. The
Chevrolet Performance 604 Engine is a 400 horsepower
aluminum head steel block racing engine. The Chevrolet
Performance 602 Engine is a 350 horsepower steel head
steel block racing engine.
These two Chevrolet Performance Circle
Track Engines are also prominent in the Newsome Raceway
Parts Weekly Racing Series that sanctions racing at
numerous weekly dirt tracks in the Southeast and
Midwest.
The Newsome Raceway Parts
Crate Racin’ USA Late Model Division with the Chevrolet
Performance 604 and 602 Engines are a part of the
Newsome Raceway Parts Weekly Racing Series. The Newsome
Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Late Model Sportsman
Division exclusively uses the Chevrolet Performance 602
Engine in Weekly Racing Series competition.
The Newsome Raceway Parts
Crate Racin’ USA Street Stock Division and the Newsome
Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Modified Sportsman
Division has two engine options for Newsome Raceway
Parts Crate Racin’ USA Weekly Racing Series action, and
the Chevrolet Performance 602 is the engine of choice in
both Divisions.
For more information and rules about the
Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA racing Divisions,
visit the series web site at
www.crateracinusa.com. There,
you can click on the Division logo you wish to find news
and information about.
ALL FOUR CRATE RACIN’ USA DIVISIONS FEATURED
IN ICE BOWL AT TST
ADAIRSVILLE, GA – All four
Crate Racin’ USA Divisions will be featured this week in the
29th
Annual Ice Bowl at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga,
AL. The Late Model, Street Stock, Late Model Sportsman, and
Modified Sportsman Divisions will be in action this
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday to begin the 2020
season.
All four Divisions will have an
Open Practice on Thursday and Friday. All four Divisions
will Qualify and run Heat Races on Saturday, and run B-Main
Races and Main Events on Sunday. Pre-Race Registration opens
at a.m. on Thursday and Technical Inspection will begin on
Friday at 11 a.m. Competitors are encouraged to register
early to fill out the required paperwork.
The Ice Bowl will mark the
beginning of the 16th
consecutive season for Crate Racin’ USA. The $3,000-to-win
Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series portion of the Ice
Bowl will be the first of nine races for the 3rd
Annual Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series.
Jimmy Elliott of Cleveland, TN is the
defending Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series Ice Bowl
Champion, and will be looking for his third consecutive
Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series Championship.
The Crate Racin’ USA Street Stock Division
will compete for $2,500-to-win, the Crate Racin’ USA Late
Model Sportsman 602 Division will race for $1,500-to-win,
and the Modified Sportsman Division will compete for
$1,000-to-win.
On Thursday, the Pit Gate and Registration
opens at 9 a.m., and Open Practice will be from 12 Noon to
Dusk. On Friday, the Pit Gate Opens at 9 a.m. with Technical
Inspection beginning at 11 a.m., and Open Practice will be
from 12 Noon until 4:30 p.m. All competitors must be
Registered before their race cars can come through Tech.
On Saturday, the Pit Gate Opens at 8 a.m.
with the Drivers Meeting set for 9:30 a.m. and Hot Laps are
scheduled for 10 a.m. with Racing to follow. On Sunday, the
Pit Gate Opens at 9 a.m., with the Drivers Meeting set for
11 a.m., Opening Ceremonies begin at 11:30 a.m., and Racing
is scheduled for 12 Noon.
For more information and rules about the
Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series, visit the series
web site atwww.crateracinusa.com, or visit the series on
Facebook at Durrence Layne Racing. You can follow us on
Twitter @DurrenceLayneRacing.
CRATE RACIN’ USA PURCHASES SECA FOR NEW
PRESENCE IN THE CAROLINAS
ADAIRSVILLE, GA – Crate Racin’
USA officials have announced that they have purchased the
South Eastern Crate Association (SECA) that campaigns
several racing Divisions in the Carolinas and Northeast
Georgia. While there will be a change of ownership, not much
else will change in the near future.
“The Divisions that race under
the SECA banner will remain in place with very few
adjustments for the 2020 season,” Crate Racin’ USA Director
Adam Stewart said. “We will have a new website up soon that
will contain rules, contact information, and all of the
pertinent information.”
Stewart said all of the SECA staff and many
of the key personnel will remain on board and keep things
more the same than different. The main thing Crate Racin’
USA will add to what is already in place at SECA is a larger
National public relations footprint and added Technical
support going forward.
Scott Childress turned over the keys of SECA
to Stewart, and now he can concentrate on not only working
with the SECA team, but also promoting Cherokee Speedway in
Gaffney, SC and Lavonia Speedway in Lavonia, GA.
“I’m excited to see what Crate Racin’ USA
brings to the SECA drivers and tracks,” Childress
said. “Crate Racin’ USA will bring a common set of rules for
604 Late Models and Street Stocks that will give drivers in
the Carolinas and Northeast Georgia an opportunity to travel
more to bigger races, and at the same time, open
opportunities for tracks to have bigger races that will
bring more cars and more fans to our area.”
The competitors of SECA thought the adaption
of Crate Racin’ USA rules was something they thought would
be a great idea if it could happen. Childers and Stewart
started a conversation about it last fall, and Childress
said the deal came about quickly.
“Both Adam and I thought it would be a good
thing for SECA to become part of Crate Racin’ USA because
both organizations have good people, and we would just let
them do what they do best,” Childress said. “I know I’m
looking forward to having Crate Racin’ USA SECA Late Model
and Street Stock events in 2020 at Cherokee Speedway and
Lavonia Speedway.”
Crate Racin’ USA is currently developing a
new SECA website and Social Media pages that they hope to
have online in the next couple of weeks. All official SECA
announcements and schedules will come through the new media
outlets.
For more information and rules about the
Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series, visit the series
web site at www.crateracinusa.com, or visit the series on
Facebook at Durrence Layne Racing. You can follow us on
Twitter @DurrenceLayneRacing.
SWEETHEART 40 AT 411 MOTOR SPEEDWAY ADDED TO
CRATE RACIN’ USA WINTER SHOOTOUT SERIES
ADAIRSVILLE, GA – The
$2,000-to-win $200-to-start Sweetheart 40 at 411 Motor Speedway
in Seymour, TN on Saturday, February 15 has been added to the
2020 Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series schedule. The
Sweetheart 40 will be the eighth event of the nine-race series,
and it will mark the return of Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model
Series for the first time since 2015.
“We are looking forward to
returning to 411 Motor Speedway with the Crate Racin’ USA Dirt
Late Model Series,” Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series
Director Adam Stewart said. “Mitch McCarter, his family and
staff have one of the finest racing facilities in the
country. The racers and the fans always get great racing action
at 411 Motor Speedway.”
The 2020 Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late
Model Series Winter Shootout Series begins at Talladega Short
Track in Eastaboga, AL with the 29th
Annual Icebowl on January 4-6. The next three races take place
at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, FL with the Sunshine
Nationals on January 16, 17, and 18.
The Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late
Model Series returns to East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, FL for
the 44th Annual Winternationals with three races on January 30,
31, and February 1. After the 411 Motor Speedway Sweetheart 40
on February 15, the Winter Shootout Series will conclude with
the Cochran Clash at Cochran Motor Speedway in Cochran, GA on
March 7.
Jimmy Elliott of Cleveland, TN has
made the Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series his own domain
over the last two years, and he will be looking to keep his
streak alive in 2020 with his third straight title.
For more information and rules about the Crate
Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series, visit the series web site
atwww.crateracinusa.com, or visit the series on Facebook at
Durrence Layne Racing. You can follow us on Twitter @DurrenceLayneRacing.
CRATE RACIN’ USA ANNOUNCES 2020 WINTER SHOOTOUT
SERIES SCHEDULE
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Crate Racin’ USA
(formerly known as Durrence Layne Racing) has announced its 2020
schedule for the 3rd
Annual Winter Shootout Series for the Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late
Model Series today at the Performance Racing Industry Show. The 2020
Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series features eight races at four
different venues in three different states.
The 2020 3rd
Annual Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series opens with the 29th
Annual Icebowl at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL on January
2-5, with the main event paying $3,000-to-win. The defending and
two-time Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series Champion Jimmy
Elliott of Cleveland, TN took the win last year.
Crate Racin’ USA will travel to the
Sunshine State on January 15 through 18 for their first visit to
Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, FL for the Sunshine Nationals
that will be co-sanctioned by DirtCar Racing. VSP will host an open
Practice Session on Wednesday night, January 15, 2020 before three
straight nights of racing.
Volusia Speedway Park will host the
Crate Racing USA Dirt Late Model Series on Thursday night, January
16, 2020 for a $1,500-to-win main event. Night two on Friday night,
January 17, 2020 will feature a $2,000-to-win main event. The grand
finale of the Sunshine Nationals will be a $10,000 main event on
Saturday night, January 18, 2020.
The Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model
Series will return to East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, FL for the
first time since 2012 on January 29, 2020 through February 1, 2020
for the 44th
Annual East Bay Winternationals. East Bay Raceway Park will host an
Open Practice Session on Wednesday night, January 29, 2020.
The first two nights of racing for the Crate Racin’
USA Dirt Late Model Series will take place on Thursday night,
January 30, 2020 and Friday night, January 31, 2020 with each race
paying $2,500-to-win. The East Bay Winternationals finale for the
Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series will be a $5,000-to-win race
on Saturday night, February 1, 2020.
The final race of the 3rd
Annual Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series will be the
$5,000-to-win 3rd
Annual Cochran Clash at Cochran Motor Speedway in Cochran, GA on
Friday night, March 6, 2020, and Saturday night, March 7,
2020. There will be an Open Practice on Friday night, March 6 2020,
with racing on Saturday night, March 7, 2020.
The Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series has been
known as the Durrence Layne Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series for the
past two years. Earlier this year, Kyle Durrence sold Durrence Layne
Chevrolet, Buick, GMC in Claxton, GA, thus ending the two-year
sponsorship of the series. Durrence bought the dealership from
Martin NeSmith in 2018.
“We appreciate everything Kyle Durrence and the staff
of Durrence Layne Chevrolet, Buick, GMC has done for Crate Racin’
USA, our family of tracks, and our competitors over the past two
years,” Crate Racin’ USA Series Director Adam Stewart said. “Kyle
Durrence was very enthusiastic about Crate Racin’ USA while he owned
the dealership, and we wish him well in the future.”
Stewart said the series is currently in negotiations
with other businesses to take over as the Title Sponsor of Crate
Racin’ USA and it’s six racing Divisions for 2020 and into the
future. Crate Racin’ USA will be making sponsorship announcements in
the coming weeks, as plans are full speed ahead for all Division in
2020.
Crate Racin’ USA has sanctioned the Crate Racin’ USA
Dirt Late Model Series since its inception in 2005. It was known as
the StormPay Dirt Late Model Series in 2006 and 2007, the NeSmith
Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series from 2008 through 2017, and the
Durrence Layne Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series in 2018 and 2019.
For more information and rules about the Crate Racin’
USA Dirt Late Model Series, visit the series web site at
www.crateracinusa.com. You can also Like us on Facebook at Durrence
Layne Racing, or you can follow us on Twitter @DurrenceLayneRacing
until we can update those pages to the Crate Racin’ USA brand.
2020 Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Schedule:
January 2nd
– 5th
– “ICE BOWL” - Talladega Short Track - $3,000 to Win
January 15th
– “Sunshine Nationals” – Volusia Speedway Park – OPEN PRACTICE
January 16th
– “Sunshine Nationals” – Volusia Speedway Park - $1,500 to Win
January 17th
– “Sunshine Nationals” – Volusia Speedway Park - $2,000 to Win
January 18th
– “Sunshine Nationals” – Volusia Speedway Park - $10,000 to Win
January 29th
– “Winternationals” – East Bay Raceway Park – OPEN PRACTICE
January 30th
– “Winternationals” – East Bay Raceway Park - $2,500 to Win
January 31st
– “Winternationals” – East Bay Raceway Park - $2,500 to win
February 1st
– “Winternationals” – East Bay Raceway Park - $5,000 to win
March 6th
– “Cochran Clash” – Cochran Motor Speedway – OPEN PRACTICE
March 7th
– “Cochran Clash” – Cochran Motor Speedway - $5,000 to Win
*Tentative Schedule – Dates may be added or subject to change*
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