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| Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team wins World of Outlaws Late Model Event | ARCHDALE, NC (March 26, 2007)- Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team competed in two World of Outlaw Late Model Series sanctioned events over the weekend. After failing to make the show at the Columbus,MS event on Saturday Earl and the team rebounded with a dominating performance Sunday night at the North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, AL in a 40-lap $7,000 to win feature event. Earl driving the LifeLong Locks Mastersbilt Chassis would set the second fastest time in qualifying and finished 2nd in the second heat race earning a 5th place starting position for the feature.
At the start of the feature Earl would quickly advance a couple positions passing Rick Eckert and Steve Francis for position and maintained the second position before passing Shane Clanton for the lead on lap 26. Earl would go onto lead the remaining 14 laps and earned his second career World of Outlaws Late Model Series feature win and first series win in 2007. With his win Sunday night Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team have won three events in 2007 including a UMP sanctioned event at Volusia Speedway Park and a Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event at East Bay Raceway both in Florida.
"We had an awesome car at North Alabama Speedway. My crew did an outstanding job preparing the car which Bobby used last year at the Nextel Prelude at Eldora Speedway. I really like this car so Bobby has to get another car to race with this year at Eldora. We needed this win after a month of bad luck, crashes and missing the show at Columbus. I'm really looking forward to going to Brownstown Speedway this coming weekend and hopefully winning that Lucas Oil Series event again like we did last year", stated Earl from his home in Jacksonville, FL.
Earl is the defending champion of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned "Indiana Ice Breaker" held at Brownstown Speedway in Brownstown, IN. This year's event will take place Saturday March 31st and will pay $10,000 to the winner of the 75-lap feature event.
Earl will also be one of the special guest drivers for the "Ride of Your Life" this weekend at Brownstown Speedway. Brownstown Speedway will give four lucky fans a chance to ride with their favorite driver in a two-seater super late model dirt car around the fast Brownstown Speedway this Saturday night during the 10th annual "Indiana Ice Breaker" event. The fans the place the highest bids through the Brownstown Speedway website will receive a ride with their favorite dirt late model driver. For a chance to ride with Earl Pearson Jr. visit www.brownstownspeedway.com and learn more about this exciting opportunity to ride with "The Hurricane" in a real super late model dirt car.
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors for their support in 2007. They include: LifeLong Locks, Mopar, Lucas Oil, Sunoco Race Fuels, Mastersbilt Race Cars, Larry Wallace Engines, Allstar Performance, Tiger Rear End, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, Moroso, SHY, Wilwood, Woodward, TWM, Dyers Top Rods, Weld, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Jones Racing Products, Stealth, Trick, Wrisco, Sparco, Bell, Mechanix Wear, Oakley, Cherrios, Coke, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs, Rick Schwallie Photography and WD Enterprises.
To learn more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit www.lucasdirt.com the official website of the series. For more information about LifeLong Locks and the strongest locks on the market today, visit www.lifelonglocks.com. For more information about Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team and to view new photos from recent events visit their official website at www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com.
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