Pittman, Gravel Top Kellogg’s Qualifying Night at The Dirt Track at Charlotte
Heat races are set for this weekend’s PEAK Motor Oil World Finals Presented by NAPA
CONCORD, N.C. – Nov. 1, 2012 – Daryn Pittman and David Gravel each established quick time, but in very different fashions on a chilly Thursday during Kellogg’s Qualifying Night at the Sixth annual PEAK Motor Oil World of Outlaws World Finals Presented by NAPA Auto Parts.
On a night when the temperature dropped into the low 40s at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, the bundled spectators were treated to 50 drivers qualifying for this weekend’s World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series season finale.
Pittman, who went out ninth to set up Friday’s heat race lineups, clocked the top time at 13.047 seconds before Gravel ended the night by laying down the quickest lap at 13.026 as the final qualifier for Saturday’s event.
Pittman rode the cushion around the 4/10-mile oval to post the fastest time and he watched as five other drivers came within six-hundredths of a second from knocking him off the top of the chart.
“Obviously with 50 cars the first goal is to go out there and get in the invert,” Pittman said after his third quick time of the season. “There’s 50 really good sprint cars and probably 30 of the best in the country, so you just start with a small goal of making sure you’re in the invert so you’ve got a chance to win and you try to improve from there.” (more…)
CONCORD, NC – Oct. 30, 2012 –JUST WIN, BABY: Rick Eckert has experienced a full range of emotions while at The Dirt Track at Charlotte for the PEAK Motor Oil World of Outlaws World Finals Presented by NAPA Auto Parts – everything from the depths of despair (in 2009 when he learned that his longtime car owner, Raye Vest, had passed away) to the heights of exhilaration (last year when he won his first World of Outlaws Late Model Series title in dramatic fashion).
Jim Rouse (10-29-12) Ocala, FL – This week we will see the RaceCar Engineering Late Models join the Buddy’s Home Furnishings Limited Late Models, 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks, Barfield Law Group Mini Stocks, and Rent-N-Roll Gladiators for some major points in tight championship battles. Also, the Figure-8 Race will take place!
WAYCROSS, GA (October 29, 2012) – After completing another successful season in 2012; where Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN won his second consecutive LOLMDS National Championship; series officials are pleased to announce the 2013 schedule. The premier national touring dirt late model series has 44 confirmed dates in 20 different states on the schedule for 2013. Series officials have worked hard to complete the schedule and release it to the public, so that racers, promoters, and all the great fans of the series can start making plans to attend in 2013. The series completed forty-three (43) events in 2012, with an average of forty-four (44) cars per event. There were fifteen different (15) winners in 2012 with Don O’Neal leading the series with eleven (11) wins.
TOCCOA, GA (October 27, 2012)—David Payne of Murphy, NC led all forty laps at Toccoa (GA) Speedway on October 27th for his first-career Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series victory, the Georgia State Championships/James Garrison Memorial event.
This Saturday night Nov. 3rd the Florida United Promoters Series will visit Citrus Co. Speedway for the A-Able Septic Sewer Service 125. The tight points battle will continue between series leader Steve Dorer in his Racecar Engineering sponsored machine and Jessie Dutilly in the Carbone Motorsports entry who captured his 1st victory at Auburndale two weeks ago. With only 15 points separating the two this race will be pivotal to both with only two races remaining for the title chase.
Hendersonville, NC (10/29/12) –While many season regulars are hoping for a solid points day, Darrell Wallace Jr. and Mike Skinner are joining the STARS during the 2012 Championship Weekend at Rockingham Speedway November 2nd-3rd.
Cordele, Georgia (Saturday, October 27th, 2012): For 2012 Howie Lettow Memorial Rookie of the Year Presented by Howe Racing Enterprises, 15-year-old Anderson Bowen, the 2012 racing season within the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance was a very successful rookie campaign for the Suwanee, Georgia driver as he finished an impressive third in the final points standings despite not garnering that elusive first win in the series during the points chasing segment of the season.