Super DIRTcar Series Takes Pilgrimage Charlotte
Competitors prepare for November’s season finale, PEAK Motor Oil World of Outlaws World Finals presented by NAPA Auto Parts
CONCORD, N. C. – Oct. 24, 2012 – With only two feature events left in the Super DIRTcar Series, Big-Block Modified competitors are prepping for one of the biggest dirt racing events of the year, PEAK Motor Oil World of Outlaws World Finals presented by NAPA Auto Parts at The Dirt Track at Charlotte Thursday, Nov. 1, through Saturday, Nov. 3.
Not only is PEAK Motor Oil World of Outlaws World Finals presented by NAPA Auto Parts one of only three events that hosts the three premier dirt track series, the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series, and the Super DIRTcar Series, but it is the last event of the season for all three.
“It’s almost like the Mecca of dirt track racing,” said Jimmy Phelps, of Baldwinsville, N. Y., currently second in points in the Super DIRTcar Series. “You’ve got the three major traveling series all on the same property in front of a huge crowd. It’s an unbelievable facility.”
Performing well at the two Super DIRTcar Series features at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, set for Friday, Nov. 2, and Saturday, Nov. 3, is especially vital for Phelps, who trails the series point leader and two-time defending champion Matt Sheppard by just 92 points. Points are awarded for each 40-lap race according to a 150-point schedule.
“It’s the end of the year and everything’s on the line,” Phelps said. (more…)
Salem, IN October 22, 2012) – Senioa, Georgia native Bubba Pollard, arguably the winningest late model driver in the country over the past two seasons, will be looking to get his second straight ARCA/CRA Super Series Southern Tour Championship in this Weekend’s Watermelon Twin 100’s, which will take place at Watermelon Capital Speedway, in Cordele, GA on Saturday. The event will feature both the ARCA/CRA Super Series Southern Tour in a 100 lap Season Championship feature and the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance in a special non-points 100 lap feature.
CARTERSVILLE, GA – The five-driver “Bow Tie Brigade” will be headed to Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS this weekend with Super Late Model race cars powered by the $7,000 Chevrolet Performance CT 525 Engine. They will give race fans and competitors a preview of the economical future of dirt late model racing.
Salem, IN October 22, 2012) – CRA officials have announced that Racecar Engineering has agreed to be an Award Sponsor with the Watermelon Twin 100’s, which will take place at Watermelon Capital Speedway, in Cordele, GA this Saturday. The event will feature both the ARCA/CRA Super Series Southern Tour in a 100 lap feature and the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance in special non-points 100 lap feature.
MAYETTA, Kan. (Oct. 22) – Feature events for five IMCA divisions are on the schedule for both nights of Thunder Hill Speedway’s Friday and Saturday, Oct. 26-27 Thunder On The Hill Special.
Austin, TX 10/22/12– It’s been a few years since the people of the South Texas asphalt racing community had anything to cheer about, and the same can be said for Casey Smith, a driver apart of that community that has been winless over the last few seasons after several championship years in 2007 and again in 2008 racing outside his home state of Texas. Saturday night at the San Antonio Speedway, a track that has been closed down since 2007, roared back to life with an estimated 4,000 people in the grandstands and a familiar face in victory lane as Austin, Texas native Casey Smith lead flag to flag in his pro late model debut winning the 100 lap Octoberfast Pro Late Model 100 at the half-mile facility located just outside San Antonio, Texas.
CONCORD, NC – Oct. 22, 2012 – Darrell Lanigan has entered the PEAK Motor Oil World of Outlaws World Finals Presented by NAPA Auto Parts with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series championship already in his back pocket, and he’s gone into the season-ending spectacular locked in a dramatic battle for the points title.
Series regular Jesse Dutilly finally had the complete race Saturday night and captured his first win of 2012 at Auburndale taking the Regal KIA Chevy 100. Starting outside the front row after the draw for the top eight quailifiers, Dutilly got the jump on pole setter Jake Perkins at the start, the two battled with young Perkins putting on the pressure in the early stages. As Dutilly kept all challenges from series point leader Steve Dorer after Perkins faded back.