WHEATLAND, MO (May 24, 2013) – Scott Bloomquist and Don O’Neal will start on the front row of Saturday Night’s 21st Annual Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 Presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com. Bloomquist will be seeking his sixth win in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and Lucas Oil Midwest Latemodel Racing Association co-sanctioned Memorial Day Weekend Crown-Jewel Event at Lucas Oil Speedway.

In Friday Night’s preliminary action, Bloomquist topped the 72 car field in RED BUCK Time Trials. With an invert of 3 in each of the 20-lap heat races, the top three drivers transferred to Saturday’s Show-Me 100. (more…)

LOCUST GROVE, AR (May 18, 2013) – John Blankenship took home the biggest win of his racing career tonight at Batesville Motor Speedway. Blankenship won $20,000 by winning the Second Annual Bad Boy 98 sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, and marked the first series win for him this year. Blankenship pulled away at the end to score a convincing win over Brady Smith, Steve Francis, Billy Moyer and Jimmy Owens.

While Blankenship enjoyed the fruits of the win, Dennis Erb Jr. was left with what could have been. Erb led the first 67 laps of the race until smoke bellowed from his number 28 car forcing him pitside. Erb and Blankenship had put on a side-by-side battle for the top spot for most of the race until that point. Blankenship then ran away with the race as he went unchallenged over the last 30 laps of the event.

“I have to thank all of my crew, Tom Buckingham and everyone else, this is the biggest win we have ever had,” exclaimed Blankenship in Lucas Oil Victory Lane. “That was quite a race for the lead between Dennis and me, and then I saw smoke out of his car and I knew he was in trouble. This Rocket Chassis car has been good all year long, we have been knocking on the door for a big win like this since last year, and tonight it finally happened.” (more…)

WAYCROSS, GA (May 15, 2013) – Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series heads to the deep south this weekend for the 2nd Annual Bad Boy 98, May 16th through the 18th at Batesville Motor Speedway in Batesville, AR. This year’s event, sponsored by Bad Boy Mowers, will pay $20,000 win and $1,200 to start the feature event. Activities will get underway on Thursday night with a special open practice session. Then, on Friday night May 17th, there will be LOLMDS Hot Laps, RED BUCK Time Trials and heat races to set the starting field of the 2nd Annual Bad Boy 98. On Saturday night May 18th, there will be a special autograph session for fans to meet all the stars of the LOLMDS, as well as several top regional drivers from around the country. Following the autograph session, there will be two LOLMDS B-Mains to complete the starting field for the 98-lap $20,000 to win feature event. (more…)

La Salle, IL (May 11, 2013) – Brady Smith edged out fellow Wisconsin driver, Jimmy Mars by just a few inches at LaSalle Speedway on Saturday Night in winning the Jeff’s Enginemasters Spring Shootout. It was Smith’s first Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win since 2008. Trailing Smith and Mars to the finish line in the $10,000 to win race was John Blankenship, Chris Simpson, and Don O’Neal.

“I have to thank Jimmy (Mars) for racing me clean that was quite a race, we are happy to be here in Lucas Oil victory lane. We haven’t been racing much this year, I had knee surgery back in March, and it took a while to recover from that,” said Smith. With the win Smith became the seventh different winner in eleven LOLMDS events in 2013.

Mars was seeking his first LOLMDS victory since the ’09 North/South 100 at Florence (KY) Speedway, but fell just short of the win. “Congratulations to Brady, I hope the fans enjoyed that race, to run 50-laps here without a yellow says something about the track and the drivers in this race. We got boxed in there behind another car and Brady was able to get around me. I thought that on the final lap, I was going to get him. I saw him slide up the track and he left and opening, but we came up just short.” (more…)

WAYCROSS, GA (May 6, 2013) – The Spring Shootout will be bigger and better than ever this Friday and Saturday, May 10th and 11th at LaSalle Speedway in LaSalle, IL. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series looks to double the excitement for fans this weekend. Both nights will include a complete show, packed with RED BUCK Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Mains, and $10,000 to win, $800 to start feature events. Over $80,000 in prize money will be up for grabs this weekend at LaSalle Speedway.

“This will be one of the biggest weekends in the history of LaSalle Speedway,” said Tony Izzo, Jr., whose family promotes the 1/3 mile oval track located in North-Central Illinois. “We have our biggest crowds when the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series comes here. With the quality of drivers they have, and the show they put on, I am sure the place will be packed again,” stated Tony Izzo Jr. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will be visiting LaSalle Speedway for the tenth time since the series inception in 2005. With a roster full of dirt late model racing’s biggest names, the series is in the midst of a terrific points battle with positions 1-10 separated by only 220 points. (more…)

WAYCROSS, GA (April 29, 2013) – The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series resumes its 2013 racing schedule on Friday Night, May 3rd at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, IL and Saturday Night, May 4th at Paducah International Raceway in Paducah, KY. Both events will kick-off a busy month of May for the nations’ premier dirt late model series with events scheduled every weekend. There will be a complete show at both events this weekend, packed with RED BUCK Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Mains, and 50-lap $10,000-to-win feature events that pay $800 to start.

The event on Friday, May 3rd, will be the first of two visits at Tri-City Speedway in 2013 and will mark the tenth time that the series has competed at the track. In the nine previous appearances at the Kevin and Tammy Gundaker promoted facility, Hall of Famer, Billy Moyer of Batesville, AR has captured three series sanctioned events at the 3/8ths mile track. LOLMDS regulars Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, FL and Don O’Neal of Martinsville, IN have each collected series wins twice at Tri-City Speedway. (more…)

MINERAL WELLS, WV (April 21, 2013) – Eddie Carrier Jr. finally claims his first ever win at West Virginia Motor Speedway, by winning tonight’s event. Carrier took the lead from Brian Birkhofer on lap 33 and held off Josh Richards for his fourth career LOLMDS win. Richards, who brought out the first caution of the race with one lap scored, charged through the field to finish second. Don O’Neal came home third followed by Birkhofer and 13th starting, Jimmy Owens.

“It feels pretty good to finally win here, so close to Rocket Chassis. West Virginia has been my home-state since I moved from Kentucky back in ’02,” said Carrier in Lucas Oil Victory Lane. “To win on this stage, with the caliber of drivers here, they are the best of the best no doubt about it, that’s why this is so special, the car was excellent today from the time we unloaded it out of the trailer.”

Birkhofer took the lead at the start of the 50-lap main event and was in control for most of the first-half of the race until Carrier started to apply pressure. Carrier’s car was better in the long runs as he eventually tracked down Birkhofer. On lap 33, Carrier was able to make the pass on Birkhofer coming off of turn number four. (more…)

HAGERSTOWN, MD (April 20, 2013) – Jimmy Owens won his second consecutive Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned event Saturday night at Hagerstown Speedway. Owens took the lead on lap five passing Steve Francis and paced the field the rest of the way to become the eighth different winner in eight LOLMDS appearances at Hagerstown Speedway. Earl Pearson Jr. advanced from his seventh starting position to finish second followed by Vic Coffey, Steve Francis and 18th starting, Gregg Satterlee.

Owens commented on his winning car in victory lane. “It’s a new car that we have only run four or five races with it this year. We were a little worried early on this year but we got the kinks worked out of it and it seems to be really fast. We have never really run that well here so to come here tonight and get this win is great for our whole team. The track was racy and we had a good battle with Francis early on before we were able to pull away towards the end”, said Owens, whose victory was his first at the historic half-mile track. (more…)

WAYCROSS, GA (April 15, 2013) – The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will head east this weekend to three tracks, all ready to host some very exciting racing action. The three (3) race swing in the Appalachians include three one-day events, each paying $10,000 to win Beginning Friday April 19th, Saturday April 20th, and concluding Sunday April 21st. A strong representation of LOLMDS traveling stars, along with an always-stout group of regional drivers will provide an exciting weekend of racing.

On Friday Night, April 19th, the LOLMDS makes its third appearance at the Rick Jones-promoted Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex in Markleysburg, PA. Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, TN has taken home the win in both previous appearances by the LOLMDS at the 3/8th mile oval. Bloomquist coming off a runner-up finish at LoneStar Speedway in Kilgore, Texas is a strong favorite again at the Knob. Bloomquist will have to battle a strong field of talented drivers to earn his third LOLMDS victory at Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex. There will be a complete show on Friday night April 19th with RED BUCK Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Mains, and a $10,000 to win 50-lap feature event. Joining the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at Roaring Knob will be the newly-formed RUSH Late Models paying $2,000 to win. (more…)