{"id":25315,"date":"2018-01-31T17:31:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T17:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=25315"},"modified":"2018-01-31T17:34:17","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T17:34:17","slug":"big-frog-motorsports-expands-for-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/upcoming-events\/big-frog-motorsports-expands-for-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Frog Motorsports Expands for 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Devin Dixon and Riley Hickman to Lead the Team\u2019s Charge into New Territory<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>Ocala, Florida (01\/31\/18) \u2013 With the 2018 season screaming onto the scene at full speed, Big Frog Motorsports is entering a brave new era of its existence.<\/p>\n

The team enters the new campaign with a new focus, new drivers, and an ambitious plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve taken full ownership of the team,\u201d Big Frog Motorsports\u2019 Augie Burttram commented. \u201cWe\u2019ve also brought Carl Sherwood with M&W Transport on board as a principal sponsor, and that\u2019s allowing us to really expand our program. Devin Dixon will continue to be our primary driver, but we also will be fielding an entry for Riley Hickman at some events later in the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team will utilize Clements Racing Engines in their XR1 Rocket Chassis Super Late Model entries.<\/p>\n

Fresh off his Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series Championship with Big Frog Motorsports in 2017, Florida\u2019s Devin Dixon will embark into new territory in 2018. The plan is to have Dixon contend for the Rookie of the Year title and Championship on both the Ray Cook\u2019s Spring Nationals and Schaeffer\u2019s Oil Southern Nationals tours.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve done some open engine stuff over the past few years, but I\u2019ve never really focused on it solely, and that\u2019s exactly what we are going to do this season,\u201d Dixon noted. \u201cI\u2019m extremely grateful for this opportunity, and I\u2019m looking forward to having Riley (Hickman) to bounce ideas and notes off. This is going to be a fun season.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>For Hickman, he\u2019s looking forward to entering events with Big Frog Motorsports, when not competing in his own entry.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a cool deal to be able to drive for Augie (Burttram) in some races this season,\u201d Hickman said. \u201cHe\u2019s got some really good equipment, and it\u2019s an honor anytime that someone asks you to drive their hot rod. Hopefully this deal will work out great for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team plans to officially kick off their 2018 season on Friday and Saturday during the annual Super Bowl of Racing at Golden Isles Speedway (Brunswick, Georgia). The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) sanctioned affair posts a $10,000 top prize on Friday and a $20,000 winner\u2019s check on Saturday.<\/p>\n

For more information on the events, please visit www.LucasDirt.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n

Burttram is honest about the team\u2019s goals for the upcoming, ambitious season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has been the ultimate goal for myself and team crew chief Mike Rey since we started this team,\u201d Burttram stated. \u201cNow the ball is in our court to make it a success. It\u2019s going to be a big challenge for sure, but I\u2019m pumped for the opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Big Frog Motorsports would like to thank their principal and associate sponsors including Dave’s Towing, Big Frog Shocks, Ocala Tractor, Southway Crane Service, M&W Transport, FK Rod Ends, Schaeffers Oil, Racecar Engineering, Wilwood Brakes, Keyser Manufacturing, Rocket Chassis, Sunoco Race Fuels, Clements Racing Engines, Integra Shocks, Hoosier Race Tire by Brian, Daytona Sensors LLC, Schoenfeld Headers, COMP Cams, AR Bodies, Vahlco Wheels, Leaf Firesuits, JE Pistons, Red Line Oil, NGK Spark Plugs, Fast Shafts, Callies Race Products, Superior Bearings, Ferrea Valves, Butlerbuilt Seats, C&R Racing, Leaf Racewear, Collins Signs & Trophies and MSR Mafia Marketing Services.<\/p>\n

For the latest team news and updates on Big Frog Motorsports please visit www.BigFrogMotorsports.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Devin Dixon and Riley Hickman to Lead the Team\u2019s Charge into New Territory Ocala, Florida (01\/31\/18) \u2013 With the 2018 season screaming onto the scene […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":25316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"publish_to_discourse":"","publish_post_category":"","wpdc_auto_publish_overridden":"","wpdc_topic_tags":"","wpdc_pin_topic":"","wpdc_pin_until":"","discourse_post_id":"","discourse_permalink":"","wpdc_publishing_response":"","wpdc_publishing_error":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-racing-news","category-upcoming-events"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25315"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25321,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25315\/revisions\/25321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}