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AT A GLANCE: Florida Winners Look To Ride Momentum To Texas Donny Schatz, Brad Sweet and Logan Schuchart already off to strong start in 2020 PAIGE, TX – March 9, 2020 – Donny Schatz, Brad Sweet and Logan Schuchart already got the hardest task of the season out of the way – earning the first win of the year. Now ...

AT A GLANCE: Sheppard Seeks Duck River Win Friday Rocket1 racer then takes aim Saturday at Owens & Smoky Mountain   WHEEL, TN – March 4, 2020 – The World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series roars back into action this weekend with a waltz through Tennessee, Friday night at Duck River Raceway Park and Saturday night at Smoky Mountain ...

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED: Philip Dietz prepared for busy season with own team, Jason Johnson Racing Dietz Motorsports is scheduled to compete in more than 40 World of Outlaws races this season PAIGE, TX – March 2, 2020 – Philip Dietz always wanted his own Sprint Car team one day. He never planned for it to happen this soon. Along with his ...

The Spring California Swing will feature eight races across six cities PERRIS, CA – Feb. 26, 2020 – This Spring from March 28 to April 18 the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series will bring its 900hp thrill ride to six cities across California. The Greatest Show on Dirt will make stops at Perris Auto Speedway in ...

  (CARPENTERSVILLE, ILLINOIS) Dennis Erb Racing recently wrapped up a very busy “Speedweeks” in Georgia and Florida, as they competed in a total of fourteen special events from February 1-15. Dennis Erb, Jr. found a way into each of the fourteen main events held at Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, Georgia, East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Florida, All-Tech Raceway ...

Madden Eyes Drydene Xtreme DIRTcar Crown at Modoc Bailes leads pack chasing South Carolina superstar to title   MODOC, SC – Feb. 20, 2020 – Three different winners in its first four races sets the stage for the Drydene Xtreme DIRTcar Series championship next week.   Chris Madden carried the momentum from his incredible 2019 run into the winter, winning ...

MAKIN’ A SPLASH: Logan Schuchart off to career best start Schuchart heads into Texas doubleheader with a win already under his belt PAIGE, TX – Feb. 19 – Logan Schuchart had never won at Volusia Speedway Park coming into the 2020 DIRTcar Nationals. Never led a lap. Never even finished inside the top-five. That’s changed. In the three World of ...

SPOT CAR # NAME 10-Feb 11-Feb 12-Feb 13-Feb 14-Feb 15-Feb TOTAL 1 1S Brandon Sheppard 80 75 80 55 65 60 415 2 20 Jimmy Owens 44 45 65 80 80 80 394 3 29V Darrell Lanigan 51 51 75 49 70 65 361 4 40B Kyle Bronson 38 70 49 53 75 70 355 5 7W Ricky Weiss 49 ...

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Wight Takes a Bite Out of Volusia, Wins Third DIRTcar Nationals Big Gator Championship BARBERVILLE, FL – Feb. 15, 2020 – When the sun rose and heated up the Florida air this morning, only 50 laps on The World’s Fastest Half-Mile were all that separated Gypsum Racing’s Larry Wight from his third DIRTcar Nationals presented by Bozard Ford Big Gator ...

GATOR GETTERS: Owens Three-peats at Volusia, Sheppard Claims DIRTcar Nationals Title Owens wins three battles to Sheppard’s two; Rocket1 hoists Big Gator for second-straight year   BARBERVILLE, FL – Feb. 15, 2020 – Make it three wins in-a-row now for Volusia Speedway Park’s newest success story, Jimmy Owens. The Tennessean came into the 49th DIRTcar Nationals presented by Bozard Ford ...

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Gypsum Racing Finishes 1-2, Mat Williamson Comes Back Swinging BARBERVILLE, FL – February 14, 2020 – Lightning Larry Wight, from Phoenix, NY, joined elite company in the record books by winning his third DIRTcar Nationals presented by Bozard Ford Feature win in a row. Only Brett Hearn and Kenny Brightbill have won three or more consecutive races at Volusia Speedway ...

  SPOT CAR # NAME 10-Feb 11-Feb 12-Feb 13-Feb 14-Feb 15-Feb TOTAL 1 1S Brandon Sheppard 80 75 80 55 65 355 2 20 Jimmy Owens 44 45 65 80 80 314 3 29V Darrell Lanigan 51 51 75 49 70 296 4 40B Kyle Bronson 38 70 49 53 75 285 5 28 Dennis Erb, Jr. 70 65 26 ...

O-SHOW STOPPER: Owens Doubles Up at Volusia Tennessean scores back-to-back wins after never having won in years of DIRTcar Nationals action BARBERVILLE, FL – Feb. 14, 2020 – For never having won a Feature at Volusia Speedway Park in his previous 49 starts before his win on Thursday night, Jimmy Owens made going back-to-back on Friday night look easy as ...

  SPOT CAR # NAME 10-Feb 11-Feb 12-Feb 13-Feb TOTAL 1 1S Brandon Sheppard 80 75 80 55 290 2 20 Jimmy Owens 44 45 65 80 234 3 39 Tim McCreadie 65 80 53 33 231 4 29V Darrell Lanigan 51 51 75 49 226 5 3S Brian Shirley 75 43 60 36 214 6 17M Dale McDowell 41 ...

Gypsum Racing’s Larry Wight Nabs Back-to-Back Gators at DIRTcar Nationals BARBERVILLE, FL – February 13, 2020 – For the second night in a row, Lightning Larry Wight was showered in confetti on the front stretch of Volusia Speedway Park at the DIRTcar Nationals presented by Bozard Ford.  Both wins were mirrored by two other important factors: Larry Wight started on ...

FLORIDA’S NEWEST NIGHTMARE: Owens Earns First Career DIRTcar Nationals Gator Trophy World of Outlaws Feature win #16 comes in dominant fashion for the Tennessee veteran BARBERVILLE, FL – Feb. 13, 2020 – With all of his continued success around the national Dirt Late Model racing scene over the years, it seemed odd that one major Florida-Georgia Speedweeks venue Jimmy Owens ...