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For Immediate Release
Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
November 2nd, 2009
Bub McCool Ready To Go “Cotton Pickin”
Vicksburg, MS (10/02/09) – Bub McCool will be taking his #57J Halloween-Themed/McCool Logging/Trakstar/Jay Dickens Racing Engine Super Late Model into action this weekend as he attempts to “Cotton Pick” his way to a $15,000 payday.
McCool Motorsports will enter the 6th Annual Southern Belle Cotton Pickin’ 100 at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi this Thursday-Saturday, November 5th-7th. Bub has enjoyed a lot of success at the gumbo oval, but this weekend, he will be looking for his biggest payday ever in the $15,000 to win/$1,000 to start event. The weekend gets underway with an Open Practice Session on Thursday night and time trials and heat race action on Friday night. The festivities will conclude on Saturday with b-mains and a 100 lap feature event. For more
information on the event, please visit www.MagnoliaMotorSpeedway.net .
Make sure to pick up a brand new 2009 Halloween-themed, Bub McCool t-shirt this weekend at Magnolia Motor Speedway. The shirts come in several different colors and hoodies are also available. $10 from the purchase of each shirt will go toward the Bub’s Wish Campaign 2009, which is a program where McCool Motorsports is raising money for a charity that benefits terminally ill children. To view the new designs, please visit www.BubMcCool.com .
In addition, a Coca-Cola bicycle, a Dasani Water bicycle, and a Dale Earnhart Jr. leather jacket will be auctioned prior to Saturday’s program, with all money raised going to the children’s charity.
The team will also have their new diecasts for sale this weekend. There are two different models available including their current car design as well as the 2007 Halloween car design. The die casts can be purchased at the McCool Motorsports hauler this weekend.
Last weekend the team traveled to Talladega Short Track with the intent in competing in a pair of Super Late Model events on Friday and Saturday. Bub entered the $2,000 to win Super Late Model event at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Alabama on Friday night as forty-four competitors signed in for battle. After starting 15th on the grid for the main event, McCool raced his way to a 9th place finish.
Saturday’s Southern All Star program would fall victim to Mother Nature.
Bub and everyone at McCool Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include McCool Logging, Jay Dickens Racing Engines, Trak-Star Race Cars, Phase 2 Sign Supply, Good Hope Lumber, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Boland Performance, Phase II Graphics, & MSRMafia.com.
For more information on Bub & McCool Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.BubMcCool.com .
For Immediate Release
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
November 2nd, 2009
Scott Creel Looks To Conquer Gumbo Nationals
Franklinton, Louisiana (11/02/09) – Voodoo Motorsports will return to action this weekend at the 3rd Annual Gumbo Nationals at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi with Scott Creel behind the wheel of his #31 Creel Brothers/Black Warrior Auctions/Mastersbilt/Pro Power Racing Engine Super Late Model.
Creel will be invading Greenville Speedway this weekend in the 3rd Annual Gumbo Nationals. The event boats a $5,000 top prize with $450 on the line to start the main event. The weekend gets underway with a practice session on Thursday, November 5th. On Friday, November 6th time trials and heat race action will be held, while b-mains and the 40 lap feature event will be held on Saturday, November 7th. For more information on the event, please visit www.GumboNationals.com .
Scott Creel was last in action two weeks ago as he traveled to Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi for the 15th Annual Coors Light Fall Classic. With 60 Super Late Models on hand, Scott finished sixth in his heat race, and with only the top three cars transferring to the feature, he was forced to a b-main event, where he started fifth. In the b-main, Scott would fail to advance to a transfer spot, bringing his weekend to an early end.
Voodoo Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Black Warrior Auction Company LLC, Creel Brothers, J&J Motorsports, Pro Power Racing Engines, All Star Performance, GW Performance, Randy LaJoie Racing Seats, Mastersbilt Race Cars, Ohlins Shocks, Hoosier Racing Tires, Xtreme Graphics By J-Rod, MSRMafia.com, Team Voodoo Racing, and ASI Racewear.
For more information on Voodoo Motorsports, please visit www.VooooDirt.com .
For Immediate Release
Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037
November 2nd, 2009
Jeff Taylor Travels West To New Mexico
Jonesboro, Arkansas (11/02/09) – After losing the entire month of October to Mother Nature, Jeff Taylor is eager to return to the cockpit of his #5 Mesilla Valley Transportation/Rick Lovelady Carpets/Provence Construction/Taylor Chassis Open Wheel Modified as he prepares to travel to Southern New Mexico Speedway in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
This weekend, November 6th-8th, Jeff Taylor Motorsports will make the long trek to Southern New Mexico Speedway in Las Cruces, New Mexico for the UMP Fall DIRTCar Open Wheel Modified Nationals. The busy weekend will get underway on Friday and Saturday night with preliminary programs, including heats, last-chance races, and 25 lap feature events. The top five finishes in each feature will lock into the 50 lap championship event on Sunday, November 8th. The balance of the field will be made up from transfers in Sunday’s b-mains. Sunday’s feature event will pay $10,000 to win and $1,250 to start. Jeff competed at Southern New Mexico Speedway earlier in the year in a $10,000 to win, special event, and came away with a solid 7th place finish. For more information on the event, please visit www.snmspeedway.com .
Racers, please note that the Racing Parts Page at www.JeffTaylor5.com is now functional with several racer’s specials.
Jeff and everyone at Taylor Chassis would like to congratulate Dougie Murphrey for winning the 2009 Track Championship at Fast Trax Speedway in Chatham, Louisiana.
Taylor Chassis current and perspective customers will like to note that a Printable Taylor Chassis Customer Roller Form and a 2009 Taylor Chassis Order Form Calculator can now be found by going to www.JeffTaylor5.com and clicking on the “Taylor Race Cars” link.
Jeff Taylor would like to thank all of his sponsors including Provence Construction, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Rick Lovelady Carpets, Keith Craft Racing Engines, JFR Graphics, Taylor Chassis, Port City Racing, Brinn Transmissions, Fel-Pro Performance Gaskets, ICI Drywall, Day Motorsports, Frankland Rearends, Hoosier Racing Tires, Integra Racing Springs, Integra Racing Shocks, OH Hendricks Sheetmetal, ROFAB, Schaeffers Racing Oil, Schoenfeld Headers, KRC, AFCO, Simpson Racing Products, US Brake, Dyer’s Top Rods, TWM Racing Products, Wisconsin Custom Machine, Smiley’s Racing Products, MSRMafia.com, and Mittler Brothers Machine and Tool.
For the latest information on Jeff Taylor Motorsports and Taylor Chassis., please visit www.JeffTaylor5.com .
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: November 2, 2009
Contact: Dennis Daniel dennis@danieldigital.com
Kellen Chadwick On A Roll Heading In To Lucrative November Racing Schedule
By Dennis Daniel, DirtModifiedRacer.com
Oakley, CA, Nov. 2, 2009 – Oakley, Calif.’s Kellen Chadwick is back on top! After making a chassis change in his Modified program during the past year, Kellen has been learning how to dial in his new ride to take it to the front. Kellen is now wheeling a Flexi Flyer by Chadwick chassis and he scored a big victory in Chowchilla Speedway’s Chowtown Pacific Nationals, taking home the $5,000 winners’ prize in the new ride on October 18th. Kellen followed up the Chowchilla win with a near victory in Bakersfield Speedway’s George Steitz Memorial race a week later. He took the lead in the feature but mechanical gremlins sidelined him while leading, taking away his chances at back-to-back weekend wins.
Kellen now sets his focus to challenging the best Modified drivers in the country, as he heads to Southern New Mexico Speedway’s Fall Nationals, a $10,000 to win event on November 6 – 8, 2009. A star-studded field is expected at the Las Cruces, NM facility, including newly crowned USMTS National Champion, Kelly Shyrock, along with many other regional and national top-guns.
After the New Mexico race, Kellen will navigate his hauler and race cars over to Las Vegas where he plans to compete in the Las Vegas Dirt Track’s 12th annual Duel In The Desert, a $7,777 to win IMCA Modified event. The Las Vegas event typically draws the top drivers from around the country as well, including last year where a record 218 competitors took to the half-mile oval. The show starts on Thursday, Nov. 12th and winds up on Saturday, the 14th.
After the “Duel,” Kellen will remain in Las Vegas where he is planning to wheel his Super Late Model and Modified in the Silver State DIRTCar Championships, on November 20-21, 2009. Kellen has run a limited Super Late Model schedule this season, but already has a victory to his credit. The DIRTCar Late Models feature a $5,000 to win show, while the UMP Modifieds are gunning for a $2,500 payday.
The busy November racing schedule for Kellen comes to an end when the 24-year-old heads down to Tucson, Arizona to compete at the biggest paying show of the year he has competed in. On November 27 – 29, 2009, USA Raceway is hosting the 5th annual Wes Hurst Memorial, and will award $15,000 to the winner. Again, top regional and national Modified stars will be on hand to compete in the prestigious event, where just making the feature will pay drivers $1,500 just to start the event.
Kellen is ready for the grueling 11 days of racing in a 24 day span. He has built momentum during October’s events and feels confident he can challenge the star-studded fields he will encounter. If you get a chance, come watch Kellen and all the top drivers compete in these incredible racing events. For more information about Kellen, check out his website, www.KellenChadwick.com.
Contact: World Racing Group
Kevin Kovac, World of Outlaws Late Model Series P.R. Director
704-254-7929 • kkovac@dirtcar.com
CONCORD, NC - Nov. 2, 2009 - Jason Feger won't be an anonymous first-time visitor to The Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway when he drives through the pit gate for the postponed Topless Showdown by Hungry Man (Nov. 4) and the World of Outlaws World Finals (Nov. 5-7).
Once a driver wins a prestigious title, after all, he becomes impossible to overlook.
So it is with Feger, a 31-year-old from Bloomington, Ill., who is heading for the big stage of The Dirt Track to top off a spectacular 2009 season that saw him emerge as the UMP DIRTcar Racing Super Late Model national champion.
“Since we won the championship we've gone to some tracks where fans have never seen us much before,” said Feger, who clinched the crown one week before the UMP DIRTcar points season ended with the organization's Nationals on Oct. 9-10 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. “A lot of fans came up to talk to me and I heard a lot of compliments, so you realize that winning the championship is a pretty big deal. More people know who you are.”
Feger figures to find himself in much the same situation at The Dirt Track. With his national title and 23 feature wins (at a remarkable 13 different tracks in four states) stamping him as one of the country's most successful dirt Late Model drivers in '09, he'll have plenty of eyes focused on him throughout the four days of competition for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series.
Yes, expectations will be high for Feger, but he's ready for the challenge. Though this will be the first time he's ever seen the gorgeous four-tenths-mile oval in person, he plans to do his best to live up to the hype.
“I'm going to run as hard as I can, just like I always do,” said Feger, a personable racer whose distinctive style has earned him the nickname the ‘Highside Hustler.' “Everybody I talk to (about The Dirt Track) says I'm gonna like it, so that makes me feel good about going there. But if we're gonna do well we have to make the right decisions on tires (compounds) – that's what it's gonna come down to.
“We've had a great season in our area but this is going to be a whole new deal for us,” he continued. “We'll be running against the best drivers in the country, so it's going to be a real test. Talent-wise I feel I can go down there and run with them because we've done it this year around home, but when those guys come out here (to the Midwest) they play by our rules (using UMP DIRTcar Hoosier tires). It's a different story (during the World Finals) – we'll be on open tires, so you know it's gonna be a learning curve.
“We need to get better (running) on open tires. We haven't done that too much, and that's one of the reasons we want to go to Charlotte. We're trying to learn more and make our program better.”
Feger has certainly mastered the tough UMP DIRTcar circuit. Now in his eighth season behind the wheel of a dirt Late Model after excelling in UMP DIRTcar Sportsman action, Feger went from being named UMP DIRTcar's Most Improved Driver in 2008 to national champion in '09.
And Feger reached the promised land after a dramatic late-season showdown for the $20,000 points title with 37-year-old Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., who was bidding to sweep the UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals tour and national championships for the third consecutive season. Feger held off Erb down the stretch to win the crown by 31 points.
“I think beating Dennis really makes the championship more special,” said Feger, who finished third in the 2008 national points battle. “A lot of people know how good Dennis is. He's good in the big shows and can win against anybody, and he's definitely the guy to beat around here. Whenever you roll into a racetrack – especially for the last three years – night and night out, Dennis is the guy you know you're gonna have to beat to win. You very rarely see that guy (finish) out of the top five.
“Racing against Dennis makes you focus to really stay up on your game. He's a competitor who hates to lose, so I think people know (the title) wasn't given to us or anything. We had to earn it.”
Feger feels honored to follow Erb as the UMP DIRTcar national champion since he sees a bit of himself in the gritty owner-operator known as the ‘One Man Band.' The two drivers have decidedly different personalities – while Feger is talkative and outgoing, Erb tends to be quiet and reserved – but they have scratched and clawed their way to the top of UMP DIRTcar Racing in much the same manner.
“I have a lot of respect for him,” Feger said of Erb. “I feel like the way he's done it is kinda the way I've done it. He's a self-made guy who's worked his butt off to get where he is. I probably have a little more help in the pit (crew) department than him, but we come from the same ranks.”
Indeed, Feger and his family have slowly-but-surely assembled a championship-caliber operation. His entire rise has come driving Late Models under the banner of Feger Brothers Racing (that's Jason and his 29-year-old brother/crew chief Austin), though he credits his more recent associations with chassis builder Bob Pierce (Feger began running Pierce cars midway through the 2007 season), powerplant constructor Rhyne Engines and sponsors Stearn Ironworks and Jaxon Chase Steel Detailing with giving him that final push.
“To be kind of self-made and win the championship is a big deal in my mind,” said Feger, who works for his family's Absolute Apparel business when he's not racing (or getting ready to race) more than 80 nights a season. “It's not like we just had somebody give us money and we went out and used it. We've gotten our program really built up over time.
“It's definitely tough to do it this way,” he added. “It's a lot of hard work, but we're proof it can be done.”
Now Feger will try to continue his success story this week in front of a packed Lowe's Motor Speedway grandstand and a national television audience on the SPEED cable network, which will televise the World Finals Late Model/Sprint Car doubleheader on Saturday (Nov. 7) starting at 8 p.m. ET.
Considering his '09 resume, it wouldn't be a surprise to see Feger make some noise at The Dirt Track with his green-and-white, ‘tumbling dice' No. 25. He's excelled on some pretty big stages this season – he won a heat race for June's UMP DIRTcar-sanctioned $100,000 Dream at Eldora, thrilled the fans with outside charges during qualifying for the Dirt Track World Championship last month at Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway and, of course, scored his first career WoO LMS triumph with a flawless flag-to-flag run on May 24 at Charter Raceway Park in Beaver Dam, Wis.
Feger lists his WoO LMS victory, which came in a race co-sanctioned by UMP DIRTcar (both entities are owned by the World Racing Group), as a career highlight and confidence-booster heading into the World Finals.
“I had never been to Beaver Dam before, so to be able to show up and beat those Outlaw guys was an incredible feeling,” said Feger, who has entered four WoO LMS events this season. “I really like racing with those guys and I have a whole lot of respect for them. I just hope that win gives them a little more respect for me – you know, solidifies me a little more in their minds.”
The World of Outlaws World Finals – the only time this season fans can see the WoO Late Models and Sprint Cars compete on the same card – begins on Thurs., Nov. 5, with two separate rounds of time trials for both divisions to set the heat race lineups on Friday and Saturday. The Late Models will battle in a 50-lap A-Main on Friday and Saturday and the Sprint Cars will run a 30-lap headliner each evening.
The fun at The Dirt Track actually will kick off on Wed., Nov. 4, with the postponed WoO LMS ‘Topless Showdown by Hungry Man.' The 50-lap event offers a base purse of $10,000 for first place, but if the driver who wins the A-Main submitted an official entry form prior to deadline they will also receive a ‘passing' bonus in an amount equal to $1,000 multiplied by their starting position – setting up a possible winner's prize of as much as $30,000.
Tickets for Wednesday's World of Outlaws Topless Showdown are $25 for adults and $5 for children 12-and-under. Three-day passes for the World of Outlaws World Finals are just $59 for adults and $19 for children 12-and-under. Single-day tickets are also available.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.lowesmotorspeedway.com or by calling the Lowe's Motor Speedway ticket office at 1-800-455-FANS.
For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.
The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Crane Cams (Official Valvetrain), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), Fusion Energy Boost (Official Energy Boost), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser) and VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors Champ Pans, Eibach Springs, Hoosier Tires, Integra Shocks, Jake's Custom Golf Carts, Ohlins Shocks, Racing Electronics, Quarter Master and Wrisco Aluminum; Crane Cams Engine Builder's Challenge participants Cornett Racing Engines, Custom Race Engines and Pro Power Racing Engines; and Chassis Builder Challenge participants Rocket Chassis and Team Zero by Bloomquist.
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