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March 26, 2018

Black Diamond Racecars and Earl Pearson Jr. Claim First Team Win
Team Looks Ahead to Bad Boy 98

Shreveport, Louisiana (03/26/18) – Earl Pearson Jr. and the Black Diamond Racecars house car program have had a fast start to the new season. The combo kicked things up a notch on Friday night when Earl Pearson Jr. piloted the Black Diamond Racecar #1 Lucas Oil Products/ Clements Racing Engine Super Late Model to the $12,000 win with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at Boyd’s Speedway.
Pearson took over the lead on the final lap on his way to the triumph. The big victory marked the first for the new team.
“It means a lot to give Ronnie and Terri Stuckey their first win as a car owner,” Pearson Jr. said. “Everybody has been working so hard, and to be able to stand in Victory Lane with the team around me was really something special. To get the win in such thrilling fashion was just the icing on the cake. Hopefully it’s the first of many wins that we get this year.”

After losing Thursday’s opener at Volunteer Speedway (Bulls Gap, Tennessee), Earl Pearson Jr. was one of 44 Super Late Models on hand at Boyd’s Speedway (Ringgold, Georgia) on Friday evening for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) sanctioned Shamrock.
Losing one spot in his heat race, Pearson posted a runner-up finish behind Don O’Neal, positioning the Florida driver sixth on the starting grid for the opening night feature.

Making his way to the front in the final 10 circuits, Earl overtook Chris Madden for 2nd on lap-47 and had his eyes set on race-leader Scott Bloomquist in the final three laps. Passing Bloomquist on the final lap, Earl Pearson Jr. streaked to his first win of the season and a $12,000 payday.

The win marked his second straight victory in The Shamrock at the famed 1/3-mile located on the border of Tennessee and Georgia. Bloomquist, Chris Madden, Brandon Overton, and Hudson O’Neal completed the Top-5 finishers in the 50-lap affair.
On Saturday night action shifted to East Alabama Motor Speedway (Phenix City, Alabama) for the Bama Bash. Earl secured his spot into the $12,000-to-win A-Main with a third-place finish in his heat race. Starting the feature in ninth, Pearson Jr. dropped one spot in the 50-lap affair to place 10th.

Earl sits third in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) point standings. For full results from the weekend’s events as well as the latest series standings, please visit www.LucasDirt.com .

The team will enjoy an break this week as they prepare for next week’s Bad Boy 98 at Batesville Motor Speedway. The $20,000-to-win event will be held on April 6-7 at Mooney Starr’s 3/8-mile oval. The weekend will again be sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.
For more information on the event, please visit www.LucasDirt.com .

Black Diamond Racecars and Earl Pearson Jr. would like to thank their marketing partners, which include Lucas Oil, P&W Sales, Tegeler Wrecker & Crane, DriveWFX.com, DP Motorsports, Midwest Sheet Metal, Performance Bodies & Parts, Papich Construction, J&C Properties, Peterson Fluid Systems, Penske Racing Shocks, Hot Rod Processing, Allstar Performance, Hoosier Race Tires, Lone Star Super Gas Sunoco, Five Star Shop Service, Go Lithium, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Moring Motorsports, FSR Racing Products, ASi Racewear, FK Rod Ends, Fast Shafts, QuickCar Racing Products, Beyea Headers, Quarter Master, Sweet Manufacturing, Stealth Industry Custom Fab, TWM Racing Products, Swift Springs, Out-Pace Racing Products, Brown Miller Racing Solutions, Accu-Force Shock Dyno, Wilwood Disc Brakes, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products, Hooker Harness, Butlerbuilt, MSD, COMP Cams, PRP Suspension, Bert Transmission, Winters Performance Products, Simpson Racing Products, Clements Racing Engines, Fuel Safe Systems, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.

For the latest information Black Diamond Racecars and Earl Pearson Jr., please visit www.RaceBlackDiamond.com .

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March 26, 2018

Tyler Erb Wins $2,500 with MSCCS at Whynot Motorsports Park
Resumes WoO Title Pursuit this Weekend in Illinois

New Waverly, Texas (03/26/18) – While Mother Nature may have altered Tyler Erb’s weekend plans, it couldn’t keep him from taking his First Class Septic #91 New Point Lighting and Design/ XR1 Rocket Chassis/ Clements Racing Engine Super Late Model to Victory Lane for the second-straight week.

With a $2,500 triumph at Whynot Motorsports Park on Saturday night, Erb registered his second Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series (MSCCS) win in as many weeks.

“The past year or so the state of Mississippi has been really good to me,” Erb said. “We came up a little bit short at Columbus (Speedway) on Friday night, but on Saturday night at Whynot (Motorsports Park) we had a great car and we were able to get another 'W.' I want to thank my family, my crew, my sponsors, and all of my fans for continuing to support my racing program.”

After Mother Nature postponed the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series’ Illini 100, Tyler Erb made the decision to head to Mississippi for a pair of weekend special events.

Action opened at Columbus Speedway (Columbus, Mississippi) on Friday evening with the Mud Bug Classic. With 24 Super Late Models on hand for the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series (MSCCS) sanctioned program, Erb laid down the fastest-time overall in qualifying before picking up the dash victory. Rolling off from the pole position for the feature, Tyler slipped one spot in the finale to finish in the runner-up spot behind Rusty Schlenk with Michael Arnold, Tanner English, and Brian Rickman completing the Top-5 finishers.

The following night in a field of 26 cars at Whynot Motorsports Park (Meridian, Mississippi), Tyler locked his spot into the $2,500-to-win A-Main with the second fastest qualifying time. From his front-row starting spot for the feature, Erb jumped into the lead on the opening lap and held the top spot for the entire distance to capture his fifth win of the season and a $2,500 payday. Chad Thrash, Brian Rickman, Rusty Schlenk, and Rick Rickman rounded out the Top-5.

For full results from these events, please visit www.StateSeries.com .

The upcoming weekend’s racing slate is still up in the air for the driver known as “Terbo.” If he races anywhere, he will tentatively travel to Magnolia Motor Speedway (Columbus, Mississippi) on Saturday night for a $2,500-to-win program with the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series. (MSCCS).

Tyler Erb and Erb Racing would like to thank their sponsors including First Class Septic, Keyser Manufacturing, New Point Lighting and Design Inc., Day Motorsports, Clements Racing Engines, QA1, Integra Racing Shocks, Champion Oil, JD’s Body Works, Tye Twarog Racing, KBC Graphics, Dirt Defender, Franklin Enterprises, Hoosier Tire South, Toste Construction, ASI Racewear, Powermaster Performance Starters & Alternators, Superior Bearing Supply, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.

For the latest information on Erb Racing, please visit www.TylerErb.com .

Skylar Gee Charges With Lucas Oil ASCS At The Devil's Bowl Spring Nationals

Bryan Hulbert - MESQUITE, Texas (March 25, 2018) Skylar Gee's start to the 2018 season with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by Sawblade.com at the 45th Devil's Bowl Spring Nationals didn't take long to find speed as the Strongs Crane Sales and Repair No. 99 ended the evening with a charge from 18th to fourth.

"The car was good in the Heat, but we just couldn't seem to move anywhere," commented Gee on the start of his night. "We made a few changes for the B-Main and it kept getting better so we didn't change much for the feature."

Running from fourth to second in the B-Feature, Skylar made every lap count with each revolution bringing him closer to the front of the field.

"Bryan [Sundby] said to just keep working at it and keep digging and it'll come in, and sure enough, around Lap 18 the car just came in and kept getting better and better. Pretty soon we were right there in the mix. I just wish we had been able to start near the front."

One of the first drivers to really find the center groove coming in, Skylar explained that he found the line while racing with Chris Martin.

"When I was trying to get in front of the No. 44, I tried to slide him a few times and I wasn't having to go all the way to the curb to keep pace. The track was starting to take a little rubber at the entrance of turn one, and the exit of turn four so I just starting cheating the corners every lap and found it."

The night's CP-Carrillo Hard Charger of the Night, it was a great way to start the season and cap off his 19th Birthday.

"It was a great result and everything worked great with the new team."

While the weather will dictate Skylar's next race, the current plan is to make his way to 81-Speedway for the Air Capital Shootout with NCRA on March 30 and 31.

For continued updates on Skylar Gee and the Carlan Services No. 99, follow Skylar on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/skylargeeracing.

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Season So Far: Races: 1; Wins: 0; Top Five: 1; Top Ten: 1; Top Twenty: 1;

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March 30-31, 2018 - 81-Speedway (Park City, Kan.) - Air Capital Shootout with NCRA

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Struggles Continue for Blount Motorsports at Boyd’s
   
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (Mar. 26) When you are struggling everything seems to go wrong that can go wrong and that’s what happened during Friday night’s Lucas Oil Shamrock at Boyd’s Speedway when the Blount Motorsports Team didn’t make the show.

“We weren’t great, but we weren’t as bad as we looked either,” said David Bryant. “I made bad decisions all night long and Casey (Roberts) and the team paid the price.”

After starting seventh and finishing sixth in the first heat they lined up third in the B-Main.

“Casey got crossed up and the right side of the car got tore up when the two ahead of him in the B-Main wrecked and he was collected,” continued Bryant. “We knew we didn’t have a chance to win it, but we should have made the race.

Somebody said if racing was easy everyone would be doing it. When you get in one of these rough patches I guarantee you it ain’t easy.”

The Team, hoping to turn things around, will head to Senoia Speedway for a Thursday night practice before  the weekend’s two races that will kick off this years Spring Nationals.

Blount Motorsports enjoys sponsorship from Stowers (CAT) Machinery Corp., Arnold Trucking, Blount Excavating, Massey Electric, Tennessee RV, Turner Hydraulics, Ole Ben Franklin Motors, Food City, and The Wine and Spirits Cellar.

BMS races Rocket XR1 Chassis. Power is provided by Vic Hill Racing Engines with Dyer’s Top Rods, Driven Racing Oil, Waterman Fuel Pumps, VP Race Fuels and starting power from Go Lithium batteries. Gauges and wiring harnesses from QuickCar. Drive train components are from Quarter Master with Carbon Fiber drive shafts from Fastshafts. The shocks are Penske Racing Shocks with chassis and suspension components from TWM and springs from Hyperco. Noses and body parts are from Five Star Stock Car Bodies and tires are Hoosier Performance Tires from Hoosier Tires South.

For more information on Blount Motorsports or how you can become part of “The Team” go to blountmotorsports.com/