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June 10, 2019

Shane Clanton Wins Dream Prelim; Finishes Third in Finale
LOLMDS Competition Up Next

Zebulon, Georgia (6/10/19) – Shane Clanton enjoyed a great weekend at the 25th running of the Dirt Late Model Dream. The driver of the Weldbank Energy #25 Super K Express/ Capital Race Cars/ Clements Racing Engine Super Late Model picked up a $10,000 win in preliminary action on Friday night, and backed it up with a third-place finish in the $125,000-to-win finale.

“I knew I had a good car. I just needed to keep the nose clean,” Clanton said in regards to Friday night’s $10,000 victory. “I tried the top a little bit and [Gregg Satterlee was] trying to get some of that moisture leaving the bottom, and he was right where I needed to be to make a good lap, but I knew I was OK where I was. I didn’t feel like I was losing no ground, and I could maintain down the straightaway.

“We’ve been struggling all year long, but it’s a never-give-up attitude with this team. We just work awful hard. It takes a team effort and we didn’t give up. We’ve got a no-give-up attitude and we’ll just work until nobody else can work. I promise you we work as hard or harder than everybody else in the pit area, it’s just sometimes it doesn’t show it. This year is a testament of when we work hard, this is what we get.”
After racing in the Top 5 for much Saturday night’s finale, Clanton crossed the finish line in the third position.

“We needed a little more adjustment there to be in lapped traffic,” said an upbeat Clanton. “If I could have got out in the lead by myself and had enough air on my nose, I think I could have had a chance at the win. But I just had a little aero-push behind those guys. All in all, it was a good weekend to win a preliminary feature and run third [in the big race] ain’t too bad.”

Thursday night found Shane Clanton invading Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, Ohio) for the 25th annual Dirt Late Model Dream. Drawing a stout field of 92 cars for a pair of $10,000-to-win preliminary features, Clanton registered the ninth-fastest time in his group before placing third in his heat race. Starting the A-Main in the ninth position, Shane improved three spots, reeling in a third-place finish.

Returning on Friday for another round of preliminary features, Clanton started the night with a heat race victory, which positioned him second on the starting grid for the show.

Blasting into the lead on the opening lap, Shane led wire-to-wire en route to his third win of the season, which came over Chris Ferguson, Ross Bailes, Chase Junghans, and Don O’Neal. He pocketed a $10,000 payday for his dominant performance in the 25-lap affair.

For the final night of the Dirt Late Model Dream on Saturday evening, Shane survived contact with the wall after a quick shower in his heat race to finish second behind Dennis Erb Jr. Earning the 11th-starting position for the $125,000-to-win finale, Clanton gained eight spots in the 100-lapper to notch a third-place finish behind Brandon Sheppard and Dale McDowell with Chase Junghans and Tyler Erb completing the Top-5 finishers.

Full results from the weekend are available at www.EldoraSpeedway.com .

The upcoming weekend – June 14-15 – has the team slated to enter a pair of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) events. On Friday night a $12,000-to-win program is scheduled for Cherokee Speedway (Gaffney, South Carolina), while Saturday night takes Clanton to Smoky Mountain Speedway (Maryville, Tennessee), where a $15,000 winner’s check is up for grabs.

For more information on the events, please visit www.LucasDirt.com .

Shane Clanton would like to thank all of his sponsors including Weldbank Energy, Capital Race Cars, Super K Express, Clements Racing Engines, M&S Concrete, True Temp Heating & Air Conditioning, VP Racing Fuels, Freeman Plumbing, Hoosier Tire South, RV Select, Gorsuch Performance Solutions, Carolina Concrete Finishers, QA1, Quarter Master, Bert Transmission, Weld Racing, Five Star Stock Car Bodies, Bulldog Rear Ends, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Simpson Race Products, Penske Shocks, Beyea Custom Headers, Sweet Manufacturing, Peterson Fluid Systems, Schaeffer’s Oil, Collins Signs, Stop Tech Brakes, Allstar Performance, DirtVision.com, Advanced Transportation, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.

For more information on Shane Clanton, please visit www.ShaneClanton25.com .

“It was a great weekend for us, and honestly I thought it was even better than it turned out to be,” Junghans revealed. “We passed two cars on the final lap on Saturday night, but since they called the caution after the leaders got together past the checkered flag, they went back to lap 99, where we were sixth. It’s pretty disappointing and is about a $2,500 swing for us, but I guess it is what it is.

“Apart from that I couldn’t be more proud of our team. We have come so far, and we are truly a contender every time that we unload now. There’s been a lot of hard work and sleepless nights for everyone. Because of this total effort our performance on the track has never been better. Hopefully we can head into the Firecracker at Lernerville in two weeks and come away with our biggest win yet.”

On Thursday evening Chase Junghans was one of 92 Super Late Model competitors registered at Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, Ohio) for the 25th annual Dirt Late Model Dream. Gaining two spots in his heat race, Junghans recorded a third-place finish, which positioned him 13th on the starting grid for the $10,000-to-win preliminary feature. Dropping one spot in the 25-lap affair, Chase posted a 14th-place outing.

Returning on Friday for another round of preliminary features, Chase recorded the third-fastest lap in his time trial group before streaking to a 10-lap heat race victory. Starting the feature in fifth, Junghans jumped up one spot to place fourth behind Shane Clanton, Chris Ferguson, and Ross Bailes with Don O’Neal rounding out the Top 5.

Wrapping up the 25th annual Dirt Late Model Dream on Saturday night, Junghans secured his spot into the $125,000-to-win finale with the third-and-final transfer spot in his heat race. Rolling off 18th, Chase advanced through the field 14 spots to record an apparent fourth-place finish. However, due to a caution that ensued after the leaders crossed the checkered flag, the running order reverted back to lap 99, where Junghans ran in the sixth position.

For full results from the weekend, please visit www.EldoraSpeedway.com .

The team will be idle this weekend, before returning to competition next weekend – June 20-22 – with the annual Firecracker 100 weekend at Lernerville Speedway (Sarver, Pennsylvania). The World of Outlaws (WoO) Morton Buildings Late Model Series weekend is highlighted by a $6,000-to-win program on Thursday and Friday nights with a $30,000-to-win finale on Saturday night.

Chase is currently second in the latest WoO standings. For more information on the weekend, please visit www.WoOLMS.com .

Make sure to visit the Apparel page at www.ChaseJunghans.com to get the brand-new team apparel.

Chase Junghans would like to thank his principal and associate sponsors including Shop Quik Convenience Stores, Bozard Ford Lincoln, Sunoco Race Fuels, Junghans Discount Liquors, Paulson Rock Products, Hoosier Tire, Rocket Chassis, Clements Racing Engines, Hooker Harness, Keyser Manufacturing, Integra Shocks, Fast Shafts Driveshafts, Speedway Motors, PRC, Sweet Manufacturing, and MSR Mafia Marketing Services.

For the latest team news and updates on Chase Junghans and Shop Quik Racing please visit www.ChaseJunghans.com .

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June 10, 2019

Chris Ferguson Finishes Fourth in the Dirt Late Model Dream
Three-Race Weekend Up Next

Mt. Holly, North Carolina (06/10/19) – Top to bottom, the 2019 edition of the Dirt Late Model Dream was a great experience for Chris Ferguson. The North Carolina racer put a cap on the crown jewel weekend with a fourth place finish in the finale in his Diff-Tran Machining #22 K and K Trucking/ Sweet-Bloomquist Race Car/ Clements Racing Engine Super Late Model.

“We’ve shown some speed at Eldora in the past, but up until this weekend, we’ve never been able to put a whole weekend together. That all changed at this year’s Dream,” Ferguson revealed. “We actually had an oil leak for much of Saturday’s feature but we were still fast. We also battled a tight condition all weekend, and I actually pushed on the last lap giving up a couple of spots. We got a bit of a break though because the leaders got together at the checkered flag, and they threw the caution so they reverted back to lap 99, which gave us a fourth-place finish.

“It was fun racing these guys and being in the front all weekend at such a big event.”

Thursday found Chris Ferguson making the trek to Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, Ohio) for the 25th annual Dirt Late Model Dream. Drawing a stout field of 92 Super Late Models for a pair of $10,000-to-win preliminary features, Ferguson recorded the seventh-fastest time in his group before placing third in his heat. Starting the A-Main in 11th, Chris streaked through the field seven spots to claim a fourth-place finish behind Darrell Lanigan, Jonathan Davenport, and Brian Shirley.

Returning on Friday for another round of preliminary features, Chris laid down the eighth-fastest lap in his time trial group before placing second in his heat race behind Shane Clanton. With $10,000 on the line in the feature, Ferguson jumped up two spots in the 25-lapper to finish second behind Shane Clanton with Ross Bailes, Chase Junghans, and Don O’Neal trailing them to the checkers.

For the final night of the Dirt Late Model Dream on Saturday evening, Ferguson placed sixth in his heat race, but was granted a provisional into the $125,000-to-win finale based upon his point’s total from the preliminary nights. Rolling off 20th, Chris passed 16 cars in the 100-lap affair, reeling in a fourth place finish behind Brandon Sheppard, Dale McDowell, and Shane Clanton.

Full results from these events are available at www.EldoraSpeedway.com .

The upcoming weekend has Chris Ferguson Motorsports eyeing a three-race weekend. Action opens on Thursday evening with a $10,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) event at Fayetteville Motor Speedway. On Friday night LOLMDS action will take Chris to Cherokee Speedway (Gaffney, South Carolina) for a $12,000-to-win affair. The weekend is slated to draw to a close with the ULTIMATE Super Late Model Series on Saturday night at Virginia Motor Speedway (Jamaica, Virginia), where a $20,000 winner’s check is up for grabs.

For more information on the weekend’s events, please visit www.LucasDirt.com and www.ULTIMATEsupers.com .

Chris Ferguson would like to thank all of his marketing partners, including Diff Tran Machining, K and K Trucking, Champion Parts, Keith’s Handyman Services, The Racing Warehouse, Live Oak Aesthetic and Family Dentistry, Christopher Reeves Southeast Crawlspace and Foundation Repair, Carolina Roofing and Gutters, Carver and Sons Roofing, Dirt Trackin’ App, Western Clean Up Corporation, Tom Bennington, New Point Lighting and Design, RPM Trailer Sales, Brandon Hightower, Xceldyne Technologies, CV Products, Race City Race Parts, Penske Racing Shocks, RM Solutions, Sweet Bloomquist Race Cars, Sweet Manufacturing, TW Automotive, Big A's Custom Graphics, Dirty Grass Soul, ASI Racewear, Hoosier Racing Tires by Bryan, Harkey Racing, Joes Racing Products, K&N Performance Filters, Fluidyne High Performance, Indocil Art , Frankland Rear-Ends, Bell Racing USA, Hypercoil Springs, Brinn Transmissions, Weld Racing, Dynamic Drivelines, Outerwears Pre-Filters, PFC Brakes, ButlerBuilt Motorsports Equipment, All Star Performance, Motorstate, Keyser Manufacturing, FK Rod Ends, Fragola Performance Systems, Alpha Canvas and Awning, Randy Renfrow Pit Carts, VP Racing, Hooker Harness, Stock Car Steel and Aluminum Inc., SRI Supplies, SRI Performance, Clements Racing Engines, Waterman Racing Components, Pro Fabrication Headers, Schaeffers Oil, TruForm Race Products, Tadpole Fabrication, NecksGen, Carolina Roofing and Gutters, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.”

Keep your browsers pointed to www.ChrisFerguson22.com for the latest team news and updates.

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June 10, 2019

Dale McDowell Finishes Second in Thrilling Dream Finale
LOLMDS at Smoky Mountain Speedway Up Next

Mooresburg, Tennessee (06/10/19) – Dale McDowell came up just a few feet shy of claiming his second Dirt Late Model Dream title on Saturday night. The driver of the Shane McDowell Racing/ E-Z-Go #17m New Era Industrial/ Will Kinzer Foundation/ Sweet-Bloomquist Chassis/ Clements Racing Engine Super Late Model finished a mere 0.056 seconds behind the race winner.

“That was probably the most painful second-place finish I’ve ever experienced,” McDowell quipped. “To be that close to the win and come up just short is tough. I mean, it was a $105,000 difference between first and second place. When we came to the checkered flag, Brandon [Sheppard] and I came together. It was hard racing for the win.  So, we rubbed a little bit and we ended up spinning out. I mean I was trying to get to the flag first obviously.”

McDowell was able to make a late-race charge, but his chances of winning were thwarted by a slowing, lapped car.

“The racetrack actually cleaned up there in the bottom those last couple laps and I was able to make some big gains,” McDowell note. “I went into turn three and Jimmy Owens was pulling into the pits so I had to actually swing a little bit wide so that killed me a little bit getting into the corner. We came up short, and that’s disappointing, but it was still a strong weekend for our team. Thanks to everyone who made it possible.”

Thursday night found Dale McDowell and the Shane McDowell Racing team in action at Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, Ohio) for the opening round of the 25th annual Dirt Late Model Dream. With a stout field of 92 Super Late Models registered for action, McDowell secured his spot into the $10,000-to-win preliminary feature with a 10-lap heat race victory. Starting in seventh, Dale improved three spots in the 25-lapper to score a fourth-place finish behind Ricky Weiss, Chris Madden, and Jacob Hawkins.

Returning on Friday for another round of preliminary features, McDowell jumped up two spots in his heat, scoring a third-place finish. With $10,000 on the line in the 25-lap feature, Dale passed five cars to claim a sixth-place finish.

Wrapping up the 25th annual Dirt Late Model Dream on Saturday evening, Dale edged his way into the $125,000-to-win finale with the third-and-final transfer spot in his heat race.

Rolling off 13th for the crown jewel finale, McDowell worked his way up to the eighth position by lap 31 and climbed into the Top-5 by the halfway point. Closing in on race leader, Brandon Sheppard late in the 100-lap affair, Dale made a strong big for the top spot exiting the final corner but came up .056 seconds short at the finish line as he and Sheppard made contact, causing McDowell to spin into turn one. He was credited with a runner-up finish behind Sheppard. Shane Clanton, Chris Ferguson and Tyler Erb completed the Top 5.

Full results from the weekend are available at www.EldoraSpeedway.com .

This Saturday the team returns to action with a trip to Smoky Mountain Speedway (Maryville, Tennessee), where a $15,000-to-win program will be held for the Lucas Oil Late Dirt Series.

For more information on the event, please visit www.LucasDirt.com .

Shane McDowell Racing would like to thank all of their sponsors and marketing partners including E-Z-Go, Kinzer Drilling, Quality Natural Gas, New Era Industrial, C&S Transportation, Cometic Gaskets, Klotz Synthetic Lubricants, Will Kinzer Foundation, Spring Pro, Sweet-Bloomquist Race Cars, Clements Race Engines-Chevrolet, FK Rod Ends, Go Lithium, Penske Shocks, Schoenfeld Headers, Keyser Manufacturing, MSD Ignition, All Star Performance, Performance Bodies, Five-Star Bodies, Hoosier Tire, Wiles Driveshafts, Weld Racing Wheels, Butlerbuilt Seats, DMI Racing Products, Jones Racing Products, Safecraft Safety Equipment, Wilwood Disc Brakes, Dyers Top Rods, QuickCar, PEM Racing, Walker Filterations, Mark IV ATV's, Winters Rearends, Sweet Manufacturing, Peterson Fluid Systems, 613 Graphics, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.

For the latest information on Shane McDowell Racing please visit www.ShaneMcDowellRacing.com .

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 McIntosh Makes All Three Features at The Dream

MARYVILLE, Tenn. (June 10) In his third trip to The Dirt Late Model Dream at Eldora Speedway Donald McIntosh put the Blount Motorsports Rocket in the two preliminary features and the 100-lap Dirt Late Model Dream.

One of the Crown Jewel events the Dirt Late Model Dream pays $125,000 to win and draws the best Dirt Late Model drivers in the country to the famed Eldora Speedway. This year there were 92 cars on hand trying to make the 28-car starting field.

“I feel like we made some progress as we made the first two races through the heats and The Dream through a B Main,” said David Bryant. “I think for our experience level with 100-lap events and being a regional team we had a better showing this year.”

Starting 21st in The Dream McIntosh was running in 15th when a huge chunk of the cushion came down in front of the car. Unable to stop or for that matter slow down much he hit the mud ball. It folded under the nose and put the car in the wall.

“I really enjoy racing at Eldora and it is all that much better when you are racing all the races, like we did this year,” said McIntosh. “The combination of the big race track and running a 100-lap feature put us out of our comfort zone a bit. Mark Richards at Rocket gave us some guidance and that helped, but we were never able to get the car where it needed to be.

We keep getting better every time we go to Eldora and that is encouraging.”

Coming up next will be the Lucas Oil Moonshine Classic this Saturday at Smoky Mountain Speedway. McIntosh will be joined at the event by teammate Tommy Kerr.

Blount Motorsports enjoys sponsorship from Stowers (CAT) Machinery Corp., Blount Excavating, Massey Electric, Turner Hydraulics, Ole Ben Franklin Motors, Walker’s Truck Contractors, 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/

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June 10, 2019

Tyler Erb Finishes Fifth in the Dirt Late Model Dream
LOLMDS Triple Header Scheduled for This Weekend

St. Marys, Ohio (06/10/19) – It was a home-game kind of weekend for Tyler Erb as he and Best Performance Motorsports thundered into the famed Eldora Speedway (Rossburg Ohio) for the 25th running of the Dirt Late Model Dream.

The weekend ended with Erb piloting the Best Performance Motorsports No. 1 New Point Lighting and Design/ XR1 Rocket Chassis/ Durham Racing Engine Super Late Model to a Top-5 finish in the finale for the crown jewel.

"The first 40-50 laps [of Saturday night’s finale] I was trying to kind of save my stuff, but I was slipping backwards so I knew it was time to go by the time we got to the midway point," Erb said. "I'm happy with our performance, but it's kind of disappointing too. It's so hard to get to the front of these big races, so when you get this close you really want to win. When I got to second, I made some mistakes that cost us some position on the track. With what we've learned here, hopefully we can come back and win the World 100 in September. We just have to keep digging."

Located just down the road from their St. Mary's Ohio shop, the team invaded Eldora Speedway on Thursday night as the first crown jewel event of the 2019 campaign came to life. With 92 competitors on hand for the opener, Tyler streaked to a heat-race win, which locked him into the fifth-starting spot for the 25-lap, $10,000-to-win, preliminary feature. He would go on to fight a tight race car home to an eighth-place finish.

On Friday evening, the field was again split into a pair of $10,000-to-win programs. Tyler qualified ninth fastest in his group, which positioned him in the second starting spot for his heat race. He slipped to a third-place performance in the heat, but the finish was good enough to send him to the 25-lap, preliminary feature, where he started ninth. He again found himself chasing the handle on his No. 1 entry. He crossed the finish line in 11th.

Via his performances in preliminary action, Tyler was positioned third on the grid for his Saturday night heat race. A charge to a second-place finish locked him into seventh-starting spot for the coveted, $125,000-to-win finale in front of a massive crowd.

During the early stages of the 100-lap affair Erb would slip back in the pack to just outside the Top 10. However, as the race progressed, so did the forward drive for the Texas native. By the late stages of the event he battled for the runner-up position before slipping to a fifth-place finish following a late-race restart. He followed Brandon Sheppard, Dale McDowell, Shane Clanton, and Chris Ferguson across the finish line.

For complete results from the weekend, please visit www.EldoraSpeedway.com .

The upcoming weekend – June 13-15 – will find Best Performance Motorsports back on the road with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS). Action opens with a $10,000-to-win feature on Thursday night at North Carolina’s Fayetteville Motor Speedway. Friday night will see the team rolling into Cherokee Speedway (Gaffney, South Carolina) for a $12,000-to-win race before wrapping things up with a $15,000-to-win race at Smoky Mountain Speedway (Maryville, Tennessee).

Tyler is currently third in the latest LOLMDS standings and continues to lead the Rookie of the Year points. For more information on the events, please visit www.LucasDirt.com .

Make sure to visit www.BestPerformanceMotorsports.com to pick up the latest team merchandise.

Best Performance Motorsports would like to thank all of their marketing partners, which include New Point Lighting & Design, Inc., Roberts Bee Company, Bulk Material Lift, Franklin Enterprises, Boxo USA, Bazell Race Fuels, Sunoco, Keyser Manufacturing, Integra Shocks, Hoosier Tire, Valvoline, Corey Frazer State Farm, Industrial Hydro Excavating, Beyea Headers, Day Motorsports, Champion Brands, Doyle Edwards Trucking, Wilwood Disc Brakes, Wiles Drive Shafts, Simpson Race Products, Weld Racing, Performance Rod & Custom, Peterson Fluid Systems, Barnes Systems Inc., Powers Performance, Butlerbuilt, Impact Race Gear, Heath Lawson Photography, Swift Springs, Walker Performance Filtration, ASI Racewear, Fragola Performance Systems, Dirt Defender, Outerwears, Strange Engineering, Performance Race Engineering, Five Star Race Car Bodies Rocket Chassis, R&R Design and MSR Mafia Marketing & PR Services.

For the latest information on Best Performance Motorsports please visit the team website at www.BestPerformanceMotorsports.com and www.TylerErb.com as well as their social media channels at www.facebook.com/bestperformancemotorsports/, www.twitter.com/BPMotorsports1 and www.instagram.com/bestperformancemotorsports .