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October 24, 2018

Earl Pearson Jr. Surges to Top-10 Finish in Dirt Track World Championship
Southern Invasion this Weekend for 24th Annual Coors Light Fall Classic

Shreveport, Louisiana (10/24/18) – Earl Pearson Jr. put a wrap on the 2018 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) season over the weekend in his Black Diamond Racecars House Car/ Lucas Oil #1 P&W Sales/ Clements Racing Engine Super Late Model. He claimed a Top-10 finish in the 38th annual Rhino Ag Dirt Track World Championship, and with the performance secured the fourth position in the final LOLMDS standings.

“It would’ve been nice to end the Lucas Oil season with a win, but we’ll take a Top 10 – especially after the way that the weekend started,” Pearson Jr. said. “What a first season for this Black Diamond Racecars Team. There were some doubters out there, when we announced the new team, but I think we proved them all wrong. We’ve had a great season, and I’m really proud to have finished fourth. With what we learned this year and the pieces we have in place, I’m confident that we can make a run at the championship next year.

“Thanks so much to all of the sponsors and fans who support our program. It means a lot to our whole team.”

On Friday night Earl Pearson Jr. was one of 49 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) competitors on hand at Portsmouth Raceway Park (Portsmouth, Ohio) for the 38th annual Rhino Ag Dirt Track World Championship.

Finishing fifth in both rounds of his heat races, Pearson Jr. retired early from his B-Main and relied on a series’ provisional starting spot for the $100,000-to-win finale. With Mother Nature moving Saturday’s finale to Sunday afternoon, Earl Pearson Jr. passed 13 cars in the 100-lap affair to record an eighth-place finish.

Earl finished fourth in the final Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) point standings. For more results from this event, please visit www.LucasDirt.com .

While the team’s LOLMDS season might be over, they are still focused on winning races. This weekend – October 27-28 – the Black Diamond Racecar Team will travel to Whynot Motorsports Park (Meridian, Mississippi), where they’ll enter the 24th annual Coors Light Fall Classic. The unsanctioned event pays $15,000 to the winner.

For more information on the event, please visit www.WhynotMotorsportsPark.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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Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)
October 24, 2018

Brandon Overton Bags Podium Finish in DTWC Finale
All Three Team Drivers Head to Whynot this Weekend

Calera, AL (10/24/18) – Sunday afternoon found Brandon Overton enjoying another great run in a late-season, crown jewel event in his Franklin Fence & Erosion Control #76 BCI Asphalt/ XR1 Rocket Chassis/ Clements Racing Engine Super Late Model. He ran in the Top 5 for the second half of the 38th annual Rhino Ag Dirt Track World Championship before ultimately registering a third-place finish.

“If we can finish them (crown jewel events), we kind of find our way to the front,” Overton said following his podium finish on Sunday afternoon at Portsmouth Raceway Park. “All in all, it was a good weekend. I’m sure most of us would have liked to have got it in (Saturday) night. I think we had a really good car for last night’s conditions. It wasn’t too bad today, just kind of took me a little too long to get toward the front. Then I kind of calmed down right there through the middle stages and a couple of them got back by me. So, then I had to kind of hustle it back again. But the car was really good. I guess it’s the best you can ask for daytime racing.”

On Friday afternoon Brandon Overton and Franklin Enterprises made the trip to Portsmouth Raceway Park (Portsmouth, Ohio) for the 38th annual Rhino Ag Dirt Track World Championship.

With 49 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) entries registered for the two-day event, Overton followed up a sixth-place finish in his first heat with a heat race victory in the second round. With Mother Nature shifting Saturday’s feature to Sunday, Brandon earned the 11th-starting position for the $100,000-to-win main event.

Wheeling his way into the Top-5, Brandon Overton gained eight spots in the 100-lapper, notching a third-place finish behind Josh Richards and Jonathan Davenport with Brandon Sheppard and Zack Dohm completing the Top-5 finishers.

For full results from this event, please visit www.LucasDirt.com .

This Friday and Saturday will find both all three Franklin Enterprises drivers, Billy Franklin, David Breazeale and Brandon Overton in action as they thunder into Whynot Motorsports Park (Meridian, Mississippi) to compete in the 24th annual Coors Light Fall Classic. The unsanctioned event pays $15,000-to-win. Breazeale topped the event in 2016.

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

Brandon Overton, David Breazeale, and Billy Franklin Racing would like to thank all of their principle and associate sponsors including Franklin Fence & Erosion Control, BCI Asphalt, R.W Powell Construction, FK Rod Ends, Textron, Bozard Ford & Lincoln, Big A’s Custom Graphics, Big Dog Tree & Stump Removal, Hoosier Race Tire South, Good Hope Land and Timber Management, 31 Construction LLC, Wayne Davis Construction, Queen City Appraisals, Showtime Properties, Washington Trucking, Schaeffer’s Racing Oil, Jerry Mann Logging, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Beckwith Forestry Services, Clardy Construction, and MSR Mafia Marketing & Website Services.

For more information on Franklin Enterprises, please visit www.DavidBreazeale.com and www.BrandonOverton76.com .

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October 24, 2018

Chase Junghans Advances 18 Positions in 38th annual DTWC
Coors Light Fall Classic at Whynot Up Next

Manhattan, Kansas (10/24/18) – Chase Junghans’ Dirt Track World Championship weekend might’ve gotten off to a slow start, but the Kansas racer gained speed and ground by the time that it was over. In fact, he advanced 18 positions in the $100,000 finale to record a 10th-place finish in his Shop Quik Convenience Stores #18 Bozard Ford Lincoln/XR1 Rocket Chassis/ Clements Racing Engine Super Late Model.

“We were just a tick off all weekend until the non-qualifier’s race, and then we found some speed,” Junghans said. “I know some people thought we were crazy for giving up the $3,000 win, but we came to race and get track experience. On Sunday, the track was pretty good for daytime conditions, and we were able to come away with a Top-10 finish. I was pretty happy overall with how we rebounded to have a strong finish.”

Friday night found Chase Junghans in action at Portsmouth Raceway Park (Portsmouth, Ohio) for the preliminary night for the 38th annual Rhino Ag Dirt Track World Championship.

Drawing 49 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) entries for the two-day event, Junghans followed up a fourth-place finish in his first heat race with a seventh-place finish in his second heat.

After failing to accumulate enough points to lock into the feature, Chase was relegated to a Saturday night B-Main. Unfortunately, he came up one spot short of a transferring to the feature with a fourth-place finish. While he didn’t earn a starting position in the finale, he did earn a spot in the Jim Dunn Memorial non-qualifiers feature, where he streaked to 30-lap victory, giving him the choice to tag the tail of the feature or claim the $3,000 payday.

Junghans elected to forfeit the $3,000 winner’s check to start on the tail of the feature. However, Chase would have to wait a day to compete in the finale as Mother Nature pushed the 100 lapper back to Sunday afternoon. In the finale he enjoyed a great run as he advanced from the 28th-starting position to a 10th-place finish.

For more results from this event, please visit www.LucasDirt.com .

This weekend – October 27-28 – the team will travel south to Rodney Wing’s Whynot Motorsports Park (Meridian, Mississippi) to compete in the 24th annual Coors Light Fall Classic. The weekend will be headlined by a $15,000-to-win Super Late Model finale.

For more information on the program, please visit www.WhynotMotorsportsPark.com .

Make sure to visit the Apparel page at www.ChaseJunghans.com for 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 .