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« Previous EntriesMarch was a month of record setting speeds on East Tennessee dirt
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013By Richard Allen
Cool temperatures and moisture soaked clay made for some very tacky conditions on the dirt tracks around east Tennessee during the month of March. And qualifying results from our area tracks show just how fast dirt late models can go when conditions are right. Track records fell on at least three dirt ovals [...]
Jimmy Owens Scores Daytime Win at East Bay on Saturday
Saturday, February 16th, 2013By Richard Allen
The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series took to the track at the East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla. on Saturday afternoon to make up for a 35 lap, $7,000-to-win race that had been rained out on Thursday evening. This event is actually sandwiched between Friday night’s points paying race and Saturday night’s points [...]
Jimmy Owens and Steve Francis Show Off Their Skills in Australia
Friday, February 1st, 2013WAYCROSS, GA (February 1, 2013) – A pair of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series drivers have dominated the racing action “down under” in Australia over the past month. Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN and Steve Francis of Ashland, KY are undefeated in feature competition, with Owens wrapping up his trip this weekend.
Francis captured the [...]
Jimmy Owens To Be Crowned Lucas Oil Champion on Thursday Night
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012WAYCROSS, GA (December 5, 2012) – The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will host its championship awards banquet this Thursday night December 6th at the Lucas Estate in Carmel, IN. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will honor and celebrate the 2012 season and series champion Jimmy Owens. The series will also honor [...]
Jimmy Owens will get my vote for the NMPA Richard Petty Driver of the Year
Friday, November 23rd, 2012
Jimmy Owens celebrates with son Nathan after an early season win in Cleveland, TN.
By Richard Allen
One of the responsibilities of being a member in the National Motorsports Press Association is voting for the Richard Petty Driver of the Year Award. Most years, with a few exceptions, this presentation has served as a rubber stamp for [...]
Jimmy Owens would consider driving a NASCAR truck at Eldora
Sunday, November 18th, 2012
By Richard Allen
The 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule has not yet been released but all indications point to the probability of that division making its first ever appearance on a dirt track. On Friday, NASCAR spokesman Steve O’Donnell confirmed that the sanctioning body is working toward a truck race on the half-mile Eldora [...]
Jimmy Owens caps Lucas Oil season with big win in Dirt Track World Championship
Sunday, October 21st, 2012
PORTSMOUTH, OH (October 20, 2012) – Jimmy Owens put an exclamation point on the final race of the season for the series by winning the $50,000 to win 32nd Red Buck Dirt Track World Championship presented by Borrowed Blue on Saturday Night at Portsmouth (OH) Raceway Park. Owens came into the crown jewel event already [...]
Jimmy Owens to be crowned Lucas Oil champion at this weekend’s DTWC
Tuesday, October 16th, 2012WAYCROSS, GA (October 15, 2012) – The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series wraps up the 2012 season this weekend at Portsmouth Raceway Park with the running of the 32nd Annual RED BUCK Dirt Track World Championship – Featuring “Borrowed Blue”. The Newport Nightmare, Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN and his supporting cast will be [...]
Jimmy Owens wins Lucas Oil race at Dixie Speedway
Sunday, October 7th, 2012WOODSTOCK, GA (October 6, 2012) – Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN won Saturday Night’s 23rd Annual Lucas Oil Dixie Shootout at Dixie Speedway. Owens, who started 13th on the grid, inherited the lead when Chris Madden of Gaffney, SC broke a wheel and spun in turn four while leading with three laps remaining in the [...]
Jimmy Owens scores big Lucas Oil win in Brownstown
Sunday, September 23rd, 2012BROWNSTOWN, IN (September 22, 2012) – Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN solidified his points lead in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series by sweeping the weekend at Brownstown Speedway as the defending series champion took home $20,000 for winning the 33rd Annual Jackson 100 on Saturday Night. Owens led all 100-laps Industrial Solutions Technology [...]
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