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$5,000 MOPAR VIRTUAL DIRT TRACK CHALLENGE FINALE SET FOR SATURDAY Center Line, Mich. - September 18, 2006 - This Saturday at Eldora Speedway, sixty of the best virtual sprint car drivers in the world will battle it out for $5,000 in the Mopar Virtual Dirt Track Challenge finale. The competition, which has been hosted by Tim’s Dirt Track Simulators at events across the country, will pay $5,000 to the winner of the A-main finale on Saturday, September 23, at Eldora Speedway in Ohio. Qualifying events have included USAC National Sprint Car Series and World of Outlaws Series events at Eldora Speedway, the Knoxville Nationals in August, and various other dirt track facilities based in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana. Prizes to be presented by Mopar for the Mopar Virtual Dirt Track Challenge include $5,000 to the A-main event finale winner, and $1,500 to the runner-up. Kears Speedshop will present $200 Fast Time Awards. The University of Northwest Ohio will present $100 B-main awards, and Hoservilleohio.com will present a $75 C-main award. Heat Race awards of $50 will be presented by L&S Express, LLC, and Tim’s Dirt Track Simulators will present $50 Hard Charger Awards during the event finale at Eldora Speedway on September 23. The 60 eligible drivers must run five qualifying laps. Based on qualifying runs, they will be placed into six heat races, with ten cars making up each two-round heat group. Top point totals from each heat grouping will transfer to the A-Main. The next overall twenty totals will transfer to the C-Main. Two C-Mains will be held, with the Top five finishers from each C-Main transferring to the B-Main. The top four finishers from the B-Main will transfer to the 30-lap A-Main, which will start at 5 p.m., Saturday, September 23. Gates are scheduled to open for the Mopar Thunder @ the USAC 4-Crown Nationals event at Eldora Speedway at 3 p.m. EST on September 22 & 23. Racing is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. EST on Friday, and 7:30 p.m. EST on Saturday. Tickets for this weekend’s event can be purchased at Eldora Speedway daily, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST, at www.eldoraspeedways.com, or by calling 937-338-3815. For more information regarding Mopar or the Mopar Thunder @ the USAC 4-Crown Nationals event, log on to www.moparspeed.com, www.mopar.com or www.eldoraspeedway.com Mopar is based in Center Line, Mich., and is the exclusive original equipment supplier of parts and accessories for Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep® vehicles.
The “Hurricane” Earl Pearson Jr. Storms Through Ohio and Wins the World 100 at Eldora Speedway Dunn, NC (September 11, 2006)- Earl Pearson Jr. and the Dunn-Benson Ford Motorsports team won the most coveted dirt late model race of the year, winning the 2006 World 100 at the famous Eldora Speedway in New Weston, Ohio Saturday night. Driving the Dunn-Benson Ford, Lucas Oil, Sunoco Race Fuels, Larry Wallace Engines, Mastersbilt Chassis, Earl would pace the field from the pole position. At the start Earl would fall back to third place behind Chris Madden and Shannon Babb. For the first 50 laps Earl would maintain in the top five falling as far back as fourth. Just after the halfway mark Earl began searching different lines on the track. Around lap 70 Earl began running the very bottom line around the track and was noticeably gaining on the top three cars.
By lap 80 Earl was now on the bumper of the leaders and would be in the mix of what race fans are calling one of the most exciting World 100 final twenty laps finishes ever. From lap 81 till lap 94 the lead would change numerous times between Earl, Shannon Babb, Jeep VanWormer and Josh Richards with each driver using the Eldora slide job on each other in the turns to gain the lead. At one point all four drivers were side by side four wide as they crossed the start finish line for the lead with 10 laps to go. But on Lap 93 Earl would make the final pass for the lead over Babb and was able to stretch out to a 10 car length lead over the final five laps and crossed the finish line first in one of the most exciting battles for the win ever in the World 100.
“What a race!! Man those final twenty laps were exciting and nerve racking at the same time”, stated Earl. “With Jeep banging the wall every lap causing sparks to fly, Babb and Josh doing the slide job pass on me, I didn’t know who would win. I just kept working the bottom groove and my car really took off there at the end. Once I cleared Babb for the lead with 6 laps to go, I just tried to be smooth and hit my marks every lap just hoping it would be enough to win. I can’t believe I just won the World 100. This is just incredible”, Earl went on to say. “I have to commend Babb, VanWormer and Josh for giving each other the room to race and putting on a great finish. They all deserved to win, but it’s a great feeling to know I beat the best field of drivers in the World 100. I’m just speechless really, to know that I won the World 100” stated Earl. Earl and the Dunn-Benson Ford Motorsports team would set the 12th fastest lap out of 195 drivers in qualifying on Friday night. Earl would start 5th in the sixth heat race and immediately took control by lap 3. Earl would take the lead on lap 4 and dominated the 6th race to earn the pole position for the 100-lap feature event. Just making the 28 car starting field is considered a major accomplishment for any driver that comes to the World 100. In 1996 Earl won his first national touring event for dirt late models winning the Hav-A-Tampa sanctioned event in Waycross, GA in a family owned late model. And now ten years later in 2006 Earl driving for Carlton and Kemp Lamm has won the most prestigious dirt late model event the World 100 and the $39,000 first place prize money. Earl has forever etched his name in history as one of the premier dirt late model drivers in the sport. “When I hired Earl in 1999 I knew we had someone special that just needed some experience. Seven years later we have won two national championships, numerous feature wins and now the World 100. Earl is truly special and one of the most talented drivers to ever come into this sport. But it also takes a great team to accomplish what we have over the last several years. From my son Kemp, Frankie, Jason and Matt we have great people behind this team that makes it all come together. This is truly a team effort and never would have been accomplished without a great team”, stated Carlton Lamm team owner. “I have to thank Carlton and Kemp for giving me an opportunity to drive for the best team in dirt late model racing in my opinion. My crew and all the guys at Dunn-Benson Racing Supply have really given me just great equipment to drive every week. I have to thank all my sponsors also for such great products and support that they give our team. I want to say thanks to Lucas Oil, Dunn-Benson Ford, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, Larry Wallace Engines, Sunoco Race Fuels, MasterSbilt Chassis, Tiger Rear Ends, Hoosier Tire, ALLSTAR Performance, K&N Filters, Bert, Afco, Butlerbuilt, Trick Race Parts, Cizmar, COMP Cams, CP Pistons, Jones Cam Designs, Dyer’s Top Rods, TWM, Afco, PRC, CV Products, Xceldyne, Moroso, SHY Suspensions, Simpson, Stealth Carburetors, Jones Racing Products, T&D Rockers, Weld Wheels, Wilwood, Woodward, Hyperco, Hoosier Tire, ATL Fuel Cells, Oval Craft, Cizmar, Robert Yates Racing, Unifirst, Stuckey Enterprises, Rick Schwallie Photography, Xtreme Graphics, WRT Web Designs, ASI Racewear and WD Enterprises for their continued support and help in winning the World 100. This is a dream come true for me and what every late model driver strives for to be called the World 100 Champion”, stated Earl. Earl and the team will travel to Mineral Wells West Virginia this weekend for a two day Lucas Oil Late Model Sanctioned event paying $20,000 to win. Earl has three wins in the 2006 season on the series and leads the point’s standings by 240 points over Don O’Neal with 6 races to go in the 2006 season. To learn more about the Lucas Oil Dunn-Benson Ford Motorsports Team visit their website at www.dunnbensonfordmotorsports.com. The newest Earl Pearson Jr. merchandise is NOW AVAILABLE to purchase online at his official merchandise website at www.earlpearsonjr.net. Wayne Castleberry
Sunoco Race Fuels Teams Up With Bobby Labonte for Nextel Prelude Marcus Hook, PA (September 1, 2006)- Sunoco Race Fuels has teamed up with the
2000 NASCAR Champion Bobby Labonte and his new dirt late model racing program.
Bobby Labonte will be competing in the Nextel Prelude at Eldora Speedway on
Wednesday September 6th for a charity event to benefit the Victory Junction
Camp. The Nextel Prelude event at Tony Stewart’s Eldora Speedway will be a
complete racing program consisting of hot laps, qualifying, heat races and a
feature event. The star studded field for this event includes Tony Stewart,
Bobby Labonte, Dave Blaney, JJ Yeley, Kenny Wallace, Mike Wallace, Mark Martin,
Matt Kenseth, Ryan Newman, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Petty, Ron Capps, Red Farmer, Kurt
Busch, Ken Schrader, Aric Almirola, Bill Elliot, Josh Wise, & Levi Jones.
Even though the exhibition event is intended to raise money for the Victory
Junction Camp, last years event proved these guys will be racing hard and
trading paint for a victory at the famous Eldora Speedway. Sunoco Race Fuels has teamed up with Bobby Labonte for his new dirt late
model racing program not only for the Nextel Prelude but future dirt late model
events as well. Bobby intends to compete at other dirt late model events along
with his nephew Justin Labonte with his new dirt late model. As part of the “Team Sunoco” promotion for the Nextel Prelude and World
100, Bobby Labonte was recently on the popular motorsports talk show “Dirt
Nation” talking about his new partnership with Sunoco and the upcoming Nextel
Prelude at Eldora Speedway. The Dirt Nation broadcast which aired August 28th is
archived and available to replay at www.racetalklive.com under the archived
shows link. Other “Team Sunoco” members that were guest on the same show
included Matt Miller, and the Sunoco Race Fuels “Team Sunoco Promotion” at Eldora Speedway will include numerous activities at the event and the fan fest and trade show starting Wednesday September 6th through Saturday September 9th. Sunoco Race Fuels would like to thank everyone involved with the “Team Sunoco” promotion including Eldora Speedway, Larry Kemp, Larry Boos, Bazell Oil, WD Enterprises, Dirt Nation, Roelandt Racing Systems, ASI Racewear and D&D RV Rentals. Sunoco’s newest fuel for dirt late models HCR Plus has proved to be the
right fuel of choice for drivers in 2006. HCR Plus is specifically targeted for
racing engines with a very high compression ratio that operate under sustained
high speeds and loads. Sunoco Performance Products is the largest manufacturer
of racing gasoline in the world Sunoco Race Fuels are designed to meet the
quality and consistency needs of professional racers. In addition, Sunoco is
involved with numerous racing sanctioning bodies, tracks and competitors to
provide the latest in race gas technology. Sunoco's track-proven fuels are
designed to provide exceptional performance, quality and consistency keeping you
"Ahead of the Pack". To obtain more information, contact Sunoco at
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