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August 12th, 2015

Jared Landers Records Top Five in North-South 100; Topless 100 Next

Batesville, Arkansas (08/12/15) - Jared Landers powered his Crop Production Services #777 Mark Martin Automotive/Sweet Bloomquist/Durham Racing Engine Super Late Model to a 5th place finish in last weekend’s 33rd Annual Sunoco Race Fuels North-South 100 at Florence Speedway.

Jared Landers traveled to Florence Speedway (Union, Kentucky) on Friday night for the opening round of the annual Sunoco Race Fuels North-South 100 presented by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS). With 62 Super Late Models registered for battle, Landers captured a first round heat race victory. Finishing 3rd in his second heat, Landers transferred into the pole dash for Saturday night’s main event. The Batesville, Arkansas driver streaked to the win in the dash to earn the pole-position for the 100 lap finale. Contending for a $50,000 payday, Landers battled in the top five throughout the event before crossing the finish line in the 5th position behind race winner, Jonathan Davenport, Scott Bloomquist, Mike Marlar, and Dale McDowell.

“Our car was really good all weekend, and in the feature it was good again,” said Landers. “We lost some ground early in the race, but I was able to get things rolling as the laps wound down and came away with a good run for our team.” He concluded by saying, “Things are really starting to click for this team, and I can’t wait for the Topless 100 next weekend.”

Jared is eighth in the latest series' standings. Full results from these events are available at www.LucasDirt.com.

Jared will enter familiar territory this weekend, August 13th-15th, when he enters the 23rd Annual COMP Cams Topless 100 presented by Crop Production Services at his home track, Batesville Motor Speedway (Locust Grove, Arkansas). Not only does the race give Landers the rare chance to race close to home, but it also lets him return to the scene of his biggest career win, which came in the 2010 edition of the Topless 100. Landers banked $40,000 for his winning efforts that year, and will be looking to claim a second, crown jewel triumph this weekend. The weekend, which is sanctioned by the LOLMDS, will culminate with $40,000-to-win/$2,000-to-start finale on Saturday evening. More information on the event, please visit www.BatesvilleMotorSpeedway.net and www.LucasDirt.com .

Jared would like to thank all of his sponsors including Crop Production Services, Bad Boy Mowers, Big Dog Motorsports, ASC Warranty, Burger Fusion Company, Mark Martin Automotive, Double L Motorsports, Durham Racing Engines, Hoosier Tire, FK Rod Ends, Wilwood Disc Brakes, Peterson Fluid Systems, Sweet Manufacturing, Stealth Racing Carburetors, Hooker Harness, Mark 4 ATV Superstore, Performance Rod & Custom, Penske Shocks, Hawkeye Truck Sales, Lucas Oil Products, Schoenfeld Headers, Butlerbuilt Professional Seat Systems, Weld Racing, Bell Helmets, Fast Shafts, Sunoco Race Fuels, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.

For the latest news, updates, and other information regarding Jared Landers, please point your browsers to www.JaredLanders.com .

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August 12th, 2015

Eric Cooley Victorious at Magnolia; Prepares for NeSmith at Golden Isles

Fulton, MS (08/12/15) – Eric Cooley powered his Bryson Motorsports #33b Eric Cooley Trucking/Barry Wright Super Late Model to his sixth win of the 2015 campaign on Saturday evening at Magnolia Motor Speedway.

On Saturday night Eric made the short trek to Magnolia Motor Speedway (Columbus, Mississippi) to compete in the Super Late Model division. Against a field of fifteen entries, Cooley started 2nd on the grid via his qualifying effort. He grabbed the lead at the drop of the green flag and went on to capture his sixth victory of the season. Jamie Pickard, Tony Shelton, Joey Mullenix, and Austin Arnold followed Eric across the finish line in the feature event.

Full results from this event are available at www.MagnoliaDirt.com.
“Our car was really good the entire night, and it felt great to get back to victory lane for the first time in over a month,” said Cooley. “I want to thank Mr. Norman Bryson and all of my great sponsors for their support of my racing operation.”

Eric will not be racing anywhere this weekend. He tentatively plans to return to action on August 21st-22nd with the $10,000-to-win, NeSmith Late Model Series event at Golden Isles Speedway. For more information on the event, please visit www.NeSmithRacing.com .

Eric and everyone at Cooley Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include 78 Towing & Recovery Inc., Cooley Transport Inc, Bryson Motorsports, Eric Cooley Trucking, DJ Transportation, O.H. Hendricks, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, GW Performance, SEG, Hooker Harness, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.

Cooley Motorsports is currently looking for new sponsors and marketing partners. For more information on joining the team, please visit www.EricCooleyRacing.com .

For more information on Eric Cooley and Bryson Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.EricCooleyRacing.com and www.BrysonMotorsports.com .

First Knoxville Nationals for Reutzel after 360 Nationals Podium!

Lonnie Wheatley, CLUTE, Texas (August 12, 2015) – It was exactly the Knoxville Raceway turnaround Aaron Reutzel was looking for; a podium finish amongst a field of 102 competitors for the driver of the Shark-powered BC Fundz/Basic One Services No. 87 Triple X Sprint Car.

No time for resting on any laurels though for the driver from Clute, TX, as he embarks upon his rookie FVP Knoxville Nationals effort with Wednesday night’s qualifying event after a pair of nights on Sunday and Monday to get the Roth Motorsport No. 83 dialed in.

Short of an 11th win of the year, last weekend’s Arnold Motor Supply Knoxville 360 Nationals was all the driver of the Wren Motorsports/Momentum Racing Suspensions Sprint Car could have hoped for with a runner-up finish in his Thursday night qualifier and then a third-place run in Saturday night’s $10,000-to-win finale.

And it was in an event where luck has been non-existent for Reutzel in past years.

“We’ve never made it out of the ‘C’ on a qualifying night at 360 Nationals before, so we were pretty pumped with our performance all week,” Reutzel said.

While ill luck has plagued Reutzel at the storied, half-mile Knoxville Raceway atop Iowa’s Marion County Fairgrounds in the past, the strong weekend performance aboard the Dissolvealloy Frac Ball Revolution machine for the current Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour points leader came as little surprise to most.

“We were really good all weekend with the 360’s,” Reutzel said. “We hurt our primary motor a little before, so I can’t thank Scottie McDonald enough for loaning us an engine, it worked out great.”

The loaner motor came into play right away.

“We drew a bad number and still turned a good lap and got some points,” Reutzel said.

For the Thursday feature, Reutzel said, “We missed the gear a little.” A red flag proved beneficial.

“We changed gears under the red and picked up three-tenths per lap, but the other guys picked up the same,” Reutzel explained.

A second-place finish on Thursday night aboard the Danny Sander Construction/ButlerBuilt machine was good enough to put Reutzel sixth in overall points to put him third row outside of Saturday’s championship feature.

“We probably overthought it a little,” Reutzel reflects. “We went for broke and tightened it up a little too much.”

“We watched what everyone was doing on Friday night, (Dusty) Zomer was killing it on the bottom and we thought that would be the way to go,” Reutzel explains.

And he made it work in the early going of the 25-lap feature.

“We were good on the bottom, we got by Wayne (Johnson) and were up to third,” Reutzel explains. “But it was too much risk and not enough reward to stay down there. We went up top, but we were too tight to run it the way we needed to.”

Still, Reutzel kept the lead duo in sight en route to capturing a third-place finish aboard the Lone Star Hydro Maintenance/Wright Way Logistics machine.

“I could catch Zomer, but I couldn’t do anything when I got to the dirty air,” Reutzel wraps up.

Less than 24 hours later, Reutzel was back in the seat of the Roth Motorsports No. 83 for Sunday night’s Capitani Classic at Knoxville and then again on Monday for the “Front Row Challenge” at Oskaloosa’s Southern Iowa Speedway.

The two nights proved valuable to prepare for Reutzel’s maiden voyage at the biggest Sprint Car event of all, the Knoxville Nationals.

“We fought the car a little bit, but we’ve thrown a few things at it and made some changes,” Reutzel explains. “Hopefully it works, we’ll find out tonight.”

Reutzel will be among Wednesday night’s scheduled field of qualifiers as he vies for Knoxville Nationals “Rookie of the Year” honors.

2015 Quick Stats: 50 races, 10 wins, 27 top-fives, 36 top-tens.

Up Next: The 55th Annual FVP Knoxville Nationals at Iowa’s Knoxville Raceway on Wednesday through Saturday, August 12-15.

Keep Track: Keep track of Aaron Reutzel’s on-track action including schedule and results at http://www.aaronreutzelracing.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aaron-Reutzel-Racing/117666254913127 or on Twitter at @AaronReutzel. You can also e-mail Aaron at aaronreutzel@yahoo.com.

If you would like Aaron Reutzel Racing press releases e-mailed directly to you, send your e-mail address to Lonnie Wheatley at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.

Penning the recurring series of “The Wheatley Chronicles” articles on www.sprintcarmania.com, Lonnie Wheatley provides media, public relations and more for select tracks, drivers and events. For more information, Wheatley may be contacted at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.

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August 12th, 2015

Ricky Weiss Wins 18th Feature of 2015

Headingly, Manitoba, Canada (08/12/15) – Ricky Weiss parked his Derrick’s Sandblasting #7 Bloomquist Chassis/Pro Power Racing Engine Late Model in victory lane for the18th time in 2015 over the weekend.

Ricky Weiss made the trip to River Cities Speedway (Grand Forks, North Dakota) on Friday night, piloting his Derrick's Sandblasting #7 Bloomquist/Pro Power Racing Super Late Model. With fourteen entries competing in the event, Ricky captured a heat race win, setting him up for the feature event. The 8th starting Weiss charged through the field in the finale to score his 18th victory of the season with Dustin Strand, Brad Seng, Joey Pederson, and Steve Anderson completing the top five.

“We had to pass some really good cars to get this win, so it makes it that much sweeter,” commented Weiss. “I always love racing at River Cities because the fans and racers are awesome.”

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

Ricky now looks ahead to another busy weekend, which will open on Thursday evening at Red River Co-Op Speedway (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada). Friday evening will take the team to River Cities Speedway (Grand Forks, North Dakota). On Saturday evening Ricky will tentatively compete at Estevan Motor Speedway (Estevan, Saskatchewan) with the Northern Thunder Dirt Late Models. For more information on the events, please visit www.RedRiverCoOpSpeedway.com , www.RiverCitiesSpeedway.com and www.EstevanMotorSpeedway.com .

Ricky Weiss would like to thank his marketing partners and sponsors including Derrick's Sandblasting. A.I.E. Bell Mobility, All Rig Towing, Hands On Excavating Inc., Forest Flying Services, Keewaitn Truck Service, J&C Trucking, Cousins Farms, Turk Enterprises, Eibach Springs, Metalz In Motion, Wulff Pumps, New Vision Graphics, Vic Hill Racing Engines, Schaeffer Oil, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.

For more information on Ricky Weiss please visit his website at www.WeissRacing7.com .

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Jimmy Elliott Runner-Up Finish at Fort Payne with UCRA

Cleveland, Tennessee (08/12/15) – After battling more than his fair share of bad luck over the past few months, Jimmy Elliott was able to finally get things pointed in the right direction on Saturday night. The pilot of the Car Smart Auto Sales #J39 CVR Race Car raced to a runner-up finish with the United Crate Racing Alliance (UCRA) at Fort Payne Motor Speedway.

Jimmy Elliott headed to Fort Payne Motor Speedway (Fort Payne, Alabama) on Saturday night for a United Crate Racing Alliance (UCRA) event. Via his qualifying effort Elliott earned the 5th starting spot for the $2,500-to-win A-Main. Battling in the top five for all 40 laps, Jimmy ultimately scored a runner-up finish behind Kasey Hall with Anthony White, Todd Morrow and Kyle May rounding out the top five.

“After the way that our luck has been going for the past several races I would’ve been happy to just finish this one,” laughed Elliott. “However, to get a 2nd place finish feels really good. Hopefully this means our luck is changing.”

Jimmy is currently seventh in the latest UCRA Standings. For more information please visit www.UCRARacing.com.

The team is tentatively planning to enter a Weekly Racing Series Event at Cleveland Speedway (Cleveland, Tennessee) this Saturday, August 15th. For more information on the event, please visit www.ClevelandSpeedwayLLC.com .

Jimmy Elliott would like to thank his sponsors including Car Smart Auto Sales, Eagle Racing Engines, CVR Race Cars, Stealth Racing Carburetors, Elliott’s Tire Center, COR Suspension Technology, CVR Performance Bodies, EasyAutoOnline.com, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.

For the latest news, updates, and other information regarding Jimmy Elliott, please point your browsers to www.JimmyElliottJ39.com .