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August 27th, 2013

Mike Marlar Conquers Ponderosa for $7,500 Payday

Winfield, Tennessee (08/27/13) - Mike Marlar raced to his 3rd win of the 2013 season in his #5b Bryson Motorsports/Currin Construction/SEG LLC/Bloomquist/Clements Racing Engine Super Late Model on Friday night with a triumph in the 6th Annual Friday Night Rumble at Ponderosa Speedway (Junction City, Kentucky).

The $7,500-to-win race drew a field of 33 entries to the clay oval, and a 2nd place finish in his heat race locked Mike into the 7th starting spot for the 60 lap finale. As the race went green Mike began working his way forward and would take over the top spot on lap 11 from Jackie Boggs. After a lap 12 restart Boggs shot back to the lead, and Marlar would slip back as far as 3rd before regaining the lead on lap 48, when race leader Dustin Neat tangled with a lapped car.

Mike went on to score his second win in the event with Brad Neat, Dustin Linville, Justin Ratliff, and Chris Combs rounding out the top five.

"It was another great night for our team, and we are really excited about the upcoming big events," Marlar noted.  "I really think we could make some late season noise."

Full results from the event are available at www.PonderosaSpeedway.net .

A busy Labor Day stretch is on tap for Mike Marlar and Bryson Motorsports as they travel to Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.  Action opens on Saturday evening at Portsmouth Raceway Park (Portsmouth, Ohio) with the River Days Rumble, which will post a $15,000 winner's check for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) event.  On Sunday, September 1st Mike will return to the scene of the crime, when he enters the LOLMDS $25,000-to-win, 45th Annual Hillbilly 100 at I-77 Raceway Park (Ripley, West Virginia).  In 2012 Mike started dead last before claiming his second title in the coveted event.  The weekend will conclude on Monday evening, September 2nd at Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex (Markleysburg, Pennsylvania) with a $20,000-to-win program with the National Dirt Racing League (NDRL).  For more information on the events please visit www.LucasDirt.com and www.TheNDRL.com .

Mike Marlar would like to thank his sponsors and marketing partners including Bryson Motorsports, Bert, Clements Racing Engines, Convenient Lube, Currin Construction, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, Dominator Race Products, FK Rod Ends, Fragola, Graphic Impressions, H&H Painting & Drywall, Hoosier Racing Tire, Keyser Manufacturing, Marlar & Sons Auto Salvage, Midwest Sheet Metal, MSR Mafia, Peterson Fluid Systems, Powers Performance, Bloomquist Race Cars, Ohlins, SEG LLC, Sweet Manufacturing, VP Racing Fuels, and Wiles Driveshafts, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.

For the latest information on Mike Marlar please visit www.BrysonMotorsports.com .


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Contact: Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)
August 27th, 2013

Ashley Newman Races to Fifth Win of 2013

Mercer, Tennessee (08/27/13) – Ashley Newman powered his #73 Upton Motorsports/45 Race Shop/Best One Tire & Service/Bob Pierce Late Model to his 5th win of the season on Friday evening with a $1,400 triumph at Lexington 104 Speedway (Bargerton, Tennessee) in the Limited Late Model division!

Via his performance in preliminary action Ashley earned the outside-front-row starting spot for the main event in the 13 car field and went on to lead every lap to score the victory over Ronnie Cooper, Billy Tedford, Randy Todd, and Joe Reaves.

"The car was just awesome the whole night and so was the track," a happy Newman commented. "I can't thank the Upton family and all of my great sponsors enough for their awesome support."

Full results from the event are available at www.Lexington104Speedway.com .

The upcoming weekend's for Newman are still up in the air, but he may be joining his Upton Motorsports teammate, Kyle Beard, in competing in the 4th Annual Modified Motor Madness event at Clayhill Motorsports (Atwood, Tennessee) on Friday and Saturday, August 30th-31st. The event will be highlighted by twin, $5,000-to-win events. For more information on the event, please visit www.ClayhillMotorsports.com .

Upton Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Greg's Sawmill, 45 Race Shop, Best One Tire & Service, Gary Beard Trucking, Indian Ridge Lumber Co., Bob Pierce Race Cars, Schoenfeld Headers, Real Racing Wheels, Ace Sign Company, Team 5 Enterprise, JFR Graphics, ASC , and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.

For more information on Upton Motorsports, please visit www.UptonMotorsports.com .


Richards Continues Consistent World of Outlaws Late Model Series Performance in Visits to Little Valley & Winchester

SHINNSTON, W. Va. - Aug. 27, 2013 - The drumbeat of consistency on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series rolled on for Josh Richards, who tallied two more top-five visits in visits to Little Valley (N.Y.) Speedway and Winchester (Va.) Speedway to continue building his lead in the national tour's points battle.

Richards, 25, of Shinnston, W.Va., finished third in Little Valley's 50-lap A-Main on Aug. 22 and a hard-earned fifth in Winchester's Raye Vest Memorial 50 Presented by Ernie D's Enterprises - making him the lone driver to record top-five runs in both events.

While Richards was certainly not satisfied with falling short of the winner's circle - a place he last reached on the WoO LMS nine races ago, on July 11 at Manitoba's Red River Co-op Speedway - he lengthened his edge in the WoO LMS standings. After entering the pair of events leading Shane Clanton by 62 points and Darrell Lanigan by 68 points, he departed Winchester holding a 68-point edge over Clanton and 82-point advantage over Lanigan with just 10 races remaining on the 2013 schedule.

"It was a good weekend," said Richards, who is pursuing his third career WoO LMS title. "You always want a win - and I feel like we definitely have to get back to Victory Lane - but we're still doing what we need to do to win a championship. We're just getting what we can in every race."

Richards was in position to end his short checkered-flag dry spell in last Thursday night's A-Main at Little Valley, starting from the pole position. But he was outgunned for the lead at the initial green flag by Lanigan, who started second, and spent most of the distance battling for second place as Lanigan raced to victory. Richards ultimately lost the runner-up spot to Dan Stone with five laps remaining and settled for third in his Valvoline-sponsored Mark Richards Racing Enterprises Rocket No. 1.

"At Little Valley, we were just a little off," said Richards. "I felt like we should've run at least second, but we were just too tight and Stone got by us late in the race. We started closing back in on Darrell (behind Stone) in the last few laps but we ran out of time."

Richards could have also used a bit more time in last Saturday night's Raye Vest Memorial 50 at Winchester, a three-eighths-mile oval where he's enjoyed plenty of success in the past. In a race that ran caution-free from start-to-finish, Richards had to battle to advance from the 11th starting spot to a fifth-place finish.

"I put us behind early in qualifying because we were just a little free and ended up starting eighth in the heat race," said Richards, who timed 15th-fastest in the second group of time trials. "But we marched forward all night long. We moved up to finish third in the heat, and I feel like we had a great car in the race but I just wish we had better track position to start with.

"It was just tough to make up ground (in the feature). There were no cautions, and it just took forever to clear somebody. We could charge up on somebody, but it just took so long to clear them because you had to be so smooth with your moves."

After surging into the top five on the final lap, Richards ended up as the highest-finishing WoO LMS regular in the A-Main. Considering the circumstances, he was happy with that fact. He was also pleased to see Maryland's Dale Hollidge pull off a major upset in winning his first-ever WoO LMS event.

"I'm glad to see a local like Dale Hollidge win in a Rocket car," said Richards. "He did a great job. I wish we could've been up there to race with him and the other local cars that finished ahead of us, but I had a blast racing out there anyway.

"Winchester is definitely my favorite short track to race on," he continued. "I miss coming here. It's been two years since the last time I was here, so running (on Saturday night) brought back old memories from when I drove Ernie's car here (the Ernie Davis-owned No. 25."

Richards has a big Labor Day racing weekend ahead of him. In addition to entering WoO LMS events on Aug. 30 at West Virginia Motor Speedway in Mineral Wells and Aug. 31-Sept. 1 at Selinsgrove (Pa.) Speedway, Richards said he plans to compete in the $20,000-to-win NDRL 'Let's Get Dirty 75' on Mon., Sept. 2, at Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex in Markleysburg, Pa., and is contemplating running the ADRA Super Late Model event that opens West Virginia Motor Speedway's two-day RaceFest on Thurs., Aug. 29.

For more information on Josh Richards, visit www.joshrichards.com and follow him on Twitter at @Josh_Richards1 and on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/JoshRichardsRacing.


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August 27th, 2013

Chad Stapleton Rebounds for Seventh Win; Labor Day Slate Next

Edinburgh, Indiana (08/27/13) - A week after seeing a disappointing, mechanical failure end his night in Moler Raceway Park's biggest race of the year Chad Stapleton triumphantly returned to the facility on Friday night by scoring the feature win in his #32 Stapleton Motorsports/Rightway Construction/Skeletor Core/Barry Wright/Jay Dickens Racing Engine Super Late Model.

Sixteen Super Late Models took part in the Weekly Racing Series Event at the Williamsburg, Ohio oval, and Chad won his heat race from the 2nd starting spot to lock into the pole position for the feature with John Whitney joining him on the front row. Stapleton went on to score the victory, which marked his seventh of the 2013 season. He was followed across the finish line by Jesse Lay, John Whitney, James Rice, and Bill Sheets. Full results from the program are available at www.MolerRacewayPark.com .

Saturday night took the team to the state-of-the-art, Lawrenceburg Speedway (Lawrenceburg, Indiana) for the annual Whiskey 50, which was sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS). With 28 entries on hand for the $10,000-to-win event Stapleton finished 4th in his heat race to lock into the 10th starting spot for the 50 lap finale. Chad raced in the top ten for much of the event before slowing to draw a caution on lap 35. He would go on to be credited with a 15th place finish. Full results from the event are available at www.LucasDirt.com .

The Labor Day weekend will find Stapleton entering a trio of events in Ohio and Indiana. Action opens on Friday night with Fan Appreciation Night at Moler Raceway Park (Williamsburg, Ohio) before moving to Brownstown Speedway (Brownstown, Indiana) for the annual Hall of Fame Classic on Saturday evening. The weekend will draw to a close on Sunday evening at Twin Cities Raceway Park (North Vernon, Indiana) with the $2,000-to-win, Ted Collins Memorial. More information on the events can be found at www.MolerRacewayPark.com, www.BrownstownSpeedway.com and www.TwinCitiesRacewayPark.net .

Chad Stapleton would like to thank all of his sponsors and supporters including Rightway Construction, Skeletor Core, K&L Machining, Thirty-one Auto Group, Bowman Dodge, Cox Tree Service, Dirt Racing Connection, Schaeffer's Specialized Lubricants, Hoosier Race Tire, Jones Core, Roger's Bar, Barry Wright Race Cars, Tri County Auto Parts, Jay Dickens Racing Engines DK Designs, Rhino Linings, GW Performance, All Star Performance, Tranter Racing, AFCO, Frankland, Sweet Mfg, Outlaw, Wilwood, Team Peterson, VP Racing Fuels, and MSR Mafia Marketing Services.

For the latest information on Chad Stapleton, please visit www.ChadStapleton.com .


Bobby Labonte Racing Rebounds from Wrecks, Scores Top-10
Prepares for Three Races Labor Day Weekend
                       
Trinity, NC (August 27, 2013) - Bobby Labonte Racing (BLR) showed incredible tenacity and determination in last week's Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events at Volunteer Speedway and Lawrenceburg Speedway. Despite having crashed its primary and back cars on the first day of a two-race schedule, the No. 44 team was able to repair a car and compete in both races. The team's hard work paid off, as Earl Pearson Jr. scored a seventh-place finish on Saturday night. It marked the team's 14th top-10 finish of the season.
Earl Pearson Jr. and crew began the weekend at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tenn. The team had high hopes for a great weekend, but things got off to a rough start. The front end of the No. 44 car was dragging during Pearson's heat race, causing him to wreck. Unable to finish the heat, the BLR crew members unloaded the backup car and worked hard to prepare it for the feature. Pearson Jr. had the No. 44 Lucas Oil Longhorn Chassis charging towards the front. He was running around 10th, when on Lap 12, a spin on the track caused a pile up. Pearson Jr. had no place to go and was hit in the rear, ending the night for Bobby Labonte Racing.
With both cars damaged, Pearson Jr., Matt Langston and Bryan Liverman loaded the wrecked vehicles up and headed back to the race shop. The team returned to the race shop around midnight and started repairs, working through the day with no sleep. The shop guys and crew members repaired one car, loaded it up and headed out to Lawrenceburg, IN.
There were 28 entrants on hand for the Whiskey City 50 at Lawrenceburg Speedway. Pearson Jr. fell short in qualifying and was forced to the rear for his heat race. However, he was able to finish his heat in sixth place, securing a spot in the Whiskey City 50 lap feature. Pearson Jr. started 12th and was headed towards the front, running as high as second place. Towards the end, his tires faded. The team chose a softer tire when they prepared the car and it cost them some spots. Pearson Jr. and the No. 44 Longhorn Chassis finished seventh.
"We had a rough start to the weekend. I'm proud of how all the guys and everyone worked hard on Friday to get us back ready to race," said Pearson Jr. "We were doing well in the feature at Lawrenceburg Speedway. We just needed a little different tire."
Bobby Labonte Racing has a full weekend ahead with three races during the Labor Day weekend. On Friday, August 30 the series will race at Attica Raceway Park in Attica, OH, on Saturday, August 31 at Portsmouth Raceway Park in Portsmouth, OH and finally on Sunday, September 1 at I-77 Raceway Park in Ripley, WV.  Pearson Jr. remains in fifth place in Lucas Oil Championship Point Standings, 460 points out of first place. For photos, team updates and news go to www.bobbylabonteracing.com. For live updates from the races each week, be sure to follow Earl Pearson Jr. and Bobby Labonte Racing on Twitter and Facebook.   

About Bobby Labonte Racing
BLR is located in Trinity, N.C., and owned by 2000 NASCAR Champion Bobby Labonte. The team was formed in 2007 and immediately won back-to-back Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championships. The organization is sponsored by Lucas Oil, Sunoco Race Fuels, Archdale Drug, Coca-Cola, ALLSTAR, Tiger Rear Ends, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, SHY, Wilwood, Sweet, TWM, Dyers Top Rods, Weld Wheels, Bell, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Mechanix Wear, Larry Wallace Engines, ASI Racewear, Xtreme Graphics, Hank Thomas Performance, Wiles Drive Shafts, Bazel Race Fuels, FK Rod Ends and Peterson Fluid Systems.

About Longhorn Chassis
Longhorn Chassis was founded in 2010 by NASCAR Champion Bobby Labonte, along with his brother and two-time NASCAR Champion, Terry Labonte. After numerous successful seasons as a Dirt Late Model team owner with driver Earl Pearson Jr., Labonte decided to take it one step further with his racing operations and the team started building their own race cars, in shop. The first two late model chassis built out of Longhorn Chassis went to Justin Labonte and the house car, driven by Earl Pearson Jr. Pearson would debut his Longhorn Chassis at the North/South 100 in Florence, Ky., where he finished a solid second, he'd later record Longhorn Chassis' first Victory at the 2010 Dirt Track World Championships at West Virginia Motor Speedway. With just a couple of racing season under their belts, and numerous wins, Longhorn Chassis has already proven its strength and ability on the track.

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