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Speedweeks
Continues in Sunshine Nationals at VSP
(January
23, 2025) With Winter Storm Enzo producing hazardous driving
conditions and road closures, along with heavy rain and cold temperatures
impacting the Barberville, Florida-area, World of Outlaws Late Model
Series and Volusia Speedway Park officials have canceled tonight's
$12,000 to win 'Sunshine Nationals' opener.
Smith
Starts 2025 Campaign at Golden Isles Speedway
(January
19, 2025) Unfortunately, heavy rain overnight has left Golden
Isles Speedway significantly saturated, prompting track and Lucas
Oil Late Model Dirt Series officials to cancel Sunday’s Super
Bowl of Racing finale. (Heath Lawson Photo)
(January
18, 2025) With the forecast for rain continuing throughout
the evening hours, tonight's $25,000 to win Lucas Oil Late Model
Dirt Series event at Golden Isles Speedway has been canceled. Sunday’s
Super Bowl of Racing finale, which will shell out a $10,000 top
prize, is still on as scheduled.
(January
17, 2025) The 2025 campaign for the Brenden Smith Motorsports
team got underway earlier this evening with the Super Bowl of Racing
lid lifter at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Georgia. A total
of 44 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series competitors converged in
the Peach State to vie for a $12,000 payday. Brenden Smith ran seventh
in his heat race and sixth in his B-Main, which forced him to rely
on an emergency provisional to gain access into the 50-lap feature.
At the completion of the contest, Brenden was paid for a twenty-fifth
place showing.
Brenden
Smith Closes Out Season in St. Louis
(December
8, 2024) Brenden Smith wrapped up his version of the 2024 racing
season on December 6-7 in the 8th Annual 'Gateway Dirt Nationals'
at the Dome at America's Center in downtown St. Louis, Missouri.
On Friday during his preliminary night, Brenden ran sixth in his
heat race and fifth in his B-Main, but was unfortunately forced
to watch the $5,000 to win main event. With a whopping $30,000 first
place prize up for grabs in Saturday's finale, Brenden placed seventh
in his qualifier, but missed out the 40-lap main event that was
ultimately won by Brandon Sheppard. Complete results from the season-ending,
indoor spectacular can be accessed online by pointing your web browser
to www.gatewaydirt.com.
(Josh James Artwork)
Smith
Eleventh in Peach State Classic Opener
(November
17, 2024) The Castrol FloRacing Night in America Series season
concluded on November 15-16 in the 'Peach State Classic' at Senoia
Raceway in Senoia, Georgia. On Friday night with a $20,000 paycheck
up for grabs, Brenden Smith ran seventh in his heat race and fourth
in his B-Main prior to blasting past fifteen competitors during
the 40-lap feature en route to a solid eleventh place showing. With
a $30,000 top prize up for grabs on Saturday evening, Brenden just
missed out on the 75-lap finale after placing seventh in his heat
race and fourth in his B-Main.
After the final
points were tallied, the Dade City, Florida ace found himself fifteenth
in the miniseries point standings. Complete results from the double-dip
at Senoia can be located online at www.floseries.com.
(Josh James Artwork)
Lucas
Oil Tour Wraps Up with $100k DTWC
(October
20, 2024) The 2024 version of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt
Series campaign came to a close over the October 18-19 weekend in
the 44th edition of the ‘Dirt Track World Championship’
at the famed Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. With 61 Super Late
Model entrants on hand for the crown jewel spectacular, Brenden
Smith stopped the clock twenty-second fastest in Group B during
Friday's time trial session prior to placing sixth in his heat race.
Following a seventh
place effort in his B-Main on Saturday evening, Brenden utilized
an emergency provisional start the $100,000 to win headliner from
the inside of the fourteenth row. The Dade City, Florida ace then
picked off eleven competitors during the 100-lap contest to land
in the sixteenth spot and also finished sixteenth in the final series
point tally. Full results from the DTWC weekend can be viewed by
pointing your web browser to www.lucasdirt.com.
(Heath Lawson Photo)
Jackson
100 Weekend Next for #17ss Team...
(October
13, 2024) On October 11-12, the Brenden Smith Motorsports team
was in attendance at the legendary Brownstown Speedway in Brownstown,
Indiana for a pair of high-profile Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
showdowns. On Friday night in the $10,000 to win 'CJ Rayburn Memorial,'
Brenden Smith ran ninth in his heat race, eighth in his B-Main,
and twenty-fifth in the 40-lap main event. With a hefty $50,000
paycheck up for grabs in Saturday's 45th Annual 'Jackson 100,' Brenden
placed eighth in his heat race, sixth in his B-Main, and twenty-sixth
in the 100-lap headliner. Full results from the Hoosier State double-dip
can be viewed online at www.lucasdirt.com.
(Heath Lawson Photo)
Smith
Pays Visit to Sprawling PPMS for Pittsburgher
(October
6, 2024) The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series took the #17ss
team to the sprawling Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Motor Speedway in
Imperial, Pennsylvania on October 4-5 for the 36th edition of the
‘Pittsburgher 100.’ With a $10,000 payday up for grabs
in Friday’s weekend opener, Brenden Smith finished eighth
in his loaded heat race, ninth in his B-Main, and twentieth in the
30-lap feature after receiving a series provisional. On Saturday
evening with a whopping $50,000 top prize on the line, Brenden placed
ninth in both his heat race and his B-Main, utilized a series provisional,
and eventually wound up twenty-fourth in the final finishing order
of the 70-lapper. Full results from the ‘Pittsburgher 100’
can be found online by visiting www.lucasdirt.com.
(Heath Lawson Photo)
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