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NEWS Brenden
Smith Wraps Up Speedweeks at Golden Isles On Friday evening with a $12,000 top prize on the line, Brenden narrowly missed out on the 50-lap main event after placing sixth in his heat race and fourth in his B-Main. The #19m JCM Motorsports team also unfortunately did not transfer into Saturday's $25,000 to win headliner after running sixth in the heat race and eighth in the B-Main. Complete results from the entire week at Golden Isles Speedway can be accessed online by pointing your web browser to www.lucasdirt.com. (Heath Lawson Photo)
Smith
Charges to Sixth in $25,000 to Win Ocala Finale! Other finishes for the week at Ocala included a twelfth in Tuesday's $7,000 to win opener, a thirteenth in Wednesday's $7,000 to win show, and a twenty-first in Thursday's $10,000 to win contest. Brenden now sits fifteenth in the latest version of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series point standings exiting Ocala. Complete results from the 'Wieland Winternationals' can be accessed online by clicking on www.lucasdirt.com. (Heath Lawson Photo)
Brenden
Smith Starts Lucas Oil Campaign at All-Tech On Friday evening with a $12,000 top prize on the line, Brenden unfortunately missed out on the 50-lap feature after running seventh in his heat race and fourth in his B-Main. In Saturday's weekend finale, which boasted a hefty $15,000 winner's check, Brenden placed fifth in his heat race, won his B-Main, and later crossed underneath the checkered flag seventeenth after fifty green flag circuits in the headliner. Complete results from all three weekend battles can be accessed online by clicking on www.lucasdirt.com. (Heath Lawson Photo)
Smith
& JCM Motorsports Start 2026 Season at Volusia (February 13, 2026) Brenden Smith returned to action with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series tonight at Volusia (FL) Speedway Park in round five of the 'DIRTcar Nationals,' which also boasted a $12,000 first place prize. Brenden qualified well, but unfortunately missed out on the 35-lapper after running fourth in his heat race and ninth in his consolation event. (February 12, 2026) The World of Outlaws Late Model Series roared into the Daytona Beach area to preside over their first event of the annual 'DIRTcar Nationals.' A $12,000 top prize was up for grabs earlier this evening at Volusia Speedway Park and a total of 58 Super Late Model competitors were packed into the pit area at the 1/2-mile speedplant. Brenden Smith grabbed the second transfer spot through his stacked heat race, but unfortunately fell to twenty-sixth at the finish of the 35-lap feature. (February 11, 2026) Tonight's DIRTcar Racing program at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Florida was headlined by a trio of split-field features - each of which paid $5,000 to the winner. Brenden Smith stopped the clock seventh quickest in his group during qualifying prior to finishing ninth in the final rundown of his 20-lap main event. (February 10, 2026) Round two of the 'DIRTcar Nationals' was held tonight at Volusia Speedway Park and another $7,000 payday was on the line for the ground-pounding Super Late Models. Brenden Smith timed in ninth quickest in his group during qualifying before placing ninth in his heat race and eighth in his B-Main. Unfortunately, Brenden was not able to make the start in the 25-lapper that was ultimately won by Hudson O'Neal. (February 9, 2026) The 55th edition of the 'DIRTcar Nationals' kicked off for the Super Late Models earlier this evening and a $7,000 winner's check was up for grabs in a DIRTcar Racing event. A total of 56 competitors were on the grounds at Volusia Speedway Park for the first of six straight nights of action. Brenden Smith, who was making his 2026 debut with JCM Motorsports, unfortunately suffered motor woes during the program and was not able to advance into the 25-lap main event.
Brenden
Smith Turns Heads in Gateway Dirt Nationals! The Dade City, Florida ace then started Saturday's 40-lap headliner from the outside of the front row looking for the whopping $70,000 first place prize. At the end of the contest, Brenden found himself in the seventh spot behind only race winner Bobby Pierce, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Brandon Sheppard, Jason Feger, Nick Hoffman, and Ashton Winger! Full results from the entire 'Gateway Dirt Nationals' weekend can be found online by clicking on www.gatewaydirt.com. (Ryan Roberts Photography)
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(March
8, 2026) The Speedweeks journey for Brenden Smith wrapped up
from March 4-7 at Golden Isles Speedway, as the Lucas Oil Late Model
Dirt Series presided over four big events at the Brunswick, Georgia-area
speedplant. On Wednesday night in the opener, which boasted a $7,000
paycheck, Brenden ran third in his heat race and fifteenth in the
30-lap feature. Racing for a $10,000 payday on Thursday, Brenden
finished seventh in his heat race, sixth in his B-Main, and seventeenth
in the 40-lapper.
(March
1, 2026) The busy Speedweeks for Brenden Smith continued from
February 24-28 with five Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series shootouts
during the 'Wieland Winternationals' at Ocala Speedway in Ocala,
Florida. With a rain-out on Friday, only four races officially got
into the record books. Brenden's best outing of the week came in
Saturday's grand finale, which shelled out a $25,000 payday. The
Dade City, Florida ace grabbed the fourth and final transfer spot
through his heat race prior to passing ten competitors during the
50-lapper en route to a stellar sixth place performance!
(February
22, 2026) The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series kicked off their
2026 campaign from February 19-21 at All-Tech Raceway in Ellisville,
Florida. The first of three high-profile events took place on Thursday
night and a $10,000 payday was up for grabs. Brenden Smith finished
seventh in his heat race, sixth in his B-Main, and twentieth in
the 40-lap main event.
(February
14, 2026) A Valentine's Day shootout wrapped up the 55th Annual
'DIRTcar Nationals' tonight at Volusia Speedway Park and 56 race
teams signed into the Daytona Beach-area speedplant to do battle
for a hefty $20,000 paycheck. Brenden Smith knocked down the fourth
quickest lap in Group A during the qualifying session prior to grabbing
the second transfer position through his heat race. At the completion
of the 50-lap headliner, Brenden was paid for a twenty-second place
performance. (Josh James Artwork)
(December
7, 2025) From December 4-6, Brenden Smith wrapped up his version
of the 2025 racing season indoors at The Dome at America's Center
in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, as the ninth edition of the 'Gateway
Dirt Nationals' was held in front of a huge grandstand crowd and
a worldwide streaming audience. In his $10,000 to win preliminary
event on Friday, Brenden steered the JCM Motorsports #19M machine
to the second quickest lap in Group A during qualifying prior to
winning his stacked heat race. After rolling off from the outside
of the third row in the 25-lap main event, Brenden drove up to third
to land on the podium behind only victor Ricky Thornton, Jr. and
runner-up Mark Whitener!
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