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JIMMY OWENS CHARGES
TO TOP TEN IN 'FIRECRACKER 100'
Posted June 29, 2009
The Jimmy Owens Racing team invaded the
Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pennsylvania last weekend (June
26-27) for the annual running of the 'Firecracker 100.' The
World of Outlaws Late Model Series sanctioned the two-day mega-event,
which boasted a stout $30,000 payday. Jimmy Owens started out
the weekend by posting the twenty-first quickest lap during
the qualifying session on Friday night and later grabbing the
third and final transfer spot in his heat race. After starting
in the fifteenth position in the 100-lap main event on Saturday,
Jimmy worked his #20 entry past eight cars en route to a strong
seventh place performance. You can view complete results from
the 'Firecracker 100' weekend by visiting www.worldofoutlaws.com.
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OWENS THIRD IN LUCAS
OIL POINTS FOLLOWING SUMMER SIZZLER!
Posted June 22, 2009
The
second half of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series "Summer
Sizzler" tour wrapped up last week in the states of Tennessee,
Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina from June 16-20.
In the four series events held last week, Jimmy Owens posted
one top five effort and an additional top ten performance. Jimmy
wound up finishing sixteenth at the Cleveland (TN) Speedway
on Tuesday, thirteenth at the Swainsboro (GA) Raceway on Thursday,
third at the Cherokee (SC) Speedway on Friday, and eighth at
the Fayetteville (NC) Motor Speedway on Saturday.
Following the ultra-busy
four race week, Jimmy currently finds himself third in the latest
version of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series point battle.
You can view complete results from the "Summer Sizzler"
tour by accessing www.lucasdirt.com.
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JIMMY OWENS BUSY
AT DUCK RIVER, NORTH GEORGIA, & VOLUNTEER...
Posted June 15, 2009
Following his unforgettable 'Dream 100'
weekend at Eldora, Jimmy Owens and his #20 team had a rather
forgettable weekend in the Southeast from June 11-13. On Thursday
night, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned a $7,000
to win show at the Duck River Speedway in Wheel, Tennessee.
Jimmy was forced to take a series provisional to gain access
into the main event, where he finished twenty-fourth in the
final rundown. In a $10,000 to win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt
Series event on Friday evening at the North Georgia Speedway
in Chatsworth, Georgia, Jimmy ran third in heat race action
prior to finishing fifth in the 50-lap feature behind winner
Joe Armes, Ray Cook, Scott Bloomquist, and Randy Weaver.
After Saturday's $10,000
to win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series race at the Talladega
(AL) Short Track was rained-out, the Jimmy Owens Racing team
made a dash to the Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tennessee.
Unfortunately, Jimmy was unable to take part in the $3,000 to
win A-Main at "The Gap" after hitting the wall during
qualifying. You can view complete results from Duck River and
North Georgia by accessing www.lucasdirt.com.
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A DREAM COME TRUE
FOR JIMMY OWENS!
Posted June 7, 2009
Newport,
Tennessee native Jimmy Owens became only the fourth driver to
win both the 'World 100' and the 'Dream 100' at the famed Eldora
Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio by capturing the $100,000 top prize
in the 15th Annual 'Dream 100' on Saturday night, June 6 at
the "Big E!" After qualifying third quickest on Friday
evening, Jimmy finished fourth in his stacked heat race on Saturday.
He later took a fast time provisional to gain access into the
100-lap main event, starting in the nineteenth position.
Despite losing oil pressure
early in the race and trailing smoke throughout the 'Dream 100,'
Jimmy was on a rail. He moved up into the top five around the
halfway point and tracked down leaders Tony Stewart and Scott
Bloomquist on lap seventy-three. The driver known as the "Newport
Nightmare" passed both Stewart and Bloomquist on the seventy-third
circuit and led the remaining twenty-seven laps to secure the
$100,000 payday. Finishing behind the #20 car was Scott Bloomquist,
Darrell Lanigan, Jimmy Mars, and Brian Birkhofer. You can view
complete results and video coverage from the 15th Annual 'Dream
100' online at www.dirtondirt.com.
