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JIMMY OWENS REPEATS IN KNOXVILLE
NATIONALS!!! Jimmy rolled off from the outside of the ninth row in the 100-lap crown jewel spectacular and immediately steered his Ramirez Motorsports #20 XR1 Rocket machine towards the front of the stellar field. The "Newport Nightmare" eventually slid ahead of leader Brandon Sheppard out of turn four to lead lap 86 and then held off Sheppard to pocket the whopping $40,000 payday. Jimmy, who now finds himself fourth in the latest LOLMDS point standings, reached the storied Knoxville victory lane by besting Sheppard, Hudson O'Neal, Devin Moran, and Kyle Bronson to record his seventh overall victory of the 2019 campaign! Full results from the 16th Annual 'Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals' can be viewed by clicking on www.lucasdirt.com. (Heath Lawson Photo)
OWENS STREAKS TO WORLD 100 RUNNER-UP
EFFORT! All eyes in the Eldora Speedway pit area and amongst the record crowd of spectators on Saturday were focused on who would come out on top of the most prestigious race in the Dirt Late Model industry. Jimmy grabbed the second transfer spot through his stacked heat race, which earned him the rights to the outside of the sixth row for the start of the 100-lap crown jewel headliner. Gunning for the whopping $52,000 top prize in the 'World 100,' the "Newport Nightmare" rallied past ten competitors during the extra-distance affair to earn an impressive runner-up performance behind only race winner Jonathan Davenport! Full results from the 'World 100' weekend can be accessed online at www.eldoraspeedway.com. (Todd Healy Photo)
JIMMY OWENS CONSISTENT OVER LABOR
DAY WEEKEND Another $12,000 top prize was on the line on Saturday evening in the 'Bob Miller Memorial' at PRP and Jimmy placed second in his heat race and fifth in the 50-lapper behind only victor Jonathan Davenport, Josh Richards, Tim McCreadie, and Tyler Erb. In the annual 'Hillbilly Hundred' on Sunday at Tyler County, Jimmy won his heat race before slipping back to fifth in the 100-lap feature to trail only $30,000 winner Josh Richards, Brandon Overton, Tim McCreadie, and Shanon Buckingham. Complete results from the Labor Day weekend triple shot can be viewed online at www.lucasdirt.com. (MRM Racing Photos)
OWENS CLIMBS TO FOURTH IN LUCRATIVE
DIRT MILLION! The Newport, Tennessee star then won his heat race on Saturday night to earn the inside of the fifth row for the start of the 100-lap 'Dirt Million,' which carried a whopping $101,626 paycheck this year. Jimmy steered his #20 machine past five competitors before the track took rubber and he finished fourth in the final rundown behind only race winner Sheppard, Mike Marlar, and Chase Junghans! Full results from throughout the 'Dirt Million' weekend can be found online by clicking on www.lucasdirt.com.
JIMMY OWENS FOURTH IN BATESVILLE
OPENER After amassing the fifth most points during the two prelims, Jimmy started Saturday's 100-lap headliner from the inside of the third row. The Newport, Tennessee star had his sights set on capturing his third 'Topless 100' title and the whopping $40,000 paycheck, but problems under the hood of his #20 machine shortly after the halfway mark nixed any hopes of a victory. Jimmy, who had ran inside of the top five early in the distance, wound up retiring from the contest after 71 circuits and was officially paid for a twenty-first place performance. He now finds himself fifth in the latest version of the heated LOLMDS point standings. Full results from the long weekend in Batesville can be located by pointing your web browser to www.lucasdirt.com.
OWENS LEADS IN NORTH/SOUTH 100; FINISHES
THIRD! At Florence on Friday evening in the double set of qualifying heat races, Jimmy scored a victory in both prelims in dominant fashion. By virtue of racking up the most passing points, the Newport, Tennessee star earned the rights to the pole position for Saturday's $50,000 to win 'North/South 100.' Jimmy then paced the stellar field from laps 1-18 and 34-75 before settling for a third place podium performance in the extra distance affair. The "O-Show" trailed only victor Chris Madden and runner-up Hudson O'Neal at the unfurling of the checkered flag in the 'North/South 100.' Jimmy currently finds himself fifth in the latest LOLMDS point standings exiting Florence. Full results from the entire weekend in the Commonwealth of Kentucky can be located online at www.lucasdirt.com. (MRM Racing Photos)
JIMMY OWENS STEERS TO SIXTH IN USA
NATIONALS By virtue of racking up the sixteenth most passing points, Jimmy earned the rights to the outside of the eighth row for the start of Saturday's 100-lap crown jewel main event. The Newport, Tennessee star then worked his way past ten competitors during the extra-distance affair to leave Cedar Lake with a strong sixth place performance behind only $50,000 victor Chris Madden, Tim McCreadie, Brandon Sheppard, Ricky Weiss, and Dale McDowell. Full results from the big weekend in the Badger State can be viewed online at www.woolms.com.
OWENS NABS TOP FIVE IN PDC WEEKEND
OPENER
JIMMY OWENS GETS WIN #6 AT DAVENPORT
SPEEDWAY!
OWENS WINDS UP ELEVENTH IN SILVER
DOLLAR NAT'LS
JIMMY OWENS GETS TOP TEN IN SOUTH
DAKOTA
OWENS EMBARKS ON HECTIC MIDWEST STRETCH
(July 11, 2019) A hectic Midwestern stretch with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series started tonight at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Illinois. In the first of two $12,000 to win contests at the St. Louis-area venue, Jimmy Owens clicked off the fastest lap in Group B during qualifying before securing a heat race triumph. After leading laps 1-22 and 27-29 of the 50-lap main event, Jimmy slipped back to fourth at the finish line behind only race winner Tyler Erb, Mike Marlar, and Tim McCreadie.
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(September
15, 2019) Newport, Tennessee superstar Jimmy Owens streaked
to his second straight 'Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals'
title on Saturday evening, September 14 at the renowned Knoxville
Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa! After finishing sixteenth and fifteenth
respectively in the pair of $7,000 to win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt
Series prelims on Thursday and Friday, Jimmy turned up the heat
on the competition in a big way on Saturday at the 1/2-mile, semi-banked
Marion County Fairgrounds speedplant. 
(September
8, 2019) Jimmy Owens and his Ramirez Motorsports team made
their yearly September pilgrimage to the hallowed ground of Eldora
Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio from September 5-7 for the 49th edition
of the 'World 100.' In the first of two $10,000 to win Twin 25 preliminary
programs on Thursday evening, Jimmy ran second in his heat race
prior to advancing three spots in the 25-lap sprint to land in the
fourth finishing position behind only victor Billy Moyer, Kent Robinson,
and Chris Ferguson. The Newport, Tennessee star unfortunately missed
out on Friday night's 25-lapper after finishing seventh in his stacked
heat race and third in his B-Main.
(September
2, 2019) The #20 team headed to Ponderosa Speedway in Junction
City, Kentucky, Portsmouth Raceway Park in Portsmouth, Ohio, and
Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, West Virginia from August
30-September 1 for a trio of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series throwdowns.
On Friday night in the 'John Bradshaw Memorial' at Ponderosa, Jimmy
Owens ran sixth in his loaded heat race prior to advancing ten spots
during the $12,000 to win headliner en route to a solid sixth place
showing.
(August
25, 2019) The 2nd Annual 'Dirt Million' took center stage
in the Dirt Late Model world from August 22-24, as the Lucas Oil
Late Model Dirt Series presided over the crown jewel spectacular
at Mansfield Motor Speedway in Mansfield, Ohio. A pair of $10,000
to win preliminary duels kicked off the three-day weekend in the
Buckeye State and Jimmy Owens slipped to tenth in Thursday's 30-lap
feature, while he set fast time in his group, won his heat race,
and drove to an impressive runner-up performance behind only prelim
victor Brandon Sheppard on Friday evening.
(August
11, 2019) Following a couple of idle weekends on the Lucas
Oil Late Model Dirt Series schedule, the popular national touring
series took the #20 team to Florence Speedway from August 8-10 for
the 37th edition of the 'North/South 100.' The three-day extended
weekend in Union, Kentucky drew 53 entrants to the 1/2-mile speedplant
to do battle in the crown jewel extravaganza. On Thursday night
in the $10,000 to win 'North/South Shootout,' Jimmy Owens won his
heat race and led laps 16-43 of the 50-lap feature event before
a tangle with a lapped car sent him spinning. Jimmy then restarted
at the tail end of the field and was officially paid for a sixteenth
place effort in the weekend lid lifter.
(August
4, 2019) The 32nd Annual 'USA Nationals' took center stage
in the Dirt Late Model world from August 1-3 at the renowned Cedar
Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wisconsin. In the $6,000 to win World
of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series preliminary program
on Thursday night, Jimmy Owens placed seventh in his loaded heat
race, second in his B-Main, and eighteenth in the 30-lap feature
event. In Friday's double set of qualifying heat races, Jimmy advanced
to fourth in his first heat race, while he finished fifth in his
final prelim.
(July
28, 2019) The Ramirez Motorsports team made the trip to
Fairbury Speedway in downtown, Fairbury, Illinois on July 26-27
to compete in the 30th edition of the 'Prairie Dirt Classic.' The
World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series once again sanctioned
the mega-event, which drew 72 competitors to the 1/4-mile bullring
to do battle for the whopping $30,000 payday. On Friday night, Jimmy
Owens started his weekend by timing in eleventh fastest in Group
B during qualifying and later placing fifth in his $2,500 to win
qualifying feature behind only prelim winner Chris Ferguson, Mike
Marlar, Brian Shirley, and Kyle Bronson. Following a consolation
race victory on Saturday evening, Jimmy was able to work his way
past five competitors during the 100-lap 'Prairie Dirt Classic'
to finish fourteenth in the final rundown. Complete results from
the action-packed weekend at FALS can be viewed by clicking on 
(July
25, 2019) Jimmy Owens, of Newport, Tennessee, racked up
his sixth feature win of 2019 on Wednesday night, July 24 at the
sprawling Davenport Speedway in Davenport, Iowa! Jimmy set a New
Track Record during the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model
Series qualifying session and later scored a victory in heat race
action. After drawing the third starting spot prior to the drop
of the green flag in the 40-lap headliner, Jimmy inherited the point
when leader Brian Birkhofer pulled off the track with problems on
the second circuit. The "Newport Nightmare" then kept
the field at bay throughout the remainder of the contest to bag
the $10,000 top prize over Brandon Sheppard, Cade Dillard, Shane
Clanton, and Chase Junghans! Full results from last night at Davenport
can be accessed online at 
(July
13, 2019) For the second straight night, Jimmy Owens celebrated
in victory lane on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series tour - this
time at the state-of-the-art Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri!
Jimmy, who has owned the racetrack in recent years, ran second in
his stacked heat race and later rolled off from the inside of the
third row in the 60-lap feature event. Jimmy then led laps 11-23
before taking the point for good on the 26th lap and fending off
all challenges to record the $15,000 top prize. Finishing behind
the #20 in the first night of the 'CMH Diamond Nationals' was Earl
Pearson, Jr., Mike Marlar, Scott Bloomquist, and Jonathan Davenport!
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(July
12, 2019) Jimmy Owens, of Newport, Tennessee, reached victory
lane for the fourth time in 2019 and the second time with the Lucas
Oil Late Model Dirt Series tonight at Tri-City Speedway in Granite
City, Illinois! Jimmy once again won his heat race in preliminary
action and later started the 50-lap headliner from the pole position.
The "O-Show" put on a show with Shannon Babb in the first
half of the contest, as the two talented drivers swapped the lead
on multiple occasions. Jimmy finally took the point for good on
the 26th circuit and beat Earl Pearson, Jr., Josh Richards, Stormy
Scott, and Devin Moran to the checkered flag to bag the $12,000
winner's check!!! (