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This year was a big one for 20-year-old Hailie Deegan, who competed in her first full season in the NASCAR Truck Series, and it looks like it’s also going to end in style. While preparing for the upcoming Tulsa shootout, the young driver is sharing some thrilling moments from the first micro race, with her followers.
Meet Brian Carber, the Rocky Balboa of the Chili Bowl The 28-year-old took an unorthodox path to his first start in the Midget Nationals. Jacob Seelman | SpeedSport Channeling his inner Rocky Balboa, Brian Carber is at the figurative gym every night leading up to his first Chili Bowl Midget Nationals. In the same fashion that someone like Rocky Balboa was the reason Micky Goldmill opened Mighty Mick’s Gym, Carber is the embodiment of everything the legendary Keith Kunz was looking for when conceptualizing his Giveback Classic at modest Millbridge Speedway in Salisbury, North Carolina. ...
NASCAR Champion Chase Elliott Impresses in Chili Bowl Tune-Up The Cup Series champion finished third and fourth in his first races in a Dirt Midget. The Chili Bowl will be just the second time he's raced a Dirt Midget. His off-season schedule includes the Snowball Derby, Chili Bowl and Rolex. NASCAR Cup Series champion Chase Elliott isn’t going into his Chili Bowl Midget Nationals debut completely blind, but it’s pretty close. And yet, in his first two races in a Dirt Midget last weekend, the 25-year-old looked anything like a rookie and impressed two of the expected contenders to win the...
Despite a challenging learning curve towards the high-powered lightweight stock car, Elliott ultimately finished third behind Ty Majeski and Derek Thorn, in an event that also included fellow Cup Series champion Kyle Busch and NASCAR notables Noah Gragson, Grant Enfinger and Chandler Smith. The week-long event allowed him to reconnect with his first crew chief, 2002 Snowball Derby winner Ricky Turner, the racer turned mechanic that powered Elliott to over 50 Late Model victories across the East Coast. Daylon Barr The No. 9 Super Late Model looked familiar but was owned by veteran Cup Series...