They say there’s a first time for everything, and Thursday night during Super DIRTcar Series preliminary action at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Mike Mahaney wrote a page of big block modified history.
One year ago at the Textron Off-Road World Finals, Parker Price Miller walked into the gates at The Dirt Track at Charlotte as a fresh-faced 18-year-old still trying to find his footing in the national sprint car scene.
Fans taking in the Bad Boy Off Road World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte may have done a double-take when they passed the lone World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series pit stall containing an open trailer and a specially-painted, American flag-themed 410ci sprint car.
When Josh Richards drew the pole position in the redraw for Friday night’s World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series feature at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, everyone assumed it would be lights out for the driver known as ‘Kid Rocket’.
Matt Sheppard may lock up his fifth Super DIRTcar Series championship on Friday night simply by taking the green flag at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, but that doesn’t mean the Waterloo, New York veteran goes into the Bad Boy Off Road World Finals with nothing to prove.
Brett Hearn had a lot of people talking on social media this week after a photo from his Madsen Motorsports shop appeared on social media, showing a black and neon green car that he was scheduled to pilot during the Bad Boy Off Road World Finals.