Dunn Benson Motorsports and EPJ Finishes 2nd in the Dirt Track World Championship and 8th in Final Series Point Standings to Close out 2016

DUNN, NC (October 24, 2016) – Dunn Benson Motorsports and Earl Pearson Jr. finished the 2016 season with a strong 2nd place finish at the Dirt Track World Championship in Portsmouth, OH on October 15th. This event was the final Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event of year and Dunn Benson Motorsports final race of 2016. Earl would earn enough points in the two preliminary heat races to start 3rd in the 100-Lap main event paying $100,000 to Win. EPJ would battle among the top 5 throughout the entire 100-lap feature event falling back as far as 5th during the middle stages of the event. Earl would charge back to the front in the late stages of the event and was battling Brandon Sheppard for the win in the final laps. At the checkers Earl would finish a few car lengths behind Brandon Sheppard for a solid 2nd place finish in the DTWC.

“We had a great car all weekend. Brandon drove a great race and I just didn’t have quite enough to get by him in the closing laps. I have to thank my car owners Carlton and Kemp Lamm and my entire crew for all their hard work to give me such a great car all weekend. We ran 2nd in the first heat race, won the second heat race and came home 2nd in the feature with 80 of the best drivers in the country here is a pretty good weekend. Huge Thanks to Lucas Oil Products, Lucas Oil Racing TV and all our sponsors that have supported us in 2016”, stated Earl Pearson Jr.

EPJ and the Dunn Benson Motorsports Team finished 8th place in the final Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Point Standings. EPJ registered Four 2nd Place finishes on the tour this year with a total of 8 Top 5 finishes, 19 Top 10 finishes and Two Fast Time Awards in 47 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events. EPJ and the Dunn Benson Motorsports Team competed in six (6) Non-Lucas Oil Series events in 2016 registering One (1) Win at Eldora Speedway, Four (4) Top 5 Finishes and Two (2) top 10 finishes. In two of the biggest dirt late model events of the season the World 100 at Eldora Speedway (5th place) and the Dirt Track World Championship (2nd place) EPJ was in contention to win both crown jewel events.

The Dunn Benson Motorsports Team has chosen to start preparing for the 2017 season and will not compete at any other events in 2016. We will have an “Open House/Clearance Sale” on Saturday November 19th that is open to the public and racers looking to buy New and Used Parts and EPJ Merchandise. The Open House/Clearance Sale is also open to circle track racers, drag racers and hot rodders that want to bring their used and new parts to sell at our Open House/Clearance Sale on Nov 19th.

Dunn Benson Motorsports would like to THANK all our great sponsors that make this all possible, Lucas Oil Racing TV, Lucas Oil Products, MAVTV, Protect The Harvest, Dunn Benson Ford, Carlton Cattle Company, Freeport Recycling Center, Miller Welders, Sunoco Race Fuels, Hoosier Tire, Midwest Sheetmetal, Tiger Rear Ends, Penske Shocks, Eibach Springs, Braille Batteries, Performance Bodies, BERT Transmissions, Bell Helmets, Weld Racing, TWM Race Products, Outerwears, AFCO, FK Rod Ends, Fast Shafts, Butlerbuilt, Beyea Hedders, Hooker Harness, Peterson Fluid Systems, Five Star Shop Service, Wilwood, Sweet Mfg, Allstar Performance, X-Treme Graphics, UniFirst, Campbell Oil Company, Delph Communications, Davis Cabinet Company, Longhorn Chassis, Black Diamond Chassis, and Durham Race Engines.

EPJ and Dunn Benson Motorsports would like to Thank Ryan Delph and Delph Communications for hosting and managing the Dunn Benson Motorsports website. For all the latest news, schedule, pictures, sponsors, crew or anything related to Dunn Benson Motorsports and driver Earl Pearson Jr. visit our Team website at www.DunnBensonMotorsports.com. Make sure to visit us on the social media pages and like our Facebook page.

Wayne Castleberry
Marketing/PR
Dunn Benson Motorsports
910-890-0024
Wayne@DunnBensonMotorsports
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