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Contact: Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)
October 22, 2018
Josh Richards Wins Second-Straight Dirt Track World Championship
Finishes Second in Final LOLMDS Standings
St. Marys, Ohio (10/22/18) – Josh Richards put a wrap on the 2018 season over the weekend by taking his Best Performance Motorsports #1 XR1 Rocket Chassis/ Durham Racing Engine Super Late Model into battle in the 38th annual Rhino Ag Dirt Track World Championship (DTWC) presented by Optima Batteries at Portsmouth Raceway Park (Portsmouth, Ohio).
On Sunday afternoon when the checkered flag dropped on the $100,000-to-win finale, Richards had picked up the coveted win for the second-straight year. The victory marked the third-straight DTWC victory for Best Performance Motorsports.
Richards was elated in Lucas Oil Victory Lane.
"It's an emotional day. I want to thank everyone at Best Performance Motorsports, especially Eric and Kelly Brock for giving me this opportunity. I'd also like to give a huge thank you to Randall Edwards. This is the third straight year that he has been the DTWC winner's crew chief. The same goes to Brad Ramsey, I'd like to thank him for working so hard all year long.
“I know there was a little rough stretch during the summer, but they kept working hard and kept their heads up. To win the first and the final race of the year I have to thank my dad [Mark Richards] and all my sponsors."
With a double-heat race format in effect, Richards finished fourth and second in his respective heats on Friday evening to earn enough passing points to lock him into the fifth-starting spot for Saturday's 100-lap finale. Unfortunately, as has been the theme lately, rain intervened and forced the finale to be postponed to Sunday afternoon.
When the $100,000 finale went green on a very cool Sunday afternoon, Richards began working his way forward in the Top 5. By lap 15 he began challenging Brian Shirley for the lead, and on lap 22 he finally took control of the top spot. Once out front, Josh never looked back as he led the remainder of the finale to score his second-straight win in the crown jewel event.
The victory marked his fourth of the 2018 campaign.
Josh finished second in the final LOLMDS 2018 standings behind only Jonathan Davenport. For full results from the weekend as well as the complete final series' standings, please visit www.LucasDirt.com .
The weekend marked the final event of 2018 for the Best Performance Motorsports Team. They would like to thank all of their sponsors and fans for another great season.
Best Performance Motorsports would like to thank all of their marketing partners, which include Bulk Material Lift, Boxo USA, Bazell Race Fuels, Sunoco, Keyser Manufacturing, Colt, Integra Shocks, Hoosier Tire, Valvoline, Corey Frazer State Farm, Industrial Hydro Excavating, Beyea Headers, Doyle Edwards Trucking, Wilwood Disc Brakes, Wiles Drive Shafts, Simpson Race Products, Weld Racing, Performance Rod & Custom, Peterson Fluid Systems, Barnes Systems Inc., Powers Performance, Butlerbuilt, Impact Race Gear, Heath Lawson Photography, Outerwears, Strange Engineering, Five Star Race Car Bodies Rocket Chassis, R&R Design and MSR Mafia Marketing & PR Services.
For the latest information on Best Performance Motorsports please visit the team website at www.BestPerformanceMotorsports.com as well as their social media channels at www.facebook.com/bestperformancemotorsports/, www.twitter.com/BPMotorsports1 and www.instagram.com/bestperformancemotorsports .
Contact: Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)
October 22, 2018
Josh Richards Wins Second-Straight Dirt Track World Championship
Finishes Second in Final LOLMDS Standings
St. Marys, Ohio (10/22/18) – Josh Richards put a wrap on the 2018 season over the weekend by taking his Best Performance Motorsports #1 XR1 Rocket Chassis/ Durham Racing Engine Super Late Model into battle in the 38th annual Rhino Ag Dirt Track World Championship (DTWC) presented by Optima Batteries at Portsmouth Raceway Park (Portsmouth, Ohio).
On Sunday afternoon when the checkered flag dropped on the $100,000-to-win finale, Richards had picked up the coveted win for the second-straight year. The victory marked the third-straight DTWC victory for Best Performance Motorsports.
Richards was elated in Lucas Oil Victory Lane.
"It's an emotional day. I want to thank everyone at Best Performance Motorsports, especially Eric and Kelly Brock for giving me this opportunity. I'd also like to give a huge thank you to Randall Edwards. This is the third straight year that he has been the DTWC winner's crew chief. The same goes to Brad Ramsey, I'd like to thank him for working so hard all year long.
“I know there was a little rough stretch during the summer, but they kept working hard and kept their heads up. To win the first and the final race of the year I have to thank my dad [Mark Richards] and all my sponsors."
With a double-heat race format in effect, Richards finished fourth and second in his respective heats on Friday evening to earn enough passing points to lock him into the fifth-starting spot for Saturday's 100-lap finale. Unfortunately, as has been the theme lately, rain intervened and forced the finale to be postponed to Sunday afternoon.
When the $100,000 finale went green on a very cool Sunday afternoon, Richards began working his way forward in the Top 5. By lap 15 he began challenging Brian Shirley for the lead, and on lap 22 he finally took control of the top spot. Once out front, Josh never looked back as he led the remainder of the finale to score his second-straight win in the crown jewel event.
The victory marked his fourth of the 2018 campaign.
Josh finished second in the final LOLMDS 2018 standings behind only Jonathan Davenport. For full results from the weekend as well as the complete final series' standings, please visit www.LucasDirt.com .
The weekend marked the final event of 2018 for the Best Performance Motorsports Team. They would like to thank all of their sponsors and fans for another great season.
Best Performance Motorsports would like to thank all of their marketing partners, which include Bulk Material Lift, Boxo USA, Bazell Race Fuels, Sunoco, Keyser Manufacturing, Colt, Integra Shocks, Hoosier Tire, Valvoline, Corey Frazer State Farm, Industrial Hydro Excavating, Beyea Headers, Doyle Edwards Trucking, Wilwood Disc Brakes, Wiles Drive Shafts, Simpson Race Products, Weld Racing, Performance Rod & Custom, Peterson Fluid Systems, Barnes Systems Inc., Powers Performance, Butlerbuilt, Impact Race Gear, Heath Lawson Photography, Outerwears, Strange Engineering, Five Star Race Car Bodies Rocket Chassis, R&R Design and MSR Mafia Marketing & PR Services.
For the latest information on Best Performance Motorsports please visit the team website at www.BestPerformanceMotorsports.com as well as their social media channels at www.facebook.com/bestperformancemotorsports/, www.twitter.com/BPMotorsports1 and www.instagram.com/bestperformancemotorsports .