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Dale McDowell Sweeps through Volunteer 50 Weekend
Collects Over $55,000 for Back-to-Back Victories at Volunteer Speedway
MOORESBURG, Tenn. (07/01/24) – Volunteer Speedway has been good to Dale McDowell throughout his storied career, and the weekend’s Volunteer 50 was no exception.
McDowell won a $5,000 prelim in Friday before dominating Saturday’s $50,050-to-win finale with his Shane McDowell Racing / E-Z-GO No. 17m Cometic Gaskets / Klotz Synthetic Lubricants / Connected Strategy Advisors / Team Zero Race Cars / Clements Racing Engine Super Late Model.
“We go to some places that we get our tails handed to us, but (brother and car owner) Shane (McDowell) really worked hard at this place so this place has been awfully good to us,†McDowell said. “And these Team Zero cars are pretty good here. I’m just the lucky one who gets to hold the wheel.
“I think we were pretty decent in open runs, but those guys (chasing) were awesome. When I’m not racing against ‘em, I’m watching ‘em and trying to learn. It’s my 43rd year but I still learn from them guys, so I knew when I got to lapped traffic I was gonna be a sitting duck. Wherever I went, they were gonna go somewhere different. It just worked out for us.â€
The Volunteer 50 weekend opened at Volunteer Speedway (Bulls Gap, Tenn.) with 42 drivers in attendance. The field was divided into a pair of $5,000-to-win qualifying features. With time trial line-up results setting the prelim feature line-ups, McDowell found himself positioned on the pole of his feature. He paced the field for all 25 laps to collect the $5,000 victory ahead of Shane Clanton, Mike Marlar, Chris Madden, and Ricky Thornton Jr.
Via his Friday night performance McDowell locked into the pole position for Saturday night’s $50,050-to-win finale at the 4/10-mile oval. Jumping to the lead at the drop of the green flag the Georgia native went on to wire all 50 laps to bank the $50,050 triumph.
He crossed the finish line 2.991 seconds in front of Mike Marlar with Brandon Overton, Donald McIntosh, and Ricky Weiss completing the Top-5 finishers.
His second win in as many nights pushed his 2024-win tally to three.
Full results from the weekend are available at www.VolunteerSpeedway.com.
McDowell will be inactive this weekend before tentatively returning to action on July 12 with the Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals opener at Beckley (W.V.) Motor Speedway before invading Wythe Raceway (Rural Retreat, Va.) on July 13 for the second round of the miniseries. Both events pay $10,053 to win.
For more information on the events, please visit www.SouthernNationalsSeries.com.
Shane McDowell Racing would like to thank all of their sponsors and marketing partners including E-Z-GO, Cometic Gaskets, Klotz Synthetic Lubricants, Connected Strategy Advisors, Northeastern Fabrication, S&H Systems, FOX Racing Shox, Waddell Transfer, Inc., BSI Well Service, Black Rock Enterprises, Campbell Insulation Specialists, M&S Motors, Lincoln Smith Racing, Clements Racing Engines, Team Zero Race Cars, Shackelford Enterprizes, Spring Pro, Winning Edge Carburetors, Swift Springs, FK Rod Ends, Go Lithium, Schoenfeld Headers, Keyser Manufacturing, All Star Performance, Performance Bodies, Five-Star Bodies, Hoosier Tire, Wiles Driveshafts, DMI Racing Products, Jones Racing Products, Wilwood Disc Brakes, Dyers Top Rods, QuickCar, PEM Racing, Mark IV ATV's, Winters Rearends, Sweet Manufacturing, DirtWraps, and MyRacePass Marketing Services.
PR Contact:
Ben Shelton (ben.shelton@myracepass.com)
Collects Over $55,000 for Back-to-Back Victories at Volunteer Speedway
MOORESBURG, Tenn. (07/01/24) – Volunteer Speedway has been good to Dale McDowell throughout his storied career, and the weekend’s Volunteer 50 was no exception.
McDowell won a $5,000 prelim in Friday before dominating Saturday’s $50,050-to-win finale with his Shane McDowell Racing / E-Z-GO No. 17m Cometic Gaskets / Klotz Synthetic Lubricants / Connected Strategy Advisors / Team Zero Race Cars / Clements Racing Engine Super Late Model.
“We go to some places that we get our tails handed to us, but (brother and car owner) Shane (McDowell) really worked hard at this place so this place has been awfully good to us,†McDowell said. “And these Team Zero cars are pretty good here. I’m just the lucky one who gets to hold the wheel.
“I think we were pretty decent in open runs, but those guys (chasing) were awesome. When I’m not racing against ‘em, I’m watching ‘em and trying to learn. It’s my 43rd year but I still learn from them guys, so I knew when I got to lapped traffic I was gonna be a sitting duck. Wherever I went, they were gonna go somewhere different. It just worked out for us.â€
The Volunteer 50 weekend opened at Volunteer Speedway (Bulls Gap, Tenn.) with 42 drivers in attendance. The field was divided into a pair of $5,000-to-win qualifying features. With time trial line-up results setting the prelim feature line-ups, McDowell found himself positioned on the pole of his feature. He paced the field for all 25 laps to collect the $5,000 victory ahead of Shane Clanton, Mike Marlar, Chris Madden, and Ricky Thornton Jr.
Via his Friday night performance McDowell locked into the pole position for Saturday night’s $50,050-to-win finale at the 4/10-mile oval. Jumping to the lead at the drop of the green flag the Georgia native went on to wire all 50 laps to bank the $50,050 triumph.
He crossed the finish line 2.991 seconds in front of Mike Marlar with Brandon Overton, Donald McIntosh, and Ricky Weiss completing the Top-5 finishers.
His second win in as many nights pushed his 2024-win tally to three.
Full results from the weekend are available at www.VolunteerSpeedway.com.
McDowell will be inactive this weekend before tentatively returning to action on July 12 with the Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals opener at Beckley (W.V.) Motor Speedway before invading Wythe Raceway (Rural Retreat, Va.) on July 13 for the second round of the miniseries. Both events pay $10,053 to win.
For more information on the events, please visit www.SouthernNationalsSeries.com.
Shane McDowell Racing would like to thank all of their sponsors and marketing partners including E-Z-GO, Cometic Gaskets, Klotz Synthetic Lubricants, Connected Strategy Advisors, Northeastern Fabrication, S&H Systems, FOX Racing Shox, Waddell Transfer, Inc., BSI Well Service, Black Rock Enterprises, Campbell Insulation Specialists, M&S Motors, Lincoln Smith Racing, Clements Racing Engines, Team Zero Race Cars, Shackelford Enterprizes, Spring Pro, Winning Edge Carburetors, Swift Springs, FK Rod Ends, Go Lithium, Schoenfeld Headers, Keyser Manufacturing, All Star Performance, Performance Bodies, Five-Star Bodies, Hoosier Tire, Wiles Driveshafts, DMI Racing Products, Jones Racing Products, Wilwood Disc Brakes, Dyers Top Rods, QuickCar, PEM Racing, Mark IV ATV's, Winters Rearends, Sweet Manufacturing, DirtWraps, and MyRacePass Marketing Services.
PR Contact:
Ben Shelton (ben.shelton@myracepass.com)