Cory Hedge(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) will be driving the Billy Hicks owned #79 for the 2026.

[MacDawg]

Cory Hedge(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) will be driving the Billy Hicks owned #79 for the 2026 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series points and Rookie of the year and the #23 when we are not on the road.

[riddle28]

i didnt expect that one

[Pennsboro32]

Didn’t Flo come out with an article on him that he said he was going to scale back next year?

[zyoung25]

Didn’t Flo come out with an article on him that he said he was going to scale back next year?

Seems about as truthful as the time Francis said he was ready to come off of the road.

[foxfire2dirtracing]

Or when Francis said he was going to get the body rules in tact.

[Josh Bayko]

If Hicks wanted to go touring he should have done it with Ross Bailes

[lurker]

Is Billy Hicks any relation to former crew chief Tommy Hicks?

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Seems about as truthful as the time Francis said he was ready to come off of the road.

The DoD official story is never the real story. It's the version that makes everyone look the best.

[Dlmfan123]

A lot of things change when somebody else is willing to pay the bills and prepare the car

[Snake X3]

The DoD official story is never the real story. It's the version that makes everyone look the best.

Truth

but when it's impossible at least they try to spin it that way.

[84wedge]

DoD won't be as nice to the XR guy

[HoosierDirtFan]

DoD won't be as nice to the XR guy

DoD had a story on Barry Brawn & XR over the weekend. It was as expected.

[EvelB7]

Is Billy Hicks any relation to former crew chief Tommy Hicks?

I do not believe so. Former driver of the Rumley 6 car back in the day, heck of a wheelman and uncle to Benji Hicks (Double Nickel race cars).