Story By: RYAN DELPH / DENNIS ERB RACING – CARPENTERSVILLE, IL – The month of June for Dennis Erb Racing kicked off with a World of Outlaws CASE Construction Late Model Series triple shot from June 1-3 in the states of Illinois and Kentucky.
The tripleheader weekend started with a $10,000 to win program last Thursday night at Farmer City Raceway in Farmer City, Illinois. Dennis Erb, Jr. clicked off the second quickest time overall during qualifying before securing a victory in his heat race.
After starting the 40-lap feature from the outside of the third row, Dennis was able to move up inside of the top five to claim a strong fourth place performance behind only race winner Bobby Pierce, Nick Hoffman, and Kyle Bronson!
On Friday evening, the action quickly shifted to Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Illinois with a $12,000 top prize up for grabs. Dennis placed third in his heat race and later wound up twelfth in the final finishing order of the 40-lapper. In the weekend finale on Saturday at Paducah International Raceway in Paducah, Kentucky, Dennis ran fourth in his stacked heat race before moving up inside of the top five during the $15,000 to win headliner. At the completion of the fifty laps; however, the Carpentersville, Illinois ace found himself in the seventh finishing position.
The #28 team is currently in the pit area at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio for the 29th annual running of the ‘Dirt Late Model Dream.’ A pair of split-field features will take place tonight at the “Big E” with two $12,000 winner checks on the line. A similar preliminary program will be held on Friday night at the 1/2-mile speedplant with two more $12,000 paydays awaiting the winners. The ‘Dirt Late Model Dream’ grand finale on Saturday then boasts a whopping $129,000 windfall.
Dennis was the 2016 winner of the crown jewel extravaganza and will be looking for his second race title this weekend!