Story By: RYAN DELPH / DENNIS ERB RACING – CARPENTERSVILLE, IL – Carpentersville, Illinois star Dennis Erb, Jr. competed in a Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series doubleheader on September 22-23 at Brownstown Speedway in Brownstown, Indiana.
Up first was the ‘C.J. Rayburn Memorial’ race on Friday night at the 1/4-mile, semi-banked venue, which shelled out a $10,000 first place prize. Dennis placed fifth in his stacked heat race prior to grabbing the second transfer spot through his B-Main. After starting the 40-lap main event from the outside of the tenth row, Dennis wound up finishing nineteenth in the final rundown of the caution-free affair.
A standing-room-only crowd then greeted the #28 team on Saturday at the fairgrounds oval, as a $30,000 winner’s check was up for grabs in the 44th Annual ‘Jackson 100.’ Dennis laid down the eighth quickest lap in Group B during Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series qualifying before nabbing the third transfer position in heat race action. The driver from the Land of Lincoln then rolled off from the outside of the sixth row in the 100-lap headliner, but ultimately slipped to a fifteenth place performance at the finish of the ‘Jackson 100.’
The Dennis Erb Racing team is currently in the state of West Virginia for a Castrol FloRacing Night in America Series tussle later tonight, September 27 at Tyler County Speedway. A $23,023 payday will await the winner of the single-day show later this evening at the Middlebourne, West Virginia facility. Dennis currently finds himself seventh in the point tally for the popular midweek tour.
Following a day off on Thursday, Dennis will enter a pair of World of Outlaws CASE Construction Late Model Series throwdowns on September 29-30 at Atomic Speedway in Alma, Ohio. A $10,000 to win opener is planned for Friday night, while Saturday’s weekend finale boasts a $15,000 top prize. He comes into Atomic Speedway ninth in the latest version of the national series point standings.