Dirt Racing’s Winning Moment: Aussie James McFadden took the lead from the drop of the green Saturday night (April 2) and never looked back, leading flag-to-flag to win the Texas Outlaw Nationals finale at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on an extremely narrow racing surface that never widened.
Defending World of Outlaws champion Brad Sweet won the preliminary feature at Devil’s Bowl Friday night, leaving Texas 26 points behind current leader David Gravel.
Dirt Racing’s Dramatic Moment(s): Friday night saw Superman Matt Sheppard use a last-lap pass to score a first-state win, slipping by a dominant Mike Gular on the white-flag lap to win the $8,500 Jake Marine Memorial at Delaware International Speedway.
The honorable mention goes to Tyler Bare, who completed a pass three-wide through lapped traffic to take the lead of Saturday’s Steel Block Outlaws late feature at the Bristol Dirt Track for good.
What Dirt Racing Fans’ll Be Group Chatting About This Morning
Tough question that no dirt racing fan wants to answer: Which was the bigger parade Saturday night? Ark-La-Tex Speedway’s rubbered-down surface for the United States Modified Touring Series Cajun Clash, or super-moist and super-narrow Devil’s Bowl Speedway with the Outlaws? You know it’s bad when Johnny Gibson is silent calling a race.
Having said that, it was welcome news to hear that the Outlaws will be returning to Devil’s Bowl, the track that hosted the original WoO race back in 1978, for two more dates this October.
The historic track was unfortunately rumored for potential closure during this past offseason and while those rumors have quieted, it’s hard not to notice how close warehouse development has gotten to the racetrack.
It’s freaking Texas. No one could find McFadden a proper cowboy boot to drink a beer out of?
Moving away from the Outlaws, it was a welcome sight to see a full house on hand for the season opener at Delaware Friday, as that race also marked the first for the racetrack under promotion by Brett Dayo, the wunderkind that has grown the Short Track Super Series and…
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