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BOSWELL, IN – June 16, 2007 – Dennis Erb Jr. is threatening to make the 2007 UMP DIRTcar Racing Summernationals his personal playground. The Carpentersville, Ill., star remained undefeated on this year’s tour, making Saturday night’s 40-lap feature at Kamp Motor Speedway his second straight victory. With the tour championship race wide open thanks to the absence of 2005-06 Summernationals dominator Shannon Babb as a regular, Erb has staked his claim to Babb’s throne in the most forceful fashion possible. He controlled the second of 28 scheduled Summernationals events, leading …

KANKAKEE, IL – June 15, 2007 – Dennis Erb Jr. is off to a great start on the 2007 UMP DIRTcar Racing Summernationals. One of the Midwest’s hottest drivers entering this year’s grueling tour, Erb marched to victory in Friday night’s 40-lap Summernationals opener at Kankakee Motor Speedway. Erb, 34, of Carpentersville, Ill., earned $10,000 for capturing the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals lidlifter for the second consecutive season. Last year he went on finish fifth in the tour point standings. A winner of two $10,000 World of Outlaws Late Model Series …

Red-Hot Dennis Erb Jr., ’06 Tour Runner-Up Jeep VanWormer Among Favorites To Win Title EVANSVILLE , IN – June 14, 2007 – The grind starts tomorrow. Thus the question is: who will survive the grueling, month-long UMP DIRTcar Racing Summernationals to emerge as the 2007 series champion? A host of drivers have high hopes heading into dirt Late Model racing’s toughest test of man and machine, which begins a run of 28 races in 30 days with a Friday-night (June 15) show at Kankakee ( Ill. ) Motor Speedway. None, …

ROSSBURG, OH – June 9, 2007 – Steve Casebolt didn’t merely pull off a monumental $100,000 upset victory in Saturday night’s 100-lap Dirt Late Model Dream XIII at Eldora Speedway. The young driver also shot down one of the sport’s titans. To secure the biggest payoff of the season in dirt Late Model racing, Casebolt had to hold off a furious late-race charge from four-time Dream 100 winner Scott Bloomquist. The outcome was in doubt until Casebolt outran Bloomquist on a lap-98 restart, producing an appreciative roar from the huge …

CONCORD, N.C. — June 4, 2007 — The Nextel Prelude to the Dream Presented by Old Spice has quickly become one of Eldora Speedway’s premier annual events. This year, DIRTcar Racing will sanction the popular Dirt Late Model charity event on June 6 through its Midwestern arm, UMP DIRTcar. Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Kevin Harvick, Juan Pablo Montoya, 1995 World of Outlaws champion Dave Blaney and many other of today’s NASCAR superstars are driving in the third annual event that benefits the Victory Junction Gang Camp. In addition, …

Next up for Racing Renaissance Man is the NEXTEL Prelude to the Dream presented by Old Spice on Wednesday, June 6 Live on HBO Pay-Per-View ROSSBURG, Ohio (May 31, 2007) – Long before Tony Stewart first turned a lap at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, he turned in his grandstand seat to see the racing action coming off turn four of the legendary, half-mile dirt oval. It wasn’t until October 1992 when Stewart was 15 that he finally got the chance to race at Eldora in the USAC 4-Crown Nationals, …