Four-Time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Champion and the 2006 World 100 Winner Earl Pearson Jr. has been tapped to drive the Spire Motorsports #77 Super Dirt Late Model this Thursday at Volunteer Speedway. Earl will be competing in the FloRacing Night in America sanctioned event in Bulls Gap, TN on Thursday October 22nd paying $20,000 to win.

Earl will be driving the #77 Longhorn Chassis out of the Spire Motorsports stable this Thursday with their main sponsor Chili’s on the car for this event.

Fans can tune in and watch the event live on FloRacing.com this Thursday starting at 6:30 pm est. Event details can be found at www.VolunteerSpeedway.com. To learn more about the FloRacing Night in America visit www.FloSeries.com.

“I am excited to get another opportunity to drive this week with a top tier race team, Spire Motorsports. Looking forward to working with the Spire Motorsports Team this Thursday. At this stage of my career, it is an honor to get offers to drive good equipment and compete against the best drivers in the country in super late model racing. Want to say Thanks to everyone that put this deal together and look forward to racing this week,” stated Earl Pearson Jr.

Pearson was recently inducted into the Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame back in August recognizing his illustrious career that includes the 2004 Stacker 2 Xtreme Series Championship and four-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Champion (2005,2006,2007,2008). Earl has competed in the super late model division since 1995, winning his first Hav-A-Tampa Series National event in 1996 and the Hav-A-Tampa Rookie of the year honors in 1997.

Earl would also find victory lane in some of the biggest dirt late model events in the country over his storied career winning the 2006 World 100 at Eldora Speedway, 2006 Hillbilly Hundred-Tyler County Speedway, 2007 Diamond Nationals- Lucas Oil Speedway, 2009 Indiana Ice Breaker-Brownstown Speedway, 2009 Jackson 100-Brownstown Speedway, 2010 Dirt Track World Championship-West Virginia Motor Speedway, 2010 Colossal 100- Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway, 2015 Indiana Ice Breaker-Brownstown Speedway, 2018 Dirt Million- Mansfield Motor Speedway and the 2022 Rumble by the River-Port Royal Speedway. Earl ranks fourth in all-time feature wins with forty (40) victories on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.

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