Archive for August 2016

Mooresville, NC - Preparations are underway for the upcoming ARCA Racing Series Scott 150 on September 15th. This will be Dylan's third ARCA race this season and he's excited to run the 1.5 mile track in Joliet, IL. This is the last ARCA race on the schedule for 2016 for Dylan. Empire Racing Group is putting a lot into this race. They're building a brand new ARCA car with a composite body and Dylan will be the first driver to drive the new car. Here's a sneak peak of the new body..... The team is anxious to see what this hot rod can do on the 1.5 mile track. We'll share the finished product when it's ready to hit the track. She'll have some new partners on board and we're excited to share that news in the very near future. Make plans to either join us at the track or watch the race LIVE on Fox Sports 1 September 15th. It will be the kick-off to the racing weekend with the NASCAR Camping World Truck race on Friday, the Xfinity Series race on Saturday and the Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday with the start of the Chase to the Championship. A lot of racing, a lot of fun and Dylan is ready to make this happen.

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Brownsburg, IL - Dylan Martin and the Empire Racing Group pulled into Brownburg,IN with an expectation of a great race. Although the finishing position wasn't what they were hoping for, Dylan and the team had a great race. Dylan didn't practice at Lucas Oil Raceway before Friday, July 22nd, the day of the race. ARCA had 2 practice sessions slated for the drivers that afternoon before qualifying. The feels-like temperature was a steamy 105 in the heat of the day. Because LOR is such a flat track with little banking, the officials and fans wouldn't be able to see the track during race time so the haulers weren't able to park in the pits. This left the teams without a place to get out of the heat, but that didn't stop them from giving 100% all day. Grumpy Cheek, crew chief, engineered the car with his knowledge of the racetrack and set the car up to Dylan's driving style. After the first practice session, Dylan said the car wouldn't turn in the corners. The crew made some adjustment and he went back out. Dylan said it was better but it would chatter up the track when he got on the throttle. For the second practice session the crew changed the sway bar and bolted on sticker tires to give Dylan the best mock qualifying run possible. At one point in the second practice session, Dylan was on the speed charts in 8th position. Dylan was happy with the car and its set up and he was anxious to see where he could put the car come qualifying time. Dylan would be the 12th car to qualify. When Dylan took the checkered for qualifying he was sitting 2nd on the speed chart. Dylan and the team would have to wait until all 33 cars qualified before they'd know where Dylan would be starting in the Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 presented by Jive. Dylan found himself starting in 11th position. It was an incredible team effort and starting 11th was a great result from everyone's hard work.

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