2016 Season Winding Down
Lakeland, FL - While NASCAR is deep in the chase, Dylan Martin's 2016 season is
winding down. Chicagoland Speedway was the final confirmed race on the schedule
for 2016. With a 24th place finish, it wasn't the race results Dylan or his team
at Empire Racing were looking for. The Empire Racing hauler pulled into Chicagoland
Speedway and unloaded a really sharp looking No. 48 Ford sporting the Petty Blue
paint scheme. The car was an eye-catcher wherever it was on the track. Unfortunately,
with some troubles on pit road and a couple challenging pit stops, the No. 48 car
spent the last 70 laps of the Scott 150 in the garage. Unable to finish the race
with shock bolt damage, it wasn't the wrap up to the 2016 season anybody was hoping
for. Martin wrote this after the ARCA Racing Series Scott 150, "Our night is over
unfortunately. Broke a LF (left front) shock bolt and blew a tire because of it.
We had a good car and were just riding. But it's racing. Thank you everyone for
all the support and to my team and sponsors for the endless hours put in to make
sure we get to the track."