For Immediate Release
March 22, 2010

Penalties Levied for Tire Rule Infraction at Spring Thaw at Volunteer Speedway

CORONA, CA (March 22, 2010) - Officials of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series announce an independent lab determined that samples from a tire that Chris Madden used to compete with at the Spring Thaw at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, TN had been chemically altered before it was used in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned heat race on March 6, 2010 at Volunteer Speedway.

The following penalties were handed down in accordance to the LOLMDS rulebook for anyone competing with a chemically altered tire during competition at a LOLMDS sanctioned event. The Spring Thaw at Volunteer Speedway on March 6th, 2010 was a sanctioned LOLMDS event with a contract and insurance in place at the time of this occurrence. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Rulebook States that for a 1st offense: $1,500.00 Fine and 300 points plus any winnings that have accrued for the event, violator will assume all costs included in any testing procedures, no points and no winners circle money will be awarded for that event.

In total, Mr. Madden is being fined 300 points, plus the $1500 fine, $300 in lab testing fees, the $5,000 winnings for his 2nd place finish in the feature event, for a total of $6,800.00. The portion of the fines making up his winnings from the Spring Thaw will be redistributed to the track and drivers feature finishing order. Due to this disqualification, the points from the event will be adjusted accordingly.

A tire sample was collected from both Ray Cook and Jimmy Owens from the Spring Thaw event March 6th at Volunteer Speedway that were tested and found to be legal. A tire sample was also collected from Scott Bloomquist and Chris Wall at the March Madness event March 7th at Cherokee Speedway that were tested and found to be legal.

For the latest breaking news on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, go to www.lucasdirt.com or call the series office at (951) 532-2503.

Current Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Points Standings

POS CAR# DRIVER POINTS
1 0 Scott Bloomquist 705
2 71 Don O'Neal 600
3 17m Dale McDowell 590
4 53 Ray Cook 585
5 71w Chris Wall 580
6 20 Jimmy Owens 575
7 s9 Dan Schlieper 555
8 44 Earl Pearson, Jr. 505
9 28e Dennis Erb, Jr. 500
10 c9 Steve Casebolt  490
11 157 Mike Marlar 485
11 18e Eric Wells 485
13 23 John Blankenship 470
14 5 Eric Jacobsen 425
14 41n Brad Neat 425
16 57j Bub McCool 410
17 11t Tyler Reddick 405
18 25f Jason Feger 400
18 116 Randy Weaver 400
20 9t Tim Isenberg 380
20 16 Justin Rattliff 380
22 64 Michael Walker 370
23 3c Mike Collins 365
24 4T Tommy Kerr 330
24 44c Clint Smith 330
26 1 Will Vaught 310
27 12x Jordan Bland 295
28 31 Skip Arp 230
30 11b Stacy Boles 195
31 18 Shannon Babb 190
32 24 Rick Eckert 185
32 25 Jimmy Mars 185
34 9 Johnny Pursley 180
35 15 Steve Francis 175
35 54w Dillan White 175
37 19t Tim Fuller 170
37 39 Tim McCreadie 170
37 7 Matt Miller 170
37 21 Billy Moyer 170
37 2 Brady Smith 170
37 7w Ricky Weiss 170
43 85 Mark Andersen 165
43 14 Kyle Berck 165
43 99c Jeff Cooke 165
43 17t Tim Dohm  165
43 11 Austin Hubbard 165
43 21d Daniel Stone 165
49 10 Leon Henderson 160
49 56 Russ King 160
49 77m Jason McBride 160
49 18d Danny Mitchell 160
49 44 James O'Hara 160
49 6 Steve Shaver 160
49 17ss Shan Smith 160
49 T53 Lee Thomason 160
49 41 Travis Varnadore 160
58 49 Jonathan Davenport 155
58 38 Robert Geiger 155
58 4Ds Chad Hollenbeck 155
58 44x Rick Rogers 155
58 m14 Brandon Thirlby 155
63 1 Doug Blashe 150
63 18c Ross Camponovo 150
63 46 Tim Rivers 150
63 18m Jeff Smith 150
63 32 Chad Stapleton 150
68 101 Casey Roberts 135
69 6 Kerry Jones 125
70 1v Vic Hill 120
71 98 Shon Flanary 115
71 32 Jim Rasey 115
73 16b Daniel Baggerly 110
73 0 Freddy Smith 110
75 17 Mike Gault 105
75 10 Chad Ogle 105
77 22 Chris Ferguson 100
77 4v Mark Vineyard 100
79 50 Shanon Buckingham 95
79 52d Mark Douglas 95
81 93 Donald Bradsher 90
81 1c Wayne Chinn 90
81 4s Michael Smith 90
84 3 Steve Smith 85
85 1d Brent Dixon 80
85 25 Scott Sexton 80
87 B4 Danny Howell 75
88 c5 David Crabtree 50
88 22x John Henderson 50
89 44m Chris Madden -95