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Josh Richards Racing
SHINNSTON, W.V. (April 17) - Josh Richards is knocking on the door to Victory Lane as he heads to The Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway for this weekend's Circle K Colossal 100.
The 20-year-old star known as 'Kid Rocket' enters the richest race on the 2008 World of Outlaws Late Model Series coming off three strong performances in a five-day span.
Two WoO LMS starts produced solid finishes of third (April 11 at Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, Va.) and seventh (April 15 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa.) for Josh. Driving his familiar Mark Richards Racing-owned Seubert Calf Ranches/Ace Metal Works/TSR-Tony Stewart Racing/Petroff Towing/MCB Motorsports/Ernie's Auto & Hauling Rocket Chassis No. 1, Josh started eighth in both A-Mains.
Josh also entered an unsanctioned event on April 12 at Winchester (Va.) Speedway on behind the wheel of the Ernie Davis-owned No. 25. He battled eventual winner J.T. Spence for the lead in the 25-lap feature before registering a second-place finish in his first-ever start at the three-eighths-mile oval.
The run continued Josh's strong jump out of the 2008 starting gate - he's currently ranked second in the WoO LMS points standings through six events - and pumped up his confidence for the $50,000-to-win Circle K Colossal 100. The third annual mega-event at the four-tenths-mile oval in Concord, N.C., rolls off with time trials and heat races on Friday night (April 18) and the last-chance races and 100-lap A-Main on Saturday night (April 19).
"We feel pretty good about our chances in the Colossal," said Josh. "We ran up front last year until having power-steering problems (he was second when he retired on lap 25), so if we make the right decisions and have the car prepared right I think we can be in the hunt.
"It would be so cool to win the Colossal," he continued. "We've been close (to a win) in some of these big races, so it would be nice to finish one off and win one."
Josh will start off his weekend at the Circle K Colossal 100 by making an appearance with fellow WoO LMS regular Brian Shirley on Thursday at the Circle K store located at 4930 Davidson Highway in Concord, N.C., near the Rowan Cabarrus Community College. Josh and Shirley will have their cars on display and visit with shoppers from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Josh is also scheduled to do a phone interview on the Sirius satellite radio racing show Tradin' Paint on Thursday at 12 noon ET. The NASCAR-oriented show is hosted by MRN pit reporter Steve Post and runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sirius channel 128.
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