The LUCAS Oil Dirt Late Model Series kicked off a three-night-Thursday-Friday-Saturday extravaganza through Fayetteville, NC, Gaffney, SC, and Maryville, TN over the weekend of June 18-20. I was able to attend the Fayetteville event and had to wait, in line, at the ticket booth, in a drizzling rain....AND it was a Thursday night with temps still in the high 90's. Fortunately the rain stopped, and the place was absolutely packed. Fans galore, and the electricity in the air was real....the stars and cars of the LUCAS oil series were in the house........Bloomquist, Davenport, Pearson, and were set to do battle with North Carolina's own Chris Ferguson (wheeling a North Carolina based Long Horn chassis, courtesy of Terry and Bobby Labonte). and a host of others. With lightening flashing the field set sail for the 50 lap event with Justin Labonte on the pole........eventually Kevin & LeRoy Rumley's Greensboro based, #6 Longhorn wheeled by Blairsville, Ga's Jonathan Davenport collected his 8 straight victory. Fayetteville, NC, Gaffney, SC, and Maryville, TN all sound familiar, as they should. All boast of long and impressive racing backgrounds, and all were once staples of the various NASCAR circuits......Not anymore. Times have changed. 
updated by @bobby-williamson: 12/05/16 04:09:31PM
