June 29, 2009 - Rick
Eckert and his #24 Dirt Late Model team closed out the ultra-busy
Great Northern Tour with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series last
week with five events in the states of New York and Pennsylvania.
The five races were held on Monday (June 22) at the Can-Am (NY) Motorsports
Park, Tuesday (June 23) at the Canandaigua (NY) Speedway, Wednesday
(June 24) at the Big Diamond (PA) Raceway, Thursday (June 25) at the
Lernerville (PA) Speedway, and Friday-Saturday (June 26-27) once again
at Lernerville.
The
highlight of the week for the Raye Vest Racing team came on Monday
at Can-Am when Rick set fast time, won his heat race, and captured
the $7,000 top prize for his second Outlaws win of the season! In
all, Rick claimed one win, two top five finishes, and four top ten
efforts last week. After the win at Can-Am, the York, Pennsylvania
native finished fourth at Canandaigua, fourteenth at Big Diamond,
seventh in the $10,000 to win show at Lernerville, and ninth in the
$30,000 to win 'Firecracker 100' at Lernerville.
Following the Great Northern Tour, Rick currently finds himself fourth
in the latest version of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series point
standings. You can view complete results from the ultra-busy week
by pointing your web browser to www.worldofoutlaws.com.

June
22, 2009 - The Raye Vest Racing team trekked north
of the border over the weekend to enter a trio of World of Outlaws
Late Model Series shows in Canada. The Ohsweken Speedway (June 18),
Autodrome Drummond (June 20), and Cornwall Motor Speedway (June 21)
were all slated to host $10,000 to win WOOLMS events over the weekend.
However, Autodrome Drummond was forced to cancel their race on Saturday
due to persistent rain showers.
In the weekend opener at Ohsweken on Thursday, Rick Eckert qualified
fourteenth quickest and later ran third in his heat race. After starting
tenth on the grid in the A-Main, Rick was able to move past six competitors
en route to a fourth place effort behind winner Josh Richards, Brady
Smith, and Darrell Lanigan.
On Sunday, the Cornwall Motor Speedway hosted the final leg of the
Canadian swing of the Great Northern Tour. Rick laid down the eleventh
fastest lap during time trials and once again finished third in heat
race action. The York, Pennsylvania driver wound up sixth in the final
rundown of the $10,000 to win feature event after starting in the
eighth position. Rick now finds himself up to fourth in the latest
version of the WOOLMS point battle following Cornwall last night.
You can view complete results online at www.worldofoutlaws.com.

Appalachian Mountain Speedweek Updates:
June 12, 2009 | Bedford (PA) Speedway
| $5,000 to win
* In the Appalachian Mountain Speedweek
finale tonight at Bedford, Rick won his heat race before finishing
second to winner Josh Richards in the $5,000 to win main event.
June 11, 2009 | Port Royal (PA) Speedway
| $5,000 to win
* The $5,000 to win Appalachian Mountain
Speedweek event set for tonight at Port Royal was washed out
and will not be rescheduled...
June 10, 2009 | Lincoln (PA) Speedway
| $7,000 to win
* Rick won his heat race tonight at
Lincoln before the rains came during consolation action. The $7,000
to win feature has been rescheduled to Wednesday, August 12.
June 9, 2009 | Williams Grove (PA)
Speedway | $5,000 to win
* "Scrub" returned to the
Appalachian Mountain Speedweek scene tonight at Williams Grove. He
set fast time in qualifying and won his heat race before starting
the $5,000 to win A-Main from the outside of the front row. After
leading several laps early in the race, Rick wound up a strong runner-up
behind winner Steve Francis.
June 8, 2009 | Winchester (VA) Speedway
| $5,000 to win
* The #24 team chose to skip out on
the Winchester event tonight due to the mechanical woes from Selinsgrove.
They are still scheduled to race at Williams Grove on Tuesday, June
9!
June 7, 2009 | Selinsgrove (PA) Speedway
| $5,000 to win
* Rick Eckert won his heat race tonight
at Selinsgrove, but suffered terminal motor problems during the preliminary
event. He was forced to scratch from the $5,000 to win feature event
due to the mechanical problems.

June
7, 2009 - Rick Eckert and his #24 Dirt Late Model
team invaded the famed Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio on Friday
and Saturday, June 5-6 for the 15th Annual 'Dream 100.' The crown
jewel spectacular once again paid a whopping $100,000 to the winner.
Rick timed in twenty-ninth fastest during qualifying on Friday night
and later ran third in his stacked heat race on Saturday evening.
The York, Pennsylvania native rolled off seventeenth in the 100-lap
'Dream 100' and was able to pick off nine cars en route to a solid
eighth place performance at the "Big E." You can view complete
results and access video coverage from Eldora by pointing your web
browser to www.dirtondirt.com.
