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 Shinnston,
WV --- Josh ‘Kid Rocket’ Richards came out of Georgia and Florida with a top
ten point placement despite a somewhat disappointing ‘Speedweeks’ with the
World of Outlaw Late Model Series (WoO LMS) but is now poised for more WoO
LMS action in addition to making a national radio show appearance as well as
celebrating his 18th birthday. Kid Rocket competes in the Mark Richards
Racing-owned #1 Seubert Calf Ranches, Ace Metal Works, MCB Motorsports,
Hoosier Racing Tires, Rocket Chassis, Cornett Engines Grand Prix.
Richards of Shinnston, WV, the ‘2005 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year’, has driven
the Seubert Calf Ranches/ ACE Metal Works No. 1 Mark Richards Racing Rocket
Chassis/Cornett Racing Engines Pontiac GTO to a ninth place finish at Golden
Isles Speedway and to disappointing twenty-fourth and twenty-second place
finishes at Volusia Speedway Park.
Kid Rocket currently sits tenth in WoO LMS points but only 76 points out of
first place.
On Monday evening March 6 Kid Rocket will appear on the national radio
program Dirt Nation™ presented by Lucas Oil. The show airs from 8:00 – 10:00
PM EST on WLRT 1490 THE OUTLAW and can be accessed over the internet at:
www.racetalklive.com
Kid Rocket’s father, Mark Richards, will also make a radio appearance when
he appears in the Dirt Racers Radio program on Sunday March 5. The show airs
over WQKT 104.5 FM and over the internet at: www.wqkt.com
After opening the 2006 World of Outlaws Late Model Series season this past
month the quest for the Championship continues Friday, March 17 with Round 1
of ‘The Bayou Battle 50’ at Baton Rouge Raceway in Baker (Baton Rouge),
Louisiana followed by Round 2 of ‘The Bayou Battle’ scheduled for Saturday,
March 18 at Fast Trax Motorplex in Chatham (Monroe), Louisiana.
Both of the $10,000 to win events boast $45,000 purses and mark the
inaugural appearances of the WoO Late Model Series to the state of
Louisiana. The events will be a match up of the World of Outlaws Late Model
Series versus the SUPR (Southern United Professional Racing) Late Model
Series.
Fans of Kid Rocket can experience the excitement of all World Of Outlaws
Late Model Series events live on Dirtvision.com through the DIRT Radio
Network broadcasts. And, video cybercast of selected World of Outlaws Late
Model Series events will be broadcast through DIRTvision.com.
On March 22 Kid Rocket will celebrate his 18th birthday. |
