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CONCORD, NC – Sept. 3, 2010 – DIRTcar Racing’s red-hot national points battles are heading into the final month of the 2010 season with Rusty Schlenk of Jackson, Mich. (Late Models) and Devin Gilpin of Columbus, Ind. (UMP Modifieds) clinging to precarious leads.

The 23-year-old Schlenk’s near season-long points lead in the marquee DIRTcar Late Model division has shrunk to just 45 points (2,754-2,709) over defending national champion Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., entering the busy Labor Day weekend slate of action, setting up a dramatic run to the finish line.

DAYTONA BEACH, FL (Friday, September 3, 2010) - Rodney Cook's disqualification for an illegal part last week at Ace Speedway in Elon, NC has completely changed the look of the Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil ASA Member Track National Championship standings.  Cook's disqualification caused him to lose the points lead as well as the overall lead in the National Championship.

Ironically, the new National leader is the driver that took over the points lead at Ace.  Dustin Rumley, a 20-year-old driver from McLeansville, NC, took over the top spot after the disqualification and will have the points lead when Ace has their championship night on Friday, September 10th.

FRANKLIN, PA - Sept. 3, 2010 - Most observers rank Robbie Blair as the western Pennsylvania driver most likely to upset the World of Outlaws Late Model Series stars in the sixth annual Oil Region Labor Day Classic presented by Armstrong Cable this Saturday and Sunday (Sept. 4-5) at Tri-City Speedway.

But does Blair have as much confidence in his chances of pulling off a career-first triumph on the national tour in one of the 50-lap, $10,000-to-win A-Mains that comprise the blockbuster doubleheader? Well...not quite.