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Vision Wheel Steel Block Bandits Tour Gets New Own...
Erwin's Patience Proof Positive In Capturing Secon...
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Vision Wheel Steel Block Bandits Tour Gets New Own...

Vision Wheel Steel Block Bandits Tour Gets New Own...

4/16/2024 -
Three races into its fourth season, the Vision Wheel Steel Block Bandits Late Model Challenge series is under new ownership. Tour founder and presiden
Erwin's Patience Proof Positive In Capturing Secon...

Erwin's Patience Proof Positive In Capturing Secon...

4/16/2024 -
Maryville, TN (4-13-24) Russell Erwin of Beaverdam, Virginia captured his second straight win and third consecutive top-three finish in as many starts
Swann Named Vision Wheel Steel Block Bandits Serie...

Swann Named Vision Wheel Steel Block Bandits Serie...

4/11/2024 -
Fayetteville, NC - As the Series progresses to its third race of the year at Smoky Mountain Speedway this weekend, Joseph Swann, the current race dire

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Vision Wheel Steel Block Bandits Tour Gets New Ownership

Vision Wheel Steel Block Bandits Tour Gets New Ownership

4/16/2024
Three races into its fourth season, the Vision Wheel Steel Block Bandits Late Model Challenge series is under new ownership. Tour founder and president Jim Long Jr. of Stedman, N.C., has sold the series in equal shares to his stepdaughter, Hope Wade, and to Jason Walls,...more
Erwin's Patience Proof Positive In Capturing Second Straight Stee

Erwin's Patience Proof Positive In Capturing Second Straight Stee...

4/16/2024
Maryville, TN (4-13-24) Russell Erwin of Beaverdam, Virginia captured his second straight win and third consecutive top-three finish in as many starts on the 2024 Vision Wheel Steel Block Bandit Late Model Challenge Series. He did so while patiently settling behind a...more
Swann Named Vision Wheel Steel Block Bandits Series Director

Swann Named Vision Wheel Steel Block Bandits Series Director

4/11/2024
Fayetteville, NC - As the Series progresses to its third race of the year at Smoky Mountain Speedway this weekend, Joseph Swann, the current race director and former Series photographer, has been elevated as the Series director of the Vision Wheel Steel Block Bandits Dirt...more
ROUSE RUMBLES TO WIN IN BANDITS SEASON OPENER

ROUSE RUMBLES TO WIN IN BANDITS SEASON OPENER

4/3/2024
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Michael Rouse broke out the broom Saturday night (March 30) at Fayetteville Motor Speedway, sweeping the night to kick off the 2024 Vision Wheel Steel Block Bandits Dirt Late Model Challenge season. Rouse, of Wilson, N.C., set quick time in...more

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GLADIATOR MENTALITY PROPELS BARE TO BRISTOL WIN

(BRISTOL, Tenn.) With a move that will go down in Bristol Motor Speedway lore, Tyler Bare valiantly scored his second Steel Block Bandits Dirt Late Model Challenge win on Tennessee soil by capturing the Bristol Dirt Showcase win last night at the Last Great Coliseum. The Rock Bridge Baths, Virginia native trapped race leader Austin Neely behind two lapped cars and maneuvered his way past all three en route to the win.

A usually subdued and quiet young man was visibly exhuberent in victory lane; “This means more to me than the $50,000 we won at Saluda last year simply because this is Bristol and the first Live Bandit race on TV.” said Bare. “I saw him (Neely) struggling with the lap car and I said we can’t wait forever, I knew it was time to go. Dad told me today that this wasn’t the place for any cowboy moves but I think it won us the biggest race of my career.” His father, Booper Bare who raced here 23 years ago, did give him some advice he utilized. “He told me to always drive off the right front especially here and these big tracks and tonight it worked great. You can’t relax at these races, I knew we had to go because those guys behind me had to be coming, you’re basically a sitting duck if you get out front and just ride.”

Once Bare did get the lead, he had to survive a couple final restarts but he wasn’t concerned: “I knew once I got to that clean air that I could check out, I just got out there and started soaking it all in because you never know if you’ll ever have this opportunity again. His day wasn’t at all easy leading up to the win; “We had to replace the transmission and felt like we were behind all day but this Rocket Chassis came in right at the perfect time tonight.”

A Feature 1 (Results): 1-Bare.T 2-King.R 3-Arrington.T 4-Mitchell.D 5-Neely.A 6-Quade.D 7-Emory.R 8-Rankin.D 9-Clifton.L 10-Lear.C 11-Parsons.J 12-Lowe.B 13-Breuer.D 14-Glanden.M 15-Bryant.S 16-King.J 17-King.C 18-Bryant.W 19-Whitten.M 20-Perrell.W 21-Garrett.D 22-Moore.D 23-Shockley.M 24-alderman.m

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