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08/11/2008 - 11:29 AM
West Fargo, North Dakota
Wolfe drove the Allebach Racing Maxim in his first full season on the road with the World of Outlaws. (Photo: World of Outlaws) ยป More Photos
Lucas Wolfe will return to action with the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series on Tuesday, August 12 in the finale of the Duel in the Dakotas at Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, North Dakota. The race also serves as the second stop of the Gerdau Ameristeel Northern Tour, which encompasses the four events in the state of North Dakota this season for the World of Outlaws.
The rookie driver from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania sustained an impression fracture to the T-4 vertebrae in his back at Tri-City Speedway in Illinois on June 8 that required extensive time to recover. Prior to the injury, he made 17 starts with the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series and was just one point out of the 13th spot in the championship standings.
“I’m extremely excited to be back and able to race again,” said Wolfe. “It was a long couple of months, but thankfully everything is healed up. I’m ready to go again, and hopefully we can finish the year off strong.”
Wolfe competed twice this past weekend at the famed Williams Grove Speedway in his hometown, along with Lincoln Speedway also in Pennsylvania, to get the feel for the car again. He finished ninth on Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway, where the World of Outlaws will return on September 26-27 for the Morgan Hughes National Open. On Saturday night, he turned in a very solid sixth-place run at Lincoln Speedway, which is a 3/8-mile similar to three of the four tracks that the World of Outlaws will compete on this week.
“It’s certainly going to take more time on top of this to get back to where I was with the Outlaws,” he noted. “The best place to be to get back in the groove is to be racing as much as you can and that is one of the benefits of racing with the Outlaws. I was able to get a few races in and hopefully that jump starts me to get back into the swing of things, and hopefully we’ll pick everything up quick.”
Prior to the injury, Wolfe had four Top-10 finishes aboard the Allebach Racing Maxim during his first full season on the road with the World of Outlaws,
“It was most difficult because you see everyone else racing, though it’s probably something that most people encounter at one time or another in their careers,” explained the 21-year old driver of the time spent out of the seat. “Hopefully I have mine out of the way now and will be free and clear from here on out. You can only hope that instances like that are few and far between.”
Wolfe has already visited five tracks for the first time in his career this season, and will continue to add to that list as the Northern Tour wraps up this week in North Dakota and the Gold Rush Tour kicks into high gear on the West Coast and in Canada. He has been fast at a number of tracks in his debut at them as he continues to gain valuable experience against the best sprint car drivers in the world night in and night out.
“This whole year has been a learning experience going to all of these places for the first time,” shared the second generation driver. “I’m also very fortunate that I get to go to those places and get that experience at the young age that I am. Hopefully we’ll be able to be good at all of them, but obviously getting laps and as much experience as I can is the main focus. I am definitely looking forward to going to more places for the first time.”
Wolfe will start this week out with his first career visit to the high-banked Red River Valley Speedway and follow that up with three consecutive debut events on high-banked 3/8-mile facilities. He has run very strong on half-mile tracks this season, with two of his strongest runs coming at Eldora Speedway, which is also a very high-banked track.
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