By Jack Smith
Kevin Durden, the Archer Florida racer better known for his asphalt success and an occasional street stock race on clay, will be one of the drivers to watch closely this weekend. Kevin will be starting his first Powell Memorial on dirt at Ocala Speedway on Friday night, June 5th.
Durden, who has raced and won in just about everything on the hard track, began his dirt late model career in April of this year. His first outing was with the United Dirt Late Model Challenge Series at Penton Raceways in Alabama. He wrecked and really didn’t get to run, but the next night at East Alabama Motor Speedway, Durden drove his #56 late model to an 11th place finish.
Kevin Durden – IFR May 2009 Interview
Two weeks later at North Florida Speedway he took his B-Main race and then finished 9th in the feature. Durden said, “It’s a lot of fun. I’ve raced just about everything else, asphalt, I’ve run some street stocks on dirt, but this is a new challenge, definitely a lot different than anything else I’ve done.”
A challenge it will be when the United Dirt Late Model Challenge Series takes the green flag for the 75 lap, $5,000 to win 14th Annual Powell Memorial. Top guns in the UDLMCS such as Jason Fitzgerald, Johnny Collins, Russell Brown Jr, Ivedent Lloyd Jr, Dillon Wood, Clay Bedenbaugh and Tyler Ivey are just a few of the tough competitors. Then there is Mark Whitener who has won three of the five races run this year in the UDLMCS. [click to continue…]
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