Ulsch takes World Street Nationals win

Chuck Ulsch, who has been kicking butt recently in the ADRL, expanded his domination to Orlando, Florida’s World Street Nationals, taking the Outlaw 10.5 win.

We will have complete results tomorrow in DRO.  (DRO file photo) [11/2/2009]

Cruz Pedregon to compete in World of Outlaws Late Model race at Charlotte

Funny Car champion Cruz Pedregon will switch gears this week as he transitions from flying down the drag strip at speeds of more than 300 mph to maneuvering a World of Outlaws late model around the four-tenths-mile clay oval at The Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway for the World of Outlaws World Finals.
    
Pedregon isn't a complete stranger to dirt racing. In the 1980s he raced go-karts and won a championship at Ventura (Calif.) Raceway in 1986. Pedregon then followed his father, Frank, into the world of drag racing, where he is a two-time and the reigning Funny Car champion. He first returned to dirt after a trip to watch the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals at Tulsa (Okla.) Expo Raceway in 2004.

Pedregon participated in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Tony Stewart's Prelude to the Dream all-star charity race for the first time in 2007. He finished 19th in the car he was provided and followed that up with a 15th-place finish in 2008. He purchased his own car to race in 2009 and brought home a sixth-place finish.

Pedregon fit in almost 10 other dirt late model races this year and scored his first win in dirt late model competition on Aug. 8 at Kamp Motor Speedway in Boswell, Ind. Pedregon also plans to run his No. 75 PBM/Cruz Pedregon Racing Toyota Camry in Wednesday's World of Outlaws Topless Showdown presented by Hungry-Man to get acclimated to the track and prepare for the World of Outlaws World Finals on Thursday through Saturday.  (Ron Lewis photo) [11/2/2009]