Dixie Racing

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Dixie Racing DVD

Great footage of photo shoot by Circle Track Magazine. Includes behind the scenes with Coach Leonard Skinner, Gene Odom, and Nascar legend Larry Shankle. This special release includes all raw footage before editing, so get ready for some laughs.

Dixie Fasttruck Race Team

Dixie Tune Up is a proud sponsor of the Lynryrd Skynrd Fasttruck driven by Wendell Bristol in the Fasttruck series. The signature Lynyrd Skynyrd hood designed and sponsored by Gene Odom is easily recognizeable from the stands.

Fastruck racing with Gene Odom, Coach Leonard Skinner, Larry Shankle, and Billy Webb

Dixie Tune Up has joined forces with Shankle Motorsports to start a Race team for the Hooter Cup and Fastruck series. Billy Webb owner of Dixie Tune Up will team with Larry Shankle a long time NASCAR veteran crew chief and car builder. Wendell Bristol, who finished 4th in points for the 2003 Fastruck series will drive.

Some of the people that Larry Shankle has been associated with over the years need no introduction. Richard Petty, Bobby Allison, Cotton Owens, David Pearson, Donnie Allison, Davey Allison, Clifford Allison, LeRoy Yarborough, Cale Yarbrough, Smokey Yunick, Ray Fox, Junior Johnson, Bobby Isaac, Elmo Langley, Pete Hamilton, Benny Parson, Marty Robbins, Hoss Ellington, Harry Hyde, Dale Inman, Maurice Petty, James Hylton, Buddy Baker and Buck Baker to name a few.

There are still opportunities for 2004 and 2005 Hooters Cup and Fastruck Series Advertising and Sponsorship. Please contact Larry Shankle at his location.

Life And Times of Larry Shankle Motorsports

As a young man of 16, I knew where I wanted my life to go, I wanted to work in racing. I was a believer and an engineer with the spirit of a racer. At age 17, I began my career at a 3/8 mile dirt track the running late model sportsman series. My driver won seventeen races in a row. The track put up a $200 bounty for others to come try to outrace our '56 Mercury. Though many tried, we prevailed and won the championship. Things progressed and I soon found myself eyeing the Grand National Series, now known as Winston Cup or Nextel Cup. I became a successful mechanic, crew chief, and engine builder that became widely known for my chassis work and fabrication. I redesigned the front snout of racecars for Holman and Moody at Centerworld Racing for Ford Motor Co. I became a successful crew chief with L.G. DeWitt, the former owner of North Carolina Motor Speedway, known as The Rock. Our first driver was John Sears. After John, I spent time at DeWitt working as crew chief with Benny Parsons. Soon I went to work with James Hylton and his independent team. It was there that I got my Talladega 500 victory. In 1970, Bill Gasaway, on behalf of NASCAR, asked me to take rookie Dick Brooks who was racing a Plymouth and try to get him into the Union 76 Oil Hall of Fame. To do so, we had to break the track record at Darlington. We broke the record, and rookie Dick Brooks entered the Union 76 Oil Hall of Fame. Currently, Larry Shankle Motorsports is trying to organize a Hooter's Cup racing team and we are looking for sponsors.

If you are interested, please contact:

Larry Shankle Motorsports
107 Spring Drive Ext.
Rockingham, NC 28379
Phone: (910)895-5909
Fax: (910)895-5890
email