ARCHDALE, NC (July 15, 2007)- Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team Competed in two Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned events over the weekend. Earl traveled to North Alabama Speedway inTuscumbia, AL on Friday night in a 40-lap $7,000 to win feature event. Earl would set the LifeLong Locks fastest lap in qualifying among the 35 drivers entered. Earl would start the feature from the 5^th starting position and would run among the leaders throughout the feature and finished a solid 4^th place in the final run down.
 
On Saturday Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team traveled to Columbus Motor Speedway in Columbus MS for a 50-lap $10,000 to win Lucas Oil Series sanctioned event with the SPEED Channel cameras on hand to record the event for a later TV broadcast. Earl would win one the heat races and start 4^th on the grid for the 50-lap feature event. Earl would again be in the hunt for the lead for most of the feature event and finished a solid 3^rd place at the checkers. With his two top five finishes over the weekend Earl took over the lead in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series national point's standings with a 75 point advantage over Steve Casebolt. To learn more about the Lucas Oil Series visit their website at www.lucasdirt.com.
 
"We had a pretty good weekend and hopefully we have gotten back on track with our program. We've been inconsistent here lately but Jason, Matt and Keith have been working hard to get us back up front again. It feels good to be leading the series points again but Casebolt and James are really running good everywhere and will be tough to beat for this championship. Really looking forward to going out to the Midwest next week and running at the Lucas Oil Speedway in MO," stated Earl.
 
Earl and the team will travel to two more Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned events next weekend. On Friday Night the series visits Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, FL and on Saturday at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO.  Both events will pay $10,000 to win.  Friday Night's event at Tri-City Speedway will have the cameras of SPEED Channel on hand to tape the event.
 
Earl and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors for their support in 2007. They include: LifeLong Locks, Mopar, Lucas Oil, Sunoco Race Fuels, Mastersbilt Race Cars, Larry Wallace Engines, Allstar Performance, Tiger Rear End, BERT, Butlerbuilt, Hyperco, Moroso, SHY, Wilwood, Woodward, TWM, Dyers Top Rods, Weld, Hoosier Tire, PRC, Jones Racing Products, Stealth, Trick, Wrisco, Sparco, Bell, Mechanix Wear, Oakley, Cheerios, Coke, Dunn-Benson Racing Supply, ASI Racewear, WRT Web Designs, The Decal Source, Rick Schwallie Photography and WD Enterprises.
 
For more information about LifeLong Locks and the strongest locks on the market today, visit www.lifelonglocks.com. For more information about Earl Pearson Jr. and the Bobby Labonte Racing Team visit their official website at www.bobbylabontemotorsports.com.