An Overview
May 17, 2008 Matt went down in the record books as the youngest driver to win at Bristol Motor Speedway with a win in the UARA Stars Late Model Tour race.
November 2007 Matt completed the UARA Stars Tour with 2 feature wins as the "Rookie of the Year" and 4th in the Championship Points
September 30, 2007 Matt finished 4th in the "Bailey's 300" Late Model event at Martinsville Speedway, VA
March 2007 Matt won his first UARA Stars Late Model Tour race at Concord, NC. This was only the 3rd late model race he had ever run.
October 2006 Matt finished fourth in the Fall Brawl at HMS in his first race in the Late Model Division.
September 2006 Matt won The Limited Late Model Championship, Rookie of the Year, and Most Popular Driver at Hickory Motor Speedway in his first year competing in this division
November 2005 Matt was awarded Rookie of the Year, Pole Award Champion and Most Popular Pro 4 Driver and the Pro 4 Champion at the 2005 HMS Awards Banquet (Matt's speech from the awards banquet was published in the Charlotte Observer by David Poole and was on the internet as the "nominee for the speech of the year" at the HMS awards banquet.)
September 17, 2005 Drove the Limited Late Model for the first time to a 4th place finish
September 2005 Matt won the Pro 4 Championship at Hickory Motor Speedway
July 30, 2005
Broke his own track record
in the Pro 4 at Hickory Motor Speedway
March - August 2005
Won fifteen out of sixteen Pro 4 main events at Hickory Motor Speedway
July 16, 2005
Broke the track record in
the Pro 4 division at Hickory Motor Speedway
February, 2005
Legends 1st and 5th place finishes in the Winter Nationals at Orlando, FL
November, 2004
Legends Semi-Pro main event win at Florence, SC
October 23, 2004
Legends Semi-Pro main event win at Hickory Motor Speedway
October 16, 2004
2nd place in Legends main at Lowe’s Motor Speedway
October 2004
Legends car main event win at Hickory Motor Speedway
September 2004
Bell South “Real Deal” Award at Hickory Motor Speedway
August, 2004
3rd place finish first time in Pro Four car.
July, 2004
Legends car main event win at Hickory Motor Speedway
June 2004
3rd place finish in Hardee’s Summer Shootout at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
Dirt Trackin'
Accomplishments:
2003
numerous wins in the Open Division and 125cc Division in
Dirt Outlaw Karts
in California:
2003
perpetual trophy winner, Lakeport, CA
2003
125cc Champion, Red
Bluff, CA
2002
QRC All Star Tour*
125cc Champion
2002
Outstanding Sportsmanship Award, Cycleland Speedway, CA
2002
125cc Champion,
Cycleland Speedway
2001
125cc Rookie of the Year, Red Bluff, CA
2000
Boxstock Hard Charger Award, Red Bluff, CA
2000
Boxstock perpetual trophy winner, Cycleland Speedway
2000
Boxstock Champion,
Cycleland Speedway
1999
Boxstock Champion,
Cycleland Speedway
The QRC All Star Tour
traveled to Oregon, Idaho and various tracks in Northern California. At 10 years
old, I was
competing with 15+ year old kids. I won 5 of the 9 tour races. I broke the track
record in Idaho by .6 of a second, having never seen the track before.
I have accomplished over 150 Trophy Dash and Main Event wins and
Seven
Championships. The competition in North Carolina and the surrounding
areas is fierce. I feel privileged to be able to compete at this level and will
continue to strive for higher levels in racing.
Matt has come a long way from
racing Outlaw Karts in the West. But the championships that he won in
the karts have been a great base from which to grow.
We'll keep you posted on his progress!
START YOUR ENGINES!
