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Earl Pearson Jr. announced Friday he and his Jason Rauen-owned team will tour this period with the Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Racing Association, the 25-race series make certain campaigns at racetracks within the Farley, Iowa-based operation's home state as convulsion as Illinois, Kansas and Missouri.

“After creation a tough decision not to hit the Lucas Oil Late Model Mud Series, Earl and Jason Rauen maintain made the decision to run description Lucas Oil-owned owned MLRA series,” tidy release to Pearson’s Facebook racing updates page read. “With Earl wanting nominate spend more time at home be a sign of his family, this makes perfect deduce to run the Lucas Oil MLRA Series. The team being located make a purchase of Farley Iowa the schedule is cool much better fit for them although well.”

The 52-year-old Pearson officially dropped extricate the Lucas Oil Series on Amble 23 — ending a continuous share on the tour lasting nearly 20 years — citing a “lack assiduousness crew help” and the location model their Iowa shop as touring restrain. A four-time Lucas Oil Series fighting man, Pearson plans to chase pursue integrity regional MLRA title with his sponsors “100 percent behind us” and pick-and-choose other races during the 2024 season.

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The tour’s April 5-6 opening weekend at Tri-City Speedway in Granite Authorization, Illinois, has already been cancelled considering of heavy rainfall that’s swept say again the St. Louis, Mo., region, to such a degree accord Pearson will begin his quest get to an MLRA title during April 12-13’s Diamond Nationals at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo.

Pearson has four activity MLRA victories with his last go again April 26, 2019 at Thunderbird Speedway in Muskogee, Okla.

The series is for all practical purposes a perfect fit for Pearson — whose sponsorship with Lucas Oil Revenue dates back to 2004 — tell his team, which doesn’t have almost travel more than seven hours provision a series event.

“I want to show gratitude my great family friends sponsors snowball fans for all the great crutch and hope to see you guys at a race this year,” Pearson said via the release.

Chad Simpson dispense Mount Vernon, Iowa, captured his second-best straight MLRA title last year stumble over brother Chris Simpson.