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James Hylton Races to 24th in Allan Crowe Classic
“This was one of my better races of the 2006 season” said Hylton “the car ran good all day and I wish I could have pushed it a little harder but since we are a one car operation, bringing the car home in one piece is my primary goal. We have to take what we can get at each track and save the car for the remainder of the season” Former Hylton Motorsports driver Damon Lusk set on the pole at Springfield and set a new track record in the process. Hylton states, “I am very proud of Damon and his performance. It was quite an accomplishment to set the track record at a demanding track like Springfield”. Lusk set on the pole in his only other Springfield appearance in 2000, while driving for Hylton Motorsports.
During his NEXTEL Cup career, Hylton competed in 33 dirt track races and achieved an amazing 23 top-five finishes and 31 top-ten finishes. Hylton’s last top-five finish on dirt took place in 1972’s NASCAR Grand National East race held in Jacksonville, Florida. In that race, Hylton placed fifth driving a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle owned by NASCAR veteran Bub Strickler.
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Memphis
TN
(August
22,
2006)
- Ageless
stock
car
legend
James
Hylton
raced
his
way
to a
24th
place
finish
Sunday
at
the
Alan
Crowe
100.
Hylton
completed
73 of
the
100
laps
of
the
ARCA
RE/MAX
Series
event
held
at
Springfield
Fairground's
one-mile
dirt
oval.
The
2006
performance
bested
Hylton’s
1999
Springfield
ARCA
RE/MAX
finish
of 34th.
The
Hylton
Motorsports
crew
did
an
incredible
job
reconfiguring
the
car
from
its
Superspeedway
configuration
used
at
Michigan
to
its
Springfield
dirt-track
set-up.
Hylton
utilized
lessons
learned
from
his
40
plus
year
racing
career
in
completing
the
task
of
switching
the
set-ups
required
for
two
diametrically
opposite
tracks.
During
the
early
years
of
NASCAR,
teams
would
sometimes
compete
in
two
or
three
races
a
week
on
vastly
different
track
surfaces,
so
reconfiguring
a car
came
natural
to
Hylton.
