On Saturday, Newlin qualified seventh – within. On night one of the World of Outlaws Nittany Showdown on Friday, Newlin qualified last – 38th of 38 cars – and fell one spot short of the final transfer position in the Last Chance Showdown. Mid-race check in with y’all are watching on you’re well aware.įor those who aren’t, Newlin just put the shoestring-budget Allen Pryde No. In their second race out – also Port Royal’s Labor Day Classic – Newlin charged to a sixth-place finish from the 23rd-starting position. Newlin and Pryde linked up in September and have immediately put forth a viable product. “My mind wasn’t in a good place from the stuff I dealt with at the beginning of the year,” Newlin said. Newlin and Burke only cracked the top 20 three times in 15 races from last August to this June, and because of that the two parted ways. In his second race – Port Royal’s Labor Day Classic last September – he finished 13th from the 23rd-starting spot and earned hard charger honors. Not long after, he broke into the 410 ranks with Sean Burke. Last year he jumped to the 358 class and earned his first win at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa. At one point in his 305 journey from 2013 to ‘19, he was the third-ranked driver in the International Motor Contest Ass’n national points. Newlin is the 2015 and ‘18 champion of the 305 Pennsylvania Sprint Series. 29 team wind down after Saturday’s World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car Series program at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway. “I’m pumped.” Zach Newlin and the Allen Pryde No. “This is freaking awesome,” Newlin added. Man, one door closes and a really good one opens up. Got fired from one ride, then Allen called me up for this car. “Oh, man, I really hope Sean Burke is watching this … we started the year out rough. “I don’t even have 20 races in the 410,” he continued. Newlin, meanwhile, is a fresh face in the 410 sprint car world.īut once Newlin resounded his meaningful words, the story became that much more compelling. Newlin’s car owner, Allen Pryde, makes due with the bare minimum, used tires and an open trailer. Newlin had just qualified for his first World of Outlaws feature thanks to a fourth-place heat finish.Īn immediate interview wasn’t needed to discern the accomplishment. “Woooo!” Newlin screamed in an interview on the speedway’s frontstretch with DIRTVision’s Chase Raudman.

– Zach Newlin’s sheer exhilaration lit up Port Royal Speedway on Saturday, the thrill of finally qualifying for a World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series event reverberating throughout the Juniata River Valley.

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