It didn’t take long for Jack Brown to get acclimated to dirt late models. In just his fifth race, fresh out of karts, he won. Now he seeks his first win in the American All-Star Series Presented by PPM Racing Products during the Crystal Cup tripleheader weekend .
“Kart racing is a lot like crate racing,” Brown, of Lexington, Virginia, said. “Because in crate racing you have to be so perfect at the wheel. You cannot make a mistake because you will lose so much ground.”
However, it’s not like jumping into a late model from a kart didn’t require adjustments. Brown learned quickly, though.
“Go-kart racing is a lot like asphalt late model racing,” said Brown. “You’re kind of single lane all the way around the racetrack. If you get out of the groove, you’re going to the back. Then, you get to big cars, and there so many options around the racetrack. You’re able to move around a lot more.”
There were other differences, too.
“Just how much bigger the cars are,” Brown said. “And how you have to throw the car into the corner. With kart racing, you want to be so smooth. You have to be smooth with these [late models], too, but you also have to get them into the corner, and that’s a lot of car to get into the corner.”
This year, Jack Brown has two wins, both coming at his home track of Natural Bridge Speedway. He hopes the winning experience he has at the Virginia oval pays off tonight, when the American All-Star Series Presented by PPM Racing Products comes into town.
From there, he intends to follow the rest of the Crystal Cup weekend tripleheader. On Saturday, August 31, he’ll visit Beckley Motor Speedway in West Virginia. Then, on Sunday, September 1, he’ll race Wythe Raceway in Rural Retreat, Virginia.
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The Outside Groove Executive Editor has covered motorsports since 2000. His many awards include the 2019 Eastern Motorsport Press Association (EMPA) Jim Hunter Writer of the Year and the 2013 Russ Catlin Award for Excellence in Motorsports Journalism.
