CHRIS MADDEN
STARTS 2025 AT BRUNSWICK
January
19, 2025 - Unfortunately, heavy rain overnight
has left Golden Isles Speedway significantly saturated, prompting
track and Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series officials to cancel
Sunday’s Super Bowl of Racing finale.
(Heath Lawson Photo)
January 18, 2025
- With the forecast for rain continuing throughout the evening
hours, tonight's $25,000 to win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
event at Golden Isles Speedway has been canceled. Sunday’s
Super Bowl of Racing finale, which will shell out a $10,000 top
prize, is still on as scheduled.
January 17, 2025
- The 2025 campaign for Team 22 Inc. got underway earlier this
evening with the Super Bowl of Racing lid lifter at Golden Isles
Speedway near Brunswick, Georgia. A total of 44 Lucas Oil Late
Model Dirt Series competitors converged in the Peach State to
vie for a $12,000 payday. Chris Madden posted the eighteenth quickest
time in Group A during qualifying before finishing eighth in his
heat race and ninth in his B-Main. Unfortunately, Chris was unable
to advance into the 50-lap season opener that was ultimately won
by Tyler Bruening.
MADDEN
WRAPS UP SEASON IN BLUE-GRAY 100
November
18, 2024 - Chris Madden and Team 22 Inc. ventured
to both Senoia Raceway in Senoia, Georgia and Cherokee Speedway
in Gaffney, South Carolina from November 15-17 for a trio of high-profile
showdowns to close out their 2024 campaign. On Friday night in
the 'Peach State Classic' opener at Senoia, which boasted a $20,000
payday, Chris scratched from the show due to rough track conditions.
At Senoia on Saturday evening on a much better racing surface,
Chris won his heat race and later placed sixth in the 75-lapper
behind only $30,000 victor Ricky Thornton, Jr., Zack Mitchell,
Jonathan Davenport, Hudson O'Neal, and Garrett Alberson.
The dirt-slinging action then quickly shifted to
the nearby Cherokee Speedway on Sunday for the annual running
of the 'Blue-Gray 100.' In the $20,000 to win program, Chris placed
third in his heat race and later started the 60-lap main event
from the outside of the sixth row. The Gray Court, South Carolina
standout then steered past six racecars during the contest to
land in the sixth finishing position behind only winner Trent
Ivey, Daulton Wilson, Donald McIntosh, Michael Brown, and Jonathan
Davenport. Complete results from all three season-ending races
can be found online by clicking on www.floseries.com
and www.carolinaclash.com.
(Josh James Artwork)
CHRIS MADDEN
WINS $25K WORLD FINALS FINALE!!!
November
10, 2024 - Team 22 Inc. invaded the pristine Dirt
Track at Charlotte in Concord, North Carolina from November 6-9
for the 18th edition of the ‘World Finals,’ which
was sanctioned by the World of Outlaws CASE Construction Late
Model Series. Following time trials on Wednesday, a pair of $15,000
to win preliminary programs were on tap the next two nights. On
Thursday evening, Chris Madden won his heat race prior to starting
and finishing third in the 35-lap feature behind only winner Ricky
Thornton, Jr. and runner-up Drake Troutman. In Friday's show,
Chris won his heat race once again, but battery issues helped
drop the Gray Court, South Carolina ace to a tenth place showing
in the 35-lapper.
In front of a huge grandstand crowd on Saturday, a hefty $25,000
first place prize was up for grabs in the finale for the ground-pounding
Super Late Models. Chris placed third in his dash to earn the
inside of the second row for the start of the 50-lap headliner.
"Smokey" then swept past leader Ricky Thornton, Jr.
on the fourth circuit and led the remainder of the contest to
nab his fourth triumph of the season over Thornton, Jr., Mike
Marlar, Jonathan Davenport, and Daulton Wilson! Full results from
the final weekend of World of Outlaws action can be accessed online
by pointing your web browser to www.woolms.com.
(Josh James Artwork)
TOP TEN
FOR MADDEN IN WORLD 100 PRELIM
September
8, 2024 - From September 4-7, Chris Madden was
in the pit area at the hallowed Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.
The busy week at the 1/2-mile, high-banked oval started on Wednesday
night with a $20,000 payday on the line in a Castrol FloRacing
Night in America Series shootout. Piloting a #44 for car owner
G.R. Smith, Chris unfortunately missed out on the 50-lap main
event, as he finished ninth in his heat race and seventh in his
B-Main.
The 54th edition of the ‘World 100’ then took center
stage at the “Big E” - starting with a pair of $12,000
to win, split-field preliminary programs. On Thursday evening,
Chris ran third in his Shootout race before starting and finishing
seventh in his 25-lap main event. In a similar show on Friday,
Chris placed sixth in his Shootout before an incident in his 25-lapper
dropped the Gray Court, South Carolina star to a disappointing
twenty-sixth place showing.
With a whopping $57,000 paycheck up for grabs in Saturday’s
annual ‘World 100,’ Chris grabbed the third and final
transfer spot through his loaded heat race and later rolled off
from the outside of the eighth row in the 100-lap crown jewel
headliner. At the end of the contest, Chris was paid for a nineteenth
place performance. Complete results from Eldora Speedway can be
found online by accessing www.eldoraspeedway.com.
(Josh James Artwork)
