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MATT DOOLEY
Matt Dooley is a 26-year-old race car driver from Brooks, Georgia who races Super Late Models on dirt tracks around the Southeast. Matt Dooley will race anything with four wheels and his passion for racing has led him to pursue a career as a professional race car driver.
RACING BACKGROUND
RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS
DIRT LATE MODEL
•Raced Dirt Late Models (start age 13) (2009-Present)
•Total Dirt Late Model Wins: 30
•Total Dirt Late Model Feature Races: 350
•Total Top 5 Feature Finishes: 147
•Total Top 10 Feature Finishes: 229
Dirt Late Model Engines/Classes Raced:
•Chevrolet GM Crate 602
•Chevrolet GM Crate 604
•Limited Late Model
•Steel Head Late Model
•Chevrolet Performance CT 525 Super Late Model Series
•Super Late Model –Open Engine
NASCAR's ARCA Racing Series (2018 & 2019)
•2018 - ARCA - Raced 2 races
•2019 - ARCA - Raced one in 2019
EARLY YEARS
•Raced Slingshots by Tobias on dirt (start age 11) (2007-2009)
•Raced Bandoleros (start age 8) (2005-2009)
RACING HIGHLIGHTS
Dirt Late Model
•2022 Columbus Speedway, Columbus, MS - 6/11/2022 - Matt Dooley wins first career super late model race and first XRSAS Southern All Star Series race.
•2022 New Hollis Speedway in AL - 1/29/2022 - Matt Dooley sets new track record in Steel Head/Limited Late Model Division - 13.19 time and sat on the pole for feature.
•2021 Alabama State Championship Race - East Alabama Motor Speedway - Super Late Model division - 3rd place podium finish.
•2018 Set new track record at Senoia Raceway in 604 Crate Late Model - 13.944 time. Sat on pole and won race.
•2017 Points Champion/Track Champion at Senoia Raceway, Senoia, GA in Steel Head Limited Late Model
•2016 Senoia Raceway Steel Head Late Model “Fall Brawl Series Champion”
•2015 Competed for ROY title in the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series
•2012 Oct. 6 & 7 –Won Dixie Shootout & Rome Showdown back-to-back feature races in Steel Head Limited Late Model Division
•May 19, 2012 –Won first Dirt Steel Head Limited Late Model feature race at Dixie Speedway just 1 month after turning 16
•April 30, 2011 –Won first Dirt Crate Late Model feature race at Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, GA just 2 weeks after turning 15
•Raced at over 30 different dirt tracks around the Southeast and raced in some Southeastern Series
•Raced some races in National Series of Lucas Oil and World of Outlaws
.ARCA Racing
A strong Late Model competitor, Dooley was given the opportunity to race some asphalt races in NASCAR's ARCA racing series in 2018 and 2019.
2018/19 - 3 ARCA races
•ARCA Debut in 2018 at Salem Speedway in Indiana
•ARCA in 2018 at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois
•ARCA in 2019 at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida
Bandolero and Slingshot
•Total races: over 100 and many wins in both cars
•2006 Bandolero Regional Champion –won at Alabama’s Sunny South Raceway
•2006 2nd Place in the State of Georgia for total Bandolero Bandits National Points
•2005 1st Place in points in Bandolero Bandits at Senoia Raceway
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