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DRIVER:
Mark Dowdy
BIRTH DATE: 11-04-69
HOMETOWN: Concord, MI.
CURRENTLY LIVING: Waterloo, AL.
FAMILY: 2 Daughters, Darci & Dena
HOBBIES: 4-Wheeling, Camping, Karaoke Anything To Do With
Racing
OCCUPATION: Owner: Dowdy Welding & Fabrication
STARTED RACING "I got a job welding at a local race shop
in Concord, MI. When I was a freshman in high school. When the
owner started racing his own car I went to the track with him.
Soon, I started going to the races with another local driver
that traveled a bit more. I raced with him all through high
school traveling to different asphalt tracks in Michigan and
Indiana. I started as a gopher and wrench runner, and eventually
became his crew chief and focused on tires. In 1988 I bought a
street stock from another local racer and went to Butler Motor
Speedway in Quincy, MI. And started my own racing career."
GOALS: I am working hard to develop a way to return to
the cockpit of my Hot Rod. There are no products on the market
for paralyzed dirt racers. I know we will get it figured out.
The hard part is securing the sponsorship needed to take my team
to the next level of dirt racing. Don’t
refer to me as the
paralyzed guy that still races... I just want to be the guy that
drives the #88D car to the front!!
HERO'S: John Wayne, Dale Earnhardt, &
Waylon Jennings

CREW CHIEF:Dennis
"Sleepy B" Brewer
BIRTH DATE: 3/22/64
HOMETOWN: .Florence, AL.
CURRENTLY LIVING:Florence, AL.
FAMILY: Raymond (dad), Nadine, (mom), Melissa (sister),
Scott (brother-in-law), Ryan, Michael & Scott Jr. (nephews)
OCCUPATION: Fabricator/welder
STARTED RACING... My parents took me to my first race
when I was 6 weeks old. I have been racing ever since then. I
started customizing Hot wheels cars using clay & play dough when
I was 5. I was always around the garage when my dad was working
on his racecar at home, and I went with him when the cars he was
racing were at someone else's home. I was on Gene Chupps crew
when he traveled with the NDRA circuit. I also crewed for Jerry
Inman when he drove for local car owner Weldon Martin. I
basically grew up with racing and though that everyone's dads
had a racecar! I have worked on cars for dozens of drivers and
still do. I learned how to tweak on a racecar from some of the
best.
GOALS.To build winning racecars, and help drivers to win
championships.
HERO'S.Dad,
Jerry Inman, Don Hester, Hooker Hood & Steve Kinser

CREW MEMBER:
Lee Strong
BIRTH DATE: 3-12-75
HOMETOWN: Concord, MI.
CURRENTLY LIVING: Concord, MI.
FAMILY: Wife-Kelly, 2 Boys-Austin & Dylan
HOBBIES: Riding ATV's and Anything to do with SPEED.
OCCUPATION: Vehicle Recovery Agent
STARTED RACING... As did Scott, I got my start with Mark
at a young age. I also helped on a few friend's sprint cars and
had a lot of fun and learned a lot about the business and the
basics. Due to my job and the fact that our shop is an hour away
from where Scott and I live I am unable to make it to the shop
as often as I would like but I do whatever I can whenever I can
at the track.
GOALS..To be a part of building a successful race team
with Mark and Scott. Also to finish building a successful
business of my own soon.
HERO'S.. Bill Ballance, Steve Kinser, and
Scott Bloomquist
CREW MEMBER: Jason Clark
BIRTH DATE: 3-11-81
HOMETOWN: Macomb, IL.
CURRENTLY LIVING: Macomb, IL.
FAMILY: Fiancé'-Sammy and Son-T.J.
HOBBIES: Racing and Anything dealing with the Outdoors.
OCCUPATION: Auto
Mechanic
STARTED RACING.. I started racing when I was about ten with my
cousin Sean Blue working at his shop on his Hobby Stock in '97
he started running late models and the dirt track bug had bitten
me hard. I had a few stints as crew member for several late
model teams before I hooked up with the Dowdy Racing guys in
2003.
GOALS..I would like to stay on with the Dowdy Racing team and
make a go at the BIG times of dirt track racing with them and
help Mark reach his goals as a top notch dirt track driver.
HERO'S..Racing hero would be Dale Earnhardt but the ones that I
really look up to are my dad Jack Clark and
Grandpa Clark.ever does!!!

OFFICIAL TEAM PHOTOGRAPHER:
Dena Dowdy
BIRTH DATE: 6-26-89
HOMETOWN: Angola, IN
CURRENTLY LIVING: A little bit of everywhere (Muncie, IN
/ Angola, IN / Waterloo, AL)
FAMILY: Mark (Dad), Kari (Mom), Darci (Sister), Pete
(boyfriend)
HOBBIES: Photography, Dancing, Cheerleading, Facebook
OCCUPATION: Full time student at Ball State University in
Muncie Indiana.
STARTED RACING:...My dad has been racing for as long as I
can remember, and I would always go to the track with him.
That is also how I met my boyfriend, at a dirt race track in
Michigan.
But his dad races Sprint Cars ew..
GOALS: Graduate from college on a four year plan and become
a Nurse Practitioner.
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