CONCORD, N.C. — Three years faraway from his rookie season in 2022, Max Blair is once more signed as a World of Outlaws Late Mannequin Collection driver.
Blair and Centerline Motorsports will start the World of Outlaws season at Volusia Speedway Park throughout DIRTcar Sunshine Nationals (Jan. 22-25) and Federated Auto Components DIRTcar Nationals (Feb. 13-15) with a watch on the complete World of Outlaws season.
Final 12 months, Blair completed third within the DIRTcar Nationals finale – considered one of his 5 Tremendous Late Mannequin high 5 finishes on the observe between World of Outlaws and DIRTcar competitors. This 12 months, he’ll proceed his seek for his first win on the “World’s Quickest Half Mile.”
“I like the place,” Blair mentioned. “I used to be completely terrible all by means of Speedweeks final 12 months and we nonetheless ran rather well at Volusia. The place simply appears to suit me properly, I’m actually enthusiastic about racing there.”
This season marks Blair’s second 12 months competing with Centerline Motorsports after scoring 4 regional Tremendous Late Mannequin wins in 2024. With a full 12 months underneath their belt, Blair believes he has every thing he must ship a World of Outlaws victory to the Centerville, Pa.-based operation.
“It’s been nice, actually glad that I fell into that deal, and it’s been good to date,” Blair mentioned. “I don’t see any motive why it isn’t going to be a long-term partnership.”
Blair picked up his first victory with The Most Highly effective Late Fashions on the Planet in 2017 at McKean County Raceway, lower than two hours down the street from his Titusville, Pa. house. That kicked off a run of three wins in 4 years whereas working a partial schedule with the Collection, which led as much as his maiden full-time season in 2022.
His first full season racing nationally was undoubtedly successful, as Blair added two extra World of Outlaws wins to his resume at Cherokee Speedway and Bloomsburg Honest Raceway on the way in which to a third-place factors end behind Dennis Erb Jr. and Tanner English.
That Bloomsburg win stands as his most up-to-date triumph, though he has had some shut calls over the previous two years, together with a runner-up to Nick Hoffman at Stateline Speedway in 2023.
After rebuilding his pocket book following a swap to Longhorn Chassis within the early portion of 2024, getting again to Victory Lane on the nationwide degree sits as his high precedence coming into 2025.
“We switched chassis manufacturers final 12 months and it took a very long time to get rolling,” Blair mentioned. “I really feel like we hold getting higher and higher. There have been a few races we most likely ought to have gained that I made a mistake in. Simply bought to place it collectively. Hopefully these three or 4 shut ones are particular wins this 12 months and we get just a few greater than that.”
