EVENT HUB - RUMBLE IN ROUGEMONT (2026 PLAYOFF RACE 1 of 3)

 Slide Job! Slide Job!  Yeah yeah, Dale Earnhardt Jr shouted that on the NBC television broadcast, but SMART Modified Tour announcer Bob Dillner might be doing it more on Saturday night for the Rumble at Rougemont.  The high banks and Modifieds provide for multiple groove racing and plenty of "slide jobs." 

 Orange County Speedway is one of the raciest tracks in the state of North Carolina built on a reputation of fantastic side-by-side racing. 

Opened as a dirt oval in 1967, the track was later paved and re-opened in 1983 and has become a hotbed for Late Model racing in the south and even hosted the NASCAR Busch Series (O'Reilly Auto Parts Series) 

Ray Hendrick, Jack Ingram, Sam Ard, Buddy Baker, Darrell Waltrip, Tommy Houston, Mark Martin, Dale Jarrett, Dick Anderson and Robert Pressley are among the many legendary names to have won at OCS.  In 1999 Jimmie Johnson, a seven-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion, won an ASA race at the track early in his career.

Legendary Modified winners include Charlie Jarzombek, Mike Stefanik, Reggie Ruggiero, Jimmy Spencer to name a few. 

SMART MOD "RUMBLE IN ROUGEMONT" WINNERS

2023 - Bobby Labonte

2024 - Carson Loftin

2025 - Ryan Newman

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For two of the past three years, the Rumble in Rougemont has been the FloRacing Race of the Week.  So why not make it the SMART Playoff opener? 

 The race winner gets a heavyweight title-belt and the opportunity to deliver a loud Ric Flair "WOOOOO."  But this year, five drivers will be focused on the big-picture in hopes of winning the playoff opener. On top of that, five other "Wild Cards" will be going for broke.

THE PLAYOFF CONTENDERS

Ranked 1 - 5 and Locked Into Playoffs Seeded

Three-race points battle

Five drivers enter the playoffs for a three-race battle to get the season-ending trophy.  

One of the nation's hottest Mod racers, Danny Bohn, leads the standings after ten races. Team 25 has three wins in 2026.

Former Daytona 500 winner Ryan Newman in second in points and is looking for his first Modified crown.

America's favorite villain Jake Crum has two checkered flags and comes into the Playoff opener as one of the hottest drivers on the circuit.

Consistency has been the key for Brandon Ward. He and the Kevin Powell Speed Motorsports team sits fourth in the rankings. 

Three-time SMART Champ Burt Myers has the Dirty South locked into the playoffs in fifth in the standings looking for his first SMART win of the season.

WILD CARDS

Must Win in Orange County Speedway Playoff Opener to Enter Playoffs

Carter McMurray, Jack Baldwin, Joey Braun, Luke Baldwin and Joey Coulter are the drivers from 6th to 10th who can move into the Playoffs, but only with a win in the Playoff opener at Orange County!