Hometown: Homer, N.Y.
Residence: Cortland, N.Y.
Born: July 16, 1970
Team: Rez X Racing
Entry: No. 77x Grow It Hydroseeding-Action Race Parts/TEO
Owner: Carey Terrance
2007 Season Review: For the second straight year Planck followed the entire Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series and for the second consecutive summer put the Ryan Jacobs-owned East End Auto Parts Bicknell Big-Block in the winner’s circle on DIRTcar NorthEast’s premier Modified tour. Along with scoring eight heat race wins, the ‘Natural’ earned his lone Integra Shocks Fast Time award the same night as his only visit to victory lane at Brewerton Speedway. By season’s end he had led five main events for a total of 154 laps to rank sixth --- the same position he finished in the overall Hoosier Tire Mr. DIRTcar Modified Championship standings. He ended the ’07 campaign with one more weekend feature win at hometrack Fulton Speedway, where he finished fourth in the final Big-Block points tally.
2007 Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series Stats
| Points |
Diff |
Money |
Wins |
Top 5 |
Top 10 |
Starts |
| 2,962 |
-531 |
$27,595 |
1 |
4 |
18 |
32 |
Advance Auto Parts Series History: Planck finally solidified his tour status during the summer of ‘06, breaking out to score his first career Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series victory at Cornwall Motor Speedway and following up the next night by setting his initial Integra Shocks Fast Time at Autodrome Drummond. It was the second-generation driver’s first full season chasing Advance Series points, eventually placing 11th in the overall Hoosier Tire Mr. DIRTcar Championship. He moved up into the sixth slot last season after cruising home in a command performance at Brewerton Speedway for both his inaugural Advance Auto Parts Series victory and Integra Shocks award on American soil.
|
DIRTcar NorthEast |
Advance Auto Parts |
Hoosier Tire |
| Year |
Circuit Wins |
Series Wins |
Mr. DIRTcar Points |
| 2007 |
2 |
1 |
6th |
| 2006 |
2 |
1 |
11th |
| 2005 |
-- |
-- |
28th |
| 2004 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2003 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2002 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2001 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2000 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 1999 |
1 |
-- |
42nd |
| Totals: |
5 |
2 |
|
DIRTcar Racing Record: For the past quarter-century Planck has been chasing checkered flags around Northeastern short tracks primarily in the small-block Modified division. While over 200 wins have been recorded during that time, none have been any bigger than his inaugural Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series triumphs at Cornwall and Brewerton. The 15th career DIRTcar Modified win at Cornwall was his first-ever at the racy quarter-miler in Big-Block competition as the previous 14 were logged in a small-block from 2004-05, the same years the Southern Tier standout captured Cornwall’s DIRTcar 358-Modified points title. He also claimed DIRTcar small-block high-point honors at Utica-Rome Speedway in both 1999 and 2003, helping to elevate his DIRTcar 358-Mod career win total to 47, including three in the Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Championship Series.
Fun Facts: Father Denny Planck stands second on the all-time 358-Modified win list (9) at Cayuga County Fair Speedway, securing the first-ever Small-Block points title at the home of DIRTcar NorthEast when the organization was established in 1976. Today, Dale’s own teenage sons and third-generation drivers Steve and Brandon are entered in the entry-level open-wheel DIRTcar Sportsman Modified division.