04/29/2026
Dan McKeage Jr’s off-season brought excitement and pride as he was crowned the fifth and final winner of GNG's Gift: The Greg Peters Memorial Sponsorship. After receiving this honor, the Naughty 40 team put a lot of thought and consideration into their race plans for 2026.
Ultimately, they decided to switch things up a little bit and try something new, making their Super Late Model season debut on Sunday at Official Page of Oxford Plains Speedway.
The #40 machine was fast out of the gate, timing sixth in first practice. The team made some changes to the car for second practice but the car didn’t adjust well, so they continued to plug away at it in third and final practice, getting the handling to their liking.
Dan took off eighth in the qualifying heat and made forward progress early, climbing up to third. Unfortunately, he got caught up in some mid-race melee and spun, finishing 8th. This put Dan 16th for the start of the feature, so he had his work cut out for him.
Dan rode the bottom in the feature, taking spots as they came to him. He remained patient throughout the course of the feature, climbing inside of the top 10 with less than ten laps to go. He simply ran out of time at the end, settling for an 8th place finish.
In his own words, “I felt like we had a top 5 car but just didn’t have enough luck in the heat or feature to put us there. We will keep working on the car and with more laps, I’ll get more comfortable with the track”.
As always, Dan would like to thank his friends and family that are by his side every week in addition to his sponsors:
Websters Service Center
Lyn's Spring Service Inc
JP & Family Inc
Sos Towing
GNG’s Gift: The Greg Peters Memorial Sponsorship
McKeage's Top Gun General Construction
East Coast Communications, LLC
Night Owl Creations
B&D Burner Service
NE Marketing Design
Dyna Maxx Gym
Eleveight Design
He will return to Oxford Plains Speedway for another round in the Super Late Models this Saturday, May 2nd as part of the highly-anticipated Whelen Modified Tour program.
The green flag flies at 2:45 pm! 🏁