NAME:
Dennis Erb, Jr.
(Zach Yost Racing Photography)
DATE OF BIRTH:
October 12, 1972
HOMETOWN: Carpentersville,
Illinois
MARITAL STATUS:
Married
SPOUSE:
Michelle
HOBBY: Fishing
FAVORITE TRACK:
The Fastest Dirt Tracks
FAVORITE RACE:
'Prairie Dirt Classic' - Fairbury (IL) Speedway
FIRST RACE:
September 1990 - Santa Fe (IL) Speedway
MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS:
Winning the 2016 'Dirt Late Model Dream' for $100,000 at Eldora
(OH) Speedway & the 2022 World of Outlaws Case Construction
Late Model Series Championship!
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- 1994 LaSalle (IL) Speedway Track Champion
- 1994 Kankakee (IL) Speedway Track Champion
- 1999 Hav-A-Tampa Dirt Racing Series Rookie of the Year
- 2000 Started First Bristol (TN) Motor Speedway Dirt Race
- 2003 LaSalle Spring Shootout Winner
- 2003 Kamp 30 and Kamp 50 Winner
- 2003 USA Pepsi Nationals Winner
- 12 Feature Wins in 2003
- 2004 UMP Challenge of Champions Extravaganza
Winner ($15,000)
- 2004 Prairie Dirt Classic Winner ($10,000)
- 2004 NALMS Finale Winner ($8,000)
- Finished 2nd in NALMS Point Standings in 2004
- Finished 4th in UMP Summernationals Points in 2004
- 2004 Starts: 94 | Wins: 16 | Top Fives: 38 | Top Tens: 67
- 2005 O'Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass Winner
at Soggy Bottom (KY) Speedway
- 2005 UMP Summernationals Winner at the Kamp (IN) Motor Speedway
($10,000)
- Finished 3rd in UMP Summernationals Points in 2005
- Won NALMS Midwest Speedweeks Title in 2005
- 2005 Starts: 91 | Wins: 10 | Top Fives: 48 | Top Tens: 67
- 2006 East Bay (FL) Raceway Park 'Winternationals'
Champion
- Finished 2nd in UMP National Points in 2006
- Finished 5th in UMP Summernationals Points in 2006
- 2006 Starts: 93 | Wins: 13 | Top Fives: 39 | Top Tens: 60
- 2007 Two World of Outlaws Late Model Series
Victories (Beaver Dam, WI & Brownstown, IN)
- 2007 UMP National Points Champion
- 2007 UMP Summernationals Points Champion
- 2007 UMP Driver of the Year
- 2007 Starts: 87 | Wins: 23 | Top Fives: 44 | Top Tens: 63
- 2008 UMP National Points Champion
- 2008 UMP Summernationals Points Champion
- 2008 Northern Allstars Late Model Series Champion
- 2008 UMP/NALMS Tri-Track Challenge Bonus Winner
- 2008 Starts: 91 | Wins: 17 | Top Fives: 53 | Top Tens: 67
- 2009 UMP Summernationals Points Champion
- 2009 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Winner at the East Bay
(FL) Raceway Park ($12,000)
- 2009 Starts: 94 | Wins: 10 | Top Fives: 52 | Top Tens: 64
- 2010 East Bay (FL) Raceway Park 'Winternationals'
Champion
- 2010 Finished Second in UMP Summernationals Point Standings
with Two Wins
- 2010 Starts: 97 | Wins: 5 | Top Fives: 42 | Top Tens: 71
- 2011 Tuckasee Toilet Bowl Classic Winner at
the Clarksville (TN) Speedway ($5,000)
- 2011 Finished Third in UMP Summernationals Point Standings
- 2011 Starts: 88 | Wins: 2 | Top Fives: 26 | Top Tens: 49
- 2012 East Bay (FL) Raceway Park 'Winternationals'
Champion
- 2012 Volusia (FL) Speedway Park 'DIRTcar Nationals' Champion
- 2012 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Winner at the East Bay
(FL) Raceway Park ($10,000)
- 2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Winner at the Volusia
(FL) Speedway Park ($10,000)
- 2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Winner at the Federated
Raceway (MO) at I-55 ($10,000)
- 2012 UMP Summer Nationals Winner at the Clarksville (TN) Speedway
($7,500)
- 2012 UMP Winner at the LaSalle (IL) Speedway ($5,000)
- 2012 Starts: 93 | Wins: 7 | Top Fives: 27 | Top Tens: 51
- 2013 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Winner
at the Swainsboro (GA) Raceway ($10,000)
- 2013 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Winner at the Brownstown
(IN) Speedway ($10,000)
- 2013 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Winner at the East Bay
(FL) Raceway Park ($7,000)
- 2013 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Winner at the East Bay
(FL) Raceway Park ($5,000)
- 2013 'Dirt Late Model Dream' Prelim Winner at the Eldora (OH)
Speedway ($5,000)
- 2013 UMP Summer Nationals Winner at the Brownstown (IN) Speedway
($5,000)
- 2013 Finished Fifth in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Point
Standings
- 2013 Finished Seventh in National Dirt Racing League Point
Standings
- 2013 Starts: 79 | Wins: 7 | Top Fives: 20 | Top Tens: 42
- 2014 'Thaw Brawl' Winner at the LaSalle (IL)
Speedway ($15,000)
- 2014 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Winner at the East Bay
(FL) Raceway Park ($7,000)
- 2014 Finished Ninth in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Point
Standings
- 2014 Starts: 82 | Wins: 2 | Top Fives: 11 | Top Tens: 32
- 2015 UMP Summer Nationals Winner at the Farmer
City (IL) Raceway ($10,000)
- 2015 UMP Summer Nationals Winner at the Brownstown (IN) Speedway
($5,000)
- 2015 'Dirt Late Model Dream' Prelim Winner at the Eldora (OH)
Speedway ($5,000)
- 2015 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Winner at the East Bay
(FL) Raceway Park ($5,000)
- 2015 'Illinois State Championship Hamilton Memorial 100' Winner
at the Peoria (IL) Speedway ($5,000)
- 2015 Finished Eighth in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Point
Standings
- 2015 Starts: 71 | Wins: 5 | Top Fives: 22 | Top Tens: 38
- 2016 'Dirt Late Model Dream' Winner at the Eldora
(OH) Speedway ($100,000)
- 2016 'National 100' Winner at the East Alabama Motor Speedway
($20,000)
- 2016 UMP Summer Nationals Winner at the Spoon River (IL) Speedway
($10,000)
- 2016 MARS DIRTcar Series Winner at the Clarksville (TN) Speedway
($3,000)
- 2016 Finished Sixth in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Point
Standings
- 2016 Starts: 80 | Wins: 4 | Top Fives: 25 | Top Tens: 49
- 2017 'World Finals' Winner at the Dirt Track
(NC) at Charlotte ($12,000)
- 2017 'FALS Frenzy' Winner at the Fairbury A.L. (IL) Speedway
($10,000)
- 2017 UMP Summer Nationals Winner at the Tri-City (IL) Speedway
($10,000)
- 2017 UMP Summer Nationals Winner at the Clarksville (TN) Speedway
($5,000)
- 2017 'Toilet Bowl Classic' Winner at the Clarksville (TN)
Speedway ($5,000)
- 2017 Super Late Model Winner at the LaSalle (IL) Speedway
($4,000)
- 2017 Finished Eighth in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Point
Standings
- 2017 Starts: 90 | Wins: 6 | Top Fives: 21 | Top Tens: 44
- 2018 'Toilet Bowl Classic' Winner at the Clarksville
(TN) Speedway ($5,000)
- 2018 American Ethanol Late Model Series Winner at the Wilmot
(WI) Raceway ($4,000)
- 2018 Finished Eleventh in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Point Standings
- 2018 Starts: 88 | Wins: 2 | Top Fives: 12 | Top Tens: 29
- 2019 'World 100' Prelim Winner at the Eldora
(OH) Speedway ($10,000)
- 2019 Finished Sixth in World of Outlaws Late Model Series
Point Standings
- 2019 Starts: 91 | Wins: 4 | Top Fives: 25 | Top Tens: 57
- 2020 'Fall Classic' Winner at the Whynot (MS)
Motorsports Park ($15,000)
- 2020 World of Outlaws Series Winner at the Eriez (PA) Speedway
($10,000)
- 2020 DIRTcar Summer Nationals Winner at the Clarksville (TN)
Speedway ($5,000)
- 2020 Finished Fourth in World of Outlaws Late Model Series
Point Standings
- 2020 Starts: 91 | Wins: 3 | Top Fives: 28 | Top Tens: 52
- 2021 World of Outlaws Series Winner at the Jackson
(MN) Motorplex ($20,000)
- 2021 ‘Fall Classic’ Winner at the Whynot (MS)
Motorsports Park ($15,000)
- 2021 World of Outlaws Series Winner at the River Cities (ND)
Speedway ($10,000)
- 2021 World of Outlaws Series Winner at the Circle City (IN)
Raceway ($10,000)
- 2021 Finished Fourth in World of Outlaws Late Model Series
Point Standings
- 2021 Starts: 96 | Wins: 4 | Top Fives: 18 | Top Tens: 43
- 2022 World of Outlaws Late Model Series National
Champion
- 2022 Castrol FloRacing Night in America Winner at Lincoln
(IL) Speedway ($22,022)
- 2022 World of Outlaws Series Winner at Federated Raceway (MO)
at I-55 ($20,000)
- 2022 Lucas Oil MLRA Series Winner at 34 (IA) Raceway ($10,055)
- 2022 World of Outlaws Series Winner at Federated Raceway (MO)
at I-55 ($10,000)
- 2022 World of Outlaws Series Winner at Volusia (FL) Speedway
Park ($10,000)
- 2022 World of Outlaws Series Winner at Marion Center (PA)
Raceway ($10,000)
- 2022 Lucas Oil Series Winner at East Bay (FL) Raceway Park
($5,000)
- 2022 DIRTcar Series Winner at Clarksville (TN) Speedway ($3,000)
- Starts: 93 | Wins: 8 | Top Fives: 40 | Top Tens: 69
- 2023 World of Outlaws Series Winner at 81 (KS)
Speedway ($30,000)
- 2023 Castrol FloRacing Night in America Winner at Spoon River
(IL) Speedway ($23,023)
- 2023 Castrol FloRacing Night in America Winner at Davenport
(IA) Speedway ($23,023)
- 2023 DIRTcar Series Winner at Clarksville (TN) Speedway ($3,000)
- 2023 Finished Sixth in Castrol FloRacing Night in America
Point Standings
- 2023 Finished Eighth in World of Outlaws Late Model Series
Point Standings
- 2023 Finished Tenth in XR Super Series Point Standings
- Starts: 101 | Wins: 4 | Top Fives: 33 | Top Tens: 53