CONCORD, N.C. — In his first full season piloting the Massive Frog Motorsports No. 58v, Daulton Wilson will run the complete World of Outlaws Late Mannequin Sequence introduced by DIRTVision schedule.
The Fayetteville, N.C., driver affectionately generally known as “Massive Perm” is the most recent addition to an increasing roster of drivers planning to chase a World of Outlaws championship.
Wilson is the fourth first-time Outlaw to hitch the tour in pursuit of the MD3 Rookie of the Yr Award alongside Trey Mills, Logan Zarin and Eli Johnson.
“We simply form of appeared on the schedule, beginning out form of down the place I’m from,” Wilson mentioned. “They’ve run the Outlaw deal earlier than, and it might be one thing new for me to do. Simply felt prefer it was a great factor, a great time for a change, and it simply form of match our program rather a lot higher.”
Wilson teamed up with Massive Frog final fall after a four-year run with JRR Motorsports got here to an finish. The pairing earned a pair of high 10s of their first weekend collectively within the Blue-Grey 100 at Cherokee Speedway earlier than touring to the Grime Monitor World Championship, Nationwide 100 and World of Outlaws World Finals to spherical out 2025.
By the top of that stint, Wilson knew the mix was able to greater issues within the new 12 months.
“We simply form of picked some races that we wished to go run,” Wilson mentioned. “We had been simply form of taking it week by week, seeing how every little thing went. Me and Augie [Burttram, team owner] and all people, all of us obtained alongside fairly good. We threw across the concept of perhaps placing one thing collectively for this 12 months and it simply all labored out.”
The 28-year-old has put collectively a decent resume in his 15-year late mannequin profession, together with the title of being the final late mannequin winner on the legendary East Bay Raceway Park in 2024. One lacking accolade is a World of Outlaws victory, though he’s come shut on a number of events.
Most notably, Wilson had a front-row seat for the final-lap thriller between Bobby Pierce and Nick Hoffman on the 2024 Prairie Grime Basic, crossing the road third that evening. It was his third Sequence podium, as he additionally completed third at Cherokee in 2021 and 2022.
With a brand new workforce round him and a contemporary schedule of races to sit up for, Wilson is getting into the 12 months feeling higher than ever about his probabilities to interrupt into victory lane with The Most Highly effective Late Fashions on the Planet.
“Simply win some races,” Wilson mentioned relating to his targets for the upcoming season. “Be aggressive and, you realize, let the factors form of be what they’ll be.”
