OCALA, Fla. (Feb. 28) — Tyler Bruening has taken his share of tough licks over the years. His two hardest impacts to date came at last September’s Knoxville Late Model Nationals at Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway and a few years earlier at dirt-covered Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, both when he “smoked the wall” after right-front tire failures.

Decorah, Iowa-based Late Model team Skyline Motorsports today tapped 20-year-old Dallon Murty to run as a teammate to Tyler Bruening beginning in 2026. Murty replaces Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., who left the team in September.

Tyler Bruening’s first career national touring victory Friday at Golden Isles Speedway was a long time coming.

The 2025 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series season presented by FloRacing kicked off with Friday's Super Bowl of Racing opener at Golden Isles Speedway, starting with Friday's 50-lap, $12,000-to-win season-lidlifting program at the 4/10-mile Georgia oval.

Tyler Bruening could smile again. After digging himself out of an early-night hole, and longer term rut for that matter, with Friday’s 17th-to-fourth march through the field at All-Tech, the Decorah, Iowa, driver took great satisfaction in his labor.