Posted February 6, 2012
Charlie McKenna and his #22 Dirt Late Model team released their tentative plans for the upcoming 2012 racing season today right here at www.CharginCharlie22.com. Charlie is preparing to follow the DART Corn Belt Clash tour on a full-time basis in '12 with hopes of competing for the series championship. The Clear Lake, Iowa native tentatively plans to start the 2012 campaign on March 30-31 in the $20,000 to win 'Illini 100' at the Farmer City Raceway in Farmer City, Illinois. View the dates that Charlie has confirmed for this year by logging onto the SCHEDULE page of the website!

Posted October 17, 2011
The McKenna Motorsports team closed out their 2011 racing season on October 14-15 at the Elko Speedway in Elko, Minnesota. The DART Corn Belt Clash Series sanctioned their final two races of the year at the dirt-covered oval. On Friday night, Charlie McKenna unfortunately lost his brakes during the $2,500 to win main event and retired in the twenty-fifth position. In Saturday's $3,000 to win finale, Charlie ran second in his heat race and later wound up tenth in the final rundown of the A-Main. Complete results from Elko can be viewed by clicking on www.dirtondirt.com.

Posted October 3, 2011
Charlie McKenna and his #22 team trekked to the historic Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa from September 29-October 1 for the 8th Annual 'Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals.' The huge weekend at Knoxville kicked off with a pair of $7,000 to win prelims. On Thursday night, Charlie finished a strong fifth in his heat race, but later suffered problems in the B-Main and was unable to transfer into the 25-lap feature event. The Clear Lake, Iowa native unfortunately suffered more issues on Friday evening, as he finished twelfth in his heat race and seventeenth in the C-Main.

On Saturday, a huge crowd assembled at the 1/2-mile facility and the high-definition cameras of the SPEED Channel were on hand to witness all of the dirt-slinging action. Charlie earned enough points through preliminary competition to forego the C-Main on Saturday and lined up starting near the rear of the field in the B-Main. The driver known as "Chargin Charlie" tried to move forward to gain a top six transfer spot into the $40,000 to win 'Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals,' but he retired from the consolation race in the twentieth position. Full results from the crown jewel extravaganza can be accessed online at www.lucasdirt.com.