ABOUT.

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The Rumley number 6 has been competing on track since the mid-1950’s. The team started as a driver and crew chief brother duo between Jimmy and Lee Roy Rumley racing local to their Greensboro, NC shop location. After Jimmy’s retirement from racing, Lee Roy continued as a car owner fielding cars for numerous drivers throughout the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s. In the 1990’s the team, which was now comprised of Lee Roy and his teenage son Kevin, started traveling outside of the local Greensboro area to tracks all over the Southeast. The team was still however only a hobby weekend racing team, as Lee Roy worked full time and Kevin was still in school. Notable drivers over the years included Ray Williams, GW Garringer, Donald and Ray Tucker, Booper Bare, Petey Ivey, Randle Chupp, Steve Lucas, and Steve Shaver. Brian Vickers even drove the car at Eldora’s Prelude to the dream in 2009.

In late 2012 Kevin was hired at Longhorn Chassis as a consultant to help redesign their chassis., this is a relationship that is still in place. In summer of 2019 Kevin began as an engineering consultant for Bilstein Shocks, which has continued through present day. Kevin is a graduate of University of North Carolina’s Mechanical Engineering degree. You can read more about his career history at RumleyEngineering.com

In 2015 the team ran their first full-time series schedule, with driver Jonathan Davenport. They won numerous crown jewel races that season; where they racked up over $700,000 in winnings as well as won the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Championship. That following year, Lee Roy Rumley was inducted into the Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame.

After the team sat idle for a couple years in 2017 and 2018, then the team resurrected in 2019 with drivers Mike Marlar and Tim McCreadie (who earned the team their only Firecracker 100 victory). In 2020, Kyle Larson decided he wanted a new challenge and try his hand at dirt late models – and in true Kyle Larson fashion, won in only his second race, at Port Royal Speedway. As of 2023 the team continues to field a car for Kyle and hopes to for years to come.

FAQ

Due to the fluidity of our schedule and the busy nature of Kyle’s itinerary, a master schedule is not posted. You can however sign up for the newsletter at the bottom of this page to receive periodic updates.
On his website! Check out ShopKyleLarson.com for his latest official merchandise.
If you’re lucky! We carry only what we need as spares, but you can stop by in the pits after the races are done for the night and ask if there is any available. We will not ship any due to the size.
Kyle is the only driver in the 6 at the moment. When the car isn’t racing, Kevin is busy with the R&D team car, preparing for the next event, or is at a track with a partner team consulting.
When the 6 car isn’t racing, the 5 car will be utilized periodically for research and development purposes. Drivers in this car will vary throughout the season.
Typically Kevin does his consulting through Longhorn Chassis and Bilstein Shocks. Contacting one of those companies would be the first step into inquiring about Kevin’s services and availability.
You can start out by emailing Jacqueline at jacqueline@klrumley.com