Fresh off a fourth-place finish at Georgia’s Gresham Motorsports Park in their first race together, Hemric will finish out the Super Late Model season behind the wheel of the Jake and Deanna Carswell-owned number-98 in the CRA Super Series events at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 2^nd and the historic All-American 400 at the Nashville Fairgrounds on October 30^th. Hemric will also pilot the Carswell 98 in the 28^th Annual World Crown 300 at Gresham on November 13^th, an event that the 98 team won in 2010.

"It’s really hard to even put into words how excited I am," said the 20-year-old Kannapolis, North Carolina native Hemric. "Last week, going into it, it was just a one-time deal. No one knew what to really expect. Everyone had high hopes for success, but in the back of your mind, you never know. To run as good as we did and for everyone to work as well together as we did made everyone leave there on a high note.

"I’m really pumped up to lead into Lucas Oil here in two weeks. I think we have a really good shot to contend for some wins here late in the season in the next few races that we’re going to run together. I’m just really, really blessed to be a part of such a great team and great people. It’s a family organization and I think it’s really going to fit me well."

Hemric instantly meshed with the family-based Carswell Motorsports team because they race with similar philosophies.

"They didn’t start with much when they started this deal a few years ago with Justin (Wakefield, the team’s previous driver). They didn’t know much and they all learned together. That’s kind of the same way that I’ve gone about my whole racing career. I’m just learning as I go and trying to get better every time I show up to a racetrack. They go off pretty much the same motto."

The CRA races at Lucas Oil and Nashville, as well as the World Crown 300, will have stacked fields of the top talents in short track racing. Hemric’s competitive nature wouldn’t have it any other way.

"Any time we go to a racetrack, we try to pick the toughest ones to go to," said Hemric. "It’s not any different as far as our plan, though. I’m just excited to be with this team to be able to battle with Bubba (Pollard), Augie (Grill), Chase (Elliott) and the rest of the people that do it week in and week out.

"We have three definite races. That’s more than we can say I’ve had in the past. Up to this point in my Late Model career, it’s been a spur-of-the-moment deal pretty much every time we go to race. This time, I’ve got three set dates and I can set my calendar. My hopes are to run well, run up front and run with the best guys in the country and be able to contend for wins."

While Hemric has added three Super Late Model events to his racing schedule, he will also add one Crate Late Model race to his schedule as well. Hemric has been preparing a car to compete with in the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour event at Winchester Speedway (IN) on Saturday, October 15^th. The car, which is being prepared in the shop of Jeff Fultz Racing in Mooresville, North Carolina, will run the number 98 in a reverse white and blue paint scheme to the Carswell blue and white 98 Super Late Models.

The CRA Super Series event at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis will be the first of Hemric’s next races in the Carswell 98 on Sunday, October 2^nd. Then comes the JEGS Tour event at Winchester on October 15^th. He’ll be back in the Carswell machine on October 30^th at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway for the All-American 400. Hemric will then finish out the season in the Carswell 98 on Sunday, November 13^th in the World Crown 300 at Jefferson, Georgia’s Gresham Motorsports Park.