Little made the field of the prestigious Virginia Is For Lovers 300 at Martinsville Speedway last month where he became the youngest driver to qualify for the event. The high school freshman followed that up with a strong run on the UARA Series and recently ran at Rockingham Speedway where a solid run was dashed in an early race incident.

Damage in Rockingham only gave Team Little two weeks to repair and prepare their Chevrolet up for the tricky half-mile South Carolina facility and the running of the 19^th Annual Myrtle Beach 400. The weekend consists of a late model 250-lap shootout, a 100 limited late model race and a 50-lap support show.

Myrtle Beach's late-season showdown features the region's top drivers vying for over $10,000 going out to the winner. Little has circled this date for many weeks as the race to close out the season with a strong run. Little, a third-generation driver, will attempt to make the late model field after competing in the limited late model event one year ago,  finishing 5th.

"This race might be in the top-3 running for the biggest races of the year. A lot of time and preparation goes into the race weekend. We ran the limited race there last year and had good success (a fifth place finish after qualifying second). This weekend our goals are to first make the race, then if we have a good car at the end race for a top-5 finish and if not at least come home with a top-10 run out of it.”

Having been through the grind of qualifying for high-profile events should serve the driver and crew well, Little said.

"The knowledge the team and I have of knowing we have a car capable of running with the best at any given race track definitely gives us all a confidence booster going into a big race like this 250-lapper.”