{"id":101144,"date":"2025-06-09T17:18:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T17:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/dean-dubbin-sidelined-for-2025-nhra-lucas-oil-series-following-shoulder-injury-kirk-wolf-to-step-in-at-brainerd\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T17:18:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T17:18:28","slug":"dean-dubbin-sidelined-for-2025-nhra-lucas-oil-series-following-shoulder-injury-kirk-wolf-to-step-in-at-brainerd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/dean-dubbin-sidelined-for-2025-nhra-lucas-oil-series-following-shoulder-injury-kirk-wolf-to-step-in-at-brainerd\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean Dubbin Sidelined for 2025 NHRA Lucas Oil Series Following Shoulder Injury; Kirk Wolf to Step In at Brainerd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dubbin Motorsports owner and A\/Fuel Dragster driver Dean Dubbin will be sidelined for the remainder of the 2025 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series after sustaining tears to his left shoulder rotator cuff and bicep. The injury forces Dubbin to miss both NHRA events at Brainerd International Raceway (BIR) later this summer\u2014a significant setback for the Minnesota-based team, backed by DMP Awnings and KENTEX Roofing. Losing the opportunity to compete at both the Regional and National events is a tough blow for Dubbin, but he and the team remain focused on upcoming races in Norwalk and Seattle.<\/p>\n

Dubbin, who underwent right shoulder surgery just one year ago, expressed his disappointment in missing the opportunity to race at his home track.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was just starting to get back to one hundred percent in my right shoulder, now this happens,\u201d Dubbin said. \u201cI don\u2019t get to drive much, and I will miss driving at my home track with my friends and family there\u2014that is always a great time for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kirk Wolf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Stepping in for Dubbin at both BIR events will be Kirk Wolf, the team\u2019s lead driver from Odessa, TX. Wolf has attended the Brainerd races in the past but has never had the opportunity to drive at the venue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel bad for Dean\u2014those races are very special to him, racing at his home track,\u201d Wolf said. \u201cI will do my best to get him that \u2018Wally.\u2019 I\u2019m sure that will make his shoulder and arm feel a little better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dubbin Motorsports, headquartered in Little Falls, MN, is well known and highly respected at the Brainerd events, where the team has built a strong reputation over the years. The team has several late-round appearances, including a 2018 Lucas Oil Nationals final-round matchup with perennial TAD powerhouse Jackie Fricke, in the John Finke-owned A\/Fuel dragster. With Wolf behind the wheel, the team looks to continue its competitive presence at the home track races.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published on June 9, 2025. \"Drag<\/p>\n

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Dubbin Motorsports owner and A\/Fuel Dragster driver Dean Dubbin will be sidelined for the remainder of the 2025 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series after sustaining tears to his left shoulder rotator cuff and bicep. The injury forces Dubbin to miss both NHRA events at Brainerd International Raceway (BIR) later this summer\u2014a significant setback for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}