World of Outlaws Late Model Series
Terbo pledges full-time return to WoO circuit
By Spence Smithback
World of Outlaws Late Model Series
Tyler Erb (joshjamesartwork.com)
The man they call Terbo has a new title: Outlaw.
National touring veteran Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas, is gearing up to run the full World of Outlaws Late Model Series for the first time since 2018
“The last two years, I’ve just picked and chose,” the 29-year-old Erb said. “It’s been really good and I’m glad we did. The way the money is now, the money keeps going up and up for the major series. It was just time for us to give it another go this year and hopefully try to win the points. That’s the whole goal behind it.”
Despite not chasing season-long points, Erb hasn’t been lacking in the win column in recent seasons. He’s won 33 times in the past two years, including major scores like his World of Outlaws win last may at Mississippi Thunder Speedway in Fountain City, Wis., and the last two National 100s at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City.
The way Erb sees it, the quantity of his wins and the variety of tracks they’ve come at proves that his Ohio-based Best Performance Motorsports team owned by Eric Brock is returning to the tour with everything they need to contend for a title.
“It’s just a good time for us to do it,” said Erb, who spent 2019-23 on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and ran full time on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals the last two seasons. “I feel like we have all our ducks in a row, our equipment’s the best it’s ever been. My owner Eric, all of my sponsors are super excited to try and do it again, and it just seems like the perfect time to do it. And on top of that, we’re running good. The last two years, we’ve gotten a good grasp on what’s going on, so it’s just time to make the most of it. Winning a championship would be the ultimate deal here.”
Many of Erb’s biggest moments the last two seasons have come on the Summer Nationals, where earned a combined 17 victories and scored his first Hell Tour title in 2024, all while learning firsthand what it takes to race for a championship.
“We won it the first year, and last year we came up a little bit short,” Erb said. “It wasn’t from a lack of speed or effort, it’s just a tough deal. You’re not going to win every single thing you go to, but we were obviously very consistent both years doing it. It’s been good, just because we can kind of say, ‘OK, we ran 30 races and this is what it took, this is how we did it.’ So, to spread that out over a year, it just really puts it into perspective what you need to do to have a chance to win the Outlaw points.”
Erb is set to join a clash of titans all season long, with the likes of reigning champion Bobby Pierce, Nick Hoffman, Tim McCreadie, Ryan Gustin and more committed to the full tour. By the end of the season, Erb wants to be known as more than the driver with the goofy firesuits and quirky line of merchandise. He wants to go down as one of the best in this generation of Late Model superstars.
“It’s just a testament to our team, we can unload anywhere,” said Erb, who has 24 career national touring victories, 20 with Lucas Oil and four on the WoO circuit. “We’ve won all the way from Arizona to Florida, New York, Wisconsin, anything and anywhere in between. We obviously don’t shy away from going to races. Really, for the last five or six years, I’ve gone to basically every major event. I feel like I’ve got good notes and a good idea, and just trying to put it all into fruition this year.”
