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Notes: Overton brushes off Wheatland frustration
Posted: 05/30/2023, 05:21 pm By Kyle McFaddenWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 27) — Devin Moran thought he was in for some trouble after Saturday’s chaotic Show-Me 100 victory because his eventual race-winning maneuver left Brandon Overton with a destroyed race car. “I’m probably going Full Story
Notes: J.D. gets his head on straight at Wheatland
Posted: 05/26/2023, 01:09 pm By Kyle McFaddenWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 25) — When Jonathan Davenport visited the chiropractor earlier this week to relieve some bodily tension ahead of Lucas Oil Speedway's Show-Me 100 weekend, the 39-year-old Blairsville, Ga., driver also received a good Full Story
Dispatches: Weiss rerouts for Duck River visit
Posted: 05/28/2023, 04:05 amThe latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events during Memorial Day weekend, including World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series action at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio and other events (look elsewhere for Full Story
Column: Selling out? Now he's showing out
Posted: 05/25/2023From late 2020 to today, the trajectory of Carson Ferguson’s racing career could scarcely have changed more dramatically. Even he has a hard time fully grasping where he is now and where he was then. Ferguson, 23, of Lincolnton, N.C., Full Story
Fast Facts: 31st annual Lucas Oil Show-Me 100
Posted: 05/24/2023, 10:16 pm By Aaron ClayDates: May 25-27 (complete show for Late Models and modifieds on Thursday and Friday; consolations and features for Late Models and modifieds on Saturday). Track: Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. (semi-banked 3/8-mile clay oval). Purse: Full Story
Notes: Late bloomer of Carolinas gets rolling
Posted: 05/18/2023, 12:11 am By Kyle McFaddenMark Greene is the definition of a late bloomer in Dirt Late Model racing. At 48 years old, Greene’s just establishing himself as one of the frontrunners among the Limited and Crate classes around his Bessemer City, N.C., home, a reputation Full Story
Winger aims to maintain speed, eliminate drama
Posted: 05/11/2023, 07:55 am By Robert HolmanBANNER, Ill. (May 10) — Ashton Winger sat on his pit bike and studied the lineup sheet for the second consolation race in Wednesday’s Castrol FloRacing Night in America event at Spoon River Speedway. | RaceWire There was his name, Full Story
Notes: Georgian Craft expands winning ways
Posted: 05/11/2023, 06:48 am By Kyle McFaddenAfter compiling perhaps 2022's most impressive season for a weekly Late Model racer from the state of Georgia, Blake Craft is tackling a new initiative this year. The 13-time winner a year ago has never considered himself a points racer Full Story
Dispatches: RTJ rewards crew with Latham victory
Posted: 05/06/2023, 04:02 amThe latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events during the last weekend in April, including Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series action in Kentucky, Schaeffer's Spring Nationals action and Comp Cams Super Dirt Full Story
Notes: With step back, Nebraskan hits stride
Posted: 05/04/2023, 08:19 am By Kyle McFaddenWith a single victory through five years of Late Model competition, Zach Zeitner tried something different last season. After focusing on building a Super Late Model program since debuting in the division in 2017, the Bellevue, Neb., driver Full Story
Notes: Activities aplenty at Dairyland Showdown
Posted: 05/03/2023, 11:18 amWhen Mississippi Thunder Speedway promoter Tyrone Lingenfelter and his team created the Dairyland Showdown in 2021, he knew it would be a marquee event for the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series. What he didn’t realize was how fast Full Story
Dispatches: B-Shepp returns to winning form
Posted: 04/28/2023, 11:36 amThe latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events during the last weekend in April, including the MARS tripleheader in Illinois and Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Racing Association action at Lake Ozark Speedway Full Story
Column: Precocious pilot from Pennsy eyes dream
Posted: 04/27/2023, 06:46 amDrake Troutman was standing in Talladega Short Track’s pit area after Friday’s World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series-sanctioned Alabama Gang 100 preliminary program when he summed up what it meant for him to set a group fast time Full Story
Notes: N.C. youngster on fast track in Crates
Posted: 04/27/2023, 06:31 am By Kyle McFaddenChase Blackwell brought reasonable expectations to his chances for winning as a 14-year-old newbie in the wide, cutthroat world of Dirt Late Model racing. Roughly 20 races into his racing career, which began last season as a 602 Crate Full Story
Notes: English quickly adapts to TST's changes
Posted: 04/22/2023, 03:40 pm By Kevin KovacEASTABOGA, Ala. (April 21) — Talladega Short Track wasn’t an unfamiliar facility to Tanner English when he entered Friday’s Alabama Gang 100 qualifying program. The layout and conditions of the speedway he encountered, however, were Full Story
Column: Healthy again, Casey eyes another run
Posted: 04/20/2023, 08:35 amAs Terry Casey faced major surgery head-on in December, an understandable sense of self-reflection about his life swept over him. He responded by making a pledge to himself before he was wheeled into the operating room to undergo a triple-bypass Full Story
Marlar quietly piecing together a solid season
Posted: 04/20/2023, 06:45 am By Robert HolmanBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (April 19) — Mike Marlar has had a good week. And it’s just Wednesday. A day after winning the Castrol FloRacing Night in America season opener at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, Marlar backed it up with a runner-up Full Story
Fast Talk: Big winners and NASCAR connections
Posted: 04/10/2023, 11:36 amWith Kyle Larson (at Volunteer Speedway) and Ricky Thornton Jr. (at All-Tech Raceway) grabbing $20,000 victories among other action that dodged inclement weather, our roundtable considers topics in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Full Story
Concussion's aftereffects still plague Missouri ace
Posted: 03/28/2023, 09:39 am By Robert HolmanJesse Stovall isn’t ready to announce his retirement from driving race cars, but he knows there's a ways to go before he can return to the cockpit full time — if ever. The Billings, Mo., driver still struggles from the aftereffects Full Story
Column: Farmer plays in the Davenport oval's dirt
Posted: 03/23/2023, 06:40 amAll the national attention swirling around Davenport (Iowa) Speedway, all the praise the quarter-mile oval has drawn for producing spectacular Dirt Late Model racing over the last few years, has certainly pleased its promoter Ricky Kay. Full Story
Fast Talk: Rain, victory totals, upsets and more
Posted: 03/20/2023, 10:17 amWith wet, cold weather spoiling national touring action and limiting mid-March racing altogether, our roundtable gathers to discuss all the latest in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): Which Full Story
Top 25: Illinois drivers climb with O'Neal at No. 1
Posted: 03/14/2023, 11:44 am By Todd TurnerAn idle Hudson O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind., maintained his hold on the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com’s power rankings as Dirt Late Model racing’s two major national tours prepared to return for post-Speedweeks action. The Rocket Full Story
Fast Talk: National tours returning to action
Posted: 03/13/2023, 11:06 amWith late winter action continuing and the two major national tours ready to return to action, our roundtable evaluates all the latest in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): What Full Story
Column: Young Georgian adds experienced hand
Posted: 03/08/2023, 04:05 pmGarrett Smith headed to this year’s Georgia-Florida Speedweeks with a crew chief. He returned home to his family-owned team’s shop in Madison, Ga., without one. Midway through his trip, just before the start of the Feb. 6-11 Wieland Full Story
Fast Talk: Recap as March gets rolling
Posted: 03/06/2023, 11:52 amA March roars in like a lion (and did it ever in much of the country) and hopefully out like a lamb, we consider events that mostly dodged the weather in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and Full Story
