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Erb rules UMP's Race of Champions at Eldora
Posted: 10/04/2008, 05:27 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 3) — Dennis Erb Jr.’s coronation as the 2008 UMP DIRTcar Super Late Model champion began in fine fashion Friday night at Eldora Speedway. Racing without points pressure after clinching his second consecutive Full Story
Miller grabs WDRL pole for finale at Davenport
Posted: 10/03/2008, 10:47 pm From series reportsDAVENPORT, Iowa (Oct. 3) — Darren Miller of Milledgeville, Ill., made a clean sweep of preliminaries at Davenport Speedway's Governor's Cup to earn the pole position for the Oct. 4 feature event at the half-mile oval. The World Dirt Full Story
Title-winning Pearson grabs $10,000 at Rome
Posted: 10/03/2008, 10:27 pm From series reportsROME, Ga. (Oct. 3) — Earl Pearson Jr. headed to Georgia for the season's final Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series weekend assured of his fourth consecutive championship, but don't think he's slacking off. | Slideshow The Jacksonville, Full Story
Hickman's first win pays $3,500 at Tri-County
Posted: 10/03/2008, 11:39 am From track reportsBRASSTOWN, N.C. (Oct. 2) — Kayne Hickman of Soddy Daisy, Tenn., captured his first-ever Super Late Model victory at Tri-County Racetrack with a victory in the Tar Heel 50. Hickman earned $3,500 in the unsanctioned event promoted by Full Story
Morris edges Knowles for $3,000 at Green Valley
Posted: 10/03/2008, 11:15 am By Steve HixsonGLENCOE, Ala. (Oct. 2) — Tony Morris of Murfreesboro, Tenn., slipped under Jake Knowles of Tyrone, Ga., with about 12 laps remaining at Green Valley Speedway and went on to a $3,000 victory in the unsanctioned Road to Dega 40. Knowles Full Story
Notes: Owens bemoans habit of falling from lead
Posted: 09/30/2008, 08:02 am By Todd TurnerKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 27) — Among the winningest touring Dirt Late Model drivers the past two seasons with more than 30 victories, Jimmy Owens isn't accustomed to losing the lead. But since collecting $40,000 at the lucrative Hillbilly Full Story
Pennington becomes youngest Alabama champ
Posted: 09/29/2008, 09:45 pm From track reportsPHENIX CITY, Ala. (Sept. 28) — Travis Pennington of Winston, Ga., topped a trio of young guns at East Alabama Motor Speedway to become the youngest winner of the Super Late Model portion of the Alabama State Championships. The 17-year-old Full Story
Peacock picks up $3,000 UDLMCS victory at East Bay
Posted: 09/29/2008, 08:09 pm From track reportsGIBSONTON, Fla. (Sept. 27) — Josh Peacock of Dover, Fla., made a low-groove move on the final lap to grab a United Dirt Late Model Challenge Series victory at East Bay Raceway Park and earn $3,000. Jack Nosbisch Jr. of Riverview, Full Story
Red-hot Kerr gets fifth AAPTS win in six starts
Posted: 09/29/2008, 07:18 pm By Robert WaldenBULLS GAP, Tenn. (Sept. 28) — Tommy Kerr of Maryville, Tenn., sped past Vic Hill of Mosheim, Tenn., on the 10th lap and never looked back at Volunteer Speedway in rolling to his series-leading fifth 2008 victory on the Advance Auto Full Story
Erb sweeps NALMS events at La Salle, Kamp
Posted: 09/29/2008, 04:20 pm From track reportsDennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., swept the Northern Allstars Late Model Series weekend on Sept. 26-27 at La Salle (Ill.) Speedway and Kamp Motor Speedway in Boswell, Ind. Erb earned $2,000 apiece for his victories. Northern Allstars Full Story
Drake earns $6,000 for 100-lap win at Peoria
Posted: 09/29/2008, 03:56 pm From Peoria (Ill.) Journal-Star reportsPEORIA, Ill. (Sept. 27) — Billy Drake of Bloomington, Ill., took the lead when Tim Lance tangled with a lapped car halfway through the Jon Hamilton Memorial 100 at Peoria Speedway and went on to win the 55th annual Illinois State Full Story
Notes: Restarts speed attrition in Magnolia 100
Posted: 09/29/2008, 08:48 am By Robert HolmanCOLUMBUS, Miss. (Sept 27) — Most of the time wrecks cause cautions, not the other way around. During Saturday’s running of the 19th annual Magnolia State 100 however, the only two wrecks of the night happened on restarts following Full Story
T-Mac takes Knoxville with last-lap redemption
Posted: 09/28/2008, 04:10 am By Todd TurnerKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 27) — Tim McCreadie entered the 2008 season without a single Dirt Late Model crown jewel to his credit. Now the mop-topped graduate of big-block modifieds from Watertown, N.Y., is suddenly snatching major victory Full Story
Wall wins Magnolia 100 over withering Clanton
Posted: 09/28/2008, 12:42 am By Robert HolmanCOLUMBUS, Miss. (Sept. 27) — Chris Wall was in the right place at the right time. With the laps trickling away in the 19th annual Magnolia State 100, the Holden, La., driver was riding a distant second to leader Shane Clanton. But Full Story
Knoxville: T-Mac turns back Richards's challenge
Posted: 09/27/2008, 07:14 pm By Todd TurnerKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 27) — Action under way for the fifth annual Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals at Knoxvlle Raceway. Two preliminary nights have set the starting field for Saturday's unsanctioned, $40,000-to-win main event with Full Story
Clanton, Dacus among heat winners at Columbus
Posted: 09/27/2008, 06:45 am By Robert HolmanCOLUMBUS, Miss. (Sept. 26) — Chris Wall, Shane Clanton, Ray Moore, Mike Boland, Dane Dacus and Tony Knowles each won a heat race during the 19th annual Magnolia State 100 preliminary action on Friday at Columbus Speedway. Those six Full Story
McRee, Moore secure Magnolia starting spots
Posted: 09/27/2008, 06:09 am By Robert HolmanCOLUMBUS, Miss. (Sept. 26) – Rod Stewart said it best: “Some guys have all the luck.” Just don’t tell Justin McRee or Ray Moore that it was all luck that got them into the 2008 Magnolia State 100. The two youngsters Full Story
Knoxville Friday: Lanigan wins with last-lap pass
Posted: 09/26/2008, 03:25 pm By Todd TurnerKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 26) — Darrell Lanigan was fast, but not always consistent, in the high groove through most of Friday's semifeature for the fifth annual Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals on Knoxville Raceway's half-mile oval. Full Story
Richards edges Lanigan, wins Knoxville prelim
Posted: 09/25/2008, 06:31 pm By Todd TurnerKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 25) — Overtaking Darrell Lanigan with a bold slide job on the 19th lap, Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., led the remainder of the 25-lapper for a semifeature victory in the fifth annual Lucas Oil Late Model Full Story
Mastering race format key for Knoxville drivers
Posted: 09/25/2008, 06:16 pm By Todd TurnerKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 25) — Unfamiliar with the unorthodox race format for Knoxville Raceway's fifth annual Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals, first-time visitor Matt Lux of Franklin, Pa., asked fellow Pennsylvania driver Chub Frank Full Story
Notes: Mississippi, Iowa set for big-purse races
Posted: 09/24/2008, 08:18 pm From track, series and staff reportsIowa and Mississippi host among their richest Dirt Late Model races of the year this weekend with Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway featuring the fifth annual Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals and Columbus (Miss.) Speedway featuring the 19th annual Full Story
Notes: McDowell chooses the best tires for the job
Posted: 09/23/2008, 05:31 pm By Robert HolmanWHEEL, Tenn. (Sept. 20) — Shane Clanton has raced on both American Racers and Hoosiers. He’s won big money races on both tire brands. So when the reigning World 100 champion said he thought Dale McDowell may have had an advantage Full Story
Morrow grabs Top Tracks victory at Green Valley
Posted: 09/22/2008, 01:15 pm From track reportsGLENCOE, Ala. (Sept. 19) — Points leader Todd Morrow of Old Fort, Tenn., notched his third series victory but first since Memorial Day weekend on the Carl Black Top Tracks Challenge at Green Valley Speedway. Morrow started third en Full Story
Madden earns $5,000 SAS victory at Lavonia
Posted: 09/22/2008, 12:22 pm From track reportsLAVONIA, Ga. (Sept. 20) — Former series champion Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., dominated the Georgia State Championship at Lavonia Speedway for an O'Reilly Southern All Star Series victory worth $5,000, his first of the year on Full Story
Berck grabs victory in Cornhusker Classic
Posted: 09/21/2008, 02:33 pm From series reportsGREENWOOD, Neb. (Sept. 20) — Kyle Berck of Marquette, Neb., topped a 53-car turnout at I-80 Speedway for a victory in the Cornhusker Classic. Berck outran fellow Nebraska drivers John Anderson of Omaha and Leon Zeitner of La Vista Full Story
