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• Colossal: Foes can't stop Francis in 100-lapper

  Posted: 04/19/2008, 04:57 pm From staff and series reports

  CONCORD, N.C. (April 19) — There was simply no stopping Steve Francis in Saturday night’s Circle K Colossal 100 at the Dirt Track at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. With a flawless performance behind the wheel of Dale Beitler’s Full Story

• Column: An aversion to inversions is natural

  Posted: 04/19/2008, 12:17 pm

  CONCORD, N.C. — Let's hope the eight winners of heat races at the Circle K Colossal 100 spent a pleasant Friday evening enjoying memories their checkered flags, perhaps imbibing an adult beverage or three. After all, it may be a rude Full Story

• Rattliff triumphs in BoB opener at Twin Cities

  Posted: 04/19/2008, 10:18 am From track reports

  NORTH VERNON, Ind. (April 18) — Capitalizing when a deflating tire hampered race-long leader Don O'Neal, fifth-starting Justin Rattliff of Campbellsville, Ky., led the final three laps at Twin Cities Raceway Park for a victory in Full Story

• Stuhler dedicates victory to ailing car owner

  Posted: 04/19/2008, 03:17 am By Bob Vores

  HAGERSTOWN, Md. (April 18) — Gary Stuhler won the first round of the Winchester-Hagerstown Shootout at Hagerstown Speedway, then dedicated his track-leading 124th Hagerstown victory to car owner Glenn Nininger. ”He had open Full Story

• Colossal: Smith blames himself for breakage

  Posted: 04/19/2008, 01:38 am By Todd Turner

  CONCORD, N.C. (April 18) — Clint Smith knew exactly who to blame for his failure to win a heat race during preliminaries for the Circle K Colossal 100 at the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway. “It was my fault,” the Full Story

• Colossal: Moyer leads eight heat race winners

  Posted: 04/18/2008, 07:31 pm By Todd Turner

  CONCORD, N.C. (April 18) — Fast qualifier Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., led eight heat race winners for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series-sanctioned Circle K Colossal 100 at the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Other heat Full Story

• McDowell in Hamrick's entry at Colossal 100

  Posted: 04/18/2008, 05:31 pm By Todd Turner

  CONCORD, N.C. (April 18) — Most of the drivers in Bloomquist Race Cars are clustered together in the pits at the Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway for the Circle K Colossal 100. And then there's former World 100 winner Dale McDowell, Full Story

• Moyer rules Lernerville for fourth WoO victory

  Posted: 04/15/2008, 08:26 pm From staff and series reports

  SARVER, Pa. (April 15) — Billy Moyer didn’t take long to get back on track. After seeing his three-race World of Outlaws Late Model Series win streak snapped four days earlier, the short-track legend from Batesville, Ark., Full Story

• Notebook: Cedar Lake adds $12,000 event

  Posted: 04/15/2008, 01:04 pm From track, series and special reports

  Cedar Lake Speedway has a new major Dirt Late Model event and a new season-ending special. The inaugural Badger State Nationals, scheduled for Sept. 25-27 at the New Richmond, Wis., track, will now close the historic track's season and Full Story

• Cole leads all the way for $5,000 at Toccoa

  Posted: 04/13/2008, 06:15 pm From series reports

  TOCCOA, Ga. (April 12) — Starting outside the front row, Benji Cole of Canon, Ga., defended his turf at Toccoa Speedway by leading all 50 laps for an O'Reilly Southern All Star victory worth $5,000. "We have won a lot of big races Full Story

• Whiseant grabs $3,000 SUPR win at Greenville

  Posted: 04/13/2008, 02:12 pm From series reports

  GREENVILLE, Miss. (April 12) — Polesitter Duke Whiseant of Texarkana, Ark., led all 50 laps at Greenville Speedway for a victory on the O'Reilly Southern United Professional Racing circuit, his first SUPR victory since a five-win Full Story

• Franklin captures Clash opener at Fayetteville

  Posted: 04/13/2008, 11:49 am From correspondent reports

  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (April 12) — Dennis “Rambo” Franklin of Gaffney, S.C., outdueled fellow front-row starter Ricky Weeks early at Fayetteville Motor Speedway for a $4,000 victory in the season-opener on the Carolina Clash Full Story

• Notebook: Miller relishes breakthrough with WoO

  Posted: 04/13/2008, 11:08 am By Kevin Kovac

  SALUDA, Va. (April 12) — Entering the 2008 season, Jeremy Miller was considered by most observers to be the regional driver most likely to become a first-time World of Outlaws Late Model Series feature winner. And why not? Last year Full Story

• Despite breaking shock, Wall wins King Memorial

  Posted: 04/13/2008, 09:33 am From track reports

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (April 12) — Leading just the final seven laps, Chris Wall of Holden, La., became just the second two-time winner of the James King Memorial at Columbus Speedway with a $5,000 victory. Wall, who also won the unsanctioned Full Story

• Show-Me season opener goes to Leslie Essary

  Posted: 04/13/2008, 09:03 am From track reports

  POCOLA, Okla. (April 12) — Rallying from his 10th starting spot, reigning series champion Leslie Essary of Crane, Mo., captured the season opener on the Show-Me Racin' Series at Tri-State Speedway. The victory marked his series-leading Full Story

• Carrier earns $10,000, wins K-C's Glockner 50

  Posted: 04/12/2008, 05:29 pm By Todd Turner

  ALMA, Ohio (April 12) — Eddie Carrier Jr. of Salt Rock, W.Va., won a dazzling mid-race duel with fellow front-row starter Scott Bloomquist at K-C Raceway to win the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Glockner 50. Carrier Full Story

• Miller wins WoO race at VMS: 'We finally did it!'

  Posted: 04/12/2008, 12:57 am By Kevin Kovac

  SALUDA, Va. (April 11) — Jeremy Miller of Gettysburg, Pa., had just one thought racing through his mind after winning the 50-lap Rumble on the River IV at Virginia Motor Speedway. “I just said to myself, ‘We finally Full Story

• Notebook: Illini 100 lives up to top billing

  Posted: 04/08/2008, 03:31 pm By Kevin Kovac

  A 55-car field teeming with top-notch talent. A record, standing-room-only crowd. A racy, multigroove track surface. And, best of all, a dramatic 100-lapper that will be remembered as one of the best Dirt Late Model races of this or any Full Story

• Collins flies to first Deery Brothers win at Eagle

  Posted: 04/07/2008, 08:02 am From series reports

  EAGLE, Neb. (April 6) — A first-time winner emerged from night two of the Deery Brothers Summer Series doubleheader during Eagle Raceway’s Icebreaker Challenge weekend. Mike Collins of Council Bluffs, Iowa, led all 35 times Full Story

• Pearson nips Bloomquist on last lap at Brunswick

  Posted: 04/07/2008, 04:31 am From series reports

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (April 6) — Earl Pearson Jr. and Scott Bloomquist engaged in a tense staredown over a tire-rule dispute at Golden Isles Speedway in January. Three months later, the Dirt Late Model stars engaged in a last-lap showdown Full Story

• Cooney wins Deery Brothers opener at Eagle

  Posted: 04/06/2008, 04:27 am From series reports

  EAGLE, Neb. (April 5) — Todd Cooney of Des Moines, Iowa, proved up to the challenge in Saturday’s opening night IMCA-sanctioned Deery Brothers Summer Series feature at Eagle Raceway. Cooney followed the top groove in catching Full Story

• Tail-starting Babb's run foiled by Moyer's rally

  Posted: 04/05/2008, 06:20 pm By Kevin Kovac

  FARMER CITY, Ill. (April 5) — The streaking Billy Moyer thrilled a record crowd to win the inaugural World of Outlaws Late Model Series Illini 100 at Farmer City Raceway. The 50-year-old dirt-track legend from Batesville, Ark., pocketed Full Story

• Babb has work cut out for him at Farmer City

  Posted: 04/05/2008, 09:31 am By Todd Turner

  FARMER CITY, Ill. (April 4) — If Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., is going to win his second straight World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Farmer City Raceway, he's going to do it from the back. The Farmer City veteran posted Full Story

• Tire choice could be tricky at Farmer City

  Posted: 04/05/2008, 08:32 am By Todd Turner

  FARMER CITY, Ill. (April 4) — For shorter feature events, Dirt Late Model racers sometimes scramble to figure out which tire compounds will be working best at the finish. For long-distance races like Farmer City's Illini 100, the Full Story

• James rebounds with victory at Screven

  Posted: 04/05/2008, 07:12 am From series reports

  SYLVANIA, Ga. (April 4) — Scott James of Lawrenceburg, Ind., took the lead from Tim Dohm of Charleston, W.Va., on lap 21 and then held off Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., to win the 50-lap main event on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Full Story