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• Jan. 30 prelims: Fuller fastest among 60 cars

  Posted: 01/30/2008, 05:21 pm By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 30) — Tim Fuller of Edwards, N.Y., was the fastest among 60 qualifiers at the fifth round of Golden Isles Speedway's Super Bowl of Racing IV. Details of time trial and preliminary races at the 4/10-mile oval: Non-qualifiers' Full Story

• Owens third win bolsters Super Bowl points lead

  Posted: 01/30/2008, 12:55 am By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 29) — With $10,000 on the line for the top overall driver at Golden Isles Speedway's Super Bowl of Racing IV, Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., is eyeing the points title. "That's kind of what we're shooting for," Full Story

• Jan. 29 prelims: Casey fastest among 58 entrants

  Posted: 01/29/2008, 05:56 pm By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 29) — Terry Casey of New London, Wis., was the fastest qualifier on the fourth night of Golden Isles Speedway's Super Bowl of Racing IV. Here's how the preliminary events played out: Non-qualifiers' race Rick Full Story

• Notebook: UMP dumped after tire controversy

  Posted: 01/29/2008, 03:45 pm From staff and other reports

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 29) — After a controversy over Scott Bloomquist's disqualification for illegal tires Monday, Golden Isles Speedway dumped UMP sanctioning for Tuesday night and opened up the tire rule to any Hoosier tire at the Full Story

• Pearson nabs $10,000 present at Golden Isles

  Posted: 01/29/2008, 12:48 am By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 28) — If Earl Pearson Jr. made a "list of things to do before I'm 36," winning again at Golden Isles Speedway would've been on it. He pulled it off with a few hours to spare. Slideshow | Prelims Leading all but Full Story

• Jan. 28 prelims: Bloomquist DQ spices night

  Posted: 01/28/2008, 06:19 pm By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 28) — Scott Bloomquist's disqualification from time trials spiced the third night of the Super Bowl of Racing IV at Golden Isles Speedway. A wrapup of preliminaries for the UMP-sanctioned action in southeast Full Story

• Francis leads top 10 in pursuit of WoO crown

  Posted: 01/28/2008, 01:14 am By Kevin Kovac

  The top 10 drivers from the 2007 World of Outlaws Late Model Series points standings have committed to chasing the tour’s prestigious championship trophy this season, series officials announced Jan. 27. Led by defending series champion Full Story

• Red-hot Owens makes it 2-for-2 at Golden Isles

  Posted: 01/26/2008, 12:27 am By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 25) — Before the Super Bowl of Racing IV began, Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., had never driven a Late Model at Golden Isles Speedway. After two victories in the first two events, he's thinking about sticking Full Story

• Jan. 25 prelims: Owens sets fast time, wins heat

  Posted: 01/25/2008, 05:39 pm By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 25) — Preliminary results from the second round of the Super Bowl of Racing IV at Golden Isles Speedway. Second consolation Steve Shaver overtook Ivedent Lloyd Jr. on the backstretch to lead the seventh lap, Full Story

• Owens gets racing room, $10,000 win in opener

  Posted: 01/24/2008, 02:27 am By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 23) — Jimmy Owens felt like he had a good car all night long in the opening event of the Super Bowl of Racing IV at Golden Isles Speedway. The Newport, Tenn., driver, who started third in the 24-car UMP Late Model Full Story

• Jan. 23 prelims: Madden earns pole position

  Posted: 01/23/2008, 06:14 pm By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 23) — Chris Madden, one of four heat race winners, drew the pole position for Wednesday's Super Bowl of Racing IV opener at Golden Isles Speedway. Also winning heats on opening night were Earl Pearson Jr., Jimmy Full Story

• Ready or not, here comes huge Speedweeks

  Posted: 01/21/2008, 12:35 pm

  Dirt Late Model racers are ready to blast away the winter blahs with the most ambitious schedule of Speedweeks racing in history. The Georgia-Florida slate includes 22 races in 25 nights at three tracks with four sanctioning bodies and Full Story

• Babb's Bowyer-backed ride begins at East Bay

  Posted: 01/09/2008, 12:28 pm From staff and team reports

  Two-time Dirt Track World Champion Shannon Babb is the latest dirt racer to make a key connection with the highest levels of NASCAR racing. The Moweaqua, Ill., driver has been hired by Clint Bowyer Racing to field a Dirt Late Model for Full Story

• Unheralded Mayse wins Ice Bowl XVII (updated)

  Posted: 01/06/2008, 05:08 pm By Todd Turner

  EASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 6) — Bobby Mayse of Harrison, Tenn., went to bed Saturday night knowing he'd be starting on the pole for the Super Late Model portion of Talladega Short Track's Ice Bowl XVII. A great starting position for the Full Story

• Polesitting Mayse aims for $6,000 at Ice Bowl

  Posted: 01/05/2008, 09:20 pm By Todd Turner

  EASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 5) — Bobby Mayse of Harrison, Tenn., won the first heat race during the Ice Bowl XVII preliminaries at Talladega Short Track to earn the pole position for Sunday afternoon's 50-lap feature event. Notebook | Slideshow Mayse, Full Story

• Spreading cheer (and gifts) to dirt racing folks

  Posted: 12/24/2007, 11:49 am

  It's that time of year when Santa Claus loads up his crate-powered sleigh and takes a swing through the Dirt Late Model world. A few gifts we'd like to see under Christmas trees here and there: To Rick Eckert: A return to success for the Full Story

• Faltering leaders give Owens East Bay win

  Posted: 12/09/2007, 02:13 pm By Roby Helm

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Dec. 7-8) — Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., wrapped up his spectacular 2007 season by winning his second Crate Racin’ USA World Championship Race at East Bay Raceway Park. Owens, who won the inaugural event in Full Story

• Francis taps T-Mac to run 5 big-bucks races in '08

  Posted: 12/09/2007, 05:09 am By Michael Rigsby and Todd Turner

  ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 8) — Tim McCreadie, the 2006 World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion, will drive the car of the 2007 WoO champion in five major Dirt Late Model events in 2008. McCreadie, whose asphalt schedule as a development Full Story

• Weaver excited about boost from Stremme

  Posted: 12/07/2007, 11:06 am By Todd Turner and Michael Rigsby

  ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 7) — The latest Dirt Late Model racer to make a connection with NASCAR Nextel Cup is Randy Weaver of Crossville, Tenn. Weaver and D&R Motorsports announced this week that Nextel Cup driver David Stremme has joined Full Story

• Body rules get attention of series at PRI meeting

  Posted: 12/06/2007, 04:47 pm By Todd Turner

  ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 6) — When Kelley Carlton was reading tributes to late racing promoter Mike Swims, he was reminded that Swims was hailed as someone who helped standardize Dirt Late Model body rules years ago. Carlton isn't so sure Full Story

• Goal-driven Richards eyes more progress

  Posted: 12/03/2007, 04:58 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Josh Richards set some personal goals for his 2007 World of Outlaws Late Model Series season — and he came within a hair of achieving them all. At least four WoO feature victories? Check. Victories at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway and Full Story

• Boland completes Possum Town sweep

  Posted: 12/02/2007, 10:06 pm By Jerry Carnathan

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (Dec. 1) — It took him two weekends to pull it off, but Mike Boland of Cuba, Ala., completed a sweep of the seventh annual Possum Town Grand Prix at Columbus Speedway. Boland rallied from his eighth starting spot to Full Story

• Rainey dominates finale as Gentry takes title

  Posted: 12/02/2007, 02:01 pm By Roby Helm

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (Dec. 1) — Derrick Rainey of Powder Springs, Ga., was untouchable in posting a flag-to-flag victory in the 40-lap StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series portion of the Possum Town Grand Prix at Columbus Speedway while Full Story

• Godsey nabs invitational victory at Columbus

  Posted: 11/28/2007, 10:10 am By Roby Helm

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (Nov. 23) — Steve Godsey of Bedford, Ind., stuck with the high road to win the second annual Crate Racin’ USA Fall Nationals Invitational Race at Columbus Speedway. Godsey battled wheel-to-wheel for most of the Full Story

• Champ at Golden Isles will receive ring as bonus

  Posted: 11/27/2007, 04:46 pm From series and track reports

  Besides a $10,000 bonus for winning the points at the 2008 Super Bowl of Racing, the champion of the unprecedented 10-race event will also receive an honorary championship ring from Gotta Race. "The championship ring is going to be something Full Story