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• Tire controversy can't stop Weeks at Dublin

  Posted: 11/25/2007, 08:31 am From correspondent reports

  DUBLIN, N.C. (Nov. 24) — It didn't much matter if Ricky Weeks used the right-rear tire he wanted or not, he drove the fastest car for Dublin Motor Speedway's unsanctioned season-ending special for Super Late Models. The Rutherfordton, Full Story

• Lloyd enjoys title but lusts after SAS victory

  Posted: 11/19/2007, 03:25 pm By Todd Turner

  CLEVELAND, Tenn. (Nov. 17) — Ivedent Lloyd Jr. was all smiles following the 19th annual Gobbler 100 at Cleveland Speedway because he wrapped up his first championship on the O'Reilly Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series. The Ocala, Full Story

• Clanton fights off McDowell to win Gobbler

  Posted: 11/18/2007, 12:34 am By Todd Turner

  CLEVELAND, Tenn. (Nov. 17) — Shane Clanton denied polesitter Dale McDowell his seventh Gobbler Classic victory, along with a lucrative weekend payoff, but it wasn't easy. McDowell nearly fell back to fourth midway through the race Full Story

• 6-time winner McDowell earns pole for Gobbler

  Posted: 11/17/2007, 08:17 pm By Todd Turner

  CLEVELAND, Tenn. (Nov. 17) — Dale McDowell of Rossville, Ga., is going for seventh heaven at Cleveland Speedway. The six-time winner of the Gobbler Classic at Cleveland Speedway was fastest among 43 qualifiers for the 19th annual Full Story

• McDowell eyes bonus after Cleveland victory

  Posted: 11/17/2007, 08:48 am From track reports

  CLEVELAND, Tenn. (Nov. 16) — Dale McDowell of Rossville, Ga., showed his old form as he set fast time and led 25 of the 27 laps to win the Budweiser Joe Lee Johnson Memorial at Cleveland Speedway. McDowell earned $3,500 for the victory Full Story

• Michael's Duck River victory secures SRRS crown

  Posted: 11/16/2007, 10:30 am From series reports

  WHEEL, Tenn. (Nov. 10) — After a lead-swapping duel with Iowa invader Mike Collins, fellow front-row starter Byron Michael of Florence, Ala., led the final 29 laps of the Hart Hastings-Henry Smith Memorial 50 at Duck River Speedway Full Story

• Knoxville Raceway boosts Late Model Nationals purse

  Posted: 11/16/2007, 09:40 am From track reports

  The Knoxville Late Model Nationals will be even more lucrative in 2008. The track has announced a purse increase of more than $40,000 for the fifth version of Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway's biggest Late Model event. The 2008 race, scheduled Full Story

• O'Neal turns up wick while joining new team

  Posted: 11/12/2007, 12:58 pm By Todd Turner

  CHATSWORTH, Ga. (Nov. 10) — When Don O'Neal was watching action recently at the Dirt Track World Championship, the aggressive driving of Wayne Chinn caught his eye. "He was driving the wheels off the car," O'Neal said wide-eyed, admiring Full Story

• Late pass gives Owens Blue-Gray 100 (updated)

  Posted: 11/11/2007, 06:26 pm By Todd Turner

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (Nov. 11) — Jimmy Owens stalked leader Chris Madden for more than 70 laps at Cherokee Speedway, turning up the heat as the Blue-Gray 100 wound down. So when a lapped car broke Madden's momentum with two laps remaining, Full Story

• Clanton lowers record, wins pole at Cherokee

  Posted: 11/11/2007, 01:55 pm By Todd Turner

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (Nov. 11) — Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., lowered the track record at the 4/10-mile Cherokee Speedway in time trials for the 17th annual Blue-Gray 100. His time of 14.998 seconds topped 45 cars entered in the O'Reilly Full Story

• Mars stirs up $30,000, captures Jambalaya 100

  Posted: 11/11/2007, 01:27 am By Michael Rigsby

  MAGNOLIA, Miss. (Nov. 10) — Jimmy Mars made sure he didn't travel 1,100 miles for nothing. The Wisconsin driver pocketed one of the biggest paydays of his career, $30,000, by leading the last 90 laps of the Jambalaya 100 at Pike County Full Story

• McDowell rumbles to $5,000 at North Georgia

  Posted: 11/10/2007, 11:11 pm By Todd Turner

  CHATSWORTH, Ga. (Nov. 10) — Georgians Shane Clanton of Locust Grove and Dale McDowell of Rossville appeared evenly matched for the third annual Turkey Rumble at North Georgia Speedway. The difference in the unsanctioned event that Full Story

• Arms grabs pole for North Georgia special

  Posted: 11/10/2007, 07:00 pm By Todd Turner

  CHATSWORTH, Ga. (Nov. 10) — Ricky Arms of Moss, Tenn., tied the North Georgia Speedway track record with a 12.269-second lap that made him the fast qualifier at the third annual Turkey Rumble. Arms will start on the pole for the 45-lap Full Story

• Bloomquist on pole for Pike's Jambalaya 100

  Posted: 11/10/2007, 08:12 am By Michael Rigsby

  MAGNOLIA, Miss. (Nov. 9) — Scott Bloomquist staked his claim for a second straight Jambalaya 100 victory at Pike County Speedway by setting fast time, winning a heat race and earning the pole position for Saturday's $30,000-to-win Full Story

• After reprieve, Farmer City plans $20,000 race

  Posted: 11/08/2007, 03:28 pm From staff and other reports

  Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway recently received a two-year reprieve from plans to shutter the track following the 2008 season. Now the track is making plans for the biggest event in the history of the track, and perhaps the richest Dirt Late Full Story

• Red-hot Michael gets SRRS Clarksville victory

  Posted: 11/07/2007, 10:40 am From series reports

  CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 3) —�Southern Regional Racing Series points leader Byron Michael continued his late-season hot streak with a $3,000 victory at StormPay.com Speedway. Michael won his fifth series race in the his last Full Story

• Madden comes alive to capture National 100

  Posted: 11/04/2007, 08:44 pm By Todd Turner

  PHENIX CITY, Ala. (Nov. 4) — Before the 33rd annual National 100 at East Alabama Motor Speedway, polesitter Chris Madden chose his tire compounds based on how the track surface would develop over 100 laps. For a while, the Gray Court, Full Story

• Bloomquist starts on last row at National 100

  Posted: 11/04/2007, 04:11 am From staff and correspondent reports

  PHENIX CITY, Ala. (Nov. 3-4) — Fast qualifier Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., won Saturday night's first heat at East Alabama Motor Speedway to land the pole position for Sunday's 33rd annual National 100. Other heat race winners Full Story

• Moran fights off Francis, completes Lowe's victory

  Posted: 11/03/2007, 08:23 pm By Todd Turner

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 3) — Hall of Fame driver Donnie Moran of Dresden, Ohio, has raced long enough to know that losing the lead doesn't always mean losing the race. "When somebody passes you (might say), you know, 'I'm beat.' But you Full Story

• Lowe's: Recaps of Saturday's prelim races

  Posted: 11/03/2007, 05:28 pm By Todd Turner

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 3) — Donnie Moran of Dresden, Ohio, will start on the pole for Saturday's feature race at the Outlaws World Finals at the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Another heat winner, Michael England of Glasgow, Ky., Full Story

• Bloomquist's pit tweaks lift him to Lowe's victory

  Posted: 11/03/2007, 12:18 am By Kevin Kovac

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 2) — Scott Bloomquist made a little more history on Friday night. The legendary driver from Mooresburg, Tenn., added another milestone to his already bulging resume, roaring from the rear of the field after an Full Story

• Lowe's: Heat win puts Davenport on pole

  Posted: 11/02/2007, 05:47 pm By Todd Turner

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 2) — Last-chance and heat race results/lineups for the Outlaws World Finals at the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway, which drew a nearly packed house. World of Outlaws Late Model Series points leader Steve Francis Full Story

• Lowe's drivers hoping for more smooth moves

  Posted: 11/02/2007, 04:28 pm

  During last month's World of Outlaws Late Model Series visit to the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway, NASCAR pit reporter Dick Berggren dropped by the press box to take in a little Dirt Late Model action. "Which driver flipped over earlier?" Full Story

• Logan picks up $1,000 in crew competition

  Posted: 11/02/2007, 01:55 am By Todd Turner

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 1) — Dirt Late Model crew members usually do their jobs behind the scenes, working long hours in the shop, making chassis adjustments in the shadows of the dim pits. So when World of Outlaws Late Model Series Full Story

• Shaver fastest (twice!) in Lowe's time trials

  Posted: 11/01/2007, 07:41 pm By Todd Turner

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 1) — Steve Shaver simplified any confusion over having two sessions of time trials in a single night at the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The Vienna, W.Va., driver nicknamed Showtime simply set fast time Full Story