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Big break, big victory for Smith at BAPS
Posted: 07/12/2022, 05:19 am By Kalida LandisYORK HAVEN, Pa. — Chad Smith didn’t know what to expect when he rolled out for Saturday's Smokey Frye 50 at BAPS Motor Speedway. That’s understandable. Smith was positioned in 12th on the starting grid with plenty of heavy hitters Full Story
Notes: Red-hot Alaskan has far-flung dreams
Posted: 07/07/2022, 10:28 am By Kyle McFaddenPerhaps the most dominant weekly Dirt Late Model driver on the planet doesn’t reside in the fertile Midwest or NASCAR-centric South, but in the unlikeliest of places: Alaska. Meet Alex Schwochert, who over the weekend at Kenai’s Twin Full Story
Column: Shuffled Lucas Oil crew aces Firecracker
Posted: 06/29/2022, 03:34 pmLucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series director Rick Schwallie was anxiously awaiting the Firecracker 100 weekend at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. The national tour’s debut as the sanctioning body for the 4/10-mile oval’s marquee event Full Story
Column: Engine builder still enjoys racing's thrills
Posted: 06/22/2022, 12:58 pmVic Hill was in a jovial mood Friday as he chatted up a group of friends in Smoky Mountain Speedway’s pit area following the Mountain Moonshine Classic preliminary program at the Maryville, Tenn., track. A solid fourth-place finish in Full Story
Notes: Smoky Mountain enjoys successful event
Posted: 06/20/2022, 02:54 pm By Kevin KovacMARYVILLE, Tenn. (June 18) — Roger Sellers experienced all the typical anxiety of a racetrack promoter hosting a big-money event in the days leading up to the Mountain Moonshine Classic at his Smoky Mountain Speedway. But courtesy of Full Story
Sheppard happy to 'rough it' as Hell Tour rookie
Posted: 06/15/2022, 03:29 pm By Todd TurnerKANKAKEE, Ill. (June 14) — Most race teams following the DIRTcar Summer Nationals have haulers with spacious living quarters, two-car trailers, years of Super Late Model experience and multiple crew members to share duties. Then there’s Full Story
Column: Another shot at Million for Bloomquist
Posted: 06/08/2022, 07:51 amScott Bloomquist has more than 600 victories in his Hall of Fame Dirt Late Model career, but he’s like most prolific winners: the ones that got away often stick in his mind more prominently than the successes. | Complete Eldora coverage So Full Story
Million part of driver's best, worst career weekend
Posted: 06/07/2022, 02:33 pm By Robert HolmanShawn Negangard was far from a favorite going into the inaugural Eldora Million in the summer of 2001. In fact, the then-24-year-old from Osgood, Ind., was fortunate just to be among the historic event’s 235 entries. When Eldora Speedway Full Story
Morans recount story of their $1 million odyssey
Posted: 06/06/2022, 05:24 pm By Kevin KovacTwenty-one years ago, when Donnie Moran climbed out of his car on Eldora Speedway’s stage as the winner of the Eldora Million, there was one person he was looking for above all others. The then 38-year-old superstar from Dresden, Ohio, Full Story
Notes: Moran savors home-cooking at WVMS
Posted: 06/04/2022, 10:17 am By Kevin KovacMINERAL WELLS, W.Va. (June 3) — The fast, sprawling West Virginia Motor Speedway doesn’t appeal to every Dirt Late Model driver. But Devin Moran? He simply loves the place. “I do like it,” Moran said with a mega-watt smile after Full Story
Fast Facts: Eldora Million and Dream XXVIII
Posted: 06/02/2022, 06:56 am By Robert HolmanDates: June 8-11 (Twin $12,000-to-win features Wednesday and Friday; heats, consolations and a $1,002,022-to-win main event Thursday; heats, consolations and $128,000-to-win main event Saturday). Track: Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio Full Story
Notes: Moreland remains fast despite scaling back
Posted: 06/02/2022, 06:26 am By Kyle McFaddenAmid the rainstorm that prematurely ended the King of the Commonwealth main event two Saturdays ago, Kenny Moreland wandered the sludgy grounds of Virginia Motor Speedway unsure how to digest the abnormal night. His run to fourth behind Full Story
Column: ‘Go get it’ … and Fergy did just that
Posted: 06/01/2022, 04:41 pmChris Ferguson stood leaning against the rear deck of his race car in the technical inspection building Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo., a cell phone to his ear. He was happily rehashing his breakthrough $50,000 victory Full Story
Out with pinched nerve, Scott's back up to speed
Posted: 05/28/2022, 08:21 am By Kevin KovacWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 27) — Johnny Scott is a relatively young 32 years old, but he’s been shuffling around like a much older man for much of the past month. An aching back has a way of doing that to a guy. And even after emerging victorious Full Story
Fast Facts: Lucas Oil Show-Me 100
Posted: 05/24/2022, 07:21 am By Robert HolmanDates: May 26-28 (two $6,000-to-win programs followed by Saturday’s $50,000-to-win finale) Track: Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. (semi-banked 3/8-mile oval). Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Full Story
Fast Talk: Reset heading for a busy Memorial Day
Posted: 05/23/2022, 11:04 amWith the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series in action simultaneously for the first time in 2022, our weekly roundtable considers national touring and other action in our weekly feature presented Full Story
Column: Stuckey shifts gears at Black Diamond
Posted: 05/18/2022, 06:14 pmRonnie Stuckey still has the majority of the equipment that comprised his Black Diamond Race Cars house car team from 2018-2021. There’s no hauler — that was provided by Iowa racer Jason Rauen and his wife in a sponsorship deal — Full Story
Shaking off cobwebs, having fun at Charlotte
Posted: 05/13/2022, 07:00 am By Kyle McFaddenCONCORD, N.C. (May 12) — Jeff Smith was packing up shop Thursday night inside his enclosed trailer at The Dirt Track at Charlotte when Chris Ferguson approached to chat. The 56-year-old finished ninth amid one of the stiffest 50-car Full Story
Notes: Clanton and Weiss's feud carries on
Posted: 05/12/2022, 03:36 pm By Kyle McFaddenCONCORD, N.C. (May 11) — Ricky Weiss and Shane Clanton don't plan on finding peaceful ground any time soon in the wake of their heated exchange Saturday at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City. Both were disqualified from the Schaeffer’s Full Story
Notes: Driving and chewing gum (at same time!)
Posted: 05/12/2022, 12:01 am By Kyle McFaddenThat Zach Hill can race and chew gum at the same time proves he’s more than a throttle-smasher. The 26-year-old Red House, W.Va., Super Late Model racer has improved by adding a little finesse to his racing skills. “It’s hard when Full Story
Third-place run provides ray of hope for Richards
Posted: 05/10/2022, 01:06 pm By Kevin KovacFOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. (May 7) — Josh Richards was by no means in a celebratory mood after Saturday’s 75-lap Dairyland Showdown finale at Mississippi Thunder Speedway. Drivers boasting his distinguished pedigree, after all, don’t normally Full Story
Top 25: Rising Marlar reaches top five
Posted: 05/10/2022, 07:34 am By Todd TurnerJonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., held onto the top spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings while Mike Marlar, the weekend’s richest winner, climbed five positions to No. 5. Marlar, of Winfield, Tenn., earned $50,000 in Full Story
Notes: Stepping up in class boosts Missourian
Posted: 04/28/2022, 07:36 am By Lyndal ScrantonIt’s seen in sports all the time, where teams play a strong non-conference schedule to both challenge and toughen themselves for regular season play. Dalton Imhoff took this path last weekend. Even though the young Late Model driver Full Story
Column: Major shift for Rocket's house car team
Posted: 04/27/2022, 04:47 pmMark Richards realizes how connected his Rocket Chassis house car team has been to the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series for nearly two decades. His Shinnston, W.Va.-based operation has been a big blue mainstay on the national tour, Full Story
Notes: James ready to charge at Brownstown
Posted: 04/27/2022, 04:34 pm By Todd TurnerBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (April 26) — Charging into turn one at Brownstown Speedway with reckless abandon has been a trademark of the quarter-mile oval going back to the track’s best Late Model drivers such as Jim Curry, John Gill and Don O’Neal. Or Full Story
