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Fast Facts: 17th Lucas Oil Knoxville Nationals
Posted: 09/14/2021, 02:51 pm By Robert HolmanDates: Sept. 16-18 ($7,000-to-win features Thursday and Friday and heats, consolations and $50,000-to-win main event Saturday) Track: Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway (semi-banked, half-mile clay oval). 2021 purse: In excess of $287,000, the Full Story
Patience, strategy spurs J.D. to fourth World 100
Posted: 09/12/2021, 01:48 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 11) — Jonathan Davenport knows what it takes to win crown jewel events at Eldora Speedway. And in case you thought otherwise, it’s not a matter of hammering the gas pedal and going straight to the front. “This Full Story
Column: Young racer forges on without father
Posted: 09/08/2021, 10:21 amDrake Troutman has had nearly a month to process the sudden, heartbreaking passing of his father, D.J., but the new normal for the 16-year-old racer from Hyndman, Pa., hasn’t gotten any easier. It never will, no matter how many laps he Full Story
Purvis fondly recalls his special era at World 100
Posted: 09/07/2021, 01:58 pm By Kevin KovacJeff Purvis was in a conversation with a reporter when he paused and turned the direction of the questioning around. “Let me ask you something,” the retired Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer said, “what do you know about Eldora with Full Story
Fast Talk: Holiday wrap, Overton's next quest
Posted: 09/06/2021, 12:14 pmAfter a busy Labor Day weekend with Eldora Speedway's double World 100s starting Wednesday, our roundtable convenes to discuss action past and future for the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and Full Story
Notes: Run-and-gun Loney scores first victory
Posted: 09/02/2021, 07:28 am By Todd TurnerNathon Loney spends his summers at the racetrack and his winters on the basketball court. And whether the 31-year-old Danville, Ohio, resident is behind the wheel of his Dirt Late Model or on a courtside bench coaching high school hoopsters, Full Story
Column: Knight targets Ultimate championship
Posted: 09/01/2021, 05:47 pmCla Knight dove head-long into the 2021 racing season with two specific objectives on the Ultimate Southeast Super Late Model Series squarely in his crosshairs. “We’re running for the Rookie of the Year on this deal,” the 25-year-old Full Story
Fast Facts: 53rd annual Hillbilly 100
Posted: 09/01/2021, 12:06 pm By Robert HolmanDates: Sept. 3-5 (a $2,000-to-win Crate Late Model program on Friday and Sunday; a $5,000-to-win steel-block Late Model program on Saturday; and a $30,000-to-win Lucas Oil Series program on Sunday) Track: Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, Full Story
Eldora recollections of the inaugural World 100
Posted: 09/01/2021, 12:07 pm By Bob MarkosIn the Beginning, God created the World, and he made the skies and the heavens above. He made the oceans and the seas and the rivers. And he said: “This is good.” Yet once there was no World ... There was no single place for the Dirt Full Story
Fateful restart dooms Port Royal competitors
Posted: 08/28/2021, 08:51 am By Kevin KovacPORT ROYAL, Pa. (Aug. 27) — The first half of Friday’s 40-lap Rumble on the River feature at Port Royal Speedway was clean and green. Then there was lap 25, which brought the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned event to a screeching Full Story
Notes: Young Kentuckian wins at 100-race mark
Posted: 08/26/2021, 06:29 am By Todd TurnerStarting in the Dirt Late Model division as a teenager, Avery Taylor knew victories wouldn’t come quickly, especially for a low-budget team with an inexperienced driver. The 22-year-old South Shore, Ky., driver’s grandfather Butch Full Story
Column: Doar still savors 'sanctuary' of dirt racing
Posted: 08/19/2021, 09:48 amPat Doar might be 57 years old — as much as he hates to admit it — but his age doesn’t mean he’s ready to hang up his helmet and end a driving career that has spanned almost exactly half his life. The life-long resident of New Richmond, Full Story
Notes: Speed reduced, but success continues
Posted: 08/19/2021, 02:59 am By Todd TurnerLife is sometimes about tradeoffs. Cass Fowler discovered that this season in electing to drop down to the 602 Crate Late Model division, giving up the speed and thrills of Late Models with bigger powerplants — but finding more victories Full Story
Fast Facts: 29th annual Comp Cams Topless 100
Posted: 08/19/2021, 02:41 am By Robert HolmanDates: Aug. 19-21 (One $5,000-to-win program on Thursday and one $5,000 program on Friday, followed by Saturday’s $50,000-to-win finale) Track: Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Ark. (3/8-mile clay oval) Sanction: Lucas Oil Full Story
Mourning crew chief proud of J.D. and team
Posted: 08/12/2021, 11:09 pm By Todd TurnerUNION, Ky. (Aug. 12) — After Jonathan Davenport’s rags-to-riches fifth-place finish in Thursday’s Sunoco North-South Shootout at Florence Speedway, Double L Motorsports crew chief Jason Durham sent a message to the team he’s groomed Full Story
Notes: Burroughs brings experience to Thornton
Posted: 08/12/2021, 06:21 pm By Todd TurnerFLORENCE, Ky. (Aug. 12) — Other than exchanging pleasantries in the pit areas at Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events, driver Ricky Thornton Jr. and veteran crew chief Anthony Burroughs haven’t had many interactions. That will change Full Story
Notes: Cranford's best run comes in tour finale
Posted: 08/02/2021, 12:40 pm By Robert HolmanBULLS GAP, Tenn. (Aug. 1) — Benjamin Cranford saved his best for last. After finding much of the Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals Series to be pretty tough sledding, the 19-year-old Super Late Model rookie from Thomson, Ga., registered Full Story
Fast Talk: Classic Larson and summer review
Posted: 08/02/2021, 10:48 amAfter a jam-packed crowd watched Kyle Larson win at Fairbury and Donald McIntosh wrapped up the Schaeffer's Southern Nationals, our roundtable considers questions in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for Full Story
Tazewell payday caps Chilton’s impressive July
Posted: 08/01/2021, 07:23 am By Robert HolmanTAZEWELL, Tenn. (July 31) — As the calendar flips to August, Michael Chilton is likely already pining for the dog days of July. After all, it was only the most prolific month the Salvisa, Ky., racer has ever had. Three wins, a second, Full Story
Notes: Babb digs out of hole in Fairbury prelim
Posted: 07/31/2021, 11:31 am By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 30) — Shannon Babb was worried. Very, very worried. As Friday’s opening 25-lap qualifying feature for the Prairie Dirt Classic neared its halfway point, the 47-year-old star from Moweaqua, Ill., was still running Full Story
Young Georgian finding footing as tour rookie
Posted: 07/30/2021, 10:44 am By Robert HolmanRINGGOLD, Ga. (July 29) — Garrett Smith shows inconsistencies often plaguing young drivers. But that doesn't mean the 17-year-old Eatonton, Ga., racer isn’t making progress as he tackles the Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals Series during Full Story
Fast Facts: 31st annual Prairie Dirt Classic
Posted: 07/28/2021, 08:17 am By Robert HolmanDates: July 30-31 (four $3,000-to-win prelims followed by Saturday’s $50,000-to-win finale) Track: Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway (semi-banked quarter-mile oval). Sanction: World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series Purse: $50,000-to-win, Full Story
Revived, winning Weaver back in his comfort zone
Posted: 07/27/2021, 07:07 am By Robert HolmanROME, Ga. (July 26) — Randy Weaver may crack wise about being “an old fat guy,” but the 52-year-old Crossville, Tenn., driver is having a career resurgence that's no joke. Weaver dominated Sunday’s Schaefer’s Southern Nationals Full Story
Column: Cody Overton in spotlight with new team
Posted: 07/22/2021, 08:25 am By Kevin KovacCody Overton didn’t have the luxury of sliding quietly into an under-the-radar Super Late Model debut. Not at this moment in time when anyone who sees his last name immediately thinks of his older brother Brandon, who happens to be the Full Story
Notes: Improving Floridian paychecks on the rise
Posted: 07/22/2021, 05:46 am By Todd TurnerColton Leyendecker’s career-biggest racing paychecks have been relatively unorthodox. The Holt, Fla., Crate Late Model driver has twice earned $2,500, both this season and both amid relatively unusual circumstances. The money spends Full Story
