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• For Babb, 100-victory plateau ‘blows my mind’

  Posted: 07/10/2021, 10:06 am By Kevin Kovac

  FARMER CITY, Ill. (July 9) — The DIRTcar Summer Nationals wins don’t come in bunches like they used to for Shannon Babb, but, at 47, the distinguished driver from Moweaqua, Ill., has no desire these days to traipse across the Midwest Full Story

• Column: For Big Frog, the band’s back together

  Posted: 07/08/2021, 04:19 pm

  Augie Burttram was a pretty popular guy throughout the spring. He understood the reason, too. As the owner of Ocala, Fla.-based Big Frog Motorsports, he possessed an array of quality equipment and no driver — an attractive combination Full Story

• Knox County upgrades to Summer Nationals event

  Posted: 07/06/2021, 05:50 pm By Todd Turner

  KNOXVILLE, Ill. — Knox County Fair Raceway hasn't exactly been on the radar of Dirt Late Model drivers and fans. But the Knox County Fair Board hopes that landing DIRTcar Summer Nationals sanctioning for the 2021 event can help its lone Full Story

• Notes: West Virginian's confidence, wins on rise

  Posted: 07/01/2021, 08:20 am By Todd Turner

  Late Model racer Brandon Francis of Parkersburg, W.Va., has some good news and bad news about his 2021 season. Which do you want first? Let’s get the bad news out of the way. Engine woes have been a challenge with his primary powerplant Full Story

• By-the-numbers review of Overton's Big E sweep

  Posted: 06/14/2021, 06:54 am By Andy Savary

  A by-the-numbers review of Brandon Overton’s four-day sweep of Dream action June 9-12 at Eldora Speedway, in Rossburg, Ohio (complete Dream coverage): 0: Irregularities uncovered in postrace impound for technical inspection. 0: Invert Full Story

• Column: For Dreams, J.D. gets in Eldora zone

  Posted: 06/09/2021, 05:53 am

  It’s Dirt Late Model Dream Week — make that “double” Dream Week this year — at Eldora Speedway, which means that Jonathan Davenport isn’t his usual self. He’s squarely in the midst of his twice-annual transformation into a Full Story

• Dream-winning crew chief reflects on Eldora

  Posted: 06/08/2021, 08:15 am By Kevin Kovac

  The first time Robby Allen attended a race at the famed Eldora Speedway was September 1991. Then a budding 21-year-old mechanic in the Dirt Late Model world, he traveled to the Rossburg, Ohio, track’s marquee event, the World 100, in Full Story

• Fast Facts: Eldora's Double Dreams week

  Posted: 06/08/2021, 07:34 am By Robert Holman

  Dates: June 9-12 (Twin $10,000-to-win features Wednesday and Friday; heats, consolations and $127,000-to-win main event Thursday; heats, consolations and $126,000-to-win main event Saturday). Track: Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio (high-banked Full Story

• Notes: J.D. gets WVMS sweep, overcomes illness

  Posted: 06/06/2021, 08:58 am By Kevin Kovac

  MINERAL WELLS, W.Va. (June 5) — Starting sixth in Saturday's 50-lap Historic 100 finale wasn’t the biggest challenge Jonathan Davenport faced in his quest to complete a sweep of the unsanctioned two-race weekend at West Virginia Motor Full Story

• Notes: Moran's bad luck streak holding at WVMS

  Posted: 06/05/2021, 12:20 pm By Kevin Kovac

  MINERAL WELLS, W.Va. (June 4) — Devin Moran’s car owner, Tye Twarog, appropriately summed up his team’s fate through two starts this season at West Virginia Motor Speedway moments after the conclusion of Friday’s 30-lap feature Full Story

• Notes: Mississippi Crate speedster shuns tweaks

  Posted: 06/03/2021, 07:16 am By Todd Turner

  Most racers tinker and tinker with their Late Model’s suspension. Adjusting this. Tweaking that. Thinking about it some more before adjusting and tweaking a few more times. Mississippi Crate Late Model racer Jeremy Idom? He’s not interested Full Story

• Fast Facts: 29th annual Lucas Oil Show-Me 100

  Posted: 05/25/2021, 02:49 pm By Robert Holman

  Dates: May 27-29 (two $6,000-to-win programs followed by Saturday’s $30,000-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

• Notes: Overton speeding up for big-money races

  Posted: 05/17/2021, 04:13 pm By Kevin Kovac

  JAMAICA, Va. (May 15) — Brandon Overton’s stretch of five consecutive winless starts over the past month wasn’t something that should be considered a slump. Not when the driver was quite certain about the reasons for his dry spell. After Full Story

• Fast Talk: English review and weekend quirks

  Posted: 05/17/2021, 10:12 am

  We consider questions after a busy weekend that included Brandon Overton's $20,000 victory at Virginia Motor Speedway and Tanner English's $15,000 payday in Fairbury, Ill., in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids Full Story

• In position to win, bitter demise at VMS for Smith

  Posted: 05/16/2021, 02:56 pm By Kevin Kovac

  JAMAICA, Va. (May 15) — Everyone from the Brodnax Shaker Motorsports team was gathered around driver G.R. Smith’s No. 89 as he sat solemnly inside it. He was parked in Virginia Motor Speedway’s infield after mechanical trouble forced Full Story

• Notes: Parga aiming for another Crate crown

  Posted: 04/29/2021, 07:30 am By Todd Turner

  Jose Parga’s victory and third-place finish in April 23-24 action weren’t exactly of the textbook variety. He inherited a Crate Late Model feature at Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway because the winner was disqualified for postrace misbehavior, Full Story

• J.D.'s mentality set; his schedule not so much

  Posted: 04/19/2021, 10:10 am By Kevin Kovac

  PORT ROYAL, Pa. (April 18) — Jonathan Davenport is in a serious hot streak. Just don’t ask him if it’s producing the kind of feeling that washed over him during his magical 2015 season or other victory-filled stretches in his distinguished Full Story

• Notes: Port Royal racer off to red-hot start

  Posted: 04/15/2021, 12:06 am By Todd Turner

  As aspiring dirt racers go, you could do worse than growing up in Port Royal, Pa., where a half-mile dirt oval is nestled in the borough as part of the community's fabric. "It kind of makes you sit and think what would they do on Saturday Full Story

• Notes: Lost wheel dooms Owens in Bristol opener

  Posted: 04/10/2021, 11:15 am By Kevin Kovac

  BRISTOL, Tenn. (April 9) — An East Tennessee driver winning at the dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway? That would have been an appropriate outcome on the opening night of the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series Bristol Full Story

• Notes: Louisiana driver utilizing vast resources

  Posted: 04/08/2021, 06:55 am By Todd Turner

  Jarret Stuckey knows better than to let precious resources go to waste. So as a young man who grew up rubbing elbows with some of Dirt Late Model racing's best drivers, working at the Black Diamond Chassis shop owned by his parents and Full Story

• Column: Pierce fills empty spot on résumé

  Posted: 04/07/2021, 05:08 pm

  Bobby Pierce was well aware of the glaring achievement missing from his otherwise sparkling Dirt Late Model resume. He didn’t need to be reminded about his absence from the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series’s all-time Full Story

• Column: Franklin catches up after late dirt arrival

  Posted: 03/31/2021, 04:34 pm

  Billy Franklin didn’t take a typical route to becoming the 2020 Southern All Star Series champion as a driver and a significant player on the national Dirt Late Model scene as a sponsor and team owner. Oh, the 46-year-old Calera, Ala., Full Story

• Notes: McDowell ponders Cherokee tire situation

  Posted: 03/27/2021, 06:38 am By Robert Holman

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (March 26) — Dale McDowell appeared primed for his first win of 2021 after drawing Friday's pole position for the second 25-lap World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series semifeatures at Cherokee Speedway. | RaceWire But Full Story

• Top 25: Big-race winners tighten chase for No. 1

  Posted: 03/23/2021, 10:15 am By Joshua Joiner

  Topping the Top 25 poll for the third consecutive time since Speedweeks, Brandon Overton held on to the No. 1 ranking in DirtonDirt.com’s power rankings presented by Bilstein Shocks this week, but his hold on the top spot is not as strong Full Story

• Bloomquist optimistic after solid Bristol opener

  Posted: 03/20/2021, 03:53 am By Robert Holman

  BRISTOL, Tenn. (March 19) — Scott Bloomquist sounded almost apologetic when he thanked his supporters following Friday’s fourth-place finish in the Karl Kustoms Bristol Dirt Nationals at Bristol Motor Speedway. It has been a tough — Full Story