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• Smith's roles? Mentor, grandpa, Hall of Famer

  Posted: 10/22/2020, 02:49 pm By Joshua Joiner

  With just one win in 10 races as he prepares to wrap up his season with Saturday’s Billy Clanton Classic at his hometown track of Senoia (Ga.) Raceway, 2020 hasn’t been a very productive year for Clint Smith when it comes to his on-track Full Story

• Fast Talk: B-Shepp's DTWC victory ceiling?

  Posted: 10/19/2020, 02:50 pm

  Our roundtable gathers to discuss Brandon Sheppard’s $100,000 victory in the 40th annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship (his fourth!), among other things, for our weekly feature presented by Castrol (edited for clarity and Full Story

• B-Shepp reaches rarified DTWC air with fourth win

  Posted: 10/18/2020, 06:33 am By Kevin Kovac

  PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (Oct. 17) — Time sure does fly when a driver is racking up Dirt Track World Championship victories. After Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., captured the 100-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Series event for the fourth time Full Story

• Lanigan leads Class of 2021 into Hall of Fame

  Posted: 10/17/2020, 05:09 pm By Todd Turner

  PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (Oct. 17) — A national championship-winning bandit from the Bluegrass State, a pair of speedsters from Atlanta, Ga.-area tracks, one Iowan with a tragedy-shortened career and another with prolific longevity are among Full Story

• Six-figure season wrap would suit Richards fine

  Posted: 10/15/2020, 11:28 am By Joshua Joiner

  Like most of the top Dirt Late Model racers in the country, Josh Richards heads into this weekend’s 40th annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by Optima Batteries at Portsmouth (Ohio) Raceway Park with hopes of adding Full Story

• 2020 Late Model series and track champions

  Posted: 12/31/2020, 02:34 pm

  Series champions Region-by-region champions on Dirt Late Model series and racing organizations for 2020: National Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series - Jimmy Owens World of Outlaws Late Model Series - Brandon Sheppard Midwest Allstar Full Story

• Fast Facts: 40th annual General Tire DTWC

  Posted: 10/13/2020, 08:32 am By Robert Holman

  Event: 40th annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by Optima Batteries Dates: Oct. 15-17 (modified prelims on Thursday; Late Model and Limited Late Model prelims and modified feature on Friday; Late Model and Limited Full Story

• Fast Talk: B-Shepp's skills and DTWC preview

  Posted: 10/12/2020, 12:48 pm

  Our roundtable considers a weekend where Brandon Sheppard captured a pair of five-figure paydays in MARS Racing Series competition in his home state of Illinois, and we look ahead to upcoming fall action in our weekly feature presented Full Story

• Column: Another reset during a Stormy season

  Posted: 10/07/2020, 12:30 pm

  Stormy Scott hasn’t climbed out of his Dirt Late Model after a race with a smile on his face very often in 2020. That’s how frustrating his sophomore season on the Lucas Oil Late Model Late Model Dirt Series has been. So after the Full Story

• 'Perfect' season doesn't satisfy Canadian driver

  Posted: 10/01/2020, 12:21 pm By Joshua Joiner

  With his victory in the Sept. 26 Late Model feature at Red River Co-op Speedway in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Shane Edginton accomplished a rare feat in dirt track racing: a perfect season. The Sept. 26 win was the final race of an abbreviated Full Story

• Column: Father and son doing a lot with a little

  Posted: 09/30/2020, 05:02 pm

  David Scott had seemingly, and willingly, moved on to the next phase of his motorsports involvement. Following the 2017 season — at the age of 47 and after three decades wheeling race cars on the local and regional levels — the personable Full Story

• Pearson turning corner amid struggling season

  Posted: 09/29/2020, 08:23 am By Robert Holman

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Sept. 26) — For more than half of the coronavirus-curtailed 2020 racing season, Earl Pearson Jr. hardly looked like a driver capable of contending regularly for victories. Pearson, of Jacksonville, Fla., spent most of Full Story

• Fast Talk: Winners and losers during busy weekend

  Posted: 09/28/2020, 12:49 pm

  Our roundtable reviews Brownstown’s vibrant Jackson 100 weekend and World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series action at Thunder Mountain Speedway in our weekly feature presented by Castrol (edited for clarity and length): Was Full Story

• Notes: Mag Crate champ eyes late-season success

  Posted: 09/24/2020, 10:44 am By Joshua Joiner

  As he closes in on his second straight Crate Late Model track title at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Miss., it may seem as though most of the hard work of Randall Beckwith’s 2020 season is behind him. But in reality, Beckwith, Full Story

• Fast track helps Richards to much-needed victory

  Posted: 09/11/2020, 08:22 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 10) — As Josh Richards walked with his father, Mark, from victory lane to the infield technical inspection area after winning Thursday’s 30-lap Intercontinental Classic preliminary feature at Eldora Speedway, he Full Story

• Notes: Less pressure, more success for Morrow

  Posted: 09/10/2020, 03:35 am By Joshua Joiner

  At the end of the 2018 season, Todd Morrow was so frustrated with racing that he quit with no idea if he would ever return. With increasing costs making it harder and harder for a driver on a limited budget to be competitive, Morrow, a Full Story

• Notes: Michigan driver straightens out car, career

  Posted: 09/03/2020, 12:59 am By Joshua Joiner

  The 2019 season was not a good one for Garrett Wiles. In fact, with no wins and very few competitive performances, it was his worst year of racing since making the jump from modifieds to Late Models in 2014. It was so bad that the Hubbardston, Full Story

• Notes: Iowan blossoms with newfound success

  Posted: 08/20/2020, 12:52 am By Todd Turner

  Logan Duffy jumped into the Late Model division before he was even old enough to have a driver’s license, and for his first full season, in 2019, he was a relative novice behind the wheel. Lacking confidence in his abilities. Frightened Full Story

• Column: Eager Gustin ready for a fresh start

  Posted: 08/19/2020, 04:33 pm

  Ryan Gustin’s quest to follow the open-wheel modified pipeline to Dirt Late Model stardom effectively ground to a halt in 2016. He never gave up, however, on joining the group of mod-turned-Late Model standouts. “That’s what everybody Full Story

• Fast Facts: 28th Comp Cams Topless 100

  Posted: 08/19/2020, 08:46 am By Robert Holman

  Event: 28th annual Comp Cams Topless 100 presented by Nutrien Ag Solutions Dates: Aug. 20-22 (One $5,000-to-win program on Thursday and one $5,000 program on Friday, followed by Saturday’s $40,000-to-win finale) Track: Batesville (Ark.) Full Story

• Invitation list for Eldora's Intercontinental Classic

  Posted: 08/17/2020, 08:07 pm

  The 44 drivers invited to Eldora Speedway’s Intercontinental Classic, the $50,000-to-win scheduled for Sept. 10-12 that replaces the World 100 in Rossburg, Ohio; four other drivers will be selected by fan voting to fill the 48-car field Full Story

• Stuckey forges on with Black Diamond revision

  Posted: 08/13/2020, 01:52 pm By Todd Turner

  UNION, Ky. (Aug. 12) — Ronnie Stuckey crawled under the latest version of his Black Diamond Chassis on Wednesday evening with a grinder, shooting up sparks from the car’s left-rear suspension while crew chief Anthony Burroughs and driver Full Story

• Notes: Illinois Crate racer navigates success

  Posted: 07/30/2020, 10:07 am By Joshua Joiner

  Brandon Eskew knew the 2020 season had the potential to be a great year for him, but he had to wait an extra two months to prove it. Eskew, the 22-year-old driver from Ashland, Ill., and his family-owned Crate Late Model team purchased Full Story

• Quick Time: Analyzing same-track tour success

  Posted: 07/29/2020, 12:26 pm

  Take a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Time, presented Full Story

• Fast Talk: Victory lane surprises and tour resets

  Posted: 07/20/2020, 12:29 pm

  Amid another busy weekend of national touring and regional touring events, our Castrol-sponsored weekly roundtable considers the winners, news and happenings around the sport (edited for clarity and length): Detail the exploits of a surprising Full Story