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Quick Time: Richest payday (but no trophy)
Posted: 04/15/2020, 03:04 pmTake 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
Quick Time: Another round of guess the driver
Posted: 04/01/2020, 02:43 pmTake 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
Trivia Time: Test your Dirt Late Model knowledge
Posted: 03/31/2020, 07:18 am By Bob MarkosPart of a continuing feature at DirtonDirt.com, test your Dirt Late Model knowledge with a 20-question quiz from longtime racing historian Bob Markos. How many can you answer correctly? (click here for answers): 1. What have Dale McDowell, Full Story
Fast Talk: What will we learn from shutdown?
Posted: 03/30/2020, 08:41 amAs dirt racing's virtual shutdown for the coronavirus pandemic continues, our weekly roundtable considers life without racing while we all hope things return to normal soon (edited for clarity and length): Where's your anxiousness to return Full Story
Column: For full-timers, when’s next paycheck?
Posted: 03/26/2020, 07:31 amIt’s at times like these when driving a Dirt Late Model for a living looks like an especially risky career choice. With the coronavirus pandemic shuttering racetracks across the country and prompting the postponement or cancellation Full Story
Dirt racing faces a high hurdle of rare shutdown
Posted: 03/23/2020, 08:51 am By Robert HolmanThe auto racing industry has suffered slowdowns before, but complete stoppages are rare. That’s where the industry finds itself now however as the nation deals with the coronavirus outbreak and resulting global pandemic. It's new territory Full Story
Quick Time: Try to guess drivers by their résumé
Posted: 03/18/2020, 11:50 amTake 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
Drivers, teams adjusting to unprecedented hiatus
Posted: 03/17/2020, 10:19 amThe first in a series of stories this week regarding industry reaction to the coronavirus pandemic, drivers and teams talk about how the slowdown in racing will affect their racing programs: Constructive down time Anthony Burroughs, the Full Story
Column: Never a dull moment with Culp, Erb
Posted: 03/11/2020, 01:25 pmTimothy Culp knew offering up his second car for his pal Tyler Erb to drive in the season-opening Comp Cam Super Dirt Series doubleheader at Boothill Speedway in Greenwood, La., would produce a fun weekend. There’s never a dull moment Full Story
Quick Time: Most Likely To Succeed driver lists
Posted: 03/11/2020, 12:43 pmTake 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: Evaluating WoO’s Tennessee two-step
Posted: 03/09/2020, 10:08 amOur weekly roundtable reviews World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series action at Duck River and Smoky Mountain as action begins to pick up across the country (edited for clarity and length): What's your key takeaway from WoO's Full Story
Notes: Zeigler claws back at Smoky Mountain
Posted: 03/08/2020, 04:52 pm By Robert HolmanMARYVILLE, Tenn. (March 7) — Mason Zeigler knows his subpar qualifying effort — he was 10th in his group of 17 — put him behind a bit early in Saturday’s World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series program at Smoky Mountain Full Story
Notes: Wheatland champ sticks with strategy
Posted: 03/05/2020, 11:11 amFor Johnny Fennewald, the key to winning three straight Lucas Oil Speedway championships in the Warsaw Auto Marine & RV Late Model division wasn’t focusing on points at the Wheatland, Mo., oval. "I don't ever think about it, because Full Story
Top 25: McDowell climbs after Cherokee triumph
Posted: 03/03/2020, 08:32 am By Todd TurnerHall of Fame driver Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., made the biggest jump in this week's DirtonDirt.com Top 25, improving six positions while moving into the top 10 of the power rankings presented by Bilstein Shocks. The 53-year-old Full Story
Strickler takes another step in Late Model rise
Posted: 02/28/2020, 08:03 am By Kevin KovacWhen Volusia Speedway Park's 49th annual DIRTcar Nationals presented by Bozard Ford concluded Feb. 15, Kyle Strickler just might have been the happiest driver in the pit area at the half-mile oval in Barberville, Fla. As the 36-year-old Full Story
Notes: Challenging start for Hiett's SAS pursuit
Posted: 02/27/2020, 08:05 am By Robert HolmanJason Hiett of Oxford, Ala., heads to Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, S.C., for Sunday’s #GigiStrong March Madness XVIII focused on competing for the 2020 Southern All Stars championship. The veteran racer knows that getting off to a good Full Story
Column: Bailes a triple threat with 2020 rides
Posted: 02/26/2020, 04:38 pmIn late November, after his successful ’19 campaign driving the Barry Wright Race Cars house car came to an early end, Ross Bailes was left wondering how much racing he would be able to do in 2020 with a Dirt Late Model program fielded Full Story
Quick Time: Reviewing national tour switcheroos
Posted: 02/26/2020, 11:16 amTake 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
Notes: Another Whitener bid ends with nose-dive
Posted: 02/15/2020, 08:09 am By Kevin KovacBARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 14) — Mark Whitener was a contender for a Georgia-Florida Speedweeks victory again on Friday at Volusia Speedway Park. And once again, the 38-year-old driver from Middleburg, Fla., experienced a disheartening demise. Two Full Story
Notes: Richards rallies at East Bay despite penalty
Posted: 02/07/2020, 08:04 am By Kevin KovacGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 6) — Josh Richards flashed the aggressive fire of a young Josh Richards in charging from the rear of a 30-car field to finish second in Thursday’s 40-lap Wrisco Winternationals feature at East Bay Raceway Park. Full Story
DJ: Weiss keeps an eye on East Bay action
Posted: 02/04/2020, 12:17 amFrom back home in Ohio, Dustin Jarrett’s regular recap of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks, the Jan. 31-Feb. 15 action at six tracks in the Peach and Sunshine States. Look for a new edition most days at DirtonDirt.com (complete Speedweeks coverage): Weiss’s Full Story
Column: Twarog realizes he just can’t quit racing
Posted: 01/30/2020, 07:27 amTye Twarog's days as a Dirt Late Model team owner were supposed to be over. That was the plan he revealed soon after his 2017-18 driver, Devin Moran of Dresden, Ohio, moved to Dunn Benson Motorsports to run last year’s Lucas Oil Late Full Story
Top 25: Sheppard atop the preseason poll again
Posted: 01/28/2020, 08:14 am By Todd TurnerTopping DirtonDirt.com's preseason power rankings for the third straight season, reigning and two-time World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series champion Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., was the unanimous choice as the Full Story
Fast Talk: Best bet for Speedweeks first-timer?
Posted: 01/27/2020, 11:22 amWith Georgia-Florida Speedweeks getting underway Friday, our weekly roundtable rises to the occasion to preview one of the season's most exciting stretches of racing coming up (edited for clarity and length): With Speedweeks on the horizon, Full Story
Schedule, track-by-track capsules for Speedweeks
Posted: 01/27/2020, 10:14 am By Robert HolmanThe 2020 Georgia-Florida Speedweeks race-by-race schedule for Super Late Model events at six dirt tracks, two in Georgia and four in Florida. Action runs from Jan. 31-Feb. 15 at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga.; North Florida Speedway Full Story
