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Recap of series and organizational changes for 2020
Posted: 01/22/2020, 10:22 am By Robert HolmanRecapping changes among Dirt and Crate Late Model series and organizations from 2019 to 2020: New organizations DFW Local Late Model Series: In an effort to organize Crate Late Models in northeast Texas, the DFW Local Late Model Series Full Story
Fast Talk: Reviewing the '20 Wild West Shootout
Posted: 01/20/2020, 01:12 pmDirtonDirt.com’s weekly panel gathers to review the highlights of the Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout at FK Rod Ends Arizona Speedway and consider Kyle Bronson’s performance in Volusia Speedway Park’s Crate Late Model weekend Full Story
Column: Blair's realistic approach pays dividends
Posted: 01/16/2020, 03:47 amMax Blair can’t characterize his 2019 season as anything but a magic-carpet ride. It was that spectacular, that prolific, that memorable. Indeed, Blair, a resident of Centerville, Pa., who turned 30 on Jan. 12, won Dirt Late Model races Full Story
They said it: My favorite quotes from ’19 season
Posted: 12/31/2019, 09:04 am By Kevin KovacAnother year, another voice recorder and reporter’s notebook filled with interviews of Dirt Late Model personalities. Here’s the most colorful and memorable quotes I gathered during the 2019 season. “You know the Chris Stapleton Full Story
Column: Gateway puts Carpenters on the map
Posted: 12/26/2019, 07:01 amTyler Carpenter repeatedly likened his $30,000 victory in Saturday’s Arizona Sport Shirts Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, Mo., to a dream. To his father, Freddie, that description couldn’t have Full Story
Notes: Babb runs into more trouble in Dome
Posted: 12/22/2019, 11:51 am By Kevin Kovac and Todd TurnerST. LOUIS, Mo. (Dec. 21) — Shannon Babb thought this might finally be his year to break through in the Arizona Sport Shirts Gateway Dirt Nationals finale. He certainly had an XR1 Rocket machine strong enough to do it. He was definitely Full Story
Arizona Sports Shirts Gateway Dirt Nationals entries
Posted: 12/15/2019, 07:51 amUnoffficial Super Late Model entry list for the fourth annual Arizona Sports Shirts Gateway Dirt Nationals, Dec. 19-21's event at The Dome at America's Center in St. Louis, Mo.: Numerical Car no. - Driver, hometown, chassis/engine K Full Story
Friday's updates from Indy's PRI show
Posted: 12/13/2019, 06:18 amINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 13) — The Indiana Convention Center doors reopen Friday for the second of three days at the 32nd annual Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where more than 30,000 attendees are expected to check out 1,100 Full Story
Updates from opening day of Indy's PRI show
Posted: 12/12/2019, 05:24 amINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 12) — The Indiana Convention Center doors open Thursday for the first of three days at the 32nd annual Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where more than 30,000 attendees are expected to check out 1,100 companies, Full Story
Column: T-Mac starting new era with Bradsher
Posted: 12/11/2019, 09:11 pmTim McCreadie has spent the majority of his life as a race car driver — 17 of his 24 years behind the wheel, to be exact — competing on a full-time basis with Carl and Ann Myers’s Sweeteners Plus Racing operation. All of McCreadie’s Full Story
Best of 2019: South's state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/11/2019, 06:40 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2019 superlatives of the Southern states (individually for states with at least five weekly Late Model tracks; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2019 coverage): Alabama Top Full Story
Dirt Late Model Silly Season roundup
Posted: 12/10/2019, 08:15 am By Todd TurnerA roundup of offseason news and changes among drivers and teams heading into the 2020 season along with a tentative look at national tour driver rosters (will be updated through the PRI Trade Show and remainder of December): Teams/drivers Anklam Full Story
Best of 2019: Northern, Western state capsules
Posted: 12/10/2019, 08:16 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2019 superlatives of the Northern and Western states (individually for states with at least five weekly Late Model tracks; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2019 Full Story
Best of 2019: Midwest's state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/09/2019, 07:53 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2019 superlatives of the Midwestern states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2019 coverage): Illinois Top Full Story
Breakouts, newcomers and comebacks for 2019
Posted: 12/03/2019, 07:55 am By Robert HolmanAs part of its ongoing Best of 2019 coverage, DirtonDirt.com hands out awards to worthy Dirt Late Model drivers. We rank the top breakout drivers, top newcomers and most improved drivers and comeback drivers for the past season. This season’s Full Story
Column: Young O'Neal joins MasterSbilt revival
Posted: 11/27/2019, 12:48 pmTader Masters hasn’t fielded a full-fledged, national-level house car program out of his Crothersville, Ind.-based MasterSbilt Race Cars shop since a 2014 effort with Ray Cook of Brasstown, N.C., ended after just a couple months, but Full Story
Fast Talk: Evaluation of latest from Silly Season
Posted: 11/25/2019, 01:57 pmBefore gathering around our tables with turkey and dressing, our weekly roundtable considers driver-team changes and a few other items during Thanksgiving week (edited for clarity and length): Although not as lucrative, but Chris Madden’s Full Story
Column: Bloomquist mourns ‘second father’
Posted: 11/14/2019, 07:48 amScott Bloomquist can still remember the first time he met Randy Sweet, the record-setting Michigan short-track asphalt racer and founder of Sweet Manufacturing who would eventually become one of Bloomquist’s closest confidants. The Hall Full Story
Top 25: Sheppard ends season in No. 1 spot
Posted: 11/12/2019, 08:34 am By Todd TurnerWorld of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series champion Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., ended the season where he began it — atop DirtonDirt.com's Top 25 power rankings. For the 87th time in his career, Sheppard (pictured) Full Story
Column: Life’s good for Boss after special victory
Posted: 11/06/2019, 02:43 pmRoss Robinson is an emotional guy, a racer who wears his heart firmly on his sleeve. It wasn’t surprising, then, how the 29-year-old driver reacted Saturday as he stood on the homestretch of his hometown track, Georgetown (Del.) Speedway, Full Story
Notes: Assist provides boost for EAMS upstart
Posted: 11/05/2019, 01:35 pm By Robert HolmanPHENIX CITY, Ala. (Nov. 3) — With the help from Tyler Erb crew chief Randall Edwards, Steven Roberts of Jesup, Ga., found himself right in the thick of the battle for the lead midway through Sunday’s 45th annual National 100. | RaceWire Roberts, Full Story
National 100 promoter soaks up EAMS history
Posted: 11/01/2019, 10:49 am By Kevin KovacBilly Thomas is a walking, talking history book of the National 100 at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, Ala. He should be, of course, since he’s attended, as a driver or track promoter, every edition of the race, which runs Full Story
Quick Time: Reviewing the decade's statistics
Posted: 10/30/2019, 12:33 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
2019 Late Model series and track champions
Posted: 12/01/2019, 10:12 amSeries champions Region-by-region champions on Dirt Late Model series and racing organizations for 2019: National Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series - Jonathan Davenport World of Outlaws Late Model Series - Brandon Sheppard Midwest American Full Story
Notes: Richards's DTWC opportunity slips away
Posted: 10/22/2019, 03:25 pm By Kevin KovacPORTSMOUTH, Ohio (Oct. 18) — An unprecedented third consecutive victory in the Rhino Ag Dirt Track World Championship appeared well within Josh Richards’s grasp Saturday at Portsmouth Raceway Park. In fact, the path to the $100,000 Full Story
