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Tardy drivers won't get Lucas Oil provisionals
Posted: 02/11/2017, 09:07 pm By Todd TurnerBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Feb. 11) — For critics of Scott Bloomquist’s tardiness at racetracks, a new Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series rule is better late than never. Tour director Rick Schwallie announced Saturday before the Rhino Ag Super Full Story
Column: Madden gears up for WoO title pursuit
Posted: 02/08/2017, 02:51 pmAt the age of 41 and coming off a strong 2016 season, Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., is certainly more in the prime of his career than the down side of it. Nevertheless, there’s a sense of urgency in the veteran driver’s body that Full Story
Test your Speedweeks knowledge with trivia quiz
Posted: 02/08/2017, 03:55 amHeading toward February’s traditional action, we offer a dozen trivia questions from dirt racing's Super Late Model portion of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks; answers at the bottom of the page (complete Speedweeks coverage): 1) Prior to Full Story
Top 25: Preseason poll puts Bloomquist on top
Posted: 02/07/2017, 12:35 pm By Todd TurnerReigning and three-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion Scott Bloomquist begins the 2017 season atop DirtonDirt.com’s preseason Top 25 power rankings, just four points shy of unanimous in the Dirt Late Model poll. The 53-year-old Full Story
Georgia-Florida Speedweeks coverage index
Posted: 02/25/2017, 08:51 amDirtonDirt.com's coverage from Georgia-Florida Speedweeks, made up of events at Brunswick, Ga.'s Golden Isles Speedway (Feb. 10-11), North Florida Speedway in Lake City (Feb. 12), Gibsonton, Fla.'s East Bay Raceway Park (Feb. 13-18), Sylvania, Full Story
2017 preview: Resetting the national tours
Posted: 02/02/2017, 06:49 am By Andy Savary and Todd TurnerResetting Dirt Late Model racing’s national tours — the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series — heading into February’s season openers during Georgia-Florida Speedweeks (drivers listed Full Story
Schedule, track-by-track capsules for Speedweeks
Posted: 02/01/2017, 07:16 amThe 2017 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 Feb. 10-25 at Golden Isles Speedway in Waynesville, Ga.; North Florida Speedway Full Story
On trade show circuit, Fergy covers new ground
Posted: 01/23/2017, 03:09 pm By Kevin KovacOAKS, Pa. — Chris Ferguson has worked plenty of trade shows across the U.S. map since becoming a salesman two years ago for ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems, but none were quite like the one he attended last weekend. As the 27-year-old Full Story
Column: Dome promoter adds ambitious project
Posted: 01/10/2017, 05:57 pmCody Sommer doesn’t operate a weekly racetrack, but he certainly has enough motorsports work to keep him running non-stop. His promotional activities — last month’s VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Full Story
Column: Well-equipped, Whitwell eyes home run
Posted: 01/04/2017, 12:13 pmR.C. Whitwell always looks forward to the Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout. The January miniseries is, after all, the biggest Dirt Late Model meet of the season in his home state of Arizona, so it’s his chance to battle some of Full Story
Fielding team refreshing throwback for Francis
Posted: 12/28/2016, 10:55 am By Kevin KovacSteve Francis provided a quick one-word answer when asked if he thought he’d ever field his own Dirt Late Model team again after he liquidated virtually his entire racing operation following the 2011 season. “No,” the 49-year-old Full Story
PRI Friday: Notebook from trade show in Indy
Posted: 12/09/2016, 06:23 amINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 9) — The Indiana Convention Center doors open Friday for the second of three days at the 29th annual Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where 40,000 attendees are expected to check out 1,200 companies, including Full Story
Notes: Fayetteville promoter celebrates diversity
Posted: 12/08/2016, 07:33 pmINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 8) — Fayetteville Motor Speedway celebrates diversity under the promotership of Jim Long Jr. Diversity as in you never know what type of Late Model or race car will be making laps at the 4/10-mile North Carolina Full Story
Column: Top Lucas Oil rookie savors experience
Posted: 12/06/2016, 03:52 amColton Flinner knew he would be outgunned, outmanned and underfinanced when he and his father, Mark, decided to tackle the 2016 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series in pursuit of the national tour’s rookie of the year honors. The upstart Full Story
Best of 2016: South's state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/02/2016, 04:01 am By Alli Collis and Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2016 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 2016 coverage): Alabama Top Full Story
Best of 2016: More state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/01/2016, 02:48 am By Kevin Kovac and Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2016 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 2016 Full Story
Best of 2016: Midwest's state-by-state capsules
Posted: 11/30/2016, 02:04 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2016 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 2016 coverage): Illinois Top Full Story
Richards tops 2016's Driver of the Year chase
Posted: 11/28/2016, 05:02 am By Alli Collis and Todd TurnerWith the 2016 racing season in the books, DirtonDirt.com takes a closer look at top five national drivers as well as regional and weekly Dirt Late Model competition. Check our video coverage for DirtonDirt.com’s Top Five Drivers overall, Full Story
Column: J.D. returning to do it the Wright way
Posted: 11/09/2016, 09:33 amJonathan Davenport knew before September’s World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, that he would need a new ride for 2017. The father and son who fielded his car — owner-engine builder Lee Roy Rumley and his crew-chief son Kevin Full Story
Top 25: McCreadie climbs four spots in poll
Posted: 11/08/2016, 09:39 am By Alli CollisAfter nearly sweeping the 42nd annual National 100 weekend at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., climbed four spots in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while four-time World of Outlaws Full Story
Top 25: Madden jumps to fifth in power rankings
Posted: 11/01/2016, 08:22 am By Alli CollisAfter capturing his first career Bad Boy Off Road World Finals victory Saturday at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., joined the top five in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Friday’s winner Josh Full Story
Fast Talk: Reviewing Charlotte's big weekend
Posted: 10/31/2016, 10:42 amOur weekly roundtable, sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products, reviews Charlotte’s Bad Boy Off Road World Finals as we head into the waning weeks of the Dirt Late Model season (edited for clarity and length): Put your spin on a World Full Story
With slick move, Madden rebounds at World Finals
Posted: 10/30/2016, 11:37 am By Kevin KovacCONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 29) — The white flag was about to fly, two lapped cars were side-by-side in front of him and Tim McCreadie was underneath him bidding for the lead exiting turn two, so there was no time for Chris Madden to carefully Full Story
Quick Time: Youthful trend with crown jewels
Posted: 10/26/2016, 01:28 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner (with assistance from staffer Andy Savary) for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing Full Story
Column: Bloomquist up to challenge of third title
Posted: 10/26/2016, 11:31 amAsk Scott Bloomquist if there was something that propelled him to his runaway 2016 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship and he will immediately harken back to all those nights in ’15 when he found himself scratching his head Full Story
