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Quick Time: Georgia hostess with the mostest
Posted: 05/13/2015, 11:29 am By Todd TurnerTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing (and the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Column: McCool off to hot start with Thompson
Posted: 05/12/2015, 04:32 pmThe Gulf Coast’s hottest Dirt Late Model team materialized not through deep negotiations between car owner and driver but rather some good-natured pit-area joking. Randy Thompson of Meridian, Miss. — arguably the Magnolia State’s Full Story
Fast Talk: Eckert wins; Lanigan is still looking
Posted: 05/11/2015, 12:42 pmHere’s the latest edition of Fast Talk, a DirtonDirt.com feature each Monday sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Kevin Kovac gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about who’s hot, who’s Full Story
Notes: Sweep boosts Schmitt's confidence
Posted: 05/07/2015, 07:48 am By Alli CollisAs a hotbed for Dirt Late Model racing, picking up a weekly victory at just about any Illinois dirt track is an accomplishment. But driver Scott Schmitt of Tonica, Ill., was up to the challenge and more, topping foes at Farmer City (Ill.) Full Story
Quick Time: It's broom time on national tours
Posted: 05/06/2015, 08:15 am By Todd TurnerTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing (and the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Column: Family team soaks up Fergy's sweep
Posted: 05/06/2015, 04:24 amThe congratulatory messages came to Chris Ferguson by voicemail, text, Facebook and Twitter. There were so many that come Monday night — two days after he completed his career-milestone sweep of the May 1-2 World of Outlaws Late Model Full Story
Notes: Oregon rookie wins first three starts
Posted: 04/30/2015, 06:58 am By Alli CollisThe night of April 4 was one of firsts for Curtis Towns of Cottage Grove, Ore. Making his Super Late Model debut at his hometown Cottage Grove Speedway, the modified standout survived a caution-plagued main event to notch his first career Full Story
G.R. Smith anxious for WoO's return to Carolina
Posted: 04/28/2015, 02:06 pm By Joshua JoinerG.R. Smith has waited a year for the upcoming World of Outlaws Late Model Series doubleheader weekend in North Carolina. After falling just short of what would have been the biggest victory of his career in last year's WoO event at Fayetteville Full Story
Fast Talk: O'Neal shifts into gear after slow start
Posted: 04/27/2015, 01:01 pmHere’s the latest edition of Fast Talk, a DirtonDirt.com feature each Monday sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Kevin Kovac gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about who’s hot, who’s Full Story
Notes: Port Royal champ racking up victories
Posted: 04/23/2015, 06:52 am By Alli CollisFor Mike Lupfer of Shermans Dale, Pa., notching just one win over the stout competition at his home Port Royal Speedway would have been to an ideal start to the 2015 season. Clicking off three straight victories at the Pennsylvania oval, Full Story
His racing fire flickering, Moyer Jr. stepping away
Posted: 04/20/2015, 05:41 pm By Kevin KovacThere was a moment sometime last year when Billy Moyer Jr. saw his goals and aspirations appear before him through the prism of a dark, desolate highway. “I’m going down the road headed home from a race in my hauler and it’s 4 o’clock Full Story
Fast Talk: Sheppard capitalizes on staying home
Posted: 04/20/2015, 01:47 pmHere’s the latest edition of Fast Talk, a DirtonDirt.com feature each Monday sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Kevin Kovac gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about who’s hot, who’s Full Story
Notes: Modified champ makes Late Model foray
Posted: 04/16/2015, 05:05 am By Alli CollisThere are only two drivers in UMP DIRTcar history to ever capture three consecutive modified championships. One of those drivers is Late Model superstar and three-time Lucas Oil Series champion Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn. The other is Full Story
Quick Time: Ogle joins exclusive touring club
Posted: 04/15/2015, 01:59 pm By Todd TurnerTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing (and the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Column: Weaver, team are reaching new heights
Posted: 04/14/2015, 12:54 pmJAMAICA, Va. — Randy Weaver found himself in uncharted territory last Saturday night when he pulled into the pit area at Virginia Motor Speedway for Aaron’s King of the Commonwealth. There he was, entering a $20,000-to-win special at Full Story
Fast Talk: Evaluating Weaver's perfection
Posted: 04/13/2015, 12:11 pmHere’s the latest edition of Fast Talk, a DirtonDirt.com feature each Monday sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Kevin Kovac gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about who’s hot, who’s Full Story
Notes: Davenport falls short, but VMS a good fit
Posted: 04/13/2015, 07:06 am By Kevin KovacJAMAICA, Va. (April 11) - Nobody was happier to be at Virginia Motor Speedway for Saturday night’s Aaron’s King of the Commonwealth than Jonathan Davenport and his car owner-crew chief Kevin Rumley. “We’ve never been so happy about Full Story
Quick Time: Flipping through racing calendar
Posted: 04/08/2015, 12:28 pm By Todd TurnerTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing (and the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Top 25: Pierce, Simpson enter rankings
Posted: 04/07/2015, 08:15 am By Alli CollisAfter notching a fourth-place finish in Saturday’s Ultimate Super Late Model Series stop at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga., Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga., holds on to the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings Full Story
Fast Talk: Pierce's April shaping up nicely
Posted: 04/06/2015, 11:39 amHere’s the latest edition of Fast Talk, a DirtonDirt.com feature each Monday sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Kevin Kovac gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about who’s hot, who’s Full Story
Notes: South Carolina's Banal off to red-hot start
Posted: 04/02/2015, 07:20 am By Alli CollisFinding early success with his new race team, driver Steve Banal of Wylie Lake, S.C., has already captured three Crate Late Model victories on the 2015 season. Climbing behind the wheel of the John and Wesley Page-owned No. 75 this year, Full Story
Quick Time: Evaluating the driver stock market
Posted: 04/01/2015, 02:20 pm By Todd TurnerTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing (and the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Quick Time: When we gather without Baltes
Posted: 03/25/2015, 11:40 am By Todd TurnerTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing (and the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Drivers remember Eldora founder as rules stickler
Posted: 03/24/2015, 11:38 am By Alli Collis, Kevin Kovac and Todd TurnerAt Eldora Speedway, drivers played by the rules of Earl Baltes, or they didn’t play at all. That’s what many drivers remember about the legendary track founder who died Monday at age 93. A few remember Baltes mellowing in his later Full Story
Anecdotes, reflections and memories of Baltes
Posted: 03/24/2015, 09:07 amDirtonDirt.com asked Eldora Speedway regulars, observers and drivers to tell us, using their own words, their favorite brief anecdotes and remembrances of interactions with Earl Baltes, the late founder of the world’s most famous dirt Full Story
