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• Father's legacy stretches back to racing's pioneers

  Posted: 02/25/2025, 07:24 am By Todd Turner

  There was no doubt that Tommy Hickman’s funeral would have a significant connection to auto racing. After all, the longtime Soddy Daisy, Tenn., resident who died in January at the age of 76 learned about racing from his father, prepared Full Story

• Runner-up Ocala finish 'surreal' for Troutman

  Posted: 02/06/2025, 07:26 am By Kevin Kovac

  OCALA, Fla. (Feb. 5) — As a rising 19-year-old talent, Drake Troutman has a long list of career milestones still to achieve. His latest came Wednesday at Ocala Speedway. It wasn’t a victory for the youngster from Hyndman, Pa. He never Full Story

• Fast Talk: All-Tech review, Ocala preview

  Posted: 02/03/2025, 10:35 am

  After Ricky Thornton Jr. (twice) and Devin Moran (once) grabbed Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victories at All-Tech Raceway in Ellisville, Fla., our roundtable weighs in on Georgia-Florida Speedweeks for the weekly feature presented Full Story

• Column: A Speedweeks minus Scott Bloomquist

  Posted: 01/30/2025, 07:48 pm

  Georgia-Florida Speedweeks 2025 is off and rolling, but it’s not the same as it’s been for years and years. Something — someone — is missing, and the whole stretch of racing just feels a little different. This is, of course, the Full Story

• Notes: O'Neal latest to win in new Rumley car

  Posted: 01/30/2025, 01:08 pm By Kyle McFadden

  ELLISVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 29) — What does Hudson O’Neal’s victory Tuesday at Needmore Speedway have in common with Brandon Sheppard’s 2023 Dirt Track World Championship triumph at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway and Kyle Larson’s win in Full Story

• Speedweeks challenge for Floridian at All-Tech

  Posted: 01/30/2025, 11:18 am By Kyle McFadden

  ELLISVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 29) — Mark Whitener is hopeful he can put the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series field on upset alert this weekend at All-Tech Raceway. There’s no racetrack that means more to the 44-year-old than the half-mile Full Story

• Notes: Owens falls just short of ending drought

  Posted: 01/27/2025, 05:16 pm By Kyle McFadden

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 25) — Leading the first 41 laps of Saturday's World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Volusia Speedway Park, Jimmy Owens appeared destined for his first victory in nearly a year. If not for Garrett Alberson’s Full Story

• Davenport confirms bid for fourth Lucas Oil title

  Posted: 01/27/2025, 04:39 pm By Kyle McFadden

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 25) — In the season-opening Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series weekend at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga., three-time champion Jonathan Davenport said he was “90 percent” sure he’d again follow the Full Story

• Fast Talk: Keeping an eye on Speedweeks

  Posted: 01/27/2025, 09:06 am

  With Georgia-Florida Speedweeks wrapping up the first of two stints at Volusia Speedway Park and heading to Needmore, our roundtable weighs in for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and Full Story

• Column: HTF gang joins the fray of Speedweeks

  Posted: 01/24/2025, 09:11 am

  The Joiner family’s Hunt the Front brand has become ubiquitous across the Dirt Late Model landscape over the past six years — internet blog, YouTube channel, contending race team, merchandising juggernaut, regional series operator, Full Story

• Notes: Winger set for 'second' first-time WoO run

  Posted: 01/23/2025, 12:21 pm

  Ashton Winger won’t be a rookie when he returns to the World of Outlaws Late Models full-time in 2025, but the 25-year-old Hampton, Ga., driver said it’ll still feel like his first year. His maiden voyage with the World of Outlaws Full Story

• A teen's memorable first trip to dirt Speedweeks

  Posted: 01/20/2025, 07:30 am By Bob Markos

  Longtime Dirt Late Model historian and DirtonDirt.com contributor Bob Markos shares a brief diary of his first-ever trip to Florida Speedweeks from 1972 (slideshow; Georgia-Florida Speedweeks history): Monday, Feb. 7 It snowed again today, Full Story

• Column: Plans evolve for final MLRA tour champ

  Posted: 01/17/2025, 02:40 pm

  Chad Simpson knows how to win regional touring series titles. He’s been better at it than just about any Dirt Late Model driver in the country since 2007, racking up 14 such points championships across four circuits. But there’s Full Story

• Breakdown of Lucas Oil's expected roster for 2025

  Posted: 01/15/2025, 02:53 pm By Kevin Kovac

  The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series kicks off its 2025 campaign Jan. 17-19 at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga., sending the national tour into a season that boasts a record points fund and purse payouts. For the third straight Full Story

• Schedule, track-by-track capsules for Speedweeks

  Posted: 01/15/2025, 09:56 am By Aaron Clay

  The 2025 Georgia-Florida Speedweeks race-by-race schedule for Super Late Model events three tracks apiece in Georgia and Florida. Action runs Jan. 17 through Feb. 15 at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga.; Volusia Speedway Park in Full Story

• Brake issues challenge young Troutman at WWS

  Posted: 01/11/2025, 11:28 pm By Todd Turner

  VADO, N.M. (Jan. 11) — After three consecutive seventh-place finishes at the Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout, Drake Troutman was poised for a breakthrough Saturday evening at Vado Speedway Park. | Complete WWS coverage Getting Full Story

• Notes: Pierce's bid for perfection at Vado ends

  Posted: 01/10/2025, 11:57 pm By Todd Turner

  VADO, N.M. (Jan. 10) — The Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout has never had a driver sweep every event. And despite how strong Bobby Pierce looking in winning last weekend’s races, the 28-year-old Oakwood, Ill., won’t be Full Story

• Vado racers deal with frigid Wild West Snowout

  Posted: 01/10/2025, 04:20 pm By Todd Turner

  VADO, N.M. (Jan. 10) — The Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout has long had a mascot, the skeleton gunslinger depicted in the miniseries logo. That frightful six-shooting cowboy might have to make room for another icon for this Full Story

• Notes: WWS plans in limbo for speedy Bailes

  Posted: 01/06/2025, 03:05 am By Todd Turner

  VADO, N.M. (Jan. 5) — Ross Bailes planned on piloting Austin Kirkpatrick’s AK Race Car during the complete six-race Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout miniseries. Plans changed, however, and he’ll be heading back to his Full Story

• Notes: Snapped driveshaft dooms Junghans

  Posted: 01/05/2025, 01:05 am By Todd Turner

  VADO, N.M. (Jan. 4) — Chase Junghans of Manhattan, Kan., started on the pole of Saturday’s Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout opener at Vado Speedway Park, but he wasn’t around at the finish in his bid for a career-high Full Story

• Best of 2024: Top-five lists of memorable year

  Posted: 12/27/2024, 05:45 am By Kevin Kovac

  With Driver of the Year and other driver honors already published, DirtonDirt.com takes a look at other top-five lists from the 2024 season, running the gamut from the top-five performances to top-five clashes of the year (Best of 2024 Full Story

• Notes: Former Alabama driver Smith dies at 69

  Posted: 12/20/2024, 11:49 am

  Longtime Dirt Late Model racer and former North Alabama Speedway promoter Noland Smith of Ford City, Ala., died Tuesday. He was 69. The driver often called “Rollin’ Noland” while racing at tracks in Alabama and beyond was a steady Full Story

• Best of 2024: Southern state-by-state capsules

  Posted: 12/18/2024, 01:04 am By Todd Turner

  Dirt Late Model racing’s 2024 superlatives of Southern states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2024 coverage): Alabama Top Full Story

• Best of 2024: Northern and Western state caps

  Posted: 12/17/2024, 06:57 am By Todd Turner

  Dirt Late Model racing’s 2024 superlatives of Northern (including Canada) and Western states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best Full Story

• Fast Talk: Tying bow on Indy's PRI Trade Show

  Posted: 12/16/2024, 04:58 am

  With the holidays coming up after the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show in Indianapolis, our roundtable considers offseason topics in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Did Full Story