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Top 25: Pierce dominant as Hedgecock rejoins
Posted: 09/10/2024, 09:41 am By Kevin KovacWith a dramatic, wall-scraping run to victory in Saturday night’s 54th World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., left no doubt about his status as the top driver in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 poll presented Full Story
2024 Late Model series and track champions
Posted: 12/31/2024, 12:48 pmSeries champions Region-by-region champions on Dirt Late Model series and racing organizations for 2024: National Castrol FloRacing Night in America - Ricky Thornton Jr. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series - Ricky Thornton Jr. World of Full Story
By-the-numbers look at 54th annual World 100
Posted: 09/09/2024, 08:06 amA by-the-numbers look at the 54th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway (complete World 100 coverage): 0: Number of unsold reserved seats on a night when Eldora broke its all-time attendance record. 1: World 100s held outside Scott Bloomquist’s Full Story
Madden seethes over tangle with Herrington
Posted: 09/07/2024, 07:30 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — At first, Chris Madden waved off the opportunity to address the incident that knocked him out of Friday’s opening 25-lap World 100 semifeature at Eldora Speedway. FloRacing pit reporter Ben Shelton asked for Full Story
Notes: Madden tunes up in Smith's new Longhorn
Posted: 09/06/2024, 05:45 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — Chris Madden’s return to competition following a nearly two-month absence didn’t go well. “We didn’t have a good night,” Madden said of the DNQ he absorbed in Wednesday’s Castrol FloRacing Night Full Story
Joiner Capital-izes with 4th in new car at Big E
Posted: 09/06/2024, 06:34 am By Kyle McFaddenROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 5) — Joseph Joiner was absolutely all smiles after Thursday’s World 100 semifeature at Eldora Speedway. Who cares if the event’s revamped format with heat race inverts played a hand in the Milton, Fla., native Full Story
Tales, anecdotes and memories of Bloomquist
Posted: 09/03/2024, 12:38 amSeeking stories not already told, DirtonDirt.com reached out to those who worked with, raced with and sometimes feuded with late Hall of Fame driver Scott Bloomquist. Using their own words, they share favorite brief anecdotes and remembrances Full Story
One-time ride to scratch Madden's World 100 itch
Posted: 08/29/2024, 07:17 am By Kyle McFaddenChris Madden can’t yet picture an Eldora Speedway crown jewel in Rossburg, Ohio, without him in it as a driver. For that reason, the 49-year-old is gearing up for another run at an elusive Eldora crown jewel at Sept. 5-7’s World 100. Indeed, Full Story
Notes: Unexpected title run for Mississippi racer
Posted: 08/22/2024, 07:46 am By Todd TurnerHeading into the racing season, chasing a points title wasn't a serious consideration for David Williamson, a third-year Crate Late Model racer from Seminary, Miss. After all, besides transitioning to a new Longhorn Chassis after after Full Story
Timeline: Scott Bloomquist's racing career
Posted: 08/21/2024, 12:30 pmSignificant dates, milestones and other noteworthy events in Hall of Fame driver Scott Bloomquist’s 45-year career: Nov. 14, 1963: Born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, to Ron and Georgie Bloomquist. August 1980: Competes in first dirt racing event Full Story
New-version Rocket XR1 has Richards feeling fine
Posted: 08/21/2024, 08:39 am By Kyle McFaddenLOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug. 17) — Mark Richards and his Rocket Chassis organization have been particularly hard at work these last few months. Not only because their house car team had gone 48 races between victories — from Hudson O’Neal’s Full Story
Fast Talk: Bloomquist's enduring mark on sport
Posted: 08/19/2024, 10:39 amWith the Dirt Late Model world rocked by the death of legendary driver Scott Bloomquist, our roundtable discusses the driver many consider to the best of all time in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited Full Story
'Rewarding' first victory in Rocket1 for T-Mac
Posted: 08/18/2024, 07:41 am By Kyle McFaddenLOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug. 17) — Nearly every team in Batesville Motor Speedway’s back pit area had either loaded up or already departed after Saturday’s slog of a Topless 100 program, but Tim McCreadie was in no such rush. Still wearing Full Story
Fast Facts: 32nd annual Nutrien Ag Solutions Topless 100
Posted: 08/14/2024, 02:50 pm By Aaron ClayDates: Aug. 16-17 Track: Batesville Motor Speedway (high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval) Location: Locust Grove, Ark. Purse: $50,000-to-win Late Model feature Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and Comp Cams Super Dirt Series Streaming: Full Story
Top 25: Troutman rejoins Pierce-topped rankings
Posted: 08/13/2024, 01:12 pm By Todd TurnerHis crown bejeweled with lucrative victories during a summer hot streak, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., remained a unanimous No. 1 in DirtonDirt.com’s power rankings following his $75,000 repeat in the Sunoco Race Fuels North-South 100 Full Story
Notes: J.D. turns test run into $6,000 win
Posted: 08/10/2024, 03:06 pm By Kevin KovacUNION, Ky. (Aug. 9) — Jonathan Davenport’s plan for Friday night’s second 25-lap North-South 100 semifeature at Florence Speedway went better than he ever could have imagined. While the 40-year-old star from Blairsville, Ga., started Full Story
Notes: Master plan in action for South Carolinian
Posted: 08/08/2024, 07:51 am By Todd TurnerBoiling down his goals, Devin Morgan of Greenville, S.C., isn't a lot different than many aspiring dirt racers. In the long term, the 22-year-old would love to compete in Super Late Models on a national tour. And in the short term, he keeps Full Story
Top 25: Pierce solid No. 1 as English returns
Posted: 08/06/2024, 07:23 am By Kevin KovacAccentuating his grip on the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com’s weekly power rankings, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., captured Saturday’s rain-shortened USA Nationals finale at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis., for his fourth $50,000 Full Story
Dispatches: Right place, right time at Duck River
Posted: 08/04/2024, 12:27 pmAmong latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing the first weekend in August from action including the Schaeffer's Southern Nationals, Hunt the Front Super Dirt Series and more (look for World of Outlaws Case Late Model Full Story
Notes: Minnesota rookie touts Swingarm Nation
Posted: 08/01/2024, 07:14 am By Todd TurnerThird-generation driver Johnny Broking is a racer's racer, the kind of guy who gets his kicks by climbing behind the wheel of a race car, no matter what he's driving. "I mean, just being in a race car is fun," said the 29-year-old from Full Story
Fast Facts: Cedar Lake's 37th annual USA Nationals
Posted: 07/30/2024, 07:14 am By Aaron ClayDates: Aug. 1-3 with $6,000-to-win preliminary programs Thursday and Friday setting the lineup for Saturday’s 100-lap, $50,000-to-win finale Track: Cedar Lake Speedway (high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval) Location: New Richmond, Wis. Purse: Full Story
Notes: Would-be PDC rally ends against wall
Posted: 07/29/2024, 03:09 pm By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 27) — Ricky Thornton Jr. very nearly stole Saturday's Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury Speedway that so spectacularly belonged to come-from-behind winner Bobby Pierce. As the 100-lap feature neared the 10-to-go mark, Full Story
Fairbury win puts Marlar in rhythm after 'detour'
Posted: 07/27/2024, 02:25 pm By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 26) — The big $50,000 Prairie Dirt Classic winner’s check is Mike Marlar’s objective for his trip to Fairbury Speedway. A victory in Friday’s third of four 25-lap semifeatures, though, might have been more of Full Story
Thornton-Rumley pairing gets off to winning start
Posted: 07/25/2024, 06:43 pm By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 24) — Ricky Thornton had doubts about his chances of advancing from the 15th starting spot to win Wednesday’s 50-lap Castrol FloRacing Night in America feature at Fairbury Speedway. But for Kevin Rumley, the Full Story
Column: Clanton gains fresh perspective, wins
Posted: 07/24/2024, 12:14 pmShane Clanton didn’t need anyone to remind him that he had gone way too long without a checkered flag. But with his absence from victory lane exceeding one year and closing in on two, the 48-year-old veteran from Zebulon, Ga., had someone Full Story
