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Previewing Southern tours for the '15 season
Posted: 03/05/2015, 02:05 am By Alli CollisWith spring just around the corner, here's a look at developments on Southern Dirt Late Model tours for the 2015 season. The brief capsules, with information primarily from series officials, directors and publicists, focus on changes for Full Story
Quick Time: A too-soon review of points chases
Posted: 03/04/2015, 02:02 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: Wisconsin pilot back on dirt racing radar
Posted: 03/04/2015, 06:09 amThere was a time — not really that long ago, in fact — when it appeared that Adam Hensel might be destined for Dirt Late Model stardom. The year was 2007 and, coming off a spectacular season in which he won 22 features and WISSOTA’s Full Story
Notes: Clint Smith refocuses racing schedule
Posted: 02/25/2015, 06:35 am By Alli CollisEditor's note: The Bama Bash was postponed and rescheduled for March 7-8. For the first time in 10 years, Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., will not be chasing the World of Outlaws Late Model Series points title. Electing to forgo the 2015 Full Story
Quick Time: Speedweeks review by the numbers
Posted: 02/25/2015, 06:29 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
Top 25: Clanton earns No. 1 spot in rankings
Posted: 02/24/2015, 09:53 am By Alli CollisShane Clanton spent most of Volusia Speedway Park’s DIRTcar Nationals in the No. 1 spot, and that’s exactly where the Zebulon, Ga., driver landed for the first regular-season poll in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings. Clanton, Full Story
Fast Talk: Speedweeks wrap (a.k.a. Clantonfest)
Posted: 02/23/2015, 09:35 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
Cautions hurt, then help, Clanton stay red-hot
Posted: 02/21/2015, 04:58 am By Kevin KovacBARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 20) — One caution flag effectively snuffed out Shane Clanton’s hopes for a runaway victory. Another gave him the new life necessary to pull off a dramatic triumph. So it goes for the 39-year-old from Zebulon, Full Story
Column: Clanton turning in Capital improvements
Posted: 02/17/2015, 05:57 pmShane Clanton can’t help but view his spectacular start to 2015 through the prism of the downright forgettable season he completed just a few months ago. For an accomplished driver who has Dream and World 100 victories on his resume, Full Story
Fast Talk: Speedweeks recap en route to Volusia
Posted: 02/16/2015, 11:08 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: Frank determined to get most of Longhorn
Posted: 02/14/2015, 12:40 pm By Kevin KovacOCALA, Fla. (Feb. 13) — You’d think that Chub Frank would have been happy with a run in Friday night’s 30-lap Bubba Army Winternationals opener at Bubba Raceway Park that saw him move forward from the eighth starting spot and come Full Story
Benedum scores finish worthy of his race car
Posted: 02/13/2015, 02:46 am By Todd TurnerGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 12) — Mike Benedum liked the feel of his Rocket Chassis in last year’s East Bay Raceway Park finale. And during Tuesday’s opener for the 39th annual Winternationals, the car showed more promise, but again, without Full Story
Fast Talk: Spreading the wealth at Speedweeks
Posted: 02/09/2015, 11:14 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
Meshing with crew chief, McIntosh makes strides
Posted: 02/07/2015, 10:57 am By Todd TurnerBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Feb. 6) — Crew chief David Bryant heard plenty of naysayers when Blount Motorsports gave young and unproven Georgia driver Donald McIntosh a lengthy tryout last fall. Especially the day after McIntosh smashed the wall Full Story
Media predict Lanigan to capture fourth WoO crown
Posted: 02/06/2015, 11:37 am By Joshua JoinerFew Dirt Late Model press members expect Darrell Lanigan to match his record-setting 2014 win total this season, but a large majority believe the veteran Union, Ky., racer will set another record in claiming his fourth World of Outlaws Full Story
Notes: Aiming to 'go for it,' B-Shepp finds trouble
Posted: 02/06/2015, 10:53 amBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Feb. 5) — Brandon Sheppard flirted with disaster throughout Thursday night’s 30-lap Georgia Boot Super Bowl of Racing kickoff feature at Golden Isles Speedway. On the final circuit, he found it. After Sheppard, 22, Full Story
Top 25: Bloomquist No. 1 in preseason poll
Posted: 02/03/2015, 08:01 am By Alli CollisComing off one of his best seasons, Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., finds himself atop DirtonDirt.com’s Preseason Top 25 power rankings heading to Georgia-Florida Speedweeks and the 2015 season. The Hall of Fame driver received Full Story
Speedweeks preview? Ask the panel of experts
Posted: 02/03/2015, 05:28 amFebruary's Georgia-Florida Speedweeks for Super Late Models kick off this week in Georgia with 22 races at six tracks, two in Georgia and four in Florida. DirtonDirt.com asked staffers and several contributing panelists several questions Full Story
Schedule, track-by-track capsules for Speedweeks
Posted: 01/28/2015, 03:08 pmThe 2015 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. 5-21 at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga.; Golden Isles Speedway in Full Story
California youngster Laney gets up to speed
Posted: 01/27/2015, 09:02 am By Alli CollisIn his first full year behind the wheel of a full-fender car, second-generation driver Cody Laney of Torrance, Calif., captured his first Late Model victory. With California’s 2015 race season right around the corner, the 19-year-old Full Story
Back after '14 burnout, Hiett refires at Ice Bowl
Posted: 01/07/2015, 02:36 pm By Todd TurnerJason Hiett plans to make his first start in a Wendell Vinson-owned Trak-Star Race Car this weekend, and the 29-year-old racer from Oxford, Ala., fully expects it’s a race car with the potential to carry him to victory lane. “If we Full Story
Notes: Blount vindicated by McIntosh's win at 411
Posted: 01/02/2015, 08:50 am By Alli CollisSEYMOUR, Tenn. (Jan. 1) — The off-season move to name Donald McIntosh its permanent driver paid off quickly for Blount Motorsports. Less than a month after the Maryville, Tenn.-based team announced that the 21-year-old Dawsonville, Ga., Full Story
Best of 2014: Drivers by car number
Posted: 12/29/2014, 08:44 am By Andy SavaryThroughout our Best of 2014 coverage, we’ve ranked and re-ranked drivers every which way — except by number. Here’s our list of the Best of 2014 Drivers by car number (Best of 2014 coverage): 0 - Scott Bloomquist 00 - Randy Korte 1 Full Story
Column: Blankenship's 'Tier 1' pursuit derailed
Posted: 12/23/2014, 02:02 pmJohn Blankenship isn’t a national touring series champion. He’s never even posted a double-figure victory total in any of his competitive Dirt Late Model seasons — in fact, in just over a decade of racing, his resume shows a modest Full Story
Best of 2014: South's state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/18/2014, 07:03 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2014 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 2014 coverage): Alabama Top Full Story
