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Delivering Late Models for eager Eagle fanbase
Posted: 05/18/2025, 09:55 am By Todd TurnerEAGLE, Neb. (May 17) — Eagle Raceway fans have long asked 18-year track co-owner Roger Hadan for a major Dirt Late Model event. The track that’s been a sprint-car stronghold dipped its toe in the Late Model waters with a Lucas Oil Late Full Story
Notes: Davenport falls short of big Eagle money
Posted: 05/18/2025, 12:40 am By Todd TurnerEAGLE, Neb. (May 17) — In half of Jonathan Davenport’s feature starts this season, he’s finished first or second. So it’s no huge surprise that the 41-year-old Blairsville, Ga., driver logged a victory and two runner-up placings Full Story
Notes: RTJ eyes Eagle rebound after miscue
Posted: 05/17/2025, 01:06 am By Todd TurnerEAGLE, Neb. (May 16) — While Ricky Thornton Jr. outdueled Jonathan Davenport in Thursday’s Malvern Bank High Bank Heist opener at Eagle Raceway, he wasn’t around at the finish to challenge Davenport in Friday’s 40-lapper. The fifth-starting Full Story
Racing as independent, Bronson finds rhythm
Posted: 05/17/2025, 12:16 am By Todd TurnerEAGLE, Neb. (May 16) — Kyle Bronson needed to shake the doldrums. Without a national touring victory in nearly two years and struggling on the World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series, Bronson announced two weeks ago he was Full Story
Lucas Oil teams endure Eagle's windy conditions
Posted: 05/16/2025, 07:33 pm By Todd TurnerEAGLE, Neb. (May 16) — Crew member Austin Hargrove was sitting in the Rocket Chassis house car pit area Friday afternoon when a metal wheel cover blew off the car, into the air and toward the adjacent Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Full Story
Eagle's an up-and-down challenge for competitors
Posted: 05/16/2025, 10:09 am By Todd TurnerEAGLE, Neb. (May 15) — Hikers, highway construction engineers and people sensitive to higher altitudes are frequently concerned with elevation changes. Dirt Late Model racers? Not so much. Except when they come to Eagle Raceway. The Full Story
Notes: Thornton beats J.D. at his own game
Posted: 05/15/2025, 10:52 pm By Todd TurnerEAGLE, Neb. (May 15) — On the final restart of Thursday’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 40-lapper at Eagle Raceway, Ricky Thornton Jr. knew that going to the bottom groove wasn’t going to cut it. The Chandler, Ariz., driver and Full Story
Column: Guliani's rise to sought-after consultant
Posted: 05/15/2025, 05:53 pmEverything was perfect in Vinny Guliani’s world last Saturday night at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Ark. There was the 38-year-old engineer/crew member-turned-technical consultant, standing in victory at his hometown track Full Story
Everything's brand new as McIntosh chases tour
Posted: 05/15/2025, 04:09 pm By Todd TurnerEAGLE, Neb. (May 15) — For Donald McIntosh, a Thursday in the middle of May is about like the rest of the season as a rookie candidate on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. Another new state in Nebraska. Another new track in Eagle Full Story
Top 25: J.D. creeps up on top-ranked Pierce
Posted: 05/13/2025, 11:52 am By Kevin KovacA productive Illinois Speedweek highlighted by a victory in the opener at La Salle Speedway kept Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., atop DirtonDirt’s power rankings for a seventh consecutive week, but he fell short of a unanimous selection Full Story
Fading at Fairbury can't ruin Shirley's Speedweek
Posted: 05/12/2025, 03:02 pm By Kyle McFaddenFAIRBURY, Ill. (May 10) — Brian Shirley tried not to let Saturday’s wayward night at Fairbury Speedway negate the success he found during Illinois Speedweek. Entering the Illinois Speedweek finale at the quarter-mile oval, the 44-year-old Full Story
Fast Talk: Recaps and eyeing the sport's future
Posted: 05/12/2025, 11:02 amAfter a flurry of Illinois Speedweeks events (with four winners among five races), our roundtable catches its breath in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Praise a recent Full Story
Clinical Davenport finds path to Fairbury victory
Posted: 05/11/2025, 12:53 pm By Kyle McFaddenFAIRBURY, Ill. (May 10) — A part of Jonathan Davenport felt that Saturday’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series feature at Fairbury Speedway had been too tame. Too uneventful. And not necessarily too easy, but his five-second lead wasn’t Full Story
Ruling Lincoln, Moran enjoys his winning pace
Posted: 05/09/2025, 06:26 am By Kyle McFaddenLINCOLN, Ill. (May 8) — Following Thursday’s runner-up finish to Devin Moran in FloRacing Night in America action at Lincoln Speedway, Ricky Thornton Jr. mused over a trend he hopes won’t define his season. | RaceWire “You look Full Story
J.D.'s Illinois checkered points to '25 satisfaction
Posted: 05/08/2025, 02:42 pm By Kyle McFaddenBANNER, Ill. (May 7) — Jonathan Davenport knew it had been a long while since he last won in Illinois, but nearly a whole decade? Even he was taken aback by that statistic, that before Wednesday’s wire-to-wire FloRacing Night in America Full Story
O'Neal can't quite get over Spoon River hump
Posted: 05/08/2025, 04:45 am By Kyle McFaddenBANNER, Ill. (May 7) — It appeared Hudson O’Neal had the momentum down the stretch of Wednesday’s FloRacing Night in America feature at Spoon River Speedway to grab victory. | RaceWire O'Neal charged from the sixth starting spot Full Story
Notes: Solid Speedweek start for home-stater Erb
Posted: 05/08/2025, 04:41 am By Kyle McFaddenBANNER, Ill. (May 7) — Only four drivers have back-to-back top-10 finishes to start Illinois Speedweek. Dennis Erb Jr. is one of them. As even-keeled and stoic as they come, the Carpentersville, Ill., veteran couldn’t hold back some Full Story
Top 25: Hoffman climbs with Pierce on top
Posted: 05/06/2025, 06:30 am By Kevin KovacBobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., returned to unanimous No. 1 status in DirtonDirt’s power rankings following a weekend that saw him tally a pair of podium finishes in the World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series-sanctioned Full Story
Fast Talk: It's been a while for national tour winners
Posted: 05/05/2025, 10:46 amWhile rain mostly rules the weekend, three drivers notched their first national touring victories of the season, a topic for discussion in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Of Full Story
Notes: Optimism returns for T-Mac in Dairyland
Posted: 05/03/2025, 02:24 pm By Kevin KovacFOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. (May 2) — Tim McCreadie finally found a reason for optimism in Friday's Dairyland Showdown opener Mississippi Thunder Speedway. Nearly three months removed from his last top-five finish, the 51-year-old national champion Full Story
Untamed Erb clicks, but cliques aren't his thing
Posted: 05/03/2025, 08:09 am By Kevin KovacFOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. (May 2) — Tyler Erb was in a good mood because he won Friday’s Dairyland Showdown opener at Mississippi Thunder Speedway, and one of the reasons he won was … because he was in a good mood. | RaceWire Those feelings Full Story
Circle City victory puts Overton back on track
Posted: 05/03/2025, 07:59 am By Bryan AultINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (May 2) — Brandon Overton’s flag-to-flag victory at Circle City Raceway did more than just snap a 13-race streak of combined victories for Ricky Thornton Jr., Devin Moran and Jonathan Davenport on the Lucas Oil Late Full Story
Little Circle City makes its debut on Lucas circuit
Posted: 05/02/2025, 05:51 pm By Bryan AultINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (May 2) — After competing at three half-mile racetracks in a row on last weekend's Mid-Atlantic swing, you couldn’t blame Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series drivers for experiencing a bit of culture shock when they Full Story
Column: Partner aids Izzo for La Salle rebirth
Posted: 05/01/2025, 03:01 pmTony Izzo Jr. never gave up hope that his family’s La Salle (Ill.) Speedway would rise again. Even as his mother, Kerry, fielded offers for the property since the last race was contested there on June 23, 2021, the 55-year-old former Full Story
Feathers set for busy (and promising) season
Posted: 04/30/2025, 05:53 pm By Kyle McFaddenHAGERSTOWN, Md. — Trever Feathers appeared poised Saturday at Hagerstown Speedway to join only Josh Rice and Gregg Satterlee as the lone regionally based drivers to score top-five finishes on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series so far Full Story
