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Fast Talk: Reviewing Vado, previewing Lucas
Posted: 01/13/2025, 11:51 amDirtonDirt.com’s roundtable comes together to review the Rio Grande Waste Systems Wild West Shootout at Vado (N.M.) Speedway Park and look ahead to this weekend’s launch of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series season at Golden Isles Full Story
Is Pierce destined for another 30-win season?
Posted: 01/07/2025, 07:05 am By Todd TurnerVADO, N.M. (Jan. 5) — Surveying the progress of his burgeoning Dirt Late Model career, Bobby Pierce makes a point of trying to exceed his accomplishments from the previous season. The 28-year-old from Oakwood, Ill., can only blame himself Full Story
Fast Facts: Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout
Posted: 12/30/2024, 09:00 pm By Aaron ClayDates: Jan. 4-5, 8, 10-12 Track: FK Rod Ends Vado Speedway Park (3/8-mile, semi-banked clay oval) Location: Vado, N.M. Purse: Total Late Model purse of more than $300,000 with $25,000-to-win events bookending four $10,000-to-win races. Sanction: Full Story
Best of 2024: Top-five lists of memorable year
Posted: 12/27/2024, 05:45 am By Kevin KovacWith 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
Column: Multi-pronged interests in dirt racing
Posted: 12/20/2024, 03:54 pmCory Hedgecock is first and foremost a Dirt Late Model driver. It’s his passion — and he’s pretty darn good at it, too, as evidenced by his evolution into a top regional contender in both Super and Crate Late Model competition. But Full Story
Notes: Former Alabama driver Smith dies at 69
Posted: 12/20/2024, 11:49 amLongtime 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 TurnerDirt 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 TurnerDirt 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
Best of 2024: Midwest's state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/16/2024, 04:24 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2024 superlatives of Midwestern states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2024 coverage): Illinois Top Full Story
Friday's updates from Indy's PRI Trade Show
Posted: 12/13/2024, 07:03 amINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 13) — The Indiana Convention Center doors reopen at 9 a.m. Friday for the second of three days at 2024’s Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where more than 40,000 attendees are expected to check out more Full Story
Thursday's updates from Indy's PRI Trade Show
Posted: 12/12/2024, 05:38 amINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 12) — The Indiana Convention Center doors open at 9 a.m. Thursday for the first of three days at 2024’s Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where more than 40,000 attendees are expected to check out more Full Story
Top national, regional and weekly drivers of '24
Posted: 12/09/2024, 08:05 am By Todd TurnerWith the 2024 racing season mostly in the books, DirtonDirt.com takes a closer look at top five national drivers as well as regional and weekly Dirt Late Model competition. Check our video coverage for DirtonDirt.com’s Top Five Drivers Full Story
Notes: Winger sitting pretty in Dome debut
Posted: 12/06/2024, 01:41 pm By Kyle McFaddenST. LOUIS, Mo. (Dec. 5) — Ashton Winger has typically been a spectator during the Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Center. This season, the 24-year-old of Hampton, Ga., driver decided to participate in the indoor spectacle. Full Story
Notes: Half-mile VMS oval won't open in '25
Posted: 12/05/2024, 10:07 pmCiting financial struggles, Virginia Motor Speedway today announced to cease operations at the half-mile oval after 25 years under Sawyer family ownership. Inflation and the difficult financial climate since the pandemic has affected not Full Story
Evaluating favorites at Gateway Dirt Nationals
Posted: 12/04/2024, 09:16 am By Kyle McFaddenA look at 10 favorites at Dec. 5-7’s Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals in The Dome at America's Center at St. Louis, Mo., where more than 150 Dirt Late Model drivers are pre-entered for the indoor event that culminates with Saturday’s Full Story
Fast Talk: Previewing Gateway's Dome action
Posted: 12/02/2024, 11:05 amWith Thanksgiving behind us and the Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals beginning (and concluding) Dirt Late Model racing's indoor season, our roundtable weighs in for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited Full Story
Column: Winger piloting Fusion entry next season
Posted: 11/27/2024, 04:09 pmAshton Winger will admit that he’s made enough news — too often for undesirable reasons — in recent seasons. He’s not really interested in making any more unless it involves winning big races. “I went a few years where I felt Full Story
Fast Talk: Thankful for a variety of racing topics
Posted: 11/25/2024, 10:53 amWith the season winding down and Thanksgiving upon us, our roundtable surveys a variety of topics in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): In light of Thanksgiving, what's something Full Story
Column: MLRA director sees void left by closure
Posted: 11/21/2024, 07:06 pmMonday’s announcement that the Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Association series was dissolving shocked virtually everyone in the industry. Ernie Leftwich counts himself among that group. While Leftwich has been the director of the regional Full Story
Dispatches: Another championship for RTJ
Posted: 11/16/2024, 08:26 amAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing on a November weekend that includes the Castrol FloRacing Night in America Peach State Classic at Senoia (Ga.) Raceway: Another title Ricky Thornton Jr.’s path to Full Story
Column: Sheppard's back where he belongs
Posted: 11/14/2024, 08:57 pmBrandon Sheppard can’t say that he thought he’d someday return to the Rocket Chassis house car’s seat after he shockingly decided to leave it at the end of the 2022 season. Mark Richards, the owner of the Shinnston, W.Va.-based Full Story
Late Models a challenge for open-wheel star
Posted: 11/14/2024, 07:11 pm By Kyle McFaddenCONCORD, N.C. — The expectation Logan Seavey had for himself this year moonlighting Dirt Late Models for Chris Bragg Racing was logging at least eight races in the fendered discipline. That came to fruition for the open-wheel superstar Full Story
Notes: Moral victories don't soothe Hoffman
Posted: 11/12/2024, 06:51 pm By Kevin Kovac and Kyle McFaddenCONCORD, N.C. — Nick Hoffman was the interloper in the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series championship battle, the relative newcomer to the division who was contending for a title sooner than virtually anyone thought possible. In Full Story
Flat tire dooms Pierce's title chances in finale
Posted: 11/12/2024, 06:04 am By Kevin KovacCONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 9) — The postmortem of Bobby Pierce’s failed bid for the 2024 World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series championship took place inside his trailer following Saturday’s 50-lap World Finals finale at The Dirt Track Full Story
Top 25: Pierce closes at No. 1 as Madden rejoins
Posted: 11/12/2024, 05:52 am By Kevin KovacWhile Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., fell short in his bid for a second consecutive World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series championship during the three-race World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, N.C., his $15,000 victory Full Story
