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Notes: Wallace shelves patience for fifth-place finish
Posted: 05/05/2012, 12:35 pm By Todd TurnerPONTOON BEACH, Ill. (May 4) — Wendell Wallace was trying a little patience in Friday’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series main event at Tri-City Speedway, but it didn’t take him long to realize it wouldn’t work at Full Story
O'Neal cruises at Tri-City for fifth Lucas Oil victory
Posted: 05/05/2012, 02:59 am By Todd TurnerPONTOON BEACH, Ill. (May 4) — There are nights when race teams tweak, adjust and flatout change a race car to make it faster. Then there are nights like Don O’Neal had Friday at Tri-City Speedway. The 47-year-old driver from Full Story
Poll Position: First-time WoO winners break out
Posted: 05/01/2012, 12:40 pmWelcome to one of the newest DirtonDirt.com features, Poll Position, as DirtonDirt.com staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Joshua Joiner rank the nation's top 25 Dirt Late Model racers by consensus. Future rankings will appear every Full Story
McCool leads flag-to-flag for first Outlaws victory
Posted: 04/29/2012, 04:38 am By Kevin KovacTAZEWELL, Tenn. (April 28) — Now Bub McCool likes Tazewell Speedway. He really, really likes it. After McCool scored his first career World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory in Saturday night’s Outlaw Sizzler 50 presented Full Story
Yantz enjoys return as Ponderosa promoter
Posted: 04/26/2012, 06:52 am By Mike SullivanJUNCTION CITY, Ky. — Larry Yantz milled about the solid crowd that visited the Ponderosa Speedway on 2012 season opener. He shook hands, exchanged pleasantries and genuinely looked glad to be back promoting a racetrack again. And Full Story
Poll Position: O'Neal's slide puts Lanigan on top
Posted: 04/24/2012, 12:11 pmWelcome to one of the newest DirtonDirt.com features, Poll Position, as DirtonDirt.com staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Joshua Joiner rank the nation's top 25 Dirt Late Model racers by consensus. Future rankings will appear every Full Story
Borrowed engine helps Guss to West Liberty victory
Posted: 04/22/2012, 06:10 amWEST LIBERTY, Iowa (April 21) – Two-time and reigning series champion Ray Guss Jr. of Milan, Ill., got back on track Saturday night and he had the point leader in the Deery Brothers Summer Series to thank for it. Powered by a motor Full Story
Resurgent Bloomquist roars at Roaring Knob
Posted: 04/21/2012, 05:32 am By James EssexMARKLEYSBURG, Pa. (April 20) — Scott Bloomquist’s would-be slump is officially over. Seven days after a $25,000 victory at Virginia Motor Speedway, the 48-year-old Hall of Famer from Mooresburg, Tenn., led all but two laps Full Story
Poll Position: Bloomquist jumps to fifth after VMS
Posted: 04/17/2012, 11:31 amWelcome to one of the newest DirtonDirt.com features, Poll Position, as DirtonDirt.com staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Joshua Joiner rank the nation's top 25 Dirt Late Model racers by consensus. Future rankings will appear every Full Story
Fast Talk: Breaking down Bloomquist, VMS
Posted: 04/16/2012, 11:45 amHere's the latest edition of Fast Talk, a new DirtonDirt.com feature appearing each Monday. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Joshua Joiner gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about who's hot, who's not and other issues regarding Full Story
Moyer leads 50 laps for $8,000 win at Magnolia
Posted: 04/15/2012, 05:28 am By Jonathan JoinerCOLUMBUS, Miss. (April 14) — Billy Moyer led every lap of Saturday night's Spring Throwdown feature at Magnolia Motor Speedway, but claiming the victory was far from easy for the veteran driver from Batesville, Ark. Moyer survived Full Story
Rebounding Bloomquist wins Commonwealth 100
Posted: 04/14/2012, 04:02 pm By Joshua JoinerJAMAICA, Va. (April 14) — Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., played the tire game to perfection Saturday night at Virginia Motor Speedway and earned $25,000 for a Commonwealth 100 victory that emphatically ended his recent streak Full Story
Notes: Engine woes spoil Stone's solid run at VMS
Posted: 04/14/2012, 03:27 am By Joshua JoinerJAMAICA, Va. (April 13) — Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa., came within just a few hundred feet of winning a heat race Friday night at Virginia Motor Speedway and earning a top-four starting position for Saturday’s $25,000-to-win Full Story
Hollingsworth rules Magnolia in new BWRC
Posted: 04/14/2012, 12:57 am By Jonathan JoinerCOLUMBUS, Miss. (April 13) — Ronny Lee Hollingsworth of Northport, Ala. hit the ground running in his new Barry Wright Race Car Friday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway, picking up a $2,000 victory during night one of the 3/8-mile Full Story
Shaver, Owens to share Commonwealth front row
Posted: 04/13/2012, 05:56 pm By Joshua JoinerJAMAICA, Va. (April 13) — Steve Shaver of Vienna, W.Va., moved a step closer to completing his quest for a second consecutive victory in Virginia Motor Speedway's Commonwealth 100 with a dominating heat race performance during Friday's Full Story
Notes: Madden ready for Friday's action at VMS
Posted: 04/13/2012, 04:36 pm By Joshua JoinerJAMAICA, Va. (April 13) — Always a top performer at Virginia Motor Speedway, Chris Madden is looking for a solid performance in this weekend’s $25,000-to-win Commonwealth 100 set to get under way with preliminary action Friday Full Story
Notes: Attica sweep spurs young Krummert
Posted: 04/12/2012, 08:50 am By Joshua JoinerOne year ago, Garrett Krummert opened his season with a disappointing outing at Attica (Ohio) Raceway Park, where the New Castle, Pa., driver performed so poorly that he pulled off the track just a few laps into the main event. Krummert Full Story
Poll Position: First 2012 win lifts Owens to third
Posted: 04/10/2012, 11:35 amWelcome to one of the newest DirtonDirt.com features, Poll Position, as DirtonDirt.com staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Joshua Joiner rank the nation's top 25 Dirt Late Model racers by consensus. Future rankings will appear every Full Story
Fast Talk: Autry's upset, Owens's status and more
Posted: 04/09/2012, 11:56 amHere's the latest edition of Fast Talk, a new DirtonDirt.com feature appearing each Monday. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Joshua Joiner gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about who's hot, who's not and other issues regarding Full Story
Notes: Ferguson falls short of Carolina Crown
Posted: 04/08/2012, 11:27 pm By Joshua JoinerLANCASTER, S.C. (April 7) — With just six cars finishing Saturday night’s rain-postponed Carolina Crown feature at Lancaster Speedway, there were plenty of drivers with thoughts of what could have been if they had survived the Full Story
Autry tops Landers for Carolina Crown upset
Posted: 04/08/2012, 04:11 am By Joshua JoinerLANCASTER, S.C. (April 7) – During driver introductions for Saturday night’s Carolina Crown main event at Lancaster Speedway, Scott Autry joked with fellow 11th-row starter Tim Allen that he needed a pair of binoculars just to see the Full Story
Madden earns first 2012 win at Cleveland County
Posted: 04/07/2012, 06:46 amLAWNDALE, N.C. (April 6) – After a few near misses earlier in the season, Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., scored his first victory of the year Friday night at Cleveland County Speedway, picking up a $4,000 payday in Ultimate Super Full Story
BWRC revival attracts more standout drivers
Posted: 04/05/2012, 02:37 pm By Joshua JoinerWith Steve Francis, Jonathan Davenport and Jared Landers all scoring a number of early-season victories in Barry Wright Race Cars, it hasn’t taken long for other drivers to notice the success of the cars built by the Hall of Fame Full Story
Poll Position: Mars jumps 8 spots after Farmer City
Posted: 04/03/2012, 01:59 pmWelcome to one of the newest DirtonDirt.com features, Poll Position, as DirtonDirt.com staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Joshua Joiner rank the nation's top 25 Dirt Late Model racers by consensus. Future rankings will appear every Full Story
Notes: Owens, Reece add Wright car to stable
Posted: 04/03/2012, 01:35 pmReigning Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., has added a Barry Wright Race Car to his Mike Reece-owned race team and plans to field the car in non-Lucas Oil Series events later this season, the driver Full Story
