DirtOnDirt.com Search Results

3994 items match your search

• Lowe's: Bloomquist leads all 50 laps, wins opener

  Posted: 10/31/2008, 05:07 pm By Todd Turner

  CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 31) — The first feature at this year's Vault World Finals looked an awful lot like last year's opener. Hall of Fame driver Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., was back in victory lane at the Dirt Track at Full Story

• Owens, McDowell fastest in time trials at Lowe's

  Posted: 10/30/2008, 07:47 pm By Kevin Kovac

  CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 30) — Southern stars Jimmy Owens and Dale McDowell shared the spotlight on Thursday, grabbing fast-time honors in the two rounds of World of Outlaws Late Model Series time trials that opened the second annual Vault Full Story

• Madden repels Babb for $16,000 Lowe's victory

  Posted: 10/29/2008, 09:01 pm By Kevin Kovac

  CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 29) — Chris Madden thought he could cruise to victory in Wednesday's Armour Vienna Sausage Showdown at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway dirt track. The standout driver from Gaffney, S.C., ended up in a dramatic, Full Story

• Francis rolls to $10,000 Winchester 200 victory

  Posted: 10/27/2008, 08:51 am By Clifford Dove

  WINCHESTER, Va. (Oct. 26) — Polesitter Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., took the lead from multitime race winner Gary Stuhler of Greencastle, Pa., on the fifth lap at Winchester Speedway and cruised to a 100-lap victory in the Super Full Story

• Bray gets $50,000 as Dillon captures finale

  Posted: 10/19/2008, 03:14 am From series and correspondent reports

  RURAL RETREAT, Va. (Oct. 18) — Ty Dillon of Welcome, N.C., won the Fastrak Racing Series Grand Nationals finale at Wythe Raceway while Royce Bray of Hull, Ga., took the $50,000 points championship for the Crate Late Model organization. Full Story

• Smith tops Bray for victory at Friendship

  Posted: 10/18/2008, 09:41 am From series reports

  ELKIN, N.C. (Oct. 16) — David Smith of Inman, S.C., overtook race-long leader Royce Bray of Hull, Ga., on a lap-18 restart at Friendship Motor Speedway and raced to a Fastrak Racing Series Grand Nationals victory. While Smith took Full Story

• Crate notes: $50,000 on line for Grand Nationals

  Posted: 10/15/2008, 04:29 pm From series reports

  The four winners of the prelims lead the top Fastrak Racing Series teams into this week's $50,000-to-win Grand Nationals in North Carolina and Virginia. Craig Bartz of Shawano, Wis., Ed Dixon of Washington, Mo., Max Blair of Centerville, Full Story

• WoO notes: Gibbons still on track at Fayetteville

  Posted: 10/08/2008, 05:00 am By Kevin Kovac

  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (Oct. 7) — Veteran driver Ed Gibbons of Manning, S.C., earned $9,000 on Saturday at Fayetteville Motor Speedway for a Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series victory, and he returned to the track Tuesday to tack Full Story

• Richards rallies from 18th, wins at Fayetteville

  Posted: 10/08/2008, 04:35 am By Kevin Kovac

  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (Oct. 7) — Josh Richards didn’t have any good vibes entering Tuesday's World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Fayetteville Motor Speedway. But after making a stirring drive forward from the 18th starting Full Story

• Buckingham gets Grand Nationals win at Lavonia

  Posted: 10/06/2008, 08:48 am From series reports

  LAVONIA, Ga. (Oct. 4) — Shanon Buckingham of Morristown, Tenn., captured an opening event on the Fastrak Racing Series Grand Nationals at Lavonia Speedway. Buckingham won the caution-free 50-lapper over Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Full Story

• Notes: Fayetteville hosts key stretch of events

  Posted: 10/03/2008, 12:12 pm From series, track and staff reports

  The racing season is winding down, but Fayetteville (N.C.) Motor Speedway has its busiest stretch of the season over the next five days. The half-mile track is in action with three events from Oct. 3-7 with all of the races playing a role Full Story

• Late rally lifts Weeks to Clash win at Lancaster

  Posted: 09/21/2008, 02:24 pm By George \"Big Mack\" Missita

  LANCASTER, S.C. (Sept. 20) — Tightening his grip on the series points lead with one race remaining, Ricky Weeks of Rutherfordton, N.C., slipped by Randle Chupp of Troutman, N.C., heading for the white flag at Lancaster Motor Speedway Full Story

• Weeks extends Clash points lead with Gastonia victory

  Posted: 09/20/2008, 06:25 am From series reports

  GASTONIA, N.C. (Sept. 19) — Ricky Weeks of Rutherfordton, N.C., took another step toward his fifth Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series championship with a $5,000 victory by leading all the way in the Hall of Fame 50 at Carolina Full Story

• At Duck River, Clanton stalks another victory

  Posted: 09/20/2008, 05:39 am By Robert Holman

  WHEEL, Tenn. (Sept. 19) — Shane Clanton continued his late-season surge as the Locust Grove, Ga., driver and reigning World 100 winner set the overall fast time and won the first heat race Friday for the Southern Regional Racing Series-sanctioned Full Story

• Madden rules Cherokee again, earns $10,000

  Posted: 09/15/2008, 11:48 pm From track and correspondent reports

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (Sept. 14) — Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., earned $10,000 for his victory in the second annual Hall of Fame 75 at Cherokee Speedway as he notched his sixth O'Reilly Southern All Star East victory of the season. Madden, Full Story

• Davenport grabs second Clash victory at Wythe

  Posted: 09/14/2008, 08:24 am From track reports

  RURAL RETREAT, Va. (Sept. 13) — Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., nabbed his second Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series victory of the season at Wythe Raceway, earning $5,000 for leading all 50 laps. Davenport flashed across Full Story

• Notes: Shirley's victory in return sounds great

  Posted: 09/11/2008, 01:50 pm From staff, series and track reports

  When Bo Shirley blew a couple of engines in his No. 111 Dirt Late Model early in the racing season, the Gadsden, Ala., drive still had the need for speed. And with some extra recreational time on his hands awaiting engine repairs, Shirley Full Story

• Column: Low-key owner helps Clanton to success

  Posted: 09/08/2008, 08:53 am

  In sports, team owners sometimes become a bigger story than the team. Think meddling George Steinbrenner with the New York Yankees, courtside bad-boy Mark Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks or in the NASCAR world, multi-car backers Rick Hendrick Full Story

• Notes: Clanton gets choked up in final laps

  Posted: 09/08/2008, 12:14 am By Todd Turner, Dustin Jarrett and Amber Vander Pluym

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 7) — Shane Clanton was no doubt focused on hitting his marks and turning the best laps possible throughout the 38th annual World 100, but emotions cropped up for the Locust Grove, Ga., driver when he realized Full Story

• Clanton denies Owens repeat at World 100

  Posted: 09/07/2008, 10:03 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — Shane Clanton didn’t have to deal with any challengers on the final circuit of his triumphant run in Saturday night’s 38th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway. Nevertheless, the Locust Grove, Full Story

• Dillon's mid-race charge leads to Wythe biggie

  Posted: 09/01/2008, 11:31 am From series reports

  RURAL RETREAT, Va. (Aug. 30-31) — Making perhaps his last start on dirt before making his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut the following weekend, Austin Dillon of Welcome, N.C., made a fourth-to-first charge just after the midpoint Full Story

• Notes: Rain keeps Duck River surface plenty moist

  Posted: 08/30/2008, 07:09 am By Robert Holman

  WHEEL, Tenn. (Aug. 29) — Local standout Jay Brinkley, a former O'Reilly Southern All Star winner who cut his racing teeth at Duck River, has seen just about every possible condition the tiny bullring could throw at a driver through Full Story

• Racers embrace family's long wait for liver donor

  Posted: 08/26/2008, 12:43 pm By Todd Turner

  Since the spring of 2007, David and Trish Barker, along with the dirt racing community in and around Kansas City, Mo., have been praying for 21-month-old Tyler Barker to receive a liver transplant and a degree of health he's never enjoyed. Full Story

• Excerpts from online journal for Tyler Barker

  Posted: 08/26/2008, 12:35 pm By Trish Barker

  Editor's note: An edited sampling of journal entries Trish Barker has written during her 21-month-old Tyler's battle with bilary atresia, which requires a liver transplant to restore his health. You can also see the complete journal: May Full Story

• Crouch tops Feathers for first Winchester victory

  Posted: 08/20/2008, 08:31 am From track reports

  WINCHESTER, Va. (Aug. 16) — After a near-miss a week earlier, Walter Crouch of Bealeton, Va., captured his first career Late Model victory at Winchester Speedway. Crouch jumped into the lead at the outset with Bubby Dillman Jr. and Full Story