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Fast Facts: 18th annual World of Outlaws World Finals
Posted: 11/04/2024, 04:54 pm By Aaron ClayDates: Nov. 6-9 (time trials Wednesday followed by three race programs) Track: The Dirt Track at Charlotte (4/10-mile semi-banked clay oval) Location: Concord, N.C. Purses: $15,000-to-win features Nov. 7-8 followed by Nov. 9's $25,000-to-win Full Story
Fast Talk: Previewing Charlotte's World Finals
Posted: 11/04/2024, 10:55 amWith Tyler Erb capturing the National 100 and the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series wrapping up at the World Finals, our roundtable dives in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and Full Story
Column: Race-loving owner enjoys family, title
Posted: 10/31/2024, 02:47 pmBobby Koehler stood amid a circle of his race team members in Eldora Speedway’s emptying pit area following the General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by ARP on Oct. 19, the hood of his sweatshirt pulled tight around his Full Story
Top 25: Racers ride Whynot up rankings
Posted: 10/29/2024, 09:03 am By Kevin KovacAdding two more victories to his bulging 2024 win list in Pennsboro (W.Va.) Speedway’s return to racing, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., remained the unanimous No. 1 driver in DirtonDirt.com’s power rankings. Pierce, 27, collected all Full Story
Stone plots his strategy at Bedford's Keystone Cup
Posted: 10/26/2024, 06:48 am By Kyle McFaddenBEDFORD, Pa. (Oct. 25) — Like the rest of the competition Friday on Bedford Speedway’s Keystone Cup preliminary night, Dan Stone searched for ways to keep pace with Max Blair and Mason Zeigler. Blair cruised to a 2.5-second victory Full Story
Column: Fast, furious cobbling of a title team
Posted: 10/25/2024, 08:14 amAmid the joy of a Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship celebration Saturday at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, Ricky Thornton Jr. couldn’t help thinking back to July 7. What happened that Sunday made him wonder if his dreams Full Story
What's next? Pierce hungry after first DTWC
Posted: 10/23/2024, 06:34 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio — In effect, Bobby Pierce called his shot. One month ago, after winning his first Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals, he asserted that the 44th annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by ARP was Full Story
Top 25: DTWC solidifies Pierce's No. 1 grip
Posted: 10/22/2024, 09:51 am By Kevin KovacMaking it easy on voters to keep him a unanimous No. 1 driver in DirtonDirt.com’s power rankings, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., continued his historic 2024 season with a $100,000 victory in Saturday night’s 44th annual General Tire Full Story
T-Mac's DTWC solid, but team wonders 'what if?'
Posted: 10/21/2024, 04:12 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 19) — As Tim McCreadie was circling Eldora Speedway about to lead the field to the green flag in Saturday's General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by ARP, his car owner, Mark Richards, was walking out Full Story
Notes: Blair's deliberate DTWC rally nets fifth
Posted: 10/20/2024, 06:10 pm By Kevin Kovac and Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 19) — Max Blair of Centerville, Pa., notched his best-ever Eldora Speedway performance with a 13th-to-fifth run in Carl Short’s 44th annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by ARP, but it didn't Full Story
Avoiding downfall, RTJ secures Lucas Oil title
Posted: 10/20/2024, 11:21 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 19) — All Ricky Thornton Jr. wanted to do in Saturday's General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by ARP was avoid the self-inflicted wound that knocked him from Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship Full Story
Kentucky brothers enjoy satisfying DTWC at Big E
Posted: 10/20/2024, 02:29 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 19) — In making his first career start in Carl Short’s General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by ARP, James Rice was struggling over Saturday's first 25 laps on Eldora Speedway’s challenging half-mile Full Story
J.D. rebounds in bid to overtake RTJ for crown
Posted: 10/19/2024, 07:17 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 18) — A chink in Jonathan Davenport’s thick Eldora Speedway armor appeared to have developed. Perhaps, just perhaps, the master of the famed half-mile oval was off his game. Yet after Davenport drew attention Friday Full Story
With edge, RTJ taking another Lucas title shot
Posted: 10/18/2024, 05:16 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 18) — Ricky Thornton Jr. sat in the same place Friday afternoon that he did almost exactly one year to the day: at a dais in Eldora Speedway’s media center alongside his three Big Four rivals in the Lucas Oil Late Full Story
Title contenders may get wider berth during DTWC
Posted: 10/18/2024, 04:16 pm By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 18) — Dirt Late Model racers often say they race their competitors with respect. But three drivers might get a little more respect during the Carl Short’s 44th annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented Full Story
J.D.'s goals for DTWC: Set fast time, win race
Posted: 10/17/2024, 02:32 pm By Kyle McFaddenThe stakes appear a little higher as the years forge on at Eldora Speedway for Jonathan Davenport. For instance, his last appearance at the legendary Rossburg, Ohio, half-mile saw the Blairsville, Ga., superstar within reach of tying Billy Full Story
Column: Broken wrist curtails Iowan's campaign
Posted: 10/17/2024, 12:09 pmThe accident didn’t look serious. Just a run-of-the-mill tangle between a few race cars, the kind that happens every night. “It wasn’t a bad wreck at all,” said Daniel Hilsabeck of Adel, Iowa, recalling the heat-race incident in Full Story
Breaking down Lucas Oil championship scenarios
Posted: 10/16/2024, 03:34 pm By Kevin KovacRicky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., enters this weekend’s 44th annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by ARP at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, in the most advantageous position in the Big River Steel Chase Full Story
Top 25: Pierce unanimous, Marlar vaults up
Posted: 10/15/2024, 10:44 am By Kevin KovacA pair of third-place finishes during the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Jackson 100 weekend at Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway brought Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., back to unanimous No. 1 status in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 polls Full Story
Fast Facts: 44th Dirt Track World Championship
Posted: 10/15/2024, 09:42 am By Aaron ClayDates: Oct. 17-19 (modified prelims and stock car feature on Thursday; Late Model and Limited Late Model prelims and modified feature on Friday; Late Model and Limited Late Model features Saturday) Track: Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio Full Story
Balancing family, racing a challenge for drivers
Posted: 10/14/2024, 03:51 pm By Bryan AultBROWNSTOWN, Ind. — Garrett Alberson became a father on Sept. 24 when his wife, Dani, delivered the couple’s son Weston. It didn’t take long for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series regular from Las Cruces, N.M., to understand his Full Story
Fast Talk: Jackson, Chase and scenic drives
Posted: 10/14/2024, 12:09 pmAfter Brownstown Speedway’s Jackson 100 brings the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Big Four Chase for the Championship to its grand finale at Eldora, our roundtable weighs in on the title battle, weekend happenings and their favorite Full Story
Notes: Moran falters at Jackson 100 weekend
Posted: 10/13/2024, 02:36 amBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Oct. 12) — Devin Moran immediately knew the ramifications of his lackluster Jackson 100 weekend at Brownstown Speedway. In other words, it only took minutes after Saturday’s 100-lap, $50,000-to-win finale for him Full Story
Notes: RTJ roars back to top of Lucas Oil points
Posted: 10/12/2024, 01:11 am By Bryan AultBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Oct. 11) — Two weeks ago Ricky Thornton Jr. left Brownstown Speedway in a subdued and unhappy mood. Contact with Devin Moran sent him spinning off turn two during the Castrol FloRacing Night in America event, dooming Full Story
Column: Reflecting on East Bay's memories
Posted: 10/10/2024, 06:19 pmThe Dirt Late Model world’s attention this weekend was supposed to be fully focused on East Bay Raceway Park for the Gibsonton, Fla., track’s last hurrah, a $50,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Grand Finale that Full Story
