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• Overton's Screven sweep pleases hometown crowd

  Posted: 02/08/2026, 03:12 pm By Kevin Kovac

  SYLVANIA, Ga. (Feb. 7) — Brandon Overton was in his happy spot — racing, and winning, in his backyard at Screven Motor Speedway, surrounded by so many familiar faces who have been part of his life and his driving career. What could Full Story

• Take Five: Ivey debuting part-time ride at Screven

  Posted: 02/04/2026, 08:45 am

  In a new feature appearing regularly on DirtonDirt, senior writer Kevin Kovac will offer readers five things worth mentioning from around the Dirt Late Model landscape (index to previous Take Fives): No. 1: Trent Ivey of Union, S.C., will Full Story

• Fast Talk: Shadowing Late Model predictions

  Posted: 02/02/2026, 10:50 am

  With cold weather shortening Georgia's schedule action as Georgia-Florida Speedweeks inches forward, our roundtable weighs in for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Can you Full Story

• Fast Talk: Sunshine recap and new-look Speedweeks

  Posted: 01/26/2026, 10:21 am

  With the World of Outlaws Late Model Series rolling with three Sunshine Nationals winner, our weekly roundtable resets winter action in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): What’s Full Story

• Agreeing to disagree after Wild West clash

  Posted: 01/21/2026, 02:19 pm By Kyle McFadden

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 18) — The clash between Jonathan Davenport and Tyler Erb on Sunday at Central Arizona Raceway’s Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout ultimately came down to a difference in perception of racecraft. | Full Story

• Fast Talk: Wild West recap with Volusia next

  Posted: 01/19/2026, 11:57 am

  Upon the conclusion of the Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout and with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series opener upcoming, our weekly roundtable weighs in for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies Full Story

• Tech inspectors gets on same page in Arizona

  Posted: 01/17/2026, 07:40 pm By Kyle McFadden

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 17) — In moving the Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout back to Central Arizona Raceway, operations manager Matt Curl along with business partners Chris Kearns and Jason Babyak aimed to make the miniseries Full Story

• Notes: Desert struggles mounting for B-Shepp

  Posted: 01/17/2026, 01:01 pm By Kyle McFadden

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 16) — If there’s anyone who’d welcome a reset and the chance to start over at the Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout, it’s Brandon Sheppard. With finishes of sixth, 11th, 14th and 22nd, it’s Full Story

• Column: Flexibility key for J.D.'s 2026 schedule

  Posted: 01/15/2026, 05:30 pm

  Jonathan Davenport had some time on his hands last Thursday as he flew out to Central Arizona Speedway in Casa Grande to meet his Double L Motorsports team for the Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout. He used it to be a little Full Story

• Wrenchmen help Dotson to satisfying desert win

  Posted: 01/15/2026, 03:22 pm By Kyle McFadden

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 14) — Entering this week’s Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout, Ethan Dotson expected to give favorites Bobby Pierce, Jonathan Davenport and Hudson O’Neal a run for their money. | Complete WWS coverage The Full Story

• Notes: Erb ready for another WoO run

  Posted: 01/14/2026, 12:28 pm

  Last fall, Dennis Erb Jr.’s trip to victory lane at Humboldt (Kan.) Speedway signaled to the world that he was back. Now the 53-year-old Carpentersville, Ill., driver is ready to maintain his status as a nightly contender in his full-time Full Story

• Fast Talk: Recapping a weekend of desert action

  Posted: 01/12/2026, 11:38 am

  With Ricky Thornton Jr. and Hudson O’Neal winning the opening Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout events, our roundtable checks in for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and Full Story

• O'Neal endures restarts for first Arizona victory

  Posted: 01/12/2026, 10:36 am By Kevin Kovac

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 11) — Hudson O’Neal wasn’t worried, but he had some concerns pacing the field during the second half of Sunday’s 40-lap Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout feature at Central Arizona Raceway. | Full Story

• Home-stater O'Neil revives Late Model dreams

  Posted: 01/10/2026, 11:21 am By Aaron Clay

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 9) — As the Wild West Shootout returns to Arizona for the first time in five years, home-state driver Jake O’Neil knows this is likely his best chance for a good finish on the big stage during the miniseries Full Story

• Wild West homecoming warms promoter's heart

  Posted: 01/10/2026, 09:05 am By Kevin Kovac

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 9) — Amid the rumble of warming race car engines, Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout promoter Chris Kearns stood in Central Arizona Raceway’s pit area moments before the start of Friday evening's practice Full Story

• Year-by-year history of the Wild West Shootout

  Posted: 01/09/2026, 01:35 pm By Aaron Clay and Todd Turner

  A year-by-year history of the Southwest’s winter Super Late Model action (including the Wild West Shootout, Early Thaw, Winter Extreme) with recaps, memorable moments, winners and more: 2001 Recap: In the inaugural Early Thaw promoted Full Story

• Fast Talk: The WWS return to Arizona

  Posted: 01/05/2026, 11:51 am

  Happy New Year and happy new season as we turn toward an upcoming busy winter schedule with our weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): What does a return to Arizona at Casa Grande’s Full Story

• Ten drivers to watch at 20th Wild West Shootout

  Posted: 01/02/2026, 03:54 pm By Kyle McFadden

  A look at 10 driver favorites (listed alphabetically) heading for the Wild West Shootout, the Jan. 10-18 miniseries at Central Arizona Speedway in Casa Grande, Ariz., with four $10,000-to-win events bookended by $25,000-to-win features Full Story

• Fast Facts: 20th annual Wild West Shootout

  Posted: 01/02/2026, 09:33 am By Aaron Clay

  Dates: $25,000-to-win Super Late Model programs Jan. 10 and Jan. 18 bookending $10,000-to-win features Jan. 11, 14, 16-17 Track: Central Arizona Raceway (3/8-mile, high-banked clay oval) Location: Casa Grande, Ariz. Purse: Total Super Full Story

• Trends, infuential figures of last 25 years

  Posted: 12/19/2025, 06:56 am By Todd Turner

  In wrapping up our Best of the Quarter Century coverage, we’ve got four more Top 25 lists covering the era of Dirt Late Model racing from 2001-25 (also don’t miss our Top 25 photos from the era; Best of 2025 coverage index): Trends Full Story

• Top 25 state-by-state over the quarter century

  Posted: 12/18/2025, 07:40 am By Todd Turner

  A state-by-state breakdown of the best drivers and other items from 2001-2025. Drivers are listed alphabetically with the top five and the remainder of the top 25. Special event victory totals include series and added-purse events on DirtonDirt's Full Story

• Dirt Late Model's top moments of 2001-25

  Posted: 12/17/2025, 05:53 am By Kevin Kovac

  As part of our coverage looking at the first 25 years of the 21st century, we look at the top 25 memorable moments in the sport, listed chronologically by earliest (Best of 2025 coverage index): 2001: Inaugural Eldora Million Comment: Full Story

• Dirt Late Model's Top 25 of the quarter century

  Posted: 12/15/2025, 05:13 am

  The DirtonDirt staff’s consensus Top 25 drivers of 2001-25 listed alphabetically. Special event totals are a tally of series and added-purse events on DirtonDirt’s master schedule. All statistics are for competition among last 25 seasons Full Story

• Fast Talk: Recapping busy week at PRI show

  Posted: 12/15/2025, 05:07 am

  With a flurry of developments related (or not) to the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, our roundtable digs for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): In a newsy week for Full Story

• Lucas lauded in renewing 'most fair' points format

  Posted: 12/12/2025, 09:56 pm

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 12) — Mark Richards is proud that driver Hudson O’Neal and the Rocket Chassis house car team captured the 2023 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship, but that it came in the national tour’s winner-take-all, Full Story