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Column: T-Mac absorbs the loss of father, hero
Posted: 06/05/2024, 06:59 amTim McCreadie grew up the son of a dirt-track legend, a racer known affectionately as Barefoot Bob who became one of the Northeast’s winningest and most popular big-block modified drivers ever. He witnessed his father’s exploits on Full Story
Eldora's first impressions stick with young drivers
Posted: 06/03/2024, 04:56 pm By Kevin KovacEvery driver who’s ever raced at Eldora Speedway has a recollection of the first time they tackled the legendary high-banked, half-mile oval in Rossburg, Ohio. Typically they hold vivid memories of the milestone moment — or at least Full Story
Coverage index of Eldora’s Dream XXX
Posted: 05/25/2024, 09:53 amROSSBURG, Ohio — DirtonDirt.com's previews and coverage of the $100,030-to-win Dream XXX at Eldora Speedway on June 5-8 including Castrol FloRacing Night in America, two Dream preliminary nights and the 100-lap finale Saturday (watch Full Story
Fast Talk: Dreamy predictions and more
Posted: 06/03/2024, 09:36 amAs spring turns into summer and Eldora Speedway's 30th Dream on the horizon, our roundtable talks shop in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Give us your elevator pitch touting Full Story
Fast Facts: Eldora Speedway's Dream XXX
Posted: 06/02/2024, 09:06 pm By Aaron ClayDates: June 6-8 (drivers will run either Thursday and Friday in 50-lap, $25,000-to-win preliminary feature programs; Saturday's 100-lap finale will be preceded by heat and consolations races; June 5's Castrol FloRacing Night in America Full Story
Column: Ailing Baggett loves Show-Me limelight
Posted: 05/30/2024, 04:48 pm By Kevin KovacWhen Neil Baggett rolled to a stop in Lucas Oil Speedway’s infield for an interview with FloRacing pit reporter Ben Shelton after winning a heat race during last Thursday’s Show-Me 100 preliminary program, the renewed enthusiasm coursing Full Story
Dispatches: New Yorkers turn back clock
Posted: 06/01/2024, 10:17 amCheck this frequently updated story throughout the May 30-June 2 weekend with the latest notes and quotes from Late Model races and events, including a listing of live-streamed events: Odds and ends A few weekend notes from dirt track Full Story
Top 25: RTJ solid No. 1 as Robinson joins
Posted: 05/28/2024, 08:47 am By Kevin KovacRicky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., fell short of sweeping Lucas Oil Speedway’s Show-Me 100 weekend, but his pair of $10,000 preliminary feature victories at the 3/8-mile oval in Wheatland, Mo., continued his hot streak and made him Full Story
Show-Me provides major boost for Rocket1, T-Mac
Posted: 05/27/2024, 03:34 pm By Kevin KovacWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 25) — On the eve of the Show-Me 100 finale, Tim McCreadie wore street clothes and a frustrated facial expression as he stood in the Lucas Oil Series pit area. Another quiet outing in his Rocket Chassis house car ride Full Story
Fast Talk: Wrapping up the holiday weekend
Posted: 05/27/2024, 11:23 amAfter a busy if rain-hampered Memorial Day weekend highlights by Jonathan Davenport's $50,000 Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 victory, our roundtable discusses that and more in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited Full Story
Celebration delayed after J.D.'s Show-Me victory
Posted: 05/26/2024, 07:08 am By Kevin KovacWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 25) — Jonathan Davenport didn’t look like a crown jewel winner when he returned to his team’s pit stall at Lucas Oil Speedway after dominating Saturday ’s Show-Me 100. He didn’t feel like one either — for Full Story
Notes: Moran primed for repeat at Show-Me 100
Posted: 05/25/2024, 02:59 pm By Kevin KovacWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 24) — As Devin Moran of Dresden, Ohio, sat on a table alongside his car in the Lucas Oil Speedway tech building following his runner-up finish in Friday’s 40-lap Don and Billie Gibson Tribute, he happily pointed Full Story
Contact a near-calamity for Thornton, Davenport
Posted: 05/25/2024, 08:16 am By Kevin KovacWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 24) — Remember the Jonathan Davenport-Ricky Thornton Jr. scrape in January at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga., that seemed to stoke the fires of the next great Dirt Late Model rivalry? The enmity between Full Story
Top 25: Madden climbs as RTJ tightens No. 1 grip
Posted: 05/21/2024, 05:42 am By Kevin KovacRicky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., solidified his hold on the top spot in DirtonDirt.com’s power rankings, earning unanimous recognition from voters after winning his only start of the weekend in Friday’s Northern Allstars Late Full Story
Fast Talk: WoO review and holiday preview
Posted: 05/20/2024, 10:57 amAfter three World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series events and a flurry of other action, our roundtable tackles it all in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Discuss Chris Full Story
Fast Facts: 32nd annual Lucas Oil Show-Me 100
Posted: 05/20/2024, 07:46 am By Aaron ClayDates: May 23-25 (complete show for Late Models and POWRi Limiteds on Thursday and Friday; consolations and features for Late Models and Limiteds on Saturday). Track: Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. (semi-banked 3/8-mile clay oval). Purse: Full Story
Notes: Terbo gift-wraps victory at Lawrenceburg
Posted: 05/19/2024, 10:40 am By Bryan AultLAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (May 18) — Tyler Erb enjoyed a nearly perfect weekend with the Northern Allstars Late Model Dirt Series. After a runner-up finish in Friday’s C.J. Rayburn Tribute at Circle City Raceway in Indianapolis, the 27-year-old Full Story
Column: On Blair's crew working a job she loves
Posted: 05/16/2024, 08:39 pmKayla McManus fondly recalls the day in the spring of 2023 that sent her life in a different direction. She was in a pickup rolling down a western Pennsylvania road with her father, Dave, and Brad Spochacz — the family friend who fielded Full Story
Cheering Fairbury fans ease Feger's frustration
Posted: 05/14/2024, 06:07 pm By Kyle McFaddenFAIRBURY, Ill. (May 11) — Jason Feger had been understandably disappointed of himself that Saturday’s would-be Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win at Fairbury Speedway slipped through his grasp. Thankfully for the 46-year-old, the Full Story
Top 25: Thornton supplants Pierce at No. 1
Posted: 05/14/2024, 06:49 am By Kevin KovacReclaiming the top spot in DirtonDirt.com’s power rankings for the first time since the last vote of 2023, the red-hot Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., earned nine of 10 first-place votes to end Bobby Pierce’s season-long reign Full Story
Fast Talk: Illinois recap and Mother's Day ideas
Posted: 05/13/2024, 11:45 amAfter Ricky Thornton Jr. and Devin Moran grabbed Illinois victories on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, our roundtable considers those results and more in our weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for Full Story
Notes: Smith failing to capitalize on heat wins
Posted: 05/12/2024, 07:38 am By Kyle McFaddenFAIRBURY, Ill. (May 11) — Among the twists and turns during Saturday’s race program at Fairbury Speedway, Garrett Smith failing to qualify for the 60-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series feature didn’t initially seem like a glaring Full Story
Babb powerless to avoid Farmer City heartbreak
Posted: 05/11/2024, 09:52 am By Kyle McFaddenFARMER CITY, Ill. (May 10) — Virtually everyone at Farmer City Raceway felt Shannon Babb’s heartbreak on Friday. Even Jonathan Davenport and Ricky Thornton Jr. grew empathic for the Moweaqua, Ill., veteran who couldn’t finish the Full Story
Column: Owner's picking of Nick starting to click
Posted: 05/09/2024, 04:22 pmTye Twarog will never forget the healthy number of critics who questioned why, late in 2022, he decided to remain in the Dirt Late Model game as a car owner by bringing on a driver who … well, one who had never even run a full season Full Story
Notes: Three-car dance keeps Hersh on his toes
Posted: 05/09/2024, 06:29 am By Todd TurnerClinton Hersh of Somerset, Pa., led from the outset of May 3’s Limited Late Model feature at Bedford (Pa.) Speedway, but as the race neared the midpoint, rallying standouts Kyle Lear and Kyle Hardy were hot on his tail. Hersh, looking Full Story
