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• Top national, regional and weekly drivers of '23

  Posted: 12/04/2023, 07:54 am By Todd Turner

  With the 2023 racing season mostly in the books, DirtonDirt.com takes a closer look at top five national drivers as well as regional and weekly Dirt Late Model competition. Check our video coverage for DirtonDirt.com’s Top Five Drivers Full Story

• Column: Free agent Pearson seeks next ride

  Posted: 12/01/2023, 07:14 am

  From almost the moment Earl Pearson Jr. learned that he didn’t have a ride for 2024 with his car owner Jason Papich’s decision to shut down his racing operation, he began to contemplate the rest of his racing life. It’s a natural Full Story

• Fast Talk: A peek ahead to the '24 race season

  Posted: 11/27/2023, 10:54 am

  With Thanksgiving behind us and just a few events (but big ones) remaining in December, our panelists gather around a virtual table for our weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): What's Full Story

• DirtonDirt.com's Best of '23 coverage index

  Posted: 12/31/2023, 07:23 pm

  Index of DirtonDirt.com’s Best of 2023 coverage with installments primarily on non-holiday weekdays from Nov. 27 through the end of the year (2023 track and series champions): Monday, Nov. 27: Driver of the Year (No. 5 Mike Marlar) Tuesday, Full Story

• Column: Gundaker diversifies racing roles

  Posted: 11/22/2023, 02:31 pm

  As the elder son of racetrack owners, Gordy Gundaker has spent all his adult years with an up-close view of the intricacies that come with promoting events. But has the 31-year-old from St. Charles, Mo., ever harbored visions of someday Full Story

• Fast Talk: Musing on national tour topics

  Posted: 11/13/2023, 10:29 am

  Following a weekend that saw the Castrol FloRacing Night in America finale at Senoia (Ga.) Raceway fall to rain, DirtonDirt.com’s roundtable considers a variety of topics — including two musings about national tours — in the weekly Full Story

• Column: Pierce's perfect timing for WoO title run

  Posted: 11/09/2023, 03:21 am

  CONCORD, N.C. — Bobby Pierce’s decision to tackle the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series in 2023 — a decision that culminated last weekend with his crowning as the national tour’s champion during the World Finals at The Dirt Full Story

• Top 25: RTJ unanimous as Marlar climbs

  Posted: 11/07/2023, 04:45 am By Todd Turner

  Solidifying his No. 1 ranking in the season’s waning weeks, Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., is once again the unanimous top selection in DirtonDirt.com’s power rankings following two World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series victories Full Story

• Fast Talk: Surveying the World Finals landscape

  Posted: 11/06/2023, 10:58 am

  With Mike Marlar and two-time winner Ricky Thornton Jr. grabbing victories at Charlotte's World Finals, our roundtable considers that and more in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and Full Story

• Despite fading in finale, Dillard keeping head up

  Posted: 11/05/2023, 06:19 am By Kyle McFadden

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 4) — As badly as Cade Dillard craved Saturday’s World Finals victory at the Dirt Track at Charlotte, he can take consolation knowing it was a year well spent traveling with the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series. Full Story

• Patched-up Bloomquist predicting a comeback

  Posted: 11/04/2023, 01:40 pm By Kyle McFadden

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 3) — It’s been the most popular topic of discussion since Wednesday evening at the Dirt Track at Charlotte: Is Scott Bloomquist back? The 59-year-old legend rekindled feelings of nostalgia and showed he’s not Full Story

• Troutman’s opportunities expand with Texas team

  Posted: 11/03/2023, 02:29 pm By Kyle McFadden

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 2) — Only recently has Chris Bragg imagined himself as purely a car owner. The Springtown, Texas, native has owned a Dirt Late Model for three years now, but mainly so he can race himself. Besides, owning a full-fledged Full Story

• Notes: Hail Mary pass worth a try at Charlotte

  Posted: 11/03/2023, 05:48 am By Kyle McFadden and Kevin Kovac

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 2) — Brandon Overton knew realistically that Thursday's Hail Mary move around the top of the Dirt Track at Charlotte’s turns one and two wasn’t going to catapult himself past eventual flag-to-flag winner Mike Marlar. Full Story

• Smith's finding his way as DTWC glow fades

  Posted: 11/02/2023, 02:32 pm By Kyle McFadden

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 1) — At Eldora Speedway’s Dirt Track World Championship two weeks ago, the image capturing Garrett Smith’s crowning achievement emblazoned one of the largest banners adorning the Rossburg, Ohio, track’s suite Full Story

• Notes: English learning what his new BMF likes

  Posted: 11/02/2023, 10:57 am By Kyle McFadden and Kevin Kovac

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 1) — Tanner English and the Viper Motorsports No. 96v team debuted a brand-new BMF Race Car on Wednesday at The Dirt Track at Charlotte and first impressions from World Finals qualifying night were pleasing for the Full Story

• Fast Facts: 17th annual World of Outlaws World Finals

  Posted: 11/01/2023, 05:08 pm By Aaron Clay

  Dates: Nov. 1-4 (time trial session on Wednesday, followed by $15,000-to-win preliminary features on Thursday and Friday before Saturday’s $25,000-to-win finale). Track: The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Concord, N.C. (4/10-mile semi-banked Full Story

• Experience-building Wilson forges ahead

  Posted: 11/01/2023, 06:00 am By Kyle McFadden

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (Oct. 31) — If there’s anything Daulton Wilson has learned from his two full years as a touring driver, it’s to never take a nice paycheck for granted. Who cares that on Tuesday’s brisk Halloween night only 11 other Full Story

• Madden hits his stride after switching chassis

  Posted: 10/30/2023, 01:41 pm By Kyle McFadden

  PHENIX CITY, Ala. (Oct. 29) — It’s not an overstatement to say that Chris Madden is back on top of his game after dominating Sunday's National 100 at East Alabama Motor Speedway. The 48-year-old veteran put on yet another driving clinic Full Story

• Fast Talk: Madden riding high toward Charlotte

  Posted: 10/30/2023, 10:55 am

  We head to the end of October with Chris Madden collecting $49,000 at East Alabama Motor Speedway's National 100. Our weekly roundtable considers Madden's victory and more in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies Full Story

• Notes: Conservative run foiled for J.D. at DTWC

  Posted: 10/25/2023, 08:06 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 22) — Eldora Speedway wasn’t the place that Jonathan Davenport knows and loves for Sunday’s 43rd General Tire Dirt Track World Championship. That smooth, slick surface Davenport has mastered en route to eight Full Story

• Early DTWC scrape ends Thornton’s title hopes

  Posted: 10/24/2023, 04:22 pm By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 22) — Ricky Thornton Jr. fully understood the contrasting outcomes facing him in the 43rd General Tire Dirt Track World Championship at Eldora Speedway. In fact, the 33-year-old star from Chandler, Ariz., wrote a Full Story

• Top 25: DTWC combatants gain in polling

  Posted: 10/24/2023, 08:17 am By Todd Turner

  While Ricky Thornton Jr. and Bobby Pierce retained the top two spots in DirtonDirt.com's weekly power rankings, freshly crowned Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion Hudson O'Neal picked up a first-place vote in Tuesday's balloting Full Story

• Fast Talk: The DTWC delivers … what’s next?

  Posted: 10/23/2023, 12:29 pm By Kevin Kovac

  After a soggy Eldora Speedway finally avoided rain for the General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by ARP, it concluded  with the dramatics of Brandon Sheppard's victory and Hudson O'Neal's Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Full Story

• O’Neal on top after epic duel to decide Lucas title

  Posted: 10/23/2023, 09:40 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 22) — As Devin Moran stood in the middle of Eldora Speedway’s first and second turns wearing street clothes and a winter jacket and surveying the wavy, chewed-up racing surface after Sunday’s 43rd General Tire Full Story

• Hardy unapologetic after winning Bedford duel

  Posted: 10/22/2023, 11:06 am By Kyle McFadden

  BEDFORD, Pa. (Oct. 21) — Kyle Hardy doesn’t regret anything from Saturday’s Keystone Cup at Bedford Speedway in which he booted Dylan Yoder aside in the final corner for the $23,000 victory. Unbothered by the criticism he provoked, Full Story