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Rayburn's legacy looms over Brownstown action
Posted: 09/23/2023, 12:47 am By Bryan AultBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Sept. 22) — It would have been virtually impossible for anyone to win Friday night’s C.J. Rayburn Memorial who wasn’t influenced by the Hall of Fame chassis builder. But Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., who won the Full Story
Column: Iowa ties make Thornton sweep sweeter
Posted: 09/21/2023, 10:39 amRicky Thornton Jr. was born and raised in Arizona, but he sure felt right at home last weekend at Knoxville Raceway. After completing an astounding three-race sweep at the historic Iowa track during the 19th Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Full Story
Notes: Hardy follows brother's tire tracks
Posted: 09/21/2023, 07:20 am By Kyle McFaddenFor as long as he can remember, Chase Hardy has either spectated or provided a helping hand for his father Mike and brother Kyle, both winners of their fair share of Dirt Late Model events in Virginia and beyond through the years. Now Full Story
Top 25: Sweep returns Thornton to No. 1
Posted: 09/19/2023, 08:58 am By Todd TurnerOn the strength of his stirring three-race sweep of the Knoxville Lucas Oil Nationals weekend, Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., returned to the top spot of DirtonDirt.com’s weekly power rankings, ending Bobby Pierce’s six-week Full Story
Fast Talk: RTJ's sweep and more at Knoxville
Posted: 09/18/2023, 10:34 amWith Ricky Thornton Jr. sweeping the Knoxville Lucas Oil Nationals, our roundtable considers Knoxville action and other topics in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Years Full Story
Notes: Knoxville pileup damages several cars
Posted: 09/18/2023, 07:44 am By Kevin KovacKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 16) — The video cameras missed the incident. Most of Saturday's spectators at Knoxville Raceway did as well. So when the 75-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals was red-flagged at lap 40, there was plenty Full Story
Miscue spoils Knoxville, but Bronson undaunted
Posted: 09/17/2023, 10:43 am By Kevin KovacKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 16) — As Kyle Bronson stood in street clothes eyeballing his wrecked race car, he was asked again and again — by fans, fellow racers media members — what had caused him to spectacularly flip out of second place Full Story
Notes: Moran has need for Knoxville's speed
Posted: 09/16/2023, 05:46 pm By Kevin KovacKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 15) — Is Knoxville Raceway too sprawling and the speeds too lightning-quick for today’s Dirt Late Models? Not as far as Devin Moran is concerned. After completing a solid 12th-to-third run in Friday night’s Full Story
Teams push limits as tire builder evaluates issue
Posted: 09/15/2023, 02:25 pm By Kevin KovacKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 14) — Hoosier Tire dirt oval product manager Shanon Rush’s original schedule for the weekend had him working the WISSOTA 100 at I-94 EMR Speedway in Fergus Falls, Minn. He made a detour to Knoxville Raceway, though, Full Story
Aero-hampered J.D. sent into Knoxville guardrail
Posted: 09/15/2023, 05:44 am By Kevin KovacKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 14) — Just as Jonathan Davenport was gliding into the lead on lap 17 of Thursday evening’s 25-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals preliminary feature, he suddenly ran into … A hurricane? A tornado? Full Story
Notes: Canadian streaks to first track title
Posted: 09/14/2023, 08:32 am By Kyle McFaddenAt the height of summer, C.J. Field’s eventual track title at Southern Ontario Motor Speedway in Merlin, Ontario, seemed inconceivable. The 32-year-old, quite frankly, wanted to quit. Not give up racing altogether, but declare an early Full Story
Column: O’Neal wraps head around World 100
Posted: 09/13/2023, 04:29 pmWhen you’ve just turned 23 and won the World 100, grasping the magnitude of the accomplishment can be a difficult task. Hudson O’Neal lived that reality Saturday at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. The phenom from Martinsville, Ind., Full Story
Fast Facts: 19th annual Knoxville Lucas Oil Nationals
Posted: 09/13/2023, 07:29 am By Aaron ClayDates: Sept. 14-16 (25-lap preliminary features Thursday and Friday with points setting consolation and main event lineups for Saturday’s finale Track: Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway, semi-banked half-mile clay oval Purse: $7,000-to-win Full Story
Top 25: World winner inches up power rankings
Posted: 09/12/2023, 08:58 am By Todd TurnerWhile Bobby Pierce maintained his No. 1 spot after a pair of Eldora Speedway semifeature victories, big prize winner Hudson O'Neal narrowly missed taking the second spot in DirtonDirt.com's weekly power rankings after giving the Rocket Full Story
Right-front tire blowouts draw scrutiny at Eldora
Posted: 09/11/2023, 04:01 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 9) — Right-front tire blowouts were a major story during the 53rd annual World 100 weekend at Eldora Speedway — perhaps not an epidemic-level issue with the vast majority of the 102 entered competitors not experiencing Full Story
Notes: McDowell's rally lands on Big E podium
Posted: 09/11/2023, 11:26 am By Kyle McFadden and Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 9) — Dale McDowell is so good in 100-lappers that he went from narrowly qualifying for the World 100 by virtue of the final transfer spot in the first B-main to finishing third when it was all said and done. Another Full Story
Fast Talk: Rocket1’s globe and World review
Posted: 09/11/2023, 10:38 amAfter the Rocket Chassis house car team ended its World 100 futility with Hudson O'Neal's $56,000 victory at Eldora Speedway, our roundtable reviews the sport's most prestigious event in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Full Story
For Richards, the relief of World 100 breakthrough
Posted: 09/10/2023, 12:15 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 9 ) — Mark Richards spent the entirety of Saturday’s 53rd annual World 100 alone on the roof of his big blue trailer parked in the middle of Eldora Speedway’s infield. It was just the 62-year-old Rocket Chassis Full Story
Kink in J.D.’s World 100 gameplan? O’Neal
Posted: 09/10/2023, 11:23 am By Kyle McFaddenROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept.9) — Jonathan Davenport put together yet another masterful game-winning drive when he settled into his all-too familiar place Saturday at Eldora Speedway, leading the World 100 as the checkers neared. The Blairsville, Full Story
Red-hot Pierce surges into World 100 finale
Posted: 09/09/2023, 09:20 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 8) — Bobby Pierce had signed probably his last autograph of the night and suddenly found himself standing with no crowd of fans around him on the turn-one end of Eldora Speedway’s concrete pit-area surface. It Full Story
Notes: Gritty McCreadie tunes up for Saturday
Posted: 09/08/2023, 11:36 am By Kyle McFadden and Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 7) — Tim McCreadie picked a good time to return to his podium-finishing ways on Thursday at Eldora Speedway. It was a classic, gritty performance from the Watertown, N.Y., veteran, who started and finished third Full Story
Thrown bone, ‘old dog’ shines for Rattliff team
Posted: 09/08/2023, 10:07 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 7) — Jeff Gullett never had any doubt that Jason Jameson would someday return to drive again for Rattliff Racing. “He’s like an old dog,” said Gullett, the veteran crew chief of James Rattliff’s Campbellsville, Full Story
New look, new future for ever-evolving B-Shepp
Posted: 09/08/2023, 08:34 am By Kyle McFaddenROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 7) — Bobby Pierce may have the most momentum on his side and Jonathan Davenport may have the most hype surrounding him at Eldora Speedway, but no driver is likely to leave the World 100 with a more career-altering Full Story
Notes: Santee finds success in home runs
Posted: 09/07/2023, 08:02 am By Kyle McFaddenAs much as Breyton Santee would like to be traveling with a Crate Late Model tour, he’s developed too good of a race program around his Conneaut, Ohio, home not to exploit. After devoting last season to the RUSH Crate Late Model Series, Full Story
Column: Pain in neck finally eases for Overton
Posted: 09/06/2023, 12:54 pmBrandon Overton would like to forget his last visit to Eldora Speedway. His body, though, hasn’t let him. Almost every day since Overton’s Dream XXIX weekend at the half-mile oval in Rossburg, Ohio, ended early in June due to Full Story
