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Column: Gundaker diversifies racing roles
Posted: 11/22/2023, 02:31 pmAs 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 amFollowing 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 amCONCORD, 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 TurnerSolidifying 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 amWith 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 McFaddenCONCORD, 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 McFaddenCONCORD, 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 McFaddenCONCORD, 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 KovacCONCORD, 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 McFaddenCONCORD, 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 KovacCONCORD, 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 ClayDates: 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 McFaddenGAFFNEY, 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 McFaddenPHENIX 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 amWe 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 KovacROSSBURG, 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 KovacROSSBURG, 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 TurnerWhile 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 KovacAfter 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 KovacROSSBURG, 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 McFaddenBEDFORD, 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
Title drama gives Lucas hope on soggy weekend
Posted: 10/22/2023, 07:21 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 21) — Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series director Rick Schwallie has faced so many trials and tribulations while navigating the national tour’s 2023 schedule that nothing can surprise him anymore. | RaceWire “We’ve Full Story
Purkey, Stokes, Weeks among '24 Hall of Famers
Posted: 10/21/2023, 06:46 pmROSSBURG, Ohio — A six-time MLRA champion, five-time Carolina Clash champ, the all-time winningest MACS driver, a five-time Indiana track champion and a three-time Mississippi State champ-turned-promoter are set to join the National Dirt Full Story
Big River Steel Big Four updates; O'Neal wins title
Posted: 10/22/2023, 11:30 amROSSBURG, Ohio — The weekend's blow-by-blow updates at Eldora Speedway of the four contenders for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship at Carl Short’s 43rd annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by Full Story
DTWC's Big Four ready, but rain builds suspense
Posted: 10/20/2023, 07:47 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 20) — The Big River Steel Big Four drivers were all dressed up with nowhere to go Friday at Eldora Speedway. Wearing their bright, clean uniforms, the quartet of racers set to battle for the Lucas Oil Late Model Full Story
