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• Top 25: RTJ unanimous as Shirley rises

  Posted: 06/20/2023, 06:53 am By Todd Turner

  Following his richest victory of the season, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series points leader Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., is again the unanimous pick as the nation's No. 1 driver in DirtonDirt.com's weekly power rankings. Thornton, Full Story

• Fast Talk: Thornton and summer series reviews

  Posted: 06/19/2023, 10:53 am

  With Ricky Thornton Jr. earning $50,000 at Smoky Mountain Speedway, the DIRTcar sSummer Nationals rolling and Appalachian Mountain Speedweek wrapping up, our roundtable considers the busy mid-June in the weekly feature presented by MD3 Full Story

• Notes: Another trying night for Lucas Oil Series

  Posted: 06/17/2023, 06:33 am By Kevin Kovac

  MARYVILLE, Tenn. (June 16) — The tough nights just keep coming for Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series director Rick Schwallie. “I don’t even know what to say,” Schwallie said, shaking his head Friday following another frustrating Full Story

• Dueling cousins endure Smoky Mountain’s tests

  Posted: 06/17/2023, 06:14 am By Kevin Kovac

  MARYVILLE, Tenn. (June 16) — Chris Ferguson won Friday’s first 30-lap Mountain Moonshine Classic semifeature at Smoky Mountain Speedway. The car he steered into victory lane, however, certainly didn’t look the part. The Scott Bloomquist-designed Full Story

• With Bedford win, Emory won't need AMS asterisk

  Posted: 06/16/2023, 10:50 am By Kyle McFadden

  BEDFORD, Pa. (June 15) — Tyler Emory finally put all the pieces together in Thursday night’s round five of Appalachian Mountain Speedweek at Bedford Speedway. Finally as in nothing kept the King George, Va., driver from legitimizing Full Story

• Notes: Familiar territory as Rine closes miniseries

  Posted: 06/15/2023, 01:05 pm By Kyle McFadden

  With three racetracks he rarely competes at now behind him, Jeff Rine is eager to finish this Appalachian Mountain Speedweek at a pair of facilities known as his stomping grounds. The eight-round miniseries heads for Bedford (Pa.) Speedway Full Story

• Column: Trusty car keeps J.D. in Big E zone

  Posted: 06/14/2023, 04:00 pm

  Jonathan Davenport’s wife, Rachel, knows him well. When he’s at his favorite racetrack in the world, Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, she said “he’s got a look” that makes her certain he’s in a winning mental zone. But leading Full Story

• Clawing for every spot, Stone gets break at PVS

  Posted: 06/14/2023, 09:14 am By Kyle McFadden

  SPRING RUN, Pa. (June 13) — Dan Stone’s path in the first half of Appalachian Mountain Speedweek hasn’t been easy. He’s been forced to rally through consolation races in three of the four miniseries events to earn some kind of reward Full Story

• Second-year pilot gets solid miniseries start

  Posted: 06/13/2023, 03:05 pm By Kyle McFadden

  HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Tyler Emory was furious Sunday at Hagerstown Speedway, struggling to settle the anger attached to describing the mistake that caved his chances at winning the Appalachian Mountain Speedweek event. Staring down leader Full Story

• Notes: Contenders glow over racy Kokomo track

  Posted: 06/13/2023, 12:26 pm By Todd Turner

  KOKOMO, Ind. (June 12) — The frontrunners in Monday’s XRSS Super Series event at Kokomo Speedway praised the quarter-mile’s surface that featured plenty of action over 100 laps, even if $100,000 winner Hudson O’Neal of Martinsville, Full Story

• Top 25: Thornton has edge on rising J.D.

  Posted: 06/13/2023, 08:19 am By Todd Turner

  While Jonathan Davenport was the big winner at Eldora Speedway’s Dream XXIX in capturing Saturday's $129,000 paycheck, Ricky Thornton Jr.’s steady performances in Rossburg, Ohio, kept him atop this week's DirtonDirt.com’s power rankings. Chandler, Full Story

• Fast Talk: Lauding J.D. dreamy performance

  Posted: 06/12/2023, 10:18 am

  Assessing Jonathan Davenport's Dream XXIX victory at Eldora among other issues, our roundtable weighs in during the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): What's your takeaway from Full Story

• Madden’s mournful Big E mantra: ‘Second again’

  Posted: 06/11/2023, 08:37 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 10) — This was going to be the night. This was going to be the year. As Chris Madden chugged forward from the ninth starting spot to the precipice of the lead in Saturday night’s 100-lap Dream XXIX finale, the Full Story

• Zeigler pleased with overnight turnaround

  Posted: 06/11/2023, 04:41 am By Todd Turner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 10) — After Mason Zeigler's No. 25z race car was knocked into the turn-two wall during a Dream XXIX semifeature Friday night at Eldora Speedway, he fully expected that by Saturday evening he'd be chilling at his Chalk Full Story

• Notes: O'Neal quickly applies lesson at Eldora

  Posted: 06/10/2023, 01:02 pm By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 9) — Hudson O’Neal couldn’t have been more pleased to head right back onto Eldora Speedway’s racing surface just 24 hours after letting a Dream XXIX preliminary feature win slip through his fingers. After tossing Full Story

• Overton's sterling record at Big E's Dream in limbo

  Posted: 06/10/2023, 05:44 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 9) — Brandon Overton owns an enviable performance record at Eldora Speedway, but he understands his fortunes at the famed half-mile oval remain subject to fate. Every driver experiences rough nights at the Big E. Full Story

• Her marker's in hand for Eldora's big paychecks

  Posted: 06/09/2023, 06:21 pm By Todd Turner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 9) — Misha Geisert’s moment of truth comes late every evening when the checkered flag falls on one of Eldora Speedway’s marquee race programs. On opening night of Dream XXIX, she was ready for that moment, grabbing Full Story

• Notes: Thornton finds winning Eldora rhythm

  Posted: 06/09/2023, 12:53 pm By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 8) — With Ricky Thornton Jr. roaring into Dream XXIX weekend at Eldora Speedway as the hottest driver in Dirt Late Model racing, it shouldn’t have come as a surprise that he closely resembled the half-mile oval’s Full Story

• Eldora communication becomes a signal issue

  Posted: 06/09/2023, 07:30 am By Todd Turner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 8) — Crews heading to Eldora Speedway knew that communicating with drivers during competition was going to be a bit more difficult after track officials last month announced a ban on signal sticks for the Dream XXIX Full Story

• Notes: South Dakota rookie sets high goal

  Posted: 06/08/2023, 12:03 am By Kyle McFadden

  With his family’s business growing exponentially and requiring more attention to detail, Jayson Good’s parked his United States Modified Touring Series team and found something more central around home in Watertown, S.D. The 26-year-old’s Full Story

• Column: Admiration of Eldora grew for T-Mac

  Posted: 06/07/2023, 05:32 pm

  Look through the list of Dirt Late Model crown jewel winners at Eldora Speedway and Tim McCreadie’s name sticks out. He’s a superstar in the division, sure, but he’s also the rare driver who’s reached the mountaintop at the famed Full Story

• Dream debut launches Aussie’s whirlwind trip

  Posted: 06/06/2023, 05:04 pm By Kyle McFadden

  Over the next month, Brent Vosbergen will get a taste of the American dream, and it all starts Thursday on the opening night of Dream XXIX at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. One of Australia’s best short-track racers has partnered Full Story

• Fast Facts: Dream XXIX

  Posted: 06/06/2023, 04:36 pm By Aaron Clay

  Dates: June 8-10 (complete shows on Thursday and Friday, featuring twin 25-lap, $12,000-to-win split-field preliminary features for DIRTcar Late Models; heat races and consolations precede Saturday’s 100-lap finale). | Complete Dream Full Story

• Top 25: RTJ No. 1 as WoO winners climb

  Posted: 06/06/2023, 01:29 pm By Todd Turner

  A two-victory week helped Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series points leader Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., secure the unanimous No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com's power rankings while winners on the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series Full Story

• Fast Talk: Are we only dreaming? Yes, we are

  Posted: 06/05/2023, 07:10 am

  With Eldora Speedway's $129,000-to-win Dream upcoming, our roundtable considers the season's richest event and recent racing in our weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Pick a Full Story