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Notes: Burdette thrashes to support Historic 100
Posted: 06/03/2023, 02:29 pm By Kevin KovacMINERAL WELLS, W.Va. (June 2) — Friday was supposed to be a nice, relaxing night visiting friends and watching races at his hometown track for K.C. Burdette. But when the 33-year-old driver from Parkersburg, W.Va., discovered that the Full Story
Seasoned in the division, Thornton rules WVMS
Posted: 06/03/2023, 09:31 am By Kevin KovacMINERAL WELLS, W.Va. (June 2) — How far Ricky Thornton Jr. has come — and how much confidence he has — as a Dirt Late Model driver was on full display Friday during one exhilarating trip around the supersonic West Virginia Motor Speedway. Full Story
Buddies don’t give an inch in duel at Tri-City
Posted: 06/03/2023, 05:31 am By Robert HolmanGRANITE CITY, Ill. (June 2) — With a handful of laps remaining in Friday’s World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series feature at Tri-City Speedway, Kyle Bronson and Brian Shirley rolled through turn four inches apart, Bronson slinging Full Story
Column: Focused MARS series finding its target
Posted: 06/01/2023, 03:45 pmThere isn’t a fool-proof formula for creating a perfect regional Super Late Model tour, but the current version of the MARS Late Model Championship powered by FK Rod Ends might be coming close. It’s no secret that regional circuits Full Story
Notes: Overton brushes off Wheatland frustration
Posted: 05/30/2023, 05:21 pm By Kyle McFaddenWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 27) — Devin Moran thought he was in for some trouble after Saturday’s chaotic Show-Me 100 victory because his eventual race-winning maneuver left Brandon Overton with a destroyed race car. “I’m probably going Full Story
Top 25: Thornton nabs No. 1 spot for first time
Posted: 05/30/2023, 11:23 am By Todd TurnerWhile he was stripped of a $50,000 victory by a deck-height violation, Ricky Thornton Jr.'s impressive Show-Me 100 weekend was rewarded by voters in DirtonDirt.com's Top 25 power rankings with his first-ever No. 1 ranking. The Chandler, Full Story
Fast Talk: Show-Me review, Madden's prospects
Posted: 05/29/2023, 11:14 amAfter a busy Memorial Day weekend highlighted by Devin Moran’s inherited Show-Me 100 victory and Chris Madden’s two-victory WoO success at Sharon Speedway, our roundtable considers that and more in the weekly feature presented by MD3 Full Story
'Numb' Moran appraises bizarre win, hurt feelings
Posted: 05/29/2023, 08:01 am By Kyle McFaddenWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 28) — Devin Moran didn’t know how to fully internalize the path to Saturday’s stunning Show-Me 100 victory at Lucas Oil Speedway. The natural response for a driver winning their first crown jewel would be partying Full Story
RTJ processes crushing Show-Me-losing penalty
Posted: 05/28/2023, 08:53 am By Kyle McFaddenWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 27) — Overtaken by the whirlwind of emotions for being denied his first Show-Me 100 victory after failing the so-called droop rule, Ricky Thornton Jr. sat inside his race car a little while longer Saturday outside Full Story
Notes: Trying to show 'em at Show-Me 100
Posted: 05/27/2023, 02:12 pm By Kyle McFaddenWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 26) — While the most familiar of faces, Jonathan Davenport, won again Friday, it was Jeff Herzog representing Missouri during the Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 weekend as a feel-good polesitter for the second straight night Full Story
Thornton's rallies bode well for Show-Me finale
Posted: 05/27/2023, 07:11 am By Kyle McFaddenWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 26) — In what’s developing as his best Dirt Late Model season, what Ricky Thornton Jr. has accomplished in this week’s Show-Me 100 prelims at Lucas Oil Speedway might be the most impressive. The Chandler, Ariz., Full Story
Family man contends with Show-Me's stars
Posted: 05/27/2023, 06:20 am By Kyle McFaddenWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 26) — A part of Payton Looney wished he hadn’t been at at Lucas Oil Speedway on Thursday. Yes, the Republic, Mo., driver had a downright dreadful evening from the outset when simultaneous fuel pump and oil line Full Story
Recent Show-Me winners take lumps opening night
Posted: 05/26/2023, 01:13 pm By Kyle McFaddenWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 25) — Thursday’s Cowboy Classic wasn't particular kind toward the trio of previous Show-Me 100 winners Chris Ferguson (2022), Hudson O’Neal (2021) and Payton Looney (2019). Mount Holly, N.C.’s Ferguson and Republic, Full Story
Notes: J.D. gets his head on straight at Wheatland
Posted: 05/26/2023, 01:09 pm By Kyle McFaddenWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 25) — When Jonathan Davenport visited the chiropractor earlier this week to relieve some bodily tension ahead of Lucas Oil Speedway's Show-Me 100 weekend, the 39-year-old Blairsville, Ga., driver also received a good Full Story
Local teen in mix with best on Lucas Oil tour
Posted: 05/26/2023, 08:00 am By Kyle McFaddenWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 27) — Dillon McCowan’s personality is far from ostentatious. His simple self-assessment speaks to that. “I’m a small-town kid from Urbana, Mo., who feeds cows every morning before he works on race cars,” McCowan Full Story
Column: Selling out? Now he's showing out
Posted: 05/25/2023From late 2020 to today, the trajectory of Carson Ferguson’s racing career could scarcely have changed more dramatically. Even he has a hard time fully grasping where he is now and where he was then. Ferguson, 23, of Lincolnton, N.C., Full Story
Fast Facts: 31st annual Lucas Oil Show-Me 100
Posted: 05/24/2023, 10:16 pm By Aaron ClayDates: May 25-27 (complete show for Late Models and modifieds on Thursday and Friday; consolations and features for Late Models and modifieds on Saturday). Track: Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. (semi-banked 3/8-mile clay oval). Purse: Full Story
Top 25: Tight at top as Hoffman joins at No. 20
Posted: 05/23/2023, 07:58 am By Todd TurnerDespite Hudson O’Neal's Castrol FloRacing Night in America victory at Marshalltown (Iowa) Speedway, Ricky Thornton Jr.'s Hawkeye State sweep on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series significantly narrowed the gap in the chase for the No. Full Story
Fast Talk: Iowa love and Gustin’s upside
Posted: 05/22/2023, 11:17 amAfter a busy stretch of national touring action in Iowa and a weekend of special events around the country, our roundtable considers recent action in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity Full Story
Fully trusting his team, Gustin hits WoO stride
Posted: 05/20/2023, 06:23 am By Kyle McFaddenMARION CENTER, Pa. (May 19) — Right after the most emphatic victory of his national touring career, a night in which he took Friday’s World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series competition at Marion Center Raceway by storm, Ryan Gustin Full Story
Top 25: O’Neal tightens hold on No. 1 position
Posted: 05/16/2023, 07:27 am By Todd TurnerAtop DirtonDirt.com's Top 25 power rankings unanimously for the first time, Hudson O'Neal of Martinsville, Ind., tightened his grip on the No. 1 spot and matched his Hall of Fame father Don O'Neal with his seventh No. 1 ranking, all in Full Story
Fast Talk: Reviewing a lively Illinois Speedweek
Posted: 05/15/2023, 10:24 amAmid a busy Illinois Speedweek (that won't officially end until Monday's makeup in Farmer City), our roundtable evaluates that and other action in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and Full Story
Notes: Beloved B-Shepp relishes fertile territory
Posted: 05/12/2023, 06:26 am By Robert HolmanLINCOLN, Ill. (May 11) — During a caution period with one lap remaining in Thursday’s Castrol FloRacing Night in America feature at Lincoln Speedway, the PA announcer petitioned the fans in the packed grandstand at the Logan County Full Story
Notes: Consistency lacking for Erb Jr. in ‘23
Posted: 05/11/2023, 02:48 pm By Robert HolmanBANNER, Ill. — Dennis Erb Jr.’s title defense with the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series may not have gotten off to the best start, but nonetheless, the reigning WoO champion is still having a very Erb-like year. It just takes Full Story
Winger aims to maintain speed, eliminate drama
Posted: 05/11/2023, 07:55 am By Robert HolmanBANNER, Ill. (May 10) — Ashton Winger sat on his pit bike and studied the lineup sheet for the second consolation race in Wednesday’s Castrol FloRacing Night in America event at Spoon River Speedway. | RaceWire There was his name, Full Story
