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• Top 25: Marlar, Erb move up after Knoxville

  Posted: 09/21/2021, 10:06 am By Joshua Joiner

  After yet another big-money payday with his $50,000 Texas Dirt Nationals victory on Saturday, Brandon Overton held steady at the top of DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 poll for the sixth straight week while Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., and Full Story

• Notes: Rocket house car again denied at Knoxville

  Posted: 09/20/2021, 04:32 pm By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 18) — If anyone is “due” to win the Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Brandt, it’s Mark Richards and his Rocket Chassis house car team. Another weekend at the famed Knoxville Raceway came Full Story

• Fast Talk: Putting a wrap on a lucrative weekend

  Posted: 09/20/2021, 10:52 am

  As we head into the fall schedule, our roundtable considers the recent lucrative events in Texas and Iowa as well as the growing number of $10,000-to-win races in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for Full Story

• Erb rebounds from awful week with Knoxville win

  Posted: 09/17/2021, 07:52 am By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 16) — Tyler Erb glanced at his Best Performance Motorsports car sitting in Knoxville Raceway’s pit area on Thursday and offered a frank appraisal of its spic-and-span appearance after he drove it to a 25-lap Full Story

• Column: More relaxed J.D. savors Big E success

  Posted: 09/16/2021, 07:53 am

  Jonathan Davenport was, as usual, engaged in Eldora Mode — that ultra-intense focus he twice-annually reaches in the days leading up to a crown jewel event at Eldora Speedway — as last week’s twin World 100s approached. But there Full Story

• Marlar’s 26th-to-2nd run lifts his Eldora fortunes

  Posted: 09/14/2021, 04:05 pm By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 11) — Mike Marlar didn’t head out onto Eldora Speedway’s high banks for Saturday’s second B-main with visions of later contending for a $53,000 victory in the 50th World 100. His goal was to simply turn a few Full Story

• Top 25: Overton still on top as Marlar climbs

  Posted: 09/14/2021, 09:57 am By Joshua Joiner

  Brandon Overton’s absolute dominance of Eldora Speedway’s 2021 crown jewel races may be over, but his reign in the DirtonDirt.com Top 25 poll continues. Overton, the Evans, Ga., driver who swept Eldora’s double Dirt Late Model Dreams Full Story

• Pierce’s Mystery Machine falls short at Big E

  Posted: 09/13/2021, 12:56 pm By Robert Holman

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 11) — Bobby Pierce leaned on the counter in his team’s trailer looking over race notes after Saturday’s 50th annual World 100. Clearly dejected following his 14th-place finish that came after he ran among the Full Story

• Fast Talk: Around the Worlds in 3,000 words

  Posted: 09/13/2021, 11:05 am

  As the sport catches its collective breath following World 100 victories for Brandon Overton and Jonathan Davenport, our roundtable wraps up Eldora and looks ahead in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited Full Story

• Patience, strategy spurs J.D. to fourth World 100

  Posted: 09/12/2021, 01:48 pm By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 11) — Jonathan Davenport knows what it takes to win crown jewel events at Eldora Speedway. And in case you thought otherwise, it’s not a matter of hammering the gas pedal and going straight to the front. “This Full Story

• More highs, lows for Scott in Eldora journey

  Posted: 09/12/2021, 10:27 am By Joshua Joiner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 11) — As he surveyed his battered No. 1st car following a hard wreck in Saturday’s 50th World 100, Johnny Scott tried to process the roller coaster of emotions he experienced during four straight nights of racing Full Story

• Satterlee takes step toward to Big E glory

  Posted: 09/11/2021, 10:14 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 10) — Gregg Satterlee might not be the best qualifier at Eldora Speedway, but he’s becoming a pretty good finisher. After leading from flag-to-flag to capture Friday’s second 25-lap preliminary feature for the Full Story

• ‘Perfect’ connection with Wells energizes Overton

  Posted: 09/10/2021, 10:16 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 9) — David Wells stood beaming like a new father amid the postrace throng around his race car Thursday in Eldora Speedway’s pit area. He radiated excitement as he accepted congratulatory handshakes from friends Full Story

• Scott scores satisfying (and surprising) victory

  Posted: 09/09/2021, 08:14 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 8) — With time winding down in Wednesday’s first 25-lap preliminary for the 51st World 100 at Eldora Speedway, Johnny Scott was leading the race and thinking about what happened to his twin brother Stormy in an Full Story

• Column: Young racer forges on without father

  Posted: 09/08/2021, 10:21 am

  Drake Troutman has had nearly a month to process the sudden, heartbreaking passing of his father, D.J., but the new normal for the 16-year-old racer from Hyndman, Pa., hasn’t gotten any easier. It never will, no matter how many laps he Full Story

• Purvis fondly recalls his special era at World 100

  Posted: 09/07/2021, 01:58 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Jeff Purvis was in a conversation with a reporter when he paused and turned the direction of the questioning around. “Let me ask you something,” the retired Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer said, “what do you know about Eldora with Full Story

• Fast Facts: Eldora's 50th and 51st World 100s

  Posted: 09/07/2021, 01:28 pm By Robert Holman

  Dates: Sept. 8-11 (twin $10,000-to-win features Wednesday and Friday, with heats, consolations and a $54,000-to-win main event on Thursday and heats, consolations and a $53,000-to-win main event on Saturday) | Complete World 100 coverage Track: Full Story

• Top 25: T-Mac rises to fourth as Hughes joins

  Posted: 09/07/2021, 10:45 am By Joshua Joiner

  A busy Labor Day weekend shook up the DirtonDirt.com Top 25 power rankings with Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., jumping three spots to the fourth spot while young upstart Spencer Hughes of Meridian, Miss., joined the rankings after a Full Story

• Fast Talk: Holiday wrap, Overton's next quest

  Posted: 09/06/2021, 12:14 pm

  After a busy Labor Day weekend with Eldora Speedway's double World 100s starting Wednesday, our roundtable convenes to discuss action past and future for the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and Full Story

• Notes: Ivey's strong run tempered by heat scrape

  Posted: 09/03/2021, 01:47 am By Todd Turner

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (Sept. 2) — Trent Ivey has posted two of his best outings of the season in his last two starts. Unfortunately they’ve both come with downsides. Nevertheless, the 26-year-old Union, S.C., driver was smiling late Thursday Full Story

• Column: Knight targets Ultimate championship

  Posted: 09/01/2021, 05:47 pm

  Cla Knight dove head-long into the 2021 racing season with two specific objectives on the Ultimate Southeast Super Late Model Series squarely in his crosshairs. “We’re running for the Rookie of the Year on this deal,” the 25-year-old Full Story

• Fast Facts: 53rd annual Hillbilly 100

  Posted: 09/01/2021, 12:06 pm By Robert Holman

  Dates: Sept. 3-5 (a $2,000-to-win Crate Late Model program on Friday and Sunday; a $5,000-to-win steel-block Late Model program on Saturday; and a $30,000-to-win Lucas Oil Series program on Sunday) Track: Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, Full Story

• Top 25: Red-hot Chilton continues to move up

  Posted: 08/31/2021, 09:26 am By Joshua Joiner

  After earning his third five-figure victory over five weekends, Michael Chilton of Salvisa, Ky., logged his highest ranking of the season in this week’s DirtonDirt.com’s power rankings while Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., remained No. Full Story

• Fast Talk: National tour recaps, holiday dreaming

  Posted: 08/30/2021, 11:12 am

  Following big national touring series weekends in Iowa and Pennsylvania, our weekly roundtable dives into those events, the upcoming Labor Day weekend and more in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for Full Story

• Notes: Shirley's second, but still isn't consistent

  Posted: 08/29/2021, 06:40 am By Robert Holman

  DAVENPORT, Iowa (Aug. 28) — If Brian Shirley could pinpoint the reason for his inconsistencies this season, he’d likely fix it. Shirley finished 16th in Thursday’s World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series Quad Cities 150 Full Story