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• Another PDC, another heartbreak for Pierce

  Posted: 08/02/2021, 12:53 pm By Kevin Kovac

  FAIRBURY, Ill. (July 31) — Someday Bobby Pierce will surely win the Prairie Dirt Classic. He just might have to first exhaust every possible way to lose Fairbury Speedway’s marquee event. The latest PDC heartbreak for the 24-year-old Full Story

• Larson soaks up Fairbury ambience (and $50,000)

  Posted: 08/01/2021, 07:41 am By Kevin Kovac

  FAIRBURY, Ill. (July 31) — There was a time in the not-too-distant past when the Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury Speedway was a completely unknown entity to Kyle Larson. After winning the 100-lap World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Full Story

• Notes: Babb digs out of hole in Fairbury prelim

  Posted: 07/31/2021, 11:31 am By Kevin Kovac

  FAIRBURY, Ill. (July 30) — Shannon Babb was worried. Very, very worried. As Friday’s opening 25-lap qualifying feature for the Prairie Dirt Classic neared its halfway point, the 47-year-old star from Moweaqua, Ill., was still running Full Story

• Column: Bronson hits stride with I-80 victory

  Posted: 07/29/2021, 12:23 am

  Mark Richards wasn’t surprised when he watched Kyle Bronson run away with the biggest triumph of his burgeoning career in Saturday’s 80-lap Imperial Tile Silver Dollar Nationals at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb. The Rocket Chassis Full Story

• Fast Facts: 31st annual Prairie Dirt Classic

  Posted: 07/28/2021, 08:17 am By Robert Holman

  Dates: July 30-31 (four $3,000-to-win prelims followed by Saturday’s $50,000-to-win finale) Track: Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway (semi-banked quarter-mile oval). Sanction: World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series Purse: $50,000-to-win, Full Story

• Top 25: I-80 winners, Winger on the rise

  Posted: 07/27/2021, 06:45 am By Joshua Joiner

  Boosted by career-high paydays during I-80 Speedway’s five days of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series racing, Kyle Bronson of Brandon, Fla., and Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas, made big jumps in this week’s DirtonDirt.com Top 25 power Full Story

• Fast Talk: Bronson reaches pinnacle at I-80

  Posted: 07/26/2021, 10:35 am

  Catch up with the flurry of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, Schaeffer's Southern Nationals and DIRTcar Summer Nationals action in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): Review I-80's Full Story

• Unlikely Georgian in title chase on Southern Nat’ls

  Posted: 07/25/2021, 12:14 pm By Joshua Joiner

  SYLVANIA, Ga. (July 25) — With longtime tour dominators Brandon Overton and Chris Madden skipping this year’s Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals for national touring races, it’s no surprise that the championship chase on Ray Cook’s Full Story

• Super transition is solid for series-leading Ford

  Posted: 07/22/2021, 10:45 am By Robert Holman

  SWEETWATER, Tenn. (July 20) — Jensen Ford couldn’t have asked for a much better start to his first-ever full-fledged attempt to chase the Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals. With a fifth-place finish in the series opener at Beckley (W.Va.) Full Story

• Fresh faces spice Cook's Southern Nationals tour

  Posted: 07/21/2021, 03:48 pm By Robert Holman

  SWEETWATER, Tenn. (July 20) — Gone are Brandon Overton and Chris Madden, the two drivers who combined to win eight Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals championships. With the Ray Cook-promoted tour’s two winningest drivers — Madden of Full Story

• Notes: Indecisive restart costs Heckenast at I-80

  Posted: 07/21/2021, 08:17 am By Kevin Kovac

  GREENWOOD, Neb. (July 20) — Frank Heckenast Jr. chalked up Tuesday’s opener of the Al Belt Custom Homes I-80 Nationals as a lesson on racing at I-80 Speedway. If only the 33-year-old from Frankfort, Ill., had more experience at the Full Story

• Top 25: Winger debuts after Hell Tour success

  Posted: 07/20/2021, 09:02 am By Joshua Joiner

  Propelled by his recent breakout on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals, Ashton Winger of Hampton, Ga., made his first appearance of the season in the DirtonDirt.com Top 25 rankings while Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., held on to the top spot Full Story

• Fast Talk: Busy times on the busiest of race tours

  Posted: 07/19/2021, 10:55 am

  With action continuing in the heat of the summer as the Schaeffer's Southern Nationals join the fray, our roundtable resets the latest in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): Put Full Story

• Dohm rallies before rare defeat at Beckley oval

  Posted: 07/17/2021, 01:36 pm By Kevin Kovac

  BECKLEY, W.Va. (July 16) — Zack Dohm thought all indications were pointing to him stealing another victory Friday at Beckley Motorsports Park. “I was hoping,” Dohm said. “That’s the way it normally happens here.” | RaceWire The Full Story

• Off-days good for reset, maintenance (and salon)

  Posted: 07/17/2021, 07:15 am By Robert Holman

  When DIRTcar Summer Nationals officials decided to stretch the season of the annual Midwestern tour from its 30-day norm to a more ambitious nine-week slate, it wasn’t extended solely by adding events. Tour officials built the 2021 schedule Full Story

• Top 25: Victorious Illinois drivers move up

  Posted: 07/13/2021, 08:31 am By Joshua Joiner

  A quartet of Illinois racers shook up the DirtonDirt.com Top 25 power rankings with each of the four drivers making big moves in the weekly poll presented by Keyser Manufacturing following big victories during the past week. After his Full Story

• Fast Talk: Observations of busy (and wet) tours

  Posted: 07/12/2021, 12:17 pm

  As we careen toward the dog days of summer (with a wet weekend keeping things cooler for now), our roundtable checks in for the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): Tout a weekend winner. Kevin Full Story

• Top 25: T-Mac, J.D. creep closer to Overton

  Posted: 07/06/2021, 09:16 am By Joshua Joiner

  Victories for Jonathan Davenport and Tim McCreadie during the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series holiday weekend doubleheader helped them creep closer to the top of the DirtonDirt.com power rankings with the Lucas Oil title contenders ranking Full Story

• Fast Talk: Surveying holiday weekend affairs

  Posted: 07/05/2021, 10:19 am

  With the flag-waving weekend of the Fourth of July behind us amid a flurry of action, our roundtable considers the latest happenings in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): Anything Full Story

• Notes: West Virginian's confidence, wins on rise

  Posted: 07/01/2021, 08:20 am By Todd Turner

  Late Model racer Brandon Francis of Parkersburg, W.Va., has some good news and bad news about his 2021 season. Which do you want first? Let’s get the bad news out of the way. Engine woes have been a challenge with his primary powerplant Full Story

• Top 25: Shirley climbs with Hell Tour victories

  Posted: 06/29/2021, 09:27 am By Joshua Joiner

  Brian Shirley’s return to form on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals propelled him to new heights in the DirtonDirt.com Top 25 power rankings for this season, with the Chatham, Ill., racer cracking the top 10 for the first time in 2021 after Full Story

• Fast Talk: Can anyone or anything stop Overton?

  Posted: 06/28/2021, 10:55 am

  Reaching the midpoint of the season with the upcoming Independence Day weekend specials, our roundtable reflects on the latest happenings in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): Can Full Story

• Notes: Five-race win streak for Alabama racer

  Posted: 06/24/2021, 07:33 am By Todd Turner

  Veteran racer Brandon Brown of Hanceville, Ala., didn’t plot out his current winning streak that includes five Limited Late Model victories among four dirt tracks. But an accidental hot streak is as good as any other for the 42-year-old Full Story

• Top 25: Hell Tour winners shake up poll

  Posted: 06/22/2021, 09:36 am By Joshua Joiner

  The start of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals led to shake ups in the DirtonDirt.com Top 25 power rankings with three drivers making significant moves after strong performances during the first week of the 36-race summer tour. However, things Full Story

• Fast Talk: Racing review as summer dawns

  Posted: 06/21/2021, 10:52 am

  As the calendar officially flips over to summer, our roundtable considers all the latest action and news in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): What do we like about the DIRTcar Full Story