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• Notes: Robinson seeks special hometown win

  Posted: 04/07/2021, 11:17 am

  Georgetown (Del.) Speedway's April 15 action, with Late Models taking center stage, will be a special night for hometown driver Ross Robinson. Next Thursday's special — the Mark "Coot" Williams Memorial — features a $3,026-to-win Super Full Story

• Top 25: J.D unanimous No. 1 in power rankings

  Posted: 04/06/2021, 07:20 am By Todd Turner

  Lifted by a dominating performance at Tazewell (Tenn.) Speedway, Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., returned to the No. 1 position in DirtonDirt.com's Top 25 power rankings for the first time since September 2019, unseating Brandon Full Story

• Fast Talk: Pierce's WoO victory, J.D.'s season

  Posted: 04/05/2021, 11:28 am

  Our weekly roundtable presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids examines big weekend wins for Bobby Pierce and Jonathan Davenport, takes some Easter-related angles and looks ahead to the World of Outlaws at Bristol (edited for clarity and Full Story

• Larson dazzles again by taming Tazewell in debut

  Posted: 04/04/2021, 06:14 pm By Robert Holman

  TAZEWELL, Tenn. (April 3) — Kyle Larson isn’t a sideshow. The NASCAR star and open-wheel standout from Elk Grove, Calif., has proven to be a force behind the wheel of most any type of race car he sits in. Dirt Late Models are no exception. Full Story

• Opie has 'picture perfect' night in Illini 100 opener

  Posted: 04/03/2021, 05:24 am By Todd Turner

  FARMER CITY, Ill. — When Mike Spatola rolled into the pits Friday afternoon at Farmer City Raceway, the 30-year-old Manhattan, Ill., driver checked his phone for a text message from his mother. “Get one for Lloyd,” the message said, Full Story

• After hiatus and sorrow, Kansan aims for success

  Posted: 03/31/2021, 11:11 am By Todd Turner

  Jacob Magee's richest Dirt Late Model victory on Saturday at Thunderbird Speedway perhaps wasn't the triumphant return to Dirt Late Model racing the Caney, Kan., driver might have envisioned. There was the makeshift, open-trailer tow rig. Full Story

• Fast Talk: March out like a lamb? Not this season

  Posted: 03/29/2021, 10:39 am

  While weather put a damper on much of the scheduled racing action the last weekend in March, our roundtable considers a few pressing questions in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): We've Full Story

• Notes: McDowell ponders Cherokee tire situation

  Posted: 03/27/2021, 06:38 am By Robert Holman

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (March 26) — Dale McDowell appeared primed for his first win of 2021 after drawing Friday's pole position for the second 25-lap World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series semifeatures at Cherokee Speedway. | RaceWire But Full Story

• Midweek series offers more options for racers

  Posted: 03/25/2021, 09:12 am By Joshua Joiner

  When both Jonathan Davenport and Brandon Overton seemingly confirmed their intentions not to contend for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series this season by attending Saturday’s $50,000-to-win Karl Kustoms Bristol Dirt Nationals at Bristol Full Story

• Column: Former ‘enemy’ now Ferree's car owner

  Posted: 03/25/2021, 05:47 am

  Alex Ferree doesn’t remember much from his childhood years — he says his “memory just isn’t very good with that stuff” — but there’s one particular thing that still sticks out in the Saxonburg, Pa., resident’s 40-year-old Full Story

• Top 25: Big-race winners tighten chase for No. 1

  Posted: 03/23/2021, 10:15 am By Joshua Joiner

  Topping the Top 25 poll for the third consecutive time since Speedweeks, Brandon Overton held on to the No. 1 ranking in DirtonDirt.com’s power rankings presented by Bilstein Shocks this week, but his hold on the top spot is not as strong Full Story

• Bristol oval experience invaluable for dirt racers

  Posted: 03/22/2021, 04:39 pm By Robert Holman

  BRISTOL, Tenn. — There were many reasons drivers entered the Karl Kustoms Bristol Dirt Nationals at the dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway. Of course there’s the $50,000-to-win top prize, which winner Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Full Story

• Fast Talk: Unpredictable national tour chases

  Posted: 03/22/2021, 10:22 am

  After a high-profile week of action at the dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway and an abbreviated Lucas Oil series weekend, our roundtable considers a variety of storylines in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids Full Story

• Notes: Gee whiz! Bristol drivers feel the G-forces

  Posted: 03/21/2021, 08:51 am By Robert Holman

  BRISTOL, Tenn. (March 20) — There was lots of talk about G-forces during the Karl Kustoms Bristol Dirt Nationals because of the high speeds of Super Late Models at the dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway. And defining G-force is easy Full Story

• Column: WoO refugee Winger shifts to Plan B

  Posted: 03/17/2021, 05:33 pm

  Ashton Winger entered the new year with a seemingly clear racing direction — specifically, a return to the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series in hopes of continuing the success of his Rookie of the Year-winning campaign Full Story

• Shifting to wheels from hoops, Roland struggles

  Posted: 03/11/2021, 07:06 am By Robert Holman

  MARYVILLE, Tenn. (March 6) — A dejected Will Roland leaned against the back of his Vic Hill-powered Longhorn Chassis shortly after hot laps at Smoky Mountain Speedway on Saturday evening, the car’s damaged right front corner perched Full Story

• Top 25: Madden climbs after recent hot streak

  Posted: 03/09/2021, 10:05 am By Joshua Joiner

  Three big weekends in a row led to a big jump in the DirtonDirt.com power rankings for Chris Madden. After a subpar Speedweeks performance that produced no podium finishes in seven races, Madden ranked 19th in the first post-Speedweeks Full Story

• Georgia rookie ready for challenges of SAS tour

  Posted: 03/04/2021, 07:52 am By Joshua Joiner

  Payton Freeman has big plans for 2021. As he prepares to graduate from high school in May, the 18-year-old racer from Commerce, Ga., is not only launching his first full season of Super Late Model racing, he’s doing so with plans to follow Full Story

• Fast Talk: Analyzing the March toward spring

  Posted: 03/01/2021, 11:40 am

  Ready for March to come in like a lion and out like a lamb, our weekly roundtable considers what's ahead along with a few other issues in Dirt Late Model racing in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for Full Story

• J.D. leaves options open heading to spring races

  Posted: 02/26/2021, 02:41 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Just because Jonathan Davenport has announced his intention to run the Bristol Dirt Nationals on March 19-20 doesn’t mean he’s abandoning his pursuit of a record-tying fourth career Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship. Davenport, Full Story

• Fast Talk: Who’ll be up front on national tours?

  Posted: 02/22/2021, 10:48 am

  With much of the nation still thawing out from winter storms, our roundtable stares into the crystal ball for 2021 and reviews the latest happenings in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and Full Story

• Column: ‘Big personality’ puts Erb in the spotlight

  Posted: 02/18/2021, 03:10 pm

  He was arguably the biggest story of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks 2021. The driver who grabbed the most attention, good or bad, of anyone who competed in the annual winter stretch of racing. And all that despite his Speedweeks ending Feb. Full Story

• Top 25: Overton leads youth charge atop poll

  Posted: 02/16/2021, 08:25 am By Joshua Joiner

  Leading a youth movement atop of DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 poll, Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., grabbed the No. 1 spot in the first post-Speedweeks edition of the power rankings that includes the five top-ranking drivers all under the age Full Story

• Fast Talk: Recounting Speedweeks storylines

  Posted: 02/15/2021, 07:54 am

  With Georgia-Florida Speedweeks behind us, our roundtable considers the busy stretch of racing with the winners, losers, surprises and storylines in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): What Full Story

• Numbers tell story after 16 Speedweeks events

  Posted: 02/15/2021, 06:16 am By Todd Turner

  A by-the-numbers review of 16 Super Late Model races from Georgia-Florida Speedweeks action for Super Late Models, made up of Jan. 14-Feb. 12 action at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., All-Tech Raceway in Ellisville, Fla., East Full Story