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• Tentative Wild West Shootout roster

  Posted: 01/07/2021, 06:15 am

  QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. — Tentative roster for Jan. 9-17's Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout at FK Rod Ends Arizona Speedway (watch live on FloRacing; complete WWS coverage): Car no. - Driver, hometown 1 - Tyler Erb, New Waverly, Texas 1st Full Story

• Column: Seeking revival, Pierces receive injection

  Posted: 01/06/2021, 03:29 pm

  As Bobby Pierce’s hauler shoved off from his shop in Oakwood, Ill., on Wednesday to begin the 25-hour trip to Arizona Speedway outside Phoenix for the Jan. 9-17 Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout, the 24-year-old standout stood buoyed Full Story

• Fast Facts: Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout

  Posted: 01/05/2021, 09:24 am By Robert Holman

  Dates: ($5,000-to-win features, along with heats and consolations on Jan. 9, 10, 13, 15 and 16 and $25,000-to-win feature, along with heats and consolations on Jan. 17). Track: FK Rod Ends Arizona Speedway Arizona Speedway, Queen Creek, Full Story

• Top 25: B-Shepp gets fourth preseason No. 1

  Posted: 01/05/2021, 09:25 am By Joshua Joiner

  As he prepares to launch his chase for a third straight and fourth overall World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series championship, Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., finds himself in a familiar spot. Sheppard, the 27-year-old Full Story

• Fast Talk: Arizona beckons as we ring in ‘21

  Posted: 01/04/2021, 06:48 am

  Putting the memories of underwhelming New Year's Eve parties behind us, our roundtable looks ahead to the quickly ramping up 2021 season in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): Finish Full Story

• They said it: My favorite quotes from ’20 season

  Posted: 12/30/2020, 10:20 am By Kevin Kovac

  After another spent filling my reporter’s notebook and voice recorder with interviews of Dirt Late Model personalities, here’s my favorite quotes I gathered during an unprecedented 2020 season: “I might get picked on for it, but Full Story

• Column: Weeks calls it a career after virus bout

  Posted: 12/23/2020, 06:59 am

  Ricky Weeks conceded that he “almost quit” campaigning a Dirt Late Model some three years ago. He was closing in on 60 and his driving career was well into its fourth decade, so, perhaps not surprisingly, he had more than a few conversations Full Story

• Column: Watson tackles task of WVMS revival

  Posted: 12/17/2020, 02:24 pm

  Cody Watson grew up in Middlebourne, W.Va., the little town in the state’s northern mountains that is home to Tyler County Speedway. So naturally, when he ventured away from the quarter-mile bullring in his backyard for the first time Full Story

• Best of 2020: South's state-by-state capsules

  Posted: 12/16/2020, 06:44 am By Todd Turner

  Dirt Late Model racing’s 2020 superlatives of the Southern states (individually for states with at least five weekly Late Model tracks; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2020 coverage): Alabama Top Full Story

• Best of 2020: Northern, Western state capsules

  Posted: 12/15/2020, 07:04 am By Todd Turner

  Dirt Late Model racing’s 2020 superlatives of the Northern and Western states (individually for states with at least five weekly Late Model tracks; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2020 Full Story

• Fast Talk: Christmas gift ideas for rival drivers

  Posted: 12/14/2020, 11:47 am

  In the final Fast Talk of 2020, topics include Christmas gift ideas based on the season’s most dramatic moments and a preview of notable races planned for the year ahead in our weekly roundtable presented by Castrol (edited for clarity Full Story

• Best of 2020: Top-five lists of unusual season

  Posted: 12/09/2020, 07:13 am By Kevin Kovac

  With Driver of the Year and other driver honors already published, DirtonDirt.com takes a look at other top-five lists from the 2020 season, running the gamut from the top-five performances to top-five clashes of the year (Best of 2020 Full Story

• Column: Rumley's death stirs Shaver's memories

  Posted: 12/03/2020, 01:14 pm

  The Nov. 22 passing of Hall of Fame car owner Lee Roy Rumley triggered an avalanche of memories in Steve Shaver. There were, of course, all the personal moments the Vienna, W.Va., driver experienced with the 84-year-old legend from Greensboro, Full Story

• Sheppard leads list of our Drivers of the Year

  Posted: 12/02/2020, 06:48 am By Robert Holman

  With the 2020 racing season in the books, DirtonDirt.com takes a closer look at top five national drivers as well as regional and weekly Dirt Late Model competition. Check our video coverage for DirtonDirt.com’s Top Five Drivers overall, Full Story

• Drivers recall kindness, wisdom of late car owner

  Posted: 12/01/2020, 02:36 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Dirt-track racing — and the Dirt Late Model division in particular — lost an icon Nov. 22 when 84-year-old Lee Roy Rumley died at Beacon Place Hospice in his hometown of Greensboro, N.C. A 2016 National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Full Story

• Pep in Moyer Jr.'s step heading into offseason

  Posted: 11/17/2020, 05:20 am By Robert Holman

  COLUMBUS, Miss. — Billy Moyer Jr. could have easily been disappointed after Watertown, N.Y.‘s Tim McCreadie drove by him and went on to win Friday’s Magnolia State Cotton Pickin’ 100 opener at Magnolia Motor Speedway. The Batesville, Full Story

• Fast Talk: Madden, Owens and 2021 predictions

  Posted: 11/16/2020, 11:36 am

  Our weekly roundtable presented by Castrol discusses the weekend's big winners, including Chris Madden and Jimmy Owens, and looks ahead to 2021 with some ealry national touring championship predictions (edited for clarity and length): Discuss Full Story

• Georgian glad for debut at Mag, even if he's late

  Posted: 11/16/2020, 05:41 am By Robert Holman

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (Nov. 14) — Kenny Collins has a new favorite racetrack, one he was lucky he even made it to over the weekend. The Colbert, Ga., driver was among six racers making his first career Magnolia State Cotton Pickin’ 100 start Full Story

• Top 25: B-Shepp still on top as Bailes climbs

  Posted: 11/10/2020, 08:34 am By Todd Turner

  In the No. 1 spot more often than not in recent seasons, it’s no surprise that Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., concludes the 2020 polling season atop DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings. The Rocket Chassis house car driver Full Story

• Fast Facts: 46th annual National 100

  Posted: 11/03/2020, 08:44 am By Robert Holman

  Event: 46th annual National 100 Dates: Nov. 7-8 (qualifying and heats on Saturday followed by Sunday’s $15,000-to-win finale) Track: East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City (3/8-mile high-banked clay oval). Sanction: None Purse: Full Story

• Top 25: Erb, Dohm move up after big paydays

  Posted: 11/03/2020, 08:45 am By Joshua Joiner

  Brandon Sheppard heads into the final two races of the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series season with the national tour’s points title well in hand. His hold at the top of DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings is nearly Full Story

• Fast Talk: Previewing Charlotte's Last Call

  Posted: 11/02/2020, 10:49 am

  Our roundtable discusses late-season news and action after a weekend with some notable rich winner’s purses across the country in various flavors of Late Model action in our weekly feature presented by Castrol (edited for clarity and Full Story

• Column: Swartz mourns the tenderhearted Boggs

  Posted: 10/29/2020, 10:14 am

  Monday was an absolutely excruciating ordeal for Audie Swartz. The veteran racer and chassis builder tried to go about his business in his Minford, Ohio, shop, but all he could think about was the heartbreaking fact that he wasn’t going Full Story

• Top 25: Erb rises after Whynot breakthrough

  Posted: 10/27/2020, 09:17 am By Joshua Joiner

  Three wins in three nights helped Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., move up in this week’s DirtonDirt.com Top 25 power rankings, but it wasn’t enough to move him ahead of Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., for the poll’s top spot. Sheppard, Full Story

• Fast Talk: Happiness, sadness (and costumes)

  Posted: 10/26/2020, 11:41 am

  Our roundtable discusses late-season news and action after a weekend with some notable rich winner’s purses across the country in various flavors of Late Model action in our weekly feature presented by Castrol (edited for clarity and Full Story