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Pole stirs visions of sixth USA Nationals for Moyer
Posted: 08/08/2020, 07:59 am By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 7) — Billy Moyer didn’t exactly turn back the clock Friday with a victory in the evening’s eight-lap dash that gave him the pole position for Saturday night’s 33rd annual USA Nationals finale at Cedar Lake Full Story
Fast Facts: Cedar Lake's 33rd USA Nationals
Posted: 08/05/2020, 01:20 pm By Robert HolmanDates: Aug. 6-8 ($6,000-to-win program Thursday followed by Friday prelims and Saturday’s $50,000-to-win finale) Track: Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis. (3/8-mile high-banked clay oval). Sanction: World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Full Story
Top 25: Streaking Dohm climbs in power rankings
Posted: 08/04/2020, 09:18 am By Joshua JoinerWorld of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series points leader Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., maintained the top spot in DirtonDirt.com's power rankings presented by Bilstein Shocks for a fourth straight week after a rain-plagued Full Story
Notes: Illinois Crate racer navigates success
Posted: 07/30/2020, 10:07 am By Joshua JoinerBrandon Eskew knew the 2020 season had the potential to be a great year for him, but he had to wait an extra two months to prove it. Eskew, the 22-year-old driver from Ashland, Ill., and his family-owned Crate Late Model team purchased Full Story
Quick Time: Analyzing same-track tour success
Posted: 07/29/2020, 12:26 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Time, presented Full Story
Top 25: Shirley climbs with Summer Nationals wins
Posted: 07/28/2020, 11:47 am By Joshua JoinerFresh off his $53,000 victory in Saturday’s Imperial Tile Silver Dollar Nationals at I-80 Speedway Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., has re-established complete control of the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com's power rankings presented Full Story
Overton emerges atop tour’s tight points chase
Posted: 07/28/2020, 08:48 am By Robert HolmanTAZEWELL, Tenn. (July 25) — Despite winning half of the 12 Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals Series races this season, 2020 series champion Brandon Overton’s slim points lead was anything but safe heading into the tour’s final event Full Story
Frame impresses in Summer Nationals debut
Posted: 07/26/2020, 05:08 am By Todd TurnerCLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — A successful racer at his home track of Duck River Raceway Park in Wheel, Tenn., Jadon Frame of Decherd, Tenn., is getting the opportunity to branch out while racing as a teammate to car owner Joe Denby. And while Full Story
Notes: Joyous I-80 win for brain tumor survivor
Posted: 07/23/2020, 10:25 am By Joshua JoinerWhen Brandon Saltzman of Omaha, Neb., earned his first-ever feature victory in the July 17 weekly Limited Late Model feature at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., he celebrated a lot like any other first-time winner might celebrate a breakthrough Full Story
Top 25: Overton rises as Looney joins poll
Posted: 07/21/2020, 10:30 am By Todd TurnerWhile top-ranked Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., kept winning, Schaeffer's Southern Nationals standout Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., chipped away at the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com's power rankings presented by Bilstein Shocks. Sheppard, Full Story
Notes: Top-five finishes give Buckingham boost
Posted: 07/21/2020, 08:00 am By Kevin KovacWHEATLAND, Mo. — Shanon Buckingham’s weekend at Lucas Oil Speedway didn’t just jump-start his floundering 2020 season. It might have also saved it. With just a single top-five finish to his name in 24 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Full Story
Top 25: B-Shepp back on top as Madden climbs
Posted: 07/14/2020, 09:33 am By Joshua JoinerBrandon Sheppard’s hot streak on the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series has lifted the New Berlin, Ill., driver back to the top spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings presented by Bilstein Shocks. Riding the Full Story
Fast Talk: Summer racing gets into full swing
Posted: 07/13/2020, 10:48 amOur weekly roundtable presented by Castrol Oil reviews a busy weekend that featured events for both national tours and big races for the DIRTcar Summer Nationals and the Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals (edited for clarity and length): Full Story
Notes: Steady setup puts Iowan in victory lane
Posted: 07/09/2020, 04:13 am By Todd TurnerTinkering with shock changes and suspension setups provides virtually endless variables that can lead Dirt Late Model racers to get far away from a baseline. Plenty of racers have been there, IMCA racer Eric Pollard knows all too well. “We’ve Full Story
Top 25: WoO first-timer Winger joins rankings
Posted: 07/07/2020, 08:26 am By Todd TurnerCedar Lake Speedway's doubleheader weekend with $40,000 in winning purses rattled DirtonDirt.com's Top 25 with finale winner Brandon Sheppard peeling off a few first-place votes from Jimmy Owens and first-time World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Full Story
Column: Winning magic gone, Madden departs
Posted: 07/02/2020, 10:40 amFrom the second half of the 2019 racing season through the first days of the current campaign, Chris Madden and Scott Bloomquist Racing were a sublime combination. The veteran driver from Gray Court, S.C., could seemingly do no wrong as Full Story
Quick Time: National tours before and after
Posted: 07/01/2020, 04:01 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Time, presented Full Story
Top 25: Owens solid No. 1 as Dillard arrives
Posted: 06/30/2020, 06:03 am By Todd TurnerLucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series points leader Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., became the first unanimous choice for the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com's Top 25 power rankings after a dominating two-victory weekend on the national tour. Owens, Full Story
Fast Talk: Dillard, Owens … and fireworks debate
Posted: 06/29/2020, 10:59 amAfter a busy weekend of national touring action with a Lucas Oil sweep for Jimmy Owens and Cade Dillard capturing Lernerville's Firecracker 100, our weekly roundtable recaps the action looking toward Independence Day action (edited for Full Story
Column: Mitchell boosts chassis Wright direction
Posted: 06/25/2020, 01:29 amHall of Fame chassis builder Barry Wright and his son, Lance, found themselves facing an uncomfortable question in recent weeks. As one of their Cowpens, S.C.-based company’s Southeast standard bearers, Zack Mitchell of Enoree, S.C., Full Story
Top 25: Owens back on top as Mitchell joins
Posted: 06/23/2020, 08:37 am By Todd TurnerThe merry-go-round atop DirtonDirt.com's Top 25 continues with the third No. 1 in as many weeks as Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., returned to the top spot following his dominating performance at the General Tire Clash at the Mag on the Full Story
Fast Talk: Owens returns to form as Mitchell rises
Posted: 06/22/2020, 09:39 amOur weekly roundtable considers a busy national touring weekend on the Lucas Oil and World of Outlaws tours as Dirt Late Model continues to maneuver adjustments forced by coronavirus restrictions (edited for clarity and length): What's Full Story
Notes: Giving Oakshade racer grabs first victory
Posted: 06/18/2020, 01:21 am By Todd TurnerJake Rendel knew that a Super Late Model victory was within reach June 13 at Oakshade Raceway, but when his racing buddy Devin Shiels had a rollover wreck in a heat race, friendship came first. “There was a quite a melee in my heat race, Full Story
Column: Big Frog owner delighted he chose Bailes
Posted: 06/17/2020, 04:55 pmThe first words Augie Burttram uttered to his driver, Ross Bailes, in victory lane after Friday’s 22nd annual Grassy Smith Memorial at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, S.C., were simple and repeated in rapid-fire fashion. “Thank you! Full Story
Quick Time: Non-series regulars toughen tours
Posted: 06/17/2020, 01:12 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Time, presented Full Story
