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• Quick Time: Active streaks of consistency

  Posted: 03/04/2020, 01:04 pm

  Take 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: McDowell climbs after Cherokee triumph

  Posted: 03/03/2020, 08:32 am By Todd Turner

  Hall of Fame driver Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., made the biggest jump in this week's DirtonDirt.com Top 25, improving six positions while moving into the top 10 of the power rankings presented by Bilstein Shocks. The 53-year-old Full Story

• Fast Talk: Racing’s lions and lambs of March

  Posted: 03/02/2020, 08:46 am

  As the Dirt Late Model calendar flips to March, our weekly roundtable considers the beginning of the regular season as action begins to ramp up (edited for clarity and length): What weekend winner struck your fancy? Kevin Kovac, DirtonDirt.com Full Story

• Notes: Challenging start for Hiett's SAS pursuit

  Posted: 02/27/2020, 08:05 am By Robert Holman

  Jason Hiett of Oxford, Ala., heads to Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, S.C., for Sunday’s #GigiStrong March Madness XVIII focused on competing for the 2020 Southern All Stars championship. The veteran racer knows that getting off to a good Full Story

• Quick Time: Reviewing national tour switcheroos

  Posted: 02/26/2020, 11:16 am

  Take 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

• Column: J.D. still upbeat after trying Speedweeks

  Posted: 02/20/2020, 07:08 am

  Jonathan Davenport experienced just about everything a driver possibly could during his two-week Speedweeks excursion — including, of course, a victory that made him a Speedweeks winner for the fourth straight season and seventh time Full Story

• Quick Time: Speedweeks stats and Volusia futility

  Posted: 02/19/2020, 11:32 am

  Take 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: B-Shepp on top as others climb quickly

  Posted: 02/18/2020, 08:13 am By Todd Turner

  Brandon Sheppard backed up his preseason No. 1 ranking — and then some — with the undisputed best performance among more than 100 Super Late Model drivers at Georgia-Florida Speedweeks. The New Berlin, Ill., driver, who tallied five Full Story

• Fast Talk: Volusia review and Speedweeks wrapup

  Posted: 02/17/2020, 12:10 pm

  After Volusia Speedway Park concluded Georgia-Florida Speedweeks with six straight nights of Super Late Model action, our roundtable wraps up the winter miniseries (edited for clarity and length; complete Speedweeks coverage): What do Full Story

• Numbers tell story after 17 Speedweeks events

  Posted: 02/17/2020, 09:32 am By Todd Turner

  A by-the-numbers review of 17 Super Late Model races from Georgia-Florida Speedweeks action for Super Late Models, made up of Feb. 1-15 action at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga.; North Florida Speedway in Lake City, Fla.; East Full Story

• Notes: Another Whitener bid ends with nose-dive

  Posted: 02/15/2020, 08:09 am By Kevin Kovac

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 14) — Mark Whitener was a contender for a Georgia-Florida Speedweeks victory again on Friday at Volusia Speedway Park. And once again, the 38-year-old driver from Middleburg, Fla., experienced a disheartening demise. Two Full Story

• Sparks fly between Overton, Whitener at Volusia

  Posted: 02/13/2020, 12:32 pm By Kevin Kovac

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 12) — Mark Whitener was eyeing the most important victory of his Dirt Late Model career. Brandon Overton was headed toward arguably the best run he’s ever had at a track that's a thorn in his side. | Complete Full Story

• Introspective McCreadie yearns for improvement

  Posted: 02/12/2020, 08:26 am By Kevin Kovac

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 11) — Tim McCreadie’s Georgia-Florida Speedweeks debut with his new car owners, Donald and Gena Bradsher, was already a certified success before he reached the 49th annual DIRTcar Nationals presented by Bozard Full Story

• DJ: First-time tracks and tasty treats aplenty

  Posted: 02/11/2020, 07:51 am

  From back home in Ohio (and now for a stint at Volusia Speedway Park), Dustin Jarrett’s almost-daily recap of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks, the Jan. 31-Feb. 15 action at six tracks in the Peach and Sunshine States. Look for new editions Full Story

• Fast Talk: Discussing all things Speedweeks

  Posted: 02/10/2020, 11:32 am

  Amid of a busy Georgia-Florida Speedweeks, our roundtable considers the hottest drivers, the latest happenings and more from mid-winter action (edited for clarity and length): Has Brandon Sheppard ended any dispute about the nation's No. Full Story

• Low speeds, high stress running East Bay finale

  Posted: 02/09/2020, 08:55 am By Todd Turner

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 8) — Drivers who come to East Bay Raceway learn to expect the unexpected at the third-mile oval where lore suggests that tides from the nearby bay affect the trickiest dirt track surface in the country. And Full Story

• Family-style victory lane warms Zeigler's heart

  Posted: 02/08/2020, 06:34 am By Kevin Kovac

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 7) —  There were many redeeming qualities to Mason Zeigler’s dramatic triumph in Friday’s 50-lap Wrisco Winternationals feature at East Bay Raceway Park. A stirring late-race rally. A slider-swapping battle Full Story

• Notes: Overton makes Screven list, checks it twice

  Posted: 02/08/2020, 06:20 am By Robert Holman

  SYLVANIA, Ga. (Feb. 7) — Brandon Overton has been to Screven Motor Speedway more than enough times to gauge the racetrack’s surface. After all, Overton, of Evans, Ga., calls the 3/8-mile oval one of his home tracks. But is it possible Full Story

• Notes: Richards rallies at East Bay despite penalty

  Posted: 02/07/2020, 08:04 am By Kevin Kovac

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 6) — Josh Richards flashed the aggressive fire of a young Josh Richards in charging from the rear of a 30-car field to finish second in Thursday’s 40-lap Wrisco Winternationals feature at East Bay Raceway Park. Full Story

• DJ: Impressive trifecta in East Bay finish

  Posted: 02/07/2020, 12:02 am

  From back home in Ohio (and now in Sylvania, Ga!), Dustin Jarrett’s almost-daily recap of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks, the Jan. 31-Feb. 15 action at six tracks in the Peach and Sunshine States. Look for editions throughout Speedweeks (complete Full Story

• Flagstand crash leaves J.D., Bronson reeling

  Posted: 02/06/2020, 01:54 am By Kevin Kovac

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 5) — The 35th circuit of Wednesday’s 40-lap Wrisco Winternationals feature at East Bay Raceway Park proved to be brutal for Jonathan Davenport and Kyle Bronson. Davenport, 36, of Blairsville, Ga., saw his march Full Story

• Column: Mitchell heads to Screven on upswing

  Posted: 02/05/2020, 01:37 pm

  The 2019 racing season never really ended for Zack Mitchell. It just sort of morphed right into 2020. And as far as the soon-to-be 24-year-old driver from Enoree, S.C., is concerned, that’s a good thing. The virtually nonexistent break Full Story

• DJ: Weiss keeps an eye on East Bay action

  Posted: 02/04/2020, 12:17 am

  From back home in Ohio, Dustin Jarrett’s regular recap of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks, the Jan. 31-Feb. 15 action at six tracks in the Peach and Sunshine States. Look for a new edition most days at DirtonDirt.com (complete Speedweeks coverage): Weiss’s Full Story

• Fast Talk: GIS review, East Bay predictions

  Posted: 02/03/2020, 12:53 pm

  With Georgia-Florida Speedweeks in full swing, our weekly roundtable gathers to review the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series opener at Golden Isles Speedway and look ahead to this week’s action at East Bay Raceway Park (edited for clarity Full Story

• Rough ending doesn't dull Whitener's night

  Posted: 02/02/2020, 02:04 am By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Mark Whitener is among Florida’s winningest Late Model racers over the last 10 years or more, mostly in Limited and Crate Late Model action in the Sunshine State. But when Georgia-Florida Speedweeks rolls around each Full Story