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Top 25: Richards joins top 10 in rankings
Posted: 06/04/2019, 10:56 am By Alli CollisAfter scoring his first 2019 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory Thursday at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Miss., Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., joins the top 10 in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Brandon Full Story
Key Dream moments going back to '94
Posted: 06/03/2019, 03:38 pmROSSBURG, Ohio — Key moments from the previous 24 Dreams at Eldora Speedway, the race that’s paid $100,000-to-win and will pay $125,000-to-win for its 25th running on June 6-8: 1994: On the 93rd lap, winner Freddy Smith blows by Scott Full Story
Lucrative Dream brings career-making victories
Posted: 06/03/2019, 02:20 pm By Alli CollisWhen Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., took the checkered flag to win the 2014 edition of Eldora Speedway’s Dream, he was already listed as a former World 100 winner at the famed Rossburg, Ohio, oval. | Complete Dream coverage But having Full Story
Fast Facts: Eldora's $125,000-to-win Dream XXV
Posted: 06/03/2019, 10:37 am By Robert HolmanDream XXV Dates: June 6-8 (Twin $10,000-to-win features Thursday, twin $10,000-to-win features Friday, and heats, consolations and $125,000-to-win main event Saturday). | Complete Dream coverage Track: Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio Full Story
Fast Talk: Marlar's status and Dream XXV preview
Posted: 06/03/2019, 10:38 amDirtonDirt.com’s weekly roundtable brings in the month of June by gathering to discuss Mike Marlar’s return to victory lane with car owner Ronnie Delk and other weekend newsmakers while also looking ahead to this weekend’s Dream XXV Full Story
Notes: New perspective boosts young Georgian
Posted: 05/30/2019, 12:05 am By Alli CollisAfter spending a few years on the road with former World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Series competitor Joey Coulter and the Rum Rummer Racing team, Pearson Lee Williams of Dublin, Ga., is enjoying his first full season back behind the wheel Full Story
Column: Winchester win 'storybook' for Brannon
Posted: 05/29/2019, 04:39 pmThe hour was late because of a rain delay, but that had no dampening effect on the victory lane scene following Saturday’s Chuck Brannon Memorial Super Late Model feature at Winchester (Va.) Speedway. Thanks to the driver who won the Full Story
Top 25: Eckert climbs three spots in rankings
Posted: 05/28/2019, 08:24 am By Alli CollisAfter scoring his third 2019 victory Sunday at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway, Rick Eckert of York, Pa., was among the biggest movers in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., held on to the top Full Story
Fast Talk: Memorial Day minus the Show-Me 100
Posted: 05/27/2019, 12:11 pmOur weekly roundtable gathers to consider a Memorial Day weekend that didn’t include the Show-Me 100 and offer thoughts on summer and Dirt Late Model racing (edited for clarity and length): Now we know what a Memorial Day weekend without Full Story
Notes: Crates revitalize eastern Iowan's career
Posted: 05/23/2019, 01:00 am By Alli CollisWhen Crate racing picked up around his Keokuk, Iowa, home a few years ago, Tommy Elston’s career was revitalized. His own racing had slowed a bit when the travel to Super Late Model events became too tiresome, so the 49-year-old Elston Full Story
Quick Time: B-Shepp's dominance and more
Posted: 05/22/2019, 01:30 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Lucas Oil tourers witness to calamity at Wheatland
Posted: 05/21/2019, 01:54 pmThose hunkering down in Dirt Late Model haulers during Monday night’s severe storm in Wheatland, Mo., knew Lucas Oil Speedway was taking a beating from high winds that rocked the transporters. But the realization of damage throughout Full Story
Top 25: Hudson O'Neal jumps six spots in poll
Posted: 05/21/2019, 11:15 am By Alli CollisAfter capturing his second Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory of the season on Thursday at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa, Hudson O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind., made the biggest jump in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, Full Story
Fast Talk: Weekend recap, eyeing the holiday
Posted: 05/20/2019, 11:03 amOur weekly roundtable gathers to review a weekend that — finally! — wasn’t completely ravaged by rain and to look ahead toward a holiday weekend highlighted by the Show-Me 100, the first crown jewel of 2019 (edited for clarity and Full Story
Notes: F-16 mechanic finds speed on dirt, too
Posted: 05/16/2019, 08:37 am By Alli CollisMidway through the 2018 season, Jake Little’s military duties pulled him out of the driver’s seat and off to Japan for roughly a month. But when the 24-year-old Pleasant Plains, Ill., pilot returned to the cockpit, he went right back Full Story
Quick Time: The racing world's Game of Thrones
Posted: 05/15/2019, 02:19 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Top 25: K-Rob climbs six spots in rankings
Posted: 05/14/2019, 10:38 am By Alli CollisAfter scoring a $10,000 Schaeffer’s MARS Racing Series victory Friday at Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway, Kent Robinson of Bloomington, Ind., made the biggest jump in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Brandon Sheppard of New Full Story
Fast Talk: Racing recap and intros to dirt tracks
Posted: 05/13/2019, 10:55 amWhile awaiting a chance to put away our umbrellas, our weekly roundtable considers the weekend’s major event and looks ahead to a busy stretch of national tour action (edited for clarity and length): Evaluate the weekend’s most significant Full Story
Notes: Younger Overton picking up checkered flags
Posted: 05/09/2019, 12:44 am By Alli CollisIt wasn’t all that long ago that Cody Overton of Evans, Ga., was out on the road with his brother Brandon, serving as a crew member for his older sibling as he chased the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series title. Fast Full Story
Column: Remembering shock-behind revolution
Posted: 05/08/2019, 04:37 pmMark Richards is a lot of things: the wildly successful co-owner of Rocket Chassis in Shinnston, W.Va., one of Dirt Late Model racing’s most decorated team owners, a top mechanical mind. But Richards, 58, of Shinnston, W.Va., is also Full Story
Quick Time: Doubling up on national tours
Posted: 05/08/2019, 12:48 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Top 25: Bailes jumps to No. 12 in rankings
Posted: 05/07/2019, 09:22 am By Alli CollisAfter scoring his first career World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series victory Friday at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, S.C., Ross Bailes of Clover, S.C., made the biggest jump in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Full Story
Fast Talk: Evaluations past, present and future
Posted: 05/06/2019, 09:32 amOur weekly roundtable gathers to discuss the late Joe Garrison’s place in the Dirt Late Model world while considering on-track action present and future (edited for clarity and length): Reflect on the influence of GRT co-founder Joe Full Story
Notes: Young Pearson follows dad's tire tracks
Posted: 05/02/2019, 12:03 am By Alli CollisWhen your father is a four-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion and former World 100 winner, it’s hard not to feel a little bit of pressure to perform when it’s your turn to climb behind the wheel. But 21-year-old Trey Pearson Full Story
Column: Wells eases into business side of racing
Posted: 05/01/2019, 02:11 pmFor nearly a decade, Eric Wells traipsed across the country as a national touring series regular — first with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (2010-12) and then the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series (2013-17) — Full Story
