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• J.D. finds middle ground in winning crown jewels

  Posted: 08/21/2025, 01:37 am By Kyle McFadden

  LOCUST GROVE, Ark. — There are countless ways a driver can win a race, but for Jonathan Davenport, he’s developed a blueprint that’s enabled him to keep racking up crown jewel victories. It’s well-known the Blairsville, Ga., veteran Full Story

• Top 25: Wins buoy top-ranked drivers

  Posted: 08/19/2025, 07:03 am By Kevin Kovac

  The top two drivers in DirtonDirt’s power rankings were the weekend’s big winners as Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., captured a pair of World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series features and Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Full Story

• Tire wear (and tire care) vital during Topless 100

  Posted: 08/18/2025, 04:51 pm By Kyle McFadden

  LOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug. 16) — While virtually every Topless 100 starter at Batesville Motor Speedway fretted about tires Saturday, winner Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., and runner-up Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., had no Full Story

• Fast Talk: Topping off the Topless 100

  Posted: 08/18/2025, 11:26 am

  With Jonathan Davenport taking the $50,000 prize at Batesville’s Topless 100, our roundtable checks in for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Provide some perspective Jonathan Full Story

• Batesville top-five brings Ebert elation and relief

  Posted: 08/17/2025, 11:19 am By Kyle McFadden

  LOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug. 16) — When Dan Ebert reached Batesville Motor Speedway’s frontstretch late Saturday night following the 33rd annual Nutrien Ag Solutions Topless 100 presented by Big River Steel, he soaked in his surroundings. On Full Story

• Notes: Sheppard eyeing first Topless 100 win

  Posted: 08/16/2025, 06:56 pm By Kyle McFadden

  LOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug. 15) — Brandon Sheppard has won a good share of Dirt Late Model racing’s biggest events, but never before has he captured a Topless 100. Granted, seven years spent on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series from Full Story

• After high-speed night, eyes on Batesville surface

  Posted: 08/16/2025, 02:12 pm By Kyle McFadden

  LOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug. 15) — Drivers weren’t expecting to find a blazing fast track surface at Mooney Starr-promoted Batesville Motor Speedway on Friday’s preliminary night for the 33rd annual Nutrien Ag Solutions Topless 100 presented Full Story

• Dillard's Topless payback unnerving for Alberson

  Posted: 08/16/2025, 07:39 am By Kyle McFadden

  LOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug. 15) — Garrett Alberson never doubted his slide job for the lead in Friday’s second semifeature at Batesville Motor Speedway’s 33rd annual Nutrien Ag Solutions Topless 100 presented by Big River Steel. Cade Full Story

• Column: Pierce's career heads for stratosphere

  Posted: 08/14/2025, 07:34 am

  With every success that Bobby Pierce achieves on Dirt Late Model racing’s biggest stages, he moves closer to immortality in the sport. What can’t the sensational driver from Oakwood, Ill., accomplish? What records can’t he break? Full Story

• Fast Facts: 33rd Nutrien Ag Solutions Topless 100

  Posted: 08/12/2025, 11:50 am By Aaron Clay

  Dates: Aug. 15-16 (split-field semifeatures Friday and 100-lap finale Saturday) Track: Batesville Motor Speedway (high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval) Location: Locust Grove, Ark. Purse: $50,000-to-win Primary sponsors: Nutrien Ag Solutions Full Story

• Top 25: Pierce's grip on No. 1 ranking continues

  Posted: 08/12/2025, 07:30 am By Todd Turner

  Further solidifying his unanimous No. 1 ranking, Bobby Pierce’s historic Sunoco North-South 100 victory at Florence Speedway in Union, Ky., kept him atop DirtonDirt’s weekly power rankings presented by Keyser Manufacturing. Pierce’s Full Story

• Fast Talk: Recapping Florence and a busy weekend

  Posted: 08/11/2025, 10:39 am

  With Bobby Pierce making history with his third straight and fourth overall North-South 100 victory, our roundtable discusses that and more in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): What’s Full Story

• A study in contrasts of feisty North-South tussle

  Posted: 08/10/2025, 11:32 am By Kevin Kovac

  UNION, Ky. (Aug. 9) — The story of Saturday’s 43rd annual North-South 100 at Florence Speedway could be inferred from the study in contrasts visible during the postrace ceremonies on the frontstretch. As Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., Full Story

• After wreck, Marlar asks: How slow is too slow?

  Posted: 08/09/2025, 04:36 pm By Kevin Kovac

  UNION, Ky. (Aug. 8) — Mike Marlar tried to be as diplomatic as possible. It’s his nature to look at things in a pragmatic manner. Nevertheless, after a run-in with a lapped car knocked him from the lead on the 11th circuit of Friday’s Full Story

• Column: Crown jewel satisfaction for Cooney

  Posted: 08/06/2025, 04:19 pm

  Todd Cooney didn’t jump right into the celebration fray after his driver, Ryan Gustin, completed a march to victory in Saturday’s 38th annual USA Nationals at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis. As his crew and Gustin’s family Full Story

• Fast Facts: 43rd annual Sunoco North-South 100

  Posted: 08/05/2025, 01:39 pm By Aaron Clay

  Dates: Aug. 7-9 (Thursday and Friday twin semifeatures and Saturday’s 100-lap finale) Track: Florence Speedway (semi-banked half-mile dirt oval) Location: Union, Ky. Purse: $75,000-to-win Late Model feature Primary sponsors: Sunoco Full Story

• Top 25: Cedar Lake winner climbs to No. 7

  Posted: 08/05/2025, 06:28 am By Kevin Kovac

  As Ryan Gustin of Marshalltown, Iowa, vaulted into the top 10 following a $100,000 USA Nationals triumph, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., remained the unanimous No. 1 choice in DirtonDirt’s power rankings despite failing to score a third Full Story

• Fast Talk: Gustin's six-figure success and more

  Posted: 08/04/2025, 08:47 am

  On the first weekend in August with Ryan Gustin breaking through for his career-richest victory, our roundtable convenes for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Discuss Ryan Full Story

• B-Shepp laments costly Cedar Lake lane choice

  Posted: 08/03/2025, 11:06 am By Kevin Kovac

  NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 2) — Brandon Sheppard certainly didn’t claim that his faulty restart with seven circuits remaining in Saturday’s 38th annual USA Nationals cost him the $100,000 top prize at Cedar Lake Speedway. He just knew Full Story

• Notes: Larson making moves at USA Nationals

  Posted: 08/02/2025, 03:50 pm By Kevin Kovac

  NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 1) — A cool, calm approach led Brent Larson to the most dramatic pass of Friday night’s USA Nationals qualifying program at Cedar Lake Speedway. “I just kept slowing down more and more, I felt like, and going Full Story

• Notes: Amid tragedy, tranquility behind wheel

  Posted: 07/31/2025, 07:08 am By Todd Turner

  Kankakee County Speedway’s championship history is dotted with the McCarty name, including reigning Crate Late Model champ Austin McCarty of nearby Bourbonnais, Ill. Austin’s father Steve, now his crew chief, was a four-time champion Full Story

• Fast Facts: 38th annual Cedar Lake USA Nationals

  Posted: 07/29/2025, 09:09 am By Aaron Clay

  Dates: July 31-Aug. 2 (Thursday standalone program with Friday preliminaries heading for Saturday’s USA Nationals finale) Track: Cedar Lake Speedway (high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval) Location: New Richmond, Wis. Purse: $100,000-to-win Full Story

• Top 25: Shirley surges as Pierce still solidly No. 1

  Posted: 07/29/2025, 08:14 am By Todd Turner

  After surging to his career-richest payday, Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., vaulted nine positions to No. 9 in DirtonDirt’s weekly power rankings with Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., maintaining his unanimous hold on the top spot. Shirley, Full Story

• PDC winner soaks up joy of knowing he belongs

  Posted: 07/28/2025, 04:59 pm By Kevin Kovac

  FAIRBURY, Ill. (July 26) — The clock was closing in on 4 o’clock Sunday morning, but Brian Shirley wasn’t ready for bed. How could he even close his eyes and fall asleep when he was riding the highest of emotional highs in his life? Anyway, Full Story

• Fast Talk: Shirley's deserved, rewarding PDC victory

  Posted: 07/28/2025, 10:49 am

  On a weekend when Brian Shirley broke the bank (and clock?) with his Prairie Dirt Classic victory at Fairbury, out roundtable gathers for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Discuss Full Story