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Late-race restart pileup shuffles PDC contenders
Posted: 07/27/2025, 03:48 pm By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 26) — There were 16 laps left in Prairie Dirt Classic and the 100-lap World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series event at Fairbury Speedway was primed to get serious. | RaceWire Brian Shirley was clinging Full Story
Notes: O'Neal has best chance for PDC victory
Posted: 07/26/2025, 04:35 pm By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 24) — Driving for Kevin Rumley in Fairbury Speedway’s Prairie Dirt Classic means Hudson O’Neal can stay pretty anonymous — at least until he hits the track in the North Carolina engineer’s familiar Longhorn Full Story
With ailing wife, race-life balance wears on Shirley
Posted: 07/26/2025, 10:55 am By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 25) — Brian Shirley realized that winning the first of Friday’s four 25-lap semifeatures for the Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury Speedway was just a steppingstone to the weekend’s big prize. Yet there he was Full Story
Unzicker's Prairie Dirt hopes high after miscue
Posted: 07/25/2025, 07:23 am By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 23) — Ryan Unzicker stood in Fairbury Speedway’s pit area Wednesday night trying to make sense of his fifth-place finish in the 50-lap FloRacing Night in America-sanctioned feature. Should he be annoyed with “just” Full Story
Dispatches: Benedum, Loudy soak up Taze's big night
Posted: 07/27/2025, 07:04 amAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing heading into the finale weekend in July, including coverage of the Schaeffer's Southern Nationals (look for World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series coverage Full Story
Pressure released, Pierce roars back to Fairbury
Posted: 07/24/2025, 07:05 am By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 23) — If Bobby Pierce wasn’t already the betting favorite to win Saturday’s Prairie Dirt Classic, he certified his status with a $20,000 victory in Wednesday’s 50-lap FloRacing Night in America presented by Full Story
Notes: Pennsy youngster Merkel blossoms at PVS
Posted: 07/24/2025, 12:24 am By Todd TurnerIn Trent Merkel’s rookie Late Model season last year, the teenager found himself in the position of doing something he always imagined — racing against his dad. In the Oct. 12 event at Path Valley Speedway in Spring Run, Pa., father Full Story
Column: Rambo's role while awaiting transplant
Posted: 07/24/2025, 12:12 amDennis Franklin, the Gaffney, S.C., Dirt Late Model racer known as Rambo, could tell something wasn't quite right healthwise as he approached his 50th birthday last July. What was it? He wasn’t sure. “At nighttime I’d been feeling Full Story
Fast Facts: Fairbury's 35th Prairie Dirt Classic
Posted: 07/23/2025, 10:46 am By Aaron ClayDates: July 25-26 (July 23’s FloRacing Night in America presented by Kubota event isn’t officially part of the event). Track: Fairbury Speedway (semi-banked 1/4-mile dirt oval) Location: Fairbury, Ill. Purse: $50,000-to-win Late Full Story
Top 25: Pierce regains his unanimous status
Posted: 07/22/2025, 08:52 am By Kevin KovacBobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., regained unanimous possession of the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt’s power rankings, earning all 10 first-place votes after a week with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series that included a $25,053 victory last Full Story
Fast Talk: Analyzing Huset's, PDC dreaming
Posted: 07/21/2025, 11:42 amOur weekly roundtable reviews the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Silver Dollar Nationals and the ongoing Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals, among other items, while looking ahead to this weekend’s Prairie Dirt Classic in the Full Story
'Little things' hold back Alberson from big week
Posted: 07/20/2025, 09:19 am By Kyle McFaddenBRANDON, S.D. (July 19) — No driver was on the razor’s edge over the last week on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series more than Garrett Alberson. The Las Cruces, N.M., driver was in legitimate position to win all four series features Full Story
Drivers battling for Lucas Oil playoffs positioning
Posted: 07/19/2025, 03:44 pm By Kyle McFaddenBRANDON, S.D. (July 18) — Both prelim nights in this year’s installment of the Silver Dollar Nationals at Huset’s Speedway have had a common theme according to Ricky Thornton Jr. “I feel like this year, compared to last year, we're Full Story
Huset's triumph special for J.D.'s head wrench
Posted: 07/19/2025, 02:29 pm By Kyle McFaddenBRANDON, S.D. (July 18) — Cory Fostvedt doesn’t prefer the spotlight in his role as Jonathan Davenport’s crew chief at Double L Motorsports, but on Friday at Huset’s Speedway, he found himself in it as his team’s pit area was Full Story
Rocket Chassis overhaul propels B-Shepp forward
Posted: 07/17/2025, 05:56 pm By Kyle McFaddenAn antsy Mark Richards returned to Rocket Chassis headquarters in Shinnston, W.Va., following June 21’s Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway ready to get to work. Stewing on an exhaustive list of ideas long enough, the 64-year-old Full Story
Notes: WISSOTA's top rookie hunts first victory
Posted: 07/17/2025, 06:54 am By Todd TurnerDevin Fouquette knows that names of recent WISSOTA Rookies of the Year in Late Models ring out as some of the division's best drivers: Cole Searing, Tyler Peterson and Shane Sabraski among them. Through the first half of the season, the Full Story
Iowa's Shelby County oval draws tour's praise
Posted: 07/16/2025, 03:29 pm By Kyle McFaddenHARLAN, Iowa (July 15) — There’s a reason Shelby County Speedway is the only racetrack that has a Tuesday date on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series outside the Winternationals at Ocala (Fla.) Speedway this year. | RaceWire The third-mile Full Story
Fast Facts: 15th annual Silver Dollar Nationals
Posted: 07/15/2025, 07:55 am By Aaron ClayDates: July 16-19 Track: Huset’s Speedway (high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval) Location: Brandon, S.D. Purse: $75,000-to-win finale Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Streaming: FloRacing Presenting sponsor: MyRacePass Last Full Story
Top 25: Mitchell No. 18 with Pierce still on top
Posted: 07/15/2025, 06:53 am By Kevin KovacStrengthening his hold on the top spot in DirtonDirt’s power rankings, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., came within one first-place vote of unanimous No. 1 status after scoring a victory and runner-up finish in the World of Outlaws Real Full Story
Fast Talk: Recapping busy summer action
Posted: 07/14/2025, 10:20 amAfter a busy weekend for national touring events and the day-after-day grinds of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals and Schaeffer's Southern Nationals, our roundtable checks in for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies Full Story
Column: Iowan's sore knee and busy schedule
Posted: 07/09/2025, 11:16 amChris Simpson didn’t exhibit any outward evidence of an aching left knee as he walked around his car in the pit area during last weekend’s World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series-sanctioned NAPA Gopher 50 event at Deer Full Story
Top 25: O'Neal inches to fifth with Pierce still No. 1
Posted: 07/08/2025, 08:26 am By Kevin KovacA visit to Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., that saw Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., go from a $10,000 victory to rolling over amid a huge wreck was followed by the 28-year-old superstar remaining atop DirtonDirt’s power rankings Full Story
Fast Talk: Recapping Fourth of July weekend action
Posted: 07/07/2025, 10:47 amAfter a weekend of fireworks on and off the track, our roundtable reviews all the latest in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): What's your take on Nick Hoffman’s postrace Full Story
Notes: J.D. absorbs big droop infraction penalty
Posted: 07/06/2025, 01:14 pm By Kyle McFaddenZANESVILLE, Ohio (July 5) — Jonathan Davenport sensed something wasn’t quite right with his Double L Motorsports No. 49 machine in the last half of Saturday’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series feature at Muskingum County Speedway. Full Story
Pierce outduels Gustin amid sliders, crossovers
Posted: 07/04/2025, 09:36 am By Kevin KovacSPRING VALLEY, Minn. (July 3) — Bobby Pierce slid ahead at one end of Deer Creek Speedway. Ryan Gustin sailed ahead at the other. For nearly a half-dozen circuits in the middle of Thursday’s 30-lap World of Outlaws Real American Beer Full Story
