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Top 25: Preseason poll puts Bloomquist on top
Posted: 02/07/2017, 12:35 pm By Todd TurnerReigning and three-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion Scott Bloomquist begins the 2017 season atop DirtonDirt.com’s preseason Top 25 power rankings, just four points shy of unanimous in the Dirt Late Model poll. The 53-year-old Full Story
Clash of touring champs spices Lucas Oil Series
Posted: 02/07/2017, 08:12 am By Kevin KovacThe 2017 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series roster is bulging with superstar drivers boasting championship pedigrees, but two names stand out in the crowd. There’s Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., and Josh Richards of Shinnston, Full Story
Zeigler returns to scene of Speedweeks success
Posted: 02/03/2017, 12:37 pm By Alli CollisDirt Late Model racing is known for producing memorable moments, from first-time winners, to underdog upsets and other on-track dramatics. Mason Zeigler’s career-high victory last season’s Winternationals finale at East Bay Raceway Full Story
2017 preview: Resetting the national tours
Posted: 02/02/2017, 06:49 am By Andy Savary and Todd TurnerResetting Dirt Late Model racing’s national tours — the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series — heading into February’s season openers during Georgia-Florida Speedweeks (drivers listed Full Story
Schedule, track-by-track capsules for Speedweeks
Posted: 02/01/2017, 07:16 amThe 2017 Georgia-Florida Speedweeks race-by-race schedule for Super Late Model events at six dirt tracks, two in Georgia and four in Florida. Action runs from Feb. 10-25 at Golden Isles Speedway in Waynesville, Ga.; North Florida Speedway Full Story
Fast Talk: Over-under options heading into '17
Posted: 01/30/2017, 08:02 amOur weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products takes a look at some over-under options heading into the 2017 Dirt Late Model season (edited for clarity and length): Over or under .5: Drivers scoring their first crown jewel Full Story
Fast Talk: A five-topic analysis of upcoming season
Posted: 01/23/2017, 08:29 amOur Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable previews the 2017 season by analyzing a driver, track, tour, race and storyline (edited for clarity and length): Break down a driver’s 2017 outlook: Michael Rigsby, DirtonDirt.com co-founder Full Story
Column: Shrugging off wreck, Flinner returning
Posted: 01/18/2017, 06:07 pmOne glance at John Flinner Jr.’s Facebook page makes it clear that the vicious crash he experienced last Oct. 7 at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway in Imperial — a flipping, parts-shedding accident that knocked him unconscious Full Story
Hands-on Page turns in solid start in Baird entry
Posted: 01/16/2017, 05:59 pm By Robert HolmanEASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 15) — It didn't take long for Michael Page to gel with his new race team. Of course, when you have a hands-on approach like Page is accustomed to, things should stay pretty routine anyway. | RaceWire The 33-year-old Full Story
Fast Talk: Reviewing the Wild West Shootout
Posted: 01/16/2017, 10:16 amDirtonDirt.com’s roundtable gathers to offer a review of the Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout at Arizona Speedway in the Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored Fast Talk (edited for clarity and length): Could any driver ever be angrier Full Story
Soggy track ends Wild West Shootout with fizzle
Posted: 01/15/2017, 06:39 pm By Todd TurnerQUEEN CREEK, Ariz. — Drama was building for Sunday’s conclusion of Arizona Speedway’s Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout. Three-race winner Bobby Pierce was gunning for a $50,000 bonus. The purse for the finale was boosted to Full Story
Column: Dome promoter adds ambitious project
Posted: 01/10/2017, 05:57 pmCody Sommer doesn’t operate a weekly racetrack, but he certainly has enough motorsports work to keep him running non-stop. His promotional activities — last month’s VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Full Story
Notes: Arizona glory eludes fading Alberson
Posted: 01/09/2017, 05:17 am By Todd TurnerQUEEN CREEK, Ariz. (Jan. 8) — New Mexico native Garrett Alberson had things going his way early in Sunday’s Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout at Arizona Speedway. But after the Shreveport, La., transplant led the first 12 laps Full Story
Column: Well-equipped, Whitwell eyes home run
Posted: 01/04/2017, 12:13 pmR.C. Whitwell always looks forward to the Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout. The January miniseries is, after all, the biggest Dirt Late Model meet of the season in his home state of Arizona, so it’s his chance to battle some of Full Story
Fast Facts: Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout
Posted: 01/04/2017, 11:19 am(Complete coverage) Dates: Jan. 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15 ($5,000-to-win features, along with heats and consolations on Jan. 7, 8, 11, 13 and 14; $12,000-to-win feature, along with heats and consolations Jan. 15). Track: Arizona Speedway, Full Story
Column: Dome promoter toils behind the scenes
Posted: 12/13/2016, 06:17 pmThere are plenty of unknowns about this weekend’s inaugural VP Racing Fuels Gateways Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, Mo. One thing, though, is 100 percent certain: the first attempt at a Dirt Late Model Full Story
Fast Talk: PRI wrapup and previewing Gateway
Posted: 12/12/2016, 10:22 amOur Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable looks back on the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show while looking looks ahead to the VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals presented by Karl Performance (edited for clarity and length): What Full Story
Column: Top Lucas Oil rookie savors experience
Posted: 12/06/2016, 03:52 amColton Flinner knew he would be outgunned, outmanned and underfinanced when he and his father, Mark, decided to tackle the 2016 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series in pursuit of the national tour’s rookie of the year honors. The upstart Full Story
Best of 2016: Top-five lists from busy season
Posted: 12/06/2016, 03:12 am By Todd TurnerWith Driver of the Year and other driver honors already published, DirtonDirt.com takes a look at other top-five lists from the 2016 season, running the gamut from the top five performances to top five gaffes of the year (Best of 2016 Full Story
Best of 2016: South's state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/02/2016, 04:01 am By Alli Collis and Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2016 superlatives of the Southern states (individually for states with at least five weekly Late Model tracks; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2016 coverage): Alabama Top Full Story
Best of 2016: More state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/01/2016, 02:48 am By Kevin Kovac and Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2016 superlatives of the Northern and Western states (individually for states with at least five weekly Late Model tracks; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2016 Full Story
Column: Dream team's enthusiasm overflowing
Posted: 11/30/2016, 02:31 amRandy Weaver is a deeply religious man, so when he faced a crossroads in his life last month — should he resume his racing career after sitting out most of the 2016 season with post-concussion syndrome, or should he step away from competition Full Story
Best of 2016: Midwest's state-by-state capsules
Posted: 11/30/2016, 02:04 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2016 superlatives of the Midwestern states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2016 coverage): Illinois Top Full Story
Fast Talk: Weekly roundtable talking turkey
Posted: 11/28/2016, 06:56 amMembers of our Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable aroused from their post-Thanksgiving naps to consider a busy racing weekend and a few off-season considerations as we head for December (edited for clarity and length): It didn’t Full Story
Victory seems like old times for J.D., Wrights
Posted: 11/28/2016, 05:32 am By Kevin KovacJonathan Davenport succinctly summed up how it felt to be back racing with Hall of Fame chassis builder Barry Wright and his son, Lance, by his side less than 24 hours after he captured Saturday’s Turkey 100 for Crate Late Models at Swainsboro Full Story
