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Flo-Lucas Oil combo is 'another step forward'
Posted: 12/11/2025, 02:49 pmINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 11) — Rick Schwallie has spent more than two decades — nearly half his life — working with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, so he has the cachet to know what’s good for the national tour. | DirtWire And Full Story
Timeline of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Posted: 12/11/2025, 07:08 am By Todd TurnerA timeline of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, which on Thursday was acquired by streaming partner FloSports: April 10, 2004: The Spencer Wilson-founded North America Racing Association hosts its first race at Florence Speedway in Full Story
Best of 2025: Southern state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/10/2025, 05:15 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2025 superlatives of Southern states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2025 coverage): Alabama Top Full Story
Best of 2025: Northern and Western state caps
Posted: 12/09/2025, 02:40 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2025 superlatives of Northern (including Canada) and Western states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best Full Story
Best of 2025: Midwest's state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/08/2025, 06:30 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2025 superlatives of Midwestern states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2025 coverage): Illinois Top Full Story
Column: Team 22 reset gives team jump on '26
Posted: 11/20/2025, 03:17 pmIf there was any question about the relationship between G.R. Smith and Drake Troutman following a full year together as car owner and driver, the jovial back-and-forth they engaged in throughout the recent World Finals weekend at The Dirt Full Story
Babb, Pearson among Hall of Famers for '26
Posted: 10/18/2025, 05:15 pm By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio — A World 100 winner and four-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion and a two-time Dirt Track World Championship victor who’s also the all-time winningest DIRTcar Summer Nationals racer are set to join the National Full Story
Notes: Senoia standout plotting his WoO debut
Posted: 09/11/2025, 12:03 am By Todd TurnerPayton Stevenson has carved out a solid start to his career in Late Model-style cars, scoring 30 feature victories and capturing two track titles over six seasons. The 21-year-old High Falls, Ga., driver has a current streak of three Limited Full Story
Notes: Stateside success highlights Canadian's season
Posted: 08/28/2025, 06:01 am By Todd TurnerCanadian standout Gregg Haskell has long wanted to win a stateside Dirt Late Model race. But entering the season, Haskell's casual promise to himself to retire from racing at age 50 was bearing down on the driver from Chatham, Ontario. He 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
Notes: Indiana rookie finding Crate success
Posted: 07/10/2025, 05:50 am By Todd TurnerAfter a half-dozen seasons in the factory stock division, Brent McMillan was excited to make the jump to Crate Late Models in 2025. And to find himself now racing against standout drivers in that higher-profile division, “it’s kind 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
Fast Talk: Recapping races with fireworks in future
Posted: 06/30/2025, 09:42 amWith Nick Hoffman and Jason Feger among multiple-race winners the last weekend in June, our roundtable checks in for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): What’s your biggest Full Story
Notes: Indiana rookie experiences highs, lows
Posted: 06/26/2025, 07:16 am By Todd TurnerWithin his first few months as a Super Late Model driver, it didn’t take long for Braiden Keller to discover the highs and lows of a competitive sport. One night the 19-year-old from West Lebanon, Ind., is soaking up victory lane at Full Story
Column: Weaver finds niche as Eldora analyst
Posted: 06/12/2025, 01:29 pmNearly five years after debuting as an analyst on the FloRacing broadcasts of the crown jewel events at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, Randy Weaver can’t deny that his camera time has given him a new image in the Dirt Late Model world. First Full Story
Tire management key to J.D.'s Eldora ownership
Posted: 06/08/2025, 06:43 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 7) — Taking care of your tires over 100 grueling laps at Eldora Speedway is always important. During Saturday’s Dream XXXI when the half-mile track surface’s dirt crumbs chewed up rubber quicker than usual, it Full Story
'Heavenly' waters do J.D. no favors at Show-Me
Posted: 05/26/2025, 12:54 pm By Kevin KovacWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 24) — Jonathan Davenport knew the Lucas Oil Speedway surface was going to be more juiced up for Saturday’s Show-Me 100 after overnight showers and thunderstorms. He’s well aware that precipitation from the sky Full Story
Lucas Oil's shift triggers Speedweeks redefinition
Posted: 05/22/2025, 10:37 am By Todd TurnerA new era of Dirt Late Model racing’s Georgia-Florida Speedweeks is upon us. With the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series revealing Thursday morning that it will boldly shift its dozen Speedweeks events to late February and early March Full Story
Column: Guliani's rise to sought-after consultant
Posted: 05/15/2025, 05:53 pmEverything was perfect in Vinny Guliani’s world last Saturday night at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Ark. There was the 38-year-old engineer/crew member-turned-technical consultant, standing in victory at his hometown track Full Story
Column: Recharged Starr still holds Batesville reins
Posted: 05/08/2025, 10:03 pmMooney Starr was ready to ride off into the sunset with his wife Connie, all set to leave behind more than three decades at the helm of Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Ark. “I had the perfect opportunity — I thought,” Full Story
Racers glad to see 'old friend' La Salle's rebirth
Posted: 05/07/2025, 02:41 pm By Kyle McFaddenLa SALLE, Ill. (May 6) — If you browsed the pit area Tuesday at La Salle Speedway, you likely found drivers and industry personnel alike with sentimental attachment to the resurrected quarter-mile oval. | RaceWire The night’s $20,000 Full Story
Notes: Simpson serves as Koehler stand-in
Posted: 05/06/2025, 02:58 pm By Kevin KovacFOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. — Chris Simpson’s participation in the Dairyland Showdown at Mississippi Thunder Speedway wasn’t exactly as it appeared. Oh, the 41-year-old driver from Oxford, Iowa, unloaded the same Longhorn Chassis No. 32 Full Story
Notes: Optimism returns for T-Mac in Dairyland
Posted: 05/03/2025, 02:24 pm By Kevin KovacFOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. (May 2) — Tim McCreadie finally found a reason for optimism in Friday's Dairyland Showdown opener Mississippi Thunder Speedway. Nearly three months removed from his last top-five finish, the 51-year-old national champion Full Story
Column: Partner aids Izzo for La Salle rebirth
Posted: 05/01/2025, 03:01 pmTony Izzo Jr. never gave up hope that his family’s La Salle (Ill.) Speedway would rise again. Even as his mother, Kerry, fielded offers for the property since the last race was contested there on June 23, 2021, the 55-year-old former Full Story
Notes: Young Virginian loves circling dirt tracks
Posted: 05/01/2025, 09:21 am By Todd TurnerA third-generation dirt racer, Braeson Fulton is following the tire tracks of his talented grandfather and father. But even if racing courses through your veins, that doesn’t mean pointing a race car the right direction always comes naturally. Full Story
