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Eldora Speedway part of iRacing's expansion onto dirt
Posted: 04/05/2016, 07:48 amiRacing.com and Eldora Speedway on Monday announced plans to add the legendary half-mile clay oval to the popular online motorsport simulation service’s catalog of racetracks. The world’s leading centralized racing game platform, iRacing Full Story
More comments from DirtonDirt.com's driver survey
Posted: 03/29/2016, 03:08 pm By Andy Savary and Todd TurnerOther questions in DirtonDirt.com’s anonymous survey lent themselves to more comments from drivers. A sampling from some of the most interesting responses (main survey story): Commissioner McDowell? In a sport that’s divided and subdivided Full Story
Returning Babcock gets back in groove for BPM
Posted: 03/28/2016, 10:10 am By Alli CollisUNION, Ky. (March 26) — While most of the Dirt Late Model world was focused on La Salle (Ill.) Speedway’s Thaw Brawl and Brian Birkhofer’s return to the driver’s seat, the 2014 Knoxville Late Model Nationals winner wasn’t the Full Story
Column: After shakeup, Stone eager to hit track
Posted: 03/16/2016, 07:45 amDan Stone had a difficult time handling the February chill of his native Thompson, Pa., this year. After all, he usually spends most of the calendar’s shortest month over 1,000 miles to the south, basking in the warm rays of the Sunshine Full Story
Champs don't miss beat after Lucas rule changes
Posted: 03/02/2016, 07:41 am By Kevin KovacAnyone who thought that 2016 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series rule changes would slow down the dynamic Jonathan Davenport-Kevin Rumley duo was mistaken. Davenport, 31, of Blairsville, Ga., was spectacular during Georgia-Florida Speedweeks Full Story
WoO efforts culminate in Craftsman sponsorship
Posted: 02/02/2016, 03:08 pm By Kevin KovacMonday’s announcement that Sears and the Craftsman Tools brand will become the title sponsor of the World of Outlaws Late Model and Sprint Car series in 2016 was a decade in the making. Ever since Ben Geisler joined the World Racing Full Story
Chassis stability critical as Overton tackles 2016
Posted: 02/01/2016, 12:13 am By Kevin KovacBrandon Overton is done with the game of musical race cars he played last season. When the 2016 World of Outlaws Late Model Series campaign kicks off with the Feb. 12-13 Winter Freeze VI at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga., Overton Full Story
After move, Chupp still helping drivers succeed
Posted: 12/30/2015, 08:50 am By Kevin KovacRandle Chupp turned 50 in August and hasn't run anything approaching a regular Dirt Late Model schedule in more than five years, but he still identifies as a driver. “I ain’t never quit racing,” Chupp said, “and I’m never gonna Full Story
Best of 2015: More state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/16/2015, 05:58 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2015 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 2015 Full Story
Best of 2015: Midwest's state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/15/2015, 05:28 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2015 superlatives of the Midwestern states (individually for states with at least five weekly Late Model tracks; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2015 coverage): Illinois Top Full Story
PRI Thursday: Notebook from trade show in Indy
Posted: 12/10/2015, 06:34 amINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 10) — The Indiana Convention Center doors open Thursday for the first of three days at the 28th annual Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where 40,000 attendees are expected to check out 1,200 companies, Full Story
Column: After tough '15, Carrier reassesses plans
Posted: 12/09/2015, 05:53 amEddie Carrier Jr. can’t tell a lie. Ask him about his 2015 racing campaign and he will provide an unvarnished assessment of his results. “I think it was the worst season I ever had,” said the 44-year-old driver from Salt Rock, W.Va. Full Story
Connecting with Bowyer, Lanigan off to quick start
Posted: 11/06/2015, 06:30 am By Kevin KovacCONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 5) — Darrell Lanigan’s debut with NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Clint Bowyer’s Dirt Late Model team came a bit earlier than expected — but considering that the news of Lanigan’s hiring as Steve Francis’s Full Story
Leaving Bowyer's team, Francis eyeing rebound
Posted: 10/23/2015, 10:54 am By Kevin KovacSteve Francis boiled down the end of his three-year tenure driving for NASCAR Sprint Cup star Clint Bowyer to a couple simple facts. “I wasn’t having the success I needed to have at this point in my career and he wasn’t having the Full Story
Column: ULMS founder forges ahead with revival
Posted: 10/06/2015, 12:09 pmAsk Chris Zuver to detail what inspired him to promote Dirt Late Model races and he’ll take you back to his days as a teenager traveling to tracks across his native western Pennsylvania and beyond to watch his cousin, veteran driver Al Full Story
Chad Simpson, Brinkman savor Knoxville triumph
Posted: 09/26/2015, 04:36 pm By Kevin KovacKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 25) — Chad Simpson’s long-time car owner, Bud Brinkman, pulled his driver aside well before the start of Friday night’s Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Store preliminary Full Story
Notes: Missouri driver captures ULMA title
Posted: 09/24/2015, 05:34 am By Alli CollisFollowing the tire tracks of his father and grandfather, Missouri driver Jon Melloway got his racing start back in 2003 in the modified division. But for the past three seasons, the Hallsville, Mo., native has competed in the Limited Late Full Story
Column: Chad Simpson targets Knoxville success
Posted: 09/22/2015, 03:11 pmChad Simpson has always been a Dirt Late Model guy, so the fact that the world’s biggest sprint car race, the Knoxville Nationals, takes place in his home state of Iowa never really interested him. “Actually, the first time I was Full Story
Notebook: Spence ready for break from driving
Posted: 09/17/2015, 08:03 am By Alli CollisFor the last three years, J.T. Spence of Winchester, Va., has found success piloting the Greg Gunter-owned No. 91 in the Virginia-Maryland area. But as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end sometime. At the close of the Full Story
Column: Dream loss still weighing on Bloomquist
Posted: 09/09/2015, 09:41 amScott Bloomquist can only imagine what the racing gods have in store for him during this weekend’s 45th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. His last two visits to the famed half-mile oval for crown-jewel events have, Full Story
GVS Racing: Drivers, manager, crews and more
Posted: 07/15/2015, 02:37 pm By Bob MarkosLooking at those who played a role in the history of Baton Rouge, La.-based GVS Racing (main story; slideshow): Joel Hedrick He was the consummate car owner and team manager. During his 11 years of involvement, Joel Hedrick left an indelible Full Story
Quick Time: First-time winners shot in the arm
Posted: 06/17/2015, 10:32 am By Todd TurnerTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing (and the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Column: Hell Tour just that for reigning champ
Posted: 06/16/2015, 08:27 amShannon Babb knew that his 2015 assault on the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals was going to take on a decidedly different look when he learned last fall that his wife was pregnant with the couple’s first child. Emalie's due date of late June Full Story
Notes: Robinson eager for Eldora's Dream XXI
Posted: 06/03/2015, 07:44 am By Alli Collis and Kevin KovacKent Robinson of Bloomington, Ind., counts Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, as one of his favorite racetracks. Ending the 2014 season with two victories at the historic oval, including a Thursday night preliminary feature at the Dream Full Story
'Caretakers' guide Eldora as Earl's Dream rolls on
Posted: 06/01/2015, 09:44 am By Kevin KovacThis weekend’s $100,000-to-win Dream presented by Ferris Mowers at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, will be unlike any of the event’s 20 previous runnings. There will be something — someone — missing, a part of the Eldora landscape Full Story
