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Column: Speedweek thrives in sprint country
Posted: 05/27/2015, 07:53 amBoth Kurt Smith and Jason Clapper make their residences in Mechanicsburg, Pa., virtually in the shadow of Williams Grove Speedway, the famed track that sits in the middle of the central Pennsylvania 410 sprint car circuit. “Jason lives Full Story
Notes: Chris Simpson lands moonlighting gig
Posted: 05/20/2015, 02:55 pm By Alli Collis and Kevin KovacChris Simpson of Oxford, Iowa, will enter a brave new racing world when he competes in this weekend’s Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com at Lucas Oil Speedway. After spending the entirety of his 15-year dirt-track Full Story
Column: Tainted in '14, Baker revisits Show-Me
Posted: 05/19/2015, 02:51 pmLast year’s Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com weekend at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo., represented Robert Baker’s breakout on the national Dirt Late Model scene. A few weeks later, however, the Bryant, Full Story
Eldora tweaks the format for lucrative Dream XXI
Posted: 05/14/2015, 12:41 pm By Kevin KovacFrom its debut in 2013, Roger Slack and his team at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, have always considered the three-night format for the Dirt Late Model Dream presented by Ferris Mowers a work in progress. So it comes as little surprise Full Story
Local owners will boost Lernerville, GM predicts
Posted: 05/14/2015, 06:49 am By Kevin KovacThe World Racing Group didn’t strike a deal to sell Lernerville Speedway overnight, but it certainly didn’t take western Pennsylvania’s Tomson family long to purchase the 4/10-mile oval in Sarver, Pa., once an intriguing business Full Story
Missouri's Smyser climbs back behind the wheel
Posted: 05/07/2015, 08:36 am By Alli CollisWith life’s demands pulling him away from the full-time racing scene in 2009, Chris Smyser has only made a handful of starts in recent seasons. But the Lancaster, Mo., driver is looking forward to climbing behind the wheel more in 2015, Full Story
Column: Recalling feats of the Virginia Leadfoot
Posted: 04/22/2015, 09:16 amRodney Franklin was always more racer than race fan, which is why the Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer from White Post, Va., largely disappeared from the local racing scene after his standout career ended just over a decade ago. But last Saturday Full Story
Notes: Modified champ makes Late Model foray
Posted: 04/16/2015, 05:05 am By Alli CollisThere are only two drivers in UMP DIRTcar history to ever capture three consecutive modified championships. One of those drivers is Late Model superstar and three-time Lucas Oil Series champion Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn. The other is Full Story
Quick Time: Ogle joins exclusive touring club
Posted: 04/15/2015, 01:59 pm 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
Quick Time: When we gather without Baltes
Posted: 03/25/2015, 11:40 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
Points leader Davenport weighing Lucas Oil run
Posted: 03/23/2015, 10:18 am By Kevin KovacNo one is more surprised that the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series points leader right now is Jonathan Davenport than … Jonathan Davenport. And no one would be more shocked if Davenport ended up as the national tour’s 2015 champion Full Story
Column: Landers ready for best year of his life
Posted: 03/17/2015, 01:26 pmRemember the 2010 Topless 100 at Batesville (Ark.) Motor Speedway? Jared Landers sure does. That was the sweltering summer day when he seemingly arrived as Dirt Late Model racing’s Next Big Thing. Then a 28-year-old open-wheel modified Full Story
Column: Racing world according to Stuckey
Posted: 03/11/2015, 07:48 amHe is the lesser-known figure of the dynamic duo behind Black Diamond-Club 29 Race Cars, but that’s only because his partner is a superstar driver who commands the casual fan’s attention. Everyone fully invested in Dirt Late Model racing Full Story
Senoia driver hits victory lane (and memory lane)
Posted: 03/09/2015, 03:16 pm By Kevin KovacClint Smith took a trip down memory lane Saturday night at Senoia (Ga.) Raceway. Oh, and by the way, he also won his first start of 2015. For Smith, just having the opportunity to run a Super Late Model again at his hometown track made Full Story
Column: Wisconsin pilot back on dirt racing radar
Posted: 03/04/2015, 06:09 amThere was a time — not really that long ago, in fact — when it appeared that Adam Hensel might be destined for Dirt Late Model stardom. The year was 2007 and, coming off a spectacular season in which he won 22 features and WISSOTA’s Full Story
Notes: Improvements made at Golden Isles
Posted: 02/04/2015, 03:19 pmWhen fans and race teams arrive at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga., on Thursday for the first night of the Georgia Boot Super Bowl of Racing, they are going to notice a few changes to the facility. Track manager Darryl Courson Full Story
Column: Mod ace rises behind Rowland, mentor
Posted: 02/04/2015, 06:29 am By Kevin KovacStormy Scott is Rowland Racing’s longest-tenured hired driver, but he’s also now inarguably the team’s “other” driver — and he’s fine with that. Considering that the new guy who has joined Bryan Rowland’s increasingly formidable Full Story
Best of 2014: South's state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/18/2014, 07:03 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2014 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 2014 coverage): Alabama Top Full Story
PRI Thursday: Tidbits on Indy's trade show floor
Posted: 12/11/2014, 06:12 am By Todd TurnerINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 11) — The Indiana Convention Center doors opened Thursday for the first of three days at the 27th annual Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where 40,000 attendees are expected to check out 1,100 companies, Full Story
Best of 2014: Top-five lists from a busy season
Posted: 12/09/2014, 07:35 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 2014 season, running the gamut from the top-five performances to top-five gaffes of the year: Top five storylines NDRL’s Full Story
Column: Realistic Briggs wants to take best shot
Posted: 10/28/2014, 11:46 am By Kevin KovacBoom Briggs has no illusions about his place in the Dirt Late Model world. He’s a rookie on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series in 2014, but, with just nine seasons of competition under his belt at the ripened age of 43, he knows divisional Full Story
Notes: Hughes destroys car in vicious heat wreck
Posted: 09/26/2014, 03:46 pm By Kevin KovacKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 25) — As Jason Hughes hurtled head-long toward Knoxville Raceway’s tall, menacing steel guardrail in turn three on the second lap of the sixth heat during Thursday night’s Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals Full Story
Column: Whitwell learns alongside vet Pearson
Posted: 09/10/2014, 05:18 pmFor a Dirt Late Model driver based in Arizona, racing for a living on a national touring series can seem like an impossible dream. R.C. Whitwell knows the feeling. A 29-year-old from Tucson, Ariz., who started his career in open-wheel Full Story
Notes: 'Wheeling' Feger posts best World finish
Posted: 09/08/2014, 10:15 am By Alli Collis, Kevin Kovac and Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., found out that posting your best career World 100 finish can take a lot out of a driver. “Yeah, it feels pretty good,” the 36-year-old Feger said. “I’m wore out right Full Story
Live updates: Bloomquist wins fourth World 100
Posted: 09/06/2014, 03:43 pm By Todd Turner, Alli Collis and Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — Live blog-style updates from Saturday’s 44th annual World 100, the $47,000-to-win UMP DIRTcar event at the half-mile Eldora Speedway. All results are unofficial (complete World 100 coverage): 11:47 p.m. | Full Story
