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Column: Big E still lights a fire under Van Wormer
Posted: 09/03/2014, 04:09 pmPlease excuse Jeep Van Wormer for being a bit revved up about this weekend. It’s time for Dirt Late Model racing’s most prestigious event (the 44th annual World 100) at his favorite track (the famed Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio), Full Story
Eldora, DirtonDirt set for World 100 pay-per-view
Posted: 08/28/2014, 06:47 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Aug. 28) — On the heels of a successful first-time partnership for June’s Dirt Late Model Dream presented by Ferris Mowers, Eldora Speedway and DirtonDirt.com are teaming up again to bring fans a live pay-per-view Full Story
FAQ: World 100 pay-per-view information
Posted: 08/26/2014, 10:14 pmFrequently asked questions about DirtonDirt.com's live pay-per-view productions of the 44th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio on Sept. 4-6: Who can I contact with questions? Amber Rigsby: amberrigsby@dirtondirt.com Michael Full Story
Notes: New York Crate racer enjoys best season
Posted: 07/31/2014, 06:59 am By Alli CollisIn his eleven starts at Fulton (N.Y.) Speedway this season, Crate Late Model driver Tim Sears Jr. has collected a total of seven victories — and has yet to finish outside of the top five, helping put him atop DirtonDirt.com’s Weekly Full Story
Column: Workmanlike effort lifts Babb to title
Posted: 07/22/2014, 07:13 amThere was something decidedly different about the road Shannon Babb took to his fourth career UMP DIRTcar Summernationals championship. In the past, when Babb has won the Hell Tour title, he’s won it. We’re talking resounding fashion, Full Story
Notes: Kentuckian gets dialed in despite changes
Posted: 07/03/2014, 08:00 am By Alli CollisIn mid-April, the 2014 season did not look promising for Late Model driver Victor Lee of Danville, Ky. Faced with the challenge of adjusting to a brand new race car, learning the ins and outs of new tires and fighting engine troubles, Full Story
Column: Partnership cements Huey's legacy
Posted: 07/03/2014, 06:55 amAfter Huey Wilcoxon — the founder and namesake of the Martinsburg, W.Va.-based MBH (MasterSbilt by Huey) Race Cars enterprise — died suddenly at the age of 50 on April 18, his stepson and business partner, Billy Vacek, realized he wouldn’t Full Story
Notes: Michigan standout gets rolling in 2014
Posted: 06/26/2014, 03:31 am By Kevin KovacAfter finishing fifth in the 40-lap UMP DIRTcar Summernationals feature on June 22 at I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Mich., Dona Marcoullier of Houghton Lake, Mich., flashed a satisfied smile and thoughts of hitting the road. “I wish Full Story
Quick Time: Sons shine on Father's Day weekend
Posted: 06/18/2014, 01:08 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
McDowell realizes Dream with $100,000 at Big E
Posted: 06/07/2014, 03:59 pm By Todd Turner and Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 7) — Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., completed some unfinished business on Saturday night at Eldora Speedway. Nine years after inheriting a victory in the prestigious World 100 that left him feeling less than Full Story
Video review call goes Birkhofer's way at Big E
Posted: 06/07/2014, 05:55 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — Rick Eckert thought he won. Brian Birkhofer thought he lost. Then came the word from Eldora Speedway officials that both drivers were incorrect. A careful review of the videotape revealed that Friday night’s Full Story
Eldora, DirtonDirt joining for Dream pay-per-view
Posted: 05/30/2014, 08:58 amROSSBURG, Ohio (May 29) — A live pay-per-view production of the 20th running of the $100,000-to-win Dream presented by Ferris Mowers at Eldora Speedway on June 5-7 will be available to fans on both EldoraSpeedway.com and DirtonDirt.com, Full Story
Notes: Chamberlain gets hot with 6 wins in a row
Posted: 05/29/2014, 07:21 am By Kevin KovacThe streak that put Duane Chamberlain atop DirtonDirt.com’s Weekly Notebook presented by GRT Race Cars started innocently with a single Super Late Model victory on April 26 at Atomic Speedway in Alma, Ohio. It grew the following week Full Story
Column: World-traveling Furman enjoys track time
Posted: 05/28/2014, 08:25 pmMatt Furman isn’t your typical Dirt Late Model racer. Well, unless your idea of a Dirt Late Model driver is someone who has a master’s degree in mechanical engineering, travels all over the globe for his job, lives two states away Full Story
Notes: Pearson comes alive in Show-Me 100
Posted: 05/26/2014, 04:54 pm By Kevin KovacWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 24) — There was an unmistakable sense of relief in Earl Pearson Jr.’s voice as he recounted his second-place finish in Saturday night’s 22nd annual Show-Me 100 presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com at Lucas Oil Speedway. Full Story
Column: Stateline grad returns for track revival
Posted: 05/21/2014, 06:42 amBill Catania Jr.’s first memory of Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y., goes back more than three decades, back to when he was a 4-year-old and his father, Bill Sr., was a standout in the track’s cadet division. “I don’t remember Full Story
Notes: Wins force Ohio driver to rethink future
Posted: 05/15/2014, 08:03 am By Kevin KovacRyan Markham made a stunning private pronouncement, albeit with a caveat, prior to the start of his 2014 Dirt Late Model racing season. “I told my wife (Lora) — even though she didn’t believe me — that this was probably my last Full Story
Quick Time: Is it too soon to start Dreaming?
Posted: 05/14/2014, 03:13 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
Late MLRA owner, official lauded as 'racer's racer'
Posted: 04/29/2014, 02:16 pm By Kevin KovacIf there was ever a fitting summation of Allen “Cowboy” Chancellor, it was provided by veteran Dirt Late Model driver John Anderson of Omaha, Neb. Reacting to the April 25 passing of the former co-owner of the Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Full Story
VMS owner refuses to shrink from challenges
Posted: 04/13/2014, 01:46 pm By Kevin KovacJAMAICA, Va. (April 12) – Bill Sawyer concedes that drawing fans to his beautiful but off-the-beaten-path Virginia Motor Speedway is difficult — a fact proven again by the unspectacular turnout he saw in his grandstand for Saturday Full Story
Column: Kentucky team owner 'living the dream'
Posted: 04/01/2014, 01:41 pmGo ahead, call David Wells one of the luckiest men on earth. He’s not going to put up an argument on the point. “That’s exactly right,” said Wells, the father of up-and-coming World of Outlaws Late Model Series regular Eric Wells Full Story
Near home more than at home, Texan faces WoO
Posted: 03/27/2014, 02:16 pm By Kevin KovacMorgan Bagley is certainly looking forward to this Friday’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series stop at Lone Star Speedway in Kilgore, Texas. The track has, after all, been a big part of his life since he was a toddler and sits just a Full Story
Column: Madden weighs full-time run on NDRL
Posted: 03/25/2014, 08:24 am By Kevin KovacChris Madden has a decision to make. He’s reminded of it by seemingly everyone he meets, everywhere he goes. Will he follow John Kennedy’s fledgling National Dirt Racing League series this season? “I started hearing it after we won Full Story
Column: Engine builder grabs golden opportunity
Posted: 03/18/2014, 05:59 amGrowing up in Clinton, Mo., Andy Durham dreamed of building race car engines for a living. In 2007, he chased that dream to North Carolina. Now, seven years later, the Midwesterner has opened his own business, Durham Racing Engines, and Full Story
Off life support, Smoky Mountain now aims high
Posted: 03/06/2014, 12:47 am By Kevin KovacFour years ago Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, Tenn., was on life support, its owner struggling to survive. A mere three years ago the 4/10-mile oval’s brand-new ownership group abruptly ceased weekly racing and closed the facility Full Story
