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Notes: Beloved Alabama dirt-track announcer dies
Posted: 08/24/2010, 03:17 pmPerry Holman of Rainbow City, Ala., one of the best-known and beloved dirt-track racing announcers in the South who had a smile and kind word for every race fan, died Tuesday morning at a Birmingham, Ala., hospital. He was 61. Holman, Full Story
Notes: North-South 100 delivers another thriller
Posted: 08/16/2010, 02:02 pm By Todd TurnerUNION, Ky. (Aug. 14) — Just to be clear, Josh King isn't miraculously pregnant. But the co-promoter of Florence Speedway can draw some parallels between making plans for a Dirt Late Model crown jewel and making plans for the delivery Full Story
North-South drama back as Owens edges Pearson
Posted: 08/15/2010, 08:39 am By Todd TurnerUNION, Ky. (Aug. 14) — Here's a warning for fans planning to visit Florence Speedway for the Sunoco Race Fuels North-South 100: Never, ever head for the parking lot before the checkered flag falls. The northern Kentucky oval's signature Full Story
Notes: Pearson, Neats steering new Longhorns
Posted: 08/13/2010, 05:53 pm By Todd TurnerUNION, Ky. (Aug. 13) — The Longhorn Chassis era begins this weekend at the 28th annual Sunoco Race Fuels North-South 100 at Florence Speedway. Bobby Labonte Motorsports-connected teams will field three of the brand new chassis at Full Story
Eckert hopes to fill wallet again at Cedar Lake
Posted: 08/04/2010, 05:19 pm By Kevin KovacCedar Lake Speedway has been very, very good to Rick Eckert. His memories of past success at the 3/8-mile oval in New Richmond, Wis., will come flooding back this week when he returns with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series to compete Full Story
No place like home for WoO's McCreadie, Fuller
Posted: 06/15/2010, 09:40 am By Kevin KovacFor one night during the long, grueling World of Outlaws Late Model Series campaign, Tim McCreadie and Tim Fuller will literally feel right at home. And make no mistake — that places them as the lead story of the national tour's Full Story
Rain hits Eldora; action set to resume on Sunday
Posted: 06/12/2010, 03:46 pm By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 12) — Heavy rains hit Eldora Speedway following Saturday’s six heat races for the Dream XVI, forcing track officials to postpone the $100,000-to-win UMP DIRTcar event until Sunday. The track announced Full Story
Dream XVI: Blog-style reports from Friday's time trials
Posted: 06/11/2010, 02:16 pm By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 10) — Time trials for the $100,000-to-win Dream XVI are scheduled for Friday at Eldora Speedway. The UMP DIRTcar event is scheduled to continue Saturday with heat races, consolation races and the 100-lap feature Full Story
Dream Week XVI coverage index
Posted: 06/05/2010, 02:14 pmROSSBURG, Ohio — DirtonDirt.com's coverage of Dream XVI and the Gillette Prelude to the Dream at Eldora Speedway. The $100,000-to-win, UMP DIRTcar-sanctioned main event is scheduled for Saturday night: Monday, June 14 • Blog: Full Story
Neat fights off Casebolt for $10,000 at Tazewell
Posted: 06/05/2010, 04:39 amTAZEWELL, Tenn. (June 4) — Putting a season of struggles behind him, Brad Neat of Dunnville, Ky., led the final 59 laps Friday at Tazewell Speedway for his first Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series since joining the Bobby Labonte Motorsports Full Story
Notes: Stovall wants stiff punishment for Vaught
Posted: 05/31/2010, 04:19 pm By Todd TurnerWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 29) — Judgment day for Will Vaught's future on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series comes Tuesday as series director Ritchie Lewis said he'll reveal Vaught's punishment for bulldozing Jesse Stovall's car through Full Story
Notes: Nowlin reopening Winchester, Tenn., oval
Posted: 05/14/2010, 01:39 pmIt seems as though Winchester (Tenn.) Speedway may have gotten an 11th-hour reprieve. The historic third-mile clay oval, located just blocks from the town square, has been leased by Shelbyville businessman Jimmy Nowlin. The track has been Full Story
Notes: Waycross takes plunge back into Supers
Posted: 05/06/2010, 08:05 amIt's been a long time since Waycross (Ga.) Motor Speedway has been the talk of the national Dirt Late Model scene, but the southeast Georgia oval takes a crack at re-entering that conversation this weekend with the $10,000-to-win Battle Full Story
Notes: Younger English's victory draws father out of shell
Posted: 04/23/2010, 10:11 amWhen Vicki English videotapes Dirt Late Model races, she often faces the challenge of trying to focus on two No. 96 race cars. Not only is she trying to film her husband Terry, a former UMP points champion and one of Kentucky's winningest Full Story
Notes: Madden's ears ring while wallet bulges
Posted: 04/20/2010, 09:30 am By Kevin KovacJAMAICA, Va. — Chris Madden thoroughly enjoyed the unique postrace reception he received from a group of costumed Civil War re-enactors after his April 17 triumph in the inaugural Commonwealth 100 at Virginia Motor Speedway. The standout Full Story
Notes: Eye surgery sidelining Dohm, but Zack will sub
Posted: 04/06/2010, 04:39 pmThe bad news for Tracy Seymour Motorsports? Driver Tim Dohm is going to be out a few months because of upcoming surgery on his right eye. The good news? The team has a built-in backup driver in Dohm's 21-year-old son Zack, who will slide Full Story
Dillon rebounds at 311, gets first Clash victory
Posted: 03/29/2010, 08:29 am By Alex CummingsMADISON, N.C. (March 27) — If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Austin Dillon of Welcome, N.C., followed that maxim on Saturday, rebounding from an afternoon loss with a nighttime victory as he captured his first Carolina Full Story
Notes: Lucas Oil gives boot to inversion wheel
Posted: 03/13/2010, 04:15 pmThe Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series inversion wheel has been spun for the last time. In amending its race format, the series has ditched heat-race inversions and will straight all prelims straight up according to time trials, officials Full Story
Notes: Early starts set for Volunteer, Cherokee
Posted: 03/04/2010, 05:48 pmWith winter not quite releasing its grasp on even Southern dirt tracks, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series officials announced this weekend's doubleheader action is set for earlier than usual starts at the pair of $10,000-to-win events. Volunteer Full Story
Notes: Simmons tracks add IMCA weekly events
Posted: 02/10/2010, 12:34 pmIMCA-sanctioned Late Models that have made inroads at Simmons Promotions tracks in eastern Iowa are making a bigger splash in 2010. Dubuque Speedway will run 13 weekly events while Farley Speedway and West Liberty Raceway will run limited Full Story
Managing Labonte team stressful but satisfying
Posted: 02/05/2010, 08:56 am By Todd TurnerGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 4) — With both cars from the Bobby Labonte Motorsports gambling with hard-compound tires in Thursday's Dart Winternationals feature — and struggling early in the 40-lapper at East Bay Raceway Park — Full Story
Tire-gambling Pearson overcomes Bloomquist
Posted: 02/04/2010, 04:55 pm By Todd TurnerGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 4) — Outside front-row starter Scott Bloomquist's start in Thursday's 40-lap Dart Winternationals feature at East Bay Raceway Park couldn't have been much better as he pulled away from the field. Fifth-starting Full Story
East Bay coverage index
Posted: 02/02/2010, 04:22 pmGIBSONTON, Fla. — DirtonDirt.com's coverage of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Dart Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park from Feb. 1-6 (also see DirtonDirt.com blogs and the Georgia-Florida Speedweeks statistics): Tuesday, Full Story
Speedweeks preview index
Posted: 01/12/2010, 10:28 amDirtonDirt.com's previews of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks from Jan. 28-Feb. 13 at Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, Ga., East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla., and Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.: Friday, Jan. 29 • Full Story
Ohio notes: New Hilltop owner making changes
Posted: 01/21/2010, 03:13 pm By Dustin JarrettRacer turned track owner turned racer Jesse Wardell will be turning back to a track owner for the 2010 season as he and his wife Tracey have purchased Hilltop Speedway from Roger Patterson. Wardell has earned kudos from fans and drivers Full Story
