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Column: Sheppard's back where he belongs
Posted: 11/14/2024, 08:57 pmBrandon Sheppard can’t say that he thought he’d someday return to the Rocket Chassis house car’s seat after he shockingly decided to leave it at the end of the 2022 season. Mark Richards, the owner of the Shinnston, W.Va.-based Full Story
Column: Fast, furious cobbling of a title team
Posted: 10/25/2024, 08:14 amAmid the joy of a Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship celebration Saturday at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, Ricky Thornton Jr. couldn’t help thinking back to July 7. What happened that Sunday made him wonder if his dreams Full Story
Notes: Track variety tests young Pennsylvanian
Posted: 08/29/2024, 06:43 am By Todd TurnerThey say variety is the spice of life. For a young Dirt Late Model driver, competing on a variety of dirt tracks of varying sizes and shapes speeds up the learning curve. And that's where 16-year-old Lane Snook finds himself during his Full Story
Fast Talk: Bloomquist's enduring mark on sport
Posted: 08/19/2024, 10:39 amWith the Dirt Late Model world rocked by the death of legendary driver Scott Bloomquist, our roundtable discusses the driver many consider to the best of all time in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited Full Story
Notes: Minnesota rookie touts Swingarm Nation
Posted: 08/01/2024, 07:14 am By Todd TurnerThird-generation driver Johnny Broking is a racer's racer, the kind of guy who gets his kicks by climbing behind the wheel of a race car, no matter what he's driving. "I mean, just being in a race car is fun," said the 29-year-old from Full Story
WISSOTA champ steps up in class with WoO
Posted: 06/28/2024, 07:32 am By Kyle McFaddenThe reigning WISSOTA champion is excited to get a chance to battle some of Super Late Model racing's best on his home turf. Tyler Peterson, one of dirt-track racing’s winningest drivers over the last year, plans to make his open-competition Full Story
Soggy Huset's hustling ahead of Lucas Oil visit
Posted: 06/26/2024, 03:33 pm By Kyle McFaddenAfter severe flooding swept across Huset’s Speedway over the weekend, general manager Doug Johnson and his crew have begun cleanup on the still-soggy grounds of the Brandon, S.D., facility. Most of the standing water around the third-mile Full Story
Column: Winding down, Madden eyes WoO title
Posted: 06/19/2024, 10:09 pmChris Madden’s pre-Dream XXX announcement that this will be his last season of full-time racing might have shocked many people in the Dirt Late Model industry, but it’s a life change that’s been on the mind of the 49-year-old standout Full Story
Quick races, fair rulings paramount on AMS tour
Posted: 06/13/2024, 10:46 pm By Kyle McFaddenSELINSGROVE, Pa. (June 13) — Jim Bernheisel’s primary goal during Appalachian Mountain Speedweek has nothing to do with personal gain and everything to do with improving dirt-track racing. The Jonestown, Pa., manager of the miniseries Full Story
Difficult-to-master Big E is second nature to J.D.
Posted: 06/09/2024, 08:18 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 8) — Jonathan Davenport was just trying to point out a hard truth about Eldora Speedway. The problem? His statement didn’t seem to apply to him. As the 40-year-old superstar from Blairsville, Ga., sat behind a Full Story
Notes: Blair finally finds Big E, big track success
Posted: 06/07/2024, 02:08 amROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — Max Blair of Centerville, Pa., left no doubt about his feelings following a fifth-place finish in Thursday’s 50-lap Dream XXX preliminary feature at Eldora Speedway. | Complete Dream coverage “By far that’s Full Story
Notes: Mississippian thrives on three-year plan
Posted: 06/06/2024, 07:16 am By Todd TurnerA life-long dirt racing spectator who decided to buy a Crate Late Model and go racing during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Josh Parkerson of Millspring, Miss., received advice from retired Super Late Model standout Anthony Rushing. Full Story
Fast Facts: Eldora Speedway's Dream XXX
Posted: 06/02/2024, 09:06 pm By Aaron ClayDates: June 6-8 (drivers will run either Thursday and Friday in 50-lap, $25,000-to-win preliminary feature programs; Saturday's 100-lap finale will be preceded by heat and consolations races; June 5's Castrol FloRacing Night in America Full Story
Dispatches: New Yorkers turn back clock
Posted: 06/01/2024, 10:17 amCheck this frequently updated story throughout the May 30-June 2 weekend with the latest notes and quotes from Late Model races and events, including a listing of live-streamed events: Odds and ends A few weekend notes from dirt track Full Story
Notes: Nebraskan's hot start in Late Model class
Posted: 05/16/2024, 12:08 am By Todd TurnerAnthony Roth's first laps in his Jerry Pospisil-owned Late Model were anything but glamorous. "I don't even know if you call it a practice session," the 28-year-old Platte Center, Neb., driver said with a laugh, recalling the 10 laps he Full Story
Dispatches: Called-back restart costs Freeman
Posted: 05/12/2024, 12:20 amAmong latest notes and quotes from Comp Cams Super Dirt Series action at Batesville Motor Speedway, Structural Buildings WISSOTA Challenge Series action in Minnesota as well as items heading into the second weekend in May, including a primer Full Story
Column: Owner's picking of Nick starting to click
Posted: 05/09/2024, 04:22 pmTye Twarog will never forget the healthy number of critics who questioned why, late in 2022, he decided to remain in the Dirt Late Model game as a car owner by bringing on a driver who … well, one who had never even run a full season Full Story
Notes: Overton's latest bid to realize perfection
Posted: 04/28/2024, 12:28 am By Todd TurnerMARYVILLE, Tenn. (April 27) — There are perfectionists. Then there’s Brandon Overton. The 33-year-old Evans, Ga., driver is clearly among Dirt Late Model racing’s most talented drivers, but he’s bound and determined to be the best Full Story
Column: Pup had 'the biggest heart in racing'
Posted: 04/26/2024, 07:45 amJimmy “Pup” Thomas didn’t drive a race car or field a team or operate a track, but he certainly was a big deal in the Dirt Late Model world. Few people serving in a behind-the-scenes role have ever made such an impact on the industry. Just Full Story
Column: Elusive victory elevates Wilson's stature
Posted: 02/22/2024, 03:59 pmDuring virtually every moment that Daulton Wilson spent last week at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., he could sense that he wasn’t the same race car driver he had been just days earlier. His stature had changed. He had taken Full Story
Five takeaways from Lucas Oil's opening week
Posted: 02/05/2024, 04:58 pm By Kyle McFaddenELLISVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 3) — With one full week of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series season come and gone, and Georgia-Florida Speedweeks halfway complete, there’s much to reflect on and bear in mind for potentially the weeks and Full Story
Best of 2023: Southern state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/12/2023, 08:08 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2023 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 2023 coverage): Alabama Top Full Story
Best of 2023: Northern, Western state capsules
Posted: 12/12/2023, 08:02 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2023 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 2023: Midwest's state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/12/2023, 07:30 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2023 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 2023 coverage): Illinois Top Full Story
PRI: Thursday's updates on the trade show floor
Posted: 12/07/2023, 05:22 amINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 7) — The Indiana Convention Center doors open at 9 a.m. Thursday for the first of three days at 2023’s Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where more than 40,000 attendees are expected to check out more Full Story
