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• Notes: DIRTcar hopes to take I-5 to new levels

  Posted: 01/16/2009, 09:41 pm By Todd Turner

  As far as the World Racing Group's DIRTcar Racing is concerned, the West is won. With the recent evolution of the DIRTcar I-5 Northwest Late Model Tour, the three westernmost Dirt Late Model tours are all under the DIRTcar banner, and Full Story

• Erb celebrates $51,400 haul at UMP banquet

  Posted: 01/11/2009, 02:46 pm By Kevin Kovac

  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Jan. 10) — Midwestern short-track veterans Dennis Erb Jr. and Jeff Leka shared the spotlight during Saturday’s 25th annual UMP DIRTcar Racing banquet at Springfield Crowne Plaza Hotel’s ballroom. For Full Story

• Notebook: UMP sets dates for summer trek

  Posted: 12/17/2008, 03:40 pm From series, track and staff reports

  The grueling month of the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals is set for 2009 with 27 races scheduled over 31 days, beginning at Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway on June 11 and wrapping up July 11 at Oakshade Raceway in Wauseon, Ohio. Two-time and defending Full Story

• Notes: Curley ready for first big Lowe's weekend

  Posted: 10/29/2008, 03:53 pm From track, series and staff reports

  CONCORD, N.C. — Seamus Curley has been involved in short-track racing for years, but he'll have his coming out party for Dirt Late Model fans during the Outlaws World Finals on Halloween weekend. The short-track manager at Lowe's Full Story

• DTWC: Johnson gets solid start with Stapleton

  Posted: 10/17/2008, 04:38 pm By Todd Turner

  ALMA, Ohio (Oct. 17) — Journeyman Greg Johnson has driven Dirt Late Models for many teams and car owners over the years, piloting Rayburn Race Cars with nearly all those teams. He's driving for yet another team starting last month, Full Story

• Notes: K-C has $50,000 up for grabs at DTWC

  Posted: 10/15/2008, 03:27 pm From track, series and staff reports

  Dirt Late Model racing's top drivers will square off in search of another crown jewel this weekend at K-C Raceway near Chillicothe, Ohio. The 28th annual Dirt Track World Championship on Oct. 17-18 offers a purse of more than $200,000 with Full Story

• Notes: Mississippi, Iowa set for big-purse races

  Posted: 09/24/2008, 08:18 pm From track, series and staff reports

  Iowa and Mississippi host among their richest Dirt Late Model races of the year this weekend with Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway featuring the fifth annual Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals and Columbus (Miss.) Speedway featuring the 19th annual Full Story

• Notes: Fourth at Hillbilly just a bonus for Williams

  Posted: 09/01/2008, 12:25 pm By Todd Turner

  MIDDLEBOURNE, W.Va. (Aug. 31) — The previous two Hillbilly 100s at Tyler County Speedway have started off considerably better than they ended for Rick Williams of Beckley, W.Va. The 32-year-old driver started on the pole in 2006 before Full Story

• Notes: Bedford geared up for return of WoO

  Posted: 08/27/2008, 08:49 am From series, track and staff reports

  Last year’s inaugural World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Bedford Speedway served as a hallmark moment for the historic track’s promotional team of J.R. Keifer, Jim Maybury and Dr. Dave Horne. The renowned national tour’s Full Story

• Notebook: Slack going on sabbatical, job search

  Posted: 07/22/2008, 03:07 pm By Todd Turner

  One of short-track racing's most popular, visible and polarizing promoters is looking for work — but Roger Slack doesn't want to get started until taking a nice long racing vacation. The vice president of events at Lowe's Motor Speedway, Full Story

• Eckert anxious for return to Brainerd

  Posted: 07/09/2008, 08:58 am By Kevin Kovac

  Rick Eckert is undefeated at North Central Speedway in Brainerd, Minn., The superstar driver from York, Pa., is also currently on the best World of Outlaws Late Model Series hot streak he’s enjoyed since winning in his only career Full Story

• Notebook: Kiefer fights 'toughest' challenge

  Posted: 07/05/2008, 02:41 pm By Todd Turner

  GRANITE CITY, Ill. (July 4) — Dewayne Kiefer of St. Genevieve, Mo., fell into somewhat of a Summernationals spell over the past few weeks. He had plans to run the June 12 opener at Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway, then head back home. Full Story

• Firecracker 100 reset for July 29 at Lernerville

  Posted: 06/30/2008, 08:06 pm By Kevin Kovac

  SARVER, Pa. (June 30) — All 180 laps of the rain-postponed final night of the second annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com at Lernerville Speedway have been rescheduled for Tuesday, July 29, officials announced. Continuous Full Story

• Notebook: Irvan appearing at Mountain Raceway

  Posted: 06/05/2008, 12:53 pm By Todd Turner

  The NASCAR-focused Old Spice Prelude to the Dream is over, but Mountain Raceway Park in Maryville, Tenn., will have a taste of NASCAR for its June 7 O'Reilly Southern All Star event. The track will host NASCAR Family Night at the Races Full Story

• Notebook: Irony marks Turner's mercy mission

  Posted: 05/12/2008, 03:54 pm By Todd Turner

  WHEATLAND, Mo. — David Turner was the first driver eliminated from Sunday's second annual Diamond Nationals 100-lapper at Lucas Oil Speedway. Maybe it was just as well because the veteran driver from Creighton, Mo., certainly needed Full Story

• Rain postpones Diamond Nationals until Sunday

  Posted: 05/10/2008, 06:05 pm From staff reports

  WHEATLAND, Mo. (May 10) — Saturday evening storms added to mid-day showers at Lucas Oil Speedway postponed the $40,000-to-win Super Clean Diamond Nationals until Sunday afternoon. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event will begin Full Story

• Notebook: Special safety checks at Wheatland

  Posted: 05/09/2008, 08:14 pm By Todd Turner

  WHEATLAND, Mo. (May 9) — Technical inspections at the second annual Super Clean Diamond Nationals included additional checks as former NASCAR driver and racing safety expert Randy LaJoie examined the cockpits of many of the 80 cars Full Story

• Notebook: Roth gets back to his roots at PIR

  Posted: 03/27/2008, 03:02 pm From track and correspondent reports

  Bill Roth is getting “back to his roots” as the new general manager at Paducah (Ky.) International Raceway. As a native of Carlisle, Pa., he grew up attending sprint car races at the famed Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Full Story

• Notebook: Cobb outduels the boss at East Bay

  Posted: 03/18/2008, 03:24 pm From track reports

  It’s not always a good idea to beat the boss, but that’s in essence what Phillip Cobb did March 15 at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla. The night’s 25-lap Super Late Model feature turned out to be a wheel-to-wheel Full Story

• Notebook: Gill saddles up in Warrior house car

  Posted: 03/18/2008, 02:50 pm From track, staff and series reports

  The Modern Day Warrior? It doesn’t have quite the same ring as the Modern Day Cowboy, but John Gill of Mitchell, Ind., will indeed pilot the Warrior Race Cars house car for the full schedule of 2008. Gill, a two-time winner of the Full Story

• Notebook: Bonus put up for North Georgia-Cleveland

  Posted: 03/12/2008, 09:44 am From series and track reports

  The inclement weather that postponed the March 8 O'Reilly Southern All Star event at North Georgia comes with a nice byproduct for series racers. When the race is made up this weekend as a Friday night event as a companion to Saturday's Full Story

• Notebook: WDRL starts season at Davenport

  Posted: 02/22/2008, 10:11 am From series and staff reports

  The World Dirt Racing League's 20-race schedule opens April 5 at Davenport (Iowa) Speedway's half-mile oval as the Midwest-based tour begins its seventh season. "We are excited about 2008," said WDRL founder and president Jim Wilson, "and Full Story

• Notebook: Hagerstown opener delayed again

  Posted: 02/20/2008, 02:29 pm From staff, track and series reports

  Weather has halted Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway's opener for the sixth straight year. On Thursday, the track announced the postponement of its Feb. 23 opener, moving the race back to March 1 because of cold weather and a dismal forecast. Each Full Story

• Revised rules require tire rationing at Volusia

  Posted: 02/11/2008, 04:10 pm By Todd Turner

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 11) — What's old is new again on the UMP DirtCar Series. The racing organization that ditched its 20-year-old tire rule in 2005 returns to that four-compound rule this week at Volusia Speedway Park after utilizing Full Story

• Notebook: Five tracks plan partial IMCA slate

  Posted: 01/19/2008, 01:21 pm From series and track reports

  IMCA Sunoco Late Models will run partial weekly schedules at five Iowa race tracks in 2008. National and state points will be awarded at all 15 of those events, at Dubuque Speedway, Farley Speedway, Hancock County Speedway in Britt, Lee Full Story