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• Notes: Grandpa-to-be EPJ anxious at Florence

  Posted: 08/13/2022, 01:10 am By Todd Turner

  UNION, Ky. (Aug. 12) — Rocket Chassis house car driver Brandon Sheppard’s wife Mikala gave birth to their newest child hours before Sheppard headed to Florence Speedway for the Sunoco North-South 100 weekend, but four-time Lucas Oil Full Story

• Racing takes back seat for adulting Van Wormer

  Posted: 08/06/2022, 01:48 pm By Kyle McFadden

  LAKE CITY, Mich. (Aug. 5) — Jeep Van Wormer needs no introduction in Wolverine-State racing circles, but if there’s anything the 47-year-old’s inclined to make known these days, it’s offering others a glimpse into his ever-changing Full Story

• Babb climbs on Longhorn in shaking up program

  Posted: 08/06/2022, 05:44 am By Kevin Kovac

  NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 5) — Shannon Babb has been around racing long enough to understand that switching chassis brands isn’t a magic elixir that will fix all of a struggling driver’s problems. But the accomplished 48-year-old Full Story

• Notes: Madden sniffs out Stuart's winning groove

  Posted: 07/13/2022, 07:43 am By Kevin Kovac

  STUART, Iowa (July 12) — When a dirt track starts taking rubber — like Stuart International Speedway did midway through Tuesday night’s 50-lap XR Super Series feature — the odds are good that Chris Madden will immediately know it. “I Full Story

• Notes: Red-hot Alaskan has far-flung dreams

  Posted: 07/07/2022, 10:28 am By Kyle McFadden

  Perhaps the most dominant weekly Dirt Late Model driver on the planet doesn’t reside in the fertile Midwest or NASCAR-centric South, but in the unlikeliest of places: Alaska. Meet Alex Schwochert, who over the weekend at Kenai’s Twin Full Story

• Column: Shuffled Lucas Oil crew aces Firecracker

  Posted: 06/29/2022, 03:34 pm

  Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series director Rick Schwallie was anxiously awaiting the Firecracker 100 weekend at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. The national tour’s debut as the sanctioning body for the 4/10-mile oval’s marquee event Full Story

• Notes: Smoky Mountain enjoys successful event

  Posted: 06/20/2022, 02:54 pm By Kevin Kovac

  MARYVILLE, Tenn. (June 18) — Roger Sellers experienced all the typical anxiety of a racetrack promoter hosting a big-money event in the days leading up to the Mountain Moonshine Classic at his Smoky Mountain Speedway. But courtesy of Full Story

• Bitter 101-lap ending for tantalizingly close T-Mac

  Posted: 06/10/2022, 12:41 pm By Kyle McFadden

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 9) — Slowly packing his belongings in the dark, quiet back pit area hidden beyond Eldora Speedway’s turn-four amenities, the hollowest result of Thursday’s Eldora Million had emotionally emptied Tim McCreadie. Full Story

• Notes: Overton, Hughes survive heat melee

  Posted: 06/09/2022, 06:52 pm

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 9) — If someone told Spencer Hughes that he’d be chasing Brandon Overton under the checkered flag to complete a second-place finish at Eldora Speedway, the Meridian, Miss., driver probably would have been thrilled. Full Story

• With Million looming, Eldora overhauls surface

  Posted: 06/08/2022, 06:49 pm By Kyle McFadden

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 8) — Eldora Speedway facilities manager Rob Platfoot and speedway personnel have hastily and virtually worked around the clock since Tuesday morning to deem the half-mile racing surface fit for the return of the Eldora Full Story

• Column: Show-Me 100 winner regains footing

  Posted: 05/25/2022, 03:06 pm

  Hudson O’Neal didn’t think he’d go through Georgia-Florida Speedweeks without a victory. He certainly didn’t anticipate still being winless well into the month of May. But that was the frustrating fate of the 21-year-old star from Full Story

• Larson’s NASCAR mate gives dirt racing a whirl

  Posted: 04/11/2022, 06:13 am By Kevin Kovac

  William Byron has been watching his Hendrick Motorsports NASCAR Cup Series teammate, Kyle Larson, have so much fun moonlighting in the Dirt Late Model ranks, he figured he’d like to join him. “I kind of put a bug in Larson’s ear Full Story

• Dispatches: Rally unfulfilling for Owens

  Posted: 04/09/2022, 07:05 am

  The latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model events nationwide from April 8-10, including Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Racing Association action at 81 Speedway near Wichita, Kan., Ultimate Southeast action in the Carolina and Lucas Oil Full Story

• Notes: Watkins has Xtreme title within grasp

  Posted: 03/22/2022, 09:05 am

  When Ben Watkins set out on the Drydene Xtreme DIRTcar Series trail in November, his goal of championship glory was merely a distant vision. Now with three races remaining on the schedule, that vision is getting closer to reality as he Full Story

• Fast Talk: Race review as we head to Bristol

  Posted: 03/21/2022, 12:24 pm

  As the calendar clicks over to spring and the racing action heats up along with the weather, our roundtable resets what you need to know in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): Tout Full Story

• Column: Kosiski winding down after I-80 success

  Posted: 02/03/2022, 12:34 pm

  Joe Kosiski knows that everyone — racers, fans, sponsors, media — who cares about his I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., has been wondering about its future ever since he confirmed last summer that he was in serious negotiations to sell Full Story

• Best of 2021: Top-five lists from a busy season

  Posted: 12/17/2021, 05:14 am By Kevin Kovac

  With Driver of the Year and other driver honors already published, DirtonDirt.com takes a look at other top-five lists from the 2021 season, running the gamut from the top-five performances to top-five clashes of the year (Best of 2021 Full Story

• Best of 2021: South's state-by-state capsules

  Posted: 12/15/2021, 06:55 am By Todd Turner

  Dirt Late Model racing’s 2021 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 2021 coverage): Alabama Top Full Story

• Best of 2021: Northern, Western state capsules

  Posted: 12/14/2021, 06:58 am By Todd Turner

  Dirt Late Model racing’s 2021 superlatives of the Northern and Western states (individually for states with at least five weekly Late Model tracks; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2021 Full Story

• Some no-shows at PRI, but the show goes on

  Posted: 12/10/2021, 01:25 pm By Todd Turner

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — After a one-year trade show hiatus because of the pandemic, and Covid-19 still hanging over public indoor events, more than one racing-related company had second thoughts about blindly returning to this weekend’s Full Story

• Updates from second day of Indy's PRI show

  Posted: 12/10/2021, 04:58 am

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 10) — The Indiana Convention Center doors reopen at 9 a.m. Friday for the second of three days at the 2021 Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where more than 20,000 attendees are expected to check out nearly Full Story

• Unified rules landmark benefits multitour teams

  Posted: 12/10/2021, 04:59 am By Todd Turner

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 9) — When a major Dirt Late Model owner called Steve Francis this week to complain how varying body and dimensional rules among touring series were complicating his team’s offseason, the technical director for Full Story

• Tire inventory challenge likely to linger into '22

  Posted: 12/10/2021, 04:50 am By Robert Holman

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The uncertainty of 2021’s tire shortage will likely carry over to 2022 according to tire manufacturers and industry insiders gathered at this week’s Performance Racing Industry Trade Show at the Indiana Convention Full Story

• Updates from opening day of Indy's PRI show

  Posted: 12/09/2021, 05:51 am

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 9) — The Indiana Convention Center doors open at 9 a.m. Thursday for the first of three days at the 2021 Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where more than 20,000 attendees are expected to check out nearly Full Story

• Column: Carpenter set for his Dome defense

  Posted: 12/01/2021, 09:24 am

  Tyler Carpenter has been waiting nearly two years to defend his memorable victory in 2019’s Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Center. After last year’s blockbuster indoor event in St. Louis, Mo., was canceled Full Story