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Column: Winchester win 'storybook' for Brannon
Posted: 05/29/2019, 04:39 pmThe hour was late because of a rain delay, but that had no dampening effect on the victory lane scene following Saturday’s Chuck Brannon Memorial Super Late Model feature at Winchester (Va.) Speedway. Thanks to the driver who won the Full Story
Decision to postpone Show-Me readily apparent
Posted: 05/22/2019, 06:14 pm By Kevin KovacOver the hundreds of thousands of miles that Rick Schwallie has traveled chasing races as a fan, photographer, official and now the director of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, he’s never experienced anything quite like what happened Full Story
Lucas Oil tourers witness to calamity at Wheatland
Posted: 05/21/2019, 01:54 pmThose hunkering down in Dirt Late Model haulers during Monday night’s severe storm in Wheatland, Mo., knew Lucas Oil Speedway was taking a beating from high winds that rocked the transporters. But the realization of damage throughout Full Story
Quick Time: The racing world's Game of Thrones
Posted: 05/15/2019, 02:19 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Column: Sommer giving guidance to Team Zero
Posted: 04/10/2019, 01:12 pmCody Sommer already had plenty on his plate for 2019. So it’s no surprise that the young special-event promoter couldn’t envision himself accenting his high-profile motorsports endeavors — including the VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Full Story
Column: ULMS founder continues tour's revival
Posted: 04/03/2019, 04:30 pmUpon arriving at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday with his Zimmer’s United Late Model Series crew, Chris Zuver, the regional tour’s founder and director, didn’t take long to head for the famed Mechanicsburg, Pa., track’s iconic Full Story
Column: Thirlby's eager to defend Ethanol crown
Posted: 03/27/2019, 01:35 pmBrandon Thirlby has provided a quick, succinct answer to all the questions he’s received concerning whether he would be back to defend his American Ethanol Late Model Tour championship in 2019. “A bunch of people have asked me, ‘Are Full Story
Column: Ethanol Tour enjoys explosive growth
Posted: 03/13/2019, 04:58 pmLa Salle (Ill.) Speedway promoter Tony Izzo Jr. liked the pitch he heard from the American Ethanol Late Model Tour when he investigated hosting a race for the fledgling Michigan-based Super Late Model series in 2018. “They kind of blew Full Story
New Mexico welcomes enchanting new dirt oval
Posted: 03/12/2019, 08:12 am By Kevin KovacSeveral years ago, as Rue Stone and his boss, prominent New Mexico businessman and veteran racer Royal Jones, regularly covered the 45-mile distance from Las Cruces, N.M., to Jones’s El Paso (Texas) Speedway Park, they often contemplated Full Story
Column: Versatile Elliott secure in calling it quits
Posted: 03/06/2019, 04:04 pmRicky Elliott had a very specific reason for spectating at last month’s DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. It was a purely personal visit for the 53-year-old driver from Seaford, Del., a “test,” he said, Full Story
Column: Rumley excited for R&D tour with Marlar
Posted: 02/27/2019, 04:37 pmAs Kevin Rumley stood alongside his family’s K&L Rumley Enterprises Dirt Late Model in the pit area of Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., after watching Mike Marlar steer it to a $7,000 DIRTcar-sanctioned feature win on Feb. Full Story
Stung by SWR closure, English seeks new path
Posted: 02/25/2019, 06:50 am By Kevin KovacTanner English came home from his first-ever Georgia-Florida Speedweeks competition with his confidence soaring after several positive outings. All his high hopes for success with the Stone-Weaver Racing No. 116 team — the first high-profile Full Story
Even in defeat, English sparkles at East Bay
Posted: 02/10/2019, 01:29 am By Kevin KovacGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 9) — Tanner English of Benton, Ky., displayed some mixed emotions after his bid for a first career Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory fell agonizingly short in Saturday evening’s 50-lap Wrisco Industries Full Story
Column: Richards facing new perspective at CBR
Posted: 01/31/2019, 08:50 amJosh Richards is doing more than moving to a new race team this season. With his jump to NASCAR veteran Clint Bowyer’s two-driver Dirt Late Model operation as Don O’Neal teammate, the 30-year-old superstar finds himself in a situation Full Story
Grandstand on hold, but Volusia changes continue
Posted: 01/22/2019, 02:10 pm By Kevin KovacVolusia Speedway Park won’t boast a new, high-rise grandstand and tower structure for the upcoming Feb. 5-16 DIRTcar Nationals after all, but that doesn’t mean the track outside Daytona Beach will look the same to fans and racers as Full Story
Column: Team traces path to land elite driver
Posted: 01/16/2019, 05:03 pmFrom the first face-to-face sit-down Dunn Benson Motorsports team owner Kemp Lamm and marketing/PR director Wayne Castleberry had with driver Devin Moran and his younger brother Wylie, Lamm’s desire to hire the 24-year-old rising star Full Story
Best of 2018: Midwest's state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/11/2018, 01:00 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2018 superlatives of the Midwestern states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2018 coverage): Illinois Top Full Story
Column: Marlar's trek with Delk ends in glory
Posted: 11/08/2018, 04:36 amCONCORD, N.C. — The odyssey that ended Sunday night with driver Mike Marlar and car owner Ronnie Delk posing for pictures during the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series award banquet at the Great Wolf Lodge with an oversized Full Story
Column: Charlotte VP savors big World Finals
Posted: 10/31/2018, 11:57 amMatt Long spent the past weekend racing his Crate Late Model in the Driven Racing Oil World Short Track Championship at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, N.C. This weekend he’ll return to the 4/10-mile oval but stand on the other Full Story
Massey, Weaver among 2019 Hall of Fame class
Posted: 10/20/2018, 05:06 pm By Todd TurnerPORTSMOUTH, Ohio (Oct. 20) — One of Dixie Speedway’s winningest drivers, the Arkansas pilot of the famed UFO car, an Alabama standout who had ARCA success and two hard-charging Illinois drivers are among eight inductees heading for Full Story
Future uncertain, Scott bids for DTWC success
Posted: 10/20/2018, 01:58 am By Kevin KovacPORTSMOUTH, Ohio (Oct. 19) — Robbie Scott of Shinnston, W.Va., didn’t earn quite enough passing points during Friday night’s double-heat qualifying program to lock into Saturday’s 38th annual Rhino Ag Dirt Track World Championship Full Story
Notes: Illinois teen nabs 12 DIRTcar Crate wins
Posted: 09/20/2018, 08:04 am By Alli CollisAfter capturing the Crate Late Model portion of Clarksville (Tenn.) Speedway’s Tuckassee Toilet Bowl Classic back in March, Dakota Ewing of Decatur, Ill., set out to chase the 2018 DIRTcar Pro Late Model title. While the 19-year-old driver Full Story
Column: Final chapter is on Iowa team's horizon
Posted: 09/12/2018, 03:06 pmFielding a Dirt Late Model team for a decade-and-a-half and becoming one of the Midwest’s most decorated car owners was never on Bud Brinkman’s to-do list. Looking back on the racing path he took now, as the soon-to-be 56-year-old from Full Story
Notes: Hoffman ready for World after near-miss
Posted: 09/06/2018, 05:20 pmROSSBURG, Ohio — Nick Hoffman has proven he’s capable of navigating Eldora Speedway. Hoffman, 26, won April 28’s Sunoco American Late Model Series race at the Big E, giving him his second ALMS victory at the famed half-mile oval. Full Story
Column: Profile raised, Weiss chases first globe
Posted: 09/05/2018, 08:38 pmWhen Ricky Weiss unloads his family-owned Sweet-Bloomquist No. 7W in the pit area at Eldora Speedway for this weekend’s 48th annual World 100 — most likely next to Scott Bloomquist, the Hall of Famer who has become his mentor this season Full Story
