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• Cook makes his case to reduce rollover wrecks

  Posted: 12/28/2017, 02:26 pm By Kevin Kovac

  As Ray Cook of Brasstown, N.C. — veteran driver, track promoter and series organizer — has spent time considering what might be contributing to an apparent increased rollover tendency with cars in the Dirt Late Model division, he’s Full Story

• Welshan turns heads during intros, on track

  Posted: 12/18/2017, 10:54 am By Kevin Kovac

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Dec. 16) — No driver received a bigger boost to their national profile from the VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals than Jason Welshan of Rockford, Tenn. A 38-year-old Crate Late Model specialist who shifted his focus Full Story

• Near-miss at Gateway a heartbreaker for English

  Posted: 12/17/2017, 06:14 am By Kevin Kovac

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Dec. 16) — Tanner English stood in the convention center pit area of The Dome at America’s Center after Saturday night’s 40-lap VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals finale, answering questions in short bursts while Full Story

• Babb lets it all hang out in high-flying Dome run

  Posted: 12/17/2017, 06:06 am By Todd Turner

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. — When summing up Saturday’s high-side charge at the VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals presented by Karl Performance, Shannon Babb had a deadpan answer to the first question from a reporter. | Complete Gateway coverage “I Full Story

• Notes: Hubbard's Dome run ends in a heap

  Posted: 12/16/2017, 11:14 am By Kevin Kovac

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Dec. 15) — The fifth-mile dirt oval inside The Dome at America’s Center might be tiny, but it can still produce major destruction. Exhibit A was provided Friday by Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., whose car was left Full Story

• Gateway Nat'ls victory home run for Gundaker

  Posted: 12/16/2017, 01:40 am By Kevin Kovac

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Dec. 15) — Gordy Gundaker’s $5,000 victory in Friday night’s second 20-lap preliminary feature of the VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Center was by far the biggest and richest of his Full Story

• Dome fast time 'worth the trip' for Welshan

  Posted: 12/14/2017, 09:43 pm By Kevin Kovac

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Dec. 14) — Jason Welshan of Rockford, Tenn., wasn’t at a loss for words after earning group fast-time honors in Thursday's qualifying for the VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Center — Full Story

• Column: Creating indoor oval a thrill for Gundaker

  Posted: 12/13/2017, 07:44 am

  The end of last year’s inaugural VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, Mo., produced a few quiet moments of reflection from Kevin Gundaker, the former Dirt Late Model driver and current Full Story

• Fast Talk: Revving up for return to Gateway Nat'ls

  Posted: 12/11/2017, 09:25 am

  Our Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable wraps up the PRI Trade Show while looking ahead to the upcoming VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals presented by Karl Performance in St. Louis (edited for clarity and length; order live Full Story

• Francis settles into new role as technical director

  Posted: 12/11/2017, 08:26 am By Kevin Kovac

  Steve Francis found himself in an entirely new position during last weekend’s Performance Racing Industry Trade Show at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. For the first time in his 35 years in the sport, Francis didn’t Full Story

• PRI: Friday notes, quotes from trade show in Indy

  Posted: 12/08/2017, 06:43 am

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 8) — The Indiana Convention Center doors reopen Friday morning for the second of three days at the 30th annual Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where more than 30,000 attendees are expected to check out Full Story

• PRI: Notes, quotes from Indianapolis trade show

  Posted: 12/07/2017, 05:50 am

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 7) — The Indiana Convention Center doors open Thursday for the first of three days at the 30th annual Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where more than 30,000 attendees are expected to check out 1,100 companies, Full Story

• Column: Pragmatic shift for Pierce's chassis shop

  Posted: 12/06/2017, 09:34 pm

  Bob Pierce has a simple yet colorful answer for anyone who is wondering about the quite dramatic change in the business plan he’s made with his Bob Pierce Race Cars operation in Oakwood, Ill. You know, the news that Pierce has become Full Story

• Best of 2017: South's state-by-state capsules

  Posted: 12/06/2017, 03:11 am By Todd Turner

  Dirt Late Model racing’s 2017 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 2017 coverage): Alabama Top Full Story

• Missouri driver develops cost-cutting 'ladder' tour

  Posted: 12/05/2017, 05:54 am By Robert Holman

  Dustin Mooneyham wants to revive Dirt Late Model racing in his native Missouri. The 36-year-old racer from Aurora believes the best way to do that is by addressing the economics of the sport. With that goal, Mooneyham is spearheading the Full Story

• Fast Talk: The Silliest Season and PRI preview

  Posted: 12/04/2017, 07:04 am

  Our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products considers the still-rolling Silly Season while looking ahead to this week’s Performance Racing Industry Trade Show in Indianapolis (edited for clarity and length): Evaluate Full Story

• Best of 2017: Midwest's state-by-state capsules

  Posted: 12/04/2017, 01:25 am By Todd Turner

  Dirt Late Model racing’s 2017 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 2017 coverage): Illinois Top Full Story

• Best of 2017: Top five lists from busy season

  Posted: 12/01/2017, 06:32 am By Robert Holman

  With Driver of the Year and other driver honors already published, DirtonDirt.com takes a look at other top-five lists from the 2017 season, running the gamut from the top-five performances to top-five clashes of the year (Best of 2017 Full Story

• Column: Turkey 100 win special for hometowner

  Posted: 11/29/2017, 07:01 am

  As the owner and promoter of Swainsboro (Ga.) Raceway, Paul Purvis isn’t supposed to play favorites. But when he appeared on his track’s homestretch Saturday night and handed an oversized $20,000 winner’s check to Chesley Dixon after Full Story

• Breakouts, newcomers and comebacks for 2017

  Posted: 11/29/2017, 06:20 am By Robert Holman

  As part of its ongoing Best of 2017 coverage, DirtonDirt.com hands out awards to worthy Dirt Late Model drivers. We rank the top breakout drivers, top newcomers and most improved drivers and comeback drivers for the past season. This season’s Full Story

• Sheppard tops 2017's Driver of the Year chase

  Posted: 11/28/2017, 06:21 am By Alli Collis

  With the 2017 racing season in the books, DirtonDirt.com takes a closer look at top five national drivers as well as regional and weekly Dirt Late Model competition. Check our video coverage for DirtonDirt.com’s Top Five Drivers overall, Full Story

• Column: Team change bittersweet for Roberts

  Posted: 11/22/2017, 10:48 am

  Losing in the final laps of Sunday’s Blue-Gray 100 at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, S.C., was hard enough for Casey Roberts. Losing under the unique circumstances the race presented to him made it even more difficult to accept. With Full Story

• Fast Talk: Analyzing the stellar career of Francis

  Posted: 11/20/2017, 11:59 am

  Our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products discusses Steve Francis’s retirement, a busy stretch of Silly Season news and some end-of-season racing in the Southeast (edited for clarity and length): In the wake of Steve Full Story

• Retiring 'Colonel' can't envision a better career

  Posted: 11/18/2017, 12:01 am By Kevin Kovac

  Two months ago, in a pre-race interview over the public address system with DirtonDirt.com’s Ben Shelton during the Sept. 14 Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Store preliminary program at Knoxville Full Story

• Column: Arkansas team lands its wish-list driver

  Posted: 11/15/2017, 08:31 am

  Perhaps it shouldn’t be a surprise that Lance Landers hired Jonathan Davenport to drive for him in 2018. Landers and his team sponsor and close friend, Steve Martin of Crop Production Services, have had their eyes on the Dirt Late Model Full Story