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Quick Time: Breakdown of Lucas Oil title chase
Posted: 10/04/2017, 02:54 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing (and the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Column: McIntosh casts eye toward national tour
Posted: 10/04/2017, 02:45 pmLast week’s announcement that Donald McIntosh of Dawsonville, Ga., will depart the Blount Motorsports seat at the end of the 2017 season to pursue a more ambitious traveling schedule did not come as a surprise to team owner Larry Garner. Full Story
Top 25: Unzicker joins rankings at No. 22
Posted: 10/03/2017, 10:08 am By Alli CollisThe winner of 14 of his last 20 starts, including a $5,000 payday Saturday at Peoria (Ill.) Speedway, Ryan Unzicker of El Paso, Ill., joined DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., held on to Full Story
Fast Talk: Sizing up the Lucas points chase
Posted: 10/02/2017, 12:05 pmOur weekly roundtable, as usual sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products, considers weekend action while evaluating a few overarching questions about the 2017 season (edited for clarity and length): Handicap the Lucas Oil points chase with Full Story
Less can be more, Duck River runner-up learns
Posted: 10/02/2017, 07:37 am By Robert HolmanWHEEL, Tenn. — Some lessons are learned the hard way. Look no further than Tyler Erb for proof. Over the last three seasons, the 20-year-old driver from New Waverly, Texas, has steadily seen his stock rise. That’s coincided with his Full Story
Larson seeks extra edge from Duck River practice
Posted: 09/29/2017, 11:22 am By Robert HolmanWHEEL, Tenn. (Sept. 28) — Like an exuberant teen jumping off an amusement park ride and running to the end of the line again, Brent Larson made every effort to get on the track each time Super Late Models were called to the track at Duck Full Story
Notes: Timing right for Anderson's racing return
Posted: 09/28/2017, 12:44 amJohn Anderson of Omaha, Neb., stopped racing a Dirt Late Model regularly after the 2014 season and didn’t compete at all last season, but he never left the sport. Unlike many other drivers with his level of accomplishment — most notably, Full Story
Column: In twilight of career, Francis struggles
Posted: 09/27/2017, 12:54 pmWhen Steve Francis of Bowling Green, Ky., stood alongside DirtonDirt.com’s Ben Shelton for an on-camera interview shortly before the start of hot laps during the Sept. 14 Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s Full Story
Quick Time: WoO victory mark in B-Shepp's reach
Posted: 09/27/2017, 11:54 amTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing (and the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Top 25: Owens rises three spots in rankings
Posted: 09/26/2017, 10:04 am By Alli CollisAfter scoring his fourth Lucas Oil Series victory of the season in Friday’s Tribute to Steve Barnett at Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway, Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., was among the biggest movers in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, Full Story
Column: Happy, fast Marlar on top of game
Posted: 09/20/2017, 03:51 pmFor an outgoing, approachable guy like Mike Marlar, the whirlwind of adulation in which he found himself Saturday in Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway’s pit area after winning $40,000 for the second consecutive year was a wonderful moment to savor. The Full Story
Quick Time: Top drivers in 2017's richest races
Posted: 09/20/2017, 11:35 amTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing (and the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Top 25: Bailes climbs four spots in rankings
Posted: 09/19/2017, 10:42 am By Alli CollisAfter capturing a career-high $20,000 payday in Saturday’s Fastrak World Championship at Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, Va., Ross Bailes of Clover, S.C., made the biggest jump in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Brandon Full Story
Notes: Knoxville victory eludes Rocket house car
Posted: 09/18/2017, 06:06 pm By Kevin KovacKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 16) — Mark Richards's agonizing flirtation with victory in the Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Store seemingly knows no bounds. The Rocket Chassis house car owner has five Full Story
Fast Talk: Reviewing Marlar's Knoxville repeat
Posted: 09/18/2017, 01:30 pmOur weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products takes a look back at the three-race Knoxville Nationals weekend while looking ahead to yet another busy weekend (edited for clarity and length): What does it say that Mike Marlar Full Story
Davenport, Landers fall just shy in Knoxville bids
Posted: 09/18/2017, 12:20 pm By Kevin KovacKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 16) — Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., nearly extended his big-race hot streak to three weekends in a row. Jared Landers of Batesville, Ark., nearly turned his debut weekend with veteran car owner Larry Moring Full Story
Knoxville stalwart fourth after up-and-down run
Posted: 09/18/2017, 10:31 am By Alli CollisKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 16) — The only driver to start all 14 editions of the Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals, Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., had an up-and-down run in Saturday’s 100-lapper as he continues hunting an elusive Full Story
Richards absorbs more heartbreak at Knoxville
Posted: 09/17/2017, 05:30 am By Kevin KovacKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 16) — As Josh Richards sat in his Best Performance Motorsports car against Knoxville Raceway’s towering guardrail between turns three and four on lap 95 of Saturday night’s 14th annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Full Story
Marlar primed for Knoxville's 100-lapper
Posted: 09/16/2017, 11:11 am By Alli CollisKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 15) — Mike Marlar’s weekend at Knoxville Raceway did not get off to the most ideal start. After rallying from the eighth starting spot to win his heat race, the Winfield, Tenn., driver was forced to retire early Full Story
Notes: Knoxville rebound boosts Simpson
Posted: 09/16/2017, 03:14 am By Kevin KovacKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 15) — A frustrating Thursday night turned into an uplifting Friday evening at Knoxville Raceway for Chris Simpson. After failing to qualify for Thursday’s 25-lap preliminary feature that kicked off the 14th annual Full Story
Owens can't shake bad luck at difficult Knoxville
Posted: 09/15/2017, 11:59 am By Alli CollisKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 14) — Bad luck just seems to follow Jimmy Owens to Knoxville Raceway. After taking the lead in Thursday night’s 25-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals preliminary feature, the Newport, Tenn., driver Full Story
Notes: Landers pumped about Moring debut
Posted: 09/15/2017, 03:57 am By Kevin KovacKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 14) — Perhaps Jared Landers of Batesville, Ark., let a victory slip through his fingers in Thursday night’s Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Store opener at Knoxville Raceway. Full Story
Fast Facts: 14th Knoxville Nationals
Posted: 09/13/2017, 05:41 pm By Robert Holman14th Knoxville Nationals Dates: Sept. 14-16 ($7,000-to-win preliminary features Thursday and Friday and heats, consolations and $40,000-to-win main event Saturday) | Complete Knoxville Nationals coverage. Track: Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Full Story
14th Knoxville Nationals coverage index
Posted: 09/05/2017, 04:44 pmKNOXVILLE, Iowa — DirtonDirt.com's previews and coverage of the 14th annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey's General Store, a $40,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned event scheduled for Full Story
Column: J.D., Smith spin amazing story
Posted: 09/12/2017, 10:07 pmThat Jonathan Davenport won last Saturday night’s 47th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, just over one month after joining forces with fellow racer G.R. Smith is an amazing story — maybe even an unprecedented one, Full Story
