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Fast Facts: 25th Lucas Oil Show-Me 100
Posted: 05/23/2017, 09:30 am25th Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 presented by Protect the Harvest Dates: May 25-27 (two $6,000-to-win programs followed by Saturday’s $30,000-to-win finale) Track: Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. (semi-banked 3/8-mile oval). Sanction: Full Story
Patience propels Skinner to first win on SAS tour
Posted: 05/18/2017, 12:13 am By Robert HolmanFive weeks ago, Brad Skinner’s hopes of following the entire Southern All Star schedule disintegrated into a flipping, rolling, crumbled mess at Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, Tenn. Hoping to test at Smoky Mountain for an upcoming Full Story
Notes: Big crowd sees Bowman's first super win
Posted: 05/18/2017 By Alli CollisNot every driver’s first Super Late Model victory comes in front of a jam-packed grandstand. But Adam Bowman was lucky enough to do just that. Making the trip to Florence Speedway in Union, Ky., for the May 13 free general admission Full Story
Quick Time: Home-state success on Lucas Oil tour
Posted: 05/17/2017, 02:48 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: For Comp Cams champion, less is more
Posted: 05/17/2017, 08:08 amJack Sullivan began the 2010s running a prolific Dirt Late Model schedule. He’s rolling toward the end of the decade, however, maintaining a more modest and manageable racing effort. Comparing his results, the 41-year-old driver from Full Story
Notes: Reworked surface spices Duck River main
Posted: 05/15/2017, 05:28 am By Robert HolmanWHEEL, Tenn. (May 14) – After Sunday’s heat races were in the books and the redraw for driver’s starting spots for the first three rows were complete at Duck River Raceway Park, track officials made an impromptu decision to rework Full Story
Notes: Farmer City's low groove a blessing, curse
Posted: 05/13/2017, 03:52 am By Todd TurnerFARMER CITY, Ill. (May 12) — A series of holes and ruts in the low groove at Farmer City Raceway could be a blessing or a curse. When drivers maneuvered the inside lane during Friday’s inaugural $20,000-to-win Farmer City 74, hitting Full Story
Column: Racer's career shifts to dyno business
Posted: 05/10/2017, 06:41 amKeith Berner never mapped out a grand scheme to launch Accu-Force Dynos & Testers, his Millersburg, Ohio-based company specializing in racing shocks, springs and related equipment that, since its birth in 2004, has grown so fast that virtually Full Story
Fast Talk: What's ceiling for Owens after victory?
Posted: 05/08/2017, 09:39 amOur weekly Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable considers a busy early-May weekend as racing begins to ramp up even further heading into the heart of spring (edited for clarity and length): What’s ahead for Jimmy Owens after Full Story
Flat tire robs Chilton of solid Florence showing
Posted: 05/08/2017, 08:34 am By Alli CollisUNION, Ky. (May 6) — Heartbreaking. That was Michael Chilton’s run in Saturday’s 31st annual Ralph Latham Memorial at Florence Speedway. After running as high as fourth, the Salvisa, Ky., driver’s night came to a crashing end with Full Story
Berck aiming to rebound after trailer, car burns
Posted: 05/06/2017, 12:36 pm By Todd TurnerWith his race-car trailer ablaze Friday afternoon alongside the highway moments after leaving his Marquette, Neb., race shop, it wasn’t long before Kyle Berck came to the grim realization that he and his crew faced the impossible task Full Story
Column: Facing reality, Smith reassesses plans
Posted: 05/03/2017, 07:08 amWith an upgraded Dirt Late Model program and an ambitious schedule, 2017 was supposed to be the first year in the rest of G.R. Smith’s racing life. Three months and 19 races into his ’17 campaign, however, Smith made an abrupt about-face Full Story
Fast Talk: When it rains, better to race or sit idle?
Posted: 05/01/2017, 09:26 amWhile rain wiped out national touring events, our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products weighs in on the biggest results while considering off-track issues as well (edited for clarity and length): Whose weekend special-event Full Story
Column: Mr. Selinsgrove keeps right foot on gas
Posted: 04/26/2017, 06:22 pmJeff Rine’s name is scrawled all over the Selinsgrove (Pa.) Speedway record books. From his 103 career Dirt Late Model feature wins — more than any other driver, in any division — to his 10 consecutive and 12 overall points titles, Full Story
Bowyer's two cars shine (Lanigan a bit brighter)
Posted: 04/21/2017, 09:35 am By Alli CollisALMA, Ohio (April 20) — When the white flag flew Thursday evening at Atomic Speedway, it was clear that a Clint Bowyer Racing driver was heading to victory lane. Whether that would be Don O’Neal or Darrell Lanigan was another matter. Full Story
Notes: Tennessee teen climbing through ranks
Posted: 04/20/2017, 08:40 am By Alli CollisAt 16 years old, Kyle Courtney of Knoxville, Tenn., is younger than most of his fellow Late Model competitors. But after scoring his first victory of the season over the weekend at I-75 Raceway in Sweetwater, Tenn., intimidation is no longer Full Story
Fast Talk: Sorting out weekend's Easter basket
Posted: 04/17/2017, 01:26 pmOur weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products takes a look at weekend results and a busy stretch coming up for the Lucas Oil Series (edited for clarity and length): Was there anything about the Easter weekend special events Full Story
Marlar salvages third at VMS after early scrape
Posted: 04/09/2017, 10:23 am By Kevin KovacJAMAICA, Va. (April 8) — The bottom-line statistics of Saturday night’s 60-lap Aaron’s King of the Commonwealth feature at Virginia Motor Speedway told a largely uneventful story for Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn. | RaceWire The Full Story
Notes: Georgian's victory inspires confidence, focus
Posted: 04/06/2017, 12:09 am By Alli CollisLike most dirt racers, Ashton Winger grew up around the racetrack. The Senoia, Ga., driver watched from the sidelines as his father, shock specialist Gary Winger, assisted some of the top race teams in the pit area. But now, the 17-year-old Full Story
Quick Time: Checking the driver stock market
Posted: 04/05/2017, 01:21 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: Puzzle pieces perfect fit for McDowells
Posted: 04/05/2017, 01:23 pmThe Dirt Late Model team that Shane McDowell fields for his brother, Dale, boasts a logical title — SMR, short for Shane McDowell Racing — but he would be the first to admit that the name gives him too much credit. He might have the Full Story
Fast Talk: Assessing Farmer City's Illini 100
Posted: 04/03/2017, 10:49 amOur Out-Pace Racing Products roundtable gathers to discuss a pair of national-tour weekends, a rising young driver from the Southeast and two $20,000-to-win shows coming up this weekend (edited for clarity and length): Offer a couple takeaways Full Story
Farmer City's WoO clash decided by Hell Tour vets
Posted: 04/03/2017, 02:57 amFARMER CITY, Ill. (April 2) — If Sunday’s World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series race at Farmer City Raceway had a bit of a UMP DIRTcar Summernationals feel, there’s good reason. The four drivers fiercely battling for the lead Full Story
Column: Mayor Barnett decides to call it a career
Posted: 03/29/2017, 06:37 pmThe first thought that crossed Steve Barnett’s mind after he underwent surgery to repair the T-5 vertebra he fractured in a wild, flipping accident last Oct. 1 at Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway was, naturally, when he would return to the Full Story
Fast Talk: Where does Culp go from here?
Posted: 03/27/2017, 10:55 amWith national touring action heating up, and spring officially sprung, our Out-Pace Racing Products roundtable considers a busy stretch of Dirt Late Model action (edited for clarity and length): Where does first-time WoO winner Timothy Full Story
