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• Notes: On-the-mend Erb is anxious for WoO triple

  Posted: 03/23/2017, 02:57 pm

  Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas, has good reason to be overly anxious for this weekend’s World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series tripleheader that visits tracks in Mississippi, Arkansas and his home state. For starters, all three Full Story

• Column: Izzo's passion dovetails into promoting

  Posted: 03/22/2017, 04:51 pm

  There isn’t much mystery behind how the Dirt Late Model division became Tony Izzo Jr.’s life — first as a standout driver, now as a promoter of special events at La Salle (Ill.) Speedway and other tracks. | Slideshow Izzo, of course, Full Story

• Top 25: Chris Simpson climbs five spots in poll

  Posted: 03/21/2017, 09:22 am By Alli Collis

  After capturing his first victory of the season in Saturday’s MARS-sanctioned event at Springfield (Mo.) Raceway, Chris Simpson of Oxford, Iowa, made the biggest jump in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Brandon Sheppard Full Story

• Fast Talk: Buzzer beater or last-lap pass?

  Posted: 03/20/2017, 10:51 am

  Our Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable reviews a mid-March racing weekend and looks ahead to a busy weekend coming up (edited for clarity and length): Break down a weekend special-event winner. Michael Rigsby, DirtonDirt.com Full Story

• Quick Time: Spring success and March Madness

  Posted: 03/15/2017, 02:11 pm

  Take 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: Schlenk steers Rayburn back into mix

  Posted: 03/15/2017, 12:10 pm

  When Rusty Schlenk discusses legendary Dirt Late Model car builder C.J. Rayburn, the McClure, Ohio, driver has a tendency to use one word quite often. “The dude,” Schlenk said of the 76-year-old chassis wizard from Whiteland, Ind., Full Story

• Top 25: Madden edges up among poll's top five

  Posted: 03/14/2017, 09:53 am By Alli Collis

  After scoring his third victory of the season in Saturday’s Southeastern Classic at Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, Ga., Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., continued rising in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings while Brandon Sheppard Full Story

• Texan's full-fendered focus off to solid start

  Posted: 03/06/2017, 10:02 am By Kevin Kovac

  Finishes of fifth and 12th alongside a pair of DNQs during the recent DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., didn’t do much to excite Rodney Sanders, but there nonetheless was a silver lining in his quiet week. Full Story

• Clarksville regular aims for fast start on MARS

  Posted: 03/02/2017, 05:52 am By Alli Collis

  With his win total for the year already reaching into double digits, Caleb Ashby’s 2016 season came to a crashing halt last November with an incident in Clarksville (Tenn.) Speedway’s season finale. But after getting his car repaired Full Story

• Column: Pettyjohn into twilight of unlikely career

  Posted: 03/01/2017, 07:28 pm

  As Kenny Pettyjohn leaned against his pit box and gazed out across the pit area of Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., last Friday afternoon, he seemed quite content with the fact that he was one day away from what would likely Full Story

• Quick Time: Speedweeks by-the-numbers review

  Posted: 03/01/2017, 10:11 am

  Take 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: Sheppard earns top spot in rankings

  Posted: 02/28/2017, 10:36 am By Alli Collis

  After scoring a trio of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks victories at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla., Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla., and Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., grabbed the Full Story

• Notes: Volusia success rolls off Fitz Factory line

  Posted: 02/22/2017, 02:54 am By Kevin Kovac

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 21) — There was no dialing back the smile on Jason Fitzgerald’s face after Tuesday night’s 30-lap UMP DIRTcar-sanctioned feature at Volusia Speedway Park. Perhaps a DIRTcar Nationals evening that included Full Story

• Notes: Broken headers spoil Smith's Volusia run

  Posted: 02/21/2017, 02:59 pm By Kevin Kovac

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 20) — A sixth-place finish in Monday night’s 30-lap UMP DIRTcar-sanctioned feature that kicked off the 46th annual DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park was by far the best outing of G.R. Smith’s brief Full Story

• Fast Talk: Mid-Speedweeks breakdown

  Posted: 02/20/2017, 11:30 am

  Our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products takes a who-what-why-when-where look at the last week’s stretch of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks action (edited for clarity and length; complete Speedweeks coverage): Who is the Full Story

• Tangle at East Bay dulls teenager's breakout run

  Posted: 02/17/2017, 02:35 am By Kevin Kovac

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 16) — Considering the fact that Michael Lake of Uniontown, Pa., is a 15-year-old high school student making his first appearance in the Lucas Oil Series portion of the Wrisco Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park, Full Story

• Column: Dixon plotting return after fiery wreck

  Posted: 02/15/2017, 07:48 am

  Chesley Dixon will be a spectator rather than a competitor during this weekend’s World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series Winter Freeze doubleheader at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga., but that’s only because the Swainsboro, Full Story

• Best's Richards-Edwards duo mesh out of the box

  Posted: 02/15/2017, 02:31 am By Kevin Kovac

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 14) — When Randall Edwards was reminded that Josh Richards’s victory in Tuesday night’s 25-lap Wrisco Winternationals feature at East Bay Raceway Park made the crew chief and his new driver a sparkling 2-for-4 Full Story

• Fast Talk: Reviewing Golden Isles weekend

  Posted: 02/13/2017, 10:48 am

  Our weekly Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable reviews the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Super Bowl of Racing at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga., that kicked off Georgia-Florida Speedweeks (edited for clarity Full Story

• Ohio's Drown, crew chief aiming high after reunion

  Posted: 02/12/2017, 03:28 pm By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. — When Doug Drown and crew member Cody Duncan first raced together nearly 10 years ago, Drown was an aspiring weekly racer and Duncan a fresh-faced teen. Now the long-time Ohio friends are back together with the 34-year-old Full Story

• Bright side hidden after Moyer Jr.'s bitter ending

  Posted: 02/11/2017, 12:39 am By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Satisfaction from simply being in position to win your first Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series race in the Georgia-Florida Speedweeks opener isn’t satisfying when it goes awry in the most heart-wrenching of ways. | Complete Full Story

• Column: Madden gears up for WoO title pursuit

  Posted: 02/08/2017, 02:51 pm

  At the age of 41 and coming off a strong 2016 season, Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., is certainly more in the prime of his career than the down side of it. Nevertheless, there’s a sense of urgency in the veteran driver’s body that Full Story

• Top 25: Preseason poll puts Bloomquist on top

  Posted: 02/07/2017, 12:35 pm By Todd Turner

  Reigning and three-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion Scott Bloomquist begins the 2017 season atop DirtonDirt.com’s preseason Top 25 power rankings, just four points shy of unanimous in the Dirt Late Model poll. The 53-year-old Full Story

• Clash of touring champs spices Lucas Oil Series

  Posted: 02/07/2017, 08:12 am By Kevin Kovac

  The 2017 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series roster is bulging with superstar drivers boasting championship pedigrees, but two names stand out in the crowd. There’s Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., and Josh Richards of Shinnston, Full Story

• Fast Talk: Challenges, predictions for '17 season

  Posted: 02/06/2017, 12:24 pm

  Our weekly Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable again looks at the 2017 season with predictions and prognostications of what you might expect to see (edited for clarity and length): What’s the biggest challenge facing Dirt Late Full Story