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Top 25: Preseason poll puts Bloomquist on top
Posted: 02/07/2017, 12:35 pm By Todd TurnerReigning 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 KovacThe 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 pmOur 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
Speedweeks preview? Ask the panel of experts
Posted: 02/06/2017, 07:51 amFebruary's Georgia-Florida Speedweeks for Super Late Models kick off next week in Georgia with 18 races at six tracks, two in Georgia and four in Florida. DirtonDirt.com asked staffers and several contributing panelists several questions Full Story
Helping hands brighten T-Mac's outlook in '17
Posted: 02/06/2017, 07:30 am By Robert HolmanTim McCreadie has never been one to hold back his emotions. Sometimes, it’s his wide, welcoming grin, or a downtrodden look if things aren’t going his way. And then there are those times — like when the Dirt Late Model standout shocked Full Story
Zeigler returns to scene of Speedweeks success
Posted: 02/03/2017, 12:37 pm By Alli CollisDirt Late Model racing is known for producing memorable moments, from first-time winners, to underdog upsets and other on-track dramatics. Mason Zeigler’s career-high victory last season’s Winternationals finale at East Bay Raceway Full Story
Council mandates safety, but some falling off pace
Posted: 02/02/2017, 06:08 am By Kevin KovacFew people disagree with the Unified Dirt Late Model Council’s off-season efforts to improve safety by drafting a detailed set of technical and driver protection rules. There isn’t overwhelming consensus from all corners of the Dirt Full Story
Column: Sponsor Ranta plans major push in '17
Posted: 02/01/2017, 03:31 pmArnie Ranta has become a very recognizable Dirt Late Model sponsor and team owner over the past decade, but, above all else, he’s a life-long Dirt Late Model fan. “I’ve got five decades, almost six decades, in Dirt Late Model racing,” Full Story
Unified Dirt Late Model Council update (Jan. 20)
Posted: 01/25/2017, 02:28 pmUpdates issues Jan. 20 by the Unified Dirt Late Model Council that governs rules for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series and several other racing organizations focusing on rear suspensions, Full Story
Column: Pain in the neck still plagues Chamberlain
Posted: 01/25/2017, 11:16 amDuane Chamberlain wants to be spending the winter like he has every other during his more than two decades as a race car driver, eagerly preparing for another season of competition. His body, however, is telling him otherwise. With Chamberlain, Full Story
Fast Talk: A five-topic analysis of upcoming season
Posted: 01/23/2017, 08:29 amOur Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable previews the 2017 season by analyzing a driver, track, tour, race and storyline (edited for clarity and length): Break down a driver’s 2017 outlook: Michael Rigsby, DirtonDirt.com co-founder Full Story
Column: Shrugging off wreck, Flinner returning
Posted: 01/18/2017, 06:07 pmOne glance at John Flinner Jr.’s Facebook page makes it clear that the vicious crash he experienced last Oct. 7 at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway in Imperial — a flipping, parts-shedding accident that knocked him unconscious Full Story
Notes: CT 525 engine reigns again at Ice Bowl
Posted: 01/16/2017, 09:18 pm By Robert HolmanEASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 15) — Michael Page’s victory marks the fifth consecutive Ice Bowl won by a driver using a GM Performance CT 525 engine. The cost-saving Chevrolet motor, which can be purchased for about $8,000 before buying the Full Story
Superlatives from the 11th Wild West Shootout
Posted: 01/16/2017, 01:47 pm By Todd TurnerQUEEN CREEK, Ariz. — Recapping the 11th annual Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout at Arizona Speedway with a list of superlatives from four unsanctioned miniseries events at the third-mile oval southeast of Phoenix (complete Arizona Full Story
Fast Talk: Reviewing the Wild West Shootout
Posted: 01/16/2017, 10:16 amDirtonDirt.com’s roundtable gathers to offer a review of the Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout at Arizona Speedway in the Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored Fast Talk (edited for clarity and length): Could any driver ever be angrier Full Story
Can foes deny bonus for cushion-running Pierce?
Posted: 01/14/2017, 11:33 am By Todd TurnerQUEEN CREEK, Ariz. (Jan. 13) — Bobby Pierce has been on top virtually all week at the Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout — atop the charts with three victories in four starts, and literally atop the banking at the third-mile Arizona Full Story
Notes: New car gives Phillips lift in Arizona
Posted: 01/12/2017, 04:37 am By Todd TurnerQUEEN CREEK, Ariz. (Jan. 11) — The proprietor of Springfield, Mo.-based Terry Phillips Racing on Wednesday declared that the team’s driver and setup guru needed to get things clicking at Arizona Speedway's Keyser Manufacturing Wild Full Story
Column: Dome promoter adds ambitious project
Posted: 01/10/2017, 05:57 pmCody Sommer doesn’t operate a weekly racetrack, but he certainly has enough motorsports work to keep him running non-stop. His promotional activities — last month’s VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Full Story
Fast Talk: Recapping the first weekend in Arizona
Posted: 01/09/2017, 10:26 amMembers of our Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable gathered to discuss the opening weekend of the Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout, Bobby Pierce’s chances for claiming the miniseries’s big bonus money and the news that Full Story
Notes: WISSOTA champ takes best shot in desert
Posted: 01/06/2017, 09:45 pm By Todd TurnerQUEEN CREEK, Ariz. — Dustin Strand of Grand Forks, N.D., is among Late Model drivers set for Jan. 7-15 action at the Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout who must adjust to steering a car with a more powerful engine than usual. | Complete Full Story
Fast Talk: Review and preview of winter action
Posted: 01/02/2017, 02:04 pmAfter a respite for Christmas and New Year’s, our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products reconvenes to consider two of the winter’s biggest events in reviewing the VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals and previewing Full Story
With another new car, Marlar aims for Arizona
Posted: 01/01/2017, 08:36 pm By Alli CollisSEYMOUR, Tenn. (Dec. 31) — After capturing the 2016 Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals behind the wheel of a bright yellow Capital Race Car, Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., is back in black. A Black Diamond Chassis, that is. | RaceWire Planning Full Story
Column: Moran primed for World of Outlaws run
Posted: 12/22/2016, 04:05 pmThe phone call came to Donnie Moran last month, as he said, “out of the blue.” Tye Twarog, who operates a division of Lias Tire in Cochocton, Ohio, and in 2016 fielded a full-time World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series effort Full Story
Notes: Zobrist in the mix with Dome heavy hitters
Posted: 12/21/2016, 07:43 am By Kevin KovacST. LOUIS, Mo. (Dec. 17) — Chad Zobrist of Highland, Ill., found himself in some elite company — both on the track and in the final results — during the inaugural VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Center. Full Story
Superlatives from inaugural Gateway Nationals
Posted: 12/18/2016, 01:24 amST. LOUIS, Mo. — Superlatives from Dec. 15-17’s VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America's Center, the first indoor Dirt Late Model race in 34 years (complete Gateway coverage): Gutsiest move: Cody Sommer clearing Full Story
