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Column: No comeback, but Frye stays in game
Posted: 03/23/2016, 09:37 amBill Frye wants to make one thing perfectly clear — contrary to reports filtering through the Dirt Late Model world recently, he isn’t returning to regular competition this year. Yes, the 55-year-old Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer from Full Story
Notes: Improving Owens still blending with team
Posted: 03/20/2016, 12:35 pm By Alli CollisALMA, Ohio (March 18) — It was just a month before February's Georgia-Florida Speedweeks that Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., announced his partnership with the newly formed R&W Motorsports team for the 2016 season. Collaborating with Full Story
Notes: Fertile racetrack could give Pearson a lift
Posted: 03/17/2016, 12:38 pm By Kevin KovacA new race car and a track where he’s enjoyed plenty of success — Earl Pearson Jr. is hopeful that’s the combination he needs this weekend to turn around his racing fortunes on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. One week after Full Story
Quick Time: Bloomquist and a season's slow build
Posted: 03/16/2016, 07:56 amTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner (with assistance from staffer Andy Savary) for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing Full Story
Notes: Buckingham 11th in his return to Supers
Posted: 03/15/2016, 09:11 am By Alli CollisMARYVILLE, Tenn. (March 12) — After several years away from the Super Late Model division, Shanon Buckingham of Morristown, Tenn., is back. Joining fellow Tennessee driver Robby Moses and the Roger Sellers-owned Double Down Motorsports, Full Story
Boles scales back, plans to run Capital campaign
Posted: 03/14/2016, 02:40 pm By Kevin KovacWhen Stacy Boles of Clinton, Tenn., parked his hauler in the pit area at Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, Tenn., for last weekend’s Tennessee Tipoff Classic, he unloaded just one vehicle — his own No. 11B. The single-car effort Full Story
Madden DQ'd after car strikes crewman in pits
Posted: 03/12/2016, 04:34 am By Alli CollisMARYVILLE, Tenn. (March 11) — Officials disqualified driver Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., from Friday’s preliminaries at the Old Man’s Garage Spring Nationals opener at Smoky Mountain Speedway after his No. 44 race car struck Full Story
Talented young Georgian has 'great future ahead'
Posted: 03/10/2016, 01:34 pm By Kevin KovacYoung, fresh-faced Austin Smith of Cedartown, Ga., opened observers’ eyes to his burgeoning talent when he captured the sixth heat race of the Feb. 18 World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series program during the 45th annual DIRTcar Full Story
Column: Speedy Ownbey enjoying newfound fame
Posted: 03/09/2016, 07:07 amWho is John Ownbey? That’s a question many people across the greater Dirt Late Model landscape are suddenly asking. With two significant victories in the past three weeks — a $3,000 Winterfest score Feb. 20 at Winchester (Tenn.) Speedway Full Story
K-Rob anxious to get rolling in Florence opener
Posted: 03/09/2016, 06:49 am By Alli CollisKent Robinson of Bloomington, Ind., counts Florence Speedway in Union, Ky., among his favorite racetracks. And that’s where he’ll make his first appearance of 2016 as he makes the short trip south for Saturday’s $5,000-to-win Spring Full Story
At Tipoff, Weaver looks to rekindle 2015 magic
Posted: 03/08/2016, 09:30 am By Alli CollisIt was one year ago when Randy Weaver of Crossville, Tenn., began a memorable early-season hot streak with eight straight victories from the beginning of March through the first week of May. While Weaver posted subpar performances during Full Story
Fast Talk: How high is Madden's ceiling?
Posted: 03/07/2016, 10:17 amOur weekly roundtable gathers with Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored Fast Talk to look at the pressing issues in Dirt Late Model racing (edited for clarity and length): Nine victories in his last 17 starts going back to last season. Are Full Story
Retired California dirt racer facing grim future
Posted: 03/05/2016, 03:29 am By Todd TurnerRacing three years ago at the track where he had previously enjoyed the best run of his career, John Lowrey steered to an impressive heat-race victory at Tucson (Ariz.) International Raceway during the Winter Extreme’s final weekend. With Full Story
Other events keep him busy, but Simpson still driven
Posted: 03/04/2016, 04:26 am By Lyndal ScrantonChad Simpson’s offseason has been typically busy, preparing his Victory Circle Race Cars for another Dirt Late Model season. Other things, even more important, have grabbed Simpson’s attention. “I have a daughter playing club basketball Full Story
Back after neck injury, Georgian ready to race
Posted: 03/03/2016, 09:40 am By Alli CollisThe night of Aug. 14, 2015 is one that Jeff Smith of Villanow, Ga., won’t ever forget. It was during that evening’s Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series event at I-75 Speedway in Sweetwater, Tenn., that the 37-year-old driver Full Story
Quick Time: Checking out driver stock market
Posted: 03/02/2016, 03:46 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner (with assistance from staffer Andy Savary) for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing Full Story
Column: Zeigler's father relishes son's success
Posted: 03/02/2016, 08:12 amAs Fred Zeigler rose out of a chair alongside his son Mason’s Dirt Late Model in the pit area at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., one afternoon during the recent DIRTcar Nationals, he flashed a toothy smile brighter than the Full Story
Champs don't miss beat after Lucas rule changes
Posted: 03/02/2016, 07:41 am By Kevin KovacAnyone who thought that 2016 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series rule changes would slow down the dynamic Jonathan Davenport-Kevin Rumley duo was mistaken. Davenport, 31, of Blairsville, Ga., was spectacular during Georgia-Florida Speedweeks Full Story
Fast Talk: March races, crown jewel contenders
Posted: 02/29/2016, 10:29 amOur roundtable answers a hodge podge of early-season questions in DirtonDirt.com’s weekly Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored Fast Talk feature (edited for clarity and length): After more time to digest Georgia-Florida Speedweeks, any Full Story
Column: Hard work pays off for Richards, Clanton
Posted: 02/24/2016, 12:35 pmRocket Chassis house car owner Mark Richards offered a simple statement to handicap the Dirt Late Model racing world following the conclusion of last week’s 45th annual DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. “The Full Story
Fast Talk: Top-tier pilots separate at Speedweeks
Posted: 02/22/2016, 01:56 pmOur weekly roundtable wraps up Georgia-Florida Speedweeks and considers last week’s major announcement in Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored Fast Talk (edited for clarity and length; complete Speedweeks coverage): Make a case that Josh Full Story
Iowa bank's cash sponsors tour's dash
Posted: 02/19/2016, 07:41 am By Bill MartinThe non-qualifiers race new to the upcoming Deery Brothers Summer Series is already drawing plenty of interest. Malvern Trust & Savings Bank provides $500 toward the purse to be paid for each of those 10-lap races. The Dash for Cash will Full Story
VSP streak, love affair rolls on for Bloomquist
Posted: 02/18/2016, 01:50 pm By Kevin KovacBARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 17) — There is a good reason why Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., ran his streak of consecutive years with at least one DIRTcar Nationals win at Volusia Speedway Park to an unprecedented six with a victory Full Story
Streak of top-fives ends with a thud for Landers
Posted: 02/10/2016, 10:21 am By Kevin KovacGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 9) — The first hiccup in an extremely promising start to Georgia-Florida Speedweeks came in a manner Jared Landers couldn’t have expected. As Landers, 33, of Batesville, Ark., appeared headed toward a probable Full Story
J.D. steers Longhorn driver in right direction
Posted: 02/09/2016, 12:24 pm By Kevin KovacGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 8) — Mason Zeigler turned to Dirt Late Model racing’s reigning driver-mechanic super duo for some in-depth assistance with his Longhorn Chassis during Monday night’s 40th annual Winternationals opener at East Full Story
