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• RTJ's crew gels, thrashes for $10,000 All-Tech win

  Posted: 01/31/2025, 12:26 pm By Kyle McFadden

  ELLISVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 30) — Ricky Thornton Jr. and his Koehler Motorsports No. 20rt team certainly would’ve liked a smoother start to their 2025 season, but there’s something to be said about how they found victory lane Thursday Full Story

• Column: A Speedweeks minus Scott Bloomquist

  Posted: 01/30/2025, 07:48 pm

  Georgia-Florida Speedweeks 2025 is off and rolling, but it’s not the same as it’s been for years and years. Something — someone — is missing, and the whole stretch of racing just feels a little different. This is, of course, the Full Story

• Fast Talk: Keeping an eye on Speedweeks

  Posted: 01/27/2025, 09:06 am

  With Georgia-Florida Speedweeks wrapping up the first of two stints at Volusia Speedway Park and heading to Needmore, our roundtable weighs in for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and Full Story

• Everyman Alberson's rise to stardom accelerates

  Posted: 01/26/2025, 05:01 pm By Kyle McFadden

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 25) — So many compelling layers form Garrett Alberson’s backstory and rise through the Dirt Late Model ranks, not even he can encapsulate every steppingstone that makes Saturday’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Full Story

• Gustin, Hoffman shine before ill-fated ending

  Posted: 01/25/2025, 02:17 pm By Kyle McFadden

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 24) — It was fitting that Ryan Gustin and Nick Hoffman battled for the win in Friday’s 35-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series season opener at Volusia Speedway Park. Both being open-wheel modified descendants, Full Story

• Column: HTF gang joins the fray of Speedweeks

  Posted: 01/24/2025, 09:11 am

  The Joiner family’s Hunt the Front brand has become ubiquitous across the Dirt Late Model landscape over the past six years — internet blog, YouTube channel, contending race team, merchandising juggernaut, regional series operator, Full Story

• Central Arizona drivers adjust to wall-encircled oval

  Posted: 01/23/2025, 07:06 pm

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 23) — Late Model competitors at this year's six-race Ernie Mincy Early Thaw will be adjusting to the new outside wall encircling the 3/8-mile oval at the Pina County Fairgrounds oval. The track previously was Full Story

• Breaking down WoO's expected roster for '25

  Posted: 01/22/2025, 10:37 am By Kevin Kovac

  The 2025 World of Outlaws Late Model Series season kicks off Jan. 23-25 with the Sunshine Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., where at least 20 prospective regulars are expected be in competition. With 2024 champion Full Story

• Fast Talk: Bruening and opening of Speedweeks

  Posted: 01/20/2025, 12:24 pm

  With Georgia-Florida Speedweeks under way, but hampered by two rainouts, our weekly roundtable considers the winter action in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Discuss Tyler Full Story

• Fitter, faster Bruening snaps winless streak

  Posted: 01/18/2025, 11:28 pm By Kyle McFadden

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 17) — Tyler Bruening’s first career national touring victory Friday at Golden Isles Speedway was a long time coming. Entering the 2025 season, Decorah, Iowa, driver had started 274 features in Lucas Oil Late Model Full Story

• O'Neal aims for uneventful 'fun year'

  Posted: 01/17/2025, 08:59 pm By Kyle McFadden

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 16) — If there’s a driver on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series happy to put 2024 in the rear-view mirror, it’s Hudson O’Neal. From the 24-year-old Martinsville, Ind., driver's shocking departure of the Rocket Full Story

• Column: Plans evolve for final MLRA tour champ

  Posted: 01/17/2025, 02:40 pm

  Chad Simpson knows how to win regional touring series titles. He’s been better at it than just about any Dirt Late Model driver in the country since 2007, racking up 14 such points championships across four circuits. But there’s Full Story

• Ambitious slate as young Floridian lands new ride

  Posted: 01/16/2025, 08:44 pm By Kyle McFadden

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 16) — Trey Mills is beginning to feel the pressure of growing up as a Dirt Late Model racer. The high school junior who turns 17 in May knows that he can’t rely on his family’s financial backing forever, so this Full Story

• Breakdown of Lucas Oil's expected roster for 2025

  Posted: 01/15/2025, 02:53 pm By Kevin Kovac

  The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series kicks off its 2025 campaign Jan. 17-19 at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga., sending the national tour into a season that boasts a record points fund and purse payouts. For the third straight Full Story

• Winebarger ends WWS with buzzworthy drive

  Posted: 01/13/2025, 01:19 pm By Todd Turner

  VADO, N.M. (Jan. 12) — Creating social media buzz with a flashy Dirt Late Model performance is one thing. But truly posting a worthy, high-level result is another. Collen Winebarger knows he turned some heads — and excited his buddies Full Story

• Brake issues challenge young Troutman at WWS

  Posted: 01/11/2025, 11:28 pm By Todd Turner

  VADO, N.M. (Jan. 11) — After three consecutive seventh-place finishes at the Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout, Drake Troutman was poised for a breakthrough Saturday evening at Vado Speedway Park. | Complete WWS coverage Getting Full Story

• Notes: Pierce's bid for perfection at Vado ends

  Posted: 01/10/2025, 11:57 pm By Todd Turner

  VADO, N.M. (Jan. 10) — The Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout has never had a driver sweep every event. And despite how strong Bobby Pierce looking in winning last weekend’s races, the 28-year-old Oakwood, Ill., won’t be Full Story

• WWS trip opportunity for Oregon Late Model gang

  Posted: 01/08/2025, 06:40 am By Todd Turner

  VADO, N.M. (Jan. 5) — For drivers in the western half of the United States, the annual Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout provides unheralded racers a chance to shine against some of Dirt Late Model racing’s best national Full Story

• Is Pierce destined for another 30-win season?

  Posted: 01/07/2025, 07:05 am By Todd Turner

  VADO, N.M. (Jan. 5) — Surveying the progress of his burgeoning Dirt Late Model career, Bobby Pierce makes a point of trying to exceed his accomplishments from the previous season. The 28-year-old from Oakwood, Ill., can only blame himself Full Story

• Fast Talk: New year (and Pierce) get rolling

  Posted: 01/06/2025, 01:55 pm

  Following an opening weekend of 2025 action featuring the Rio Grande Waste Systems Wild West Shootout at Vado (N.M.) Speedway Park at Vado (N.M.) Speedway, our weekly roundtable — including three members who attended the events — weighs Full Story

• Illinois superstars replay dramatic battle at Vado

  Posted: 01/06/2025, 12:15 am By Todd Turner

  VADO, N.M. (Jan. 5) — After a thrilling last-lap pass Sunday evening at Vado Speedway Park, track-dominating Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., immediately wanted to review exactly how he’d captured the all-Illinois showdown with Brandon Full Story

• Notes: Snapped driveshaft dooms Junghans

  Posted: 01/05/2025, 01:05 am By Todd Turner

  VADO, N.M. (Jan. 4) — Chase Junghans of Manhattan, Kan., started on the pole of Saturday’s Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout opener at Vado Speedway Park, but he wasn’t around at the finish in his bid for a career-high Full Story

• Alberson grapples with frustration of Vado loss

  Posted: 01/05/2025, 12:22 am By Todd Turner

  VADO, N.M. (Jan. 4) — As Garrett Alberson slowly wheeled his race car back into the Roberts Motorsports pit area on Saturday night, his parents Craig and Kathi Alberson knew he’d be disappointed with a runner-up finish near his Las Full Story

• Ten drivers to watch at the Wild West Shootout

  Posted: 01/03/2025, 01:02 pm By Kyle McFadden

  A look at 10 drivers to watch during Jan. 4-12’s Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O'Reilly Auto Parts at FK Rod Ends Vado (N.M.) Speedway Park, where more than 50 Dirt Late Model drivers are expected for the six-race Full Story

• Good stories abound for California WWS entrant

  Posted: 01/03/2025, 10:47 am By Todd Turner

  Shawn DeForest of Livermore, Calif., knows it’s a long shot to become a rare California winner at the Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout. But the 55-year-old dirt racer would at least like to have the opportunity at making a Full Story