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Notes: Stolbas bring life back to West Plains oval
Posted: 06/18/2015, 08:29 am By Alli CollisFor more than a year, West Plains (Mo.) Speedway, the former home of the Show-Me 100, sat vacant. The 3/8-mile red clay oval that had produced multiple crown jewel titles for Hall of Famers Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., and Billy Full Story
Runner-up at Jax fuels Culp's Hell Tour chase
Posted: 06/17/2015, 03:38 pm By Kevin KovacJACKSONVILLE, Ill. (June 16) — Timothy Culp’s opening stretch on the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals trail brought him an array of Hell Tour rookie trials and tribulations — incorrect setup and tire choices, long overnight hauls, frustrating Full Story
Column: Hell Tour just that for reigning champ
Posted: 06/16/2015, 08:27 amShannon Babb knew that his 2015 assault on the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals was going to take on a decidedly different look when he learned last fall that his wife was pregnant with the couple’s first child. Emalie's due date of late June Full Story
Pals Feger, Heckenast relish Cedar Lake battle
Posted: 06/13/2015, 04:35 pm By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (June 12) — Jason Feger and Frank Heckenast Jr. were parked side-by-side in Cedar Lake Speedway’s pit area for Friday night’s UMP DIRTcar Summernationals event, so after the evening’s first heat — a race in Full Story
Weaver staying positive despite Kankakee break
Posted: 06/12/2015, 10:46 am By Kevin KovacKANKAKEE, Ill. (June 11) — Kevin Weaver was a few minutes removed from seeing Thursday night’s 40-lap UMP DIRTcar Summernationals feature at Kankakee County Speedway slip through his fingers, but there was little dejection in his demeanor Full Story
Column: Culp girds up to tackle Summernationals
Posted: 06/09/2015, 04:36 pmTimothy Culp doesn’t know if he will in fact enter all 28 UMP DIRTcar Summernationals events scheduled to be contested over the next 32 days. It’s an ambitious goal, after all, for a 24-year-old driver who has never raced more than Full Story
Notes: McDowell knows of weighty Big E matters
Posted: 06/08/2015, 04:00 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., was very familiar with the delayed gratification of a crown-jewel win at Eldora Speedway that Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., experienced Saturday night. | Complete Full Story
Fast Talk: Big E doesn't disappoint at Dream XXI
Posted: 06/08/2015, 11:44 amHere’s the latest edition of Fast Talk, a DirtonDirt.com feature each Monday sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Kevin Kovac gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about who’s hot, who’s Full Story
Dismal prelims forgotten after Pearson's charge
Posted: 06/08/2015, 01:14 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — Earl Pearson Jr.’s Dream XXI presented by Ferris Mowers weekend was an absolute nightmare for two days. Then his fortunes completely flipped to make his visit to Eldora Speedway a memorable one. After spending Full Story
Roller-coaster race ends with Davenport windfall
Posted: 06/07/2015, 07:04 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., sat quietly inside his K&L Rumley Longhorn Race Car after Saturday night’s Dream XXI presented by Ferris Mowers at Eldora Speedway, alone with his thoughts just long Full Story
Handicapping drivers for $100,000-to-win Dream
Posted: 06/02/2015, 06:36 am By Andy SavaryHandicapping Dream XXI presented by Ferris Commercial Mowers, a $100,000-to-win crown jewel event at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, on June 4-6 (complete Dream coverage): Scott Bloomquist (0), Mooresburg, Tenn. Odds: 8-1 History: Full Story
Eldora ace aims to keep $100,000 prize in Ohio
Posted: 06/02/2015, 06:31 am By Alli CollisMatt Miller loves Eldora Speedway. And looking at his history at the famed Rossburg, Ohio oval, it’s easy to see why. The 43-year-old driver from Whitehouse, Ohio, owns many victories at the legendary oval, including at 2005’s $100,000-to-win Full Story
Fast Facts: Dream XXI presented by Ferris
Posted: 06/01/2015, 03:49 pmDream XXI presented by Ferris Commercial Mowers Dates: June 4-6 (Twin $2,500-to-win features Thursday, twin $5,000-to-win features Friday and heats, consolations and $100,000-to-win main event Saturday). | Complete Dream coverage Track: Full Story
'Caretakers' guide Eldora as Earl's Dream rolls on
Posted: 06/01/2015, 09:44 am By Kevin KovacThis weekend’s $100,000-to-win Dream presented by Ferris Mowers at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, will be unlike any of the event’s 20 previous runnings. There will be something — someone — missing, a part of the Eldora landscape Full Story
Notebook: Satterlee, Eckert clash on first lap
Posted: 05/31/2015, 01:50 pm By Kevin KovacPORT ROYAL, Pa. (May 30) — Rick Eckert conceded that Gregg Satterlee had the superior car in Saturday night’s 40-lap Loco-Motives Appalachian Mountain Speedweek opener at Port Royal Speedway, but that doesn’t mean the veteran star Full Story
Conflicts keeping Covert from AMS title assault
Posted: 05/30/2015, 12:11 pm By Kevin KovacBEDFORD, Pa. (May 29) — Jason Covert of York Haven, Pa., is an unabashed proponent of his home region’s Loco-Motives Appalachian Mountain Speedweek — a fact that makes his expected absence from the second half of the seventh annual Full Story
Notes: Near-misses getting old for Overton
Posted: 05/28/2015, 02:33 pm By Joshua JoinerBrandon Overton led 80 of 100 feature laps at Tyler County Speedway's Jackpot 100 doubleheader over Memorial Day weekend, yet the leading rookie on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series left Middlebourne, W.Va., still looking for his first Full Story
Fast Talk: Recapping Memorial Day weekend
Posted: 05/25/2015, 12:08 pmHere’s the latest edition of Fast Talk, a DirtonDirt.com feature each Monday sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Kevin Kovac gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about who’s hot, who’s Full Story
Notes: Dad's directive leads to Utter's success
Posted: 05/22/2015, 01:23 pm By Kevin KovacWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 21) — Jason Utter of Columbus Junction, Iowa, wouldn’t have even been at Lucas Oil Speedway on Thursday night to record a head-turning fourth-place finish in the 45-lap Midwest LateModel Racing Association Cowboy Full Story
Notes: Chris Simpson lands moonlighting gig
Posted: 05/20/2015, 02:55 pm By Alli Collis and Kevin KovacChris Simpson of Oxford, Iowa, will enter a brave new racing world when he competes in this weekend’s Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com at Lucas Oil Speedway. After spending the entirety of his 15-year dirt-track Full Story
Column: Tainted in '14, Baker revisits Show-Me
Posted: 05/19/2015, 02:51 pmLast year’s Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com weekend at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo., represented Robert Baker’s breakout on the national Dirt Late Model scene. A few weeks later, however, the Bryant, Full Story
Solid Show-Me finishes continue to elude Vaught
Posted: 05/19/2015, 08:24 am By Alli CollisStatistically speaking, Lucas Oil Speedway’s Show-Me 100 hasn’t exactly been kind to Will Vaught. While the Crane, Mo., driver has made the crown jewel’s starting lineup for the last few years, he’s not come away with the finishes Full Story
Fast Facts: 23rd Lucas Oil Show-Me 100
Posted: 05/18/2015, 02:21 pm23rd Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com Dates: May 21-23 ($5,045-to-win MLRA event Thursday; time trials and heat races Friday; consolations and main event Saturday). Track: Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. (semi-banked Full Story
Fast Talk: Oshkosh wins a few new fans
Posted: 05/18/2015, 11:36 amHere’s the latest edition of Fast Talk, a DirtonDirt.com feature each Monday sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Kevin Kovac gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about who’s hot, who’s Full Story
Eldora tweaks the format for lucrative Dream XXI
Posted: 05/14/2015, 12:41 pm By Kevin KovacFrom its debut in 2013, Roger Slack and his team at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, have always considered the three-night format for the Dirt Late Model Dream presented by Ferris Mowers a work in progress. So it comes as little surprise Full Story
