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• Leaving Bowyer's team, Francis eyeing rebound

  Posted: 10/23/2015, 10:54 am By Kevin Kovac

  Steve Francis boiled down the end of his three-year tenure driving for NASCAR Sprint Cup star Clint Bowyer to a couple simple facts. “I wasn’t having the success I needed to have at this point in my career and he wasn’t having the Full Story

• Column: J.D. becomes 'accidental' Lucas champ

  Posted: 10/20/2015, 04:38 pm

  Jonathan Davenport’s 2015 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship season was anything but typical. It just might have been the most unexpected campaign in national touring series history. Despite all the talent possessed by the Full Story

• Top 25: Bloomquist claims top spot in poll

  Posted: 10/20/2015, 03:24 pm By Alli Collis

  After capturing a $100,000 victory in Saturday’s Dirt Track World Championship at Portsmouth (Ohio) Raceway Park, Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., unseated Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., to claim the top spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Full Story

• Midwestern drivers lead Hall's Class of 2016

  Posted: 10/19/2015, 01:56 pm By Todd Turner

  PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (Oct. 20) — Four championship-winning Midwestern drivers, including two who found success with NASCAR, will join standout Georgia pilot Fulmer Lance as inductees into the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame next year. Iowa Full Story

• Fast Talk: Bloomquist secures DTWC success

  Posted: 10/19/2015, 01:10 pm

  Here’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: Fourth at DTWC, Conley hoped for better

  Posted: 10/19/2015, 10:49 am By Kevin Kovac

  WEST PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (Oct. 17) — R.J. Conley was understandably proud of his fourth-place finish in Saturday night’s 35th annual Optima Batteries Dirt Track World Championship at Portsmouth Raceway Park. It was, after all, a career-best Full Story

• Notes: Madden busily picks Ponderosa pockets

  Posted: 10/13/2015, 02:14 pm By Alli Collis

  JUNCTION CITY, Ky. (Oct. 10) — The 25th annual Fall Classic weekend marked Chris Madden’s debut at Ponderosa Speedway, the 3/8-mile central Kentucky oval just a few miles outside of Danville. But he will undoubtedly be back. Starting Full Story

• Column: Lewis recalls Moyer's standout career

  Posted: 10/13/2015, 02:02 pm

  With nearly two decades working in motorsports under his belt, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series director Ritchie Lewis has plenty of Billy Moyer memories floating through his head. Injuries. Health scares. Championship runs. Non-racing Full Story

• Top 25: Bagley joins rankings at No. 24

  Posted: 10/13/2015, 09:17 am By Alli Collis

  After capturing a career-high $20,000 victory in Saturday’s Cotton Pickin’ 100 at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Miss., Morgan Bagley of Longview, Texas, joins DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Jonathan Davenport Full Story

• Fast Facts: 35th Dirt Track World Championship

  Posted: 10/13/2015, 08:56 am

  35th annual Dirt Track World Championship (Complete DTWC coverage) Dates: Oct. 15-17 (modifieds only on Thursday, Late Model prelims on Friday, modified and Late Model features Saturday) Track: Portsmouth (Ohio) Raceway Park (high-banked Full Story

• Fast Talk: Evaluating wins by Bagley, Madden

  Posted: 10/12/2015, 11:34 am

  Here’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: Bowyer's drivers heading in right direction

  Posted: 10/12/2015, 06:31 am By Robert Holman

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (Oct. 10) — Don O’Neal’s defense of his 2014 Lucas Oil Late Model Series title hasn’t gone quite as scripted. Wins have been few and far between for the Martinsville, Ind., driver who just 12 months ago was on the Full Story

• Notes: Marlar takes aim at Ponderosa's $25,000

  Posted: 10/08/2015, 09:23 am By Alli Collis

  Since climbing behind the wheel of a new Capital Race Car just a couple of months ago, Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., has been a contender just about anywhere his No. 157 has unloaded, most recently running fourth in the Lucas Oil Late Full Story

• Female racers making mark in RUSH Crates

  Posted: 10/06/2015, 09:53 am By Doug Kennedy

  Female drivers are making their mark with the Sweeney Chevrolet RUSH Racing Series with more than a half dozen regularly participating in Crate Late Model and sportsman modified events with the Pulaski, Pa.-based racing organization. Jennae Full Story

• Notes: Third-generation Virginia driver grabs title

  Posted: 10/01/2015, 07:57 am By Alli Collis

  It was just a few years ago that third-generation driver Tyler Bare of Rockbridge Baths, Va., climbed behind the wheel of a Crate Late Model for the first time, stepping away from bull riding to continue his family’s dirt racing tradition. Fast Full Story

• Quick Time: Final check of driver stocks

  Posted: 09/30/2015, 02:23 pm By Andy Savary and Todd Turner

  Take a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner and statistician 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 Full Story

• Column: Landers turns corner with Knoxville win

  Posted: 09/30/2015, 08:12 am

  Last year, before committing to assembling a completely retooled Dirt Late Model program for his son Jared, Lance Landers sat his boy down and had a heart-to-heart discussion about the future. After four struggle-filled full-time seasons Full Story

• Top 25: Landers climbs to No. 9 in rankings

  Posted: 09/29/2015, 09:43 am By Alli Collis

  After capturing his first career Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals victory at Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway, Jared Landers of Batesville, Ark., joins the top 10 in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Jonathan Davenport of Full Story

• Notes: J.D.'s Knoxville exit isn't points disaster

  Posted: 09/28/2015, 03:35 pm By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 26) — Even in a Dirt Late Model season for the ages, a driver is going to experience some serious heartbreak. So it was on Saturday night at Knoxville Raceway for the sublime Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Full Story

• Fast Talk: Landers hangs on, grabs Knoxville glory

  Posted: 09/28/2015, 12:37 pm

  Here’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

• Chad Simpson, Brinkman savor Knoxville triumph

  Posted: 09/26/2015, 04:36 pm By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 25) — Chad Simpson’s long-time car owner, Bud Brinkman, pulled his driver aside well before the start of Friday night’s Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Store preliminary Full Story

• Driving career near end, Moyer turning the page

  Posted: 09/25/2015, 12:38 pm By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 24) — The blockbuster news Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., went public with on Thursday — his decision to retire from full-time Dirt Late Model competition upon the completion of the 2015 season — was actually Full Story

• Quick Time: Trivia test on all things Knoxville

  Posted: 09/23/2015, 01:29 pm By Andy Savary and Todd Turner

  Take a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner and statistician 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 Full Story

• Handicapping the field at 12th Knoxville Nationals

  Posted: 09/23/2015, 09:08 am By Andy Savary

  Handicapping the 12th annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores, the $40,000-to-win crown jewel event on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series scheduled for Sept. 24-26 at Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway Full Story

• 12th annual Knoxville Nationals coverage index

  Posted: 09/15/2015, 03:43 pm

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Index of DirtonDirt.com coverage for the 12th annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores, a $40,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event scheduled for Sept. 24-26 at Full Story