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Column: McCool off to hot start with Thompson
Posted: 05/12/2015, 04:32 pmThe Gulf Coast’s hottest Dirt Late Model team materialized not through deep negotiations between car owner and driver but rather some good-natured pit-area joking. Randy Thompson of Meridian, Miss. — arguably the Magnolia State’s Full Story
Top 25: McCool joins poll; Weaver still No. 1
Posted: 05/12/2015, 08:45 am By Alli CollisAfter sweeping the weekend's Comp Cams-Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series events in Mississippi, home-state driver Bub McCool of Vicksburg enters DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings at No. 23 while Randy Weaver of Crossville, Full Story
Fast Talk: Eckert wins; Lanigan is still looking
Posted: 05/11/2015, 12:42 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
Quick Time: It's broom time on national tours
Posted: 05/06/2015, 08:15 am By Todd TurnerTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing (and the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Column: Family team soaks up Fergy's sweep
Posted: 05/06/2015, 04:24 amThe congratulatory messages came to Chris Ferguson by voicemail, text, Facebook and Twitter. There were so many that come Monday night — two days after he completed his career-milestone sweep of the May 1-2 World of Outlaws Late Model Full Story
Top 25: Ferguson enters rankings at No. 16
Posted: 05/05/2015, 07:53 am By Alli CollisAfter sweeping the weekend’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series doubleheader at Friendship Motor Speedway and Fayetteville Motor Speedway, Chris Ferguson of Mount Holly, N.C., enters DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings at No. 16 Full Story
Richards-Roberts boils over again on WoO tour
Posted: 05/04/2015, 05:43 pm By Kevin KovacA fuse between Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., and Casey Roberts of Toccoa, Ga., was relit last Friday night at Friendship Motor Speedway in Elkin, N.C. — and this time Roberts suffered some lasting consequences. Three months after Full Story
Column: Plugging away, Lake enjoys 40th season
Posted: 04/28/2015, 03:07 pmOnce Bobby Lake was reminded — by his wife of 31 years, Donna — that 2015 would mark the 40th anniversary of his race team’s birth, he decided he wanted to note the milestone in a special way on the wrap of his current Super Late Full Story
More patient approach leads to Ferree's success
Posted: 04/28/2015, 08:15 am By Doug KennedyAt 63 years of age, veteran racer and businessman Ed Ferree still occasionally turns laps in his Late Model on the half-mile Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Motor Speedway oval. But these days, it’s his son, 34-year-old Alex Ferree, who is turning Full Story
Quick Time: Which Late Model driver are you?
Posted: 04/22/2015, 01:02 pm By Todd TurnerTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing (and the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Column: Recalling feats of the Virginia Leadfoot
Posted: 04/22/2015, 09:16 amRodney Franklin was always more racer than race fan, which is why the Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer from White Post, Va., largely disappeared from the local racing scene after his standout career ended just over a decade ago. But last Saturday Full Story
Fast Talk: Sheppard capitalizes on staying home
Posted: 04/20/2015, 01:47 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: Stung by tangle, Junghans keeps head up
Posted: 04/20/2015, 05:39 amFARMER CITY, Ill. (April 18) — Chase Junghans’s outlook entering Saturday night’s Dodge Ram Trucks Illini 100 finale at Farmer City Raceway was pretty evident by the tweet he sent to his nearly 1,000 followers after a dismal 26th-place Full Story
Major Iowa race follows path of Slocum's career
Posted: 04/16/2015, 10:15 am By Kevin KovacIt seems entirely fitting how the Slocum 50 Dirt Late Model event at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa, has developed since its launch in 2009. Every year it gains greater stature and notoriety — just like the driver the race honors, Full Story
Quick Time: Ogle joins exclusive touring club
Posted: 04/15/2015, 01:59 pm By Todd TurnerTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing (and the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Column: Weaver, team are reaching new heights
Posted: 04/14/2015, 12:54 pmJAMAICA, Va. — Randy Weaver found himself in uncharted territory last Saturday night when he pulled into the pit area at Virginia Motor Speedway for Aaron’s King of the Commonwealth. There he was, entering a $20,000-to-win special at Full Story
Top 25: Weaver improves to No. 3 in poll
Posted: 04/14/2015, 10:05 am By Alli CollisUndefeated driver Randy Weaver of Crossville, Tenn., continued his dramatic climb in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, but Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga., maintained the No. 1 spot by continuing his string of top-five finishes on Full Story
Notes: Mississippi Crate racer off to hot start
Posted: 04/09/2015, 06:52 am By Alli CollisMichael Arnold of Hattiesburg, Miss., admits that balancing racing with life’s other demands is not always easy. While the 23-year-old driver would much rather be in the shop working on cars or at the racetrack, his job in the trucking Full Story
Quick Time: Flipping through racing calendar
Posted: 04/08/2015, 12:28 pm By Todd TurnerTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing (and the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Notes: Wells anxious for WoO's Tennessee trip
Posted: 04/07/2015, 02:56 pm By Joshua JoinerEditor's note: Friday's WoO stop at Duck River Raceway Park was cancelled because of wet conditions and rainy forecasts. Eric Wells has good reason to be excited for this weekend's World of Outlaws Late Model Series doubleheader at Duck Full Story
Fast Talk: Pierce's April shaping up nicely
Posted: 04/06/2015, 11:39 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
Notes: Pierce thrilled to get back in the groove
Posted: 04/06/2015, 06:44 amLa SALLE, Ill. (April 4) — There was no real secret to Bobby Pierce’s spectacular $20,000 sweep of the fourth annual Thaw Brawl weekend at La Salle Speedway. Not from Pierce’s viewpoint, at least. “We just put in a long week of Full Story
Notes: Clanton anxious to restart WoO schedule
Posted: 04/02/2015, 10:43 am By Joshua JoinerAfter his stellar performance during February's World of Outlaws Late Model Series action in Georgia and Florida, the last thing Shane Clanton wanted was for the national tour to take an extended break. Unfortunately for Clanton, harsh Full Story
Column: Boosted by win, Labonte enjoying dirt
Posted: 03/31/2015, 04:59 pmThere never seemed to be much doubt about where Justin Labonte’s life was headed. The son of a two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion and nephew of another Sprint Cup titlist, a competitor on the NASCAR Xfinity Series while still in high Full Story
Late father still in mind, Weaver churns out wins
Posted: 03/30/2015, 05:43 pm By Kevin KovacRandy Weaver hasn’t changed the mindset he carried in 2014. He’s still racing — and winning — for his dear old Dad. And nearly five months since his father, Glen, passed away following a battle with pancreatic cancer, Weaver’s Full Story
