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Notes: Aiming to 'go for it,' B-Shepp finds trouble
Posted: 02/06/2015, 10:53 amBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Feb. 5) — Brandon Sheppard flirted with disaster throughout Thursday night’s 30-lap Georgia Boot Super Bowl of Racing kickoff feature at Golden Isles Speedway. On the final circuit, he found it. After Sheppard, 22, Full Story
Richards rubs Roberts wrong in Screven win
Posted: 02/06/2015, 08:32 am By Alli CollisSYLVANIA, GA. (Feb. 5) — After getting the worst of a turn-three collision in the Winter Freeze opener, Casey Roberts of Toccoa, Ga., was finding it difficult to forgive and forget his battle for the lead with Thursday’s Screven Motor Full Story
Column: Mod ace rises behind Rowland, mentor
Posted: 02/04/2015, 06:29 am By Kevin KovacStormy Scott is Rowland Racing’s longest-tenured hired driver, but he’s also now inarguably the team’s “other” driver — and he’s fine with that. Considering that the new guy who has joined Bryan Rowland’s increasingly formidable Full Story
Speedweeks preview? Ask the panel of experts
Posted: 02/03/2015, 05:28 amFebruary's Georgia-Florida Speedweeks for Super Late Models kick off this week in Georgia with 22 races at six tracks, two in Georgia and four in Florida. DirtonDirt.com asked staffers and several contributing panelists several questions Full Story
Floridian aims to uphold state banner once again
Posted: 02/02/2015, 09:00 am By Alli CollisFlorida Speedweeks is typically a haven for non-Floridians to grab Super Late Model victories. But last season, Brandon native Kyle Bronson became just one of five home-state drivers since 1980 to grab such a victory, etching his name in Full Story
Column: Burroughs can't turn down Bowyer's offer
Posted: 01/27/2015, 11:09 am By Kevin KovacAnthony Burroughs of Muscle Shoals, Ala., had plenty of time to think during his long drive back to the DP Motorsports shop in Minden, La., after the Jan. 10-18 Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout at USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz. — Full Story
Fast Talk: Pondering Speedweeks storylines
Posted: 01/26/2015, 12:40 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: Californian mixes it up with pal in Tucson
Posted: 01/21/2015, 01:40 pm By Kevin KovacTUCSON, Ariz. (Jan. 21) — Tony Toste of Pismo Beach, Calif., doesn’t get many opportunities anymore to race with his pal and fellow Californian Jason Papich — not with Papich competing nationally on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Full Story
After dustup, Lanigan's zinger perturbs Moyer Jr.
Posted: 01/17/2015, 01:52 pm By Kevin KovacTUCSON, Ariz. (Jan. 16) — Taken by itself, the last-lap scrape between Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., and Billy Moyer Jr. of Batesville, Ark., that decided the second heat race during Friday night’s Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout Full Story
Broken thumb stops Mitchell's Tucson action
Posted: 01/16/2015, 02:52 pm By Kevin KovacTUCSON, Ariz. (Jan. 14) — Jon Mitchell’s week of competition in the Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout at USA Raceway came to a much earlier conclusion than he anticipated. Thanks to a broken right thumb Mitchell suffered in a Full Story
Fewer tire compounds cuts costs for WoO racers
Posted: 01/12/2015, 01:54 pm By Joshua JoinerIn early February, Darrell Lanigan and his Union, Ky.-based race team will make the annual journey to the warmer climes of Georgia and Florida, where the World of Outlaws Late Model Series will launch its 2015 season with seven races at Full Story
Fast Talk: Can Club 29 pull off Tucson sweep?
Posted: 01/12/2015, 11:53 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
Behind Ice Bowl winner, a last-lap fracas at TST
Posted: 01/12/2015, 10:53 am By Alli CollisEASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 11) — Polesitter Tim Roszell of Coldwater, Ala., was never seriously challenged as he led flag-to-flag for a $6,000 victory in Sunday’s Ice Bowl XXIV at Talladega Short Track. But the last-lap shuffling of cars Full Story
Column: Finally, Reece and Bloomquist connect
Posted: 01/09/2015, 01:12 pm By Kevin KovacScott Bloomquist’s announcement that his primary sponsor in 2015 will be Mike Reece — the same man who for the last eight years fielded cars driven by Bloomquist’s rival Jimmy Owens — certainly qualifies as a Dirt Late Model Silly Full Story
Wild West Shootout suits upper Midwest snowbirds
Posted: 01/07/2015, 07:22 am By Kevin KovacDirt Late Model veteran Don Shaw lives in Ham Lake, Minn. — definitely a frozen tundra during the winter months — so it’s no surprise that he likes to escape to the sun and warmth of the desert Southwest. In fact, the realization Full Story
Column: Blankenship's 'Tier 1' pursuit derailed
Posted: 12/23/2014, 02:02 pmJohn Blankenship isn’t a national touring series champion. He’s never even posted a double-figure victory total in any of his competitive Dirt Late Model seasons — in fact, in just over a decade of racing, his resume shows a modest Full Story
Best of 2014: South's state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/18/2014, 07:03 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2014 superlatives of the Southern states (individually for states with at least five weekly Late Model tracks; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2014 coverage): Alabama Top Full Story
Driver-by-driver recap of dirt racing’s Silly Season
Posted: 12/16/2014, 01:47 amA driver-by-driver look at off-season announcements and plans made regarding race teams, chassis changes and new touring plans for 2015 (listed alphabetically in each section; email additions to todd@dirtondirt.com): Team changes Neil Full Story
Best of 2014: Midwest's state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/16/2014, 12:52 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2014 superlatives of the Midwestern states (individually for states with at least five weekly Late Model tracks; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2014 coverage): Illinois Top Full Story
Fast Talk: Wrapping up the 27th PRI Trade Show
Posted: 12/15/2014, 09:13 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
PRI Friday: Tidbits on Indy's trade show floor
Posted: 12/12/2014, 06:50 am By Todd Turner and Alli CollisINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 12) — The Indiana Convention Center doors opened Friday for the second of three days at the 27th annual Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where 40,000 attendees are expected to check out 1,100 companies, Full Story
PRI Thursday: Tidbits on Indy's trade show floor
Posted: 12/11/2014, 06:12 am By Todd TurnerINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 11) — The Indiana Convention Center doors opened Thursday for the first of three days at the 27th annual Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where 40,000 attendees are expected to check out 1,100 companies, Full Story
Column: While maturing, Hubbard makes own way
Posted: 12/10/2014, 03:07 pmFour years ago Austin Hubbard was Dirt Late Model racing’s Next Big Thing — an outgoing, hard-charging 18-year-old driver hot off winning the 2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Rookie of the Year award driving for Dale Beitler’s Full Story
Best of 2014: Top-five lists from a busy season
Posted: 12/09/2014, 07:35 am By Todd TurnerWith Driver of the Year and other driver honors already published, DirtonDirt.com takes a look at other top-five lists from the 2014 season, running the gamut from the top-five performances to top-five gaffes of the year: Top five storylines NDRL’s Full Story
Pearson, Dunn-Benson reunion revs excitement
Posted: 12/04/2014, 01:52 pm By Kevin KovacEarl Pearson Jr. always had a sneaking suspicion that Carlton Lamm and his son, Kemp, would someday return as Dirt Late Model team owners after selling their entire Dunn-Benson Racing operation to NASCAR veteran Bobby Labonte following Full Story
