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Fast Facts: Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout
Posted: 12/30/2024, 09:00 pm By Aaron ClayDates: Jan. 4-5, 8, 10-12 Track: FK Rod Ends Vado Speedway Park (3/8-mile, semi-banked clay oval) Location: Vado, N.M. Purse: Total Late Model purse of more than $300,000 with $25,000-to-win events bookending four $10,000-to-win races. Sanction: Full Story
Best of 2024: Top-five lists of memorable year
Posted: 12/27/2024, 05:45 am By Kevin KovacWith Driver of the Year and other driver honors already published, DirtonDirt.com takes a look at other top-five lists from the 2024 season, running the gamut from the top-five performances to top-five clashes of the year (Best of 2024 Full Story
Column: Multi-pronged interests in dirt racing
Posted: 12/20/2024, 03:54 pmCory Hedgecock is first and foremost a Dirt Late Model driver. It’s his passion — and he’s pretty darn good at it, too, as evidenced by his evolution into a top regional contender in both Super and Crate Late Model competition. But Full Story
Thornton faces logistical challenge on busy slate
Posted: 12/19/2024, 03:54 pm By Kyle McFaddenINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — It appears Ricky Thornton Jr.’s always busy racing schedule may get a little complicated early in the 2025 season. The reigning Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion from Chandler, Ariz., has plans to compete Full Story
Best of 2024: Southern state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/18/2024, 01:04 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2024 superlatives of Southern states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2024 coverage): Alabama Top Full Story
Best of 2024: Northern and Western state caps
Posted: 12/17/2024, 06:57 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2024 superlatives of Northern (including Canada) and Western states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best Full Story
Fast Talk: Tying bow on Indy's PRI Trade Show
Posted: 12/16/2024, 04:58 amWith the holidays coming up after the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show in Indianapolis, our roundtable considers offseason topics in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Did Full Story
Best of 2024: Midwest's state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/16/2024, 04:24 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2024 superlatives of Midwestern states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2024 coverage): Illinois Top Full Story
Saturday's updates from Indy's PRI Trade Show
Posted: 12/14/2024, 06:13 amINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 14) — The Indiana Convention Center doors reopen at 9 a.m. Saturday for the last of three days at 2024’s Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where more than 40,000 attendees are expected to check out more Full Story
Friday's updates from Indy's PRI Trade Show
Posted: 12/13/2024, 07:03 amINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 13) — The Indiana Convention Center doors reopen at 9 a.m. Friday for the second of three days at 2024’s Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where more than 40,000 attendees are expected to check out more Full Story
Column: Missourian pauses racing career
Posted: 12/13/2024, 06:22 amLogan Martin’s family race team no longer exists. He has no plans to race in 2025. But does that mean the 28-year-old from West Plains, Mo., is simply walking away from the Dirt Late Model division on the heels of winning his third career Full Story
Texan's cure for Dome ills: more Super time
Posted: 12/12/2024, 03:19 am By Kyle McFaddenST. LOUIS, Mo. (Dec. 7) — For someone who races Super Late Models sparingly, Patrik Daniel has found his fair share of fortune at the Gateway Dirt Nationals inside The Dome at America’s Center, qualifying for three Saturday night main Full Story
Breakouts, newcomers and comebacks for 2024
Posted: 12/11/2024, 01:09 am By Todd TurnerAs part of its ongoing Best of 2024 coverage, DirtonDirt.com hands out awards to worthy Dirt Late Model drivers. We rank the top breakout drivers, top newcomers, most improved drivers and comeback drivers for the past season. This season’s Full Story
Venue, fans and car in sync for victory at Dome
Posted: 12/08/2024, 11:20 am By Kyle McFaddenST. LOUIS, Mo. (Dec. 7) — Between his driving skills, how he markets himself, and the throng of fans that passionately support him only a few hours from his native New Berlin, Ill., every component of the Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals Full Story
Spatola doesn't hold back in Dome victory
Posted: 12/06/2024, 06:10 pm By Kyle McFaddenST. LOUIS, Mo. (Dec. 5) — Mike Spatola’s been coming to The Dome at America’s Center since the very first Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals in 2016 and has put forth respectable showings over the years, even finishing on the podium on Full Story
Notes: Winger sitting pretty in Dome debut
Posted: 12/06/2024, 01:41 pm By Kyle McFaddenST. LOUIS, Mo. (Dec. 5) — Ashton Winger has typically been a spectator during the Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Center. This season, the 24-year-old of Hampton, Ga., driver decided to participate in the indoor spectacle. Full Story
Notes: Half-mile VMS oval won't open in '25
Posted: 12/05/2024, 10:07 pmCiting financial struggles, Virginia Motor Speedway today announced to cease operations at the half-mile oval after 25 years under Sawyer family ownership. Inflation and the difficult financial climate since the pandemic has affected not Full Story
Column: Overton set for team and Dome debuts
Posted: 12/04/2024, 05:33 pmBrandon Overton realizes that the greater Dirt Late Model world doesn’t see the bump-and-grind racing of the Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals as being in his wheelhouse. But he also understands that many people don’t think driving for Full Story
Evaluating favorites at Gateway Dirt Nationals
Posted: 12/04/2024, 09:16 am By Kyle McFaddenA look at 10 favorites at Dec. 5-7’s Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals in The Dome at America's Center at St. Louis, Mo., where more than 150 Dirt Late Model drivers are pre-entered for the indoor event that culminates with Saturday’s Full Story
Fast Talk: Previewing Gateway's Dome action
Posted: 12/02/2024, 11:05 amWith Thanksgiving behind us and the Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals beginning (and concluding) Dirt Late Model racing's indoor season, our roundtable weighs in for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited Full Story
Fast Facts: Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals
Posted: 11/29/2024, 08:55 am By Aaron Clay(Complete Gateway coverage) Dates: Dec. 5-7 ($5,000-to-win preliminary features on Thursday and Friday before Saturday’s $30,000-to-win finale) Track: The Dome at America’s Center (temporary fifth-mile clay oval) Location: St. Louis, Full Story
Column: Winger piloting Fusion entry next season
Posted: 11/27/2024, 04:09 pmAshton Winger will admit that he’s made enough news — too often for undesirable reasons — in recent seasons. He’s not really interested in making any more unless it involves winning big races. “I went a few years where I felt Full Story
Fast Talk: Thankful for a variety of racing topics
Posted: 11/25/2024, 10:53 amWith the season winding down and Thanksgiving upon us, our roundtable surveys a variety of topics in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): In light of Thanksgiving, what's something Full Story
Late Models a challenge for open-wheel star
Posted: 11/14/2024, 07:11 pm By Kyle McFaddenCONCORD, N.C. — The expectation Logan Seavey had for himself this year moonlighting Dirt Late Models for Chris Bragg Racing was logging at least eight races in the fendered discipline. That came to fruition for the open-wheel superstar Full Story
Fast Talk: Surveying B-Shepp's fifth WoO title
Posted: 11/11/2024, 11:10 amAfter an eventful, exciting and dramatic Charlotte World Finals with Brandon Sheppard securing his fifth World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series title, our roundtable reacts in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Full Story
