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Bloomquist wins Jackson 100 for record 4th time
Posted: 09/25/2011, 04:24 am By Todd TurnerBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Sept. 24) — While enjoying victory lane Saturday at the 32nd annual Jackson 100, Scott Bloomquist joked with the trophy girl about the vocal mixture of cheers, boos and catcalls from an agitated Brownstown Speedway Full Story
Notes: Baggett looks for turnaround at Columbus
Posted: 09/24/2011, 03:09 pm By Joshua JoinerCOLUMBUS, Miss. (Sept. 23) – Just a few short weeks ago, Neil Baggett was ready to take a break from Super Late Model racing. Frustrated from a season full of ups and downs, the Shannon, Miss., driver contemplated selling all of his Full Story
Moyer, Baggett to share front row at Columbus
Posted: 09/24/2011, 05:49 am By Joshua JoinerCOLUMBUS, Miss. (Sept. 23) – Looking to end a nine-year drought in a race he’s won seven times, Billy Moyer will start from the pole of the 22nd annual Magnolia State 100 main event Saturday night at Columbus Speedway. Moyer, Full Story
Notes: Always-upbeat Arkansas pilot dies at 51
Posted: 09/22/2011, 03:53 pmThe Comp Cams Super Dirt Series is heading to Terry Henson's two favorite dirt tracks in wrapping up its season in coming weeks, and tour director Chris Ellis will miss seeing the always-upbeat Arkansas racer at I-30 Speedway and Riverside Full Story
Reaume goes for third straight at South Buxton
Posted: 09/22/2011, 02:06 pm By Mike BennettAndrew Reaume will be going for the hat trick Saturday night — a third straight Canadian Fall Shootout Late Model championship at South Buxton Raceway. Brian Ruhlman, who already has a hat trick in the modifieds, hopes to end Reaume’s Full Story
Quick Time: Reviewing Bloomquist's title chases
Posted: 09/21/2011, 11:54 am By Todd TurnerTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner for roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action. Quick Time, one of the newest features of our website, will appear every Wednesday Full Story
Poll Position: Bloomquist back on top of rankings
Posted: 09/20/2011, 08:52 amWelcome to one of the newest DirtonDirt.com features, Poll Position, as DirtonDirt.com staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Joshua Joiner rank the nation's top 25 Dirt Late Model racers by consensus. Future rankings will appear every Full Story
Selective Smith isn't choosy about victories
Posted: 09/19/2011, 03:46 pm By Joshua JoinerBrady Smith’s travel expenses may have decreased in 2011, but his performance level hasn't. The Solon Springs, Wis., driver cut back his schedule to include more races closer to home this year and it’s paying off for the former Full Story
Hendren wins father's memorial at Lawndale
Posted: 09/18/2011, 02:19 pmLAWNDALE, N.C. (Sept. 16) — Steve Hendren won a satisfying, if not lucrative, victory Friday at Cleveland County Speedway, leading all 40 laps of the inaugural Bill Hendren Memorial. While Hendren was in line for $2,000 in purse Full Story
Home track gives Jones gets first Late Model victory
Posted: 09/18/2011, 01:44 pmLAS CRUCES, N.M. (Sept. 17) — Getting his first career Super Late Model victory at his home track, modified ace Bumper Jones of Mesilla Park, N.M., made the high groove work for a late-race charge Saturday night at Southern New Mexico Full Story
Morrow sweeps VRS tripleheader at Cleveland
Posted: 09/18/2011, 12:08 pmCLEVELAND, Tenn. (Sept. 17) — Three front-row starts, three victories for Todd Morrow on Saturday at Cleveland Speedway. The East Ridge, Tenn., driver swept three 20-lap features on the STARS Volunteer Racing Series for a $3,500 payday Full Story
Barbara tops Johnson, captures Pittsburgher
Posted: 09/18/2011, 07:24 amIMPERIAL, Pa. (Sept. 17) — Keith Barbara of South Park, Pa., made a late-race pass on multitime Pittsburgher champion Davey Johnson of Latrobe, Pa., Saturday to capture Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway's biggest race. The Full Story
Ivey scores first SAS victory at Waycross
Posted: 09/18/2011, 07:11 amWAYCROSS, Ga. (Sept. 17) – Tyler Ivey of Tallahassee, Fla., recorded the first Southern All Star Series victory of his career Saturday night when the tour visited Waycross Motor Speedway for a $5,000-to-win event. Ivedent Lloyd Jr. Full Story
Fireworks at Winchester: Bloomquist tops Owens
Posted: 09/17/2011, 06:57 am By James EssexWINCHESTER, Va. (Sept. 16) – Defending Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., survived a late-race, contact-filled battle with the tour’s current points leader Jimmy Owens to score a Full Story
Jacobsen capitalizes on slipup to win at Boyd's
Posted: 09/17/2011, 06:50 amRINGGOLD, Ga. (Sept. 16) — Pouncing when race-long leader Riley Hickman slipped up on the 30th lap, Eric Jacobsen of Seacliff Beach, Calif., took a lead he'd never give up Friday at Boyd's Speedway to become the season's first repeat Full Story
Quick Time: Wrapup of 41st annual World 100
Posted: 09/14/2011, 09:51 am By Todd TurnerTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner for roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action. Quick Time, one of the newest features of our website, will appear every Wednesday Full Story
Notes: Key moves give Carrier boost at Eldora
Posted: 09/13/2011, 10:20 amROSSBURG, Ohio — Eddie Carrier Jr.'s 41st annual World 100 wasn't looking promising early in the weekend. After qualifying just 60th quickest with a faltering engine, the team elected to swap powerplants before starting in the fifth Full Story
On surface, some World 100 drivers disappointed
Posted: 09/12/2011, 05:20 pm By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio — After Saturday's seventh-place finish at the 41st annual World 100, Scott Bloomquist stood just outside his hauler inside turns three and four at Eldora Speedway and gestured toward the top groove at the historic Full Story
Roberson completes Steel Block Bandits sweep
Posted: 09/12/2011, 03:36 pmNATURAL BRIDGE, Va. (Sept. 10) – Greg Roberson of Waynesboro, Va., completed a sweep of the D&D Auto Recycling Steel Block Bandits doubleheader weekend, picking up a $2,000 victory Saturday night at Natural Bridge Speedway. | Slideshow Roberson, Full Story
Fast Talk: Rehashing the 41st World 100
Posted: 09/12/2011, 11:59 amHere's the latest edition of Fast Talk, a new DirtonDirt.com feature appearing each Monday. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Joshua Joiner gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about who's hot, who's not and other issues regarding Full Story
Notes: Richard collides with bad luck at Eldora
Posted: 09/11/2011, 06:33 am By Ben Shelton, Joshua Joiner and Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 10) — Before the late-race tussle between Don O'Neal and Darrell Lanigan, the most significant race-changing contact in Saturday's 41st annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway came on the 82nd lap as Josh Richards Full Story
Pursuers' preoccupation allows Owens to escape
Posted: 09/11/2011, 05:30 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 10) — For most of Saturday's 41st annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway, drivers chasing the dominant car of Jimmy Owens could barely keep the Newport, Tenn., driver in sight. But when Owens began faltering the Full Story
Late challenges fall shy as Owens rules World
Posted: 09/11/2011, 05:07 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 10) — Jimmy Owens was in a league of his own for most of Saturday night’s 41st annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway. The final 10 laps, however, were a dogfight for the 39-year-old from Newport, Tenn., Full Story
Live updates: Action at Eldora's World 100
Posted: 09/10/2011, 04:11 pm By Todd Turner and Joshua JoinerROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 10) — It wasn't the runaway it appeared for most of 90 laps, but Jimmy Owens captured his second career World 100 on Saturday at Eldora Speedway. Owens enjoyed straightaway leads much of the way, but things Full Story
Notes: Illinois rookie reverses fortunes at Eldora
Posted: 09/10/2011, 06:54 am By Joshua JoinerROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept 9) – Mike Spatola’s second trip to Eldora Speedway is shaping up to be much better than his first. The Late Model rookie, who qualified sixth to last for June’s Dream XVII in his Late Model debut at Full Story
