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• Notes: Lanigan aims for Lernerville breakthrough

  Posted: 06/21/2011, 06:00 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Ask Darrell Lanigan if this will be the year that he finally breaks through to win the Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com at Lernerville Speedway after three consecutive runner-up finishes and he’ll just shrug his shoulders. The Full Story

• McGill tops Scott for first UFO victory at Elkins

  Posted: 06/19/2011, 07:21 am

  KERENS, W.Va. (June 17) — Polesitter Butch McGill of West Union, W.Va., earned $3,000 Friday at Elkins Raceway in capturing a flag-to-flag, 41-lap victory in the UFO Race Championship-sanctioned Chuck Gear Trophy. Robbie Scott of Full Story

• Moore keeps rolling with SUPR victory at I-30

  Posted: 06/19/2011, 06:07 am By Bryan Wimberley

  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (June 18) — Ray Moore of Haughton, La., continues to be a force on the O'Reilly Southern United Professional Racing tour, winning his third series race of the season Saturday night at I-30 Speedway. Moore held off Full Story

• James edges Schlieper for first Hell Tour victory

  Posted: 06/17/2011, 06:09 pm By Joshua Joiner

  NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (June 17) – After running well in a number of events earlier in the season only to fall short, Scott James used a late-race restart to move from third to first Friday at Cedar Lake Speedway in the second leg of Full Story

• Opie's impressive victory offsets off-track woes

  Posted: 06/17/2011, 03:26 am By Todd Turner

  KANKAKEE, Ill. (June 16) — After back-to-back weekends with scary off-the-track accidents, Mike Spatola considered taking a week-long break from his rookie Late Model season. That would've meant skipping the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals Full Story

• Rookie rules Kankakee, grabs Hell Tour opener

  Posted: 06/16/2011, 06:56 pm By Joshua Joiner

  KANKAKEE, Ill. (June 16) — Mike Spatola of Manhattan, Ill., continued his impressive rookie Late Model season Thursday night at Kankakee County Speedway, scoring a $5,000 victory in the opening round of the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals. The Full Story

• Marlar back with Warrior after splitting with Wells

  Posted: 06/15/2011, 05:48 pm By Joshua Joiner

  Returning to a ride that he drove to a string of impressive finishes in major events at the end of the 2010 season, Mike Marlar will once again pilot the Warrior Race Cars house car after parting ways with Hazard, Ky.-based Wells Motorsports, Full Story

• Quick Time: Best drivers without a crown jewel?

  Posted: 06/15/2011, 05:42 am By Todd Turner

  Take 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: Racing to begin anew at Wayne County

  Posted: 06/14/2011, 09:25 am

  Long-time Dirt Late Model racer Jason Flory has seen racetrack promoters consumed by the bottom line fail time and again. "The money is the easy part," Flory said. "You've gotta have the passion to make it work." The 34-year-old Flory Full Story

• Cook takes $3,000 victory at Richmond

  Posted: 06/13/2011, 06:06 pm

  RICHMOND, Ky. (June 11) – Ray Cook of Brasstown, N.C., took the lead on lap-32 of Saturday night's Rain Dodger 40 at Richmond Raceway and led the remainder of the event to pick up a $3,000 payday in the inaugural race for the United Full Story

• First-time starters earn valuable laps at Dream

  Posted: 06/13/2011, 02:28 am By Todd Turner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 11) — Eldora's $100,000-to-win Dream had just three first-time starters apiece each of the last two seasons, but the debut class for Dream XVII was quite healthy with seven of the 26 drivers making their first Full Story

• Roffers scores Clash victory at Fayetteville

  Posted: 06/12/2011, 08:52 pm

  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (June 11) — Luke Roffers of Concord, N.C., continued his winning ways on the Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series Saturday night, racing to his third victory of the season when the tour visited Fayetteville Motor Full Story

• Notes: Carburetor problems slow Lanigan at Dream

  Posted: 06/12/2011, 05:54 am By Todd Turner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 11) — For most of Eldora Speedway's Dream XVII, former race winner Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., stalked leader Billy Moyer, following his tire tracks some laps, diving underneath for turn-two challenges in others. But Full Story

• O'Neal overcomes Moyer for Dream XVII victory

  Posted: 06/11/2011, 03:33 pm By Joshua Joiner and Todd Turner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 11) – Ending a career-long drought in crown jewel events, Don O’Neal raced forward from his 12th starting position and moved by race-long leader Billy Moyer on lap 87 of Saturday night’s Dream XVII Full Story

• Notes: James on dreamy side of Eldora inversion

  Posted: 06/11/2011, 09:26 am By Joshua Joiner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 10) — While Friday's extreme fastest drivers for Dream XVII immediately know they've got provisional starting spots — besides fast race cars — the fate of plenty of qualifiers is initially up in the Full Story

• Stone takes AMS finale as Hubbard wraps title

  Posted: 06/11/2011, 03:35 am

  BEDFORD, Pa. (June 10) — Surviving a mid-race collision with race leader Jamie Lathroum's spinning car, Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa., went on victory in a 40-lap event at Bedford Speedway that closed out the third edition of the Appalachian Full Story

• Parks stops Hubbard for biggest career victory

  Posted: 06/10/2011, 05:28 am By Brian McLeod

  PORT ROYAL, Pa. (June 9) — Local driver Matt Parks defeated one of the country's top touring teams Thursday at Port Royal Speedway on the Appalachian Mountain Speedweek presented by CenturyLink to capture the biggest victory of his Full Story

• Notes: Bowyer's Prelude win bodes well for team

  Posted: 06/09/2011, 11:53 am By Joshua Joiner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 8) — Jared Landers was already feeling pretty good about his chances in this weekend’s Dream XVII at Eldora Speedway, and after watching his team owner Clint Bowyer dominate Wednesday night’s Prelude Full Story

• Murphy wins at Farley for first Deery victory

  Posted: 06/08/2011, 09:25 am

  FARLEY, Iowa (June 7) — A first-time winner and a new point leader came out of Tuesday’s Deery Brothers Summer Series feature at Farley Speedway. Mike Murphy Jr. of Colona, Ill., led all 40 laps of the IMCA Late Model main event Full Story

• Poll Position: Owens moves into the No. 1 spot

  Posted: 06/07/2011, 06:37 am

  Welcome 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

• Richards outruns Covert at Knob for two in a row

  Posted: 06/07/2011, 05:21 am By Brian McLeod

  MARKLEYSBURG, Pa. (June 7) — Starting fourth in a 25-car field, Josh Richards nosed underneath Jason Covert to lead the 20th circuit by a nose and continued to victory as the Appalachian Mountain Speedweek presented by CenturyLink Full Story

• Notes: Switch from hunter to hunted motivates Byars

  Posted: 06/06/2011, 11:36 pm By Bryan Wimberley

  COLUMBUS, Miss. — The 2011 racing season has been a bit of a role reversal for Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series rookie contender Klint Byars. The 23-year-old Carrollton, Miss., driver has gone from a relatively unknown Full Story

• Moyer's winning pass at '10 Dream haunts Cook

  Posted: 06/06/2011, 11:07 pm By Joshua Joiner

  Ray Cook remembers well a lap-20 restart during last year’s Dream feature at Eldora Speedway. Cook of Brasstown, N.C., had led the race from the start, and with a dominant high groove that made passing extremely difficult on the Full Story

• Dream Week XVII coverage index

  Posted: 05/28/2011, 08:12 pm

  ROSSBURG, Ohio — DirtonDirt.com's coverage from June 8's Prelude to the Dream and Dream XVII, the $100,000-to-win UMP DIRTcar-sanctioned event scheduled for June 10-11 at the half-mile Eldora Speedway: Monday, June 13 • Fast Full Story

• Fast Talk: On Bloomquist and everything Dreamy

  Posted: 06/06/2011, 07:12 am

  Here's the latest edition of Fast Talk, a new DirtonDirt.com feature appearing each Monday. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Joshua Joiner will gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about what's going on in Dirt Late Model racing: Todd Full Story