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Fast Talk: Pierce's prospects and Olympic ties
Posted: 08/05/2024, 11:22 amWith red-hot Bobby Pierce winning the rain-shortened USA Nationals at Wisconsin's Cedar Lake Speedway and more big money on the line at Florence's Sunoco North-South 100, our roundtable checks in for our weekly feature presented by MD3 Full Story
Notes: Engine hot, but Gilpin still grabs victory
Posted: 08/04/2024, 01:29 pm By Bryan AultBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Aug. 3) – Dirt Late Model model drivers are often forced to make tough decisions at critical moments and Devin Gilpin faced a big one with four laps remaining in Saturday's Hall of Fame Classic at Brownstown Speedway. Full Story
Pierce takes plunge after rainy USA Nat'ls repeat
Posted: 08/04/2024, 07:02 am By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 3) — Bobby Pierce wanted everyone to know that his second consecutive USA Nationals triumph Saturday at Cedar Lake Speedway might have been cut short by rain, but it was still just as hard-earned as his first Full Story
Notes: Elbows-up Gustin wills car to CLS victory
Posted: 08/03/2024, 06:28 am By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 2) — Ryan Gustin found a way in Friday's 25-lap USA Nationals preliminary nightcap at Cedar Lake Speedway. Or, more specifically, the 33-year-old standout from Marshalltown, Iowa, willed his Todd Cooney Racing Full Story
Column: FALS favorite son (at least one night)
Posted: 08/01/2024, 01:01 pmBobby Pierce has long had a complex relationship with the fans at Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway. He might be a home-grown boy from Oakwood, Ill., but the reaction he receives from the FALS faithful has been notably mixed between cheers and jeers. But Full Story
Fast Facts: Cedar Lake's 37th annual USA Nationals
Posted: 07/30/2024, 07:14 am By Aaron ClayDates: Aug. 1-3 with $6,000-to-win preliminary programs Thursday and Friday setting the lineup for Saturday’s 100-lap, $50,000-to-win finale Track: Cedar Lake Speedway (high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval) Location: New Richmond, Wis. Purse: Full Story
Notes: Would-be PDC rally ends against wall
Posted: 07/29/2024, 03:09 pm By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 27) — Ricky Thornton Jr. very nearly stole Saturday's Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury Speedway that so spectacularly belonged to come-from-behind winner Bobby Pierce. As the 100-lap feature neared the 10-to-go mark, Full Story
Fast Talk: Encapsulating Pierce's PDC masterpierce
Posted: 07/29/2024, 11:14 amFocusing on Bobby Pierce's dramatic rally to win Fairbury's Prairie Dirt Classic on the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series, our roundtable checks in for our weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for Full Story
Pierce's PDC-winning reaction: This isn't real
Posted: 07/28/2024, 05:40 pm By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 27) — Bobby Pierce was absolutely dumbfounded on top of ecstatic on top of teary-eyed. Every emotion possible ran through the 27-year-old superstar from Oakwood, Ill., after he won — finally! — Saturday’s 100-lap Full Story
Gutsy leader can't repel Pierce's inevitable pass
Posted: 07/28/2024, 06:56 am By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 27) — At the conclusion of Saturday's 100-lap Prairie Dirt Classic, Nick Hoffman pulled his Longhorn Chassis car to a stop on the inside of Fairbury Speedway’s homestretch facing turn four, where he was immediately Full Story
Thornton-Rumley pairing gets off to winning start
Posted: 07/25/2024, 06:43 pm By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 24) — Ricky Thornton had doubts about his chances of advancing from the 15th starting spot to win Wednesday’s 50-lap Castrol FloRacing Night in America feature at Fairbury Speedway. But for Kevin Rumley, the Full Story
Notes: Consistency, car (and shoes) boost Missourian
Posted: 07/25/2024, 08:19 am By Todd TurnerEnjoying the best of his seven seasons as a Dirt Late Model racer, Tucker Cox of Jefferson City, Mo., points to several things that are making a difference in 2024, putting him atop DirtonDirt.com's Weekly Notebook presented by FK Rod Ends. A Full Story
In near-miss, Babb can't stave off Thornton's rally
Posted: 07/25/2024, 05:53 am By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 24) — Shannon Babb strolled up to Ricky Thornton Jr. in victory lane after Wednesday's 50-lap Castrol FloRacing Night in America event at Fairbury Speedway and thrust out his right hand to offer his congratulations Full Story
Column: Clanton gains fresh perspective, wins
Posted: 07/24/2024, 12:14 pmShane Clanton didn’t need anyone to remind him that he had gone way too long without a checkered flag. But with his absence from victory lane exceeding one year and closing in on two, the 48-year-old veteran from Zebulon, Ga., had someone Full Story
Fast Facts: 34th annual Prairie Dirt Classic
Posted: 07/23/2024, 07:39 am By Aaron ClayDates: July 26-27 (four 25-lap, $5,000-to-win Prairie Dirt Showdown preliminary features set lineup for 100-lap Prairie Dirt Classic) Track: Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway (semi-banked quarter-mile dirt oval) Purse: $50,000-to-win Primary Full Story
Top 25: Pierce No. 1 as O'Neal, T-Mac gain
Posted: 07/23/2024, 07:40 am By Kevin KovacBobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., made sure he remained atop DirtonDirt.com’s power rankings for a third consecutive week as he continued his scorching-hot July with three more victories in four weekend starts, earning him unanimous recognition Full Story
Lucas Oil tour ponders Silver Dollar tweaks
Posted: 07/23/2024, 07:08 am By Kyle McFaddenBRANDON, S.D. (July 20) — Huset's Speedway hosted its first Silver Dollar Nationals last season, but the event's 2024 version at the third-mile oval gave Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series director Rick Schwallie his first true look at Full Story
Moran tops expectations with Silver Dollar shine
Posted: 07/21/2024, 09:39 pm By Kyle McFaddenBRANDON, S.D. (July 20) — Deep down, Devin Moran simply didn’t feel he could outrun Bobby Pierce and Brandon Sheppard — not even starting in the front row — for the duration of Saturday’s 80-lap Silver Dollar Nationals around Full Story
T-Mac edging towards success with Rocket1
Posted: 07/20/2024, 02:36 pm By Kyle McFaddenBRANDON, S.D. (July 19) — While Hudson O’Neal and Ricky Thornton Jr. have dominated recent headlines, and Bobby Pierce dominated Silver Dollar Nationals prelim action through two nights at Huset’s Speedway, Tim McCreadie’s been Full Story
No. 32's rear deck view for bridesmaid B-Shepp
Posted: 07/19/2024, 05:15 pm By Kyle McFaddenBRANDON, S.D. (July 18) — After a fifth runner-up finish to Bobby Pierce over their last seven races Thursday at Huset’s Speedway, Brandon Sheppard and crew member Jeff McGee debriefed for a long while inside the Longhorn factory team Full Story
Sprint-styled Huset's a handful for fendered cars
Posted: 07/19/2024, 08:22 am By Kyle McFaddenBRANDON, S.D. (July 18) — Thursday's box score shows that Bobby Pierce breezed to yet another national touring victory on opening night of the Silver Dollar Nationals at Huset’s Speedway. Commanding all 40 laps from the front row, Full Story
Dispatches: For Roberts, 'it's good to be back'
Posted: 07/21/2024, 08:04 amAmong latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing in mid-July including action from the DIRTcar Summer Nationals, Schaeffer's Southern Nationals and more (look for Lucas Oil Series coverage from Huset's Speedway in separate Full Story
First-time tracks fill gaps on Lucas Oil weeknights
Posted: 07/18/2024, 07:21 am By Kyle McFaddenHARLAN, Iowa (July 16) — Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series director Rick Schwallie hasn’t changed up the national tour’s schedule much in recent years. If it ain't broke, why fix it? “I feel like we have a lot of success at our Full Story
Column: Bloomquist's 'bizarre' horsefly saga
Posted: 07/17/2024, 06:48 pmIn the book of Scott Bloomquist’s life that will someday be published, the page count could reach epic levels with all the wild, weird and wonderful episodes that Dirt Late Model racing’s Most Interesting (and Controversial) Man has Full Story
O'Neal, Thornton stay in headlines with new rides
Posted: 07/16/2024, 03:38 pm By Kyle McFaddenEAGLE, Neb. (July 15) — Hudson O’Neal and Ricky Thornton Jr. have been the talk of dirt-track racing of late, so it’s only fitting they hogged the limelight once again in their one-two finish Monday at Eagle Raceway on the Lucas Oil Full Story
