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Hoffman happily flips WoO fortunes overnight
Posted: 06/23/2024, 01:03 pm By Bryan AultBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (June 22) — When Nick Hoffman and his crew arrived at Brownstown Speedway at 2:30 a.m. Saturday for the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series-sanctioned Hoosier Dirt Classic, they knew they had work to do. The Mooresville, Full Story
Ponderosa's wall exacts punishment on WoO cars
Posted: 06/22/2024, 12:04 am By Todd TurnerJUNCTION CITY, Ky. (June 21) — Outrunning the competition was one thing in Friday night’s World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series event at Ponderosa Speedway. Avoiding the unforgiving concrete wall encircling the track was another. Multiple Full Story
Frank turns back clock with solid Firecracker run
Posted: 06/21/2024, 08:39 am By Kyle McFaddenSARVER, Pa. (June 20) — In a world dominated by Jonathan Davenport and Ricky Thornton Jr. of late, Chub Frank gave Lernerville Speedway spectators and Dirt Late Model onlookers something they haven’t seen in a long time on Thursday’s Full Story
Dispatches: Feger gets back on winning track
Posted: 06/23/2024, 02:43 pmAmong latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing during the third weekend in June that includes DIRTcar Summer Nationals, World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series and other action (Firecracker 100 coverage appears elsewhere). Full Story
Fast Facts: 18th annual Firecracker 100
Posted: 06/20/2024, 12:10 am By Aaron ClayDates: June 20-22 (split-field qualifying nights on Thursday and Friday, featuring 25-lap, $5,000-to-win semifeatures for Late Models; heat races and consolations precede Saturday’s 100-lap finale; RUSH Crate Late Models are on the undercard Full Story
Column: Winding down, Madden eyes WoO title
Posted: 06/19/2024, 10:09 pmChris Madden’s pre-Dream XXX announcement that this will be his last season of full-time racing might have shocked many people in the Dirt Late Model industry, but it’s a life change that’s been on the mind of the 49-year-old standout Full Story
Gustin getting the hang of Southeastern ovals
Posted: 06/17/2024, 02:51 pm By Kevin KovacMARYVILLE, Tenn. (June 15) — Something about the Southeast seems to be agreeing with the Midwest born-and-bred Ryan Gustin. While the 33-year-old driver from Marshalltown, Iowa, wasn’t able to convert a front-row starting spot into Full Story
Reset boosts Hardy to AMS podium at Lincoln
Posted: 06/16/2024, 07:23 pm By Kyle McFaddenABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. (June 15) — Kyle Hardy would’ve like to have competed in every Appalachian Mountain Speedweek event. But after Tuesday’s fourth-round event at Path Valley Speedway Park in Spring Run, Pa., where failing deck-height Full Story
'Back to his old self,' Overton eases pressure
Posted: 06/16/2024, 11:48 am By Kevin KovacMARYVILLE, Tenn. (June 15) — Moments after watching his driver Brandon Overton complete a flag-to-flag victory in Saturday’s 60-lap Mountain Moonshine Classic at Smoky Mountain Speedway, David Wells stood near the scales in the infield Full Story
Notes: Thornton's savvy key at Smoky Mountain
Posted: 06/15/2024, 07:57 am By Kevin KovacMARYVILLE, Tenn. (June 14) — Ricky Thornton Jr. had a crew member signaling him as he led Friday’s 40-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series feature at Smoky Mountain Speedway. But he also used his own racing smarts to keep challengers Full Story
Notes: Reigning AMS champ gets back relief
Posted: 06/14/2024, 08:42 pm By Kyle McFaddenBEDFORD, Pa. (June 14) — Tyler Emory received a call from Cody Mallory on Sunday in the hours before Appalachian Mountain Speedweek’s third-round event at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway. | DirtWire The crew chief for Garrett Smith read Full Story
Dispatches: Norris denies rookie at Lernerville
Posted: 06/16/2024, 02:00 amAmong latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing during a mid-June weekend that includes DIRTcar Summer Nationals and other action (find Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and Appalachian Mountain Speedweek coverage in separate Full Story
Quick races, fair rulings paramount on AMS tour
Posted: 06/13/2024, 10:46 pm By Kyle McFaddenSELINSGROVE, Pa. (June 13) — Jim Bernheisel’s primary goal during Appalachian Mountain Speedweek has nothing to do with personal gain and everything to do with improving dirt-track racing. The Jonestown, Pa., manager of the miniseries Full Story
Column: J.D.'s (not so) secret to Eldora fame
Posted: 06/13/2024, 12:44 pm By Kevin KovacJonathan Davenport learned a valuable lesson about how to sustain success at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, after he won the 2019 World 100. “After that,” he said, “that’s what taught me, if I ever got a car that I felt would Full Story
Notes: Tyler Erb dives into Hell Tour with win
Posted: 06/12/2024, 11:26 pm By Todd TurnerPEORIA, Ill. (June 12) — Dirt Late Model racing’s Erbs don’t necessarily have a whole lot in common. For starters, Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas, and Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., aren’t related. The 27-year-old Tyler Full Story
Hell Tour kicks off with Sunshine State flavor
Posted: 06/12/2024, 05:12 pm By Todd TurnerPEORIA, Ill. (June 12) — The heart of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals is in Illinois, the state that hosts all five races of the annual tour’s opening week. But the beginning of this year’s circuit has a decided Florida flavor. “It Full Story
Notes: Moran's Kokomo victory comes at a price
Posted: 06/11/2024, 09:07 am By Bryan AultKOKOMO, Ind. (June 10) – Just four days after grabbing his first career victory at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, Devin Moran took the checkered flag at Kokomo Speedway, pocketing the $15,000-to-win top prize in Monday’s XR Super Full Story
Bloomquist OK, but rare flip ruins bid at Eldora
Posted: 06/10/2024, 08:24 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 8) — Scott Bloomquist was standing on the roof of his trailer in the Eldora Speedway pit area after Saturday’s Dream XXX heat races when fellow driver Dale McDowell climbed the ladder to pay him a visit. “I’m Full Story
Fast Talk: J.D.'s Eldora dominance and more
Posted: 06/10/2024, 11:25 amWith Jonathan Davenport adding yet another major Eldora victory with his $100,030 Dream triumph, our roundtable considers that and more in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): What’s Full Story
Notes: Overton upbeat finishing third at Dream
Posted: 06/09/2024, 04:10 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 8) — Brandon Overton couldn’t catch Jonathan Davenport. He lost second place to Bobby Pierce heading to the white flag. Yet when the 33-year-old star from Evans, Ga., climbed out of his David Wells-owned car in Full Story
Difficult-to-master Big E is second nature to J.D.
Posted: 06/09/2024, 08:18 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 8) — Jonathan Davenport was just trying to point out a hard truth about Eldora Speedway. The problem? His statement didn’t seem to apply to him. As the 40-year-old superstar from Blairsville, Ga., sat behind a Full Story
Last-lap loss in AMS opener stings Troutman
Posted: 06/08/2024, 01:44 pm By Kyle McFaddenMILL HALL, Pa. (June 7) — Drake Troutman sat perched on his driver’s side door Friday night with his legs still dangled in the cockpit and crossed arms laid across the roof of his No. 7 Longhorn Chassis as he stared into the distance Full Story
'Jinxed' Moran treasures his time to shine at Big E
Posted: 06/08/2024, 09:08 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 7) — When, at long last, Devin Moran’s dogged pursuit of a checkered flag at Eldora Speedway had ended, the first words he heard from his famous father, Donnie, upon meeting in victory lane came as little surprise. Full Story
Despite an ailing back, Emory wins AMS opener
Posted: 06/08/2024, 08:05 am By Kyle McFaddenMILL HALL, Pa. (June 7) — Decompressing after the most thrilling victory of his steadily-growing Super Late Model career, Tyler Emory lounged on the jet-black sofa inside his motorhome Friday at Clinton County Speedway when his car owner Full Story
Notes: B-Shepp's search for Eldora oval's fine line
Posted: 06/08/2024, 01:34 amROSSBURG, Ohio (June 7) — The eye test seemed to indicate that a high-riding Brandon Sheppard just might have the speed to pull off a victory in Friday’s 50-lap Dream XXX preliminary feature at Eldora Speedway. | Complete Dream coverage Reality, Full Story
