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Injured SRRS champion facing lengthy recovery
Posted: 01/15/2009, 09:45 am By Todd TurnerAt most Dirt Late Model series banquets in recent weeks, champions stand behind the lectern at night's conclusion for a rambling speech dotted with thanks to sponsors and other mundane details, a delayed and anticlimactic end to last fall's Full Story
Bowyer picks McDowell as Babb's replacement
Posted: 01/13/2009, 05:29 pm By Todd TurnerDale McDowell first arrived on the NASCAR scene two years ago to help run Richard Childress Racing's driver development program. Now McDowell's NASCAR connections with standout RCR driver Clint Bowyer have helped him land a top-flight Dirt Full Story
Budget-minded Hall tops Peoples at TST's Ice Bowl
Posted: 01/06/2009, 10:59 am By Roby HelmEASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 4) — Brad Hall of Knoxville, Tenn., became the new poster boy for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series by winning Sunday's 40-lap season opener at Talladega Short Track's Ice Bowl XVIII. Hall became Full Story
Notes: Ward enjoys solid debut in Bloomquist car
Posted: 01/06/2009, 10:13 am By Todd TurnerEASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 4) — With a limited number of pricey Bloomquist Race Cars in circulation, there are plenty of drivers who'd like the chance to get behind the wheel of the successful chassis that has won dozens of big races in Full Story
Muddy Ice Bowl weekend ends with Cook's victory
Posted: 01/04/2009, 06:04 pm By Todd TurnerEASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 4) — After surviving soupy mud in the pits, a mistaken tire choice for time trials, and a lengthy side-by-side battle for the lead with Hall of Famer Ronnie Johnson during the main event, Ray Cook thought he Full Story
Scott Knowles captures Crate pole at Talladega
Posted: 01/04/2009, 11:00 am By Roby HelmEASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 3) — Scott Knowles of Lanett, Ala., topped 87 Crate Late Models in qualifying at Ice Bowl XVIII to earn the pole position for Sunday's $3,000-to-win NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series main event at Talladega Full Story
Nipper on Ice Bowl pole, but rain cuts heats short
Posted: 01/03/2009, 02:27 pm By Todd TurnerEASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 3) — Fast qualifier Jordy Nipper of Gray, Ga., dominated Saturday evening's first heat race to earn the pole position for Ice Bowl XVIII at Talladega Short Track, but half of the feature lineup for Sunday's Full Story
Engine builder enjoys top-three WoO sweep
Posted: 12/17/2008, 01:36 pm By Kevin KovacFor an engine builder, a season can’t go much better than the one Jack Cornett just experienced. The chief of Cornett Thunder & Lightning Racing Engines had his powerplants bolted into the cars of three full-time World of Outlaws Full Story
Buckingham tops Melvin for $10,000 at East Bay
Posted: 12/14/2008, 06:23 pm By Roby HelmGIBSONTON, Fla. (Dec. 13) — Shanon Buckingham of Morristown, Tenn., posted the richest victory of his career on by capturing the fourth annual NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series World Championship at East Bay Raceway Park. Buckingham Full Story
Lanigan finds words in receiving $100,000 title
Posted: 12/13/2008, 11:06 am By Kevin KovacORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 11) — Darrell Lanigan hates standing in front of a crowd to deliver a speech. But the 38-year-old driver from Union, Ky., happily cast aside his fears on Thursday night to accept the 2008 World of Outlaws Late Full Story
PRI veterans plot their strategies at trade show
Posted: 12/12/2008, 07:27 am By Todd TurnerORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 11) — When you mosey down one of the many escalators at the Orange County Convention Center and embark on the million square feet of technology and products that is the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, you Full Story
PRI notes: GRT pushes ATL fuel cells forward
Posted: 12/11/2008, 11:32 pm By Todd TurnerORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 11) — The Performance Racing Industry Trade Show gives companies in all forms of auto racing an opportunity to show off their most innovative products, and Aero Tec Laboratories displayed its unique new fuel cell Full Story
Best of 2008: Moyer among the top drivers
Posted: 12/09/2008, 03:57 am By Todd TurnerWith the 2008 season in the books, DirtonDirt.com takes a look at top five drivers among national, regional and weekly Dirt Late Model competition (with drivers listed alphabetically in each section). Here's the Best of 2008: National Full Story
Notes: Columbus offers NeSmith special events
Posted: 11/26/2008, 01:48 pm From series reportsThe NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series will celebrate its track champions Thanksgiving weekend during the Possum Town Grand Prix at Columbus (Miss.) Speedway. The Race of Champions will be one of four races held for the Crate Late Model Full Story
Clanton rolls to $11,000 sweep at Cleveland
Posted: 11/23/2008, 05:34 am By Brian McLeodCLEVELAND, Tenn. (Nov. 22) — With some cold hard cash — emphasis on cold — up for grabs the final weekend of the season at Cleveland Speedway, Shane Clanton grabbed $11,000 with a sweep of two Super Late Model features Full Story
Pennington completes sweep at Deep South
Posted: 11/17/2008, 04:48 am By Brian McLeodLOXLEY, Ala. (Nov. 16) — Travis Pennington rolled into Deep South Speedway for the three-day Fall Nationals for his first visit to the high-banked track. When his team’s hauler lumbered out of the gates after the conclusion Full Story
Moyer sweeps foes away for $6,000 at Manzanita
Posted: 11/16/2008, 06:16 am By Kevin KovacPHOENIX, Ariz. (Nov. 15) — Steering problems? No big deal for Billy Moyer in the finale of the Barnett Harley-Davidson Nationals at Manzanita Speedway. The Hall of Fame driver from Batesville, Ark., earned $6,000 as he completed his Full Story
Pennington earns $2,500 for ruling Deep South
Posted: 11/16/2008, 05:44 am By Brian McLeodLOXLEY, Ala. (Nov. 15) — Fresh from establishing a track record at Deep South Speedway during time trials held much earlier in the evening, second-generation driver Travis Pennington of Winston, Ga., wheeled into victory lane in the Full Story
Williams makes it two in a row at Deep South
Posted: 11/16/2008, 05:31 am By Brian McLeodLOXLEY, Ala. (Nov. 15) — Cliff Williams of Star, Miss., claimed his second victory in two nights at Deep South Speedway, taking the honors in a caution-plagued, 25-lap Crate feature during the Late Model Fall Nationals at the 4/10-mile Full Story
Owens leads all 40 laps for Turkey Rumble win
Posted: 11/08/2008, 06:41 pm By Todd TurnerCHATSWORTH, Ga. (Nov. 8) — Most drivers would be thrilled to have 13 victories in a season. But Jimmy Owens didn't find 13 victories to be too lucky as the Newport, Tenn., driver was stuck on that number during his longest losing Full Story
Remarkable consistency lifts Lanigan to WoO title
Posted: 11/04/2008, 03:32 pm By Kevin KovacDarrell Lanigan understands why many observers might be surprised that he emerged as the 2008 World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion. “I guess because I haven’t been in the top two or three in the points before,” Full Story
Notes: WoO finale pads Richards's season haul
Posted: 11/02/2008, 07:17 am By Todd Turner and Kevin KovacCONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 1) — Capturing Saturday's Vault World Finals feature was good for Josh Richards on several accounts. It gave the 20-year-old driver from Shinnston, W.Va., his sixth World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory of Full Story
Lowe's: Blog-style coverage of Saturday's action
Posted: 11/01/2008, 04:54 pm By Todd TurnerCONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 1) — The nickname Kid Rocket probably played pretty well for a live television audience. Racing to the front from his eighth starting spot at the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway, Josh Richards of Shinnston, Full Story
Lowe's: Bloomquist leads all 50 laps, wins opener
Posted: 10/31/2008, 05:07 pm By Todd TurnerCONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 31) — The first feature at this year's Vault World Finals looked an awful lot like last year's opener. Hall of Fame driver Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., was back in victory lane at the Dirt Track at Full Story
Notes: 'Old' McDowell shows stuff in Warrior
Posted: 10/30/2008, 06:42 pm By Todd TurnerCONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 30) — Dirt Late Model ace Dale McDowell of Rossville, Ga., has been driving the Warrior Race Cars house car the past six weeks, but it's not his first time in a Warrior. The 42-year-old McDowell ran the Knoxville, Full Story
