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Pearson nips Bloomquist on last lap at Brunswick
Posted: 04/07/2008, 04:31 am From series reportsBRUNSWICK, Ga. (April 6) — Earl Pearson Jr. and Scott Bloomquist engaged in a tense staredown over a tire-rule dispute at Golden Isles Speedway in January. Three months later, the Dirt Late Model stars engaged in a last-lap showdown Full Story
Cooney wins Deery Brothers opener at Eagle
Posted: 04/06/2008, 04:27 am From series reportsEAGLE, Neb. (April 5) — Todd Cooney of Des Moines, Iowa, proved up to the challenge in Saturday’s opening night IMCA-sanctioned Deery Brothers Summer Series feature at Eagle Raceway. Cooney followed the top groove in catching Full Story
Babb has work cut out for him at Farmer City
Posted: 04/05/2008, 09:31 am By Todd TurnerFARMER CITY, Ill. (April 4) — If Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., is going to win his second straight World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Farmer City Raceway, he's going to do it from the back. The Farmer City veteran posted Full Story
State Your Case: Ohio rides wave to Final Four
Posted: 04/04/2008, 06:54 am By Todd TurnerThe Final Four is set. Ohio and its megaevents. Tennessee and its superstar drivers. Iowa and its bevy of racetracks. And Illinois, the UMP stronghold. Who will come out on top? Finalists in DirtonDirt.com's exclusive State Your Case bracket-style Full Story
State Your Case: Ohio, Tennessee rolling along
Posted: 04/02/2008, 04:16 am By Todd TurnerThe top seeds in the men's NCAA basketball tournament came through, and it's just the same in DirtonDirt.com's exclusive State Your Case bracket-style tournament that will determine the best state for Dirt Late Model racing. Top-seeded Full Story
Notebook: Accident kills former Macomb champ
Posted: 04/01/2008, 12:31 pm From track, series and other reportsDirt racer Chad Pratt of Bath, Ill,, the 2007 Late Model champion at Macomb (Ill.) Raceway, died March 30 in a single-vehicle accident on a county road a mile east of his hometown. He was 34. | Midwest special event schedule | Weekly Full Story
State Your Case: South on the rise in first round
Posted: 03/31/2008, 04:19 am By Todd TurnerThe South will rise again? Believe it, at least according the first-round results of DirtonDirt.com's exclusive bracket-style tournament that will determine the best state in Dirt Late Model racing. In virtually every first-round matchup, Full Story
Notebook: Hartman makes point at Brownstown
Posted: 03/30/2008, 07:26 am By Todd TurnerBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (March 29) — Chasing points hasn’t been former Dirt Track World Champion Bart Hartman’s M.O. most of his career, so the Zanesville, Ohio, driver sometimes has to check himself while following the Lucas Full Story
Casey ices Brownstown field, collects $10,000
Posted: 03/29/2008, 07:30 pm By Todd TurnerBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (March 29) — Terry Casey has shown his throttle-mashing abilities on heavy surfaces. He's not bad on a drier track, either. Starting 16th at Brownstown Speedway, the New London, Wis., driver overtook Bart Hartman Full Story
State Your Case: Tennessee
Posted: 03/27/2008, 09:52 am By Michael MoatsState your case: Tennessee is the best state for Dirt Late Model racing. Want proof? The hottest drivers in the sport (Scott Bloomquist and Jimmy Owens) are Tennesseans. The state features a variety of racetracks, everything from third-mile Full Story
State Your Case: Iowa
Posted: 03/27/2008, 09:46 am By Barry JohnsonState your case: Is this heaven? No, but it’s easy to see why Iowa’s Dirt Late Model fans live a celestial existence. Near the top of the list of most tracks per capita, Iowa has dirt tracks from border to border (and river Full Story
State Your Case: Kentucky
Posted: 03/27/2008, 09:38 am By Mike SullivanState your case: They say everything changes over time. In the case of Dirt Late Model racing in Kentucky, they’re right. In the past, Kentucky was a weekly playground for drivers living outside the Bluegrass State, but over the past Full Story
State Your Case: South Carolina
Posted: 03/27/2008, 09:21 am By Gene MurphyState your case: South Carolina’s red clay was meant to be raced on. And tough-nosed drivers have been racing on it, too, since the pre-NASCAR days of running moonshine. | State Your Case home page Best historical drivers: Mike Duvall Full Story
State Your Case: Wisconsin
Posted: 03/27/2008, 09:02 am By Jerry O\'BrienState your case: Wisconsin (from the French Ouisconsin, for you scholarly types; home of the Cheese Head, for the more pedestrian) is without question the best state for Dirt Late Model racing! Although it can’t boast as many Late Full Story
Sit on it: O'Neal rules Toilet Bowl Classic
Posted: 03/22/2008, 07:07 pm By Todd TurnerCLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (March 22) — Don O’Neal earned a seat on the throne at StormPay.com Speedway. And although he refused to be photographed sitting on the unique trophy at the fourth annual Tuckassee Toilet Bowl Classic, the Full Story
Notebook: Gill saddles up in Warrior house car
Posted: 03/18/2008, 02:50 pm From track, staff and series reportsThe Modern Day Warrior? It doesn’t have quite the same ring as the Modern Day Cowboy, but John Gill of Mitchell, Ind., will indeed pilot the Warrior Race Cars house car for the full schedule of 2008. Gill, a two-time winner of the Full Story
Finishing on flat tire, Francis nips Erb at KLMS
Posted: 03/13/2008, 07:20 pm By Todd TurnerCALVERT CITY, Ky. (March 13) — Manhandling his car on a deflating right rear tire over the final three laps, Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., barely held off Dennis Erb Jr.'s charge in the March Madness opener at Kentucky Lake Motor Full Story
KLMS: Safety first as Pearson climbs back in
Posted: 03/13/2008, 05:42 pm By Todd TurnerCALVERT CITY, Ky. (March 13) — Except for lingering upper back pain that develops before he rises each morning, Earl Pearson Jr. says he's completely recuperated from his scary rollover accident Feb. 16 at Volusia Speedway Park during Full Story
Peeking at the sport's Unsolved Mysteries
Posted: 03/10/2008, 03:00 pm From staff and correspondent reportsLike many controversies in Dirt Late Model racing, January's tire-cheating fiasco at Golden Isles Speedway's Super Bowl of Racing IV had plenty of drama, a little finger-pointing — and a good dose of mystery. It was among the Full Story
Notebook: Spin not what it seemed for Weaver
Posted: 03/03/2008, 12:55 am By Todd TurnerGAFFNEY, S.C. (March 2) — Drivers the caliber of Randy Weaver don't typically spin out by themselves, especially while leading a race. But initially it appeared that's exactly what the Crossville, Tenn., veteran did, albeit on a tricky Full Story
T-Mac outduels James, earns $3,000 in Vegas
Posted: 03/01/2008, 01:35 am By Chris StepanLAS VEGAS, Nev. (Feb. 29) — It didn't take long for Tim McCreadie to hit the jackpot driving the Victory Circle Chassis house car. Roaring to the front from his eighth starting spot, the former World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion Full Story
Speedy Mars makes it four in a row in Vegas
Posted: 02/29/2008, 01:56 am By Chris StepanLAS VEGAS, Nev. (Feb. 28) — Remaining undefeated at Vegas in a Jess Anderson-owned car, polesitter Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., fought off challenges from Scott James for his fourth consecutive Dirt Late Model victory at Las Vegas Full Story
McDowell earns $5,000 for Bama Bash victory
Posted: 02/24/2008, 03:59 pm By Todd TurnerGLENCOE, Ala. (Feb. 24) — Dipping his toe into the crate Late Model pool, former World 100 winner Dale McDowell of Rossville, Ga., took the lead from Brian Smith on the sixth lap at Green Valley Speedway and raced to a time-limit-shortened Full Story
Double domination for McDowell at Bama Bash
Posted: 02/24/2008, 12:40 pm By Todd TurnerGLENCOE, Ala. (Feb. 24) — Dale McDowell's double duty at Green Valley Speedway's 11th annual Bama Bash paid double time. The Rossville, Ga., driver earned $10,000 for dominating the Super Late Model feature and an additional $5,000 Full Story
Nosbisch outduels Horton for East Bay victory
Posted: 02/23/2008, 07:26 am By Roby HelmGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 22) — Winning a side-by-side duel with Doug Horton in the late stages of the 40-lapper, Keith Nosbisch of Valrico, Fla., led the final 10 laps at East Bay Raceway Park for a $2,500 victory on the NeSmith Chevrolet Full Story
