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• Mars, Peterlin on top during WISSOTA weekend

  Posted: 09/24/2007, 06:42 am From track reports

  A veteran and a rookie were the stars of WISSOTA Late Model racing on the Sept. 22 weekend. National star Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., nabbed a hometown victory in the Punky Manor Challenge of Champions at Red Cedar Speedway while Kyle Full Story

• Injured Iowa driver 'improving immensely'

  Posted: 09/25/2007, 10:02 am By Todd Turner

  Standout Iowa dirt racer Brian Harris, who suffered a severe concussion and a hairline fracture of a vertebrae in a Sept. 22 accident at West Liberty (Iowa) Raceway, will need a lengthy rest and recovery period before returning to the driver's Full Story

• Richards dominates in WoO Pittsburgher 50

  Posted: 09/23/2007, 04:39 am By Kevin Kovac

  IMPERIAL, Pa. (Sept. 22) — Complete, utter dominance. That’s the only way to describe Josh Richards’s performance at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway. The 19-year-old sensation was simply in a league of his Full Story

• Erb second at Kankakee, increases UMP lead

  Posted: 09/22/2007, 10:35 am By Dennis Yohnka

  KANKAKEE, Ill. (Sept. 21) — It wasn't the battle that fans expected to be waged at the Kankakee Motor Speedway. The crowd wanted to see�Wes Steidinger and�Dennis Erb Jr. duke it out in their late-season battle for the United Full Story

• Frye wraps up MARS crown with I-44 victory

  Posted: 09/22/2007, 07:39 am From track and series reports

  LEBANON, Mo. (Sept. 21-22) — Bill Frye of Greenbrier, Ark., wrapped up his unprecedented fifth Mid-America Racing Series championship in style. Frye reversed the finishing positions on the second night of the Fall Shootout at I-44 Full Story

• Frank drives snazzy Chubzilla car to victory

  Posted: 09/22/2007, 06:47 am By Kevin Kovac

  BEDFORD, Pa. (Sept. 21) — Chubzilla ate up the competition at Bedford Speedway. Driving a uniquely-wrapped, green-and-white car themed to his popular nickname, Chub Frank emerged victorious in the half-mile fairgrounds oval’s Full Story

• Cryderman's penalty hands Doar DTRA finale

  Posted: 09/17/2007, 10:50 pm By Greg Parent

  NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Sept. 15) — Talk about a roller-coaster victory. Hometown driver Pat Doar had good news, bad news and then good news again in the final 21 laps of the Late Model portion of the Legendary 100 at Cedar Lake Speedway. First, Full Story

• Hubbard, 15, picks up $10,000 for title at VMS

  Posted: 09/17/2007, 08:02 am From track reports

  SALUDA, Va. (Sept. 15) — The race for the Late Model championship at Virginia Motor Speedway couldn’t have been much tighter heading into the last point race of the season as Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., and Tom Cohick of Full Story

• Diemel grabs WISSOTA 100 victory at Brainerd

  Posted: 09/17/2007, 01:06 am By Kirk Holmes

  BRAINERD, Minn. (Sept. 13-15) — A.J. Diemel of Navarino, Wis., earned $5,000 for his victory in the Late Model portion of the 22nd annual WISSOTA 100 at North Central Speedway. Diemel started on the pole and raced to a victory over Full Story

• ROUNDUP: Franklin gets $10,000 at Screven

  Posted: 09/16/2007, 10:58 pm From series reports

  Dennis "Rambo" Franklin, Bub McCool, Brandon Kinzer and Mike Bowers were among winners in Southern touring events on Sept. 15. Franklin's victory was the richest as he earned $10,000 at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga., in an O'Reilly Full Story

• Todd's Richmond win first on BoB tour since '04

  Posted: 09/16/2007, 10:08 pm From series reports

  RICHMOND, Ky. (Sept. 15) — A four-time winner on the O'Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series in 2004, Tyrel Todd of Eubank, Ky., had been shut out ever since. Scratch that skid, however, as Todd earned $3,000 for a series Full Story

• Red-hot Owens captures West Virginia RaceFest

  Posted: 09/16/2007, 08:44 pm From series reports

  MINERAL WELLS, W.Va. (Sept. 15) — Winning never gets boring, but Jimmy Owens is trying to make taking checkered flags a routine event. The Newport, Tenn., driver cemented his status as the hottest dirt racer in the country with his Full Story

• Last-lap Green Valley tangle gives Michael win

  Posted: 09/16/2007, 09:45 am From series and track reports

  GLENCOE, Ala. (Sept. 15) — Slipping by on the final lap when race-long leader Randy Weaver and Wendell Wallace got together, Byron Michael grabbed a 75-lap victory at Green Valley Speedway for the richest payday of his career. The Full Story

• Clint Smith's I-55 victory continues Midwest mastery

  Posted: 09/16/2007, 08:43 am By Kevin Kovac

  PEVELY, Mo. (Sept. 15) — Clint Smith has turned the Midwest into his second home this season. With a dramatic victory in the 25th annual Pepsi Nationals at I-55 Raceway, Smith put himself squarely in the headlines of another World Full Story

• Chinn's stock on rise after 4th at World 100

  Posted: 09/12/2007, 01:44 pm By Todd Turner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio — Most first-time starters at the World 100 are satisfied to make the starting field for Dirt Late Model racing's most prestigious event. Conquering the pressure of time trials and heat races is one thing, but preparing Full Story

• Elston, Miller grab WDRL victories during Rebel weekend

  Posted: 09/10/2007, 09:23 am From series reports

  FREEPORT, Ill. (Sept. 7-8) — Darren Miller of Chadwick, Ill., captured the finale of the Rebel weekend at Freeport Raceway Park to earn his first victory since a mid-season layoff caused by a thyroid condition. Miller earned $7,500 Full Story

• Tipton outruns Parker for Central Arizona victory

  Posted: 09/09/2007, 05:16 am By M.J. Anderson

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Sept. 8) — Karl Tipton of Gilbert, Ariz., started outside the front row at Central Arizona Raceway and raced to his third Southwest Dirt Racing Association victory of the season. Tipton's second straight win at Full Story

• World 100 time trials (updated)

  Posted: 09/08/2007, 04:52 am DirtonDirt.com

  37th annual World 100 time trials Time trials for the World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, with listing of driver, car no., hometown and the better of two qualifying laps: 1. Jimmy Owens (20), Newport, Tenn., 15.690 2. Full Story

• World 100 entries and pit position (Thursday evening)

  Posted: 09/06/2007, 11:38 pm

  Unofficial list of entries and/or drivers and teams on the grounds at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, as of 9 p.m. Thursday night. About 150 teams had parked or entered with more arriving regularly: Printable PDF showing pit positions Full Story

• Armes, White share weekend with Advance Thunder

  Posted: 09/04/2007, 03:01 am From series and track reports

  Tennesseans Joe Armes and Anthony White grabbed Labor Day weekend victories on the Advance Auto Parts Thunder Series. On Sept. 2, Armes raced to a victory in the Knoxville Harley-Davidson 60 at Tazewell, Tenn., to earned $5,000. He took Full Story

• Covert collects another $10,000 on MACS tour

  Posted: 09/03/2007, 10:38 pm From series reports

  PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (Sept. 2) — Observers on the Mid-Atlantic Championship Series said that Jason Covert had arrived after his mid-August victory in the USA 100 at Virginia Motor Speedway. It looks like he's arrived again. The York Full Story

• Hillbilly 100 proves Carrier's heart belongs to West Virginia

  Posted: 09/03/2007, 08:33 pm From track and series reports

  MIDDLEBOURNE, W.Va. (Sept. 1) — A transplanted West Virginian feels a little more at home in the Mountain State after his victory in the 39th annual Hillbilly 100 at Tyler County Speedway. Kentucky native Eddie Carrier Jr., who races Full Story

• Wisconsin drivers grab $5,000 apiece on WDRL weekend

  Posted: 09/03/2007, 01:25 pm By Bucky Doren

  Wisconsin drivers dominated Labor Day weekend on the World Dirt Racing League PolyDome Late Model Series. Brady Smith, the 2004 WDRL champion from Solon Springs, Wis, won at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., while John Kaanta Full Story

• Woodworth picks up $2,000 at Lee County

  Posted: 09/03/2007, 12:32 pm By Jake Croxton

  DONNELLSON, Iowa (Aug. 29) — With a diverse field of heavy hitters from the regional Dirt Late Model scene and IMCA competition, it was a local driver who stole the show and picked up $2,000 in the fifth running of the Miller Lite-Pepsi Full Story

• Drown takes Portsmouth opener for first MACS victory

  Posted: 09/03/2007, 08:48 am From series reports

  PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (Sept. 1) — It's been a long time coming, but Doug Drown is finally a winner on the Mid-Atlantic Championship Series. The 25-year-old driver from Wooster, Ohio, picked up his first career MACS feature victory by winning Full Story