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Column: Pain in neck finally eases for Overton
Posted: 09/06/2023, 12:54 pmBrandon Overton would like to forget his last visit to Eldora Speedway. His body, though, hasn’t let him. Almost every day since Overton’s Dream XXIX weekend at the half-mile oval in Rossburg, Ohio, ended early in June due to Full Story
Fast Facts: 53rd annual World 100
Posted: 09/06/2023, 08:09 am By Aaron ClayDates: Sept. 7-9 (two split-field shows on Thursday and Friday featuring twin 25-lap, $12,000-to-win preliminary features; heat races and consolations precede Saturday’s 100-lap finale) | Complete World 100 coverage Track: Eldora Speedway Full Story
Top 25: No. 1 tight as holiday winners climb
Posted: 09/05/2023, 07:33 am By Todd TurnerMultiple-race Labor Day weekend winners made gains in DirtonDirt.com's Top 25 power rankings while the race for the No. 1 spot tightened up between national touring points leaders (and two-time weekend winners) Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Full Story
Notes: Rising talents battle for ULMS title
Posted: 09/02/2023, 01:39 pm By Kyle McFaddenBEDFORD, Pa. (Sept. 1) — With four races to go, only 11 points separate Tyler Emory and Ryan Montgomery in the intensifying chase for the Jay’s Automotive United Late Model Series championship. What would the regional title mean for Full Story
Dispatches: Giving dirt a rest, winning a car
Posted: 09/04/2023, 07:44 amAmong latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events over the Labor Day weekend, including Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, Hunt the Front Super Dirt Series and Ultimate Heart of America Series action: Joiner’s Full Story
Davenport's stellar stretch ends prematurely
Posted: 08/31/2023, 06:37 pm By Robert HolmanAs the K Promotions era comes to a close at Davenport (Iowa) Speedway, so too does one of the venerable track’s most lucrative and competitive seasons ever. Following Saturday’s $30,000-to-win World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series-sanctioned Full Story
Column: Dad's thrill of watching Overtons race
Posted: 08/31/2023, 02:55 pmBo Overton wasn’t really sure how he should act. He was as anxious and nervous as a 67-year-old could be as he stood on a four-wheeler in Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway’s infield last Saturday night and watched his two sons — Brandon, Full Story
Notes: Partnership gives Mississippian best shot
Posted: 08/31/2023, 08:00 am By Kyle McFaddenLife as a Dirt Late Model racer has really taken off for Chase Cooper these last three years. The Perkinston, Miss., driver has doubled his victory total each season since he began to hone in on the Crate discipline in 2021: from three Full Story
Well-timed surge propels Rocket1 at Port Royal
Posted: 08/29/2023, 05:16 pm By Kevin KovacPORT ROYAL, Pa. (Aug. 26) — Mark Richards thoroughly enjoyed watching his Rocket Chassis house car driver, Hudson O’Neal, dig deeper and pour on the speed to vault from third-to-first over the final 10 circuits and win Saturday night’s Full Story
2023 Late Model series and track champions
Posted: 12/31/2023, 01:36 pmSeries champions Region-by-region champions on Dirt Late Model series and racing organizations for 2023: National Castrol FloRacing Night in America - Bobby Pierce Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series - Hudson O'Neal World Full Story
Notes: Younger Overton steers learning curve
Posted: 08/28/2023, 12:30 pm By Kevin Kovac and Kyle McFaddenPORT ROYAL, Pa. (Aug. 26) — Cody Overton was standing in the middle of Port Royal Speedway’s paved pit area, cooling off and debriefing with car owner Bruce Kane after finishing eighth in Saturday night’s 50-lap Rumble by the River Full Story
Fast Talk: An eventful weekend recapped
Posted: 08/28/2023, 10:34 amWith Hudson O’Neal ($50,000 at Port Royal) and Brandon Sheppard ($30,000 at Davenport) the big national touring winners, our roundtable discusses the action in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited Full Story
RTJ electrifies, then goes down swinging at Port
Posted: 08/27/2023, 10:41 am By Kevin KovacPORT ROYAL, Pa. (Aug. 26) — Even when Ricky Thornton Jr. goes down to defeat in his amazing 2023 campaign, he goes down swinging. The hard results will say that Saturday’s Rumble by the River finale at Port Royal Speedway was quite Full Story
Shirley balances family life amid busy season
Posted: 08/27/2023, 06:39 am By Robert HolmanDAVENPORT, Iowa (Aug. 26) — Brian Shirley isn’t ready for a new career, but he’s smart enough to know that a little break every so often is a good thing. Over the past five weeks the Chatham, Ill., driver has had a couple of lulls Full Story
Overton snaps skid in feisty Port Royal semi
Posted: 08/26/2023, 09:04 am By Kevin KovacPORT ROYAL, Pa. (Aug. 25) — Brandon Overton was happy. Jonathan Davenport was angry. And Mike Marlar? He was smiling but also a bit perplexed. For a short 25-lap race that saw Overton lead from flag-to-flag to score a $5,000 victory, Full Story
Shot at big time fading, Norris embraces family
Posted: 08/26/2023, 07:12 am By Kyle McFaddenPORT ROYAL, Pa. (Aug. 25) — Michael Norris thinks about what could have been from time to time. Four years ago, when Clint Bowyer tabbed him as his team’s interim driver for the ailing Don O’Neal on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Full Story
The Dirt Late Model vibe lures NASCAR’s Chastain
Posted: 08/25/2023, 05:55 pm By Kyle McFaddenGEORGETOWN, Del. (Aug. 24) — Instead of retreating to a calmer, drier place during a Thursday rain delay at Georgetown Speedway that paused Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series action, Ross Chastain put himself front and center of the crowd Full Story
Robinson’s homecoming not the gala he’d hoped
Posted: 08/25/2023, 07:06 am By Kyle McFaddenGEORGETOWN, Del. (Aug. 24) — Ross Robinson’s roller-coaster ride of a night came to an emotional halt when he was asked to summarize Thursday’s homecoming at Georgetown Speedway in a single word. “I don’t think there was a word Full Story
Notes: Minnesotan gets satisfaction of first win
Posted: 08/24/2023, 07:13 am By Kyle McFaddenJayme Lautigar is one of the countless of drivers ascending from the modified ranks to find a more auspicious place in Dirt Late Model racing. The Gilbert, Minn., native and modified racer for two decades moved up to the full-fendered Full Story
Column: Iowan forges on in tackling elite division
Posted: 08/23/2023, 10:25 pmRacing wasn’t on Daniel Hilsabeck’s radar a whole lot from 2017-19. Some B-modified and stock car events here and there, a few open-wheel starts toward the end of ’19, and that was about it. Instead, he worked. He built a house. Full Story
Notes: Gentry aims high in Wayne County finale
Posted: 08/23/2023, 04:52 pmWeekly points championships are drawing to a close at many dirt tracks across the country. At Wayne County Speedway, J.R. Gentry of Wooster, Ohio, hopes to wrap up his second championship at the 3/8-mile oval in Orrville, Ohio, this weekend. Heading Full Story
Fast Talk: The ageless McDowell and more
Posted: 08/21/2023, 11:50 amFollowing Dale McDowell's Topless 100 victory at Batesville amid one of the busiest racing weekends of the summer, our roundtable recaps the action in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity Full Story
Batesville clan’s mixed feelings on Topless 100
Posted: 08/20/2023, 08:48 pm By Robert HolmanBATESVILLE, Ark. — Jared Landers beamed when he climbed from his car following Friday’s 30-lap Comp Cams Topless 100 preliminary feature. Making his first start since last year’s Topless 100, the Batesville, Ark., native and son of Full Story
Notes: Pearson aims to end Topless futility
Posted: 08/19/2023, 12:35 pm By Robert HolmanLOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug. 18) — Of the 16 drivers locked into Saturday’s starting lineup for the Comp Cams Topless 100, only one driver — Chickamauga, Ga.’s Dale McDowell — has started Batesville Motor Speedway's Lucas Oil Late Full Story
After Late Model layoff, West Virginian speedy again
Posted: 08/18/2023, 07:46 am By Kyle McFaddenAfter six years away from Super Late Model racing, Keith Jackson has returned to the discipline as if he virtually never missed a beat. The Martinsburg, W.Va., racer whose Late Model career has been dormant since 2017 has this year reentered Full Story
