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• Fast Talk: Sizing up Lucas Oil tour as layoff ends

  Posted: 05/08/2023, 12:12 pm

  With the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series ending its long layoff and loads of other laps scored in special events, our roundtable gathers to consider all the latest in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited Full Story

• Lucas Oil regulars back at it after lengthy layoff

  Posted: 05/08/2023, 08:15 am By Bryan Ault

  UNION, Ky. (May 6) — Whether drivers and crews spent time meticulously preparing in the race shop, finding other racetracks to compete or even doing a little turkey hunting, virtually everyone on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series agreed Full Story

• Dispatches: RTJ rewards crew with Latham victory

  Posted: 05/06/2023, 04:02 am

  The latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events during the last weekend in April, including Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series action in Kentucky, Schaeffer's Spring Nationals action and Comp Cams Super Dirt Full Story

• Dairyland combatants share divergent views

  Posted: 05/05/2023, 01:04 pm By Kevin Kovac

  FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. (May 4) — As far as final results go, Cade Dillard couldn’t have been more pleased with Thursday's debut of his new Longhorn Chassis at Mississippi Thunder Speedway. | RaceWire After all, the 32-year-old driver Full Story

• Notes: With step back, Nebraskan hits stride

  Posted: 05/04/2023, 08:19 am By Kyle McFadden

  With a single victory through five years of Late Model competition, Zach Zeitner tried something different last season. After focusing on building a Super Late Model program since debuting in the division in 2017, the Bellevue, Neb., driver Full Story

• Fast Talk: Even racers are hoping for dry spell

  Posted: 05/01/2023, 11:40 am

  With unfavorable weather continue to limit national touring action and other special events, our roundtable considers all the latest in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): April Full Story

• Dispatches: B-Shepp returns to winning form

  Posted: 04/28/2023, 11:36 am

  The latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events during the last weekend in April, including the MARS tripleheader in Illinois and Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Racing Association action at Lake Ozark Speedway Full Story

• Column: Precocious pilot from Pennsy eyes dream

  Posted: 04/27/2023, 06:46 am

  Drake Troutman was standing in Talladega Short Track’s pit area after Friday’s World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series-sanctioned Alabama Gang 100 preliminary program when he summed up what it meant for him to set a group fast time Full Story

• Notes: N.C. youngster on fast track in Crates

  Posted: 04/27/2023, 06:31 am By Kyle McFadden

  Chase Blackwell brought reasonable expectations to his chances for winning as a 14-year-old newbie in the wide, cutthroat world of Dirt Late Model racing. Roughly 20 races into his racing career, which began last season as a 602 Crate Full Story

• Top 25: Top five fluid as English climbs

  Posted: 04/25/2023, 06:41 am By Todd Turner

  The top five positions in DirtonDirt.com's weekly power rankings presented by Keyser Manufacturing remained fluid with three of last week's winners inching up to challenge No. 1-ranked Hudson O'Neal of Martinsville, Ind., including second-ranked Full Story

• Notes: Overton plotted winning strategy at TST

  Posted: 04/24/2023, 12:53 pm By Kevin Kovac

  EASTABOGA, Ala. (April 22) — An April slump left Brandon Overton needing some pep talks from his supporters to even enter the Alabama Gang 100 at Talladega Short Track, but the standout from Evans, Ga., never lost the cool, calm driving Full Story

• Fast Talk: Sorting through all the latest news

  Posted: 04/24/2023, 08:33 am

  After a busy five days of racing among national touring drivers, including Brandon Overton's $50,000 World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series victory at Talladega Short Track, our roundtable weighs in for weekly feature presented by MD3 Full Story

• Pierce mourns doomed rally, his third WoO DNF

  Posted: 04/23/2023, 07:50 am By Kevin Kovac

  EASTABOGA, Ala. (April 22) — Bobby Pierce wanted to be talking about how he had pulled off the seemingly unthinkable: a high-side charge from the 14th starting spot to score a $50,000 triumph on a red-clay Southeastern track where passing Full Story

• Notes: English quickly adapts to TST's changes

  Posted: 04/22/2023, 03:40 pm By Kevin Kovac

  EASTABOGA, Ala. (April 21) — Talladega Short Track wasn’t an unfamiliar facility to Tanner English when he entered Friday’s Alabama Gang 100 qualifying program. The layout and conditions of the speedway he encountered, however, were Full Story

• 411 star Hedgecock racin', rubbin', winnin'

  Posted: 04/21/2023, 08:28 am By Kevin Kovac

  SEYMOUR, Tenn. (April 20) — All week long Cory Hedgecock had a laser-like focus on Thursday’s World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series event at 411 Motor Speedway, the track he knows better than any other. “Man, I always want to win Full Story

• Column: Healthy again, Casey eyes another run

  Posted: 04/20/2023, 08:35 am

  As Terry Casey faced major surgery head-on in December, an understandable sense of self-reflection about his life swept over him. He responded by making a pledge to himself before he was wheeled into the operating room to undergo a triple-bypass Full Story

• Fast Talk: Years roll on, but victories remain

  Posted: 04/17/2023, 10:45 am

  With 56-year-old Dale McDowell earning $100,000 in the XRSS Spring Thaw 100 at Volunteer among other special events, our roundtable weighs in for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and Full Story

• Notes: Modified standout Nicely adding fenders

  Posted: 04/17/2023, 09:10 am By Bryan Ault

  PARAGON, Ind. (April 15) — Tyler Nicely spent Friday night doing what he’s done for years in grabbing a modified victory at the Brownstown (Ill.) Bullring. On Saturday he took a decided step up in running his richest Super Late Model Full Story

• Upstart Indiana rookie reaches Paragon podium

  Posted: 04/16/2023, 07:59 am By Bryan Ault

  PARAGON, Ind. (April 15) — Jordan Wever has tempered expectations in jumping up to the Super Late Model division. Competing Saturday at Paragon Speedway on the Ultimate Heart of America Series, the 23-year-old Bloomington, Ind., driver Full Story

• Column: A balancing act at Longhorn for Arpin

  Posted: 04/13/2023, 06:55 am

  One year into his stint as the managing partner of Longhorn Chassis, Steve Arpin has comfortably settled into his role with the company. Which means that he largely spends his days talking and talking and talking, his iPhone or office Full Story

• Fast Talk: Big winners and NASCAR connections

  Posted: 04/10/2023, 11:36 am

  With Kyle Larson (at Volunteer Speedway) and Ricky Thornton Jr. (at All-Tech Raceway) grabbing $20,000 victories among other action that dodged inclement weather, our roundtable considers topics in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Full Story

• Methodical McDowell's vintage run at Bulls Gap

  Posted: 04/07/2023, 06:30 am By Robert Holman

  BULLS GAP, Tenn. (April 6) — Dale McDowell was racing on a familiar track for big money not far from his brother and team owner Shane McDowell’s race shop 30 miles away in Mooresburg, Tenn. The 50-lap main event went caution-free. The Full Story

• Column: Mighty Macon’s allure attracts Kearns

  Posted: 04/06/2023, 12:33 am

  How did a born-and-bred California guy become the owner of Macon (Ill.) Speedway, the venerable fifth-mile, high-banked bullring that sits in the heart of the Midwest’s Dirt Late Model scene? Chris Kearns, the Golden Stater in question, Full Story

• Tour director draws on varied race experiences

  Posted: 04/05/2023, 04:45 pm By Robert Holman

  The Hunt The Front Super Dirt Series presented by Sweet Victory Apparel launches its inaugural season Friday at All-Tech Raceway in Ellisville, Fla., with a $20,000-to-win program, putting the first-year tour founded by the three Joiner Full Story

• Fast Talk: Momentum, driver roles, purse digits

  Posted: 04/03/2023, 08:36 am

  With Mother Nature relenting to allow more racing as we head into April, our roundtable considers the latest action and other issues in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Car Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Detail Full Story