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Notes: Old guard leaves scraps for Peoria foes
Posted: 06/15/2023, 12:17 pm By Robert HolmanPEORIA, Ill. (June 14) — Brian Shirley, Shannon Babb and Dennis Erb Jr., have combined to win 11 of the past 18 DIRTcar Summer Nationals championships. The trio has amassed a staggering 165 Summer Nationals features victories, led by Full Story
Midwestern racing with a dash of Southern flair
Posted: 06/15/2023, 07:38 am By Robert HolmanPEORIA, Ill. (June 14) — They’re here to learn. They’re here to have fun. They’re here for the money. And at least one driver is here with an eye on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals championship. Regardless of the reason, seeing a Southerner Full Story
Notes: Lee looking to take next step
Posted: 06/15/2023, 12:18 am By Kyle McFaddenKyle Lee has reached the point of his racing career where he’s no longer a fresh-faced driver among competitors in the Northeast. The 24-year-old is in his seventh year at the Super Late Model level and with that comes an urgency to Full Story
Column: Trusty car keeps J.D. in Big E zone
Posted: 06/14/2023, 04:00 pmJonathan Davenport’s wife, Rachel, knows him well. When he’s at his favorite racetrack in the world, Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, she said “he’s got a look” that makes her certain he’s in a winning mental zone. But leading Full Story
Clawing for every spot, Stone gets break at PVS
Posted: 06/14/2023, 09:14 am By Kyle McFaddenSPRING RUN, Pa. (June 13) — Dan Stone’s path in the first half of Appalachian Mountain Speedweek hasn’t been easy. He’s been forced to rally through consolation races in three of the four miniseries events to earn some kind of reward Full Story
Notes: Contenders glow over racy Kokomo track
Posted: 06/13/2023, 12:26 pm By Todd TurnerKOKOMO, Ind. (June 12) — The frontrunners in Monday’s XRSS Super Series event at Kokomo Speedway praised the quarter-mile’s surface that featured plenty of action over 100 laps, even if $100,000 winner Hudson O’Neal of Martinsville, Full Story
Dogged pursuers make O'Neal earn 100-grand
Posted: 06/13/2023, 12:59 am By Todd TurnerKOKOMO, Ind. (June 12) — As sure as polesitter Hudson O’Neal was that he could hold on to win Monday’s six-figure XR Super Series payday at Kokomo Speedway, his pursuers were almost as certain they were going to pass him. Third-place Full Story
Fast Talk: Lauding J.D. dreamy performance
Posted: 06/12/2023, 10:18 amAssessing Jonathan Davenport's Dream XXIX victory at Eldora among other issues, our roundtable weighs in during the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): What's your takeaway from Full Story
Notes: Big E rookie tops Dream's highlight reel
Posted: 06/11/2023, 12:31 pm By Kevin Kovac and Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 10) — With a relatively ho-hum 100-lap feature on Dream XXIX weekend at Eldora Speedway, perhaps the most exciting moment of Saturday's action at Eldora Speedway came in an unlikely manner. | Complete Dream coverage The Full Story
Satterlee skips Dream for miniseries run
Posted: 06/11/2023, 11:34 am By Kyle McFaddenPORT ROYAL, Pa. (June 10) — Gregg Satterlee’s developed a stronger track record than most at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway in recent years. Heck, he even won a pair of preliminary events in both the Dream and World 100 two years ago. | RaceWire This Full Story
Madden’s mournful Big E mantra: ‘Second again’
Posted: 06/11/2023, 08:37 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 10) — This was going to be the night. This was going to be the year. As Chris Madden chugged forward from the ninth starting spot to the precipice of the lead in Saturday night’s 100-lap Dream XXIX finale, the Full Story
Zeigler pleased with overnight turnaround
Posted: 06/11/2023, 04:41 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 10) — After Mason Zeigler's No. 25z race car was knocked into the turn-two wall during a Dream XXIX semifeature Friday night at Eldora Speedway, he fully expected that by Saturday evening he'd be chilling at his Chalk Full Story
Promising revival for Appalachian Mountain Speedweek
Posted: 06/10/2023, 03:41 pm By Kyle McFaddenMILL HALL, Pa. (June 9) — Jim Bernheisel finally had a moment to decompress. Months of nonstop preparation to relaunch Appalachian Mountain Speedweek, which served as a staple for Northeastern Dirt Late Model racers from 2009-17, culminated Full Story
Notes: O'Neal quickly applies lesson at Eldora
Posted: 06/10/2023, 01:02 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 9) — Hudson O’Neal couldn’t have been more pleased to head right back onto Eldora Speedway’s racing surface just 24 hours after letting a Dream XXIX preliminary feature win slip through his fingers. After tossing Full Story
Prelim tanglers soothed by poles in Dream heats
Posted: 06/10/2023, 03:54 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 9) — They say all’s well that ends well. While you wouldn’t know it looking at the carnage in the pit areas of Dream XXIX competitors Josh Rice and Mason Zeigler in the wee hours of Saturday morning at Eldora Full Story
Notes: Thornton finds winning Eldora rhythm
Posted: 06/09/2023, 12:53 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 8) — With Ricky Thornton Jr. roaring into Dream XXIX weekend at Eldora Speedway as the hottest driver in Dirt Late Model racing, it shouldn’t have come as a surprise that he closely resembled the half-mile oval’s Full Story
Notes: South Dakota rookie sets high goal
Posted: 06/08/2023, 12:03 am By Kyle McFaddenWith his family’s business growing exponentially and requiring more attention to detail, Jayson Good’s parked his United States Modified Touring Series team and found something more central around home in Watertown, S.D. The 26-year-old’s Full Story
Strickler switches to Rocket ahead of Dream XXIX
Posted: 06/07/2023, 06:45 pm By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 7) — It’s never easy to make a dramatic change in a Dirt Late Model racing program, but making a change such as switching chassis brands before the season’s richest event ramps up the pressure a bit more. That’s Full Story
Column: Admiration of Eldora grew for T-Mac
Posted: 06/07/2023, 05:32 pmLook through the list of Dirt Late Model crown jewel winners at Eldora Speedway and Tim McCreadie’s name sticks out. He’s a superstar in the division, sure, but he’s also the rare driver who’s reached the mountaintop at the famed Full Story
Crewman-turned-driver wins on 49th birthday
Posted: 06/07/2023, 11:18 am By Todd TurnerIt’s not uncommon for a crew member to watch his Dirt Late Model driver zip around the track and wonder why his driver didn’t try the inside groove. Or why he didn’t get a better restart. Or, perhaps, a crewman might wonder if he Full Story
Fast Facts: Dream XXIX
Posted: 06/06/2023, 04:36 pm By Aaron ClayDates: June 8-10 (complete shows on Thursday and Friday, featuring twin 25-lap, $12,000-to-win split-field preliminary features for DIRTcar Late Models; heat races and consolations precede Saturday’s 100-lap finale). | Complete Dream Full Story
Top 25: RTJ No. 1 as WoO winners climb
Posted: 06/06/2023, 01:29 pm By Todd TurnerA two-victory week helped Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series points leader Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., secure the unanimous No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com's power rankings while winners on the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series Full Story
Tough stretch in life of national tour director
Posted: 06/05/2023, 04:05 pm By Kevin KovacMINERAL WELLS, W.Va. — As rain poured down and lightning flashed in the skies Saturday night above West Virginia Motor Speedway, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series director Rick Schwallie sat on the back edge of the national tour’s operations Full Story
Fast Talk: Are we only dreaming? Yes, we are
Posted: 06/05/2023, 07:10 amWith Eldora Speedway's $129,000-to-win Dream upcoming, our roundtable considers the season's richest event and recent racing in our weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Pick a Full Story
Notes: Burdette thrashes to support Historic 100
Posted: 06/03/2023, 02:29 pm By Kevin KovacMINERAL WELLS, W.Va. (June 2) — Friday was supposed to be a nice, relaxing night visiting friends and watching races at his hometown track for K.C. Burdette. But when the 33-year-old driver from Parkersburg, W.Va., discovered that the Full Story
