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Fast-rising young Smith eyes DTWC immortality
Posted: 10/15/2022, 05:43 am By Kyle McFaddenPORTSMOUTH, Ohio — It’s nearly impossible to overlook Garrett Smith at the racetrack these days. Breast Cancer Awareness Month has inspired Smith to adorn a fuchsia driver’s suit specially made for races throughout the duration of Full Story
Column: Shifting English doesn't miss a beat
Posted: 10/13/2022, 07:14 amTanner English breathed a huge sigh of relief last week when he buttoned up a deal to drive for Shawn and Lisa Martin’s Viper Motorsports team in 2023. No surprise there, of course. The 29-year-old driver originally from Benton, Ky. Full Story
Fast Facts: 42nd General Tire Dirt Track World Championship
Posted: 10/11/2022, 11:03 am By Robert Holman and Aaron ClayDates: Oct. 13-15 (modified prelims Thursday; Late Model and Limited Late Model prelims and modified feature Friday; Late Model and Limited Late Model features Saturday) Track: Portsmouth (Ohio) Raceway Park (high-banked 3/8-mile clay Full Story
2022 Late Model series and track champions
Posted: 12/31/2022, 12:47 pmSeries champions Region-by-region champions on Dirt Late Model series and racing organizations for 2022: National Castrol FloRacing Night in America - Brandon Sheppard Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series - Tim McCreadie World of Full Story
Fast Talk: Remembering a silenced voice
Posted: 10/03/2022, 10:36 amWith the racing community stunned by the passing of one of its own, our roundtable gathers to discuss all the latest in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): React to the tragic death Full Story
Column: Rich win caps Bare’s rebound season
Posted: 09/30/2022, 10:58 amSeveral days had passed since Tyler Bare’s $50,000 victory Saturday’s Fastrak World Championship at Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, Va., but the 28-year-old driver from Rockbridge Baths, Va., remained in awe of the fat check he Full Story
Spotlighted Larson lets it hang out at Hillbilly 100
Posted: 09/30/2022, 10:31 am By Kyle McFaddenMIDDLEBOURNE, W.Va. (Sept. 29) — For all his otherworldly skills at driving race cars, Kyle Larson has yet to discover a complete level of comfortability, a place where decisiveness reigns, since he began competing in Dirt Late Models Full Story
Notes: B-Shepp saves car but fades at Atomic
Posted: 09/29/2022, 07:17 am By Kyle McFaddenALMA, Ohio (Sept. 28) — Brandon Sheppard’s car never performed up to par following Wednesday’s midrace contact with eventual winner Bobby Pierce while battling for the lead at Atomic Speedway's Castrol FloRacing Night in America event. Full Story
Notes: PPMS Crate standout giving it another shot
Posted: 09/29/2022, 06:53 am By Kyle McFaddenBen Policz has a love-hate relationship with the Bill Hendren Memorial — this weekend’s RUSH Late Model Series event that accompanies the 37th Pittsburgher — at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway. Because the Crate Late Models Full Story
Top 25: Indiana success boosts T-Mac to No. 2
Posted: 09/27/2022, 09:48 am By Todd TurnerJonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., remained the unanimous No. 1 pick in DirtonDirt.com's power rankings, but he has a new No. 2 hot on his heels after Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., grabbed $60,000 worth of victories while wandering Full Story
Fast Talk: T-Mac’s big week and racing recap
Posted: 09/26/2022, 12:24 pmWith September's action rolling along on the XR Super Series, World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series and Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, our roundtable considers all the latest in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Full Story
Dispatches: Dillard irked by sweeping Stevens
Posted: 09/24/2022, 01:57 pmThe latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events during the last weekend in September, including action on the Sooner Late Model Series, Davenport (Iowa) Speedway’s Yankee Dirt Track Classic, Skyline’s Full Story
Notes: Ford making gains in McCarter ride
Posted: 09/24/2022, 07:36 am By Robert HolmanRINGGOLD, Ga. (Sept. 23) — Jensen Ford feels like he has a car in his McCarter Brothers Racing MasterSbilt that could carry him to his first career World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series feature victory in Saturday’s $20,000-to-win Full Story
Column: Tour’s droop drop raises questions
Posted: 09/23/2022, 06:12 amTyler Erb displayed a megawatt smile and an extra bounce in his step throughout his visit to Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway for Monday and Tuesday’s XR Super Series-sanctioned Kokomo Dirt Nationals. Putting it simply, he was a reinvigorated driver. “I Full Story
Notes: Virginia racer makes way for next generation
Posted: 09/22/2022, 10:54 am By Kyle McFaddenAt 34 years old, Jason Miller is in his racing prime and could potentially have a few more decades behind the wheel. But at end of the 2022 season, the Berryville, Va., racer is set to hang up the driver’s helmet and effectively put an Full Story
Notes: Thornton’s high-side charge falls short
Posted: 09/21/2022, 10:38 am By Kevin Kovac and Bryan AultKOKOMO, Ind. (Sept. 20) — Victory was in sight for Ricky Thornton Jr. It seemed all he had to do was keep blasting around the extreme outside of the quarter-mile Kokomo Speedway oval and the $40,000 top prize in Tuesday night’s 60-lap Full Story
Kokomo triumph ‘shot in the arm’ for McCreadie
Posted: 09/21/2022, 08:51 am By Kevin KovacKOKOMO, Ind. (Sept. 20) — When Tim McCreadie pulled up to his Paylor Motorsports team’s hauler after winning Tuesday’s 60-lap XR Super Series feature at Kokomo Speedway, none of his crew members were there to greet him. They were Full Story
Top 25: Tighter grip on No. 1 for J.D.
Posted: 09/20/2022, 10:22 am By Todd TurnerTop-ranked Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., kept his crown jewel-collecting campaign rolling Sunday at the 18th annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals to further cement his spot atop DirtonDirt.com's power rankings. Davenport, Full Story
Clanton up on the wheel, up on track at Kokomo
Posted: 09/20/2022, 10:23 am By Kevin KovacKOKOMO, Ind. (Sept. 19) — Shane Clanton was standing alongside his car in the Kokomo Speedway pit area, talking about his stirring $20,000 victory in Monday’s 40-lap XR Super Series feature, when his Skyline Motorsports teammate, Tyler Full Story
Fast Talk: J.D.’s exploits, wandering Indiana
Posted: 09/19/2022, 01:22 pmAfter a busy mid-September that saw top-ranked Jonathan Davenport score his first Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals victory, our roundtable weighs in with our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity Full Story
Pushing J.D. to the brink, Bruening keeps head up
Posted: 09/19/2022, 09:59 am By Kyle McFaddenKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 18) – Tyler Bruening had all the reasons to go stoic in the face of defeat Sunday at Knoxville Raceway, yet another major event not far from his Decorah, Iowa, home cruelly slipping from his grasp. In one sense, Full Story
Knoxville prelim win is turnaround Pierce sought
Posted: 09/17/2022, 02:53 am By Kyle McFaddenKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 16) — With his gung-ho driving style and affinity for the cushion, it’s often overlooked that Bobby Pierce is christened the Smooth Operator. On Friday’s final preliminary night of the Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Full Story
On-the-mat conditions frustrate Knoxville racers
Posted: 09/16/2022, 12:59 pm By Kyle McFaddenKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 15) — Billy Moyer didn’t want to be wearing street clothes so soon Thursday, particularly after he’d been in contention for a heat race victory on the opening night of the 18th annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Full Story
Notes: High point for South Dakota racer
Posted: 09/15/2022, 09:29 am By Kyle McFaddenThough Josh Skorczewski is the closest he’s ever been to winning his a WISSOTA championship, the identity of his season — or race program for that matter — doesn’t hinge on if he overcomes a 69-point deficit to Chad Becker in the Full Story
Column: Lack of quality racing concerns Overton
Posted: 09/15/2022, 08:09 amBy all reasonable standards, Brandon Overton’s four-day visit last week to Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, was spectacular — not perfect like last year when he swept the prelim features and 100-lap finales of the double Dreams to Full Story










































