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Fast Facts: 18th annual Lucas Oil Knoxville Nationals
Posted: 09/14/2022, 10:48 am By Robert HolmanDates: Sept. 15-17 ($7,000-to-win features Thursday and Friday and heats, consolations and $50,000-to-win main event Saturday) Track: Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway (semi-banked, half-mile clay oval). Purse: In excess of $290,000, the purse Full Story
Top 25: J.D. still on top as Overton rises to No. 3
Posted: 09/13/2022, 11:06 am By Todd TurnerFurther solidifying his unanimous No. 1 position in DirtonDirt.com’s power rankings, Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., captured his fifth World 100 victory Saturday at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, amid a record-setting season Full Story
McCreadie gains at the Big E, but falls shy again
Posted: 09/12/2022, 10:47 pm By Kyle McFaddenROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 12) — Saturday’s 52nd World 100 at Eldora Speedway was a representative of Tim McCreadie’s entire season. The Watertown, N.Y., veteran again battled for a crown jewel win with all his might versus the likes Full Story
Notes: B-Shepp lacks speed in World 100
Posted: 09/12/2022, 12:04 pmROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 10) — Brandon Sheppard was relatively quiet during the three-day World 100 weekend. The New Berlin, Ill., driver finished sixth in his preliminary feature on Thursday — a 25-lapper won by Jonathan Davenport that Full Story
Fast Talk: Taking stock of the World
Posted: 09/12/2022, 12:05 pmWith the postponed Dream (won by Brandon Overton) and 52nd annual World 100 (won by Jonathan Davenport) behind use, our roundtables tackles questions in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and Full Story
World 100's top three leave foes in their dust
Posted: 09/11/2022, 06:31 pm By Kyle McFaddenROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 10) — Seldom does Earl Pearson Jr. voluntarily put participation aside and spectate the sport’s crown jewel events, but that’s what the 50-year-old Jacksonville, Fla., racer did in Saturday’s final laps of Full Story
Coveting ‘big stage,’ J.D. soars in stature at Big E
Posted: 09/11/2022, 07:18 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 10) — The postrace press conference was over, but Jonathan Davenport wasn’t yet done talking about Saturday's victory the 52nd World 100 at Eldora Speedway. He simply shifted from sitting behind a table in the Full Story
World 100 hopes sag for Weiss via droop rule DQ
Posted: 09/10/2022, 08:47 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 9) — Ricky Weiss would have preferred to just remain holed up inside his toterhome, privately stewing in disgust over his rear deck-height disqualification from a $12,000 victory in Friday night’s first 25-lap Full Story
Owens looks to rekindle 100-lap success at Big E
Posted: 09/09/2022, 11:22 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 8) — Jimmy Owens isn’t a guy who will recite his racing stats with the acuity of an accountant. Nor is he a driver who has a crystal-clear memory of his performances — good or bad — from the past. So it Full Story
Slashing tire compounds, Hoosier touts simplicity
Posted: 09/08/2022, 06:50 pmROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 8) — It's no secret the mish-mash of Hoosier Tire compounds for Super Late Models often forced traveling teams to maintain a vast inventory of multiple-compound tires to compete from one track or organization to Full Story
Notes: J.D.'s rally not enough in Dream
Posted: 09/08/2022, 09:36 am By Kyle McFaddenROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 7) — Jonathan Davenport failed to keep his crown jewel streak alive Wednesday in the conclusion of Eldora Speedway’s rain-halted Dream XXVIII. When trying to get over that reality, Davenport kept his initial assessment Full Story
For Richards, there’s no place like Eldora
Posted: 09/07/2022, 10:01 am By Kevin KovacThink it’s possible to find someone who’s participated in more World 100s at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio — as a crew member, crew chief or car owner — than Mark Richards? Good luck. The circle of Eldora veterans in which Full Story
Column: ‘Perfect' fit of B-Shepp, Rocket1 ending
Posted: 09/07/2022, 09:45 amBrandon Sheppard’s decision to end his spectacular six-year run driving Mark Richards’s Rocket Chassis house car at the conclusion of the 2022 season shocked the Dirt Late Model world, but the 29-year-old superstar from New Berlin, Full Story
Top 25: Owens up three spots to No. 16
Posted: 09/06/2022, 09:23 am By Todd TurnerWith Labor Day weekend rain and preparations for a busy week at Eldora Speedway leaving many drivers idle during the holiday, Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., was the biggest mover in DirtonDirt.com's Top 25 power rankings following his World Full Story
Fast Facts: 52nd annual World 100
Posted: 09/05/2022, 11:44 am By Robert Holman(Editor’s note: This includes details on the completion of June’s rain-halted Dream for Wednesday) Dates: Sept. 7-10 (Dream completion Wednesday; Twin $12,000-to-win features both Thursday and Friday, with heats, consolations and a Full Story
Fast Talk: Holiday review and analysis of Rocket1
Posted: 09/05/2022, 11:45 amAfter a busy (but often wet) Labor Day weekend, our roundtable considers the sport’s latest while looking ahead to the 52nd annual at Eldora Speedway in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity Full Story
Wreck haunts Satterlee, but he doesn't miss beat
Posted: 09/04/2022, 02:56 pm By Kyle McFaddenPORT ROYAL, Pa. (Sept. 3) — Forking through a plate of stuffed hot peppers with mozzarella cheese melted overtop the crockpot dish, Gregg Satterlee stomached Saturday’s result at Port Royal Speedway — and postrace meal — much easier Full Story
Notes: Satterlee rides out rough one at Bedford
Posted: 09/03/2022, 12:47 pm By Kyle McFaddenBEDFORD, Pa. (Sept. 2) — Gregg Satterlee of Indiana, Pa., said he’s never endured a crash quite as hard as his attempt for the win gone bad Friday night at Bedford Speedway. Stalking leader Rick Eckert of York, Pa., with two laps remaining Full Story
Wild conclusion falls into Cosner's lap at Bedford
Posted: 09/03/2022, 02:29 am By Kyle McFaddenBEDFORD, Pa. (Sept. 2) — It seemed like the only thing Matt Cosner could readily anticipate Friday night at Bedford Speedway was a post-victory dousing from teammate Eddie Carrier Jr., who didn’t hide the giddy intention of dumping Full Story
Dispatches: Pierce snaps string of bridesmaid runs
Posted: 09/03/2022, 06:44 pmThe latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events during Labor Day weekend, including the DIRTcar Summer Nationals makeup at Macon (Ill.) Speedway, World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series action at Smoky Mountain Full Story
Notes: WoO's title chase shifts to Smoky Mountain
Posted: 09/01/2022, 03:55 pmThe World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series head into the final 12 races of the season Friday at Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, Tenn., with the championship chase tightening up between leader Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., Full Story
Column: The circuitous route to victory for Erwin
Posted: 08/31/2022, 04:55 pmWhen does the biggest victory of a driver’s career not feel like such a monumental accomplishment? When the racer leaves the racetrack as a runner-up and learns he won the event about 48 hours later. That was the awkward situation experienced Full Story
Fast Talk: Pearson, English and Labor Day
Posted: 08/29/2022, 10:47 amAfter big-purse weekends on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway and the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series at Davenport (Iowa) Speedway, our roundtable reviews the action in our weekly feature presented Full Story
Drought-ending Pearson popular at Port Royal
Posted: 08/28/2022, 07:46 am By Kevin KovacPORT ROYAL, Pa. (Aug. 27) — Earl Pearson Jr. had gone so long without earning a checkered flag he had almost forgotten the little things that come with the achievement. Like, for instance, the bottle and can of Michelob Ultra he clutched Full Story
Racy Davenport oval fuels English’s rally
Posted: 08/27/2022, 03:14 pm By Robert HolmanDAVENPORT, Iowa (Aug. 26) — After Friday’s thrilling finish in the 40-lap World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series main event at Davenport Speedway, Devin Moran hailed the quarter-mile Ricky Kay-prepared track one of the best tracks Full Story
