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Reassessing K-Rob takes first shot at Davenport
Posted: 08/27/2022, 12:09 pm By Robert HolmanDAVENPORT, Iowa (Aug. 26) — Kent Robinson may have seemed like a surprise entry in this year’s Quad Cities 150 at Davenport Speedway. But the Bloomington, Ind., driver didn't just suddenly decide to pop in on the Aug. 25-27 World of Full Story
Notes: Slate-shuffling J.D. rolls at Port Royal
Posted: 08/27/2022, 06:26 am By Kyle McFadden and Kevin KovacPORT ROYAL, Pa. (Aug. 26) — At the start of the week, Jonathan Davenport and crew viewed the weekend as a needed break before the crucial month of September. Then as Friday night segued into the wee hours of Saturday, Davenport found Full Story
Spearheading a Larry Shaw Late Model revival
Posted: 08/22/2022, 06:49 am By Robert HolmanLOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug. 20) — It wasn’t a triumphant return. But it was a return nonetheless. Twelve years after the last new dirt Late Model race car came off the jig at Larry Shaw Race Cars in Batesville, Ark., the iconic brand was Full Story
Fast Talk: Considering J.D., historic perspective
Posted: 08/22/2022, 06:34 amWith Jonathan Davenport streaking to his third consecutive crown jewel victory at Batesville's Comp Cams Topless 100, our roundtable considers the streak and other issues in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited Full Story
Notes: Speedweeks car shines for Sharon winner
Posted: 08/21/2022, 07:11 am By Kevin KovacHARTFORD, Ohio (Aug. 20) — Devin Moran has been searching all season for the speed and strength he flashed during Georgia-Florida Speedweeks. He might have finally found it Saturday. After rolling to a convincing $10,000 triumph in the Full Story
Notes: Not quite enough pixie dust in O’Neal rally
Posted: 08/21/2022, 06:28 am By Robert HolmanLOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug. 20) — There are plenty of songs about magic. A simple internet search quickly delivers 54, 40 of them with magic in the title. There are numerous movies — purely fiction, of course — and books as well which Full Story
It's red-hot Davenport vs. the World at Topless
Posted: 08/20/2022, 01:44 pm By Robert HolmanLOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug. 19) — It may not be Jonathan Davenport vs. the World, but it’s starting to feel that way. Davenport, the red-hot superstar from Blairsville, Ga., who already has more than $1.6 million in earnings this season, Full Story
Back 'home' with WoO, confidence fills Clanton
Posted: 08/20/2022, 10:51 am By Kyle McFaddenMECHANICSBURG, Pa. (Aug. 19) — Though it didn’t appear anything special happened in Shane Clanton’s run-of-the-mill victory Friday at Williams Grove Speedway, the front-row starter from Zebulon, Ga., drove home a couple of notable Full Story
Notes: After slowdown, Myers revving up again
Posted: 08/18/2022, 08:19 am By Kyle McFaddenAt the height of his racing career in 2010, D.J. Myers had established himself as one of the fiercest Mid-Atlantic weekly racers. Thirty-two of his 78 total wins in a Dirt Late Model were amassed between 2009 to ’13 driving for Virginia Full Story
Column: Winding down, but not ready to retire
Posted: 08/17/2022, 12:47 pmAsk Lance Matthees if the 2022 campaign is going to be his last as a Dirt Late Model driver and the 66-year-old from Winona, Minn., will come as close as possible to confirming his impending retirement. “It ain’t official,” he said Full Story
Fast Facts: 30th annual Comp Cams Topless 100
Posted: 08/16/2022, 04:53 pm By Robert HolmanEvent: 30th annual Comp Cams Topless 100 presented by Nutrien Ag Solutions Dates: Aug. 19-20 ($5,000-to-win program on Friday followed by Saturday’s $50,000-to-win finale) Track: Batesville (Ark.) Motor Speedway (3/8-mile clay oval) Sanction: Full Story
Fast Talk: Next 100-lap race? We’ll take a pass
Posted: 08/15/2022, 10:20 amWith Jonathan Davenport adding yet another megapurse victory with his $75,000 Sunoco North-South 100 triumph at Florence, we consider that and more in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and Full Story
Notes: North-South 100 goes south for Madden
Posted: 08/14/2022, 02:03 pm By Todd TurnerUNION, Ky. (Aug. 13) — Florence Speedway fans were primed for a showdown of the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked drivers Saturday at the 40th North-South 100, at $75,000-to-win the richest race in track history. Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Full Story
Dohm fuels up for solid North-South 100 finish
Posted: 08/14/2022, 01:20 am By Todd TurnerUNION, Ky. (Aug. 13) — Zack Dohm was ready with a quip for his postrace interview following Saturday’s Sunoco North-South 100 at Florence Speedway. “At least we didn’t run out of fuel this time,” Dohm said with a smile. | RaceWire And Full Story
Notes: Grandpa-to-be EPJ anxious at Florence
Posted: 08/13/2022, 01:10 am By Todd TurnerUNION, Ky. (Aug. 12) — Rocket Chassis house car driver Brandon Sheppard’s wife Mikala gave birth to their newest child hours before Sheppard headed to Florence Speedway for the Sunoco North-South 100 weekend, but four-time Lucas Oil Full Story
Rice, Florence's top-side talent, awes observers
Posted: 08/11/2022, 05:00 pm By Todd TurnerUNION, Ky. (Aug. 11) — How would you describe how high-flying Florence Speedway favorite Josh Rice blazes around the high-banked, half-mile oval? “He’s up on the cushion a lot,” said young fan Briahna Lennex of Maysville, Ky., Full Story
Ferguson, Ultimate clash on VMS tire controversy
Posted: 08/11/2022, 04:09 pm By Robert Holman and Todd TurnerWith Chris Ferguson disputing his tire-related disqualification from Saturday’s Ultimate Southeast Super Late Model victory at Virginia Motor Speedway, series president Stan Lester on Tuesday evening announced he’s planning on meeting Full Story
Column: Back to WoO for racing die-hard Francis
Posted: 08/10/2022, 08:09 amSteve Francis considered finding a new career unrelated to Dirt Late Model racing after resigning from his position as the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series’s technical director. He really did. But who was he kidding? For his entire adult Full Story
Fast Facts: 40th annual Sunoco North-South 100
Posted: 08/09/2022, 01:10 pm By Robert HolmanDates: Aug. 11-13 (split-field $5,000-to-win programs Thursday and Friday followed by Saturday’s $75,000-to-win finale) Track: Florence Speedway in Union, Ky. (half-mile high-banked clay oval) Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Purse: Full Story
Notes: USA Nationals showdown is a no-show
Posted: 08/08/2022, 03:33 pm By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 6) — Chris Madden was ready for a showdown with Jonathan Davenport, a race-long battle with the lone Dirt Late Model driver who’s won more money than him in 2022. But even though Madden started outside Davenport Full Story
Fast Talk: Cedar Lake rewind and more
Posted: 08/08/2022, 12:48 pmWith Jonathan Davenport finding his way to victory lane for a $50,000 payday in the USA Nationals, our roundtable considers Cedar Lake, whether or not J.D. can string together three crown jewel victories in a row and other action in the Full Story
Amid sliders, scrape and karma, Terbo falls short
Posted: 08/08/2022, 07:47 am By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 6) — Tyler Erb finished third in Saturday’s 35th USA Nationals at Cedar Lake Speedway, but after the 100-lap feature he was quite certain he hadn’t maxed out his performance. “I had a winning car on multiple Full Story
Cedar Lake fans embrace Davenport's new heights
Posted: 08/07/2022, 06:53 am By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 6) — Something dawned on Jonathan Davenport as he stood in his Double L Motorsports team’s trailer Friday night after winning the pole dash to secure the No. 1 starting spot in the 35th USA Nationals at Cedar Full Story
Notes: Iowa standout finds new challenges
Posted: 08/04/2022, 08:06 am By Kyle McFaddenSince Matt Ryan broke through in 2019 to win the IMCA weekly points championship after years of falling crushingly short, the Davenport, Iowa, racer’s initiative at the wheel of a Late Model has relaxed a bit. Not relaxed in the sense Full Story
Column: FALS windfall buoys Rocket 1 team
Posted: 08/03/2022, 01:47 pmWhen someone chatting with Brandon Sheppard in Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway’s pit area after Saturday’s World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series-sanctioned Prairie Dirt Classic congratulated him by saying, “You just won a $100,000!” Full Story
