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Fast Facts: 43rd annual Sunoco North-South 100
Posted: 08/05/2025, 01:39 pm By Aaron ClayDates: Aug. 7-9 (Thursday and Friday twin semifeatures and Saturday’s 100-lap finale) Track: Florence Speedway (semi-banked half-mile dirt oval) Location: Union, Ky. Purse: $75,000-to-win Late Model feature Primary sponsors: Sunoco Full Story
Right car, right time for Gustin at USA Nationals
Posted: 08/04/2025, 03:17 pm By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 2) — Ryan Gustin decided to put his stubborn streak aside after a poor performance in Thursday’s 30-lap World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series feature at Cedar Lake Speedway. It might have been Full Story
Banner showing for JRR drivers at Brownstown
Posted: 08/03/2025, 11:21 am By Bryan AultBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Aug. 2) — Deep in the Brownstown Speedway pit area, almost concealed by a long line of trees, the JRR Motorsports team spent Saturday night working hard — and then celebrating hard as the stable’s three drivers finished Full Story
Notes: Larson making moves at USA Nationals
Posted: 08/02/2025, 03:50 pm By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 1) — A cool, calm approach led Brent Larson to the most dramatic pass of Friday night’s USA Nationals qualifying program at Cedar Lake Speedway. “I just kept slowing down more and more, I felt like, and going Full Story
Dash collision stings both Cedar Lake competitors
Posted: 08/02/2025, 07:17 am By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 1) — Dashes run for feature starting positions are typically uneventful affairs. Jake Timm was expecting another one Friday at Cedar Lake Speedway. Not this time. The 28-year-old World of Outlaws Real American Full Story
Fast Facts: 38th annual Cedar Lake USA Nationals
Posted: 07/29/2025, 09:09 am By Aaron ClayDates: July 31-Aug. 2 (Thursday standalone program with Friday preliminaries heading for Saturday’s USA Nationals finale) Track: Cedar Lake Speedway (high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval) Location: New Richmond, Wis. Purse: $100,000-to-win Full Story
Notes: Wilmot familiarity helps Gustin to WoO win
Posted: 07/29/2025, 09:10 am By Kevin KovacWILMOT, Wis. (July 28) — Ryan Gustin and his Todd Cooney Motorsports did some reconnaissance work for Monday’s World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series stop at Wilmot Raceway by visiting the 3/8-mile oval for June 16’s Full Story
PDC winner soaks up joy of knowing he belongs
Posted: 07/28/2025, 04:59 pm By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 26) — The clock was closing in on 4 o’clock Sunday morning, but Brian Shirley wasn’t ready for bed. How could he even close his eyes and fall asleep when he was riding the highest of emotional highs in his life? Anyway, Full Story
Fast Talk: Shirley's deserved, rewarding PDC victory
Posted: 07/28/2025, 10:49 amOn a weekend when Brian Shirley broke the bank (and clock?) with his Prairie Dirt Classic victory at Fairbury, out roundtable gathers for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Discuss Full Story
Late-race restart pileup shuffles PDC contenders
Posted: 07/27/2025, 03:48 pm By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 26) — There were 16 laps left in Prairie Dirt Classic and the 100-lap World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series event at Fairbury Speedway was primed to get serious. | RaceWire Brian Shirley was clinging Full Story
With ailing wife, race-life balance wears on Shirley
Posted: 07/26/2025, 10:55 am By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 25) — Brian Shirley realized that winning the first of Friday’s four 25-lap semifeatures for the Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury Speedway was just a steppingstone to the weekend’s big prize. Yet there he was Full Story
Unzicker's Prairie Dirt hopes high after miscue
Posted: 07/25/2025, 07:23 am By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 23) — Ryan Unzicker stood in Fairbury Speedway’s pit area Wednesday night trying to make sense of his fifth-place finish in the 50-lap FloRacing Night in America-sanctioned feature. Should he be annoyed with “just” Full Story
Notes: Pennsy youngster Merkel blossoms at PVS
Posted: 07/24/2025, 12:24 am By Todd TurnerIn Trent Merkel’s rookie Late Model season last year, the teenager found himself in the position of doing something he always imagined — racing against his dad. In the Oct. 12 event at Path Valley Speedway in Spring Run, Pa., father Full Story
Fast Facts: Fairbury's 35th Prairie Dirt Classic
Posted: 07/23/2025, 10:46 am By Aaron ClayDates: July 25-26 (July 23’s FloRacing Night in America presented by Kubota event isn’t officially part of the event). Track: Fairbury Speedway (semi-banked 1/4-mile dirt oval) Location: Fairbury, Ill. Purse: $50,000-to-win Late Full Story
Fast Talk: Analyzing Huset's, PDC dreaming
Posted: 07/21/2025, 11:42 amOur weekly roundtable reviews the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Silver Dollar Nationals and the ongoing Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals, among other items, while looking ahead to this weekend’s Prairie Dirt Classic in the Full Story
Late Model newcomer feels 'robbed' of first win
Posted: 07/21/2025, 09:14 am By Todd TurnerA longtime and successful modified racer, Darron Fuqua of Mayetta, Kan., by happenstance finds himself as a rookie Late Model competitor this month. Not just any rookie, but a driver who in his sixth division start crossed the finish line Full Story
Drivers battling for Lucas Oil playoffs positioning
Posted: 07/19/2025, 03:44 pm By Kyle McFaddenBRANDON, S.D. (July 18) — Both prelim nights in this year’s installment of the Silver Dollar Nationals at Huset’s Speedway have had a common theme according to Ricky Thornton Jr. “I feel like this year, compared to last year, we're Full Story
Huset's triumph special for J.D.'s head wrench
Posted: 07/19/2025, 02:29 pm By Kyle McFaddenBRANDON, S.D. (July 18) — Cory Fostvedt doesn’t prefer the spotlight in his role as Jonathan Davenport’s crew chief at Double L Motorsports, but on Friday at Huset’s Speedway, he found himself in it as his team’s pit area was Full Story
Dispatches: Glenz relishes first five-figure win
Posted: 07/19/2025, 04:12 pmAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing heading into the third weekend in July, including Schaeffer's Southern Nationals and MARS Championship Series (look for Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series coverage elsewhere). Full Story
Title-chasing Crigler returns to Wheatland oval
Posted: 07/16/2025, 03:28 pm By Lyndal ScrantonSawyer Crigler wants to forge his own way in the Dirt Late Model racing world as his dad, longtime regional racer Scott Criger, continues to enjoy success in the sport. The 4 State Dirt Late Model Series has been the younger Crigler’s Full Story
Column: Morey, father making gains together
Posted: 07/16/2025, 04:50 pmAs Luke Morey was discussing his budding Dirt Late Model career after a career-best Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals finish of fourth in Friday’s series opener at Beckley (W.Va.) Motor Speedway, his father, Aaron, walked up to offer a Full Story
Fast Facts: 15th annual Silver Dollar Nationals
Posted: 07/15/2025, 07:55 am By Aaron ClayDates: July 16-19 Track: Huset’s Speedway (high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval) Location: Brandon, S.D. Purse: $75,000-to-win finale Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Streaming: FloRacing Presenting sponsor: MyRacePass Last Full Story
Another page-turning season for swift Pierce
Posted: 07/12/2025, 01:49 pm By Kyle McFaddenHARTFORD, Ohio (July 11) — When Bobby Pierce was told he secured yet another 20-win season after Friday’s dominant showing at Sharon Speedway on the World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series, he whipped out his iPhone to Full Story
Bailes steers Nuttall entry to Beckley victory
Posted: 07/12/2025, 12:15 pm By Kevin KovacBECKLEY, W.Va. (July 11) — How would Ross Bailes characterize the first half of his 2025 racing season? “Very quiet,” the 35-year-old driver from Clover, S.C., said Friday night at Beckley Motor Speedway. Bailes uttered those words, Full Story
Broadening experiences, discovering victory lane
Posted: 07/10/2025, 06:04 am By Bryan AultMONTPELIER, Ind. (July 9) — Zack Mitchell unloaded Tuesday at Shadyhill Speedway with low expectations. The 29-year-old Enoree, S.C. driver, who decided to tackle the fifth and final week of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals starting with Full Story
