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• Notes: Crate standout paves way for his son

  Posted: 09/09/2021, 06:56 am By Todd Turner

  A dirt racer for more than half his life, Jamie Burford has realized that he’s now more satisfied by setting up a fast race car than driving it. Which will likely come in handy as the 39-year-old Keatchie, La., Crate Late Model racer Full Story

• Column: Young racer forges on without father

  Posted: 09/08/2021, 10:21 am

  Drake Troutman has had nearly a month to process the sudden, heartbreaking passing of his father, D.J., but the new normal for the 16-year-old racer from Hyndman, Pa., hasn’t gotten any easier. It never will, no matter how many laps he Full Story

• Purvis fondly recalls his special era at World 100

  Posted: 09/07/2021, 01:58 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Jeff Purvis was in a conversation with a reporter when he paused and turned the direction of the questioning around. “Let me ask you something,” the retired Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer said, “what do you know about Eldora with Full Story

• Fast Facts: Eldora's 50th and 51st World 100s

  Posted: 09/07/2021, 01:28 pm By Robert Holman

  Dates: Sept. 8-11 (twin $10,000-to-win features Wednesday and Friday, with heats, consolations and a $54,000-to-win main event on Thursday and heats, consolations and a $53,000-to-win main event on Saturday) | Complete World 100 coverage Track: Full Story

• Top 25: T-Mac rises to fourth as Hughes joins

  Posted: 09/07/2021, 10:45 am By Joshua Joiner

  A busy Labor Day weekend shook up the DirtonDirt.com Top 25 power rankings with Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., jumping three spots to the fourth spot while young upstart Spencer Hughes of Meridian, Miss., joined the rankings after a Full Story

• Fast Talk: Holiday wrap, Overton's next quest

  Posted: 09/06/2021, 12:14 pm

  After a busy Labor Day weekend with Eldora Speedway's double World 100s starting Wednesday, our roundtable convenes to discuss action past and future for the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and Full Story

• Notes: Ivey's strong run tempered by heat scrape

  Posted: 09/03/2021, 01:47 am By Todd Turner

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (Sept. 2) — Trent Ivey has posted two of his best outings of the season in his last two starts. Unfortunately they’ve both come with downsides. Nevertheless, the 26-year-old Union, S.C., driver was smiling late Thursday Full Story

• Notes: Run-and-gun Loney scores first victory

  Posted: 09/02/2021, 07:28 am By Todd Turner

  Nathon Loney spends his summers at the racetrack and his winters on the basketball court. And whether the 31-year-old Danville, Ohio, resident is behind the wheel of his Dirt Late Model or on a courtside bench coaching high school hoopsters, Full Story

• Fast Facts: 53rd annual Hillbilly 100

  Posted: 09/01/2021, 12:06 pm By Robert Holman

  Dates: Sept. 3-5 (a $2,000-to-win Crate Late Model program on Friday and Sunday; a $5,000-to-win steel-block Late Model program on Saturday; and a $30,000-to-win Lucas Oil Series program on Sunday) Track: Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, Full Story

• Notes: Shirley's second, but still isn't consistent

  Posted: 08/29/2021, 06:40 am By Robert Holman

  DAVENPORT, Iowa (Aug. 28) — If Brian Shirley could pinpoint the reason for his inconsistencies this season, he’d likely fix it. Shirley finished 16th in Thursday’s World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series Quad Cities 150 Full Story

• Fateful restart dooms Port Royal competitors

  Posted: 08/28/2021, 08:51 am By Kevin Kovac

  PORT ROYAL, Pa. (Aug. 27) — The first half of Friday’s 40-lap Rumble on the River feature at Port Royal Speedway was clean and green. Then there was lap 25, which brought the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned event to a screeching Full Story

• Tall task for Iowans vs. WoO stars at Davenport

  Posted: 08/27/2021, 07:00 am By Robert Holman

  DAVENPORT, Iowa (Aug. 26) — During the first three visits of the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series to Davenport Speedway dating back to 2004, home-state drivers had a clear stranglehold on their competitors with each Full Story

• Notes: Port Royal suits hottest Lucas Oil racer

  Posted: 08/27/2021, 06:20 am By Kevin Kovac

  PORT ROYAL, Pa. (Aug. 26) — Hudson O’Neal had a good feeling entering Thursday’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series opener at Port Royal Speedway's Rumble by the River, which makes sense considering he was five days removed from a career-high Full Story

• Summer Nationals key for Winger's maturation

  Posted: 08/26/2021, 07:43 am By Joshua Joiner

  LAKE CITY, Mich. (Aug 21) — If Gary Winger had any question as to whether running the full DIRTcar Summer Nationals schedule was good for his son Ashton’s development as a Super Late Model driver, he got a resounding answer in Saturday's Full Story

• Notes: Young Kentuckian wins at 100-race mark

  Posted: 08/26/2021, 06:29 am By Todd Turner

  Starting in the Dirt Late Model division as a teenager, Avery Taylor knew victories wouldn’t come quickly, especially for a low-budget team with an inexperienced driver. The 22-year-old South Shore, Ky., driver’s grandfather Butch Full Story

• Column: Hardy piles up wins amid reboot season

  Posted: 08/25/2021, 04:36 pm

  Kyle Hardy needed a reboot, a new beginning. After two straight seasons that saw him split with his car owner, it was time for the talented 28-year-old driver from Stephens City, Va., to bring his racing efforts back under the roof of his Full Story

• Notes: Hall of Famer focuses on next chapter

  Posted: 08/25/2021, 06:26 am

  Keen-eyed fans at Batesville (Ark.) Motor Speedway’s Comp Cams Topless 100 might’ve noticed a new sponsor on the quarterpanel of Hall of Famer Billy Moyer’s No. 21. Moyer has pretty close ties to Lake Havasu City, Ariz.-based Hava Full Story

• Fast Facts: Quad Cities 150 by Hoker Trucking

  Posted: 08/25/2021, 06:20 am By Robert Holman

  Dates: Aug. 26-28 ($10,000-to-win, 40-lap features on Thursday and Friday, followed by Saturday’s 70-lap, $30,000-to-win finale) Track: Davenport (Iowa) Speedway (quarter-mile semi-banked oval) Sanction: World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Full Story

• Top 25: O’Neal moves to fifth after Topless victory

  Posted: 08/24/2021, 09:56 am By Joshua Joiner

  Moving up after his thrilling Topless 100 victory at Batesville Motor Speedway, Hudson O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind., is back among the top five of DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings while Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., remains No. Full Story

• Fast Talk: A review as teams rivet tops back on

  Posted: 08/23/2021, 10:23 am

  During a busy mid-summer weekend with Hudson O'Neal adding another big victory and Ashton Winger wrapping up the DIRTcar Summer Nationals with a bang, our roundtable discusses those topics and more in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Full Story

• Notes: O’Neal up to task in Topless 100's last laps

  Posted: 08/23/2021, 09:20 am

  LOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug. 21) — Hudson O’Neal is only 20 years old, but it’s easy for someone to forget that fact after watching — and hearing him break down — how he won Saturday’s 29th annual Comp Cams Topless 100 presented Full Story

• Weekend plans pay off for podium-rich Moran

  Posted: 08/21/2021, 02:04 pm By Joshua Joiner

  AUBURN, Mich. (Aug. 20) — Early in the week, Devin Moran had a decision to make. With both the DIRTcar Summer Nationals four-race Michigan swing and the four World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Models Series races in the Northeast Full Story

• Dillard decides he can't miss daughter's big day

  Posted: 08/20/2021, 06:47 pm By Todd Turner

  LOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug. 20) — Little Evie Dillard’s first day of school went without a hitch for the 4-year-old starting pre-kindergarten classes at Many Elementary School. It might’ve been a little rougher on dad after Cade and Full Story

• Notes: Fuller's scouting report key for B-Shepp

  Posted: 08/20/2021, 12:59 pm By Kevin Kovac

  MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. (Aug. 19) — Mark Richards needed some intel on Orange County Fair Speedway before Thursday's World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series event, so the Rocket Chassis house car owner looked to an old friend and Full Story

• Notes: English, Winger vie for second in points

  Posted: 08/20/2021, 05:07 am By Joshua Joiner

  LAKE ODESSA, Mich. (Aug. 19) — Bobby Pierce may be well on his way to a fourth DIRTcar Summer Nationals championship heading into the tour’s final two races, but the battle for second in the circuit’s points chase appears likely to Full Story