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Drivers fall in line during a rare clunker at Macon
Posted: 07/09/2021, 08:44 am By Kevin KovacMACON, Ill. (July 8) — Shannon Babb didn’t want to believe his eyes, but they didn’t deceive him. Everything he had come to know and love about Macon Speedway was turned upside down as he found himself falling into a single, locked-down Full Story
Column: For Big Frog, the band’s back together
Posted: 07/08/2021, 04:19 pmAugie Burttram was a pretty popular guy throughout the spring. He understood the reason, too. As the owner of Ocala, Fla.-based Big Frog Motorsports, he possessed an array of quality equipment and no driver — an attractive combination Full Story
Pierce gets the better of buddy battle once again
Posted: 07/08/2021, 08:44 am By Kevin KovacBANNER, Ill. (July 7) — They’re good buddies. Most offseasons, in fact, they vacation together with their families in some tropical locale. But their friendship didn’t make it any easier for Ryan Unzicker to accept what Bobby Pierce Full Story
Plenty of hard Knox in hellish backstretch melee
Posted: 07/07/2021, 01:06 am By Todd TurnerKNOXVILLE, Ill. (July 6) — A narrow half-mile track, high speeds, low visibility — and a pair of cars banging together exiting turn two — proved to be a fateful combination for DIRTcar Summer Nationals competitors Tuesday at Knox Full Story
Knox County upgrades to Summer Nationals event
Posted: 07/06/2021, 05:50 pm By Todd TurnerKNOXVILLE, Ill. — Knox County Fair Raceway hasn't exactly been on the radar of Dirt Late Model drivers and fans. But the Knox County Fair Board hopes that landing DIRTcar Summer Nationals sanctioning for the 2021 event can help its lone Full Story
Fast Talk: Surveying holiday weekend affairs
Posted: 07/05/2021, 10:19 amWith the flag-waving weekend of the Fourth of July behind us amid a flurry of action, our roundtable considers the latest happenings in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): Anything Full Story
Notes: Shirley looks on the bright side at Lincoln
Posted: 07/05/2021, 12:33 am By Todd TurnerLINCOLN, Ill. (July 4) — While watching the consolation race before Sunday’s 40-lap DIRTcar Summer Nationals feature at Lincoln Speedway, Brian Shirley shared his philosophy of how things go on the night-after-night series that dots Full Story
Notes: Budget racer gives old car new life
Posted: 07/04/2021, 04:22 am By Todd TurnerBROWNSTOWN, Ill. — Claude Walker of Meadowbrook, Ill., knew he needed to upgrade to the latest generation of Late Model chassis if he was going to remain competitive at St. Louis-area ovals. The 38-year-old tooling mechanic at Boeing Full Story
Hell Tour teams adapt to ever-evolving tire rules
Posted: 07/02/2021, 06:02 pm By Todd TurnerJOLIET, Ill. (July 2) — Everyone is dealing with a lot of "new normals" as the world transitions into the post-coronavirus era, and for now, the new normal on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals is facing a limited tire rule that’s required Full Story
Diercks just happy to be back behind the wheel
Posted: 07/02/2021, 06:48 am By Todd TurnerDAVENPORT, Iowa (July 1) — Thursday night’s racing program at his hometown Davenport Speedway started off a lot better than it ended for Spencer Diercks. But considering the perplexing health issues the 24-year has faced the last Full Story
Swiss-born Oregon racer takes lumps on Hell Tour
Posted: 07/01/2021, 12:30 pm By Todd TurnerBEAVER DAM, Wis. — Thomas Hunziker isn’t going to let his grinding, rollover wreck in Wednesday’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals event at Beaver Dam Raceway ruin his pursuit of the racing trip of his life. Not your average dirt racer Full Story
Column: Fresh-faced PCC team getting it done
Posted: 07/01/2021, 09:11 amThe driver is 20 years old. His two crewmen are even fresher-faced at the ages of 19 and 18. So much youth forming the nucleus of a high-profile Dirt Late Model team is a rare occurrence, but that’s exactly the combination PCC Motorsports Full Story
Top 25: Shirley climbs with Hell Tour victories
Posted: 06/29/2021, 09:27 am By Joshua JoinerBrian Shirley’s return to form on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals propelled him to new heights in the DirtonDirt.com Top 25 power rankings for this season, with the Chatham, Ill., racer cracking the top 10 for the first time in 2021 after Full Story
Notes: Madden aims to catch up with Overton
Posted: 06/28/2021, 07:40 am By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 26) — Chris Madden is one driver who is acutely familiar with Brandon Overton’s hot streak. He’s come the closest, after all, to beating the sizzling star from Evans, Ga., in the Dirt Late Model division's last two Full Story
Third place best of Erb's trying day at Lernerville
Posted: 06/28/2021, 07:13 am By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 26) — Judging by the finishing order of the 15th annual Firecracker 100, Dennis Erb Jr.’s Saturday at Lernerville Speedway was a good one. The veteran driver from Carpentersville, Ill., indicated as much with his public Full Story
Disaster averted, sizzling Overton soaking it all in
Posted: 06/27/2021, 03:02 pm By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 26) — Everything was still perfect in Brandon Overton’s world Saturday night as he sat on a chair in the media room above Lernerville Speedway’s pit-area concession stand, answering questions from press members about Full Story
Overton gives Lernerville fans something to cheer
Posted: 06/26/2021, 09:09 am By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 25) — Even before Brandon Overton captured Friday's 30-lap Firecracker 100 preliminary feature, it seemed like the entirety of the attendees at Lernerville Speedway had their eyes on him. That, of course, was a result Full Story
Dismissing worry, Shirley gets right back on track
Posted: 06/26/2021, 08:42 am By Joshua JoinerMAPLE PARK, Ill. (June 25) — If there were any alarms sounding when Brian Shirley ended the first week of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals winless and a distant fourth in series points, they weren’t coming from Shirley himself. | Complete Full Story
Winger’s cars take beating in rough trip to La Salle
Posted: 06/24/2021, 02:11 pm By Joshua JoinerLa SALLE, Ill. (June 23) — After a hard rollover wreck in qualifying for Wednesday’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals event at La Salle Speedway left his 3-race-old race car heavily damaged and out of commission, recovering to finish eighth Full Story
Extra miles, extra laps for WoO hopeful Dillard
Posted: 06/24/2021, 08:02 am By Joshua JoinerLa SALLE, Ill. (June 23) — With just four appearances in races outside the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series schedule, it’s no secret that Cade Dillard has put nearly all of his efforts this season into running as Full Story
Fast Facts: Lernerville's 14th annual Firecracker 100
Posted: 06/24/2021, 07:46 am By Robert HolmanDates: June 24-26 (two $6,000-to-win programs followed by Saturday’s $30,000-to-win finale) Track: Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. (semi-banked 4/10-mile oval). Sanction: World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series Purse: Full Story
Notes: Five-race win streak for Alabama racer
Posted: 06/24/2021, 07:33 am By Todd TurnerVeteran racer Brandon Brown of Hanceville, Ala., didn’t plot out his current winning streak that includes five Limited Late Model victories among four dirt tracks. But an accidental hot streak is as good as any other for the 42-year-old Full Story
Column: Smiles optional, but Viper team is jelling
Posted: 06/23/2021, 04:24 pmMax Blair and his team owner, Shawn Martin, stood side-by-side in victory lane Sunday at Bloomsburg (Pa.) Fair Speedway, both men clutching the $3,000 winner’s check Blair received for capturing the 30-lap Zimmer’s United Late Model Full Story
Notes: Unlikely run at Bloomsburg for Rine
Posted: 06/21/2021, 05:45 pm By Kevin KovacBLOOMSBURG, Pa. (June 20) — Jeff Rine got a warm, fuzzy feeling before the Sunday's Zimmer’s United Late Model Series event at the newly-constructed Bloomsburg Fair Speedway. | RaceWire “When we unloaded and got the car out, I said Full Story
Fast Talk: Racing review as summer dawns
Posted: 06/21/2021, 10:52 amAs the calendar officially flips over to summer, our roundtable considers all the latest action and news in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): What do we like about the DIRTcar Full Story
