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Fast Talk: Panelists take a crack at carol lyrics
Posted: 11/30/2020, 11:16 amAs we roll past Thanksgiving weekend special events and careen toward Christmas and New Year’s, our roundtable tackles another set of questions in the weekly feature presented by Castrol (edited for clarity and length): True or false: Full Story
Column: Hagerstown ace remembered zealously
Posted: 11/25/2020, 03:32 pmNathan Durboraw never was a national superstar. He never won a Dirt Late Model crown jewel event. He never even traveled extensively for an extended period outside of his native Mid-Atlantic region. But for a stretch in the early ‘90s, Full Story
Column: Lanigan settles back into Rocket camp
Posted: 11/18/2020, 04:39 pmIn one sense, Darrell Lanigan’s racing program is changing little from 2020 to ’21. In another, it’s changing a lot. Lanigan, 50, of Union, Ky., will run a second consecutive season for Shawn and Lisa Martin, the Carlisle, Pa., couple Full Story
Fast Talk: Madden, Owens and 2021 predictions
Posted: 11/16/2020, 11:36 amOur weekly roundtable presented by Castrol discusses the weekend's big winners, including Chris Madden and Jimmy Owens, and looks ahead to 2021 with some ealry national touring championship predictions (edited for clarity and length): Discuss Full Story
Georgian glad for debut at Mag, even if he's late
Posted: 11/16/2020, 05:41 am By Robert HolmanCOLUMBUS, Miss. (Nov. 14) — Kenny Collins has a new favorite racetrack, one he was lucky he even made it to over the weekend. The Colbert, Ga., driver was among six racers making his first career Magnolia State Cotton Pickin’ 100 start Full Story
Column: B-Shepp through eyes of Rocket crew
Posted: 11/12/2020, 08:00 amOne thing stood out to differentiate 2020 from previous campaigns for Brandon Sheppard and the Rocket Chassis house car team. “Coronavirus,” team owner Mark Richards said while leaning on a counter in his big blue trailer before the Full Story
Notes: Fighting instincts, Parkhurst third at EAMS
Posted: 11/11/2020, 11:59 am By Joshua JoinerPHENIX CITY, Ala. (Nov. 8) — After his daughter Ahnna Parkhurst blew out a right-rear tire on lap 54 of Sunday’s National 100 feature, Mike Parkhurst had one message for her before she went back on the track with two new rear tires: Full Story
Little consolation for last-lap losers at EAMS
Posted: 11/10/2020, 08:59 am By Joshua JoinerPHENIX CITY, Ala. ( Nov 8) — Sunday’s caution-plagued National 100 feature at East Alabama Motor Speedway took a lengthy 1 hour, 45 minutes to complete. But the dramatic chain of events that will make the marathon race among the most Full Story
South Carolina racer on mend after craniotomy
Posted: 11/09/2020, 09:46 am By Joshua JoinerWhen John Henderson climbed from his mangled race car after a hard rollover wreck during an Aug. 1 Carolina Clash event at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, S.C., he thought he had escaped the incident without injury. Seemingly fine, the 39-year-old Full Story
Notes: Overton miffed at missing Last Call chance
Posted: 11/06/2020, 04:14 pm By Kevin KovacCONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 5) — It’s possible Brandon Overton’s David Wells-owned Longhorn car was too good in Thursday night’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series-sanctioned Last Call finale at The Dirt Track at Full Story
Local driver faces 100-lap challenge at EAMS
Posted: 11/05/2020, 11:25 am By Robert HolmanFor a local guy, Dalton Cook doesn’t have a ton of laps at East Alabama Motor Speedway. But the 28-year-old Columbus, Ga., transplant who now lives in Smiths Station, Ala., about 10 miles from the track has already enjoyed a fair amount Full Story
Notes: Charlotte gets Schatz's juices flowing
Posted: 11/05/2020, 11:19 am By Kevin KovacCONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 4) — Donny Schatz races his Dirt Late Model for some no-pressure fun outside his sprint car pursuits. His performance in Wednesday’s World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series-sanctioned Last Call opener Full Story
Column: Sims, Strickler piece together new team
Posted: 11/04/2020, 01:24 pmCraig Sims isn’t the type of guy who eases into a new endeavor. He just jumps in with both feet — like he’s done over the past few months with his whirlwind climb from Hudson O’Neal’s sponsor to O’Neal’s temporary car owner Full Story
Fast Facts: 46th annual National 100
Posted: 11/03/2020, 08:44 am By Robert HolmanEvent: 46th annual National 100 Dates: Nov. 7-8 (qualifying and heats on Saturday followed by Sunday’s $15,000-to-win finale) Track: East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City (3/8-mile high-banked clay oval). Sanction: None Purse: Full Story
Notes: Blair's 'good' year falls shy of lofty standard
Posted: 11/02/2020, 05:33 pm By Kevin KovacGEORGETOWN, Del. (Oct. 31) — After Max Blair concluded his 2020 racing season with a runner-up finish in Saturday’s 40-lap Mid-Atlantic Championship Super Late Model event at Georgetown Speedway, he stood alongside his family-owned Full Story
Young Pearson follows his father's tire tracks
Posted: 11/02/2020, 08:49 am By Joshua JoinerELLISVILLE, Fla. — Over a three-lap stretch midway through the Powell Family Memorial feature at All-Tech Raceway, Trey Pearson was on the verge of doing something he’s always dreamed of: passing his father for position in a race. After Full Story
Bold move carries Eckert to victory at Georgetown
Posted: 11/01/2020, 02:53 pm By Kevin KovacGEORGETOWN, Del. (Oct. 31) — Rick Eckert didn’t win Saturday night’s 40-lap Mid-Atlantic Championship Weekend Super Late Model feature at Georgetown Speedway simply with experience and a fast car. He added a bit of flair as well. When Full Story
Column: Swartz mourns the tenderhearted Boggs
Posted: 10/29/2020, 10:14 amMonday was an absolutely excruciating ordeal for Audie Swartz. The veteran racer and chassis builder tried to go about his business in his Minford, Ohio, shop, but all he could think about was the heartbreaking fact that he wasn’t going Full Story
Notes: All-Tech gamble costly one for Hedgecock
Posted: 10/27/2020, 03:51 pm By Joshua JoinerELLISVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 25) — When Cory Hedgecock nosed ahead of Mark Whitener for the lead of Sunday’s Powell Family Memorial going into turn one on lap 50 of the 67-lap Crate Late Model race, he knew he had take a chance on riding Full Story
All-Tech windfall buoys Whitener's racing team
Posted: 10/27/2020, 07:53 am By Joshua JoinerLAKE CITY, Fla. (Oct. 25) — When he climbed from his race car after winning an unprecedented sixth Powell Family Memorial in the 25th running of the event Sunday evening at All-Tech Raceway, an emotional Mark Whitener said in his victory Full Story
Fast Talk: Happiness, sadness (and costumes)
Posted: 10/26/2020, 11:41 amOur roundtable discusses late-season news and action after a weekend with some notable rich winner’s purses across the country in various flavors of Late Model action in our weekly feature presented by Castrol (edited for clarity and Full Story
Notes: Lanigan wary of Bedford's long distance
Posted: 10/24/2020, 06:38 am By Kevin KovacBEDFORD, Pa. (Oct. 23) — Darrell Lanigan is perfectly set up to chase the $20,000 top prize in Saturday’s third annual Keystone Cup at Bedford Speedway. But the 50-year-old veteran from Union, Ky., knows that starting from the pole Full Story
Smith's roles? Mentor, grandpa, Hall of Famer
Posted: 10/22/2020, 02:49 pm By Joshua JoinerWith just one win in 10 races as he prepares to wrap up his season with Saturday’s Billy Clanton Classic at his hometown track of Senoia (Ga.) Raceway, 2020 hasn’t been a very productive year for Clint Smith when it comes to his on-track Full Story
Column: Champ Owens back on top of his game
Posted: 10/21/2020, 04:34 pmJimmy Owens isn’t a guy who gives much thought to specific dates in the past, so, as he was relentlessly marching this season toward his first Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship since the last of his three consecutive crowns Full Story
Fast Talk: B-Shepp's DTWC victory ceiling?
Posted: 10/19/2020, 02:50 pmOur roundtable gathers to discuss Brandon Sheppard’s $100,000 victory in the 40th annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship (his fourth!), among other things, for our weekly feature presented by Castrol (edited for clarity and Full Story
