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B-Shepp reaches rarified DTWC air with fourth win
Posted: 10/18/2020, 06:33 am By Kevin KovacPORTSMOUTH, Ohio (Oct. 17) — Time sure does fly when a driver is racking up Dirt Track World Championship victories. After Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., captured the 100-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Series event for the fourth time Full Story
Lanigan leads Class of 2021 into Hall of Fame
Posted: 10/17/2020, 05:09 pm By Todd TurnerPORTSMOUTH, Ohio (Oct. 17) — A national championship-winning bandit from the Bluegrass State, a pair of speedsters from Atlanta, Ga.-area tracks, one Iowan with a tragedy-shortened career and another with prolific longevity are among Full Story
In Supers, rookie learns meaning of aggressive
Posted: 10/16/2020, 10:03 am By Joshua JoinerAaron Marrant has never had much problem transitioning from one division to another as he’s climbed the ladder of dirt track racing over the past 15 years. While working his way up from stock cars to modifieds to Limited Late Models and Full Story
Six-figure season wrap would suit Richards fine
Posted: 10/15/2020, 11:28 am By Joshua JoinerLike most of the top Dirt Late Model racers in the country, Josh Richards heads into this weekend’s 40th annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by Optima Batteries at Portsmouth (Ohio) Raceway Park with hopes of adding Full Story
Column: No winners in murky tire-testing saga
Posted: 10/14/2020, 04:03 pmRick Eckert lost two Ultimate Northeast Super Late Model Series victories in mid-August to failed tire tests. Dan Angelicchio was stripped of one win on the regional tour in July for an identical infraction. Both drivers vehemently dispute Full Story
2020 Late Model series and track champions
Posted: 12/31/2020, 02:34 pmSeries champions Region-by-region champions on Dirt Late Model series and racing organizations for 2020: National Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series - Jimmy Owens World of Outlaws Late Model Series - Brandon Sheppard Midwest Allstar Full Story
Fast Facts: 40th annual General Tire DTWC
Posted: 10/13/2020, 08:32 am By Robert HolmanEvent: 40th annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by Optima Batteries Dates: Oct. 15-17 (modified prelims on Thursday; Late Model and Limited Late Model prelims and modified feature on Friday; Late Model and Limited Full Story
Top 25: B-Shepp steady on top as Shirley climbs
Posted: 10/13/2020, 08:33 am By Joshua JoinerBrandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., tightened his grip at the top of DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, earning the No. 1 position in the poll for the third straight week after a pair of MARS Racing Series victories in his home Full Story
Column: Another reset during a Stormy season
Posted: 10/07/2020, 12:30 pmStormy Scott hasn’t climbed out of his Dirt Late Model after a race with a smile on his face very often in 2020. That’s how frustrating his sophomore season on the Lucas Oil Late Model Late Model Dirt Series has been. So after the Full Story
Thornton makes another notch in Late Model belt
Posted: 10/05/2020, 07:55 pm By Kevin KovacIMPERIAL, Pa. (Oct. 3) — Ricky Thornton Jr.’s victory in the 32nd Pittsburgher 100 just might have been the first day in the rest of his life as a Dirt Late Model driver. After capturing the race’s $20,000 top prize to register his Full Story
Moran, McCreadie bear similar demises at PPMS
Posted: 10/04/2020, 04:46 pm By Kevin KovacIMPERIAL, Pa. (Oct. 3) — Devin Moran and Tim McCreadie offered remarkably similar reactions to their remarkably similar demises in Saturday night’s 32nd Pittsburgher 100 at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway. Both drivers were Full Story
WoO's debut a boon for track, Pennsylvania local
Posted: 10/02/2020, 09:26 am By Kevin KovacKNOX DALE, Pa. — Charles Powell Jr. saw his home track in an exciting new light last weekend. The parking areas were jammed with cars as far as the eye could see. Campers filled a portion of the grounds. T-shirt and food trailers led Full Story
'Perfect' season doesn't satisfy Canadian driver
Posted: 10/01/2020, 12:21 pm By Joshua JoinerWith his victory in the Sept. 26 Late Model feature at Red River Co-op Speedway in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Shane Edginton accomplished a rare feat in dirt track racing: a perfect season. The Sept. 26 win was the final race of an abbreviated Full Story
Fast Talk: Winners and losers during busy weekend
Posted: 09/28/2020, 12:49 pmOur roundtable reviews Brownstown’s vibrant Jackson 100 weekend and World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series action at Thunder Mountain Speedway in our weekly feature presented by Castrol (edited for clarity and length): Was Full Story
Notes: Marlar manhandles car to sixth at Brownstown
Posted: 09/28/2020, 06:49 am By Robert HolmanBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Sept. 26) — Mike Marlar’s sixth-place run in Saturday’s Jackson 100 came while driving a car far different than the one he expected. Yes, the Winfield, Tenn., driver was in his usual No. 157 the entire Lucas Oil Full Story
On the cusp, Miley's first WoO victory slips away
Posted: 09/27/2020, 06:16 am By Kevin KovacKNOX DALE, Pa. (Sept. 26) — Jared Miley had run an absolutely perfect race — arguably the race of his life — and found himself less than half a circuit from a $10,000 victory in Saturday night’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Full Story
Result of WoO squabble? Neither driver finishes
Posted: 09/26/2020, 10:15 am By Kevin KovacKNOX DALE, Pa. (Sept. 25) — Chase Junghans fumed, Mason Zeigler stewed — and neither driver was around for the finish of Friday’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series feature at Thunder Mountain Speedway. That Full Story
Team Zero finds relief working harder, smarter
Posted: 09/26/2020, 08:35 am By Kevin KovacKNOX DALE, Pa. (Sept. 25) — The harsh reality of Scott Bloomquist’s 2020 season became increasingly evident to both the Hall of Fame driver and his business partner as the month of September progressed. “It was kind of getting scary Full Story
Column: Iowa's 2-driver team hitting new heights
Posted: 09/24/2020, 06:35 amThe 2020 plan for his Dirt Late Model team — an operation Ken Roberts has faithfully continued to field since his father, legendary Midwest racer Hershel Roberts, died nine years ago after a lengthy battle with cancer — was already Full Story
Fast Talk: T-Mac's status and I-80's busy weekend
Posted: 09/21/2020, 11:21 amWith autumn upon us, our roundtable considers the busy I-80 Nationals weekend on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and reviews the rest of the action in our weekly feature presented by Castrol (edited for clarity and length): With Tim Full Story
Notes: Oregonian finds links with golf, racing
Posted: 09/17/2020, 12:32 pm By Joshua JoinerIt’s difficult to see the similarities between the loud, dust-filled atmosphere of a dirt track and the serenity of a golf course. But if you ask Preston Luckman, there are plenty of parallels between the two sports. For Luckman, the Full Story
Notes: Babb christens big-track car at Fairbury
Posted: 09/17/2020, 06:41 am By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (Sept. 15) — Finishing fifth after rising up to lead laps 30-35 of Tuesday night’s 50-lap DIRTcar-sanctioned One for the Road at Fairbury Speedway wasn’t especially pleasing to Shannon Babb. The rest of his evening, Full Story
Column: Doubt creeps in amid J.D.'s tough season
Posted: 09/16/2020, 09:14 amJonathan Davenport famously called his 2019 season — a campaign in which he won 17 times and captured the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship — the “best-worse year” he had ever experienced. His repeated failures in crown Full Story
Fast Talk: Big E review of what might've been
Posted: 09/14/2020, 11:11 amOur roundtable reviews the eventful Eldora’s Intercontinental Classic and Jonathan Davenport's $50,000 payday along with other happenings in our weekly feature presented by Castrol (edited for clarity and length): Do you have words of Full Story
Engine woes cost Weiss shot at Intercontinental
Posted: 09/14/2020, 07:53 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 12) — Ricky Weiss didn’t lose Saturday’s Intercontinental Classic at Eldora Speedway on the final lap like the star-crossed Kyle Strickler. But in his mind, the DIRTcar-sanctioned invitational event’s $50,000 Full Story
