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• Strickler comes to grips with stinging Eldora loss

  Posted: 09/13/2020, 05:40 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 12) — Kyle Strickler needed a few minutes to gather himself. No driver, after all, should be expected to jump out of their car after losing a $50,000 race to a blown tire on the final lap and immediately face the Full Story

• Boost for Babb includes validation for Bloomquist

  Posted: 09/12/2020, 06:55 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 11) — When Shannon Babb happily bounded into his chassis builder Scott Bloomquist’s trailer after postrace tech following his victory in Friday’s 30-lap Intercontinental Classic preliminary feature at Eldora Full Story

• Hughes proves worthy of Intercontinental berth

  Posted: 09/11/2020, 03:02 am By Joshua Joiner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 10) — Spencer Hughes needed the help of his fans and supporters to earn an invitation to Eldora Speedway’s Intercontinental Classic through the fan vote. During Thursday’s first night of preliminary action for Full Story

• Notes: Chad Simpson glad to be back at Eldora

  Posted: 09/10/2020, 04:57 pm

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 10) —  Chad Simpson of Mount Vernon, Iowa, is happy to return to Eldora Speedway for this weekend’s Intercontinental Classic —and not just because he’s excited to compete in a pair of $10,000-to-win preliminary Full Story

• Column: Fleet Strickler burnishes full-fender rep

  Posted: 09/09/2020, 05:27 pm

  When Eldora Speedway was last open for action in June — well, the only time Tony Stewart’s half-mile oval in Rossburg, Ohio, has been open in this coronavirus-hampered season — Kyle Strickler made an impression that definitively established Full Story

• Tried, tested Ferguson primed for Big E success

  Posted: 09/09/2020, 07:29 am By Joshua Joiner

  Chris Ferguson has never been as confident heading into a major-event weekend at Eldora Speedway as he is going into the track’s Intercontinental Classic this weekend. And for good reason. Not only has the 30-year-old Mount Holly, N.C., Full Story

• Fast Talk: Holiday review with eyes on Eldora

  Posted: 09/07/2020, 12:38 pm

  Our roundtable considers a busy weekend of Labor Day weekend action while also looking ahead to Eldora Speedway's Intercontinental Classic in our weekly feature presented by Castrol (edited for clarity and length): What was your favorite Full Story

• Big Three showdown on tap for Intercontinental

  Posted: 09/04/2020, 10:38 am By Kevin Kovac

  Brandon Sheppard. Jimmy Owens. Brandon Overton. They are undoubtedly the Big Three of the 2020 Dirt Late Model season, one fortysomething and two twentysomethings who have scrawled their names all over this most unique of campaigns. They Full Story

• Notes: Michigan driver straightens out car, career

  Posted: 09/03/2020, 12:59 am By Joshua Joiner

  The 2019 season was not a good one for Garrett Wiles. In fact, with no wins and very few competitive performances, it was his worst year of racing since making the jump from modifieds to Late Models in 2014. It was so bad that the Hubbardston, Full Story

• Column: Larson gets Dirt Late Model crowd talking

  Posted: 09/02/2020, 04:22 pm

  The impact of open-wheel superstar Kyle Larson’s $15,000 victory in Saturday's 50-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Rumble by the River finale at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway could be readily ascertained by the rather glum Full Story

• Top 25: B-Shepp back on top as Larson debuts

  Posted: 09/01/2020, 09:16 am By Joshua Joiner

  Port Royal Speedway’s rain-plagued Rumble by the River made waves in the DirtonDirt.com power rankings with a change at the top and a notable new entry joining the poll after the historic half-mile track’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Full Story

• Chad Simpson doubles up, snaps winless slump

  Posted: 08/31/2020, 04:58 pm By Joshua Joiner

  With no wins on the year and the end of the season looming, Chad Simpson was starting to worry that 2020 could end up being the first winless season in his 20-year driving career. But with a number of promising runs, including multiple Full Story

• Fast Talk: Kyle Larson’s stealing of the spotlight

  Posted: 08/31/2020, 11:11 am

  Our roundtable wraps its head around Kyle Larson's $15,000 Port Royal victory and other issues as we head toward the last major holiday weekend of the season. Our weekly feature is presented by Castrol (edited for clarity and length): Is Full Story

• T-Mac wins, but Larson steals show at Port Royal

  Posted: 08/28/2020, 01:05 pm By Kevin Kovac

  PORT ROYAL, Pa. (Aug. 27) — Kyle Larson’s wild, wonderful road show came to the Dirt Late Model world Thursday at Port Royal Speedway. It didn't disappoint. While Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., ran away to a dominating $10,000 victory Full Story

• Memories as the voice of Florence begins sign-off

  Posted: 08/25/2020, 08:26 am By Todd Turner

  UNION, Ky. — In 33 years behind the microphone at Florence Speedway, announcer Brad Greer learned many lessons, some sooner than others. You shouldn't wear white Reeboks to a dirt track. The late Jack Boggs could work magic behind the Full Story

• Rum Runner team eyes long future with Madden

  Posted: 08/25/2020, 08:12 am By Robert Holman

  LOCUST GROVE, Ark. — Chris Madden didn’t get off to a blazing start in his Rum Runner Motorsports debut at the 28th annual Topless 100. But the Gray Court, S.C., driver hardly thinks it’s the end of the world. | Complete Topless 100 Full Story

• Fast Talk: The Topless 100 pass that wasn’t

  Posted: 08/24/2020, 11:54 am

  As August racing rolls on, our roundtable review Batesville's Topless 100 while discussing Pennsylvania races past, present and future. Fast Talk is sponsored by Castrol (edited for clarity and length): Would Batesville still be partying Full Story

• Podium-landing Michigan standout shines on tour

  Posted: 08/24/2020, 06:16 am By Joshua Joiner

  No one was more excited for the DIRTcar Summer Nationals tour to make its extended 2020 Michigan swing than Dona Marcoullier. And for good reason. Armed with his nearly new Black Diamond Chassis powered by a new Rhyne Competition Engine, Full Story

• Tantalizing near-miss for 'Old Man' at Topless 100

  Posted: 08/23/2020, 06:54 am By Robert Holman

  BATESVILLE, Ark. (Aug. 22) — Billy Moyer was close. He knew it. His hometown fans at Batesville Motor Speedway could feel it, too. As Moyer moved from 18th into the top five midway through Saturday’s 28th annual Topless 100, there Full Story

• Notes: Dillard's Williams Grove bid derailed

  Posted: 08/22/2020, 01:51 pm By Kevin Kovac

  MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (Aug. 21) — Lap after lap, Cade Dillard of Robeline, La., stalked Brandon Sheppard, searching relentlessly for the line that might carry him past the red-hot driver from New Berlin, Ill., and into the lead in Friday Full Story

• First ‘20 start major challenge for Wallace

  Posted: 08/22/2020, 08:02 am By Robert Holman

  LOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug. 21) — Wendell Wallace made a rare Late Model start during preliminary action for this weekend’s 28th annual Topless 100 at the Batesville, Ark., driver’s home track. Thursday’s 23rd-place finish in the 30-lap Full Story

• Notes: Clanton gains ground in Topless opener

  Posted: 08/21/2020, 09:08 am By Robert Holman

  LOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug. 20) — Charging from 12th to finish seventh in Thursday’s 30-lap Topless 100 preliminary feature at Batesville Speedway, Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga., said his Capital Race Car “wasn’t too bad.” | Complete Full Story

• Pennsylvania teen quick study on DIRTcar tour

  Posted: 08/20/2020, 02:36 pm By Joshua Joiner

  QUINCY, Mich. — Drake Troutman lived a dream Wednesday night at Butler Speedway. Making his second appearance on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals during the final week of its 2020 season, the 15-year-old from Hyndman, Pa., found himself Full Story

• Notes: Iowan blossoms with newfound success

  Posted: 08/20/2020, 12:52 am By Todd Turner

  Logan Duffy jumped into the Late Model division before he was even old enough to have a driver’s license, and for his first full season, in 2019, he was a relative novice behind the wheel. Lacking confidence in his abilities. Frightened Full Story

• Column: Eager Gustin ready for a fresh start

  Posted: 08/19/2020, 04:33 pm

  Ryan Gustin’s quest to follow the open-wheel modified pipeline to Dirt Late Model stardom effectively ground to a halt in 2016. He never gave up, however, on joining the group of mod-turned-Late Model standouts. “That’s what everybody Full Story