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Notes: ‘Rookie mistake’ costs Erb lead at I-80
Posted: 07/27/2020, 10:28 am By Kevin KovacGREENWOOD, Neb. (July 25) — Tyler Erb felt he had a car capable of winning Saturday’s 10th annual Imperial Tile Silver Dollar Nationals at I-80 Speedway — if only he had been savvy enough to do the right things while both racing and Full Story
Lucrative Tazewell win cures ills for Virginian
Posted: 07/26/2020, 10:56 pm By Robert HolmanTAZEWELL, Tenn. (July 25) — If there’s a place for Dakotah Knuckles to get his race program back on track, Tazewell Speedway is certainly it. Since moving from the modified street class to Limited Late Models in 2015, Knuckles, of nearby Full Story
Rocket's sterling win? Hitt would've loved it
Posted: 07/26/2020, 02:03 pm By Kevin KovacGREENWOOD, Neb. (July 25) — Mark Richards had to be frank. As Saturday night’s 101-lap Imperial Tile Silver Dollar Nationals wound down at I-80 Speedway, he felt some tinges of emotion run through his normally stoic body. “Yeah, Full Story
Notes: Overton approach for tour finale? Just win
Posted: 07/25/2020, 05:12 am By Robert HolmanSEYMOUR, Tenn. (July 25) — As the Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals Series heads to Tazewell Speedway on Saturday for the 12th and final race of its 2020 campaign, series points leader Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., said he’s approaching Full Story
Hell Tour respite boosts Heckenast's performance
Posted: 07/24/2020, 11:36 am By Kevin KovacSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (July 23) — Before the start of Thursday night’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals program at Springfield Raceway, Frank Heckenast Jr. stood in the pit area and offered his first impression of a quarter-mile oval he had never Full Story
Notes: Joyous I-80 win for brain tumor survivor
Posted: 07/23/2020, 10:25 am By Joshua JoinerWhen Brandon Saltzman of Omaha, Neb., earned his first-ever feature victory in the July 17 weekly Limited Late Model feature at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., he celebrated a lot like any other first-time winner might celebrate a breakthrough Full Story
Notes: More speed, but more bad luck for Bailes
Posted: 07/22/2020, 08:38 am By Robert HolmanBRASSTOWN, N.C. (July 21) — The quiet frustration on the face of Clover, S.C.’s Ross Bailes as he worked on his Big Frog Motorsports Rocket XR1 race car Tuesday night following the Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals event at Tri-County Full Story
With victory, refocused Feger in a better place
Posted: 07/21/2020, 08:31 am By Todd TurnerHIGHLAND, Ill. — The Jason Feger of 2020 is fully aware he’s not the same Jason Feger of 15 years ago, an up-and-coming racer on the cusp of his first DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory. And that long road from a twentysomething, devil-may-care Full Story
Fast Talk: Victory lane surprises and tour resets
Posted: 07/20/2020, 12:29 pmAmid another busy weekend of national touring and regional touring events, our Castrol-sponsored weekly roundtable considers the winners, news and happenings around the sport (edited for clarity and length): Detail the exploits of a surprising Full Story
DQ dampens Scheffler’s solid run at Farmer City
Posted: 07/18/2020, 10:56 am By Kevin KovacFARMER CITY, Ill. (July 17) — Taylor Scheffler should have been flashing a megawatt smile. He should have been standing happily in the pit area, savoring arguably the best run outside his home turf of his young Dirt Late Model career. Instead, Full Story
Southern Nationals title chase narrows to 2 cars
Posted: 07/17/2020, 12:34 pm By Joshua JoinerSENOIA, Ga. (July 16) — It appears the cream has risen to the top on the Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals. With two wins apiece in the tour’s first five races, former series champions Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., and Brandon Overton Full Story
Part-timer K-Rob spoons up satisfying series win
Posted: 07/17/2020, 12:22 pm By Kevin KovacBANNER, Ill. (July 16) — As Kent Robinson stood in Spoon River Speedway’s pit area rehashing his victory in Thursday’s 40-lap DIRTcar Summer Nationals feature, his 2-year-old daughter, Lane, was a few feet away, hard at work with Full Story
Notes: Special satisfaction for former crewman
Posted: 07/16/2020, 04:16 am By Joshua JoinerOn July 4, Mitch Caskey climbed from his Super Late Model and stood in victory lane at Midway Speedway in Crooksville, Ohio, after topping a 15-car field in the 3/8-mile oval’s weekly Super Late Model feature. Standing in victory lane Full Story
Notes: I-75 knowledge boost for King
Posted: 07/15/2020, 04:29 pm By Robert HolmanSWEETWATER, Tenn. (July 14) — Ryan King of Seymour, Tenn., recorded his best Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals finish in three starts this season with a fifth-place in Tuesday’s 35-lap, $3,500-to-win main event at I-75 Raceway. Behind Full Story
Column: Series not truly the Hell Tour until …
Posted: 07/15/2020, 01:55 pmThe timing of this year’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals might be different, but the basic tenets of the grueling circuit known as the Hell Tour haven’t changed a bit. When the same drivers — drivers so familiar with each other — compete Full Story
Notes: Hedgecock keeps pace on Southern Nat'ls
Posted: 07/14/2020, 10:41 am By Robert HolmanBULLS GAP, Tenn. — Cory Hedgecock is one of three drivers to have two podium finishes through the first three Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals Series races this season, joining Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., and Brandon Overton of Full Story
Top 25: B-Shepp back on top as Madden climbs
Posted: 07/14/2020, 09:33 am By Joshua JoinerBrandon Sheppard’s hot streak on the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series has lifted the New Berlin, Ill., driver back to the top spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings presented by Bilstein Shocks. Riding the Full Story
Notes: Gundaker's bold move pays at Fairbury
Posted: 07/12/2020, 06:42 am By Todd TurnerFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 11) — Gordy Gundaker obviously made some impressive moves in rallying from his 15th starting spot for a $10,000 DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory at Fairbury Speedway. But none were more important than on lap 42 when Full Story
Ill-fated restart decision at Fairbury pains Shirley
Posted: 07/12/2020, 04:50 am By Todd TurnerFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 11) — Brian Shirley isn’t sure he could’ve held off Gordy Gundaker’s impressive low-groove charge Saturday at Fairbury Speedway. But the Chatham, Ill., driver would certainly like to know what might’ve happened Full Story
Notes: Carpenter laments Tri-City frustrations
Posted: 07/11/2020, 05:23 am By Todd TurnerGRANITE CITY, Ill. — Long after the checkers fell Friday at Tri-City Speedway, Tyler Carpenter of Parkersburg, W.Va., checked out his No. 28 machine, battered and bruised with virtually every sheetmetal panel removed from the car in his Full Story
Notes: Overton salvages niggling tour opener
Posted: 07/11/2020, 05:03 am By Robert HolmanMARYVILLE, Tenn. — The 16th annual Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals Series got off to an inauspicious start for two-time and reigning series champion Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga. Overton turned the third quickest lap in Group A during Full Story
Southern Nat'ls upstart carries best of intentions
Posted: 07/10/2020, 09:05 am By Joshua JoinerThe opening race of the Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals can’t get here soon enough for Jake Knowles. That’s not only because Knowles is ready for the chance to improve on his runner-up points finish on the tour last season. The Rome, Full Story
Notes: Gilpin unable to match home track success
Posted: 07/08/2020, 10:35 pm By Todd TurnerBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (July 8) — Coming off a $5,500 Super Late Model victory at Brownstown Speedway five days earlier, Devin Gilpin of Columbus, Ind., was anxious to battle DIRTcar Summer Nationals competitors coming to town. Instead, Gilpin Full Story
Column: Dad's critiques spur budding WoO rookie
Posted: 07/08/2020, 05:57 pmJust how much Ashton Winger’s first-ever World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series victory meant to him was evident as soon as he climbed out of his car last Friday night at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis. After tossing Full Story
WRG ‘in great hands’ as Geisler takes next step
Posted: 07/06/2020, 06:27 am By Kevin KovacEven after the news of Ben Geisler’s departure from his longtime role as the chief marketing officer of the World of Outlaws and DIRTcar Racing was announced Friday, the 43-year-old who’s spent his entire life around racing — his Full Story
