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Spectators recovering after scary Laurens accident
Posted: 07/03/2020, 06:43 am By Robert HolmanTwo spectators were MedFlighted to Prisma Health Greenville (S.C.) Memorial Hospital and two more transported to a local hospital after a Limited Late Model driven by Mike Kernells of Hodges, S.C., climbed the turn-four wall at Laurens Full Story
‘Heavy hearts’ at Wagner after star driver’s death
Posted: 07/03/2020, 05:44 am By Todd TurnerWhat was certain to be Wagner Speedway’s most celebrated weekend of the season with a Fourth of July doubleheader for touring Late Model racers has suddenly become what’s certainly the southeastern South Dakota track’s most mournful Full Story
Column: Winning magic gone, Madden departs
Posted: 07/02/2020, 10:40 amFrom the second half of the 2019 racing season through the first days of the current campaign, Chris Madden and Scott Bloomquist Racing were a sublime combination. The veteran driver from Gray Court, S.C., could seemingly do no wrong as Full Story
Notes: Minnesota racer a winner over six decades
Posted: 07/02/2020, 09:15 am By Todd TurnerIt was satisfying for Tom Corcoran to still be racing competitively in his 50th season last year. But the veteran East Grand Forks, Minn., racer had one more itch to scratch. The 65-year-old had victories in the 1970s, ’80s, ’90s, Full Story
Quick Time: National tours before and after
Posted: 07/01/2020, 04:01 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Time, presented Full Story
After rough start, Walker on winning track at Wheatland
Posted: 07/01/2020, 12:47 pm By Lyndal ScrantonDustin Walker will be aiming for his third feature victory of the season during Lucas Oil Speedway's Thursday Night Thunder for the Wheatland, Mo., track's Warsaw Auto Marine & RV-sponsored Late Model division. | 2020 Lucas Oil Speedway Full Story
Notes: Bloomquist can’t complete solid weekend
Posted: 06/29/2020, 02:52 pm By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 27) — Scott Bloomquist’s late-June rebound came to a screeching, frustrating halt Saturday at Lernerville Speedway. Riding a wave of four straight top-five finishes in World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Full Story
Fast Talk: Dillard, Owens … and fireworks debate
Posted: 06/29/2020, 10:59 amAfter a busy weekend of national touring action with a Lucas Oil sweep for Jimmy Owens and Cade Dillard capturing Lernerville's Firecracker 100, our weekly roundtable recaps the action looking toward Independence Day action (edited for Full Story
Firecracker winner reaps praises from WoO foes
Posted: 06/28/2020, 06:34 am By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 26) — Cade Dillard had relatively modest expectations when he arrived at Lernerville Speedway for the 14th annual Firecracker 100 weekend. “Man, realistically, a top-10 (finish), maybe a top-five,” Dillard said Full Story
A little this, a little that in spicy Firecracker heat
Posted: 06/27/2020, 02:50 pm By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 26) — A multicar wreck. A rolled car. A lengthy cleanup. An incensed driver. A stirring rally. Yes, the first heat race of Friday night’s World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series-sanctioned Firecracker Full Story
Weiss (barely) salvages plagued Firecracker trip
Posted: 06/26/2020, 02:51 pm By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 25) — Every racer has a travel nightmare story — probably many stories — to tell. Ricky Weiss added another one to his personal list en route to the Firecracker 100 weekend at Lernerville Speedway. | RaceWire Weiss, Full Story
Blair proud of win, but hates how it happened
Posted: 06/26/2020, 06:13 am By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 25) — Max Blair couldn’t quite bring himself to totally let loose after winning Thursday night’s 25-lap Firecracker 100 preliminary feature at Lernerville Speedway. Oh, the 30-year-old driver from Centerville, Pa., Full Story
Column: Mitchell boosts chassis Wright direction
Posted: 06/25/2020, 01:29 amHall of Fame chassis builder Barry Wright and his son, Lance, found themselves facing an uncomfortable question in recent weeks. As one of their Cowpens, S.C.-based company’s Southeast standard bearers, Zack Mitchell of Enoree, S.C., Full Story
Notes: Looney eager for MLRA's return to Wheatland
Posted: 06/24/2020, 10:08 amThe last time Payton Looney came to Lucas Oil Speedway, it was a weekend of extremes that you might say he "flipped" from one end of the spectrum to the other. At last October's Lucas Oil MLRA Fall Nationals in Wheatland, Mo., Looney found Full Story
'It's been an adventure' for Columbus, Miss., clan
Posted: 06/24/2020, 12:30 pm By Robert HolmanCOLUMBUS, Miss. — When scouting Dirt Late Model competition in Mississippi, few drivers can get through their evaluations without mentioning “the Rickmans.” Drivers with visiting series making their way to Columbus, Miss., typically Full Story
Fast Facts: Lernerville's 14th annual Firecracker 100
Posted: 06/23/2020, 08:36 am By Robert HolmanDates: June 25-27 (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
Fast Talk: Owens returns to form as Mitchell rises
Posted: 06/22/2020, 09:39 amOur weekly roundtable considers a busy national touring weekend on the Lucas Oil and World of Outlaws tours as Dirt Late Model continues to maneuver adjustments forced by coronavirus restrictions (edited for clarity and length): What's Full Story
Notes: A special victory for Sheppard, Richards
Posted: 06/20/2020, 11:54 am By Kevin KovacBULLS GAP, Tenn. (June 19) — Brandon Sheppard has proven quite adept at bringing his Rocket Chassis house car owner Mark Richards wins at new places. “Yeah,” Richards said after Friday night’s World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Full Story
Notes: Mag curbs Erb’s track position problems
Posted: 06/19/2020, 08:34 am By Robert HolmanCOLUMBUS, Miss. (June 18) — In clicking off another top-five finish on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, Tyler Erb didn't have to work nearly as hard as usual Thursday at Magnolia Motor Speedway. | RaceWire The New Waverly, Texas, Full Story
Fairbury finally returning, but PDC still uncertain
Posted: 06/18/2020, 02:57 pm By Kevin KovacMatt Curl and the legion of faithful Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway followers have been waiting for this Saturday night since … well, since last October when the quarter-mile bullring hosted its last event of 2019. “We’re ready,” Curl, Full Story
Column: Big Frog owner delighted he chose Bailes
Posted: 06/17/2020, 04:55 pmThe first words Augie Burttram uttered to his driver, Ross Bailes, in victory lane after Friday’s 22nd annual Grassy Smith Memorial at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, S.C., were simple and repeated in rapid-fire fashion. “Thank you! Full Story
Quick Time: Non-series regulars toughen tours
Posted: 06/17/2020, 01:12 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Time, presented Full Story
Fast Talk: Weekend recap and national touring plans
Posted: 06/15/2020, 12:43 pmOur weekly roundtable convenes to review a busy weekend of Dirt Late Model racing and look ahead to big plans on both national tours (edited for clarity and length): Has anyone else noticed dirt track racing is virtually alone among sports Full Story
Drivers re-energized by return of rowdy race fans
Posted: 06/15/2020, 05:39 am By Robert HolmanMARYVILLE, Tenn. — Brandon Overton climbed from his car in front a standing-room only crowd at Smoky Mountain Speedway and was greeted by a rousing round of a applause after winning Saturday’s $15,000 Mountain Moonshine Classic. It Full Story
Notes: Positive signs for Pearson with top-five run
Posted: 06/14/2020, 01:34 pm By Robert HolmanMARYVILLE, Tenn. — To say that Earl Pearson Jr.’s 2020 season has been a monumental struggle would be an understatement by any measure. Heading into the weekend’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series doubleheader at Cherokee Speedway Full Story
