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Column: Racers rev up parental skills amid crisis
Posted: 04/10/2020, 08:01 amShane Clanton knows how physically draining preparing and racing a Dirt Late Model at a high level can be. Now, though, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic that has the sport shut down indefinitely and everyone effectively stuck at Full Story
Notes: Show-Me hoping for reprieve after 2019
Posted: 04/08/2020, 06:47 pmLucas Oil Speedway already knows what it's like to lose its signature event. The Wheatland, Mo., oval would dearly like to avoid it happening for the second season in a row. With governmental restrictions because of the coronavirus pandemic Full Story
Fast Talk: Seeking race amusements amid crisis
Posted: 04/06/2020, 08:42 amWith dirt racing still on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, our weekly roundtable twiddles its thumbs while missing the racetrack and considers a few random racing questions (edited for clarity and length): What’s your reaction Full Story
Column: Doctor's sober view of racing amid crisis
Posted: 04/02/2020, 02:01 pmChip Stone hasn’t been a visible owner of a Dirt Late Model team since his run of seven-plus years fielding a successful, high-profile operation with veteran racer Randy Weaver — an effort that boasted Weaver, Jonathan Davenport, Brandon Full Story
Quick Time: Another round of guess the driver
Posted: 04/01/2020, 02:43 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
Dirt racing connections on pandemic's front line
Posted: 04/01/2020, 08:00 am By Kevin KovacMost in the Dirt Late Model world haven’t experienced the coronavirus pandemic beyond stay-at-home orders, social-distancing guidelines, media reports and, of course, the shutdown of racetracks as part of the widespread ban on mass gatherings. For Full Story
Sponsors sympathetic to plight of idle dirt racers
Posted: 03/31/2020, 08:53 am By Robert HolmanBilly Moyer Jr. considers himself pretty lucky. The Batesville, Ark., driver has already competed in 13 events this season, including eight races during Georgia-Florida Speedweeks in February. That short burst to start the season gave Moyer Full Story
Fast Talk: What will we learn from shutdown?
Posted: 03/30/2020, 08:41 amAs dirt racing's virtual shutdown for the coronavirus pandemic continues, our weekly roundtable considers life without racing while we all hope things return to normal soon (edited for clarity and length): Where's your anxiousness to return Full Story
Column: For full-timers, when’s next paycheck?
Posted: 03/26/2020, 07:31 amIt’s at times like these when driving a Dirt Late Model for a living looks like an especially risky career choice. With the coronavirus pandemic shuttering racetracks across the country and prompting the postponement or cancellation Full Story
Fast Talk: Coming to terms with racing’s halt
Posted: 03/23/2020, 08:20 amWith virtually the entire racing schedule wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic, our weekly roundtable considers how the sport is reacting to the crisis (edited for clarity and length): Has the reality of racing's halt — along with the Full Story
Column: New adventure awaits rookie promoter
Posted: 03/19/2020, 05:36 amDavid Mitchell didn’t return last year to his native North Carolina from Kentucky with a specific plan to become a racetrack operator. So how has the 50-year-old ended up at the helm — along with his girlfriend, Shay Martin, and his Full Story
Industry insiders bracing for slowdown’s fallout
Posted: 03/19/2020, 05:25 amThe third in a series of stories this week regarding industry reaction to the coronavirus pandemic, members of the industry discuss how they see the slowdown in racing will affect their racing businesses: ’We'll survive' For Somerset, Full Story
Quick Time: Try to guess drivers by their résumé
Posted: 03/18/2020, 11:50 amTake 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
Crisis presents uncharted territory for promoters
Posted: 03/18/2020, 07:03 amThe second in a series of stories this week regarding industry reaction to the coronavirus pandemic, track, series and race promoters discuss how they see the slowdown in racing will affect their businesses and short-track racing: Feeling Full Story
Drivers, teams adjusting to unprecedented hiatus
Posted: 03/17/2020, 10:19 amThe first in a series of stories this week regarding industry reaction to the coronavirus pandemic, drivers and teams talk about how the slowdown in racing will affect their racing programs: Constructive down time Anthony Burroughs, the Full Story
Fast Talk: Can dirt racing weather the pandemic?
Posted: 03/16/2020, 08:32 amAmid uncertain times of the coronavirus pandemic, our weekly roundtable considers what it all means for Dirt Late Model racing in the coming weeks and months (edited for clarity and length): Briefly envision best-case and worst-case scenarios Full Story
Series, tracks keeping a wary eye on coronavirus
Posted: 03/12/2020, 10:34 am By Kevin KovacAs the global coronavirus outbreak has reached pandemic status and begun shutting down sports and entertainment events, travel and universities and schools across the United States, the Dirt Late Model world seems to largely be keeping Full Story
Column: Never a dull moment with Culp, Erb
Posted: 03/11/2020, 01:25 pmTimothy Culp knew offering up his second car for his pal Tyler Erb to drive in the season-opening Comp Cam Super Dirt Series doubleheader at Boothill Speedway in Greenwood, La., would produce a fun weekend. There’s never a dull moment Full Story
Quick Time: Most Likely To Succeed driver lists
Posted: 03/11/2020, 12:43 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: Evaluating WoO’s Tennessee two-step
Posted: 03/09/2020, 10:08 amOur weekly roundtable reviews World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series action at Duck River and Smoky Mountain as action begins to pick up across the country (edited for clarity and length): What's your key takeaway from WoO's Full Story
Notes: Zeigler claws back at Smoky Mountain
Posted: 03/08/2020, 04:52 pm By Robert HolmanMARYVILLE, Tenn. (March 7) — Mason Zeigler knows his subpar qualifying effort — he was 10th in his group of 17 — put him behind a bit early in Saturday’s World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series program at Smoky Mountain Full Story
Notes: Wheatland champ sticks with strategy
Posted: 03/05/2020, 11:11 amFor Johnny Fennewald, the key to winning three straight Lucas Oil Speedway championships in the Warsaw Auto Marine & RV Late Model division wasn’t focusing on points at the Wheatland, Mo., oval. "I don't ever think about it, because Full Story
Column: Young Georgian adds experience to talent
Posted: 03/04/2020, 05:57 pmPearson Lee Williams could have easily returned from his first attempt at Georgia-Florida Speedweeks with his confidence and morale destroyed. Starting just two features in 13 tries — with both coming by emergency provisional — during Full Story
Quick Time: Active streaks of consistency
Posted: 03/04/2020, 01:04 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
Junghans still confident despite barebones crew
Posted: 03/03/2020, 03:00 pm By Kevin KovacChase Junghans headed into this year’s Georgia-Florida Speedweeks with three full-time crew members toiling with him on the equipment fielded by his father Greg. He returned home to Manhattan, Kan., with two, and now he has just one. But Full Story
