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After reset, young Iowan tackles action at Arizona
Posted: 01/10/2020, 09:30 pm By Todd TurnerQUEEN CREEK, Ariz. (Jan. 10) — Nick Deal launched the 2019 season as hot as any Dirt Late Model rookie in the country. The Walnut, Iowa, driver ended the season with a retreat to the modified division. The 27-year-old Deal is looking Full Story
Column: Winding path to Dillard's special victory
Posted: 01/09/2020, 09:59 pmCade Dillard had a hard time answering questions posed by World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series announcer Rick Eshelman in victory lane after he captured Sunday’s 75-lap Battle at the Border finale at Vado (N.M.) Speedway Full Story
Amended rule helps WoO rein in rear-deck heights
Posted: 01/08/2020, 07:32 pm By Kevin KovacThere was plenty of reaction, on social media and otherwise, following Tuesday’s announcement by World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series officials that the national tour is implementing a popularly-named “droop” rule that Full Story
Notes: Pennsylvanian enjoys solid Ice Bowl run
Posted: 01/07/2020, 02:21 pm By Robert HolmanEASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 5) — Luke Hoffner stood in his pit area Sunday at Talladega Short Track, his face beaming after recording a career-best sixth-place finish in the Ice Bowl. His car was loaded and the 58-year-old driver from Turbotville, Full Story
Fast Facts: Keyser Mfg. Wild West Shootout
Posted: 01/07/2020, 07:26 am By Robert Holman(Complete coverage) Dates: ($5,000-to-win features, along with heats and consolations on Jan. 11, 12, 15, 17 and 18 and $15,000-to-win feature, along with heats and consolations on Jan. 19). Track: FK Rod Ends Arizona Speedway Arizona Full Story
Notes: Madden salvages eighth after ignition woe
Posted: 01/07/2020, 07:27 am By Kevin KovacVADO, N.M. (Jan. 5) — Chris Madden’s best-laid plan to bid for a $15,000 victory in Sunday night’s 75-lap Battle at the Border finale at Vado Speedway Park effectively ended in silence just nine circuits into the World of Outlaws Full Story
Contenders fall by the wayside in Vado wreck
Posted: 01/06/2020, 03:07 pm By Kevin KovacVADO, N.M. (Jan. 5) — The entirety of the inaugural World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series-sanctioned Battle at the Border weekend at Vado Speedway Park was relatively incident-free. Then came lap 16 of Sunday night’s 75-lap Full Story
Fast Talk: Vado variety bodes well for WoO
Posted: 01/06/2020, 12:13 pmReturning from the holiday break, our weekly roundtable dives right into the bustling January action as a new decade of racing is quickly upon us (edited for clarity and length): What's the biggest takeaway from World of Outlaws Morton Full Story
They said it: My favorite quotes from ’19 season
Posted: 12/31/2019, 09:04 am By Kevin KovacAnother year, another voice recorder and reporter’s notebook filled with interviews of Dirt Late Model personalities. Here’s the most colorful and memorable quotes I gathered during the 2019 season. “You know the Chris Stapleton Full Story
Column: Gateway puts Carpenters on the map
Posted: 12/26/2019, 07:01 amTyler Carpenter repeatedly likened his $30,000 victory in Saturday’s Arizona Sport Shirts Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, Mo., to a dream. To his father, Freddie, that description couldn’t have Full Story
Notes: Babb runs into more trouble in Dome
Posted: 12/22/2019, 11:51 am By Kevin Kovac and Todd TurnerST. LOUIS, Mo. (Dec. 21) — Shannon Babb thought this might finally be his year to break through in the Arizona Sport Shirts Gateway Dirt Nationals finale. He certainly had an XR1 Rocket machine strong enough to do it. He was definitely Full Story
Loquacious Carpenter darling of Dome crowd
Posted: 12/21/2019, 03:24 am By Kevin KovacST. LOUIS, Mo. (Dec. 20) — With a night for the ages during the Arizona Sport Shirts Gateway Dirt Nationals, Tyler Carpenter became a darling of the Dirt Late Model world. | Complete Gateway coverage A talented 28-year-old from Parkersburg, Full Story
Tweaked Dome layout raises action's potential
Posted: 12/20/2019, 07:12 am By Kevin KovacST. LOUIS, Mo. (Dec. 19) — Among drivers who have several Arizona Sport Shirts Gateway Dirt Nationals starts on their resumes, one phrase was repeated virtually verbatim when they were asked Thursday to describe the characteristics of Full Story
Notes: On Dome clock, Moyer makes banner lap
Posted: 12/19/2019, 08:13 pm By Kevin Kovac and Todd TurnerST. LOUIS, Mo. — Hall of Fame driver Billy Moyer hasn’t particularly had a banner year. But during Thursday’s time trials for the Arizona Sports Shirts Gateway Dirt Nationals, Moyer had a banner lap, of sorts. The 62-year-old driver Full Story
Can another Tennessean follow Welshan at Dome?
Posted: 12/18/2019, 06:31 am By Robert HolmanFew drivers have created quite as much buzz during the annual Gateway Dirt Nationals as Jason Welshan. While the Rockford, Tenn., driver has enjoyed significant regional success — especially wheeling Limited and Crate Late Models at Full Story
Column: Dome provides Zobrist chance to shine
Posted: 12/17/2019, 07:16 pmJust days away from the start of this weekend’s fourth annual Arizona Sport Shirts Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, Mo., Chad Zobrist of Highland, Ill., was in his shop with his crew making final Full Story
Fast Talk: Series shuffle and preview of Gateway
Posted: 12/16/2019, 10:32 amOur roundtable wraps up the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show while looking ahead to his weekend's Arizona Sports Shirts Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America's Center in St. Louis, Mo. (edited for clarity and length): How Full Story
Updates from the final day of PRI show
Posted: 12/14/2019, 07:09 amINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 14) — The Indiana Convention Center doors reopen Saturday morning for the third and final day at the 32nd annual Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where more than 30,000 attendees are expected to check out Full Story
Friday's updates from Indy's PRI show
Posted: 12/13/2019, 06:18 amINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 13) — The Indiana Convention Center doors reopen Friday for the second of three days at the 32nd annual Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where more than 30,000 attendees are expected to check out 1,100 Full Story
Drydene part of vision for Team Zero's future
Posted: 12/13/2019, 06:04 amINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 12) — From the moment earlier this year that Cody Sommer became a co-owner of Scott Bloomquist Racing, the 32-year-old special-event promoter had big ideas for the Hall of Famer’s Dirt Late Model team bouncing Full Story
Updates from opening day of Indy's PRI show
Posted: 12/12/2019, 05:24 amINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 12) — The Indiana Convention Center doors open Thursday for the first of three days at the 32nd annual Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where more than 30,000 attendees are expected to check out 1,100 companies, Full Story
Column: T-Mac starting new era with Bradsher
Posted: 12/11/2019, 09:11 pmTim McCreadie has spent the majority of his life as a race car driver — 17 of his 24 years behind the wheel, to be exact — competing on a full-time basis with Carl and Ann Myers’s Sweeteners Plus Racing operation. All of McCreadie’s Full Story
Best of 2019: South's state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/11/2019, 06:40 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2019 superlatives of the Southern states (individually for states with at least five weekly Late Model tracks; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2019 coverage): Alabama Top Full Story
PRI Trade Show coverage index
Posted: 11/30/2019, 01:01 pmINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — DirtonDirt.com's coverage from the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show on Dec. 12-14 at the Indiana Convention Center, where more than 30,000 attendees from 72 countries are expected to visit exhibits among more Full Story
Dirt Late Model Silly Season roundup
Posted: 12/10/2019, 08:15 am By Todd TurnerA roundup of offseason news and changes among drivers and teams heading into the 2020 season along with a tentative look at national tour driver rosters (will be updated through the PRI Trade Show and remainder of December): Teams/drivers Anklam Full Story
