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Fast Facts: Eldora Speedway's Dream XXXI
Posted: 06/02/2025, 06:55 am By Aaron Clay(Complete Dream coverage) Dates: June 4-7 (50-lap, $20,000-to-win program Wednesday for FloRacing Night in America; split-field $30,000-to-win preliminary features Thursday and Friday for DIRT-car Late Models; Saturday’s 100-lap finale) Track: Full Story
Column: Wells on track after Show-Me splash
Posted: 05/29/2025, 01:52 pmJustin Wells would have liked to squeeze more out of his Show-Me 100 weekend at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo., than a pair of top-10s in preliminary action (ninth of Thursday, eighth on Friday) and a 21st-place finish in Saturday’s Full Story
Dispatches: La Salle keeps Pierce humming
Posted: 05/29/2025, 01:26 pmAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing the last weekend in May, including MARS Champion Series coverage from La Salle (Ill.) Speedway among other weekend special events (look for coverage of Northern Allstars Full Story
Notes: Swartz legacy making name for himself
Posted: 05/29/2025, 12:02 am By Todd TurnerWhen you’ve put your heart and soul into auto racing, when your low-budget team has battled adversity for six years — and when your grandfather is a National Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer — your first Super Late Model victory is going Full Story
Fast Talk: Show-Me wrap and plug-pulling
Posted: 05/26/2025, 10:49 am By Kevin KovacAfter a busy Memorial Day weekend with Bobby Pierce capturing the $75,000 Show-Me 100, our roundtable considers all the action in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): What’s Full Story
Tires fade, but Show-Me statement made by Wells
Posted: 05/24/2025, 01:14 pm By Kevin KovacWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 23) — Justin Wells found himself in a strange position when he climbed out of his car in the pit area following Friday’s 40-lap Don & Billie Gibson Tribute at Lucas Oil Speedway. | RaceWire Should he be riding sky-high Full Story
Wheatland wall-banger: Alberson unloads backup
Posted: 05/24/2025, 07:27 am By Kevin KovacWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 23) — Garrett Alberson experienced a heartbreaking defeat Thursday at Lucas Oil Speedway. But as crushed as he was by his loss in the opener of the Show-Me 100 weekend, it was entirely preferable to the fate that befell Full Story
Notes: Alberson saddled with repeat Cowboy fail
Posted: 05/23/2025, 02:00 pm By Kevin KovacWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 22) — Garrett Alberson’s two losses one year apart at Lucas Oil Speedway weren’t exactly the same, but the impact on him was nearly identical. The 36-year-old driver from Las Cruces, N.M., was crushed when a late-race Full Story
Meshing with crew chief, O'Neal picking up speed
Posted: 05/23/2025, 08:08 am By Kevin KovacWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 22) — When Jason Durham took the job as Hudson O’Neal’s crew chief at SSI Motorsports in early March, he had one primary question for his talented 24-year-old driver. | RaceWire “I asked him how he wanted to Full Story
Column: New era brings Speedweekends to fore
Posted: 05/22/2025, 01:57 pmGeorgia-Florida Speedweeks for Super Late Models has long followed the same pattern, which is to say all the races have been contested in the days and weeks leading up to the Sunday running of the Daytona 500. Tracks and races have been Full Story
Notes: Racing highs lift Veloz past life's lows
Posted: 05/22/2025, 12:02 am By Todd TurnerThrough life’s highs and lows, racing has always been there for young dirt racer Logan Veloz and his Colona, Ill., family. Never more so than two years ago when the Veloz family home was destroyed in a fire that took virtually all their Full Story
Fast Facts: 33rd annual Lucas Oil Show-Me 100
Posted: 05/20/2025, 12:15 pm By Aaron ClayDates: May 22-24 (complete show for Late Models, B-mods and stock cars hot lap and makeup features Thursday; complete show for Late Models Friday; consolations and features for Late Models on Saturday) Track: Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Full Story
Top 25: No. 1 steady while T-Mac vaults to No. 12
Posted: 05/20/2025, 08:40 am By Kevin KovacWith a $30,000 victory and two other top-fives during the weekend’s World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series swing through Ohio and Pennsylvania, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., remained the No. 1-ranked driver in DirtonDirt’s Full Story
Fast Talk: Eagle, veterans and a holiday plan
Posted: 05/19/2025, 11:31 amOur roundtable gathers to discuss Eagle Raceway’s big weekend, Tim McCreadie leading a successful burst for veterans and a plan for the Memorial Day weekend in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited Full Story
Jameson OK after wild Lawrenceburg ride
Posted: 05/18/2025, 09:54 am By Bryan AultLAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (May 17) - Jason Jameson’s flip at Lawrenceburg Speedway on lap 17 of Saturday's Northern Allstars Late Model Dirt Series race startled fans and foes alike.| RaceWire Going into turn one and trailing eventual winner Full Story
Notes: Rice relieved to tame Lawrenceburg
Posted: 05/18/2025, 06:49 am By Bryan AultLAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (May 17) – Most drivers would be thrilled to pocket $5,000 in the same way Josh Rice did Saturday at Lawrenceburg Speedway. Taking home the checkered flag for the Northern Allstars Late Model Dirt Series and setting Full Story
Delivering Late Models for eager Eagle fanbase
Posted: 05/18/2025, 09:55 am By Todd TurnerEAGLE, Neb. (May 17) — Eagle Raceway fans have long asked 18-year track co-owner Roger Hadan for a major Dirt Late Model event. The track that’s been a sprint-car stronghold dipped its toe in the Late Model waters with a Lucas Oil Late Full Story
Notes: Davenport falls short of big Eagle money
Posted: 05/18/2025, 12:40 am By Todd TurnerEAGLE, Neb. (May 17) — In half of Jonathan Davenport’s feature starts this season, he’s finished first or second. So it’s no huge surprise that the 41-year-old Blairsville, Ga., driver logged a victory and two runner-up placings Full Story
Notes: RTJ eyes Eagle rebound after miscue
Posted: 05/17/2025, 01:06 am By Todd TurnerEAGLE, Neb. (May 16) — While Ricky Thornton Jr. outdueled Jonathan Davenport in Thursday’s Malvern Bank High Bank Heist opener at Eagle Raceway, he wasn’t around at the finish to challenge Davenport in Friday’s 40-lapper. The fifth-starting Full Story
Notes: Thornton beats J.D. at his own game
Posted: 05/15/2025, 10:52 pm By Todd TurnerEAGLE, Neb. (May 15) — On the final restart of Thursday’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 40-lapper at Eagle Raceway, Ricky Thornton Jr. knew that going to the bottom groove wasn’t going to cut it. The Chandler, Ariz., driver and Full Story
Column: Guliani's rise to sought-after consultant
Posted: 05/15/2025, 05:53 pmEverything was perfect in Vinny Guliani’s world last Saturday night at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Ark. There was the 38-year-old engineer/crew member-turned-technical consultant, standing in victory at his hometown track Full Story
Everything's brand new as McIntosh chases tour
Posted: 05/15/2025, 04:09 pm By Todd TurnerEAGLE, Neb. (May 15) — For Donald McIntosh, a Thursday in the middle of May is about like the rest of the season as a rookie candidate on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. Another new state in Nebraska. Another new track in Eagle Full Story
Dispatches: Veterans own HTF weekend
Posted: 05/17/2025, 08:06 amAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing the third weekend in May, including Hunt the Front Super Dirt Series events in Georgia and Tennessee and MARS shows in Illinois (look elsewhere for most Lucas Oil Series Full Story
Notes: Older car endures for Minnesota racer
Posted: 05/15/2025, 06:28 am By Todd TurnerJosh Zimpel ended his 2024 Dirt Late Model season with a thud. The 25-year-old Braham, Minn., racer was running second in the season finale at his home track, Ogilvie Raceway, when he smashed the wall. The 2017 model Victory by Moyer car Full Story
Fading at Fairbury can't ruin Shirley's Speedweek
Posted: 05/12/2025, 03:02 pm By Kyle McFaddenFAIRBURY, Ill. (May 10) — Brian Shirley tried not to let Saturday’s wayward night at Fairbury Speedway negate the success he found during Illinois Speedweek. Entering the Illinois Speedweek finale at the quarter-mile oval, the 44-year-old Full Story
