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Notes: SECA contender gets boost from day job
Posted: 07/18/2019, 08:47 am By Alli CollisPicking up steam toward the end of the 2018 season, Crate racer Bryan Mullis of Rock Hill, S.C., has carried that success into the first half of his 2019 campaign. Already bagging six victories this season, the 27-year-old Mullis currently Full Story
Column: Local team savors Oakshade biggie
Posted: 07/17/2019, 05:29 pmChris Keller was the man of the hour, the local boy made good by pulling off a monumental upset victory worth $10,000 in last Saturday night’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals-sanctioned Birthday Race at Oakshade Raceway in Wauseon, Ohio. Never Full Story
Quick Time: Tallying the Silver Dollar distribution
Posted: 07/17/2019, 01:52 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Knowles steps back up to Supers for busy stretch
Posted: 07/17/2019, 01:29 am By Alli CollisMARYVILLE, Tenn. (July 16) — Jake Knowles of Rome, Ga., has spent the last couple of seasons focusing on Crate Late Models, clinching the Durrence Layne Chevrolet Series title in 2018. But for the month of July, the 33-year-old Knowles Full Story
Fast Facts: Ninth annual Silver Dollar Nationals
Posted: 07/16/2019, 07:10 am By Robert HolmanDates: July 18-20 (one $10,000-to-win program on Thursday followed by Saturday’s $53,000-to-win finale) Track: I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb. (3/8-mile high-banked clay oval). Sanction: Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series Purse: $53,000-to-win, Full Story
He wasn't looking for it, but Shirley found crown
Posted: 07/15/2019, 04:13 pm By Kevin KovacWAUSEON, Ohio (July 13) — There was something decidedly different about Brian Shirley’s second straight and third career DIRTcar Summer Nationals championship. After Shirley, 38, of Chatham, Ill., and his car owner Bob Cullen made Full Story
Fast Talk: Series-by-series summer recap
Posted: 07/15/2019, 10:24 amIn a roundup of busy stretches for multiple series, our weekly roundtable considers the most important takeaways with more big events coming up (edited for clarity and length): What’s your World of Outlaws reflection? Kevin Kovac, DirtonDirt.com Full Story
Unexpected win gives Ivey taste of success
Posted: 07/15/2019, 09:22 am By Alli CollisGAFFNEY, S.C. (July 14) — Trent Ivey of Union, S.C., has turned hundreds of laps at Cherokee Speedway. But that didn’t mean he had high expectations heading into Sunday’s Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals Series event. | Complete Southern Full Story
Strickler eager for busy stretch in Wells entry
Posted: 07/14/2019, 12:26 pm By Alli CollisRURAL RETREAT, Va. (July 13) — Clicking off solid performances against tough fields, modified ace Kyle Strickler of Mooresville, N.C., as already set himself apart as one of 2019’s top Late Model rookies. But now Strickler and the Hazard, Full Story
Schaeffer's Southern Nationals coverage index
Posted: 07/05/2019, 06:36 amDirtonDirt.com’s coverage of the 11 scheduled races of the Schaeffer's Southern Nationals from July 13-27; also visit the schedule page, the series history section and downloadable statistical recap: Monday, July 29 • Story: Title Full Story
Notes: Heck sails along in return to Crates
Posted: 07/11/2019, 01:20 am By Todd TurnerA few summers ago, 2013 DIRTcar Crate Late Model champion Aaron Heck was enjoying leisurely weekends as a recreational boater on Rend Lake in southern Illinois, thinking his dirt racing career was behind him. With his parents both battling Full Story
Quick Time: Checking Summer Nationals stats
Posted: 07/10/2019, 03:30 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Column: After cancer scare, Smith back in car
Posted: 07/10/2019, 08:03 amWhen Jeff Smith missed a handful of early-season events that he had planned to enter — most notably Ultimate Southeast Super Late Model Series programs on March 2 at North Georgia Speedway in Chatsworth and March 23 at County Line Raceway Full Story
Fast Talk: Reviewing holiday-week action
Posted: 07/08/2019, 11:04 amOur weekly roundtable gathers to look back on a busy Independence Day holiday week of action across the country while also looking ahead to the final week of the 2019 DIRTcar Summer Nationals (edited for clarity and length): With Brian Full Story
Notes: DIRTcar atones for reversed Macon finish
Posted: 07/06/2019, 12:36 pm By Alli CollisFARMER CITY, Ill. (July 5) — DIRTcar Summer Nationals officials on Friday took steps to avoid another controversial finish like Thursday's at Macon (Ill.) Speedway, putting their money where their mouth is with runner-up Bobby Pierce Full Story
Notes: Focused W.Va., rookie finds success
Posted: 07/04/2019, 12:31 am By Todd TurnerWhen he added a Late Model to his family’s race team in the offseason, Tyler Evans had intentions of two-division nights at the racetracks in 2019, fielding his trusty modified along with his Longhorn Chassis in the full-fendered division Full Story
Column: A seamless transition for Clanton
Posted: 07/03/2019, 01:21 pmShane Clanton was already looking toward the future. He knew that, in all likelihood, he would need a new ride come 2020 with his car owner and father-in-law, Ron Davies of Warren, Pa., indicating that his days fielding a national-level Full Story
Quick Time: Doling out 2019 midseason awards
Posted: 07/03/2019, 11:01 amTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Ferris builds momentum at Lucas Oil Speedway
Posted: 07/02/2019, 12:02 pm By Lyndal ScrantonLittle did Larry Ferris know it at the time, but a spur-of-the-moment trip to Nevada Speedway some 30 years ago ignited a love for dirt-track racing that's still burning. Ferris, a veteran in the Late Model division at Lucas Oil Speedway Full Story
Top 25: Babb joins rankings at No. 24
Posted: 07/02/2019, 08:17 am By Alli CollisAfter scoring his first 2019 DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory Saturday at Highland (Ill.) Speedway, Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., joined DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., maintained Full Story
Babb is back? I didn't go anywhere, veteran says
Posted: 06/30/2019, 11:58 am By Alli CollisHIGHLAND, Ill. (June 29) — “Babb is back!” rang throughout the Madison County Fairgrounds following Shannon Babb’s $10,000 DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory Saturday night at Highland Speedway. But if you ask the 45-year-old Moweaqua, Full Story
Dillard's Dirt Late Model education continues on
Posted: 06/28/2019, 07:46 am By Todd TurnerBROWNSTOWN, Ind. — Stop me if you’ve heard an announcer say this during the 2019 season: “Cade Dillard is making his debut at the track …” Indeed, the 28-year-old Robeline, La., driver who is following the World of Outlaws Morton Full Story
Notes: Focus on I-35 oval pays for Missourian
Posted: 06/27/2019, 01:29 am By Alli CollisTommy Cordray of Browning, Mo., has spent the last decade chasing the United Late Model Association weekly points championship, finishing runner-up in final ULMA standings last season. But in 2019, the 55-year-old Cordray has turned his Full Story
Column: Rumley program clicking with T-Mac
Posted: 06/26/2019, 04:12 pmKevin Rumley can’t yet read Tim McCreadie like other drivers he’s worked with over the years. After all, the noted engineer and crew chief of his father Lee Roy’s iconic K&L Rumley No. 6 machine is a mere two months into working closely Full Story
Quick Time: Summer Nationals state of mind
Posted: 06/26/2019, 12:28 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
