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Notes: Shirley salvages visit to Tri-City
Posted: 06/26/2019, 08:29 am By Todd TurnerGRANITE CITY, Ill. — After winning three of the first four DIRTcar Summer Nationals features, Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., came to Tri-City Speedway Tuesday as the driver to beat. But for most of the night at the 3/8-mile oval, Shirley Full Story
Fast Talk: Firecracker drama and Hell Tour reset
Posted: 06/24/2019, 07:59 amOur weekly roundtable wraps up Lernerville’s Firecracker 100 on the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series and updates progress of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals (edited for clarity and length): Consider the late-race twists Full Story
Fizzling Firecracker 100 bitter for Weiss, Lanigan
Posted: 06/23/2019, 04:28 pm By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 22) — Darrell Lanigan knows all about heartbreak in the Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway. He experienced more Saturday night, in fact. | RaceWire But this time the 48-year-old veteran from Union, Ky. — who Full Story
Committed Heckenast raises bar on Hell Tour
Posted: 06/21/2019, 08:31 am By Robert HolmanBANNER, Ill. (June 20) — Frank Heckenast Jr. spent much of last year’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals threatening to bail out. His early performances this time around are making the decision to stick around on the grueling tour a no-brainer. Full Story
Notes: New York racer enjoying his best season
Posted: 06/20/2019, 07:55 am By Alli CollisAdmittedly, the transition from big-block modifieds to the Late Model division hasn’t always gone smoothly for Bob Dorman of Stockton, N.Y. With his father and crew chief Bill Dorman also a former big-block racer, it took the pair some Full Story
Column: After crewman's death, win lifts Overton
Posted: 06/19/2019, 07:34 pmBrandon Overton had never felt such crushing grief in all his years on earth. When, in the early morning hours of June 11, he learned that his good buddy-turned-crewman Billy Vacek had tragically perished in a fire — apparently due to Full Story
Notes: English returns to seat of family-owned car
Posted: 06/19/2019, 04:02 pm By Robert HolmanJACKSONVILLE, Ill. (June 18) — Tanner English of Benton, Ky., kicked off his traditional Summer Nationals stretch with a fifth-place finish Tuesday night at Jacksonville Speedway. English, who typically jumps on the tour the week that Full Story
Fast Facts: Lernerville's Firecracker 100 weekend
Posted: 06/18/2019, 10:08 am By Robert Holman13th annual Firecracker 100 Dates: June 21-22 ($6,000-to-win preliminary program Friday 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 Full Story
Top 25: Overton rises after $20,000 victory
Posted: 06/18/2019, 10:09 am By Alli CollisAfter scoring a $20,000 victory in Saturday’s Ultimate Southeast Super Late Model Series-sanctioned USA 100 at Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., is among the biggest movers in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 Full Story
Virginian primed to give Summer Nationals a shot
Posted: 06/17/2019, 12:21 pm By Kevin KovacWalker Arthur of Forest, Va., has been itching to take a stab at chasing the entire DIRTcar Summer Nationals schedule ever since he made a brief, week-long cameo on the grueling series in 2013. This year he finally has his family-owned Full Story
Fast Talk: Looking ahead to Firecracker weekend
Posted: 06/17/2019, 08:37 amDirtonDirt.com’s weekly roundtable gathers to discuss the Lucas Oil Series tripleheader and other weekend newsmakers while also looking ahead to this weekend’s Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. (edited for clarity Full Story
At Kankakee, Feger off to solid start in new ride
Posted: 06/14/2019, 12:15 pm By Kevin KovacKANKAKEE, Ill. (June 13) — For a start, Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., likes what his new Dirt Late Model has provided him. After contending for a win June 8 at Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway and finishing fourth in Thursday’s 40-lap Full Story
DIRTcar Summer Nationals coverage index
Posted: 06/30/2019, 10:44 pmDirtonDirt.com’s coverage of the 27 scheduled races of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals from June 12-July 13; watch every race live via a DIRTvision FastPass and don't miss our updated statistics along with schedule and history pages: Tuesday, Full Story
Notes: Young Georgian follows grandfather's tire tracks
Posted: 06/13/2019, 12:40 am By Alli CollisAfter a standout 2018 season that included six Crate victories and the Swainsboro (Ga.) Raceway track championship, Joshua Bishop of Statesboro, Ga., entered 2019 on a high note. But despite a March victory at Modoc (S.C.) Raceway, the Full Story
Column: Futility behind, Richards savors Dream
Posted: 06/12/2019, 03:09 pmROSSBURG, Ohio — There was little doubt that winning Saturday night’s Dream XXV — and its race-record $125,000 first-place prize — at Eldora Speedway meant the world to Brandon Sheppard. He’s a pretty even-keel 26-year-old, but Full Story
Quick Time: Top drivers cashing in at the Dream
Posted: 06/12/2019, 02:29 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
Top 25: Ferguson joins rankings at No. 22
Posted: 06/11/2019, 08:51 am By Alli CollisAfter posting a career-best fourth-place finish in Saturday’s Dream XXV finale at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, Chris Ferguson of Mount Holly, N.C., joined DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while race winner Brandon Sheppard Full Story
Eldora prowess returns quickly for Blankenship
Posted: 06/11/2019, 07:45 am By Alli CollisROSSBURG, Ohio (June 8) — Out of the driver's seat since 2015, John Blankenship of Williamson, W.Va., didn’t have high expectations entering Dream XXV. The 37-year-old former World 100 winner and two-time Dream runner-up just wanted Full Story
Notes: Dream in reach, Weiss undone by yellow
Posted: 06/10/2019, 06:42 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 8) — From the time Ricky Weiss of Headingley, Manitoba, arrived at Eldora Speedway for the Dream XXV weekend to the start of Saturday night’s 100-lap feature, his expectations changed dramatically. | Complete Dream Full Story
Late Model debut at Eldora? Johnny on the spot
Posted: 06/08/2019, 11:51 am By Alli CollisROSSBURG, Ohio (June 7) — Entering Dream XXV, Johnny Scott had only ever seen Eldora Speedway on a video screen. In fact, the Las Cruces, N.M., driver had never even made competitive laps in a Late Model. But the famed Rossburg, Ohio, Full Story
Clanton ends Big E skid, chases Dream in No. 25
Posted: 06/08/2019, 06:15 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 7) — Shane Clanton knows more than most people the thrill of victory at Eldora Speedway — he is, after all, one of seven drivers who have won both the famed track’s marquee Dream and World 100 events. But winning Full Story
Notes: Weiss backs up car builder's prediction
Posted: 06/07/2019, 11:27 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — When Scott Bloomquist singled out Ricky Weiss as his driver to watch in this weekend’s Dream XXV at Eldora Speedway during Tuesday’s episode of DirtonDirt.com’s Late Model Live, Weiss was listening. | Complete Full Story
After struggles, Fergy rallies to 4th at Eldora
Posted: 06/07/2019, 09:21 am By Alli CollisROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — Chris Ferguson’s opening night at Eldora Speedway’s Dream XXV weekend appeared doomed from the outset. The 29-year-old Mount Holly, N.C., driver's crew thrashed to put the finishing touches on a new Sweet-Bloomquist Full Story
Resurgent Lanigan adds another prelim at Big E
Posted: 06/07/2019, 03:14 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — Darrell Lanigan wasn’t going to let a golden opportunity slip through his fingers in Thursday night’s first 25-lap Dream XXV preliminary feature at Eldora Speedway. “You hate to leave it out there if you Full Story
Column: Can 525s power local Super resurgence?
Posted: 06/06/2019, 08:22 amAs co-owner of Rocket Chassis and a championship house car race team, Mark Richards lives, breathes and sleeps Dirt Late Model racing. Thus few people can claim to have a better handle on the pulse of the division than the 58-year-old from Full Story
