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• Notes: Speedway Zeigler seeks final puzzle piece

  Posted: 03/30/2019, 04:18 pm By Kevin Kovac

  MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (March 29) — For much of Friday’s 30-lap Zimmer’s United Late Model Series feature at Williams Grove Speedway, Mason Zeigler of Chalk Hill, Pa., appeared to be solidly in control and primed for a $3,000 victory. Full Story

• Near-miss for Covert at Grove after early scrape

  Posted: 03/30/2019, 05:55 am By Kevin Kovac

  MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (March 29) — Jason Covert of York Haven, Pa., put on a show in rallying from the rear of the field after an early spin to finish second in Friday night’s 30-lap Zimmer’s United Late Model Series feature at Williams Full Story

• Notes: Shoulder healed, Ruggiero's back on track

  Posted: 03/28/2019, 08:14 am By Alli Collis

  After clicking off five Crate Late Model victories, John Ruggiero Jr.’s 2018 season came to an end a few weeks early, with the 20-year-old Lincolnton, N.C., opting to finally undergo surgery after the pain from long-time issues with his Full Story

• Column: Thirlby's eager to defend Ethanol crown

  Posted: 03/27/2019, 01:35 pm

  Brandon Thirlby has provided a quick, succinct answer to all the questions he’s received concerning whether he would be back to defend his American Ethanol Late Model Tour championship in 2019. “A bunch of people have asked me, ‘Are Full Story

• Quick Time: Irregular national tour success

  Posted: 03/27/2019, 11:34 am

  Take 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

• Trivia Time: Answers to Dirt Late Model test

  Posted: 03/27/2019, 08:11 am By Bob Markos

  (Find questions here) 1. (a) Shannon Babb 2. All were promoters of the former Atomic Speedway near Knoxville, Tenn. 3. Bud Lunsford 4. Julian and Mark Martin 5. Mississippi’s Don Hester 6. Brad Malcuit of Strasburg Ohio 7. Tim Full Story

• Trivia Time: Test of your Dirt Late Model knowledge

  Posted: 03/27/2019, 08:12 am By Bob Markos

  Part of a continuing feature at DirtonDirt.com, test your Dirt Late Model knowledge with a 20-question quiz from longtime racing historian Bob Markos (click here for answers): 1. Which Dirt Late Model racer never competed as a motorcycle Full Story

• Top 25: Owens jumps to eighth spot in rankings

  Posted: 03/26/2019, 07:01 am By Alli Collis

  After scoring his first 2019 victory at Saturday’s World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series stop at Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, Tenn., Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., made the biggest jump in DirtonDirt.com’s Top Full Story

• Fast Talk: Can B-Shepp duplicate victory streak?

  Posted: 03/25/2019, 10:24 am

  Our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products considers the weekend’s World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series action and looks ahead to March’s final weekend (edited for clarity and length): What’s the likelihood Full Story

• Streak ends, but quest continues for Sheppard

  Posted: 03/24/2019, 04:57 pm By Robert Holman

  MARYVILLE, Tenn. (March 23) — It was fun while it lasted, but now Brandon Sheppard is ready to put the streak behind him and move on. Sheppard, of New Berlin, Ill., who entered Saturday’s World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Full Story

• Notes: Solid Duck River outing steadies English

  Posted: 03/23/2019, 06:21 am By Robert Holman

  WHEEL, Tenn. (March 22) — Considering the emotional roller coaster that was the beginning of Tanner English’s season, the Benton, Ky., driver was more than eager to get back to a happy place. | RaceWire For English, Duck River Raceway Full Story

• Notes: Texan recovers car, wins opener

  Posted: 03/21/2019, 10:12 am

  Tommy Grimes found his car sitting in a cow pasture on Friday. By Saturday, it was sitting in victory lane. The San Antonio, Texas, driver had an eventful season-opening weekend at I-37 Speedway en route to capturing Saturday's Limited Full Story

• Young Landrum chases dad's feats at Florence

  Posted: 03/21/2019, 05:18 am By Alli Collis

  Growing up, Trevor Landrum watched his father Steve win countless races at Florence Speedway in Union, Ky. Eventually climbing behind the wheel himself, the 20-year-old Florence native made several of his own trips to the northern Kentucky Full Story

• Column: New perspective for Brothers Sullivan

  Posted: 03/20/2019, 03:16 pm

  As this weekend’s season-opening Comp Cams Super Dirt Series presented by Lucas Oil doubleheader at Texarkana (Ark.) 67 Speedway and Boothill Speedway in Greenwood, La., looms, brothers Chris and Jack Sullivan find themselves in entirely Full Story

• Duck River standout steels for WoO invasion

  Posted: 03/19/2019, 02:33 pm By Alli Collis

  David Seibers of Chapel Hill, Tenn., knew it would be hard to top his 2018 victory in Clarksville (Tenn.) Speedway’s Tuckassee Toilet Bowl opener. But the 41-year-old driver did exactly that a couple of weeks ago, earning a career-richest Full Story

• Top 25: Moran rises to 10th in power rankings

  Posted: 03/19/2019, 06:57 am By Alli Collis

  Fresh off a runner-up finish in Saturday’s Indiana Icebreaker at Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway, Devin Moran of Dresden, Ohio, joins the top 10 in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series race winner Full Story

• Fast Talk: Running the numbers on WoO series

  Posted: 03/18/2019, 10:48 am

  Our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products takes a look at some over-under options for the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series (edited for clarity and length): Over or under 0.5: Drivers who finish within Full Story

• Notes: Hurt Bloomquist's absence noticed in pits

  Posted: 03/17/2019, 11:46 am By Alli Collis

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (March 16) — Notably absent from the Brownstown Speedway pit area during Saturday night’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Indiana Icebreaker was Hall of Famer Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., whose Full Story

• Young West Virginian raises profile, confidence

  Posted: 03/14/2019, 06:06 am By Alli Collis

  Racing locally for most of his career, Colten Burdette has considered himself a weekend warrior. But last season, the 25-year-old Parkersburg, W.Va., driver burst onto the regional scene, scoring a pair of $5,000 victories at home-state Full Story

• Column: Ethanol Tour enjoys explosive growth

  Posted: 03/13/2019, 04:58 pm

  La Salle (Ill.) Speedway promoter Tony Izzo Jr. liked the pitch he heard from the American Ethanol Late Model Tour when he investigated hosting a race for the fledgling Michigan-based Super Late Model series in 2018. “They kind of blew Full Story

• Quick Time: Winning races with big car counts

  Posted: 03/13/2019, 01:19 pm

  Take 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

• New Mexico welcomes enchanting new dirt oval

  Posted: 03/12/2019, 08:12 am By Kevin Kovac

  Several years ago, as Rue Stone and his boss, prominent New Mexico businessman and veteran racer Royal Jones, regularly covered the 45-mile distance from Las Cruces, N.M., to Jones’s El Paso (Texas) Speedway Park, they often contemplated Full Story

• Improvements streamline work for racing crews

  Posted: 03/11/2019, 09:52 am By Todd Turner

  For many crew members at the dirt track, gone are the days of manually jacking up a Late Model and ducking underneath to precisely place jackstands, delicately fashioning custom-made roofs or hoodscoops, crawling around the shop floor to Full Story

• Fast Talk: Running the numbers for Lucas tour

  Posted: 03/11/2019, 08:46 am

  Our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products takes a look at some over-under options heading for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series in 2019 (edited for clarity and length): Over or under 3.5: First-time series winners? Andy Full Story

• Column: Versatile Elliott secure in calling it quits

  Posted: 03/06/2019, 04:04 pm

  Ricky Elliott had a very specific reason for spectating at last month’s DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. It was a purely personal visit for the 53-year-old driver from Seaford, Del., a “test,” he said, Full Story