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Clinical Davenport finds path to Fairbury victory
Posted: 05/11/2025, 12:53 pm By Kyle McFaddenFAIRBURY, Ill. (May 10) — A part of Jonathan Davenport felt that Saturday’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series feature at Fairbury Speedway had been too tame. Too uneventful. And not necessarily too easy, but his five-second lead wasn’t Full Story
Sheppard content with Farmer City near-miss
Posted: 05/10/2025, 11:52 am By Kyle McFaddenFARMER CITY, Ill. (May 9) — Brandon Sheppard wasn’t going to blame Friday’s near-miss at Farmer City Raceway on his right-rear tire he found going flat after the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series feature. | RaceWire The New Berlin, Full Story
Notes: Alberson 'a little lost' on Illinois bullrings
Posted: 05/09/2025, 01:54 pm By Kyle McFaddenLINCOLN, Ill. (May 8) — Garrett Alberson and his Roberts Motorsports team are still trying to solve the puzzle that Illinois bullrings present them. The Las Cruces, N.M., driver started from the pole of Thursday’s FloRacing Night in Full Story
Dispatches: Jackson in daze after Batesville win
Posted: 05/11/2025, 10:05 amAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing the second weekend in May, including Schaeffer's Spring Nationals and Comp Cams Super Dirt Series action (look elsewhere for most Lucas Oil Series coverage). Also find Full Story
Column: Recharged Starr still holds Batesville reins
Posted: 05/08/2025, 10:03 pmMooney Starr was ready to ride off into the sunset with his wife Connie, all set to leave behind more than three decades at the helm of Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Ark. “I had the perfect opportunity — I thought,” Full Story
Notes: Job leads to Late Model racing for Iowan
Posted: 05/08/2025, 06:52 am By Todd TurnerCurtis Glover’s livelihood — and his Late Model racing career — comes from what the Iowa driver calls “kind of a weird story.” Nearly 20 years ago, Glover had been laid off from his concrete job, and he was getting to the point Full Story
Notes: Solid Speedweek start for home-stater Erb
Posted: 05/08/2025, 04:41 am By Kyle McFaddenBANNER, Ill. (May 7) — Only four drivers have back-to-back top-10 finishes to start Illinois Speedweek. Dennis Erb Jr. is one of them. As even-keeled and stoic as they come, the Carpentersville, Ill., veteran couldn’t hold back some Full Story
Racers glad to see 'old friend' La Salle's rebirth
Posted: 05/07/2025, 02:41 pm By Kyle McFaddenLa SALLE, Ill. (May 6) — If you browsed the pit area Tuesday at La Salle Speedway, you likely found drivers and industry personnel alike with sentimental attachment to the resurrected quarter-mile oval. | RaceWire The night’s $20,000 Full Story
Retooled design spurs Schlenk to winning start
Posted: 05/06/2025, 06:42 am By Kyle McFaddenATTICA, Ohio (May 2) — Five victories and a runner-up finish in six races. That’s Rusty Schlenk’s ledger to start the 2025 season. The McClure, Ohio, driver is perhaps the hottest regional Dirt Late Model, racer, especially after Full Story
Notes: Optimism returns for T-Mac in Dairyland
Posted: 05/03/2025, 02:24 pm By Kevin KovacFOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. (May 2) — Tim McCreadie finally found a reason for optimism in Friday's Dairyland Showdown opener Mississippi Thunder Speedway. Nearly three months removed from his last top-five finish, the 51-year-old national champion Full Story
Little Circle City makes its debut on Lucas circuit
Posted: 05/02/2025, 05:51 pm By Bryan AultINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (May 2) — After competing at three half-mile racetracks in a row on last weekend's Mid-Atlantic swing, you couldn’t blame Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series drivers for experiencing a bit of culture shock when they Full Story
Column: Partner aids Izzo for La Salle rebirth
Posted: 05/01/2025, 03:01 pmTony Izzo Jr. never gave up hope that his family’s La Salle (Ill.) Speedway would rise again. Even as his mother, Kerry, fielded offers for the property since the last race was contested there on June 23, 2021, the 55-year-old former Full Story
Notes: Young Virginian loves circling dirt tracks
Posted: 05/01/2025, 09:21 am By Todd TurnerA third-generation dirt racer, Braeson Fulton is following the tire tracks of his talented grandfather and father. But even if racing courses through your veins, that doesn’t mean pointing a race car the right direction always comes naturally. Full Story
Fast Talk: Inevitability of top-tier drivers
Posted: 04/28/2025, 11:02 amAfter a busy weekend of national touring action — and more success for Bobby Pierce and Ricky Thornton Jr. — our roundtable checks in for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Are Full Story
Returning Hollidge aims to stay on top of curve
Posted: 04/27/2025, 07:58 am By Kyle McFaddenHAGERSTOWN, Md. (April 26) — During routine prerace maintenance Saturday at Hagerstown Speedway, Dale Hollidge figured he’d drop off his right-rear shock at the Fox Shocks hauler that services select Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Full Story
Notes: Ross Robinson's eventful return home
Posted: 04/26/2025, 01:39 pm By Kevin KovacGEORGETOWN, Del. (April 25) — There’s no race Ross Robinson anticipates more on his annual racing schedule than the national touring series stop at his hometown’s Georgetown Speedway. A victory in the event would be an unqualified Full Story
Column: Underdog Cook steers to racing success
Posted: 04/24/2025, 01:39 pmDalton Cook would love to have the open checkbook of a sugar daddy car owner backing his racing efforts. What Dirt Late Model driver wouldn’t? “That would make things a lot easier,” the 32-year-old from Columbus, Ga., said. But Full Story
Dispatches: Peoria perfect salve for Unzicker
Posted: 04/26/2025, 05:29 amAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing the last weekend in April, including World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series action at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Ala., and other specials (look Full Story
Notes: North Carolinian shines with sweep
Posted: 04/24/2025, 08:02 am By Todd TurnerWhen longtime spectator Dante Curtis decided to become a Late Model racer six years ago, the Murphy, N.C., resident knew he had a lot to learn, “I was a bleacher creature and had no idea what I was doing,” admits the 26-year-old. Fast Full Story
New tire will require South to adjust, adapt
Posted: 04/22/2025, 11:21 am By Kyle McFaddenWhile recent tire discussion for national touring drivers has revolved around the revised right-rear tire unveiled last week by Hoosier Racing Tire, for weekly and regional drivers in the Southeast the addition of a new compound from the Full Story
For Kimble, from racer to car builder to crew chief
Posted: 04/22/2025, 07:15 am By Todd TurnerWhen Chuck Kimble’s father bought a welding unit for a project at his shop, it wasn’t long before his elementary-school age son saw an opportunity to use the device. | Slideshow “I started monkeying with it and then I really, really Full Story
Fast Talk: Race recap and time-saving tips
Posted: 04/21/2025, 10:42 amAfter an Easter weekend with Bobby Pierce sweeping MARS action at 34 Raceway among other highlights, our roundtable gathers for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Pick a Full Story
Dispatches: Rebounding Erb rallies, wins at Taz
Posted: 04/20/2025, 03:19 amAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing the third weekend in April, including MARS action from an Iowa tripleheader and Schaeffer's Spring Nationals competition in Tennessee (look elsewhere for Northern Allstars Full Story
Notes: Kopka rubs elbows with Volusia heroes
Posted: 04/17/2025, 06:28 am By Matt SkipperMikey Kopka grew up watching drivers he considered icons make a name for themselves at Volusia Speedway Park. Since 2024, Kopka has gotten to work closely with two greats of Florida’s Dirt Late Model history, piloting a 604 Late Model Full Story
Column: Crate windfall buoys Wilson's efforts
Posted: 04/16/2025, 05:23 pmA Crate Late Model race paying $50,000-to-win at his hometown’s Fayetteville (N.C.) Motor Speedway? Daulton Wilson couldn’t pass up that rare opportunity. So once April 10-12’s XR 602 Crate Nationals began drawing closer, Wilson Full Story
