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• Column: Key connection boosts Stinger's fortunes

  Posted: 04/11/2018, 11:29 am

  The pairing of the young, rising chassis builder and the up-and-coming Dirt Late Model driver that would ultimately lead, just two months after its consummation, to a monumental first-ever national touring series victory for both men was Full Story

• Fast Talk: Roundtable helps reboot '18 season

  Posted: 04/09/2018, 06:47 am

  With most dirt tracks taking the weekend off after cold and wet weather, our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products looks ahead to mid-April racing and better weather (edited for clarity and length): With 56 days between Full Story

• Lucas Oil irons out final rule changes for 2018

  Posted: 04/08/2018, 07:15 am By Kevin Kovac

  Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series director Rick Schwallie and his staff planned to spend last week focusing on the weekend’s scheduled Bad Boy 98 at Batesville (Ark.) Motor Speedway, an event that was, alas, cancelled on Wednesday because Full Story

• ULMA runner-up intent on another title chase

  Posted: 04/05/2018, 10:36 am By Lyndal Scranton

  Cody Holtkamp got a few things figured out on his new Rocket Chassis last weekend during preseason practice at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. "We worked out a couple of bugs and we were ready to go and try to make a good showing Full Story

• Column: Higher run lifts Simpson's career higher

  Posted: 04/04/2018, 10:19 am

  Chris Simpson had so many reasons to be thrilled about his $15,000 victory in last Saturday night’s 75-lap Hoker Trucking Thaw Brawl finale at La Salle (Ill.) Speedway. The most obvious, of course, was the fact that the triumph was the Full Story

• Top 25: Weiss rises five spots in power rankings

  Posted: 04/03/2018, 09:59 am By Alli Collis

  After notching a podium finish in Saturday’s Thaw Brawl finale at La Salle (Ill.) Speedway, Ricky Weiss of Headingley, Manitoba, made the biggest jump in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings while Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., Full Story

• Fast Talk: Sorting out racing's Easter basket

  Posted: 04/02/2018, 11:30 am

  Our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products considers Easter weekend results from special events around the country (edited for clarity and length): Who found the best eggs? Michael Rigsby, DirtonDirt.com co-founder and Full Story

• Column: At mid-career, Feger grinding forward

  Posted: 03/28/2018, 03:56 pm

  As Jason Feger readies to start another season as a Dirt Late Model driver — weather permitting, this weekend in the Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Association-sanctioned Thaw Brawl at La Salle (Ill.) Speedway — he also sits on the cusp Full Story

• Top 25: Pearson climbs to 9th in power rankings

  Posted: 03/27/2018, 10:38 am By Alli Collis

  After scoring his first Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory of the season on Friday at Boyd’s Speedway, Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., joined the top 10 in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings while Brandon Sheppard Full Story

• Column: Stuckey makes leap into house car game

  Posted: 03/21/2018, 07:33 pm

  Ronnie Stuckey was planning to launch a house car program out of his Black Diamond Chassis shop in Shreveport, La. He just didn’t necessarily expect it to be at the national-level magnitude it is operating. When the chance to hook up Full Story

• Top 25: Texas driver rises three spots in poll

  Posted: 03/20/2018, 12:07 pm By Alli Collis

  After scoring a Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series victory Saturday at Jackson Motor Speedway, Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas, made the biggest jump in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings while Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Full Story

• 'Droop' rule transition smooth one for winners

  Posted: 03/20/2018, 07:42 am By Kevin Kovac

  When Ray Cook announced a “droop” rule for his three Schaeffer’s-sponsored regional Dirt Late Model tours — Spring Nationals, Southern Nationals and Southern Nationals Bonus Series — last December, World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Full Story

• Fast Talk: Considering Cook's rule, Weiss's rise

  Posted: 03/19/2018, 09:51 am

  Our Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored gathers to discuss weekend action and the coming resumption of national tour racing (edited for clarity and length): Any initial thoughts on the long-awaited debut of Ray Cook’s “droop” rule Full Story

• Quick Time: First step toward national tour title

  Posted: 03/14/2018, 11:45 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

• Fast Talk: Talking a little roundball vs. round track

  Posted: 03/12/2018, 10:25 am

  With the NCAA tournament cranking up along with the Dirt Late Model regular season, our Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable mixes roundball with round-track racing (edited for clarity and length): Likelier occurrence: No. 1 seed Full Story

• Column: Success evolves for Brothers McDowell

  Posted: 03/07/2018, 02:17 pm

  After 51-year-old veteran Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., won Feb. 15’s World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series event at Volusia Speedway Park, he posed for victory lane photos flanked by runner-up Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Full Story

• Quick Time: Breakdown of national tour decade

  Posted: 03/07/2018, 11:10 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

• Zeigler confident he'll rebound with Lucas Oil

  Posted: 03/05/2018, 02:07 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Mason Zeigler enjoyed some uplifting, strong outings during last month’s Georgia-Florida Speedweeks. He just didn’t have enough of them — or convert enough of them into solid finishes — to send him home to Chalk Hill, Pa., feeling Full Story

• Fast Talk: Expectations reset for Madden-BWRC

  Posted: 03/05/2018, 01:20 pm

  Our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products reviews the weekend racing while looking ahead toward the beginning of spring (edited for clarity and length): Why were the skeptical pundits wrong about Chris Madden’s reunion Full Story

• Column: Canadian ace relishes role as protege

  Posted: 02/28/2018, 12:23 pm

  When Scott Bloomquist considers the potential of youthful, up-and-coming drivers, the Hall of Famer from Mooresburg, Tenn., is nothing if not discriminating. From his lofty perch as a 54-year-old superstar who’s been immersed in the sport Full Story

• Quick Time: Right place, time leads to photograph

  Posted: 02/28/2018, 11:22 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

• Quick Time: 10 years of statistics at Speedweeks

  Posted: 02/21/2018, 11:18 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

• Top 25: Davenport rises to top of power rankings

  Posted: 02/20/2018, 08:30 am By Alli Collis

  After notching a Georgia-Florida Speedweeks-high four victories at three tracks, Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., unseated preseason pick Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., for the top spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings. Davenport, Full Story

• Notes: Insult and injury for Junghans at Volusia

  Posted: 02/19/2018, 11:56 am By Kevin Kovac

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 17) — Chase Junghans of Manhattan, Kan., spun out of contention for a strong finish late in Saturday night’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series feature at Volusia Speedway Park, but that misfortune Full Story

• After night on the town, T-Mac gets groove back

  Posted: 02/15/2018, 02:55 am By Kevin Kovac

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 14) — To what did Tim McCreadie attribute his abrupt Georgia-Florida Speedweeks turnaround from frustrating slog to a $10,000 winner in Wednesday night’s fog-shortened World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series Full Story