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• Fast Talk: March out like a lamb? Not this season

  Posted: 03/29/2021, 10:39 am

  While weather put a damper on much of the scheduled racing action the last weekend in March, our roundtable considers a few pressing questions in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): We've Full Story

• Notes: McDowell ponders Cherokee tire situation

  Posted: 03/27/2021, 06:38 am By Robert Holman

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (March 26) — Dale McDowell appeared primed for his first win of 2021 after drawing Friday's pole position for the second 25-lap World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series semifeatures at Cherokee Speedway. | RaceWire But Full Story

• Midweek series offers more options for racers

  Posted: 03/25/2021, 09:12 am By Joshua Joiner

  When both Jonathan Davenport and Brandon Overton seemingly confirmed their intentions not to contend for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series this season by attending Saturday’s $50,000-to-win Karl Kustoms Bristol Dirt Nationals at Bristol Full Story

• Notes: Bailes anxious for return to Cherokee

  Posted: 03/25/2021, 08:47 am

  If you're struggling, sometimes the best remedy is going home again. That’s the case for Clover, S.C., driver Ross Bailes, as the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Models return to the Palmetto State at Gaffney's Cherokee Speedway Full Story

• Column: Former ‘enemy’ now Ferree's car owner

  Posted: 03/25/2021, 05:47 am

  Alex Ferree doesn’t remember much from his childhood years — he says his “memory just isn’t very good with that stuff” — but there’s one particular thing that still sticks out in the Saxonburg, Pa., resident’s 40-year-old Full Story

• Notes: ULMS champion shaves car, body weight

  Posted: 03/23/2021, 03:08 pm By Kevin Kovac

  PORT ROYAL, Pa. — There was something slightly different about Max Blair as he made his 2021 racing debut during the Saturday-Sunday Zimmer’s United Late Model Series South Region doubleheader at Port Royal Speedway. His face looked Full Story

• Top 25: Big-race winners tighten chase for No. 1

  Posted: 03/23/2021, 10:15 am By Joshua Joiner

  Topping the Top 25 poll for the third consecutive time since Speedweeks, Brandon Overton held on to the No. 1 ranking in DirtonDirt.com’s power rankings presented by Bilstein Shocks this week, but his hold on the top spot is not as strong Full Story

• Bristol oval experience invaluable for dirt racers

  Posted: 03/22/2021, 04:39 pm By Robert Holman

  BRISTOL, Tenn. — There were many reasons drivers entered the Karl Kustoms Bristol Dirt Nationals at the dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway. Of course there’s the $50,000-to-win top prize, which winner Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Full Story

• Fast Talk: Unpredictable national tour chases

  Posted: 03/22/2021, 10:22 am

  After a high-profile week of action at the dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway and an abbreviated Lucas Oil series weekend, our roundtable considers a variety of storylines in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids Full Story

• Lots to love at Port Royal for sweeping Satterlee

  Posted: 03/22/2021, 08:04 am By Kevin Kovac

  PORT ROYAL, Pa. (March 21) — Gregg Satterlee and his crew chief, Robby Allen, are unabashed Port Royal Speedway boosters. And after Satterlee swept the half-mile oval’s Saturday-Sunday Zimmer’s United Late Model Series doubleheader Full Story

• Notes: Gee whiz! Bristol drivers feel the G-forces

  Posted: 03/21/2021, 08:51 am By Robert Holman

  BRISTOL, Tenn. (March 20) — There was lots of talk about G-forces during the Karl Kustoms Bristol Dirt Nationals because of the high speeds of Super Late Models at the dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway. And defining G-force is easy Full Story

• Brownstown's Icebreaker halted by flurry of flips

  Posted: 03/20/2021, 11:43 pm By Todd Turner

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (March 20) — While a bulldozer and other track-packing equipment vainly tried to firm up the spongy surface at Brownstown Speedway before Saturday’s Indiana Icebreaker heat races, Mike Marlar observed the track workers Full Story

• Cook lured to add to his Bristol experience

  Posted: 03/20/2021, 08:15 am By Robert Holman

  BRISTOL, Tenn. (March 19) — Before Ray Cook became a successful race promoter, he was a pretty dang good race car driver. The 49-year-old Brasstown, N.C., race owns 10 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series wins, enjoyed a five-win 2009 season Full Story

• Bloomquist optimistic after solid Bristol opener

  Posted: 03/20/2021, 03:53 am By Robert Holman

  BRISTOL, Tenn. (March 19) — Scott Bloomquist sounded almost apologetic when he thanked his supporters following Friday’s fourth-place finish in the Karl Kustoms Bristol Dirt Nationals at Bristol Motor Speedway. It has been a tough — Full Story

• Far-flung victory boosts Schlenk's team, business

  Posted: 03/18/2021, 08:21 am By Joshua Joiner

  MILTON, Fla. — It was a surprise for many to see Rusty Schlenk win Saturday’s Southern All Star Series race at Southern Raceway. Not because it was an upset for the three-time DIRTcar champion to claim the $5,000 event, but because Full Story

• Column: WoO refugee Winger shifts to Plan B

  Posted: 03/17/2021, 05:33 pm

  Ashton Winger entered the new year with a seemingly clear racing direction — specifically, a return to the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series in hopes of continuing the success of his Rookie of the Year-winning campaign Full Story

• Bristol satisfying dirt racers' need for speed

  Posted: 03/17/2021, 09:40 am By Robert Holman

  Long after the novelty of seeing Dirt Late Models zip around the dirt covered half-mile Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway has worn off, drivers and fans will likely remember one thing: the speeds. They may remember some of the metal crunching Full Story

• Notes: Papich hot heading toward MLRA opener

  Posted: 03/16/2021, 01:57 pm

  Coming off his best-ever stretch of winter racing, there's no better time for Jason Papich to be looking for first career Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Racing Association victory. The 42-year-old Nipomo, Calif., driver, who scored a pair Full Story

• Fast Talk: Mr. Georgia, big shows, top women

  Posted: 03/15/2021, 11:43 am

  With more tracks opening and more tours getting into the action, our roundtable considers the most recent racing, news and happenings in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): Should Full Story

• Bristol action connects dirt, NASCAR worlds

  Posted: 03/15/2021, 08:33 am By Robert Holman

  It’s not every day Dirt Late Model teams are approached about renting out their equipment. But ever since NASCAR announced that the asphalt sanctioning body’s premier tour planned to compete on a dirt-covered surface at Bristol (Tenn.) Full Story

• Louisiana ace's evolution leads to Crate success

  Posted: 03/11/2021, 07:20 am By Joshua Joiner

  When Rob Litton made the transition to Super Late Models from the dwindling winged modified division 30 years ago, the move was made more out of necessity than it was out of a desire to run Late Models. In fact, if Litton had his way, he Full Story

• Shifting to wheels from hoops, Roland struggles

  Posted: 03/11/2021, 07:06 am By Robert Holman

  MARYVILLE, Tenn. (March 6) — A dejected Will Roland leaned against the back of his Vic Hill-powered Longhorn Chassis shortly after hot laps at Smoky Mountain Speedway on Saturday evening, the car’s damaged right front corner perched Full Story

• Column: Jet-set Shaw feeds his racing addiction

  Posted: 03/10/2021, 11:23 am

  How much does Don Shaw love dirt-track racing? Well, the 57-year-old driver from Ham Lake, Minn., obviously maintains a top-notch, winning Dirt Late Model team. He sponsors, through his booming Shaw Trucking business, various race teams, Full Story

• Top 25: Madden climbs after recent hot streak

  Posted: 03/09/2021, 10:05 am By Joshua Joiner

  Three big weekends in a row led to a big jump in the DirtonDirt.com power rankings for Chris Madden. After a subpar Speedweeks performance that produced no podium finishes in seven races, Madden ranked 19th in the first post-Speedweeks Full Story

• Fast Talk: Circuitous rout for successful Overton

  Posted: 03/08/2021, 11:45 am

  As we ramp up to busier and busier racing weekends in March, we survey our roundtable about this and that in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): Can Brandon Overton be the sport's Full Story