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Diercks just happy to be back behind the wheel
Posted: 07/02/2021, 06:48 am By Todd TurnerDAVENPORT, Iowa (July 1) — Thursday night’s racing program at his hometown Davenport Speedway started off a lot better than it ended for Spencer Diercks. But considering the perplexing health issues the 24-year has faced the last Full Story
Swiss-born Oregon racer takes lumps on Hell Tour
Posted: 07/01/2021, 12:30 pm By Todd TurnerBEAVER DAM, Wis. — Thomas Hunziker isn’t going to let his grinding, rollover wreck in Wednesday’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals event at Beaver Dam Raceway ruin his pursuit of the racing trip of his life. Not your average dirt racer Full Story
Column: Fresh-faced PCC team getting it done
Posted: 07/01/2021, 09:11 amThe driver is 20 years old. His two crewmen are even fresher-faced at the ages of 19 and 18. So much youth forming the nucleus of a high-profile Dirt Late Model team is a rare occurrence, but that’s exactly the combination PCC Motorsports Full Story
Notes: West Virginian's confidence, wins on rise
Posted: 07/01/2021, 08:20 am By Todd TurnerLate Model racer Brandon Francis of Parkersburg, W.Va., has some good news and bad news about his 2021 season. Which do you want first? Let’s get the bad news out of the way. Engine woes have been a challenge with his primary powerplant Full Story
Heckenast mourns lost chance at Beaver Dam
Posted: 07/01/2021, 12:51 am By Todd TurnerBEAVER DAM, Wis. (June 30) — Before starting on the pole of Wednesday’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals event at Beaver Dam Raceway, Frank Heckenast Jr. considered the considerable competition he’d be facing in the 40-lap feature. Alongside Full Story
Top 25: Shirley climbs with Hell Tour victories
Posted: 06/29/2021, 09:27 am By Joshua JoinerBrian Shirley’s return to form on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals propelled him to new heights in the DirtonDirt.com Top 25 power rankings for this season, with the Chatham, Ill., racer cracking the top 10 for the first time in 2021 after Full Story
Fast Talk: Can anyone or anything stop Overton?
Posted: 06/28/2021, 10:55 amReaching the midpoint of the season with the upcoming Independence Day weekend specials, our roundtable reflects on the latest happenings in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): Can Full Story
Notes: Madden aims to catch up with Overton
Posted: 06/28/2021, 07:40 am By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 26) — Chris Madden is one driver who is acutely familiar with Brandon Overton’s hot streak. He’s come the closest, after all, to beating the sizzling star from Evans, Ga., in the Dirt Late Model division's last two Full Story
Third place best of Erb's trying day at Lernerville
Posted: 06/28/2021, 07:13 am By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 26) — Judging by the finishing order of the 15th annual Firecracker 100, Dennis Erb Jr.’s Saturday at Lernerville Speedway was a good one. The veteran driver from Carpentersville, Ill., indicated as much with his public Full Story
Disaster averted, sizzling Overton soaking it all in
Posted: 06/27/2021, 03:02 pm By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 26) — Everything was still perfect in Brandon Overton’s world Saturday night as he sat on a chair in the media room above Lernerville Speedway’s pit-area concession stand, answering questions from press members about Full Story
Overton gives Lernerville fans something to cheer
Posted: 06/26/2021, 09:09 am By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 25) — Even before Brandon Overton captured Friday's 30-lap Firecracker 100 preliminary feature, it seemed like the entirety of the attendees at Lernerville Speedway had their eyes on him. That, of course, was a result Full Story
Dismissing worry, Shirley gets right back on track
Posted: 06/26/2021, 08:42 am By Joshua JoinerMAPLE PARK, Ill. (June 25) — If there were any alarms sounding when Brian Shirley ended the first week of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals winless and a distant fourth in series points, they weren’t coming from Shirley himself. | Complete Full Story
Notes: Remote assists spur Bruening's success
Posted: 06/25/2021, 02:01 pm By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 24) — As Tyler Bruening stood in Lernerville Speedway’s pit area rehashing his fourth-place finish in Thursday's 30-lap World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series feature that opened the 15th annual Firecracker Full Story
Rocket team hope win is a step toward normalcy
Posted: 06/25/2021, 09:18 am By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 24) — One victory does not mean Brandon Sheppard and the Rocket Chassis house car team are about to go on a checkered-flag tear. It’s certainly a sign, though, that they’re closer to busting out. Both driver and Full Story
Winger’s cars take beating in rough trip to La Salle
Posted: 06/24/2021, 02:11 pm By Joshua JoinerLa SALLE, Ill. (June 23) — After a hard rollover wreck in qualifying for Wednesday’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals event at La Salle Speedway left his 3-race-old race car heavily damaged and out of commission, recovering to finish eighth Full Story
Extra miles, extra laps for WoO hopeful Dillard
Posted: 06/24/2021, 08:02 am By Joshua JoinerLa SALLE, Ill. (June 23) — With just four appearances in races outside the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series schedule, it’s no secret that Cade Dillard has put nearly all of his efforts this season into running as Full Story
Fast Facts: Lernerville's 14th annual Firecracker 100
Posted: 06/24/2021, 07:46 am By Robert HolmanDates: June 24-26 (two $6,000-to-win programs 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 Morton Buildings Late Model Series Purse: Full Story
Notes: Five-race win streak for Alabama racer
Posted: 06/24/2021, 07:33 am By Todd TurnerVeteran racer Brandon Brown of Hanceville, Ala., didn’t plot out his current winning streak that includes five Limited Late Model victories among four dirt tracks. But an accidental hot streak is as good as any other for the 42-year-old Full Story
Column: Smiles optional, but Viper team is jelling
Posted: 06/23/2021, 04:24 pmMax Blair and his team owner, Shawn Martin, stood side-by-side in victory lane Sunday at Bloomsburg (Pa.) Fair Speedway, both men clutching the $3,000 winner’s check Blair received for capturing the 30-lap Zimmer’s United Late Model Full Story
Top 25: Hell Tour winners shake up poll
Posted: 06/22/2021, 09:36 am By Joshua JoinerThe start of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals led to shake ups in the DirtonDirt.com Top 25 power rankings with three drivers making significant moves after strong performances during the first week of the 36-race summer tour. However, things Full Story
Notes: Unlikely run at Bloomsburg for Rine
Posted: 06/21/2021, 05:45 pm By Kevin KovacBLOOMSBURG, Pa. (June 20) — Jeff Rine got a warm, fuzzy feeling before the Sunday's Zimmer’s United Late Model Series event at the newly-constructed Bloomsburg Fair Speedway. | RaceWire “When we unloaded and got the car out, I said Full Story
Fast Talk: Racing review as summer dawns
Posted: 06/21/2021, 10:52 amAs the calendar officially flips over to summer, our roundtable considers all the latest action and news in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): What do we like about the DIRTcar Full Story
Formidable English gets solid start on Hell Tour
Posted: 06/20/2021, 06:47 am By Robert HolmanFAIRBURY, Ill. (June 19) — Tanner English's first full-time attempt at the DIRTcar Summer Nationals appears to be a worthy one. There’s still a long way to go on the grueling Midwestern tour that runs from June 15 through Aug. 21 this Full Story
Feger makes progress in Summer Nationals 'war'
Posted: 06/19/2021, 11:50 am By Robert HolmanGRANITE CITY, Ill. (June 18) — Jason Feger finally had something to smile about. After a lackluster start to the 2021 DIRTcar Summer Nationals that included finishes of 15th, sixth and 10th, the 2010 series champion recorded his first Full Story
Free-flowing schedule paying off for Moran
Posted: 06/18/2021, 10:10 am By Robert HolmanKANKAKEE, Ill. (June 17) — Devin Moran’s decision to skip a national tour schedule for 2021 in favor of picking and choosing events for his Tye Twarog-backed race team has never seemed smarter. Moran, of Dresden, Ohio, led all 40 laps Full Story
