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• Notes: Cold call leads to hot opportunity

  Posted: 06/17/2021, 08:05 am By Todd Turner

  In an era where cell phone users skeptically view the dreaded "unknown caller," Jordan Bauer is certainly glad he picked up when Brian Thompson dialed. Getting a ring from Thompson, who Bauer had met when he wrapped the graphics on a Thompson-owned Full Story

• No yellows. No dropouts. No problem at Peoria

  Posted: 06/17/2021, 08:11 am By Robert Holman

  PEORIA, Ill. (June 16) — Forty laps on a fender-rubbing bullring. With no cautions? No drivers retiring? No problem. That's what Peoria Speedway provided Wednesday in the second round of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals. Bobby Pierce’s Full Story

• Column: Overton's hard knocks lead to success

  Posted: 06/16/2021, 05:06 pm

  Brandon Overton didn’t end up on top of the Dirt Late Model world without taking his share of hard knocks. The 30-year-old star from Evans, Ga., experienced plenty of trials and tribulations on his way to a historic $273,000 sweep of Full Story

• DIRTcar Summer Nationals coverage index

  Posted: 07/31/2021, 07:52 am

  DirtonDirt.com’s coverage of the 36 scheduled races of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals from June 15-Aug. 21; also visit the schedule page and series history section: Sunday, Aug. 22 • Story: Convention wisdom backfires at Merritt Saturday, Full Story

• Notes: Lance finds lead but can’t outrun Pierce

  Posted: 06/16/2021, 07:40 am By Robert Holman

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (June 15) — When unheralded Tim Lance of Brimfield, Ill., zipped into the lead around race-long pacesetter Bobby Pierce if Oakwood, Ill., midway through Tuesday’s Hoosier Dirt Classic, the 40-lap, $5,000-to-win opener Full Story

• Top 25: Overton back on top after Eldora sweep

  Posted: 06/15/2021, 09:44 am By Joshua Joiner

  Propelled by his astonishing sweep of Eldora Speedway’s double Dirt Late Model Dreams, Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., regained the No. 1 spot in this week’s DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings presented by Keyser Manufacturing ending Full Story

• Fast Talk: Wrapping our heads around Dreams

  Posted: 06/14/2021, 11:48 am

  While Brandon Overton wakes up this morning, pinching himself that he wasn't dreaming about his $273,000 weekend at Eldora, our roundtable seeks perspective in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity Full Story

• By-the-numbers review of Overton's Big E sweep

  Posted: 06/14/2021, 06:54 am By Andy Savary

  A by-the-numbers review of Brandon Overton’s four-day sweep of Dream action June 9-12 at Eldora Speedway, in Rossburg, Ohio (complete Dream coverage): 0: Irregularities uncovered in postrace impound for technical inspection. 0: Invert Full Story

• Notes: Fergy still in mix for Eldora breakthrough

  Posted: 06/14/2021, 06:49 am

  ROSSBURG, Ohio — Chris Ferguson keeps inching closer. Eventually, the driver from Mount Holly, N.C., feels like he’s going to have a breakthrough at Eldora Speedway. Ferguson finished third in Saturday’s Dream XXVI, his best career Full Story

• Cleared after inspection, Overton gets high praise

  Posted: 06/13/2021, 12:43 pm By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 12) — Eldora Speedway’s pit area exploded into a cauldron of accusation and innuendo as soon as Brandon Overton swept the first half of the double Dreams week on Wednesday and Thursday. It didn’t let up when the Full Story

• After runner-up, Madden still chasing Eldora glory

  Posted: 06/13/2021, 11:16 am By Joshua Joiner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 12) — With his successful early trips to Eldora Speedway in the mid-2000s, a young Chris Madden earned a reputation as a likely contender any time he ventured north to Ohio for one of the historic half-mile track’s Full Story

• Eldora’s tech wrinkle: Podium cars impounded

  Posted: 06/12/2021, 07:35 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 11) — The results of Saturday night’s Dirt Late Model Dream XXVI at Eldora Speedway will take a bit longer than usual to be finalized. During the drivers’ meeting before Friday evening’s preliminary program, Full Story

• Can anyone outrun Overton Eldora finale?

  Posted: 06/12/2021, 07:32 am By Joshua Joiner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 11) — After hearing that Brandon Overton had spun a zero on Eldora Speedway’s casino-style inversion wheel at the conclusion of Friday’s Dream XXVI preliminary night program, Jonathan Davenport summed up Overton’s Full Story

• Masterful run at Eldora lifts Overton to pinnacle

  Posted: 06/11/2021, 06:16 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 10) — Brandon Overton walked into Eldora Speedway’s infield media center, sat down on a chair in front of a logo-filled backdrop and smiled at his surroundings like a wide-eyed little kid. “It’s fancy in here,” Full Story

• Dream disappointment for Bailes at scales

  Posted: 06/11/2021, 06:02 am By Joshua Joiner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 10) — After his car weighted in 8 pounds light following his third-place finish in Thursday’s first Dirt Late Model Dream consolation race at Eldora Speedway, Ross Bailes couldn’t decide if he was more disappointed Full Story

• Notes: Bronson’s yo-yo Dream runs ends in third

  Posted: 06/11/2021, 05:55 am

  ROSSBURG, Ohio — Kyle Bronson's run during Thursday's Dream XXVII at Eldora Speedway was one of extremes. At times the Brandon, Fla., driver had the fastest car on the track and appeared to be destined to go to the front. At other times Full Story

• Eldora's prelim winners continue data collection

  Posted: 06/10/2021, 08:39 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 9) — Jonathan Davenport and Brandon Overton just wanted to use Wednesday’s Dream XXVII preliminary program at Eldora Speedway as a tuneup for Thursday’s 100-lap, $127,000-to-win finale. Winning the 25-lap features Full Story

• Notes: Nebraska rookie succeeds on a budget

  Posted: 06/10/2021, 08:18 am By Todd Turner

  There are plenty of Dirt Late Model racers who jump into the division wallet first. Top-dollar equipment. The best of everything. Open checkbook. Maxed credit card. Kyle Prauner is not that guy. When the 34-year-old Norfolk, Neb., racer Full Story

• Bitten by Big E concrete, Scott aiming to rebound

  Posted: 06/10/2021, 02:26 am By Joshua Joiner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 9) — With his many big race wins and championships as a team owner and car builder, Kevin Rumley has earned a reputation for knowing just about everything there is to know about the workings of Dirt Late Model race Full Story

• Dream teams adapting to Big E tire restrictions

  Posted: 06/09/2021, 04:53 pm By Joshua Joiner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 9) — When Jensen Ford landed sponsorship that would help him make his first trip to one of Eldora Speedway’s crown jewel events for this week’s double Dirt Late Model Dreams, the first thing he did was place an Full Story

• Coverage index for Eldora's Dreams

  Posted: 06/01/2021, 05:58 am

  ROSSBURG, Ohio — DirtonDirt.com's previews and coverage of Dream XXVI and XXVII, the $126,000- and $127,000-to-win non-touring events sanctioned by DIRTcar Racing June 9-12 at Eldora Speedway (watch on FloRacing): Monday, June 14 • Full Story

• Column: For Dreams, J.D. gets in Eldora zone

  Posted: 06/09/2021, 05:53 am

  It’s Dirt Late Model Dream Week — make that “double” Dream Week this year — at Eldora Speedway, which means that Jonathan Davenport isn’t his usual self. He’s squarely in the midst of his twice-annual transformation into a Full Story

• Top 25: J.D. unanimous No. 1 heading to Eldora

  Posted: 06/08/2021, 08:33 am By Joshua Joiner

  Further solidifying himself as a favorite going into this week’s double Dirt Late Model Dreams at Eldora Speedway, Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., has strengthened his hold on the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power Full Story

• Dream-winning crew chief reflects on Eldora

  Posted: 06/08/2021, 08:15 am By Kevin Kovac

  The first time Robby Allen attended a race at the famed Eldora Speedway was September 1991. Then a budding 21-year-old mechanic in the Dirt Late Model world, he traveled to the Rossburg, Ohio, track’s marquee event, the World 100, in Full Story

• Fast Facts: Eldora's Double Dreams week

  Posted: 06/08/2021, 07:34 am By Robert Holman

  Dates: June 9-12 (Twin $10,000-to-win features Wednesday and Friday; heats, consolations and $127,000-to-win main event Thursday; heats, consolations and $126,000-to-win main event Saturday). Track: Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio (high-banked Full Story