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• ‘Dumb stuff’ pacing ruins Overton's Port Royal run

  Posted: 05/23/2021, 05:17 am By Kevin Kovac

  PORT ROYAL, Pa. (May 22) — When Brandon Overton finally emerged from his Wells Motorsports trailer after spending several minutes mourning the frustrating circumstances of his loss in Saturday’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Full Story

• Notes: Overton adjusts in solid Port Royal debut

  Posted: 05/22/2021, 01:27 pm By Kevin Kovac

  PORT ROYAL, Pa. (May 21) — Brandon Overton arrived at Port Royal Speedway for the first time in his career with a specific idea about the track he would face. His reality on Friday night, however, was quite different. “They told me Full Story

• Versatile Madden builds confidence on WoO tour

  Posted: 05/22/2021, 08:21 am By Kevin Kovac

  PORT ROYAL, Pa. (May 21) — There was an unmistakable spring in Chris Madden’s step following Friday’s 40-lap World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series victory at Port Royal Speedway. It was, of course, Madden’s second Full Story

• Strickler embraces quick shift to Team Zero fold

  Posted: 05/21/2021, 12:21 am By Kevin Kovac

  Kyle Strickler is a serious Scott Bloomquist Fanboy — when the Hall of Famer speaks, Strickler is sure to be listening. So there’s no doubt that Strickler is bubbling with excitement over his chance to drive a Scott Bloomquist Racing Full Story

• Home cooking comes at right time for Thornton

  Posted: 05/20/2021, 01:48 pm By Joshua Joiner

  After beginning his first full season of Late Model racing with winter trips to Arizona and Florida followed by a busy spring full of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series races and other high-profile Late Model events, back-to-back off weekends Full Story

• Notes: Racing fun again for South Dakotan

  Posted: 05/20/2021, 06:14 am By Todd Turner

  In his 10th year of successful auto racing, one in which he was fielding cars in two divisions, Cole Searing hit the wall last summer. On the way home from a victory at Miller (S.D.) Central Speedway, the 26-year-old Huron, S.D., driver Full Story

• Column: Still mourning, Anderson returns at VMS

  Posted: 05/19/2021, 04:02 pm By Kevin Kovac

  As Andy Anderson went about the business of preparing to leave his shop for last Saturday’s Virginia Is For Racing Lovers King of the Commonwealth event at Jamaica’s Virginia Motor Speedway, he couldn’t avoid the reality in front Full Story

• Top 25: English makes emphatic poll entrance

  Posted: 05/18/2021, 09:23 am By Joshua Joiner

  After his impressive victory in Saturday’s Spring Showcase at Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway, Tanner English of Benton, Ky., made a near equally impressive first appearance of the season in the DirtonDirt.com Top 25 poll presented by Keyser Full Story

• Notes: Overton speeding up for big-money races

  Posted: 05/17/2021, 04:13 pm By Kevin Kovac

  JAMAICA, Va. (May 15) — Brandon Overton’s stretch of five consecutive winless starts over the past month wasn’t something that should be considered a slump. Not when the driver was quite certain about the reasons for his dry spell. After Full Story

• Fast Talk: English review and weekend quirks

  Posted: 05/17/2021, 10:12 am

  We consider questions after a busy weekend that included Brandon Overton's $20,000 victory at Virginia Motor Speedway and Tanner English's $15,000 payday in Fairbury, Ill., in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids Full Story

• In position to win, bitter demise at VMS for Smith

  Posted: 05/16/2021, 02:56 pm By Kevin Kovac

  JAMAICA, Va. (May 15) — Everyone from the Brodnax Shaker Motorsports team was gathered around driver G.R. Smith’s No. 89 as he sat solemnly inside it. He was parked in Virginia Motor Speedway’s infield after mechanical trouble forced Full Story

• Fuel crisis throws sport yet another curveball

  Posted: 05/13/2021, 03:13 pm By Kevin Kovac

  In his position as director of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, Rick Schwallie is no stranger to unforeseen circumstances — i.e., the coronavirus pandemic, tornadoes, track conditions — forcing him to cancel or reschedule events. But Full Story

• Upward-trending Sanders grabs first victory

  Posted: 05/13/2021, 11:14 am By Joshua Joiner

  Anthony Sanders tried without success for nine years to win a Super Late Model race. So when he saw his chance to go from third to first late in Saturday’s Ultimate Southeast Series feature at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, S.C., Sanders Full Story

• Notes: Missourian gets chance in Late Models

  Posted: 05/13/2021, 12:01 am By Lyndal Scranton

  Driving a Late Model is something J.C. Morton always dreamed about growing up in Springfield, Mo., home of the famed Phillips clan. Morton was as much a Terry Phillips fan as his own father, Gene Morton, was a fan of Terry Phillips’ legendary Full Story

• Column: Moran success reinvigorates car owner

  Posted: 05/12/2021, 01:39 pm

  Tye Twarog can come up with only one way to describe what he’s experiencing this year as his driver, Devin Moran, continues to ring up lucrative, major victories in a manner entirely new to both men. “This is like a dream that’s Full Story

• Top 25: Slump-busting wins lift touring stars

  Posted: 05/11/2021, 10:06 am By Joshua Joiner

  Three drivers who scored slump-busting victories over the weekend all moved up in this week’s DirtonDirt.com Top 25 power rankings, while Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., tightened his grip on the No. 1 spot with his $17,000 sweep Full Story

• Fast Talk: Weekend review, mom shoutouts

  Posted: 05/10/2021, 11:07 am

  DirtonDirt.com’s weekly roundtable presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids reviews the weekend’s action and singles out for recognition some Dirt Late Model moms (edited for clarity and length): Analyze the first-ever World of Outlaws Full Story

• Facing Castrol invasion, Gilpin builds momentum

  Posted: 05/10/2021, 09:47 am By Robert Holman

  Fresh off his first victory of the season, Devin Gilpin couldn’t think of a better time to welcome the Castrol FloRacing Night in America to Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway. The 30-year-old Gilpin's victory Saturday at Florence Speedway — Full Story

• Column: Fortune free fall continuing for Strickler

  Posted: 05/06/2021, 07:13 am

  For the first 22 laps of Saturday’s World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series-sanctioned Hawkeye 100 at Boone (Iowa) Speedway, it appeared Kyle Strickler was headed for his first truly positive Dirt Late Model outing since February’s Full Story

• Notes: With solid pedigree, Alabama racer shines

  Posted: 05/06/2021, 06:52 am By Todd Turner

  If you’re a dirt racer in northwest Alabama, you could do worse than learning the trade from two of the area’s most successful racers over the last 20 years, Decatur’s Mark Mears and Northport’s Ronny Lee Hollingsworth. Caleb Coan Full Story

• Notes: Marlar shifting back to Capital race car

  Posted: 05/05/2021, 05:45 am

  It appears Mike Marlar's first full-time season on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will start with one chassis manufacturer and end with another. The 43-year-old Winfield, Tenn., driver who stands 10th in Lucas Oil points, plans to Full Story

• Top 25: Rice debuts as Davenport tops again

  Posted: 05/04/2021, 09:39 am By Joshua Joiner

  The milestones keep coming for Josh Rice. Fresh off of earning a career-high $15,000 payday for his first Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win in Saturday’s Ralph Latham Memorial at Florence Speedway in Union, Ky., the 22-year-old driver Full Story

• It’s not by the book, but Pierce shines at Boone

  Posted: 05/03/2021, 03:50 pm By Kevin Kovac

  BOONE, Iowa — Boone Speedway looked like a racetrack that would be right in Bobby Pierce’s wheelhouse. “Coming here,” Pierce said while standing in the third-mile oval’s pit area, “I was like, ‘Man, it’s got a lot of bank, Full Story

• Fast Talk: Feel-good stories and summer fun

  Posted: 05/03/2021, 10:09 am

  With both national tours in action and many more racetracks opening their seasons, our roundtable discusses all the action in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): Evaluate the World Full Story

• Notes: Contact costs Weiss a shot at Boone

  Posted: 05/02/2021, 04:19 am By Kevin Kovac

  BOONE, Iowa (May 1) — Ricky Weiss was quite certain of his ceiling in Saturday evening’s World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series Hawkeye 100 at Boone Speedway. “We had the car to win,” Weiss said of his Sniper Chassis. Full Story