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• Notes: Coalescing team lifts CBR's comfort level

  Posted: 05/25/2020, 08:13 am By Kevin Kovac

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Josh Richards is feeling — and looking — good. Whether the positive vibes surrounding the 32-year-old native of Shinnston, W.Va., translate into a 2020 season reminiscent of his spectacular, star-making campaigns Full Story

• Hoosiers wander to West Plains for more success

  Posted: 05/24/2020, 05:53 pm By Robert Holman

  WEST PLAINS, Mo. (May 23) — That two drivers from Indiana started on the front row of Saturday's Comp Cams Super Dirt Series event at Legit Speedway Park — and yes, battled for the Missouri victory — wasn't as unusual as you might Full Story

• Arkansas driver trying to regain racing edge

  Posted: 05/24/2020, 09:25 am By Robert Holman

  WEST PLAINS, Mo. (May 23) — Robert Baker has been noticeably absent on the Comp Cams Super Dirt Series over the past year or so. A one-time series regular with six career Comp Cams victories to his credit — good enough for 11th on the Full Story

• Notes: Money talks for West Plains runner-up

  Posted: 05/24/2020, 06:39 am By Robert Holman

  WEST PLAINS, Mo. (May 23) — With eight laps remaining in Saturday’s 50-lap Comp Cams Super Dirt Series feature at Legit Speedway Park, second-running Payton Looney of Republic, Mo., had 5,000 reasons to stay exactly where he was. | Full Story

• Zeigler beats himself up for Golden Isles miscue

  Posted: 05/22/2020, 07:27 am By Kevin Kovac

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (May 21) — Mason Zeigler worked so hard to take the lead in Thursday’s 40-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Reopening Tour feature at Golden Isles Speedway, it was a crying shame how quickly and easily he gave it up. Full Story

• Column: Hard knocks for drivers at Golden Isles

  Posted: 05/21/2020, 03:38 pm

  Brandon Overton had a bewildered look on his face as he sat on the back step of his team’s trailer following Wednesday’s 40-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Reopening Tour feature at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga. He Full Story

• Avoiding border snafu, Weiss ready for Jackson

  Posted: 05/21/2020, 08:04 am By Robert Holman

  Ricky Weiss is as eager to get back to racing as the next driver. But for the Headingley, Manitoba driver, the path to getting back to work following the lengthy Covid-19 pandemic hiatus has been a bit more complicated. Weiss, who spent Full Story

• WoO making first trip to Jackson since ‘88

  Posted: 05/21/2020, 07:22 am

  For the first time in 32 years, the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series is returning to Jackson (Minn.) Motorplex. The national tour's Drydene Double Down Invitational pays $6,000-to-win on Friday and $20,000-to-win Saturday Full Story

• Dacus ready to tackle Thunderhill's high banks

  Posted: 05/21/2020, 07:02 am By Robert Holman

  Dane Dacus is as selective as it comes when mapping out a race schedule. There’s no grand plan — other than making sure he’s not racing every single weekend of the summer. The veteran driver from Lakeland, Tenn., said that as he’s Full Story

• Moran lets Golden (Isles) opportunity slip away

  Posted: 05/21/2020, 06:27 am By Kevin Kovac

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (May 20) — Devin Moran had only one person to blame for his untimely demise in Wednesday’s 40-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Reopening Tour feature at Golden Isles Speedway. “Driver error realistically,” Moran Full Story

• Notes: Sandwich leaves bad taste for duo at GIS

  Posted: 05/20/2020, 02:06 pm By Kevin Kovac

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (May 19) — Brandon Overton thought he had a winning race car. Tim McCreadie had a similar feeling. Lap 23 of Tuesday night’s 40-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Reopening Tour feature at Golden Isles Speedway, however, Full Story

• Mississippi upstart enjoys super opportunity

  Posted: 05/20/2020, 12:35 pm By Robert Holman

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (May 15) — Racing’s return to Mississippi following a nearly two-month break didn’t necessarily go as planned for Spencer Hughes. The 19-year-old rising star from Meridian, Miss., had hoped a return to Magnolia Motor Full Story

• Consistency lifts Owens to stratospheric success

  Posted: 05/20/2020, 06:13 am By Kevin Kovac

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (May 19) — Jimmy Owens is suddenly partying like it’s … 2007 through ’14. With his $7,000 victory in Tuesday’s 40-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Reopening Tour kickoff at Golden Isles Speedway, Owens registered Full Story

• Fast Talk: Can Owens continue his hot streak?

  Posted: 05/18/2020, 09:47 am

  After a pair of Jimmy Owens victories in Mississippi and Tennessee, Dirt Late Model racing heads toward Memorial Day weekend as more events are added to the coronavirus-altered schedule (edited for clarity and length): Did we leave anything Full Story

• Eager racers applaud Lucas as tour reopens

  Posted: 05/18/2020, 07:41 am By Kevin Kovac

  The last Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event was contested so long ago, the circuit might as well be starting a new season when its six-race Reopening Tour launches Tuesday at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga. If the green flag Full Story

• Young Kentuckian shines at 411 during '20 debut

  Posted: 05/17/2020, 06:18 pm By Richard Allen

  SEYMOUR, Tenn. (May 16) — A change of plans sent Josh Rice to 411 Motor Speedway to open his 2020 season, and after a solid third-place run in the Spring Sizzler, the Verona, Ky., driver believes he'll be making even more four-hour trips Full Story

• Notes: Hedgecock’s 411 rally can’t catch Owens

  Posted: 05/17/2020, 06:09 am By Richard Allen

  SEYMOUR, Tenn. (May 16) — Cory Hedgecock has captured big races against tough fields at 411 Motor Speedway. And for a time during the latter stages of the Spring Sizzler it looked like he might just do it again. | RaceWire Using a higher Full Story

• Notes: Crewman realizes difficulty of ‘turning left’

  Posted: 05/16/2020, 07:27 am By Robert Holman

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (May 14) — For the past seven years, Coleby Richman has been turning wrenches on Dirt Late Models. On Friday, Richman, a crewman for driver Ashton Winger, shifted gears and climbed into the driver’s seat to compete in Full Story

• Upheaval fuels Rocket team's two-series attack

  Posted: 05/15/2020, 08:56 am By Kevin Kovac

  Mark Richards knew from the start that the ambitious, map-hopping travel plans he made for his Rocket Chassis house car team in May — detailed in a Wednesday video graphic on DirtonDirt.com — were tentative at best. Circumstances beyond Full Story

• Column: Creative driver fashions his own chassis

  Posted: 05/13/2020, 03:10 pm

  Austin Kirkpatrick isn’t a cookie-cutter kind of Dirt Late Model racer. Dreaming up and driving a car he’s built with his own hands is what gets his inner juices flowing. Of course, the 27-year-old Ocala, Fla., native possessing an Full Story

• Quick Time: Combined national tour points success

  Posted: 05/13/2020, 02:46 pm

  Take a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Time, presented Full Story

• Thrash facing stiff test vs. rugged Mag field

  Posted: 05/13/2020, 08:16 am By Robert Holman

  Drivers planning their delayed launches to the season should look elsewhere than Magnolia Motor Speedway if they're trying to ease into competition. Chad Thrash anticipates a stout lineup for Thursday’s Magnolia Mayhem 40 at the Columbus, Full Story

• Page’s niece finding her ‘Voice’ on NBC program

  Posted: 05/11/2020, 02:20 pm

  While Michael Page rolls up victories in the Dirt Late Model ranks, his teenage niece is making a name for herself with success on an even bigger stage. Page, 37, of Douglasville, Ga., is anxiously following the rise of his niece Megan Full Story

• Fast Talk: Navigating sport’s popup events

  Posted: 05/11/2020, 10:34 am

  While Dirt Late Model continues its halting return to racing amid the coronavirus pandemic, our weekly roundtable sponsored by PitStopUSA.com considers the action and happenings around the sport (edited for clarity and length): Provide Full Story

• Race-hungry I-55 drivers grab GPS, hit the road

  Posted: 05/10/2020, 09:00 am By Robert Holman

  PEVELY, Mo. (May 9) — The coronavirus pandemic has done a number on the Dirt Late Model landscape this season. First, a nearly seven-week hiatus because of the nationwide shutdown. Now, as parts of the country begin to slowly reopen, Full Story