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Part-timer Culp mixes it up with the best at Big E
Posted: 06/07/2025, 01:55 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — Pitted in the far reaches of Eldora Speedway’s upper pit area, back behind the green-lit helipad where the track’s PA announcements are faint and its haloed lights are distant, Timothy Culp’s cell phone Full Story
Notes: J.D. right back to winning Eldora groove
Posted: 06/07/2025, 01:59 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — Jonathan Davenport looked like a mere mortal at Eldora Speedway during Wednesday’s FloRacing Night in America event. On Friday, though, he was back to his usual stupendous self at the famed half-mile oval. Full Story
Rollovers ruin nights for Big E's front-row starters
Posted: 06/07/2025, 01:16 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — The twentysomething front-row starters in Eldora Speedway’s second Dream XXXI preliminary feature on Friday evening had such high hopes. But instead of a $30,000 payday and the glory of winning at the legendary Full Story
Running wide open is the only way to go at Eldora
Posted: 06/06/2025, 03:49 pm By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — For Dirt Late Model racers at Eldora Speedway, if you’re not on the fuel all the way around the half-mile oval, you’re doing it wrong. Particularly on a Dream Week where rain and overcast conditions have Full Story
Notes: Third time's more harm for Dohm's Dream
Posted: 06/06/2025, 12:50 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 5) — No blown engine is a good one, but the three failures Zack Dohm has suffered during his Eldora Speedway career have been particularly harsh. The third came Thursday night while the 36-year-old Cross Lanes, W.Va., Full Story
How much info-sharing is too much for racers?
Posted: 06/05/2025, 04:37 pm By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 5) — The sharing of information among drivers in a Dirt Late Model pit area is usually a mixed bag. Your chassis manufacturer, paid racing consultant or longtime racing buddy is a trustworthy source to steer you Full Story
Column: The night J.D.'s Big E success got rolling
Posted: 06/05/2025, 08:24 amCan it be? Was Jonathan Davenport’s first-ever crown jewel victory — that unforgettable moment in Dirt Late Model history when he inherited the $100,000 Dream prize because apparent winner Scott Bloomquist weighed in light at Eldora Full Story
Notes: Streak continues for Shadyhill standout
Posted: 06/05/2025, 07:57 am By Todd TurnerThe 2025 season for Dirt Late Model racer Jace Owens is looking a lot like 2024. The reigning Limited Late Model champion at Shadyhill Speedway in Medaryville, Ind., has four victories in his first four starts of the season at the quarter-mile Full Story
Notes: McDowell looks for right Eldora balance
Posted: 06/05/2025, 12:20 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 4) — When to conserve, when to let it all hang out. That was the question for Dale McDowell on Wednesday at Eldora Speedway in racing from his eighth starting spot in a 50-lap FloRacing Night in America feature that Full Story
Son's Freddy tribute stirs up emotions for Winger
Posted: 06/04/2025, 06:35 pm By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 4) — To say 2000 was a life-changing year for veteran crew chief Gary Winger is an understatement. January marked the birth of Gary and his wife Lynn's son Ashton. And June took Gary to Eldora Speedway’s victory Full Story
Previewing 2025's Appalachian Mountain Speedweek
Posted: 06/04/2025, 05:35 pm By Kyle McFaddenSelinsgrove Ford Appalachian Mountain Speedweek is back in action for a third straight season starting this Friday at Clinton County Speedway in Mill Hall, Pa., the opening night of the eight-race miniseries spanning 10 days. FloRacing Full Story
Naptime at track lets racers rest ... and dream
Posted: 06/04/2025, 01:38 pm By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 4) — Zack Dohm likes to be well-rested before climbing behind the wheel of his Dirt Late Model at the racetrack. And that means he likes to settle in on the couch of his team’s motorhome for a refreshing mid-afternoon Full Story
10 favorites heading to Eldora's Dream XXXI
Posted: 06/03/2025, 09:21 pm By Kyle McFaddenA look at 10 favorites (listed alphabetically) for Dream XXXI, the June 5-7 event at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, with a pair of $30,000-to-win prelims and $100,000-to-win finale. Dream Week starts June 4 with a $20,000-to-win FloRacing Full Story
Lucas Oil teams embrace evolution of Speedweeks
Posted: 06/03/2025, 03:19 pm By Kevin KovacA national touring series director can never be totally certain how a big change to their circuit will be perceived by racers and teams. So naturally, when the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series recently announced that its 2026 Georgia-Florida Full Story
Fast Talk: Our panelists are just living the Dream
Posted: 06/02/2025, 10:18 amWith a relatively light schedule — but Bobby Pierce adding two more victories — our roundtable checks in while looking ahead to the $100,000-to-win Dream at Eldora Speedway in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Full Story
Coverage index of Eldora’s Dream XXXI
Posted: 05/31/2025ROSSBURG, Ohio — DirtonDirt.com's previews and coverage of the $100,000-to-win Dream XXXI at Eldora Speedway on June 4-7 including FloRacing Night in America , two Dream preliminary nights and the 100-lap finale Saturday (watch on FloRacing): Monday, Full Story
Fast Facts: Eldora Speedway's Dream XXXI
Posted: 06/02/2025, 06:55 am By Aaron Clay(Complete Dream coverage) Dates: June 4-7 (50-lap, $20,000-to-win program Wednesday for FloRacing Night in America; split-field $30,000-to-win preliminary features Thursday and Friday for DIRT-car Late Models; Saturday’s 100-lap finale) Track: Full Story
Notes: Fresh Longhorn, fresh start for English
Posted: 06/01/2025, 12:26 pm By Bryan AultBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (May 31) — The 2025 racing season has been rough-and-tumble for Tanner English, who competes on the World of Outlaws Real American Beer tour. The 32-year-old Benton, Ky., driver said he's been involved in more wrecks Full Story
Rice celebrates ending family's Brownstown hex
Posted: 06/01/2025, 10:31 am By Bryan AultBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (May 31) — In the early hours of Sunday morning, Josh Rice cracked open a beer in the Brownstown Speedway and smiled with satisfaction over a $10,000 victory that marked his first-ever at the quarter-mile oval. Brownstown Full Story
Stapleton's reset after life-threatening ailment
Posted: 05/31/2025, 08:44 pm By Bryan AultBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (May 31) — Before going under the knife on April 2, Chad Stapleton didn’t know if he would live or die. The 49-year-old Edinburgh, Ind., racer, a longtime regular in Late Model divisions at Brownstown Speedway, had Full Story
Column: Wells on track after Show-Me splash
Posted: 05/29/2025, 01:52 pmJustin Wells would have liked to squeeze more out of his Show-Me 100 weekend at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo., than a pair of top-10s in preliminary action (ninth of Thursday, eighth on Friday) and a 21st-place finish in Saturday’s Full Story
Dispatches: La Salle keeps Pierce humming
Posted: 05/29/2025, 01:26 pmAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing the last weekend in May, including MARS Champion Series coverage from La Salle (Ill.) Speedway among other weekend special events (look for coverage of Northern Allstars Full Story
Notes: Swartz legacy making name for himself
Posted: 05/29/2025, 12:02 am By Todd TurnerWhen you’ve put your heart and soul into auto racing, when your low-budget team has battled adversity for six years — and when your grandfather is a National Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer — your first Super Late Model victory is going Full Story
Top 25: No. 1 solid as Dennis Erb joins rankings
Posted: 05/27/2025, 06:43 am By Kevin KovacWinning Saturday’s 33rd Show-Me 100 at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Ind., produced an obvious result for Bobby Pierce: a unanimous selection as the No. 1 driver in DirtonDirt’s power rankings. The 28-year-old star from Oakwood, Full Story
'Heavenly' waters do J.D. no favors at Show-Me
Posted: 05/26/2025, 12:54 pm By Kevin KovacWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 24) — Jonathan Davenport knew the Lucas Oil Speedway surface was going to be more juiced up for Saturday’s Show-Me 100 after overnight showers and thunderstorms. He’s well aware that precipitation from the sky Full Story
