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Quick Time: Richest payday (but no trophy)
Posted: 04/15/2020, 03:04 pmTake 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
Diversified Shirley’s work goes beyond competition
Posted: 04/14/2020, 05:34 am By Kevin KovacBrian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., certainly didn’t envision himself ever being sidelined from driving a Dirt Late Model by a pandemic, but he absolutely has considered various scenarios in which the pursuit that has long provided his primary Full Story
Fast Talk: Wish list for Late Model aficionados
Posted: 04/13/2020, 08:46 amIn a wish list edition of Fast Talk, our weekly roundtable considers what might have been — or what could be — if our every Dirt Late Model wish was granted (edited for clarity and length): If you could enjoy an evening in the grandstands Full Story
Column: Racers rev up parental skills amid crisis
Posted: 04/10/2020, 08:01 amShane Clanton knows how physically draining preparing and racing a Dirt Late Model at a high level can be. Now, though, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic that has the sport shut down indefinitely and everyone effectively stuck at Full Story
Notes: Show-Me hoping for reprieve after 2019
Posted: 04/08/2020, 06:47 pmLucas Oil Speedway already knows what it's like to lose its signature event. The Wheatland, Mo., oval would dearly like to avoid it happening for the second season in a row. With governmental restrictions because of the coronavirus pandemic Full Story
Practices aren't perfect, but give glimmer of hope
Posted: 04/07/2020, 07:42 am By Robert HolmanWhere there’s a will, there’s a way. So goes the adage. And in the middle of a global pandemic, a number of racetrack promoters have found a way to allow racers to turn laps, albeit on a limited scale in practice sessions. When it Full Story
Fast Talk: Seeking race amusements amid crisis
Posted: 04/06/2020, 08:42 amWith dirt racing still on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, our weekly roundtable twiddles its thumbs while missing the racetrack and considers a few random racing questions (edited for clarity and length): What’s your reaction Full Story
Column: Doctor's sober view of racing amid crisis
Posted: 04/02/2020, 02:01 pmChip Stone hasn’t been a visible owner of a Dirt Late Model team since his run of seven-plus years fielding a successful, high-profile operation with veteran racer Randy Weaver — an effort that boasted Weaver, Jonathan Davenport, Brandon Full Story
Quick Time: Another round of guess the driver
Posted: 04/01/2020, 02:43 pmTake 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
Dirt racing connections on pandemic's front line
Posted: 04/01/2020, 08:00 am By Kevin KovacMost in the Dirt Late Model world haven’t experienced the coronavirus pandemic beyond stay-at-home orders, social-distancing guidelines, media reports and, of course, the shutdown of racetracks as part of the widespread ban on mass gatherings. For Full Story
Sponsors sympathetic to plight of idle dirt racers
Posted: 03/31/2020, 08:53 am By Robert HolmanBilly Moyer Jr. considers himself pretty lucky. The Batesville, Ark., driver has already competed in 13 events this season, including eight races during Georgia-Florida Speedweeks in February. That short burst to start the season gave Moyer Full Story
Trivia Time: Answers to Dirt Late Model quiz
Posted: 03/15/2020, 07:21 am By Bob Markos(Find questions here) 1. All three were winners on a dirt-covered Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway 2. UDTRA; Rick Eckert 3. All are recipients of the Bluegrass State's Kentucky Colonel honors 4. (d) Kyle Larson 5. (f) Bob Pierce 6. Full Story
Trivia Time: Test your Dirt Late Model knowledge
Posted: 03/31/2020, 07:18 am By Bob MarkosPart of a continuing feature at DirtonDirt.com, test your Dirt Late Model knowledge with a 20-question quiz from longtime racing historian Bob Markos. How many can you answer correctly? (click here for answers): 1. What have Dale McDowell, Full Story
Fast Talk: What will we learn from shutdown?
Posted: 03/30/2020, 08:41 amAs dirt racing's virtual shutdown for the coronavirus pandemic continues, our weekly roundtable considers life without racing while we all hope things return to normal soon (edited for clarity and length): Where's your anxiousness to return Full Story
Making most of racing's hiatus with track projects
Posted: 03/28/2020, 09:45 am By Todd TurnerPeoria (Ill.) Speedway volunteers and track workers have been toiling recently to spruce up the racetrack and improve the facility, expanding the pit area and shifting the flagstand to the outside of the track. Longtime race director Full Story
Column: For full-timers, when’s next paycheck?
Posted: 03/26/2020, 07:31 amIt’s at times like these when driving a Dirt Late Model for a living looks like an especially risky career choice. With the coronavirus pandemic shuttering racetracks across the country and prompting the postponement or cancellation Full Story
Dirt racing faces a high hurdle of rare shutdown
Posted: 03/23/2020, 08:51 am By Robert HolmanThe auto racing industry has suffered slowdowns before, but complete stoppages are rare. That’s where the industry finds itself now however as the nation deals with the coronavirus outbreak and resulting global pandemic. It's new territory Full Story
Fast Talk: Coming to terms with racing’s halt
Posted: 03/23/2020, 08:20 amWith virtually the entire racing schedule wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic, our weekly roundtable considers how the sport is reacting to the crisis (edited for clarity and length): Has the reality of racing's halt — along with the Full Story
Notes: Gustin ready to dive back into Late Models
Posted: 03/19/2020, 05:35 amPlenty of drivers will be anxious to get back to action as the spread coronavirus limits dirt racing opportunities in the coming weeks, but Ryan Gustin might be as anxious as any. After all, the 29-year-old Marshalltown, Iowa, driver hasn't Full Story
Column: New adventure awaits rookie promoter
Posted: 03/19/2020, 05:36 amDavid Mitchell didn’t return last year to his native North Carolina from Kentucky with a specific plan to become a racetrack operator. So how has the 50-year-old ended up at the helm — along with his girlfriend, Shay Martin, and his Full Story
Industry insiders bracing for slowdown’s fallout
Posted: 03/19/2020, 05:25 amThe third in a series of stories this week regarding industry reaction to the coronavirus pandemic, members of the industry discuss how they see the slowdown in racing will affect their racing businesses: ’We'll survive' For Somerset, Full Story
Quick Time: Try to guess drivers by their résumé
Posted: 03/18/2020, 11:50 amTake 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
Crisis presents uncharted territory for promoters
Posted: 03/18/2020, 07:03 amThe second in a series of stories this week regarding industry reaction to the coronavirus pandemic, track, series and race promoters discuss how they see the slowdown in racing will affect their businesses and short-track racing: Feeling Full Story
Top 25: Marlar, Richards climb after WoO wins
Posted: 03/17/2020, 11:02 am By Todd TurnerMike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., crept into the top five of the DirtonDirt.com power rankings on the strength of March 7’s World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series victory at Smoky Mountain Speedway, while WoO points leader Full Story
Drivers, teams adjusting to unprecedented hiatus
Posted: 03/17/2020, 10:19 amThe first in a series of stories this week regarding industry reaction to the coronavirus pandemic, drivers and teams talk about how the slowdown in racing will affect their racing programs: Constructive down time Anthony Burroughs, the Full Story
