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• Fast Talk: Can dirt racing weather the pandemic?

  Posted: 03/16/2020, 08:32 am

  Amid uncertain times of the coronavirus pandemic, our weekly roundtable considers what it all means for Dirt Late Model racing in the coming weeks and months (edited for clarity and length): Briefly envision best-case and worst-case scenarios Full Story

• Series, tracks keeping a wary eye on coronavirus

  Posted: 03/12/2020, 10:34 am By Kevin Kovac

  As the global coronavirus outbreak has reached pandemic status and begun shutting down sports and entertainment events, travel and universities and schools across the United States, the Dirt Late Model world seems to largely be keeping Full Story

• Column: Never a dull moment with Culp, Erb

  Posted: 03/11/2020, 01:25 pm

  Timothy Culp knew offering up his second car for his pal Tyler Erb to drive in the season-opening Comp Cam Super Dirt Series doubleheader at Boothill Speedway in Greenwood, La., would produce a fun weekend. There’s never a dull moment Full Story

• Quick Time: Most Likely To Succeed driver lists

  Posted: 03/11/2020, 12:43 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

• Marlar-Delk reboot gets off to a successful start

  Posted: 03/09/2020, 12:51 pm By Robert Holman

  MARYVILLE, Tenn. (March 7) — The dynamic of Ronnie Delk’s relationship with Mike Marlar has varied over the years, with the Tennessee businessman playing the role of supporter, sponsor and car owner at various stages of Marlar’s career. Full Story

• Fast Talk: Evaluating WoO’s Tennessee two-step

  Posted: 03/09/2020, 10:08 am

  Our weekly roundtable reviews World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series action at Duck River and Smoky Mountain as action begins to pick up across the country (edited for clarity and length): What's your key takeaway from WoO's Full Story

• Notes: Zeigler claws back at Smoky Mountain

  Posted: 03/08/2020, 04:52 pm By Robert Holman

  MARYVILLE, Tenn. (March 7) — Mason Zeigler knows his subpar qualifying effort — he was 10th in his group of 17 — put him behind a bit early in Saturday’s World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series program at Smoky Mountain Full Story

• Notes: Wheatland champ sticks with strategy

  Posted: 03/05/2020, 11:11 am

  For Johnny Fennewald, the key to winning three straight Lucas Oil Speedway championships in the Warsaw Auto Marine & RV Late Model division wasn’t focusing on points at the Wheatland, Mo., oval. "I don't ever think about it, because Full Story

• Column: Young Georgian adds experience to talent

  Posted: 03/04/2020, 05:57 pm

  Pearson Lee Williams could have easily returned from his first attempt at Georgia-Florida Speedweeks with his confidence and morale destroyed. Starting just two features in 13 tries — with both coming by emergency provisional — during Full Story

• Quick Time: Active streaks of consistency

  Posted: 03/04/2020, 01:04 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

• Junghans still confident despite barebones crew

  Posted: 03/03/2020, 03:00 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Chase Junghans headed into this year’s Georgia-Florida Speedweeks with three full-time crew members toiling with him on the equipment fielded by his father Greg. He returned home to Manhattan, Kan., with two, and now he has just one. But Full Story

• Top 25: McDowell climbs after Cherokee triumph

  Posted: 03/03/2020, 08:32 am By Todd Turner

  Hall of Fame driver Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., made the biggest jump in this week's DirtonDirt.com Top 25, improving six positions while moving into the top 10 of the power rankings presented by Bilstein Shocks. The 53-year-old Full Story

• Fast Talk: Racing’s lions and lambs of March

  Posted: 03/02/2020, 08:46 am

  As the Dirt Late Model calendar flips to March, our weekly roundtable considers the beginning of the regular season as action begins to ramp up (edited for clarity and length): What weekend winner struck your fancy? Kevin Kovac, DirtonDirt.com Full Story

• Strickler takes another step in Late Model rise

  Posted: 02/28/2020, 08:03 am By Kevin Kovac

  When Volusia Speedway Park's 49th annual DIRTcar Nationals presented by Bozard Ford concluded Feb. 15, Kyle Strickler just might have been the happiest driver in the pit area at the half-mile oval in Barberville, Fla. As the 36-year-old Full Story

• After rollover, Cherokee star thrashes to rebound

  Posted: 02/27/2020, 08:14 am By Robert Holman

  The last time Trent Ivey raced, the 25-year-old Union, S.C., driver had an up-and-down weekend — literally. Ivey won back-to-back Crate Late Model features at Feb. 7-8’s Screven Motor Speedway during the Sylvania, Ga., oval’s Winter Full Story

• Notes: Challenging start for Hiett's SAS pursuit

  Posted: 02/27/2020, 08:05 am By Robert Holman

  Jason Hiett of Oxford, Ala., heads to Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, S.C., for Sunday’s #GigiStrong March Madness XVIII focused on competing for the 2020 Southern All Stars championship. The veteran racer knows that getting off to a good Full Story

• Column: Bailes a triple threat with 2020 rides

  Posted: 02/26/2020, 04:38 pm

  In late November, after his successful ’19 campaign driving the Barry Wright Race Cars house car came to an early end, Ross Bailes was left wondering how much racing he would be able to do in 2020 with a Dirt Late Model program fielded Full Story

• Quick Time: Reviewing national tour switcheroos

  Posted: 02/26/2020, 11:16 am

  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

• Yaggy aims for rebound after abbreviated season

  Posted: 02/25/2020, 03:56 pm

  Thanks to a grinding springtime wreck, Jordan Yaggy’s promising 2019 Dirt Late Model campaign came to an abrupt end — and with it went any possibility of the driver from Rochester, Minn., taking a crack at following the full Lucas Oil Full Story

• Fast Talk: Reflections after busy Speedweeks

  Posted: 02/24/2020, 10:45 am

  With a slight lull in the action between the end of a busy Speedweeks and the beginning of 2020’s regular season, our weekly roundtable answers some random questions in this week’s gathering (edited for clarity and length): Any post-Speedweeks Full Story

• Column: J.D. still upbeat after trying Speedweeks

  Posted: 02/20/2020, 07:08 am

  Jonathan Davenport experienced just about everything a driver possibly could during his two-week Speedweeks excursion — including, of course, a victory that made him a Speedweeks winner for the fourth straight season and seventh time Full Story

• Quick Time: Speedweeks stats and Volusia futility

  Posted: 02/19/2020, 11:32 am

  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

• Top 25: B-Shepp on top as others climb quickly

  Posted: 02/18/2020, 08:13 am By Todd Turner

  Brandon Sheppard backed up his preseason No. 1 ranking — and then some — with the undisputed best performance among more than 100 Super Late Model drivers at Georgia-Florida Speedweeks. The New Berlin, Ill., driver, who tallied five Full Story

• Fast Talk: Volusia review and Speedweeks wrapup

  Posted: 02/17/2020, 12:10 pm

  After Volusia Speedway Park concluded Georgia-Florida Speedweeks with six straight nights of Super Late Model action, our roundtable wraps up the winter miniseries (edited for clarity and length; complete Speedweeks coverage): What do Full Story

• Numbers tell story after 17 Speedweeks events

  Posted: 02/17/2020, 09:32 am By Todd Turner

  A by-the-numbers review of 17 Super Late Model races from Georgia-Florida Speedweeks action for Super Late Models, made up of Feb. 1-15 action at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga.; North Florida Speedway in Lake City, Fla.; East Full Story