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• B-Shepp seethes over East Bay spin, restarts

  Posted: 02/04/2020, 07:11 am By Kevin Kovac

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 3) — Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., was digging hard to end his early-season string of close-but-no-cigar runs in the Rocket Chassis house. Kyle Bronson of Brandon, Fla., was doing the same in an effort to Full Story

• East Bay debut wraps up with unlikely comeback

  Posted: 02/04/2020, 01:14 am By Todd Turner

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 3) — A runner-up in a Monday night heat race at East Bay Raceway Park, Chris Garnes earned a fourth-row starting spot in his first-ever feature event at the third-mile oval that hosts some of Dirt Late Model racing’s Full Story

• DJ: Weiss keeps an eye on East Bay action

  Posted: 02/04/2020, 12:17 am

  From back home in Ohio, Dustin Jarrett’s regular recap of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks, the Jan. 31-Feb. 15 action at six tracks in the Peach and Sunshine States. Look for a new edition most days at DirtonDirt.com (complete Speedweeks coverage): Weiss’s Full Story

• Fast Talk: GIS review, East Bay predictions

  Posted: 02/03/2020, 12:53 pm

  With Georgia-Florida Speedweeks in full swing, our weekly roundtable gathers to review the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series opener at Golden Isles Speedway and look ahead to this week’s action at East Bay Raceway Park (edited for clarity Full Story

• Rough ending doesn't dull Whitener's night

  Posted: 02/02/2020, 02:04 am By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Mark Whitener is among Florida’s winningest Late Model racers over the last 10 years or more, mostly in Limited and Crate Late Model action in the Sunshine State. But when Georgia-Florida Speedweeks rolls around each Full Story

• DJ: Emotional victory lane for T-Mac

  Posted: 02/02/2020, 01:07 am By Dustin Jarrett

  From back home in Ohio, Dustin Jarrett's daily recap of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks, the Jan. 31-Feb. 15 action at six tracks in the Peach and Sunshine states. Look for more editions throughout Speedweeks (complete Speedweeks coverage): Emotional Full Story

• Notes: Bruening's 'racing vacation' getting serious

  Posted: 01/31/2020, 07:50 pm By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 31) — Tyler Bruening has enjoyed plenty of racing vacations at Georgia-Florida Speedweeks. But the stakes are raised this season for the 34-year-old racer from Decorah, Iowa. Competing as a Skyline Motorsports teammate Full Story

• Addition of Looney stiffens ULMA chase

  Posted: 01/29/2020, 11:14 am By Lyndal Scranton

  The already-competitive Warsaw Auto Marine & RV-sponsored Late Model division at Lucas Oil Speedway is going to be even more interesting this season. This after longtime regional Late Model standout Brad Looney of Republic, Mo., announced Full Story

• Column: Twarog realizes he just can’t quit racing

  Posted: 01/30/2020, 07:27 am

  Tye Twarog's days as a Dirt Late Model team owner were supposed to be over. That was the plan he revealed soon after his 2017-18 driver, Devin Moran of Dresden, Ohio, moved to Dunn Benson Motorsports to run last year’s Lucas Oil Late Full Story

• Georgia-Florida Speedweeks coverage index

  Posted: 02/01/2020, 07:31 am

  DirtonDirt.com's coverage from Georgia-Florida Speedweeks, made up of events at Brunswick, Ga.'s Golden Isles Speedway (Jan. 31-Feb. 1), North Florida Speedway in Lake City (Feb. 2), Gibsonton, Fla.'s East Bay Raceway Park (Feb. 3-8), Sylvania, Full Story

• Speedweeks questions? Panelists have answers

  Posted: 01/29/2020, 07:18 am

  Georgia-Florida Speedweeks for Super Late Models kick off Friday in Georgia with 18 races at six tracks, two in Georgia and four in Florida. DirtonDirt.com asked staffers and several contributing panelists several questions previewing Jan. Full Story

• Top 25: Sheppard atop the preseason poll again

  Posted: 01/28/2020, 08:14 am By Todd Turner

  Topping DirtonDirt.com's preseason power rankings for the third straight season, reigning and two-time World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series champion Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., was the unanimous choice as the Full Story

• Young Virginian excited for Speedweeks upgrade

  Posted: 01/28/2020, 04:38 am By Kevin Kovac

  Logan Roberson has tasted the Georgia-Florida Speedweeks atmosphere for the last three years, albeit on a lower-key level as an entrant in Crate Late Model action. Which means, of course, that the young Waynesboro, Va., driver’s southern Full Story

• Fast Talk: Best bet for Speedweeks first-timer?

  Posted: 01/27/2020, 11:22 am

  With Georgia-Florida Speedweeks getting underway Friday, our weekly roundtable rises to the occasion to preview one of the season's most exciting stretches of racing coming up (edited for clarity and length): With Speedweeks on the horizon, Full Story

• Schedule, track-by-track capsules for Speedweeks

  Posted: 01/27/2020, 10:14 am By Robert Holman

  The 2020 Georgia-Florida Speedweeks race-by-race schedule for Super Late Model events at six dirt tracks, two in Georgia and four in Florida. Action runs from Jan. 31-Feb. 15 at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga.; North Florida Speedway Full Story

• Column: Culp hits sweet spot in his racing career

  Posted: 01/23/2020, 08:19 am

  Every driver with aspirations of making a living as a Dirt Late Model racer eventually reaches a crossroads, a soul-searching occasion. They must decide whether to rededicate themselves and press on through the trials and tribulations that Full Story

• After demise of series, Michigan racers adjust

  Posted: 01/22/2020, 10:34 am By Robert Holman

  With the unexpected announcement earlier this month that the Michigan-based American Ethanol Late Model Tour shut down, drivers in the Wolverine State found themselves without a regional tour to follow for the first time in five seasons. The Full Story

• Recap of series and organizational changes for 2020

  Posted: 01/22/2020, 10:22 am By Robert Holman

  Recapping changes among Dirt and Crate Late Model series and organizations from 2019 to 2020: New organizations DFW Local Late Model Series: In an effort to organize Crate Late Models in northeast Texas, the DFW Local Late Model Series Full Story

• Fast Talk: Reviewing the '20 Wild West Shootout

  Posted: 01/20/2020, 01:12 pm

  DirtonDirt.com’s weekly panel gathers to review the highlights of the Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout at FK Rod Ends Arizona Speedway and consider Kyle Bronson’s performance in Volusia Speedway Park’s Crate Late Model weekend Full Story

• Shirley's furious Arizona bonus bid falls just short

  Posted: 01/20/2020, 08:57 am By Todd Turner

  QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. (Jan. 19) — When Brian Shirley advanced from his 17th starting spot and into contention for a 50-lap victory in Sunday’s Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout finale, the 38-year-old Chatham, Ill., driver had one Full Story

• Notes: Beard's fiery car rises from ashes at WWS

  Posted: 01/19/2020, 09:08 am By Todd Turner

  QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. — Race cars frequently employ flames as part of graphics schemes, but for Kyle Beard’s Late Model, the fiery orange colors, dark ashes and flickered text of the No. 86 recalls a low point for the Trumann, Ark., driver. The Full Story

• Spatola hopes to avoid fade with strong finish

  Posted: 01/18/2020, 04:04 pm By Todd Turner

  QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. (Jan. 18) — Mike Spatola doesn’t mince words when describing what’s happened to his No. 89 during the first four rounds of the Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout. “We’ve put the anchor out,” said the Full Story

• Wheatland upstart tries to catch top trio

  Posted: 01/17/2020, 07:35 pm By Lyndal Scranton

  One of the breakthrough drivers of the 2019 season at Lucas Oil Speedway looks to make even a bigger splash in the upcoming year at the Wheatland, Mo., oval. Tucker Cox of Jefferson City, Mo., who recently turned 20, wound up sixth in Full Story

• Canadian's Wild West journey finally pays off

  Posted: 01/17/2020, 07:36 pm By Todd Turner

  QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. — When he hauls 2,000 miles to the Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout each January, Canadian racer Terry Carter has no illusions about being competitive with drivers like Bobby Pierce, Brandon Sheppard, Chris Simpson Full Story

• 'Odd' heat wreck adds to Pearson's WWS struggles

  Posted: 01/16/2020, 09:27 am By Todd Turner

  QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. (Jan. 15) — The competition got up close and personal — a little too up close and personal — for Earl Pearson Jr. during Wednesday’s Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout action at FK Rod Ends Arizona Speedway. While Full Story