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Column: Young O'Neal joins MasterSbilt revival
Posted: 11/27/2019, 12:48 pmTader Masters hasn’t fielded a full-fledged, national-level house car program out of his Crothersville, Ind.-based MasterSbilt Race Cars shop since a 2014 effort with Ray Cook of Brasstown, N.C., ended after just a couple months, but Full Story
Fast Talk: Evaluation of latest from Silly Season
Posted: 11/25/2019, 01:57 pmBefore gathering around our tables with turkey and dressing, our weekly roundtable considers driver-team changes and a few other items during Thanksgiving week (edited for clarity and length): Although not as lucrative, but Chris Madden’s Full Story
Column: Rebirth propels Richards, Rocket team
Posted: 11/20/2019, 06:07 pmWhen Rocket Chassis house car owner Mark Richards stood on stage during the Nov. 10 World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series awards banquet at the Great Wolf Lodge in Concord, N.C., to deliver a speech about winning his second Full Story
Georgian gearing up for ambitious national run
Posted: 11/19/2019, 06:51 am By Kevin KovacAshton Winger capped his breakout — or, perhaps more appropriately, breakthrough — season with a career-high $15,000 triumph in Saturday’s 100-lap Coors Light Fall Classic at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Miss. Next up for Full Story
After prelim struggles, Page rises at Whynot
Posted: 11/18/2019, 02:22 pm By Robert HolmanMERIDIAN, Miss. (Nov. 16) — Michael Page made a stirring run from 20th to finish fifth in Saturday’s 25th annual Coors Light Fall Classic at Whynot Motorsports Park. The Douglasville, Ga., driver admitted he had fun touring Whynot’s Full Story
Fast Talk: The future for Winger’s budding career
Posted: 11/18/2019, 11:39 amAmid the waning action of the 2019 season, our weekly roundtable tackles a variety of issues as we wrap up the season and head for the holidays (edited for clarity and length): What are Whynot winner Ashton Winger's hurdles to becoming Full Story
Notes: Erb taking slower approach at Fall Classic
Posted: 11/16/2019, 06:24 am By Robert HolmanMERIDIAN, Miss. (Nov. 15) — Tyler Erb knows the best chance he has to improve on a pair of top-five finishes in the Coors Light Fall Classic is to slow down. That’s right, slow down. In two of the last three editions of annual event Full Story
Column: Bloomquist mourns ‘second father’
Posted: 11/14/2019, 07:48 amScott Bloomquist can still remember the first time he met Randy Sweet, the record-setting Michigan short-track asphalt racer and founder of Sweet Manufacturing who would eventually become one of Bloomquist’s closest confidants. The Hall Full Story
Top 25: Sheppard ends season in No. 1 spot
Posted: 11/12/2019, 08:34 am By Todd TurnerWorld of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series champion Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., ended the season where he began it — atop DirtonDirt.com's Top 25 power rankings. For the 87th time in his career, Sheppard (pictured) Full Story
Fast Talk: Recapping the Charlotte ‘juggernaut’
Posted: 11/11/2019, 11:17 amOur weekly roundtable wraps up the season-ending Can-Am World Finals on the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series as the Late Model season itself wraps up (edited for clarity and length): What's the biggest takeaway from Full Story
Weiss falls shy in finale, but he’s staying on gas
Posted: 11/10/2019, 03:58 pm By Kevin KovacCONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 9) — Ricky Weiss didn’t want to go through his first full season as a World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series regular without a victory. He did everything he could in Saturday’s 50-lap Can-Am World Full Story
Bloomquist team savors 'Sweet' Charlotte result
Posted: 11/09/2019, 10:06 am By Kevin KovacCONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 8) — Hearts were heavy in the Scott Bloomquist Racing camp during Friday’s Can-Am World Finals program at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. By the end of the night, though, there was some joy to help temper the sorrow. On Full Story
Column: Life’s good for Boss after special victory
Posted: 11/06/2019, 02:43 pmRoss Robinson is an emotional guy, a racer who wears his heart firmly on his sleeve. It wasn’t surprising, then, how the 29-year-old driver reacted Saturday as he stood on the homestretch of his hometown track, Georgetown (Del.) Speedway, Full Story
Notes: Delaware power couple post 1-2 finish
Posted: 11/05/2019, 02:41 pm By Kevin KovacGEORGETOWN, Del. (Nov. 2) — Finishing second in Saturday night’s 40-lap Mid-Atlantic Championship Weekend Super Late Model feature at Georgetown Speedway wasn’t a disappointment for Amanda Whaley. In fact, she still celebrated in Full Story
Notes: Assist provides boost for EAMS upstart
Posted: 11/05/2019, 01:35 pm By Robert HolmanPHENIX CITY, Ala. (Nov. 3) — With the help from Tyler Erb crew chief Randall Edwards, Steven Roberts of Jesup, Ga., found himself right in the thick of the battle for the lead midway through Sunday’s 45th annual National 100. | RaceWire Roberts, Full Story
Reclayed oval pleasant surprise for EAMS racers
Posted: 11/05/2019, 10:44 am By Robert HolmanPHENIX CITY, Ala. (Nov. 3) — When East Alabama Motor Speedway promoter Billy Thomas decided to put new clay on the surface of his high-banked 3/8-mile oval just days before his biggest event of the season, many drivers questioned whether Full Story
Fast Talk: National 100 wrap and Charlotte preview
Posted: 11/04/2019, 01:27 pmWith the season waning, our weekly roundtable considers Chris Madden's National 100 victory and looks ahead to Charlotte's Can-Am World Finals (edited for clarity and length): What's your reaction to the National 100 result? Todd Turner, Full Story
Robinson’s richest win comes with bit of drama
Posted: 11/04/2019, 08:34 am By Kevin KovacGEORGETOWN, Del. (Nov. 2) — There was little that could possibly dull the joy Ross Robinson felt after winning Saturday's 40-lap Mid-Atlantic Championship Weekend Super Late Model feature at his hometown Georgetown Speedway. | RaceWire The Full Story
Shakedown off to solid start for Collins at EAMS
Posted: 11/03/2019, 07:22 am By Robert HolmanPHENIX CITY, Ala. (Nov. 2) — When deciding which way to head for the weekend, many times drivers compare races to see just how few laps they have to run in order to make a little money. Usually, the fewer the laps the better, especially Full Story
National 100 promoter soaks up EAMS history
Posted: 11/01/2019, 10:49 am By Kevin KovacBilly Thomas is a walking, talking history book of the National 100 at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, Ala. He should be, of course, since he’s attended, as a driver or track promoter, every edition of the race, which runs Full Story
Quick Time: Reviewing the decade's statistics
Posted: 10/30/2019, 12:33 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Column: Overton trusts process as team peaks
Posted: 10/30/2019, 12:34 pmBrandon Overton’s first season driving for the Coulter family’s Rum Runner Racing team didn’t start as well as he had envisioned. Its closing, however, has been almost better than he could have imagined. With a $10,000 victory in Full Story
2019 Late Model series and track champions
Posted: 12/01/2019, 10:12 amSeries champions Region-by-region champions on Dirt Late Model series and racing organizations for 2019: National Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series - Jonathan Davenport World of Outlaws Late Model Series - Brandon Sheppard Midwest American Full Story
Fast Talk: Weekend review, schedule overviews
Posted: 10/28/2019, 10:57 amWith the season winding down, our weekly roundtable considers scheduling issues while reviewing the 2019 season as a whole (edited for clarity and length): On a weather-hampered weekend, what jumped out at you? Kevin Kovac, DirtonDirt.com Full Story
Pruning eases busiest stretches on Lucas tour
Posted: 10/25/2019, 05:33 am By Kevin KovacThe 2020 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series schedule isn’t quite as long and imposing as this year’s slate was for the national tour’s faithful followers, but don’t call it a drastic reduction in action and travel. It remains an ambitious Full Story
