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• Clanton, Madden fall by the wayside at Knoxville

  Posted: 09/15/2019, 05:25 am By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 14) — They started the year as de facto teammates. Saturday though, they were rivals contending for a $40,000 victory in the 16th annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores Full Story

• Bruening in solid spot after Knoxville prelims

  Posted: 09/14/2019, 04:14 pm By Alli Collis

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 13) — While Tyler Bruening might have been considered a darkhorse heading into the Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals weekend, the Decorah, Iowa, driver put together two solid preliminary performances to kick Full Story

• Notes: Buddy’s ride puts Overton up front at VMS

  Posted: 09/14/2019, 06:24 am By Robert Holman

  JAMAICA, Va. — If Brandon Overton looked comfortable driving his good buddy Grant Pearl’s race car Friday during Virginia Motor Speedway's Fastrak World Championship prelims, there’s good reason. It’s the same Longhorn Chassis that Full Story

• Relentless Weiss rolls on with Knoxville prelim win

  Posted: 09/14/2019, 04:22 am By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 13) — After Ricky Weiss captured Friday night’s 25-lap Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals preliminary feature, the 30-year-old from Headingley, Manitoba, sure was glad that earlier in the week he had convinced Full Story

• Notes: Clanton confident after Knoxville whipping

  Posted: 09/13/2019, 03:45 am By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 12) — Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga., was understandably glowing after gliding forward from the seventh starting spot to capture Thursday’s 25-lap preliminary feature on the opening night of the 16th annual Lucas Full Story

• 16th Knoxville Nationals coverage index

  Posted: 09/08/2019, 07:20 pm

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa — DirtonDirt.com’s coverage of the 16th annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey's General Store, a $40,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned event scheduled for Sept. 12-14 Full Story

• Notes: Busy Minnesotan finds Late Model success

  Posted: 09/12/2019, 12:13 am By Alli Collis

  It’s not too unusual for a weekend warrior to pull double duty and compete in multiple divisions on any given race night. But since early August, 22-year-old Rushford, Minn., driver Alex Williamson has competed in not one, not two, but Full Story

• Column: Focused J.D. relishes third World 100

  Posted: 09/11/2019, 06:25 pm

  Jonathan Davenport’s focus and burning desire to win the World 100 for a third time in his career was evident Saturday night as race time approached. He removed himself from the last-minute hustle-and-bustle around his Double L Racing Full Story

• Taking best shot, Weiss shines during World 100

  Posted: 09/11/2019, 12:06 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 7) — There were nine laps remaining in Saturday's 49th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway and Ricky Weiss headed toward what would be the race’s final restart sitting in second place right alongside leader Jonathan Full Story

• Quick Time: World’s best five-year stretches

  Posted: 09/11/2019, 12:01 am

  Take 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

• FloSports expands racing by acquiring DirtonDirt

  Posted: 09/10/2019, 09:01 am

  AUSTIN, Texas — FloSports, the innovator in live digital sports and original content, announced today the acquisition of DirtonDirt.com and all of the Bloomington, Ill.-based company’s owned and operated entities. The deal accelerates Full Story

• Notes: No slick moves for Bloomquist at World

  Posted: 09/10/2019, 06:56 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 7) — The 49th annual World 100 came and went without Scott Bloomquist adding to his seemingly endless list of signature moments at Eldora Speedway, but that doesn’t mean his weekend at the famed half-mile oval Full Story

• Fast Facts: 16th Lucas Oil Knoxville Nationals

  Posted: 09/10/2019, 06:31 am By Robert Holman

  Dates: Sept. 12-14 ($7,000-to-win features Thursday and Friday and heats, consolations and $40,000-to-win main event Saturday) | Complete Knoxville Nationals coverage Track: Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa (semi-banked, half-mile Full Story

• Wrench-turning pays off for World 100 runner-up

  Posted: 09/09/2019, 04:21 pm By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 7) — Jimmy Owens gambled with his setup choice for Saturday’s 49th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway. Much to his satisfaction, the roll of the mechanical dice came as close to coming up snake eyes as possible. Full Story

• Fourth at World 100, Scott’s rise hits peak

  Posted: 09/09/2019, 11:42 am By Robert Holman

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 7) — To the casual observer, Stormy Scott’s progression the last three months may have gone relatively unnoticed. The rising Las Cruces, N.M., star’s upward trajectory — capped by Saturday’s fourth-place Full Story

• Fast Talk: How many globes can J.D. grab?

  Posted: 09/09/2019, 10:48 am

  Our weekly roundtable considers Jonathan Davenport's victory in Eldora's 49th annual World 100 while peeking ahead to the 16th annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals (edited for clarity and length): What was the key moment in Full Story

• Blown tire robs Pierce of solid finish at World 100

  Posted: 09/09/2019, 08:37 am By Alli Collis

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 7) — Since scoring his first career Silver Dollar Nationals victory back in July, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., has fought seemingly endless bad luck in high-profile Dirt Late Model events. After leading early in Full Story

• J.D. rules World despite power steering failure

  Posted: 09/08/2019, 12:53 pm By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 7) — As productive as Jonathan Davenport’s 2019 season has been, there remained one glaring omission from his ledger upon his arrival at Eldora Speedway for the 49th annual World 100 weekend. | Complete World 100 Full Story

• Jameson charges into contention in World prelim

  Posted: 09/07/2019, 09:23 am By Alli Collis

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — When Friday’s first World 100 preliminary feature went back green following a lap-11 caution, Jason Jameson of Lawrenceburg, Ind., thought he might have a real shot at scoring a $10,000 Eldora Speedway victory. Full Story

• Trio doomed on fateful 11th lap of World prelim

  Posted: 09/07/2019, 06:38 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — Lap 11 of Friday night’s first 25-lap World 100 preliminary feature at Eldora Speedway left a trail of tears in its wake. By the end of that single circuit, three drivers — Jonathan Henry of Ada, Ohio, Full Story

• Checkered flag among candles on O’Neal’s cake

  Posted: 09/06/2019, 07:45 am By Alli Collis

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 5) — Hudson O’Neal had a single birthday wish — win a race at Eldora Speedway. Turning 19 on Thursday, the Martinsville, Ind., driver did just that, scoring a $10,000 victory in the evening’s second 25-lap Full Story

• Victorious Moyer can’t resist the allure of Big E

  Posted: 09/06/2019, 07:46 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 5) — Billy Moyer wasn’t supposed to be at Eldora Speedway on Thursday night, let alone standing in victory lane after scoring a flag-to-flag victory worth $10,000 in the first 25-lap preliminary feature of the Full Story

• Notes: Brewster Baker (a.k.a. J.D.) ready for World

  Posted: 09/05/2019, 04:11 pm

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 5) — Jonathan Davenport took a different approach with the throwback scheme he has on his Lance Landers-owned Longhorn Race Car for this weekend’s World 100 at Eldora Speedway. The weathered-looking, red, white Full Story

• Notes: Canadian rookie makes successful leap

  Posted: 09/05/2019, 12:03 am By Alli Collis

  Ryan Kereluk admits he was hesitant in making the jump from the modified division to racing a WISSOTA Late Model in 2019. But after clicking off several top five-finishes and a pair of victories, the 32-year-old driver from St. Andrews, Full Story

• Cherokee set to host WoO's Duvall Memorial

  Posted: 09/05/2019 By Gene Murphy

  GAFFNEY, S.C. — Two names that were spoken synonymously for decades, Mike Duvall and Cherokee Speedway, are again linked together. In a press conference Wednesday afternoon at the Cherokee County History and Arts Museum, the inaugural Full Story