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• Column: Youngster Rice eager for Eldora return

  Posted: 09/04/2019, 06:38 pm

  Josh Rice will never forget the 2015 Dream weekend at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, but no one will let him forget it, either. “That’s kind of like, I guess, how everybody knows me,” Rice said. “They say, ‘Oh, you run sixth Full Story

• Quick Time: World 100 earnings, lap leaders

  Posted: 09/04/2019, 02:26 pm

  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

• Announcers craft the stories at Eldora's World 100

  Posted: 09/04/2019, 10:14 am

  
It’s a pretty common theme for most folks at Eldora. Whether you became acquainted after camping beside each other, met through mutual friends, or maybe shared a drink one night after the races, it’s not uncommon for different folks Full Story

• Fully aware of prestige, T-Mac eyes Big E again

  Posted: 09/03/2019, 02:00 pm By Kevin Kovac

  The hard-nosed, single-minded racer in Tim McCreadie harbors an unsurprisingly detached view of his monumental victory in last year’s World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. You even get the sense that he almost sees the most Full Story

• Fast Facts: Eldora's 49th annual World 100

  Posted: 09/03/2019, 06:53 am By Robert Holman

  Dates: Sept. 5-7 (Twin $10,000-to-win features Thursday, twin $10,000-to-win features Friday and heats, consolations and $52,000-to-win main event Saturday). | Complete World 100 coverage Track: Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio (high-banked, Full Story

• Coverage index for 49th annual World 100

  Posted: 09/01/2019, 08:18 am

  ROSSBURG, Ohio — DirtonDirt.com's previews and coverage of the 49th annual World 100, the $52,000-to-win DIRTcar-sanctioned event scheduled for Sept. 5-7 at the half-mile Eldora Speedway: Wednesday, Sept. 11 • Column: Davenport's Full Story

• Top 25: Richards rises five spots in rankings

  Posted: 09/03/2019, 07:53 am By Alli Collis

  After scoring his first career Hillbilly 100 victory Sunday at Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, W.Va., Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., was among the biggest movers in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Brandon Sheppard Full Story

• Fast Talk: Holiday wrap and World 100 previews

  Posted: 09/02/2019, 11:21 am

  Bleary-eyed after a crazy-busy Labor Day weekend, our roundtable gathers to consider the holiday's fallout and look ahead to Sept. 5-7’s World 100 at Eldora (edited for clarity and length): Which Labor Day winner intrigued you most …? Kevin Full Story

• English right in mix during holiday weekend

  Posted: 09/02/2019, 07:39 am By Alli Collis

  MIDDLEBOURNE, W.Va. (Sept. 1) — While he would have liked have finished a couple of spots higher in Sunday’s Hillbilly 100, Tanner English couldn’t hang his head in defeat over his eighth-place run at Tyler County Speedway. After Full Story

• Risk vs. reward in flirting with Big E’s high groove

  Posted: 09/02/2019, 07:14 am By Kevin Kovac and Todd Turner

  Lots of money has been won at Eldora Speedway by drivers running inches from the outside wall. And perhaps and equal amount of cash has gone into repairing Dirt Late Models caught up against that treacherous concrete at the historic half-mile Full Story

• At Ponderosa, Moyer Jr. finds a glimmer of light

  Posted: 08/31/2019, 10:46 am By Alli Collis

  JUNCTION CITY, Ky. (Aug. 30) — Billy Moyer Jr. of Batesville, Ark., isn’t one to sugarcoat his dismal 2019 season. Calling it a struggle, he said, was putting it nicely. But even though his 13th-place finish in Friday night’s 50-lap Full Story

• Leading World 100 career highlight for Gilpin

  Posted: 08/30/2019, 07:46 am By Alli Collis

  It was just a year ago that Devin Gilpin fulfilled a childhood dream. Growing up attending crown jewel events at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, the 28-year-old Columbus, Ind., driver hoped that he too might one day have a chance to Full Story

• Trivia Time: Test your World 100 knowledge

  Posted: 08/29/2019, 11:29 am By Bob Markos

  Part of a continuing feature at DirtonDirt.com, test your Dirt Late Model knowledge with a 20-question quiz from longtime racing historian Bob Markos. Here’s a special edition related to Eldora Speedway’s upcoming World 100 (click here Full Story

• Notes: Thomas punishes foes en route to two titles

  Posted: 08/29/2019, 08:02 am By Alli Collis

  Wheeling both a Super and Crate Late Model in 2019, 33-year-old Kyle Thomas of Pennsboro, W.Va., has not only pulled off the elusive double victory twice this season, he’s already wrapped up the track title in both divisions at Tyler Full Story

• Column: Amid rich wins, B-Shepp still unflappable

  Posted: 08/29/2019, 12:04 am

  Brandon Sheppard’s spectacular 2019 season behind the wheel of the Rocket Chassis house car rolled on with his $101,626 triumph in Saturday's Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Dirt Million at Mansfield (Ohio) Motor Speedway. Full Story

• Fast Facts: 51st Hillbilly 100 at Tyler County

  Posted: 08/26/2019, 12:07 pm By Robert Holman

  Dates: Aug. 30-Sept. 1 (a $5,000-to-win steel-head engine Late Model program on Friday and a $5,000-to-win unsanctioned Super Late Model program on Saturday followed by Sunday’s $30,000-to-win Lucas Oil Series program) Track: Tyler County Full Story

• Top 25: B-Shepp returns to top of rankings

  Posted: 08/27/2019, 10:41 am By Alli Collis

  After earning his second six-figure payday of the season in Saturday’s Dirt Million at Mansfield (Ohio) Motor Speedway, Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., quickly returned to the top of DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings. Sheppard Full Story

• Notes: Richest events continue to evade J.D.

  Posted: 08/26/2019, 03:05 pm By Kevin Kovac

  MANSFIELD, Ohio (Aug. 24) — Dirt Late Model racing’s longest, richest races have been a particular source of frustration this season for Jonathan Davenport. Saturday night’s second annual Dirt Million at Mansfield Motor Speedway was Full Story

• Fast Talk: Sheppy heads toward historic season

  Posted: 08/26/2019, 11:10 am

  Our weekly roundtable considers Brandon Sheppard’s second six-figure payday of the season, while looking ahead to Chris Madden’s return and a busy Labor Day weekend (edited for clarity and length): Reflect on Brandon Sheppard’s second Full Story

• Junghans can't quite get over hump at Mansfield

  Posted: 08/26/2019, 11:12 am By Alli Collis

  MANSFIELD, Ohio (Aug. 24) — Bittersweet might be the best word to describe Chase Junghans’s Dirt Million weekend. After finishing no worse than third in three nights of action at Mansfield Motor Speedway, the 26-year-old Manhattan, Full Story

• Rich payout ($50,813) fulfills Million runner-up

  Posted: 08/25/2019, 03:21 am By Kevin Kovac

  MANSFIELD, Ohio (Aug. 24) — For a brief moment following a lap-74 restart in Saturday night’s 100-lap Dirt Million feature at Mansfield Motor Speedway, Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., looked like he just might vault from third to first Full Story

• Norris looking to cap CBR stint with flourish

  Posted: 08/24/2019, 02:36 am By Kevin Kovac

  MANSFIELD, Ohio (Aug. 23) — Michael Norris of Sarver, Pa., is well aware that this weekend’s second annual Dirt Million at Mansfield Motor Speedway is likely marking the end of his 2-month-long run as the fill-in driver for the sidelined Full Story

• Steering wheel surprise zaps Markham at Million

  Posted: 08/23/2019, 03:22 am By Kevin Kovac

  MANSFIELD, Ohio (Aug. 22) — Mansfield Motor Speedway is a source of many good memories for Ryan Markham. On Thursday night, however, the 4/10-mile oval produced an utterly forgettable moment for the 47-year-old driver who lives 20 minutes Full Story

• Notes: Battling cancer, racing tops bucket list

  Posted: 08/22/2019, 10:44 am By Alli Collis

  When Jeremy Holtzclaw was diagnosed with stage four liver and colon cancer seven months ago, the 39-year-old Sparta, Tenn., native immediately decided he wouldn’t wallow in self pity. Instead, Holtzclaw set out to reach the goals he'd Full Story

• Column: Port Royal win reveals Zeigler’s ascent

  Posted: 08/21/2019, 04:37 pm

  PORT ROYAL, Pa. — As Mason Zeigler stood in the Port Royal Speedway pit area after winning his first-ever World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series feature Saturday, the Chalk Hill, Pa., driver offered an appropriate description Full Story