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• PRI Trade Show frequently asked questions

  Posted: 12/04/2018, 04:45 am

  Frequently asked questions about the 31st annual Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, the off-season extravaganza scheduled for Dec. 6-8 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis (complete PRI coverage): What is the PRI Trade Full Story

• Breakouts, newcomers and comebacks for 2018

  Posted: 12/04/2018, 04:46 am By Robert Holman

  As part of its ongoing Best of 2018 coverage, DirtonDirt.com hands out awards to worthy Dirt Late Model drivers. We rank the top breakout drivers, top newcomers and most improved drivers and comeback drivers for the past season. This season’s Full Story

• Home-state driver enjoys solid Dome runs

  Posted: 12/03/2018, 03:42 pm By Alli Collis

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Dec. 1) — After tough luck in the first two editions of the VP Gateway Dirt Nationals, Jeff Herzog of nearby Herculaneum, Mo., had high hopes entering the weekend’s third annual indoor event at The Dome at America’s Full Story

• Lucas Oil Speedway champ relishes pressure

  Posted: 12/03/2018, 12:55 pm By Lyndal Scranton

  Late Model ace Johnny Fennewald says it's too early to tell if he will make a run at a third straight Lucas Oil Speedway track championship in 2019. But if the Appleton City, Mo., racer does chase a threepeat in Wheatland, Mo., odds are Full Story

• Welshan is firmly rooted in lore of Gateway Nat'ls

  Posted: 12/03/2018, 12:56 pm By Kevin Kovac

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Dec. 1) — Jason Welshan knows that his exploits in the VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Center have raised his profile in the Dirt Late Model world. Some would even consider him to have Full Story

• Fast Talk: Dome review with an eye on PRI

  Posted: 12/03/2018, 12:19 pm

  Our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products wraps up the VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals while looking ahead to the weekend’s Performance Racing Industry Trade Show (edited for clarity and length): Pick a favorite Full Story

• Sheppard repeats as Drivers of Year honored

  Posted: 12/03/2018, 06:53 am By Alli Collis

  With the 2018 racing season in the books, DirtonDirt.com takes a closer look at top five national drivers as well as regional and weekly Dirt Late Model competition. Check our video coverage for DirtonDirt.com’s Top Five Drivers overall, Full Story

• DirtonDirt.com's Best of '18 coverage index

  Posted: 12/30/2018, 06:38 am

  Index of DirtonDirt.com’s Best of 2018 coverage with an installment most non-holiday weekdays throughout December (including breaks for the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show and Christmas; 2018 track and series champions): Dec. Full Story

• Pierce comes 'full circle' in repeating at Gateway

  Posted: 12/02/2018, 01:55 am By Kevin Kovac

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Dec. 1) — Winning last year’s VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Center was a bittersweet moment for Bobby Pierce and his parents, who amidst the celebration had to come to grips with the Full Story

• Electrifying Babb's bid in Dome prelim stalls out

  Posted: 12/01/2018, 04:07 am By Kevin Kovac

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Nov. 30) — Win or lose, Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., always manages to be in the thick of the action during the VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Center. That was the case again Friday Full Story

• Notes: Hand injury can't stifle Schlenk at Dome

  Posted: 11/30/2018, 12:22 am By Kevin Kovac

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Nov. 29) — Rusty Schlenk had a steady stream of well-wishers approach him to offer a congratulatory handshake after his $5,000 victory in Thursday’s 20-lap VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals Race of Champions in Full Story

• Coverage index for VP Gateway Dirt Nationals

  Posted: 11/25/2018, 07:27 pm

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. — DirtonDirt.com’s coverage index for Nov. 29-Dec. 1’s third annual VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals presented by Karl Kustoms, an unsanctioned Late Model and modified event at The Dome at America's Center: Tuesday, Full Story

• Dirt Late Model Silly Season roundup

  Posted: 12/01/2018, 12:16 pm

  A roundup of off-season news among drivers switching teams and other 2019 planned changes among tracks, series and promoters: Teams/drivers Best Performance Motorsports: The St. Marys, Ohio-based team hires Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas; Full Story

• Column: Another Dome visit a thrill for Gundaker

  Posted: 11/27/2018, 05:21 pm

  Just a couple weeks short of one year since Gordy Gundaker experienced the biggest thrill of his Dirt Late Model racing life — a $5,000 victory in a 20-lap preliminary feature during the 2017 VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals at Full Story

• Fast Facts: VP Gateway Dirt Nationals

  Posted: 11/27/2018, 05:31 am By Robert Holman

  3rd annual VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals Dates: Nov. 29-Dec. 1 (two $5,000-to-win preliminary features Friday and one $30,000 feature Saturday). Track: The Dome at America’s Center (fifth-mile indoor temporary clay Full Story

• Fast Talk: Amped about electricity at the Dome

  Posted: 11/26/2018, 10:40 am

  Our Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable sets the stage for this weekend’s VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals from The Dome at America's Center in St. Louis (edited for clarity and length): Evaluate the Silly Season moves Full Story

• Column: Madden aiming for Capital improvement

  Posted: 11/20/2018, 04:28 pm

  From his first contact with Capital Race Cars owner Marshall Green, Greg Bruening got an immediate sense that he had found his chassis builder for the long term. “It was a few years ago, I think in ’15, and we were struggling,” recalled Full Story

• Fast Talk: Weekend review and turkey talk

  Posted: 11/19/2018, 12:11 pm

  Heading toward Thanksgiving, our Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable considers mid-November results and a few other items before heading into the season’s final month (editing for clarity and length): Team owners could do worse Full Story

• Triv Time: Test your dirt racing IQ (answers)

  Posted: 11/14/2018, 12:16 am By Bob Markos

  (Find questions here) 1. (b) Jeff Purvis 2. Glenn Bopp’s Bopp Chassis 3. A $100,000 bonus for winning more than half of the 22 scheduled events 4. At the gates of the Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway 5. (e) Bobby Pierce 6. Santa Fe Speedway Full Story

• Triv Time: Learn about your Dirt Late Model IQ

  Posted: 11/15/2018, 12:11 am By Bob Markos

  In a new monthly feature at DirtonDirt.com, test your DirtonDirt.com knowledge with a 20-question quiz spanning the sport’s history (click here for answers): 1. Which of these legendary Dirt Late Model greats did not come out of drag Full Story

• Column: Lucas Oil title doesn't satiate Landers

  Posted: 11/14/2018, 04:30 pm

  Exactly one year after announcing the formation of his new super team — driver Jonathan Davenport, crew chief Jason Durham and engineer Kevin Rumley — Lance Landers was back at the scene of his high-profile program’s unveiling, The Full Story

• Fast Talk: What will we remember about '18?

  Posted: 11/12/2018, 10:45 am

  With race schedules winding down and weather hampering late-season events, our Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable considers the 2018 season (edited for clarity and length): How will the 2018 season be remembered? Kevin Kovac, Full Story

• Column: Marlar's trek with Delk ends in glory

  Posted: 11/08/2018, 04:36 am

  CONCORD, N.C. — The odyssey that ended Sunday night with driver Mike Marlar and car owner Ronnie Delk posing for pictures during the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series award banquet at the Great Wolf Lodge with an oversized Full Story

• Top 25: Robinson joins rankings at No. 25

  Posted: 11/06/2018, 03:42 pm By Alli Collis

  After posting a pair of top-10 finishes in the World Finals presented by Can-Am at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Kent Robinson of Bloomington, Ind., joined DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25, while Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., held on to Full Story

• Fast Talk: Title cements Marlar's standout status

  Posted: 11/05/2018, 08:26 am

  Our Out-Pace Racing Products roundtable considers the World Finals and Mike Marlar’s World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series championship (edited for clarity and length): What does the WoO title tell us about Mike Marlar? Kevin Full Story