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• Top 25: MLRA champ returns to rankings

  Posted: 10/16/2018, 09:32 am By Alli Collis

  After wrapping up the series title with a $5,000 Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Racing Association victory on Saturday at Lucas Oil Speedway, Chad Simpson of Mount Vernon, Iowa, returned to DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Brandon Full Story

• Course-changing Schlenk steers to 21-win season

  Posted: 10/16/2018, 08:27 am By Robert Holman

  WHEEL, Tenn. — Rusty Schlenk’s trip to Duck River Raceway Park for the seventh annual Deep Fried 75 hardly went as planned. Welcome to his season. Schlenk, of McClure, Ohio, had a top-five in sight Saturday night before a flat tire Full Story

• Notes: World 100 feature rookies fare well

  Posted: 10/15/2018, 03:55 pm

  ROSSBURG, Ohio — First-time starters fared well in Saturday night's 48th annual World 100 with Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas, improving 13 positions to finish third and polesitter Devin Gilpin of Columbus, Ind., leading the first 44 Full Story

• Fast Talk: It's T-Mac's World and we're living in it

  Posted: 10/15/2018, 11:25 am

  Our Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable reviews Tim McCreadie’s World 100 victory as top drivers remain in Ohio for the Dirt Track World Championship (edited for clarity and length): Evaluate Tim McCreadie’s World 100 victory. Michael Full Story

• World 100 performance major highlight for Gilpin

  Posted: 10/15/2018, 10:24 am By Alli Collis

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 13) — Devin Gilpin of Columbus, Ind., remembers attending the World 100 as a kid, hoping that one day he too would have the chance to be part of Eldora Speedway’s most prestigious crown jewel event. | Complete World Full Story

• Economic decision pays off for Moyer Jr. at Duck

  Posted: 10/14/2018, 05:52 pm By Robert Holman

  WHEEL, Tenn. (Oct. 13) — Billy Moyer Jr.’s decision to forgo a return trip to Rossburg, Ohio, to attend the rescheduled World 100 at Eldora Speedway was a pretty simple one. It was all about economics for the second-generation racer Full Story

• Overton's go-for-broke rally at Big E fizzles out

  Posted: 10/14/2018, 04:58 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 13) — Brandon Overton knew, deep down, that he didn’t have the car to win Saturday’s 48th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway, but that doesn’t mean the Evans, Ga., had to simply concede defeat as the race wound Full Story

• Notes: World 100 points leader stays even keel

  Posted: 10/12/2018, 08:40 pm

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 12) — After finishing third in a Sept. 6 preliminary feature, Zack Dohm of Cross Lanes, W.Va., has sat atop Eldora Speedway’s World 100 points standings for over a month now. As he returns to the Big E this weekend Full Story

• Simpson eyes second MLRA championship

  Posted: 10/11/2018, 07:50 am By Lyndal Scranton

  There's an old football adage that the only thing a prevent defense really prevents is victory. Many suggest that a play-it-safe approach also applies to racing, when it comes to protecting a late-season points lead. Don't expect Chad Full Story

• Column: Pierce cements come-from-behind trait

  Posted: 10/10/2018, 06:23 pm

  Bob Pierce, the Hall of Fame driver-turned-chassis builder, was standing alongside his RV in the souvenir area at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway in Imperial on Sunday night, ready to head home to Oakwood, Ill., when he was asked Full Story

• Evaluate your World 100 IQ with this tricky quiz

  Posted: 10/10/2018, 12:06 am By Bob Markos

  With the postponed 48th annual World 100 coming up at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway, test your knowledge of Dirt Late Model racing’s most prestigious event (click here for answers): 1. Who won the first World 100 run under the lights? 2. Full Story

• World 100 quiz answers

  Posted: 10/10/2018, 12:02 am By Bob Markos

  (Find questions here) 1. Jeff Purvis in 1986. 2. Mike Duvall won $15,000 in 1982 (with a $10,000 bonus from J.W. Hunt; Donnie Moran won $25,000 in 1992. 3. Austin Dillon in 2010 and '11 and Ernie Irvan in 1984 both qualified; Tiny Full Story

• Notes: Positive PPMS run gives Thornton big boost

  Posted: 10/09/2018, 02:58 pm By Kevin Kovac

  IMPERIAL, Pa. (Oct. 7) — Ricky Thornton Jr. won the B-main for Sunday afternoon’s postponed 30th annual Pittsburgher 100 at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway, giving him a 12-lap preview of what was to come shortly thereafter Full Story

• Top 25: Pierce climbs four spots in rankings

  Posted: 10/09/2018, 09:19 am By Alli Collis

  After scoring a $20,000 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory in Sunday’s Pittsburgher 100 at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway in Imperial, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., made the biggest jump in this week’s Top 25 power Full Story

• Pittsburgher's 88th lap collects Sheppard again

  Posted: 10/08/2018, 06:57 pm By Kevin Kovac

  IMPERIAL, Pa. (Oct. 7) — For two straight years Brandon Sheppard has been a contender in the Pittsburgher 100. And for two straight years he’s seen his hopes for a solid finish dashed by tough luck on the same circuit late in the Lucas Full Story

• Seventh title meaningful for Ohio driver

  Posted: 10/08/2018, 02:33 pm By Alli Collis

  ALMA, Ohio — Mark Frazier’s unexpected seventh Late Model championship at Atomic Speedway turned out to be his most meaningful. At the end of 2017 season, the 53-year-old Frazier announced his retirement from racing with plans to sell Full Story

• Fast Talk: Pierce's rally and Eldora predictions

  Posted: 10/08/2018, 10:16 am

  Our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products considers a busy national touring weekend while looking ahead to another busy late-season month in Dirt Late Model racing (edited for clarity and length): Recap the Pittsburgher Full Story

• Notes: Davey J. makes Pittsburgher 100 return

  Posted: 10/06/2018, 07:26 am By Kevin Kovac

  IMPERIAL, Pa. (Oct. 5) — One year away from the Pittsburgher 100 was enough for Davey Johnson. After sitting out the 2017 running of the marquee event at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway — the first time he failed to enter Full Story

• Quick Time: National tours month-by-month

  Posted: 10/03/2018, 12:23 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

• Column: Fayetteville on rebound after hurricane

  Posted: 10/06/2018, 07:27 am

  Considering the devastating impact that last month’s Hurricane Florence had on the area in and around Fayetteville (N.C.) Motor Speedway, no one would have been surprised if the track’s promoter, Jim Long Jr., had decided to simply Full Story

• Top 25: McDowell climbs three spots in poll

  Posted: 10/02/2018, 09:17 am By Alli Collis

  After scoring a $12,000 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory Saturday at Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, Ga., Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., was among the biggest movers in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Brandon Sheppard Full Story

• Fast Talk: Weighing Terbo's impressive WoO sweep

  Posted: 10/01/2018, 01:13 pm

  Our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products considers a busy national touring weekend while looking ahead to another busy late-season month in Dirt Late Model racing (edited for clarity and length): Recap WoO’s Atomic Full Story

• Texan's Atomic two-step provides satisfying boost

  Posted: 10/01/2018, 09:18 am By Alli Collis

  ALMA, Ohio (Sept. 29) — When Tyler Erb scored his first career World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series victory Friday at Atomic Speedway, he told series announcer Rick Eshelman he hoped it marked “a sign of things to come.” Sure Full Story

• Notes: Bare can't build on Bedford track record

  Posted: 09/30/2018, 09:36 pm By Kevin Kovac

  BEDFORD, Pa. (Sept. 29) — Tyler Bare of Rockbridge Baths, Va., was fast — record-setting fast, in fact — during Friday’s Keystone Cup qualifying at Bedford Speedway. He didn’t win that evening’s dash, but finishing second and Full Story

• Notes: Marlar moves into position for WoO crown

  Posted: 09/30/2018, 11:51 am By Alli Collis

  ALMA, Ohio (Sept. 29) — With Atomic Speedway’s Outlaw Invasion in the rearview mirror, just two races remain on the 2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series slate. And after posting a pair of top-five finishes in the Ohio oval’s Full Story