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Column: Final chapter is on Iowa team's horizon
Posted: 09/12/2018, 03:06 pmFielding a Dirt Late Model team for a decade-and-a-half and becoming one of the Midwest’s most decorated car owners was never on Bud Brinkman’s to-do list. Looking back on the racing path he took now, as the soon-to-be 56-year-old from Full Story
Quick Time: Dissecting Knoxville's lead changes
Posted: 09/12/2018, 02:40 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
Fast Facts: 15th annual Knoxville Nationals
Posted: 09/11/2018, 12:07 pm By Robert HolmanDates: Sept. 13-15 ($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
Fast Talk: World rainout shifts circadian rhythms
Posted: 09/10/2018, 12:17 pmWith Dirt Late Model racing shifted slightly off its axis with the rainout of the World 100, our Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable considers the makeup while looking ahead to the upcoming Knoxville Nationals (edited for clarity Full Story
Norris gets thrill battling titans at World prelims
Posted: 09/07/2018, 03:56 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — Michael Norris wasn’t bothered by the late hour as he stood alongside his car in the postrace inspection area following Thursday night’s — or, more precisely, Friday morning’s — opening 25-lap World Full Story
Notes: Hoffman ready for World after near-miss
Posted: 09/06/2018, 05:20 pmROSSBURG, Ohio — Nick Hoffman has proven he’s capable of navigating Eldora Speedway. Hoffman, 26, won April 28’s Sunoco American Late Model Series race at the Big E, giving him his second ALMS victory at the famed half-mile oval. Full Story
Must-have intangible at World 100? Confidence
Posted: 09/06/2018, 02:49 pm By Alli Collis and Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio — His confidence waning earlier this season, home-state driver Doug Drown wasn’t planning on entering Eldora Speedway's 48th annual World 100. But with a fresh shot of confidence in recent weeks, he’s eager to take Full Story
Notes: Mississippi veteran still piling up wins
Posted: 09/06/2018, 07:06 am By Alli CollisKurt Radojcsics of Pontotoc, Miss., built his first race car back in 1979, climbing behind the wheel for the first time at age 19. Nearly 40 years later, the 58-year-old driver is still finding success, clicking off eight victories at Pine Full Story
Column: Profile raised, Weiss chases first globe
Posted: 09/05/2018, 08:38 pmWhen Ricky Weiss unloads his family-owned Sweet-Bloomquist No. 7W in the pit area at Eldora Speedway for this weekend’s 48th annual World 100 — most likely next to Scott Bloomquist, the Hall of Famer who has become his mentor this season Full Story
Quick Time: Breaking down World 100 fields
Posted: 09/05/2018, 02:59 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
Notes: Shirley aims to back up season at Big E
Posted: 09/05/2018, 12:59 pmBrian Shirley’s enthusiasm heading into the 48th annual World 100 is tempered only by knowing how much work it takes to prepare for the biggest Dirt Late Model Race of the season. Just two days before heading to Rossburg, Ohio, Shirley Full Story
At '88 World 100, legend of Bloomquist was born
Posted: 09/04/2018, 06:31 pm By Kevin KovacThere has never been a World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, quite like the 1988 edition. There might never be another with even a similar storyline. That race almost exactly 30 years ago — Sept. 10, 1988 — lit the fuse, Full Story
Top 25: Vaught joins rankings at No. 24
Posted: 09/04/2018, 06:32 am By Alli CollisAfter sweeping the Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Racing Association holiday weekend tripleheader, Will Vaught of Crane, Mo., joined DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings while Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., held on to the top spot Full Story
Fast Facts: Eldora's 48th annual World 100
Posted: 09/04/2018, 06:32 pm By Robert HolmanEditor’s note: After rain washed out the Sept. 8-9 portion of the World 100, the Crown Jewel event resumes this weekend with Friday’s twin $10,000-to-win features. Saturday’s action includes heats, consolations and the 100-lap main Full Story
Texan's lengthy summer trek steers toward Big E
Posted: 09/03/2018, 01:26 pm By Alli CollisMIDDLEBOURNE, W.Va. (Sept. 2) — Tyler Erb is a true road warrior. It’s been three months since World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series competitor last returned to his New Waverly, Texas, home. But after a solid performance in Full Story
Fast Talk: Overton exceeds expectations?
Posted: 09/03/2018, 12:48 pmWhew! Fresh off a super-busy Labor Day weekend, our Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable barely takes a breath before focusing full bore on Eldora’s upcoming World 100 (edited for clarity and length): Is there a bigger “out Full Story
Satterlee aims for one spot better at World 100
Posted: 09/03/2018, 02:15 am By Alli CollisGregg Satterlee’s big Eldora Speedway moment came last September. The Indiana, Pa., driver fell one spot shy in the 47th annual World 100 at the historic oval in Rossburg, Ohio. | Complete World 100 coverage While he took the checkers Full Story
Coverage index for 48th annual World 100
Posted: 10/08/2018, 11:51 pmROSSBURG, Ohio — DirtonDirt.com's previews and coverage of the 48th annual World 100, the $51,000-to-win DIRTcar-sanctioned event scheduled for Sept. 6 and Oct. 13 at the half-mile Eldora Speedway: Wednesday, Oct. 17 • Column: McCreadie's Full Story
Notes: Dog Hollow champ overcomes engine woes
Posted: 08/30/2018, 12:34 am By Alli CollisDave Blazavich clinched his third consecutive Super Late Model track championship Saturday at Dog Hollow Speedway, but his five-victory season wasn’t all smooth sailing at the Strongstown, Pa., oval. Shortly after his second victory, Full Story
Column: Steady Pearson lifts team to biggest win
Posted: 08/29/2018, 09:08 pmWhen Black Diamond house car owner Ronnie Stuckey watched his driver, Earl Pearson Jr., flash under the checkered flag to win last Saturday night’s inaugural 100-lap Dirt Million presented by Arizona Sport Shirts at Mansfield (Ohio) Motor Full Story
Crossover lane can throw wrench into Eldora laps
Posted: 08/29/2018, 05:37 pm By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio — High speeds. An unforgiving concrete wall. Throngs of vocal fans. And the pressure of Dirt Late Model racing’s biggest events. Eldora Speedway provides plenty of challenges for World 100 drivers tackling the historic Full Story
Fast Facts: The 50th Hillbilly 100
Posted: 08/29/2018, 11:46 am By Robert HolmanDates: Aug. 31-Sept. 2 (a $4,000-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 $50,000-to-win Lucas Oil Series program) Track: Tyler Full Story
Quick Time: Sealing the deal difficult for Owens
Posted: 08/29/2018, 11:48 amTake 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
Notes: Pierce falls just shy in Dirt Million drama
Posted: 08/28/2018, 03:43 pm By Kevin KovacMANSFIELD, Ohio (Aug. 25) — For a few brief moments late in Saturday’s inaugural 100-lap Dirt Million presented by Arizona Sport Shirts at Mansfield Motor Speedway, Bob Pierce allowed himself to think that the racing gods were paying Full Story
By-the-numbers wrapup of inaugural Dirt Million
Posted: 08/28/2018, 09:48 am By Andy SavaryMANSFIELD, Ohio — By-the-numbers look at Aug. 24-25’s inaugural Dirt Million at Mansfield Motor Speedway on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series: 1: Driver involved in multiple cautions during the 100-lap race: Earl Pearson Jr., the Full Story
