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• 'Role model' team owner Lamm lauded by racers

  Posted: 04/19/2018, 05:21 am By Kevin Kovac

  Everyone who crossed paths with Carlton Lamm — at the racetrack, at his automobile dealership, on the street, anywhere — couldn’t help but notice one inherent trait in the long-time Dirt Late Model team owner. | Slideshow “He was Full Story

• Notes: West Virginian nabs first Super victory

  Posted: 04/19/2018, 05:04 am By Alli Collis

  Racing in the Ohio Valley, Brandon Francis of Parkersburg, W.Va., is used to running against some of the sport’s toughest local competitors each weekend. And that’s one of the things that makes his first career Super Late Model victory Full Story

• Quick Time: Dunn-Benson among standard bearers

  Posted: 04/18/2018, 11:53 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

• Column: Regional stars don't relish best in class

  Posted: 04/18/2018, 07:13 am

  If you took a moment to peruse the results of Saturday’s 60-lap Aaron’s King of the Commonwealth feature at Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, Va., you would have noticed that sixth-place finisher Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., eighth-place Full Story

• Fast Talk: Circuitous trips highlight old-school action

  Posted: 04/16/2018, 11:01 am

  As Dirt Late Model racing continues to try and pry itself from wintry and unstable spring weather, our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products considers the weekend’s abbreviated action (edited for clarity and length): Evaluate Full Story

• Eighth-row ralliers weave way into top five at VMS

  Posted: 04/16/2018, 07:13 am By Kevin Kovac

  JAMAICA, Va. (April 14) — Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., and Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., started side-by-side in the eighth row of Saturday’s 60-lap Aaron’s King of the Commonwealth feature at Virginia Motor Speedway. They spent Full Story

• Sheppard makes best of impromptu trip to Atomic

  Posted: 04/14/2018, 08:17 am By Alli Collis

  ALMA, Ohio (April 13) — Initially, Brandon Sheppard of New  Berlin, Ill., had no plans of entering Friday’s Lucas Oil Series event at Atomic Speedway. In fact, the reigning World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series champion and Full Story

• Notes: Trammell carries on family racing tradition

  Posted: 04/12/2018, 07:18 am By Alli Collis

  For Jason Trammell, dirt track racing is more than just a hobby. It’s a family tradition. The 42-year-old Knoxville, Tenn., driver grew up watching both his father and grandfather race before eventually taking his own turn in the driver’s Full Story

• Column: Key connection boosts Stinger's fortunes

  Posted: 04/11/2018, 11:29 am

  The pairing of the young, rising chassis builder and the up-and-coming Dirt Late Model driver that would ultimately lead, just two months after its consummation, to a monumental first-ever national touring series victory for both men was Full Story

• Quick Time: Illinois defends national tour turf

  Posted: 04/11/2018, 09:57 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

• Fast Talk: Roundtable helps reboot '18 season

  Posted: 04/09/2018, 06:47 am

  With most dirt tracks taking the weekend off after cold and wet weather, our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products looks ahead to mid-April racing and better weather (edited for clarity and length): With 56 days between Full Story

• Lucas Oil irons out final rule changes for 2018

  Posted: 04/08/2018, 07:15 am By Kevin Kovac

  Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series director Rick Schwallie and his staff planned to spend last week focusing on the weekend’s scheduled Bad Boy 98 at Batesville (Ark.) Motor Speedway, an event that was, alas, cancelled on Wednesday because Full Story

• ULMA runner-up intent on another title chase

  Posted: 04/05/2018, 10:36 am By Lyndal Scranton

  Cody Holtkamp got a few things figured out on his new Rocket Chassis last weekend during preseason practice at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. "We worked out a couple of bugs and we were ready to go and try to make a good showing Full Story

• Notes: Pain in neck past, Alabama driver shining

  Posted: 04/05/2018, 07:19 am By Alli Collis

  Monte Skinner missed nearly half of 2017 because of neck surgery, but the 46-year-old Crate Late Model racer from Saraland, Ala., is back and better than ever. While success at Mississippi tracks had eluded him, Skinner scored a pair of Full Story

• Quick Time: Flashback to Charlotte's Colossal 100

  Posted: 04/04/2018, 10:53 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

• Column: Higher run lifts Simpson's career higher

  Posted: 04/04/2018, 10:19 am

  Chris Simpson had so many reasons to be thrilled about his $15,000 victory in last Saturday night’s 75-lap Hoker Trucking Thaw Brawl finale at La Salle (Ill.) Speedway. The most obvious, of course, was the fact that the triumph was the Full Story

• Top 25: Weiss rises five spots in power rankings

  Posted: 04/03/2018, 09:59 am By Alli Collis

  After notching a podium finish in Saturday’s Thaw Brawl finale at La Salle (Ill.) Speedway, Ricky Weiss of Headingley, Manitoba, made the biggest jump in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings while Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., Full Story

• Fast Talk: Sorting out racing's Easter basket

  Posted: 04/02/2018, 11:30 am

  Our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products considers Easter weekend results from special events around the country (edited for clarity and length): Who found the best eggs? Michael Rigsby, DirtonDirt.com co-founder and Full Story

• Notes: Shirley not defeated by La Salle loss

  Posted: 03/31/2018, 01:26 pm

  La SALLE, Ill. (March 30) — Brian Shirley had more than enough reason to hang his head and sulk after having Friday night’s 50-lap Hoker Trucking Thaw Brawl weekend opener slip from his grasp with the finish oh-so-close. | RaceWire Alas, Full Story

• Off the couch in earnest, Babb shows vintage form

  Posted: 03/31/2018, 10:31 am

  La SALLE, Ill. (March 30) — Shannon Babb might have “just been sitting on the couch” for the first three months of 2018 while many of his contemporaries exercised their Dirt Late Model driving skills, but that inactivity didn’t Full Story

• Notes: Florida driver continues winning ways

  Posted: 03/29/2018, 08:58 am By Alli Collis

  Nevin Gainey of Fort White, Fla., spent much his 2017 season on the road, competing at racetracks across Georgia and Florida. All of that travel paid off for the 34-year-old driver, who closed the year as one of his home-state’s top weekly Full Story

• Column: At mid-career, Feger grinding forward

  Posted: 03/28/2018, 03:56 pm

  As Jason Feger readies to start another season as a Dirt Late Model driver — weather permitting, this weekend in the Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Association-sanctioned Thaw Brawl at La Salle (Ill.) Speedway — he also sits on the cusp Full Story

• Quick Time: Springing toward a Lucas Oil title

  Posted: 03/28/2018, 01:14 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

• Top 25: Pearson climbs to 9th in power rankings

  Posted: 03/27/2018, 10:38 am By Alli Collis

  After scoring his first Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory of the season on Friday at Boyd’s Speedway, Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., joined the top 10 in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings while Brandon Sheppard Full Story

• Long road trip pays off for improving Schlenk

  Posted: 03/26/2018, 06:01 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Balky March weather has prevented Rusty Schlenk from doing any racing within a reasonable driving distance from his McClure, Ohio, home since he returned from last month’s Georgia-Florida Speedweeks, so he vowed that his C.J. Rayburn Full Story