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Jameson's early-season misery ends in big way
Posted: 04/19/2025, 08:56 am By Bryan AultPARAGON, Ind. (April 18) — Jason Jameson’s expectations heading into Friday’s Northern Allstars Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Marvin O’Neal Memorial at Paragon Speedway were understandably low. In his first two starts of the Full Story
Dispatches: Rebounding Erb rallies, wins at Taz
Posted: 04/20/2025, 03:19 amAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing the third weekend in April, including MARS action from an Iowa tripleheader and Schaeffer's Spring Nationals competition in Tennessee (look elsewhere for Northern Allstars Full Story
Notes: Kopka rubs elbows with Volusia heroes
Posted: 04/17/2025, 06:28 am By Matt SkipperMikey Kopka grew up watching drivers he considered icons make a name for themselves at Volusia Speedway Park. Since 2024, Kopka has gotten to work closely with two greats of Florida’s Dirt Late Model history, piloting a 604 Late Model Full Story
Column: Crate windfall buoys Wilson's efforts
Posted: 04/16/2025, 05:23 pmA Crate Late Model race paying $50,000-to-win at his hometown’s Fayetteville (N.C.) Motor Speedway? Daulton Wilson couldn’t pass up that rare opportunity. So once April 10-12’s XR 602 Crate Nationals began drawing closer, Wilson Full Story
Video, apps critical for instant qualifying info
Posted: 04/15/2025, 11:03 am By Todd TurnerFARMER CITY, Ill. — As the final qualifier during Illini 100 weekend at Farmer City Raceway, Jason Feger wanted to have every scrap of information he could about previous time-trialers before his No. 25 tripped the clock. Wife Abby watched Full Story
Top 25: Pierce on top as B-Shepp, O'Neal climb
Posted: 04/15/2025, 06:41 am By Kevin KovacBobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., failed in his bid to capture a third consecutive Illini 100, but a pair of solid runs in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series-sanctioned weekend at Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway kept him atop DirtonDirt’s Full Story
Drivers prepare (and brace) for tire revision
Posted: 04/14/2025, 02:27 pm By Kyle McFaddenAs a Hoosier Racing Tire dealer, racer Matt Cosner of Ridgeley, W.Va., knew changes were coming to the tire brand’s National Late Model Tire, the limited-compound program that governs many tours, including the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Full Story
Fast Talk: Star drivers return to prominence
Posted: 04/14/2025, 10:52 amDirtonDirt’s roundtable gathers to offer perspective on the resurgent weekends of Brandon Sheppard and Hudson O’Neal, debate big-money Crate Late Model races and consider Easter Sunday racing in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Full Story
B-Shepp quiets doubters with vintage Illini run
Posted: 04/13/2025, 01:25 am By Todd TurnerFARMER CITY, Ill. (April 12) — This one is for the doubters. Without a doubt. Eager for a vindicating victory to welcome the return of Brandon Sheppard back to the driver’s seat, the long-formidable Rocket Chassis house car team got Full Story
Notes: Troutman close yet again at Farmer City
Posted: 04/12/2025, 11:24 pm By Todd TurnerFARMER CITY, Ill. (April 12) — There are no moral victories for Drake Troutman. Every single race he loses, the 19-year-old climbs from the car wishing he’d have won. Even more so Saturday at Farmer City Raceway in the finale of the Full Story
Trouble brews for WoO hopefuls at Farmer City
Posted: 04/12/2025, 04:30 am By Todd TurnerFARMER CITY, Ill. (April 11) — For many of Friday’s top contenders at Farmer City Raceway, there was a laundry list of reasons they didn’t find victory lane. A spin after first-lap contact. Collected by a slower car’s incident. Full Story
Notes: B-Shepp finding more speed at Farmer City
Posted: 04/12/2025, 04:17 am By Todd TurnerFARMER CITY, Ill. (April 11) — Entering Friday’s Illini 100 opener at Farmer City Raceway, reigning World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., had a single top-five in national touring competition Full Story
Nailing perfect balance, Dotson breaks WoO seal
Posted: 04/12/2025, 01:42 am By Todd TurnerFARMER CITY, Ill. (April 11) — Ethan Dotson knows his aggressive racing style has gotten him into trouble a few times early in his Late Model career. He’s working on it, he promises. "I just try to give it all I’ve got every time Full Story
Legend's mentorship lives on with rookie Ebert
Posted: 04/11/2025, 05:25 pm By Todd TurnerFARMER CITY, Ill. (April 11) — When Dan Ebert’s dirt racing career began in the pure stock division 20 years ago, his night wasn’t complete until the Lake Shore, Minn., driver called his mentor to discuss his night at the track. Waiting Full Story
Column: Feger unlocks success in home region
Posted: 04/10/2025, 06:05 pmJason Feger doesn’t call it a comeback. Nor does the veteran from Bloomington, Ill., subscribe to the theory that, at 46, he’s a reborn Dirt Late Model driver. While there’s no doubt that the MARS Championship Series becoming an Full Story
Dispatches: Overton on right path at Wheatland
Posted: 04/11/2025, 11:33 amAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing the second weekend in April, including action from Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo., among other Super Late Model specials (most of the World of Outlaws Late Model Full Story
Hoosier's new right rear improves sidebite, wear
Posted: 04/10/2025, 11:34 am By Kyle McFaddenHoosier Racing Tire on Monday will unveil a revised version of its right-rear tire for Dirt Late Models, a slightly wider tire that’s proven in testing to provide better sidebite, balance and wear. The Lakeville, Ind.-based tire manufacturer Full Story
Notes: Mississippian up to speed after long layoff
Posted: 04/10/2025, 06:58 am By Todd TurnerEric Cooley wasn’t exactly sure what to expect in his first dirt race in five years. Climbing back into a Crate Late Model, "I knew mentally in my mind that I could do it,” but the 34-year-old Fulton, Miss., racer wondered if he’d Full Story
Missouri standout refocusing on Super Late Models
Posted: 04/09/2025, 08:25 am By Lyndal ScrantonJustin Wells jokes that it’s a shame a milestone birthday is in the not-too-distant future. The half-century mark can be daunting. No matter the chosen occupation, it's supposed to mean a slower pace. But the 48-year-old Aurora, Mo., Full Story
Seawright sees success as only the beginning
Posted: 04/09/2025, 08:26 am By Kevin KovacWhile Sam Seawright’s start to the 2025 season boasts three Super Late Model victories and four overall, the Rainsville, Ala., driver isn't over the moon about the results. “Not too bad,” said Seawright, who Saturday earned a career-richest Full Story
Teams, students grade UNOH program with A+
Posted: 04/08/2025, 08:46 am By Kyle McFaddenVishesh Sharma had never seen a Dirt Late Model before, yet during Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events at Atomic Speedway outside Chillicothe, Ohio, and Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway two weeks ago, he found himself working as a crew member Full Story
Fast Talk: Recap, perches and unheralded drivers
Posted: 04/07/2025, 11:09 amAfter a weekend when a wide swath of never-ending rain wiped out most Super Late Model specials, our roundtable tries to dry out with a racing overview in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity Full Story
Dispatches: McDowell's TST strategy does trick
Posted: 04/04/2025, 11:09 pmAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing the first weekend in April, including Hunt the Front Super Dirt Series action at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Ala., on a weekend when many events were rained out: McDowell Full Story
Column: Eckert's vintage No. 24 impressive in '25
Posted: 04/03/2025, 07:05 amWhile Rick Eckert might have the youthful face and thick hair of a man who isn’t aging, time does march on and he’s now 59 years old with the big 6-0 coming in December. He’s eclipsed four decades as a race car driver as well. But Full Story
Notes: Virginian's Crate career starts with bang
Posted: 04/03/2025, 06:30 am By Todd TurnerPerfection is mostly unattainable in dirt racing, but after his first Crate Late Model outing March 22 at Winchester (Va.) Speedway, Cody Williams got a brief feeling of what it was like. He was 1-for-1 in the division and had just outrun Full Story










































