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Quick Time: 10 years of statistics at Speedweeks
Posted: 02/21/2018, 11:18 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
Top 25: Davenport rises to top of power rankings
Posted: 02/20/2018, 08:30 am By Alli CollisAfter notching a Georgia-Florida Speedweeks-high four victories at three tracks, Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., unseated preseason pick Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., for the top spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings. Davenport, Full Story
Fast Talk: Wrapping up Volusia and Speedweeks
Posted: 02/19/2018, 12:20 pmOur weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products wraps up Georgia-Florida Speedweeks by considering Volusia’s concluding week and weighing in on February’s major-race action (edited for clarity and length; complete Speedweeks Full Story
Notes: Insult and injury for Junghans at Volusia
Posted: 02/19/2018, 11:56 am By Kevin KovacBARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 17) — Chase Junghans of Manhattan, Kan., spun out of contention for a strong finish late in Saturday night’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series feature at Volusia Speedway Park, but that misfortune Full Story
Numbers tell story after 14 Speedweeks events
Posted: 02/19/2018, 07:09 am By Andy SavaryA by-the-numbers review of 14 Super Late Model races from Georgia-Florida Speedweeks action for Super Late Models, made up of Feb. 2-17 action at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga.; East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla.; Bubba Full Story
After victory, Bloomquist ponders return to WoO
Posted: 02/17/2018, 03:43 am By Kevin KovacBARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 16) — Scott Bloomquist has a decision to make. Less than one week after completing the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series portion of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks in an enormous points hole, Bloomquist finds himself Full Story
Jameson's promising run at Volusia ends in anger
Posted: 02/16/2018, 03:08 am By Kevin KovacBARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 15) — Jason Jameson and the Rattliff Racing team’s decision to stick around Volusia Speedway Park’s DIRTcar Nationals one day longer than they originally planned nearly paid off spectacularly. Instead, the Full Story
After night on the town, T-Mac gets groove back
Posted: 02/15/2018, 02:55 am By Kevin KovacBARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 14) — To what did Tim McCreadie attribute his abrupt Georgia-Florida Speedweeks turnaround from frustrating slog to a $10,000 winner in Wednesday night’s fog-shortened World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series Full Story
Missouri teen takes aim at Wheatland championship
Posted: 02/13/2018, 12:52 pm By Lyndal ScrantonWhen Rick Hoover made the phone call last summer to measure young Kaeden Cornell's interest in driving one of his ULMA Late Models, the veteran Ozarks-area car owner had done his homework. "I had been watching Kaeden for two years in his Full Story
Iowa's Bruening enjoys solid Speedweeks finish
Posted: 02/13/2018, 12:59 pm By Kevin KovacBARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 12) — In Tyler Bruening’s racing world, Monday’s DIRTcar Nationals opener at Volusia Speedway Park could scarcely have gone better. Second-fastest lap in group time trials. Runner-up in a heat race. Seventh-place Full Story
Notes: Monday win ends J.D.'s futility at Volusia
Posted: 02/13/2018, 03:07 am By Kevin KovacBARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 12) — Volusia Speedway Park has long been a thorn in Jonathan Davenport’s side. “This place has always been kind of tough on me,” Davenport said. “It’s tough on a driver. This place is really tricky.” Full Story
Fast Talk: Speedweeks reset heading to Volusia
Posted: 02/12/2018, 10:12 amOur Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable resets Georgia-Florida Speedweeks with one week remaining at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. (edited for clarity and length; complete Speedweeks coverage): Any argument that Full Story
Never-say-die team lifts Sheppard to unlikely win
Posted: 02/09/2018, 07:33 am By Kevin KovacGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 8) — Brandon Sheppard rolled into East Bay Raceway Park’s pit area behind a push truck Thursday night, his Rocket Chassis house car bruised and battered from a heat-race accident that put his odds of starting — Full Story
Old friend's favor powers resurgent Overton to win
Posted: 02/08/2018, 06:33 am By Kevin KovacGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 7) — Thanks to a little help from an old friend, Brandon Overton’s Georgia-Florida Speedweeks went from moribund to spectacular virtually overnight. Overton, 26, of Evans, Ga., and the Dream Racing team’s plans Full Story
After J.D.'s first victory, team ready for No. 2
Posted: 02/07/2018, 03:32 pm By Kevin KovacGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 6) — Shortly after celebrating his first win driving for Lance Landers on Tuesday night at East Bay Raceway Park, Jonathan Davenport was asked by a reporter what his new car owner had said to him in victory lane. “It’s Full Story
Column: Still recovering, Heckenast eyes return
Posted: 02/07/2018, 07:46 amFrank Heckenast Jr. of Frankfort, Ill., hasn’t competed in every Georgia-Florida Speedweeks since his first trip south as a driver in 2006, but he’s come close. The only seasons he hasn’t circled a track in Georgia and/or Florida Full Story
Pierce awakens, posts 24th-to-6th East Bay run
Posted: 02/07/2018, 12:51 am By Kevin KovacGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 6) — Bobby Pierce’s bad night became even worse when an oil-pump belt broke on his Dunn-Benson Racing machine as he took the checkered flag four positions short of transferring to Tuesday evening’s Wrisco Industries Full Story
Dad coaxes extra effort from winning Sheppard
Posted: 02/06/2018, 10:47 am By Kevin KovacGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 5) — Rocket Chassis house car owner Mark Richards repeated a familiar refrain after watching his driver, Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., pull off a dramatic last-lap victory in Monday’s 30-lap Lucas Oil Late Full Story
Notes: After loss on final lap, no sulking by Moran
Posted: 02/06/2018, 01:18 am By Kevin KovacGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 5) — Devin Moran’s heartbreaking, last-circuit defeat in Monday night’s 30-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Wrisco Winternationals opener at East Bay Raceway Park was, for all intents and purposes, Full Story
Fast Talk: Champ sweep shakes foes' confidence?
Posted: 02/05/2018, 12:07 pmWith the first weekend of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks behind us, the Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable reviews Golden Isles while looking ahead to East Bay (edited for clarity and length; complete Speedweeks coverage): Is the Full Story
Notes: Overton focused on Screven, WoO return
Posted: 02/04/2018, 01:07 am By Alli CollisBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Feb. 3) — Practice makes perfect. Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., is one of the first drivers to attest to this adage. With engine problems knocking him out of Thursday’s open practice session at Golden Isles Speedway, Full Story
Younger O'Neal upbeat despite Lucas near-miss
Posted: 02/03/2018, 09:17 am By Alli CollisBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Feb. 2) — Hudson O’Neal was so close to his first-ever Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory Friday at Golden Isles Speedway, he could almost see the checkered flag. Quite literally. But it just wasn’t meant to Full Story
Notes: Salvaging night, Zeigler aims to improve
Posted: 02/03/2018, 05:16 am By Alli CollisBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Feb. 2) — Mason Zeigler was hesitant to call his ninth-place effort in Friday’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series opener at Golden Isles Speedway a “good night,” but it certainly ended better than it started. | Complete Full Story
Lucas Oil's Golden Isles practice roster
Posted: 02/01/2018, 10:19 pmBRUNSWICK, Ga. — The 35 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series drivers practicing Thursday in preparation for the Feb. 2-3 Rhino Ag Super Bowl of Racing at Golden Isles Speedway (complete Speedweeks coverage): Golden Isles practice roster (Drivers Full Story
Column: Young Texan eager for Speedweeks
Posted: 01/31/2018, 04:38 pmAt the fresh-faced age of 21, Tyler Erb obviously doesn’t have a long history to consider when asked to compare his optimism entering the 2018 racing season to his others before it. But, as the New Waverly, Texas, driver dives into his Full Story
