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Mid-season turnaround ignites Unzicker's streak
Posted: 10/05/2017, 09:25 am By Alli CollisRyan Unzicker’s 2017 season is split into everything that happened before the Prairie Dirt Classic — and everything after. It’s easy to see why. July’s World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series event at Fairbury (Ill.) American Full Story
Iowan seeking late-season turnaround
Posted: 10/05/2017, 03:34 amIf the Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Racing Association had a category for torn-up sheet metal, J.C. Wyman may have already clinched that championship. Despite a rough few months, however, the Griswold, Iowa, driver still enters this weekend’s Full Story
Quick Time: Breakdown of Lucas Oil title chase
Posted: 10/04/2017, 02:54 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing (and the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Column: McIntosh casts eye toward national tour
Posted: 10/04/2017, 02:45 pmLast week’s announcement that Donald McIntosh of Dawsonville, Ga., will depart the Blount Motorsports seat at the end of the 2017 season to pursue a more ambitious traveling schedule did not come as a surprise to team owner Larry Garner. Full Story
Alabama Crate ace gets Super chance with GRT
Posted: 10/03/2017, 11:42 am By Kevin KovacJeremy Shaw of Millport, Ala., couldn’t have envisioned the dramatic change in trajectory his racing career has taken over the past 12 months. One year ago the 33-year-old Crate Late Model specialist was staring at life without sitting Full Story
Top 25: Unzicker joins rankings at No. 22
Posted: 10/03/2017, 10:08 am By Alli CollisThe winner of 14 of his last 20 starts, including a $5,000 payday Saturday at Peoria (Ill.) Speedway, Ryan Unzicker of El Paso, Ill., joined DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., held on to Full Story
Fast Talk: Sizing up the Lucas points chase
Posted: 10/02/2017, 12:05 pmOur weekly roundtable, as usual sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products, considers weekend action while evaluating a few overarching questions about the 2017 season (edited for clarity and length): Handicap the Lucas Oil points chase with Full Story
Less can be more, Duck River runner-up learns
Posted: 10/02/2017, 07:37 am By Robert HolmanWHEEL, Tenn. — Some lessons are learned the hard way. Look no further than Tyler Erb for proof. Over the last three seasons, the 20-year-old driver from New Waverly, Texas, has steadily seen his stock rise. That’s coincided with his Full Story
Larson seeks extra edge from Duck River practice
Posted: 09/29/2017, 11:22 am By Robert HolmanWHEEL, Tenn. (Sept. 28) — Like an exuberant teen jumping off an amusement park ride and running to the end of the line again, Brent Larson made every effort to get on the track each time Super Late Models were called to the track at Duck Full Story
Notes: Timing right for Anderson's racing return
Posted: 09/28/2017, 12:44 amJohn Anderson of Omaha, Neb., stopped racing a Dirt Late Model regularly after the 2014 season and didn’t compete at all last season, but he never left the sport. Unlike many other drivers with his level of accomplishment — most notably, Full Story
Notes: After winless stretch, Blackburn back on track
Posted: 09/28/2017, 12:23 am By Alli CollisAfter a disappointing couple of seasons, racing veteran Steve Blackburn of Greensboro, N.C., has bounced back in 2017. Piloting a new Rocket XR1, the 45-year-old driver has reached the double-digit victory mark, with no plans of slowing Full Story
Column: In twilight of career, Francis struggles
Posted: 09/27/2017, 12:54 pmWhen Steve Francis of Bowling Green, Ky., stood alongside DirtonDirt.com’s Ben Shelton for an on-camera interview shortly before the start of hot laps during the Sept. 14 Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s Full Story
Quick Time: WoO victory mark in B-Shepp's reach
Posted: 09/27/2017, 11:54 amTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing (and the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
2017 Late Model series and track champions
Posted: 12/15/2017, 11:31 amSeries champions Region-by-region champions on Dirt Late Model series and racing organizations for 2017: National Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series - Josh Richards World of Outlaws Late Model Series - Brandon Sheppard Midwest American Full Story
Top 25: Owens rises three spots in rankings
Posted: 09/26/2017, 10:04 am By Alli CollisAfter scoring his fourth Lucas Oil Series victory of the season in Friday’s Tribute to Steve Barnett at Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway, Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., was among the biggest movers in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, Full Story
Fast Talk: Roundtable sorts out stacked fields
Posted: 09/25/2017, 11:57 amOur Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable reviews a busy weekend of action including Brandon Sheppard’s WoO sweep, Scott Bloomquist’s Jackson 100 victory and Brandon Overton’s $20,000 Magnolia State Cotton Pickin’ 100 triumph Full Story
Track's new favorite son shines at Jackson 100
Posted: 09/25/2017, 08:37 am By Alli CollisBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Sept. 23) — Brownstown Speedway's crowd erupted when four-time race winner Don O’Neal’s name was called during driver introductions for Saturday’s 38th annual Jackson 100. But the loudest cheers? Moments later Full Story
Notes: Thrash doomed by Cotton Pickin' start
Posted: 09/25/2017, 06:13 am By Robert HolmanCOLUMBUS, Miss. — Chad Thrash is on the verge of wrapping up his first title with the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series. All the Meridian, Miss., native needs to do is sign in at the tour’s upcoming season finale, the Full Story
Notes: Rideless Mahoney hopes to land on his feet
Posted: 09/23/2017, 08:40 am By Alli CollisBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Sept. 22) — Cody Mahoney of Madison, Ind., hopes to land on his feet after learning last month he’d be leaving the Seymour, Ind.-based Bowman Motorsports team. The 30-year-old Mahoney aims to finish his third and Full Story
Notes: Technology new, but Mag's home for Wall
Posted: 09/23/2017, 06:04 am By Robert HolmanCOLUMBUS, Miss. — Chris Wall may have taken a brief hiatus, but the Springfield, La., driver can still wheel a car around Magnolia Motor Speedway. Wall, a two-time champion on the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series tour, Full Story
Notes: Clarksville Crate standout piles up victories
Posted: 09/21/2017, 07:09 am By Alli CollisWith back-to-back seasons a top-five finishes in UMP DIRTcar weekly points, Michael Zimmerman of Clarksville, Tenn., has established himself as one of the top Crate Late Model racers in the division. Zimmerman’s 2017 championship chase Full Story
Column: Happy, fast Marlar on top of game
Posted: 09/20/2017, 03:51 pmFor an outgoing, approachable guy like Mike Marlar, the whirlwind of adulation in which he found himself Saturday in Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway’s pit area after winning $40,000 for the second consecutive year was a wonderful moment to savor. The Full Story
Quick Time: Top drivers in 2017's richest races
Posted: 09/20/2017, 11:35 amTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing (and the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Top 25: Bailes climbs four spots in rankings
Posted: 09/19/2017, 10:42 am By Alli CollisAfter capturing a career-high $20,000 payday in Saturday’s Fastrak World Championship at Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, Va., Ross Bailes of Clover, S.C., made the biggest jump in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Brandon Full Story
Notes: Knoxville victory eludes Rocket house car
Posted: 09/18/2017, 06:06 pm By Kevin KovacKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 16) — Mark Richards's agonizing flirtation with victory in the Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Store seemingly knows no bounds. The Rocket Chassis house car owner has five Full Story
