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• Vosbergen has another satisfying trip stateside

  Posted: 07/28/2017, 01:11 pm By Alli Collis

  CROSSVILLE, Tenn. (July 27) — While Americans might take once-in-a-lifetime trips to Australia, Down Under driver Craig Vosbergen has settled into a steady rhythm of racing trips to North America to scratch his competitive itch. The Full Story

• Fairbury's PDC fits right in Babb's wheelhouse

  Posted: 07/27/2017, 01:10 pm By Kevin Kovac

  This week has already provided Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., two lucrative purses to chase in his backyard. But one more — the biggest Dirt Late Model prize of them all in the Land of Lincoln — still remains. After spending the last Full Story

• Wedding reception chatter leads to successful ride

  Posted: 07/27/2017, 10:31 am By Lyndal Scranton

  A chance meeting that ended with Todd Shute writing his phone number on a napkin turned into a a chance to make a big impact for the driver from Des Moines, Iowa. The veteran modified racer has become a force at Wheatland, Mo.'s Lucas Full Story

• Notes: Titles unlikely, but Opie shining in '17

  Posted: 07/27/2017, 12:50 am By Alli Collis

  After debuting a new Billy Moyer Victory Race Car back in May, Mike Spatola of Manhattan, Ill., has been on a roll through the summer, scoring multiple wins and top-five finishes against tough weekly fields at Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway Full Story

• Quick Time: Career-high paydays for top drivers

  Posted: 07/26/2017, 04:13 pm

  Take 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

• Feger, Pierce trade paint on fifth-mile? It's Macon

  Posted: 07/26/2017, 07:47 am By Kevin Kovac

  MACON, Ill. (July 25) — Jason Feger and Bobby Pierce made significant contact three times in the last seven laps of Tuesday’s St. Louis U-Pic-A-Part 100 at Macon Speedway, a tit-for-tat that ended with Feger limping to a fourth-place Full Story

• Column: T-Mac enjoying the chance to be himself

  Posted: 07/25/2017, 02:03 pm

  There's little doubt that the major change to Tim McCreadie’s Dirt Late Model program this season — specifically, having his long-time team owner, Carl Myers of Sweeteners Plus, back a Longhorn house car deal that’s based at the chassis Full Story

• Top 25: McIntosh rejoins rankings at No. 23

  Posted: 07/25/2017, 10:19 am By Alli Collis

  After scoring three straight Schaeffer Oil Southern Nationals victories, Donald McIntosh of Dawsonville, Ga., rejoined DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings while Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., held on to the top spot for the Full Story

• Notes: Shirley finishes 7th amid I-80's scrapes

  Posted: 07/24/2017, 01:25 pm By Kevin Kovac

  GREENWOOD, Neb. (July 22) — Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., placed a modest seventh in Saturday night’s 80-lap Imperial Tile Silver Dollar Nationals at I-80 Speedway — a final finishing position that didn’t tell the story of his Full Story

• Fast Talk: Reviewing I-80, T-Mac's big victory

  Posted: 07/24/2017, 10:28 am

  Following Tim McCreadie’s Silver Dollar Nationals victory, our Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored weekly roundtable considers I-80’s weekend and other summer racing action (edited for clarity and length): Is Nebraska's I-80 Speedway, Full Story

• Data-crunching focus lifts Buckingham team

  Posted: 07/24/2017, 08:54 am By Robert Holman

  Shanon Buckingham has been questioned more than once about his remarkable consistency during the Schaeffer Oil Southern Nationals. With each podium finish he registers — he has five through the first six events, more than any other driver Full Story

• Young O'Neal feels like he let team down at I-80

  Posted: 07/24/2017, 08:12 am By Kevin Kovac

  GREENWOOD, Neb. (July 22) — As Hudson O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind., stood in I-80 Speedway’s pit area and talked about his ninth-place finish in Saturday night’s 80-lap Imperial Tile Silver Dollar Nationals, the 16-year-old sensation Full Story

• Racer's death tugs at Cook's heartstrings

  Posted: 07/23/2017, 06:37 pm By Brian McLeod

  SWAINSBORO, Ga. — Series promoter Ray Cook was wearing his radio headset and directing a qualifying session when his phone buzzed with a text during time trials for Friday's Schaeffer Oil Southern Nationals for the Schaeffer Oil Southern Full Story

• Despite shattered elbow, W.Va., driver plugs away

  Posted: 07/23/2017, 12:00 pm By Alli Collis

  RICHMOND, Ky. (July 22) — After scoring back-to-back five-figure paydays at Richmond Raceway, Tyler Carpenter of Parkersburg, W.Va., was eager to return to the central Kentucky oval to gun for his second straight Paul “Butterball” Full Story

• Notes: Hickman runs into trouble in Georgia

  Posted: 07/22/2017, 03:41 pm By Robert Holman

  SWAINSBORO, Ga. — Riley Hickman headed out for a planned five-race swing through Georgia with the Schaeffer Oil Southern Nationals with hopes of turning his fortunes around. After a fifth-place finish at Senoia Raceway on Thursday night Full Story

• Notes: Pit-area scare doesn't slow Bloomquist

  Posted: 07/22/2017, 01:14 pm By Kevin Kovac

  GREENWOOD, Neb. (July 21) — The most fortunate moment of Scott Bloomquist’s Friday night at I-80 Speedway didn’t happen on the racetrack. As the first round of the evening’s double-heat qualifying program for the Imperial Tile Full Story

• Simpson brings positive spin to Silver Dollar hunt

  Posted: 07/20/2017, 06:32 pm By Kevin Kovac

  The last time Chris Simpson of Oxford, Iowa, visited I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb. — for a May 23 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event — he left the track with a destroyed race car and a sore, bruised body after flipping wildly Full Story

• Notes: Part of I-80 prep, part of I-80 action

  Posted: 07/20/2017, 12:33 pm

  There’s one Silver Dollar Nationals entrant who has a special connection to this weekend’s Silver Dollar Nationals at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb. Andrew Kosiski of Omaha, Neb. — the son of I-80 promoter Joe Kosiski — is not Full Story

• Notes: Heart surgery to sideline IMCA contender

  Posted: 07/20/2017, 07:49 am By Alli Collis

  Iowa driver Jeremiah Hurst only remembers bits and pieces of Friday’s second 30-lap feature at Farley (Iowa) Speedway, but anyone hearing the story won’t soon forget it. Unable to breathe normally, the 41-year-old Dubuque native was Full Story

• Notes: Second at 411, Hill survives again

  Posted: 07/19/2017, 03:34 pm By Todd Turner

  SEYMOUR, Tenn. (July 18) — Vic Hill managed to win Saturday’s Schaeffer Oil Southern Nationals opener despite losing his car’s air cleaner on the third lap and his car’s brakes with eight laps remaining. | RaceWire In racing to Full Story

• Quick Time: Comparing best UMP tour seasons

  Posted: 07/19/2017, 01:45 pm

  Take 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

• Aussie raises bar with fourth place at 411

  Posted: 07/18/2017, 11:50 pm By Todd Turner

  SEYMOUR, Tenn. (July 18) — His team’s truck broken down in the 411 Motor Speedway pits, David Doherty joked that long journey from Sydney, Australia, might’ve caused Tuesday evening’s problems. “We had to change the propellers Full Story

• Column: Oakshade win satisfying one for K-Rob

  Posted: 07/18/2017, 01:27 pm

  Kent Robinson was still dressed in his driver’s suit well after he celebrated Saturday’s victory in the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals-sanctioned Birthday Race at Oakshade Raceway in Wauseon, Ohio. He stood alongside his trailer parked Full Story

• Top 25: Moyer Jr. rises two spots in rankings

  Posted: 07/18/2017, 09:28 am By Alli Collis

  After scoring a pair of UMP DIRTcar Summernationals victories at Hartford (Mich.) Speedway and Merritt Speedway in Lake City, Mich., Billy Moyer Jr. of Batesville, Ark., inched up in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings while Brandon Full Story

• By-the-numbers wrapup of UMP Summernationals

  Posted: 07/18/2017, 07:25 am

  A by-the-numbers review of the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals from June 14’s opener at Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway to the July 15 finale at Oakshade Raceway in Wauseon, Ohio (complete Summernationals coverage): 0: Finishes outside of the Full Story