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Column: Weaver finds niche as Eldora analyst
Posted: 06/12/2025, 01:29 pmNearly five years after debuting as an analyst on the FloRacing broadcasts of the crown jewel events at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, Randy Weaver can’t deny that his camera time has given him a new image in the Dirt Late Model world. First Full Story
Series pioneer recalls Hell Tour's bumpy start
Posted: 06/12/2025, 09:10 am By Todd TurnerKANKAKEE, Ill. — Fans of the modern-era DIRTcar Summer Nationals take it for granted that they’ll have the chance to attend five (or 10 or 20 …) Super Late Model races at their favorite tracks each summer. The Midwest’s summer Full Story
Notes: S.C. driver hitting his stride
Posted: 06/12/2025, 04:11 am By Todd TurnerAs with most hobby dirt track racers, Thomas Hedgpath has mostly squeezed in his racing career amid making a living, raising a family and handling all the other non-racing things that come along with being the average citizen. Hedgpath Full Story
Notes: On 'vacation,' Millwood chases Hell Tour
Posted: 06/11/2025, 03:33 pm By Todd TurnerKANKAKEE, Ill. (June 11) — While plenty of drivers take vacation time to compete on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals, it’s hardly a vacation from work. Drivers and crews toil on repetitive and long, hot days at 30-plus tracks around the Full Story
Moyer keeps rolling amid team, health challenges
Posted: 06/11/2025, 11:44 am By Todd TurnerBROWNSTOWN, Ill. (June 10) — No matter what else is going on, Billy Moyer has a tendency to focus on the task at hand — making his race car go fast. The 67-year-old Hall of Famer did just that Tuesday night at the Brownstown Bullring, Full Story
Half-century in, Stuhler still blazing new trails
Posted: 06/11/2025, 10:53 am By Kyle McFaddenSPRING RUN, Pa. (June 10) — The most staggering part of Gary Stuhler’s racing career that’s now spanned a remarkable half-century might not lie in anything he’s accomplished. And that’s a long list: Nearly 400 career Super Late Full Story
Back after surgery, it's all about fun for Harrison
Posted: 06/11/2025, 05:49 am By Todd TurnerBROWNSTOWN, Ill. (June 10) — After April 7 surgery to remove a nickel-size melanoma patch near the corner of Mike Harrison's left eye, doctors gave him permission on May 8 to resume normal activities. It’s no surprise to anyone that Full Story
With non-stop racing, it's an old-school Hell Tour
Posted: 06/10/2025, 05:37 pm By Todd TurnerBROWNSTOWN, Ill. (June 10) — The weekday-focused DIRTcar Summer Nationals was built on day-after-day racing. If the day ended in a “Y,” you were racing. “I’ve done the original Hell Tour,” said Jason Palubicki, former series Full Story
After travel misstep, veteran tastes Hell Tour
Posted: 06/10/2025, 03:05 pm By Todd TurnerBROWNSTOWN, Ill. (June 10) — Fulfilling a bucket list item, dirt racer Chuck Southard of Franklin, N.C., was excited about running for the first time on the Midwestern-based DIRTcar Summer Nationals. The 57-year-old retiree spent the Full Story
Dudley finds learning curve tall in Eldora debut
Posted: 06/10/2025, 07:29 am By Aaron ClayROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — Why would a driver with only a handful of Super Late Model starts attempt Dream XXXI at Eldora Speedway? For Montana Dudley, it’s to learn and improve his racing program. “It was definitely more of a learning Full Story
Top 25: Rice rises with Pierce still No. 1
Posted: 06/10/2025, 05:15 am By Kevin KovacBobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., couldn’t stop Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., from reaching victory lane in Saturday’s Dream XXXI at Eldora Speedway, but the 28-year-old star’s all-podium week at the half-mile oval in Rossburg, Full Story
Notes: Minitour spotlight on American Racers
Posted: 06/09/2025, 07:58 pm By Kyle McFaddenPORT ROYAL, Pa. (June 7) — Selinsgrove Ford Appalachian Mountain Speedweek is perhaps the most crucial stretch of races American Racer has prepared for as a tire brand in Dirt Late Model racing. Until this year, the Indiana, Pa.-based Full Story
Blown tire, wreck ruins Covert's minitour opener
Posted: 06/09/2025, 07:53 pm By Kyle McFaddenPORT ROYAL, Pa. (June 7) — Jason Covert had a shot at his best finish at Port Royal Speedway in three years during Saturday’s Selinsgrove Ford Appalachian Mountain Speedweek opener — until the sixth lap. Running third in the early Full Story
New schemes, big T-shirt sales at Eldora
Posted: 06/09/2025, 02:46 pm By Aaron ClayROSSBURG, Ohio (June 5) — Eldora Speedway is a hot spot for debuting the latest Dirt Late Model T-shirts with drivers Bobby Pierce, Tyler Erb and Ashton Winger among those fielding cars with novel graphic schemes at Dream XXXI. | Slideshow Full Story
Fast Talk: All things Dream XXXI from Eldora
Posted: 06/09/2025, 11:11 amWith Jonathan Davenport capturing his third consecutive Dream, our roundtable discusses Eldora’s huge event among other races in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length; complete Full Story
Notes: Pierce can't keep up with J.D. at Dream
Posted: 06/09/2025, 07:39 am By Kevin Kovac and Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 7) — Bobby Pierce climbed from ninth to second with a car that wasn’t quite right. Then after changing rear tires he rallied from the rear with a car that performed way more to his liking. The result in Saturday’s Full Story
Engine woes end Hardy's AMS minitour run early
Posted: 06/08/2025, 07:21 pm By Kyle McFaddenPORT ROYAL, Pa. (June 7) — Being the four-time reigning DirtonDirt Virginia Driver of the Year with 116 multidivision victories since the start of 2021, contending for the Appalachian Mountain Speedweek title is a very realistic expectation Full Story
Dream winner's Eldora mastery stirs fans, foes
Posted: 06/08/2025, 11:35 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 7) — Saturday’s Dream XXXI finale at Eldora Speedway was 22 laps old and Jonathan Davenport still sat in 13th place — exactly where he had started the 100-lap race. | Complete Dream coverage There was nothing Full Story
From lap down, Hoffman lands on Dream podium
Posted: 06/08/2025, 08:31 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 7) — Nick Hoffman’s mantra heading into Saturday’s Dream XXXI was to stay out of the unforgiving concrete wall at Eldora Speedway, making sure he’d have the opportunity to grab a $100,000 payday. “All day Full Story
Tire management key to J.D.'s Eldora ownership
Posted: 06/08/2025, 06:43 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 7) — Taking care of your tires over 100 grueling laps at Eldora Speedway is always important. During Saturday’s Dream XXXI when the half-mile track surface’s dirt crumbs chewed up rubber quicker than usual, it Full Story
Speedweek stretch fits Satterlee like a glove
Posted: 06/08/2025, 02:36 am By Kyle McFaddenPORT ROYAL, Pa. (June 7) — In a perfect world, Gregg Satterlee would probably like to race more than 11 times before the month of June. What he wouldn’t change, though, is the traveling dynamic of his family-owned team and how they’ve Full Story
Eldora embraces Rice's career-richest victory
Posted: 06/07/2025, 11:37 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — Jerry Rice is one of the most approachable guys in the Dirt Late Model pit area, but he had to be a little standoffish during Friday's held-over 50-lap Dream XXXI preliminary feature at Eldora Speedway. | Complete Full Story
Part-timer Culp mixes it up with the best at Big E
Posted: 06/07/2025, 01:55 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — Pitted in the far reaches of Eldora Speedway’s upper pit area, back behind the green-lit helipad where the track’s PA announcements are faint and its haloed lights are distant, Timothy Culp’s cell phone Full Story
Notes: J.D. right back to winning Eldora groove
Posted: 06/07/2025, 01:59 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — Jonathan Davenport looked like a mere mortal at Eldora Speedway during Wednesday’s FloRacing Night in America event. On Friday, though, he was back to his usual stupendous self at the famed half-mile oval. Full Story
Rollovers ruin nights for Big E's front-row starters
Posted: 06/07/2025, 01:16 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — The twentysomething front-row starters in Eldora Speedway’s second Dream XXXI preliminary feature on Friday evening had such high hopes. But instead of a $30,000 payday and the glory of winning at the legendary Full Story
