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UMP Summernationals coverage index
Posted: 07/01/2016, 12:28 pmDirtonDirt.com’s coverage of the 29 scheduled races of the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals from June 15-July 16; also visit the schedule page, the series history section and downloadable statistical recap: Tuesday, July 19 • Column: Pierce Full Story
Before Kankakee, winner thrashed to get prepared
Posted: 06/17/2016, 12:18 pm By Kevin KovacKANKAKEE, Ill. (June 16) — Bob Pierce had just finished loading up the car his son, Bobby, drove to victory in Thursday night’s 40-lap UMP DIRTcar Summernationals opener at Kankakee County Speedway when he engaged in a conversation Full Story
Notes: Unsung Martin enjoys jump to Supers
Posted: 06/16/2016, 06:33 am By Kevin KovacJoe Martin of Punxsutawney, Pa., drove a Crate Late Model for seven years, winning races and having fun but also constantly dreaming of moving up to the marquee Super Late Model division. This season the 31-year-old racer has finally gotten Full Story
Quick Time: Recapping Dream by the numbers
Posted: 06/15/2016, 01:40 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner (with assistance from staffer Andy Savary) for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing Full Story
Column: Understated Erb makes a huge statement
Posted: 06/14/2016, 06:15 pmDennis Erb Jr. is a stoic individual, a guy who has a hard time cracking a smile even when he wins a race. No one knows that better than Heather Lyne, who has worked alongside Erb as his chief mechanic for 15 years. Which is why, after Full Story
Top 25: Richards returns to No. 1 spot in rankings
Posted: 06/14/2016, 09:58 am By Alli CollisAfter posting a runner-up finish in Saturday’s Dream XXII finale at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., unseated Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., to return to the top spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Full Story
Dream a different story after B-Shepp's prelims
Posted: 06/14/2016, 12:52 am By Alli CollisROSSBURG, Ohio (June 11) — Entering Saturday’s Dream XXII finale at Eldora Speedway, Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., and the Best Performance Motorsports team had one focus — to make the 28-car starting lineup for the $100,000-to-win Full Story
Fast Talk: Deserving Erb finally gets his due
Posted: 06/13/2016, 10:51 amOur weekly Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable helps wrap up Eldora Speedway’s Dream XXII presented by Ferris Mowers and Dennis Erb Jr.’s $100,000 victory (edited for clarity and length): What strikes you most about Dennis Full Story
Notes: Erb's perseverance weathers caution
Posted: 06/13/2016, 09:19 amROSSBURG, Ohio — Dennis Erb Jr.’s perseverance at Eldora Speedway’s Dream XXII presented by Ferris Mowers was on display throughout the 100-lapper as three times the Carpentersville, Ill., lost the lead, and three times he gamely Full Story
T-Mac, other Dream XXII hopefuls fall by wayside
Posted: 06/13/2016, 12:09 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 11) — Tim McCreadie and Jared Landers led laps early in Saturday night’s Dream XXII presented by Ferris Mowers at Eldora Speedway. Bobby Pierce and Jon Henry kicked off the grand finale with heat wins to earn prime Full Story
Moran rebounds, finishes seventh in Dream XXII
Posted: 06/12/2016, 12:55 pm By Alli CollisROSSBURG, Ohio (June 11) — Devin Moran’s Dream XXII weekend was nothing short of a roller coaster. Coming off a solid points night in Thursday’s weekend-opener at Eldora Speedway, the second-generation driver from Dresden, Ohio, suffered Full Story
Falling just shy at Big E, Richards keeps head up
Posted: 06/12/2016, 03:37 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 11) — Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., came agonizingly close to a breakthrough $100,000 victory in Saturday night’s Dream XXII presented by Ferris Mowers at Eldora Speedway, but there was no hint of dejection Full Story
Notes: Heckenast out of demanding Dream XXII
Posted: 06/11/2016, 11:32 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 10) — The tone of Frank Heckenast Jr.’s voice and the dejected look on his face after he crashed out of Friday night’s first 25-lap preliminary feature at Eldora Speedway told the story of his Dream XXII presented Full Story
Heat race lineups for Eldora's Dream XXII
Posted: 06/11/2016, 08:36 amROSSBURG, Ohio — Unofficial heat race lineups for Saturday's Dream XXII presented by Ferris Mowers at Eldora Speedway. The top three drivers from each heat transfer to the $100,000-to-win main event (complete Dream coverage): Dream XXII Full Story
Achieving goal, Landers now chasing Dream XXII
Posted: 06/11/2016, 02:59 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 10) — Jared Landers’s Dream XXII presented by Ferris Mowers weekend at Eldora Speedway became an instant success on Friday night. Sure, the 34-year-old driver from Batesville, Ark., has his eyes set on winning Full Story
Young Georgian makes strides at Eldora's Dream
Posted: 06/11/2016, 01:24 am By Alli CollisROSSBURG, Ohio (June 10) — It’s not often that Austin Smith of Cedartown, Ga., gets to make the trip to Eldora Speedway. Roughly a nine-hour drive, the 20-year-old only visits the Big E twice a year, making a top-10 finish in Friday’s Full Story
Notes: Miller's Dream comes to an abrupt stop
Posted: 06/10/2016, 11:59 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 9) — The heat-race crash on Thursday night that brought Matt Miller’s Dream XXII presented by Ferris Mowers weekend at Eldora Speedway to a hasty conclusion was no run-of-the-mill impact. | Complete Dream coverage “That’s Full Story
Henry gets Big E boost in newly-purchased Club 29
Posted: 06/10/2016, 02:42 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 9) — Jon Henry of Ada, Ohio, was the definition of the phrase “pleasantly surprised” after finishing fourth in the second 25-lap preliminary feature of Thursday’s opening-night action of the Dream XXII presented Full Story
Big E rookie turns heads with 14th-to-second run
Posted: 06/10/2016, 01:41 am By Alli CollisSome naysayers might have contended that Ricky Thornton Jr.’s runner-up finish in the Wild West Shootout finale at USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz., back in January was a fluke. With the mod ace’s limited experience behind the wheel of Full Story
Notes: Neck trouble can't slow Chamberlain
Posted: 06/09/2016, 03:51 pmROSSBURG, Ohio (June 9) — Duane Chamberlain has an undetermined neck injury that’s causing headaches and uncomfortable sensations in his head, but the 37-year-old Richmond, Ind., driver doesn’t plan on letting that stop him from competing Full Story
Notes: Michigan rookie Stemler off to hot start
Posted: 06/09/2016, 06:36 am By Alli CollisTravis Stemler of Ionia, Mich., is no stranger to racing success. After all, it was just last season that the 25-year-old driver captured the modified track championship at the famed Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. But Stemler had his Full Story
Quick Time: Stats breakdown for Dream XXII
Posted: 06/08/2016, 02:53 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner (with assistance from staffer Andy Savary) for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing Full Story
Notes: Babb downplays key absence on resume
Posted: 06/08/2016, 01:55 pmAny list of the best Dirt Late Model drivers who have never won at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, almost assuredly has to start with Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill. But ask Babb about the missing item on his otherwise sparkling career Full Story
Column: Mod ace Gilpin on rise in Late Models
Posted: 06/08/2016, 09:47 amDevin Gilpin has always been an open-wheel modified guy. Both his father, Todd, and his grandfather, Don Fleetwood, competed in the division, so he started attending modified races at tracks near his Columbus, Ind., home as a baby, was Full Story
Flip up your cap bill for #NationalEarlDay
Posted: 06/08/2016, 09:18 am By Joshua JoinerDuring the 50 years the late Earl Baltes owned and operated Eldora Speedway, anyone visiting the track for the first time would have had very little trouble picking out the man in charge. Baltes, who built the Rossburg, Ohio, track in Full Story
