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Following best season, McCoin aims to stay on top
Posted: 02/10/2016, 10:18 am By Lyndal ScrantonLike a lot of talented dirt racers, Todd McCoin used to dream of competing at the highest level in Dirt Late Models. But for the veteran central Missouri short-track driver, realism trumped fantasy. Costs to compete on a national tour, Full Story
Streak of top-fives ends with a thud for Landers
Posted: 02/10/2016, 10:21 am By Kevin KovacGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 9) — The first hiccup in an extremely promising start to Georgia-Florida Speedweeks came in a manner Jared Landers couldn’t have expected. As Landers, 33, of Batesville, Ark., appeared headed toward a probable Full Story
J.D. steers Longhorn driver in right direction
Posted: 02/09/2016, 12:24 pm By Kevin KovacGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 8) — Mason Zeigler turned to Dirt Late Model racing’s reigning driver-mechanic super duo for some in-depth assistance with his Longhorn Chassis during Monday night’s 40th annual Winternationals opener at East Full Story
Arkansas champ turns wrenches, brings luck
Posted: 02/09/2016, 10:02 am By Kevin KovacGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 8) — Josh Richards and his father Mark’s Rocket Chassis house car team claim to have a secret weapon spurring their spectacular start to Georgia-Florida Speedweeks 2016. It’s not the operation’s new car design Full Story
Column: McGuire races into the political arena
Posted: 02/09/2016, 08:37 amBack when Josh McGuire was a full-time Dirt Late Model driver, his ever-present friendly, talkative demeanor and ability to get along with virtually everyone earned him an appropriate nickname from his buddies at the track. “They would Full Story
Fast Talk: Reviewing Golden Isles weekend
Posted: 02/08/2016, 11:43 amOur panelists for the Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored Fast Talk weigh in on the first weekend of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks (edited for clarity and length): Have Josh Richards and Jonathan Davenport put themselves in positions to dominate Full Story
House (car) rules during battle of Rocket buddies
Posted: 02/06/2016, 07:13 am By Todd TurnerBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Feb. 5) — The winningest Rocket Chassis house car driver on Friday faced a serious challenge from the Rocket Chassis house car driver who owns the team’s most lucrative victory. Josh Richards ended up repelling Brandon Full Story
Stovall focused on repeating banner year
Posted: 02/04/2016, 10:48 am By Lyndal ScrantonJesse Stovall knows stock-car racing is a what-have-you-done-lately sport, where past accomplishment does not always predict future performance. So after the best season of his Late Model career, when Stovall won 19 features and earned Full Story
Column: Hall of Fame dad calls shots for Moyer
Posted: 02/04/2016, 05:16 amA tweet that Billy Moyer Jr. sent out to his 14,000-plus Twitter followers Jan. 27 provided all the evidence anyone needs to know about his enthusiasm for this year’s Georgia-Florida Speedweeks activities. “My crew chief for speedweeks!” Full Story
Notes: Upgrades continue at sparkling Golden Isles
Posted: 02/03/2016, 09:21 amWhat Golden Isles Speedway promoter Darryl Courson told DirtonDirt.com during December’s Performance Racing Industry trade show in Indianapolis still holds true as the Super Bowl of Racing begins at the 4/10-mile oval near Brunswick, Full Story
WoO efforts culminate in Craftsman sponsorship
Posted: 02/02/2016, 03:08 pm By Kevin KovacMonday’s announcement that Sears and the Craftsman Tools brand will become the title sponsor of the World of Outlaws Late Model and Sprint Car series in 2016 was a decade in the making. Ever since Ben Geisler joined the World Racing Full Story
Top 25: J.D. starts '16 where he ended 2015
Posted: 02/02/2016, 07:27 am By Andy SavaryBeginning 2016 where he left off last November, Jonathan Davenport has been chosen as a unanimous No. 1 in DirtonDirt.com’s preseason Top 25 power rankings. With three victories already on his resume this season, the Blairsville, Ga., Full Story
Fast Talk: Who? What? Speedweeks breakdown
Posted: 02/01/2016, 12:27 amOur roundtable looks to Georgia-Florida Speedweeks in this version of the Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored Fast Talk, answering the basics of who, what, where, why and how (edited for clarity and length; complete Speedweeks coverage): Who Full Story
After long layoff, Wood returns for Speedweeks
Posted: 02/01/2016, 12:21 am By Alli CollisDillon Wood of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., has made exactly one competitive Late Model start since climbing out of his family-owned ride in September 2013. Looking to return to the dirt track after taking more than two seasons off, Wood joined Full Story
Chassis stability critical as Overton tackles 2016
Posted: 02/01/2016, 12:13 am By Kevin KovacBrandon Overton is done with the game of musical race cars he played last season. When the 2016 World of Outlaws Late Model Series campaign kicks off with the Feb. 12-13 Winter Freeze VI at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga., Overton Full Story
Notes: Heckenast gunning for gator in '16
Posted: 01/29/2016, 08:33 amFrank Heckenast Jr. realized a dream during Georgia-Florida Speedweeks 2015 with his first-ever World of Outlaws victory at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla. This year the Frankfort, Ill., driver has his hopes set on capturing a different Full Story
Speedweeks preview? Ask the panel of experts
Posted: 01/29/2016, 12:01 amFebruary's Georgia-Florida Speedweeks for Super Late Models kick off next week in Georgia with 19 races at six tracks, two in Georgia and four in Florida. DirtonDirt.com asked staffers and several contributing panelists several questions Full Story
Young Texan readies for first Speedweeks action
Posted: 01/28/2016, 02:33 pm By Alli CollisIt’s roughly a 15-hour drive from Hockley, Texas, to Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga. But 19-year-old Austin Theiss is looking forward to the long trip. Still relatively new to the Late Model division, the Texas youngster is Full Story
Georgia-Florida Speedweeks coverage index
Posted: 02/12/2016, 02:25 pmDirtonDirt.com's coverage from Georgia-Florida Speedweeks, made up of events at Brunswick, Ga.'s Golden Isles Speedway (Feb. 4-6), North Florida Speedway in Lake City (Feb. 7), Gibsonton, Fla.'s East Bay Raceway Park (Feb. 8-13), Sylvania, Full Story
Schedule, track-by-track capsules for Speedweeks
Posted: 01/28/2016, 02:04 pmThe 2016 Georgia-Florida Speedweeks race-by-race schedule for Super Late Model events at six dirt tracks, two in Georgia and four in Florida. Action runs from Feb. 4-20 at Golden Isles Speedway in Waynesville, Ga.; North Florida Speedway Full Story
Fire still burns for reigning MLRA champ
Posted: 01/27/2016, 02:19 pm By Lyndal ScrantonThe hair is thinning, his 50th birthday arrives later this year and he answers to "Grandpa.” But don't dare suggest to Terry Phillips that it's time to slow down and head for the early-bird buffet at the local dinner. "Oh yeah, I'm as Full Story
Column: Pearson poised to get car back on track
Posted: 01/27/2016, 05:27 amLast year Earl Pearson Jr. and Dunn-Benson Motorsports dived into Georgia-Florida Speedweeks barely ready for the first green flag of the season after a whirlwind two-month span spent building a team from scratch but nonetheless came out Full Story
Handicapping title chase with the Lucas Oil Series
Posted: 01/26/2016, 01:13 pm By Andy SavaryHandicapping the chase for the 2016 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship, which pays $75,000 to the driver accumulating the most points over the season-long campaign that starts Feb. 4 at Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, Ga.; Full Story
Handicapping title chase for the World of Outlaws
Posted: 01/26/2016, 01:03 pm By Andy SavaryHandicapping the chase for the 2016 World of Outlaws Late Model Series championship, which pays $100,000 to the driver accumulating the most points over the season-long campaign that starts Feb. 12 at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Full Story
Fast Talk: Big-picture perspective of '16 season
Posted: 01/25/2016, 11:43 amThis week's panelists take a big-picture look at the 2016 season in our Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored Fast Talk segment (edited for clarity and length): What’s your biggest question looking ahead to 2016? Michael Rigsby, DirtonDirt.com Full Story
