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Fast Talk: Dissecting Bloomquist, Knoxville
Posted: 09/22/2014, 12:52 pmHere’s the latest edition of Fast Talk, a DirtonDirt.com feature each Monday sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Kevin Kovac gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about who’s hot, who’s Full Story
Notes: New car gremlins cost Owens points lead
Posted: 09/21/2014, 12:08 pm By Alli CollisBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Sept. 20) — Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., entered the 35th annual Jackson 100 weekend with a 25-point advantage over Don O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind., in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series standings. But the three-time Full Story
Notes: Record-breaking night opens Jackson 100
Posted: 09/20/2014, 10:03 am By Alli CollisBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Sept. 19) — It was a night for the record books as 13 drivers clocked in under Brownstown Speedway’s track record during Friday’s time trials for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Jackson 100. Mike Marlar of Full Story
Notes: Illinois youngster eyeing track points title
Posted: 09/18/2014, 07:36 am By Alli CollisThe first two years racing in the Crate Late Model division were a tough adjustment for 17-year-old Dave Polak Jr. of Alsip, Ill. But on April 25, he scored his first career Crate Late Model victory at Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway. He’s picked up Full Story
Quick Time: Breaking down the Jackson 100
Posted: 09/17/2014, 12:08 pm By Todd TurnerTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner 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: Retired Davies settling in as car owner
Posted: 09/16/2014, 03:18 pmYes, Ron Davies returned to the cockpit of a Dirt Late Model for the first time in just over a year — 373 days, to be exact — on Aug. 24 when he drove his son-in-law Shane Clanton’s second car in an unsanctioned event at Little Valley Full Story
Top 25: Satterlee, Moyer Jr. among drivers rising
Posted: 09/16/2014, 09:55 am By Alli CollisLucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series points leader Jimmy Owens enjoyed a weekend off the track for the first time in months, but the Newport, Tenn., driver still commands the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings for a second Full Story
Fast Talk: Where does Lanigan's season rank?
Posted: 09/15/2014, 12:23 pmHere’s the latest edition of Fast Talk, a DirtonDirt.com feature each Monday sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Kevin Kovac gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about who’s hot, who’s Full Story
Kay repeats with IMCA-record 24 victories
Posted: 09/15/2014, 08:00 am By Bill MartinAt the rate he’s going, Justin Kay won’t have to make room in the trophy case. He’ll have to build another one. On the strength of a division-record 24 feature victories, Kay repeated as IMCA’s national Late Model champion. He Full Story
Notes: Texan aiming to wrap up NeSmith title
Posted: 09/11/2014, 05:16 am By Alli CollisAt the start of the 2014 season, Texas driver Chris Holley had no plans of chasing any kind of points title. But with 15 victories at Battleground Speedway in Highlands, Texas, he currently leads the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Full Story
Column: Whitwell learns alongside vet Pearson
Posted: 09/10/2014, 05:18 pmFor a Dirt Late Model driver based in Arizona, racing for a living on a national touring series can seem like an impossible dream. R.C. Whitwell knows the feeling. A 29-year-old from Tucson, Ariz., who started his career in open-wheel Full Story
Lanigan eyes record in return to Berlin
Posted: 09/10/2014, 03:53 pm By Joshua JoinerDarrell Lanigan can make history this weekend at Berlin Raceway with the 7/16-mile oval once again covering its pavement surface with clay for the third annual Keyser Manufacturing Down & Dirty Weekend Presented by NAPA. With 15 victories Full Story
Quick Time: Putting the wraps on 44th World 100
Posted: 09/10/2014, 11:36 am By Todd TurnerTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner 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: Bloomquist rises to No. 2 in poll
Posted: 09/09/2014, 09:28 am By Alli CollisAfter notching a preliminary feature victory along with a third-place finish in Saturday’s World 100 at Eldora Speedway, Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., returned today to the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings. The Full Story
Bad luck triggers Birky's disappointing World 100
Posted: 09/08/2014, 03:26 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — The difference between making the World 100 and watching Dirt Late Model racing’s most prestigious event from the sidelines is often determined by the slightest quirks of fate. No one at Eldora Speedway on Full Story
Fast Talk: Bloomquist's World domination
Posted: 09/08/2014, 01:10 pmHere’s the latest edition of Fast Talk, a DirtonDirt.com feature each Monday sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Kevin Kovac gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about who’s hot, who’s Full Story
Hughes, 18th, tops four World 100 first-timers
Posted: 09/08/2014, 11:56 am By Alli Collis, Kevin Kovac and Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — This year’s crop of first-time World 100 starters at Eldora Speedway included the first Oklahoman to start the race. A first-timer who nearly grabbed the lead in Dirt Late Model racing’s most prestigious Full Story
Notes: Drivers check in with World 100 showings
Posted: 09/08/2014, 10:25 am By Alli Collis, Kevin Kovac and Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — Among other stories and notes from Saturday’s action at Eldora Speedway’s 44th annual World 100, here are some tidbits gleaned from postrace interviews among drivers not featured elsewhere (complete World Full Story
Some World contenders meet cruel fate at Big E
Posted: 09/08/2014, 10:18 am By Alli Collis, Kevin Kovac and Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — Three drivers who mixed it up among the top five, and another who felt like he should’ve been, were among those falling short of Eldora Speedway glory at the 44th annual World 100. Polesitter Mike Marlar Full Story
Notes: 'Wheeling' Feger posts best World finish
Posted: 09/08/2014, 10:15 am By Alli Collis, Kevin Kovac and Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., found out that posting your best career World 100 finish can take a lot out of a driver. “Yeah, it feels pretty good,” the 36-year-old Feger said. “I’m wore out right Full Story
Window-net kerfuffle doesn't faze Bloomquist
Posted: 09/07/2014, 12:51 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — Scott Bloomquist was ready to set his race car on cruise control after soaring into the lead on lap 19 of Saturday night’s 44th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway. Instead, just one circuit later, the Dirt Full Story
Heartbreaking end for Zeigler's Eldora charge
Posted: 09/07/2014, 10:43 am By Alli CollisROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — Heartbreaking. There's no other term to describe the lap-61 incident that knocked second-running Mason Zeigler of Chalk Hill, Pa., out of contention in his first World 100 start at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Full Story
Live updates: Bloomquist wins fourth World 100
Posted: 09/06/2014, 03:43 pm By Todd Turner, Alli Collis and Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — Live blog-style updates from Saturday’s 44th annual World 100, the $47,000-to-win UMP DIRTcar event at the half-mile Eldora Speedway. All results are unofficial (complete World 100 coverage): 11:47 p.m. | Full Story
Davenport is primed for World 100 breakthrough
Posted: 09/06/2014, 12:43 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 5) — Jonathan Davenport proved he can win at Eldora Speedway on Friday night. Next on his agenda is proving he can win the race that counts the most. And after reaching victory lane for the first time at the famed Full Story
Notes: Korte nearly grabs emotional victory
Posted: 09/06/2014, 08:34 amROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 5) — This weekend marks Randy Korte’s final World 100 appearance before he brings his race career to an end. With retirement looming for the 49-year-old from Highland, Ill., Korte craved a good showing at the Full Story
