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Eckert hopes to end WoO skid in Pennsylvania
Posted: 08/27/2014, 03:51 pm By Joshua JoinerTime is running out on Rick Eckert. With seven races remaining on the 2014 World of Outlaws Late Model Series schedule, Eckert, the national tour's 2011 champion and fourth all-time winningest driver, is dangerously close to ending the Full Story
Quick Time: Labor day weekend racing journeys
Posted: 08/27/2014, 10:55 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: Owens tops rankings for eighth week
Posted: 08/26/2014, 11:28 am By Alli CollisDespite his shakiest weekend in months, Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., maintained the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings for an eighth consecutive week. Mechanical woes forced the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series points Full Story
Column: Roberts relishes special win in home state
Posted: 08/26/2014, 08:43 amCurtis Roberts was at his business, Roberts Auto Enterprises in Coleman, Mich., bright and early on Monday morning, tending to the duties he always does at the start of a new week. Just three days earlier he had experienced the most spectacular Full Story
Fast Talk: A memorable upset and big weekend ahead
Posted: 08/25/2014, 11:47 amHere’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: Runner-up K-Rob eases back behind wheel
Posted: 08/23/2014, 05:39 pm By Alli CollisJUNCTION CITY, Ky. (Aug. 22) — If Kent Robinson was in pain Friday night in Ponderosa Speedway’s 11th annual John Bradshaw Memorial, he didn’t show it. Robinson, 27, of Bloomington, Ind., made his return to the driver’s seat for Full Story
King won't let bad thumb derail father-son team
Posted: 08/21/2014, 06:19 pm By Kevin KovacKerry King Sr. wasn’t racing at full speed — wasn’t even close to it, actually — when he slapped the outside wall in turn two on lap 18 of the Aug. 14 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Fulton Bank 50 at Delaware International Speedway Full Story
Frank looks to Michigan for final points surge
Posted: 08/21/2014, 08:51 am By Joshua JoinerThis weekend's World of Outlaws Late Model Series visit to the Wolverine State could be just what Chub Frank needs to spark a much-needed hot streak. With the national tour visiting I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Mich., on Friday and Merritt Full Story
Notes: West Virginian hits his stride in Crates
Posted: 08/21/2014, 08:09 am By Alli CollisThe month of August has been good to Crate Late Model driver Corey Metheny. He captured a $2,000 victory at Elkins Raceway in Kerens, W.Va. on Aug. 1 and picked up two more victories last weekend, putting him atop DirtonDirt.com’s Weekly Full Story
Briggs struggles through rookie WoO campaign
Posted: 08/20/2014, 02:39 pm By Kevin KovacEditor's note: A progress report on World of Outlaws Late Model Series rookie candidates Frank Heckenast Jr., Chase Junghans and Boom Briggs. When the eight-minute warning horn was blown alerting drivers to begin lining up for last Saturday Full Story
Rookie season one of transitions for Junghans
Posted: 08/20/2014, 02:34 pm By Joshua JoinerEditor's note: A progress report on World of Outlaws Late Model Series rookie candidates Frank Heckenast Jr., Chase Junghans and Boom Briggs. In his rookie season on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, Chase Junghans of Manhattan, Full Story
Quick Time: Statistics, quirks and pet peeves
Posted: 08/20/2014, 12:30 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
Heckenast trying to wrap up WoO's rookie title
Posted: 08/20/2014, 09:07 am By Joshua JoinerEditor's note: A progress report on World of Outlaws Late Model Series rookie candidates Frank Heckenast Jr., Chase Junghans and Boom Briggs. Frank Heckenast Jr. of Frankfort, Ill., would love to maintain his lead in the World of Outlaws Full Story
Top 25: Owens maintains No. 1 spot in poll
Posted: 08/19/2014, 11:24 am By Alli CollisAdding another crown jewel triumph to his resume, Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., captured his second career Comp Cams Topless 100 victory Saturday at Batesville (Ark.) Motor Speedway to solidify his hold on the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Full Story
Column: Memorable dirt track date at Delaware
Posted: 08/19/2014, 08:17 amRoss Robinson was standing near his race car in Delaware International Speedway’s pit area last Thursday night when he received instructions that no driver at a World of Outlaws Late Model Series event had ever heard. “The (feature) Full Story
Mollick shines at PPMS for career-richest victory
Posted: 08/18/2014, 01:10 pm By Alli CollisJohn Mollick wasn’t a favorite to win Saturday’s Red Miley Rumble at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway in Imperial, Pa. But the Toronto, Ohio, driver charged from his second-place starting position, dominating the 20-car field Full Story
Fast Talk: Has Owens become unstoppable?
Posted: 08/18/2014, 12:31 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: Bloomquist falls short in Topless charge
Posted: 08/18/2014, 08:59 am By Alli CollisLOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug. 16) — As Jimmy Owens cruised to victory in the final laps of Saturday’s 22nd annual Comp Cams Topless 100 at Batesville Motor Speedway, all eyes were on Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., four-time winner Full Story
With car owner occupied, Eckert taps former crew
Posted: 08/18/2014, 08:42 am By Kevin KovacWINCHESTER, Va. (Aug. 16) — Rick Eckert was on his own for the three-race World of Outlaws Late Model Series swing through the Mid-Atlantic region. With his Rocket Chassis house car team owner, Mark Richards, and crew member Cody Duncan Full Story
Notes: Lanigan's success pegs confidence meter
Posted: 08/17/2014, 06:56 pm By Kevin KovacWINCHESTER, Va. (Aug. 16) — Darrell Lanigan is a supremely confident race car driver these days. The World of Outlaws Late Model Series points leader's comments following his victory in Saturday night’s 50-lap tour feature at Winchester Full Story
Wallace wants to create new Batesville memories
Posted: 08/16/2014, 11:42 am By Alli CollisLOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug. 15) — It’s been more than 10 years since Wendell Wallace won Batesville Motor Speedway’s Topless 100. And he’s ready to make the return to victory lane. Wallace, 48, of Batesville, Ark., was the second Full Story
Maturing Satterlee on point with Delaware win
Posted: 08/15/2014, 02:48 pm By Kevin KovacDELMAR, Del. (Aug. 14) — Gregg Satterlee: World of Outlaws Late Model Series big-track specialist? The 30-year-old driver from Indiana, Pa., snickers at such a pronouncement, but he couldn’t totally dismiss the idea after emerging Full Story
Column: Standout Mars aims for an even keel
Posted: 08/14/2014, 04:58 amJimmy Mars isn’t the type of driver to bask in his success — even though he’s had a lot of it during his Dirt Late Model career. “For me to get too revved up and walk around with my chest out,” said the veteran racer with seven Full Story
Notes: Iowa rookie nears his goal of five victories
Posted: 08/14/2014, 04:41 am By Alli CollisWhen John Emerson began his rookie Late Model campaign at the start of the 2014 season, his ambitious goal was to pick up five victories by the year’s end. By mid-August, Emerson is on his way with three of those five victories, putting Full Story
Coverage index for Comp Cams Topless 100
Posted: 08/10/2014, 02:45 pmLOCUST GROVE, Ark. — Index for coverage of the 22nd annual Comp Cams Topless 100 presented by Crop Production Services, the $40,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event set for Aug. 15-16 at Batesville Motor Speedway: Monday, Full Story
