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Column: Driggers embraces role as face of UMP
Posted: 07/16/2014, 09:22 amHe is the face of the UMP DIRTcar racing circuit. He does not argue the point. Actually, Sam Driggers embraces the status. “I know that’s how people see me,” Driggers, the short-track organization’s hardscrabble director, said Full Story
Notes: Babb tries to sew up fourth UMP tour title
Posted: 07/15/2014, 03:10 pm By Todd TurnerDANVILLE, Ill. (July 13) — The UMP DIRTcar Summernationals said goodbye to the tour’s de facto home state Sunday at Vermilion County Speedway with four races remaining in Ohio starting with Wednesday’s first-ever tour visit to Atomic Full Story
Top 25: Babb, Birkhofer on the rise
Posted: 07/15/2014, 10:47 am By Alli CollisPicking up his sixth Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series victory of 2014 Saturday at Lucas Oil (Mo.) Speedway, new Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series points leader Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., moved into the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Full Story
Fuller on upward swing while rejoining WoO tour
Posted: 07/14/2014, 02:30 pm By Joshua JoinerTim Fuller is enjoying his return to the World of Outlaws Late Model Series. After missing much of the first half of national tour's 2014 campaign, Fuller, 46, of Watertown, N.Y., has returned to the series and is hitting his stride Full Story
Fast Talk: Is it Babb's UMP tour to lose?
Posted: 07/14/2014, 01:27 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: Chilton reverses trend with Richmond run
Posted: 07/13/2014, 09:02 am By Alli CollisRICHMOND, Ky. (July 12) — Michael Chilton, 28, of Salvisa, Ky., grew up attending the Paul “Butterball” Memorial held each July at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Ky., in honor of the beloved central Kentucky driver. | Billy Moyer Jr. Full Story
Notes: Unzicker resolved to continue title pursuit
Posted: 07/11/2014, 01:59 am By Todd TurnerMACON, Ill. (July 10) — With the seriousness of head injuries for football players and other athletes prominent in the news in recent years, Ryan Unzicker of El Paso, Ill., is aware of the health risks in continuing to compete on the Full Story
Notes: South Dakotan enjoying his best season
Posted: 07/10/2014, 10:51 am By Alli CollisIn his first season chasing a Late Model points title, Scott Ward of Watertown, S.D., currently finds himself resting atop the WISSOTA Late Model points standings. That also puts him atop the DirtonDirt.com Weekly Notebook presented by Full Story
Corner-widening gives Florence oval new look
Posted: 07/09/2014, 11:13 am By Alli CollisUNION, Ky. (July 8) — When drivers and fans arrived at Florence Speedway for Tuesday’s UMP DIRTcar Summernationals event, one look at the racetrack made it clear things were going to be a little different at the northern Kentucky oval. Infield Full Story
Quick Time: The one-hit wonders of UMP's series
Posted: 07/09/2014, 11:07 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
Column: Stealing a victory boosts Reddick
Posted: 07/09/2014, 06:56 am By Kevin KovacAfter racing virtually non-stop since the age of four — in outlaw karts, mini-sprints, sprint cars and, from 2009-2013, Dirt Late Models — Tyler Reddick has had to adjust to a substantially slower competitive pace this year. It hasn’t Full Story
Top Lucas Oil rookie steers through learning curve
Posted: 07/08/2014, 11:43 am By Alli CollisOver the span of his 20-year racing career, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Rookie of the Year contender Jason Hughes had only entered about a couple dozen Late Model events when he made the commitment to run full-time with the 2014 Lucas Full Story
Top 25: Owens up three spots to No. 1
Posted: 07/08/2014, 10:00 am By Alli CollisPicking up holiday weekend victories at Muskingum County and 201 Speedway, along with runner-up finishes at Roaring Knob and PRP, Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., regained the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings over fellow Full Story
Smith welcomes WoO to more familiar territory
Posted: 07/08/2014, 08:34 am By Joshua JoinerIn February, Brady Smith launched his race season with a stellar showing in World of Outlaws Late Model Series events more than 1,500 miles from his Solon Springs, Wis., home. With the Outlaws set to invade the upper Midwest for its annual Full Story
Notebook: Tri-State runner-up excites Dillon
Posted: 07/07/2014, 09:21 pm By Robert HolmanHAUBSTADT, Ind. (July 6) — Dirt racing fans who weren’t able to check out the NASCAR Sprint Cup Coke Zero 400 in Daytona, Fla., on Saturday night — or its conclusion on Sunday afternoon — were still able to get a glimpse of a handful Full Story
Fast Talk: Considering NDRL's demise
Posted: 07/07/2014, 12:46 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
Notebook: Korte ready for impending retirement
Posted: 07/06/2014, 02:55 pm By Kevin KovacHIGHLAND, Ill. (July 5) — If there was one race that stood to focus Randy Korte’s mind on his decision to retire from driving a Dirt Late Model at the end of the 2014 season, it was Saturday night's UMP DIRTcar Summernationals event Full Story
English's Fayette Co. bid fizzles out
Posted: 07/05/2014, 04:25 pm By Kevin KovacBROWNSTOWN, Ill. (July 4) — For a stretch early in Friday night’s 40-lap UMP DIRTcar Summernationals feature at Fayette County Speedway, Tanner English seemed to be on a magic-carpet ride to the head of the pack. “I really thought Full Story
Notes: Francis looks for return to winning groove
Posted: 07/05/2014, 08:57 am By Alli CollisPORTSMOUTH, Ohio (July 4) — Notching his first top-five finish in more than a month Friday night at Portsmouth Raceway Park, a struggling Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., said he believed he was starting to make a turn for the better. | Full Story
Notes: Kentuckian gets dialed in despite changes
Posted: 07/03/2014, 08:00 am By Alli CollisIn mid-April, the 2014 season did not look promising for Late Model driver Victor Lee of Danville, Ky. Faced with the challenge of adjusting to a brand new race car, learning the ins and outs of new tires and fighting engine troubles, Full Story
Column: Partnership cements Huey's legacy
Posted: 07/03/2014, 06:55 amAfter Huey Wilcoxon — the founder and namesake of the Martinsburg, W.Va.-based MBH (MasterSbilt by Huey) Race Cars enterprise — died suddenly at the age of 50 on April 18, his stepson and business partner, Billy Vacek, realized he wouldn’t Full Story
Quick Time: Doling out 2014 midseason awards
Posted: 07/02/2014, 03:43 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
Top 25: Lanigan returns to the top spot
Posted: 07/01/2014, 12:26 pm By Alli CollisAfter collecting his first Firecracker 100 victory, Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., returned to the top of DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings over Don O’Neal and Scott Bloomquist, regaining the No. 1 spot in the poll presented by Full Story
Heat tangle, DQ fizzles Clanton's Firecracker
Posted: 06/30/2014, 04:49 pm By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 28) — Shane Clanton’s frustrating 2014 campaign on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series hit its low point on Saturday night during the finale of the Firecracker 100 presented byGottaRace.com weekend at Lernerville Full Story
Notes: Unzicker glad to be in thick of title chase
Posted: 06/30/2014, 01:31 pm By Todd TurnerLINCOLN, Ill. (June 29) — In following the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals over the past seven season, Ryan Unzicker has played various roles. The non-factor. The also-ran. And the would-be contender who can’t quite get into the title Full Story
