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Notes: Montanan aims for victory to honor dad
Posted: 09/12/2024, 08:16 am By Todd TurnerAfter taking off the 2023 season, Ty Hample has turned in a solid comeback campaign in the Dirt Late Model division. The 27-year-old racer from Billings, Mont., clicked off two victories in 15 starts, collected track championships at his Full Story
Top 25: Pierce dominant as Hedgecock rejoins
Posted: 09/10/2024, 09:41 am By Kevin KovacWith a dramatic, wall-scraping run to victory in Saturday night’s 54th World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., left no doubt about his status as the top driver in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 poll presented Full Story
A miracle kidney match for Missouri racer, mom
Posted: 09/10/2024, 12:01 am By Todd TurnerWhen the auto racing community in July embraced Brennon Willard's desperate search for a kidney donor for his mother, the 40-year-old Dirt Late Model racer from Lebanon, Mo., was heartened as shared Facebook posts produced 16 candidates. Dirt Full Story
Notes: T-Mac maintains World 100 consistency
Posted: 09/09/2024, 03:28 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 7) — Tim McCreadie was lapped traffic in his last crown jewel finale start at Eldora Speedway. He was far from that moribund status in Saturday’s 54th annual World 100. | Complete World 100 coverage Pushing aside Full Story
2024 Late Model series and track champions
Posted: 12/31/2024, 12:48 pmSeries champions Region-by-region champions on Dirt Late Model series and racing organizations for 2024: National Castrol FloRacing Night in America - Ricky Thornton Jr. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series - Ricky Thornton Jr. World of Full Story
Fast Talk: Reviewing pinnacle for Pierce
Posted: 09/09/2024, 11:23 amOur roundtable largely focuses on Bobby Pierce's lead-swapping victory World 100 victory at Eldora in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length; complete World 100 coverage): What’s Full Story
By-the-numbers look at 54th annual World 100
Posted: 09/09/2024, 08:06 amA by-the-numbers look at the 54th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway (complete World 100 coverage): 0: Number of unsold reserved seats on a night when Eldora broke its all-time attendance record. 1: World 100s held outside Scott Bloomquist’s Full Story
No storybook ending, but McDowell soaks it all in
Posted: 09/08/2024, 05:11 pm By Kyle McFaddenROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 7) — It was 1 a.m. Sunday at Eldora Speedway, nearly two hours after the World 100 checkered flag, and Dale McDowell remained firesuit, carrying one conversation after the next with seemingly whomever approached Full Story
Pierce heeds call of thin cushion to win World 100
Posted: 09/08/2024, 12:40 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 7) — There wasn’t much of a cushion ringing Eldora Speedway during Saturday night’s 54th World 100. So naturally, running the top around the half-mile oval’s corners didn't seem like the hot ticket for a driver Full Story
J.D.'s mind game gives him edge at World 100
Posted: 09/07/2024, 03:48 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — Jonathan Davenport doesn’t merely race Eldora Speedway’s high-banked, half-mile oval. He thinks the place, breaks down every possibility and scenario in his mind. The mental game is one of the not-so-secret Full Story
J.D. looms, but O'Neal eyes World 100 repeat
Posted: 09/07/2024, 02:51 pm By Kyle McFaddenROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — No driver carries more confidence into Saturday’s 54th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway than Jonathan Davenport, whose quest for a record-tying sixth globe trophy can't go unacknowledged by his closest Full Story
Madden seethes over tangle with Herrington
Posted: 09/07/2024, 07:30 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — At first, Chris Madden waved off the opportunity to address the incident that knocked him out of Friday’s opening 25-lap World 100 semifeature at Eldora Speedway. FloRacing pit reporter Ben Shelton asked for Full Story
Notes: Madden tunes up in Smith's new Longhorn
Posted: 09/06/2024, 05:45 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — Chris Madden’s return to competition following a nearly two-month absence didn’t go well. “We didn’t have a good night,” Madden said of the DNQ he absorbed in Wednesday’s Castrol FloRacing Night Full Story
Gustin outruns Eldora's best for special victory
Posted: 09/06/2024, 10:46 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 5) — Ryan Gustin immediately disposed of Jonathan Davenport to seize the lead at the initial green in Thursday’s opening 25-lap World 100 semifeature, which was an accomplishment in itself for a driver chasing Full Story
Joiner Capital-izes with 4th in new car at Big E
Posted: 09/06/2024, 06:34 am By Kyle McFaddenROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 5) — Joseph Joiner was absolutely all smiles after Thursday’s World 100 semifeature at Eldora Speedway. Who cares if the event’s revamped format with heat race inverts played a hand in the Milton, Fla., native Full Story
Dispatches: Weekend's live streaming schedule
Posted: 09/04/2024, 04:28 pmAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing the first full weekend in September (look for World 100 coverage in separate stories). Also find a listing of live-streaming video from specials around the country: Streaming Full Story
Column: DRT 'passion project' for Sommer
Posted: 09/05/2024, 01:01 pmCody Sommer realizes that he popped a double surprise on many people in the Dirt Late Model world Sunday at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Debuting a self-designed chassis — one he’s given the Dirt Racing Technologies (DRT) name Full Story
Coverage index of 54th annual World 100
Posted: 08/25/2024, 07:46 amROSSBURG, Ohio — DirtonDirt.com's coverage of Sept. 4-7's 54th annual World 100 week at Eldora Speedway, including Castrol FloRacing Night in America, two preliminary nights and Saturday's World 100 (watch on FloRacing): Wednesday, Sept. Full Story
Notes: Field trips give Michigan driver an edge
Posted: 09/05/2024, 06:51 am By Todd TurnerPeople of a certain age remember school field trips when teachers would load up students and head to a bottling plant, factory, bakery or museum for learning experiences that might not otherwise click in the classroom. Buckley, Mich., Full Story
Davenport carries aura of inevitability at Eldora
Posted: 09/05/2024, 06:52 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 4) — Is Jonathan Davenport … inevitable? After the 40-year-old superstar from Blairsville, Ga., waltzed to a blowout flag-to-flag victory worth $20,000 in Wednesday's 50-lap Castrol FloRacing Night in America Full Story
Good enough doesn't cut it for Carson Ferguson
Posted: 09/05/2024, 06:25 am By Kyle McFaddenROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 4) — Carson Ferguson is thrilled to have finished sixth in Wednesday's Castrol FloRacing Night in America event at Eldora Speedway, in contention among the sport’s frontrunners Jonathan Davenport, Devin Moran, Full Story
Tales, anecdotes and memories of Bloomquist
Posted: 09/03/2024, 12:38 amSeeking stories not already told, DirtonDirt.com reached out to those who worked with, raced with and sometimes feuded with late Hall of Fame driver Scott Bloomquist. Using their own words, they share favorite brief anecdotes and remembrances Full Story
Top 25: Yankee winner climbs to No. 5
Posted: 09/03/2024, 12:25 am By Kevin KovacBobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., fell short of sweeping the XR Super Series-sanctioned Yankee Dirt Track Classic at 300 Raceway in Farley, Iowa, but only by one spot, continuing his fantastic season and his run as the top driver in DirtonDirt.com’s Full Story
Fast Talk: Holiday review with one eye on Eldora
Posted: 09/02/2024, 11:15 amAfter the cookouts, racing (and a little rain) during Labor Day weekend, our roundtable looks ahead to Eldora in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Discuss a noteworthy Labor Full Story
Flat tire robs Stickley of major upset at Bedford
Posted: 08/31/2024, 12:58 pm By Kyle McFaddenBEDFORD, Pa. (Aug. 31) — If Friday’s Labor Day 55 Classic at Bedford Speedway had only been 50 laps instead of 55, Travis Stickley would’ve reaped perhaps the biggest feel-good, upset victory in Dirt Late Model racing this season. Full Story
