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• Bloomquist dies in plane crash on Tennessee farm

  Posted: 08/16/2024, 11:25 am By Kevin Kovac

  Hall of Famer Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., a larger than life figure considered one of the greatest drivers in Dirt Late Model racing history, died Friday morning in an accident while flying a vintage airplane on his family farm. Full Story

• Column: Lively, festive North-South impresses

  Posted: 08/15/2024, 12:59 pm

  I’ve always known that the Sunoco North-South 100 at Florence Speedway in Union, Ky., is a bonafide crown jewel event on the annual Dirt Late Model schedule. I didn’t know how big it truly was, however, until last weekend. The 42nd Full Story

• Dispatches: Shirley streaks to WoO hat trick

  Posted: 08/16/2024, 06:30 pm

  Among latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing Aug. 14-20 including World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series action and more (most stories focused on Batesville Motor Speedway’s Topless 100 on the Lucas Oil Late Model Full Story

• Notes: Young Georgian on fruitful path

  Posted: 08/15/2024, 04:32 am By Todd Turner

  Five-time World 100 winner Jonathan Davenport’s racing pedigree is legend in a certain part of the Southeast. The Blairsville, Ga., driver cut his teeth racing four-cylinders at Tri-County Racetrack in Brasstown, N.C., and how stands Full Story

• Fast Facts: 32nd annual Nutrien Ag Solutions Topless 100

  Posted: 08/14/2024, 02:50 pm By Aaron Clay

  Dates: Aug. 16-17 Track: Batesville Motor Speedway (high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval) Location: Locust Grove, Ark. Purse: $50,000-to-win Late Model feature Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and Comp Cams Super Dirt Series Streaming: Full Story

• Top 25: Troutman rejoins Pierce-topped rankings

  Posted: 08/13/2024, 01:12 pm By Todd Turner

  His crown bejeweled with lucrative victories during a summer hot streak, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., remained a unanimous No. 1 in DirtonDirt.com’s power rankings following his $75,000 repeat in the Sunoco Race Fuels North-South 100 Full Story

• Fast Talk: Pierce's epic streak and quirky DQs

  Posted: 08/12/2024, 12:05 pm

  With Bobby Pierce streaking to yet another lucrative victory in Florence Speedway's Sunoco North-South 100, our roundtable looks at that and more in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity Full Story

• Notes: Florence fade as car (nor lead) will stick

  Posted: 08/12/2024, 06:49 am By Kevin Kovac

  UNION, Ky. (Aug. 10) — Mike Marlar changed the expected narrative of Saturday’s Sunoco North-South 100 when he shot by race-long pacesetter Bobby Pierce for the lead on lap 42 of the crown jewel event at Florence Speedway. But as strong Full Story

• Another $75,000 lifts Pierce to loftier heights

  Posted: 08/11/2024, 08:43 am By Kevin Kovac

  UNION, Ky. (Aug. 10) — The enormity of what Bobby Pierce — still young and improving at just 27 years old — is achieving amid an amazing run of big-race success seemed to hit him after he won Saturday’s 42nd Sunoco North-South 100 Full Story

• Notes: J.D. turns test run into $6,000 win

  Posted: 08/10/2024, 03:06 pm By Kevin Kovac

  UNION, Ky. (Aug. 9) — Jonathan Davenport’s plan for Friday night’s second 25-lap North-South 100 semifeature at Florence Speedway went better than he ever could have imagined. While the 40-year-old star from Blairsville, Ga., started Full Story

• Innate skill leads Pierce around Florence cushion

  Posted: 08/10/2024, 08:47 am By Kevin Kovac

  UNION, Ky. (Aug. 9) — Does Bobby Pierce have a sixth sense that allows him to drive his race car around the cushion at Florence Speedway (and, well, a lot of other tracks) in such seemingly masterful fashion? After the 27-year-old star Full Story

• Big Friday rebound rights Jameson's flagging mood

  Posted: 08/10/2024, 12:55 am By Todd Turner

  UNION, Ky. (Aug. 9) — Jason Jameson’s don’t-mess-with-me facial expression in the Florence Speedway pits looked identical Thursday and Friday. Jameson’s visage was understandable Thursday after a skirmish with Bobby Pierce and Full Story

• Crew chief's positivity boosts Alberson's team

  Posted: 08/09/2024, 05:55 pm By Todd Turner

  UNION, Ky. (Aug. 9) — After Garrett Alberson tripped the clock to top his time-trial group Thursday at Florence Speedway, the next lap didn’t go so well for the Las Cruces, N.M., driver. He knocked down the wall, trashing the car’s Full Story

• Notes: Grudging entrant at the North-South 100

  Posted: 08/09/2024, 11:01 am By Todd Turner

  UNION, Ky. (Aug. 8) — R.J. Conley of Wheelersburg, Ohio, a 60-year-old driver looking for his first victory of the 2024 season, hasn’t made a habit of coming to Florence’s Sunoco North-South 100 in recent seasons. So when a pitside Full Story

• Notes: No North-South sweep, but Pierce in mix

  Posted: 08/09/2024, 02:01 am By Todd Turner

  UNION, Ky. (Aug. 8) — The driver that swept through last year’s Sunoco North-South 100 action at Florence Speedway with three consecutive Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series wins won’t be sweeping this year’s crown jewel weekend, Full Story

• Madden debuts with RTJ as Koehler crew chief

  Posted: 08/08/2024, 05:57 pm By Todd Turner

  UNION, Ky. (Aug. 8) — Chris Madden’s perspective in Thursday’s technical inspection line at Florence Speedway was decidedly different than usual. Instead of sitting behind the wheel, the Gray Court, S.C., driver stood outside the Full Story

• Dispatches: Peterson takes shot at WCS sweep

  Posted: 08/08/2024, 07:50 am

  Among latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing the second weekend in August from action including the MARS Championship Series, Structural Buildings WISSOTA Challenge Series and more (most stories focused on the Lucas Full Story

• Notes: Master plan in action for South Carolinian

  Posted: 08/08/2024, 07:51 am By Todd Turner

  Boiling down his goals, Devin Morgan of Greenville, S.C., isn't a lot different than many aspiring dirt racers. In the long term, the 22-year-old would love to compete in Super Late Models on a national tour. And in the short term, he keeps Full Story

• Column: Kansas driver's relaxed racing approach

  Posted: 08/07/2024, 09:05 pm

  Chase Junghans spent most of January and February racing in the Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout and Georgia-Florida Speedweeks and then … disappeared. For nearly five months the 31-year-old driver from Manhattan, Kan., was Full Story

• Essex scales up revival of Northern Allstars tour

  Posted: 08/07/2024, 09:28 am By Bryan Ault

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Aug. 3) — The heyday of the Northern Allstars Late Model Series came 20 years ago, a regional tour that helped cement stars like Don O'Neal, Steve Barnett and Dennis Erb Jr. while serving as a proving ground for future Full Story

• Fast Facts: 42nd annual Sunoco Race Fuels North-South 100

  Posted: 08/06/2024, 07:41 am By Aaron Clay

  Dates: Aug 8-10 (four 25-lap, $6,000-to-win split-field semifeatures Thursday and Friday and Saturday’s 100-lap, $75,000-to-win North-South 100) Track: Florence Speedway (semi-banked half-mile dirt oval) Location: Union, Ky. Purse: Full Story

• Top 25: Pierce solid No. 1 as English returns

  Posted: 08/06/2024, 07:23 am By Kevin Kovac

  Accentuating his grip on the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com’s weekly power rankings, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., captured Saturday’s rain-shortened USA Nationals finale at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis., for his fourth $50,000 Full Story

• Groove guessing game for Sorensen at wet CLS

  Posted: 08/05/2024, 03:41 pm By Kevin Kovac

  NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 3) — As Dustin Sorensen kept rolling toward the front of the pack in Saturday’s 37th USA Nationals at Cedar Lake Speedway, the possibility that he was headed to his first career World of Outlaws Case Late Model Full Story

• Fast Talk: Pierce's prospects and Olympic ties

  Posted: 08/05/2024, 11:22 am

  With red-hot Bobby Pierce winning the rain-shortened USA Nationals at Wisconsin's Cedar Lake Speedway and more big money on the line at Florence's Sunoco North-South 100, our roundtable checks in for our weekly feature presented by MD3 Full Story

• Notes: Engine hot, but Gilpin still grabs victory

  Posted: 08/04/2024, 01:29 pm By Bryan Ault

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Aug. 3) – Dirt Late Model model drivers are often forced to make tough decisions at critical moments and Devin Gilpin faced a big one with four laps remaining in Saturday's Hall of Fame Classic at Brownstown Speedway. Full Story