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Berlin covers asphalt with dirt for WoO visit
Posted: 09/12/2012, 10:36 am By Kevin KovacBerlin Raceway’s transformation from an asphalt track to a dirt-covered showplace for one spectacular racing weekend is complete. More than 300 truckloads of clay now cover the 7/16-mile oval in advance of the Keyser Manufacturing Full Story
Poll Position: World 100 victory elevates Birky
Posted: 09/11/2012, 01:02 pmWelcome to one of the newest DirtonDirt.com features, Poll Position, as DirtonDirt.com staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Joshua Joiner rank the nation's top 25 Dirt Late Model racers by consensus. Future rankings will appear every Full Story
Franklin captures Bill Hendren Memorial
Posted: 09/11/2012, 11:05 amLAWNDALE, N.C. (Sept. 7) — Dennis Franklin of Gaffney, S.C., won Friday’s second annual Bill Hendren Memorial at Cleveland County Speedway for a $4,000 victory in the Fastrak City Chevrolet Tour season finale. Furman Parton Full Story
Roadcap gets $1,500 victory at Eastside
Posted: 09/11/2012, 10:32 amWAYNESBORO, Va. (Sept. 7) — Starting outside the front row, hometown driver Buck Roadcap led all the way Friday at Eastside Speedway for his first career Steel Block Bandits victory. He earned $1,500. Roadcap fought off challenges Full Story
Kaanta wins NLRA finale, Seng gets title
Posted: 09/10/2012, 11:09 pm By Chris StepanGRAND FORKS, N.D. (Sept. 6) — John Kaanta of Elk Mound, Minn., and hometown driver Brad Seng kicked off River Cities Speedway’s John Seitz Memorial weekend with a big night Thursday at the quarter-mile oval. Kaanta picked up Full Story
Oakes earns $3,000 for first ULMS victory
Posted: 09/10/2012, 08:12 pmREW, Pa. (Sept. 9) — Greg Oakes of Franklinville, N.Y. scored his first-ever Kennedy Motorsports United Late Model Series Sunday at Bradford Speedway, winning the eighth annual Stephanie Eckl Memorial for a $3,000 payday. Mike Knight Full Story
Leavell wins at Natural Bridge, Fries gets title
Posted: 09/10/2012, 07:44 pmNATURAL BRIDGE, Va. (Sept. 9) — Joey Leavell of Waynesboro, Va., raced to his fifth Steel Block Bandits victory of the season Sunday at Natural Bridge Speedway, earning a $1,500 victory in the tour’s season finale. Tanner Kerr Full Story
Notes: Neat's long day pays off at World 100
Posted: 09/10/2012, 05:15 pm By Todd Turner and Joshua JoinerROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 8) — With rain washing out Friday’s scheduled time trials and qualifying races, Saturday’s day-long program at Eldora Speedway was a long day for everyone at the 42nd annual World 100. But perhaps Full Story
Sitton rules Lone Star, claims fourth SUPR victory
Posted: 09/10/2012, 04:11 pmKILGORE, Texas (Sept. 8) — Kevin Sitton of Baytown, Texas, continued his solid season on the Southern United Professional Racing tour, claiming his fourth victory of the season Saturday night in the tour’s stop at Lone Star Full Story
Impressive first-timer suffers Eldora heartbreak
Posted: 09/10/2012, 03:11 pm By Joshua Joiner and Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 8) —Chad Simpson had tears in his eyes following Saturday night’s World 100 feature at Eldora Speedway. The tears were caused by a small dirt clod that stuck in the corner of the Mount Vernon, Iowa, driver's Full Story
Fast Talk: Reviewing Birky's World 100 victory
Posted: 09/10/2012, 12:29 pmHere's the latest edition of Fast Talk, a new DirtonDirt.com feature appearing each Monday. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Joshua Joiner gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about who's hot, who's not and other issues regarding Full Story
Whitwell claims third straight SWDRA victory
Posted: 09/10/2012, 09:33 amTUCSON, Ariz. (Sept. 8) — Hometown driver R.C. Whitwell raced to his third consecutive Southwest Dirt Racing Association victory Saturday night at Tucson International Raceway, earning $1,000 for his fifth-career victory on the series. Six-time Full Story
Meyers earns $5,000 for Great Crate Race victory
Posted: 09/10/2012, 07:08 amBRIGHTON, Ontario (Sept. 9) — Big Apple driver Chuck Meyers captured Sunday’s Great Crate Race at Brighton Speedway, earning $5,000 in the Go Nuclear Late Model Challenge Series event delayed a day by rain. The fifth-starting Full Story
Lathroum edges Covert to win King of the Knob
Posted: 09/10/2012, 06:52 am By Dave KitteyMARKLEYSBURG, Pa. (Sept. 9) — Jamie Lathroum of Mechanicsville, Md., won a see-saw tussle with Jason Covert of York Haven, Pa., on Sunday at Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex to capture the 15th annual King of the Knob for the second Full Story
World 100 special race for seven first-timers
Posted: 09/10/2012, 06:28 am By Todd Turner and Joshua JoinerROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 8) — While awaiting your first start in the World 100, it’s not easy keeping a handle on your nerves as the starting field forms on the frontstretch, the crowd begins to swell and driver introductions hit Full Story
Last-lap pass lifts Miller at Duck River
Posted: 09/09/2012, 08:48 pm By Connie PutnamWHEEL, Tenn. (Sept. 8) — Sixth-starting Daniel Miller of Lynchburg, Tenn., regained the lead from polesitter Todd Morrow of East Ridge, Tenn., on the final lap Saturday for a $3,000 victory at Duck River Speedway. Morrow settled Full Story
Red-hot Brady Smith wins Seitz Memorial
Posted: 09/09/2012, 09:58 am By Chris StepanGRAND FORKS, N.D. (Sept. 8) — Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis., dominated the majority of Saturday night’s John Seitz Memorial feature at River Cities Speedway to earn a $9,200 victory in the WISSOTA-sanctioned event. A.J. Full Story
Sullivan claims $3,000 in Rockabilly 45
Posted: 09/09/2012, 09:42 amHARRISBURG, Ark., (Sept. 8) — Jack Sullivan of Greenbrier, Ark., raced to his second straight Comp Cams Super Dirt Series victory in Saturday night’s Rockabilly 45 at Northeast Arkansas Speedway, earning a $3,000 payday and Full Story
Decker gets first Shootout win at Petaluma
Posted: 09/09/2012, 09:24 am By Stephanie OdomPETALUMA, Calif., (Sept. 8) — Jeff Decker of San Jose, Calif., used lapped traffic to pick the lead from Rob Sanders of Bakersfield, Calif., in Saturday night’s M. Maselli and Sons Classic feature at Petaluma Speedway and raced Full Story
Wall bags $5,000 at Jackson's All-American 50
Posted: 09/09/2012, 09:02 amBRYAM, Miss. (Sept. 8) — Chris Wall of Holden, La., raced to his fourth overall victory of the season Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway, earning $5,000 in the quarter-mile oval’s unsanctioned All-American 50. Ray Moore Full Story
Franklin claims third straight Clash win at 311
Posted: 09/09/2012, 08:44 am By Mark HueyMADISON, N.C. (Sept. 8) — Claiming his third straight series victory, Dennis Franklin of Gaffney, S.C., led every lap of Saturday night’s Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series feature at 311 Motor Speedway to earn a $4,000 Full Story
Hustling Birkhofer's back on top of the World 100
Posted: 09/09/2012, 05:11 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 8) — Ten years later, Brian Birkhofer is back on top of the world. A decade after capturing the prestigious DIRTcar UMP-sanctioned World 100 at Eldora Speedway for the first time, the superstar driver from Muscatine, Full Story
Kraft, Frye, Gill lead Hall of Fame's '13 class
Posted: 09/08/2012, 04:54 pmROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 8) — USAC’s final Late Model champion, a two-time UMP champion and a five-time MARS DIRTcar Series champion headline the Class of 2013 for the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame announced Saturday at Full Story
42nd annual World 100 heat lineups
Posted: 09/08/2012, 04:39 pmROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 8) — Saturday's heat race lineups for the 42nd annual World 100: First heat Row 1: Michael Chilton, John Mason Row 2: Brian Shirley, Dale McDowell Row 3: Chub Frank, Frank Heckenast Jr. Row 4: Billy Full Story
Live updates: Birkhofer wins World 100
Posted: 09/08/2012, 04:54 pm By Joshua Joiner, Ben Shelton and Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 8) — Live updates from Saturday's action at the 42nd annual World 100, the UMP DIRTcar-sanctioned event paying $45,000-to-win that's Dirt Late Model racing's most prestigious event (qualifying and preliminary Full Story
