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• Shaver, Owens to share Commonwealth front row

  Posted: 04/13/2012, 05:56 pm By Joshua Joiner

  JAMAICA, Va. (April 13) — Steve Shaver of Vienna, W.Va., moved a step closer to completing his quest for a second consecutive victory in Virginia Motor Speedway's Commonwealth 100 with a dominating heat race performance during Friday's Full Story

• Notes: Madden ready for Friday's action at VMS

  Posted: 04/13/2012, 04:36 pm By Joshua Joiner

  JAMAICA, Va. (April 13) — Always a top performer at Virginia Motor Speedway, Chris Madden is looking for a solid performance in this weekend’s $25,000-to-win Commonwealth 100 set to get under way with preliminary action Friday Full Story

• Hebert continues mod pipeline on SUPR tour

  Posted: 04/12/2012, 05:43 pm By Bryan Wimberley

  GREENWOOD, La. — Move over Timothy Culp, Morgan Bagley and B.J. Robinson. There's another modified ace making big noise in the Southern United Professional Racing Dirt Late Model ranks. Shane Hebert of Lafayette, La., burst onto Full Story

• Notes: Henry seeking Eldora 'comfort zone'

  Posted: 04/12/2012, 04:46 pm

  Jon Henry of Ada, Ohio, has a pair of Sunoco American Late Model Series championships and plenty of success at home-state tracks in recent seasons, but a key goal dangling out there he'd like to check off. He'll come to Eldora Speedway's Full Story

• Notes: Attica sweep spurs young Krummert

  Posted: 04/12/2012, 08:50 am By Joshua Joiner

  One year ago, Garrett Krummert opened his season with a disappointing outing at Attica (Ohio) Raceway Park, where the New Castle, Pa., driver performed so poorly that he pulled off the track just a few laps into the main event. Krummert Full Story

• Smoky Mountain opens special (event) season

  Posted: 04/11/2012, 03:48 pm By Michael Moats

  Saturday's Southern All Star race at historic Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, Tenn., marks the opener for a full-season campaign unlike any other at the 4/10-mile track going back to its opening in 1964. Smoky Mountain's promoters Full Story

• Quick Time: Lucrative upsets, far-flung trips and more

  Posted: 04/11/2012, 08:10 am By Todd Turner

  Take a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner for roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action. Quick Time, one of the newest features of our website, will appear every Wednesday Full Story

• Parker earns $3,000 for Carolina Crown Crate win

  Posted: 04/10/2012, 01:48 pm

  LANCASTER, S.C. (April 7) — Reigning NDRA Heintz Bros. Performance Road Show champion Ron Parker of Lawndale, N.C., added another major Crate Late Model win to resume Saturday night at Lancaster Speedway, picking up a $3,000 victory Full Story

• Poll Position: First 2012 win lifts Owens to third

  Posted: 04/10/2012, 11:35 am

  Welcome 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

• VMS extends ticket discounts for Commonwealth 100

  Posted: 04/10/2012, 08:04 am

  JAMAICA, Va. — After weeks of preparation, the gates at Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway will swing open for the 2012 season Friday and Saturday for the April 13-14 Commonwealth 100. This year’s edition will have Full Story

• Fast Talk: Autry's upset, Owens's status and more

  Posted: 04/09/2012, 11:56 am

  Here'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

• Kloos overtakes Zobrist on last lap at Highland

  Posted: 04/09/2012, 09:58 am

  HIGHLAND, Ill. (April 7) — Moving to the high groove, Michael Kloos of Trenton, Ill., overtook hometown driver Chad Zobrist on the last lap at Highland Speedway for a victory on Chris Bargetzi Memorial night at the quarter-mile oval. Zobrist, Full Story

• Notes: Ferguson falls short of Carolina Crown

  Posted: 04/08/2012, 11:27 pm By Joshua Joiner

  LANCASTER, S.C. (April 7) — With just six cars finishing Saturday night’s rain-postponed Carolina Crown feature at Lancaster Speedway, there were plenty of drivers with thoughts of what could have been if they had survived the Full Story

• Putnam scores sweet victory at Sugar Creek

  Posted: 04/08/2012, 06:27 pm By Connie Putnam

  BLUE RIDGE, Ga. (April 7) — Josh Putnam led all the way Saturday at Sugar Creek Raceway for a $3,000 victory in the first Southern Regional Racing Series at the track. Runner-up Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, Tenn., made a couple Full Story

• Satterlee repels Richards for first Hagerstown win

  Posted: 04/08/2012, 02:47 pm

  HAGERSTOWN, Md. (April 7) — Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, Pa., led all 25 laps of Saturday's Super Late Model opener at Hagerstown Speedway, holding off Josh Richards to earn $2,000 and his first victory at the half-mile oval. Full Story

• Autry rewards car owner in Carolina Crown upset

  Posted: 04/08/2012, 02:23 pm By Joshua Joiner

  LANCASTER, S.C. (April 7) — Prior to the start of Saturday night’s Carolina Crown main event, Scott Autry would have likely been considered at best a long shot to win the inaugural $20,000-to-win race at Lancaster Speedway. Starting Full Story

• Compton gets $10,000 victory at Green Valley

  Posted: 04/08/2012, 10:12 am By Brian McLeod

  GLENCOE, Ala. (April 6) — Kennie Compton Jr. of Bland, Va., started 13th on the grid and surged to the front during the caution-riddled early stages to claim a $10,000 victory in a 54-lap Limited Late Model feature that was part of Full Story

• Cooley breaks bank with $10,000 victory at GVS

  Posted: 04/08/2012, 10:05 am By Brian McLeod

  GLENCOE, Ala. (April 6-7) — Eric Cooley of Fulton, Miss., scored the biggest victory of his career Saturday at Green Valley Speedway, earning $10,000 at the Junk Monkey Racing Crate Nationals. Wheeling a Norman Bryson-fielded Crate Full Story

• Vaught rallies from 12th for victory in I-80 debut

  Posted: 04/08/2012, 09:44 am

  GREENWOOD, Neb. (April 7) — Will Vaught made his first racing trip to Nebraska a successful one with a victory Saturday at I-80 Speedway. The 25-year-old driver from Crane, Mo., led the final seven laps for a $3,000 victory co-sanctioned Full Story

• Back from heel injury, Carrier wins at Florence

  Posted: 04/08/2012, 05:49 am By James Essex

  UNION, Ky. (April 7) — After the start of his season was delayed by injury, Eddie Carrier Jr. of Salt Rock, W.Va., didn't take long to get rolling. Competing in his first race of the season, the 41-year-old Kentucky native took the Full Story

• Murphy cruises to $3,000 victory at Slocum 50

  Posted: 04/08/2012, 05:37 am

  WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa (April 7) – Once Mike Murphy Jr. got into the lead, the race was for second in Saturday’s Slocum 50 at 34 Raceway. The Colona, Ill., driver took the $3,000 checkers half a lap ahead of runner-up Tyler Full Story

• Modified ace breaks through for first SUPR victory

  Posted: 04/08/2012, 05:21 am

  GREENWOOD, La. (April 7) — Modified ace Shane Hebert of Lafayette, La., broke through on the Southern United Professional Racing Series on Saturday at Boothill Speedway with his first victory on the Late Model tour. Hebert earned Full Story

• Erb gets $5,000 win at La Salle's Thaw Brawl

  Posted: 04/08/2012, 05:06 am By Betty Glynn

  La SALLE, Ill. (April 7) — Former track champion Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., took the lead from Bret Sievert of New Berlin, Wis., on the eight lap and never looked back for a $5,000 victory Saturday at La Salle Speedway. The Full Story

• Owens wins at Cleveland for season's first victory

  Posted: 04/08/2012, 04:50 am By Michael Moats

  CLEVELAND, Tenn. (April 7) — The success of Jimmy Owens in recent season has created some lofty standards for the Newport, Tenn., driver, so when he entered April without a single checkered flag, it certainly seemed like a long dry Full Story

• Autry tops Landers for Carolina Crown upset

  Posted: 04/08/2012, 04:11 am By Joshua Joiner

  LANCASTER, S.C. (April 7) – During driver introductions for Saturday night’s Carolina Crown main event at Lancaster Speedway, Scott Autry joked with fellow 11th-row starter Tim Allen that he needed a pair of binoculars just to see the Full Story