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Quick Time: Lucrative upsets, far-flung trips and more
Posted: 04/11/2012, 08:10 am By Todd TurnerTake 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 pmLANCASTER, 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 amWelcome 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 amJAMAICA, 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 amHere'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 amHIGHLAND, 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 JoinerLANCASTER, 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 PutnamBLUE 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 pmHAGERSTOWN, 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 JoinerLANCASTER, 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 McLeodGLENCOE, 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 McLeodGLENCOE, 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 amGREENWOOD, 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 EssexUNION, 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 amWEST 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 amGREENWOOD, 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 GlynnLa 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 MoatsCLEVELAND, 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 JoinerLANCASTER, 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
McDowell rules Boyd's for third straight win
Posted: 04/07/2012, 07:48 am By Richard AllenO'Brien races to SLMRS victory at I-80 Speedway
Posted: 04/07/2012, 07:03 amGREENWOOD, Neb. (April 6) — Jason O'Brien of Atlantic, Iowa, took the lead midway through Friday's season opener at I-80 Speedway and raced to a $1,000 victory on the Nebraska-based Super Late Model Racing Series. The 34-year-old Full Story
Madden earns first 2012 win at Cleveland County
Posted: 04/07/2012, 06:46 amLAWNDALE, N.C. (April 6) – After a few near misses earlier in the season, Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., scored his first victory of the year Friday night at Cleveland County Speedway, picking up a $4,000 payday in Ultimate Super Full Story
Moyer revisits Muskogee success, collects $5,555
Posted: 04/07/2012, 06:40 am By Bryan WimberleyMUSKOGEE, Okla. (April 6) — Earning his first victory at the half-mile fairgrounds track in 14 years, sixth-starting Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., grabbed a $5,555.55 payday Friday at Thunderbird Speedway for his 15th career victory Full Story
Andy Eckrich captures Deery opener at Farley
Posted: 04/07/2012, 06:13 amFARLEY, Iowa (April 6) — The third time was a charm for Andy Eckrich and the Deery Brothers Summer Series. The Iowa City, Iowa, driver won the twice-rescheduled IMCA Late Model tour opener Friday night at Farley Speedway, earning Full Story
BWRC revival attracts more standout drivers
Posted: 04/05/2012, 02:37 pm By Joshua JoinerWith Steve Francis, Jonathan Davenport and Jared Landers all scoring a number of early-season victories in Barry Wright Race Cars, it hasn’t taken long for other drivers to notice the success of the cars built by the Hall of Fame Full Story
