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Screven satisfies fans' hunger for speed, food
Posted: 02/03/2012, 08:46 am By Joshua JoinerAt most dirt tracks the success of a race night is measured by the quality of the action on the racetrack. A promoter is usually happy so long as his or her track produces multiple lead changes and plenty of side-by-side racing. But at Full Story
Nosbisch tops Franklin to win East Bay opener
Posted: 02/03/2012, 06:05 am By Roby HelmGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 2) — Jack Nosbisch Jr. of Riverview, Fla., won Thursday's NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series 40-lap season opener at East Bay Raceway Park in a blanket finish over Dennis “Rambo” Franklin of Full Story
Schedule, track-by-track capsules for Speedweeks
Posted: 02/02/2012, 02:22 pmThe 2012 Georgia-Florida Speedweeks schedule for Super Late Model events (Speedweeks preview index): Georgia-Florida Speedweeks schedule Date, sanction, track/location, winning purse Feb 10-11, WoO, Screven Motor Speedway, Sylvania, Full Story
Golden Isles, Waycross connect via cooperation
Posted: 02/01/2012, 05:11 am By Joshua JoinerWho says racetrack promoters can’t work together? In a year with two instances of dirt tracks going head-to-head during Super Late Model action at Georgia-Florida Speedweeks, two south Georgia ovals are bucking that trend by cooperating Full Story
WoO champion looking to regain success at Volusia
Posted: 02/01/2012, 05:08 am By Kevin KovacRick Eckert seemed to get his groove back at the end of last year’s UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment and rode the momentum to his first-ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series title. This year the veteran Full Story
Georgia-Florida Speedweeks preview index
Posted: 01/28/2012, 09:27 pmDirtonDirt.com's previews for 2012 Georgia-Florida Speedweeks scheduled for Feb. 9-25 at three Georgia and three Florida tracks: Thursday, Feb. 9 • Blog: Richards runs dirt, eyes asphalt Wednesday, Feb. 8 • Volusia: Moyer Full Story
East Bay ready to rise to Speedweeks challenge
Posted: 01/31/2012, 10:40 am By Joshua JoinerWith East Bay Raceway Park having one of the shortest offseasons of any racetrack in the country, president Al Varnadore usually doesn’t haven’t much time during December or January to worry about what other dirt tracks are Full Story
Francis holds off Oldfield for Sydney victory
Posted: 01/30/2012, 12:57 pmSYDNEY, Australia (Jan. 28) — Becoming the race's first U.S. winner, Steve Francis led every lap Saturday at Tyrepower Sydney Speedway to win the 11th annual Australian Late Model Championship. The Ashland, Ky., driver started outside Full Story
Fast Talk: Speedweeks coming up on horizon
Posted: 01/30/2012, 09:08 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
Kyle Van Sickle earns $3,000 at Lake City
Posted: 01/29/2012, 07:06 pmLAKE CITY, Fla. (Jan. 27-28) — Kyle Van Sickle of Jacksonville, Fla., overtook reigning series champion Keith Nosbisch of Valrico, Fla., on the 22nd lap Saturday at North Florida Speedway to capture the season opener on the United Full Story
Weaver gives new team $3,000 victory at Boyd's
Posted: 01/28/2012, 10:35 pm By Richard AllenRINGGOLD, Ga. (Jan. 28) — Randy Weaver of Crossville, Tenn., didn't take long to get up to speed with his new Outlaw Race Parts team. Setting fast time and starting on the pole Saturday afternoon at Boyd's Speedway, Weaver's No. Full Story
NeSmith founder plans tour for CT525 engines
Posted: 01/27/2012, 07:14 am By Roby HelmThe founder of one of the most successful Crate Late Model organizations plans to launch a new series for the Chevrolet Performance CT525 crate powerplant in 2013. NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series founder and director Mike Vaughn Full Story
Welshan tackles second full-time racing season
Posted: 01/27/2012, 07:08 am By Richard AllenJason Welshan has raced for 15 years, but 2011 marked the first season he's gone full-time racing. It was an unqualified success as the Maryville, Tenn., racer captured 29 feature victories in 53 starts through east Tennessee and other Full Story
Floridian logs another title, successful season
Posted: 01/27/2012, 06:58 am By Joshua JoinerMark Whitener may not have performed at his best for the entire 2011 racing season, but he did when it mattered the most. Whitener, a former open-wheel modified standout from Middleburg, Fla., had a slow start to the year with a number Full Story
New Oklahoma oval tops U.S. track developments
Posted: 01/25/2012, 09:31 amAfter a single season as the owner and promoter of the Race Brothers Show-Me Racin' Series, Bill McMurtrie has decided to also add the title of racetrack owner and promoter to his resume. McMurtrie of Bartlesville, Okla., who purchased Full Story
Fast Talk: Recapping the 6th Wild West Shootout
Posted: 01/23/2012, 06:43 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
MoBags wins Tucson finale, grabs $10,000
Posted: 01/22/2012, 11:50 pm By Todd TurnerTUCSON, Ariz. (Jan. 22) — Morgan Bagley, the young Texan who launched his successful rookie season last year in Arizona, returned to the sixth annual Wild West Shootout to capture the richest victory of his young Late Model career. Regaining Full Story
Notes: Lowrey hit with heartbreaker at Tucson
Posted: 01/22/2012, 01:49 amTUCSON, Ariz. (Jan. 21) — Someday, John Lowrey will look back on his 12-lap stint leading a Wild West Shootout race at USA Raceway with pride. But moments after Saturday's 30-lap feature, the Bakersfield, Calif., driver felt the raw Full Story
Moyer rallies from 10th for third Tucson victory
Posted: 01/21/2012, 07:44 pm By Todd TurnerTUCSON, Ariz. (Jan. 21) — Good things come in threes for Billy Moyer at USA Raceway. The 54-year-old Hall of Fame driver from Batesville, Ark., led the final 13 laps in Saturday's fifth round of the Wild West Shootout, earning his Full Story
Moyer outruns T-Mac, gets 9th Arizona victory
Posted: 01/20/2012, 11:17 pm By Todd TurnerTUCSON, Ariz. (Jan. 20) — Just when it looked like Tim McCreadie was gearing up to overtake fellow front-row starter Billy Moyer on Friday night at USA Raceway, the Hall of Fame driver slipped away for yet another victory at the Wild Full Story
Devin Moran scores victory Down Under
Posted: 01/20/2012, 11:43 amLISMORE, New South Wales (Jan. 14) – After American drivers swept the three-track UltraTune Morley USA Late Model Invasion Tour on Australia’s west coast, Devin Moran of Dresden, Ohio continued the American reign Down Under Full Story
Dirt-covered Michigan oval to host WoO special
Posted: 01/20/2012, 10:01 am By Kevin KovacBerlin Raceway is going to get down and dirty in 2012. Harkening back to the famed facility’s beginnings as a dirt track six decades ago, the new management team of the Michigan speedway has announced plans to cover the 7/16th-mile Full Story
Notes: Daly dazzles with fourth place at Tucson
Posted: 01/19/2012, 07:37 pm By Todd TurnerTUCSON, Ariz. — There are two reactions when times get tough for a racer, said Clay Daly: Throw in the towel or work that much harder. After a rough opening weekend at USA Raceway's sixth annual Wild West Shootout, the 22-year-old Full Story
O'Neal holds off Moyer, earns $3,000 at Tucson
Posted: 01/18/2012, 11:50 pm By Todd TurnerTUCSON, Ariz. (Jan. 18) — Polesitter Don O'Neal fought off late challenges by from Billy Moyer in the final laps Wednesday night at USA Raceway to capture the third round of the sixth annual Wild West Shootout. Moyer, of Batesville, Full Story
Notes: Phillips pleased with progress of new car
Posted: 01/18/2012, 03:52 pm By Todd TurnerTUCSON, Ariz. — As the winningest driver in Wild West Shootout history, Terry Phillips always gets plenty of attention at USA Raceway. This January his red No. 75 is drawing even more eyes as the six-time MARS DIRTcar Series champion Full Story
