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• Notes: James keeps even keel on UMP tour

  Posted: 06/24/2011, 03:49 am By Joshua Joiner and Todd Turner

  BROWNSTOWN, Ill. (June 23) — Coming off his first two series victories, Scott James had a bit of a letdown Thursday at Fayette County Speedway on the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals circuit. But the 39-year-old driver from Lawrenceburg, Full Story

• Richards lights fuse, wins Firecracker semifeature

  Posted: 06/24/2011, 02:28 am By Kevin Kovac

  SARVER, Pa. (June 23) — Josh Richards began the fifth annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com weekend at Lernerville Speedway exactly the same way he did a year ago — with a convincing victory in Thursday night’s Full Story

• Rebounding Feger gets Fayette County victory

  Posted: 06/23/2011, 06:17 pm By Joshua Joiner

  BROWNSTOWN, Ill. (June 23) – After struggling through the opening rounds of the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals, defending series champion Jason Feger appears as though he may finally have things headed in the right direction. | Complete Full Story

• Groove-swapping James grabs victory at Highland

  Posted: 06/22/2011, 06:31 pm By Joshua Joiner

  HIGHLAND, Ill. (June 22) – Scott James made plenty of good decisions during the third round of the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals Wednesday night at Highland Speedway. But the most important decision the Lawrenceburg, Ind., driver made Full Story

• DeForest brothers return to California action

  Posted: 06/22/2011, 04:16 pm By Mike Adaskaveg

  ANTIOCH, Calif. — It all began with a telephone call between two brothers a month ago, just like it did many years ago. “Let’s go racing,” Rich DeForest said when his little brother Shawn picked up the phone. “The Full Story

• Notes: Stripped Byars denies using illegal tires

  Posted: 06/22/2011, 03:43 pm

  Klint Byars of Carrollton, Miss., has been stripped of his May 28 Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series victory at Whynot (Miss.) Motorsports Park after independent lab tests found his right-rear tire used in the race to have been chemically Full Story

• Pain of cancer subsides when Pittman buckles in

  Posted: 06/22/2011, 03:08 am By Ozzie Altman

  When the going gets tough, the tough get going. That is exactly the motto that Vidalia, Ga., female racer Arlene Pittman is living by these days. Pittman, a former short-track promoter of two south Georgia racetracks who formerly raced Full Story

• Quick Time: Recalling Memmer's best remarks

  Posted: 06/22/2011, 02:42 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

• Notes: Lanigan aims for Lernerville breakthrough

  Posted: 06/21/2011, 06:00 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Ask Darrell Lanigan if this will be the year that he finally breaks through to win the Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com at Lernerville Speedway after three consecutive runner-up finishes and he’ll just shrug his shoulders. The Full Story

• Poll Position: DirtonDirt's Top 25 driver rankings

  Posted: 06/21/2011, 10:04 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

• Off-season changes pay dividends for Miller

  Posted: 06/21/2011, 08:28 am By Robert Holman

  SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. — Eight months ago, Daniel Miller was on the verge of shutting the doors on his race shop. Now he’s in the midst of perhaps his best Late Model season ever. The Cullman, Ala., transplant who now calls Shelbyville, Full Story

• Berck races to SLMRS victory at I-80

  Posted: 06/20/2011, 01:22 pm

  GREENWOOD, Neb. (June 19) – Defending series champion Kyle Berck of Marquette, Neb., raced to the 25th Super Late Model Racing Series victory of his career Sunday when the tour visited I-80 Speedway for a $1,000-to-win event. Leon Full Story

• Fast Talk: CBS leads racing's week in review

  Posted: 06/20/2011, 12:01 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 will gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about what's going on in Dirt Late Model racing: Todd Full Story

• Pegher takes Fastrak victory at McKean Co.

  Posted: 06/19/2011, 01:26 pm

  EAST SMETHPORT, Pa. (June 18) – Mike Pegher Jr. of Wexford, Pa., picked up a $1,200 Fastrak Northeast Late Model Touring Series victory Saturday night when the Crate Late Model tour visited McKean County Raceway for the first of four Full Story

• Rookie scores first victory at Hagerstown

  Posted: 06/19/2011, 08:23 am

  HAGERSTOWN, Md. (June 18) – Late Model rookie Kyle Lear of Severna Park, Md., raced to the first Super Late Model victory of his career Saturday night at Hagerstown Speedway after overtaking Marvin Winters of McConnellsburg, Pa., Full Story

• McGill tops Scott for first UFO victory at Elkins

  Posted: 06/19/2011, 07:21 am

  KERENS, W.Va. (June 17) — Polesitter Butch McGill of West Union, W.Va., earned $3,000 Friday at Elkins Raceway in capturing a flag-to-flag, 41-lap victory in the UFO Race Championship-sanctioned Chuck Gear Trophy. Robbie Scott of Full Story

• Schlenk edges Henry on the final lap at Oakshade

  Posted: 06/19/2011, 06:26 am

  WAUSEON, Ohio (June 18) — In a battle of former series champions, Rusty Schlenk of Jackson, Mich., overtook race-long leader Jon Henry of Ada, Ohio, after a late-race restart at Oakshade Raceway to capture a victory on the Sunoco Full Story

• Moore keeps rolling with SUPR victory at I-30

  Posted: 06/19/2011, 06:07 am By Bryan Wimberley

  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (June 18) — Ray Moore of Haughton, La., continues to be a force on the O'Reilly Southern United Professional Racing tour, winning his third series race of the season Saturday night at I-30 Speedway. Moore held off Full Story

• Champ grabs Total Seal victory in Tucson

  Posted: 06/19/2011, 05:57 am

  TUCSON, Ariz. (June 18) — Reigning series champion Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., notched his second victory of the season Saturday in Total Seal Late Model Dirt Racing Series action at USA Raceway, topping polesitter John Full Story

• Richards halts Lathroum, grabs Winchester victory

  Posted: 06/19/2011, 05:18 am By Kevin Kovac

  WINCHESTER, Va. (June 18) — It wasn’t easy. It wasn’t without a controversial moment. It didn’t even come behind the wheel of his signature ride. But regardless of the path Josh Richards took to victory in Saturday Full Story

• Notes: Feger must dig out of Hell Tour hole

  Posted: 06/18/2011, 05:05 pm By Joshua Joiner

  NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (June 18) — Jason Feger’s defense of his 2010 UMP DIRTcar Summernationals championship couldn’t have started much worse that it has. The Bloomington, Ill., driver has been a nonfactor in both of the Full Story

• Wyman notches first SLMRS victory

  Posted: 06/18/2011, 06:33 am

  NORFOLK, Neb. (June 17) — J.C. Wyman of Griswold, Iowa, notched his first career victory on the Nebraska-based Super Late Model Series on Friday at Riviera Raceway to become the second straight first-time winner on the tour. The 22-year-old, Full Story

• Roberts grabs another ALMS victory at Moler

  Posted: 06/18/2011, 06:13 am

  WILLIAMSBURG, Ohio (June 17) — Curtis Roberts of Coleman, Mich., earned his sixth career Sunoco American Late Model Series and second in a row at Moler Raceway Park on Friday, earning $2,000 for the victory. Starting outside the Full Story

• Tread's thin, but Shaver wins Cherokee tire war

  Posted: 06/18/2011, 04:32 am By James Essex

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (June 17) – Steve Shaver of Vienna, W.Va., took the lead when leader Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., had a flat tire with six laps remaining in Friday night’s 13th annual Grassy Smith Memorial at Cherokee Full Story

• James edges Schlieper for first Hell Tour victory

  Posted: 06/17/2011, 06:09 pm By Joshua Joiner

  NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (June 17) – After running well in a number of events earlier in the season only to fall short, Scott James used a late-race restart to move from third to first Friday at Cedar Lake Speedway in the second leg of Full Story