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Missouri youngster resets Late Model plans
Posted: 04/24/2024, 03:48 pm By Lyndal ScrantonKaeden Cornell ventured into the world of Super Late Model racing with big dreams and a limited budget. That combination usually doesn't lead to a great deal of success against teams that combine talent and money. | Missouri weekly results The Full Story
Notes: Satterlee readies for Lucas tour's invasion
Posted: 04/23/2024, 05:55 pm By Kyle McFaddenPORT ROYAL, Pa. (April 20) — Gregg Satterlee doesn’t race at the high volume he once did, choosing to build his schedule around his Indiana, Pa., residence so he can be home more with his wife Kelsey and daughter Prudence. But even Full Story
Fast Talk: National tours hit road, action ramps up
Posted: 04/22/2024, 10:48 amNational tours run conflicting dates for the first time in 2024 the final weekend in April as our roundtable considers that and other topics in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): After Full Story
Dispatches: Ultimate victory a relief for Bailes
Posted: 04/21/2024, 05:43 pmAmong latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events over April 19-21 action, including Ultimate Southeast Series action and developments on Hudson O'Neal's plans for the rest of 2024: Back on track Ross Bailes Full Story
Column: With McDowell's DQ, mistakes were made
Posted: 04/18/2024, 03:43 pmDale McDowell crossed the finish line first. He celebrated in victory lane and did an interview to talk about his triumph. He went through postrace technical procedures including have tire samples taken for laboratory testing. But as McDowell’s Full Story
Notes: Iowa division rookie off to hot start
Posted: 04/18/2024, 06:15 am By Todd TurnerAn accomplished modified racer over nearly 20 seasons, Mitch Morris is making the jump to Late Models this spring. On Sunday evening, the 34-year-old McCausland, Iowa, was on the verge of pulling off a feat of which few dirt racers can Full Story
Younger Overton learns plenty in Illini 100 debut
Posted: 04/17/2024, 03:08 pm By Kyle McFaddenFARMER CITY, Ill. (April 13) — This past weekend’s Illini 100 at Farmer City Raceway on the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series introduced Cody Overton to a realm of racing he’s heard a lot about over the years but has long been Full Story
Top 25: Pierce becomes unanimous No. 1
Posted: 04/16/2024, 08:25 am By Kevin KovacBobby Pierce’s nearly-perfect return to World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series competition resonated with DirtonDirt.com’s voters as he became the first unanimous No. 1 driver of 2024 in in the Top 25 poll presented by Keyser Manufacturing. After Full Story
Notes: Babb's Illini bid dashed entirely too fast
Posted: 04/15/2024, 08:07 pm By Kyle McFaddenFARMER CITY, Ill. (April 13) — So how come front-row-starting Shannon Babb saw his Illini 100 finale end three laps into Saturday evening’s running at Farmer City Raceway? “On that (lap-three) restart (after Dustin Sorensen’s spin), Full Story
Fast Talk: Analyzing Pierce's dominant WoO return
Posted: 04/15/2024, 11:38 amA truly spring-like weekend has our roundtable fired up to discuss World of Outlaws, MLRA and other topics in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): What did we learn about Bobby Full Story
Hoffman hitting stride following Illini weekend
Posted: 04/14/2024, 07:05 pm By Kyle McFaddenFARMER CITY, Ill. (April 13) — Nick Hoffman pinpoints a pair of motivators that propelled him to yet another fine and praiseworthy weekend on the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series. The first is a virtue he and his Tye Twarog team Full Story
Motivation overflowing, Pierce rolls at Illini 100
Posted: 04/14/2024, 08:39 am By Kyle McFaddenFARMER CITY, Ill. (April 13) — Bobby Pierce held absolutely nothing back Saturday at Farmer City Raceway. That statement encompasses his nine-second Illini 100 victory and the shellacking of World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series competitors. Full Story
Heckenast lends helping hand for Illini weekend
Posted: 04/13/2024, 05:10 pm By Kyle McFaddenFARMER CITY, Ill. (April 13) — Frank Heckenast Jr. was about to load up his race team for the two-hour drive south from his Frankfort, Ill., home to Farmer City Raceway on Friday when his friend Randy Korte called. The 35-year-old veteran Full Story
Hoffman's slip creates Farmer City photo finish
Posted: 04/13/2024, 12:49 pm By Kyle McFaddenFARMER CITY, Ill. (April 12) — Not even Bobby Pierce anticipated the photo finish that turned Friday’s Illini 100 opening night feature at Farmer City Raceway into an instant highlight reel. Headed for the final corner of the quarter-mile Full Story
Dispatches: Joiner's win shifts season trajectory
Posted: 04/13/2024, 12:39 amAmong latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events over the April 12-13 weekend, including Hunt the Front Super Dirt Series and Lucas Oil MLRA competition: Big turnaround The magnitude of Joseph Joiner’s Full Story
English recalibrates after split with a 'leap of faith'
Posted: 04/12/2024, 08:43 pm By Kyle McFaddenFARMER CITY, Ill. (April 12) — Unless he lands back in a full-fledged touring ride, Tanner English likely won’t exceed more than 100 races this year, much less 80 events he’s logged in recent seasons. And that’s perfectly OK with Full Story
Column: Watkins sets standard in Southeast
Posted: 04/11/2024, 07:47 amThere’s no doubt that Ben Watkins has firmly established himself as one of the Southeast’s top Super Late Model racers. And when that subject is broached to the 34-year-old driver from Rock Hill, S.C., he embraces the status. But Full Story
Notes: Georgia racer shines in Crate divisions
Posted: 04/11/2024, 01:54 am By Kyle McFaddenLike any other Dirt Late Model racer would hope for, Jake Traylor has steadily progressed through his decade-long journey in the discipline. Of the estimated 35 career victories racing 602 and 604 Crates around his LaGrange, Ga., home, Full Story
Missouri veteran giving MLRA a whirl
Posted: 04/10/2024, 01:03 pm By Lyndal ScrantonOne of the newcomers on the Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Racing Association in 2024 probably has more lifetime laps to his credit than most of his opposition. Certainly, Jimmy Vanzandt has seen and done about all there is during a racing Full Story
Top 25: Marlar hot on heels of No. 1's Pierce
Posted: 04/09/2024, 06:30 am By Kevin KovacAn idle Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., remained atop of DirtonDirt.com’s power rankings for the fourth consecutive poll of 2024 but now finds a red-hot Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., breathing down his rear bumper. The 27-year-old Pierce, Full Story
Fast Talk: How does Marlar's sweep stack up?
Posted: 04/08/2024, 10:59 amMike Marlar’s superb weekend at Volunteer Speedway is one of the weekend topics highlighted by our roundtable, which also looks ahead to the Illini 100 and checks their stockpile of racing apparel in the weekly feature presented by MD3 Full Story
Despite Brownstown low, young Stricker is on rise
Posted: 04/07/2024, 09:26 am By Bryan AultBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (April 6) – Adam Stricker was disappointed following the Ira Bastin Memorial on Saturday night. As he guided his Rocket Chassis into the trailer in the Brownstown Speedway pit area, the driver from Batavia, Ohio, was Full Story
Notes: Brownstown mod ace tackles Late Models
Posted: 04/07/2024, 01:44 am By Bryan AultBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (April 7) – Matt Boknecht has racked up wins by the dozens at Brownstown Speedway in the open-wheel modified division. He’s a 10-time track champion at the quarter-mile oval and likely a first-ballot inductee into the Full Story
Dispatches: Bagley ends his long winless slump
Posted: 04/06/2024, 12:11 amAmong latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events over the April 5-7 weekend, including Schaeffer's Spring Nationals and Comp Cams Super Dirt Series competition: Long drought ends Some tears started leaking Full Story
Column: Atop porcelain throne, Blair settling in
Posted: 04/04/2024, 12:07 pmWhat was Max Blair doing running last weekend’s 20th annual Tuckasee Toilet Bowl Classic at Clarksville (Tenn.) Speedway? When the question was posed to the Centerville, Pa., driver, he conceded it’s one he’s heard a lot since his Full Story
