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• Race at tiny outdoor oval provides Dome preview

  Posted: 09/29/2025, 09:09 am By Bryan Ault

  MATTOON, Ill. (Sept. 28) — Dirt Late Model’s unique annual indoor event, the Kubota Gateway Dirt Nationals, is still three months away, but 15 racers on Sunday got a head start on rubbing fenders in close-quarters action Sunday at the Full Story

• Notes: RTJ's animal-style effort rules Jackson 100

  Posted: 09/28/2025, 02:00 pm By Bryan Ault

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Sept. 27) — As 35-year-old Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., rolled into the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series postrace technical inspection area following his Jackson 100 victory at Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway on Full Story

• Rayburn winner spoils Big Four's opening party

  Posted: 09/27/2025, 12:56 am By Todd Turner

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Sept. 26) — The five-race playoff for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series launched Friday at Brownstown Speedway, but it wasn’t one of the four Big River Steel Chase for the Championship drivers that landed in victory Full Story

• Big Four take lumps as Lucas Oil opens playoffs

  Posted: 09/27/2025, 12:28 am By Bryan Ault

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Sept. 26) — The Big River Steel Chase for the Championship began with the so-called Big Four on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series taking a few lumps. The quartet facing off in the five-race, playoff-style dealt with Full Story

• Notes: B-Shepp regrets decisions in loss

  Posted: 09/26/2025, 11:44 pm By Todd Turner and Bryan Ault

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Sept. 26) — When a flat tire knocked polesitter Jonathan Davenport from the lead of Friday’s C.J. Rayburn Memorial at Brownstown Speedway, Brandon Sheppard felt for his competitor’s misfortune while inheriting the Full Story

• Professionalism key for drama-free Lucas playoff

  Posted: 09/26/2025, 04:37 pm By Todd Turner

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Sept. 26) — No driver wants to get in a wreck competing on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. But during the five-race Big River Steel Chase for the Championship that begins Friday at Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway, drivers Full Story

• After missing '24 playoffs, O'Neal right in mix

  Posted: 09/26/2025, 04:33 pm By Bryan Ault

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Sept. 26) — Winning championships in any sport depends on momentum. Peaking at the right time has a way of giving teams and athletes confidence heading into big-time showdowns when championships are on the line and the Full Story

• Dispatches: Pospisil tames speedy Lakeside

  Posted: 09/24/2025, 12:50 pm

  Among the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing during the last weekend in September (look for Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series coverage from Brownstown Speedway’s Jackson 100 weekend elsewhere). Also find a listing Full Story

• Column: RTJ's title run gets boost from Birky

  Posted: 09/25/2025, 07:34 am

  Ricky Thornton Jr.’s Koehler Motorsports team was in need of another crew member for the stretch run of his Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series title defense. The person who came on board to fill the role couldn’t have more impeccable Full Story

• Notes: Consistency not quite enough for Louisianan

  Posted: 09/25/2025, 07:13 am By Todd Turner

  Plenty of Dirt Late Model racers actively avoid the grind of points racing. And plenty of those same drivers end up taking a peek at tabulated points midway through the season and find themselves lured into the chase. Such was the 2025 Full Story

• Breakdown of Lucas Oil's Big River Steel Big Four

  Posted: 09/23/2025, 12:22 pm By Kyle McFadden

  A statistical breakdown of the four eligible drivers in the Big River Steel Chase for the Championship presented by ARP on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series heading into the five-race playoffs. The champion receives $250,000 with $200,000, Full Story

• Top 25: RTJ unanimous atop power rankings

  Posted: 09/23/2025, 07:42 am By Kevin Kovac

  A solid weekend at Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway during which Ricky Thornton Jr. fell one spot short of another crown jewel victory propelled the Chandler, Ariz., driver to a unanimous No. 1 selection in DirtonDirt’s power rankings. The 34-year-old Full Story

• Notes: 'Just another Knoxville' for Davenport

  Posted: 09/22/2025, 04:34 pm By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 20) — Jonathan Davenport changed into street clothes and had his arms on his team’s pit box as Hudson O’Neal, a short distance away, celebrated his victory in Saturday’s 75-lap Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Full Story

• Fast Talk: O'Neal's rout and Big Four handicapping

  Posted: 09/22/2025, 11:40 am

  Hudson O’Neal topped the charts with his $75,000 Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals victory, a topic our roundtable tackles in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Consider Full Story

• A $75,000 rebound for the ages at Knoxville

  Posted: 09/21/2025, 11:00 am By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 20) — Two forgettable preliminary programs — one downright awful, one just bad — sent Hudson O’Neal into Saturday’s Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals finale with little momentum. But one thing he Full Story

• Notes: Knoxville oval right up Moran's alley

  Posted: 09/20/2025, 04:26 pm By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 19) — Devin Moran doesn’t have a long personal history at Knoxville Raceway, but he’s rapidly building one. With a top-10 finish in each of his three previous Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals appearances Full Story

• Knoxville a bright spot amid Overton's struggles

  Posted: 09/20/2025, 08:25 am By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 19) — The race slipped through Brandon Overton’s fingers. He was fairly certain of that. With a little more aggressiveness, a bit more urgency, he could have won Friday’s 25-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals Full Story

• Juiced track produces carnage at Knoxville

  Posted: 09/19/2025, 03:40 pm By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 18) — Brutal. Just brutal. There was no other way to describe Thursday’s opener of the Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals at Knoxville Raceway. With the sprawling half-mile oval juiced up following earlier Full Story

• Back on Knoxville stage, all the feels for Roberts

  Posted: 09/19/2025, 07:30 am By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 18) — Rain was falling Thursday night on Ken Roberts at Knoxville Raceway, but he didn’t mind. He was riding a high that even a thorough soaking couldn’t douse. The 63-year-old team owner from East Moline, Full Story

• Dispatches: English pockets Bullring's $10,000

  Posted: 09/18/2025, 02:32 pm

  Among the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing during the Sept. 18-21 weekend (look for Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series from Iowa’s Knoxville Raceway elsewhere). Also find a listing of live-streaming video from Full Story

• Notes: Arkansas driver sketches successful career

  Posted: 09/18/2025, 08:41 am By Todd Turner

  As a boy, Mark Nichols had a fascination with drawing pictures of Dirt Late Model race cars, crafting version of the cars of his favorite Arkansas drivers like Billy Moyer and Jeff Floyd. Using markers and pencils to sketch out colorful Full Story

• Column: Team owner's rapid ascent to pinnacle

  Posted: 09/17/2025, 04:20 pm

  About a half-hour after the conclusion of Sept. 6’s World 100 at Eldora Speedway, after Bobby Koehler had been on the Rossburg, Ohio, track’s stage celebrating a victory in Dirt Late Model racing’s most prestigious race with his driver Full Story

• Fast Facts: 21st Lucas Oil Knoxville Nationals

  Posted: 09/16/2025, 02:59 pm By Aaron Clay

  Dates: Sept. 18-20 Track: Knoxville Raceway (semi-banked half-mile clay oval) Location: Knoxville, Iowa Purse: $75,000-to-win ($10,000-to-win prelims) Presenting sponsors: Lucas Oil and All Makes Collision Center Sanction: Lucas Oil Full Story

• Top 25: Thornton reigns as Feger climbs

  Posted: 09/16/2025, 07:22 am By Kevin Kovac

  Ricky Thornton Jr.’s status as the No. 1 driver in DirtonDirt’s power rankings continued for a second consecutive week despite a quiet single-start weekend during which he finished seventh in Thursday’s FloRacing Night in America-sanctioned Full Story

• Fast Talk: The Southeast, weekend recap and more

  Posted: 09/15/2025, 10:35 am

  As the fall specials beckon, our weekly roundtable considers all the latest action for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): In earlier eras, Southeastern tracks were the heart Full Story