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• Wild West Shootout index

  Posted: 01/06/2011, 03:37 pm

  TUCSON, Ariz. — DirtonDirt.com's coverage from the fifth annual Wild West Shootout, an unsanctioned six-race miniseries for Super Late Models scheduled for Jan. 8-16 at USA Raceway: Wednesday, Jan. 19 • Video: Interviews with Full Story

• Tucson provides winter oasis for racing teams

  Posted: 01/06/2011, 02:56 pm By Joshua Joiner

  For many years, the unofficial start to the Dirt Late Model season has always been Florida Speedweeks in February. But over the past decade, that start has moved up on the calendar and west on the map for some drivers. Early-season races Full Story

• Patience a virtue with Babb's chassis switch

  Posted: 01/06/2011, 06:07 am By Todd Turner

  Following a subpar season, Shannon Babb is plenty anxious to climb into his new chassis and get rolling. But after considering an early start to his 2011 season at USA Raceway's Wild West Shootout in Tucson, Ariz., the two-time Dirt Track Full Story

• Notes: Dash spices up action at Volusia

  Posted: 01/05/2011, 09:35 pm

  Drivers who fail to earn a coveted starting spot in Late Model features during February’s 40th annual DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH at Volusia Speedway Park will have a chance for a unique prize with the addition of the Bulrush Dash to Full Story

• Ice Bowl veteran knows chips must fall your way

  Posted: 01/05/2011, 08:37 pm By Joshua Joiner

  What does it take to win the Ice Bowl at Talladega Short Track? Of course it takes a good driver with a well-prepared race car, but that’s not all that’s required to win the early-season event that typically attracts anywhere Full Story

• Ocala slips race between East Bay, Volusia action

  Posted: 01/04/2011, 02:44 pm By Todd Turner

  Traditionally, the middle Sunday during Florida Speedweeks has been a day of rest for Dirt Late Model racers. Not this year. Ocala (Fla.) Speedway rejoins the Speedweeks schedule for the first time in 18 years, scheduling an $8,000-to-win Full Story

• Notes: U.S. drivers get victories Down Under

  Posted: 01/03/2011, 10:52 am

  U.S. Dirt Late Model drivers frequently go Down Under for a little off-season dirt racing action. During this year's holiday season back in the States, three of them notched victories at dirt tracks in Australia and New Zealand. Jeep Van Full Story

• Reviewing 2010 racing season 5 items at a time

  Posted: 12/29/2010, 08:32 am By Todd Turner

  With top driver honors previously published, DirtonDirt.com takes a look at some other top-five lists from the 2010 season, running the gamut from the top-five performances to top-five feuds of the year: Top five individual performances • Full Story

• Landers, Bowen among 2010 driver honorees

  Posted: 12/27/2010, 02:12 am By Todd Turner

  As part of its ongoing Best of 2010 coverage, DirtonDirt.com hands out awards to worthy Dirt Late Model drivers. We rank the top breakout drivers, top newcomers and most improved drivers of the season. The honorees: Breakout drivers Jared Full Story

• Pressure doesn't faze two-time WoO champ

  Posted: 12/21/2010, 08:09 am By Kevin Kovac

  The pressure was on Josh Richards midway through the final 2010 race on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series. Clinging to a six-point lead in the standings over Darrell Lanigan and with his friendly rival on the charge in the season-ending Full Story

• Notes: Short deciding on 2011 DTWC venue soon

  Posted: 12/17/2010, 03:32 pm

  Will the Dirt Track World Championship relocate for the fourth straight year? Race promoter Carl Short says he hopes to announce the host track for the $50,000-to-win race by mid-January, but he's mum about details for the October classic. Short Full Story

• Moyer stretches prime with 24-victory season

  Posted: 12/16/2010, 02:25 pm By Todd Turner

  With the 2010 racing season in the books, DirtonDirt.com takes a closer look at top five drivers among national, regional and weekly Dirt Late Model competition. Here's the Best of 2010: National drivers Billy Moyer (21), Batesville, Full Story

• Notes: Waiver will give Tri-City UMP sanctioning

  Posted: 12/16/2010, 08:01 am

  Thanks to a waiver from UMP DIRTcar officials, weekly races at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Ill., will be UMP-sanctioned in 2011, series and track officials confirmed Wednesday. Tri-City hasn't sanctioned weekly UMP since switching Full Story

• Best of 2010 coverage index

  Posted: 12/01/2010, 05:24 am

  An index of DirtonDirt.com's Best of 2010 coverage: • Dec. 15: Best crash images of 2010 (photo slideshow) • Dec. 16: Best action images of 2010 (photo slideshow) • Dec. 17: Top drivers of 2010 nationally, regionally and Full Story

• Horton collects $10,000 Crate victory at East Bay

  Posted: 12/12/2010, 08:20 am By Roby Helm

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Dec. 11) — Regular East Bay Raceway Park visitor Doug Horton of Bruceton Mills, W.Va., earned $10,000 on Saturday night by capturing the sixth annual NeSmith Chevrolet World Championship for Crate Late Models. Driving Full Story

• Polesitting T-Mac goes for two in row at East Bay

  Posted: 12/11/2010, 09:14 am By Roby Helm

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Dec. 10) — Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., will start on the pole position for Saturday's $10,000-to-win NeSmith Chevrolet World Championship at East Bay Raceway Park. Last year's race winner was Friday's fast qualifier Full Story

• A PRI trade show tour, courtesy Chris Ferguson

  Posted: 12/11/2010, 07:34 am By Joshua Joiner

  ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 10) — There's no better way to get a view of the huge Performance Racing Industry trade show than through the eyes of a Dirt Late Model racer touring the aisles. On Day Two of the three-day show, where manufacturers Full Story

• Notes: GIS, Screven plan races for early February

  Posted: 12/10/2010, 12:21 pm

  Plans for Georgia's portion of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks are shaping up with announcements this week of three unsanctioned Dirt Late Model races paying $10,000 to the winner at south Georgia ovals. Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Full Story

• Building Capital: Green, Clanton to field new cars

  Posted: 12/10/2010, 09:54 am By Joshua Joiner

  The ever-growing list of Dirt Late Model chassis manufacturers will grow by at least one more in 2011. Retired racer Marshall Green of Dalton, Ga., plans to unveil his new Capital Race Cars chassis early in 2011 with fellow Georgian Shane Full Story

• Looking to 2011, WoO posts 40-race schedule

  Posted: 12/10/2010, 09:28 am By Kevin Kovac

  A mix of stalwart tracks, new venues and lucrative, high-profile events will comprise the 2011 World of Outlaws Late Model Series schedule, released Friday during the Performance Racing Industry trade show in Orlando, Fla. Forty events Full Story

• PRI: Bodywork shows flare, tests series rules

  Posted: 12/10/2010, 05:51 am By Joshua Joiner

  ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 9) — The race car of World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion Josh Richards was on display Thursday at the Performance Racing Industry trade show in Orlando, Fla., but it looked a bit different than it did when Full Story

• Not the retiring type, Balcaen grabs 34th title

  Posted: 12/07/2010, 07:31 am By Todd Turner

  Mike Balcaen is closer to the end of his Dirt Late Model career than the beginning, but don't expect him to call a press conference to announce his retirement. He already learned that lesson when, after 25 years of racing, he prematurely Full Story

• With 29 victories, Weiss races to WISSOTA crown

  Posted: 12/07/2010, 07:21 am By Joshua Joiner

  Like many young up-and-coming drivers, Ricky Weiss has hopes of one day achieving national prominence in the world of Super Late Model racing. But before he sets out to achieve that goal, Weiss is doing his best to become the top driver Full Story

• Notes: WoO invading Columbus in mid-March

  Posted: 12/07/2010, 07:13 am

  When the 2011 World of Outlaws Late Model Series schedule is released at the Performance Racing Industries trade show later this week in Orlando, Fla., it will feature a number of changes from the past year’s schedule, including the Full Story

• New partnership gives Clint Smith rosy outlook

  Posted: 12/03/2010, 09:58 am By Kevin Kovac

  Clint Smith failed to snap his long, frustrating winless streak on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series in 2010, but he made strides with his performance. And if the positive vibe he has about the slightly new direction of his 2011 racing Full Story