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Notes: Neat survives near-disaster to finish fourth
Posted: 01/29/2010, 01:20 am By Todd TurnerBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 28) — Brad Neat's first feature lap as a driver for Bobby Labonte Motorsports wasn't exactly how he'd pictured it since joining teammate Earl Pearson Jr.'s North Carolina-based team. The 30-year-old Neat started Full Story
Golden Isles coverage index
Posted: 01/22/2010, 06:13 pmBRUNSWICK, Ga. — DirtonDirt.com's coverage of the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series-sanctioned Super Bowl of Racing VI at Golden Isles Speedway from Jan. 28-30 (also see DirtonDirt.com blogs and the Speedweeks previews index): Tuesday, Full Story
Bloomquist's savvy pass earns win at Golden Isles
Posted: 01/28/2010, 05:42 pm By Todd TurnerBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 28) — En route to a likely victory last year at the Super Bowl of Racing, Scott Bloomquist learned a tough lesson about Golden Isles Speedway. If you try to overtake a lower-running foe who drifts high exiting Full Story
Notes: Ferguson anxious to make Starrette proud
Posted: 01/28/2010, 05:30 pm By Todd TurnerBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 28) — In preparing the Jack Starrette-owned car he'll drive Thursday for the first time in 2010, slim and wiry youngster Chris Ferguson built a cozy cockpit that would be a tight fit for any driver who had packed Full Story
Notes: Two-chassis plan for Shaver's Speedweeks
Posted: 01/26/2010, 10:18 pmVeteran dirt racer Steve Shaver of Vienna, W.Va., has won big races throughout his career driving Rayburn Race Cars as well as Rocket Chassis. The 46-year-old driver gets a chance to win in both during Georgia-Florida Speedweeks. During Full Story
Volusia oval a favorite for young gun Hubbard
Posted: 01/26/2010, 09:40 pm By Kevin KovacAustin Hubbard posed alongside his new high-profile Dirt Late Model ride in public for the first time last weekend during the Motorsports 2010 show at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pa. Now the teenage sensation from Seaford, Full Story
One of Nebraska's best takes aim at Speedweeks
Posted: 01/26/2010, 09:15 pm By Todd TurnerTo say Kyle Berck is a stickler about building picture-perfect race cars is an understatement. The 40-year-old farmer from Marquette, Neb., prides himself on making sure "every nut, bolt and washer" is perfect when building one of his pristine Full Story
Series previews: Peeking at regional touring plans
Posted: 01/26/2010, 12:22 pm By Todd TurnerFocus during Florida Speedweeks will be on the national travelers with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series and Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, but many of the regional tours are making big plans for the 2010 season. DirtonDirt.com Full Story
Previewing Northern tours for 2010 season
Posted: 01/26/2010, 10:09 am By Todd TurnerWhile most series don't launch until spring, here's a look at developments on Northern Dirt Late Model tours for the 2010 season. The brief capsules, with information primarily from series officials and directors, focus on changes for the Full Story
Previewing Southern tours for 2010 season
Posted: 01/26/2010, 09:53 am By Todd TurnerWhile most series don't launch until spring, here's a look at developments on Southern Dirt Late Model tours for the 2010 season. The brief capsules, with information primarily from series officials and directors, focus on changes for the Full Story
Previewing Western tours for 2010 season
Posted: 01/26/2010, 09:39 am By Todd TurnerWhile most series don't launch until spring, here's a look at developments on Western Dirt Late Model tours for the 2010 season. The brief capsules, with information primarily from series officials and directors, focus on changes for the Full Story
Previewing Midwestern tours for 2010 season
Posted: 01/26/2010, 09:22 am By Todd TurnerWhile most series don't launch until spring, here's a look at developments on Midwestern Dirt Late Model tours for the 2010 season. The brief capsules, with information primarily from series officials and directors, focus on changes for Full Story
Short's DTWC returning home to West Virginia
Posted: 01/25/2010, 08:17 pm By Brian TidballThe Dirt Track World Championship is heading back home to West Virginia. After a nine-year sojourn to tracks in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, race promoter Carl Short is taking his $50,000-to-win crown jewel to the state where it began back. Full Story
Speedweeks questions? We've got the answers
Posted: 01/25/2010, 12:09 amAlthough there've been several Dirt Late Model races already in 2010, the off-season ends with a vengeance Thursday with Georgia-Florida Speedweeks on Jan. 28-Feb. 13 with 15 races at Golden Isles Speedway, East Bay Raceway Park and Volusia Full Story
WoO sophomore heads to Florida with new confidence
Posted: 01/24/2010, 08:08 pm By Kevin KovacRuss King remembers the timid, uncertain feeling he took into last year’s DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH at Volusia Speedway Park. One flip of the calendar, however, has produced a dramatic change in the up-and-coming driver’s mental Full Story
Thomas slips by Johnson for victory at Columbus
Posted: 01/24/2010, 06:36 am By Roby HelmCOLUMBUS, Miss. (Jan. 23) — William Thomas of Phenix City, Ala., overtook polesitter Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, Tenn., on the 35th lap and went on to the the Crate Late Model portion of the Winter Classic at Columbus Speedway. Full Story
Dacus ends cabin fever, wins $3,000 at Columbus
Posted: 01/23/2010, 10:24 pmCOLUMBUS, Miss. (Jan. 23) — Just a few weeks ago, Dane Dacus of Lakeland, Tenn., was in "winter mode" with his racing program, the suspension out from underneath his race car and no body on the car at all. That's when racing buddy Full Story
Speedweeks preview index
Posted: 01/12/2010, 10:28 amDirtonDirt.com's previews of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks from Jan. 28-Feb. 13 at Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, Ga., East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla., and Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.: Friday, Jan. 29 • Full Story
Daytona is part of busy Speedweeks for Richards
Posted: 01/22/2010, 10:06 am By Kevin KovacJosh Richards is ready for what just might be the first week in the rest of his racing life. With his national profile soaring in the wake of a World of Outlaws Late Model Series championship season in 2009, the 21-year-old sensation brings Full Story
Ohio notes: New Hilltop owner making changes
Posted: 01/21/2010, 03:13 pm By Dustin JarrettRacer turned track owner turned racer Jesse Wardell will be turning back to a track owner for the 2010 season as he and his wife Tracey have purchased Hilltop Speedway from Roger Patterson. Wardell has earned kudos from fans and drivers Full Story
Notes: Wreck wads up last of cars for Phillips
Posted: 01/17/2010, 09:38 pm By Todd TurnerTUCSON, Ariz. (Jan. 17) — Terry Phillips was among the fastest drivers during the Wild West Shootout. The first three nights were solid, including a victory and third-place finish, while things went decidedly worse the final three Full Story
Mars dominates to win $10,000 Tucson finale
Posted: 01/17/2010, 08:48 pm By Todd TurnerTUCSON, Ariz. (Jan. 17) — Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., lost Saturday's Wild West Shootout race amid lapped traffic at USA Raceway, and two things helped him make sure that didn't happen in Sunday's $10,000-to-win Bill Cheesbourg Full Story
Notes: Heckenast tries to get brand new car rolling
Posted: 01/17/2010, 05:53 pm By Todd TurnerTUCSON, Ariz. (Jan. 17) — You hear stories about racers who say a brand new car was quick "right out of the box," but it's more likely that most drivers take a while to get adjusted when fielding a new Dirt Late Model. That's the Full Story
Moyer outduels Mars for third victory in Tucson
Posted: 01/16/2010, 08:44 pm By Todd TurnerTUCSON, Ariz. (Jan. 16) — When the peppy trophy queens at USA Raceway saw Billy Moyer heading for the top of the track's podium, one asked: "Are you up here again?" Indeed Moyer made his third trip to victory lane Saturday in capturing Full Story
Notes: Roof light helps owner track Daly's car
Posted: 01/16/2010, 02:28 am By Todd TurnerTUCSON, Ariz. (Jan. 15) — There are plenty of cars at the fourth annual Wild West Shootout with flashy graphics and colorful designs, but only one competitor at USA Raceway has a light atop the car's roof that makes it easy to track. Clay Full Story
