DirtOnDirt.com Search Results
13828 items match your search
East Bay rainout sets up Saturday doubleheader
Posted: 02/05/2010, 03:08 pmGIBSONTON, Fla. — Steady Friday rain around Tampa forced postponement of the fifth round of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Dart Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park, the track announced. After determining early Full Story
Managing Labonte team stressful but satisfying
Posted: 02/05/2010, 08:56 am By Todd TurnerGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 4) — With both cars from the Bobby Labonte Motorsports gambling with hard-compound tires in Thursday's Dart Winternationals feature — and struggling early in the 40-lapper at East Bay Raceway Park — Full Story
Tire-gambling Pearson overcomes Bloomquist
Posted: 02/04/2010, 04:55 pm By Todd TurnerGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 4) — Outside front-row starter Scott Bloomquist's start in Thursday's 40-lap Dart Winternationals feature at East Bay Raceway Park couldn't have been much better as he pulled away from the field. Fifth-starting Full Story
Notes: Sub for Richards is no slouch at East Bay
Posted: 02/04/2010, 10:03 am By Todd TurnerGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 4) — On Thursday at East Bay Raceway Park, the Ernie Davis-owned No. 25 Dirt Late Model will get some modest modifications by crew members. They'll pull out the original racing seat and replace it with slightly Full Story
Moyer vs. Richards? Mr. East Bay Past triumphs
Posted: 02/03/2010, 04:09 pm By Todd TurnerGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 3) — In Wednesday's Dart Winternationals feature, it was Josh Richards vs. Billy Moyer. The driver formerly known as Kid Rocket vs. the veteran known as Mr. Smooth. Mr. East Bay Present vs. Mr. East Bay Full Story
Californian trying to get over hump at Speedweeks
Posted: 02/03/2010, 01:09 pm By Todd TurnerGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 2) — The victim in one of many mishaps Tuesday at East Bay Raceway Park, Eric Jacobsen leaned against his team's hauler in the back pit area and recounted the misfortune of being eliminated from the Dart Winternationals Full Story
Dominating Bloomquist wins $5,000 at East Bay
Posted: 02/02/2010, 05:12 pm By Todd TurnerGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 2) — Scott Bloomquist's shakedown was a success. Wanting to test a new self-designed No. 0 before the weekend's big-money races, the reigning Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion cruised to a tuneup victory Full Story
Notes: Cook thrilled with solid start at East Bay
Posted: 02/02/2010, 09:50 am By Todd TurnerGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 1) — It's not a stretch for Ray Cook to see himself as an underdog at East Bay Raceway Park. Even though the 38-year-old driver from Brasstown, N.C., is coming off his winningest Dirt Late Model season, Cook Full Story
Unique tire rule throws in wrinkle at East Bay
Posted: 02/01/2010, 06:32 pm By Todd TurnerGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 1) — Managing and choosing tires for Dirt Late Models always requires knowledge, experience and a little guesswork. Even more so at East Bay Raceway Park, a third-mile track with an unusual surface that calls Full Story
East Bay coverage index
Posted: 02/02/2010, 04:22 pmGIBSONTON, Fla. — DirtonDirt.com's coverage of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Dart Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park from Feb. 1-6 (also see DirtonDirt.com blogs and the Georgia-Florida Speedweeks statistics): Tuesday, Full Story
Mothballed car carries Marlar to win at East Bay
Posted: 02/01/2010, 04:15 pm By Todd TurnerGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 1) — Most drivers head to Florida Speedweeks with brand new equipment or a trusty car from the previous season. Mike Marlar came to East Bay Raceway Park with a race car that hadn't hit a racetrack in a full Full Story
Clanton eyes Volusia run despite serious infection
Posted: 02/01/2010, 06:28 am By Kevin KovacThe only place Shane Clanton wants to be right now is in his race shop, making final preparations for the 2010 season-opening World of Outlaws Late Model Series events on Feb. 11 and 13 during the 39th annual DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Full Story
Column: Picks and pans at Super Bowl of Racing
Posted: 01/31/2010, 11:52 pmBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 31) — Golden Isles Speedway's Super Bowl of Racing VI had a little bit of everything. A variety of winners, a partial strip-tease in victory lane and the best three-nights-in-a-row crowds in miniseries history. Full Story
Notes: Pearson's tire, 5 others sent for lab tests
Posted: 01/31/2010, 09:02 pm By Todd TurnerBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 31) — Laboratory tests on the right-rear tire Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series officials confiscated Saturday from Earl Pearson Jr. will determine whether the rubber was altered by chemical substances, series Full Story
Lively Hubbard planning more unique celebrations
Posted: 01/31/2010, 02:47 amBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 30) — Before starting on the pole Saturday for the 60-lap finale of Golden Isles Speedway's Super Bowl of Racing VI, 17-year-old Austin Hubbard sought sage advice from a veteran racer with vast experience — Full Story
Hubbard leads 60 laps, earns $12,000 at GIS
Posted: 01/30/2010, 06:14 pm By Todd TurnerBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 30) — All the off-season talk centered on Austin's Hubbard's plans to drive Dale Beitler's No. 19 in 2010. But before his first start in that potent car, Hubbard made some big news in his family-owned No. 11. Leading Full Story
Notes: Bowen tries to get over hump at GIS
Posted: 01/30/2010, 05:45 pm By Todd TurnerBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 30) — Unheralded Dirt Late Model racer Dean Bowen of Whiteville, N.C., put his name among the big boys Friday night, qualifying seventh quick at Golden Isles Speedway's Super Bowl of Racing VI. And then he got Full Story
Richards outduels Erb, sails at Golden Isles
Posted: 01/29/2010, 04:59 pm By Todd TurnerBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 29) — Outside front-row starter Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., regained the lead from Dennis Erb Jr. amid traffic on the 14th lap and led the rest of the way for a 50-lap victory in the second round of the Full Story
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
