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• Column: Pierce's perfect timing for WoO title run

  Posted: 11/09/2023, 03:21 am

  CONCORD, N.C. — Bobby Pierce’s decision to tackle the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series in 2023 — a decision that culminated last weekend with his crowning as the national tour’s champion during the World Finals at The Dirt Full Story

• Notes: No stop in Dumpert's IMCA title quest

  Posted: 11/08/2023, 07:28 am

  Cory Dumpert vowed last fall that he’d “hit the ground running” when the 2023 IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing point season rolled around. The Nebraska driver made good on that promise, racing to 15 feature victories, three track Full Story

• Top 25: RTJ unanimous as Marlar climbs

  Posted: 11/07/2023, 04:45 am By Todd Turner

  Solidifying his No. 1 ranking in the season’s waning weeks, Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., is once again the unanimous top selection in DirtonDirt.com’s power rankings following two World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series victories Full Story

• Fast Talk: Surveying the World Finals landscape

  Posted: 11/06/2023, 10:58 am

  With Mike Marlar and two-time winner Ricky Thornton Jr. grabbing victories at Charlotte's World Finals, our roundtable considers that and more in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and Full Story

• Best laid plans shuffled by Charlotte track prep

  Posted: 11/05/2023, 10:50 am By Kevin Kovac

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 4) — Everyone knew The Dirt Track at Charlotte’s surface would be reworked before Saturday night’s 50-lap World Finals finale. No one thought it would receive quite the attention it did. | RaceWire When the feature Full Story

• Despite fading in finale, Dillard keeping head up

  Posted: 11/05/2023, 06:19 am By Kyle McFadden

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 4) — As badly as Cade Dillard craved Saturday’s World Finals victory at the Dirt Track at Charlotte, he can take consolation knowing it was a year well spent traveling with the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series. Full Story

• Patched-up Bloomquist predicting a comeback

  Posted: 11/04/2023, 01:40 pm By Kyle McFadden

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 3) — It’s been the most popular topic of discussion since Wednesday evening at the Dirt Track at Charlotte: Is Scott Bloomquist back? The 59-year-old legend rekindled feelings of nostalgia and showed he’s not Full Story

• Slump? What slump? SSI team tallies win No. 33

  Posted: 11/04/2023, 09:24 am By Kevin Kovac

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 3) — Ricky Thornton Jr. and his crew chief, Anthony Burroughs, couldn’t help but share a laugh in their SSI Motorsports trailer after hearing the reaction some people had to Thornton’s victory in Friday night’s Full Story

• Troutman’s opportunities expand with Texas team

  Posted: 11/03/2023, 02:29 pm By Kyle McFadden

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 2) — Only recently has Chris Bragg imagined himself as purely a car owner. The Springtown, Texas, native has owned a Dirt Late Model for three years now, but mainly so he can race himself. Besides, owning a full-fledged Full Story

• Marlar's team transition smooth (and victorious)

  Posted: 11/03/2023, 08:29 am By Kevin Kovac

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 2) — For a driver making his debut with a new team on the high-profile stage of the World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Mike Marlar’s demeanor Thursday was oddly serene. “I don’t even feel pressure,” Full Story

• Notes: Hail Mary pass worth a try at Charlotte

  Posted: 11/03/2023, 05:48 am By Kyle McFadden and Kevin Kovac

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 2) — Brandon Overton knew realistically that Thursday's Hail Mary move around the top of the Dirt Track at Charlotte’s turns one and two wasn’t going to catapult himself past eventual flag-to-flag winner Mike Marlar. Full Story

• Smith's finding his way as DTWC glow fades

  Posted: 11/02/2023, 02:32 pm By Kyle McFadden

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 1) — At Eldora Speedway’s Dirt Track World Championship two weeks ago, the image capturing Garrett Smith’s crowning achievement emblazoned one of the largest banners adorning the Rossburg, Ohio, track’s suite Full Story

• Notes: English learning what his new BMF likes

  Posted: 11/02/2023, 10:57 am By Kyle McFadden and Kevin Kovac

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 1) — Tanner English and the Viper Motorsports No. 96v team debuted a brand-new BMF Race Car on Wednesday at The Dirt Track at Charlotte and first impressions from World Finals qualifying night were pleasing for the Full Story

• Charlotte next test for free-wheeling Carpenter

  Posted: 11/02/2023, 06:00 am By Kevin Kovac

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 1) — Tyler Carpenter wasn’t particularly interested in entering this year’s World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. But there he was Wednesday afternoon, rocking a bright-green Cole Trickle hoodie as he prepped Full Story

• Column: Dad was ‘real life hero’ for Jeff Smith

  Posted: 11/01/2023, 05:30 pm

  Nearly three weeks removed from his father Freddy Smith’s passing on Oct. 14, Jeff Smith has had time to process the personal loss of the Hall of Fame driver he called his “real life hero.” Freddy’s memorial services on Oct. 18 Full Story

• Fast Facts: 17th annual World of Outlaws World Finals

  Posted: 11/01/2023, 05:08 pm By Aaron Clay

  Dates: Nov. 1-4 (time trial session on Wednesday, followed by $15,000-to-win preliminary features on Thursday and Friday before Saturday’s $25,000-to-win finale). Track: The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Concord, N.C. (4/10-mile semi-banked Full Story

• Experience-building Wilson forges ahead

  Posted: 11/01/2023, 06:00 am By Kyle McFadden

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (Oct. 31) — If there’s anything Daulton Wilson has learned from his two full years as a touring driver, it’s to never take a nice paycheck for granted. Who cares that on Tuesday’s brisk Halloween night only 11 other Full Story

• Madden hits his stride after switching chassis

  Posted: 10/30/2023, 01:41 pm By Kyle McFadden

  PHENIX CITY, Ala. (Oct. 29) — It’s not an overstatement to say that Chris Madden is back on top of his game after dominating Sunday's National 100 at East Alabama Motor Speedway. The 48-year-old veteran put on yet another driving clinic Full Story

• Fast Talk: Madden riding high toward Charlotte

  Posted: 10/30/2023, 10:55 am

  We head to the end of October with Chris Madden collecting $49,000 at East Alabama Motor Speedway's National 100. Our weekly roundtable considers Madden's victory and more in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies Full Story

• Overton back in one of his happy places

  Posted: 10/29/2023, 02:02 pm By Kyle McFadden

  PHENIX CITY, Ala. (Oct. 28) — When a bystander tried getting Brandon Overton’s attention late Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway, the superstar racer was preoccupied with some home cooking. “I’m up here cooking mashed Full Story

• Notes: Madden takes aim at third National 100

  Posted: 10/29/2023, 12:51 pm By Kyle McFadden

  PHENIX CITY, Ala. (Oct. 28) — Simply put, Chris Madden feels good about his chances Sunday at picking up a would-be third National 100 victory. “Good. Real good,” said the Gray Court, S.C. driver, whose confidence stems from employing Full Story

• EAMS local's chance of a lifetime in Team Zero car

  Posted: 10/29/2023, 06:58 am By Kyle McFadden

  PHENIX CITY, Ala. (Oct. 28) — Regardless of what happens in Sunday’s 49th installment of the National 100 at East Alabama Motor Speedway, polesitter Richie Stephens is already Dirt Late Model racing’s premier storyline from the weekend. Full Story

• Column: DTWC preview of B-Shepp’s next step

  Posted: 10/26/2023, 05:12 pm

  ROSSBURG, Ohio — The 43rd General Tire Dirt Track World Championship at Eldora Speedway just might have been the first day in the rest of Brandon Sheppard’s racing life. Or at least he hopes it was. Unto itself, Sheppard, 30, of New Full Story

• Notes: McCowan caps rookie title at home

  Posted: 10/26/2023, 11:40 am

  It seems fitting for Dillon McCowan that the final Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Racing Association race of the season, following a schedule adjustment, will be at his home track of Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. The Urbana, Mo., driver Full Story

• Notes: Conservative run foiled for J.D. at DTWC

  Posted: 10/25/2023, 08:06 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 22) — Eldora Speedway wasn’t the place that Jonathan Davenport knows and loves for Sunday’s 43rd General Tire Dirt Track World Championship. That smooth, slick surface Davenport has mastered en route to eight Full Story