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• Notes: Crew's quick work lauded by Josh Richards

  Posted: 11/06/2009, 06:16 am By Kevin Kovac

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 5) — Although Josh Richards took just a few time trial laps preceding his 50-lap Hungry Man Showdown victory Thursday night, getting ready for the main event didn't just mean a few tweaks of his No. 1 Rocket Chassis. Full Story

• Notes: Drivers relieved to find better surface

  Posted: 11/06/2009, 12:51 am By Joshua Joiner

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 5) — A day’s worth of work on a racing surface that caused four drivers to be struck in the helmet by dirt clods during Wednesday’s preliminary action for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series Topless Full Story

• $12,750 to Richards in Hungry Man Showdown

  Posted: 11/06/2009, 12:25 am By Joshua Joiner

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 5) — Josh Richards got off to a spectacular start Thursday on the season-ending weekend with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series. Trailing leader Steve Francis by four points in the championship chase, Richards Full Story

• WoO World Finals coverage index

  Posted: 11/13/2009, 12:11 am

  CONCORD, N.C. — DirtonDirt.com's coverage from the third annual World of Outlaws World Finals (and Topless Showdown) at the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Nov. 4-7: Monday, Nov. 9 • Slideshow: Images from WoO's postseason Full Story

• Lanigan, Bloomquist trip clock quickest at Lowe's

  Posted: 11/06/2009, 12:04 am By Kevin Kovac

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 5) — Former World of Outlaws Late Model Series champions Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., and Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., shined on Thursday night, sharing fast-time honors in the two rounds of time Full Story

• Mourning Eckert will miss Vest's calls to race shop

  Posted: 11/05/2009, 11:51 pm By Kevin Kovac

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 5) — For standout Dirt Late Model driver Rick Eckert, Raye Vest was much more than just a car owner. He was more like "second father" an emotional Eckert said Wednesday at the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway Full Story

• Eckert's long-time car owner dies at age 76

  Posted: 11/05/2009, 04:39 pm By Joshua Joiner

  CONCORD, N.C. — Dirt Late Model racing lost one its biggest supporters and most beloved car owners on Wednesday when Raye Vest died at his White Plains, Md., home after a lengthy illness. He was 76. Vest is best known as the car Full Story

• 4 drivers hurt at Lowe's; conditions postpone race

  Posted: 11/04/2009, 09:29 pm By Joshua Joiner

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 4) — After two injured drivers were sent to a local hospital and two more drivers suffered lesser injuries amid difficult track conditions, officials at the Dirt Track at Lowe’s postponed Wednesday night’s Full Story

• Lowe's hosts WoO's grand finale tripleheader

  Posted: 11/04/2009, 04:47 am By Kevin Kovac

  The 2009 World of Outlaws Late Model Series season concludes with a blockbuster four-day meet at the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway beginning on Wednesday with the postponed Topless Showdown by Hungry Man and continuing with the third Full Story

• Merchant earns $2,500 for Spooky 50 victory

  Posted: 11/03/2009, 08:05 am

  CHATHAM, La. (Nov. 1) — Kenny Merchant of West Monroe, La., raced to a $2,500 victory in the Spooky 50 at Fast Trax Speedway in an event delayed to Sunday by rain. Allen Tippen of Minden, La, was second followed by David Ashley of Full Story

• Kings victory wraps up Hogge's Western Allstars title

  Posted: 11/02/2009, 08:55 am

  HANFORD, Calif. (Oct. 31) — Heading into Kings Speedway's Western Dirt Nationals, Bobby Hogge IV said a victory would "be the perfect way to top off the season." Consider Hogge's season topped off perfectly. The 32-year-old driver Full Story

• Two-track sweep means $16,000 payoff for Stile

  Posted: 11/02/2009, 07:06 am By Todd Turner

  For the most part, weekly Dirt Late Model racers are running for glory. Purses are modest and championships are sometimes rewarded with trophies, jackets and a pat on the back. But for the 2009 season, driver Sammy Stile of Charleroi, Pa., Full Story

• Merrill gets treat, not trick, at Tri-State's Spooker II

  Posted: 11/01/2009, 03:20 pm

  POCOLA, Okla. (Oct. 31) — Making a rare Late Model start, Raymond Merrill of Sallisaw, Okla., wasn't just using his driver's suit as a Halloween costume. Piloting a Wendell Wallace No. 88, the outside front-row starter zipped to victory Full Story

• Cook's uses bailout plan, grabs Talladega victory

  Posted: 10/31/2009, 07:04 am By Brian McLeod

  EASTABOGA, Ala. (Oct. 30) — Surviving challenges from Ronnie Johnson and a near disastrous brush with a spun car, Ray Cook of Brasstown, N.C., continued his winningest his season with a 40-lap victory at Talladega Short Track. Friday's Full Story

• Hogge's crowning highlights series-ender at Kings

  Posted: 10/30/2009, 09:32 am By Kevin Kovac

  Bobby Hogge IV is just one green flag away from clinching his coveted first career Western Allstars DIRTcar Late Model Series championship. By simply starting Saturday's season-ending event at Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif., the standout Full Story

• Green Valley win gives Cook winningest season

  Posted: 10/30/2009, 07:26 am By Brian McLeod

  GLENCOE, Ala. (Oct. 29) — Not since Ray Cook was battling in four-bangers back at his hometown Tri-County Racetrack as he won as many races as in 2009. The 38-year-old Cook notched his career-high 10th Late Model victory of the season Full Story

• Grand Nat'ls title pays Buckingham $30,000

  Posted: 10/29/2009, 04:00 pm

  RURAL RETREAT, Va. (Oct. 24) — Shanon Buckingham of Morristown, Tenn., captured the $30,000 Fastrak Grand Nationals crown with a victory in the Grand Nationals finale Saturday at Wythe Raceway. Buckingham led all 50 laps for the victory Full Story

• Wildung's 20 victories lead to WISSOTA crown

  Posted: 10/29/2009, 07:52 am By Todd Turner

  Jeff Wildung's crew members find themselves walking a fine line while helping the team's yellow No. 50 run up front in WISSOTA Late Model events, as it often does. Wildung's frequent victories usually put him in the mix for the WISSOTA Full Story

• Uncle-nephew duo eyes family sweep at Lowe's

  Posted: 10/29/2009, 03:59 am By Kevin Kovac

  Rick Eckert will be a racer and a race fan during the third annual World of Outlaws World Finals on Nov. 5-7 at the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway. As soon as Eckert finishes his World of Outlaws Late Model Series duties throughout Full Story

• Magnolia's Cotton Pickin' 100 pushed to Nov. 6-7

  Posted: 10/29/2009, 03:36 am

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (Oct 28) — The sixth annual Southern Belle Cotton Pickin' 100 will have to wait another week at Magnolia Motor Speedway. Dismal weather forecasts forced promoters to postpone the unsanctioned $15,000-to-win event, Full Story

• New-era Show-Me 100 heading for Wheatland

  Posted: 10/28/2009, 03:27 pm By Todd Turner

  The Show-Me 100, one of Dirt Late Model racing's most lucrative and popular events, is moving to Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo., in 2010, officials said Wednesday. The Memorial Day weekend event, held for 17 years at West Plains Full Story

• Smith survives scare, grabs first Clash crown

  Posted: 10/28/2009, 08:18 am By Joshua Joiner

  MADISON, N.C. — Going into the Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series season finale last weekend at 311 Fastrack, Jeff Smith only needed to finish 22nd or better to hold off five-time defending series champion Ricky Weeks to win his Full Story

• Lux leads all 25 laps at Steel City Stampede

  Posted: 10/27/2009, 09:03 am

  SARVER, Pa. (Oct. 25) — Polesitter Matt Lux of Franklin, Pa., led all 25 laps Sunday at Lernerville Speedway on Sunday for a victory in the inaugural DIRTcar Round Up Steel City Stampede. Lux's $2,000 victory was his first at Lernerville Full Story

• Dohm races to $10,000 victory at Brushcreek

  Posted: 10/27/2009, 06:17 am By Mike Ross

  PEEBLES, Ohio (Oct. 25) — Tim Dohm of Cross Lanes, W.Va., led 47 of 50 laps Sunday at Brushcreek Motorsports Complex to earn $10,000 in an unsanctioned special event tabbed the Billy Bob. Dohm, who started fifth, battled early with Full Story

• Notes: Show-Me 100's fate is still up in the air

  Posted: 10/26/2009, 12:26 pm

  The 18th version of the O'Reilly Show-Me 100 is scheduled for 2010 on Memorial Day weekend in Missouri. Exactly which Show-Me State dirt track will host one of the Midwest's most popular Dirt Late Model races is still in doubt. The lucrative Full Story