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• Matthees takes Dart Challenge opener in Fountain City

  Posted: 07/03/2009, 01:54 am

  FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. (July 2) — Third-starting Lance Matthees of Winona, Minn., led the last stretch of the 40-lap feature at Mississippi Thunder Speedway to win the season opener on the WISSOTA-sanctioned DART Challenge Series. Matthees Full Story

• Macon fans cheer Babb as he snaps UMP drought

  Posted: 07/02/2009, 06:40 pm By Todd Turner

  MACON, Ill. (July 2) — There's nothing like a little home-track love to get a driver back on track. Struggling through one of his longest winning stretches on the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals, Shannon Babb received the arm-raising Full Story

• Notes: Cheerios, Dollar General sponsor Bowyer

  Posted: 07/02/2009, 03:17 pm

  Dale McDowell's Clint Bowyer Racing team has new major sponsorship with the addition of Dollar General Stores and General Mills, the Welcome, N.C., team announced Thursday. The sponsors came to a multiyear agreement with the team that's Full Story

• I-5 Tour's tripleheader highlights big weekend

  Posted: 07/02/2009, 02:38 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Another holiday weekend means another big tripleheader for the Northwest I-5 DIRTcar Late Model Tour. Silent since its magnificent 2009 debut over the Memorial Day holiday, the series roars back into action this weekend with an Independence Full Story

• Column: On UMP tour, Erb faces critics aplenty

  Posted: 07/02/2009, 01:46 pm

  HIGHLAND, Ill. (July 2) — The "Dennis Erb Jr. Game" probably wouldn't be a big seller as a board game, but we've played it around DirtonDirt.com's on-the-road office on occasion. It's easy to learn, requires no dice and goes something Full Story

• Notes: Painful wrist doesn't slow Faust

  Posted: 07/02/2009, 03:31 am By Todd Turner

  HIGHLAND, Ill. (July 1) — Mark Faust knows what it's like to injure his wrists, breaking both of them in racing accidents during his career. He didn't break a wrist during his hometown UMP DIRTcar Summernationals race, but he endured Full Story

• Neal tops Toland for Independence victory

  Posted: 07/02/2009, 01:19 am

  INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (July 1) — Terry Neal of Ely, Iowa, didn’t let lapped traffic delay his charge back to the front of Wednesday’s Deery Brothers Summer Series feature field at Independence Motor Speedway. Making his move Full Story

• Van Wormer leads all the way, wins at Highland

  Posted: 07/01/2009, 06:16 pm By Todd Turner

  HIGHLAND, Ill. (July 1) — Jeep Van Wormer's hot-and-cold run in the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals is at its hottest following Wednesday's victory at Highland Speedway in the 16th leg of the month-long tour. The 34-year-old Pinconning, Full Story

• Notes: Burson, ex-WoO tech director, honored

  Posted: 07/01/2009, 04:50 pm By Kevin Kovac

  A special ceremony at Lernerville Speedway following June 27's Firecracker 100 draw for positions honored Walter Burson, the World of Outlaws Late Model Series technical director from 2004 until his diagnosis with cancer forced him off Full Story

• Blazing heat, then chill keeps UMP crews on toes

  Posted: 07/01/2009, 10:06 am By Todd Turner

  PEORIA, Ill. (June 30) — The sweltering heat during the first half of the month-long UMP DIRTcar Summernationals had drivers and crew members scrambling for shade, cold drinks and the purple Hoosier Racing Tire headbands handed out Full Story

• Feger's long way around leads to $6,000 at Peoria

  Posted: 06/30/2009, 06:27 pm By Todd Turner

  PEORIA, Ill. (June 30) — Grabbing 10 sportsman feature victories in a single season years ago at Peoria Speedway, Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., never had trouble reaching victory lane at the quarter-mile oval. That is until Full Story

• Essary, 63, tops younger foes in victory at Monett

  Posted: 06/30/2009, 01:28 pm By Brian Garrison

  MONETT, Mo. (June 28) — Ken Essary may be in the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame, but at 63, he's not just sitting around in a rocking chair collecting honors for his impressive racing career. Still in the driver's seat, the Full Story

• Erb rolls to $6,000 UMP victory at Farmer City

  Posted: 06/29/2009, 07:02 pm By Todd Turner

  FARMER CITY, Ill. (June 29) — Two-time and reigning series champion Dennis Erb. Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., won an early side-by-side duel with Shannon Babb and cruised to a 40-lap victory at Farmer City Raceway in Monday's 14th Full Story

• Hometown driver nabs $5,000 at Elkins

  Posted: 06/28/2009, 09:42 pm By Bob Reed

  KERENS, W.Va. (June 27) — Charlie George of Elkins, W.Va., started outside the front row and led all 50 laps of the ninth annual Chuck Gear Memorial for the richest payday of his career. George earned $5,000 in the unsanctioned event Full Story

• Kirby gets past Drake for $2,000 at Santa Maria

  Posted: 06/28/2009, 05:46 pm By Jim Pluhar

  SANTA MARIA, Calif. (June 27) — West Coast Shootout points leader Mike Kirby of Torrance, Calif., overtook fast qualifier Steve Drake on the 16th of 30 laps at Santa Maria Speedway to win the fourth round of the two-track miniseries. Kirby Full Story

• Points leader Korte nabs UMP victory at Lincoln

  Posted: 06/28/2009, 06:26 pm By Todd Turner

  LINCOLN, Ill. (June 28) — The most consistent driver on the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals proved he can grab a checkered flag, too. Winless through the first 12 races, Randy Korte of Highland, Ill., extended his series points lead Full Story

• Powell overtakes Sisson for Roaring Knob victory

  Posted: 06/28/2009, 04:17 pm

  MARKLEYSBURG, Pa. (June 27) — Fifth-starting Bobby Powell of Waterford, Pa., overtook race-long leader Garry Sisson of Uniontown, Pa., with five laps remaining at Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex for a 25-lap victory on the Fastrak Full Story

• Merchant dominates SUPR at Pike County

  Posted: 06/28/2009, 03:18 pm By Bryan Wimberley

  MAGNOLIA, Miss. (June 27) — Back in the groove after a winless weekend in Arkansas, reigning series champion Kenny Merchant of West Monroe, La., got back on the winning track at Pike County Speedway. Merchant earned $2,500 for his Full Story

• Turner outruns series champs for victory at 81

  Posted: 06/28/2009, 01:56 pm By David Smith Jr.

  WICHITA, Kan. (June 27) — Eric Turner of Springfield, Mo., notched his second career Late Model victory with a $2,500 win at 81 Speedway in an event co-sanctioned by the O'Reilly National Championship Racing Association and O'Reilly Full Story

• Wells earns $1,500 at Lucas Oil Speedway

  Posted: 06/28/2009, 01:29 pm

  WHEATLAND, Mo. (June 27) — Polesitter Justin Wells of Aurora, Mo., raced to a $1,500 victory in Race Brothers Show-Me Racin' Series action, leading all 35 laps at Lucas Oil Speedway. Ken Essary of Cape Fair, Mo., and Justin Asplin Full Story

• Heckenast pumped up by strong Fairbury finish

  Posted: 06/28/2009, 07:40 am By Todd Turner

  FAIRBURY, Ill. (June 27) — Frank Heckenast Jr. has enjoyed a few chances to start up front in big races, but he's never finished up front. The 20-year-old driver from Orland, Park, Ill., was glad to change that at Saturday's UMP DIRTcar Full Story

• Doppler captures NLRA stop at Jamestown

  Posted: 06/28/2009, 06:37 am

  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (June 27) — Winning his first series race in nine years, Blaine Doppler of Bismarck, N.D., won from outside the front row at Jamestown Speedway for a Northern LateModel Racing Association victory. Doppler denied second-running Full Story

• Late restart lifts Smith to Clash victory at Wythe

  Posted: 06/28/2009, 06:23 am By Robert Walden

  RURAL RETREAT, Va. (June 27) — Surviving a near-disaster early in the race, series points leader Jeff Smith moved into contention from his sixth starting spot and pounced on the final restart, leading the final three laps at Wythe Full Story

• Lloyd edges Fitzgerald, wins Scott Thompson Memorial

  Posted: 06/28/2009, 06:00 am

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (June 27) — Ivedent Lloyd Jr. of Ocala, Fla., won a wild back-and-forth exchange with Jason Fitzgerald of Jacksonville, Fla., over the last 15 laps at Volusia Speedway Park to capture his third United Dirt Late Model Full Story

• Cole fights off Basey for Screven victory

  Posted: 06/28/2009, 02:34 am

  SYLVANIA, Ga. (June 27) — Outside front-row starter Benji Cole of Canon, Ga., fought off repeated challenges from polesitter Ed Basey of Evans, Ga., at Screven Motor Speedway for his second O'Reilly Southern All Star victory of the Full Story