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• Fitzgerald rallies from fifth, wins at Screven

  Posted: 02/22/2009, 10:19 pm

  SYLVANIA, Ga. (Feb. 21) — Fifth-starting Jason Fitzgerald of Jacksonville, Fla., raced to the front at Screven Motor Speedway and marched to a National Late Model Series-sanctioned victory in the inaugural Winter Thaw. Fitzgerald Full Story

• Cook dominates Bama Bash, pockets $7,500

  Posted: 02/22/2009, 03:25 pm By Michael Rigsby

  GLENCOE, Ala. (Feb. 22) — Leading all 75 laps of the Super Late Model feature, polesitter Ray Cook of Brasstown, N.C., pocketed $7,500 for Sunday evening's victory in the unsanctioned Bama Bama at Green Valley Speedway. | Super Late Full Story

• Buckingham leads all the way in East Bay finale

  Posted: 02/22/2009, 08:44 am By Roby Helm

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 21) — Polesitter Shanon Buckingham of Morristown, Tenn., used short spurts of racing at East Bay Raceway Park to lead all 50 laps in the weekend finale of NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series action at East Full Story

• Cook grabs the pole for Sunday's Bama Bash

  Posted: 02/22/2009, 07:59 am

  GLENCOE, Ala. (Feb. 21) — Fast qualifier Ray Cook of Brasstown, N.C., is poised to start on the pole position of Sunday's 12th annual Bama Bash at Green Valley Speedway following Saturday's preliminaries at Alabama's 3/8-mile oval Full Story

• Horton tops Buckingham, scores East Bay repeat

  Posted: 02/21/2009, 08:31 am By Roby Helm

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 20) — Doug Horton of Bruceton Mills, W.Va., made it two in a row on the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series at East Bay Raceway Park as he swapped the lead four times during the first half of the race with Full Story

• Horton rules East Bay for $2,500 crate victory

  Posted: 02/20/2009, 10:01 am By Roby Helm

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 19) — Doug Horton of Bruceton, Mills., W.Va., led all 40 laps Thursday at East Bay Raceway Park to capture the opening of a weekend tripleheader on the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series. Horton earned Full Story

• Numbers don't lie when it comes to Speedweeks

  Posted: 02/17/2009, 11:56 am By Todd Turner

  A by-the-numbers review of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks action, comprised by Jan. 28-Feb. 14 action at Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, Ga., East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla., and Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.: | Complete Full Story

• Notes: Victorious Francis lauds red-hot Richards

  Posted: 02/16/2009, 07:12 pm By Kevin Kovac

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 14) — Steve Francis was beaming after closing the 38th annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH with a powerful victory in Saturday's 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series event, but he had no illusions Full Story

• Mayo rules Winchester Winterfest, earns $3,000

  Posted: 02/16/2009, 12:36 pm

  WINCHESTER, Tenn. (Feb. 14) — Billy Mayo of Cleveland, Tenn., started on the pole at Winchester Speedway and stayed in control led the whole way for a $3,000 victory at the quarter-mile track's unsanctioned Winterfest. Mark Haddon Full Story

• Column: Making the grade at Speedweeks

  Posted: 02/16/2009, 11:31 am

  A report card of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks, made up of Jan. 28-Feb. 14 action at Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, Ga., East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla., and Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.: That's racing Golden Full Story

• Column: Handing out the awards from Volusia

  Posted: 02/15/2009, 12:14 am

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 15) — With the Georgia-Florida Speedweeks finally in the books, DirtonDirt.com takes a look back at the final week of action at Volusia Speedway Park, which hosted four UMP DIRTcar Late Models events and a Full Story

• Rallying Francis ends Speedweeks drought

  Posted: 02/14/2009, 06:12 pm By Kevin Kovac and Todd Turner

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 14) — Steve Francis saved his best for the last night of the 38th annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH. With a stirring drive forward from the eighth starting spot to win the 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Full Story

• California teen finds success in first WoO run

  Posted: 02/13/2009, 11:44 pm By Todd Turner

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 13) — With more than 650 feature starts over a 10-year racing career, Tyler Reddick has logged enough laps to let it all hang out. But in making perhaps the most important start of his career Thursday at Volusia Full Story

• Richards tops Volusia for fifth Speedweeks victory

  Posted: 02/13/2009, 06:33 pm By Kevin Kovac and Todd Turner

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 13) — Josh Richards is scrawling his name all over the 38th annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH. The 20-year-old sensation from Shinnston, W.Va., rolled to his second $10,000 victory in as many nights on Full Story

• Notes: Richards delays any talk of WoO title

  Posted: 02/13/2009, 05:56 pm By Kevin Kovac

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 13) — Josh Richards made the press members who recently voted him the overwhelming favorite to win the 2009 World of Outlaws Late Model Series championship look very good with a victory in Thursday's 50-lap Full Story

• Kid Rocket still master of Volusia's WoO opener

  Posted: 02/12/2009, 06:17 pm By Kevin Kovac and Todd Turner

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 12) — Just call him Mr. Opening Night. Josh Richards continued his mastery of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series season opener during the 38th annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH, capturing the tour’s Full Story

• Volusia competitors still increasing top speeds

  Posted: 02/12/2009, 05:05 pm By Todd Turner

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 12) — Since Volusia Speedway Park returned its half-mile track to dirt from asphalt in the late 1990s, Late Model qualifying speeds at the D-shaped track have steadily improved. Cracking 18 seconds was rare Full Story

• Notes: Wild's four-link car gets first victory

  Posted: 02/11/2009, 11:49 pm By Todd Turner

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 11) — Dan Schlieper was already a lone voice in the Late Model wilderness last season as the nation's only touring racer in a Wild Chassis. What's really wild is the Sullivan, Wis.-based team parked the 2008 Full Story

• Schlieper tops Lanigan, earns $7,000 at Volusia

  Posted: 02/11/2009, 05:12 pm By Kevin Kovac and Todd Turner

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 11) — Dan Schlieper worked hard for his long-awaited first career victory at Volusia Speedway Park. The 37-year-old driver from Sullivan, Wis., came out on top of a frantic late-race duel with Darrell Lanigan Full Story

• Notes: Lead more elusive than Owens thought

  Posted: 02/11/2009, 12:27 am By Todd Turner

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 10) — It took a while for Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., to work toward the front from his 11th starting spot in Tuesday's UMP DIRTcar Late Model feature at Volusia Speedway Park. By the time he overtook front-row Full Story

• Casey faces five-race suspension from Lucas

  Posted: 02/10/2009, 07:16 pm By Todd Turner

  The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series on Tuesday levied a five-race suspension and $5,000 fine on 2008 Rookie of the Year Terry Casey for his on-track retaliation against Josh Richards Feb. 7 at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla. Casey, Full Story

• Volusia coverage index

  Posted: 02/10/2009, 05:27 pm

  Golden Isles coverage • East Bay Coverage GIBSONTON, Fla. — DirtonDirt.com coverage of the 38th Alltel DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH at Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 9-14 (complete Georgia-Florida Speedweeks statistical update; Full Story

• Pearson rallies from 7th, earns $7,000 at Volusia

  Posted: 02/10/2009, 04:57 pm By Kevin Kovac and Todd Turner

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 10) — Earl Pearson Jr. exorcised a demon Tuesday night at Volusia Speedway Park. Fifty-one weeks after suffering a concussion in a spectacular series of flips at the half-mile oval, Pearson romped to a dominating Full Story

• Caution-blaming rules no place for judgment calls

  Posted: 02/10/2009, 07:54 am

  GIBSONTON, Fla. — In a twist on Gen. MacArthur's famous declaration, old Dirt Late Model controversies never die, they just fade away for a few years. The standbys of traction control and tire-cheating had their turns in recent years, Full Story

• Volusia opener gives Miller reversal of fortune

  Posted: 02/09/2009, 06:29 pm By Todd Turner

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 9) — Heading to Volusia Speedway Park, Darren Miller's Georgia-Florida Speedweeks scorecard left a little to be desired. He had just three feature starts, a best finish of 12th, and he'd rolled his car in a Full Story