DirtOnDirt.com Search Results
13632 items match your search
Notes: Webb sees wealth of talent for revived tour
Posted: 11/26/2008, 02:32 pm From staff, series and track reportsWhen Guy Webb decided to launch a companion Late Model series to his O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions sprint car series, the 44-year-old promoter figured he could successfully adapt his "system" of promoting an auto racing tour flawlessly. Full Story
Notes: Columbus offers NeSmith special events
Posted: 11/26/2008, 01:48 pm From series reportsThe NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series will celebrate its track champions Thanksgiving weekend during the Possum Town Grand Prix at Columbus (Miss.) Speedway. The Race of Champions will be one of four races held for the Crate Late Model Full Story
Two track titles highlight Beasley's 14-win season
Posted: 11/25/2008, 04:30 am By Todd TurnerThe sagging economy threatened to put a crunch on plenty of Dirt Late Model racers in 2008, and Shawn Beasley of Raeford, N.C., figured he'd be no exception. Business slowed at his family's body shop, everyone tightened their belts and Full Story
Knowles, Smith get $2,500 victories at Green Valley
Posted: 11/24/2008, 04:03 pm From DirtonDirt.com reportsGLENCOE, Ala. (Nov. 22-23) — Georgia drivers Tony Knowles of Tyrone and Clint Smith of Senoia raced to unsanctioned victories worth $2,500 apiece on the season-ending weekend at Green Valley Speedway. Knowles won Saturday's feature Full Story
2008 track champions, histories
Posted: 01/09/2009, 11:00 amThe 2008 has all but wrapped. DirtonDirt.com has updated its history sections and compiled track champions and final points standings: 2008 track champions 2008 special and sanctioned events results Links to all series histories Full Story
Big-block pipeline continues on WoO with Coffey
Posted: 11/23/2008, 06:02 am By Kevin KovacVic Coffey of Leicester, N.Y., continued the rich big-block modified pipeline to the World of Outlaws Late Model Series in 2008. He became third driver with big-block modified roots in the last five years to win the national tour’s Full Story
Clanton rolls to $11,000 sweep at Cleveland
Posted: 11/23/2008, 05:34 am By Brian McLeodCLEVELAND, Tenn. (Nov. 22) — With some cold hard cash — emphasis on cold — up for grabs the final weekend of the season at Cleveland Speedway, Shane Clanton grabbed $11,000 with a sweep of two Super Late Model features Full Story
Freezing track surface shuffles Cleveland schedule
Posted: 11/22/2008, 11:35 am From track reportsCLEVELAND, Tenn. (Nov. 22) — Freezing weather, and a freezing racetrack, shuffled the schedule for the Nov. 21-22 Joe Lee Johnson Memorial weekend at Cleveland Speedway. Most of Friday night's action was pushed to Saturday afternoon Full Story
Lyons scraps January's Wild West Shootout
Posted: 11/21/2008, 06:32 pm By Todd TurnerThere will be no Wild West Shootout in 2009. The five-race miniseries, a staple of January racing at Central Arizona Raceway in recent years, will go on hiatus after promoter Benji Lyons decided against moving the Dirt Late Model event Full Story
Mooneyham merging DLRA with MARS tour
Posted: 11/21/2008, 11:45 am By Todd TurnerTwo Dirt Late Model organizations in the Midwest that co-sanctioned seven Missouri races in 2008 are merging for the 2009 season. Long-time Missouri race promoter Randy Mooneyham, who launched the Allstate Dirt LateModel Racing Association Full Story
Missouri's Stovall wraps up dream rookie season
Posted: 11/19/2008, 11:45 pmPHOENIX, Ariz. — Jesse Stovall's trek to Manzanita Speedway for the Nov. 14-15 Barnett Harley-Davidson Nationals capped the most exciting — and unexpected — season of his young racing career. After starting the 2008 campaign Full Story
Padgett flag-to-flag NLMS winner at Brunswick
Posted: 11/17/2008, 12:59 pm From series and track reportsBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Nov. 15) — Polesitter Darrell Padgett of Clay Hill, Fla., started on the pole and led all 40 laps at Golden Isles Speedway for his first-ever victory on the National Late Model Series. Padgett became the 87th winner Full Story
Pennington completes sweep at Deep South
Posted: 11/17/2008, 04:48 am By Brian McLeodLOXLEY, Ala. (Nov. 16) — Travis Pennington rolled into Deep South Speedway for the three-day Fall Nationals for his first visit to the high-banked track. When his team’s hauler lumbered out of the gates after the conclusion Full Story
Little fights off Williams, wins $2,500 at Deep South
Posted: 11/17/2008, 04:29 am By Brian McLeodLOXLEY, Ala. (Nov. 16) — Ryan Little of Satsuma, Ala., upheld the honor of the Deep South Speedway's locals with a flag-to-flag journey to victory in a 30-lap crate Late Model feature at the Late Model Fall Nationals finale. Little, Full Story
Notes: Hogge happy with solid Manzanita run
Posted: 11/16/2008, 06:44 am By Kevin KovacPHOENIX, Ariz. (Nov. 15) — Bobby Hogge IV of Salinas, Calif., didn't win on his trip to the Barnett Harley-Davidson Nationals at Manzanita Speedway, but he figures he could do a lot worse than standing on the same podium as Colorado Full Story
Moyer sweeps foes away for $6,000 at Manzanita
Posted: 11/16/2008, 06:16 am By Kevin KovacPHOENIX, Ariz. (Nov. 15) — Steering problems? No big deal for Billy Moyer in the finale of the Barnett Harley-Davidson Nationals at Manzanita Speedway. The Hall of Fame driver from Batesville, Ark., earned $6,000 as he completed his Full Story
Pennington earns $2,500 for ruling Deep South
Posted: 11/16/2008, 05:44 am By Brian McLeodLOXLEY, Ala. (Nov. 15) — Fresh from establishing a track record at Deep South Speedway during time trials held much earlier in the evening, second-generation driver Travis Pennington of Winston, Ga., wheeled into victory lane in the Full Story
Williams makes it two in a row at Deep South
Posted: 11/16/2008, 05:31 am By Brian McLeodLOXLEY, Ala. (Nov. 15) — Cliff Williams of Star, Miss., claimed his second victory in two nights at Deep South Speedway, taking the honors in a caution-plagued, 25-lap Crate feature during the Late Model Fall Nationals at the 4/10-mile Full Story
Moyer cracks 20-win mark with Manzy victory
Posted: 11/15/2008, 05:57 am By Kevin KovacPHOENIX, Ariz. (Nov. 14) — The famed No. 21 has his eye on victory No. 21 for 2008. Hall of Fame driver Billy Moyer, concluding his I'm-not-over-the-hill yet tour with a trip to Arizona, grabbed a $1,500 victory in Friday's tuneup Full Story
Notes: Modified standout joins Parker at Manzy
Posted: 11/13/2008, 04:30 pm From series, track and staff reportsIt's taken for granted that Lonnie Parker Jr., Arizona's winningest Late Model driver in recent years, will be competing at the Nov. 14-15 Barnett Harley-Davidson Nationals at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Ariz. But Parker will be joined Full Story
Final Cleveland weekend postponed to Nov. 21-22
Posted: 11/13/2008, 09:15 am From track reportsCLEVELAND, Tenn. (Nov. 13) — Weather and weather-related problems have forced Cleveland Speedway to postpone Nov. 14-15's fourth Annual Joe Lee Johnson Memorial Weekend scheduled for a week. The $2,700-to-win Joe Lee Johnson Memorial Full Story
Boutwell leads final 37 laps for Avenger victory
Posted: 11/11/2008, 08:54 am By Roby HelmGREENVILLE, Ala. (Nov. 8) — Larry Boutwell of Baker, Fla. race to his first career NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series win at Avenger Motor Speedway. Boutwell took the lead on lap 14 after fast qualifier and polesitter Shep Lucas Full Story
Shannon pumped about big event at Manzanita
Posted: 11/11/2008, 08:15 am By Kevin KovacWhat could possibly make Chris Shannon’s 2008 Western Allstars DIRTcar Late Model Series championship season even sweeter? The 41-year-old from Merced, Calif., doesn’t have to think twice before answering that question. He just Full Story
Notes: Retiring Duvall honored at Cherokee
Posted: 11/10/2008, 04:09 pm By Todd TurnerGAFFNEY, S.C. (Nov. 9) — His helmet replaced by his trademark black hat, Hall of Famer Mike Duvall signed autographs for well-wishers in the pits at Cherokee Speedway, the track where the Cowpens, S.C., driver first raced in 1965. Full Story
Flat hampers Richards as T-Mac wins Octoberfest
Posted: 11/10/2008, 10:01 am By Doug WatsonHAGERSTOWN, Md. (Nov. 8-9) — Benefitting after a flat tire hampered Josh Richards, Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., led the final 50 laps at Hagerstown Speedway for a $10,000 victory in the Late Model portion of the weather-postponed Full Story
