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• Moyer's $5,000 win puts wraps on Farmer City

  Posted: 08/30/2008, 02:10 am By Dan Stewart

  FARMER CITY, Ill. (Aug. 29) — Hall of Famer Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., opened the Farmer City Raceway season in April with a big victory, and he closed the track's Late Model racing in 2008 with another healthy purse. The polesitting Full Story

• Boen outruns Anderson, Purkey for victory at 81

  Posted: 08/30/2008, 01:53 am By David Smith Jr.

  WICHITA, Kan. (Aug. 29) — All-time winningest series driver Kelly Boen of Henderson, Colo., outdueled John Anderson of Omaha, Neb., then fought off a last-ditch challenge from Al Purkey of Coffeyville, Kan., for an O'Reilly National Full Story

• Early tangle opens door for Roberts at Lavonia

  Posted: 08/30/2008, 01:32 am From series reports

  LAVONIA, Ga. (Aug. 29) — Casey Roberts of Toccoa, Ga., made the most of an early tangle among frontrunners to capture an O'Reilly Southern All Star East victory at Lavonia Speedway. Polesitter Frankie Beard of Hartwell, Ga., and series Full Story

• Oregon series founder dies in highway accident

  Posted: 08/29/2008, 08:38 pm From newspaper and staff reports

  Doug Walters of Forest Grove, Ore., a key figure in the development of Dirt Late Model racing in the Northwest, died Aug. 28 in a highway accident in Hillsboro, Ore. He was 57. Walters was driving an SUV on Thursday evening that careened Full Story

• Notes: Bedford geared up for return of WoO

  Posted: 08/27/2008, 08:49 am From series, track and staff reports

  Last year’s inaugural World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Bedford Speedway served as a hallmark moment for the historic track’s promotional team of J.R. Keifer, Jim Maybury and Dr. Dave Horne. The renowned national tour’s Full Story

• Sprint veteran West gets rolling in Late Models

  Posted: 08/26/2008, 04:20 pm By James Baker

  Over the years in the diverse worlds of sprint car and Dirt Late Model racing, there has never been much common ground between the two divisions. Sprint car enthusiasts say that they wouldn't walk across the street to watch the taxis run. Full Story

• Jason Frankel captures IMCA's weekly crown

  Posted: 08/26/2008, 01:55 pm By Bill Martin

  Two wins on the final weekend and a track championship bonus helped make Jason Frankel of Quincy, Ill., the weekly champion in IMCA’s J&J Steel Late Model division. His first career crown came in a tight contest with Todd Cooney of Full Story

• Racers embrace family's long wait for liver donor

  Posted: 08/26/2008, 12:43 pm By Todd Turner

  Since the spring of 2007, David and Trish Barker, along with the dirt racing community in and around Kansas City, Mo., have been praying for 21-month-old Tyler Barker to receive a liver transplant and a degree of health he's never enjoyed. Full Story

• Excerpts from online journal for Tyler Barker

  Posted: 08/26/2008, 12:35 pm By Trish Barker

  Editor's note: An edited sampling of journal entries Trish Barker has written during her 21-month-old Tyler's battle with bilary atresia, which requires a liver transplant to restore his health. You can also see the complete journal: May Full Story

• Blair slips by Snyder for $1,200 Eriez victory

  Posted: 08/26/2008, 10:40 am By Mike Leone

  HAMMETT, Pa. (Aug. 24) — After falling back as far as eighth, Max Blair of Centerville, Pa., used late-race traffic to his advantage to overtake race-long leader Tom Snyder Jr. with five laps remaining at Eriez Speedway and become Full Story

• Hixson leads all 40 laps for victory at Cleveland

  Posted: 08/26/2008, 10:09 am From track reports

  CLEVELAND, Tenn. (Aug. 23) — Rick Hixson, strong all season at Cleveland Speedway, added another trophy to his mantle as he dominated the competition to win the Carl Black Top Tracks Challenge Series presented by Cleveland Aluminum Full Story

• Notes: Keltner getting taste of four-bar car

  Posted: 08/25/2008, 12:20 pm By Todd Turner

  BARDSTOWN, Ky. — Enough drivers were in unfamiliar cars for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Bluegrass Classic at Bluegrass Speedway that fans needed an updated program to keep up at the Aug. 23 event. Jason Keltner Full Story

• Notes: Tangle, damage robs Babb of lead at K-C

  Posted: 08/24/2008, 06:48 am By Kevin Kovac

  ALMA, Ohio (Aug. 23) — Shannon Babb's bid for his first World of Outlaws Late Model Series in more than a month came undone after a frontstretch tangle with the slower car driven by Chris Combs at K-C Raceway. The 34-year-old Babb, Full Story

• Wow is right: Hot Rod tops WoO foes at K-C

  Posted: 08/24/2008, 06:30 am By Kevin Kovac

  ALMA, Ohio (Aug. 23) — Rod Conley gave a simple answer when asked how he felt after scoring his first career World of Outlaws Late Model Series triumph at K-C Raceway. While standing in victory lane following the 50-lapper, the 46-year-old Full Story

• Erb visits MARS victory lane at I-55 Raceway

  Posted: 08/24/2008, 06:09 am From track reports

  PEVELY, Mo. (Aug. 23) — Third-starting Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., captured his first career O'Reilly MARS DIRTcar Series victory at I-55 Raceway near St. Louis. Erb, who pocketed $16,000 including a $10,000 bonus three Full Story

• Wheatland gives Burgtorf first career MLRA victory

  Posted: 08/24/2008, 01:43 am From series reports

  WHEATLAND, Mo. (Aug. 23) — Fourth-starting Mark Burgtorf of Quincy, Ill., broke through with his first career victory on the O'Reilly Midwest LateModel Racing Association at Lucas Oil Speedway. The 42-year-old Burgtorf overtook polesitter Full Story

• Arp collects $5,000 with flag-to-flag Dixie victory

  Posted: 08/24/2008, 01:34 am From series reports

  WOODSTOCK, Ga. (Aug. 23) — Fast qualifier and polesitter Skip Arp of Georgetown, Tenn., led every lap of the Bill Ingram Memorial at Dixie Speedway to record his second O'Reilly Southern All Star victory of the season and eighth of Full Story

• Owens ends Bloomquist's Bluegrass Classic streak

  Posted: 08/23/2008, 10:23 pm By Todd Turner

  BARDSTOWN, Ky. (Aug. 23) — Scott Bloomquist built a half-straightaway lead early at Bluegrass Speedway and appeared as if he'd roll to his fourth consecutive victory in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Bluegrass Classic. Jimmy Full Story

• Blair slips past Troutman in final laps at The Rock

  Posted: 08/23/2008, 10:13 am By Matt Felten

  CUMBERLAND, Md. (Aug. 22) — Series points leader Robbie Blair of Titusville, Pa., picked off home-track driver D.J. Troutman in the waning laps to claim the $5,000 prize in the Independent Racing Series event at Allegany County Speedway. Full Story

• Faltering Korte, Feger, open PIR door for Shirley

  Posted: 08/22/2008, 10:28 pm From track reports

  PADUCAH, Ky. (Aug. 22) — Taking the point after two leaders faltered, Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., led the final stages of the World 50 at Paducah International Raceway for an O'Reilly MARS DIRTcar Series victory worth $5,000. Full Story

• Miller edges Francis for victory at Lawrenceburg

  Posted: 08/22/2008, 09:27 pm From series reports

  LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (Aug. 22) — Darren Miller of Milledgeville, Ill., overtook polesitter Steve Francis on the 30th lap at Lawrenceburg Speedway, then fought off a last-ditch challenge from the Ashland, Ky., driver to capture his second Full Story

• Clanton redeemed with WoO victory at the Gap

  Posted: 08/22/2008, 05:58 am By Kevin Kovac

  BULLS GAP, Tenn. (Aug. 21) — Shane Clanton wasn’t about to suffer the same fate twice. Twenty-four hours after having a victory slip through his fingers thanks to some problems with lapped traffic, Clanton made all the right Full Story

• Notes: Clanton bummed by Volunteer's near-miss

  Posted: 08/21/2008, 08:54 am By Kevin Kovac

  BULLS GAP, Tenn. (Aug. 20) — At last year's Scorcher presented by Alltel Wireless, lapped traffic hurt Jimmy Owens at Volunteer Speedway. This time around, Owens was the benefactor when leader Shane Clanton was hampered by slower Full Story

• Lapped traffic falls Owens way for Volunteer victory

  Posted: 08/21/2008, 08:38 am By Kevin Kovac

  BULLS GAP, Tenn. (Aug. 20) — One year after coming oh-so-close to victory in World of Outlaws Late Model Series action at Volunteer Speedway, Jimmy Owens got the job done in a midweek event. The standout from Newport, Tenn., shined Full Story

• Crouch tops Feathers for first Winchester victory

  Posted: 08/20/2008, 08:31 am From track reports

  WINCHESTER, Va. (Aug. 16) — After a near-miss a week earlier, Walter Crouch of Bealeton, Va., captured his first career Late Model victory at Winchester Speedway. Crouch jumped into the lead at the outset with Bubby Dillman Jr. and Full Story