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• Out-Pierced by Thornton, PDC eludes Pierce again

  Posted: 07/31/2023, 09:03 am By Kevin Kovac

  FAIRBURY, Ill. (July 29) — Another Prairie Dirt Classic, another near-miss. Saturday night just continued a fact of life for Bobby Pierce in Fairbury Speedway’s marquee event. The cruel irony in Pierce’s PDC saga this year, though, Full Story

• Koehler teammates top Southern Nationals titles

  Posted: 07/31/2023, 07:57 am By Robert Holman

  TAZEWELL, Tenn. (July 30) — It’s not necessarily a surprise that Jimmy Owens won the Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals Series championship. Once he decided to chase the regional miniseries, the four-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Full Story

• Thornton’s torrid rally after glitch pays $61,500

  Posted: 07/30/2023, 07:21 am By Kevin Kovac

  FAIRBURY, Ill. (July 29) — As SSI Motorsports crew chief Anthony Burroughs sipped a celebratory can of beer in the Fairbury Speedway pit area after his driver Ricky Thornton Jr.’s stirring victory in Saturday’s 33rd annual Prairie Full Story

• Notes: Marlar shelves Bluehorn, debuts Rocket

  Posted: 07/29/2023, 01:43 pm By Kevin Kovac

  FAIRBURY, Ill. (July 28) — Mike Marlar has set aside his “Bluehorn” — his affectionate name for his Longhorn Chassis — to make a return to the Rocket Chassis fold. The 45-year-old standout from Winfield, Tenn., debuted a new Full Story

• Dispatches: Flinner loses his biggest fan

  Posted: 07/29/2023, 11:10 am

  The latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events in late-July, including the unfortunate passing of Mark Flinner, for former Dirt Late Model racer from Pennsylvania and father of Allison Park, Pa.'s Colton Full Story

• Vanquishing Ferguson, McDowell provides salve

  Posted: 07/29/2023, 08:27 am By Robert Holman

  CHATSWORTH, Ga. (July 28) — After wrapping up Friday's postrace interview with Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals Series announcer Cody Early in victory lane at North Georgia Speedway, Dale McDowell slipped through the throng of well-wishers Full Story

• Yellow fever ails Moos, Wenger in PDC prelim

  Posted: 07/29/2023, 07:08 am By Kevin Kovac

  FAIRBURY, Ill. (July 28) — Myles Moos could have — probably should have — won Friday night’s third Prairie Dirt Classic semifeature at Fairbury Speedway. McKay Wenger could’ve been victorious, too. And Shannon Babb was in position Full Story

• Snakebit Oregonian gets chance to show speed

  Posted: 07/28/2023, 01:03 pm By Robert Holman

  BRASSTOWN, N.C. (July 27) — Joey Tanner stepped inside his team’s hauler, shrugged off the rain that began falling just as Thursday’s Schaeffer’s Southern National feature wrapped up and then quickly did an about-face. Returning Full Story

• Former tour champ back in contention for Hicks

  Posted: 07/28/2023, 08:13 am By Robert Holman

  BRASSTOWN, N.C. (July 27) — After a handful of races behind the wheel of his Billy Hicks-owned car last week at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga., Donald McIntosh climbed out, flashed a toothy grin and provided a warning of sorts. Full Story

• Notes: Nebraska rookie finds quick success

  Posted: 07/27/2023, 12:40 am By Kyle McFadden

  With four victories at tracks in Iowa and Nebraska so far this season, Cade Richards has turned into one of the top newcomers on the IMCA Late Model scene. That wasn’t the 18-year-old’s prime goal beginning the season, and he certainly Full Story

• Column: B-Shepp back to where No. B5 belongs

  Posted: 07/26/2023, 01:36 pm

  Brandon Sheppard is supposed to win big Dirt Late Model races. His reputation — launched into the stratosphere by his spectacular six-year run from 2017-22 driving the Rocket Chassis house car – now precedes him. Everyone in the Dirt Full Story

• Fast Facts: 33rd annual Prairie Dirt Classic

  Posted: 07/26/2023, 10:00 am By Aaron Clay

  Dates: July 28-29 (four 25-lap, $5,000-to-win Prairie Dirt Showdown preliminary features will be contested Friday and set the lineup for Saturday’s 100-lap, $50,000-to-win Prairie Dirt Classic). Track: Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway (semi-banked Full Story

• Silver lining to race’s move? Capable Huset’s

  Posted: 07/25/2023, 04:00 pm By Kevin Kovac

  BRANDON, S.D. — Joe Kosiski had plenty of time to think last week as he made the three-hour trek north from Omaha, Neb., to Huset’s Speedway. But the 65-year-old racer-turned-promoter probably needed that extended windshield time. Full Story

• Top 25: Silver-lined B-Shepp joins top five

  Posted: 07/25/2023, 08:55 am By Todd Turner

  Silver Dollar Nationals winner Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., cracked the top five in DirtonDirt.com's weekly power rankings while Ricky Thornton Jr. held onto the No. 1 spot for the 10th consecutive week. Sheppard, earning his Full Story

• Notes: Silver Dollar run shows promise for Erb

  Posted: 07/24/2023, 02:47 pm By Kevin Kovac

  BRANDON, S.D. (July 22) — A fifth-place finish in Saturday’s 80-lap Silver Dollar Nationals presented by MyRacePass.com at Huset’s Speedway was a welcomed development in Tyler Erb’s difficult 2023 season. In fact, the 26-year-old Full Story

• Fast Talk: B-Shepp's victory, silver chatter

  Posted: 07/24/2023, 10:57 am

  With Brandon Sheppard collecting $53,000 in the Silver Dollar Nationals, our roundtable considers the Huset's Speedway event and other races in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Evaluate Full Story

• Stiff test for B-Shepp, foes at rugged Huset’s

  Posted: 07/23/2023, 08:17 am By Kevin Kovac

  BRANDON, S.D. (July 22) — Brandon Sheppard looked totally at ease as he stood behind his car in the Huset’s Speedway pit area, chatting up fans and sipping from a can of Natural Light Strawberry Lemonade beer after winning Saturday’s Full Story

• Good times for Winger, but losses haunt him

  Posted: 07/21/2023, 03:40 pm By Robert Holman

  SENOIA, Ga. (July 20) — Ashton Winger knows the difference between good days and bad days. After a tumultuous 2022 season, the Hampton, Ga., driver has bounced back to produce a marvelous 2023 season thus far. Thursday was another good Full Story

• Page unfazed by scrapes reaching Senoia podium

  Posted: 07/21/2023, 08:41 am By Robert Holman

  SENOIA, Ga. (July 20) — Over Memorial Day weekend, Michael Page sat in the pit area grandstands at Duck River Raceway Park watching fellow racer Sam Seawright of Rainsville, Ala., turn laps at the Tennessee bullring in preparation for Full Story

• After miscue, Thornton rallies for Huset’s victory

  Posted: 07/21/2023, 06:58 am By Kevin Kovac

  BRANDON, S.D. (July 20) — After a blunder that cost him a heat race victory Thursday at Huset's Speedway, Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., suspected it would cost him a chance at the night's Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series feature But Full Story

• Notes: Second love fulfills Miller’s racing quest

  Posted: 07/20/2023, 12:09 am By Kyle McFadden

  At a young age, Evan Miller harnessed dreams of one day becoming a sprint car racer. Growing up 15 minutes from Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, S.D., that desire made sense, as the high-banked 3/8-mile is a hotspot for open-wheel racing Full Story

• Column: Solid showing for pharmacist in waiting

  Posted: 07/19/2023, 03:45 pm

  That always special scenario — an upset victory by a hometown driver over a national star — was very much in play as Friday’s 53-lap Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals opener at Beckley (W.Va.) Motor Speedway drew to a close. Henry Full Story

• Fast Facts: 13th annual Silver Dollar Nationals

  Posted: 07/19/2023, 11:36 am By Aaron Clay

  Dates: July 19-22 Track: Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, S.D. (high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval) Purse: $53,000-to-win for Saturday's main event Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (undercard programs for Repairable Vehicles.com Full Story

• Top 25: J.D. rises as Marlar rejoins top five

  Posted: 07/18/2023, 10:35 am By Todd Turner

  Creeping back to third in DirtonDirt.com's power rankings, Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., was among three drivers receiving at least one No. 1 vote in this week's balloting presented by Keyser Manufacturing. The third-ranked Davenport, Full Story

• Never-give-up racer finds Hell Tour checkers

  Posted: 07/17/2023, 12:51 pm By Kyle McFadden

  ORRVILLE, Ohio (July 16) — To the world, Kyle Moore’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory on Sunday at Wayne County Speedway can be chalked up as an upset. Those who know Moore well, however, don’t see his victory in the same light as Full Story