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• Notebook: Mars Cars quickly get up to speed

  Posted: 04/17/2008, 04:41 pm By Todd Turner

  DAVENPORT, Iowa (April 16) — The Mars Car era has officially begun. At Davenport Speedway's World Dirt Racing League opener, Brian Birkhofer and Jimmy Mars finished second and third in the new chassis developed at the Menomonie, Wis., Full Story

• Miller wraps up Fiesta 40 victory at Davenport

  Posted: 04/16/2008, 06:25 pm By Todd Turner

  DAVENPORT, Iowa (April 16) — After a Dirt Late Model victory, you get used to hearing the winners. Thanks to the sponsors, the car worked great, we're really on a roll, blah, blah, blah. But after Darren Miller's victory in the Full Story

• Notebook: Moyer undecided about WoO title run

  Posted: 04/15/2008, 10:24 pm By Michael Rigsby

  SARVER, Pa. (April 15) — Hall of Famer Billy Moyer has been asked plenty of questions during his red-hot start to the 2008 season. One that seems to be coming up more and more: Are you going to run the full schedule on the World of Full Story

• Moyer rules Lernerville for fourth WoO victory

  Posted: 04/15/2008, 08:26 pm From staff and series reports

  SARVER, Pa. (April 15) — Billy Moyer didn’t take long to get back on track. After seeing his three-race World of Outlaws Late Model Series win streak snapped four days earlier, the short-track legend from Batesville, Ark., Full Story

• Notebook: Cedar Lake adds $12,000 event

  Posted: 04/15/2008, 01:04 pm From track, series and special reports

  Cedar Lake Speedway has a new major Dirt Late Model event and a new season-ending special. The inaugural Badger State Nationals, scheduled for Sept. 25-27 at the New Richmond, Wis., track, will now close the historic track's season and Full Story

• Healed Harris ready to get back to WDRL action

  Posted: 04/14/2008, 07:10 pm By Todd Turner

  With Iowa's harsh winter turning into a chilly and wet spring, racing engines haven't been revving much in the Midwest so far this year. World Dirt Racing League contender and hometown driver Brian Harris says the 70-degree forecast for Full Story

• McCreadie eager to drive Francis car at Colossal

  Posted: 04/14/2008, 04:31 pm By Kevin Kovac

  OK, Steve Francis, so it’s the final laps of the third annual Circle K Colossal 100 at THE Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway, and you have Dale Beitler’s No. 19 dirt Late Model up front battling for the lead with a familiar-looking Full Story

• Notebook: Carrier glad to outrun 'one of the best'

  Posted: 04/14/2008, 03:52 pm By Todd Turner

  ALMA, Ohio — Eddie Carrier Jr. was pleased enough to collect $10,000 for his victory in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Glockner 50 at K-C Raceway. But the 37-year-old driver from Salt Rock, W.Va., knew that outdueling Full Story

• Car owner's love for racing rises another notch

  Posted: 04/14/2008, 09:02 am By Kevin Kovac

  Everyone who knows car owner Charles Buckler would say he has a very, uh, animated personality. So the big question has always been: Just how wildly would Buckler celebrate if he won a World of Outlaws Late Model Series event? | Miller Full Story

• Cole leads all the way for $5,000 at Toccoa

  Posted: 04/13/2008, 06:15 pm From series reports

  TOCCOA, Ga. (April 12) — Starting outside the front row, Benji Cole of Canon, Ga., defended his turf at Toccoa Speedway by leading all 50 laps for an O'Reilly Southern All Star victory worth $5,000. "We have won a lot of big races Full Story

• Whiseant grabs $3,000 SUPR win at Greenville

  Posted: 04/13/2008, 02:12 pm From series reports

  GREENVILLE, Miss. (April 12) — Polesitter Duke Whiseant of Texarkana, Ark., led all 50 laps at Greenville Speedway for a victory on the O'Reilly Southern United Professional Racing circuit, his first SUPR victory since a five-win Full Story

• Franklin captures Clash opener at Fayetteville

  Posted: 04/13/2008, 11:49 am From correspondent reports

  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (April 12) — Dennis “Rambo” Franklin of Gaffney, S.C., outdueled fellow front-row starter Ricky Weeks early at Fayetteville Motor Speedway for a $4,000 victory in the season-opener on the Carolina Clash Full Story

• Notebook: Miller relishes breakthrough with WoO

  Posted: 04/13/2008, 11:08 am By Kevin Kovac

  SALUDA, Va. (April 12) — Entering the 2008 season, Jeremy Miller was considered by most observers to be the regional driver most likely to become a first-time World of Outlaws Late Model Series feature winner. And why not? Last year Full Story

• Cook climbs past Mountain Raceway foes

  Posted: 04/13/2008, 09:54 am By Chris Tilley

  MARYVILLE, Tenn. (April 12) — Starting outside the front row, Ray Cook of Brasstown, N.C., dominated all 50 laps at Mountain Raceway Park for a $3,000 victory on the PPM Racing Products Southern Regional Racing Series. Cook finished Full Story

• Despite breaking shock, Wall wins King Memorial

  Posted: 04/13/2008, 09:33 am From track reports

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (April 12) — Leading just the final seven laps, Chris Wall of Holden, La., became just the second two-time winner of the James King Memorial at Columbus Speedway with a $5,000 victory. Wall, who also won the unsanctioned Full Story

• Show-Me season opener goes to Leslie Essary

  Posted: 04/13/2008, 09:03 am From track reports

  POCOLA, Okla. (April 12) — Rallying from his 10th starting spot, reigning series champion Leslie Essary of Crane, Mo., captured the season opener on the Show-Me Racin' Series at Tri-State Speedway. The victory marked his series-leading Full Story

• Clanton outduels Decker for MACS victory

  Posted: 04/13/2008, 08:51 am By Matt Felten

  CUMBERLAND, Md. (April 12) — Dropping in for a rare start on the Mid-Atlantic Championship Series, Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., outdueled Billy Decker of Unadilla, N.Y., to capture the MACS opener at Allegany County Speedway. Full Story

• Carrier earns $10,000, wins K-C's Glockner 50

  Posted: 04/12/2008, 05:29 pm By Todd Turner

  ALMA, Ohio (April 12) — Eddie Carrier Jr. of Salt Rock, W.Va., won a dazzling mid-race duel with fellow front-row starter Scott Bloomquist at K-C Raceway to win the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Glockner 50. Carrier Full Story

• Miller wins WoO race at VMS: 'We finally did it!'

  Posted: 04/12/2008, 12:57 am By Kevin Kovac

  SALUDA, Va. (April 11) — Jeremy Miller of Gettysburg, Pa., had just one thought racing through his mind after winning the 50-lap Rumble on the River IV at Virginia Motor Speedway. “I just said to myself, ‘We finally Full Story

• England out until July after breaking wrist

  Posted: 04/10/2008, 12:04 pm From team reports

  Dirt Late Model racer Michael England of Glasgow, Ky., is expected to be out of action more than two months after breaking a wrist in an April 4 accident at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga. England said he got his hand caught up Full Story

• Continued wet spring postpones several races

  Posted: 04/10/2008, 08:35 am From staff and series reports

  A wet spring that has already hampered dozens of events is still at work the second weekend in April. The World Dirt Racing League and Mid-Atlantic Championship Series have already scrapped weekend races because of threatening weather and Full Story

• Notebook: Deese ends dry spell at Hagerstown

  Posted: 04/09/2008, 07:19 am From track reports

  HAGERSTOWN, Md. (April 5) — Five-time Hagerstown Speedway Late Model champion Roy Deese Jr. won at the half-mile oval for the first time in three seasons to capture the first points event of the 2008 season. In winning his first Hagerstown Full Story

• Notebook: Lucas Oil keeping eye on safety

  Posted: 04/08/2008, 06:14 pm From staff, series and track reports

  After a flurry of rollover accidents during Georgia-Florida Speedweeks, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series director Ritchie Lewis wants to make sure that driver safety stays on the forefront of issues in Dirt Late Model racing. Lewis hopes Full Story

• Notebook: Illini 100 lives up to top billing

  Posted: 04/08/2008, 03:31 pm By Kevin Kovac

  A 55-car field teeming with top-notch talent. A record, standing-room-only crowd. A racy, multigroove track surface. And, best of all, a dramatic 100-lapper that will be remembered as one of the best Dirt Late Model races of this or any Full Story

• State Your Case: Illinois tops Iowa, captures title

  Posted: 04/08/2008, 12:53 pm By Todd Turner

  Just like the men's NCAA basketball title game, DirtonDirt.com's State Your Case tournament went down to the bitter end. And when it was all over, Illinois narrowly edged Iowa in the final matchup of the bracket-style tournament to determine Full Story