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• Notebook: Cleveland, North Georgia try again

  Posted: 04/07/2008, 03:33 pm From track and staff reports

  Weather hasn't been the kindest to two Monty Morrow-promoted tracks, North Georgia Speedway in Chatsworth, Ga., and Cleveland (Tenn.) Speedway, but the Southern ovals will try again on April 11-12 with a pair of special events. Each track Full Story

• Young Feistritzer follows Big Daddy's tire tracks

  Posted: 04/07/2008, 12:23 pm By Mike Sullivan

  JUNCTION CITY, Ky. (April 5) — At go-kart races in the mid-1990s, central Kentucky racing standout Paul Feistritzer remembers watching his son P.J. and shaking his head. "P.J. can't drive a nail," the older Feistritzer remembers saying. Full Story

• Notebook: Team effort puts Estes car in victory lane

  Posted: 04/07/2008, 10:58 am By Mike Sullivan

  JUNCTION CITY, Ky. (April 5) — Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., drove the Estes Racing Engines house car to victory at Ponderosa Speedway's Chris Estes/Brad Pena Memorial, but there was lots of credit to be spread around for getting Full Story

• Morris wins after Michael is stripped at Moulton

  Posted: 04/07/2008, 08:22 am From series reports

  MOULTON, Ala. (April 5) — You've heard of the driver disqualified for failing to report to the scales. Byron Michael of Florence, Ala., is the driver disqualified because he went to the scales. Because Michael didn't follow series Full Story

• Collins flies to first Deery Brothers win at Eagle

  Posted: 04/07/2008, 08:02 am From series reports

  EAGLE, Neb. (April 6) — A first-time winner emerged from night two of the Deery Brothers Summer Series doubleheader during Eagle Raceway’s Icebreaker Challenge weekend. Mike Collins of Council Bluffs, Iowa, led all 35 times Full Story

• State Your Case: Iowa, Illinois face off in finals

  Posted: 04/07/2008, 06:56 am By Todd Turner

  Ready for a Midwestern showdown? That's exactly what has developed on DirtonDirt.com's exclusive State Your Case bracket-style tournament to determine the best state for Dirt Late Model racing. Third-seeded Illinois and fourth-seeded Iowa Full Story

• Pearson nips Bloomquist on last lap at Brunswick

  Posted: 04/07/2008, 04:31 am From series reports

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (April 6) — Earl Pearson Jr. and Scott Bloomquist engaged in a tense staredown over a tire-rule dispute at Golden Isles Speedway in January. Three months later, the Dirt Late Model stars engaged in a last-lap showdown Full Story

• Claycomb capitalizes for victory at Florence

  Posted: 04/06/2008, 12:02 pm From track reports

  UNION, Ky. (April 5) — Consider Kevin Claycomb's retirement officially over. The 47-year-old Vincennes, Ind., driver, driving again full time after his family-owned team shut down in 2004, raced to a victory in Florence Speedway's Full Story

• Moore captures MSRA opener in Little Rock

  Posted: 04/06/2008, 09:20 am By Luke Matheson

  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (April 5) — Ray Moore of Shreveport, La., who started 11th, topped reigning series champion and polesitter Joey Mack of Benton, Mo., for a $2,000 victory in the O'Reilly Mid-South Racing Association opener at I-30 Full Story

• Marlar outlasts field for $5,000 at Ponderosa

  Posted: 04/06/2008, 08:41 am By Michael Despain

  JUNCTION CITY, Ky. (April 5) — Driving the Nicholasville, Ky.-based Estes Automotive house car, Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., etched his name as the inaugural winner of the Chris Estes/Brad Pena Memorial with a $5,000 victory in Full Story

• Payne captures MLRA opener in Wheatland

  Posted: 04/06/2008, 05:19 am By Lloyd Collins

  WHEATLAND, Mo. (April 5) — Starting outside the front row, Jeremy Payne of Springfield, Mo., led all 30 laps of the O'Reilly Midwest LateModel Racing Association opener at Lucas Oil Speedway. Payne pocketed $3,000 for his fourth career Full Story

• Cooney wins Deery Brothers opener at Eagle

  Posted: 04/06/2008, 04:27 am From series reports

  EAGLE, Neb. (April 5) — Todd Cooney of Des Moines, Iowa, proved up to the challenge in Saturday’s opening night IMCA-sanctioned Deery Brothers Summer Series feature at Eagle Raceway. Cooney followed the top groove in catching Full Story

• Last-lap fracas nearly costs Parker victory

  Posted: 04/06/2008, 04:00 am By M.J. Anderson

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (April 5) — Lonnie Parker Jr. of El Mirage, Ariz., survived a last-lap melee in turn three at Central Arizona Raceway to win his series-leading 47th career Southwest Dirt Racing Association victory. Parker had nearly Full Story

• Tail-starting Babb's run foiled by Moyer's rally

  Posted: 04/05/2008, 06:20 pm By Kevin Kovac

  FARMER CITY, Ill. (April 5) — The streaking Billy Moyer thrilled a record crowd to win the inaugural World of Outlaws Late Model Series Illini 100 at Farmer City Raceway. The 50-year-old dirt-track legend from Batesville, Ark., pocketed Full Story

• Babb has work cut out for him at Farmer City

  Posted: 04/05/2008, 09:31 am By Todd Turner

  FARMER CITY, Ill. (April 4) — If Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., is going to win his second straight World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Farmer City Raceway, he's going to do it from the back. The Farmer City veteran posted Full Story

• Tire choice could be tricky at Farmer City

  Posted: 04/05/2008, 08:32 am By Todd Turner

  FARMER CITY, Ill. (April 4) — For shorter feature events, Dirt Late Model racers sometimes scramble to figure out which tire compounds will be working best at the finish. For long-distance races like Farmer City's Illini 100, the Full Story

• James rebounds with victory at Screven

  Posted: 04/05/2008, 07:12 am From series reports

  SYLVANIA, Ga. (April 4) — Scott James of Lawrenceburg, Ind., took the lead from Tim Dohm of Charleston, W.Va., on lap 21 and then held off Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., to win the 50-lap main event on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Full Story

• Moyer gets track record, but Richards wins dash

  Posted: 04/05/2008, 06:54 am By Kevin Kovac

  FARMER CITY, Ill. (April 4) — Billy Moyer continued his scorching early-season tear by lowering the track record and winning a heat during Friday night’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series Illini 100 qualifying program at Farmer Full Story

• Casey invades Georgia, wins second straight

  Posted: 04/04/2008, 10:51 am From series reports

  SWAINSBORO, Ga. (April 3) — Make it two in a row for Terry Casey of New London, Wis. The third-starting Casey overtook early leader Dan Schlieper on the seventh lap and led the rest of the 30-lapper at Swainsboro Raceway for his second Full Story

• State Your Case: Ohio rides wave to Final Four

  Posted: 04/04/2008, 06:54 am By Todd Turner

  The Final Four is set. Ohio and its megaevents. Tennessee and its superstar drivers. Iowa and its bevy of racetracks. And Illinois, the UMP stronghold. Who will come out on top? Finalists in DirtonDirt.com's exclusive State Your Case bracket-style Full Story

• Which car? Moyer must choose at Farmer City

  Posted: 04/04/2008, 04:41 am By Kevin Kovac

  FARMER CITY, Ill. (April 3) — Billy Moyer is shooting for a World of Outlaws Late Model Series hat trick this weekend. And the Dirt Late Model legend couldn’t pick a better place to go for three straight tour wins than Farmer Full Story

• State Your Case: Ohio, Tennessee rolling along

  Posted: 04/02/2008, 04:16 am By Todd Turner

  The top seeds in the men's NCAA basketball tournament came through, and it's just the same in DirtonDirt.com's exclusive State Your Case bracket-style tournament that will determine the best state for Dirt Late Model racing. Top-seeded Full Story

• Notebook: ULMS adds pair of dashes to mix

  Posted: 04/01/2008, 03:10 pm From series, track and staff reports

  The Northern Tier United Late Model Series is instituting a pair of dashes to its race format that will set the first six rows of the starting lineup for feature events in 2008. Andrews Auto Salvage has joined the series as a sponsor and Full Story

• Notebook: Tazewell will try to dodge rain again

  Posted: 04/01/2008, 02:10 pm From series, track and staff reports

  There were plenty of Dirt Late Model special events scheduled for March, but Mother Nature allowed few of them to go off without a hitch. Among those rained out the last weekend of the month was Cleveland (Tenn.) Speedway's Southern All Full Story

• Notebook: Yoder finds his way at Hagerstown

  Posted: 04/01/2008, 01:03 pm From track reports

  HAGERSTOWN, Md. (March 29) — Jim Yoder has turned plenty of laps at Hagerstown Speedway, and the Selinsgrove, Pa., driver now realizes, he's been charging into the corners too hard at the historic half-mile oval. He figured out his Full Story