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• 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

• Notebook: Accident kills former Macomb champ

  Posted: 04/01/2008, 12:31 pm From track, series and other reports

  Dirt racer Chad Pratt of Bath, Ill,, the 2007 Late Model champion at Macomb (Ill.) Raceway, died March 30 in a single-vehicle accident on a county road a mile east of his hometown. He was 34. | Midwest special event schedule | Weekly Full Story

• Notebook: Keeton takes aim at 3rd title in a row

  Posted: 04/01/2008, 11:58 am From series and track reports

  The 2008 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series opened the last weekend in March and defending and two-time West Region Champion Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, Miss., took aim at his third straight title with two victories. Keeton raced to victories Full Story

• State Your Case: South on the rise in first round

  Posted: 03/31/2008, 04:19 am By Todd Turner

  The South will rise again? Believe it, at least according the first-round results of DirtonDirt.com's exclusive bracket-style tournament that will determine the best state in Dirt Late Model racing. In virtually every first-round matchup, Full Story

• Chanler nabs AMP victory at Monticello

  Posted: 03/30/2008, 10:16 pm By Luke Matheson

  MONTICELLO, Ark. (March 29) — Polesitter Jeff Chanler of Minden, La., overtook fellow front-row starter Dusty Johnston of Flippin, Ark., on an early restart and led the rest of the way at Monticello Speedway for an Arkansas Motorsports Full Story

• Buckley crowned with $3,000 for Kings victory

  Posted: 03/30/2008, 09:42 pm By K.C. Rooney

  HANFORD, Calif. (March 29) — Chet Buckley's first 2008 starts in his Pete Van Iderstine-owned No. 32B weren't very special. He flipped in the opener at Perris Auto Speedway. The throttle hung in the Bakersfield Speedway opener. And Full Story

• Notebook: Hartman makes point at Brownstown

  Posted: 03/30/2008, 07:26 am By Todd Turner

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (March 29) — Chasing points hasn’t been former Dirt Track World Champion Bart Hartman’s M.O. most of his career, so the Zanesville, Ohio, driver sometimes has to check himself while following the Lucas Full Story

• No cautions, no problems for Parker in USA victory

  Posted: 03/30/2008, 05:54 am By M.J. Anderson

  TUCSON, Ariz. (March 29) — Fourth-starting Lonnie Parker Jr. of El Mirage, Ariz., blasted into the lead exiting turn two on the first lap and cruised to a caution-free victory in a 25-lap Southwest Dirt Racing Association event at Full Story

• Moyer's march continues with $20,000 at Pike

  Posted: 03/30/2008, 05:19 am By Kevin Kovac

  MAGNOLIA, Miss. (March 29) — Billy Moyer added a stop in Mississippi to his spectacular 2008 victory tour, hitting paydirt in Saturday night’s inaugural World of Outlaws Late Model Series March Through Dixie 100 at Pike County Full Story

• Casey ices Brownstown field, collects $10,000

  Posted: 03/29/2008, 07:30 pm By Todd Turner

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (March 29) — Terry Casey has shown his throttle-mashing abilities on heavy surfaces. He's not bad on a drier track, either. Starting 16th at Brownstown Speedway, the New London, Wis., driver overtook Bart Hartman Full Story

• Claycomb back on track at Brownstown

  Posted: 03/29/2008, 05:16 pm By Todd Turner

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (March 29) —Just after the drivers’ meeting, Kevin Claycomb noticed a couple of drivers in the Brownstown Speedway pits, but he didn’t recognize them. “Who’s that?” he asked. “I Full Story

• Fuller sets fast time in WoO event at Pike

  Posted: 03/29/2008, 05:25 am By Kevin Kovac

  MAGNOLIA, Miss. (March 28) — Former World of Outlaws Late Model Series champions Scott Bloomquist and Billy Moyer, tour regular Shannon Babb and local standout James Ward scored heat-race victories during Friday night’s qualifying Full Story

• Notebook: First-year UFO adds Yankee Doodle

  Posted: 03/27/2008, 04:04 pm From series and track reports

  The Unified Force Race Championship added two events at Central Pennsylvania Speedway in Clearfield, Pa., to its first-year schedules, pushing the purses on the tour past $400,000. The UFO tour, now scheduled for 11 events overall, are Full Story

• Notebook: Roth gets back to his roots at PIR

  Posted: 03/27/2008, 03:02 pm From track and correspondent reports

  Bill Roth is getting “back to his roots” as the new general manager at Paducah (Ky.) International Raceway. As a native of Carlisle, Pa., he grew up attending sprint car races at the famed Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Full Story

• Quad City to host MARS-NALMS showdown

  Posted: 03/27/2008, 02:11 pm From staff and series reports

  The first-ever co-sanctioned race by the O’Reilly MARS DirtCar Series and Northern Allstars Late Model Series appears to be a rich one. According to the MARS schedule, the third annual Fall Harvest Shootout at Quad City Raceway in Full Story

• State Your Case: Illinois

  Posted: 03/27/2008, 09:58 am By Terry Young

  State your case: Is there any question which state has the best Dirt Late Model racers From the state that has produced the likes of The Tall Cool One, Shaggy, the Moweaqua Missile, King Kong, the Thriller, the Flatland Flash, and the One-Man Full Story

• State Your Case: Georgia

  Posted: 03/27/2008, 09:54 am By Bob Appleget

  State your case: Short track racing on the clay ovals in Georgia stacks up against any state in the country. One of the main reasons is the good ol’ get-in-you-hair, get-in-your-beer and stain-your-clothes red Georgia clay. The quality Full Story

• State Your Case: Tennessee

  Posted: 03/27/2008, 09:52 am By Michael Moats

  State your case: Tennessee is the best state for Dirt Late Model racing. Want proof? The hottest drivers in the sport (Scott Bloomquist and Jimmy Owens) are Tennesseans. The state features a variety of racetracks, everything from third-mile Full Story

• State Your Case: Pennsylvania

  Posted: 03/27/2008, 09:49 am By Keith Koval

  State your case: Dirt Late Model racing simply wouldn’t exist without Pennsylvania. Need a chassis? A Lazer G-2 is “the Ultimate Weapon.” Need an engine? Edge Racing Engines will be “Giving You the Edge on the Competition.” Full Story

• State Your Case: Iowa

  Posted: 03/27/2008, 09:46 am By Barry Johnson

  State your case: Is this heaven? No, but it’s easy to see why Iowa’s Dirt Late Model fans live a celestial existence. Near the top of the list of most tracks per capita, Iowa has dirt tracks from border to border (and river Full Story

• State Your Case: Indiana

  Posted: 03/27/2008, 09:43 am By Bob Markos

  State your case: Indiana is the undisputed motor racing capital of America. The Indianapolis 500, the world’s largest motorsports event, has been contested in the Hoosier State every Memorial Day since 1909, but dirt racing is key Full Story

• State Your Case: Ohio

  Posted: 03/27/2008, 09:41 am By Bill Holder

  State your case: No doubt about it, Ohio wins in every category as the best Dirt Late Model state in the U.S. It's got three of the biggest races, in prestige if not purse, as well as 15 Hall of Fame members and counting. Ohio has the most Full Story

• State Your Case: Kentucky

  Posted: 03/27/2008, 09:38 am By Mike Sullivan

  State your case: They say everything changes over time. In the case of Dirt Late Model racing in Kentucky, they’re right. In the past, Kentucky was a weekly playground for drivers living outside the Bluegrass State, but over the past Full Story

• State Your Case: Maryland

  Posted: 03/27/2008, 09:34 am By Matt Felten

  State your case: See the "Capital" and eat a crabcake. Dirt Late model racing has long been in the Free State's bloodlines. The state is home to Hagerstown Speedway, the "Capital of Dirt Track Racing;” Allegany County Speedway, Full Story