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• Notebook: Clash, track titles will pay $40,000

  Posted: 03/20/2008, 12:09 pm From track and series reports

  Drivers looking to pick up big purses this season on the Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series and Fayetteville (N.C.) Motor Speedway’s Crazy 8 miniseries will have a shot at even more money than they expected. The series and track Full Story

• Notebook: Cobb outduels the boss at East Bay

  Posted: 03/18/2008, 03:24 pm From track reports

  It’s not always a good idea to beat the boss, but that’s in essence what Phillip Cobb did March 15 at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla. The night’s 25-lap Super Late Model feature turned out to be a wheel-to-wheel Full Story

• Notebook: Gill saddles up in Warrior house car

  Posted: 03/18/2008, 02:50 pm From track, staff and series reports

  The Modern Day Warrior? It doesn’t have quite the same ring as the Modern Day Cowboy, but John Gill of Mitchell, Ind., will indeed pilot the Warrior Race Cars house car for the full schedule of 2008. Gill, a two-time winner of the Full Story

• Notebook: Farmer City gears up for Illini 100

  Posted: 03/18/2008, 01:38 pm From series and track reports

  There’s never been a dirt Late Model event in the state of Illinois quite like this one. The inaugural Illini 100 will be, plain and simple, the richest dirt Late Model show ever run in the Land of Lincoln. Set for April 4-5 at Farmer Full Story

• Notebook: Hess wins $12,000 from Alltel

  Posted: 03/18/2008, 12:38 pm From track and staff reports

  Fierce voting down the stretch turned the inaugural Alltel All-Star contest into a virtual photo finish between UMP modified competitor Dave Hess Jr. and sprint car driver Wayne Johnson vying for the $12,000 top prize. The online poll closed Full Story

• Notebook: Recovering Chadwick returns home

  Posted: 03/18/2008, 11:47 am From staff, series and track reports

  Kellen Chadwick, the up-and-coming Late Model driver seriously injured in a Feb. 22 modified accident, returned to his Oakley, Calif., home March 13 as he continues undergoing extensive rehabilitation for back and neck injuries that have Full Story

• In 30th year of racing, Frank aims for WoO title

  Posted: 03/17/2008, 08:41 am By Kevin Kovac

  Time sure does fly when you’re having fun behind the wheel of a race car. Just ask World of Outlaws Late Model Series star Chub Frank, who is celebrating 30 seasons as a dirt-track driver in 2008. “The years have gone by in Full Story

• Home-stater flattens foes, wins at Deep South

  Posted: 03/17/2008, 07:24 am From track reports

  LOXLEY, Ala. (March 14-15) —In a race of attrition with several right-rear tires going flat, Nathan Ingersoll of Robertsdale, Ala., outlasted his opponents for a career-best $10,000 victory in the crate Late Model portion of the Chuck Full Story

• Lucas grabs $5,000 for victory at Deep South

  Posted: 03/17/2008, 07:23 am From track reports

  LOXLEY, Ala. (March 14-15) — Shep Lucas of McKenzie, Ala., defended his home-state turf at Deep South Speedway with a $5,000 victory in the Super Late Model portion of the Chuck Stevens Motorsports 100. Lucas went to the front with Full Story

• Wall wins at Pike for 2nd MSCC victory in a row

  Posted: 03/16/2008, 01:21 pm From series reports

  MAGNOLIA, Miss. (March 15) — Polesitter and fast qualifier Chris Wall of Holden, La., made it 2-for-2 in 2008 on the Mississippi State Championship Challenge with a 50-lap victory at Pike County Speedway. Wall's $2,500 victory was Full Story

• Kyle Cummings captures SUPR opener, $2,500

  Posted: 03/16/2008, 12:59 pm From series reports

  HAUGHTON, La. (March 15) — Polesitter Kyle Cummings of Minden, La., led all 40 laps at Champion Park Speedway to capture the 2008 opener on the O’Reilly Auto Parts Southern United Professional Racing tour. The 25-year-old driver’s Full Story

• KLMS: Moyer rebounds with caution-plagued win

  Posted: 03/14/2008, 08:10 pm By Todd Turner

  CALVERT CITY, Ky. (March 14) — Billy Moyer didn’t waste his front row starting spot this time. Staying out front in a 40-lapper with frequent cautions, Moyer redeemed himself from a lackluster performance the previous night Full Story

• KLMS notebook: Younger McCammon in No. 92

  Posted: 03/14/2008, 06:27 pm By Todd Turner

  CALVERT CITY, Ky. (March 14) — Check out the new T-shirts for B.J. McCammon’s race team and you’ll see a No. 92 with this message: “It’s back.” That’s a nod to his retired father Doug McCammon, Full Story

• KLMS notebook: Francis always tough on last lap

  Posted: 03/14/2008, 10:04 am By Todd Turner

  CALVERT CITY, Ky. (March 13) — Steve Francis won Thursday’s $5,000 March Madness opener with last-lap heroics, staving off a charge by Dennis Erb Jr. despite racing on a virtually flat right rear tire. But edging Erb wasn’t Full Story

• Finishing on flat tire, Francis nips Erb at KLMS

  Posted: 03/13/2008, 07:20 pm By Todd Turner

  CALVERT CITY, Ky. (March 13) — Manhandling his car on a deflating right rear tire over the final three laps, Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., barely held off Dennis Erb Jr.'s charge in the March Madness opener at Kentucky Lake Motor Full Story

• KLMS: Safety first as Pearson climbs back in

  Posted: 03/13/2008, 05:42 pm By Todd Turner

  CALVERT CITY, Ky. (March 13) — Except for lingering upper back pain that develops before he rises each morning, Earl Pearson Jr. says he's completely recuperated from his scary rollover accident Feb. 16 at Volusia Speedway Park during Full Story

• Notebook: Red Farmer grabs victory at age 76

  Posted: 03/12/2008, 12:40 pm From series and special reports

  At 76, Red Farmer, a member of NASCAR's fabled "Alabama Gang," isn't content to sit around and enjoy honors for being an integral part of stock car racing in his home state. He's still mixing it up on the racetrack. Farmer showed he can Full Story

• Notebook: Pike County preparing for WoO visit

  Posted: 03/12/2008, 10:28 am From series and special reports

  Pike County Speedway's first attempt to run its first-ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series event was spoiled by rain last July, but the Magnolia, Miss., track is hoping for better weather for its March 28-29 WoO event. The 100-lap feature Full Story

• Notebook: Bonus put up for North Georgia-Cleveland

  Posted: 03/12/2008, 09:44 am From series and track reports

  The inclement weather that postponed the March 8 O'Reilly Southern All Star event at North Georgia comes with a nice byproduct for series racers. When the race is made up this weekend as a Friday night event as a companion to Saturday's Full Story

• Notebook: Charity draws dirt racers to asphalt

  Posted: 03/12/2008, 08:46 am From staff and series reports

  The top Dirt Late Model racers from northwest Pennsylvania and western New York have battled plenty of laps on dirt tracks. Coming Sept. 17, a dozen of them will face off on asphalt in a special event to raise money for the Erie, Pa.-based Full Story

• Lloyd earns $5,000 at Ponce De Leon Classic

  Posted: 03/11/2008, 04:43 pm By Rick Anges

  CLEWISTON, Fla. (March 8) — Leading the final 19 laps after Ryan Mitchell spun out of the top spot, Ivedent Lloyd Jr. of Ocala, Fla., captured the second annual Ponce De Leon Classic at Hendry County Speedway. Lloyd earned $5,000 Full Story

• Notebook: Ex-NALMS promoter dies at 50

  Posted: 03/10/2008, 04:34 pm By Todd Turner

  Bill Nelson, a race car owner and promoter heavily involved in United Midwestern Promoters racing, died Monday afternoon while undergoing open-heart surgery at Carle Foundation Hospital in Champaign, Ill., according to UMP series director Full Story

• Peeking at the sport's Unsolved Mysteries

  Posted: 03/10/2008, 03:00 pm From staff and correspondent reports

  Like many controversies in Dirt Late Model racing, January's tire-cheating fiasco at Golden Isles Speedway's Super Bowl of Racing IV had plenty of drama, a little finger-pointing — and a good dose of mystery. It was among the Full Story

• Nick Bartels grabs first career SWDRA victory

  Posted: 03/09/2008, 07:34 am By M.J. Anderson

  PEORIA, Ariz. (March 8) — California teenager Nick Bartels won at Canyon Speedway Park for his first career victory on the Southwest Dirt Racing Association. Bartels, 19, earned $1,000 for the 25-lap victory over four-time SWDRA champion Full Story

• Notebook: Weather shuffles Tennessee slates

  Posted: 03/05/2008, 01:15 pm From track, series and staff reports

  Everything you've heard about March's schedule for Dirt Late Model specials in Tennessee, erase it from your memory. Weather and schedule changes have dramatically changed race dates and Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tenn., has come Full Story