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• Retirement? Nah, just another MARS title for Frye

  Posted: 09/29/2007, 11:29 am By Kevin Kovac

  For the last two years, Bill Frye has contemplated retiring as a race car driver. And for the last two years, the veteran star from Greenbrier, Ark., has won the Mid-America Racing Series championship. So much for giving himself a final Full Story

• Phillips wins Lakeside opener over Anderson

  Posted: 09/29/2007, 11:18 am By Bucky Doren

  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Sept. 28) — Terry Phillips of Springfield, Mo., overtook John Anderson of Omaha, Neb., late in the 30-lap World Dirt Racing League Polydome Late Model event Lakeside Speedway to earn a weekend-opening victoy in Full Story

• Pursleys donate purses after Shrine victories

  Posted: 09/29/2007, 10:39 am By George \"Big Mack\" Missita

  CHESTER, S.C. (Sept. 28) — Johnny Pursley of Clover, S.C., set fast time at I-77 Speedway and led every lap of the track's Shrine Race, but he didn't earn any money. That's because, as is the Pursley family custom, he and his father Full Story

• Shirley outduels Moyer in Friday feature

  Posted: 09/29/2007, 05:34 am From track and staff reports

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 28) — Brian Shirley won a back-and-forth battle with Billy Moyer in the Friday night semifeature of the fourth annual Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals, giving the Chatham, Ill., driver $6,000. Afterward, Full Story

• NOTEBOOK: Marlar's Magnolia bid ends early

  Posted: 09/29/2007, 05:04 am By Todd Turner

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (Sept. 28) — Mike Marlar's second visit to Columbus Speedway didn't last long. Marlar, who won the 2004 Magnolia State 100 in his only previous visit to the third-mile oval, was the fastest qualifier in the third group, Full Story

• Mississippians shut out in Magnolia State heats

  Posted: 09/29/2007, 04:29 am By Todd Turner

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (Sept. 28) — Drivers from six different states, but none from Mississippi, earned Friday heat race victories for the 18th annual Magnolia State 100 at Columbus Speedway. Drawing for starting spots in the first three Full Story

• Rushing sets fast time at Magnolia State 100

  Posted: 09/28/2007, 10:19 pm By Todd Turner

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (Sept. 28) — Anthony Rushing of Kosciusko, Miss., was the fastest among nearly 80 qualifiers at the 18th annual Magnolia State 100 at Columbus Miss. Rushing will start inside the second row in his heat race after Full Story

• KNOXVILLE: Moyer, Moran, Madden among Friday heat winners

  Posted: 09/28/2007, 09:32 pm By Michael Rigsby

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 28) — Knoxville Raceway was good to Billy Moyer in Friday night's prelims for the fourth annual Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals. The Batesville, Ark., driver set fast time (17.850 seconds) and won the Full Story

• Late Swims praised as dirt racing pioneer

  Posted: 09/28/2007, 10:58 am From staff and special reports

  Mike Swims, who helped propel Dirt Late Model racing to a new level while directing the Hav-A-Tampa Dirt Racing Series through the 1990s, died early Friday morning at his Woodstock, Ga., home after a seven-year battle with intestinal cancer, Full Story

• Starting 10th, Birky grabs Knoxville opener

  Posted: 09/27/2007, 11:43 pm From track and special reports

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 27) — Former Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals winner Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, rallied from the 10th starting spot at Knoxville Raceway to pick up $6,000 with a semifeature victory on the opening Full Story

• Eckert, Korte among Knoxville heat winners

  Posted: 09/27/2007, 10:33 pm By Michael Rigsby

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 27) — Josh Richards' fourth-place finish in his heat race was good enough to earn the pole position for the weekend's first $6,000-to-win semifeature. Rick Eckert of York, Pa., overcame a poor qualifying effort Full Story

• Richards fastest of 59 qualifiers at Knoxville

  Posted: 09/27/2007, 08:40 pm From staff and track reports

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 27) — Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., was fastest among 59 qualifiers for the fourth annual Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals at Knoxville Raceway. The 19-year-old Richards, a regular on the World Full Story

• KNOXVILLE: Shirley gunning for repeat

  Posted: 09/27/2007, 07:06 pm By Michael Rigsby

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 27) — Brian Shirley's ears might be pricking up this weekend at the Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals whenever he hears the P.A. announcer. "It's still weird to hear 'Brian Shirley, defending Knoxville Full Story

• Growing list of 2007 Late Model track champions

  Posted: 09/27/2007, 09:15 am From staff and track reports

  A list of 2007 track champions for Late Model divisions. Know of another champion? Send email to editor Todd Turner. Full Story

• NOTEBOOK: Sans wins 27-lap Petaluma special

  Posted: 09/26/2007, 10:07 am From track, staff and series reports

  Over the years, Ed Sans Jr. has left an indelible mark on the track and in the record books at Petaluma (Calif.) Speedway. The long-time racing veteran from Los Altos Hills, who dominated the Late Model division in the late 1990s by winning Full Story

• New Mexico's Reid closing in on track championship

  Posted: 09/26/2007, 08:46 am By Todd Turner

  Achieving the pinnacle of stock car racing is an admirable goal, but somehow it's refreshing to stumble upon drivers who just hope to be the best dirt racers they can be. And for 56-year-old Butch Reid, that about sums it up. "I don't Full Story

• Ferguson races to $2,000 victory at Carolina

  Posted: 09/25/2007, 04:29 pm From series reports

  GASTONIA, N.C. (Sept. 21) — Chris Ferguson of Charlotte, N.C., earned $2,000 for a Fastrak touring series victory at Carolina Speedway. Ferguson outdueled John Pursley early in the race and went on to a victory that counted toward Full Story

• McCool eyes Magnolia State 100 at Columbus

  Posted: 09/25/2007, 03:11 pm By Todd Turner

  Bub McCool had every intention of entering the 18th annual Magnolia State 100 at Columbus (Miss.) Speedway as a former winner at the high-banked third-mile oval across the state from his Vicksburg, Miss., home. But his last chance to pull Full Story

• Jambalaya 100 at Pike Co. pushed back a week

  Posted: 09/25/2007, 01:21 pm From staff and correspondent reports

  The first weekend in November, once covered up by three major Southern events, has been shuffled with a change of date for the $30,000-to-win Jambalaya 100, which shifts back one week to Nov. 9-10. The unsanctioned event at Pike County Full Story

• Beard wins MSRA finale as Mack captures title

  Posted: 09/25/2007, 12:22 pm From series reports

  HARRISBURG, Ark. (Sept. 21-22) — Kyle Beard of Trumann, Ark., fought off a late-race challenge from Jordan Jones at Poinsett County Raceway to win the season finale on the Mid-South Racing Association. Beard, 21, earned $5,000 for Full Story

• Bowyer set for Friday WDRL action at Lakeside

  Posted: 09/25/2007, 10:02 am From series and staff reports

  While it appears injured points leader Brian Harris won't be able to compete in World Dirt Racing League competition at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., on Sept. 28-29, NASCAR Nextel Cup star Clint Bowyer is expected to make a rare Full Story

• Lieser triumphs to set up CLMA title showdown

  Posted: 09/25/2007, 09:51 am From series reports

  HOLYOKE, Colo. (Sept. 22) — Rick Lieser of Greeley, Colo., inherited the lead when Jim Clifton dropped out with three laps remaining for a Colorado Late Model Association victory at Phillips County Raceway. Lieser pocketed $1,500 Full Story

• KNOXVILLE: Stewart bows out of dirt race

  Posted: 09/26/2007, 01:12 pm From track and team reports

  Tony Stewart won't get the chance to improve on his 2006 runner-up finish in the Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals at Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway. Citing his position in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Chase, the two-time Nextel Cup champion Full Story

• NOTEBOOK: PPMS win special to Richards family

  Posted: 09/24/2007, 07:29 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Saturday was a good day for the Richards family. Teenage dirt Late Model sensation Josh Richards won the Sept. 22 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Pittsburgher 50 at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway, giving him a victory Full Story

• Keeton, Wilson have all but sewn up regional titles

  Posted: 09/24/2007, 06:11 pm By Roby Helm

  Curtis Cline of Douglasville, Ga., and Jack Daughtry of Greenville, Ala., picked up StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series wins on Sept. 22. Cline took his fourth win of the season in East Region action at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Full Story