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• Dad's helping hand guides Kentucky youngster

  Posted: 05/23/2023, 08:52 pm By Bryan Ault

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Austin Lay grew up playing with his set of Hot Wheels underneath the grandstands at dirt tracks while watching his father, Jesse Lay, sling dirt around regional bullrings. Yet the Walton, Ky. driver’s interest in Full Story

• Top 25: Tight at top as Hoffman joins at No. 20

  Posted: 05/23/2023, 07:58 am By Todd Turner

  Despite Hudson O’Neal's Castrol FloRacing Night in America victory at Marshalltown (Iowa) Speedway, Ricky Thornton Jr.'s Hawkeye State sweep on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series significantly narrowed the gap in the chase for the No. Full Story

• Fast Talk: Iowa love and Gustin’s upside

  Posted: 05/22/2023, 11:17 am

  After a busy stretch of national touring action in Iowa and a weekend of special events around the country, our roundtable considers recent action in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity Full Story

• Montgomery positive after ending up on lid

  Posted: 05/20/2023, 01:02 pm By Kyle McFadden

  MARION CENTER, Pa. (May 19) — Ryan Montgomery isn’t disappointed with how Friday night went at Marion Center Raceway, even after the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series pole starter ended on his roof with eight laps to go in turns Full Story

• Dispatches: Hoffman's first big Late Model win

  Posted: 05/21/2023, 05:26 am

  The latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events during the weekend of May 19-21, including Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events in Iowa and other action throughout the country: Great backup plan When Full Story

• Fully trusting his team, Gustin hits WoO stride

  Posted: 05/20/2023, 06:23 am By Kyle McFadden

  MARION CENTER, Pa. (May 19) — Right after the most emphatic victory of his national touring career, a night in which he took Friday’s World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series competition at Marion Center Raceway by storm, Ryan Gustin Full Story

• Column: The life and times of Dickie Murphy

  Posted: 05/19/2023, 08:50 am

  I never met Dickie Murphy, the Hall of Fame Dirt Late Model car owner and former promoter of Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., who died May 11 at the age of 81 after being hospitalized for three weeks as his health declined. He Full Story

• Notes: Late bloomer of Carolinas gets rolling

  Posted: 05/18/2023, 12:11 am By Kyle McFadden

  Mark Greene is the definition of a late bloomer in Dirt Late Model racing. At 48 years old, Greene’s just establishing himself as one of the frontrunners among the Limited and Crate classes around his Bessemer City, N.C., home, a reputation Full Story

• Trusting the process, Sheppard makes gains

  Posted: 05/17/2023, 05:05 pm By Kyle McFadden

  Through four winless months beginning the 2023 Dirt Late Model season, Brandon Sheppard never once doubted his switch to Longhorn Chassis from Rocket Chassis. Even in the midst of his longest stretch without a victory in a decade — 36 Full Story

• Top 25: O’Neal tightens hold on No. 1 position

  Posted: 05/16/2023, 07:27 am By Todd Turner

  Atop DirtonDirt.com's Top 25 power rankings unanimously for the first time, Hudson O'Neal of Martinsville, Ind., tightened his grip on the No. 1 spot and matched his Hall of Fame father Don O'Neal with his seventh No. 1 ranking, all in Full Story

• Fast Talk: Reviewing a lively Illinois Speedweek

  Posted: 05/15/2023, 10:24 am

  Amid a busy Illinois Speedweek (that won't officially end until Monday's makeup in Farmer City), our roundtable evaluates that and other action in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and Full Story

• Notes: Illinois kryptonite not hampering Overton

  Posted: 05/14/2023, 01:08 pm By Robert Holman

  FAIRBURY, Ill. (May 13) — Brandon Overton knows if he has any deficiencies, racing in the fertile, dark brown bullrings characteristic of nearly every fairgrounds oval in the Midwest is one of them. It’s not so much the surface itself Full Story

• Fairbury's tangle with O'Neal leaves Erb fuming

  Posted: 05/14/2023, 06:54 am By Robert Holman

  FAIRBURY, Ill. (May 13) — Often when there’s contact between two drivers battling for the same piece of real estate, there’s differing views of what happened. That wasn’t the case following Saturday’s 60-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Full Story

• Dispatches: Mag winner survives a rugged path

  Posted: 05/12/2023, 12:50 pm

  The latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events during the weekend of May 12-14, including the 20th annual Governor’s Cup for the Hunt the Front Super Dirt Series and Mississippi State Championship Challenge Full Story

• Notes: Beloved B-Shepp relishes fertile territory

  Posted: 05/12/2023, 06:26 am By Robert Holman

  LINCOLN, Ill. (May 11) — During a caution period with one lap remaining in Thursday’s Castrol FloRacing Night in America feature at Lincoln Speedway, the PA announcer petitioned the fans in the packed grandstand at the Logan County Full Story

• Notes: Consistency lacking for Erb Jr. in ‘23

  Posted: 05/11/2023, 02:48 pm By Robert Holman

  BANNER, Ill. — Dennis Erb Jr.’s title defense with the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series may not have gotten off to the best start, but nonetheless, the reigning WoO champion is still having a very Erb-like year. It just takes Full Story

• Column: Lull behind him, Zeigler eager for success

  Posted: 05/11/2023, 12:02 pm

  Mason Zeigler was hopeful that his return to the Rocket Chassis fold would pay immediate dividends, but could he have ever imagined it would be so absolutely, positively … perfect? After going winless in 2022 and through his first 16 Full Story

• Notes: Bronson in for long haul with WoO

  Posted: 05/11/2023, 09:50 am

  In his first full-time run at the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series, Kyle Bronson has put himself into position as a title contender. When the series returns to action May 19 at Marion Center (Pa.) Raceway, the 32-year-old Brandon, Full Story

• Winger aims to maintain speed, eliminate drama

  Posted: 05/11/2023, 07:55 am By Robert Holman

  BANNER, Ill. (May 10) — Ashton Winger sat on his pit bike and studied the lineup sheet for the second consolation race in Wednesday’s Castrol FloRacing Night in America event at Spoon River Speedway. | RaceWire There was his name, Full Story

• Notes: Georgian Craft expands winning ways

  Posted: 05/11/2023, 06:48 am By Kyle McFadden

  After compiling perhaps 2022's most impressive season for a weekly Late Model racer from the state of Georgia, Blake Craft is tackling a new initiative this year. The 13-time winner a year ago has never considered himself a points racer Full Story

• Top 25: O’Neal solid No. 1 as B-Shepp climbs

  Posted: 05/09/2023, 08:22 am By Todd Turner

  After a dazzling Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series tripleheader that included a victory at Ohio's Atomic Speedway, Hudson O'Neal of Martinsville, Ind., solidified his No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com's power rankings by securing all but one Full Story

• Fast Talk: Sizing up Lucas Oil tour as layoff ends

  Posted: 05/08/2023, 12:12 pm

  With the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series ending its long layoff and loads of other laps scored in special events, our roundtable gathers to consider all the latest in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited Full Story

• Lucas Oil regulars back at it after lengthy layoff

  Posted: 05/08/2023, 08:15 am By Bryan Ault

  UNION, Ky. (May 6) — Whether drivers and crews spent time meticulously preparing in the race shop, finding other racetracks to compete or even doing a little turkey hunting, virtually everyone on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series agreed Full Story

• Notes: Alberson beams after rallying at Florence

  Posted: 05/07/2023, 05:57 am By Bryan Ault

  FLORENCE, Ky. (May 6) — Most fourth-place finishers aren’t too happy about missing the podium by a single spot. Not so for Garrett Alberson following Saturday’s Ralph Latham Memorial at Florence Speedway. | RaceWire After getting Full Story

• Dispatches: RTJ rewards crew with Latham victory

  Posted: 05/06/2023, 04:02 am

  The latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events during the last weekend in April, including Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series action in Kentucky, Schaeffer's Spring Nationals action and Comp Cams Super Dirt Full Story