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• Satterlee deflated after contending with favorite

  Posted: 06/09/2022, 06:44 pm By Kyle McFadden

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 9) – Looking every bit as strong as the five-time Eldora Speedway crown jewel winner, Gregg Satterlee badly wanted to take immediate solace in the fact he went pound-for-pound with Eldora powerhouse Jonathan Davenport Full Story

• Briefly, Ferguson relishes breakthrough at Eldora

  Posted: 06/09/2022, 06:28 pm By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 9) — Chris Ferguson finally won a feature at the famed Eldora Speedway and he was able to enjoy it for exactly … 10 or 15 minutes? The 32-year-old driver from Mount Holly, N.C., climbed out his car on the half-mile Full Story

• Notes: Easygoing King still reeling off victories

  Posted: 06/09/2022, 07:11 am By Kyle McFadden

  If Eddie King Jr.’s last race in 2004 had also been the last of his driving career, he wouldn't harbor a trace of regret nearly two decades later. The 50-year-old of Knoxville, Tenn., won 147 races from 1993 to ’04, the period that Full Story

• With Million looming, Eldora overhauls surface

  Posted: 06/08/2022, 06:49 pm By Kyle McFadden

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 8) — Eldora Speedway facilities manager Rob Platfoot and speedway personnel have hastily and virtually worked around the clock since Tuesday morning to deem the half-mile racing surface fit for the return of the Eldora Full Story

• Eldora Million/Dream coverage index

  Posted: 06/05/2022, 03:43 pm

  ROSSBURG, Ohio — DirtonDirt.com's previews and coverage of the Eldora Million and Dream XXVIII, the $1,002,022- and $128,000-to-win non-touring DIRTcar events June 8-11 at Eldora Speedway (watch on FloRacing): Saturday, June 11 Dream Full Story

• Trivia Time: Test your original Eldora Million knowledge

  Posted: 06/08/2022, 07:50 am By Todd Turner

  Part of an occasional feature at DirtonDirt.com, test your Dirt Late Model knowledge with a quiz on the original Eldora Million on June 8-9, 2001, at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio (click here for answers; complete Eldora coverage): 1. Full Story

• Column: Another shot at Million for Bloomquist

  Posted: 06/08/2022, 07:51 am

  Scott Bloomquist has more than 600 victories in his Hall of Fame Dirt Late Model career, but he’s like most prolific winners: the ones that got away often stick in his mind more prominently than the successes. | Complete Eldora coverage So Full Story

• Interlopers take best shot at Eldora Million

  Posted: 06/07/2022, 02:43 pm By Kyle McFadden

  Chase Briscoe gave the look of utter bewilderment — hands on his hips, a cold stare into the pleasant night air — right after being relegated to the B-main of a midweek May midget race at Millbridge Speedway in Salisbury, N.C. The Full Story

• Million part of driver's best, worst career weekend

  Posted: 06/07/2022, 02:33 pm By Robert Holman

  Shawn Negangard was far from a favorite going into the inaugural Eldora Million in the summer of 2001. In fact, the then-24-year-old from Osgood, Ind., was fortunate just to be among the historic event’s 235 entries. When Eldora Speedway Full Story

• Top 25: J.D. on top heading to Million

  Posted: 06/07/2022, 09:38 am By Todd Turner

  With the sport's biggest-ever paycheck up for grabs this week, Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., moved back into the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com's power rankings following his $50,000 Historic 100 victory at West Virginia Motor Speedway. The Full Story

• Morans recount story of their $1 million odyssey

  Posted: 06/06/2022, 05:24 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Twenty-one years ago, when Donnie Moran climbed out of his car on Eldora Speedway’s stage as the winner of the Eldora Million, there was one person he was looking for above all others. The then 38-year-old superstar from Dresden, Ohio, Full Story

• Notes: Solid run for Pearson ahead of Big E

  Posted: 06/06/2022, 04:17 pm By Kevin Kovac

  MINERAL WELLS, W.Va. (June 4) — As strong as Earl Pearson Jr. looked early in Saturday’s 50-lap finale of the E3 Spark Plugs Historic 100 at West Virginia Motor Speedway, he didn’t harbor any illusions about his chances of claiming Full Story

• Notes: Satterlee's ready to tackle Eldora Million

  Posted: 06/06/2022, 02:00 pm By Kyle McFadden

  HAGERSTOWN, Md. (June 5) – Gregg Satterlee is relatively succinct when evaluating himself and his race team, so when asked to gauge his chances at the Eldora Million this week in the aftermath of a DNF Sunday at Hagerstown Speedway, his Full Story

• Fast Talk: Discussing all things Eldora Million

  Posted: 06/06/2022, 10:05 am

  With the eyes of the Dirt Late Model world focusing squarely on the richest-ever event in history, our roundtable considers all things Eldora Million with $1,002,002 on the line at the history oval in Rossburg, Ohio in the weekly feature Full Story

• Davenport, Overton set sights on biggest prize

  Posted: 06/05/2022, 07:23 am By Kevin Kovac

  MINERAL WELLS, W.Va. (June 4) — They came to West Virginia Motor Speedway focused on the big bucks posted for the E3 Spark Plugs Historic 100 weekend. They left primed and ready to chase the richest first-place prize in Dirt Late Model Full Story

• Notes: Moran savors home-cooking at WVMS

  Posted: 06/04/2022, 10:17 am By Kevin Kovac

  MINERAL WELLS, W.Va. (June 3) — The fast, sprawling West Virginia Motor Speedway doesn’t appeal to every Dirt Late Model driver. But Devin Moran? He simply loves the place. “I do like it,” Moran said with a mega-watt smile after Full Story

• Dispatches: Pierce puts it together at Tri-City

  Posted: 06/04/2022, 12:59 am

  The latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events the first weekend in June, including World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series action at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Ill., the Comp Cams doubleheader weekend Full Story

• Fast Facts: Eldora Million and Dream XXVIII

  Posted: 06/02/2022, 06:56 am By Robert Holman

  Dates: June 8-11 (Twin $12,000-to-win features Wednesday and Friday; heats, consolations and a $1,002,022-to-win main event Thursday; heats, consolations and $128,000-to-win main event Saturday). Track: Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio Full Story

• Next generation gets a crack at Eldora Million

  Posted: 06/02/2022, 06:57 am By Bryan Ault

  Next week's once-in-a-generation event at Eldora Speedway will give the current generation of Dirt Late Model youngsters a chance to race for a $1 million paycheck. While 26 drivers got a crack at the first Eldora Million in 2001 — fewer Full Story

• Notes: Moreland remains fast despite scaling back

  Posted: 06/02/2022, 06:26 am By Kyle McFadden

  Amid the rainstorm that prematurely ended the King of the Commonwealth main event two Saturdays ago, Kenny Moreland wandered the sludgy grounds of Virginia Motor Speedway unsure how to digest the abnormal night. His run to fourth behind Full Story

• Column: ‘Go get it’ … and Fergy did just that

  Posted: 06/01/2022, 04:41 pm

  Chris Ferguson stood leaning against the rear deck of his race car in the technical inspection building Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo., a cell phone to his ear. He was happily rehashing his breakthrough $50,000 victory Full Story

• Moyer eyes the Million driving Lance’s No. 48

  Posted: 06/01/2022, 04:32 pm By Bryan Ault

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (May 30) — Around Christmastime last year, Billy Moyer’s phone rang. The legendary Batesville, Ark. driver with 847 victories and a packed trophy room picked up the phone and heard the voice of Illinois driver Tim Full Story

• Lucrative Merritt victory a major boost for Bauer

  Posted: 05/31/2022, 10:46 am By Bryan Ault

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (May 30) — A third-generation driver who grew up watching his father compete at Merritt Speedway, Cody Bauer’s racing dreams were at the Lake City, Mich., oval. So it was surreal for the Farwell, Mich., driver to Full Story

• Top 25: Show-Me winner climbs to 7th spot

  Posted: 05/31/2022, 10:14 am By Todd Turner

  On the strength of his first career crown jewel victory, Chris Ferguson of Mount Holly, N.C., vaulted up to the No. 7 position in DirtonDirt.com’s power rankings after Saturday’s $50,000 Show-Me 100 victory at Lucas Oil Speedway in Full Story

• Notes: T-Mac falls short at elusive Show-Me 100

  Posted: 05/30/2022, 03:07 pm By Kevin Kovac

  WHEATLAND, Mo. (May 28) — Tim McCreadie doesn’t need too many more crown jewel event victories to fill out his already expansive Dirt Late Model resume. The Show-Me 100 presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com, though, remains one of those Full Story