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Column: Crown jewel satisfaction for Cooney
Posted: 08/06/2025, 04:19 pmTodd Cooney didn’t jump right into the celebration fray after his driver, Ryan Gustin, completed a march to victory in Saturday’s 38th annual USA Nationals at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis. As his crew and Gustin’s family Full Story
Fast Facts: 43rd annual Sunoco North-South 100
Posted: 08/05/2025, 01:39 pm By Aaron ClayDates: Aug. 7-9 (Thursday and Friday twin semifeatures and Saturday’s 100-lap finale) Track: Florence Speedway (semi-banked half-mile dirt oval) Location: Union, Ky. Purse: $75,000-to-win Late Model feature Primary sponsors: Sunoco Full Story
Prolific Iowa youngster making Late Model noise
Posted: 08/05/2025, 03:40 pm By Todd TurnerDallon Murty of Chelsea, Iowa, is accustomed to racking up big victory totals. At just 20 years old, the two-time IMCA stock car champ has piled up more than 150 dirt racing triumphs overall, including an incredible 47-victory season in Full Story
Top 25: Cedar Lake winner climbs to No. 7
Posted: 08/05/2025, 06:28 am By Kevin KovacAs Ryan Gustin of Marshalltown, Iowa, vaulted into the top 10 following a $100,000 USA Nationals triumph, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., remained the unanimous No. 1 choice in DirtonDirt’s power rankings despite failing to score a third Full Story
Right car, right time for Gustin at USA Nationals
Posted: 08/04/2025, 03:17 pm By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 2) — Ryan Gustin decided to put his stubborn streak aside after a poor performance in Thursday’s 30-lap World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series feature at Cedar Lake Speedway. It might have been Full Story
Fast Talk: Gustin's six-figure success and more
Posted: 08/04/2025, 08:47 amOn the first weekend in August with Ryan Gustin breaking through for his career-richest victory, our roundtable convenes for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Discuss Ryan Full Story
Notes: In trying season, Wilson gets needed win
Posted: 08/04/2025, 07:11 am By Bryan AultBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Aug. 2) — Daulton Wilson’s $10,000 Brownstown Speedway victory Saturday at the 21st annual Hall of Fame Classic was relieving and confidence-boosting, especially for the JRR Motorsports team that has struggled to find Full Story
Banner showing for JRR drivers at Brownstown
Posted: 08/03/2025, 11:21 am By Bryan AultBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Aug. 2) — Deep in the Brownstown Speedway pit area, almost concealed by a long line of trees, the JRR Motorsports team spent Saturday night working hard — and then celebrating hard as the stable’s three drivers finished Full Story
B-Shepp laments costly Cedar Lake lane choice
Posted: 08/03/2025, 11:06 am By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 2) — Brandon Sheppard certainly didn’t claim that his faulty restart with seven circuits remaining in Saturday’s 38th annual USA Nationals cost him the $100,000 top prize at Cedar Lake Speedway. He just knew Full Story
Notes: Larson making moves at USA Nationals
Posted: 08/02/2025, 03:50 pm By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 1) — A cool, calm approach led Brent Larson to the most dramatic pass of Friday night’s USA Nationals qualifying program at Cedar Lake Speedway. “I just kept slowing down more and more, I felt like, and going Full Story
Dash collision stings both Cedar Lake competitors
Posted: 08/02/2025, 07:17 am By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 1) — Dashes run for feature starting positions are typically uneventful affairs. Jake Timm was expecting another one Friday at Cedar Lake Speedway. Not this time. The 28-year-old World of Outlaws Real American Full Story
Dispatches: Seawright's richest season rolls on
Posted: 08/04/2025, 08:22 amAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing during the first weekend in August (look for World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series coverage from Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis., elsewhere). Full Story
Cedar Lake save buoys T-Mac at USA Nationals
Posted: 08/01/2025, 09:23 am By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (July 31) — As Tim McCreadie was sliding sideways after contact with Hudson O’Neal on a restart with two circuits remaining in Thursday’s 30-lap World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series feature at Cedar Full Story
Column: Owner's payoff showcases great pairing
Posted: 07/31/2025, 02:57 pmBob Cullen wasn’t able to attend Saturday’s Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway to witness his driver Brian Shirley earn the biggest victory of their decade together as a team. He still ended up with a story he’ll never Full Story
Notes: Amid tragedy, tranquility behind wheel
Posted: 07/31/2025, 07:08 am By Todd TurnerKankakee County Speedway’s championship history is dotted with the McCarty name, including reigning Crate Late Model champ Austin McCarty of nearby Bourbonnais, Ill. Austin’s father Steve, now his crew chief, was a four-time champion Full Story
Fast Facts: 38th annual Cedar Lake USA Nationals
Posted: 07/29/2025, 09:09 am By Aaron ClayDates: July 31-Aug. 2 (Thursday standalone program with Friday preliminaries heading for Saturday’s USA Nationals finale) Track: Cedar Lake Speedway (high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval) Location: New Richmond, Wis. Purse: $100,000-to-win Full Story
Notes: Wilmot familiarity helps Gustin to WoO win
Posted: 07/29/2025, 09:10 am By Kevin KovacWILMOT, Wis. (July 28) — Ryan Gustin and his Todd Cooney Motorsports did some reconnaissance work for Monday’s World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series stop at Wilmot Raceway by visiting the 3/8-mile oval for June 16’s Full Story
Top 25: Shirley surges as Pierce still solidly No. 1
Posted: 07/29/2025, 08:14 am By Todd TurnerAfter surging to his career-richest payday, Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., vaulted nine positions to No. 9 in DirtonDirt’s weekly power rankings with Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., maintaining his unanimous hold on the top spot. Shirley, Full Story
PDC winner soaks up joy of knowing he belongs
Posted: 07/28/2025, 04:59 pm By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 26) — The clock was closing in on 4 o’clock Sunday morning, but Brian Shirley wasn’t ready for bed. How could he even close his eyes and fall asleep when he was riding the highest of emotional highs in his life? Anyway, Full Story
Fast Talk: Shirley's deserved, rewarding PDC victory
Posted: 07/28/2025, 10:49 amOn a weekend when Brian Shirley broke the bank (and clock?) with his Prairie Dirt Classic victory at Fairbury, out roundtable gathers for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Discuss Full Story
Late-race restart pileup shuffles PDC contenders
Posted: 07/27/2025, 03:48 pm By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 26) — There were 16 laps left in Prairie Dirt Classic and the 100-lap World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series event at Fairbury Speedway was primed to get serious. | RaceWire Brian Shirley was clinging Full Story
Notes: O'Neal has best chance for PDC victory
Posted: 07/26/2025, 04:35 pm By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 24) — Driving for Kevin Rumley in Fairbury Speedway’s Prairie Dirt Classic means Hudson O’Neal can stay pretty anonymous — at least until he hits the track in the North Carolina engineer’s familiar Longhorn Full Story
With ailing wife, race-life balance wears on Shirley
Posted: 07/26/2025, 10:55 am By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 25) — Brian Shirley realized that winning the first of Friday’s four 25-lap semifeatures for the Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury Speedway was just a steppingstone to the weekend’s big prize. Yet there he was Full Story
Unzicker's Prairie Dirt hopes high after miscue
Posted: 07/25/2025, 07:23 am By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 23) — Ryan Unzicker stood in Fairbury Speedway’s pit area Wednesday night trying to make sense of his fifth-place finish in the 50-lap FloRacing Night in America-sanctioned feature. Should he be annoyed with “just” Full Story
Dispatches: Benedum, Loudy soak up Taze's big night
Posted: 07/27/2025, 07:04 amAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing heading into the finale weekend in July, including coverage of the Schaeffer's Southern Nationals (look for World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series coverage Full Story
