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Notes: Joiner rights ship with 20th-to-eighth run
Posted: 02/06/2022, 05:31 pm By Robert HolmanELLISVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 5) — Joseph Joiner’s final race of his 2022 Georgia-Florida Speedweeks effort was not only his best, but was also in stark contrast to his first three outings. The Milton, Fla., driver of Hunt the Front video Full Story
Neither ending is a good one in tale of two Tylers
Posted: 02/06/2022, 07:08 am By Robert HolmanELLISVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 5) — This is a tale of two Tylers. No, not the 2019 rap song “Tale of Two Tylers” by Eminem sound-alike Tyler Ray. But rather, Tyler Bruening and Tyler Erb, two Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series drivers who scrapped Full Story
Back to health, Iowan enjoys Speedweeks run
Posted: 02/05/2022, 07:35 am By Robert HolmanELLISVILLE, Fla. — Todd Cooney is living his dream. Three years ago, the two-time IMCA weekly Late Model champion from Des Moines, Iowa, driver had serious doubts he’d be able to continue racing, much less head to Georgia-Florida Speedweeks Full Story
Notes: Hughes pleased with positive All-Tech run
Posted: 02/04/2022, 07:02 am By Robert HolmanELLISVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 3) — Starting sixth in Thursday’s 40-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series main event at All-Tech Raceway, Spencer Hughes was in prime position to record his best Georgia-Florida Speedweeks finish of the season. On Full Story
Column: Kosiski winding down after I-80 success
Posted: 02/03/2022, 12:34 pmJoe Kosiski knows that everyone — racers, fans, sponsors, media — who cares about his I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., has been wondering about its future ever since he confirmed last summer that he was in serious negotiations to sell Full Story
Challenged, but gratified in debut as track owner
Posted: 02/02/2022, 05:13 pm By Robert HolmanOCALA, Fla. — If Kyle Bronson looked a little more relaxed Monday at Bubba Raceway Park, it’s understandable. Unlike the first three Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series races this season, the Brandon, Fla., driver’s only job at Ocala Full Story
Notes: Busy slate ahead for regrouping Troutman
Posted: 02/02/2022, 07:24 am By Robert HolmanOCALA, Fla. (Feb. 1) — With three top-10 finishes in four events behind the wheel of his modified during East Bay Raceway Park’s Winter Nationals last week in Gibsonton, Fla., Drake Troutman hoped to record comparable results in his Full Story
T-Mac bemoans ‘lost art’ after last-lap showdown
Posted: 02/01/2022, 05:29 am By Robert HolmanOCALA, Fla. (Jan. 31) — When Devin Moran slid under race-long leader Tim McCreadie in turn two on the final lap at Bubba Raceway Park, the Watertown, N.Y., driver and reigning Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion didn't have an immediate Full Story
Fast Talk: Reviewing the Golden Isles weekend
Posted: 01/31/2022, 09:31 amWith the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series diving into Georgia-Florida Speedweeks with action at Golden Isles with three tracks upcoming, our roundtable resets the action in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited Full Story
O'Neal remains positive amid Speedweeks grind
Posted: 01/30/2022, 10:14 am By Robert HolmanBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 29) — Hudson O’Neal is aware that one bad night during Georgia-Florida Speedweeks isn’t the end of the world. There are too many races during Speedweeks — and the entire season, for that matter — to get hung Full Story
Notes: Wilson navigates steep learning curve
Posted: 01/29/2022, 07:13 am By Robert HolmanBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 28) — Daulton Wilson expected a steep learning curve when he made plans to head to Georgia-Florida Speedweeks after being tabbed to drive for Campbellsville, Ky.-based Justin Rattliff Racing. After finishes of 12th Full Story
Overton takes blame for DQ, takes it out on foes
Posted: 01/29/2022, 07:14 am By Robert HolmanBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 28) — Brandon Overton wasn’t about to make the same mistake twice. Just 24 hours after a setup miscue wiped out his overall fast time in the season-opening event with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at Golden Full Story
Texan can’t sustain rise to lead at Golden Isles
Posted: 01/28/2022, 07:12 am By Robert HolmanBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 27) — Tyler Erb has had better outings at Golden Isles Speedway, like winning the 2019 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series season-opener at the 4/10-mile oval. The New Waverly, Texas, driver has also had a lot worse, Full Story
Notes: TikTok helps Laster get crack at Daytona
Posted: 01/27/2022, 12:44 pmWhen Brayton Laster followed Dinah Mullins on TikTok, he had no idea it would eventually lead to the opportunity of a lifetime. Laster, a 19-year-old racer from Greenwood, Ind., will join Fredericksburg, Va.-based Mullins Racing to compete Full Story
Column: Tireless Conley was ‘Superman’ to sons
Posted: 01/27/2022, 07:13 amRod Conley called him “awesome.” R.J. Conley described him as “immortal.” But the two brothers would both agree on one other word to label their late father Delmas, a Hall of Fame Dirt Late Model driver from Wheelersburg, Ohio, Full Story
Georgia-Florida Speedweeks coverage index
Posted: 02/10/2022, 04:30 pmDirtonDirt.com's Super Late Model coverage from Georgia-Florida Speedweeks, made up of events at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. (Jan. 20-22 and Feb. 14-19), Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga. (Jan. 27-29), Bubba Raceway Full Story
Schedule, track-by-track capsules for Speedweeks
Posted: 01/25/2022, 02:38 pm By Robert HolmanThe 2022 Georgia-Florida Speedweeks race-by-race schedule for Super Late Model events at eight tracks, two in Georgia and six in Florida. Action runs Jan. 20 through Feb. 19 at All-Tech Raceway in Ellisville, Fla.; Bubba Raceway Park in Full Story
Fast Talk: Halting start to Speedweeks for Volusia
Posted: 01/24/2022, 11:03 amWith Georgia-Florida Speedweeks (debatably) under way with Volusia Speedway Park's Sunshine Nationals, our roundtable considers what's happened and what's to come in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for Full Story
McDowell thankful for healthy, winning return
Posted: 01/21/2022, 07:05 pm By Todd TurnerBARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 21) — While Dale McDowell's prognosis after last summer's prostate cancer diagnosis was promising, there were plenty of times when the 55-year-old National Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer needed a pick-me-up. While Full Story
Notes: Hammer experiences rookie's highs, lows
Posted: 01/21/2022, 06:56 am By Todd TurnerBARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 20) — A rookie’s season on the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series is bound to have highs and lows. And 22-year-old Clinton, Ill., driver Kyle Hammer quickly discovered those boundaries in the Full Story
All systems go at Volusia for resilient Breazeale
Posted: 01/21/2022, 12:48 am By Todd TurnerBARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 20) — After David Breazeale’s car got knocked around during a rough-and-tumble heat race Thursday night at Volusia Speedway Park’s Sunshine Nationals, the 45-year-old Four Corners, Miss., driver climbed underneath Full Story
Notes: Simpson ready for first Volusia action
Posted: 01/20/2022, 03:40 pm By Todd TurnerBARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 20) — Chris Simpson has been involved in high-profile Super Late Model racing for nearly 20 years, but the the 38-year-old Oxford, Iowa, driver is a rookie when it comes to one thing: Being a competitor at Georgia-Florida Full Story
Column: N.C.'s Wilson tapped for Rattliff ride
Posted: 01/19/2022, 05:34 pmIn today’s Dirt Late Model world, Brandon Overton’s opinion commands respect. When the driver who just enjoyed arguably the greatest season in the history of the division speaks, people listen. Justin Rattliff Racing crew chief Jeff Full Story
Fast Talk: WWS wrapup and eyes on Volusia
Posted: 01/17/2022, 11:26 amOur roundtable wraps up the Wild West Shootout presented by O'Reilly Auto Parts and looks ahead to Speedweeks while discussing other noteworthy topics in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and Full Story
Wild West outings bode well for Pearson’s 2022
Posted: 01/17/2022, 06:53 am By Robert HolmanVADO, N.M. — Earl Pearson Jr. wrapped up the 16th annual Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts with a runner-up finish in Sunday’s $25,000-to-win finale. Finishing 2.260 seconds behind miniseries champion Mike Marlar Full Story
