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• Notes: McDowell doesn't mind sharing the wealth

  Posted: 03/28/2022, 06:32 am By Robert Holman

  BRISTOL, Tenn. (March 26) — Last season, Dale McDowell won four feature races before cutting his season short in late September to prepare for prostate cancer surgery. The richest of those 2021 victories was $7,500, which he won in his Full Story

• Fergy’s windfall closes chapter on money chase

  Posted: 03/27/2022, 07:02 am By Robert Holman

  BRISTOL, Tenn. (March 26) — Chris Ferguson has been knocking on the door for several seasons. But each time the Mount Holly, N.C., driver came close to breaking through, the door seemed to get slammed in his face. A solid top-five runner Full Story

• Bristol’s $50,000 helps validate Madden’s choice

  Posted: 03/26/2022, 06:18 am By Robert Holman

  BRISTOL, Tenn. (March 25) — Chris Madden’s decision to drop off of the World of Outlaws Case Late Models Series wasn’t an easy one. Madden, who won the national tour’s sixth event at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., Full Story

• Dispatches: Watkins falls shy in Xtreme title chase

  Posted: 03/25/2022, 10:59 pm

  The latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model events nationwide from March 25-27, including World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series action from Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, S.C., and Zimmer's United Late Model Series competition at Full Story

• Column: Dirt tantalizes 500-winning crew chief

  Posted: 03/23/2022, 05:00 pm

  As a NASCAR Cup Series crew chief for Team Penske, Jeremy Bullins doesn’t exactly have much spare time. His work schedule — at the shop in Mooresville, N.C., and away from it on race weekends — is a whirlwind virtually every day of Full Story

• Notes: Watkins has Xtreme title within grasp

  Posted: 03/22/2022, 09:05 am

  When Ben Watkins set out on the Drydene Xtreme DIRTcar Series trail in November, his goal of championship glory was merely a distant vision. Now with three races remaining on the schedule, that vision is getting closer to reality as he Full Story

• Fast Facts: Karl Kustoms Bristol Dirt Nationals

  Posted: 03/22/2022, 08:08 am By Robert Holman

  Dates: March 25-26 and April 1-2 (four separate $50,000-to-win events) Track: Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway (high-banked, half-mile, dirt-covered asphalt oval). Sanction: XR Super Series and Valvoline Iron-Man Southern Series Purse: Full Story

• Notes: Flinner makes it 2-for-2 at Port Royal

  Posted: 03/21/2022, 03:26 pm By Kyle McFadden

  Colton Flinner lingered on the roof of John Johnson’s Late Model on Sunday night at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway. The celebration that marked back-to-back victories to start the year in the Juniata River Valley lasted longer than merely Full Story

• Fast Talk: Race review as we head to Bristol

  Posted: 03/21/2022, 12:24 pm

  As the calendar clicks over to spring and the racing action heats up along with the weather, our roundtable resets what you need to know in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): Tout Full Story

• Notes: Quick start key for Owens at Atomic

  Posted: 03/21/2022, 07:21 am

  Jimmy Owens didn’t lead every lap of Sunday’s Buckeye Spring 50 at Atomic Speedway in Alma, Ohio. But he was close. Polesitter Devin Moran held a scant lead — seven-hundredths of a second — on the opening lap. Owens, however, knew Full Story

• ULMS landscape evolves as Max Blair era closes

  Posted: 03/19/2022, 11:04 am By Kyle McFadden

  MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Chris Zuver knew, sooner or later, he’d have to rebrand one of his proudest investments, the Zimmer’s United Late Model Series. Since Zuver founded the series in 2000, he’s stewarded more than 250 events, 67 Full Story

• Column: Alberson ready to tackle new challenge

  Posted: 03/17/2022, 12:55 pm

  Garrett Alberson completely understands the opportunity he’s been handed this year. Chasing the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series full-time? It’s an absolute dream come true for a 33-year-old racer from the off-the-beaten-Late-Model-path Full Story

• Race will pay tribute to Carolina engine builder

  Posted: 03/15/2022, 05:25 am By Robert Holman

  Daniel Batten wants to honor his late father Mark Batten, the well-known engine builder and proprietor of Battenbilt Racing Engines in Rocky Mount, N.C., who passed away at age 61 on June 3, 2021 following a short illness. He could think Full Story

• Fast Talk: Musing after a quiet weekend for racing

  Posted: 03/14/2022, 10:41 am

  Our roundtable gathers after a quiet weekend to discuss the weather-related break in the action, high fuel prices and major events in DirtonDirt.com’s weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): Consider Full Story

• Column: Blair ready for season after Speedweeks

  Posted: 03/10/2022, 03:27 pm

  Max Blair still has tens of thousands of highway miles, nearly 50 races and dozens of new tracks left in his rookie World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series season. In the grand scheme of things, though, he already completed the most difficult Full Story

• Top 25: Drought-ending Clanton up six spots

  Posted: 03/08/2022, 09:11 am By Todd Turner

  While Devin Moran maintained the No. 1 spot, Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga., was the biggest mover in DirtonDirt.com's Top 25 power rankings on the strength of his first victory in 13 months. Clanton, who led all but one lap of Saturday's Full Story

• Fast Talk: Weekend review with eyes on Rev

  Posted: 03/07/2022, 10:48 am

  After a flurry of five-figure paydays the first weekend in March, the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series and Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series are scheduled to return to action. Our roundtable discusses all the latest in the weekly Full Story

• Co-sanctioned Tip-Off benefits series, track

  Posted: 03/06/2022, 01:19 am By Richard Allen

  MARYVILLE, Tenn. — Dirt tracks typically work with sanctioning bodies to draw cars, create a special event and, of course, have a profitable night. With Saturday night’s ninth annual Tennessee Tip-Off Classic, Smoky Mountain Speedway Full Story

• Dispatches: Madden, Marlar survive Madness

  Posted: 03/06/2022, 02:04 am

  The latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model events nationwide from March 4-6, including the Ultimate Southeast/Iron-Man event at Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, Tenn., Schaeffer’s Spring Nationals shows in Georgia and Clarksville Full Story

• Column: Winger, team's bandwagon gets rolling

  Posted: 03/03/2022, 06:44 am

  G.R. Smith saw the grand plan he hatched with his close friend, J.C. Clary, to take his Dirt Late Model program to a new level come into clear focus on Feb. 16 at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. So after watching his hand-picked Full Story

• Walker eases back into Late Models after stroke

  Posted: 03/01/2022, 07:43 am By Robert Holman

  Dustin Walker’s perspective on racing has changed ever so slightly over the last few years. His perspective on life, well, it’s changed by leaps and bounds. Walker, a veteran racer of 20 years whose love for the sport began in the Full Story

• Joiner to hunt front for Henderson Motorsports

  Posted: 02/28/2022, 12:05 pm By Robert Holman

  Popular Milton, Fla., dirt racer Joseph Joiner will split his time between two successful teams while hunting the front in 2022. Laurel, Miss.’s Leon Henderson announced Monday that the 28-year-old Joiner, whose racing career is documented Full Story

• Fast Talk: To follow a national tour or not?

  Posted: 02/28/2022, 10:09 am

  Amid a brief break in high-profile action between Georgia-Florida Speedweeks and upcoming regular-season openers, our roundtable considers touring options in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity Full Story

• Column: Moran hits lofty heights at Speedweeks

  Posted: 02/24/2022, 12:08 pm

  Devin Moran’s Georgia-Florida Speedweeks began Jan. 21 with a 22nd-place finish and ended Feb. 19 with a 12th-place run, both in World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series events at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. In between, Full Story

• Single Volusia victory fails to satisfy Madden

  Posted: 02/22/2022, 07:00 pm By Kevin Kovac

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 19) — Chris Madden can never be satisfied when it comes to winning Dirt Late Model events. Consider, for instance, Madden’s reaction after capturing Saturday’s 51st annual DIRTcar Nationals finale at Volusia Full Story