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Savvy drivers heed dirt racing's unwritten rules
Posted: 07/11/2021, 12:57 pm By Todd TurnerIf you thumb through the rulebook of your favorite Dirt Late Model series or racetrack, you'll find plenty of specific directives that racers must follow. From the height of a race car's spoiler to required safety equipment to obeying Full Story
For Babb, 100-victory plateau ‘blows my mind’
Posted: 07/10/2021, 10:06 am By Kevin KovacFARMER CITY, Ill. (July 9) — The DIRTcar Summer Nationals wins don’t come in bunches like they used to for Shannon Babb, but, at 47, the distinguished driver from Moweaqua, Ill., has no desire these days to traipse across the Midwest Full Story
Drivers fall in line during a rare clunker at Macon
Posted: 07/09/2021, 08:44 am By Kevin KovacMACON, Ill. (July 8) — Shannon Babb didn’t want to believe his eyes, but they didn’t deceive him. Everything he had come to know and love about Macon Speedway was turned upside down as he found himself falling into a single, locked-down Full Story
Column: For Big Frog, the band’s back together
Posted: 07/08/2021, 04:19 pmAugie Burttram was a pretty popular guy throughout the spring. He understood the reason, too. As the owner of Ocala, Fla.-based Big Frog Motorsports, he possessed an array of quality equipment and no driver — an attractive combination Full Story
Pierce gets the better of buddy battle once again
Posted: 07/08/2021, 08:44 am By Kevin KovacBANNER, Ill. (July 7) — They’re good buddies. Most offseasons, in fact, they vacation together with their families in some tropical locale. But their friendship didn’t make it any easier for Ryan Unzicker to accept what Bobby Pierce Full Story
Notes: Wisconsin driver returns to 'faster' competition
Posted: 07/08/2021, 08:23 am By Todd TurnerJayme Zidar took a roundabout way toward competing regularly at dirt tracks his home state. The Greenfield, Wis., driver competed from 2000-11 in touring Super Late Model action — mostly venturing to Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio Full Story
Knox County upgrades to Summer Nationals event
Posted: 07/06/2021, 05:50 pm By Todd TurnerKNOXVILLE, Ill. — Knox County Fair Raceway hasn't exactly been on the radar of Dirt Late Model drivers and fans. But the Knox County Fair Board hopes that landing DIRTcar Summer Nationals sanctioning for the 2021 event can help its lone Full Story
Top 25: T-Mac, J.D. creep closer to Overton
Posted: 07/06/2021, 09:16 am By Joshua JoinerVictories for Jonathan Davenport and Tim McCreadie during the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series holiday weekend doubleheader helped them creep closer to the top of the DirtonDirt.com power rankings with the Lucas Oil title contenders ranking Full Story
Fast Talk: Surveying holiday weekend affairs
Posted: 07/05/2021, 10:19 amWith the flag-waving weekend of the Fourth of July behind us amid a flurry of action, our roundtable considers the latest happenings in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): Anything Full Story
Notes: Shirley looks on the bright side at Lincoln
Posted: 07/05/2021, 12:33 am By Todd TurnerLINCOLN, Ill. (July 4) — While watching the consolation race before Sunday’s 40-lap DIRTcar Summer Nationals feature at Lincoln Speedway, Brian Shirley shared his philosophy of how things go on the night-after-night series that dots Full Story
Dirty laundry on tour puts racers in spin cycle
Posted: 07/05/2021, 12:20 am By Todd TurnerShannon Babb has found himself in the situation many times. During a long stretch of racing on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals, everyone’s laundry basket is overflowing. The team’s on an overnight trek to the next racetrack. And the stale Full Story
Notes: Budget racer gives old car new life
Posted: 07/04/2021, 04:22 am By Todd TurnerBROWNSTOWN, Ill. — Claude Walker of Meadowbrook, Ill., knew he needed to upgrade to the latest generation of Late Model chassis if he was going to remain competitive at St. Louis-area ovals. The 38-year-old tooling mechanic at Boeing Full Story
Diercks just happy to be back behind the wheel
Posted: 07/02/2021, 06:48 am By Todd TurnerDAVENPORT, Iowa (July 1) — Thursday night’s racing program at his hometown Davenport Speedway started off a lot better than it ended for Spencer Diercks. But considering the perplexing health issues the 24-year has faced the last Full Story
Swiss-born Oregon racer takes lumps on Hell Tour
Posted: 07/01/2021, 12:30 pm By Todd TurnerBEAVER DAM, Wis. — Thomas Hunziker isn’t going to let his grinding, rollover wreck in Wednesday’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals event at Beaver Dam Raceway ruin his pursuit of the racing trip of his life. Not your average dirt racer Full Story
Column: Fresh-faced PCC team getting it done
Posted: 07/01/2021, 09:11 amThe driver is 20 years old. His two crewmen are even fresher-faced at the ages of 19 and 18. So much youth forming the nucleus of a high-profile Dirt Late Model team is a rare occurrence, but that’s exactly the combination PCC Motorsports Full Story
Notes: West Virginian's confidence, wins on rise
Posted: 07/01/2021, 08:20 am By Todd TurnerLate Model racer Brandon Francis of Parkersburg, W.Va., has some good news and bad news about his 2021 season. Which do you want first? Let’s get the bad news out of the way. Engine woes have been a challenge with his primary powerplant Full Story
Heckenast mourns lost chance at Beaver Dam
Posted: 07/01/2021, 12:51 am By Todd TurnerBEAVER DAM, Wis. (June 30) — Before starting on the pole of Wednesday’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals event at Beaver Dam Raceway, Frank Heckenast Jr. considered the considerable competition he’d be facing in the 40-lap feature. Alongside Full Story
Top 25: Shirley climbs with Hell Tour victories
Posted: 06/29/2021, 09:27 am By Joshua JoinerBrian Shirley’s return to form on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals propelled him to new heights in the DirtonDirt.com Top 25 power rankings for this season, with the Chatham, Ill., racer cracking the top 10 for the first time in 2021 after Full Story
Fast Talk: Can anyone or anything stop Overton?
Posted: 06/28/2021, 10:55 amReaching the midpoint of the season with the upcoming Independence Day weekend specials, our roundtable reflects on the latest happenings in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): Can Full Story
Notes: Madden aims to catch up with Overton
Posted: 06/28/2021, 07:40 am By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 26) — Chris Madden is one driver who is acutely familiar with Brandon Overton’s hot streak. He’s come the closest, after all, to beating the sizzling star from Evans, Ga., in the Dirt Late Model division's last two Full Story
Third place best of Erb's trying day at Lernerville
Posted: 06/28/2021, 07:13 am By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 26) — Judging by the finishing order of the 15th annual Firecracker 100, Dennis Erb Jr.’s Saturday at Lernerville Speedway was a good one. The veteran driver from Carpentersville, Ill., indicated as much with his public Full Story
Disaster averted, sizzling Overton soaking it all in
Posted: 06/27/2021, 03:02 pm By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 26) — Everything was still perfect in Brandon Overton’s world Saturday night as he sat on a chair in the media room above Lernerville Speedway’s pit-area concession stand, answering questions from press members about Full Story
Overton gives Lernerville fans something to cheer
Posted: 06/26/2021, 09:09 am By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 25) — Even before Brandon Overton captured Friday's 30-lap Firecracker 100 preliminary feature, it seemed like the entirety of the attendees at Lernerville Speedway had their eyes on him. That, of course, was a result Full Story
Dismissing worry, Shirley gets right back on track
Posted: 06/26/2021, 08:42 am By Joshua JoinerMAPLE PARK, Ill. (June 25) — If there were any alarms sounding when Brian Shirley ended the first week of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals winless and a distant fourth in series points, they weren’t coming from Shirley himself. | Complete Full Story
Notes: Remote assists spur Bruening's success
Posted: 06/25/2021, 02:01 pm By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 24) — As Tyler Bruening stood in Lernerville Speedway’s pit area rehashing his fourth-place finish in Thursday's 30-lap World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series feature that opened the 15th annual Firecracker Full Story
