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Fast Talk: Madden, Owens and 2021 predictions
Posted: 11/16/2020, 11:36 amOur weekly roundtable presented by Castrol discusses the weekend's big winners, including Chris Madden and Jimmy Owens, and looks ahead to 2021 with some ealry national touring championship predictions (edited for clarity and length): Discuss Full Story
Georgian glad for debut at Mag, even if he's late
Posted: 11/16/2020, 05:41 am By Robert HolmanCOLUMBUS, Miss. (Nov. 14) — Kenny Collins has a new favorite racetrack, one he was lucky he even made it to over the weekend. The Colbert, Ga., driver was among six racers making his first career Magnolia State Cotton Pickin’ 100 start Full Story
EAMS reaffirms Joiner’s win after scoring dispute
Posted: 11/13/2020, 07:50 pm By Todd TurnerSix hours after National 100 runner-up Christian Hanger’s post on Facebook disputing the finish of Sunday’s race, East Alabama Motor Speedway on Friday night confirmed Joseph Joiner of Milton, Fla., as the last-lap winner of the $15,000 Full Story
Things fall Joiner's way as experience mounts
Posted: 11/13/2020, 07:18 am By Joshua JoinerPHENIX CITY, Ala. (Nov. 8) — There’s no denying that a stroke of good fortune played a heavy hand in Joseph Joiner winning Sunday’s National 100 feature at East Alabama Motor Speedway. The 27-year-old Milton, Fla., racer had already Full Story
Column: B-Shepp through eyes of Rocket crew
Posted: 11/12/2020, 08:00 amOne thing stood out to differentiate 2020 from previous campaigns for Brandon Sheppard and the Rocket Chassis house car team. “Coronavirus,” team owner Mark Richards said while leaning on a counter in his big blue trailer before the Full Story
Notes: Fighting instincts, Parkhurst third at EAMS
Posted: 11/11/2020, 11:59 am By Joshua JoinerPHENIX CITY, Ala. (Nov. 8) — After his daughter Ahnna Parkhurst blew out a right-rear tire on lap 54 of Sunday’s National 100 feature, Mike Parkhurst had one message for her before she went back on the track with two new rear tires: Full Story
Little consolation for last-lap losers at EAMS
Posted: 11/10/2020, 08:59 am By Joshua JoinerPHENIX CITY, Ala. ( Nov 8) — Sunday’s caution-plagued National 100 feature at East Alabama Motor Speedway took a lengthy 1 hour, 45 minutes to complete. But the dramatic chain of events that will make the marathon race among the most Full Story
Top 25: B-Shepp still on top as Bailes climbs
Posted: 11/10/2020, 08:34 am By Todd TurnerIn the No. 1 spot more often than not in recent seasons, it’s no surprise that Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., concludes the 2020 polling season atop DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings. The Rocket Chassis house car driver Full Story
Fast Talk: Charlotte, Joiner and banquets
Posted: 11/09/2020, 11:12 amOur weekly roundtable presented by Castrol looks back at the season-ending World of Outlaws doubleheader at Charlotte and Joseph Joiner’s dramatic National victory while also considering alternatives to awards banquets in this year of Full Story
South Carolina racer on mend after craniotomy
Posted: 11/09/2020, 09:46 am By Joshua JoinerWhen John Henderson climbed from his mangled race car after a hard rollover wreck during an Aug. 1 Carolina Clash event at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, S.C., he thought he had escaped the incident without injury. Seemingly fine, the 39-year-old Full Story
Notes: McDowell pleased by National 100 fast time
Posted: 11/08/2020, 01:18 pm By Joshua JoinerPHENIX CITY, Ala. (Nov 7) — When Dale McDowell turned the fastest lap in Saturday’s National 100 time trials at East Alabama Motor Speedway, it surprised even himself. A two-time winner of the track’s biggest annual race, McDowell Full Story
Notes: Overton miffed at missing Last Call chance
Posted: 11/06/2020, 04:14 pm By Kevin KovacCONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 5) — It’s possible Brandon Overton’s David Wells-owned Longhorn car was too good in Thursday night’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series-sanctioned Last Call finale at The Dirt Track at Full Story
T-Mac relishes elusive Charlotte Late Model win
Posted: 11/06/2020, 12:19 pm By Kevin KovacCONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 5) — Tim McCreadie would have preferred to celebrate his long-awaited first-ever Dirt Late Model victory at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in front of a packed, raucous grandstand. Nevertheless, the sparse crowd that Full Story
Local driver faces 100-lap challenge at EAMS
Posted: 11/05/2020, 11:25 am By Robert HolmanFor a local guy, Dalton Cook doesn’t have a ton of laps at East Alabama Motor Speedway. But the 28-year-old Columbus, Ga., transplant who now lives in Smiths Station, Ala., about 10 miles from the track has already enjoyed a fair amount Full Story
Notes: Charlotte gets Schatz's juices flowing
Posted: 11/05/2020, 11:19 am By Kevin KovacCONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 4) — Donny Schatz races his Dirt Late Model for some no-pressure fun outside his sprint car pursuits. His performance in Wednesday’s World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series-sanctioned Last Call opener Full Story
Column: Sims, Strickler piece together new team
Posted: 11/04/2020, 01:24 pmCraig Sims isn’t the type of guy who eases into a new endeavor. He just jumps in with both feet — like he’s done over the past few months with his whirlwind climb from Hudson O’Neal’s sponsor to O’Neal’s temporary car owner Full Story
Fast Facts: 46th annual National 100
Posted: 11/03/2020, 08:44 am By Robert HolmanEvent: 46th annual National 100 Dates: Nov. 7-8 (qualifying and heats on Saturday followed by Sunday’s $15,000-to-win finale) Track: East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City (3/8-mile high-banked clay oval). Sanction: None Purse: Full Story
Top 25: Erb, Dohm move up after big paydays
Posted: 11/03/2020, 08:45 am By Joshua JoinerBrandon Sheppard heads into the final two races of the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series season with the national tour’s points title well in hand. His hold at the top of DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings is nearly Full Story
Notes: Blair's 'good' year falls shy of lofty standard
Posted: 11/02/2020, 05:33 pm By Kevin KovacGEORGETOWN, Del. (Oct. 31) — After Max Blair concluded his 2020 racing season with a runner-up finish in Saturday’s 40-lap Mid-Atlantic Championship Super Late Model event at Georgetown Speedway, he stood alongside his family-owned Full Story
Fast Talk: Previewing Charlotte's Last Call
Posted: 11/02/2020, 10:49 amOur roundtable discusses late-season news and action after a weekend with some notable rich winner’s purses across the country in various flavors of Late Model action in our weekly feature presented by Castrol (edited for clarity and Full Story
Young Pearson follows his father's tire tracks
Posted: 11/02/2020, 08:49 am By Joshua JoinerELLISVILLE, Fla. — Over a three-lap stretch midway through the Powell Family Memorial feature at All-Tech Raceway, Trey Pearson was on the verge of doing something he’s always dreamed of: passing his father for position in a race. After Full Story
Bold move carries Eckert to victory at Georgetown
Posted: 11/01/2020, 02:53 pm By Kevin KovacGEORGETOWN, Del. (Oct. 31) — Rick Eckert didn’t win Saturday night’s 40-lap Mid-Atlantic Championship Weekend Super Late Model feature at Georgetown Speedway simply with experience and a fast car. He added a bit of flair as well. When Full Story
Column: Swartz mourns the tenderhearted Boggs
Posted: 10/29/2020, 10:14 amMonday was an absolutely excruciating ordeal for Audie Swartz. The veteran racer and chassis builder tried to go about his business in his Minford, Ohio, shop, but all he could think about was the heartbreaking fact that he wasn’t going Full Story
Notes: All-Tech gamble costly one for Hedgecock
Posted: 10/27/2020, 03:51 pm By Joshua JoinerELLISVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 25) — When Cory Hedgecock nosed ahead of Mark Whitener for the lead of Sunday’s Powell Family Memorial going into turn one on lap 50 of the 67-lap Crate Late Model race, he knew he had take a chance on riding Full Story
Top 25: Erb rises after Whynot breakthrough
Posted: 10/27/2020, 09:17 am By Joshua JoinerThree wins in three nights helped Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., move up in this week’s DirtonDirt.com Top 25 power rankings, but it wasn’t enough to move him ahead of Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., for the poll’s top spot. Sheppard, Full Story
