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Unzicker's memorable '20 missing key element
Posted: 10/09/2020, 12:54 am By Joshua JoinerRyan Unzicker has had plenty of memorable seasons in nearly two decades of Dirt Late Model racing, but when it’s all said and done, his 2020 campaign may turn out to be the one he remembers most. Unfortunately for the 39-year-old El Paso, Full Story
Notes: Bootheel driver eyes another MLRA win
Posted: 10/08/2020, 12:19 pmWhen Mason Oberkramer returns to Lucas Oil Speedway this weekend, he might have a bit of extra swagger to his step. After all, he finally was able to conquer his nemesis on his last visit to the picturesque Wheatland, Mo., oval. Oberkramer Full Story
Tar Heel 50 stalwart set to defend his home track
Posted: 10/08/2020, 08:13 am By Robert HolmanHeading into Friday’s Schaeffer’s Fall Nationals Tar Heel 50 at Tri-County Racetrack in Brasstown, N.C., a single driver has perfect attendance in the event’s 16-year history: David Payne of Murphy, N.C. It helps that Payne, the Full Story
Column: Another reset during a Stormy season
Posted: 10/07/2020, 12:30 pmStormy Scott hasn’t climbed out of his Dirt Late Model after a race with a smile on his face very often in 2020. That’s how frustrating his sophomore season on the Lucas Oil Late Model Late Model Dirt Series has been. So after the Full Story
Top 25: B-Shepp No. 1 in Brandon vs. Brandon
Posted: 10/06/2020, 08:39 am By Joshua JoinerBrandon Overton came out on top of a Brandon vs. Brandon battle with Brandon Sheppard during Friday’s World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series feature at Cherokee Speedway, but it wasn’t enough to move him ahead of his shared-name Full Story
Thornton makes another notch in Late Model belt
Posted: 10/05/2020, 07:55 pm By Kevin KovacIMPERIAL, Pa. (Oct. 3) — Ricky Thornton Jr.’s victory in the 32nd Pittsburgher 100 just might have been the first day in the rest of his life as a Dirt Late Model driver. After capturing the race’s $20,000 top prize to register his Full Story
Fast Talk: Evaluating the national touring weekend
Posted: 10/05/2020, 12:55 pmOur roundtable reviews racing action as October gets rolling with discussion about national touring and other race in the weekly feature presented by Castrol (edited for clarity and length): Races determined largely by tire wear: compelling Full Story
Moran, McCreadie bear similar demises at PPMS
Posted: 10/04/2020, 04:46 pm By Kevin KovacIMPERIAL, Pa. (Oct. 3) — Devin Moran and Tim McCreadie offered remarkably similar reactions to their remarkably similar demises in Saturday night’s 32nd Pittsburgher 100 at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway. Both drivers were Full Story
WoO's debut a boon for track, Pennsylvania local
Posted: 10/02/2020, 09:26 am By Kevin KovacKNOX DALE, Pa. — Charles Powell Jr. saw his home track in an exciting new light last weekend. The parking areas were jammed with cars as far as the eye could see. Campers filled a portion of the grounds. T-shirt and food trailers led Full Story
'Perfect' season doesn't satisfy Canadian driver
Posted: 10/01/2020, 12:21 pm By Joshua JoinerWith his victory in the Sept. 26 Late Model feature at Red River Co-op Speedway in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Shane Edginton accomplished a rare feat in dirt track racing: a perfect season. The Sept. 26 win was the final race of an abbreviated Full Story
Column: Father and son doing a lot with a little
Posted: 09/30/2020, 05:02 pmDavid Scott had seemingly, and willingly, moved on to the next phase of his motorsports involvement. Following the 2017 season — at the age of 47 and after three decades wheeling race cars on the local and regional levels — the personable Full Story
Top 25: B-Shepp edges T-Mac for 100th No. 1
Posted: 09/29/2020, 10:43 am By Joshua JoinerWeekend victories by Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., and Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., put the two superstar drivers in a virtual dead heat at the top of DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 poll presented by Bilstein Shocks with Sheppard Full Story
Pearson turning corner amid struggling season
Posted: 09/29/2020, 08:23 am By Robert HolmanBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Sept. 26) — For more than half of the coronavirus-curtailed 2020 racing season, Earl Pearson Jr. hardly looked like a driver capable of contending regularly for victories. Pearson, of Jacksonville, Fla., spent most of Full Story
Notes: Positioned to win, Briggs doesn't capitalize
Posted: 09/28/2020, 04:40 pm By Kevin KovacKNOX DALE, Pa. (Sept. 26) — Boom Briggs couldn’t deny the obvious. When he was asked if he entered the weekend’s World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series doubleheader at Thunder Mountain Speedway with a good feeling about Full Story
Fast Talk: Winners and losers during busy weekend
Posted: 09/28/2020, 12:49 pmOur roundtable reviews Brownstown’s vibrant Jackson 100 weekend and World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series action at Thunder Mountain Speedway in our weekly feature presented by Castrol (edited for clarity and length): Was Full Story
Notes: Marlar manhandles car to sixth at Brownstown
Posted: 09/28/2020, 06:49 am By Robert HolmanBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Sept. 26) — Mike Marlar’s sixth-place run in Saturday’s Jackson 100 came while driving a car far different than the one he expected. Yes, the Winfield, Tenn., driver was in his usual No. 157 the entire Lucas Oil Full Story
Reaching Jackson 100 podium enlivens English
Posted: 09/28/2020, 06:06 am By Alli CollisBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Sept. 26) — Among 2020’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Rookie of the Year contenders, Tanner English has faced the challenges that come with traveling to new racetracks across the country. Needless to say, the 27-year-old Full Story
Fergy's steering woes spoil Brownstown rally
Posted: 09/27/2020, 06:34 am By Robert HolmanBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Sept. 26) — Midway through Saturday’s 41st annual Jackson 100, Chris Ferguson of Mount Holly, N.C., thought his first start in Brownstown Speedway’s premier event could be a winner. Ferguson rallied from 17th into Full Story
On the cusp, Miley's first WoO victory slips away
Posted: 09/27/2020, 06:16 am By Kevin KovacKNOX DALE, Pa. (Sept. 26) — Jared Miley had run an absolutely perfect race — arguably the race of his life — and found himself less than half a circuit from a $10,000 victory in Saturday night’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Full Story
Result of WoO squabble? Neither driver finishes
Posted: 09/26/2020, 10:15 am By Kevin KovacKNOX DALE, Pa. (Sept. 25) — Chase Junghans fumed, Mason Zeigler stewed — and neither driver was around for the finish of Friday’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series feature at Thunder Mountain Speedway. That Full Story
Team Zero finds relief working harder, smarter
Posted: 09/26/2020, 08:35 am By Kevin KovacKNOX DALE, Pa. (Sept. 25) — The harsh reality of Scott Bloomquist’s 2020 season became increasingly evident to both the Hall of Fame driver and his business partner as the month of September progressed. “It was kind of getting scary Full Story
Thornton comes up shy in Brownstown opener
Posted: 09/26/2020, 07:10 am By Robert HolmanBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Sept. 25) — After Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., gave up the lead to eventual winner Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., in Friday’s Night Before the Jackson, Thornton patiently trailed Richards through traffic, Full Story
Notes: Mag Crate champ eyes late-season success
Posted: 09/24/2020, 10:44 am By Joshua JoinerAs he closes in on his second straight Crate Late Model track title at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Miss., it may seem as though most of the hard work of Randall Beckwith’s 2020 season is behind him. But in reality, Beckwith, Full Story
Column: Iowa's 2-driver team hitting new heights
Posted: 09/24/2020, 06:35 amThe 2020 plan for his Dirt Late Model team — an operation Ken Roberts has faithfully continued to field since his father, legendary Midwest racer Hershel Roberts, died nine years ago after a lengthy battle with cancer — was already Full Story
Top 25: Owens back on top as T-Mac moves up
Posted: 09/22/2020, 09:30 am By Joshua JoinerTim McCreadie denied Jimmy Owens a $30,000 victory with his late charge in Saturday’s I-80 Nationals finale at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., but that wasn’t enough to deny Owens the top spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings. Owens Full Story
