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Notes: Batesville run lifts Buckingham's confidence
Posted: 08/22/2020, 07:44 am By Robert HolmanLOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug 21) — Shanon Buckingham was among five drivers — Ricky Thornton Jr., Mason Oberkramer, Tyler Bruening and Morgan Bagley were the others — in Friday’s 30-lap, $5,000-to-win preliminary feature for the 28th Full Story
Road to Eldora: Index of video series
Posted: 09/01/2020, 05:34 pmOn the Road to Eldora from late August through early September, DirtonDirt.com and FloRacing staffers are visiting teams, drivers, shops and racetracks as Dirt Late Model racing's focus heads toward Eldora's Intercontinental Classic: The Full Story
Notes: Covert OK after getting on lid at Lincoln
Posted: 08/21/2020, 12:29 pm By Kevin KovacABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. (Aug. 20) — Jason Covert isn’t a guy who offers excuses when things go wrong. He didn’t start Thursday. After escaping injury when he flipped wildly on the 37th circuit of the 50-lap World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Full Story
Notes: Clanton gains ground in Topless opener
Posted: 08/21/2020, 09:08 am By Robert HolmanLOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug. 20) — Charging from 12th to finish seventh in Thursday’s 30-lap Topless 100 preliminary feature at Batesville Speedway, Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga., said his Capital Race Car “wasn’t too bad.” | Complete Full Story
Pennsylvania teen quick study on DIRTcar tour
Posted: 08/20/2020, 02:36 pm By Joshua JoinerQUINCY, Mich. — Drake Troutman lived a dream Wednesday night at Butler Speedway. Making his second appearance on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals during the final week of its 2020 season, the 15-year-old from Hyndman, Pa., found himself Full Story
Notes: Iowan blossoms with newfound success
Posted: 08/20/2020, 12:52 am By Todd TurnerLogan Duffy jumped into the Late Model division before he was even old enough to have a driver’s license, and for his first full season, in 2019, he was a relative novice behind the wheel. Lacking confidence in his abilities. Frightened Full Story
Column: Eager Gustin ready for a fresh start
Posted: 08/19/2020, 04:33 pmRyan Gustin’s quest to follow the open-wheel modified pipeline to Dirt Late Model stardom effectively ground to a halt in 2016. He never gave up, however, on joining the group of mod-turned-Late Model standouts. “That’s what everybody Full Story
Fast Facts: 28th Comp Cams Topless 100
Posted: 08/19/2020, 08:46 am By Robert HolmanEvent: 28th annual Comp Cams Topless 100 presented by Nutrien Ag Solutions Dates: Aug. 20-22 (One $5,000-to-win program on Thursday and one $5,000 program on Friday, followed by Saturday’s $40,000-to-win finale) Track: Batesville (Ark.) Full Story
Sheppard doesn't miss a beat driving the No. B5
Posted: 08/18/2020, 04:37 pm By Robert HolmanLINCOLN, Ill. (Aug. 17) — Brandon Sheppard could have gone to the beach during his brief hiatus from the Rocket Chassis house car. Instead, the 27-year-old superstar decided to spend his time close to home, with his family doing what Full Story
Top 25: T-Mac zips up with B-Shepp back on top
Posted: 08/18/2020, 10:03 am By Joshua JoinerA week headlined by four nights of racing at Florence Speedway and six straight events on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals produced major shakeups in DirtonDirt.com's power rankings presented by Bilstein Shocks with Brandon Sheppard of New Full Story
Notes: Georgian buzzes Midwest on annual trip
Posted: 08/18/2020, 09:34 am By Robert HolmanLINCOLN, Ill. (Aug. 16) — Steven Roberts completed his traditional mid-summer Midwestern racing trip Sunday with the Jesup, Ga., driver registering his best outing in five DIRTcar Summer Nationals events. Roberts won his first career Full Story
Fast Talk: McCreadie's latest 50-grand conquest
Posted: 08/17/2020, 11:54 amOur roundtable gathers to discuss the busy North-South 100 weekend at Florence Speedway, the restart of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals and make other comments on the past weekend and the one to come in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Full Story
Notes: Debris spoils Rice’s solid Florence run
Posted: 08/16/2020, 03:00 pm By Todd TurnerUNION, Ky. — There’s something a little disconcerting about seeing a significant piece of your race car resting on the racetrack. And when Josh Rice spotted an orange spoiler in turn four while he was under a lap-82 caution during Full Story
Klein gets performance, but not finish, at I-55
Posted: 08/16/2020, 02:51 pm By Robert HolmanPEVELY, Mo. (Aug. 15) — Daryn Klein led 33 laps of Saturday’s 50-lap DIRTcar Summer Nationals feature at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55. The 30-year-old driver from nearby Fairview Heights, Ill., was never far from Brandon Sheppard Full Story
Thornton flirts with lead in his North-South debut
Posted: 08/16/2020, 06:01 am By Todd TurnerUNION, Ky. (Aug. 15) — Ricky Thornton Jr. almost had the turnarounds of turnarounds Saturday at Florence Speedway’s Sunoco Race Fuels North-South 100. After failing to crack the starting lineup in Wednesday or Thursday’s Lucas Oil Full Story
Notes: Murphy's Law still haunts Heckenast team
Posted: 08/15/2020, 07:38 am By Robert HolmanBROWNSTOWN, Ill. (Aug. 14) — Frank Heckenast Jr. couldn’t hide his disappointment following another night with another fast car and another potential victory that got away. Heckenast, of Frankfort, Ill., was running third on a lap-37 Full Story
Notes: Florence novice Bruening positioned well
Posted: 08/15/2020, 05:14 am By Alli CollisUNION, Ky. (Aug. 14) — Florence Speedway’s Sunoco North-South 100 weekend marks just the second time Tyler Bruening of Decorah, Iowa, has turned laps at the northern Kentucky oval. But his limited experience at the King family’s facility Full Story
Delaware vagabond gets crash course on bullrings
Posted: 08/14/2020, 02:21 pm By Robert HolmanMACON, Ill. (Aug. 13) — With few opportunities to compete in Super Late Model close to home because of coronavirus-related restrictions, Kerry King of Delmar, Del., was looking for a place to race. Why not Illinois? King, who along Full Story
Former racer's keen eye benefits Moyer Jr.
Posted: 08/14/2020, 05:55 am By Todd TurnerUNION, Ky. (Aug. 12) — Like many Dirt Late Model racers, Billy Moyer Jr. often finds himself working with young and eager but relatively inexperienced crew members while chasing Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and other events. So to Full Story
Notes: Vibration shakes Owens back to reality
Posted: 08/14/2020, 05:56 am By Alli CollisUNION, Ky. (Aug. 13) — With Jimmy Owens dominating Thursday at Florence Speedway for the second straight night, it was no time for him to get the shakes. But a deflating tire that caused a shaking car was indeed the culprit that cost Full Story
Imhoff trying to end season with a flurry
Posted: 08/13/2020, 01:45 pm By Lyndal ScrantonA third-place finish in the Warsaw Auto Marine & RV-sponsored Late Model division doesn’t typically raise eyebrows, but for Dalton Imhoff his strong run the last time out definitely was an attention-getter at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Full Story
Stuckey forges on with Black Diamond revision
Posted: 08/13/2020, 01:52 pm By Todd TurnerUNION, Ky. (Aug. 12) — Ronnie Stuckey crawled under the latest version of his Black Diamond Chassis on Wednesday evening with a grinder, shooting up sparks from the car’s left-rear suspension while crew chief Anthony Burroughs and driver Full Story
Notes: Winning again at 72 after 25-year hiatus
Posted: 08/13/2020, 08:46 am By Joshua JoinerWhen Jim McBee won the Limited Late Model feature at Pennsylvania’s Bedford Speedway on July 17, it may have been a surprise to everyone else at the track that night, but it was no surprise to him. Returning to the driver’s seat in Full Story
O'Neal, new team relish positive Florence debut
Posted: 08/13/2020, 07:22 am By Todd TurnerUNION, Ky. (Aug. 12) — Dirt Late Model teams making debuts are typically happy to make a feature race lineup. Stay on the lead lap. Avoid a wreck. Heck, even just keep the lugnuts on. One thing a brand-new team is unlikely to do? Post Full Story
Column: Overton, Wells team built for success
Posted: 08/12/2020, 01:51 pmBrandon Overton is comfortable and confident. David Wells is flashing the smile of a proud, satisfied car owner. This is how both men were hoping they would be eventually feeling when they joined together as a team last fall. Whether they Full Story
