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• Notes: Crewman realizes difficulty of ‘turning left’

  Posted: 05/16/2020, 07:27 am By Robert Holman

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (May 14) — For the past seven years, Coleby Richman has been turning wrenches on Dirt Late Models. On Friday, Richman, a crewman for driver Ashton Winger, shifted gears and climbed into the driver’s seat to compete in Full Story

• Upheaval fuels Rocket team's two-series attack

  Posted: 05/15/2020, 08:56 am By Kevin Kovac

  Mark Richards knew from the start that the ambitious, map-hopping travel plans he made for his Rocket Chassis house car team in May — detailed in a Wednesday video graphic on DirtonDirt.com — were tentative at best. Circumstances beyond Full Story

• Column: Creative driver fashions his own chassis

  Posted: 05/13/2020, 03:10 pm

  Austin Kirkpatrick isn’t a cookie-cutter kind of Dirt Late Model racer. Dreaming up and driving a car he’s built with his own hands is what gets his inner juices flowing. Of course, the 27-year-old Ocala, Fla., native possessing an Full Story

• Quick Time: Combined national tour points success

  Posted: 05/13/2020, 02:46 pm

  Take a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Time, presented Full Story

• Thrash facing stiff test vs. rugged Mag field

  Posted: 05/13/2020, 08:16 am By Robert Holman

  Drivers planning their delayed launches to the season should look elsewhere than Magnolia Motor Speedway if they're trying to ease into competition. Chad Thrash anticipates a stout lineup for Thursday’s Magnolia Mayhem 40 at the Columbus, Full Story

• Page’s niece finding her ‘Voice’ on NBC program

  Posted: 05/11/2020, 02:20 pm

  While Michael Page rolls up victories in the Dirt Late Model ranks, his teenage niece is making a name for herself with success on an even bigger stage. Page, 37, of Douglasville, Ga., is anxiously following the rise of his niece Megan Full Story

• Fast Talk: Navigating sport’s popup events

  Posted: 05/11/2020, 10:34 am

  While Dirt Late Model continues its halting return to racing amid the coronavirus pandemic, our weekly roundtable sponsored by PitStopUSA.com considers the action and happenings around the sport (edited for clarity and length): Provide Full Story

• Race-hungry I-55 drivers grab GPS, hit the road

  Posted: 05/10/2020, 09:00 am By Robert Holman

  PEVELY, Mo. (May 9) — The coronavirus pandemic has done a number on the Dirt Late Model landscape this season. First, a nearly seven-week hiatus because of the nationwide shutdown. Now, as parts of the country begin to slowly reopen, Full Story

• Notes: Manville can’t work I-55 bonus magic

  Posted: 05/10/2020, 06:16 am By Robert Holman

  PEVELY, Mo. (May 9) — The yeoman’s effort by Tim Manville fell just a bit short. The Highland, Ill., driver was one of two heat race winners Saturday at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 who decided to go for broke and accept a Full Story

• Page, Clanton agree to disagree on dash clash

  Posted: 05/08/2020, 11:55 am By Kevin Kovac

  Michael Page sounded almost apologetic after winning Thursday night’s 40-lap DirtonDirt.com Shootout at Senoia (Ga.) Raceway. He was certainly happy to claim a $5,000 check in his second start back from a lengthy hiatus due to the coronavirus Full Story

• Column: In new reality, Lucas Oil shifting gears

  Posted: 05/07/2020, 08:59 am

  Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series director Rick Schwallie offered a simple answer when asked to describe the last several weeks. “I guess to put it in one word: difficult,” Schwallie said. Ever since racing, like much of everyday American Full Story

• Senoia's DirtonDirt.com Shootout entry list

  Posted: 04/06/2020, 06:38 pm

  SENOIA, Ga. — Tentative alphabetical Super Late Model entries for May 7’s unsanctioned DirtonDirt.com Shootout presented by E-Z-Go at Senoia Raceway, a $5,000-to-win event: Driver (car no.), hometown Joey Armistead (21), Senoia, Ga. Landon Full Story

• Maturing Horton not idle, but he’s ready for action

  Posted: 05/06/2020, 08:57 am By Robert Holman

  Austin Horton considers himself a pretty lucky guy. Sure, he’s missed racing like most drivers, but the Newnan, Ga., driver who’ll celebrate his 25th birthday Thursday has had enough to do during the coronavirus pandemic since mid-March Full Story

• Overshadowed last year, I-55 is back in limelight

  Posted: 05/05/2020, 04:17 pm By Todd Turner

  Last spring, floodwaters forced Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 to sit idle for weeks and weeks while other St. Louis-area tracks and Illinois ovals had all the fun. What a difference a year makes. With health restrictions because Full Story

• I-55’s Karl Chevrolet 50 entry list

  Posted: 04/05/2020, 03:34 pm

  PEVELY, Mo. — Alphabetical Super Late Model entries for May 9’s DIRTcar-sanctioned Karl Chevorlet 50 at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55: Driver (car no.), hometown Logan Arntz (21n), Vestaburg, Mich. Caleb Ashby (61), Cunningham, Full Story

• Hidden gem Tri-County enjoyed chance to shine

  Posted: 05/05/2020, 08:28 am By Robert Holman

  BRASSTOWN, N.C. — For one night, as Dirt Late Model racing made its return following a seven-week hiatus due to nationwide crowd gathering restrictions put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic, all eyes in the racing community Full Story

• Cooler heads prevail after clash of Georgians

  Posted: 05/04/2020, 04:37 pm By Kevin Kovac

  For a moment after the checkered flag flew in Saturday’s Palmetto Invitational at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, S.C., it appeared quite likely that a controversial incident would put social-distancing recommendations amid the coronavirus Full Story

• Amid crisis, racers keep businesses rolling along

  Posted: 05/04/2020, 08:39 am By Robert Holman

  While professional race car driver wouldn't be considered "essential" in the strange times of the coronavirus pandemic, plenty of Dirt Late Model racers have day jobs that fall into that category. Telecommunications expert Jason Covert, Full Story

• Fast Talk: Brave new race-streaming world

  Posted: 05/04/2020, 07:42 am

  With racing slowly returning as coronavirus restrictions are relaxed, our weekly roundtable considers the handful of events in our discussion presented by PitStopUSA.com (edited for clarity and length): What made Tri-County’s return Full Story

• WoO racer staying busy with new venture

  Posted: 05/02/2020, 08:49 am By Jordan DeLucia

  While most of the motorsports world has been idle the past few weeks, World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series regular Cade Dillard hasn’t been taking it easy. Dillard, 29, of Robeline, La., opened up a brand-new race shop Full Story

• Notes: O’Neal’s rebound attempt short-circuited

  Posted: 05/01/2020, 01:29 pm By Robert Holman

  BRASSTOWN, N.C. (April 30) — Charging from his seventh starting spot into contention for the lead just after the halfway mark of Thursday’s 40-lapper at Tri-County Racetrack, Hudson O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind., seemed poised to put Full Story

• Eerie vibe for fan-free race isn’t lost on drivers

  Posted: 05/01/2020, 06:39 am By Robert Holman

  BRASSTOWN, N.C. (April 30) — For anyone clicking the live video button for Thursday’s Schaeffer Oil Tar Heel Invitational presented by PitStopUSA.com at Tri-County Racetrack, the on-track action looked like any other race. But when Full Story

• Tri-County bonus frenzy spices return of racing

  Posted: 04/30/2020, 10:13 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Thursday's Schaeffer Oil Tar Heel Invitational presented by PitStopUSA.com at Tri-County Racetrack in Brasstown, N.C. — the country’s first Dirt Late Model race since the sport was shut down in mid-March by the coronavirus pandemic Full Story

• Click to watch Saturday's streaming live video

  Posted: 06/15/2020, 07:31 am

  DirtonDirt.com subscribers can watch FREE live video coverage of the 2nd annual Greg Hodnett Classic from Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway on July 4.  Along with Pennsylvania Speedweek 410 sprint car action, Super Late Models chase a $2,500 Full Story

• Column: Mod ace bides time as sim racing star

  Posted: 04/29/2020, 03:43 pm

  Mike McKinney finally secured the chance to drive a Dirt Late Model he’s craved in mid-March. That opportunity is on hold for now, thanks to the sport's shutdown for the coronavirus pandemic. So now the 26-year-old open-wheel modified Full Story