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Frye recalls glory days with Garrison and GRT
Posted: 05/05/2019, 07:27 am By Kevin KovacThe first time Bill Frye crossed paths with GRT Race Cars co-founder Joe Garrison was in 1987. He was a 26-year-old Dirt Late Model newcomer fresh out of street stocks, living in Squires, Mo., and accompanied a Lebanon, Mo., speed shop Full Story
What they're saying about Joe Garrison
Posted: 05/03/2019, 07:48 amJoe Garrison, the innovative co-founder of GRT Race Cars, died Wednesday evening. Competitors and others in the racing industry shared memories and thoughts about the man who provided a template for modern-day Dirt Late Model chassis manufacturing Full Story
Garrison's racing success was 'a dream come true'
Posted: 05/02/2019, 07:52 pm By Todd Turner, Kevin Kovac, Alli Collis and Robert HolmanGrowing up in a tiny central Arkansas town in the early ‘80s, Wendell Wallace remembers being too young to drive himself to the dirt track on the other side of Little Rock. So he’d catch a ride with an older buddy — Joe Garrison Full Story
Garrison forged his path with Team GRT concept
Posted: 05/02/2019, 02:35 pm By Todd Turner, Kevin Kovac, Alli Collis and Robert HolmanBefore Joe Garrison’s GRT Race Cars became a trend-setting, team-building and innovative chassis manufacturer, longtime employee Jack Sullivan remembers the Greenbrier, Ark.-based business trying to find its way. “When GRT first started, Full Story
Drivers glad to see Atomic's blunt wall go
Posted: 05/02/2019, 12:22 am By Robert HolmanWest Virginia drivers Eddie Carrier Jr. and Tyler Carpenter know first-hand how brutal the abutment at the end of the wall entering turn three at Atomic Speedway can be. Within a span of four days during the 2016 Buckeye Late Model Dirt Full Story
Notes: Young Pearson follows dad's tire tracks
Posted: 05/02/2019, 12:03 am By Alli CollisWhen your father is a four-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion and former World 100 winner, it’s hard not to feel a little bit of pressure to perform when it’s your turn to climb behind the wheel. But 21-year-old Trey Pearson Full Story
Column: Wells eases into business side of racing
Posted: 05/01/2019, 02:11 pmFor nearly a decade, Eric Wells traipsed across the country as a national touring series regular — first with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (2010-12) and then the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series (2013-17) — Full Story
Quick Time: Favorite haunts of winning racers
Posted: 05/01/2019, 11:46 amTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Maryland up-and-comer rideless after big victory
Posted: 04/30/2019, 12:36 pm By Kevin KovacEverything seemed to be going Justin Weaver’s way. The 25-year-old driver from Williamsport, Md., wouldn’t deny that. At the tail end of a career 2018 campaign in the Limited Late Model ranks — track titles at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway Full Story
Fast Talk: Race review, breakout considerations
Posted: 04/29/2019, 10:13 amOur weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products considers April’s final weekend of racing and a few other Dirt Late Model issues (edited for clarity and length): Detail a notable weekend winner. Kevin Kovac, DirtonDirt.com Full Story
Notes: Peoria newcomer Chasteen off to hot start
Posted: 04/25/2019, 06:57 am By Alli CollisWhen Mike Chasteen Jr. of Peoria, Ill., was putting together a Super Late Model program for the 2019 season, he didn’t have big expectations. Spending the past 10 years racing modifieds, the 26-year-old Chasteen just wanted to make his Full Story
Column: Born to race, Winger coming of age
Posted: 04/24/2019, 08:20 pmFor Ashton Winger, winning a touring Super Late Model feature — a milestone he reached on April 20 with a $3,000 Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series victory at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Miss. — was almost inevitable. Full Story
Quick Time: A decade of the richest race winners
Posted: 04/24/2019, 09:28 amTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Top 25: Pierce jumps to fourth spot in rankings
Posted: 04/23/2019, 07:13 am By Alli CollisAfter scoring a $10,555 Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Racing Association victory in Saturday’s Slocum 50 at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., made the biggest jump in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, Full Story
Fast Talk: Reviewing Easter weekend action
Posted: 04/22/2019, 10:53 amOur weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products considers weekend results from special events around the country during a mostly wet Easter weekend (edited for clarity and length): Who successfully filled their Easter basket? Kevin Full Story
Subscribers click here to watch Mansfield video
Posted: 05/05/2019, 09:23 amMANSFIELD, Ohio — Thank you for being a DirtonDirt.com subscriber! As an added bonus, we’re offering FREE live video coverage from the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit to Mansfield (Ohio) Motor Speedway on July 6. Follow the Full Story
Longhorn house car gets boost at VMS
Posted: 04/18/2019, 02:14 pm By Kevin KovacTim McCreadie will climb into a Dirt Late Model that doesn’t carry a No. 39 on its doors Saturday at Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica. It goes without saying that such an occurrence is exceedingly rare for a driver who began focusing Full Story
Notes: Kramer returns, aims for Twin Cities title
Posted: 04/18/2019, 01:05 am By Alli CollisWhen Joey Kramer climbed into the Crate Late Model of Kentucky team owner Randy Robbins late last season, it had been more than a decade since he had competed in the full-fendered division. The 43-year-old Hanover, Ind., driver has been Full Story
Column: Mod standout eager for big opportunity
Posted: 04/17/2019, 06:30 pmKyle Strickler had aspirations of driving a Dirt Late Model regularly ever since early 2006 when he relocated to the Charlotte, N.C., area from his home in Sinking Spring, Pa., after six years of racing in the Northeast’s big-block modified Full Story
Quick Time: Hunting Easter weekend victories
Posted: 04/17/2019, 01:46 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Top 25: McCreadie climbs five spots in poll
Posted: 04/16/2019, 07:24 am By Alli CollisAfter posting a pair of top-five finishes in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series action at Atomic Speedway near Chillicothe, Ohio, and Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway, Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., made the biggest jump in DirtonDirt.com’s Full Story
Modest regional racer contends at Hagerstown
Posted: 04/15/2019, 12:12 pm By Kevin KovacHAGERSTOWN, Md. (April 13) — Gene Knaub isn’t the kind of dirt racer who shows much emotion. “I don’t really get excited,” the 50-year-old racer from Dover, Pa., said. It was no surprise, then, that Knaub took his head-turning Full Story
Fast Talk: Track talk heading toward Easter
Posted: 04/15/2019, 08:31 amBefore hiding Easter eggs, our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products considers all the Dirt Late Model action in April (edited for clarity and length): Who was the weekend’s most impressive winner? Kevin Kovac, DirtonDirt.com Full Story
West Virginia upstart impressive at Atomic
Posted: 04/13/2019, 02:06 pm By Alli CollisALMA, Ohio (April 11) — Colten Burdette didn't have high expectations heading into Thursday’s Buckeye Spring 50 at Atomic Speedway. Making just his second start of the 2019 season, the 25-year-old Parkersburg, W.Va., driver just didn’t Full Story
Amid busy life, enjoying a chance to keep racing
Posted: 04/12/2019, 10:04 am By Alli CollisALMA, Ohio (April 11) — With car owner Bill Dues stepping away from racing at the end of the 2018 season, Jon Henry’s plans for 2019 were up in the air. Running as a teammate to Duane Chamberlain of Richmond, Ind., after suspending Full Story
