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Paper-clip Highland oval presents WoO challenge
Posted: 08/13/2025, 04:57 pm By Todd TurnerHIGHLAND, Ill. (Aug. 13) — There are paper-clip dirt tracks with tight corners. Then there’s Highland Speedway. The high-banked quarter-mile oval at the Madison County Fairgrounds provides a significant challenge for 900-horsepower Full Story
From a desk chair to driver's seat for Gerrald
Posted: 08/13/2025, 01:52 pm By Bryan AultUNION, Ky. — The stereotypical dirt racer has blue-collar roots and dirt under his fingernails. You don’t often think of don’t think of white-collar workers getting their hands dirty in the pit area or behind the wheel of a race car. The Full Story
Look dad, no fenders! Timms tops sprint world
Posted: 08/12/2025, 06:42 pm By Kyle McFaddenKNOXVILLE, Iowa — Lounging in a golf cart Friday at Knoxville Raceway, the day before he’d be forever immortalized in sprint car racing lore as the youngest Knoxville Nationals champ since 1964 at 18 years old, Ryan Timms pondered an Full Story
Fast Facts: 33rd Nutrien Ag Solutions Topless 100
Posted: 08/12/2025, 11:50 am By Aaron ClayDates: Aug. 15-16 (split-field semifeatures Friday and 100-lap finale Saturday) Track: Batesville Motor Speedway (high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval) Location: Locust Grove, Ark. Purse: $50,000-to-win Primary sponsors: Nutrien Ag Solutions Full Story
Top 25: Pierce's grip on No. 1 ranking continues
Posted: 08/12/2025, 07:30 am By Todd TurnerFurther solidifying his unanimous No. 1 ranking, Bobby Pierce’s historic Sunoco North-South 100 victory at Florence Speedway in Union, Ky., kept him atop DirtonDirt’s weekly power rankings presented by Keyser Manufacturing. Pierce’s Full Story
Hood-flying start dims Overton's Florence hopes
Posted: 08/11/2025, 12:39 pm By Kevin KovacUNION, Ky. (Aug. 9) — Just as Brandon Overton was feeling especially positive about the trajectory of his frustrating 2025 season, the start of Saturday’s 43rd annual Sunoco North-South 100 at Florence Speedway blew his good vibes away. Full Story
Fast Talk: Recapping Florence and a busy weekend
Posted: 08/11/2025, 10:39 amWith Bobby Pierce making history with his third straight and fourth overall North-South 100 victory, our roundtable discusses that and more in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): What’s Full Story
A study in contrasts of feisty North-South tussle
Posted: 08/10/2025, 11:32 am By Kevin KovacUNION, Ky. (Aug. 9) — The story of Saturday’s 43rd annual North-South 100 at Florence Speedway could be inferred from the study in contrasts visible during the postrace ceremonies on the frontstretch. As Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., Full Story
Notes: Dohm shines in top-five at North-South
Posted: 08/10/2025, 11:11 am By Bryan AultUNION, Ky. (Aug. 9) — Zack Dohm would have been just fine with making the North-South 100, pocketing the $3,500 start money, and pulling into the pit area instead of grinding out the 100-lapper won by Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill. The Full Story
After wreck, Marlar asks: How slow is too slow?
Posted: 08/09/2025, 04:36 pm By Kevin KovacUNION, Ky. (Aug. 8) — Mike Marlar tried to be as diplomatic as possible. It’s his nature to look at things in a pragmatic manner. Nevertheless, after a run-in with a lapped car knocked him from the lead on the 11th circuit of Friday’s Full Story
JRR's 'other' driver gets rolling at North-South
Posted: 08/09/2025, 01:25 pm By Kevin KovacUNION, Ky. (Aug. 8) — Florence Speedway’s big Sunoco North-South 100 weekend crowd was all riled up for Jason Jameson, the home track standout, to make a bid for victory on a lap-16 restart in Friday’s second 25-lap semifeature. When Full Story
Owens takes crack at regaining Florence magic
Posted: 08/08/2025, 07:09 am By Bryan AultUNION, Ky. (Aug. 7) — Jimmy Owens knows his days on a national tour are likely behind him as he enters the twilight stages of his racing career. The long nights, hot summer days and grueling grind of racing against the best competition Full Story
Dispatches: Winger grabs Mag victory
Posted: 08/09/2025, 07:03 amAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing during the second weekend in August (look for Sunoco North-South 100 coverage from Florence Speedway elsewhere). Also find a listing of live-streaming video from specials Full Story
Notes: Securing that elusive cardboard check
Posted: 08/07/2025, 07:04 am By Todd TurnerWith a $2,500 Crate Late Model payday on the line Aug. 1 at his home racetrack, Billy Henry of Saegertown, Pa., wasn’t sure he had what it took to outrun standout racer Dave Hess Jr. at Raceway 7 in Conneaut, Ohio. He’d beaten Hess Full Story
Column: Crown jewel satisfaction for Cooney
Posted: 08/06/2025, 04:19 pmTodd Cooney didn’t jump right into the celebration fray after his driver, Ryan Gustin, completed a march to victory in Saturday’s 38th annual USA Nationals at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis. As his crew and Gustin’s family Full Story
Fast Facts: 43rd annual Sunoco North-South 100
Posted: 08/05/2025, 01:39 pm By Aaron ClayDates: Aug. 7-9 (Thursday and Friday twin semifeatures and Saturday’s 100-lap finale) Track: Florence Speedway (semi-banked half-mile dirt oval) Location: Union, Ky. Purse: $75,000-to-win Late Model feature Primary sponsors: Sunoco Full Story
Prolific Iowa youngster making Late Model noise
Posted: 08/05/2025, 03:40 pm By Todd TurnerDallon Murty of Chelsea, Iowa, is accustomed to racking up big victory totals. At just 20 years old, the two-time IMCA stock car champ has piled up more than 150 dirt racing triumphs overall, including an incredible 47-victory season in Full Story
Top 25: Cedar Lake winner climbs to No. 7
Posted: 08/05/2025, 06:28 am By Kevin KovacAs Ryan Gustin of Marshalltown, Iowa, vaulted into the top 10 following a $100,000 USA Nationals triumph, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., remained the unanimous No. 1 choice in DirtonDirt’s power rankings despite failing to score a third Full Story
Right car, right time for Gustin at USA Nationals
Posted: 08/04/2025, 03:17 pm By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 2) — Ryan Gustin decided to put his stubborn streak aside after a poor performance in Thursday’s 30-lap World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series feature at Cedar Lake Speedway. It might have been Full Story
Fast Talk: Gustin's six-figure success and more
Posted: 08/04/2025, 08:47 amOn the first weekend in August with Ryan Gustin breaking through for his career-richest victory, our roundtable convenes for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Discuss Ryan Full Story
Notes: In trying season, Wilson gets needed win
Posted: 08/04/2025, 07:11 am By Bryan AultBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Aug. 2) — Daulton Wilson’s $10,000 Brownstown Speedway victory Saturday at the 21st annual Hall of Fame Classic was relieving and confidence-boosting, especially for the JRR Motorsports team that has struggled to find Full Story
Banner showing for JRR drivers at Brownstown
Posted: 08/03/2025, 11:21 am By Bryan AultBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Aug. 2) — Deep in the Brownstown Speedway pit area, almost concealed by a long line of trees, the JRR Motorsports team spent Saturday night working hard — and then celebrating hard as the stable’s three drivers finished Full Story
B-Shepp laments costly Cedar Lake lane choice
Posted: 08/03/2025, 11:06 am By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 2) — Brandon Sheppard certainly didn’t claim that his faulty restart with seven circuits remaining in Saturday’s 38th annual USA Nationals cost him the $100,000 top prize at Cedar Lake Speedway. He just knew Full Story
Notes: Larson making moves at USA Nationals
Posted: 08/02/2025, 03:50 pm By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 1) — A cool, calm approach led Brent Larson to the most dramatic pass of Friday night’s USA Nationals qualifying program at Cedar Lake Speedway. “I just kept slowing down more and more, I felt like, and going Full Story
Dash collision stings both Cedar Lake competitors
Posted: 08/02/2025, 07:17 am By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 1) — Dashes run for feature starting positions are typically uneventful affairs. Jake Timm was expecting another one Friday at Cedar Lake Speedway. Not this time. The 28-year-old World of Outlaws Real American Full Story
