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Quick Time: Inaugural winners of major events
Posted: 08/22/2018, 09:17 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: Junghans joins power rankings at 25th
Posted: 08/21/2018, 09:47 am By Alli CollisAfter scoring his first World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series victory in three years Sunday at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa., Chase Junghans of Manhattan, Kan., joined DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Brandon Sheppard Full Story
Notes: Steering wheel woes doom Super Deuce
Posted: 08/20/2018, 03:54 pm By Kevin KovacDan Stone of Thompson, Pa., sensed something was wrong with his Super Deuce car’s handling late in Saturday’s 40-lap World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series feature at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway. He even altered the way he was driving Full Story
Fast Talk: WoO review and Dirt Million preview
Posted: 08/20/2018, 12:56 pmOur weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products considers a busy World of Outlaws weekend while looking ahead to Mansfield’s Dirt Million on the Lucas Oil Series (edited for clarity and length): Chase Junghans became just Full Story
Mixed bag for Robinson after good run goes bad
Posted: 08/19/2018, 12:30 pm By Kevin KovacPORT ROYAL, Pa. (Aug. 18) — Ross Robinson was standing outside the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series control trailer parked in Port Royal Speedway’s pit area waiting for Saturday’s feature redraw to begin when the significance Full Story
Notes: NLRA ready for first female racer
Posted: 08/16/2018, 12:49 pmVictoria Stutsky is set to make history tonight at Red River Co-op Speedway in Winnipeg, Manitoba, when she’s expected to become the first female to enter a Northern LateModel Racing Association event. The 19-year-old criminology student Full Story
Notes: Wisconsin racer battles dad, competitors
Posted: 08/16/2018, 05:23 am By Alli CollisJustin Schmidt of Cleveland, Wis., has been racing with and against his father Jim since he climbed behind the wheel seven years ago. In fact, the 29-year-old Schmidt has outrun his dad en route to Plymouth (Wis.) Dirt Track’s victory Full Story
Quick Time: Context of career-making victories
Posted: 08/15/2018, 01:08 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
Column: Kansas owner enjoys his son's career
Posted: 08/15/2018, 08:35 amGreg Junghans doesn’t get to see his son, Chase, race in person as often as he’d like — Chase is off chasing the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series at facilities far from the Junghans family’s native Manhattan, Kan., after Full Story
Top 25: McCreadie climbs three spots in poll
Posted: 08/14/2018, 10:14 am By Alli CollisAfter rallying to finish second in Saturday’s Sunoco North-South 100 at Florence Speedway, Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., was among the biggest movers in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Full Story
Fast Facts: Comp Cams Topless 100
Posted: 08/14/2018, 09:20 am By Robert HolmanDates: Aug. 16-18 (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.) Motor Speedway, (3/8-mile clay oval) Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Full Story
Notes: K-Rob's Florence miscue costs him dearly
Posted: 08/13/2018, 02:05 pm By Alli CollisUNION, Ky. (Aug. 11) — Kent Robinson was battling among the frontrunners of Saturday’s Sunoco North-South 100 at Florence Speedway. But a mid-race restart and slip over the cushion sent the Bloomington, Ind., driver backwards in a hurry Full Story
Fast Talk: Roundtable's anatomy of an upset win
Posted: 08/13/2018, 10:19 amOur weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products considers Florence’s Sunoco North-South 100 while looking ahead to Batesville’s Topless 100 amid a busy stretch of action (edited for clarity and length): Do you classify Full Story
Pearson's chance goes south in North-South
Posted: 08/12/2018, 12:25 pm By Alli CollisUNION, Ky. (Aug. 11) — Earl Pearson Jr.’s bid to win Saturday's Sunoco North-South 100 ended in heartbreak. Breaking out to an early lead in the Florence Speedway crown jewel, the Jacksonville, Fla., driver cruised past halfway while Full Story
Notes: Canadian Weiss chases another big check
Posted: 08/11/2018, 09:28 am By Alli CollisUNION, Ky. (Aug. 10) — Right from 2018’s start, Ricky Weiss has put together a breakout season. Winning two of January’s six Wild West Shootout features, the Canadian has continued his annual success in the upper Midwest with standout Full Story
Florence's North-South 100 coverage index
Posted: 08/06/2018, 01:18 pmUNION, Ky. — Index for coverage of the 36th annual Sunoco North-South 100, a $50,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event set for Aug. 8-11 at Florence Speedway: Monday, Aug. 13 • Fast Talk: Wrapping up the North-South • Full Story
Notes: Florence finish sign of Hoffman's strides
Posted: 08/10/2018, 12:37 am By Alli CollisUNION, Ky. (Aug. 9) — It was two years ago that Nick Hoffman of Mooresville, N.C., made his Late Model debut in Florence Speedway’s Sunoco North-South 100. The former Summit Modified Nationals champion on Thursday notched his first-ever Full Story
Notes: Florence rollover puts Jameson in backup
Posted: 08/09/2018, 04:21 am By Todd TurnerUNION, Ky. (Aug. 8) — The first night of multiple-race events at Florence Speedway haven’t been kind to Jason Jameson the last two seasons. Last August, on Thursday’s opening night of the Sunoco Race Fuels North-South 100 weekend, Full Story
Notes: Florence teen shines in Crates, Supers
Posted: 08/09/2018, 03:16 am By Alli CollisAt age 14, Billy Green of Walton, Ky., is more than 10 years younger than most of his Late Model competitors. But that’s not slowing down the reigning Florence Speedway Crate Late Model track champion. Clicking off top-five finishes Full Story
Rainy finish caps Wacky Wednesday at Florence
Posted: 08/09/2018, 02:57 am By Todd TurnerUNION, Ky. (Aug. 8) — The Ralph Latham Memorial already got rained out once this season. It came within a whisker of getting rained out again before a reprieve from a late-night shower — and an unexpected lap-25 checkered flag — allowed Full Story
Quick Time: Previewing Florence's North-South
Posted: 08/08/2018, 02:00 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
Column: Surgery better now than later for O'Neal
Posted: 08/08/2018, 07:11 amThe problem started last July during a Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, S.C. Then 16-year-old Hudson O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind., was beginning to turn a corner in his rookie season of Super Late Full Story
Top 25: B-Shepp regains the top spot in rankings
Posted: 08/07/2018, 09:38 am By Alli CollisAfter sweeping the USA Nationals weekend at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis., Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., unseated Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., for the top spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings. Sheppard Full Story
Fast Facts 35th annual North-South 100
Posted: 08/07/2018, 08:29 am By Robert HolmanDates: Aug. 8-11 (one $12,000-to-win program on Wednesday and one $10,000-to-win program on Thursday followed by Saturday’s $50,000-to-win finale) Track: Florence Speedway in Union, Ky., (4/10-mile high-banked clay oval) Sanction: Lucas Full Story
Fast Talk: Wrapping up B-Shepp's big weekend
Posted: 08/06/2018, 10:50 amOur Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable catches its collective breath after Cedar Lake's USA Nationals with Florence’s North-South 100 staged and ready to go (edited for clarity and length): Evaluate Brandon Sheppard’s lucrative Full Story
