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Dispatches: Seawright's richest season rolls on
Posted: 08/04/2025, 08:22 amAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing during the first weekend in August (look for World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series coverage from Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis., elsewhere). Full Story
Cedar Lake save buoys T-Mac at USA Nationals
Posted: 08/01/2025, 09:23 am By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (July 31) — As Tim McCreadie was sliding sideways after contact with Hudson O’Neal on a restart with two circuits remaining in Thursday’s 30-lap World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series feature at Cedar Full Story
Column: Owner's payoff showcases great pairing
Posted: 07/31/2025, 02:57 pmBob Cullen wasn’t able to attend Saturday’s Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway to witness his driver Brian Shirley earn the biggest victory of their decade together as a team. He still ended up with a story he’ll never Full Story
Notes: Amid tragedy, tranquility behind wheel
Posted: 07/31/2025, 07:08 am By Todd TurnerKankakee County Speedway’s championship history is dotted with the McCarty name, including reigning Crate Late Model champ Austin McCarty of nearby Bourbonnais, Ill. Austin’s father Steve, now his crew chief, was a four-time champion Full Story
Fast Facts: 38th annual Cedar Lake USA Nationals
Posted: 07/29/2025, 09:09 am By Aaron ClayDates: July 31-Aug. 2 (Thursday standalone program with Friday preliminaries heading for Saturday’s USA Nationals finale) Track: Cedar Lake Speedway (high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval) Location: New Richmond, Wis. Purse: $100,000-to-win Full Story
Notes: Wilmot familiarity helps Gustin to WoO win
Posted: 07/29/2025, 09:10 am By Kevin KovacWILMOT, Wis. (July 28) — Ryan Gustin and his Todd Cooney Motorsports did some reconnaissance work for Monday’s World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series stop at Wilmot Raceway by visiting the 3/8-mile oval for June 16’s Full Story
Top 25: Shirley surges as Pierce still solidly No. 1
Posted: 07/29/2025, 08:14 am By Todd TurnerAfter surging to his career-richest payday, Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., vaulted nine positions to No. 9 in DirtonDirt’s weekly power rankings with Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., maintaining his unanimous hold on the top spot. Shirley, Full Story
PDC winner soaks up joy of knowing he belongs
Posted: 07/28/2025, 04:59 pm By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 26) — The clock was closing in on 4 o’clock Sunday morning, but Brian Shirley wasn’t ready for bed. How could he even close his eyes and fall asleep when he was riding the highest of emotional highs in his life? Anyway, Full Story
Fast Talk: Shirley's deserved, rewarding PDC victory
Posted: 07/28/2025, 10:49 amOn a weekend when Brian Shirley broke the bank (and clock?) with his Prairie Dirt Classic victory at Fairbury, out roundtable gathers for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Discuss Full Story
Late-race restart pileup shuffles PDC contenders
Posted: 07/27/2025, 03:48 pm By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 26) — There were 16 laps left in Prairie Dirt Classic and the 100-lap World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series event at Fairbury Speedway was primed to get serious. | RaceWire Brian Shirley was clinging Full Story
Notes: O'Neal has best chance for PDC victory
Posted: 07/26/2025, 04:35 pm By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 24) — Driving for Kevin Rumley in Fairbury Speedway’s Prairie Dirt Classic means Hudson O’Neal can stay pretty anonymous — at least until he hits the track in the North Carolina engineer’s familiar Longhorn Full Story
With ailing wife, race-life balance wears on Shirley
Posted: 07/26/2025, 10:55 am By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 25) — Brian Shirley realized that winning the first of Friday’s four 25-lap semifeatures for the Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury Speedway was just a steppingstone to the weekend’s big prize. Yet there he was Full Story
Unzicker's Prairie Dirt hopes high after miscue
Posted: 07/25/2025, 07:23 am By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 23) — Ryan Unzicker stood in Fairbury Speedway’s pit area Wednesday night trying to make sense of his fifth-place finish in the 50-lap FloRacing Night in America-sanctioned feature. Should he be annoyed with “just” Full Story
Dispatches: Benedum, Loudy soak up Taze's big night
Posted: 07/27/2025, 07:04 amAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing heading into the finale weekend in July, including coverage of the Schaeffer's Southern Nationals (look for World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series coverage Full Story
Pressure released, Pierce roars back to Fairbury
Posted: 07/24/2025, 07:05 am By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 23) — If Bobby Pierce wasn’t already the betting favorite to win Saturday’s Prairie Dirt Classic, he certified his status with a $20,000 victory in Wednesday’s 50-lap FloRacing Night in America presented by Full Story
Notes: Pennsy youngster Merkel blossoms at PVS
Posted: 07/24/2025, 12:24 am By Todd TurnerIn Trent Merkel’s rookie Late Model season last year, the teenager found himself in the position of doing something he always imagined — racing against his dad. In the Oct. 12 event at Path Valley Speedway in Spring Run, Pa., father Full Story
Column: Rambo's role while awaiting transplant
Posted: 07/24/2025, 12:12 amDennis Franklin, the Gaffney, S.C., Dirt Late Model racer known as Rambo, could tell something wasn't quite right healthwise as he approached his 50th birthday last July. What was it? He wasn’t sure. “At nighttime I’d been feeling Full Story
Fast Facts: Fairbury's 35th Prairie Dirt Classic
Posted: 07/23/2025, 10:46 am By Aaron ClayDates: July 25-26 (July 23’s FloRacing Night in America presented by Kubota event isn’t officially part of the event). Track: Fairbury Speedway (semi-banked 1/4-mile dirt oval) Location: Fairbury, Ill. Purse: $50,000-to-win Late Full Story
Top 25: Pierce regains his unanimous status
Posted: 07/22/2025, 08:52 am By Kevin KovacBobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., regained unanimous possession of the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt’s power rankings, earning all 10 first-place votes after a week with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series that included a $25,053 victory last Full Story
Fast Talk: Analyzing Huset's, PDC dreaming
Posted: 07/21/2025, 11:42 amOur weekly roundtable reviews the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Silver Dollar Nationals and the ongoing Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals, among other items, while looking ahead to this weekend’s Prairie Dirt Classic in the Full Story
Late Model newcomer feels 'robbed' of first win
Posted: 07/21/2025, 09:14 am By Todd TurnerA longtime and successful modified racer, Darron Fuqua of Mayetta, Kan., by happenstance finds himself as a rookie Late Model competitor this month. Not just any rookie, but a driver who in his sixth division start crossed the finish line Full Story
'Little things' hold back Alberson from big week
Posted: 07/20/2025, 09:19 am By Kyle McFaddenBRANDON, S.D. (July 19) — No driver was on the razor’s edge over the last week on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series more than Garrett Alberson. The Las Cruces, N.M., driver was in legitimate position to win all four series features Full Story
Drivers battling for Lucas Oil playoffs positioning
Posted: 07/19/2025, 03:44 pm By Kyle McFaddenBRANDON, S.D. (July 18) — Both prelim nights in this year’s installment of the Silver Dollar Nationals at Huset’s Speedway have had a common theme according to Ricky Thornton Jr. “I feel like this year, compared to last year, we're Full Story
Huset's triumph special for J.D.'s head wrench
Posted: 07/19/2025, 02:29 pm By Kyle McFaddenBRANDON, S.D. (July 18) — Cory Fostvedt doesn’t prefer the spotlight in his role as Jonathan Davenport’s crew chief at Double L Motorsports, but on Friday at Huset’s Speedway, he found himself in it as his team’s pit area was Full Story
Return to Huset's helps Moran end series slump
Posted: 07/18/2025, 07:24 am By Kyle McFaddenBRANDON, S.D. (July 17) — Huset’s Speedway has turned into one of those multiday trips on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series that perks up Devin Moran. It takes a driver who isn’t afraid to get up on the wheel and make bold, even Full Story
