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• Fast Facts: 26th annual Lucas Oil Show-Me 100

  Posted: 05/22/2018, 07:47 am By Robert Holman

  Dates: May 24-26 (two $6,000-to-win programs followed by Saturday’s $30,000-to-win finale) Track: Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. (semi-banked 3/8-mile oval). Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Full Story

• Fast Talk: Who'll rise to challenge on Lucas tour?

  Posted: 05/21/2018, 10:33 am

  With a busy Memorial Day weekend bearing down, our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products considers recent Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and other results (edited for clarity and length): After one-third of the season, Full Story

• Deery repping grassroots in his bid for SEMA board

  Posted: 05/18/2018, 10:32 am By Kevin Kovac

  Tom Deery is in his final days on the campaign trail — a campaign that he hopes will give the short-track racing world a “seat at the table” with the well-respected Specialty Equipment Market Association better known by its SEMA abbreviation. The Full Story

• Notes: Mississippi Crate racer rolling early in '18

  Posted: 05/17/2018, 08:23 am By Alli Collis

  Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Miss., is home to some of Dirt Late Model racing’s toughest Crate Late Model competitors. But every weekend, 26-year-old Evan Ellis of Plantersville, Miss., proves he’s up to the challenge, currently Full Story

• Column: Mississippi pilot on up-tick with WoO tour

  Posted: 05/16/2018, 03:17 pm

  At the age of 42 and with two decades of Dirt Late Model experience, David Breazeale of Four Corners, Miss., certainly doesn’t fit the mold of a rookie driver. He has that designation this season on the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Full Story

• Quick Time: Divisions often divide Late Models

  Posted: 05/16/2018, 01:24 pm

  Take 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: Owens climbs three spots in rankings

  Posted: 05/15/2018, 09:22 am By Alli Collis

  After winning the inaugural First in Flight 100 at Fayetteville (N.C.) Motor Speedway, Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., is among the biggest movers in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 while Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., secured the top spot Full Story

• Notes: Smith robbed of shot to test tire strategy

  Posted: 05/14/2018, 05:26 pm By Kevin Kovac

  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (May 12) — G.R. Smith decided to try a different plan in Saturday’s inaugural First in Flight 100 presented by Hoker Trucking at Fayetteville Motor Speedway. If luck had been on his side, it just might have paid off. Full Story

• Owens eyes turnaround after Fayetteville windfall

  Posted: 05/14/2018, 01:50 pm By Kevin Kovac

  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (May 12) — Jimmy Owens more-or-less settled on entering Fayetteville Motor Speedway’s inaugural First in Flight 100 presented by Hoker Trucking last Monday. He kept that information to himself for a couple more days, Full Story

• Fast Talk: What does big win mean for Owens?

  Posted: 05/14/2018, 01:36 pm

  Our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products discusses the $25,001 victory for Jimmy Owens and other weekend highlights (edited for clarity and length): Evaluate the Jimmy Owens of 2018 compared to his Lucas Oil title-winning Full Story

• Sheppard, Overton enjoy respect-filled WoO duel

  Posted: 05/12/2018, 04:48 am By Kevin Kovac

  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (May 11) — Brandon Sheppard and Brandon Overton — two young but already very accomplished regulars on this year’s World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series — demonstrated just how much esteem they have for Full Story

• Notes: Bedford returnee Troutman starts red-hot

  Posted: 05/10/2018, 08:09 am By Alli Collis

  When Dave Troutman of Hyndman, Pa., took the April 13 checkered flag at Bedford (Pa.) Speedway, it marked his first visit to victory lane in more than a decade. While the 59-year-old driver has raced sparingly over the last several seasons, Full Story

• Notes: Texas champ lends rival backup car

  Posted: 05/10/2018, 07:54 am

  Plenty of racers assist competitors by loaning spare parts, passing along setup advice or even helping change a flat tire in the pits. But two-time and reigning Southern Texas Late Model Series champion G.W. Egbert IV of Belton, Texas, Full Story

• Column: Older, wiser Vaught eyes MLRA title

  Posted: 05/09/2018, 04:44 pm

  The Will Vaught who won Saturday’s Land of Lincoln 40 at La Salle (Ill.) Speedway wasn’t the same Will Vaught who began the current decade. Remember that old (younger) Vaught? That tall, fresh-faced blond racer from Crane, Mo., who Full Story

• Quick Time: WoO championship chase review

  Posted: 05/09/2018, 10:14 am

  Take 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

• Fayetteville takes major step onto national stage

  Posted: 05/08/2018, 03:35 pm By Kevin Kovac

  As the days count down to this weekend’s $25,001-to-win First in Flight 100 presented by Hoker Trucking at Fayetteville (N.C.) Motor Speedway, the anxiety level of track promoter Jim Long Jr. goes up. But while Long, a former open-wheel Full Story

• Top 25: Madden ties J.D. for top spot in rankings

  Posted: 05/08/2018, 10:24 am By Alli Collis

  After scoring a World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series victory on Saturday at Senoia (Ga.) Raceway, voters moved Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., into a tie with Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., for the top spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Full Story

• Fast Talk: Points-chasing and Fayetteville preview

  Posted: 05/07/2018, 10:51 am

  As the Dirt Late Model season rolls into May, our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products looks at recent results along with the weekend’s upcoming biggest event (edited for clarity and length): While contending drivers Full Story

• Notes: West Virginia driver on a roll at I-77

  Posted: 05/03/2018, 05:50 am By Alli Collis

  Zach Milbee struggled at the racetrack the last few seasons. But debuting a new car in 2018, the 24-year-old Poca, W.Va., driver’s fortunes have turned around with three consecutive victories at I-77 Speedway in Ripley, W.Va. Milbee, Full Story

• Column: Ferree steers through many changes

  Posted: 05/02/2018, 11:15 am

  Alex Ferree has never experienced as much change — both on and off the racetrack — in a single off-season as he did during the one just past. From a return to his own racing operation following seven years driving cars fielded by Joe Full Story

• Quick Time: The best seasons among 'others'

  Posted: 05/02/2018, 11:03 am

  Take 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

• Millwood's detour leads to biggest career victory

  Posted: 05/01/2018, 11:42 am By Kevin Kovac

  Tyler Millwood wishes he could have stuck with his plan to follow the full World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series this season. But if his regional schedule continues to bring him the type of success he enjoyed Saturday, the 27-year-old Full Story

• Top 25: Pierce joins top 10 in rankings

  Posted: 05/01/2018, 08:23 am By Alli Collis

  After sweeping Lucas Oil Series events at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Ill., and Macon (Ill.) Speedway, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., joined the top 10 in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Full Story

• National touring victory barely eludes Unzicker

  Posted: 04/30/2018, 11:42 am

  MACON, Ill. (April 28) — Ryan Unzicker of El Paso, Ill., might have had a smile on his face after finishing second in Saturday’s St. Louis U-Pic-A-Part 100 at Macon Speedway, but one comment he made in an interview with DirtonDirt.com Full Story

• Fast Talk: Can Pierce capitalize on big sweep?

  Posted: 04/30/2018, 09:52 am

  As we bid goodbye to April (and its troublesome weather), our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products wraps up the month’s final weekend and looks ahead to May (edited for clarity and length): Will Bobby Pierce’s Illinois Full Story