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• Track's new favorite son shines at Jackson 100

  Posted: 09/25/2017, 08:37 am By Alli Collis

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Sept. 23) — Brownstown Speedway's crowd erupted when four-time race winner Don O’Neal’s name was called during driver introductions for Saturday’s 38th annual Jackson 100. But the loudest cheers? Moments later Full Story

• Notes: Thrash doomed by Cotton Pickin' start

  Posted: 09/25/2017, 06:13 am By Robert Holman

  COLUMBUS, Miss. — Chad Thrash is on the verge of wrapping up his first title with the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series. All the Meridian, Miss., native needs to do is sign in at the tour’s upcoming season finale, the Full Story

• Notes: Rideless Mahoney hopes to land on his feet

  Posted: 09/23/2017, 08:40 am By Alli Collis

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Sept. 22) — Cody Mahoney of Madison, Ind., hopes to land on his feet after learning last month he’d be leaving the Seymour, Ind.-based Bowman Motorsports team. The 30-year-old Mahoney aims to finish his third and Full Story

• Notes: Technology new, but Mag's home for Wall

  Posted: 09/23/2017, 06:04 am By Robert Holman

  COLUMBUS, Miss. — Chris Wall may have taken a brief hiatus, but the Springfield, La., driver can still wheel a car around Magnolia Motor Speedway. Wall, a two-time champion on the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series tour, Full Story

• Notes: Clarksville Crate standout piles up victories

  Posted: 09/21/2017, 07:09 am By Alli Collis

  With back-to-back seasons a top-five finishes in UMP DIRTcar weekly points, Michael Zimmerman of Clarksville, Tenn., has established himself as one of the top Crate Late Model racers in the division. Zimmerman’s 2017 championship chase Full Story

• Column: Happy, fast Marlar on top of game

  Posted: 09/20/2017, 03:51 pm

  For an outgoing, approachable guy like Mike Marlar, the whirlwind of adulation in which he found himself Saturday in Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway’s pit area after winning $40,000 for the second consecutive year was a wonderful moment to savor. The Full Story

• Quick Time: Top drivers in 2017's richest races

  Posted: 09/20/2017, 11:35 am

  Take a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing (and the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story

• Top 25: Bailes climbs four spots in rankings

  Posted: 09/19/2017, 10:42 am By Alli Collis

  After capturing a career-high $20,000 payday in Saturday’s Fastrak World Championship at Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, Va., Ross Bailes of Clover, S.C., made the biggest jump in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Brandon Full Story

• Notes: Knoxville victory eludes Rocket house car

  Posted: 09/18/2017, 06:06 pm By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 16) — Mark Richards's agonizing flirtation with victory in the Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Store seemingly knows no bounds. The Rocket Chassis house car owner has five Full Story

• Fast Talk: Reviewing Marlar's Knoxville repeat

  Posted: 09/18/2017, 01:30 pm

  Our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products takes a look back at the three-race Knoxville Nationals weekend while looking ahead to yet another busy weekend (edited for clarity and length): What does it say that Mike Marlar Full Story

• Davenport, Landers fall just shy in Knoxville bids

  Posted: 09/18/2017, 12:20 pm By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 16) — Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., nearly extended his big-race hot streak to three weekends in a row. Jared Landers of Batesville, Ark., nearly turned his debut weekend with veteran car owner Larry Moring Full Story

• Knoxville stalwart fourth after up-and-down run

  Posted: 09/18/2017, 10:31 am By Alli Collis

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 16) — The only driver to start all 14 editions of the Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals, Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., had an up-and-down run in Saturday’s 100-lapper as he continues hunting an elusive Full Story

• Richards absorbs more heartbreak at Knoxville

  Posted: 09/17/2017, 05:30 am By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 16) — As Josh Richards sat in his Best Performance Motorsports car against Knoxville Raceway’s towering guardrail between turns three and four on lap 95 of Saturday night’s 14th annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Full Story

• Marlar primed for Knoxville's 100-lapper

  Posted: 09/16/2017, 11:11 am By Alli Collis

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 15) — Mike Marlar’s weekend at Knoxville Raceway did not get off to the most ideal start. After rallying from the eighth starting spot to win his heat race, the Winfield, Tenn., driver was forced to retire early Full Story

• Notes: Knoxville rebound boosts Simpson

  Posted: 09/16/2017, 03:14 am By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 15) — A frustrating Thursday night turned into an uplifting Friday evening at Knoxville Raceway for Chris Simpson. After failing to qualify for Thursday’s 25-lap preliminary feature that kicked off the 14th annual Full Story

• Owens can't shake bad luck at difficult Knoxville

  Posted: 09/15/2017, 11:59 am By Alli Collis

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 14) — Bad luck just seems to follow Jimmy Owens to Knoxville Raceway. After taking the lead in Thursday night’s 25-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals preliminary feature, the Newport, Tenn., driver Full Story

• Notes: Landers pumped about Moring debut

  Posted: 09/15/2017, 03:57 am By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 14) — Perhaps Jared Landers of Batesville, Ark., let a victory slip through his fingers in Thursday night’s Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Store opener at Knoxville Raceway. Full Story

• Notes: Montana racer keeps piling up victories

  Posted: 09/14/2017, 01:53 am By Alli Collis

  After a successful start to the 2017 season, Chris Dunn of Great Falls, Mont., currently finds himself in the top three of two racetrack’s weekly points standings, along with sitting runner-up in Montana’s WISSOTA state points. But Full Story

• Fast Facts: 14th Knoxville Nationals

  Posted: 09/13/2017, 05:41 pm By Robert Holman

  14th Knoxville Nationals Dates: Sept. 14-16 ($7,000-to-win preliminary features Thursday and Friday and heats, consolations and $40,000-to-win main event Saturday) | Complete Knoxville Nationals coverage. Track: Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Full Story

• 14th Knoxville Nationals coverage index

  Posted: 09/05/2017, 04:44 pm

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa — DirtonDirt.com's previews and coverage of the 14th annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey's General Store, a $40,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned event scheduled for Full Story

• Many touched by legacy of Hall-of-Famer Duvall

  Posted: 09/13/2017, 11:21 am By Robert Holman

  As legends go, sometimes it’s difficult to separate fact from fiction. Make no mistake, Mike Duvall was a legend. Duvall, a first ballot National Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer, passed away early Tuesday morning at the age of 68. A winner Full Story

• Column: J.D., Smith spin amazing story

  Posted: 09/12/2017, 10:07 pm

  That Jonathan Davenport won last Saturday night’s 47th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, just over one month after joining forces with fellow racer G.R. Smith is an amazing story — maybe even an unprecedented one, Full Story

• Fans mourning loss of lovable Flintstone F1yer

  Posted: 09/12/2017, 12:36 pm By Todd Turner

  Mike Duvall, a World 100 winner and National Dirt Racing Association champion whose iconic Flintstone F1yer caught the eye of every kid in the grandstands at racetracks in the Carolinas and beyond, died early Tuesday morning. The first Full Story

• Top 25: Satterlee rejoins rankings at No. 19

  Posted: 09/12/2017, 11:34 am By Alli Collis

  After posting a career-best runner-up finish in Saturday’s 47th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway, Gregg Satterlee of Indiana, Pa., rejoins DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., maintained Full Story

• Fast Talk: Wrapping up J.D's World 100 victory

  Posted: 09/11/2017, 01:38 pm

  Our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products reviews the World 100 weekend while leading ahead to the 14th annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals (edited for clarity and length): What’s the primary takeaway from Full Story