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Top 25: Moran rises two spots in rankings
Posted: 08/01/2017, 11:32 am By Alli CollisAfter a third-place finish in Saturday’s Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury (Ill.) American Legion Speedway, Devin Moran of Dresden, Ohio, rose two spots in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while race winner Brandon Sheppard of Full Story
Moran reverses free-fall, finishes third at Fairbury
Posted: 08/01/2017, 12:08 am By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 29) — Devin Moran’s tumble from the pole position to 10th place in Saturday's 28th annual Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury American Legion Speedway was so abrupt, the younger Ohioan feared that he was free-falling Full Story
Champ Overton checks off his team's lofty goals
Posted: 07/31/2017, 12:05 pm By Alli CollisTAZEWELL, Tenn. (July 29) — After clinching the Schaeffer Oil Spring Nationals championship back in May, Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., was heavily favored to score his second regional series title of the season in the Ray Cook-promoted Full Story
Fast Talk: Evaluating Sheppard's excellence
Posted: 07/31/2017, 09:55 amOur weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products reviews Fairbury’s Prairie Dirt Classic as we turn the racing calendar to August (edited for clarity and length): Distill the prime reason Brandon Sheppard’s reunion with Full Story
Notes: Simpson loses groove at PDC, fades
Posted: 07/31/2017, 07:18 am By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 29) — Chris Simpson of Oxford, Iowa, seemingly came out of nowhere midway through Saturday night’s 100-lap Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury American Legion Speedway to emerge as a contender. | RaceWire But soon Full Story
Unzicker PDC runner-up after feature's up, downs
Posted: 07/30/2017, 05:15 pm By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 29) — Ryan Unzicker had plenty of reasons to smile about his runner-up finish in Saturday's 28th annual Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury American Legion Speedway. For starters, the 36-year-old driver from El Paso, Full Story
Notes: Texan's chance at FALS redemption fades
Posted: 07/29/2017, 12:12 pm By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 28) — Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas, was seemingly in perfect position to bid for a $2,500 victory in Friday night’s second 25-lap Prairie Dirt Classic qualifying feature at Fairbury American Legion Speedway — Full Story
Fairbury's PDC fits right in Babb's wheelhouse
Posted: 07/27/2017, 01:10 pm By Kevin KovacThis week has already provided Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., two lucrative purses to chase in his backyard. But one more — the biggest Dirt Late Model prize of them all in the Land of Lincoln — still remains. After spending the last Full Story
Wedding reception chatter leads to successful ride
Posted: 07/27/2017, 10:31 am By Lyndal ScrantonA chance meeting that ended with Todd Shute writing his phone number on a napkin turned into a a chance to make a big impact for the driver from Des Moines, Iowa. The veteran modified racer has become a force at Wheatland, Mo.'s Lucas Full Story
Notes: Titles unlikely, but Opie shining in '17
Posted: 07/27/2017, 12:50 am By Alli CollisAfter debuting a new Billy Moyer Victory Race Car back in May, Mike Spatola of Manhattan, Ill., has been on a roll through the summer, scoring multiple wins and top-five finishes against tough weekly fields at Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway Full Story
Quick Time: Career-high paydays for top drivers
Posted: 07/26/2017, 04:13 pmTake 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
Feger, Pierce trade paint on fifth-mile? It's Macon
Posted: 07/26/2017, 07:47 am By Kevin KovacMACON, Ill. (July 25) — Jason Feger and Bobby Pierce made significant contact three times in the last seven laps of Tuesday’s St. Louis U-Pic-A-Part 100 at Macon Speedway, a tit-for-tat that ended with Feger limping to a fourth-place Full Story
Column: T-Mac enjoying the chance to be himself
Posted: 07/25/2017, 02:03 pmThere's little doubt that the major change to Tim McCreadie’s Dirt Late Model program this season — specifically, having his long-time team owner, Carl Myers of Sweeteners Plus, back a Longhorn house car deal that’s based at the chassis Full Story
Top 25: McIntosh rejoins rankings at No. 23
Posted: 07/25/2017, 10:19 am By Alli CollisAfter scoring three straight Schaeffer Oil Southern Nationals victories, Donald McIntosh of Dawsonville, Ga., rejoined DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings while Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., held on to the top spot for the Full Story
Notes: Shirley finishes 7th amid I-80's scrapes
Posted: 07/24/2017, 01:25 pm By Kevin KovacGREENWOOD, Neb. (July 22) — Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., placed a modest seventh in Saturday night’s 80-lap Imperial Tile Silver Dollar Nationals at I-80 Speedway — a final finishing position that didn’t tell the story of his Full Story
Fast Talk: Reviewing I-80, T-Mac's big victory
Posted: 07/24/2017, 10:28 amFollowing Tim McCreadie’s Silver Dollar Nationals victory, our Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored weekly roundtable considers I-80’s weekend and other summer racing action (edited for clarity and length): Is Nebraska's I-80 Speedway, Full Story
Data-crunching focus lifts Buckingham team
Posted: 07/24/2017, 08:54 am By Robert HolmanShanon Buckingham has been questioned more than once about his remarkable consistency during the Schaeffer Oil Southern Nationals. With each podium finish he registers — he has five through the first six events, more than any other driver Full Story
Young O'Neal feels like he let team down at I-80
Posted: 07/24/2017, 08:12 am By Kevin KovacGREENWOOD, Neb. (July 22) — As Hudson O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind., stood in I-80 Speedway’s pit area and talked about his ninth-place finish in Saturday night’s 80-lap Imperial Tile Silver Dollar Nationals, the 16-year-old sensation Full Story
Racer's death tugs at Cook's heartstrings
Posted: 07/23/2017, 06:37 pm By Brian McLeodSWAINSBORO, Ga. — Series promoter Ray Cook was wearing his radio headset and directing a qualifying session when his phone buzzed with a text during time trials for Friday's Schaeffer Oil Southern Nationals for the Schaeffer Oil Southern Full Story
Despite shattered elbow, W.Va., driver plugs away
Posted: 07/23/2017, 12:00 pm By Alli CollisRICHMOND, Ky. (July 22) — After scoring back-to-back five-figure paydays at Richmond Raceway, Tyler Carpenter of Parkersburg, W.Va., was eager to return to the central Kentucky oval to gun for his second straight Paul “Butterball” Full Story
Notes: Hickman runs into trouble in Georgia
Posted: 07/22/2017, 03:41 pm By Robert HolmanSWAINSBORO, Ga. — Riley Hickman headed out for a planned five-race swing through Georgia with the Schaeffer Oil Southern Nationals with hopes of turning his fortunes around. After a fifth-place finish at Senoia Raceway on Thursday night Full Story
Notes: Pit-area scare doesn't slow Bloomquist
Posted: 07/22/2017, 01:14 pm By Kevin KovacGREENWOOD, Neb. (July 21) — The most fortunate moment of Scott Bloomquist’s Friday night at I-80 Speedway didn’t happen on the racetrack. As the first round of the evening’s double-heat qualifying program for the Imperial Tile Full Story
Simpson brings positive spin to Silver Dollar hunt
Posted: 07/20/2017, 06:32 pm By Kevin KovacThe last time Chris Simpson of Oxford, Iowa, visited I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb. — for a May 23 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event — he left the track with a destroyed race car and a sore, bruised body after flipping wildly Full Story
Notes: Part of I-80 prep, part of I-80 action
Posted: 07/20/2017, 12:33 pmThere’s one Silver Dollar Nationals entrant who has a special connection to this weekend’s Silver Dollar Nationals at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb. Andrew Kosiski of Omaha, Neb. — the son of I-80 promoter Joe Kosiski — is not Full Story
Notes: Heart surgery to sideline IMCA contender
Posted: 07/20/2017, 07:49 am By Alli CollisIowa driver Jeremiah Hurst only remembers bits and pieces of Friday’s second 30-lap feature at Farley (Iowa) Speedway, but anyone hearing the story won’t soon forget it. Unable to breathe normally, the 41-year-old Dubuque native was Full Story
