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• Wasted days and wasted nights derail Erb's quest

  Posted: 02/23/2017, 02:16 am By Robert Holman

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 22) — Dennis Erb Jr. doesn’t like wasting time. Wasting days is even worse. As the Carpentersville, Ill., driver sat in his toterhome Wednesday night listening to rain pelt against the window, he couldn’t help Full Story

• Fresh blood heightens competition with WoO

  Posted: 02/22/2017, 09:47 am By Alli Collis

  With an influx of drivers, both veteran and rookie, the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series is primed for what could arguably be one of its most competitive seasons to date. Entering Georgia-Florida Speedweeks, 19 drivers have Full Story

• Notes: Volusia success rolls off Fitz Factory line

  Posted: 02/22/2017, 02:54 am By Kevin Kovac

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 21) — There was no dialing back the smile on Jason Fitzgerald’s face after Tuesday night’s 30-lap UMP DIRTcar-sanctioned feature at Volusia Speedway Park. Perhaps a DIRTcar Nationals evening that included Full Story

• Notes: Broken headers spoil Smith's Volusia run

  Posted: 02/21/2017, 02:59 pm By Kevin Kovac

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 20) — A sixth-place finish in Monday night’s 30-lap UMP DIRTcar-sanctioned feature that kicked off the 46th annual DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park was by far the best outing of G.R. Smith’s brief Full Story

• Shirley seeking Volusia victory for injured buddy

  Posted: 02/21/2017, 06:25 am By Kevin Kovac

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 20) — Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., looked strong and confident on his way to a runner-up finish in Monday’s 30-lap DIRTcar-sanctioned feature that kicked off the Dirt Late Model portion of the 46th annual Full Story

• O'Neal, Richards fall victim to Ocala pileup

  Posted: 02/20/2017, 01:41 pm By Kevin Kovac

  OCALA, Fla. (Feb. 19) — Brandon Sheppard’s last-circuit victory over Scott Bloomquist in Sunday’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 50-lapper at Bubba Raceway Park was memorable, but it almost didn’t happen. | Complete Speedweeks Full Story

• Fast Talk: Mid-Speedweeks breakdown

  Posted: 02/20/2017, 11:30 am

  Our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products takes a who-what-why-when-where look at the last week’s stretch of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks action (edited for clarity and length; complete Speedweeks coverage): Who is the Full Story

• Maturing Texan seeking Speedweeks consistency

  Posted: 02/20/2017, 09:58 am By Alli Collis

  SYLVANIA, Ga. (Feb. 18) —Tyler Erb's runner-up finish in Saturday’s Winter Freeze VII finale at Screven Motor Speedway was a little disappointing for the New Waverly, Texas, driver considering how close the 20-year-old had come to scoring Full Story

• Tangle at East Bay dulls teenager's breakout run

  Posted: 02/17/2017, 02:35 am By Kevin Kovac

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 16) — Considering the fact that Michael Lake of Uniontown, Pa., is a 15-year-old high school student making his first appearance in the Lucas Oil Series portion of the Wrisco Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park, Full Story

• Notes: Maryland ace enters Speedweeks fray

  Posted: 02/16/2017, 08:05 am By Kevin Kovac

  Dale Hollidge of Mechanicsville, Md., enjoyed a career year in 2016 racing on his home Mid-Atlantic Dirt Late Model circuit. He’ll begin his quest for even more success in ’17 with his first taste of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks action. Full Story

• Notes: Surgery may delay Siebert's '17 start

  Posted: 02/15/2017, 02:47 pm By Trenton Berry

  Austin Siebert finished eighth in Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Racing Association points last season, but it’s likely he won’t be ready for this year’s March 31 MLRA opener at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb. The 30-year-old Grandview, Full Story

• Runner-up's love affair with East Bay continues

  Posted: 02/15/2017, 10:00 am By Alli Collis

  Tim Dohm came up one spot shy Tuesday at East Bay Raceway Park, finishing as runner-up to fellow West Virginian Josh Richards in the second round of the Lucas Oil Series-sanctioned Wrisco Winternationals. | Complete Speedweeks coverage But Full Story

• Column: Dixon plotting return after fiery wreck

  Posted: 02/15/2017, 07:48 am

  Chesley Dixon will be a spectator rather than a competitor during this weekend’s World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series Winter Freeze doubleheader at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga., but that’s only because the Swainsboro, Full Story

• Best's Richards-Edwards duo mesh out of the box

  Posted: 02/15/2017, 02:31 am By Kevin Kovac

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 14) — When Randall Edwards was reminded that Josh Richards’s victory in Tuesday night’s 25-lap Wrisco Winternationals feature at East Bay Raceway Park made the crew chief and his new driver a sparkling 2-for-4 Full Story

• Linville granted reprieve after wreck at East Bay

  Posted: 02/14/2017, 12:38 pm By Kevin Kovac

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 13) — Dustin Linville of Bryantsville, Ky., is a driver who seems to wear a perpetual smile on his face, but it was a bit of a surprise that he managed to maintain a grin — however slight it may have been — as Full Story

• Twarog, Moran relish early East Bay success

  Posted: 02/14/2017, 01:40 am By Kevin Kovac

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 13) — Tye Twarog stood in East Bay Raceway Park’s pit area after Monday night’s Wrisco Winternationals opener and expressed pride — as well as a tinge of surprise — about the third-place finish his new driver, Full Story

• Fast Talk: Reviewing Golden Isles weekend

  Posted: 02/13/2017, 10:48 am

  Our weekly Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable reviews the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Super Bowl of Racing at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga., that kicked off Georgia-Florida Speedweeks (edited for clarity Full Story

• Ohio's Drown, crew chief aiming high after reunion

  Posted: 02/12/2017, 03:28 pm By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. — When Doug Drown and crew member Cody Duncan first raced together nearly 10 years ago, Drown was an aspiring weekly racer and Duncan a fresh-faced teen. Now the long-time Ohio friends are back together with the 34-year-old Full Story

• Tardy drivers won't get Lucas Oil provisionals

  Posted: 02/11/2017, 09:07 pm By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Feb. 11) — For critics of Scott Bloomquist’s tardiness at racetracks, a new Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series rule is better late than never. Tour director Rick Schwallie announced Saturday before the Rhino Ag Super Full Story

• Notes: Golden Isles drivers seek more racing room

  Posted: 02/11/2017, 09:06 am

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Feb. 10) — While most drivers stuck with the low groove in Friday’s Rhino Ag Super Bowl of Racing opener at Golden Isles Speedway, some drivers felt like they were actually in the middle groove. | Complete Speedweeks Full Story

• Bright side hidden after Moyer Jr.'s bitter ending

  Posted: 02/11/2017, 12:39 am By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Satisfaction from simply being in position to win your first Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series race in the Georgia-Florida Speedweeks opener isn’t satisfying when it goes awry in the most heart-wrenching of ways. | Complete Full Story

• Notes: Briggs weighing jump to Lucas Oil tour

  Posted: 02/09/2017, 08:50 am

  Boom Briggs of Bear Lake, Pa., has long been loyal to the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series — most recently as a driver who’s chased the national tour as a regular the last three years, but earlier as a mechanic who traveled Full Story

• Column: Madden gears up for WoO title pursuit

  Posted: 02/08/2017, 02:51 pm

  At the age of 41 and coming off a strong 2016 season, Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., is certainly more in the prime of his career than the down side of it. Nevertheless, there’s a sense of urgency in the veteran driver’s body that Full Story

• Test your Speedweeks knowledge with trivia quiz

  Posted: 02/08/2017, 03:55 am

  Heading toward February’s traditional action, we offer a dozen trivia questions from dirt racing's Super Late Model portion of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks; answers at the bottom of the page (complete Speedweeks coverage): 1) Prior to Full Story

• Top 25: Preseason poll puts Bloomquist on top

  Posted: 02/07/2017, 12:35 pm By Todd Turner

  Reigning and three-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion Scott Bloomquist begins the 2017 season atop DirtonDirt.com’s preseason Top 25 power rankings, just four points shy of unanimous in the Dirt Late Model poll. The 53-year-old Full Story