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• Coverage index from PRI Trade Show

  Posted: 12/08/2016, 06:52 am

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — DirtonDirt.com's coverage from the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show on Dec. 8-10 at the Indiana Convention Center, where more than 40,000 attendees are expected to visit exhibits among more than 1,200 companies: Tuesday, Full Story

• FAQs for the PRI Trade Show in Indianapolis

  Posted: 12/05/2016, 06:45 am

  Frequently asked questions about the 29th annual Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, the off-season extravaganza scheduled for Dec. 8-10 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis (complete PRI coverage): What is the PRI Trade Full Story

• Fast Talk: Finding comfy shoes for Indy PRI show

  Posted: 12/05/2016, 06:34 am

  In the midst of the Best of 2016 coverage, our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products considers which comfortable shoes to wear in heading to Indianapolis for the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show (edited for clarity Full Story

• Best of 2016: South's state-by-state capsules

  Posted: 12/02/2016, 04:01 am By Alli Collis and Todd Turner

  Dirt Late Model racing’s 2016 superlatives of the Southern states (individually for states with at least five weekly Late Model tracks; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2016 coverage): Alabama Top Full Story

• Notes: Racer, tracks rally to help fire victims

  Posted: 12/01/2016, 12:21 pm

  Members of the east Tennessee racing community are rallying to the aid of those affected by the disastrous Smoky Mountain fires in and around the resort town of Gatlinburg. Driver Cory Hedgecock of nearby Loudon, Tenn., the reigning champion Full Story

• Hitting road, Bell finds Ethanol, ALMS success

  Posted: 12/01/2016, 03:10 am By Alli Collis

  With his home racetrack scaling back to a special-event schedule in 2016, Rich Bell of Sheffield, Ill., set out to tackle two regional tours for the first time. Competing with the Michigan-based American Ethanol Late Model Tour as well Full Story

• Best of 2016: More state-by-state capsules

  Posted: 12/01/2016, 02:48 am By Kevin Kovac and Todd Turner

  Dirt Late Model racing’s 2016 superlatives of the Northern and Western states (individually for states with at least five weekly Late Model tracks; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2016 Full Story

• Column: Dream team's enthusiasm overflowing

  Posted: 11/30/2016, 02:31 am

  Randy Weaver is a deeply religious man, so when he faced a crossroads in his life last month — should he resume his racing career after sitting out most of the 2016 season with post-concussion syndrome, or should he step away from competition Full Story

• Best of 2016: Midwest's state-by-state capsules

  Posted: 11/30/2016, 02:04 am By Todd Turner

  Dirt Late Model racing’s 2016 superlatives of the Midwestern states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2016 coverage): Illinois Top Full Story

• Fast Talk: Weekly roundtable talking turkey

  Posted: 11/28/2016, 06:56 am

  Members of our Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable aroused from their post-Thanksgiving naps to consider a busy racing weekend and a few off-season considerations as we head for December (edited for clarity and length): It didn’t Full Story

• Victory seems like old times for J.D., Wrights

  Posted: 11/28/2016, 05:32 am By Kevin Kovac

  Jonathan Davenport succinctly summed up how it felt to be back racing with Hall of Fame chassis builder Barry Wright and his son, Lance, by his side less than 24 hours after he captured Saturday’s Turkey 100 for Crate Late Models at Swainsboro Full Story

• Richards tops 2016's Driver of the Year chase

  Posted: 11/28/2016, 05:02 am By Alli Collis and Todd Turner

  With the 2016 racing season in the books, DirtonDirt.com takes a closer look at top five national drivers as well as regional and weekly Dirt Late Model competition. Check our video coverage for DirtonDirt.com’s Top Five Drivers overall, Full Story

• Column: B-Shepp primed for third Rocket launch

  Posted: 11/22/2016, 02:29 pm

  Brandon Sheppard won’t lie. When he was contacted one day early last week by Rocket Chassis co-owner Mark Richards and offered the chance to drive Richards’s iconic Rocket house car full-time in 2017, he wasn’t sure if his ears had Full Story

• Illinois Crate standout making jump to Supers

  Posted: 11/22/2016, 08:17 am By Alli Collis

  After a couple of standout seasons behind the wheel of a Crate Late Model, including the 2015 UMP national points championship, Jose Parga of New Berlin, Ill., plans to make the jump to the Super Late Model division in 2017. His goals for Full Story

• Fast Talk: We didn't see that one coming

  Posted: 11/21/2016, 10:33 am

  Our weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products considers on- and off-track developments along with taking a look at what’s coming up in the sport (edited for clarity and length): Has the sport ever seen a less predictable Full Story

• Three-series success keeps McIntosh on top

  Posted: 11/21/2016, 07:04 am By Kevin Kovac

  Donald McIntosh didn’t convert his pole position starting spot in Saturday evening’s Southern Nationals Bonus Series-sanctioned Gobbler at Boyd’s Speedway in Ringgold, Ga., into a $10,000 victory, but that was OK. A third-place finish Full Story

• Column: Council pushes universal safety specs

  Posted: 11/15/2016, 04:00 pm

  The Unified Dirt Late Model Council — a group that includes more than a dozen series directors, chassis constructors, engine builders and parts manufacturers — was born earlier this year to address rules and issues in an open, constructive Full Story

• Record-tying Bedford ace relishes breakout season

  Posted: 11/15/2016, 07:19 am By Alli Collis

  Unbelievable. That’s the word Matt Cosner of Ridgeley, W.Va., used to sum up his 2016 campaign. Entering the season with just a single Dirt Late Model victory to his name, the 26-year-old nearly reached double-digit win totals this year, Full Story

• Fast Talk: Victory sweeter in November or February?

  Posted: 11/14/2016, 10:01 am

  With the season winding down, our Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored roundtable considers “this or that” questions after a relative busy weekend of action in the Southeast (edited for clarity and length): Driver’s better timing for Full Story

• Hall of Fame planning 'true museum' for 2017

  Posted: 11/10/2016, 12:36 pm By Alli Collis

  As the 2016 racing season comes to a close and the Dirt Late Model world starts looking ahead to 2017, the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame is hopeful that the coming year will be the one in which it is finally able to begin construction Full Story

• United Dirt Late Model Council safety specifications

  Posted: 11/08/2016, 11:25 am

  Safety specifications adopted Nov. 5 by the United Dirt Late Model Council (DirtWire): This document is intended as a guide to the unified late model council rules, rule adjustments, rule additions, refinements, and addendums (the bullet Full Story

• Column: J.D. returning to do it the Wright way

  Posted: 11/09/2016, 09:33 am

  Jonathan Davenport knew before September’s World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, that he would need a new ride for 2017. The father and son who fielded his car — owner-engine builder Lee Roy Rumley and his crew-chief son Kevin Full Story

• Top 25: McCreadie climbs four spots in poll

  Posted: 11/08/2016, 09:39 am By Alli Collis

  After nearly sweeping the 42nd annual National 100 weekend at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., climbed four spots in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings, while four-time World of Outlaws Full Story

• Wells concludes his '16 season on an upswing

  Posted: 11/07/2016, 03:39 pm By Alli Collis

  JUNCTION CITY, Ky. (Nov. 5) — The start of the 2016 season was nothing short of a struggle for Eric Wells of Hazard, Ky., who ended his Georgia-Florida Speedweeks campaign without a single top-10 finish. But as the year comes to a close, Full Story

• Fast Talk: National 100 and rising drivers

  Posted: 11/07/2016, 11:07 am

  Our weekly roundtable, sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products, reviews the National 100 at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City and considers the future prospects of two talented drivers (edited for clarity and length): Dennis Erb Full Story