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• Finally the Firecracker: J.D. soaks up big victory

  Posted: 06/22/2025, 12:30 pm By Kevin Kovac

  SARVER, Pa. (June 21) — What qualifies a Dirt Late Model race as a true crown jewel event? Jonathan Davenport is a good person to ask. He’s certainly won enough of the races that go in the category, the latest coming Saturday at Lernerville Full Story

• Notes: Firecracker seeks dry weather for finale

  Posted: 06/21/2025, 07:35 am By Kevin Kovac

  SARVER, Pa. (June 20) — Rick Schwallie didn’t need to monitor any weather apps on Friday at Lernerville Speedway. Everyone else did it for him. “I probably got 20 screenshots on my phone (of future radar forecasts) as the course Full Story

• With stock rising, Rice tackles Firecracker 100

  Posted: 06/20/2025, 10:08 am By Kevin Kovac

  SARVER, Pa. (June 19) — Josh Rice slept through the entirety of Thursday's five-and-a-half-hour haul to Lernerville Speedway, which wasn’t surprising since he was coming off a 10-hour overnight shift at his full-time job. When the Full Story

• Dispatches: Another winning generation for Birkhofer clan

  Posted: 06/22/2025, 03:40 am

  Among the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing the weekend of June 19-23, including the DIRTcar Summer Nationals among other weekend special events (look Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series coverage of the Firecracker Full Story

• Column: Merger natural evolution for Stuckey

  Posted: 06/19/2025, 06:30 am

  Ronnie Stuckey knows how difficult it is to become successful — and stay successful — as a chassis builder in the Dirt Late Model division. The specific segment of the industry has been his life for more than a decade and he’ll candidly Full Story

• Notes: West Virginia racer off to solid start

  Posted: 06/19/2025, 06:20 am By Todd Turner

  A novice in the division, Kolbe Kimbrew knew his Crate Late Model was capable from his first outing of the season at Dog Hollow Speedway in Strongstown, Pa. The 23-year-old Fairmont, W.Va., driver was running a solid third when his car Full Story

• Fast Facts: 19th annual Firecracker 100

  Posted: 06/17/2025, 07:02 am By Aaron Clay

  Dates: June 19-21 (split-field qualifying nights on Thursday and Friday, featuring 25-lap, $5,000-to-win semifeatures for Late Models; heat races and consolations precede Saturday’s 100-lap finale; RUSH Crate Late Models are on the undercard Full Story

• Strand going with flow during NLRA hot streak

  Posted: 06/16/2025, 03:17 pm By Todd Turner

  Dustin Strand is on a streak never seen before in the 28-year history of the Northern LateModel Racing Association. Coupled with four series victories to wrap up the 2024 season, the East Grand Forks, Minn., driver has captured the first Full Story

• Feger outruns buddy for more Hell Tour success

  Posted: 06/16/2025, 12:29 pm

  About 24 hours after Jason Feger congratulated his pal Brian Shirley on winning a DIRTcar Summer Nationals feature at Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway, the situation reversed Sunday with Feger receiving a handshake and hug from Shirley after capturing Full Story

• Fast Talk: Young racers with potential longevity?

  Posted: 06/16/2025, 10:33 am

  A continued wet spring halted Lucas Oil Series races among others, but our roundtable is never rained out in in our weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Billy Moyer won a DIRTcar Full Story

• USAC sprint star shines in full-fendered debut

  Posted: 06/16/2025, 07:01 am By Kyle McFadden

  BRIDGEPORT, N.J. (June 15) — Dirt Late Model racing observers haven’t had a reason to follow Briggs Danner, much less have a reason to know the name of the Allentown, Pa., driver regarded as one of the finest young drivers in the open-wheel Full Story

• Minitour forces Feathers outside his comfort zone

  Posted: 06/15/2025, 01:55 pm By Kyle McFadden

  This Selinsgrove Ford Appalachian Mountain Speedweek is forcing Trever Feathers outside his comfort zone. Three of the eight tracks on the schedule — Clinton County Speedway in Mill Hall, Pa., Path Valley Speedway in Spring Run, Pa., Full Story

• Tough going for Family Robinson on AMS tour

  Posted: 06/15/2025, 09:07 am By Kyle McFadden

  BEDFORD, Pa. (June 13) — Ross and Amanda Robinson looked forward to Selinsgrove Ford Appalachian Mountain Speedweek. Planning to contest every miniseries event, the Georgetown, Del., husband-wife duo don’t often get the opportunity Full Story

• Speedweek lights fuse to Zeigler's campaign

  Posted: 06/14/2025, 02:28 pm By Kyle McFadden

  BEDFORD, Pa. (June 13) — With two Appalachian Mountain Speedweek wins in a row, it’s easy for Mason Zeigler or anyone to think it would’ve been better for the Chalk Hill, Pa., driver to commit himself to the Jim Bernheisel-run miniseries Full Story

• Notes: Mattern so close to title contention

  Posted: 06/13/2025, 02:21 pm By Kyle McFadden

  SELINSGROVE, Pa. (June 12) — Hayes Mattern could’ve been right in the Appalachian Mountain Speedweek title chase entering this weekend. Instead of being 99 points behind leader Gregg Satterlee in seventh, things were looking up for Full Story

• Dispatches: Chad Simpson back in victory lane

  Posted: 06/15/2025, 08:02 am

  Among the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing the weekend of June 13-14, including the DIRTcar Summer Nationals among other weekend special events (look for coverage of Selinsgrove Ford Appalachian Mountain Speedweek Full Story

• Rain-plagued Speedweek sorting through options

  Posted: 06/12/2025, 11:00 pm By Kyle McFadden

  SELINSGROVE, Pa. (June 12) — Facing unpleasant forecasts the rest of the weekend with three of the five Selinsgrove Ford Appalachian Mountain Speedweek events already rained out, Jim Bernheisel finds himself in a position no series director Full Story

• Column: Weaver finds niche as Eldora analyst

  Posted: 06/12/2025, 01:29 pm

  Nearly five years after debuting as an analyst on the FloRacing broadcasts of the crown jewel events at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, Randy Weaver can’t deny that his camera time has given him a new image in the Dirt Late Model world. First Full Story

• Series pioneer recalls Hell Tour's bumpy start

  Posted: 06/12/2025, 09:10 am By Todd Turner

  KANKAKEE, Ill. — Fans of the modern-era DIRTcar Summer Nationals take it for granted that they’ll have the chance to attend five (or 10 or 20 …) Super Late Model races at their favorite tracks each summer. The Midwest’s summer Full Story

• Notes: S.C. driver hitting his stride

  Posted: 06/12/2025, 04:11 am By Todd Turner

  As with most hobby dirt track racers, Thomas Hedgpath has mostly squeezed in his racing career amid making a living, raising a family and handling all the other non-racing things that come along with being the average citizen. Hedgpath Full Story

• Notes: On 'vacation,' Millwood chases Hell Tour

  Posted: 06/11/2025, 03:33 pm By Todd Turner

  KANKAKEE, Ill. (June 11) — While plenty of drivers take vacation time to compete on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals, it’s hardly a vacation from work. Drivers and crews toil on repetitive and long, hot days at 30-plus tracks around the Full Story

• Moyer keeps rolling amid team, health challenges

  Posted: 06/11/2025, 11:44 am By Todd Turner

  BROWNSTOWN, Ill. (June 10) — No matter what else is going on, Billy Moyer has a tendency to focus on the task at hand — making his race car go fast. The 67-year-old Hall of Famer did just that Tuesday night at the Brownstown Bullring, Full Story

• Half-century in, Stuhler still blazing new trails

  Posted: 06/11/2025, 10:53 am By Kyle McFadden

  SPRING RUN, Pa. (June 10) — The most staggering part of Gary Stuhler’s racing career that’s now spanned a remarkable half-century might not lie in anything he’s accomplished. And that’s a long list: Nearly 400 career Super Late Full Story

• Back after surgery, it's all about fun for Harrison

  Posted: 06/11/2025, 05:49 am By Todd Turner

  BROWNSTOWN, Ill. (June 10) — After April 7 surgery to remove a nickel-size melanoma patch near the corner of Mike Harrison's left eye, doctors gave him permission on May 8 to resume normal activities. It’s no surprise to anyone that Full Story

• With non-stop racing, it's an old-school Hell Tour

  Posted: 06/10/2025, 05:37 pm By Todd Turner

  BROWNSTOWN, Ill. (June 10) — The weekday-focused DIRTcar Summer Nationals was built on day-after-day racing. If the day ended in a “Y,” you were racing. “I’ve done the original Hell Tour,” said Jason Palubicki, former series Full Story