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After travel misstep, veteran tastes Hell Tour
Posted: 06/10/2025, 03:05 pm By Todd TurnerBROWNSTOWN, Ill. (June 10) — Fulfilling a bucket list item, dirt racer Chuck Southard of Franklin, N.C., was excited about running for the first time on the Midwestern-based DIRTcar Summer Nationals. The 57-year-old retiree spent the Full Story
Dudley finds learning curve tall in Eldora debut
Posted: 06/10/2025, 07:29 am By Aaron ClayROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — Why would a driver with only a handful of Super Late Model starts attempt Dream XXXI at Eldora Speedway? For Montana Dudley, it’s to learn and improve his racing program. “It was definitely more of a learning Full Story
Notes: Minitour spotlight on American Racers
Posted: 06/09/2025, 07:58 pm By Kyle McFaddenPORT ROYAL, Pa. (June 7) — Selinsgrove Ford Appalachian Mountain Speedweek is perhaps the most crucial stretch of races American Racer has prepared for as a tire brand in Dirt Late Model racing. Until this year, the Indiana, Pa.-based Full Story
Blown tire, wreck ruins Covert's minitour opener
Posted: 06/09/2025, 07:53 pm By Kyle McFaddenPORT ROYAL, Pa. (June 7) — Jason Covert had a shot at his best finish at Port Royal Speedway in three years during Saturday’s Selinsgrove Ford Appalachian Mountain Speedweek opener — until the sixth lap. Running third in the early Full Story
New schemes, big T-shirt sales at Eldora
Posted: 06/09/2025, 02:46 pm By Aaron ClayROSSBURG, Ohio (June 5) — Eldora Speedway is a hot spot for debuting the latest Dirt Late Model T-shirts with drivers Bobby Pierce, Tyler Erb and Ashton Winger among those fielding cars with novel graphic schemes at Dream XXXI. | Slideshow Full Story
Fast Talk: All things Dream XXXI from Eldora
Posted: 06/09/2025, 11:11 amWith Jonathan Davenport capturing his third consecutive Dream, our roundtable discusses Eldora’s huge event among other races in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length; complete Full Story
Notes: Pierce can't keep up with J.D. at Dream
Posted: 06/09/2025, 07:39 am By Kevin Kovac and Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 7) — Bobby Pierce climbed from ninth to second with a car that wasn’t quite right. Then after changing rear tires he rallied from the rear with a car that performed way more to his liking. The result in Saturday’s Full Story
Engine woes end Hardy's AMS minitour run early
Posted: 06/08/2025, 07:21 pm By Kyle McFaddenPORT ROYAL, Pa. (June 7) — Being the four-time reigning DirtonDirt Virginia Driver of the Year with 116 multidivision victories since the start of 2021, contending for the Appalachian Mountain Speedweek title is a very realistic expectation Full Story
Dream winner's Eldora mastery stirs fans, foes
Posted: 06/08/2025, 11:35 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 7) — Saturday’s Dream XXXI finale at Eldora Speedway was 22 laps old and Jonathan Davenport still sat in 13th place — exactly where he had started the 100-lap race. | Complete Dream coverage There was nothing Full Story
From lap down, Hoffman lands on Dream podium
Posted: 06/08/2025, 08:31 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 7) — Nick Hoffman’s mantra heading into Saturday’s Dream XXXI was to stay out of the unforgiving concrete wall at Eldora Speedway, making sure he’d have the opportunity to grab a $100,000 payday. “All day Full Story
Tire management key to J.D.'s Eldora ownership
Posted: 06/08/2025, 06:43 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 7) — Taking care of your tires over 100 grueling laps at Eldora Speedway is always important. During Saturday’s Dream XXXI when the half-mile track surface’s dirt crumbs chewed up rubber quicker than usual, it Full Story
Speedweek stretch fits Satterlee like a glove
Posted: 06/08/2025, 02:36 am By Kyle McFaddenPORT ROYAL, Pa. (June 7) — In a perfect world, Gregg Satterlee would probably like to race more than 11 times before the month of June. What he wouldn’t change, though, is the traveling dynamic of his family-owned team and how they’ve Full Story
Eldora embraces Rice's career-richest victory
Posted: 06/07/2025, 11:37 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — Jerry Rice is one of the most approachable guys in the Dirt Late Model pit area, but he had to be a little standoffish during Friday's held-over 50-lap Dream XXXI preliminary feature at Eldora Speedway. | Complete Full Story
Part-timer Culp mixes it up with the best at Big E
Posted: 06/07/2025, 01:55 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — Pitted in the far reaches of Eldora Speedway’s upper pit area, back behind the green-lit helipad where the track’s PA announcements are faint and its haloed lights are distant, Timothy Culp’s cell phone Full Story
Notes: J.D. right back to winning Eldora groove
Posted: 06/07/2025, 01:59 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — Jonathan Davenport looked like a mere mortal at Eldora Speedway during Wednesday’s FloRacing Night in America event. On Friday, though, he was back to his usual stupendous self at the famed half-mile oval. Full Story
Rollovers ruin nights for Big E's front-row starters
Posted: 06/07/2025, 01:16 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — The twentysomething front-row starters in Eldora Speedway’s second Dream XXXI preliminary feature on Friday evening had such high hopes. But instead of a $30,000 payday and the glory of winning at the legendary Full Story
Running wide open is the only way to go at Eldora
Posted: 06/06/2025, 03:49 pm By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — For Dirt Late Model racers at Eldora Speedway, if you’re not on the fuel all the way around the half-mile oval, you’re doing it wrong. Particularly on a Dream Week where rain and overcast conditions have Full Story
Notes: Third time's more harm for Dohm's Dream
Posted: 06/06/2025, 12:50 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 5) — No blown engine is a good one, but the three failures Zack Dohm has suffered during his Eldora Speedway career have been particularly harsh. The third came Thursday night while the 36-year-old Cross Lanes, W.Va., Full Story
How much info-sharing is too much for racers?
Posted: 06/05/2025, 04:37 pm By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 5) — The sharing of information among drivers in a Dirt Late Model pit area is usually a mixed bag. Your chassis manufacturer, paid racing consultant or longtime racing buddy is a trustworthy source to steer you Full Story
Column: The night J.D.'s Big E success got rolling
Posted: 06/05/2025, 08:24 amCan it be? Was Jonathan Davenport’s first-ever crown jewel victory — that unforgettable moment in Dirt Late Model history when he inherited the $100,000 Dream prize because apparent winner Scott Bloomquist weighed in light at Eldora Full Story
Notes: Streak continues for Shadyhill standout
Posted: 06/05/2025, 07:57 am By Todd TurnerThe 2025 season for Dirt Late Model racer Jace Owens is looking a lot like 2024. The reigning Limited Late Model champion at Shadyhill Speedway in Medaryville, Ind., has four victories in his first four starts of the season at the quarter-mile Full Story
Notes: McDowell looks for right Eldora balance
Posted: 06/05/2025, 12:20 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 4) — When to conserve, when to let it all hang out. That was the question for Dale McDowell on Wednesday at Eldora Speedway in racing from his eighth starting spot in a 50-lap FloRacing Night in America feature that Full Story
Son's Freddy tribute stirs up emotions for Winger
Posted: 06/04/2025, 06:35 pm By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 4) — To say 2000 was a life-changing year for veteran crew chief Gary Winger is an understatement. January marked the birth of Gary and his wife Lynn's son Ashton. And June took Gary to Eldora Speedway’s victory Full Story
Previewing 2025's Appalachian Mountain Speedweek
Posted: 06/04/2025, 05:35 pm By Kyle McFaddenSelinsgrove Ford Appalachian Mountain Speedweek is back in action for a third straight season starting this Friday at Clinton County Speedway in Mill Hall, Pa., the opening night of the eight-race miniseries spanning 10 days. FloRacing Full Story
Naptime at track lets racers rest ... and dream
Posted: 06/04/2025, 01:38 pm By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 4) — Zack Dohm likes to be well-rested before climbing behind the wheel of his Dirt Late Model at the racetrack. And that means he likes to settle in on the couch of his team’s motorhome for a refreshing mid-afternoon Full Story
