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Improving Bagley draws closer to first WoO win
Posted: 07/23/2014, 10:31 am By Joshua JoinerMorgan Bagley's 2013 rookie campaign on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series may not have gone as well as he had hoped, but he's doing his best to make up for it this season. After falling short of the WoO Rookie of the Year Award in Full Story
Summernationals future dilemma-filled for UMP
Posted: 07/23/2014, 09:21 am By Kevin KovacNow comes the hard part for UMP DIRTcar director Sam Driggers. Or maybe not? With the 2014 UMP DIRTcar Summernationals points race complete, it would seem Driggers is facing the challenge of formulating next year’s Hell Tour itinerary. Full Story
Top 25: Birkhofer hits top 10 in power rankings
Posted: 07/22/2014, 09:20 am By Alli CollisCollecting his seventh Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory at Lakeside Tuesday and a third-place finish in Saturday’s Silver Dollar Nationals finale, Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., maintained the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Full Story
Column: Workmanlike effort lifts Babb to title
Posted: 07/22/2014, 07:13 amThere was something decidedly different about the road Shannon Babb took to his fourth career UMP DIRTcar Summernationals championship. In the past, when Babb has won the Hell Tour title, he’s won it. We’re talking resounding fashion, Full Story
Fast Talk: Bloomquist, Babb and some PDC love
Posted: 07/21/2014, 12:19 pmHere’s the latest edition of Fast Talk, a DirtonDirt.com feature each Monday sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Kevin Kovac gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about who’s hot, who’s Full Story
Notes: Thin crew helps T-Mac sharpen his focus
Posted: 07/21/2014, 08:52 am By Joshua JoinerOn an extended trip like the recent Wild West Tour, some World of Outlaws Late Model Series teams choose to bring on additional crew members to help handle extra work on the road. That wasn't the case for former series champion Tim McCreadie. Full Story
Yaggy makes progress in open-engine transition
Posted: 07/21/2014, 08:37 am By Joshua JoinerReturning to racing for the first time since undergoing knee surgery in May, Jorday Yaggy, 23, of Rochester, Minn., jumped back into competition head first with four World of Outlaws Late Model Series events between July 10-18 during the Full Story
Denied Zeigler left with bad taste after contact
Posted: 07/20/2014, 04:55 pm By Kevin KovacWAUSEON, Ohio (July 19) — Everything seemed pointed toward a third UMP DIRTcar Summernationals victory in as many nights for Mason Zeigler of Chalk Hill, Pa., on Saturday night at Oakshade Raceway. He set fast time, won a heat race, drew Full Story
Notes: Sons help elder Moran feed his racing fix
Posted: 07/18/2014, 01:02 pm By Kevin KovacPEEBLES, Ohio (July 17) — Donnie Moran was standing between his sons Devin, 19, and Wylie, 16, a couple hours before the start of Thursday night’s UMP DIRTcar Summernationals at Brushcreek Motorsports Complex when he was asked how he’s Full Story
Notes: Michigander expanding home-state success
Posted: 07/17/2014, 06:27 am By Alli CollisWhen the VanderVeen family expanded its business two years ago, opening its second NAPA Auto Parts store, Ryan, 27, was placed in charge of the expansion. The result was the scaling back of his racing program. VanderVeen, of Six Lakes, Full Story
Quick Time: UMP tour's Moyer vs. Babb saga
Posted: 07/16/2014, 02:05 pm By Todd TurnerTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner 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
Column: Driggers embraces role as face of UMP
Posted: 07/16/2014, 09:22 amHe is the face of the UMP DIRTcar racing circuit. He does not argue the point. Actually, Sam Driggers embraces the status. “I know that’s how people see me,” Driggers, the short-track organization’s hardscrabble director, said Full Story
Notes: Babb tries to sew up fourth UMP tour title
Posted: 07/15/2014, 03:10 pm By Todd TurnerDANVILLE, Ill. (July 13) — The UMP DIRTcar Summernationals said goodbye to the tour’s de facto home state Sunday at Vermilion County Speedway with four races remaining in Ohio starting with Wednesday’s first-ever tour visit to Atomic Full Story
Top 25: Babb, Birkhofer on the rise
Posted: 07/15/2014, 10:47 am By Alli CollisPicking up his sixth Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series victory of 2014 Saturday at Lucas Oil (Mo.) Speedway, new Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series points leader Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., moved into the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Full Story
Fuller on upward swing while rejoining WoO tour
Posted: 07/14/2014, 02:30 pm By Joshua JoinerTim Fuller is enjoying his return to the World of Outlaws Late Model Series. After missing much of the first half of national tour's 2014 campaign, Fuller, 46, of Watertown, N.Y., has returned to the series and is hitting his stride Full Story
Fast Talk: Is it Babb's UMP tour to lose?
Posted: 07/14/2014, 01:27 pmHere’s the latest edition of Fast Talk, a DirtonDirt.com feature each Monday sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Kevin Kovac gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about who’s hot, who’s Full Story
Notes: Chilton reverses trend with Richmond run
Posted: 07/13/2014, 09:02 am By Alli CollisRICHMOND, Ky. (July 12) — Michael Chilton, 28, of Salvisa, Ky., grew up attending the Paul “Butterball” Memorial held each July at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Ky., in honor of the beloved central Kentucky driver. | Billy Moyer Jr. Full Story
Notes: Unzicker resolved to continue title pursuit
Posted: 07/11/2014, 01:59 am By Todd TurnerMACON, Ill. (July 10) — With the seriousness of head injuries for football players and other athletes prominent in the news in recent years, Ryan Unzicker of El Paso, Ill., is aware of the health risks in continuing to compete on the Full Story
Notes: South Dakotan enjoying his best season
Posted: 07/10/2014, 10:51 am By Alli CollisIn his first season chasing a Late Model points title, Scott Ward of Watertown, S.D., currently finds himself resting atop the WISSOTA Late Model points standings. That also puts him atop the DirtonDirt.com Weekly Notebook presented by Full Story
Quick Time: The one-hit wonders of UMP's series
Posted: 07/09/2014, 11:07 am By Todd TurnerTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner 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
Column: Stealing a victory boosts Reddick
Posted: 07/09/2014, 06:56 am By Kevin KovacAfter racing virtually non-stop since the age of four — in outlaw karts, mini-sprints, sprint cars and, from 2009-2013, Dirt Late Models — Tyler Reddick has had to adjust to a substantially slower competitive pace this year. It hasn’t Full Story
Top Lucas Oil rookie steers through learning curve
Posted: 07/08/2014, 11:43 am By Alli CollisOver the span of his 20-year racing career, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Rookie of the Year contender Jason Hughes had only entered about a couple dozen Late Model events when he made the commitment to run full-time with the 2014 Lucas Full Story
Smith welcomes WoO to more familiar territory
Posted: 07/08/2014, 08:34 am By Joshua JoinerIn February, Brady Smith launched his race season with a stellar showing in World of Outlaws Late Model Series events more than 1,500 miles from his Solon Springs, Wis., home. With the Outlaws set to invade the upper Midwest for its annual Full Story
Notebook: Tri-State runner-up excites Dillon
Posted: 07/07/2014, 09:21 pm By Robert HolmanHAUBSTADT, Ind. (July 6) — Dirt racing fans who weren’t able to check out the NASCAR Sprint Cup Coke Zero 400 in Daytona, Fla., on Saturday night — or its conclusion on Sunday afternoon — were still able to get a glimpse of a handful Full Story
Fast Talk: Considering NDRL's demise
Posted: 07/07/2014, 12:46 pmHere’s the latest edition of Fast Talk, a DirtonDirt.com feature each Monday sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Kevin Kovac gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about who’s hot, who’s Full Story
