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Live updates: Bloomquist denies Baker in opener
Posted: 05/22/2014, 04:48 pm By Kevin KovacWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 22) — Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., appeared destined to become the victim of an absolutely monumental upset on Thursday night at Lucas Oil Speedway — and then he went to the top of the racetrack. | Complete Full Story
Lanigan trying to hit Tyler's Jackpot again
Posted: 05/22/2014, 08:39 am By Chris TilleyThe World of Outlaws Late Model Series makes it lone visit to West Virginia on Memorial Day weekend for the $20,000-to-win Jackpot 100 at Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne on May 24-25. Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., continues to lead Full Story
Notes: Most meaningful victory boosts Nebraskan
Posted: 05/22/2014, 06:59 am By Kevin KovacThe race wasn’t the longest or the richest or the most prestigious at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., but winning it meant everything to Cory Dumpert. On May 9, when the 24-year-old driver from York, Neb., steered his crate-engine-powered Full Story
22nd annual Show-Me 100 coverage index
Posted: 05/20/2014, 06:36 amWHEATLAND, Mo. — DirtonDirt.com's coverage from the 22nd annual Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 presented by Protect the Harvest.com at Lucas Oil Speedway, a $30,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series with racing May 22-24 at the 3/8-mile Full Story
Fast Facts: 22nd Lucas Oil Show-Me 100
Posted: 05/21/2014, 04:21 pm22nd annual Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 presented by Protect the Harvest.com Dates: May 22-24 ($5,045-to-win MLRA event Thursday; time trials and heat races Friday; consolations and main event Saturday). Track: Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Full Story
Quick Time: Crown jewel history at Show-Me 100?
Posted: 05/21/2014, 03:10 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
Hitting reset button, Jackson ready for Show-Me 100
Posted: 05/21/2014, 10:36 am By Kevin KovacTony Jackson Jr. hasn’t picked up this season right where he left off in 2013, which is a reason why he’s making a major change to his self-owned racing program. When Jackson, 32, of Lebanon, Mo., enters his home state’s most prestigious Full Story
Column: Stateline grad returns for track revival
Posted: 05/21/2014, 06:42 amBill Catania Jr.’s first memory of Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y., goes back more than three decades, back to when he was a 4-year-old and his father, Bill Sr., was a standout in the track’s cadet division. “I don’t remember Full Story
Top 25: Lanigan unseats Bloomquist in No. 1 spot
Posted: 05/20/2014, 07:39 am By Todd Turner and Andy SavaryNarrowly beaten out the last two weeks, Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., surged to the top of DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings on the strength of a victory and runner-up performance on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series. The Full Story
Notes: Storybook ending eludes Hubbard at VMS
Posted: 05/19/2014, 01:23 pm By Kevin KovacJAMAICA, Va. (May 17) — For a brief moment in Saturday night’s Ultimate Super Late Model Series TireX USA 100 at Virginia Motor Speedway, it appeared Austin Hubbard might be headed to a storybook victory. Making his first start with Full Story
Fast Talk: WoO dynamic duo and Show-Me preview
Posted: 05/19/2014, 12:21 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
Burgeoning experience helps Fergy to VMS win
Posted: 05/19/2014, 06:59 am By Kevin KovacJAMAICA, Va. (May 17) — One car. One motor. Plenty of heart. That describes the 2014 racing program of Chris Ferguson, a 24-year-old from Mount Holly, N.C., who is taking his first stab at a national touring series schedule with quality Full Story
Notes: Power outage at 201 doesn't rattle Smith
Posted: 05/17/2014, 07:35 am By Alli CollisSITKA, Ky. (May 16) — Clint Smith, 49, has raced long enough to see racetrack power outages at the most inopportune times, so he didn’t get bent out of shape Friday when the lights went dark during parade laps before the World of Outlaws Full Story
Putnam ready to face WoO at Duck River
Posted: 05/16/2014, 10:42 am By Chris TilleyJosh Putnam of Florence, Ala., will try to record his name on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series record books as the full-fendered tour rolls into one of his favorite tracks Sunday for a $10,000-to-win event. Duck River Raceway Park Full Story
Ogle ready to face WoO foes on his home dirt
Posted: 05/15/2014, 09:21 am By Chris TilleyBilly Ogle Jr. of Knoxville, Tenn., has the benefit of two victories under his belt at Smoky Mountain Speedway with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series makes its annual visit to Smoky Mountain Speedway on Saturday. The historic Maryville, Full Story
Notes: Wins force Ohio driver to rethink future
Posted: 05/15/2014, 08:03 am By Kevin KovacRyan Markham made a stunning private pronouncement, albeit with a caveat, prior to the start of his 2014 Dirt Late Model racing season. “I told my wife (Lora) — even though she didn’t believe me — that this was probably my last Full Story
Eastern Kentuckians ready for WoO home run
Posted: 05/14/2014, 04:30 pm By Chris TilleyA pair of eastern Kentucky drivers, Eric Wells and Brandon Kinzer, will get a rare chance to host national touring competitors Friday when the World of Outlaws Late Model Series makes its debut at 201 Speedway in Sitka, Ky. The race is Full Story
Quick Time: Is it too soon to start Dreaming?
Posted: 05/14/2014, 03:13 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: Bland looks back with bittersweetness
Posted: 05/14/2014, 09:55 amA decade has passed since Doug Bland found himself in the middle of a firestorm that shook Dirt Late Model racing to its core. He has a hard time grasping that fact. “I can’t believe it’s been 10 years,” Bland, the former director Full Story
Top 25: McDowell and Phillips gain in rankings
Posted: 05/13/2014, 09:30 am By Todd Turner and Andy SavaryScott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., holds onto the top spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings as nearly half the poll’s drivers prepare for a doubleheader weekend at La Salle (Ill.) Speedway. Bloomquist owns 14 first-place Full Story
Fast Talk: Can anyone derail red-hot Pierce?
Posted: 05/12/2014, 10:42 amHere’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: Virginian on a roll in steel-block competition
Posted: 05/08/2014, 07:16 am By Kevin KovacAll the success that Russell Erwin of Beaverdam, Va., is enjoying on the Southeast’s Steel-Block Late Model circuit — 16 victories in 2013 and a ’14 win streak that currently stands at four following a two-victory weekend to open Full Story
Quick Time: Bloomquist guns for another 'first'?
Posted: 05/07/2014, 01:52 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: Old promotions are new again at Bedford
Posted: 05/07/2014, 07:29 amJoe Padula Jr., the current promoter of Bedford (Pa.) Speedway, has a favorite way to describe the dynamic that exists between himself and his father, Joe Padula Sr., the former promoter of the historic half-mile fairgrounds oval. “It’s Full Story
Thrash's wall-scraping run pays off at Greenville
Posted: 05/06/2014, 01:18 pm By Bryan WimberleyGREENVILLE, Miss. — Chad Thrash of Meridian, Miss., had no intentions of driving across the state to Greenville Speedway just to follow other P&W Sales Southern United Professional Racing around the quarter-mile gumbo clay oval. Thrash's Full Story
