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Fast Talk: Ocala review heading for Volusia home stretch
Posted: 02/10/2025, 11:03 amWith the Lucas Oil Series wrapping up its Georgia-Florida Speedweeks action at Ocala and the DIRTcar Nationals up next at Volusia, our roundtable checks in for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for Full Story
Carpenter licks wounds after tough shot at Ocala
Posted: 02/09/2025, 01:34 pm By Kevin KovacOCALA, Fla. (Feb. 8) — Freddie Carpenter knows what it’s like to crash hard during Georgia-Florida Speedweeks. He would have preferred, however, to never do it again. The 54-year-old driver and chassis builder from Parkersburg, W.Va., Full Story
Notes: Thornton starting to hit his stride at Ocala
Posted: 02/08/2025, 03:55 pm By Kevin KovacOCALA, Fla. (Feb. 7) — Ricky Thornton Jr. ascended to the top of this year’s Georgia-Florida Speedweek win list Friday at Ocala Speedway, but reaching the lofty position has been anything but a smooth ride. After rolling to a dominant Full Story
Flat is latest of Shirley's struggles at Speedweeks
Posted: 02/08/2025, 06:39 am By Kevin KovacOCALA, Fla. (Feb. 7) — Brian Shirley’s pep talks began as soon as he climbed out of his car in the pit area following Friday’s 50-lap Wieland Winter Nationals feature at Ocala Speedway. He certainly needed the positive words. Without Full Story
East Bay vibes apparent with rugged Ocala action
Posted: 02/07/2025, 01:34 pm By Kevin KovacOCALA, Fla. (Feb. 6) — Amid a cacophony of race teams hammering out body panels and grinding away on bent components, Rocket Chassis house car owner Mark Richards stood in the Ocala Speedway pit area after Thursday’s 40-lap Wieland Full Story
Column: J.D. poised for more Speedweeks wins
Posted: 02/06/2025, 05:27 pmFour runner-up and one third-place finish through the first seven races of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks 2025 is a performance record most drivers would relish. But Jonathan Davenport? That’s a few too many close-but-no-cigar runs to satisfy Full Story
Runner-up Ocala finish 'surreal' for Troutman
Posted: 02/06/2025, 07:26 am By Kevin KovacOCALA, Fla. (Feb. 5) — As a rising 19-year-old talent, Drake Troutman has a long list of career milestones still to achieve. His latest came Wednesday at Ocala Speedway. It wasn’t a victory for the youngster from Hyndman, Pa. He never Full Story
East Bay nostalgia melts amid Moran's Ocala win
Posted: 02/05/2025, 07:18 am By Kevin KovacOCALA, Fla. (Feb. 4) — History says that Devin Moran — and the rest of the Dirt Late Model world — should be spending this week at East Bay Raceway Park. The 30-year-old driver from Dresden, Ohio, lives in the present, however, and Full Story
Fast Talk: All-Tech review, Ocala preview
Posted: 02/03/2025, 10:35 amAfter Ricky Thornton Jr. (twice) and Devin Moran (once) grabbed Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victories at All-Tech Raceway in Ellisville, Fla., our roundtable weighs in on Georgia-Florida Speedweeks for the weekly feature presented Full Story
All-Tech tests limits of Lucas Oil drivers, teams
Posted: 02/02/2025, 07:54 pm By Kyle McFaddenELLISVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 1) — Only a few days into February and the most demanding stretch of the 2025 season might have already come and gone for Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series campaigners. It’s not hyperbole to say that the last Full Story
Notes: After rollover, Sheppard makes gains
Posted: 02/01/2025, 01:13 pm By Kyle McFaddenELLISVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 31) — Though Brandon Sheppard and Rocket1 Racing have yet to find a rhythm this Georgia-Florida Speedweeks, they’ve shown the kind of steadfastness that puts teams in position to win championships. On Friday Full Story
McIntosh eyeing chase of Lucas Oil tour with Hicks
Posted: 01/31/2025, 04:23 pm By Kyle McFaddenELLISVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 31) — Donald McIntosh raised some eyebrows Thursday at All-Tech Raceway on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series when he qualified fastest in his group and won his heat race over Tim McCreadie, Max Blair, Hudson Full Story
RTJ's crew gels, thrashes for $10,000 All-Tech win
Posted: 01/31/2025, 12:26 pm By Kyle McFaddenELLISVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 30) — Ricky Thornton Jr. and his Koehler Motorsports No. 20rt team certainly would’ve liked a smoother start to their 2025 season, but there’s something to be said about how they found victory lane Thursday Full Story
Column: A Speedweeks minus Scott Bloomquist
Posted: 01/30/2025, 07:48 pmGeorgia-Florida Speedweeks 2025 is off and rolling, but it’s not the same as it’s been for years and years. Something — someone — is missing, and the whole stretch of racing just feels a little different. This is, of course, the Full Story
Notes: O'Neal latest to win in new Rumley car
Posted: 01/30/2025, 01:08 pm By Kyle McFaddenELLISVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 29) — What does Hudson O’Neal’s victory Tuesday at Needmore Speedway have in common with Brandon Sheppard’s 2023 Dirt Track World Championship triumph at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway and Kyle Larson’s win in Full Story
Speedweeks challenge for Floridian at All-Tech
Posted: 01/30/2025, 11:18 am By Kyle McFaddenELLISVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 29) — Mark Whitener is hopeful he can put the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series field on upset alert this weekend at All-Tech Raceway. There’s no racetrack that means more to the 44-year-old than the half-mile Full Story
Shirley unscathed after fiery Needmore incident
Posted: 01/28/2025, 10:45 pm By Kyle McFaddenNORMAN PARK, Ga. (Jan. 28) — The freakiest occurence of Brian Shirley’s racing career, and among the scariest Dirt Late Model incidents in recent memory, marred the final laps of Tuesday’s Hunt the Front Super Dirt Series heat race Full Story
Cody Overton feeling at home in new Longhorn
Posted: 01/28/2025, 06:01 pm By Kyle McFaddenNORMAN PARK, Ga. (Jan. 28) — Cody Overton is on a bit of a high to start the 2025 season. With third- and 11th-place finishes at Florida’s Volusia Speedway Park over the weekend aboard his new number (No. 2) at Tri Star Promotions (was Full Story
Notes: Owens falls just short of ending drought
Posted: 01/27/2025, 05:16 pm By Kyle McFaddenBARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 25) — Leading the first 41 laps of Saturday's World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Volusia Speedway Park, Jimmy Owens appeared destined for his first victory in nearly a year. If not for Garrett Alberson’s Full Story
Davenport confirms bid for fourth Lucas Oil title
Posted: 01/27/2025, 04:39 pm By Kyle McFaddenBARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 25) — In the season-opening Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series weekend at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga., three-time champion Jonathan Davenport said he was “90 percent” sure he’d again follow the Full Story
Fast Talk: Keeping an eye on Speedweeks
Posted: 01/27/2025, 09:06 amWith Georgia-Florida Speedweeks wrapping up the first of two stints at Volusia Speedway Park and heading to Needmore, our roundtable weighs in for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and Full Story
Everyman Alberson's rise to stardom accelerates
Posted: 01/26/2025, 05:01 pm By Kyle McFaddenBARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 25) — So many compelling layers form Garrett Alberson’s backstory and rise through the Dirt Late Model ranks, not even he can encapsulate every steppingstone that makes Saturday’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Full Story
Gustin, Hoffman shine before ill-fated ending
Posted: 01/25/2025, 02:17 pm By Kyle McFaddenBARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 24) — It was fitting that Ryan Gustin and Nick Hoffman battled for the win in Friday’s 35-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series season opener at Volusia Speedway Park. Both being open-wheel modified descendants, Full Story
Column: HTF gang joins the fray of Speedweeks
Posted: 01/24/2025, 09:11 amThe Joiner family’s Hunt the Front brand has become ubiquitous across the Dirt Late Model landscape over the past six years — internet blog, YouTube channel, contending race team, merchandising juggernaut, regional series operator, Full Story
Notes: Tipton's Sniper pays tribute to Trimmer
Posted: 01/24/2025, 02:07 amCASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 23) — In competing at his old stomping grounds, veteran Dirt Late Model racer Karl Tipton knew he wanted to do something special for this year’s Ernie Mincy Early Thaw at Central Arizona Raceway: pay tribute Full Story
