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Quick Time: What national driver will top win list?
Posted: 09/19/2012, 11:48 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 (along with occasional ax-grinding). Full Story
New connection boosts Dedwylder's solid season
Posted: 09/19/2012, 07:44 am By Joshua JoinerAfter starting the season with three top-five finishes and a top 10 in the tour’s first four races, Scott Dedwylder appeared to be the early favorite to win his first Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series points title. But Full Story
Poll Position: Lathroum makes Top 25 after VMS
Posted: 09/18/2012, 02:12 pmWelcome to one of the newest DirtonDirt.com features, Poll Position, as DirtonDirt.com staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Joshua Joiner rank the nation's top 25 Dirt Late Model racers by consensus. Future rankings will appear every Full Story
Whitener wins third in a row with UDLMCS
Posted: 09/18/2012, 08:51 amCLEWISTON, Fla. (Sept. 15) — Fast qualifier Mark Whitener of Middleburg, Fla., won Saturday at Hendry County Motorsports Park for his third straight United Dirt Late Model Challenge Series victory in a row and fourth of the season. Whitener Full Story
Drivers give thumbs up to reconfigured WVMS
Posted: 09/18/2012, 07:58 am By Joshua JoinerAfter a reconfiguration process that lasted nearly a year and a half longer than expected, drivers finally made their first competitive laps around a shortened West Virginia Motor Speedway during Sunday’s Buzzy Topless Classic. Shortened Full Story
Fast Talk: Lathroum's upset and favorite race formats
Posted: 09/17/2012, 12:47 pmHere's the latest edition of Fast Talk, a new DirtonDirt.com feature appearing each Monday. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Joshua Joiner gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about who's hot, who's not and other issues regarding Full Story
Victory at Peoria pays tribute to late Shannon
Posted: 09/17/2012, 12:14 pm By Jeff AdamsPEORIA, Ill. (Sept 15) — On a night when events at Peoria Speedway were held in memory of Peoria racing legend Herb Shannon Sr., Steve Shannon found his own way to honor his grandfather. Mastering the quarter-mile oval’s tricky Full Story
Bruening repeats at Yankee Dirt Classic
Posted: 09/16/2012, 04:51 pmFARLEY, Iowa (Sept. 15) – The biggest paycheck on the Deery Brothers Summer Series schedule went home with Tyler Bruening. Again. The Decorah, Iowa, driver led the last 69 of 75 laps in repeating as the $7,500 winner of the IMCA Full Story
Austin wins Lancaster's Dirt Wars event
Posted: 09/16/2012, 12:11 pmLANCASTER, S.C. (Sept. 15) — Donnie Austin of Sumter, S.C., raced to a $3,000 victory on the NDRA Heintz Bros. Performance Road Show Saturday night when the Crate Late Model tour visit Lancaster Speedway for the second leg of the Full Story
Wright rules Sharon, gets first Fastrak win
Posted: 09/16/2012, 11:53 am By Mike LeoneHARTFORD, Ohio (Sept. 15) — Chad Wright of Springboro, Pa., raced to his first-ever victory on the Sweeney Chevrolet-Buick-GMC Fastrak Northeast tour Saturday night with a dominating performance in the Crate Late Model portion of Full Story
Streaking Smith tops Mars in Legendary 100
Posted: 09/16/2012, 09:07 amNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Sept. 15) — Pole-starting Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis., outdueled Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., on Saturday at Cedar Lake Speedway to win the Late Model portion of the Legendary 100 for the second straight Full Story
Lathroum jets to victory in Lucas Oil's USA 100
Posted: 09/16/2012, 06:52 amJAMAICA, Va. (Sept. 15) — While contender after contender struggled in rugged track conditions, Jamie Lathroum of Mechanicsville, Md., kept the straight and narrow Saturday at Virginia Motor Speedway to capture the 33rd annual USA Full Story
Outdueling Lanigan, Erb gets WoO victory at I-55
Posted: 09/16/2012, 05:33 am By Kevin KovacPEVELY, Mo. (Sept. 15) — Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., pulled off the rarest of feats on the 2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series in Saturday night’s Pepsi Nationals at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55. With Full Story
First-timer wins Yankee tuneup at Farley
Posted: 09/15/2012, 12:09 pmFARLEY, Iowa (Sept. 14) — The first night of a Deery Brothers Summer Series doubleheader during Farley Speedway’s Yankee Dirt Track Classic saw Nick Marolf win for the first time in his IMCA Late Model tour career. Marolf started Full Story
Dickes captures SLMRS victory at Shelby County
Posted: 09/15/2012, 05:39 amHARLAN, Iowa (Sept. 14) — Reigning series champion Travis Dickes of Madison, Neb., extended his points lead on the Nebraska-based Super Late Model Racing Series with a victory Friday at Shelby County Speedway’s Tiny Lund Memorial. Dickes, Full Story
Belle-Clair gives B-Shepp first WoO win, $12,550
Posted: 09/15/2012, 04:45 am By Kevin KovacBELLEVILLE, Ill. (Sept. 14) — Brandon Sheppard earned his first-ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory with a picture-perfect performance on Friday night at Belle-Clair Speedway. Racing in front of his home-state fans, the Full Story
Shaver, Francis on the front row for USA 100
Posted: 09/14/2012, 09:57 pm By James EssexJAMAICA, Va. (Sept. 14) — Steve Shaver of Vienna, W.Va., and Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., will start on the front row of Saturday's 33rd annual USA 100 at Virginia Motor Speedway after winning heat races in Friday’s prelims Full Story
Notes: Dramatic finishes common at I-55
Posted: 09/13/2012, 04:07 pm By Kevin KovacIf there’s one near-certainty about the $10,000-to-win, $1,000-to-start Pepsi Nationals on Saturday at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Mo., it’s that fans can expect a memorable, down-to-the-wire shootout for Full Story
Feger awaits wide-eyed wonder at Belleville
Posted: 09/13/2012, 03:57 pm By Kevin KovacJason Feger has a suggestion for people planning to attend Friday's inaugural World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, Ill. “You need to get there early and see everybody’s face when they Full Story
Wisconsin's Smith rolling toward fall specials
Posted: 09/13/2012, 11:23 am By Joshua JoinerIf Brady Smith was disappointed after going winless through the first half of the season, he’s more than made up for it over the past month. After failing to reach victory lane through July, Smith, the 35-year-old standout driver Full Story
Notes: I-55 modified ace gets hang of Late Models
Posted: 09/13/2012, 08:00 am By Joshua JoinerWith only a few Late Model starts under his belt, Michael Long surprised even himself when he won Aug. 18’s weekly UMP Super Late Model feature at Federated Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Mo. The open-wheel modified ace from Quincy, Full Story
Quick Time: Wrapping up the World 100
Posted: 09/12/2012, 01:09 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 (along with occasional ax-grinding). Full Story
Berlin covers asphalt with dirt for WoO visit
Posted: 09/12/2012, 10:36 am By Kevin KovacBerlin Raceway’s transformation from an asphalt track to a dirt-covered showplace for one spectacular racing weekend is complete. More than 300 truckloads of clay now cover the 7/16-mile oval in advance of the Keyser Manufacturing Full Story
Poll Position: World 100 victory elevates Birky
Posted: 09/11/2012, 01:02 pmWelcome to one of the newest DirtonDirt.com features, Poll Position, as DirtonDirt.com staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Joshua Joiner rank the nation's top 25 Dirt Late Model racers by consensus. Future rankings will appear every Full Story
Franklin captures Bill Hendren Memorial
Posted: 09/11/2012, 11:05 amLAWNDALE, N.C. (Sept. 7) — Dennis Franklin of Gaffney, S.C., won Friday’s second annual Bill Hendren Memorial at Cleveland County Speedway for a $4,000 victory in the Fastrak City Chevrolet Tour season finale. Furman Parton Full Story
