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• Notes: WWS plans in limbo for speedy Bailes

  Posted: 01/06/2025, 03:05 am By Todd Turner

  VADO, N.M. (Jan. 5) — Ross Bailes planned on piloting Austin Kirkpatrick’s AK Race Car during the complete six-race Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout miniseries. Plans changed, however, and he’ll be heading back to his Full Story

• Illinois superstars replay dramatic battle at Vado

  Posted: 01/06/2025, 12:15 am By Todd Turner

  VADO, N.M. (Jan. 5) — After a thrilling last-lap pass Sunday evening at Vado Speedway Park, track-dominating Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., immediately wanted to review exactly how he’d captured the all-Illinois showdown with Brandon Full Story

• Coverage index of Wild West Shootout

  Posted: 01/01/2025, 03:59 pm

  VADO, N.M. — Index of DirtonDirt.com's previews and coverage for Vado Speedway Park's Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout by O'Reilly Auto Parts Jan. 4-12 at the 3/8-mile oval (watch live at FloRacing): Wednesday, Jan. 15 • Full Story

• Notes: Snapped driveshaft dooms Junghans

  Posted: 01/05/2025, 01:05 am By Todd Turner

  VADO, N.M. (Jan. 4) — Chase Junghans of Manhattan, Kan., started on the pole of Saturday’s Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout opener at Vado Speedway Park, but he wasn’t around at the finish in his bid for a career-high Full Story

• Alberson grapples with frustration of Vado loss

  Posted: 01/05/2025, 12:22 am By Todd Turner

  VADO, N.M. (Jan. 4) — As Garrett Alberson slowly wheeled his race car back into the Roberts Motorsports pit area on Saturday night, his parents Craig and Kathi Alberson knew he’d be disappointed with a runner-up finish near his Las Full Story

• More cash, more focus? WWS competitors debate

  Posted: 01/04/2025, 03:48 pm By Todd Turner

  VADO, N.M. (Jan. 4) — Each winner at the Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout celebrates at Vado Speedway Park donning a cowboy hat and firing the traditional six-shooters in victory lane at the six-race miniseries. But don’t Full Story

• Notes: Bailes wheeling latest AK design at Vado

  Posted: 01/03/2025, 09:39 pm By Todd Turner

  VADO, N.M. (Jan. 3) — Austin Kirkpatrick typically drives his own AK Race Car, but as the North Carolina chassis builder grows closer toward producing a marketable product, he decided to tap Ross Bailes of Clover, S.C., for driving duties Full Story

• Ten drivers to watch at the Wild West Shootout

  Posted: 01/03/2025, 01:02 pm By Kyle McFadden

  A look at 10 drivers to watch during Jan. 4-12’s Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O'Reilly Auto Parts at FK Rod Ends Vado (N.M.) Speedway Park, where more than 50 Dirt Late Model drivers are expected for the six-race Full Story

• Good stories abound for California WWS entrant

  Posted: 01/03/2025, 10:47 am By Todd Turner

  Shawn DeForest of Livermore, Calif., knows it’s a long shot to become a rare California winner at the Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout. But the 55-year-old dirt racer would at least like to have the opportunity at making a Full Story

• Fast Facts: Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout

  Posted: 12/30/2024, 09:00 pm By Aaron Clay

  Dates: Jan. 4-5, 8, 10-12 Track: FK Rod Ends Vado Speedway Park (3/8-mile, semi-banked clay oval) Location: Vado, N.M. Purse: Total Late Model purse of more than $300,000 with $25,000-to-win events bookending four $10,000-to-win races. Sanction: Full Story

• Best of 2024: Top-five lists of memorable year

  Posted: 12/27/2024, 05:45 am By Kevin Kovac

  With Driver of the Year and other driver honors already published, DirtonDirt.com takes a look at other top-five lists from the 2024 season, running the gamut from the top-five performances to top-five clashes of the year (Best of 2024 Full Story

• Column: Multi-pronged interests in dirt racing

  Posted: 12/20/2024, 03:54 pm

  Cory Hedgecock is first and foremost a Dirt Late Model driver. It’s his passion — and he’s pretty darn good at it, too, as evidenced by his evolution into a top regional contender in both Super and Crate Late Model competition. But Full Story

• Notes: Former Alabama driver Smith dies at 69

  Posted: 12/20/2024, 11:49 am

  Longtime Dirt Late Model racer and former North Alabama Speedway promoter Noland Smith of Ford City, Ala., died Tuesday. He was 69. The driver often called “Rollin’ Noland” while racing at tracks in Alabama and beyond was a steady Full Story

• Thornton faces logistical challenge on busy slate

  Posted: 12/19/2024, 03:54 pm By Kyle McFadden

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — It appears Ricky Thornton Jr.’s always busy racing schedule may get a little complicated early in the 2025 season. The reigning Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion from Chandler, Ariz., has plans to compete Full Story

• Best of 2024: Southern state-by-state capsules

  Posted: 12/18/2024, 01:04 am By Todd Turner

  Dirt Late Model racing’s 2024 superlatives of Southern states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2024 coverage): Alabama Top Full Story

• Best of 2024: Northern and Western state caps

  Posted: 12/17/2024, 06:57 am By Todd Turner

  Dirt Late Model racing’s 2024 superlatives of Northern (including Canada) and Western states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best Full Story

• Fast Talk: Tying bow on Indy's PRI Trade Show

  Posted: 12/16/2024, 04:58 am

  With the holidays coming up after the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show in Indianapolis, our roundtable considers offseason topics in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Did Full Story

• Best of 2024: Midwest's state-by-state capsules

  Posted: 12/16/2024, 04:24 am By Todd Turner

  Dirt Late Model racing’s 2024 superlatives of Midwestern states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2024 coverage): Illinois Top Full Story

• Saturday's updates from Indy's PRI Trade Show

  Posted: 12/14/2024, 06:13 am

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 14) — The Indiana Convention Center doors reopen at 9 a.m. Saturday for the last of three days at 2024’s Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where more than 40,000 attendees are expected to check out more Full Story

• Friday's updates from Indy's PRI Trade Show

  Posted: 12/13/2024, 07:03 am

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 13) — The Indiana Convention Center doors reopen at 9 a.m. Friday for the second of three days at 2024’s Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where more than 40,000 attendees are expected to check out more Full Story

• Column: Missourian pauses racing career

  Posted: 12/13/2024, 06:22 am

  Logan Martin’s family race team no longer exists. He has no plans to race in 2025. But does that mean the 28-year-old from West Plains, Mo., is simply walking away from the Dirt Late Model division on the heels of winning his third career Full Story

• Thursday's updates from Indy's PRI Trade Show

  Posted: 12/12/2024, 05:38 am

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 12) — The Indiana Convention Center doors open at 9 a.m. Thursday for the first of three days at 2024’s Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where more than 40,000 attendees are expected to check out more Full Story

• Texan's cure for Dome ills: more Super time

  Posted: 12/12/2024, 03:19 am By Kyle McFadden

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Dec. 7) — For someone who races Super Late Models sparingly, Patrik Daniel has found his fair share of fortune at the Gateway Dirt Nationals inside The Dome at America’s Center, qualifying for three Saturday night main Full Story

• Gundaker issues 'save the date' for Dome party

  Posted: 12/11/2024, 02:59 pm By Kyle McFadden

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Dec. 7) — Gordy Gundaker always finds a way to have fun at the Gateway Dirt Nationals, but this year’s event inside The Dome at America’s Center was especially enjoyable. He pulled off the Tim Richmond throwback appearance Full Story

• Breakouts, newcomers and comebacks for 2024

  Posted: 12/11/2024, 01:09 am By Todd Turner

  As part of its ongoing Best of 2024 coverage, DirtonDirt.com hands out awards to worthy Dirt Late Model drivers. We rank the top breakout drivers, top newcomers, most improved drivers and comeback drivers for the past season. This season’s Full Story