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• Autry's Carolina Crown DQ may be overturned

  Posted: 04/21/2012, 09:07 am By Joshua Joiner

  The disqualification of Scott Autry’s Carolina Crown victory is apparently set to be overturned early next week after discrepancies were found in the testing process that stripped the Fayetteville, N.C., driver of April 7's $20,000 Full Story

• Sheppard survives spin to win at Farmer City

  Posted: 04/21/2012, 06:56 am By Patrick Davis

  FARMER CITY, Ill. (April 20) — Polesitter Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., began defense of his Northern Allstars Late Model Series championship with a $2,000 victory Friday night at Farmer City Raceway. It wasn’t a cakewalk Full Story

• Murphy repels Kay for second straight Deery victory

  Posted: 04/21/2012, 05:53 am

  DAVENPORT, Iowa (April 20) — Mike Murphy Jr.’s second Deery Brothers Summer Series win of the season looked a lot like his first. The Colona, Ill., driver led all 40 laps of Friday’s IMCA Late Model tour main event at Full Story

• Resurgent Bloomquist roars at Roaring Knob

  Posted: 04/21/2012, 05:32 am By James Essex

  MARKLEYSBURG, Pa. (April 20) — Scott Bloomquist’s would-be slump is officially over. Seven days after a $25,000 victory at Virginia Motor Speedway, the 48-year-old Hall of Famer from Mooresburg, Tenn., led all but two laps Full Story

• Sprint car stars Kinser, Schatz join Eldora's Prelude field

  Posted: 04/20/2012, 11:24 am

  ROSSBURG, Ohio — The concrete wall ringing the dirt around the topside of Tony Stewart’s historic Eldora Speedway has intimidated just about every driver who has ever turned laps at the nationally acclaimed half-mile clay oval. Two Full Story

• Engine builder's spirit, legacy remains at track

  Posted: 04/19/2012, 02:17 pm By Todd Turner

  A Dirt Late Model engine builder whose motors were renowned for their power and durability, Russell Baker died Tuesday at his Miami, Okla., home after fighting leukemia since early February. He was 66. An innovator in developing Full Story

• Tire testing strips Autry of Carolina Crown victory

  Posted: 04/19/2012, 12:51 pm By Joshua Joiner

  Scott Autry has been disqualified from his upset victory in April 7's inaugural Carolina Crown after laboratory tests discovered chemical alterations to tires the Fayetteville, N.C., driver used in the $20,000-to-win event, race promoter Full Story

• Ohio's Chinn focuses on rebuilding race team

  Posted: 04/19/2012, 10:08 am By Todd Turner

  WILLIAMSBURG, Ohio — Wayne Chinn hadn't seriously contended for a victory in his own No. 1 race car since the 2009 season, so the driver nicknamed "The Sniper" was definitely taking aim at leader Brian Ruhlman last Friday at Moler Full Story

• Willamette putting final touches on renovations

  Posted: 04/19/2012, 08:12 am By Kevin Kovac

  When the first green flag of 2012 flies at Willamette Speedway, the venerable Lebanon, Ore., track will boast a completely new look and — for the first time ever — a DIRTcar sanction for its headline Late Model division. A Full Story

• Notes: Baker's buzzin' on Comp Cams tour

  Posted: 04/19/2012, 07:25 am

  After earning his first top-five Late Model finish in Friday night’s Comp Cams Super Dirt Series event at Batesville (Ark.) Speedway, you might expect Late Model rookie Robert Baker of Bryant, Ark., to be plenty satisfied with his Full Story

• Notes: Miller's solid in debuting DeLong's No. 3

  Posted: 04/18/2012, 03:06 pm

  Matt Miller’s time away from racing didn’t last very long. After parting ways with McCullough Motorsports last season and considering stepping away from racing altogether, the veteran driver from Whitehouse, Ohio, has connected Full Story

• Quick Time: Fav tracks and Rocket's house car

  Posted: 04/18/2012, 02:03 pm By Todd Turner

  Take a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner for roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing (and occasional ax-grinding). Quick Time, Full Story

• Brown captures NLMS opener at DMP

  Posted: 04/17/2012, 03:50 pm

  DOUGLAS, Ga. (April 14) — Polesitter Russell Brown Jr. of Valdosta, Ga., won Saturday's National Late Model Series race at Douglas Motorsports Park Speedway, earning $3,000 in the NLMS season opener. Valdosta's Evan Becton started Full Story

• Poll Position: Bloomquist jumps to fifth after VMS

  Posted: 04/17/2012, 11:31 am

  Welcome 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

• Fast Talk: Breaking down Bloomquist, VMS

  Posted: 04/16/2012, 11:45 am

  Here'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

• Non-stop Dickson grabs $5,000 at Winchester

  Posted: 04/16/2012, 06:12 am By Doug Watson

  WINCHESTER, Va. (April 14) — Nick Dickson of Lewistown, Pa., led all the way in Saturday's Lee Stultz Memorial at Winchester Speedway for a $5,000 victory, his first at the 3/8-mile oval. Starting on the pole in a 3-race-old car, Full Story

• Rookie gets Comp Cams victory at Diamond Park

  Posted: 04/15/2012, 07:14 pm

  NASHVILLE, Ark. (April 14) — Series rookie Robert Baker of Bryant, Ark., went from third to first on a late restart at Diamond Park Speedway for a $2,000 victory, his first on the Comp Cam Super Dirt Series. Baker joins Larry Campbell Full Story

• Brad Neat grabs $2,500 victory at Ponderosa

  Posted: 04/15/2012, 06:50 pm By Michael Despain

  JUNCTION CITY, Ky. (April 14) — Brad Neat's mid-race pass gave him a lead he'd never give up Saturday at Ponderosa Speedway in racing to a 50-lap victory in the Chris Estes/Brad Pena Memorial. Neat earned $2,500. Dustin Linville Full Story

• Notes: Runner-up finish at VMS boosts Pearson

  Posted: 04/15/2012, 12:27 pm By Joshua Joiner

  JAMAICA, Va. (April 14) — Following his first top-five finish in 10 starts this season, four-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., had plenty to be happy about Saturday night after Full Story

• Lloyd completes sweep of Ocala's Mike Peters Open

  Posted: 04/15/2012, 12:23 pm

  OCALA, Fla. (April 14) — Hometown Ivedent Lloyd Jr. of Ocala, Fla., completed a sweep of Bubba Raceway Park's Mike Peters Open with a $3,000 victory Saturday on the United Dirt Late Model Challenge Series. Lloyd pocketed $6,000 for Full Story

• Weeks cruises to Clash victory at Lancaster

  Posted: 04/15/2012, 11:56 am

  LANCASTER, S.C. (April 14) — Five-time series champion Ricky Weeks of Rutherfordton, N.C., led every lap Saturday at Lancaster (S.C.) Motor Speedway for his first Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series victory of the season. The polesitting Full Story

• Collins outruns Southeastern foes at Toccoa

  Posted: 04/15/2012, 11:44 am

  TOCCOA, Ga. (April 14) — Kenny Collins of Colbert, Ga., captured the second race of the season on the Southeastern Late Model Sportsman Series on Saturday at Toccoa Speedway. Collins beat Ethan Hunter to the checkered flag for the Full Story

• Anderson repels Stovall for MLRA victory in Wheatland

  Posted: 04/15/2012, 06:34 am

  WHEATLAND, Mo. (April 14) — Reigning series champion John Anderson of Omaha, Neb., fought off the furious challenge of Jesse Stovall of Galena, Mo., at Lucas Oil Speedway on Saturday for a $3,000 victory on the Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Full Story

• Moyer leads 50 laps for $8,000 win at Magnolia

  Posted: 04/15/2012, 05:28 am By Jonathan Joiner

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (April 14) — Billy Moyer led every lap of Saturday night's Spring Throwdown feature at Magnolia Motor Speedway, but claiming the victory was far from easy for the veteran driver from Batesville, Ark. Moyer survived Full Story

• Rebounding Bloomquist wins Commonwealth 100

  Posted: 04/14/2012, 04:02 pm By Joshua Joiner

  JAMAICA, Va. (April 14) — Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., played the tire game to perfection Saturday night at Virginia Motor Speedway and earned $25,000 for a Commonwealth 100 victory that emphatically ended his recent streak Full Story