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• Avoiding downfall, RTJ secures Lucas Oil title

  Posted: 10/20/2024, 11:21 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 19) — All Ricky Thornton Jr. wanted to do in Saturday's General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by ARP was avoid the self-inflicted wound that knocked him from Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship Full Story

• Kentucky brothers enjoy satisfying DTWC at Big E

  Posted: 10/20/2024, 02:29 am By Todd Turner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 19) — In making his first career start in Carl Short’s General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by ARP, James Rice was struggling over Saturday's first 25 laps on Eldora Speedway’s challenging half-mile Full Story

• Berck, Boen lead Hall of Fame's Class of '25

  Posted: 10/19/2024, 05:23 pm By Todd Turner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio — The two winningest drivers in National Championship Racing Association history, one of WISSOTA’s early champions and standouts from Iowa and Georgia are set to join the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame in the Class Full Story

• J.D. rebounds in bid to overtake RTJ for crown

  Posted: 10/19/2024, 07:17 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 18) — A chink in Jonathan Davenport’s thick Eldora Speedway armor appeared to have developed. Perhaps, just perhaps, the master of the famed half-mile oval was off his game. Yet after Davenport drew attention Friday Full Story

• Notes: Two helpings of Rice in lineup at DTWC

  Posted: 10/19/2024, 06:46 am By Todd Turner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 18) — During Friday’s second heat race at Eldora Speedway, 31-year-old James Rice was stressing out behind the wheel in trying to maintain the third and final transfer spot. His 26-year-old brother Josh Rice was Full Story

• Koehler joins teammate as DTWC heat winner

  Posted: 10/19/2024, 12:23 am By Todd Turner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 18) — Jordan Koehler was a surprise heat race winner Friday in Carl Short’s 44th annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by ARP, but afterwards he was looking at the big picture at Eldora Speedway. Full Story

• With edge, RTJ taking another Lucas title shot

  Posted: 10/18/2024, 05:16 pm By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 18) — Ricky Thornton Jr. sat in the same place Friday afternoon that he did almost exactly one year to the day: at a dais in Eldora Speedway’s media center alongside his three Big Four rivals in the Lucas Oil Late Full Story

• Title contenders may get wider berth during DTWC

  Posted: 10/18/2024, 04:16 pm By Todd Turner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 18) — Dirt Late Model racers often say they race their competitors with respect. But three drivers might get a little more respect during the Carl Short’s 44th annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented Full Story

• J.D.'s goals for DTWC: Set fast time, win race

  Posted: 10/17/2024, 02:32 pm By Kyle McFadden

  The stakes appear a little higher as the years forge on at Eldora Speedway for Jonathan Davenport. For instance, his last appearance at the legendary Rossburg, Ohio, half-mile saw the Blairsville, Ga., superstar within reach of tying Billy Full Story

• Nebraskan nabs sixth straight IMCA title

  Posted: 10/17/2024, 12:08 pm By Bill Martin

  While there’s a lot to be said for consistency, Cory Dumpert credited a never give up approach to his latest IMCA Sunoco Late Model national championship season. The Newman Grove, Neb., driver collected 15 feature victories en route to Full Story

• Column: Broken wrist curtails Iowan's campaign

  Posted: 10/17/2024, 12:09 pm

  The accident didn’t look serious. Just a run-of-the-mill tangle between a few race cars, the kind that happens every night. “It wasn’t a bad wreck at all,” said Daniel Hilsabeck of Adel, Iowa, recalling the heat-race incident in Full Story

• Marlar finally achieves victory that fans expect

  Posted: 10/16/2024, 06:30 pm By Kyle McFadden

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Oct. 12) — Perhaps no victory this season on the Lucas Oil Late Model Late Model Dirt Series will mean more to a driver than Mike Marlar’s triumph of the 45th annual Jackson 100 presented by Summit Racing Equipment Full Story

• Breaking down Lucas Oil championship scenarios

  Posted: 10/16/2024, 03:34 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., enters this weekend’s 44th annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by ARP at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, in the most advantageous position in the Big River Steel Chase Full Story

• Top 25: Pierce unanimous, Marlar vaults up

  Posted: 10/15/2024, 10:44 am By Kevin Kovac

  A pair of third-place finishes during the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Jackson 100 weekend at Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway brought Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., back to unanimous No. 1 status in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 polls Full Story

• Fast Facts: 44th Dirt Track World Championship

  Posted: 10/15/2024, 09:42 am By Aaron Clay

  Dates: Oct. 17-19 (modified prelims and stock car feature on Thursday; Late Model and Limited Late Model prelims and modified feature on Friday; Late Model and Limited Late Model features Saturday) Track: Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio Full Story

• Balancing family, racing a challenge for drivers

  Posted: 10/14/2024, 03:51 pm By Bryan Ault

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. — Garrett Alberson became a father on Sept. 24 when his wife, Dani, delivered the couple’s son Weston. It didn’t take long for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series regular from Las Cruces, N.M., to understand his Full Story

• Fast Talk: Jackson, Chase and scenic drives

  Posted: 10/14/2024, 12:09 pm

  After Brownstown Speedway’s Jackson 100 brings the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Big Four Chase for the Championship to its grand finale at Eldora, our roundtable weighs in on the title battle, weekend happenings and their favorite Full Story

• Long trip to Brownstown satisfies Pennsy veteran

  Posted: 10/13/2024, 12:20 pm By Bryan Ault

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Oct. 12) — Dave Hess Jr. wasn’t expecting much when he showed up at Brownstown Speedway for the Jackson 100 weekend. Surrounded by stacker trailers and big-name drivers at a track he had never been to, the 40-year-old Full Story

• Notes: Moran falters at Jackson 100 weekend

  Posted: 10/13/2024, 02:36 am

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Oct. 12) — Devin Moran immediately knew the ramifications of his lackluster Jackson 100 weekend at Brownstown Speedway. In other words, it only took minutes after Saturday’s 100-lap, $50,000-to-win finale for him Full Story

• Jackson 100 show goes on after postponement

  Posted: 10/12/2024, 10:56 am By Bryan Ault

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Oct. 11) — Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series announcer James Essex was hardly his jovial self during Sept. 25’s Castrol FloRacing Night in America event at Brownstown Speedway. Standing in the infield in his position Full Story

• Notes: RTJ roars back to top of Lucas Oil points

  Posted: 10/12/2024, 01:11 am By Bryan Ault

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Oct. 11) — Two weeks ago Ricky Thornton Jr. left Brownstown Speedway in a subdued and unhappy mood. Contact with Devin Moran sent him spinning off turn two during the Castrol FloRacing Night in America event, dooming Full Story

• Dispatches: Chad Simpson claims MLRA title

  Posted: 10/11/2024, 02:20 pm

  Among the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing on the second weekend in October including Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Racing Association action and the Comp Cams Super Dirt Series-sanctioned Cotton Pickin’ weekend Full Story

• Elder O'Neal savoring limited return to action

  Posted: 10/11/2024, 01:44 pm By Kyle McFadden

  Don O’Neal wasn’t necessarily looking for opportunities to race again at the start of this year. Owning and operating his own business, O’Neal’s Salvage and Recycling, and fathering his 24-year-old son Hudson as he’s grown into Full Story

• Column: Reflecting on East Bay's memories

  Posted: 10/10/2024, 06:19 pm

  The Dirt Late Model world’s attention this weekend was supposed to be fully focused on East Bay Raceway Park for the Gibsonton, Fla., track’s last hurrah, a $50,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Grand Finale that Full Story

• Top 25: English creeps up with Pierce still on top

  Posted: 10/08/2024, 10:56 am By Kevin Kovac

  Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., remained solidly atop DirtonDirt.com’s power rankings despite taking a weekend off from competition while positions 2-4 saw no changes in the Top 25 presented by Keyser Manufacturing. The 27-year-old Pierce, Full Story