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Dispatches: Mitchell earns $15,000 at Thunderhill
Posted: 09/20/2024, 06:42 pmAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing entering late September including Volunteer Speedway's Scorcher and other events (most coverage of the 20th annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals appears elsewhere). Full Story
Column: Quips, qualities of a beloved crew chief
Posted: 09/20/2024, 07:28 amA few hours before the start of Sept. 7’s World 100 finale program at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, I was walking through the infield pit area when I came across Rattliff Racing crew chief Jeff Gullett standing near the team’s Full Story
Notes: WISSOTA rookie lets it all hang out at 100
Posted: 09/19/2024, 09:27 am By Todd TurnerWinless entering the WISSOTA 100 weekend in his rookie Late Model campaign, Lee Grosz was on track for a $10,000 victory Sept. 14 at I-94 EMR Speedway in Fergus Falls, Minn., leading the first 41 of 50 laps over a 33-car field. When fellow Full Story
Fast Facts: 20th Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals
Posted: 09/17/2024, 07:31 am By Aaron ClayDates: Sept. 19-21 (two complete preliminary programs followed by finale) Track: Knoxville Raceway (semi-banked half-mile clay oval) Location: Knoxville, Iowa, on the Marion County Fairgrounds Purse: $50,000-to-win Late Model feature Sanction: Full Story
Fast Talk: Weekend review (and a few beefs)
Posted: 09/16/2024, 11:37 amWith tracks trying to dodge the remnants of a hurricane in a post-World 100 September weekend, our roundtable checks in for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Give your best Full Story
Notes: Evans overcomes trials at Lawrenceburg
Posted: 09/16/2024, 09:35 am By Bryan AultLAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (Sept. 15) — After what Kody Evans endured Saturday at Lawrenceburg Speedway, most drivers would've called it quits in the event co-sanctioned by the Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series and Ultimate Heart Full Story
Jameson, Rattliff team honor fallen crew chief
Posted: 09/15/2024, 08:17 am By Bryan AultLAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (Sept. 14) – The beers — and a few tears — flowed freely in Jason Jameson’s pit area on Saturday night at Lawrenceburg Speedway, and it’s easy to see why. The 39-year-old did more than just get up on the wheel Full Story
Dispatches: Robinson scouts Arrowhead victory
Posted: 09/14/2024, 01:17 pmAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing over the mid-September weekend as special events try to dodge the aftereffects of Hurricane Francine that wiped out events including World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series Full Story
Column: Roberts team checks box at Eldora
Posted: 09/12/2024, 05:06 pmGarrett Alberson’s long week spent at Eldora Speedway was finally over and he stood in the pit area following a seventh-place finish in Saturday’s 54th World 100 feeling like he’d never felt before after a trip to the famed half-mile Full Story
Notes: Montanan aims for victory to honor dad
Posted: 09/12/2024, 08:16 am By Todd TurnerAfter taking off the 2023 season, Ty Hample has turned in a solid comeback campaign in the Dirt Late Model division. The 27-year-old racer from Billings, Mont., clicked off two victories in 15 starts, collected track championships at his Full Story
Top 25: Pierce dominant as Hedgecock rejoins
Posted: 09/10/2024, 09:41 am By Kevin KovacWith a dramatic, wall-scraping run to victory in Saturday night’s 54th World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., left no doubt about his status as the top driver in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 poll presented Full Story
A miracle kidney match for Missouri racer, mom
Posted: 09/10/2024, 12:01 am By Todd TurnerWhen the auto racing community in July embraced Brennon Willard's desperate search for a kidney donor for his mother, the 40-year-old Dirt Late Model racer from Lebanon, Mo., was heartened as shared Facebook posts produced 16 candidates. Dirt Full Story
Notes: T-Mac maintains World 100 consistency
Posted: 09/09/2024, 03:28 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 7) — Tim McCreadie was lapped traffic in his last crown jewel finale start at Eldora Speedway. He was far from that moribund status in Saturday’s 54th annual World 100. | Complete World 100 coverage Pushing aside Full Story
2024 Late Model series and track champions
Posted: 12/31/2024, 12:48 pmSeries champions Region-by-region champions on Dirt Late Model series and racing organizations for 2024: National Castrol FloRacing Night in America - Ricky Thornton Jr. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series - Ricky Thornton Jr. World of Full Story
Fast Talk: Reviewing pinnacle for Pierce
Posted: 09/09/2024, 11:23 amOur roundtable largely focuses on Bobby Pierce's lead-swapping victory World 100 victory at Eldora in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length; complete World 100 coverage): What’s Full Story
By-the-numbers look at 54th annual World 100
Posted: 09/09/2024, 08:06 amA by-the-numbers look at the 54th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway (complete World 100 coverage): 0: Number of unsold reserved seats on a night when Eldora broke its all-time attendance record. 1: World 100s held outside Scott Bloomquist’s Full Story
No storybook ending, but McDowell soaks it all in
Posted: 09/08/2024, 05:11 pm By Kyle McFaddenROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 7) — It was 1 a.m. Sunday at Eldora Speedway, nearly two hours after the World 100 checkered flag, and Dale McDowell remained firesuit, carrying one conversation after the next with seemingly whomever approached Full Story
Pierce heeds call of thin cushion to win World 100
Posted: 09/08/2024, 12:40 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 7) — There wasn’t much of a cushion ringing Eldora Speedway during Saturday night’s 54th World 100. So naturally, running the top around the half-mile oval’s corners didn't seem like the hot ticket for a driver Full Story
J.D.'s mind game gives him edge at World 100
Posted: 09/07/2024, 03:48 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — Jonathan Davenport doesn’t merely race Eldora Speedway’s high-banked, half-mile oval. He thinks the place, breaks down every possibility and scenario in his mind. The mental game is one of the not-so-secret Full Story
Notes: Madden tunes up in Smith's new Longhorn
Posted: 09/06/2024, 05:45 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — Chris Madden’s return to competition following a nearly two-month absence didn’t go well. “We didn’t have a good night,” Madden said of the DNQ he absorbed in Wednesday’s Castrol FloRacing Night Full Story
Gustin outruns Eldora's best for special victory
Posted: 09/06/2024, 10:46 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 5) — Ryan Gustin immediately disposed of Jonathan Davenport to seize the lead at the initial green in Thursday’s opening 25-lap World 100 semifeature, which was an accomplishment in itself for a driver chasing Full Story
Dispatches: Weekend's live streaming schedule
Posted: 09/04/2024, 04:28 pmAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing the first full weekend in September (look for World 100 coverage in separate stories). Also find a listing of live-streaming video from specials around the country: Streaming Full Story
Column: DRT 'passion project' for Sommer
Posted: 09/05/2024, 01:01 pmCody Sommer realizes that he popped a double surprise on many people in the Dirt Late Model world Sunday at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Debuting a self-designed chassis — one he’s given the Dirt Racing Technologies (DRT) name Full Story
Notes: Field trips give Michigan driver an edge
Posted: 09/05/2024, 06:51 am By Todd TurnerPeople of a certain age remember school field trips when teachers would load up students and head to a bottling plant, factory, bakery or museum for learning experiences that might not otherwise click in the classroom. Buckley, Mich., Full Story
Davenport carries aura of inevitability at Eldora
Posted: 09/05/2024, 06:52 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 4) — Is Jonathan Davenport … inevitable? After the 40-year-old superstar from Blairsville, Ga., waltzed to a blowout flag-to-flag victory worth $20,000 in Wednesday's 50-lap Castrol FloRacing Night in America Full Story
