DirtOnDirt.com Search Results
12426 items match your search
Business and pleasure, Roffers stuck on racing
Posted: 05/19/2011, 12:40 pm By Joshua JoinerLuke Roffers doesn’t have much free time. Between working more than 50 hours each week turning wrenches on Juan Pablo Montoya’s No. 42 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car in the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing shop and working on his Full Story
Rookie faces rugged field for Batesville's Bad Boy
Posted: 05/18/2011, 06:44 pm By Todd TurnerAfter notching his first career Super Late Model victory last Saturday, Curtis Cook of Vilonia, Ark., is a little anxious about this weekend's major event at Batesville Motor Speedway. "We're going to go up there and see if we can't make Full Story
Poll Position: DirtonDirt's Top 25 driver rankings
Posted: 01/01/2011, 03:03 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
Notes: Late Models see improvements at Leesville
Posted: 05/18/2011, 01:37 pmLEESVILLE, La. — While 171 Speedway drew only a handful of Late Models to its May 14 event, feature winner Robbie Stuart of nearby DeRidder, La., is among those who hopes the recently reopened track thrives and has an opportunity Full Story
Andy Eckrich cruises to victory at Marshalltown
Posted: 05/18/2011, 09:46 amMARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (May 17) — Andy Eckrich didn’t have much choice when he drew last for his starting position in Tuesday’s Deery Brothers Summer Series Miller Lite 50 feature at Marshalltown Speedway. Unfortunately for Full Story
Richards lands NASCAR truck ride for Kyle Busch
Posted: 05/17/2011, 08:17 pmTwo-time World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., announced Tuesday he's agreed to run 11 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events for Kyle Busch Motorsports. Warrendale, Pa.-based Joy Mining Machinery Full Story
Poll Position: DirtonDirt's Top 25 driver rankings
Posted: 05/17/2011, 02:00 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
Peacock gets NLMS victory at Cochran
Posted: 05/17/2011, 10:28 amCOCHRAN, Ga. (May 14) — Hunter Peacock of Macon, Ga., earned $3,000 Saturday at Cochran Motor Speedway for his 40-lap victory on the Hedman Husler National Late Model Series. Fast qualifier Dillon Wood of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., Full Story
Fast Talk: DirtonDirt's roundtable discussion
Posted: 05/16/2011, 12:17 pmToday we launch Fast Talk, a new DirtonDirt.com feature scheduled to appear each Monday. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Joshua Joiner will gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about what's going on in Dirt Late Model racing: Todd Full Story
Kirchoff wins at Gillette for CLMA weekend sweep
Posted: 05/16/2011, 11:04 amGILLETTE, Wyo. (May 14) – Hometown driver Eddie Kirchoff scored a $1,200 Championship Late Model Association DIRTcar Series victory Saturday night at Gillette Thunder Speedway, completing a sweep of the series weekend doubleheader Full Story
Kirchoff survives for CLMA victory at Black Hills
Posted: 05/16/2011, 10:29 amRAPID CITY, S.D. (May 13) – Defending series champion Eddie Kirchoff scored his 19th career Championship Late Model Association DIRTcar Series victory when the tour visited at Black Hills Speedway Friday night. The Gillette, Wyo., Full Story
Cook claims first Comp Cams win at Drew County
Posted: 05/15/2011, 08:05 pmMONTICELLO, Ark. (May 14) – Polesitter Curtis Cook survived a late battle with Timothy Culp in traffic Saturday night at Drew County Speedway to become the fourth first-time winner on the Comp Cams Super Dirt Series in 2011. The victory Full Story
Haus holds off rally by Adams at Selinsgrove
Posted: 05/15/2011, 04:59 pmSELINSGROVE, Pa. (May 14) — Scott Haus of Hamburg, Pa., raced to his 29th career victory at Selinsgrove Speedway, winning a 25-lap Late Model feature on the undercard of a sprint special at the half-mile oval. Outside front row starter Full Story
English scores PCRA victory at Black River
Posted: 05/15/2011, 10:16 amPOPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (May 14) — Tanner English of Benton, Ky., rallied from his 18th starting spot for a victory in Saturday night’s Professional Crate Racers of America feature at Black River Raceway. The 17-year-old English earned Full Story
Delays rebuilding WVMS postpone WoO RaceFest
Posted: 05/15/2011, 08:01 am By Kevin KovacThanks to an extremely rainy spring, the World of Outlaws Late Model Series will sit idle during the upcoming Memorial Day Weekend. The national tour’s scheduled highlight of the holiday weekend, the RaceFest doubleheader on May Full Story
Purkey leads flag-to-flag for victory at Springfield
Posted: 05/15/2011, 07:10 amSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (May 14) — Al Purkey of Coffeyville, Kan., led every lap Saturday at Springfield Raceway to capture the John Kuntz Memorial, an event co-sanctioned by the MARS DIRTcar Series and Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Racing Full Story
Notes: Last-lap flat at Ocala bitter pill for Lloyd
Posted: 05/14/2011, 10:33 am By Joshua JoinerOCALA, Fla. (May 13) — As fast as his race car was when all four tires were holding air Friday night at Bubba Raceway Park, Ivedent Lloyd Jr. thought that just maybe his car would be fast enough even with a flat left-rear tire to Full Story
Lloyd's last-lap flat opens door for Ivey at Ocala
Posted: 05/14/2011, 05:02 am By Joshua JoinerOCALA, Fla. (May 13) – In a wild and controversial finish, Tyler Ivey of Tallahassee, Fla., passed hometown driver Ivedent Lloyd Jr. on the final lap of Friday night’s inaugural Mike Peters Open at Bubba Raceway Park for a $5,000 Full Story
Birky ends Bloomquist's streak with victory at 34
Posted: 05/14/2011, 02:26 amWEST BURLINGTON, Iowa (May 13) — Iowa native Scott Bloomquist came to 34 Raceway gunning for a record-setting winning streak. But another Iowan had something to say about it. Bringing his home-state fans to their feet, Brian Birkhofer Full Story
Points-leading Eckert stays hot in Delaware
Posted: 05/12/2011, 10:16 pm By Kevin KovacDELMAR, Del. (May 12) — Rick Eckert is partying like it’s 2006. Recapturing some of the magic of his career-best season on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, Eckert stormed to his second win in the last three tour events, Full Story
Notes: After win, Short Cool One eyes La Salle
Posted: 05/12/2011, 04:48 pmAfter winning his first career Super Late Model event Saturday night at Peoria (Ill.) Speedway, 14-year-old Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., had a multitude of people to thank. Among those were his parents, retired Hall of Fame driver turned Full Story
Roster set for Eldora's Prelude to the Dream
Posted: 05/12/2011, 09:07 amThe roster for the seventh annual Prelude to the Dream is set as NASCAR drivers and other racing stars will climb into Dirt Late Models June 8 at Ohio's Eldora Speedway for the all-star race that benefits four children's hospitals. Last Full Story
Eckert, Richards lead WoO to Winchester
Posted: 05/12/2011, 05:23 am By Kevin KovacThere are two drivers quite enthused about Saturday's first-ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Winchester (Va.) Speedway. And those racers — veteran standout Rick Eckert of York, Pa., and young star Josh Richards of Full Story
Concerns rise following spate of track closures
Posted: 05/11/2011, 02:35 pm By Todd TurnerAt the outset of a season where a wet spring, devastating storms, rising gas prices and economic concerns have haunted dirt track racing, this week's spate of track closures sent shockwaves through Dirt Late Model racing just as 2011 gets Full Story
Notes: Rookie enthused after his best SUPR run
Posted: 05/11/2011, 07:56 am By Bryan WimberleyAfter falling one position short of winning Friday's O'Reilly Southern United Professional Racing event at Boothill Speedway in Greenwood, La., you might expect B.J. Robinson to be disappointed in not winning the race. But after struggling Full Story
