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• Racer X: Off-season? What's an off-season?

  Posted: 11/30/2010, 01:46 pm

  It's finally that time of the year when racing has all but wrapped up. It might seem like it's an easy time for a full-time racer, with plenty of time to chill out and catch up on some much-needed rest and relaxation. A lot of people ask, Full Story

• R.J wins at Magnolia as Cooley repeats championship

  Posted: 11/29/2010, 09:46 am By Roby Helm

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (Nov. 28) – Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, Tenn., raced to his 14th career NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series win Sunday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway. Johnson earned $2,500 for the win, which came during Full Story

• Crate-ruling Davenport hits Turkey 100 jackpot

  Posted: 11/29/2010, 09:57 am

  SWAINSBORO, Ga. (Nov. 27-28) — Completing a sweep of the richest Crate Late Model races of 2010, outside front-row starter Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., captured Swainsboro Raceway's unsanctioned Turkey 100 for a $20,000 Full Story

• Wing sweeps Magnolia's Possum Town Grand Prix

  Posted: 11/29/2010, 09:12 am

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (Nov. 28) — After just a few Super Late Model starts most of the season, Rodney Wing of Meridian, Miss., ended the season with a bang. Wing led every lap of Sunday's PRO Dirt Car Series season finale at Magnolia Motor Full Story

• Wells carves up Turkey Classic field at Springfield

  Posted: 11/28/2010, 07:42 am

  SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Nov. 27) — Sixth-starting Justin Wells of Aurora, Mo., dominated the fourth annual Bad Boy Mowers Turkey Classic on Saturday, capturing the Late Model portion of Springfield Raceway's season-ending event for the Full Story

• Wing captures Possum Town Grand Prix opener

  Posted: 11/28/2010, 07:28 am By Ben Shelton

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (Nov. 27) — Rodney Wing of Meridian, Miss., continued his late-season tear Saturday at Magnolia Motor Speedway, winning the opening race of a doubleheader on the first-year PRO Dirt Car Series. Wing, a former full-time Full Story

• Notes: Wall receives $70,000 sponsorship

  Posted: 11/24/2010, 05:13 pm

  Champion Scott Bloomquist and regulars on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series were honored at the Nov. 20 banquet in Indianapolis, Ind., but the event also saw other key awards handed out at Lucas Oil Stadium. Chris Wall of Springfield, Full Story

• Ohio rookie dives into racing in Carolinas

  Posted: 11/24/2010, 08:32 am By Rhonda Beck

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (Nov. 21) — Jim Rasey, a successful big-block modified dirt racer from Southington, Ohio, has done extensive Dirt Late Model racing this season, but not where you might expect. The 39-year-old Rasey has competed extensively Full Story

• Madden wins Blue-Gray 100, collects $10,000

  Posted: 11/22/2010, 07:55 am By Rhonda Beck

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (Nov. 21) — Hometown racer Chris Madden led the final 28 laps Sunday at Cherokee Speedway to capture the Blue-Gray 100 on the Southern All Stars East Series. Madden, who also won the race in 2004 and '06, earned $10,000 Full Story

• CBS planning telecast of Show-Me 100 in 2011

  Posted: 11/21/2010, 05:01 pm

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Nov. 20) — Dirt Late Model racing will appear on a national broadcast network for the first time next spring with a tape-delayed program featuring the Show-Me 100 at Lucas Oil Speedway, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Full Story

• Davenport gobbles up $5,000 at SAS finale

  Posted: 11/21/2010, 06:47 am

  CLEVELAND, Tenn. (Nov. 20) — Early in Jonathan Davenport's impressive 2010 season, he clicked off a victory in the first Southern All Star Series visit to Cleveland Speedway. Davenport ended that tour's season the same way in Saturday's Full Story

• Lucas pockets $5,000 at Southern's Topless 50

  Posted: 11/21/2010, 06:17 am By Joshua Joiner

  MILTON, Fla. (Nov. 20) — Shep Lucas knows his way around Southern Raceway. The McKenzie, Ala., driver has recorded a victory in nearly every major event at the 3/8-mile racetrack and he claimed another win there Saturday night when Full Story

• Q&A: Carolina Clash series director Larry Lee

  Posted: 11/17/2010, 10:46 am

  At the conclusion of the Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series season, DirtonDirt.com contributor Rhonda Beck interviewed series director Larry Lee at Fayetteville (N.C.) Motor Speedway. Here's the question-and-answer session from the Full Story

• Notes: Wing makes most of his opportunity at Pike

  Posted: 11/17/2010, 07:58 am By Bryan Wimberley

  MAGNOLIA, Miss. — After a deal fell through to compete in the Jambalaya 100, Rodney Wing figured he wouldn't be racing in the Nov. 12-13 season-ending event on the O'Reilly Southern United Professional Racing tour at Pike County Speedway. But Full Story

• National 100 fast-timer making big plans for '11

  Posted: 11/16/2010, 07:37 am By Joshua Joiner

  PHENIX CITY, Ala. (Nov. 14) — Brian Reese of Sharpsburg, Ga., shocked a lot of people — and even shocked himself — during Saturday night’s time trials for the National 100 at East Alabama Motor Speedway. The 29-year-old Full Story

• Jamie Dacus triumphs after Breazeale falters

  Posted: 11/15/2010, 03:19 pm By Ben Shelton

  WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Nov. 14) — Taking advantage when race-long leader David Breazeale tangled with a lapped car, former track champion Jamie Dacus of Lakeland, Tenn., led the last half of a 40-lap feature Sunday at Riverside International Full Story

• Francis outruns Marlar, captures National 100

  Posted: 11/15/2010, 04:27 am By Joshua Joiner

  PHENIX CITY, Ala. (Nov. 14) – After soldiering through a 2010 race season that was below his usual standards, Steve Francis can go into the offseason on a high note after claiming a late-season victory in a race that he’s wanted Full Story

• Wing captures Jambalaya 100; Litton gets title

  Posted: 11/14/2010, 07:32 am By Bryan Wimberley

  MAGNOLIA, Miss. (Nov. 13) — Claiming his first series victory in more than eight years and first Jambalaya 100 victory in a decade, racer-turned-promoter Rodney Wing of Meridian, Miss., led flag-to-flag for a $5,000 payday Saturday Full Story

• Bowen takes finale, but Franklin wins Clash title

  Posted: 11/14/2010, 07:21 am

  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (Nov. 13) — Dean Bowen of Whiteville, N.C., did everything he could to try and wrest the series championship from Dennis Franklin of Gaffney, S.C., but he fell short by 15 points Saturday in the finale of the Carolina Full Story

• Notes: Front row eyeing tire game at East Alabama

  Posted: 11/14/2010, 06:53 am By Joshua Joiner

  PHENIX CITY, Ala. (Nov. 13) — After Saturday night’s National 100 preliminary action, there was a common theme that surfaced as drivers discussed their predictions for Sunday’s feature. Preparing for a 100-lap event on Full Story

• Owens recovers, grabs pole at 36th Nat'l 100

  Posted: 11/14/2010, 06:44 am By Joshua Joiner

  PHENIX CITY, Ala. (Nov. 13) – Jimmy Owens’s night almost ended before it really got going during preliminary action Saturday for the 36th annual National 100 at East Alabama Motor Speedway. Owens of Newport, Tenn., slid off Full Story

• Younger Fegers joins his brother as elite dirt racer

  Posted: 11/11/2010, 09:10 am By Todd Turner

  Dirt Late Model racers in the upper Midwest have been battling Fegers for a good long while. First it was "Lightning Lou" Fegers two generations back, then his son Steve Fegers, and then Lou's grandson Justin Fegers starting in 2002. The Full Story

• Notes: Thomas lured out of retirement at EAMS

  Posted: 11/09/2010, 11:09 am

  Billy Thomas has made more than a few laps at his family's East Alabama Motor Speedway, but the 57-year-old Thomas plans to race a Dirt Late Model at the 3/8-mile oval this weekend for the first time since 1985. "I just got through grading Full Story

• Richards soaks up repeat of WoO championship

  Posted: 11/08/2010, 08:02 pm By Kevin Kovac

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 7) — Josh Richards experienced a very rewarding case of deja vu on Sunday night. As the 22-year-old sensation from Shinnston, W.Va., accepted the $100,000 World of Outlaws Late Model Series championship check, Full Story

• Jeremy Faircloth wins NLMS debut at Needmore

  Posted: 11/08/2010, 02:23 pm

  NORMAN PARK, Ga. (Nov. 6) — Jeremy Faircloth of Swainsboro, Ga., captured the first-ever Hedman Hedders National Late Model Series event at Needmore Speedway on Saturday. Faircloth earned $3,000 in winning at the 3/8-mile south Georgia Full Story