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Notes: Cook thrilled with solid start at East Bay
Posted: 02/02/2010, 09:50 am By Todd TurnerGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 1) — It's not a stretch for Ray Cook to see himself as an underdog at East Bay Raceway Park. Even though the 38-year-old driver from Brasstown, N.C., is coming off his winningest Dirt Late Model season, Cook Full Story
Unique tire rule throws in wrinkle at East Bay
Posted: 02/01/2010, 06:32 pm By Todd TurnerGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 1) — Managing and choosing tires for Dirt Late Models always requires knowledge, experience and a little guesswork. Even more so at East Bay Raceway Park, a third-mile track with an unusual surface that calls Full Story
East Bay coverage index
Posted: 02/02/2010, 04:22 pmGIBSONTON, Fla. — DirtonDirt.com's coverage of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Dart Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park from Feb. 1-6 (also see DirtonDirt.com blogs and the Georgia-Florida Speedweeks statistics): Tuesday, Full Story
Mothballed car carries Marlar to win at East Bay
Posted: 02/01/2010, 04:15 pm By Todd TurnerGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 1) — Most drivers head to Florida Speedweeks with brand new equipment or a trusty car from the previous season. Mike Marlar came to East Bay Raceway Park with a race car that hadn't hit a racetrack in a full Full Story
Clanton eyes Volusia run despite serious infection
Posted: 02/01/2010, 06:28 am By Kevin KovacThe only place Shane Clanton wants to be right now is in his race shop, making final preparations for the 2010 season-opening World of Outlaws Late Model Series events on Feb. 11 and 13 during the 39th annual DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Full Story
Notes: Pearson's tire, 5 others sent for lab tests
Posted: 01/31/2010, 09:02 pm By Todd TurnerBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 31) — Laboratory tests on the right-rear tire Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series officials confiscated Saturday from Earl Pearson Jr. will determine whether the rubber was altered by chemical substances, series Full Story
Lively Hubbard planning more unique celebrations
Posted: 01/31/2010, 02:47 amBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 30) — Before starting on the pole Saturday for the 60-lap finale of Golden Isles Speedway's Super Bowl of Racing VI, 17-year-old Austin Hubbard sought sage advice from a veteran racer with vast experience — Full Story
Hubbard leads 60 laps, earns $12,000 at GIS
Posted: 01/30/2010, 06:14 pm By Todd TurnerBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 30) — All the off-season talk centered on Austin's Hubbard's plans to drive Dale Beitler's No. 19 in 2010. But before his first start in that potent car, Hubbard made some big news in his family-owned No. 11. Leading Full Story
Notes: Bowen tries to get over hump at GIS
Posted: 01/30/2010, 05:45 pm By Todd TurnerBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 30) — Unheralded Dirt Late Model racer Dean Bowen of Whiteville, N.C., put his name among the big boys Friday night, qualifying seventh quick at Golden Isles Speedway's Super Bowl of Racing VI. And then he got Full Story
Richards outduels Erb, sails at Golden Isles
Posted: 01/29/2010, 04:59 pm By Todd TurnerBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 29) — Outside front-row starter Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., regained the lead from Dennis Erb Jr. amid traffic on the 14th lap and led the rest of the way for a 50-lap victory in the second round of the Full Story
Notes: Neat survives near-disaster to finish fourth
Posted: 01/29/2010, 01:20 am By Todd TurnerBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 28) — Brad Neat's first feature lap as a driver for Bobby Labonte Motorsports wasn't exactly how he'd pictured it since joining teammate Earl Pearson Jr.'s North Carolina-based team. The 30-year-old Neat started Full Story
Bloomquist's savvy pass earns win at Golden Isles
Posted: 01/28/2010, 05:42 pm By Todd TurnerBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 28) — En route to a likely victory last year at the Super Bowl of Racing, Scott Bloomquist learned a tough lesson about Golden Isles Speedway. If you try to overtake a lower-running foe who drifts high exiting Full Story
Notes: Ferguson anxious to make Starrette proud
Posted: 01/28/2010, 05:30 pm By Todd TurnerBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 28) — In preparing the Jack Starrette-owned car he'll drive Thursday for the first time in 2010, slim and wiry youngster Chris Ferguson built a cozy cockpit that would be a tight fit for any driver who had packed Full Story
Notes: Two-chassis plan for Shaver's Speedweeks
Posted: 01/26/2010, 10:18 pmVeteran dirt racer Steve Shaver of Vienna, W.Va., has won big races throughout his career driving Rayburn Race Cars as well as Rocket Chassis. The 46-year-old driver gets a chance to win in both during Georgia-Florida Speedweeks. During Full Story
Volusia oval a favorite for young gun Hubbard
Posted: 01/26/2010, 09:40 pm By Kevin KovacAustin Hubbard posed alongside his new high-profile Dirt Late Model ride in public for the first time last weekend during the Motorsports 2010 show at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pa. Now the teenage sensation from Seaford, Full Story
One of Nebraska's best takes aim at Speedweeks
Posted: 01/26/2010, 09:15 pm By Todd TurnerTo say Kyle Berck is a stickler about building picture-perfect race cars is an understatement. The 40-year-old farmer from Marquette, Neb., prides himself on making sure "every nut, bolt and washer" is perfect when building one of his pristine Full Story
Series previews: Peeking at regional touring plans
Posted: 01/26/2010, 12:22 pm By Todd TurnerFocus during Florida Speedweeks will be on the national travelers with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series and Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, but many of the regional tours are making big plans for the 2010 season. DirtonDirt.com Full Story
Previewing Northern tours for 2010 season
Posted: 01/26/2010, 10:09 am By Todd TurnerWhile most series don't launch until spring, here's a look at developments on Northern Dirt Late Model tours for the 2010 season. The brief capsules, with information primarily from series officials and directors, focus on changes for the Full Story
Previewing Southern tours for 2010 season
Posted: 01/26/2010, 09:53 am By Todd TurnerWhile most series don't launch until spring, here's a look at developments on Southern Dirt Late Model tours for the 2010 season. The brief capsules, with information primarily from series officials and directors, focus on changes for the Full Story
Previewing Western tours for 2010 season
Posted: 01/26/2010, 09:39 am By Todd TurnerWhile most series don't launch until spring, here's a look at developments on Western Dirt Late Model tours for the 2010 season. The brief capsules, with information primarily from series officials and directors, focus on changes for the Full Story
Previewing Midwestern tours for 2010 season
Posted: 01/26/2010, 09:22 am By Todd TurnerWhile most series don't launch until spring, here's a look at developments on Midwestern Dirt Late Model tours for the 2010 season. The brief capsules, with information primarily from series officials and directors, focus on changes for Full Story
Short's DTWC returning home to West Virginia
Posted: 01/25/2010, 08:17 pm By Brian TidballThe Dirt Track World Championship is heading back home to West Virginia. After a nine-year sojourn to tracks in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, race promoter Carl Short is taking his $50,000-to-win crown jewel to the state where it began back. Full Story
Speedweeks questions? We've got the answers
Posted: 01/25/2010, 12:09 amAlthough there've been several Dirt Late Model races already in 2010, the off-season ends with a vengeance Thursday with Georgia-Florida Speedweeks on Jan. 28-Feb. 13 with 15 races at Golden Isles Speedway, East Bay Raceway Park and Volusia Full Story
WoO sophomore heads to Florida with new confidence
Posted: 01/24/2010, 08:08 pm By Kevin KovacRuss King remembers the timid, uncertain feeling he took into last year’s DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH at Volusia Speedway Park. One flip of the calendar, however, has produced a dramatic change in the up-and-coming driver’s mental Full Story
Thomas slips by Johnson for victory at Columbus
Posted: 01/24/2010, 06:36 am By Roby HelmCOLUMBUS, Miss. (Jan. 23) — William Thomas of Phenix City, Ala., overtook polesitter Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, Tenn., on the 35th lap and went on to the the Crate Late Model portion of the Winter Classic at Columbus Speedway. Full Story
