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• Best of '08: Kerr, Casey among Most Improved

  Posted: 12/19/2008, 09:16 am By Todd Turner

  As part of its Best of 2008 coverage, DirtonDirt.com ranks the top five most improved drivers during the past season (drivers are listed alphabetically). Look for more Best of 2008 coverage appearing through Dec. 22: | Best of 2008 index Terry Full Story

• After split with Bowyer, Babb plans own team

  Posted: 12/17/2008, 11:43 pm By Todd Turner

  Clint Bowyer Racing and two-time Dirt Track World Champion Shannon Babb have agreed to part ways following a single season of Dirt Late Model racing, according to Babb and a team press release. The 34-year-old Babb, who finished sixth in Full Story

• Notebook: UMP sets dates for summer trek

  Posted: 12/17/2008, 03:40 pm From series, track and staff reports

  The grueling month of the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals is set for 2009 with 27 races scheduled over 31 days, beginning at Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway on June 11 and wrapping up July 11 at Oakshade Raceway in Wauseon, Ohio. Two-time and defending Full Story

• Engine builder enjoys top-three WoO sweep

  Posted: 12/17/2008, 01:36 pm By Kevin Kovac

  For an engine builder, a season can’t go much better than the one Jack Cornett just experienced. The chief of Cornett Thunder & Lightning Racing Engines had his powerplants bolted into the cars of three full-time World of Outlaws Full Story

• Best of '08: Claycomb leads comeback drivers

  Posted: 12/17/2008, 08:29 am By Todd Turner

  As part of its Best of 2008 coverage, DirtonDirt.com ranks the top five drivers who made significant comebacks during the past season (drivers are listed alphabetically). Look for more Best of 2008 coverage appearing through Dec. 22: | Full Story

• Best of '08: Stovall among top newcomers

  Posted: 12/16/2008, 08:40 am By Todd Turner

  As part of its Best of 2008 coverage, DirtonDirt.com ranks the top five newcoming drivers on the Dirt Late Model scene for the past season (drivers are listed alphabetically). Look for more Best of 2008 features coming throughout the week: Full Story

• Best of '08: Pennington among breakout drivers

  Posted: 12/15/2008, 08:50 am By Todd Turner

  As part of its Best of 2008 series, DirtonDirt.com ranks the top five drivers who had breakout seasons during the 2008 season (drivers are listed alphabetically). More Best of 2008 features are coming up throughout the week: Boom Briggs Full Story

• Buckingham tops Melvin for $10,000 at East Bay

  Posted: 12/14/2008, 06:23 pm By Roby Helm

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Dec. 13) — Shanon Buckingham of Morristown, Tenn., posted the richest victory of his career on by capturing the fourth annual NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series World Championship at East Bay Raceway Park. Buckingham Full Story

• Lanigan finds words in receiving $100,000 title

  Posted: 12/13/2008, 11:06 am By Kevin Kovac

  ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 11) — Darrell Lanigan hates standing in front of a crowd to deliver a speech. But the 38-year-old driver from Union, Ky., happily cast aside his fears on Thursday night to accept the 2008 World of Outlaws Late Full Story

• Economy rough, but most plan to ride it out

  Posted: 12/12/2008, 11:13 am By Todd Turner

  ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 12) — When chassis builder Jim Bernheisel believes a newcomer might be confused about the money-making potential of operating a Dirt Late Model team, he's certain to let them know there's no pot of gold at the Full Story

• PRI Trade Show index

  Posted: 12/20/2008, 07:47 am

  ORLANDO, Fla. — DirtonDirt.com coverage of the 21st annual Performance Racing Industry Trade Show at the Orange County Convention Center: Saturday, Dec. 13 • Video: Wrapup of show including the plans of drivers Brady Smith, Full Story

• PRI veterans plot their strategies at trade show

  Posted: 12/12/2008, 07:27 am By Todd Turner

  ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 11) — When you mosey down one of the many escalators at the Orange County Convention Center and embark on the million square feet of technology and products that is the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, you Full Story

• PRI notes: GRT pushes ATL fuel cells forward

  Posted: 12/11/2008, 11:32 pm By Todd Turner

  ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 11) — The Performance Racing Industry Trade Show gives companies in all forms of auto racing an opportunity to show off their most innovative products, and Aero Tec Laboratories displayed its unique new fuel cell Full Story

• Show-Me 100's plight? Conflicting WoO races

  Posted: 12/11/2008, 06:38 pm

  Fielding phone calls, emails or pitside rants about this track or that promoter scheduling a race against this series or that race is common for racing reporters. Jaded about Dirt Late Model racing's scheduling unpredictability, I typically Full Story

• Colossal, Firecracker top 45-race WoO schedule

  Posted: 12/11/2008, 06:14 pm By Kevin Kovac

  The World of Outlaws Late Model Series will be bigger and better than ever in 2009. A record number of events are listed on the national tour’s schedule, which was released on Thursday during the Performance Racing Industry Trade Full Story

• Minnesota driver anxious to elevate his game

  Posted: 12/10/2008, 07:36 am By Todd Turner

  Corey Nelson of Canby, Minn., was in the middle of his successful 10-year IMCA stock car career when he got a surprising opportunity to pilot a WISSOTA-sanctioned Dirt Late Model during the 2003 season. The chance to drive the Brian Peters-owned Full Story

• Best of 2008: Moyer among the top drivers

  Posted: 12/09/2008, 03:57 am By Todd Turner

  With the 2008 season in the books, DirtonDirt.com takes a look at top five drivers among national, regional and weekly Dirt Late Model competition (with drivers listed alphabetically in each section). Here's the Best of 2008: National Full Story

• Texan shows bright spots in rookie SUPR season

  Posted: 12/01/2008, 05:53 am By Todd Turner

  Before the green flag fell on the 14th annual Fall Classic at Whynot (Miss.) Motorsports Park, Kevin Sitton quelled some butterflies on a cool October evening. That's nothing unusual for the 26-year-old Dirt Late Model racer from Baytown, Full Story

• Notes: Webb sees wealth of talent for revived tour

  Posted: 11/26/2008, 02:32 pm From staff, series and track reports

  When Guy Webb decided to launch a companion Late Model series to his O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions sprint car series, the 44-year-old promoter figured he could successfully adapt his "system" of promoting an auto racing tour flawlessly. Full Story

• Notes: Columbus offers NeSmith special events

  Posted: 11/26/2008, 01:48 pm From series reports

  The NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series will celebrate its track champions Thanksgiving weekend during the Possum Town Grand Prix at Columbus (Miss.) Speedway. The Race of Champions will be one of four races held for the Crate Late Model Full Story

• Two track titles highlight Beasley's 14-win season

  Posted: 11/25/2008, 04:30 am By Todd Turner

  The sagging economy threatened to put a crunch on plenty of Dirt Late Model racers in 2008, and Shawn Beasley of Raeford, N.C., figured he'd be no exception. Business slowed at his family's body shop, everyone tightened their belts and Full Story

• Knowles, Smith get $2,500 victories at Green Valley

  Posted: 11/24/2008, 04:03 pm From DirtonDirt.com reports

  GLENCOE, Ala. (Nov. 22-23) — Georgia drivers Tony Knowles of Tyrone and Clint Smith of Senoia raced to unsanctioned victories worth $2,500 apiece on the season-ending weekend at Green Valley Speedway. Knowles won Saturday's feature Full Story

• Big-block pipeline continues on WoO with Coffey

  Posted: 11/23/2008, 06:02 am By Kevin Kovac

  Vic Coffey of Leicester, N.Y., continued the rich big-block modified pipeline to the World of Outlaws Late Model Series in 2008. He became third driver with big-block modified roots in the last five years to win the national tour’s Full Story

• Clanton rolls to $11,000 sweep at Cleveland

  Posted: 11/23/2008, 05:34 am By Brian McLeod

  CLEVELAND, Tenn. (Nov. 22) — With some cold hard cash — emphasis on cold — up for grabs the final weekend of the season at Cleveland Speedway, Shane Clanton grabbed $11,000 with a sweep of two Super Late Model features Full Story

• Freezing track surface shuffles Cleveland schedule

  Posted: 11/22/2008, 11:35 am From track reports

  CLEVELAND, Tenn. (Nov. 22) — Freezing weather, and a freezing racetrack, shuffled the schedule for the Nov. 21-22 Joe Lee Johnson Memorial weekend at Cleveland Speedway. Most of Friday night's action was pushed to Saturday afternoon Full Story