DirtOnDirt.com Search Results

12427 items match your search

• Lyons scraps January's Wild West Shootout

  Posted: 11/21/2008, 06:32 pm By Todd Turner

  There will be no Wild West Shootout in 2009. The five-race miniseries, a staple of January racing at Central Arizona Raceway in recent years, will go on hiatus after promoter Benji Lyons decided against moving the Dirt Late Model event Full Story

• Mooneyham merging DLRA with MARS tour

  Posted: 11/21/2008, 11:45 am By Todd Turner

  Two Dirt Late Model organizations in the Midwest that co-sanctioned seven Missouri races in 2008 are merging for the 2009 season. Long-time Missouri race promoter Randy Mooneyham, who launched the Allstate Dirt LateModel Racing Association Full Story

• Missouri's Stovall wraps up dream rookie season

  Posted: 11/19/2008, 11:45 pm

  PHOENIX, Ariz. — Jesse Stovall's trek to Manzanita Speedway for the Nov. 14-15 Barnett Harley-Davidson Nationals capped the most exciting — and unexpected — season of his young racing career. After starting the 2008 campaign Full Story

• Padgett flag-to-flag NLMS winner at Brunswick

  Posted: 11/17/2008, 12:59 pm From series and track reports

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Nov. 15) — Polesitter Darrell Padgett of Clay Hill, Fla., started on the pole and led all 40 laps at Golden Isles Speedway for his first-ever victory on the National Late Model Series. Padgett became the 87th winner Full Story

• Pennington completes sweep at Deep South

  Posted: 11/17/2008, 04:48 am By Brian McLeod

  LOXLEY, Ala. (Nov. 16) — Travis Pennington rolled into Deep South Speedway for the three-day Fall Nationals for his first visit to the high-banked track. When his team’s hauler lumbered out of the gates after the conclusion Full Story

• Little fights off Williams, wins $2,500 at Deep South

  Posted: 11/17/2008, 04:29 am By Brian McLeod

  LOXLEY, Ala. (Nov. 16) — Ryan Little of Satsuma, Ala., upheld the honor of the Deep South Speedway's locals with a flag-to-flag journey to victory in a 30-lap crate Late Model feature at the Late Model Fall Nationals finale. Little, Full Story

• Notes: Hogge happy with solid Manzanita run

  Posted: 11/16/2008, 06:44 am By Kevin Kovac

  PHOENIX, Ariz. (Nov. 15) — Bobby Hogge IV of Salinas, Calif., didn't win on his trip to the Barnett Harley-Davidson Nationals at Manzanita Speedway, but he figures he could do a lot worse than standing on the same podium as Colorado Full Story

• Moyer sweeps foes away for $6,000 at Manzanita

  Posted: 11/16/2008, 06:16 am By Kevin Kovac

  PHOENIX, Ariz. (Nov. 15) — Steering problems? No big deal for Billy Moyer in the finale of the Barnett Harley-Davidson Nationals at Manzanita Speedway. The Hall of Fame driver from Batesville, Ark., earned $6,000 as he completed his Full Story

• Pennington earns $2,500 for ruling Deep South

  Posted: 11/16/2008, 05:44 am By Brian McLeod

  LOXLEY, Ala. (Nov. 15) — Fresh from establishing a track record at Deep South Speedway during time trials held much earlier in the evening, second-generation driver Travis Pennington of Winston, Ga., wheeled into victory lane in the Full Story

• Williams makes it two in a row at Deep South

  Posted: 11/16/2008, 05:31 am By Brian McLeod

  LOXLEY, Ala. (Nov. 15) — Cliff Williams of Star, Miss., claimed his second victory in two nights at Deep South Speedway, taking the honors in a caution-plagued, 25-lap Crate feature during the Late Model Fall Nationals at the 4/10-mile Full Story

• Moyer cracks 20-win mark with Manzy victory

  Posted: 11/15/2008, 05:57 am By Kevin Kovac

  PHOENIX, Ariz. (Nov. 14) — The famed No. 21 has his eye on victory No. 21 for 2008. Hall of Fame driver Billy Moyer, concluding his I'm-not-over-the-hill yet tour with a trip to Arizona, grabbed a $1,500 victory in Friday's tuneup Full Story

• Notes: Modified standout joins Parker at Manzy

  Posted: 11/13/2008, 04:30 pm From series, track and staff reports

  It's taken for granted that Lonnie Parker Jr., Arizona's winningest Late Model driver in recent years, will be competing at the Nov. 14-15 Barnett Harley-Davidson Nationals at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Ariz. But Parker will be joined Full Story

• Final Cleveland weekend postponed to Nov. 21-22

  Posted: 11/13/2008, 09:15 am From track reports

  CLEVELAND, Tenn. (Nov. 13) — Weather and weather-related problems have forced Cleveland Speedway to postpone Nov. 14-15's fourth Annual Joe Lee Johnson Memorial Weekend scheduled for a week. The $2,700-to-win Joe Lee Johnson Memorial Full Story

• Boutwell leads final 37 laps for Avenger victory

  Posted: 11/11/2008, 08:54 am By Roby Helm

  GREENVILLE, Ala. (Nov. 8) — Larry Boutwell of Baker, Fla. race to his first career NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series win at Avenger Motor Speedway. Boutwell took the lead on lap 14 after fast qualifier and polesitter Shep Lucas Full Story

• Shannon pumped about big event at Manzanita

  Posted: 11/11/2008, 08:15 am By Kevin Kovac

  What could possibly make Chris Shannon’s 2008 Western Allstars DIRTcar Late Model Series championship season even sweeter? The 41-year-old from Merced, Calif., doesn’t have to think twice before answering that question. He just Full Story

• Notes: Retiring Duvall honored at Cherokee

  Posted: 11/10/2008, 04:09 pm By Todd Turner

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (Nov. 9) — His helmet replaced by his trademark black hat, Hall of Famer Mike Duvall signed autographs for well-wishers in the pits at Cherokee Speedway, the track where the Cowpens, S.C., driver first raced in 1965. Full Story

• Flat hampers Richards as T-Mac wins Octoberfest

  Posted: 11/10/2008, 10:01 am By Doug Watson

  HAGERSTOWN, Md. (Nov. 8-9) — Benefitting after a flat tire hampered Josh Richards, Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., led the final 50 laps at Hagerstown Speedway for a $10,000 victory in the Late Model portion of the weather-postponed Full Story

• Chupp's tires outlast foes for Blue-Gray victory

  Posted: 11/09/2008, 01:58 pm By Todd Turner

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (Nov. 9) — Everyone took the green flag in the 18th annual Blue-Gray 100 planning to conserve their tires. Randle Chupp figured there was nowhere better to do that than from the lead. The Troutman, N.C., driver swept Full Story

• Korte wins at East Bay as Collins grabs crown

  Posted: 11/09/2008, 08:00 am From series reports

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Nov. 8) — Randy Korte of Highland, Ill., held off Marshall Austin Jr. of Plant City, Fla., at East Bay Raceway Park for a $5,000 victory in an event co-sanctioned by the United Dirt Late Model Challenge Series and Full Story

• Notes: Kerr will test himself for rest of '08

  Posted: 11/09/2008, 07:17 am By Todd Turner

  CHATSWORTH, Ga. (Nov. 8) — While many Dirt Late Model teams are prepared to mothball their equipment for the winter, Tommy Kerr and his Blount Motorsports team plan some testing that should help them extend the Maryville, Tenn., driver's Full Story

• Owens leads all 40 laps for Turkey Rumble win

  Posted: 11/08/2008, 06:41 pm By Todd Turner

  CHATSWORTH, Ga. (Nov. 8) — Most drivers would be thrilled to have 13 victories in a season. But Jimmy Owens didn't find 13 victories to be too lucky as the Newport, Tenn., driver was stuck on that number during his longest losing Full Story

• Remarkable consistency lifts Lanigan to WoO title

  Posted: 11/04/2008, 03:32 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Darrell Lanigan understands why many observers might be surprised that he emerged as the 2008 World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion. “I guess because I haven’t been in the top two or three in the points before,” Full Story

• Notes: Franklin's signals obscured at National 100

  Posted: 11/03/2008, 09:27 am By Todd Turner

  PHENIX CITY, Ala. (Nov. 2) — Through the first half of Sunday's 34th annual National 100 at East Alabama Motor Speedway, crew member Lance Wright used his orange flashlights to provide signals to his driver Dennis "Rambo" Franklin Full Story

• Parker caps fifth title with Tucson victory

  Posted: 11/03/2008, 07:30 am By M.J. Anderson

  TUCSON, Ariz. (Nov. 1) — Taking the lead from his third position when two frontrunners got together, 14th-starting Lonnie Parker Jr. of El Mirage, Calif., capped his fifth championship season on the Southwest DIRTcar Late Model Series Full Story

• Keith Nosbisch survives for Hendry County win

  Posted: 11/03/2008, 07:09 am From series reports

  CLEWISTON, Fla. (Nov. 1) — Surviving an infield excursion that cost him the lead, Keith Nosbisch of Valrico, Fla., rallied to overtake Shan Smith of Dade City, Fla., on a late restart to capture the Kim Allen Memorial at Hendry County Full Story