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• Notes: Eckert struggles at Bedford after red flag

  Posted: 08/30/2008, 08:03 am By Kevin Kovac

  BEDFORD, Pa. (Aug. 29) — Rick Eckert of York, Pa., who won four consecutive track championships at Bedford Speedway from 1989-92, led the first 16 laps in his Raye Vest-owned GRT, but he couldn't pull off the flag-to-flag victory Full Story

• Francis rules Bedford but Lanigan makes his points

  Posted: 08/30/2008, 07:54 am By Kevin Kovac

  BEDFORD, Pa. (Aug. 29) — Steve Francis became the winningest driver on the 2008 World of Outlaws Late Model Series with a triumph in Friday night’s 50-lap feature at Bedford Speedway. But the defending tour champion from Ashland, Full Story

• Notes: Rain keeps Duck River surface plenty moist

  Posted: 08/30/2008, 07:09 am By Robert Holman

  WHEEL, Tenn. (Aug. 29) — Local standout Jay Brinkley, a former O'Reilly Southern All Star winner who cut his racing teeth at Duck River, has seen just about every possible condition the tiny bullring could throw at a driver through Full Story

• McCool tops Burroughs, wins $5,000 at the Duck

  Posted: 08/30/2008, 06:56 am By Robert Holman

  WHEEL, Tenn. (Aug. 29) — Bub McCool has been close at Duck River Speedway before. This time, the Vicksburg, Miss., driver wouldn’t be denied. Starting sixth, McCool moved to second by lap three and then wrestled the lead away Full Story

• Berry maintains perfect season with Aztec win

  Posted: 08/30/2008, 06:49 am By Tom Friemann

  AZTEC, N.M. (Aug. 29) — Overcoming late-race mechanical woes, reigning series champion Jeep Berry of Grand Junction, Colo., continued his unprecedented perfect series season with a victory on opening night of the second annual Snap-On Full Story

• Payne outruns Phillips for $3,000 victory at Springfield

  Posted: 08/30/2008, 02:32 am From track and special reports

  SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Aug. 28) — Winning a race honoring his late sponsor, hometown driver Jeremy Payne fought off his car owner and teammate Terry Phillips at Springfield Raceway to win the John Kuntz Memorial. Payne earned $3,000 for Full Story

• Moyer's $5,000 win puts wraps on Farmer City

  Posted: 08/30/2008, 02:10 am By Dan Stewart

  FARMER CITY, Ill. (Aug. 29) — Hall of Famer Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., opened the Farmer City Raceway season in April with a big victory, and he closed the track's Late Model racing in 2008 with another healthy purse. The polesitting Full Story

• Oregon series founder dies in highway accident

  Posted: 08/29/2008, 08:38 pm From newspaper and staff reports

  Doug Walters of Forest Grove, Ore., a key figure in the development of Dirt Late Model racing in the Northwest, died Aug. 28 in a highway accident in Hillsboro, Ore. He was 57. Walters was driving an SUV on Thursday evening that careened Full Story

• Notes: Bedford geared up for return of WoO

  Posted: 08/27/2008, 08:49 am From series, track and staff reports

  Last year’s inaugural World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Bedford Speedway served as a hallmark moment for the historic track’s promotional team of J.R. Keifer, Jim Maybury and Dr. Dave Horne. The renowned national tour’s Full Story

• Sprint veteran West gets rolling in Late Models

  Posted: 08/26/2008, 04:20 pm By James Baker

  Over the years in the diverse worlds of sprint car and Dirt Late Model racing, there has never been much common ground between the two divisions. Sprint car enthusiasts say that they wouldn't walk across the street to watch the taxis run. Full Story

• Jason Frankel captures IMCA's weekly crown

  Posted: 08/26/2008, 01:55 pm By Bill Martin

  Two wins on the final weekend and a track championship bonus helped make Jason Frankel of Quincy, Ill., the weekly champion in IMCA’s J&J Steel Late Model division. His first career crown came in a tight contest with Todd Cooney of Full Story

• Racers embrace family's long wait for liver donor

  Posted: 08/26/2008, 12:43 pm By Todd Turner

  Since the spring of 2007, David and Trish Barker, along with the dirt racing community in and around Kansas City, Mo., have been praying for 21-month-old Tyler Barker to receive a liver transplant and a degree of health he's never enjoyed. Full Story

• Blair slips by Snyder for $1,200 Eriez victory

  Posted: 08/26/2008, 10:40 am By Mike Leone

  HAMMETT, Pa. (Aug. 24) — After falling back as far as eighth, Max Blair of Centerville, Pa., used late-race traffic to his advantage to overtake race-long leader Tom Snyder Jr. with five laps remaining at Eriez Speedway and become Full Story

• Notes: Keltner getting taste of four-bar car

  Posted: 08/25/2008, 12:20 pm By Todd Turner

  BARDSTOWN, Ky. — Enough drivers were in unfamiliar cars for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Bluegrass Classic at Bluegrass Speedway that fans needed an updated program to keep up at the Aug. 23 event. Jason Keltner Full Story

• Notes: Tangle, damage robs Babb of lead at K-C

  Posted: 08/24/2008, 06:48 am By Kevin Kovac

  ALMA, Ohio (Aug. 23) — Shannon Babb's bid for his first World of Outlaws Late Model Series in more than a month came undone after a frontstretch tangle with the slower car driven by Chris Combs at K-C Raceway. The 34-year-old Babb, Full Story

• Wow is right: Hot Rod tops WoO foes at K-C

  Posted: 08/24/2008, 06:30 am By Kevin Kovac

  ALMA, Ohio (Aug. 23) — Rod Conley gave a simple answer when asked how he felt after scoring his first career World of Outlaws Late Model Series triumph at K-C Raceway. While standing in victory lane following the 50-lapper, the 46-year-old Full Story

• Erb visits MARS victory lane at I-55 Raceway

  Posted: 08/24/2008, 06:09 am From track reports

  PEVELY, Mo. (Aug. 23) — Third-starting Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., captured his first career O'Reilly MARS DIRTcar Series victory at I-55 Raceway near St. Louis. Erb, who pocketed $16,000 including a $10,000 bonus three Full Story

• Owens ends Bloomquist's Bluegrass Classic streak

  Posted: 08/23/2008, 10:23 pm By Todd Turner

  BARDSTOWN, Ky. (Aug. 23) — Scott Bloomquist built a half-straightaway lead early at Bluegrass Speedway and appeared as if he'd roll to his fourth consecutive victory in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Bluegrass Classic. Jimmy Full Story

• Blair slips past Troutman in final laps at The Rock

  Posted: 08/23/2008, 10:13 am By Matt Felten

  CUMBERLAND, Md. (Aug. 22) — Series points leader Robbie Blair of Titusville, Pa., picked off home-track driver D.J. Troutman in the waning laps to claim the $5,000 prize in the Independent Racing Series event at Allegany County Speedway. Full Story

• Miller edges Francis for victory at Lawrenceburg

  Posted: 08/22/2008, 09:27 pm From series reports

  LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (Aug. 22) — Darren Miller of Milledgeville, Ill., overtook polesitter Steve Francis on the 30th lap at Lawrenceburg Speedway, then fought off a last-ditch challenge from the Ashland, Ky., driver to capture his second Full Story

• Clanton redeemed with WoO victory at the Gap

  Posted: 08/22/2008, 05:58 am By Kevin Kovac

  BULLS GAP, Tenn. (Aug. 21) — Shane Clanton wasn’t about to suffer the same fate twice. Twenty-four hours after having a victory slip through his fingers thanks to some problems with lapped traffic, Clanton made all the right Full Story

• Notes: Clanton bummed by Volunteer's near-miss

  Posted: 08/21/2008, 08:54 am By Kevin Kovac

  BULLS GAP, Tenn. (Aug. 20) — At last year's Scorcher presented by Alltel Wireless, lapped traffic hurt Jimmy Owens at Volunteer Speedway. This time around, Owens was the benefactor when leader Shane Clanton was hampered by slower Full Story

• Lapped traffic falls Owens way for Volunteer victory

  Posted: 08/21/2008, 08:38 am By Kevin Kovac

  BULLS GAP, Tenn. (Aug. 20) — One year after coming oh-so-close to victory in World of Outlaws Late Model Series action at Volunteer Speedway, Jimmy Owens got the job done in a midweek event. The standout from Newport, Tenn., shined Full Story

• Crouch tops Feathers for first Winchester victory

  Posted: 08/20/2008, 08:31 am From track reports

  WINCHESTER, Va. (Aug. 16) — After a near-miss a week earlier, Walter Crouch of Bealeton, Va., captured his first career Late Model victory at Winchester Speedway. Crouch jumped into the lead at the outset with Bubby Dillman Jr. and Full Story

• Hoover pulls off $2,000 surprise at Friendship

  Posted: 08/20/2008, 08:24 am From track reports

  ELKIN, N.C. (Aug. 16) — Ronnie Hoover of China Grove, N.C., scored an upset at Friendship Motor Speedway with a $2,000 victory in a 40-lap Super Late Model special. Fast qualifier and polesitter Gary Mabe jumped into the early lead Full Story