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• Unretired Claycomb gets UMP victory at Paducah

  Posted: 06/26/2008, 06:02 pm By Todd Turner

  PADUCAH, Ky. (June 26) — The whipper-snappers on the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals tour at Paducah International Raceway probably wish Kevin Claycomb was still retired. Competing on the grueling circuit for the first time in five years, Full Story

• UMP Summernationals almanac: Thursday, June 26

  Posted: 06/26/2008, 10:14 am By Todd Turner

  Series: 11th of 25 races. Venue: Paducah (Ky.) International Raceway, a high-speed 3/8-mile western Kentucky oval that has hosted Summernationals events for each of the past 12 seasons. Shannon Babb, Don O'Neal and Billy Drake have each Full Story

• Babb's bad break lifts Lanigan at Big Diamond

  Posted: 06/26/2008, 08:41 am By Kevin Kovac

  MINERSVILLE, Pa. (June 25) — Everything is going Darrell Lanigan’s way on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series. Proof positive came midweek at Big Diamond Raceway, where Lanigan continued his surge to the top of the tour’s Full Story

• Notebook: O'Neal misses golden opportunity

  Posted: 06/26/2008, 02:22 am By Todd Turner

  ELDON, Mo. (June 25) — Don O'Neal's part-time starts on the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals circuit haven't been up to the usual standards of the 2004 series champion. The Martinsville, Ind., driver had a good chance to turn things around Full Story

• Moyer breaks through for Lake Ozark victory

  Posted: 06/25/2008, 05:50 pm By Todd Turner

  ELDON, Mo. (June 25) — Top-five finishes don't satisfy Billy Moyer. After five straight finishes of fourth or better on the 26-race UMP DIRTcar Summernationals tour without a victory, the winningest all-time series driver from Batesville, Full Story

• Canandaigua gives Kid Rocket another WoO win

  Posted: 06/25/2008, 10:30 am By Kevin Kovac

  CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (June 24) — This time Josh Richards made it look easy. Two days after pulling off a dramatic, come-from-behind victory in Canada, Richards rolled to a dominant flag-to-flag win before a standing-room-only crowd in Full Story

• UMP Summernationals almanac: Wednesday, June 25

  Posted: 06/25/2008, 10:09 am By Todd Turner

  Series: 10th of 25 races. Venue: Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, Mo., which is hosting its first-ever Summernationals race after last year's scheduled debut was rained out. The track doesn't run UMP Late Models weekly but runs a Crate Late Full Story

• Shirley slips past Moyer for last-lap UMP victory

  Posted: 06/24/2008, 07:48 pm By Todd Turner

  SEDALIA, Mo. (June 24) — Although Brian Shirley led the point standings on the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals after eight races, he'd yet to visit victory lane on the 26-race tour. The 27-year-old driver from Chatham, Ill., remedied Full Story

• Former champ welcomes UMP tour to Sedalia

  Posted: 06/24/2008, 06:49 pm By Todd Turner

  SEDALIA, Mo. (June 24) — With the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals coming to Missouri's State Fair Speedway, Chris Smyser of Lancaster, Mo., welcomes the touring drivers as the half-mile oval's reigning champion, even if his weekly Late Full Story

• UMP Summernationals almanac: Tuesday, June 24

  Posted: 06/23/2008, 10:10 pm By Todd Turner

  Series: Ninth of 25 races. Venue: State Fair Speedway in Sedalia, Mo., a huge half-mile fairgrounds oval that's the westernmost series race of 2008. The track was the second-to-last event on the rain-plagued 1992 Summernationals with Billy Full Story

• Dillon outruns Rogers, wins $2,000 at Volunteer

  Posted: 06/23/2008, 07:41 pm By Robert Walden

  BULLS GAP, Tenn. (June 21) — Austin Dillon, the grandson of legendary NASCAR team owner Richard Childress, grabbed his first Super Late Model victory at Volunteer Speedway in the 40-lap Showdown at the Gap. The 18-year-old driver Full Story

• Les Essary overcomes Comer for West Plains victory

  Posted: 06/23/2008, 04:51 pm From series reports

  WEST PLAINS, Mo. (June 21) — Lesley Essary of Crane, Mo., overtook race-long leader Chuck Comer in a late-race duel at West Plains Motor Speedway for his third Show-Me Racin' Series victory of the season. Comer, who started outside Full Story

• Dechant leads every lap for second I-76 victory

  Posted: 06/23/2008, 03:59 pm From correspondent and series reports

  FORT MORGAN, Colo. (June 21) — Gary Dechant of Northglenn, Colo., led all 25 laps at I-76 Speedway for his second Colorado Late Model Association victory of the year. Dave Garmann of Milliken, Colo., settled for second with Jim Beaman Full Story

• Buckingham earns $2,000 Fastrak win at Bulls Gap

  Posted: 06/23/2008, 03:38 pm By Robert Walden

  BULLS GAP, Tenn. (June 21) — Shanon Buckingham of Morristown, Tenn., overtook Ty Dillon midway through a 40-lap Fastrak Racing Series event at Volunteer Speedway and led the rest of the way for $2,000 victory. “We kind of had Full Story

• McCool wins fourth as Wall returns to track

  Posted: 06/23/2008, 03:07 pm From track and correspondent reports

  MERIDIAN, Miss. (June 21) — Fourth-starting Bub McCool of Vicksburg, Miss., grabbed the lead from David Breazeale with 19 laps remaining at Whynot Motorsports Park and raced to his fourth Mississippi State Championship Challenge victory Full Story

• Drake, Hogge on top with Western Allstars

  Posted: 06/23/2008, 02:27 pm From series reports

  Two of the winningest drivers in Western Allstars DIRTcar Late Model Series history continued their winning ways June 21-22 as the series made a northern swing. Steve Drake of San Luis Obispo captured Friday's weekend opener at Ocean Speedway Full Story

• Kid Rocket reaches goal of Canadian victory

  Posted: 06/22/2008, 11:18 pm By Kevin Kovac

  CORNWALL, Ontario (June 22) — Josh Richards is now an international superstar. The young sensation known as Kid Rocket achieved a personal goal on Sunday night, winning on Canadian soil for the first time with a memorable rally in Full Story

• Van Wormer survives traffic, wins at Danville

  Posted: 06/22/2008, 06:13 pm By Todd Turner

  DANVILLE, Ill. (June 22) — Deftly handling lapped traffic when things got tight late, Jeep Van Wormer of Pinconning, Mich., won the eighth leg of the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals at Vermilion County Speedway for his first series victory Full Story

• UMP Summernationals almanac: Sunday, June 22

  Posted: 06/22/2008, 12:48 pm By Todd Turner

  Series: Eighth of 25 races. Venue: Vermilion County Speedway in Danville, Ill., which has hosted 14 Summernationals races overall and 11 events over the past 12 seasons. Shannon Babb has a series-high four victories at Danville while Don Full Story

• Hollingsworth holds off Johnson, wins at Columbus

  Posted: 06/22/2008, 05:58 am By Roby Helm

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (June 21) — Ronny Lee Hollingsworth of Northport, Ala., used his extensive experience at Columbus Speedway, picking the right groove at the right time, to capture the GM Performance 40 for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Full Story

• Eckert ends WoO skid at Autodrome Drummond

  Posted: 06/22/2008, 05:36 am By Kevin Kovac

  DRUMMONDVILLE, Quebec — Rick Eckert doesn’t have to answer the questions anymore. With his frustrating winless streak on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series approaching two full years, Eckert finally broke through with a Full Story

• Moyer wins O'Reilly Challenge at Wheatland

  Posted: 06/22/2008, 05:08 am From track and correspondent reports

  WHEATLAND, Mo. (June 21) — Hall of Fame driver Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., crashed the party at Lucas Oil Speedway and stole away with a $10,000 victory in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge. In a clash of the regional O'Reilly-sponsored Full Story

• North Alabama gives R.J. second NeSmith victory

  Posted: 06/21/2008, 01:03 pm By Roby Helm

  TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (June 20) — Hall of Fame dirt racer Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, Tenn., led flag-to-flag at North Alabama Speedway to become the first two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series winner of the season. Johnson Full Story

• Miller fights off Moore for Attica ALMS victory

  Posted: 06/21/2008, 12:10 pm By Brian Liskai

  ATTICA, Ohio (June 20) — Fourth-starting Matt Miller of Whitehouse, Ohio, drove under polesitter Ronnie Perrine Jr of Lima, Ohio, on the seventh lap and fought off late-race challenges from Dusty Moore of Swanton, Ohio, for a $2,000 Full Story

• Schlieper repels Owens for victory at Cherokee

  Posted: 06/21/2008, 11:49 am By James Essex

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (June 20) — Fighting off a late challenge from 11th-starting Jimmy Owens, Dan Schlieper of Sullivan, Wis., led all 40 laps at Cherokee Speedway for his second Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory in the last three Full Story