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• Show-Me: Freddy Smith earns pole with stunner

  Posted: 05/24/2008, 06:53 pm By Todd Turner

  WEST PLAINS, Mo. (May 23) — Freddy Smith's rally from his eighth starting spot in the first heat set off a flurry of rallies in heat race action at West Plains Motor Speedway for the 16th annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Show-Me 100. Smith Full Story

• Show-Me: Picking the 24 West Plains starters

  Posted: 05/23/2008, 08:40 am From staff reports

  WEST PLAINS, Mo. (May 22) — Picking in winner in race which two guys (Scott Bloomquist and Wendell Wallace) have dominated the past six years might not be too challenging. But picking the 24 drivers who will start the 16th annual Full Story

• Show-Me: Wallace leans toward new car over old

  Posted: 05/22/2008, 06:04 pm By Todd Turner

  WEST PLAINS, Mo. (May 22) — Each of the last two years at West Plains Motor Speedway's Show-Me 100, Wendell Wallace has fielded a brand new GRT Race Car. And each of the last two years, the Batesville, Ark., driver has stood in Full Story

• Notebook: Blaney to pilot Fuller car in Delaware

  Posted: 05/21/2008, 07:27 pm By Kevin Kovac

  NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standout Dave Blaney will face off with the stars of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series on May 29 when the national tour visits Delaware International Speedway. An Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Full Story

• Column: Is move by Moran start of a trend?

  Posted: 05/21/2008, 06:21 pm

  ATTICA, Ohio — Since deciding earlier this month to drop off the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series for the first time in four seasons, Donnie Moran has gotten accustomed to two distinct reactions. Fans who plan to see more of him at Full Story

• Notebook: Indy 500 winner gets Prelude ride

  Posted: 05/21/2008, 03:01 pm From track, correspondent and series reports

  Eldora Speedway's Old Spice Prelude to the Dream may have an additional driver. Besides a bottle of frosty milk in victory lane, the Indianapolis 500 winner will also receive an invitation to race a Dirt Late Model against the likes of Full Story

• Show-Me Three: Preview of biggie at West Plains

  Posted: 05/21/2008, 08:17 am By Todd Turner

  DirtonDirt.com presents the Show-Me Three, a preview of the 16th annual Show-Me 100 at West Plains (Mo.) Motor Speedway, where the nation's best Dirt Late Model racers will battle for a $42,000 winner's purse May 22-24: | Video preview Three Full Story

• Litton survives tangle, scores repeat at Pike

  Posted: 05/19/2008, 12:03 pm From series reports

  MAGNOLIA, Miss. (May 17) — Rob Litton of Alexandria, La., won for the second time in a row at Pike County Speedway in O'Reilly Auto Parts Southern United Professional Racing action for his third victory of the season on the Louisiana-based Full Story

• Notebook: Spun Erb has dim view of Frank's spin

  Posted: 05/19/2008, 01:25 am By Todd Turner

  LINCOLN, Ill. (May 18) — Chub Frank was able to hold off late challenges from Josh Richards for a World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory at Lincoln Speedway. But as far as Dennis Erb Jr. was concerned, the Frank-Richards battle Full Story

• Frank denies Richards, triumphs at Lincoln

  Posted: 05/18/2008, 10:48 pm By Todd Turner

  LINCOLN, Ill. (May 18) — Turnabout is fair play. Chub Frank got the better of Josh Richards at Lincoln Speedway, holding off the 20-year-old sensation to capture the Land of Lincoln 40 before a standing-room-only crowd. It was the Full Story

• Drake leads all the way at Santa Maria

  Posted: 05/18/2008, 06:32 pm From series and correspondent reports

  SANTA MARIA, Calif. (May 17) — Three-time track champion and current points leader Steve Drake of San Luis Obispo, Calif., led every lap at Santa Maria Speedway for his first Western Allstars Super Late Model Series victory of the Full Story

• Notebook: Doar likes big money, familiar rules

  Posted: 05/18/2008, 09:26 am By Todd Turner

  SHAWANO, Wis. (May 17) — Usually when purses hit five figures in WISSOTA territory, that means another series is invading or Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis., is hosting one of its megaevents that draw many of Dirt Late Model Full Story

• Franklin, Davenport post twin victories at Wythe

  Posted: 05/18/2008, 03:04 am From series reports

  RURAL RETREAT, Va. (May 17) — Dennis "Rambo" Franklin of Gaffney, S.C., and Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., shared $2,500 feature victories as the Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series ran its double-feature format for the Full Story

• Adrian MLRA events still belong to Phillips

  Posted: 05/18/2008, 02:49 am From series reports

  ADRIAN, Mo. (May 17) — Three-time series champion Terry Phillips of Springfield, Mo., maintained his dominance in O'Reilly Midwest LateModel Racing Association action at Adrian Speedway with a $3,000 victory in the Jack Vaughn Memorial. Full Story

• T-Mac pockets $10,000 for victory at La Salle

  Posted: 05/18/2008, 02:23 am From series reports

  La SALLE, Ill. (May 17) — Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., outdueled Brady Smith at La Salle Speedway for his second Dirt Late Model victory of 2008 and his first on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series since 2005. McCreadie took Full Story

• Ailing son on mind, Mars triumphs at Shawano

  Posted: 05/17/2008, 10:23 pm By Todd Turner

  SHAWANO, Wis. (May 17) — With his 4-month-old son still recovering from bacterial meningitis, Jimmy Mars scrubbed his long-traveling weekend racing plans. Mars had already been away from on a racing trip when Taylor first checked Full Story

• Drown serves up solid WoO outing at Attica

  Posted: 05/17/2008, 07:34 am By Todd Turner

  ATTICA, Ohio (May 16) — If you compiled a list of businesses known for failure, owning a restaurant and operating a Dirt Late Model race team both rank somewhere near the top of the list. But count 25-year-old Doug Drown among the Full Story

• Cook capitalizes for North Georgia victory

  Posted: 05/17/2008, 12:33 am By Steve Hixson

  CHATSWORTH, Ga. (May 16) — Taking the lead on the last lap when Dale McDowell got into the wall, Ray Cook of Brasstown, N.C., earned an unsanctioned $2,000 victory at North Georgia Speedway. McDowell led more than 39 laps of the feature Full Story

• Birkhofer collects $10,000 for Lucas Oil win at Farley

  Posted: 05/17/2008 From series and staff reports

  FARLEY, Iowa (May 16) — Celebrating his older son Cruz's sixth birthday, home-state driver Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine grabbed the lead from Brian Shirley on the 30th lap and fought off Shirley the rest of the way to to win the Banner Full Story

• Richards goes high, tops Frank for WoO Attica win

  Posted: 05/16/2008, 06:23 pm From series and staff reports

  ATTICA, Ohio (May 16) — Josh Richards was pretty excited about the way he won the 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series feature at Attica Raceway Park. Flashing a veteran’s poise, the fast-rising 20-year-old superstar from Full Story

• Volunteer, closing until June 7, cites economy

  Posted: 05/13/2008, 12:24 pm From track reports

  BULLS GAP, Tenn. (May 12) — Citing financial pressures and other events competing with Saturday night racing, Volunteer Speedway owner Joe Loven announced he'll close the 4/10-mile oval through the remainder of May. The track, among Full Story

• Taylor, Moore split MSRA victories at Greenville

  Posted: 05/13/2008, 10:11 am From series reports

  GREENVILLE, Miss. (May 9-10) — Jeff Taylor of Cave City, Ark., and Ray Moore of Shreveport, La., captured O'Reilly Mid-South Racing Association victories over the weekend at Greenville Speedway. Both drivers earned $3,000 for the Full Story

• McDowell conquers Mountain foes, earns $3,000

  Posted: 05/13/2008, 09:44 am From series reports

  MARYVILLE, Tenn. (May 10) — Dale McDowell of Rossville, Ga., grabbed the lead on the 16th lap at Mountain Raceway Park and led the remainder of the Mountain Spring 50 on the Advance Auto Parts Thunder Series. McDowell, driving the Full Story

• Franklin tops last-lap scramble at Gordon Park

  Posted: 05/13/2008, 09:10 am From series reports

  GROVETOWN, Ga. (May 9) — Going from third to first on the final lap, 13th-starting Dennis "Rambo" Franklin earned $4,000 at Gordon Park Speedway for his second Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series victory of the season. Ed Gibbons Full Story

• Notebook: Surgery not required for healing Wall

  Posted: 05/13/2008, 08:32 am From track, series and correspondent reports

  Chris Wall, who cracked three vertebrae in his neck in a flipping accident May 9 at North Alabama Speedway, should be able to heal from his injuries without surgery, according to news posted by his wife Missy Wall on the team website. The Full Story