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• Notebook: Irony marks Turner's mercy mission

  Posted: 05/12/2008, 03:54 pm By Todd Turner

  WHEATLAND, Mo. — David Turner was the first driver eliminated from Sunday's second annual Diamond Nationals 100-lapper at Lucas Oil Speedway. Maybe it was just as well because the veteran driver from Creighton, Mo., certainly needed Full Story

• Babb leads all 100 laps for Wheatland victory

  Posted: 05/11/2008, 12:42 pm By Todd Turner

  WHEATLAND, Mo. (May 11) — Shannon Babb's been in Missouri about 10 days now. The way things are going, he may never leave. Grabbing his second victory in the Show-Me State over the past two weekends, Babb collected one of Dirt Full Story

• Blair wins caution-plagued event at A-1

  Posted: 05/11/2008, 07:08 am By Roby Helm

  SLIDELL, La. (May 10) — Eighth-starting Jay Blair of Angie, La., took the lead from Chip Brindle of Chatsworth, Ga., on the 18th lap at A-1 Raceway and led the rest of the 50-lapper for his first NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Full Story

• Rain postpones Diamond Nationals until Sunday

  Posted: 05/10/2008, 06:05 pm From staff reports

  WHEATLAND, Mo. (May 10) — Saturday evening storms added to mid-day showers at Lucas Oil Speedway postponed the $40,000-to-win Super Clean Diamond Nationals until Sunday afternoon. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event will begin Full Story

• Column: T-Mac aims to control his own destiny

  Posted: 05/10/2008, 04:11 pm

  There are plenty of plusses and minuses to Dirt Late Model racing's alliances with the upper levels of NASCAR racing in recent years. The influx of sponsorship and support from NASCAR drivers Bobby Labonte, David Stremme, Clint Bowyer and Full Story

• Clock-stopping Vaught sparkling at Wheatland

  Posted: 05/10/2008, 03:01 pm By Todd Turner

  WHEATLAND, Mo. (May 9) — Regional racers have plenty to fear when the nation's top touring drivers come to town. Among the things that scare them most? The stopwatch. After all, because many regional tour formats skip time trials Full Story

• Scouting the heats for the Diamond Nationals

  Posted: 05/10/2008, 11:46 am

  WHEATLAND, Mo. — Drivers that can handle wet conditions might be the favorites for Sunday's rain-delayed Super Clean Diamond Nationals at Lucas Oil Speedway. DirtonDirt.com takes a crack at cracking Sunday's heats heading into the Full Story

• King rules Wartburg for first SRRS win

  Posted: 05/10/2008, 10:09 am By Chris Tilley

  WARTBURG, Tenn. (May 9) — Leading all 50 laps at Wartburg Speedway, polesitter Brandon King of Decatur, Ala., raced to his first career victory on the PPM Racing Products Southern Regional Racing Series to earn $3,000. King outran Full Story

• Keeton takes NeSmith victory in Hattiesburg

  Posted: 05/10/2008, 09:52 am By Roby Helm

  HATTIESBURG, Miss. (May 9) — Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, Miss., scored a clean sweep in the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series 40-lap main event at Southern Speedway. The fast qualifier, led every lap, and took his first career Full Story

• Wall injured as Clanton wins at North Alabama

  Posted: 05/10/2008, 08:50 am From series and team reports

  TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (May 9) — Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., took the lead on the last lap for an O'Reilly Southern All Star victory at North Alabama Speedway on an evening marred by Chris Wall's flipping accident that sent him to Full Story

• Notebook: Special safety checks at Wheatland

  Posted: 05/09/2008, 08:14 pm By Todd Turner

  WHEATLAND, Mo. (May 9) — Technical inspections at the second annual Super Clean Diamond Nationals included additional checks as former NASCAR driver and racing safety expert Randy LaJoie examined the cockpits of many of the 80 cars Full Story

• Bloomquist gets revenge, fast time at Wheatland

  Posted: 05/09/2008, 07:01 pm By Todd Turner

  WHEATLAND, Mo. (May 9) — Rebounding after missing the feature lineup for last year's Diamond Nationals, Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., was the only driver below 17 seconds in time trials for this year's $40,000-to-win event Full Story

• Hammerle plans to enjoy time atop UMP standings

  Posted: 05/09/2008, 10:26 am By Kevin Kovac

  Veteran Mike Hammerle enters this weekend’s action leading the UMP DirtCar Late Model national points standings, but he knows his run in the sun will probably be short-lived. So the 60-year-old grandfather from St. Charles, Mo., is Full Story

• Notebook: Mod standout 8th in Late Model debut

  Posted: 05/08/2008, 09:48 am By Todd Turner

  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (May 7) — Denny Woodworth didn't exactly look worried, but maybe a little concerned. After all, the Quincy, Ill., driver was watching Tim Karrick of Basehor, Kan., make the first laps of his career in a Late Model, Full Story

• Payne runs away for MLRA win at Lakeside

  Posted: 05/07/2008, 07:51 pm By Todd Turner

  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (May 7) — Polesitter Jeremy Payne knew he had a fast enough car to win the O'Reilly Midwest LateModel Racing Association event at Lakeside Speedway. What the Springfield, Mo., racer wasn't certain about was whether Full Story

• Lucas instills welcoming attitude at Wheatland

  Posted: 05/07/2008, 08:26 am From staff, series and team reports

  Iowa driver Brian Birkhofer remembers his first meeting with Forrest Lucas, the president and CEO of Lucas Oil Products, following his first victory at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. Lucas drove up to Birkhofer's pit area in a white Full Story

• Notebook: Madden races despite heavy heart

  Posted: 05/05/2008, 02:11 pm By Todd Turner

  LAWNDALE, N.C. (May 3) — Chris Madden's plans to compete in the Skyler Trull Memorial at Cleveland County Speedway were uncertain following the death of his father-in-law on Tuesday. The funeral for Steve Spears, a retired deputy Full Story

• Williams leads every lap at Penton for SRRS victory

  Posted: 05/05/2008, 11:17 am From series reports

  PENTON, Ala. (May 2) — Starting outside the front row, Ricky Williams of Fayetteville, Ga., led all 50 laps at Penton Raceway for a $3,000 victory on the Southern Regional Racing Series. Williams outran polesitter Byron Michael Full Story

• Lloyd edges Williams for North Florida victory

  Posted: 05/05/2008, 10:45 am From series reports

  LAKE CITY, Fla. (May 3) — Ivedent Lloyd Jr. of Ocala, Fla., made his winning pass of Shane Williams DeLeon Spring, Fla., with just two laps remaining for a 40-lap United Dirt Late Model Challenge Series victory at North Florida Speedway. Full Story

• Kirkpatrick wins at Kings for second straight

  Posted: 05/05/2008, 10:18 am From series and correspondent reports

  HANFORD, Calif. (May 3) — Winning his second straight Western Allstars event, A.J. Kirkpatrick of Castroville, Calif., took the lead from polesitter Chris Shannon on the second lap and pulled away for a $3,000 victory at Kings Speedway. Full Story

• Birkhofer earns $7,000 for WoO win at Monett

  Posted: 05/04/2008, 09:35 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Brian Birkhofer still doesn’t have an official name for the new car he built with Jimmy and Chris Mars. But the Muscatine, Iowa, standout can certainly call the machine a winner after rolling to a flag-to-flag victory in the 40-lap Full Story

• Picture this: Litton tops Davis in SUPR photo finish

  Posted: 05/04/2008, 05:24 pm By Jason Wise

  VIVIAN, La. (May 3) — For the second consecutive week, Lee Davis was involved in a photo finish in O'Reilly Southern United Professional Racing action. This time, however, Davis would have to settle for runner-up honors as Rob Litton Full Story

• Wall wins at Winona for fourth MSCC victory

  Posted: 05/04/2008, 05:07 pm From series reports

  WINONA, Miss. (May 3) — Polesitter Chris Wall of Holden, La., won at Central Mississippi Speedway for his series-leading fourth Mississippi State Championship Challenge victory of the season. David Breazeale of Four Corners, Miss., Full Story

• Bloomquist tunes new car, wins at Bulls Gap

  Posted: 05/04/2008, 07:20 am By Robert Walden

  BULLS GAP, Tenn. (May 3) — If Scott Bloomquist, has a test track, its Volunteer Speedway. He used the 4/10-mile oval to shake down a new car at the Thunder at the Gap 50 and earned $4,000 for leading every lap of the Advance Auto Full Story

• Brady Smith tops KLMS for first Lucas Oil win

  Posted: 05/04/2008, 06:41 am By James Essex

  CALVERT CITY, Ky. (May 3) — Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis., powered past Darren Miller of Chadwick, Ill., on a lap-20 restart and never looked back at Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway in notching his first-ever Lucas Oil Late Model Full Story