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• Notebook: WoO reveals TV package on Speed

  Posted: 03/24/2008, 05:10 pm From series, staff and special reports

  Six World of Outlaws Late Model Series events in 2008 will be televised on Speed, World Racing Group CEO Brian Carter announced to a live television audience during March 23’s edition of Wind Tunnel With Dave Despain on the cable Full Story

• McCool, Wall split MSCC-AMP doubleheader

  Posted: 03/24/2008, 11:16 am From series reports

  Bub McCool of Vicksburg, Miss., and Chris Wall of Holden, La., conquered the “North” on the weekend of March 21-22. In a pair of events sanctioned by the Mississippi State Championship Challenge and Arkansas Motorsports Professionals, Full Story

• Owens thaws Volunteer field to pocket $10,000

  Posted: 03/23/2008, 12:22 pm By Robert Walden

  BULLS GAP, Tenn. (March 21-22) — Leading all the way from his pole position, Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., earned $10,000 for his Advance Auto Parts Thunder Series-sanctioned victory in the BB&T-Toyota Tundra Spring Thaw 100 at Volunteer Full Story

• Notebook: Wallace has tough night at Clarksville

  Posted: 03/23/2008, 07:24 am By Todd Turner

  CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (March 22) — To say things didn’t exactly go Wendell Wallace’s way at the fourth annual Tuckassee Toilet Bowl Classic is an understatement. After a wreck in lapped traffic robbed him of a chance to catch Full Story

• O'Connor survives, earns $5,000 at Flomaton

  Posted: 03/23/2008, 05:47 am By Roby Helm

  FLOMATON, Ala. (March 21-22) — Chris O’Connor of Cantonment, Fla., survived a pair of close calls and led all 75 laps of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series event in front of a packed house at Flomaton Speedway to earn Full Story

• Davenport doubles down for Lavonia victories

  Posted: 03/23/2008, 01:14 am By Dustin Jarrett

  LAVONIA, Ga. (March 22) — Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., doubled down at Lavonia Speedway. Leading every single lap in two feature events, Davenport earned $5,000 for his victory on the O’Reilly Southern All Star circuit Full Story

• Sit on it: O'Neal rules Toilet Bowl Classic

  Posted: 03/22/2008, 07:07 pm By Todd Turner

  CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (March 22) — Don O’Neal earned a seat on the throne at StormPay.com Speedway. And although he refused to be photographed sitting on the unique trophy at the fourth annual Tuckassee Toilet Bowl Classic, the Full Story

• Tungate hoping for reversal at Clarksville

  Posted: 03/22/2008, 03:45 pm By Todd Turner

  CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (March 22) — Tim Tungate is a former winner of the Tuckassee Toilet Bowl Classic at StormPay.com Speedway, but the Campbellsville, Ky., driver struggled on the opening night of this year’s event. Even before Full Story

• Notebook: Clash, track titles will pay $40,000

  Posted: 03/20/2008, 12:09 pm From track and series reports

  Drivers looking to pick up big purses this season on the Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series and Fayetteville (N.C.) Motor Speedway’s Crazy 8 miniseries will have a shot at even more money than they expected. The series and track Full Story

• Notebook: Cobb outduels the boss at East Bay

  Posted: 03/18/2008, 03:24 pm From track reports

  It’s not always a good idea to beat the boss, but that’s in essence what Phillip Cobb did March 15 at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla. The night’s 25-lap Super Late Model feature turned out to be a wheel-to-wheel Full Story

• Notebook: Gill saddles up in Warrior house car

  Posted: 03/18/2008, 02:50 pm From track, staff and series reports

  The Modern Day Warrior? It doesn’t have quite the same ring as the Modern Day Cowboy, but John Gill of Mitchell, Ind., will indeed pilot the Warrior Race Cars house car for the full schedule of 2008. Gill, a two-time winner of the Full Story

• Notebook: Farmer City gears up for Illini 100

  Posted: 03/18/2008, 01:38 pm From series and track reports

  There’s never been a dirt Late Model event in the state of Illinois quite like this one. The inaugural Illini 100 will be, plain and simple, the richest dirt Late Model show ever run in the Land of Lincoln. Set for April 4-5 at Farmer Full Story

• Notebook: Hess wins $12,000 from Alltel

  Posted: 03/18/2008, 12:38 pm From track and staff reports

  Fierce voting down the stretch turned the inaugural Alltel All-Star contest into a virtual photo finish between UMP modified competitor Dave Hess Jr. and sprint car driver Wayne Johnson vying for the $12,000 top prize. The online poll closed Full Story

• Notebook: Recovering Chadwick returns home

  Posted: 03/18/2008, 11:47 am From staff, series and track reports

  Kellen Chadwick, the up-and-coming Late Model driver seriously injured in a Feb. 22 modified accident, returned to his Oakley, Calif., home March 13 as he continues undergoing extensive rehabilitation for back and neck injuries that have Full Story

• In 30th year of racing, Frank aims for WoO title

  Posted: 03/17/2008, 08:41 am By Kevin Kovac

  Time sure does fly when you’re having fun behind the wheel of a race car. Just ask World of Outlaws Late Model Series star Chub Frank, who is celebrating 30 seasons as a dirt-track driver in 2008. “The years have gone by in Full Story

• Home-stater flattens foes, wins at Deep South

  Posted: 03/17/2008, 07:24 am From track reports

  LOXLEY, Ala. (March 14-15) —In a race of attrition with several right-rear tires going flat, Nathan Ingersoll of Robertsdale, Ala., outlasted his opponents for a career-best $10,000 victory in the crate Late Model portion of the Chuck Full Story

• Lucas grabs $5,000 for victory at Deep South

  Posted: 03/17/2008, 07:23 am From track reports

  LOXLEY, Ala. (March 14-15) — Shep Lucas of McKenzie, Ala., defended his home-state turf at Deep South Speedway with a $5,000 victory in the Super Late Model portion of the Chuck Stevens Motorsports 100. Lucas went to the front with Full Story

• Kyle Cummings captures SUPR opener, $2,500

  Posted: 03/16/2008, 12:59 pm From series reports

  HAUGHTON, La. (March 15) — Polesitter Kyle Cummings of Minden, La., led all 40 laps at Champion Park Speedway to capture the 2008 opener on the O’Reilly Auto Parts Southern United Professional Racing tour. The 25-year-old driver’s Full Story

• KLMS: Moyer rebounds with caution-plagued win

  Posted: 03/14/2008, 08:10 pm By Todd Turner

  CALVERT CITY, Ky. (March 14) — Billy Moyer didn’t waste his front row starting spot this time. Staying out front in a 40-lapper with frequent cautions, Moyer redeemed himself from a lackluster performance the previous night Full Story

• KLMS notebook: Younger McCammon in No. 92

  Posted: 03/14/2008, 06:27 pm By Todd Turner

  CALVERT CITY, Ky. (March 14) — Check out the new T-shirts for B.J. McCammon’s race team and you’ll see a No. 92 with this message: “It’s back.” That’s a nod to his retired father Doug McCammon, Full Story

• KLMS notebook: Francis always tough on last lap

  Posted: 03/14/2008, 10:04 am By Todd Turner

  CALVERT CITY, Ky. (March 13) — Steve Francis won Thursday’s $5,000 March Madness opener with last-lap heroics, staving off a charge by Dennis Erb Jr. despite racing on a virtually flat right rear tire. But edging Erb wasn’t Full Story

• Finishing on flat tire, Francis nips Erb at KLMS

  Posted: 03/13/2008, 07:20 pm By Todd Turner

  CALVERT CITY, Ky. (March 13) — Manhandling his car on a deflating right rear tire over the final three laps, Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., barely held off Dennis Erb Jr.'s charge in the March Madness opener at Kentucky Lake Motor Full Story

• KLMS: Safety first as Pearson climbs back in

  Posted: 03/13/2008, 05:42 pm By Todd Turner

  CALVERT CITY, Ky. (March 13) — Except for lingering upper back pain that develops before he rises each morning, Earl Pearson Jr. says he's completely recuperated from his scary rollover accident Feb. 16 at Volusia Speedway Park during Full Story

• Notebook: Red Farmer grabs victory at age 76

  Posted: 03/12/2008, 12:40 pm From series and special reports

  At 76, Red Farmer, a member of NASCAR's fabled "Alabama Gang," isn't content to sit around and enjoy honors for being an integral part of stock car racing in his home state. He's still mixing it up on the racetrack. Farmer showed he can Full Story

• Notebook: Pike County preparing for WoO visit

  Posted: 03/12/2008, 10:28 am From series and special reports

  Pike County Speedway's first attempt to run its first-ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series event was spoiled by rain last July, but the Magnolia, Miss., track is hoping for better weather for its March 28-29 WoO event. The 100-lap feature Full Story