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• Notebook: Bonus put up for North Georgia-Cleveland

  Posted: 03/12/2008, 09:44 am From series and track reports

  The inclement weather that postponed the March 8 O'Reilly Southern All Star event at North Georgia comes with a nice byproduct for series racers. When the race is made up this weekend as a Friday night event as a companion to Saturday's Full Story

• Notebook: Charity draws dirt racers to asphalt

  Posted: 03/12/2008, 08:46 am From staff and series reports

  The top Dirt Late Model racers from northwest Pennsylvania and western New York have battled plenty of laps on dirt tracks. Coming Sept. 17, a dozen of them will face off on asphalt in a special event to raise money for the Erie, Pa.-based Full Story

• Lloyd earns $5,000 at Ponce De Leon Classic

  Posted: 03/11/2008, 04:43 pm By Rick Anges

  CLEWISTON, Fla. (March 8) — Leading the final 19 laps after Ryan Mitchell spun out of the top spot, Ivedent Lloyd Jr. of Ocala, Fla., captured the second annual Ponce De Leon Classic at Hendry County Speedway. Lloyd earned $5,000 Full Story

• Notebook: Ex-NALMS promoter dies at 50

  Posted: 03/10/2008, 04:34 pm By Todd Turner

  Bill Nelson, a race car owner and promoter heavily involved in United Midwestern Promoters racing, died Monday afternoon while undergoing open-heart surgery at Carle Foundation Hospital in Champaign, Ill., according to UMP series director Full Story

• Peeking at the sport's Unsolved Mysteries

  Posted: 03/10/2008, 03:00 pm From staff and correspondent reports

  Like many controversies in Dirt Late Model racing, January's tire-cheating fiasco at Golden Isles Speedway's Super Bowl of Racing IV had plenty of drama, a little finger-pointing — and a good dose of mystery. It was among the Full Story

• Notebook: Weather shuffles Tennessee slates

  Posted: 03/05/2008, 01:15 pm From track, series and staff reports

  Everything you've heard about March's schedule for Dirt Late Model specials in Tennessee, erase it from your memory. Weather and schedule changes have dramatically changed race dates and Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tenn., has come Full Story

• Notebook: Eckert glad to snap 8-month drought

  Posted: 03/04/2008, 08:08 am By Kevin Kovac

  Rick Eckert's March 2 victory in the Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway season opener was far from the richest win of his standout dirt Late Model career, but it was incredibly satisfying. No surprise there considering the York, Pa., driver's triumph Full Story

• Hogge races to $3,000 victory at Bakersfield

  Posted: 03/03/2008, 04:00 pm From track reports

  BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (March 1) — Bobby Hogge IV of Salinas, Calif., outran Steve Drake of San Luis Obispo, Calif., at Bakersfield Speedway for a $3,000 Western Allstars Late Model Series victory. Drake finished second with Billy Griffin, Full Story

• Williams wins at Ocala in first-ever UDLMCS event

  Posted: 03/03/2008, 03:01 pm From series reports

  OCALA, Fla. (Feb. 29) — Shane Williams of DeLeon Springs, Fla., took the lead just before the halfway point at Ocala Speedway and led the remainder of the 40-lapper for a victory in the first-ever United Dirt Late Model Challenge Full Story

• Notebook: Spin not what it seemed for Weaver

  Posted: 03/03/2008, 12:55 am By Todd Turner

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (March 2) — Drivers the caliber of Randy Weaver don't typically spin out by themselves, especially while leading a race. But initially it appeared that's exactly what the Crossville, Tenn., veteran did, albeit on a tricky Full Story

• Owens nabs 2nd straight victory at Cherokee

  Posted: 03/02/2008, 02:19 pm By Todd Turner

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (March 2) — Polesitter Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., made it two straight victories at Cherokee Speedway as he led the final 44 laps of the March Madness 60 for his first career victory on the O'Reilly Southern All Full Story

• Notebook: Summerville climbs back into car

  Posted: 03/02/2008, 02:29 am By Todd Turner

  PHENIX CITY, Ala. (March 1) — Jody Summerville hasn't raced regularly in five years, but fellow Georgian and crate Late Model racer Blake Stewart talked him into piloting Stewart's backup car at the occasional event. Summerville, Full Story

• East Alabama sweep pays Johnson $15,000

  Posted: 03/01/2008, 11:02 pm By Todd Turner

  PHENIX CITY, Ala. (March 1) — Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, Tenn., watched Dale McDowell sweep two features at last weekend's Bama Bash while Johnson settled for a pair of second-place finishes. It was Johnson's turn to sweep a week Full Story

• T-Mac outduels James, earns $3,000 in Vegas

  Posted: 03/01/2008, 01:35 am By Chris Stepan

  LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Feb. 29) — It didn't take long for Tim McCreadie to hit the jackpot driving the Victory Circle Chassis house car. Roaring to the front from his eighth starting spot, the former World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion Full Story

• Speedy Mars makes it four in a row in Vegas

  Posted: 02/29/2008, 01:56 am By Chris Stepan

  LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Feb. 28) — Remaining undefeated at Vegas in a Jess Anderson-owned car, polesitter Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., fought off challenges from Scott James for his fourth consecutive Dirt Late Model victory at Las Vegas Full Story

• Notebook: Series add incentives to wear HANS

  Posted: 02/27/2008, 07:28 am By Todd Turner

  Like most Dirt Late Model racers, Ray Cook figured head-and-neck restraints like the HANS device were strictly for NASCAR drivers flying around superspeedways at nearly 200 mph. Cook owned a HANS device he'd worn while dabbling with asphalt Full Story

• McDowell earns $5,000 for Bama Bash victory

  Posted: 02/24/2008, 03:59 pm By Todd Turner

  GLENCOE, Ala. (Feb. 24) — Dipping his toe into the crate Late Model pool, former World 100 winner Dale McDowell of Rossville, Ga., took the lead from Brian Smith on the sixth lap at Green Valley Speedway and raced to a time-limit-shortened Full Story

• Double domination for McDowell at Bama Bash

  Posted: 02/24/2008, 12:40 pm By Todd Turner

  GLENCOE, Ala. (Feb. 24) — Dale McDowell's double duty at Green Valley Speedway's 11th annual Bama Bash paid double time. The Rossville, Ga., driver earned $10,000 for dominating the Super Late Model feature and an additional $5,000 Full Story

• Chadwick suffers back, neck injuries in accident

  Posted: 02/23/2008, 01:33 pm From staff and track reports

  Up-and-coming Dirt Late Model driver and modified standout Kellen Chadwick of Oakley, Calif., suffered potentially career-ending neck and back injuries Friday at Central Arizona Raceway when his rolling modified was struck by another competitor Full Story

• Nosbisch outduels Horton for East Bay victory

  Posted: 02/23/2008, 07:26 am By Roby Helm

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 22) — Winning a side-by-side duel with Doug Horton in the late stages of the 40-lapper, Keith Nosbisch of Valrico, Fla., led the final 10 laps at East Bay Raceway Park for a $2,500 victory on the NeSmith Chevrolet Full Story

• Notebook: WDRL starts season at Davenport

  Posted: 02/22/2008, 10:11 am From series and staff reports

  The World Dirt Racing League's 20-race schedule opens April 5 at Davenport (Iowa) Speedway's half-mile oval as the Midwest-based tour begins its seventh season. "We are excited about 2008," said WDRL founder and president Jim Wilson, "and Full Story

• Cancer doesn't slow down Illinois racer

  Posted: 02/21/2008, 04:12 pm By Todd Turner

  Facing chemotherapy to fight terminal cancer two years ago, Hershel Roberts visited the hospital to have a port inserted between his collarbone and breast. The device relieves the poking and prodding necessary to find veins before each Full Story

• Notebook: Spring Thaw kicks off 2008 season

  Posted: 02/21/2008, 09:10 am From series reports

  Volunteer Speedway will begin its 35th season of of racing by hosting one of the richest events in the history of the 4-year-old Advance Auto Parts Thunder Series. The series, making its first visit to the Bulls Gap, Tenn., track, is sanctioning Full Story

• Notebook: Two UFO events to be on Comcast

  Posted: 02/21/2008, 08:29 am From series reports

  At least two events on the fledgling Unified Force Racing Championship tour will be televised for Comcast digital cable subscribers as part of a Comcast sponsorship of the UFO series. Twin 30-lappers at Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Full Story

• Notebook: SWDRA makes return to Manzy

  Posted: 02/20/2008, 04:59 pm From staff and series reports

  The series return to Manzanita Speedway and three big season-ending weekends highlight the 2008 schedule on the Southwest Dirt Racing Association. The eighth season for the Arizona-based Dirt Late Model tour begins March 8 at Canyon Speedway Full Story