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• Lloyd enjoys title but lusts after SAS victory

  Posted: 11/19/2007, 03:25 pm By Todd Turner

  CLEVELAND, Tenn. (Nov. 17) — Ivedent Lloyd Jr. was all smiles following the 19th annual Gobbler 100 at Cleveland Speedway because he wrapped up his first championship on the O'Reilly Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series. The Ocala, Full Story

• Clanton fights off McDowell to win Gobbler

  Posted: 11/18/2007, 12:34 am By Todd Turner

  CLEVELAND, Tenn. (Nov. 17) — Shane Clanton denied polesitter Dale McDowell his seventh Gobbler Classic victory, along with a lucrative weekend payoff, but it wasn't easy. McDowell nearly fell back to fourth midway through the race Full Story

• Knoxville Raceway boosts Late Model Nationals purse

  Posted: 11/16/2007, 09:40 am From track reports

  The Knoxville Late Model Nationals will be even more lucrative in 2008. The track has announced a purse increase of more than $40,000 for the fifth version of Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway's biggest Late Model event. The 2008 race, scheduled Full Story

• O'Neal turns up wick while joining new team

  Posted: 11/12/2007, 12:58 pm By Todd Turner

  CHATSWORTH, Ga. (Nov. 10) — When Don O'Neal was watching action recently at the Dirt Track World Championship, the aggressive driving of Wayne Chinn caught his eye. "He was driving the wheels off the car," O'Neal said wide-eyed, admiring Full Story

• Tire choice plays major role in Blue-Gray 100

  Posted: 11/12/2007, 11:51 am By Todd Turner

  GAFFNEY, S.C. — Chris Madden led more than 70 laps of the Blue-Gray 100 at Cherokee Speedway, but the Gray Court, S.C., driver could never feel too comfortable knowing Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., was watching his every move. And Full Story

• Late pass gives Owens Blue-Gray 100 (updated)

  Posted: 11/11/2007, 06:26 pm By Todd Turner

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (Nov. 11) — Jimmy Owens stalked leader Chris Madden for more than 70 laps at Cherokee Speedway, turning up the heat as the Blue-Gray 100 wound down. So when a lapped car broke Madden's momentum with two laps remaining, Full Story

• Clanton lowers record, wins pole at Cherokee

  Posted: 11/11/2007, 01:55 pm By Todd Turner

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (Nov. 11) — Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., lowered the track record at the 4/10-mile Cherokee Speedway in time trials for the 17th annual Blue-Gray 100. His time of 14.998 seconds topped 45 cars entered in the O'Reilly Full Story

• Boen takes Manzanita finale, pockets $5,000

  Posted: 11/11/2007, 02:38 am By M.J. Anderson

  PHOENIX, Ariz. (Nov. 10) — Arizona is starting to suit Kelly Boen just fine. The Henderson, Colo., driver completed a successful eight-day stretch of racing in the Grand Canyon State with a $5,000 victory in the Western World Championships Full Story

• Arms grabs pole for North Georgia special

  Posted: 11/10/2007, 07:00 pm By Todd Turner

  CHATSWORTH, Ga. (Nov. 10) — Ricky Arms of Moss, Tenn., tied the North Georgia Speedway track record with a 12.269-second lap that made him the fast qualifier at the third annual Turkey Rumble. Arms will start on the pole for the 45-lap Full Story

• Indiana's James wins opener at Manzanita

  Posted: 11/09/2007, 01:28 am By M.J. Anderson

  PHOENIX, Ariz. (Nov. 8) — A long trip to Arizona paid off for Scott James in the first night of the Western World Championships at Manzanita Speedway. Driving a Salem, Ore.-based car as a teammate to Rick Wyatt, the Lawrenceburg, Full Story

• After reprieve, Farmer City plans $20,000 race

  Posted: 11/08/2007, 03:28 pm From staff and other reports

  Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway recently received a two-year reprieve from plans to shutter the track following the 2008 season. Now the track is making plans for the biggest event in the history of the track, and perhaps the richest Dirt Late Full Story

• For Francis, no more 'When will you win title?'

  Posted: 11/07/2007, 02:27 pm By Kevin Kovac

  A weight as heavy as a 2,300-pound dirt Late Model is now off Steve Francis’s shoulders. Finally, after two heart-breaking close calls, the Kentucky Colonel won the 2007 World of Outlaws Late Model Series championship. “I don’t Full Story

• Red-hot Michael gets SRRS Clarksville victory

  Posted: 11/07/2007, 10:40 am From series reports

  CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 3) —�Southern Regional Racing Series points leader Byron Michael continued his late-season hot streak with a $3,000 victory at StormPay.com Speedway. Michael won his fifth series race in the his last Full Story

• Deese triumphs at Delaware, earns $3,000

  Posted: 11/07/2007, 09:34 am By Charlie Brown

  DELMAR, Del. (Nov. 3-4) — Roy Deese Jr. of Laurel, Md. captured the 50-lap Late Model Delaware State Dirt Track Championship at Delaware International Speedway. Deese took the lead after a strange set of circumstances on lap 18 saw Full Story

• Topless 100 highlights 2008 Lucas Oil schedule

  Posted: 11/06/2007, 05:02 pm From series and staff reports

  Three events paying at least $40,000 to the winner, including the previously unsanctioned Topless 100 at Batesville (Ark.) Motor Speedway, highlight the 2008 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series schedule. The 4-year-old tour on Tuesday afternoon Full Story

• Madden comes alive to capture National 100

  Posted: 11/04/2007, 08:44 pm By Todd Turner

  PHENIX CITY, Ala. (Nov. 4) — Before the 33rd annual National 100 at East Alabama Motor Speedway, polesitter Chris Madden chose his tire compounds based on how the track surface would develop over 100 laps. For a while, the Gray Court, Full Story

• Moran continues knack for memorable wins

  Posted: 11/04/2007, 04:54 am By Kevin Kovac

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 3) — Donnie Moran has a penchant for coming up big in historic dirt Late Model events. The Dresden, Ohio, superstar did it in 2001 when he won the only dirt Late Model race that offered a $1 million top prize, Full Story

• Bloomquist starts on last row at National 100

  Posted: 11/04/2007, 04:11 am From staff and correspondent reports

  PHENIX CITY, Ala. (Nov. 3-4) — Fast qualifier Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., won Saturday night's first heat at East Alabama Motor Speedway to land the pole position for Sunday's 33rd annual National 100. Other heat race winners Full Story

• Moran fights off Francis, completes Lowe's victory

  Posted: 11/03/2007, 08:23 pm By Todd Turner

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 3) — Hall of Fame driver Donnie Moran of Dresden, Ohio, has raced long enough to know that losing the lead doesn't always mean losing the race. "When somebody passes you (might say), you know, 'I'm beat.' But you Full Story

• Lowe's: Recaps of Saturday's prelim races

  Posted: 11/03/2007, 05:28 pm By Todd Turner

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 3) — Donnie Moran of Dresden, Ohio, will start on the pole for Saturday's feature race at the Outlaws World Finals at the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Another heat winner, Michael England of Glasgow, Ky., Full Story

• Elliott wants to bridge gap to next level

  Posted: 11/03/2007, 12:25 pm

  CONCORD, N.C. — When dirt racing fans list big-block modified drivers who've switched to Late Models, they'd typically start with 2006 World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion Tim McCreadie. McCreadie's Sweeteners Plus teammate Full Story

• Francis wraps up WoO championship at Lowe's

  Posted: 11/03/2007, 10:45 am By Kevin Kovac

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 2) — Steve Francis has a history of close-but-no-cigar title chases on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series. It looks like he'll get the cigar this time around. With his fourth-place run in Friday's feature Full Story

• Bloomquist's pit tweaks lift him to Lowe's victory

  Posted: 11/03/2007, 12:18 am By Kevin Kovac

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 2) — Scott Bloomquist made a little more history on Friday night. The legendary driver from Mooresburg, Tenn., added another milestone to his already bulging resume, roaring from the rear of the field after an Full Story

• Lowe's: Heat win puts Davenport on pole

  Posted: 11/02/2007, 05:47 pm By Todd Turner

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 2) — Last-chance and heat race results/lineups for the Outlaws World Finals at the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway, which drew a nearly packed house. World of Outlaws Late Model Series points leader Steve Francis Full Story

• Shaver hopes to take advantage of fast times

  Posted: 11/02/2007, 05:11 pm By Todd Turner

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 2) — Steve Shaver's most recent lap at the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway wasn't even actually lap. Actually it was about a third of a lap before he was caught up in a turn-two accident in the 50-lap Jani-King Full Story