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• Estes engine employee killed in highway wreck

  Posted: 11/02/2007, 03:02 pm By Chris Tilley

  Chris Estes, a machinist with Estes Racing Engines of Nicholasville, Ky., was one of two men killed in an I-75 accident Thursday en route to the World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, Full Story

• Lowe's drivers hoping for more smooth moves

  Posted: 11/02/2007, 04:28 pm

  During last month's World of Outlaws Late Model Series visit to the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway, NASCAR pit reporter Dick Berggren dropped by the press box to take in a little Dirt Late Model action. "Which driver flipped over earlier?" Full Story

• Logan picks up $1,000 in crew competition

  Posted: 11/02/2007, 01:55 am By Todd Turner

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 1) — Dirt Late Model crew members usually do their jobs behind the scenes, working long hours in the shop, making chassis adjustments in the shadows of the dim pits. So when World of Outlaws Late Model Series Full Story

• Shaver fastest (twice!) in Lowe's time trials

  Posted: 11/01/2007, 07:41 pm By Todd Turner

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 1) — Steve Shaver simplified any confusion over having two sessions of time trials in a single night at the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The Vienna, W.Va., driver nicknamed Showtime simply set fast time Full Story

• Time-trial order set for WoO finale at Lowe's

  Posted: 11/01/2007, 04:43 pm From staff reports

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 1) — More than 80 Late Models are set for Thursday's time trials for the inaugural Outlaws World Finals at the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Steve Francis is trying to hold on to his 62-point lead in the Full Story

• Yates captures Top Tracks finale at Talladega

  Posted: 10/31/2007, 02:52 pm From series reports

  EASTABOGA, Ala. (Oct. 26) — Track champion Logan Yates of Delta, Ala., took the lead with nine laps remaining in the 30-lap Carl Black Top Tracks Challenge Series event at Talladega Short Track to capture the season finale. Kenny Full Story

• Eckert aims to break 55-race skid at Lowe's

  Posted: 10/31/2007, 01:28 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Two more chances. For Rick Eckert, it’s either win one of the two 50-lap features comprise the inaugural Outlaws World Finals Nov. 1-3 at the Dirt Track at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, or go winless on the 2007 World of Outlaws Late Full Story

• Look to high-tech method to line up races

  Posted: 10/30/2007, 09:41 pm

  During my first visit to the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway a few weeks back, I was struck by the amenities of the state-of-the-art track near Charlotte, N.C. The large and attractive grandstands, the paved pits and walkways, the plush Full Story

• Crews will face off in during WoO action at Lowe's

  Posted: 10/30/2007, 03:50 pm By Kevin Kovac

  The mechanical minds behind this year’s top World of Outlaws Late Model Series racers will get a turn in the spotlight during the Nov. 1-3 Outlaws World Finals at the Dirt Track at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Following the completion Full Story

• Late Model stars glad to share Lowe's with sprints

  Posted: 10/30/2007, 03:37 pm By Kevin Kovac

  The stars of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series rarely cross paths with their counterparts on the World of Outlaws sprint car tour. But the unique Outlaws World Finals on Nov. 1-3 at the Dirt Track at Lowe’s Motor Speedway will Full Story

• Volunteer crew help boosts Ashley at Whynot

  Posted: 10/29/2007, 10:06 am By Todd Turner

  MERIDIAN, Miss. (Oct. 27) — Traveling to Dirt Late Model races without crew members isn't as crazy as it sounds. Around the friendly pits at virtually every track, someone will jump in to help. Turns out David Ashley and his wife Full Story

• Sagi leads final 26 laps for Octoberfest victory

  Posted: 10/28/2007, 11:06 pm By Bob Vores

  HAGERSTOWN, Md. (Oct. 27-28) — Hometown driver Alan Sagi earned a special victory in the season finale at Hagerstown Speedway by capturing the Late Model portion of the 20th annual Octoberfest 350. Sagi started third and became the Full Story

• Franklin raids Golden Isles for $10,000 victory

  Posted: 10/28/2007, 02:56 pm By Ozzie Altman

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Oct. 27) — Sixth-starting Dennis "Rambo" Franklin earned $10,000 at Golden Isles Speedway with a victory in the National Late Model Series-sanctioned Showdown on the Coast. Franklin picked up the lead when polesitter Full Story

• Brindle inherits $2,500 StormPay victory at TST

  Posted: 10/28/2007, 02:28 pm By Roby Helm

  EASTABOGA, Ala. (Oct. 27) — Chip Brindle of Chatsworth, Ga. was awarded a StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series victory at Talladega Short Track after the car of the apparent winner Mike Head of Ellenwood, Ga., was found to have illegal Full Story

• Birkhofer wins shortened Commonwealth Cup

  Posted: 10/28/2007, 05:39 am From staff reports

  CALVERT CITY, Ky. (Oct. 27) — Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, led every lap at Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway for a $10,000 victory in the unsanctioned Commonwealth Cup. The scheduled 50-lapper lasted fewer than 40 laps after the Full Story

• Ashley matches biggest payday at Fall Classic

  Posted: 10/27/2007, 11:42 pm By Todd Turner

  MERIDIAN, Miss. (Oct. 27) — Forced to switch powerplants just a few hours before the 13th annual Fall Classic, David Ashley of Zachary, La., wasn't exactly exploding with confidence at Whynot Motorsports Park. "I really went out there Full Story

• NLRA champ Aukland making name for himself

  Posted: 10/26/2007, 04:03 pm By Todd Turner

  When school ended each summer in the late 1990s, Matt Aukland's learning didn't end. The teenager would hit the highways with his dad, two-time UMP Summernationals champion Rick Aukland, to change tires, turn wrenches and anything else Full Story

• Commonwealth Cup opening night rained out

  Posted: 10/26/2007, 01:21 pm From track and correspondent reports

  CALVERT CITY, Ky. (Oct. 26) — Friday's opening night of the Commonwealth Cup weekend at Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway has been rained out, according to the track website, but the track still plans to run Saturday night's event. Unsanctioned Full Story

• Southern tours combine for Talladega action

  Posted: 10/24/2007, 08:37 pm From series reports

  With their points seasons winding down, two Southern-based crate Late Model tours are running Oct. 26-27 Alabama Fall Jamboree weekend at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Ala. The Carl Black-sponsored Top Tracks Challenge Series opens Full Story

• Francis scheduled for live television interview

  Posted: 10/24/2007, 04:01 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Before Steve Francis attempts to clinch the 2007 World of Outlaws Late Model Series championship in the Outlaws World Finals Nov. 1-3 at the Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway, he’ll tell a national television audience how he Full Story

• DTWC: Bests and worsts of K-C's big weekend

  Posted: 10/24/2007, 10:32 am Todd Turner

  The 27th annual Dirt Track World Championship is in the books, but it's time to look back at the bests, worsts, mosts and leasts of the weekend at K-C Raceway. The DTWC superlatives for 2007: Best smile: Winner Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Full Story

• Williams captures Vernon Harris Memorial

  Posted: 10/22/2007, 12:27 pm From track and correspondent reports

  BUDDS CREEK, Md. (Oct. 19-20) — David Williams of Avenue, Md., led the final seven laps of the Vernon Harris Memorial at Potomac Speedway to earn $5,000. Ricky Elliott of Seaford, Del., led the first 44 laps of the 51-lapper before Full Story

• R.J. pulls off $9,500 tripleheader sweep at Green Valley

  Posted: 10/22/2007, 11:49 am From track and correspondent reports

  GLENCOE, Ala. (Oct. 20-21) — Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, Tenn., pulled off a tripleheader sweep at Green Valley Speedway's Top Guns Tournament as he captured victories in all three Late Model divisions. The victories were worth Full Story

• DTWC: Frank outduels Richards, wins $50,000

  Posted: 10/20/2007, 09:15 pm By Todd Turner

  ALMA, Ohio (Oct. 20) — Falling back to third early, polesitter Chub Frank won a lengthy side-by-side, mid-race duel with Josh Richards, then pulled away after the final caution on lap 79 for a $50,000 victory in the 27th annual Dirt Full Story

• DTWC: Balzano captures Jim Dunn Memorial

  Posted: 10/20/2007, 06:08 pm By Todd Turner

  ALMA, Ohio (Oct. 20) — Mike Balzano of Parkersburg, W.Va., earned the final starting spot for the 27th annual Dirt Track World Championship at K-C Raceway with a victory in the 30-lap Jim Dunn Memorial, a race for non-qualifiers. Full Story