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• Madden wins Southern Nationals makeup at Tri-County

  Posted: 10/04/2007, 03:30 am From series reports

  BRASSTOWN, N.C. (Oct. 3) — Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., wrapped up the Southern Nationals points title in July, but he added to his series earnings by winning the makeup race of a twice-rained out event at Tri-County Racetrack. Full Story

• Alabama state champ Nowell earns $7,000

  Posted: 10/03/2007, 03:44 am From track reports

  PHENIX CITY, Ala. (Sept. 30) — Hometown driver Terrance Nowell took the lead from Randle Chupp on the 56th lap and led the rest of the 100-lap Alabama State Championship. Nowell started outside the front row and hung around the top Full Story

• Baggett enthused by Magnolia State 100 run

  Posted: 10/02/2007, 06:00 pm By Todd Turner

  Neil Baggett couldn't be sure what kind of reception he'd get back at the team's pit stall behind turn three at Columbus Speedway. Would supporters be happy the young driver from Shannon, Miss., had made a ninth-to-third run through the Full Story

• Eighth WDRA victory wraps up title for Berry

  Posted: 10/02/2007, 04:27 pm By Tom Freimann

  OLATHE, Colo. (Sept. 29) — Jeep Berry narrowly lost last year's Western Dirt Racing Association championship to fellow Grand Junction, Colo., driver Dean Moore last season as the title chase came down to the final race. Berry made Full Story

• Hanestad's rally gives him Red Clay Classic win

  Posted: 10/01/2007, 02:32 pm By Nick Gima

  ASHLAND, Wis. (Sept. 29) — Rick Hanestad of Boyceville, Wis., was right at home on ABC Raceway's red clay. Taking the lead from Paul Brust on the 38th lap, Hanestad led the remainder of the 50-lapper for a $4,000 victory in the 32nd Full Story

• Schlenk's venture to Canada pays off handsomely

  Posted: 10/01/2007, 02:05 pm From track reports

  SOUTH BUXTON, Ontario (Sept. 29) — Rusty Schlenk of Jackson, Mich., led the final seven laps at South Buxton Raceway in the 35-lap Castrol Late Model Shootout. Schlenk's victory in Canada paid him $5,000 in an event that drew 34 drivers Full Story

• Carolina Clash finale worth $8,000 for Jeff Smith

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

  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (Sept. 29) — Rallying from his 10th starting spot, Jeff Smith of Dallas, N.C., resumed his domination at Fayetteville Motor Speedway with a victory in the richest Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series race. Smith Full Story

• Glaser's Lorenzini Memorial win clinches 3rd title

  Posted: 10/01/2007, 09:59 am By Jay Reese

  MEDFORD, Ore. (Sept. 28-29) — Good things are coming in threes for Trevor Glaser of Tangent, Ore. The Dirt Late Model racer recently clinched his third consecutive championship at Willamette Speedway in Lebanon, Ore., and on the final Full Story

• ROUNDUP: Anderson captures Lakeside finale

  Posted: 10/01/2007, 09:25 am From track, correspondent and special reports

  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Sept. 29) — John Anderson of Omaha, Neb., had enough with second-place finishes. He ended a streak of bridesmaid runs with a $5,000 victory in the finale of the Capital Federal Savings Late Model Showdown at Lakeside Full Story

• Hot Rod Conley earns $5,000 in first win at Florence

  Posted: 10/01/2007, 09:01 am From track reports

  UNION, Ky. (Sept. 29) — Rod Conley of Wheelersburg, Ohio, closed out the season at Florence Speedway with his first career victory at the half-mile oval. When a late-season O'Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass event was removed from the Full Story

• Hershey kisses off foes with Susquehanna win

  Posted: 10/01/2007, 12:37 am From track reports

  NEWBERRYTOWN, Pa. (Sept. 29) — Tyler Hershey of Mercersburg, earned a career-high $5,000 by leading the final 12 laps of the second annual Susquehanna Showdown. Hershey, who turns 27 on Oct. 4, was best among 52 Limited Late Model Full Story

• Blair reels in $12,000 victory at McKean County

  Posted: 09/30/2007, 02:56 pm From correspondent reports

  EAST SMETHPORT, Pa. (Sept. 28-29) — Rob Blair of Titusville, Pa., earned $12,000 for one of the richest victories of his career at McKean County Raceway in the United Late Model Series-sanctioned Priority Care RaceFan 50. | Slideshow Blair Full Story

• Ball wins at Volunteer as Llewellyn takes titles

  Posted: 09/30/2007, 08:19 am By Robert Walden

  BULLS GAP, Tenn. (Sept. 29) — Dale Ball of Johnson City, Tenn., led flag-to-flag to capture his first-ever Fastrak Racing Series victory on the same night that Knoxville, Tenn., driver John Llewellyn wrapped up the lucrative points Full Story

• Clanton's Magnolia victory biggest of career

  Posted: 09/30/2007, 03:59 am By Todd Turner

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (Sept. 29) — Shane Clanton had a hunch that the top groove would be the winning groove for Columbus Speedway's 18th annual Magnolia State 100. It took a good long time — 84 laps to be exact — but Clanton's Full Story

• Wow! Brady Smith's Knoxville victory sinks in

  Posted: 09/30/2007, 02:06 am From track and staff reports

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 29) — Notching the biggest victory of his career, Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis., dominated the final 40 laps of the fourth annual Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals at Knoxville Raceway. The 2004 Full Story

• KNOXVILLE: Saturday night pre-feature update

  Posted: 09/29/2007, 08:56 pm Michael Rigsby

  Josh Richards had one word to describe what it will take to win Saturday night's $35,000 to win main event. "Patience," said the World of Outlaws regular. "A hundred laps at this place seems like so much more than anywhere else, so you Full Story

• COLUMN: It's a pleasure to watch Michael succeed

  Posted: 09/29/2007, 12:33 pm By Todd Turner

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (Sept. 28) — Byron Michael is one of the good guys. The friendly, mild-mannered driver with the Southern drawl, the ever-present gray-speckled beard and his head on straight about racing's priorities. | Audio slideshow Isn't Full Story

• Retirement? Nah, just another MARS title for Frye

  Posted: 09/29/2007, 11:29 am By Kevin Kovac

  For the last two years, Bill Frye has contemplated retiring as a race car driver. And for the last two years, the veteran star from Greenbrier, Ark., has won the Mid-America Racing Series championship. So much for giving himself a final Full Story

• Phillips wins Lakeside opener over Anderson

  Posted: 09/29/2007, 11:18 am By Bucky Doren

  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Sept. 28) — Terry Phillips of Springfield, Mo., overtook John Anderson of Omaha, Neb., late in the 30-lap World Dirt Racing League Polydome Late Model event Lakeside Speedway to earn a weekend-opening victoy in Full Story

• Pursleys donate purses after Shrine victories

  Posted: 09/29/2007, 10:39 am By George \"Big Mack\" Missita

  CHESTER, S.C. (Sept. 28) — Johnny Pursley of Clover, S.C., set fast time at I-77 Speedway and led every lap of the track's Shrine Race, but he didn't earn any money. That's because, as is the Pursley family custom, he and his father Full Story

• Shirley outduels Moyer in Friday feature

  Posted: 09/29/2007, 05:34 am From track and staff reports

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 28) — Brian Shirley won a back-and-forth battle with Billy Moyer in the Friday night semifeature of the fourth annual Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals, giving the Chatham, Ill., driver $6,000. Afterward, Full Story

• Mississippians shut out in Magnolia State heats

  Posted: 09/29/2007, 04:29 am By Todd Turner

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (Sept. 28) — Drivers from six different states, but none from Mississippi, earned Friday heat race victories for the 18th annual Magnolia State 100 at Columbus Speedway. Drawing for starting spots in the first three Full Story

• Rushing sets fast time at Magnolia State 100

  Posted: 09/28/2007, 10:19 pm By Todd Turner

  COLUMBUS, Miss. (Sept. 28) — Anthony Rushing of Kosciusko, Miss., was the fastest among nearly 80 qualifiers at the 18th annual Magnolia State 100 at Columbus Miss. Rushing will start inside the second row in his heat race after Full Story

• KNOXVILLE: Moyer, Moran, Madden among Friday heat winners

  Posted: 09/28/2007, 09:32 pm By Michael Rigsby

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 28) — Knoxville Raceway was good to Billy Moyer in Friday night's prelims for the fourth annual Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals. The Batesville, Ark., driver set fast time (17.850 seconds) and won the Full Story

• Late Swims praised as dirt racing pioneer

  Posted: 09/28/2007, 10:58 am From staff and special reports

  Mike Swims, who helped propel Dirt Late Model racing to a new level while directing the Hav-A-Tampa Dirt Racing Series through the 1990s, died early Friday morning at his Woodstock, Ga., home after a seven-year battle with intestinal cancer, Full Story