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Top 25: Pierce atop rankings for first time
Posted: 08/08/2023, 11:00 am By Todd TurnerSpurred by a three-victory week on the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series, including a dramatic $50,000 USA Nationals victory, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., supplanted Ricky Thornton Jr. as the No. 1 driver in DirtonDirt.com's weekly Full Story
Fast Talk: Cedar Lake redux and other topics
Posted: 08/07/2023, 01:54 pmWith Bobby Pierce still rolling with his $50,000 victory at Cedar Lake’s USA Nationals, our roundtable surveys that and other action in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): How Full Story
Brownstown victory continues Stormy Scott's progress
Posted: 08/07/2023, 07:41 am By Bryan AultBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (Aug. 5) — Stormy Scott’s progress continued during his self-described “build year” with veteran crew chief Jason Durham as he captured Saturday’s Hall of Fame Classic and a $10,000 payday at Brownstown Speedway. The Full Story
Notes: Pit strategy boon to five-time CLS champ
Posted: 08/07/2023, 07:42 am By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 5) — Brent Larson knew he needed some outside-the-box thinking to maximize his chances for a solid finish in Saturday’s 100-lap USA Nationals at Cedar Lake Speedway. So before the 46-year-old driver from Lake Full Story
Cook salvages 10th in HTF's Duck River stop
Posted: 08/07/2023, 07:40 am By Robert HolmanWHEEL, Tenn. (Aug. 5) — The way Dalton Cook’s weekend started, it’s a wonder the Smiths Station, Ala., driver had anything at all to smile about at the conclusion of the 12th annual Deep Fried 75. But as he leaned on his pit box at Full Story
Pierce vs. O'Neal: The ever-growing spectacle
Posted: 08/06/2023, 12:51 pm By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 5) — Bobby Pierce. Hudson O’Neal. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. It’s an ever-growing storyline of the 2023 Dirt Late Model season. Put these two young chargers in the same race and they’ll likely find each other Full Story
Notes: Frame impressive with third at Duck River
Posted: 08/06/2023, 05:07 am By Robert HolmanWHEEL, Tenn. (Aug. 5) — After finishing third in the Deep Fried 75, Jadon Frame stood on the Duck River Raceway Park frontstretch alongside winner Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., and runner-up Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga. | RaceWire Marlar, Full Story
USA Nationals entrants praise upgraded surface
Posted: 08/05/2023, 04:37 am By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 4) — Chris Madden’s eyes sparkled as he stood inside his trailer discussing Friday’s 25-lap USA Nationals preliminary victory at Cedar Lake Speedway. “That’s the Cedar Lake that I know right there,” Full Story
Dispatches: Start key for Moyer's victory over dad
Posted: 08/05/2023, 04:11 amAmong latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events in early August, including Comp Cams Super Dirt Series action at Arrowhead Speedway in Colcord, Okla., and Wood Tic weekend action at Merritt Speedway in Lake Full Story
Bronson reflects on wild ride at Boone
Posted: 08/04/2023, 02:04 pm By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 3) — Kyle Bronson finally had some time to relax, but, two days removed from taking a wild ride at Boone (Iowa) Speedway, he was still talking about his harrowing experience. Standing behind his pit box in Full Story
Notes: 'Grippy' oval lifts Pierce over stiff CLS foes
Posted: 08/04/2023, 06:22 am By Kevin KovacNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 3) — When Bobby Pierce looked at the starting lineup for Thursday’s 25-lap World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series feature that opened the USA Nationals weekend at Cedar Lake Speedway, he noticed that the current Full Story
Notes: Iowan's jump to Late Models paying off
Posted: 08/03/2023, 08:33 am By Kyle McFaddenIf C.J. Horn wanted to move his racing career beyond the quarter-midget level three years ago, he figured he had no choice but to jump straight into the deep end of Dirt Late Model racing. At 15, the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, racer was about Full Story
Fast Facts: Cedar Lake's 36th annual USA Nationals
Posted: 08/02/2023, 08:37 am By Aaron ClayDates: Aug. 3-5 (two 30-lap, $6,000-to-win preliminary features will be contested Thursday and Friday, setting the lineup for Saturday’s 100-lap, $50,000-to-win USA Nationals). Track: Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis. (high-banked Full Story
Column: 'One of those years' as SSI rolls ahead
Posted: 08/02/2023, 08:38 amRicky Thornton Jr. has made plenty of memories during a spectacular 2023 season in which he’s vaulted to Dirt Late Model superstar status. What he did on Saturday night at Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway, though, might just be impossible to Full Story
Top 25: Thornton No. 1 as McDowell climbs
Posted: 08/01/2023, 10:18 am By Todd TurnerFollowing his most lucrative week of a lucrative season, Ricky Thornton Jr. reaffirmed his position atop DirtonDirt.com's weekly power rankings with a unanimous No. 1 ranking after piling up nearly $170,000 in earnings among three victories Full Story
Fast Talk: Thornton's rally, cautions and more
Posted: 07/31/2023, 11:18 amAfter Ricky Thornton Jr.'s stirring rally to win Fairbury's Prairie Dirt Classic, our roundtable considers that and other recent happenings in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Did Full Story
Out-Pierced by Thornton, PDC eludes Pierce again
Posted: 07/31/2023, 09:03 am By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 29) — Another Prairie Dirt Classic, another near-miss. Saturday night just continued a fact of life for Bobby Pierce in Fairbury Speedway’s marquee event. The cruel irony in Pierce’s PDC saga this year, though, Full Story
Koehler teammates top Southern Nationals titles
Posted: 07/31/2023, 07:57 am By Robert HolmanTAZEWELL, Tenn. (July 30) — It’s not necessarily a surprise that Jimmy Owens won the Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals Series championship. Once he decided to chase the regional miniseries, the four-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Full Story
Thornton’s torrid rally after glitch pays $61,500
Posted: 07/30/2023, 07:21 am By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 29) — As SSI Motorsports crew chief Anthony Burroughs sipped a celebratory can of beer in the Fairbury Speedway pit area after his driver Ricky Thornton Jr.’s stirring victory in Saturday’s 33rd annual Prairie Full Story
Notes: Marlar shelves Bluehorn, debuts Rocket
Posted: 07/29/2023, 01:43 pm By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 28) — Mike Marlar has set aside his “Bluehorn” — his affectionate name for his Longhorn Chassis — to make a return to the Rocket Chassis fold. The 45-year-old standout from Winfield, Tenn., debuted a new Full Story
Dispatches: Flinner loses his biggest fan
Posted: 07/29/2023, 11:10 amThe latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events in late-July, including the unfortunate passing of Mark Flinner, for former Dirt Late Model racer from Pennsylvania and father of Allison Park, Pa.'s Colton Full Story
Vanquishing Ferguson, McDowell provides salve
Posted: 07/29/2023, 08:27 am By Robert HolmanCHATSWORTH, Ga. (July 28) — After wrapping up Friday's postrace interview with Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals Series announcer Cody Early in victory lane at North Georgia Speedway, Dale McDowell slipped through the throng of well-wishers Full Story
Yellow fever ails Moos, Wenger in PDC prelim
Posted: 07/29/2023, 07:08 am By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 28) — Myles Moos could have — probably should have — won Friday night’s third Prairie Dirt Classic semifeature at Fairbury Speedway. McKay Wenger could’ve been victorious, too. And Shannon Babb was in position Full Story
Snakebit Oregonian gets chance to show speed
Posted: 07/28/2023, 01:03 pm By Robert HolmanBRASSTOWN, N.C. (July 27) — Joey Tanner stepped inside his team’s hauler, shrugged off the rain that began falling just as Thursday’s Schaeffer’s Southern National feature wrapped up and then quickly did an about-face. Returning Full Story
Former tour champ back in contention for Hicks
Posted: 07/28/2023, 08:13 am By Robert HolmanBRASSTOWN, N.C. (July 27) — After a handful of races behind the wheel of his Billy Hicks-owned car last week at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga., Donald McIntosh climbed out, flashed a toothy grin and provided a warning of sorts. Full Story
