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• Guided by Bloomquist, Strickler making gains

  Posted: 06/19/2023, 03:04 pm By Kevin Kovac

  MARYVILLE, Tenn. (June 17) — When Kyle Strickler climbed out of his car behind his trailer in the pit area following Saturday's fifth-place finish in the 60-lap Mountain Moonshine Classic at Smoky Mountain Speedway, his postrace breakdown Full Story

• Fast Talk: Thornton and summer series reviews

  Posted: 06/19/2023, 10:53 am

  With Ricky Thornton Jr. earning $50,000 at Smoky Mountain Speedway, the DIRTcar sSummer Nationals rolling and Appalachian Mountain Speedweek wrapping up, our roundtable considers the busy mid-June in the weekly feature presented by MD3 Full Story

• Busy trek on AMS seems like old times for Carrier

  Posted: 06/19/2023, 09:35 am By Kyle McFadden

  SELINSGROVE, Pa. (June 18) — Appalachian Mountain Speedweek seemed like old times for Eddie Carrier Jr. Entering and finishing all seven miniseries races in 10 days, the Fairmont, W.Va., driver put himself back on a schedule that hasn’t Full Story

• Teenaged daughter assists WoO's rookie trek

  Posted: 06/18/2023, 07:15 pm By Mike Warren

  Dustin Walker has hit the grind of the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series head-on in 2023. However, it’s a journey the Germfree Labs Rookie of the Year contender isn’t doing alone. When the Polk, Mo., driver started the season Full Story

• Dispatches: Rice mourns loss of sponsor

  Posted: 06/18/2023, 03:30 pm

  The latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events in mid-June, including the Valvoline Iron-Man Racing Series event at Lake Cumberland Speedway in Burnside, Ky., Cedar Lake Speedway's Masters in New Richmond, Full Story

• Super opportunity for Andrew Yoder

  Posted: 06/18/2023, 02:30 pm By Kyle McFadden

  Larry Baer of York, Pa., has tapped Andrew Yoder, one of the winningest steel-block drivers in the Pennsylvania region in recent years, to drive his No. 0 Rocket Chassis after the car owner’s 17-year-old grandson Deshawn Gingerich stepped Full Story

• ‘Something to build on’ at Smoky Mountain oval

  Posted: 06/18/2023, 07:48 am By Kevin Kovac

  MARYVILLE, Tenn. (June 17) — The overnight improvement in Smoky Mountain Speedway’s surface was quite succinctly summed up by Ricky Thornton Jr., who won a 30-lap semifeature in Friday’s rough-and-tumble conditions and ran away with Full Story

• Prep at shop, speed at track has Pierce clicking

  Posted: 06/18/2023, 07:23 am By Robert Holman

  FAIRBURY, Ill. (June 16) — Bobby Pierce's already impressive season is getting even better. Sweeping to a pair of DIRTcar Summer Nationals wins Friday and Saturday in his home state, the 26-year-old sensation from Oakwood, Ill., banked Full Story

• Notes: Interloper can’t deny miniseries champ

  Posted: 06/18/2023, 07:10 am By Kyle McFadden

  ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. (June 17) — Not much has stood in Tyler Emory’s path to success this Appalachian Mountain Speedweek, but Saturday at Lincoln Speedway, southern interloper Cody Overton tried his best to twist that very plot. Overton Full Story

• Notes: Another trying night for Lucas Oil Series

  Posted: 06/17/2023, 06:33 am By Kevin Kovac

  MARYVILLE, Tenn. (June 16) — The tough nights just keep coming for Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series director Rick Schwallie. “I don’t even know what to say,” Schwallie said, shaking his head Friday following another frustrating Full Story

• Weekly payout is worthy of side hustle for Shirley

  Posted: 06/17/2023, 06:23 am By Robert Holman

  GRANITE CITY, Ill. (June 16) — Throughout much of his career, Brian Shirley’s bread and butter has been the DIRTcar Summer Nationals. Seven times since he began racing Late Models full time in 2002, the Chatham, Ill., driver has finished Full Story

• Dueling cousins endure Smoky Mountain’s tests

  Posted: 06/17/2023, 06:14 am By Kevin Kovac

  MARYVILLE, Tenn. (June 16) — Chris Ferguson won Friday’s first 30-lap Mountain Moonshine Classic semifeature at Smoky Mountain Speedway. The car he steered into victory lane, however, certainly didn’t look the part. The Scott Bloomquist-designed Full Story

• Notes: Feger falls short in battle with buddy

  Posted: 06/16/2023, 01:29 pm By Robert Holman

  KANKAKEE, Ill. (June 15) — On the final lap of Thursday’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals main event at Kankakee County Speedway, Jason Feger swung a bit higher on the backstretch than he’d been running through the feature’s previous 39 Full Story

• With Bedford win, Emory won't need AMS asterisk

  Posted: 06/16/2023, 10:50 am By Kyle McFadden

  BEDFORD, Pa. (June 15) — Tyler Emory finally put all the pieces together in Thursday night’s round five of Appalachian Mountain Speedweek at Bedford Speedway. Finally as in nothing kept the King George, Va., driver from legitimizing Full Story

• Notes: Another flat undoes tour-fleeing Troutman

  Posted: 06/16/2023, 07:54 am By Kyle McFadden

  BEDFORD, Pa. (June 15) — If it weren’t for flat tires foiling top-five runs last Friday at Clinton County Speedway in Mill Hall, Pa., and most recently Thursday at Bedford (Pa.) Speedway, perhaps Drake Troutman would be within reach Full Story

• Notes: Familiar territory as Rine closes miniseries

  Posted: 06/15/2023, 01:05 pm By Kyle McFadden

  With three racetracks he rarely competes at now behind him, Jeff Rine is eager to finish this Appalachian Mountain Speedweek at a pair of facilities known as his stomping grounds. The eight-round miniseries heads for Bedford (Pa.) Speedway Full Story

• Notes: Old guard leaves scraps for Peoria foes

  Posted: 06/15/2023, 12:17 pm By Robert Holman

  PEORIA, Ill. (June 14) — Brian Shirley, Shannon Babb and Dennis Erb Jr., have combined to win 11 of the past 18 DIRTcar Summer Nationals championships. The trio has amassed a staggering 165 Summer Nationals features victories, led by Full Story

• Crews adjust to rhythm of rich weeknight racing

  Posted: 06/15/2023, 08:54 am By Bryan Ault

  KOKOMO, Ind. (June 12) — There was a time when the richest Dirt Late Model events were held solely on weekends, giving crew members the natural rhythm of preparing race cars Monday through Thursday before heading out to chase another Full Story

• DIRTcar Summer Nationals coverage index

  Posted: 07/10/2023, 08:41 am

  DirtonDirt.com’s coverage of the 28 scheduled races of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals across the Midwest and beyond from June 14-July 16; also visit the schedule page and series history section: Monday, July 17 • Story: Never-give-up Full Story

• Midwestern racing with a dash of Southern flair

  Posted: 06/15/2023, 07:38 am By Robert Holman

  PEORIA, Ill. (June 14) — They’re here to learn. They’re here to have fun. They’re here for the money. And at least one driver is here with an eye on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals championship. Regardless of the reason, seeing a Southerner Full Story

• Notes: Lee looking to take next step

  Posted: 06/15/2023, 12:18 am By Kyle McFadden

  Kyle Lee has reached the point of his racing career where he’s no longer a fresh-faced driver among competitors in the Northeast. The 24-year-old is in his seventh year at the Super Late Model level and with that comes an urgency to Full Story

• Column: Trusty car keeps J.D. in Big E zone

  Posted: 06/14/2023, 04:00 pm

  Jonathan Davenport’s wife, Rachel, knows him well. When he’s at his favorite racetrack in the world, Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, she said “he’s got a look” that makes her certain he’s in a winning mental zone. But leading Full Story

• Clawing for every spot, Stone gets break at PVS

  Posted: 06/14/2023, 09:14 am By Kyle McFadden

  SPRING RUN, Pa. (June 13) — Dan Stone’s path in the first half of Appalachian Mountain Speedweek hasn’t been easy. He’s been forced to rally through consolation races in three of the four miniseries events to earn some kind of reward Full Story

• Second-year pilot gets solid miniseries start

  Posted: 06/13/2023, 03:05 pm By Kyle McFadden

  HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Tyler Emory was furious Sunday at Hagerstown Speedway, struggling to settle the anger attached to describing the mistake that caved his chances at winning the Appalachian Mountain Speedweek event. Staring down leader Full Story

• Notes: Contenders glow over racy Kokomo track

  Posted: 06/13/2023, 12:26 pm By Todd Turner

  KOKOMO, Ind. (June 12) — The frontrunners in Monday’s XRSS Super Series event at Kokomo Speedway praised the quarter-mile’s surface that featured plenty of action over 100 laps, even if $100,000 winner Hudson O’Neal of Martinsville, Full Story