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Thornton's rallies bode well for Show-Me finale
Posted: 05/27/2023, 07:11 am By Kyle McFaddenWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 26) — In what’s developing as his best Dirt Late Model season, what Ricky Thornton Jr. has accomplished in this week’s Show-Me 100 prelims at Lucas Oil Speedway might be the most impressive. The Chandler, Ariz., Full Story
Family man contends with Show-Me's stars
Posted: 05/27/2023, 06:20 am By Kyle McFaddenWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 26) — A part of Payton Looney wished he hadn’t been at at Lucas Oil Speedway on Thursday. Yes, the Republic, Mo., driver had a downright dreadful evening from the outset when simultaneous fuel pump and oil line Full Story
Recent Show-Me winners take lumps opening night
Posted: 05/26/2023, 01:13 pm By Kyle McFaddenWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 25) — Thursday’s Cowboy Classic wasn't particular kind toward the trio of previous Show-Me 100 winners Chris Ferguson (2022), Hudson O’Neal (2021) and Payton Looney (2019). Mount Holly, N.C.’s Ferguson and Republic, Full Story
Notes: J.D. gets his head on straight at Wheatland
Posted: 05/26/2023, 01:09 pm By Kyle McFaddenWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 25) — When Jonathan Davenport visited the chiropractor earlier this week to relieve some bodily tension ahead of Lucas Oil Speedway's Show-Me 100 weekend, the 39-year-old Blairsville, Ga., driver also received a good Full Story
Local teen in mix with best on Lucas Oil tour
Posted: 05/26/2023, 08:00 am By Kyle McFaddenWHEATLAND, Mo. (May 27) — Dillon McCowan’s personality is far from ostentatious. His simple self-assessment speaks to that. “I’m a small-town kid from Urbana, Mo., who feeds cows every morning before he works on race cars,” McCowan Full Story
Dispatches: Weiss rerouts for Duck River visit
Posted: 05/28/2023, 04:05 amThe latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events during Memorial Day weekend, including World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series action at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio and other events (look elsewhere for Full Story
Notes: Canadian finds himself in good place
Posted: 05/25/2023, 12:06 am By Kyle McFaddenTwo years ago, it appeared Jake Hooker’s Dirt Late Model career was over. The only engine in the Oungah, Ontario, driver’s family stable went to ruins at the beginning of 2021, and with racing’s rising costs, Hooker’s mom and dad, Full Story
Column: Selling out? Now he's showing out
Posted: 05/25/2023From late 2020 to today, the trajectory of Carson Ferguson’s racing career could scarcely have changed more dramatically. Even he has a hard time fully grasping where he is now and where he was then. Ferguson, 23, of Lincolnton, N.C., Full Story
Fast Facts: 31st annual Lucas Oil Show-Me 100
Posted: 05/24/2023, 10:16 pm By Aaron ClayDates: May 25-27 (complete show for Late Models and modifieds on Thursday and Friday; consolations and features for Late Models and modifieds on Saturday). Track: Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. (semi-banked 3/8-mile clay oval). Purse: Full Story
Dad's helping hand guides Kentucky youngster
Posted: 05/23/2023, 08:52 pm By Bryan AultINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Austin Lay grew up playing with his set of Hot Wheels underneath the grandstands at dirt tracks while watching his father, Jesse Lay, sling dirt around regional bullrings. Yet the Walton, Ky. driver’s interest in Full Story
Top 25: Tight at top as Hoffman joins at No. 20
Posted: 05/23/2023, 07:58 am By Todd TurnerDespite Hudson O’Neal's Castrol FloRacing Night in America victory at Marshalltown (Iowa) Speedway, Ricky Thornton Jr.'s Hawkeye State sweep on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series significantly narrowed the gap in the chase for the No. Full Story
Fast Talk: Iowa love and Gustin’s upside
Posted: 05/22/2023, 11:17 amAfter a busy stretch of national touring action in Iowa and a weekend of special events around the country, our roundtable considers recent action in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity Full Story
Montgomery positive after ending up on lid
Posted: 05/20/2023, 01:02 pm By Kyle McFaddenMARION CENTER, Pa. (May 19) — Ryan Montgomery isn’t disappointed with how Friday night went at Marion Center Raceway, even after the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series pole starter ended on his roof with eight laps to go in turns Full Story
Dispatches: Hoffman's first big Late Model win
Posted: 05/21/2023, 05:26 amThe latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events during the weekend of May 19-21, including Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events in Iowa and other action throughout the country: Great backup plan When Full Story
Fully trusting his team, Gustin hits WoO stride
Posted: 05/20/2023, 06:23 am By Kyle McFaddenMARION CENTER, Pa. (May 19) — Right after the most emphatic victory of his national touring career, a night in which he took Friday’s World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series competition at Marion Center Raceway by storm, Ryan Gustin Full Story
Column: The life and times of Dickie Murphy
Posted: 05/19/2023, 08:50 amI never met Dickie Murphy, the Hall of Fame Dirt Late Model car owner and former promoter of Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., who died May 11 at the age of 81 after being hospitalized for three weeks as his health declined. He Full Story
Notes: Late bloomer of Carolinas gets rolling
Posted: 05/18/2023, 12:11 am By Kyle McFaddenMark Greene is the definition of a late bloomer in Dirt Late Model racing. At 48 years old, Greene’s just establishing himself as one of the frontrunners among the Limited and Crate classes around his Bessemer City, N.C., home, a reputation Full Story
Trusting the process, Sheppard makes gains
Posted: 05/17/2023, 05:05 pm By Kyle McFaddenThrough four winless months beginning the 2023 Dirt Late Model season, Brandon Sheppard never once doubted his switch to Longhorn Chassis from Rocket Chassis. Even in the midst of his longest stretch without a victory in a decade — 36 Full Story
Top 25: O’Neal tightens hold on No. 1 position
Posted: 05/16/2023, 07:27 am By Todd TurnerAtop DirtonDirt.com's Top 25 power rankings unanimously for the first time, Hudson O'Neal of Martinsville, Ind., tightened his grip on the No. 1 spot and matched his Hall of Fame father Don O'Neal with his seventh No. 1 ranking, all in Full Story
Fast Talk: Reviewing a lively Illinois Speedweek
Posted: 05/15/2023, 10:24 amAmid a busy Illinois Speedweek (that won't officially end until Monday's makeup in Farmer City), our roundtable evaluates that and other action in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and Full Story
Notes: Illinois kryptonite not hampering Overton
Posted: 05/14/2023, 01:08 pm By Robert HolmanFAIRBURY, Ill. (May 13) — Brandon Overton knows if he has any deficiencies, racing in the fertile, dark brown bullrings characteristic of nearly every fairgrounds oval in the Midwest is one of them. It’s not so much the surface itself Full Story
Fairbury's tangle with O'Neal leaves Erb fuming
Posted: 05/14/2023, 06:54 am By Robert HolmanFAIRBURY, Ill. (May 13) — Often when there’s contact between two drivers battling for the same piece of real estate, there’s differing views of what happened. That wasn’t the case following Saturday’s 60-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Full Story
Dispatches: Mag winner survives a rugged path
Posted: 05/12/2023, 12:50 pmThe latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events during the weekend of May 12-14, including the 20th annual Governor’s Cup for the Hunt the Front Super Dirt Series and Mississippi State Championship Challenge Full Story
Notes: Beloved B-Shepp relishes fertile territory
Posted: 05/12/2023, 06:26 am By Robert HolmanLINCOLN, Ill. (May 11) — During a caution period with one lap remaining in Thursday’s Castrol FloRacing Night in America feature at Lincoln Speedway, the PA announcer petitioned the fans in the packed grandstand at the Logan County Full Story
Notes: Consistency lacking for Erb Jr. in ‘23
Posted: 05/11/2023, 02:48 pm By Robert HolmanBANNER, Ill. — Dennis Erb Jr.’s title defense with the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series may not have gotten off to the best start, but nonetheless, the reigning WoO champion is still having a very Erb-like year. It just takes Full Story
