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• Fast Talk: Sorting through all the latest news

  Posted: 04/24/2023, 08:33 am

  After a busy five days of racing among national touring drivers, including Brandon Overton's $50,000 World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series victory at Talladega Short Track, our roundtable weighs in for weekly feature presented by MD3 Full Story

• Pierce mourns doomed rally, his third WoO DNF

  Posted: 04/23/2023, 07:50 am By Kevin Kovac

  EASTABOGA, Ala. (April 22) — Bobby Pierce wanted to be talking about how he had pulled off the seemingly unthinkable: a high-side charge from the 14th starting spot to score a $50,000 triumph on a red-clay Southeastern track where passing Full Story

• Notes: English quickly adapts to TST's changes

  Posted: 04/22/2023, 03:40 pm By Kevin Kovac

  EASTABOGA, Ala. (April 21) — Talladega Short Track wasn’t an unfamiliar facility to Tanner English when he entered Friday’s Alabama Gang 100 qualifying program. The layout and conditions of the speedway he encountered, however, were Full Story

• Detouring to Talladega proves wise for Overton

  Posted: 04/22/2023, 07:16 am By Kevin Kovac

  EASTABOGA, Ala. (April 21) — Brandon Overton was heading home. Nothing else was on his mind immediately after the Evans, Ga., failed to make the lineup for Thursday’s World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series feature at 411 Motor Speedway Full Story

• 411 star Hedgecock racin', rubbin', winnin'

  Posted: 04/21/2023, 08:28 am By Kevin Kovac

  SEYMOUR, Tenn. (April 20) — All week long Cory Hedgecock had a laser-like focus on Thursday’s World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series event at 411 Motor Speedway, the track he knows better than any other. “Man, I always want to win Full Story

• Column: Healthy again, Casey eyes another run

  Posted: 04/20/2023, 08:35 am

  As Terry Casey faced major surgery head-on in December, an understandable sense of self-reflection about his life swept over him. He responded by making a pledge to himself before he was wheeled into the operating room to undergo a triple-bypass Full Story

• Notes: Duritsky rolling, but backflips can wait

  Posted: 04/20/2023, 07:21 am By Kyle McFadden

  Michael Duritsky is usually confident anywhere he unloads his family-owned Crate Late Model. At West Virginia’s Tyler County Speedway opener, though, some unfavorable circumstances prompted a hare-brained bet. “I told my crew guys, Full Story

• Marlar quietly piecing together a solid season

  Posted: 04/20/2023, 06:45 am By Robert Holman

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (April 19) — Mike Marlar has had a good week. And it’s just Wednesday. A day after winning the Castrol FloRacing Night in America season opener at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, Marlar backed it up with a runner-up Full Story

• McDowells specialize in playing the long game

  Posted: 04/17/2023, 06:02 pm By Robert Holman

  BULLS GAP, Tenn. (April 15) — If there was a betting line in Las Vegas handicapping which Dirt Late Model drivers would be in contention at the end of 100-lap events, Dale McDowell would be among the favorites. Somehow, the veteran driver Full Story

• Fast Talk: Years roll on, but victories remain

  Posted: 04/17/2023, 10:45 am

  With 56-year-old Dale McDowell earning $100,000 in the XRSS Spring Thaw 100 at Volunteer among other special events, our roundtable weighs in for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and Full Story

• Notes: Modified standout Nicely adding fenders

  Posted: 04/17/2023, 09:10 am By Bryan Ault

  PARAGON, Ind. (April 15) — Tyler Nicely spent Friday night doing what he’s done for years in grabbing a modified victory at the Brownstown (Ill.) Bullring. On Saturday he took a decided step up in running his richest Super Late Model Full Story

• Notes: J.D.'s near-miss doesn't translate at Gap

  Posted: 04/16/2023, 08:05 am By Robert Holman

  BULLS GAP, Tenn. (April 15) — Jonathan Davenport is trending the wrong direction at Volunteer Speedway. In just more than a week, last year’s DirtonDirt.com Driver of the Year went from participating in an epic back-and-forth battle Full Story

• Upstart Indiana rookie reaches Paragon podium

  Posted: 04/16/2023, 07:59 am By Bryan Ault

  PARAGON, Ind. (April 15) — Jordan Wever has tempered expectations in jumping up to the Super Late Model division. Competing Saturday at Paragon Speedway on the Ultimate Heart of America Series, the 23-year-old Bloomington, Ind., driver Full Story

• Erb warms to Gap after rally (and endless laps)

  Posted: 04/16/2023, 07:49 am By Robert Holman

  BULLS GAP, Tenn. (April 15) — It’s possible that Tyler Erb is starting to warm up to Volunteer Speedway. Erb’s first impression of the historic 49-year-old high-banked 4/10-mile oval nestled in the rolling hills of East Tennessee Full Story

• Notes: Satisfaction for Bernheisel at age 65

  Posted: 04/13/2023, 10:28 am By Kyle McFadden

  On a piece of loose leaf paper, Jim Bernheisel tracks all the accomplishments he’s accrued in 47 years of racing. The owner of Bernheisel Race Cars and Lazer Chassis knows the skill of organization as a business operator, plus the virtue Full Story

• Column: A balancing act at Longhorn for Arpin

  Posted: 04/13/2023, 06:55 am

  One year into his stint as the managing partner of Longhorn Chassis, Steve Arpin has comfortably settled into his role with the company. Which means that he largely spends his days talking and talking and talking, his iPhone or office Full Story

• Talladega primed for richest Late Model race

  Posted: 04/12/2023, 08:53 am By Mike Warren

  When Talladega Short Track owner and promoter Adam Stewart was searching for a weekend for the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series to make their debut at the Eastaboga, Ala., track, he had a significant one in mind.   After looking Full Story

• Fast Talk: Big winners and NASCAR connections

  Posted: 04/10/2023, 11:36 am

  With Kyle Larson (at Volunteer Speedway) and Ricky Thornton Jr. (at All-Tech Raceway) grabbing $20,000 victories among other action that dodged inclement weather, our roundtable considers topics in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Full Story

• Improving Busch might link up with Overton again

  Posted: 04/08/2023, 07:27 am By Kyle McFadden

  BULLS GAP, Tenn. (April 7) — Kyle Busch’s special appearance Thursday in one of Brandon Overton’s Dirt Late Models at Volunteer Speedway has the makings to be more than just a one-time collaboration between the superstars. Though Full Story

• Big money, big debut on horizon for Davenport

  Posted: 04/07/2023, 09:30 am By Kyle McFadden

  BULLS GAP, Tenn. (April 6) — Jonathan Davenport isn’t one to make excuses. But he’ll share the prime reason why he couldn’t keep up with Kyle Larson in the losing end of their epic Thursday night showdown at Volunteer Speedway, Full Story

• Methodical McDowell's vintage run at Bulls Gap

  Posted: 04/07/2023, 06:30 am By Robert Holman

  BULLS GAP, Tenn. (April 6) — Dale McDowell was racing on a familiar track for big money not far from his brother and team owner Shane McDowell’s race shop 30 miles away in Mooresburg, Tenn. The 50-lap main event went caution-free. The Full Story

• Notes: Young White outruns role models

  Posted: 04/06/2023, 12:46 pm By Kyle McFadden

  Racing on a regular basis at Wartburg (Tenn.) Speedway, Anthony White Jr. has two of Tennessee’s finest examples to follow in his father Anthony White Sr. and longtime racer Eddie King Jr. “They are the guys beat, and they are pretty Full Story

• Column: Mighty Macon’s allure attracts Kearns

  Posted: 04/06/2023, 12:33 am

  How did a born-and-bred California guy become the owner of Macon (Ill.) Speedway, the venerable fifth-mile, high-banked bullring that sits in the heart of the Midwest’s Dirt Late Model scene? Chris Kearns, the Golden Stater in question, Full Story

• Tour director draws on varied race experiences

  Posted: 04/05/2023, 04:45 pm By Robert Holman

  The Hunt The Front Super Dirt Series presented by Sweet Victory Apparel launches its inaugural season Friday at All-Tech Raceway in Ellisville, Fla., with a $20,000-to-win program, putting the first-year tour founded by the three Joiner Full Story

• Top 25: First-place votes split among four drivers

  Posted: 04/04/2023, 10:06 am By Todd Turner

  With uncooperative spring weather jumbling race schedules for Dirt Late Model’s top drivers, DirtonDirt.com power rankings are likewise a bit jumbled up top with four drivers receiving first-place votes after a three-week break from balloting. Rocket Full Story