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• Michigan racers build rep with success on Hell Tour

  Posted: 07/15/2022, 10:25 am By Bryan Ault

  MEDARYVILLE, Ind. (July 14) — The state of Michigan hasn’t always been considered a hotbed of Dirt Late Model talent. But the times, they are a-changin’. Thursday night’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals visit to Shadyhill Speedway provided Full Story

• Dispatches: Marlar's win maintains solid streak

  Posted: 07/16/2022, 03:00 pm

  The latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events in mid-July, including events on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series, DIRTcar Summer Nationals and other tours (find Full Story

• Veteran Voigt tireless on Summer Nationals grind

  Posted: 07/14/2022, 11:48 am By Bryan Ault

  MONTPELIER, Ind. (July 13) — Mark Voigt isn't in the prime of his racing career and doesn’t have a bustling crew, fancy hauler or big-money sponsors. But what the 60-year-old Marine, Ill., driver does have is a relentless work ethic Full Story

• Notes: Battle-tested Gustavus keeps winning

  Posted: 07/14/2022, 06:58 am By Kyle McFadden

  Henry Gustavus is the living definition of battle-tested, as not many inflictions have proved to slow the 49-year-old racer through the years. In 37 seasons of dirt-track racing, the Jonesboro, Ark., native has raced onward despite a broken Full Story

• Column: Tales from the void on dirt's vendor row

  Posted: 07/13/2022, 01:55 pm

  Something felt very different when I walked through the souvenir area during last month’s Firecracker 100 weekend at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. Something wasn’t the same as well when I walked along vendor row during last weekend’s Full Story

• Wheatland favorite excited for new car

  Posted: 07/13/2022, 07:42 am By Lyndal Scranton

  Lucas Oil Speedway fans could have a renewed reason to cheer one of their favorites Saturday as the Wheatland, Mo., oval plays host to the 16th annual CMH Diamond Nationals presented by Summit Racing Equipment. Kaeden Cornell, a 21-year-old Full Story

• Notes: Madden sniffs out Stuart's winning groove

  Posted: 07/13/2022, 07:43 am By Kevin Kovac

  STUART, Iowa (July 12) — When a dirt track starts taking rubber — like Stuart International Speedway did midway through Tuesday night’s 50-lap XR Super Series feature — the odds are good that Chris Madden will immediately know it. “I Full Story

• Next step unclear for hobbled Bloomquist

  Posted: 07/12/2022, 01:34 pm By Kevin Kovac

  STUART, Iowa (July 11) — As Scott Bloomquist hobbled toward his car in Stuart International Speedway’s pit area Monday night following a 50-lap XR Super Series feature from which he had retired on lap five, pain was etched into face. Full Story

• Big break, big victory for Smith at BAPS

  Posted: 07/12/2022, 05:19 am By Kalida Landis

  YORK HAVEN, Pa. — Chad Smith didn’t know what to expect when he rolled out for Saturday's Smokey Frye 50 at BAPS Motor Speedway. That’s understandable. Smith was positioned in 12th on the starting grid with plenty of heavy hitters Full Story

• Top 25: Madden back in the No. 1 position

  Posted: 07/12/2022, 11:19 am By Todd Turner

  After a preliminary victory at Deer Creek Speedway and a near-miss in the NAPA Auto Parts Gopher State 50 finale, Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., returned to the No. 1 position in DirtonDirt.com's weekly power rankings. In the top spot Full Story

• Notes: Charging Gustin finishes third at Stuart

  Posted: 07/12/2022, 09:22 am By Kevin Kovac

  STUART, Iowa (July 11) — Ryan Gustin wasn’t thrilled to be reminded about his one and only previous start at Stuart International Speedway prior to Monday’s XR Super Series Fever Heat 100 opener. The 31-year-old driver from Marshalltown, Full Story

• Fast Talk: Winners, bonuses and turnarounds

  Posted: 07/11/2022, 01:24 pm

  The second half of the season begins with Deer Creek's NAPA Auto Parts Gopher State 50 while the DIRTcar Summer Nationals continue. Our roundtable considers that and more in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited Full Story

• Notes: Aussie’s top-five at Tri-State slips away

  Posted: 07/11/2022, 09:07 am By Robert Holman

  HAUBSTADT, Ind. (July 10) — Paul Stubber was on track to record his best DIRTcar Summer Nationals finish of the season Sunday at Tri-State Speedway. Then, while running seventh, in an effort to eke out a bit more speed, the Australian Full Story

• Notes: Gopher caution robs Madden of windfall

  Posted: 07/11/2022, 08:48 am By Kevin Kovac

  SPRING VALLEY, Minn. (July 9) — Chris Madden didn’t need any time to consider the question. When he was asked what the outcome of Saturday’s 75-lap NAPA Auto Parts Gopher State 50 at Deer Creek Speedway would have been if a caution Full Story

• Casting away doubts, Overton grabs Gopher

  Posted: 07/10/2022, 08:12 am By Kevin Kovac

  SPRING VALLEY, Minn. (July 9) — Flashing a megawatt smile while cooly leaning on a four-wheeler, Brandon Overton greeted a visitor to the inspection area following Saturday night’s NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50 at Deer Creek Speedway with Full Story

• English adds to family tradition in Highland win

  Posted: 07/10/2022, 06:31 am By Robert Holman

  HIGHLAND, Ill. (July 9) — Tanner English is a DIRTcar Summer Nationals winner at Highland Speedway. Finally, he doesn’t have to feel like the black sheep of the family during holiday get-togethers. English, of Benton, Ky., led the final Full Story

• Bronson's spin collects B-Shepp at Deer Creek

  Posted: 07/09/2022, 07:16 am By Kevin Kovac

  SPRING VALLEY, Minn. (July 8) — Brandon Sheppard’s Rocket Chassis house car sat in Deer Creek Speedway’s pit area stripped of its body panels. Two pit stalls away, Kyle Bronson’s machine was in much the same state of disrepair. This Full Story

• Logan, Hawkins called to support Yaggy's effort

  Posted: 07/08/2022, 05:30 pm By Kevin Kovac

  SPRING VALLEY, Minn. (July 7) — No way was Jordan Yaggy going to miss the biggest Dirt Late Model event ever contested at his home track. But Yaggy realized he had a slight schedule conflict soon after the three-day, $50,000-to-win NAPA Full Story

• Stealthy move leads to satisfaction for Madden

  Posted: 07/08/2022, 09:13 am By Kevin Kovac

  SPRING VALLEY, Minn. (July 7) — Jonathan Davenport smiled as he stood in Deer Creek Speedway’s pit area after Thursday night’s NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50 preliminary program and offered an assessment of how Chris Madden had emerged Full Story

• Notes: Red-hot Alaskan has far-flung dreams

  Posted: 07/07/2022, 10:28 am By Kyle McFadden

  Perhaps the most dominant weekly Dirt Late Model driver on the planet doesn’t reside in the fertile Midwest or NASCAR-centric South, but in the unlikeliest of places: Alaska. Meet Alex Schwochert, who over the weekend at Kenai’s Twin Full Story

• Column: Mature decision leads to mature team

  Posted: 07/07/2022, 07:38 am

  Ryan Montgomery was an aspiring 18-year-old Dirt Late Model driver from Fairmont, W.Va., some seven years ago when his father and car owner, Jeff, offered him a deal he couldn’t refuse. Or at least the elder Montgomery thought his teenage Full Story

• Three-car duel thrills Davenport competitors

  Posted: 07/06/2022, 10:39 pm

  While Hudson O'Neal told Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series announcer James Essex about his first victory of the season Wednesday in Davenport (Iowa) Speedway's victory lane, second- and third-place finishers Brandon Overton and Mike Marlar Full Story

• Top 25: J.D. alone at No. 1 as B-Shepp rises

  Posted: 07/05/2022, 09:02 am By Todd Turner

  Holiday weekend winners made gains in DirtonDirt.com’s weekly power rankings with the richest victor, Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., edging up two positions to No. 3 after his $30,000 payday in Sunday’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Full Story

• Resetting team's goals, B-Shepp aims for peak

  Posted: 07/04/2022, 03:10 pm By Kyle McFadden

  ZANESVILLE, Ohio (July 4) — If April 26 was the day Brandon Sheppard and the Rocket Chassis house car team announced Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series title intentions, then mark Independence Day weekend as the point in 2022 those intentions Full Story

• Fast Talk: Fireworks, flag-waving and finishes

  Posted: 07/04/2022, 11:45 am

  Auto racing is often part of the flags, fireworks and Fourth of July fun on the Independence Day weekend. Our roundtable wraps up a busy stretch of racing in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity Full Story