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Surging Thornton finds new ways to improve
Posted: 07/03/2022, 08:32 am By Kyle McFaddenZANESVILLE, Ohio (July 2) — Starting fifth in the toughest semifeature Saturday at Muskingum County Speedway behind the differing skillsets of Hudson O’Neal, Earl Pearson Jr., Tim McCreadie and Gregg Satterlee, Ricky Thornton Jr. set Full Story
High-flying Hanger expanding his range
Posted: 07/03/2022, 08:16 am By Robert HolmanCLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (July 2) — Christian Hanger has dabbled in Super Late Model racing before. This summer, the Winchester, Tenn., driver decided to dive in feet first. Hanger is currently in the middle of a two-week stretch that includes Full Story
Paducah part-timer gets help from Hall of Famer
Posted: 07/02/2022, 10:46 am By Robert HolmanPADUCAH, Ky. (July 1) — During his Hall of Fame Dirt Late Model driving career, Terry English of Benton, Ky., often had a knack of being in the right place at the right time. That helped the 2002 DIRTcar weekly champion rack up big single-season Full Story
Dispatches: Hilsabeck flirts with MLRA podium
Posted: 07/03/2022, 04:09 pmThe latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events during the Fourth of July weekend, including Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, Valvoline Iron-Man Racing Series, Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Racing Association Full Story
Hell Tour's mixed results at long-dormant tracks
Posted: 07/01/2022, 03:58 pm By Robert HolmanBROWNSTOWN, Ill. (June 30) — Jason Feger was happy to be back at a familiar racetrack Thursday as the DIRTcar Summer Nationals visited Fayette County Speedway for the 16th time in series history. The trek to the Charlie Depew-promoted Full Story
Notes: Self-funded Jameson shines at Florence
Posted: 07/01/2022, 11:23 am By Bryan AultUNION, Ky. (June 30) — With the rising cost of race car parts and additional fuel costs in an inflationary economy, Jason Jameson was happy to finish among the top five in Thursday night’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Full Story
Notes: Minnesotan makes most of promotion
Posted: 06/30/2022, 07:17 am By Kyle McFaddenDanny Vang has learned that, aside from the fierce discipline of auto racing, it’s best to seldom press the issue and let what’s meant to be to naturally develop. For instance, he met his wife, Ann, by happenstance as a fan at Minnesota’s Full Story
Column: Shuffled Lucas Oil crew aces Firecracker
Posted: 06/29/2022, 03:34 pmLucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series director Rick Schwallie was anxiously awaiting the Firecracker 100 weekend at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. The national tour’s debut as the sanctioning body for the 4/10-mile oval’s marquee event Full Story
Red Hill return is rough on Hell Tour regulars
Posted: 06/29/2022, 08:49 am By Todd TurnerSUMNER, Ill. (June 28) — After his eighth-to-third run Tuesday night at Red Hill Raceway, Payton Freeman of Commerce, Ga., was asked if he performed so well in the DIRTcar Summer Nationals event because he’d been running on his kind Full Story
Hoops, tidier schedule calming for Coach Moyer
Posted: 06/29/2022, 08:05 am By Robert HolmanPEVELY, Mo. (June 24) — If Billy Moyer Jr. stops on the track, climbs from his car and inadvertently calls a time out, don’t hold it against him. It’s possible the Batesville, Ark., driver is still thinking about basketball. During Full Story
Notes: Engine fire derails Pierce's effort at Red Hill
Posted: 06/29/2022, 04:31 am By Todd TurnerSUMNER, Ill. (June 28) — After diagnosing what caused a fire under the hood of his son Bobby Pierce’s car on the 16th lap of Tuesday’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals main event at Red Hill Raceway, Bob Pierce had a succinct description Full Story
Williams eager for first Summer Nationals test
Posted: 06/28/2022, 06:40 pm By Todd TurnerSUMNER, Ill. (June 28) — Lee Williams is the kind of dirt racer Bob Memmer had in mind so many years ago when he created the DIRTcar Summer Nationals, a track-by-track tour of the Midwest that gave even local racers the chance to compete Full Story
Top 25: Firecracker winner climbs to No. 3
Posted: 06/28/2022, 09:39 am By Todd TurnerHot as a firecracker at Lernerville Speedway, Tim McCreadie's $50,000 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory propelled him up to No. 3 in DirtonDirt.com's power rankings behind tied-for-first drivers Jonathan Davenport and Chris Madden. Watertown, Full Story
Notes: Surgery at hand, Richards eases into car
Posted: 06/27/2022, 04:45 pm By Robert HolmanJACKSONVILLE, Ill. (June 26) — He's not quite 100 percent, but four-time World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series champion Josh Richards was back behind the wheel for the tour's late-June tripleheader at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at Full Story
Fast Talk: Dissecting all the sport’s latest
Posted: 06/27/2022, 10:56 amA historic victory for Brandon Sheppard, a $50,000 Firecracker 100 payday for Tim McCreadie and WoO sweep at I-55 for Dennis Erb Jr. are among things up for discussion in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited Full Story
Perfect setting, perfect night for historic triumph
Posted: 06/27/2022, 07:48 am By Robert HolmanJACKSONVILLE, Ill. (June 26) — Brandon Sheppard was in his comfort zone Sunday at Jacksonville Speedway. Back at home. Back with the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series, albeit temporary. Back in the family-owned B5. And back in victory Full Story
Notes: Overton still tick off in Firecracker fizzle
Posted: 06/26/2022, 10:08 pm By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 25) — Brandon Overton doesn’t need anyone to point out he’s not winning races this season at the spectacular pace he did in 2021. He can’t get that fact of his current campaign out of his mind. After the 31-year-old Full Story
First-loser streak ends with bang at Lernerville
Posted: 06/26/2022, 12:19 pm By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 25) — First Tim McCreadie executed several motor-revving, dust-blowing donuts on Lernerville Speedway’s homestretch. Then he drove onto the winner’s stage, sat on his car’s driver-side door and pounded the living Full Story
Erb records satisfying sweep over I-55 foes
Posted: 06/26/2022, 11:27 am By Robert HolmanPEVELY, Mo. (June 25) — Dennis Erb Jr. wasn’t intentionally trying to make a statement to the rest of his World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series foes. But intentions be damned, he did it anyway. Sweeping the St. Louis Firecracker Full Story
Notes: Marlar teetering on edge at Lernerville
Posted: 06/25/2022, 10:19 am By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 24) — Mike Marlar’s second Firecracker 100 preliminary feature victory in as many nights put him on the verge of doing something just one man has done before, but making history wasn’t foremost on his mind as he Full Story
Georgian gets seasoning on Midwestern tour
Posted: 06/25/2022, 09:40 am By Robert HolmanBANNER, Ill. (June 23) — When it comes to doling out advice on how to carve out a career as a Dirt Late Model driver, Ashton Winger seems like an unlikely source for information. After all, the Hampton, Ga., driver is still a wet-behind-the-ears Full Story
Dispatches: Moran outlasts Rice's frenzied slider
Posted: 06/25/2022The latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events the first week of summer, including Hoker Trucking Series action, the Valvoline Iron-Man Racing Series visit to Ohio's Atomic Speedway, Ultimate Southeast action Full Story
Frank OK after rollover (the car’s seen worse)
Posted: 06/24/2022, 09:44 am By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 23) — If there were any doubt that Chub Frank escaped unharmed from a wild series of flips he rode out during Thursday’s 30-lap Firecracker 100 preliminary feature at Lernerville Speedway, the veteran driver made his Full Story
Notes: Breakage robs Dillard at Spoon River
Posted: 06/24/2022, 08:34 am By Robert HolmanBANNER, Ill. — Cade Dillard’s disappointment could be seen from across Spoon River Speedway as the Robeline, La., driver stood just feet from his disabled car in the infield. Dillard, who led the first 38 laps of Thursday’s 40-lap, Full Story
Hell Tour moonlighting benefits WoO regulars
Posted: 06/24/2022, 07:48 am By Robert HolmanBANNER, Ill. — On Friday, Dennis Erb Jr., Max Blair, Tanner English and Gordy Gundaker return to their day jobs, so to speak. The four World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series stars return to chasing points when the national series and Full Story
