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• Notes: IMCA rookie fulfills his racing maxim

  Posted: 06/23/2022, 09:12 am By Kyle McFadden

  As Dustin Schram transitioned to IMCA Late Models from IMCA modifieds in 2022, he’s abided by one straightforward maxim to keep him pointed in the right direction. “I wasn’t going to let myself suck,” Schram said. “I don’t Full Story

• Notes: Third tour victory feels so right for Pierce

  Posted: 06/22/2022, 11:18 pm

  Bobby Pierce had a good feeling heading into Wednesday night’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals feature at Adams County Speedway. His feelings were justified. The 25-year-old driver from Oakwood, Ill., went from third to first over a three-lap Full Story

• Column: Engine builder still enjoys racing's thrills

  Posted: 06/22/2022, 12:58 pm

  Vic Hill was in a jovial mood Friday as he chatted up a group of friends in Smoky Mountain Speedway’s pit area following the Mountain Moonshine Classic preliminary program at the Maryville, Tenn., track. A solid fourth-place finish in Full Story

• Top 25: J.D., Madden knotted at No. 1 spot

  Posted: 06/21/2022, 08:49 am By Todd Turner

  Having a tough time deciding whether Jonathan Davenport or Chris Madden is the best Dirt Late Model racer in the country? You’re in good company. After swapping the top spot in DirtonDirt.com’s power rankings throughout the spring, Full Story

• Notes: Smoky Mountain enjoys successful event

  Posted: 06/20/2022, 02:54 pm By Kevin Kovac

  MARYVILLE, Tenn. (June 18) — Roger Sellers experienced all the typical anxiety of a racetrack promoter hosting a big-money event in the days leading up to the Mountain Moonshine Classic at his Smoky Mountain Speedway. But courtesy of Full Story

• Fast Talk: Racing reset as summer bears down

  Posted: 06/20/2022, 11:11 am

  As a season full of rich purses rolls into summer and, fittingly, the DIRTcar Summer Nationals get rolling, our roundtable assesses developments in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and length): Have Full Story

• Upstart Allen unable to seal the deal at Fairbury

  Posted: 06/19/2022, 01:25 pm By Kyle McFadden

  FAIRBURY, Ill. (June 18) — Nick Allen looked like he had everything in pristine order during Saturday’s round five program of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals at Fairbury American Legion Speedway, bottling a heat race win from mid-pack Full Story

• Pick-and-choose rhythm paying off for Madden

  Posted: 06/19/2022, 08:30 am By Kevin Kovac

  MARYVILLE, Tenn. (June 18) — With every victory Chris Madden adds to his spectacular 2022 campaign, his determination doesn’t wane even the slightest bit. It only grows stronger. After the 47-year-old star from Gray Court, S.C., captured Full Story

• Oregon's Luckman lives dream with Hell Tour odyssey

  Posted: 06/18/2022, 02:41 pm By Kyle McFadden

  GRANITE CITY, Ill. (June 17) — Having been a standout golfer on the Oregon Institute of Technology golf team, Preston Luckman knows a trick or two on how to discipline his mind and refrain from overhyping the moment. But on Friday night Full Story

• Excitement (and stress) doubled for Bradshers

  Posted: 06/18/2022, 08:23 am By Kevin Kovac

  MARYVILLE, Tenn. (June 17) — Donald Bradsher stood inside Smoky Mountain Speedway’s spacious official’s tower. A few feet to his left, also standing rather than sitting in one of the chairback seats, was his wife Gena. The couple’s Full Story

• Dispatches: Herrington upbeat despite postrace miscue

  Posted: 06/19/2022, 01:07 am

  The latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events in mid-June, including from Comp Cams Series action at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Miss., and the Hoker Trucking Series at Columbus Junction (Iowa) Full Story

• Amid struggles, a big victory at Davenport

  Posted: 06/17/2022, 06:10 am By Kyle McFadden

  DAVENPORT, Iowa (June 16) — From wrecking out on the first lap of his Eldora Million preliminary heat race last week to not having won in the Late Model since last June, failures had gotten the best of Chris Simpson recently. “It’s Full Story

• Notes: WISSOTA rookie takes a big step forward

  Posted: 06/16/2022, 12:20 am By Robert Holman

  Like many racers, Kevin Burdick’s path into the Dirt Late Model division was made with slow and careful steps. After spending the last decade in WISSOTA's super stock division, the veteran driver from Proctor, Minn., entering his 21st Full Story

• Out-of-nowhere pass propels Pierce at Peoria

  Posted: 06/15/2022, 11:34 pm By Todd Turner

  PEORIA, Ill. (June 15) — Often in Dirt Late Model racing, it’s apparent when a pass for the lead is coming. A pursuer running a groove opposite from the leader gets rolling. A rallying driver charges to the front. Or a second-running Full Story

• Sheppard happy to 'rough it' as Hell Tour rookie

  Posted: 06/15/2022, 03:29 pm By Todd Turner

  KANKAKEE, Ill. (June 14) — Most race teams following the DIRTcar Summer Nationals have haulers with spacious living quarters, two-car trailers, years of Super Late Model experience and multiple crew members to share duties. Then there’s Full Story

• Column: Snakebitten Madden on the cusp

  Posted: 06/15/2022, 03:18 pm

  Chris Madden really thought the day he’s spent nearly two decades waiting for at Eldora Speedway had finally arrived. He was going to win Saturday's Dream XXVIII. He could feel it in his very being. Two days after yet again coming up Full Story

• Notes: Clanton finally bags big money again

  Posted: 06/15/2022, 02:00 pm By Kyle McFadden

  BELLEVILLE, Kan. (June 14) — From afar, Shane Clanton’s $40,000 XR Super Series-sanctioned victory Tuesday at the Belleville High Banks quarter-mile over Jonathan Davenport and Chris Madden, the sport’s undeniable best this season, Full Story

• DIRTcar Summer Nationals coverage index

  Posted: 07/10/2022, 10:25 pm

  DirtonDirt.com’s coverage of the 32 scheduled races of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals from June 14-July 23; also visit the schedule page and series history section: Sunday, July 24 • DirtWire: Thunderbird rained out again, reset for Full Story

• Kankakee on go despite afternoon setbacks

  Posted: 06/14/2022, 08:21 pm By Todd Turner

  KANKAKEE, Ill. (June 14) — First-year promoter Billy Knippenberg was excited about his Kankakee County Speedway hosting the opening race of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals. Knippenberg, the Crate Late Model racer who took over promotions Full Story

• Michigan vet back in his happy place on Hell Tour

  Posted: 06/14/2022, 06:03 pm By Todd Turner

  KANKAKEE, Ill. (June 14) — A visitor to the Curtis Roberts hauler before Tuesday’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals opener at Kankakee County Speedway looked around the pits wondering if any drivers pitted nearby were running on the circuit Full Story

• Notes: Junghans relishes opportunity for home run

  Posted: 06/14/2022, 04:14 pm By Kyle McFadden

  BELLEVILLE, Kan. (June 13) — Chase Junghans left his race shop at a leisurely 3:45 p.m. Monday en route to the facility he’s cherished since childhood, the Belleville High Banks. Located in downtown Manhattan, Kan., the home-state Full Story

• Blistering Belleville oval challenges XR entrants

  Posted: 06/14/2022, 10:46 am By Kyle McFadden

  BELLEVILLE, Kan. (June 13) — On the whole, drivers and teams had a general idea about what they were getting into Monday at the Belleville High Banks, that the historic and notoriously fast half-mile oval holding its first marquee Late Full Story

• Top 25: Million winner tightens grip on No. 1

  Posted: 06/14/2022, 12:35 am By Todd Turner

  Eldora Million winner Jonathan Davenport solidified his No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com's power rankings as the unanimous top pick following his career-making $1,002,022 victory Thursday at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Davenport, who Full Story

• Fast Talk: Wrapping up Eldora's extravaganza

  Posted: 06/13/2022, 09:24 am

  While we'll wait until September to discover the winner of the rain-postponed Dream, we'll recount Jonathan Davenport's career-changing Eldora Million victory and other activities from Rossburg, Ohio, in the weekly feature presented by Full Story

• Notes: Madden primed for shot at Eldora glory

  Posted: 06/11/2022, 03:48 pm

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 11) — Winning Saturday afternoon’s first 25-lap Dream XXVIII preliminary feature at Eldora Speedway put a smile on Chris Madden’s face. In no way, though, did it satisfy him. There was only thing on Madden’s Full Story