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• 2021 Late Model series and track champions

  Posted: 12/31/2021, 08:47 am

  Series champions Region-by-region champions on Dirt Late Model series and racing organizations for 2021: National Castrol FloRacing Night in America - Jonathan Davenport Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series - Tim McCreadie World Full Story

• Notes: Path Valley gives Smith her first victory

  Posted: 09/30/2021, 12:15 am By Todd Turner

  Shyann Smith figures Path Valley Speedway in Spring Run, Pa., is a pretty good place to learn how to be a successful dirt racer. The quarter-mile oval isn’t a place to compete if you’re looking to avoid traffic, she says. “It’s Full Story

• Column: Fresh start for Lucas-advised Pearson

  Posted: 09/29/2021, 05:34 pm

  Earl Pearson Jr. calls his 2-week-old deal driving for his good buddy and fellow racer Jason Papich “a new beginning.” It’s about as appropriate a term the veteran racer from Jacksonville, Fla., could offer considering the struggles Full Story

• Top 25: Overton still No. 1 as Owens moves up

  Posted: 09/28/2021, 09:23 am By Joshua Joiner

  Earning his 15th No. 1 ranking in the past 16 weeks, Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., once again topped DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings while Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., moved back into the top 10 following his $20,000 Jackson Full Story

• Notes: Dillard cashes big check at a familiar track

  Posted: 09/28/2021, 08:54 am By Robert Holman

  CHATHAM, La. — Cade Dillard has four victories on the year, including a pair of $10,000 triumphs, but Saturday’s runner-up finish in the Super Bee 100, a Crate Late Model special at Super Bee Speedway in Dillard’s native Louisiana Full Story

• Fast Talk: Hunting Super Bee, Jackson 100 news

  Posted: 09/27/2021, 11:29 am

  Our weekly roundtable presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids gathers to review a weekend featuring Brownstown’s Jackson 100 and a big Crate Late Model win for Hunt the Front’s Joseph Joiner while also exploring how teams should handle Full Story

• Column: Winning Marlar 'gets it' in Knoxville trips

  Posted: 09/23/2021, 06:44 am

  Mike Marlar is far from laying claim to the title “Mr. Knoxville.” There’s a couple sprint car superstars — Steve Kinser and Donny Schatz — who have that moniker locked up. But when it comes to Dirt Late Model competition at Full Story

• Notes: Montanan gets stiff test in long trips

  Posted: 09/23/2021, 06:25 am By Robert Holman and Todd Turner

  In August, Rayce McCord faced three kinds of competition: the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series and geography. The 22-year-old Dirt Late Model racer from Molt, Mont., always battles Full Story

• Knoxville's first loser is all too familiar with role

  Posted: 09/21/2021, 04:54 pm By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa — All of the postrace pageantry following Saturday’s Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Brandt was over and Tim McCreadie was back inside his Paylor Motorsports trailer, leaning against a cabinet and Full Story

• Top 25: Marlar, Erb move up after Knoxville

  Posted: 09/21/2021, 10:06 am By Joshua Joiner

  After yet another big-money payday with his $50,000 Texas Dirt Nationals victory on Saturday, Brandon Overton held steady at the top of DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 poll for the sixth straight week while Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., and Full Story

• Notes: Rocket house car again denied at Knoxville

  Posted: 09/20/2021, 04:32 pm By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 18) — If anyone is “due” to win the Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Brandt, it’s Mark Richards and his Rocket Chassis house car team. Another weekend at the famed Knoxville Raceway came Full Story

• Fast Talk: Putting a wrap on a lucrative weekend

  Posted: 09/20/2021, 10:52 am

  As we head into the fall schedule, our roundtable considers the recent lucrative events in Texas and Iowa as well as the growing number of $10,000-to-win races in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for Full Story

• Notes: Madden only finds trouble in Texas

  Posted: 09/20/2021, 10:59 am By Joshua Joiner

  FORT WORTH, Texas (Sept. 18) — With his rough weekend at Texas Motor Speedway’s Dirt Nationals, Chris Madden learned the hard way that the old saying about Texas and the size of everything in it may indeed be true. After suffering his Full Story

• Sweep denied as Erb’s valiant rally falls short

  Posted: 09/19/2021, 01:01 pm By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 18) — The spectacular sweep didn’t happen, but it wasn’t from a lack of effort by Tyler Erb and his Best Performance Motorsports squad. Both driver and crew did everything possible Saturday to complete an undefeated Full Story

• Moyer falls short of last hurrah in Texas

  Posted: 09/19/2021, 08:19 am By Joshua Joiner

  FORT WORTH, Texas (Sept. 18) — With his permanent retirement from racing looming in the near future, Billy Moyer knows that his opportunities to compete for major Dirt Late Model victories are dwindling quickly. So after finishing second Full Story

• Notes: Erb on cusp of historic Knoxville sweep

  Posted: 09/18/2021, 02:31 pm By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 17) — Tyler Erb will be chasing history — and a Dirt Late Model legend — in Saturday’s 100-lap finale of the 17th annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Brandt at Knoxville Raceway. Red-hot Full Story

• Madden gets worst of Texas tangle with rival

  Posted: 09/18/2021, 12:22 pm By Joshua Joiner

  FORT WORTH, Texas (Sept. 17) — Chris Madden has had his share of scary moments during his more than 25 years of racing. Getting turned around at the end of the front straightaway in front of most of the field during Friday’s Texas Dirt Full Story

• ‘Family,’ makeshift hood salvage B-Shepp’s heat

  Posted: 09/18/2021, 06:37 am By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 17) — Brandon Sheppard climbed out of his Rocket Chassis house car, thinking his heat race during Friday’s 17th annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Brandt preliminary at Knoxville Raceway Full Story

• Dillard receives hat, but not a call from grandpa

  Posted: 09/18/2021, 06:21 am By Joshua Joiner

  FORT WORTH, Texas (Sept. 19) — As Cade Dillard drove back to the Texas Motor Speedway pit area following his $10,000 victory in Friday’s Texas Dirt Nationals opening night feature, he knew that one thing was missing from what was otherwise Full Story

• Erb rebounds from awful week with Knoxville win

  Posted: 09/17/2021, 07:52 am By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 16) — Tyler Erb glanced at his Best Performance Motorsports car sitting in Knoxville Raceway’s pit area on Thursday and offered a frank appraisal of its spic-and-span appearance after he drove it to a 25-lap Full Story

• Column: More relaxed J.D. savors Big E success

  Posted: 09/16/2021, 07:53 am

  Jonathan Davenport was, as usual, engaged in Eldora Mode — that ultra-intense focus he twice-annually reaches in the days leading up to a crown jewel event at Eldora Speedway — as last week’s twin World 100s approached. But there Full Story

• Notes: Pennsylvanian gains grip on slick tracks

  Posted: 09/16/2021, 06:47 am By Todd Turner

  Devin Weyandt’s slick-track race program has been sorely lacking, sapping the racing enthusiasm of the 32-year-old Limited Late Model driver from Claysburg, Pa. “The past couple of years, I mean, we’ve just been struggling, and now, Full Story

• Rayburn’s Old Blue truck gets loving restoration

  Posted: 09/15/2021, 06:58 am By Robert Holman

  ROSSBURG, Ohio — It’s not often a vehicle becomes as famous as the character who drives it, but a few come to mind. Steve McQueen’s dark green 1968 Ford Mustang 390 GT Fastback that he drove in the 1968 film “Bullitt.” Full Story

• Marlar’s 26th-to-2nd run lifts his Eldora fortunes

  Posted: 09/14/2021, 04:05 pm By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 11) — Mike Marlar didn’t head out onto Eldora Speedway’s high banks for Saturday’s second B-main with visions of later contending for a $53,000 victory in the 50th World 100. His goal was to simply turn a few Full Story

• Fast Facts: 17th Lucas Oil Knoxville Nationals

  Posted: 09/14/2021, 02:51 pm By Robert Holman

  Dates: Sept. 16-18 ($7,000-to-win features Thursday and Friday and heats, consolations and $50,000-to-win main event Saturday) Track: Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway (semi-banked, half-mile clay oval). 2021 purse: In excess of $287,000, the Full Story