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• Top 25: Overton still on top as Marlar climbs

  Posted: 09/14/2021, 09:57 am By Joshua Joiner

  Brandon Overton’s absolute dominance of Eldora Speedway’s 2021 crown jewel races may be over, but his reign in the DirtonDirt.com Top 25 poll continues. Overton, the Evans, Ga., driver who swept Eldora’s double Dirt Late Model Dreams Full Story

• Notes: Self-designed AK finds success at World

  Posted: 09/13/2021, 01:12 pm By Joshua Joiner and Robert Holman

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 11) — If anyone was surprised to see Austin Kirkpatrick drive his self-built race car into the 28-car starting field for Saturday’s 50th World 100 at Eldora Speedway’s, they likely weren’t as surprised as Kirkpatrick Full Story

• Fast Talk: Around the Worlds in 3,000 words

  Posted: 09/13/2021, 11:05 am

  As the sport catches its collective breath following World 100 victories for Brandon Overton and Jonathan Davenport, our roundtable wraps up Eldora and looks ahead in the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited Full Story

• Patience, strategy spurs J.D. to fourth World 100

  Posted: 09/12/2021, 01:48 pm By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 11) — Jonathan Davenport knows what it takes to win crown jewel events at Eldora Speedway. And in case you thought otherwise, it’s not a matter of hammering the gas pedal and going straight to the front. “This Full Story

• More highs, lows for Scott in Eldora journey

  Posted: 09/12/2021, 10:27 am By Joshua Joiner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 11) — As he surveyed his battered No. 1st car following a hard wreck in Saturday’s 50th World 100, Johnny Scott tried to process the roller coaster of emotions he experienced during four straight nights of racing Full Story

• Satterlee takes step toward to Big E glory

  Posted: 09/11/2021, 10:14 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 10) — Gregg Satterlee might not be the best qualifier at Eldora Speedway, but he’s becoming a pretty good finisher. After leading from flag-to-flag to capture Friday’s second 25-lap preliminary feature for the Full Story

• Thrill of Eldora success hooks TNT driver Ford

  Posted: 09/11/2021, 10:02 am By Joshua Joiner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 10) — Jensen Ford got his first taste of Eldora Speedway success during Friday’s 50th World 100 prelim night, and even though it came in the form of a heat race win, the 33-year-old Johnson City, Tenn., driver Full Story

• Notes: Fergy salvages 7th after Big E spin

  Posted: 09/10/2021, 10:48 am By Joshua Joiner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 9) — Finishing in the same position that he started the 100-lap race, Chris Ferguson’s path to a seventh-place result in Thursday’s 51st World 100 may appear uneventful on paper. But in reality, it was anything Full Story

• ‘Perfect’ connection with Wells energizes Overton

  Posted: 09/10/2021, 10:16 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 9) — David Wells stood beaming like a new father amid the postrace throng around his race car Thursday in Eldora Speedway’s pit area. He radiated excitement as he accepted congratulatory handshakes from friends Full Story

• Notes: Motivated Strickler finds speed at Eldora

  Posted: 09/09/2021, 12:20 pm By Joshua Joiner and Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 8) — As he prepared to compete in the week’s double World 100s at Eldora Speedway, Kyle Strickler thought he might need some extra motivation to get psyched up for the historic four nights of racing at Dirt Late Full Story

• Scott scores satisfying (and surprising) victory

  Posted: 09/09/2021, 08:14 am By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 8) — With time winding down in Wednesday’s first 25-lap preliminary for the 51st World 100 at Eldora Speedway, Johnny Scott was leading the race and thinking about what happened to his twin brother Stormy in an Full Story

• Notes: Crate standout paves way for his son

  Posted: 09/09/2021, 06:56 am By Todd Turner

  A dirt racer for more than half his life, Jamie Burford has realized that he’s now more satisfied by setting up a fast race car than driving it. Which will likely come in handy as the 39-year-old Keatchie, La., Crate Late Model racer Full Story

• Old car, new success as Chilton tackles Big E

  Posted: 09/09/2021, 06:20 am By Joshua Joiner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 8) — Michael Chilton entered Eldora Speedway’s double World 100s as confident as he’s ever been going into one of the historic track’s crown jewel events. And for good reason. With three five-figure victories Full Story

• Column: Young racer forges on without father

  Posted: 09/08/2021, 10:21 am

  Drake Troutman has had nearly a month to process the sudden, heartbreaking passing of his father, D.J., but the new normal for the 16-year-old racer from Hyndman, Pa., hasn’t gotten any easier. It never will, no matter how many laps he Full Story

• As we await the 50th, 50 historic World 100 facts

  Posted: 09/07/2021, 03:11 pm By Bob and Bobby Markos

  When Earl Baltes opened the gates to his famed half-mile clay palace on the first weekend of October 1971, he probably had no idea he was beginning a tradition that would span five decades. Yet here we are, some 50 years later, preparing Full Story

• Purvis fondly recalls his special era at World 100

  Posted: 09/07/2021, 01:58 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Jeff Purvis was in a conversation with a reporter when he paused and turned the direction of the questioning around. “Let me ask you something,” the retired Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer said, “what do you know about Eldora with Full Story

• Fast Facts: Eldora's 50th and 51st World 100s

  Posted: 09/07/2021, 01:28 pm By Robert Holman

  Dates: Sept. 8-11 (twin $10,000-to-win features Wednesday and Friday, with heats, consolations and a $54,000-to-win main event on Thursday and heats, consolations and a $53,000-to-win main event on Saturday) | Complete World 100 coverage Track: Full Story

• Top 25: T-Mac rises to fourth as Hughes joins

  Posted: 09/07/2021, 10:45 am By Joshua Joiner

  A busy Labor Day weekend shook up the DirtonDirt.com Top 25 power rankings with Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., jumping three spots to the fourth spot while young upstart Spencer Hughes of Meridian, Miss., joined the rankings after a Full Story

• Fast Talk: Holiday wrap, Overton's next quest

  Posted: 09/06/2021, 12:14 pm

  After a busy Labor Day weekend with Eldora Speedway's double World 100s starting Wednesday, our roundtable convenes to discuss action past and future for the weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and Full Story

• Notes: Ivey's strong run tempered by heat scrape

  Posted: 09/03/2021, 01:47 am By Todd Turner

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (Sept. 2) — Trent Ivey has posted two of his best outings of the season in his last two starts. Unfortunately they’ve both come with downsides. Nevertheless, the 26-year-old Union, S.C., driver was smiling late Thursday Full Story

• WoO seeking flagstand consistency with shuffle

  Posted: 09/02/2021, 05:59 pm By Todd Turner

  GAFFNEY, S.C. (Sept. 2) — Erik Grigsby has spent four seasons telling World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series drivers what to do over the one-way radio in his role as race director. Now he’s showing them what to do, as well. Looking Full Story

• Missouri asphalt veteran still getting hang of dirt

  Posted: 09/02/2021, 07:27 am By Lyndal Scranton

  Brennon Willard knew the transition from being one of the region’s top asphalt Late Model drivers into the dirt-track world was going to be a challenge. It has been that, and then some, for the racer from Lebanon, Mo., But despite limited Full Story

• Notes: Run-and-gun Loney scores first victory

  Posted: 09/02/2021, 07:28 am By Todd Turner

  Nathon Loney spends his summers at the racetrack and his winters on the basketball court. And whether the 31-year-old Danville, Ohio, resident is behind the wheel of his Dirt Late Model or on a courtside bench coaching high school hoopsters, Full Story

• Column: Knight targets Ultimate championship

  Posted: 09/01/2021, 05:47 pm

  Cla Knight dove head-long into the 2021 racing season with two specific objectives on the Ultimate Southeast Super Late Model Series squarely in his crosshairs. “We’re running for the Rookie of the Year on this deal,” the 25-year-old Full Story

• Fast Facts: 53rd annual Hillbilly 100

  Posted: 09/01/2021, 12:06 pm By Robert Holman

  Dates: Sept. 3-5 (a $2,000-to-win Crate Late Model program on Friday and Sunday; a $5,000-to-win steel-block Late Model program on Saturday; and a $30,000-to-win Lucas Oil Series program on Sunday) Track: Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, Full Story