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• Column: Back in driver's seat after health crisis

  Posted: 03/19/2026, 07:51 pm

  It was just a local 604 Crate Late Model show at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Ala., the type of affair that’s especially unspectacular for a driver whose career accomplishments rise to the lofty heights of winning a Lucas Oil Late Full Story

• Family urging him on, Unzicker stays in the gas

  Posted: 03/06/2026, 01:45 pm By Matt Skipper

  Ryan Unzicker enjoys racing as a family sport, not as a full-time living. While he works 10 hours a day, five days a week as the owner of RJR Transportation, the El Paso, Ill., Dirt Late Model racer spends his weekends behind the wheel Full Story

• Bronson's coping mechanism catches ear of race fans

  Posted: 02/27/2026, 07:19 pm By Kyle McFadden

  OCALA, Fla. (Feb. 26) — Kyle Bronson has become something of a walking quote machine in recent years, keeping onlookers tuned into any interview so they don’t miss his latest witty remarks or down-home maxims. Wednesday’s latest Full Story

• Notes: For Pierce, new tracks aren't always new

  Posted: 02/25/2026, 01:58 pm

  Like most of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series competitors, Bobby Pierce rolled into Hendry County Motorsports Park for the Swamp Cabbage 100 with no idea of what to expect. He knew the sandy third-mile oval in Clewiston, Fla., would Full Story

• Notes: Alberson tries to dial in setup for Ocala

  Posted: 02/24/2026, 12:05 pm By Kyle McFadden

  OCALA, Fla. (Feb. 23) — Garrett Alberson sat hunched over an electric-green Scooby-Doo–themed clipboard on the step of his toter Monday at Ocala Speedway, methodically jotting numbers onto the paper spreadsheet he uses during every Full Story

• Take Five: Super Deuce team signing off

  Posted: 02/23/2026, 05:01 pm

  In a new feature appearing regularly on DirtonDirt, senior writer Kevin Kovac will offer readers five things worth mentioning from around the Dirt Late Model landscape (index to previous Take Fives): No. 1: A Facebook post on Saturday Full Story

• Take Five: Feger makes it 2-for-2 in New Zealand

  Posted: 02/09/2026, 01:37 pm

  In a new feature appearing regularly on DirtonDirt, senior writer Kevin Kovac will offer readers five things worth mentioning from around the Dirt Late Model landscape (index to previous Take Fives): No. 1: Jason Feger of Bloomington, Full Story

• Revival off to good start for Benji Hicks

  Posted: 02/09/2026, 12:52 pm By Kevin Kovac

  SYLVANIA, Ga. (Feb. 7) — Did Benji Hicks think he had any hope of a top-five finish in Saturday’s 50-lap Winter Freeze XVI finale at Screven Motor Speedway after starting the program by timing last among 28 entrants? “Absolutely Full Story

• Georgia-Florida Speedweeks Almanac (Jan. 30)

  Posted: 01/30/2026, 03:14 am By Todd Turner

  Friday's race: Fourth of 30 originally scheduled Super Late Model events from Jan. 22-March 7. Venue: Needmore Speedway in Norman Park, Ga. Race details: The $10,000-to-win non-points opener for the Hunt the Front Super Dirt Series, which Full Story

• Tech inspectors gets on same page in Arizona

  Posted: 01/17/2026, 07:40 pm By Kyle McFadden

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 17) — In moving the Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout back to Central Arizona Raceway, operations manager Matt Curl along with business partners Chris Kearns and Jason Babyak aimed to make the miniseries Full Story

• Wrenchmen help Dotson to satisfying desert win

  Posted: 01/15/2026, 03:22 pm By Kyle McFadden

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 14) — Entering this week’s Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout, Ethan Dotson expected to give favorites Bobby Pierce, Jonathan Davenport and Hudson O’Neal a run for their money. | Complete WWS coverage The Full Story

• WWS star struggles for Central Arizona rhythm

  Posted: 01/14/2026, 05:26 am By Kevin Kovac

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 11) — Bobby Pierce doesn’t really know what it feels like to struggle, let alone not win, while competing in the Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout. That’s how spectacularly he’s performed in the Full Story

• Wild West homecoming warms promoter's heart

  Posted: 01/10/2026, 09:05 am By Kevin Kovac

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 9) — Amid the rumble of warming race car engines, Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout promoter Chris Kearns stood in Central Arizona Raceway’s pit area moments before the start of Friday evening's practice Full Story

• Column: Racer rising from race shop's ashes

  Posted: 01/08/2026, 02:24 pm

  After closing the 2025 season on a positive note, McKay Wenger was full-steam-ahead for ’26. Good vibes were fueling the 38-year-old racer from Fairbury, Ill., throughout autumn. Until his phone rang the afternoon of Nov. 17 while he Full Story

• Trends, infuential figures of last 25 years

  Posted: 12/19/2025, 06:56 am By Todd Turner

  In wrapping up our Best of the Quarter Century coverage, we’ve got four more Top 25 lists covering the era of Dirt Late Model racing from 2001-25 (also don’t miss our Top 25 photos from the era; Best of 2025 coverage index): Trends Full Story

• Top 25 state-by-state over the quarter century

  Posted: 12/18/2025, 07:40 am By Todd Turner

  A state-by-state breakdown of the best drivers and other items from 2001-2025. Drivers are listed alphabetically with the top five and the remainder of the top 25. Special event victory totals include series and added-purse events on DirtonDirt's Full Story

• Sponsor-searching WoO touts schedule, purses

  Posted: 12/13/2025, 01:40 pm By Kyle McFadden

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 12) — When social media users noticed Thursday that the World of Outlaws Late Model Series had changed its profile photos across its website, Facebook and X platforms, speculation followed regarding Real American Full Story

• Notes: PRI briefs from Bernheisel, Mills, others

  Posted: 12/12/2025, 04:33 pm

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 12) — While he’s retired from competing himself, Jim Bernheisel of Jonestown, Pa., has a lot of irons in the fire with his chassis building and parts business along with promoting races. And of course there’s Full Story

• Best of 2025: Top-five lists of memorable year

  Posted: 12/12/2025, 12:26 am By Kevin Kovac

  With Driver of the Year and other driver honors already published, DirtonDirt.com takes a look at other top-five lists from the 2025 season, running the gamut from the top-five performances to top-five clashes of the year (Best of 2025 Full Story

• Best of 2025: Southern state-by-state capsules

  Posted: 12/10/2025, 05:15 am By Todd Turner

  Dirt Late Model racing’s 2025 superlatives of Southern states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2025 coverage): Alabama Top Full Story

• Best of 2025: Northern and Western state caps

  Posted: 12/09/2025, 02:40 am By Todd Turner

  Dirt Late Model racing’s 2025 superlatives of Northern (including Canada) and Western states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best Full Story

• Best of 2025: Midwest's state-by-state capsules

  Posted: 12/08/2025, 06:30 am By Todd Turner

  Dirt Late Model racing’s 2025 superlatives of Midwestern states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2025 coverage): Illinois Top Full Story

• Column: Riggs, Longhorn support Overton's reset

  Posted: 12/04/2025, 12:10 pm

  Something just didn’t work right in 2025 for superstar driver Brandon Overton. And something needed to be changed. Team owner Scott Riggs realized it. So did Steve Arpin, the Longhorn Chassis leader. Their mutual acknowledgement of Overton’s Full Story

• Breakouts, newcomers and comebacks for 2025

  Posted: 12/03/2025, 04:27 am By Todd Turner

  As part of its ongoing Best of 2025 coverage, DirtonDirt.com hands out awards to worthy Dirt Late Model drivers. We rank the top breakout drivers, top newcomers, most improved drivers and comeback drivers for the past season. This season’s Full Story

• Malone, 13, impresses in World Finals appearance

  Posted: 11/09/2025, 04:38 pm By Kyle McFadden

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 8) — Taking on Dirt Late Model racing’s best at just 13 years old is daunting enough, yet Beckham Malone did more than hold his own as a seventh-grader among working-class men at The Dirt Track at Charlotte’s World Full Story