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• 'Blessed' Leach soaks up key Longhorn expertise

  Posted: 11/08/2025, 11:46 am By Kyle McFadden

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 7) — For a full year, Michael Leach had everything a Dirt Late Model driver could dream of in his backyard. Need engineering insight? Kevin Rumley was in the building next door. Need advice from a veteran crew chief? Full Story

• Column: Rice's touring dream comes to fruition

  Posted: 10/30/2025, 04:17 pm

  The day when Josh Rice met with JRR Motorsports owner James Rattliff last month to firm up the details of Rice’s hiring had the 27-year-old driver from Crittenden, Ky., feeling as anxious as he’s ever been. “I was literally shaking Full Story

• Dispatches: Key moment enlivens Keystone Cup

  Posted: 10/23/2025, 01:05 pm

  Among the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing during the last weekend in October, including the Fall Clash’s Keystone Cup at Bedford and Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series at Atomic (look for Atomic’s Full Story

• 'Big swing' DTWC setup ends Pierce's dry spell

  Posted: 10/23/2025, 07:38 am By Kyle McFadden

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 18) — Success, as described by Bob Pierce, can be a double-edged sword. The National Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer has been a key figure in his son Bobby Pierce’s superstar career, which includes 30 or more victories Full Story

• Notes: Rocket1 progress on slick track continues

  Posted: 10/22/2025, 01:49 pm By Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 18) — Brandon Sheppard fell short of winning a record sixth Dirt Track World Championship for the second consecutive year in the event’s 45th running Saturday at Eldora Speedway, but there was still a clear spark Full Story

• Notes: Consistency not quite enough for Louisianan

  Posted: 09/25/2025, 07:13 am By Todd Turner

  Plenty of Dirt Late Model racers actively avoid the grind of points racing. And plenty of those same drivers end up taking a peek at tabulated points midway through the season and find themselves lured into the chase. Such was the 2025 Full Story

• Notes: Arkansas driver sketches successful career

  Posted: 09/18/2025, 08:41 am By Todd Turner

  As a boy, Mark Nichols had a fascination with drawing pictures of Dirt Late Model race cars, crafting version of the cars of his favorite Arkansas drivers like Billy Moyer and Jeff Floyd. Using markers and pencils to sketch out colorful Full Story

• Column: Team owner's rapid ascent to pinnacle

  Posted: 09/17/2025, 04:20 pm

  About a half-hour after the conclusion of Sept. 6’s World 100 at Eldora Speedway, after Bobby Koehler had been on the Rossburg, Ohio, track’s stage celebrating a victory in Dirt Late Model racing’s most prestigious race with his driver Full Story

• Fast Talk: The Southeast, weekend recap and more

  Posted: 09/15/2025, 10:35 am

  As the fall specials beckon, our weekly roundtable considers all the latest action for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): In earlier eras, Southeastern tracks were the heart Full Story

• Dispatches: Support amid WISSOTA's loss

  Posted: 09/14/2025, 08:28 am

  Among the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing during the Sept. 11-13 weekend, including World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series action in Georgia. Also find a listing of live-streaming video from specials Full Story

• Notes: Senoia standout plotting his WoO debut

  Posted: 09/11/2025, 12:03 am By Todd Turner

  Payton Stevenson has carved out a solid start to his career in Late Model-style cars, scoring 30 feature victories and capturing two track titles over six seasons. The 21-year-old High Falls, Ga., driver has a current streak of three Limited Full Story

• Notes: Madden seeks clean air, first World 100

  Posted: 09/05/2025, 12:15 pm By Kevin Kovac and Kyle McFadden

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 4) — Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., fell short of victory in Thursday's second 25-lap World 100 weekend semifeature at Eldora Speedway, but his runner-up finish was certainly no quiet performance. After overtaking Full Story

• Notes: Megatext, support boosts South Dakotan

  Posted: 09/04/2025, 12:23 am By Todd Turner

  Driving a 2016 Longhorn Chassis for a team that’s 1,500 miles from the chassis manufacturer’s home base in North Carolina, Mike Stearns realizes that support for his 9-year-old Late Model was a shot in the dark. “I’m nobody out Full Story

• 2025 Late Model series and track champions

  Posted: 12/31/2025, 01:18 pm

  Series champions Region-by-region champions on Dirt Late Model series and racing organizations for 2025: National FloRacing Night in America - Bobby Pierce Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series - Devin Moran World Full Story

• Notes: Miller giving it another whirl at Eldora

  Posted: 09/01/2025, 04:08 pm By Bryan Ault

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Aug. 31) — Matt Miller did everything he could to turn back the clock on Sunday at the Valvoline American Iron-Man Series-sanctioned Baltes Classic at Eldora Speedway. Securing the third-place starting spot after winning Full Story

• Hillbilly engine woes spoil return of Richards

  Posted: 08/31/2025, 07:17 am By Kevin Kovac

  SARVER, Pa. (Aug. 29) — All the anticipation and excitement of Josh Richards’s return to Dirt Late Model competition lasted … exactly six heat-race laps. Richards summed up the deflating turn of events after his Rocket1 team car’s Full Story

• Dispatches: Pierce survives Shirley's charge

  Posted: 08/17/2025, 09:17 am

  Among the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing during in mid-August (look for Nutrien Ag Solutions Topless 100 coverage from Batesville elsewhere). Also find a listing of live-streaming video from specials around the Full Story

• Notes: Highland racer rebounds from disaster

  Posted: 08/13/2025, 11:35 pm By Todd Turner

  HIGHLAND, Ill. (Aug. 13) — Hometown driver Matt Bailey figured his racing season was over June 28 when he was forced into the frontstretch wall in a DIRTcar Summer Nationals heat race at Highland Speedway. “My right-front hit the wall Full Story

• Notes: Securing that elusive cardboard check

  Posted: 08/07/2025, 07:04 am By Todd Turner

  With a $2,500 Crate Late Model payday on the line Aug. 1 at his home racetrack, Billy Henry of Saegertown, Pa., wasn’t sure he had what it took to outrun standout racer Dave Hess Jr. at Raceway 7 in Conneaut, Ohio. He’d beaten Hess Full Story

• Fast Facts: 43rd annual Sunoco North-South 100

  Posted: 08/05/2025, 01:39 pm By Aaron Clay

  Dates: Aug. 7-9 (Thursday and Friday twin semifeatures and Saturday’s 100-lap finale) Track: Florence Speedway (semi-banked half-mile dirt oval) Location: Union, Ky. Purse: $75,000-to-win Late Model feature Primary sponsors: Sunoco Full Story

• Column: Owner's payoff showcases great pairing

  Posted: 07/31/2025, 02:57 pm

  Bob Cullen wasn’t able to attend Saturday’s Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway to witness his driver Brian Shirley earn the biggest victory of their decade together as a team. He still ended up with a story he’ll never Full Story

• Notes: Amid tragedy, tranquility behind wheel

  Posted: 07/31/2025, 07:08 am By Todd Turner

  Kankakee County Speedway’s championship history is dotted with the McCarty name, including reigning Crate Late Model champ Austin McCarty of nearby Bourbonnais, Ill. Austin’s father Steve, now his crew chief, was a four-time champion Full Story

• Fast Talk: Shirley's deserved, rewarding PDC victory

  Posted: 07/28/2025, 10:49 am

  On a weekend when Brian Shirley broke the bank (and clock?) with his Prairie Dirt Classic victory at Fairbury, out roundtable gathers for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Discuss Full Story

• Notes: Pennsy youngster Merkel blossoms at PVS

  Posted: 07/24/2025, 12:24 am By Todd Turner

  In Trent Merkel’s rookie Late Model season last year, the teenager found himself in the position of doing something he always imagined — racing against his dad. In the Oct. 12 event at Path Valley Speedway in Spring Run, Pa., father Full Story

• Rocket Chassis overhaul propels B-Shepp forward

  Posted: 07/17/2025, 05:56 pm By Kyle McFadden

  An antsy Mark Richards returned to Rocket Chassis headquarters in Shinnston, W.Va., following June 21’s Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway ready to get to work. Stewing on an exhaustive list of ideas long enough, the 64-year-old Full Story