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• Notes: After Florida, Stovall retreats to mods

  Posted: 03/26/2009, 03:28 pm

  Drivers frequently warn that winter trips to Georgia-Florida Speedweeks can be hard on equipment and race teams, and Jesse Stovall of Galena, Mo., found out the hard way. The 28-year-old driver who impressed last year in his first full Full Story

• Jason Cliburn nabs first win at Whynot, first series win

  Posted: 03/22/2009, 02:09 pm By Scott White

  MERIDIAN, Miss. (March 21) — Jason Cliburn of Star, Miss., had three firsts Saturday at Whynot Motorsports Park. He finished first, got his first win at the track, and got his first victory on the Mississippi State Championship Challenge. "We've Full Story

• Thomas tunes up at Green Valley with TTCS win

  Posted: 03/22/2009, 01:36 pm By Steve Hixson

  GLENCOE, Ala. (March 20) — Polesitter William Thomas earned $1,500 for winning the opener of the Top Tracks Challenge Series at Green Valley Speedway. The event served as a tuneup for the March 26-28 GVS Crate Nationals paying $25,000 Full Story

• Knowles tops Johnson, wins $3,000 at Moulton

  Posted: 03/22/2009, 07:34 am

  MOULTON, Ala. (March 21) — Georgia invader Tony Knowles broke through on the Bama Super Series with a $3,000 victory at Moulton Speedway. Knowles, of Tyrone, Ga., outran Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, Tenn., for the victory in the Full Story

• Pearson emerges, wins Indiana Icebreaker

  Posted: 03/22/2009, 06:24 am By James Essex

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (March 21) — There's nothing like breaking the ice on the Midwest racing season by winning a big race. And that's exactly what Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., did, taking command of Brownstown Speedway's 12th Full Story

• Opener gives Myers his first victory at Potomac

  Posted: 03/21/2009, 11:33 am By Doug Watson

  BUDDS CREEK, Md. (March 20) — Recovering after a penalty cost him the lead, D.J. Myers of Greencastle, Pa., led the final 15 laps of Potomac Speedway's season opener on Friday. Myers earned $2,000 in capturing the 40-lap Cody Endicott Full Story

• Brinkley rules first-ever Bama Super Series race

  Posted: 03/21/2009, 07:16 am

  TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (March 20) — Jay Brinkley of Shelbyville, Tenn., dominated the opening Bama Super Series feature at North Alabama Speedway for $2,000 victory. Billy Moyer Jr. of Batesville, Ark., finished second followed by Brandon Full Story

• Wallace launches MARS with Clarksville victory

  Posted: 03/21/2009, 06:56 am By Brian Garrison

  CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (March 20) — Racing to his first victory on the O'Reilly MARS DIRTcar Series since 2006, polesitter Wendell Wallace of Batesville, Ark., led all 30 laps at Clarksville Speedway. Wallace earned $3,000 in the preliminary Full Story

• Kentucky Colonel rolling along at start of 2009

  Posted: 03/16/2009, 12:43 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Steve Francis was bubbling like a little kid on Christmas morning after capturing Friday night’s 40-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series Showdown on the Gulf at Deep South Speedway. Just consider the first words from the Kentucky Full Story

• Notes: New K-C owner plans ambitious schedule

  Posted: 03/13/2009, 04:26 pm

  After off-season speculation that K-C Raceway might not open in 2009, the track's new owner announced an 18-race schedule for the 3/8-mile dirt oval south of Chillicothe, Ohio, including the inaugural Dirt Track World Cup paying $20,000 Full Story

• Thrash wants to prove MSCC victory isn't fluke

  Posted: 03/10/2009, 08:51 pm By Todd Turner

  After his first career victory on the Mississippi State Championship Series, Chad Thrash isn't planning to rest on his laurels. He's already thinking about where he might get win No. 2 following his $3,000 victory on March 7 at South Mississippi Full Story

• Notes: Sunoco sponsoring Road to Wheatland

  Posted: 03/09/2009, 03:12 pm

  Sunoco Race Fuels has joined the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series as the title sponsor of the third annual Road to Wheatland, the early-season series events preceding the third annual SuperClean Diamond Nationals at Lucas Oil Speedway in Full Story

• Frostbite 50 gives Thrash first-ever MSCC victory

  Posted: 03/08/2009, 06:18 pm

  PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (March 7) — Chad Thrash of Meridian, Miss., led all the way in the Frostbite 50 at South Mississippi Speedway to notch his first career victory on the Mississippi State Championship Challenge. Thrash earned $3,000 Full Story

• Richards leads all 30 laps in Hagerstown opener

  Posted: 03/07/2009, 08:02 pm

  HAGERSTOWN, Md. (March 7) — No snow, no rain, no cold. After losing the first two weeks to weather, Hagerstown Speedway’s Saturday afternoon opener was comparable to a July evening as Josh Richards scored a $2,000 triumphs and Full Story

• Wall captures fourth straight MSCC opener

  Posted: 03/07/2009, 05:11 pm

  PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (March 6) — Polesitter Chris Wall of Holden, La., took the lead on the 10th lap at South Mississippi Speedway to capture the season opener on the Mississippi State Championship Challenge for the fourth consecutive Full Story

• Notes: Ohio's Raceway 7 gets reprieve, will open

  Posted: 03/06/2009, 11:46 am

  For a while, it appeared Raceway 7 wouldn't open at all in 2009. But the track near Conneaut, Ohio, is not only opening, but Super Late Models are scheduled to make more appearances at the track since being dropped as a weekly division Full Story

• 29th DTWC heading to Lawrenceburg Speedway

  Posted: 02/28/2009, 01:00 pm By Todd Turner

  The 29th annual Dirt Track World Championship will be held at Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway, race promoter Carl Short said on Saturday. The $50,000-to-win unsanctioned event is scheduled for Oct. 15-17 at the 3/8-mile oval in suburban Cincinnati, Full Story

• Buckingham leads all the way in East Bay finale

  Posted: 02/22/2009, 08:44 am By Roby Helm

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 21) — Polesitter Shanon Buckingham of Morristown, Tenn., used short spurts of racing at East Bay Raceway Park to lead all 50 laps in the weekend finale of NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series action at East Full Story

• Horton tops Buckingham, scores East Bay repeat

  Posted: 02/21/2009, 08:31 am By Roby Helm

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 20) — Doug Horton of Bruceton Mills, W.Va., made it two in a row on the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series at East Bay Raceway Park as he swapped the lead four times during the first half of the race with Full Story

• Horton rules East Bay for $2,500 crate victory

  Posted: 02/20/2009, 10:01 am By Roby Helm

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 19) — Doug Horton of Bruceton, Mills., W.Va., led all 40 laps Thursday at East Bay Raceway Park to capture the opening of a weekend tripleheader on the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series. Horton earned Full Story

• Numbers don't lie when it comes to Speedweeks

  Posted: 02/17/2009, 11:56 am By Todd Turner

  A by-the-numbers review of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks action, comprised by Jan. 28-Feb. 14 action at Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, Ga., East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla., and Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.: | Complete Full Story

• Notes: Victorious Francis lauds red-hot Richards

  Posted: 02/16/2009, 07:12 pm By Kevin Kovac

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 14) — Steve Francis was beaming after closing the 38th annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH with a powerful victory in Saturday's 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series event, but he had no illusions Full Story

• Mayo rules Winchester Winterfest, earns $3,000

  Posted: 02/16/2009, 12:36 pm

  WINCHESTER, Tenn. (Feb. 14) — Billy Mayo of Cleveland, Tenn., started on the pole at Winchester Speedway and stayed in control led the whole way for a $3,000 victory at the quarter-mile track's unsanctioned Winterfest. Mark Haddon Full Story

• Column: Handing out the awards from Volusia

  Posted: 02/15/2009, 12:14 am

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 15) — With the Georgia-Florida Speedweeks finally in the books, DirtonDirt.com takes a look back at the final week of action at Volusia Speedway Park, which hosted four UMP DIRTcar Late Models events and a Full Story

• Rallying Francis ends Speedweeks drought

  Posted: 02/14/2009, 06:12 pm By Kevin Kovac and Todd Turner

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 14) — Steve Francis saved his best for the last night of the 38th annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH. With a stirring drive forward from the eighth starting spot to win the 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Full Story