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• 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

• Richards tops Volusia for fifth Speedweeks victory

  Posted: 02/13/2009, 06:33 pm By Kevin Kovac and Todd Turner

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 13) — Josh Richards is scrawling his name all over the 38th annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH. The 20-year-old sensation from Shinnston, W.Va., rolled to his second $10,000 victory in as many nights on Full Story

• Kid Rocket still master of Volusia's WoO opener

  Posted: 02/12/2009, 06:17 pm By Kevin Kovac and Todd Turner

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 12) — Just call him Mr. Opening Night. Josh Richards continued his mastery of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series season opener during the 38th annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH, capturing the tour’s Full Story

• Schlieper tops Lanigan, earns $7,000 at Volusia

  Posted: 02/11/2009, 05:12 pm By Kevin Kovac and Todd Turner

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 11) — Dan Schlieper worked hard for his long-awaited first career victory at Volusia Speedway Park. The 37-year-old driver from Sullivan, Wis., came out on top of a frantic late-race duel with Darrell Lanigan Full Story

• Volusia coverage index

  Posted: 02/10/2009, 05:27 pm

  Golden Isles coverage • East Bay Coverage GIBSONTON, Fla. — DirtonDirt.com coverage of the 38th Alltel DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH at Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 9-14 (complete Georgia-Florida Speedweeks statistical update; Full Story

• Pearson rallies from 7th, earns $7,000 at Volusia

  Posted: 02/10/2009, 04:57 pm By Kevin Kovac and Todd Turner

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 10) — Earl Pearson Jr. exorcised a demon Tuesday night at Volusia Speedway Park. Fifty-one weeks after suffering a concussion in a spectacular series of flips at the half-mile oval, Pearson romped to a dominating Full Story

• Caution-blaming rules no place for judgment calls

  Posted: 02/10/2009, 07:54 am

  GIBSONTON, Fla. — In a twist on Gen. MacArthur's famous declaration, old Dirt Late Model controversies never die, they just fade away for a few years. The standbys of traction control and tire-cheating had their turns in recent years, Full Story

• Volusia opener gives Miller reversal of fortune

  Posted: 02/09/2009, 06:29 pm By Todd Turner

  BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 9) — Heading to Volusia Speedway Park, Darren Miller's Georgia-Florida Speedweeks scorecard left a little to be desired. He had just three feature starts, a best finish of 12th, and he'd rolled his car in a Full Story

• World of Outlaws ready to launch '09 season

  Posted: 02/09/2009, 11:40 am By Kevin Kovac

  With the 2009 World of Outlaws Late Model Series set to kick off Thursday during the 38th annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., there are plenty of stories fans will be watching closely. The Full Story

• Column: Doling out awards from East Bay

  Posted: 02/08/2009, 01:06 pm

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 8) — Cramming six complete racing programs into five days, touring Dirt Late Model fans got their fill and then some of fast, exciting — and often controversial — action during East Bay Raceway Park's Full Story