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Notes: DTWC venue for 2009 is still undecided
Posted: 01/22/2009, 10:59 amWill the 29th annual Dirt Track World Championship be held at K-C Raceway, the track near Chillicothe, Ohio, that has hosted the previous four runnings of the $50,000-to-win event? That's undecided as of late January as race promoter Carl Full Story
Pennsylvania, regional racers get two new tours
Posted: 01/16/2009, 02:05 pm By Todd TurnerThe uncertainty of an economic downturn might keep traveling Dirt Late Model teams closer to home in 2009, but drivers in southcentral Pennsylvania, northern Virginia and Maryland will have the opportunity to run several new special events Full Story
Flipping Chili Bowl wreck injures McCreadie's back
Posted: 01/15/2009, 01:27 pmTim McCreadie's 2006 visit to the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals ended with an unlikely victory. McCreadie's 2009 visit to the high-profile, midget racing event in Tulsa, Okla., ended with a scary accident Wednesday night that sent him Full Story
Griffin, Mayo, Morrow capture Ice Bowl heats
Posted: 01/04/2009, 01:20 pm By Todd TurnerEASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 4) — Dingus Griffin of Alexandria, Ala., Billy Mayo of Cleveland, Tenn., and Todd Morrow of Oldfort, Tenn., won rain-postponed heats Sunday afternoon at Talladega Short Track's Ice Bowl XVIII. The trio secured Full Story
Nipper on Ice Bowl pole, but rain cuts heats short
Posted: 01/03/2009, 02:27 pm By Todd TurnerEASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 3) — Fast qualifier Jordy Nipper of Gray, Ga., dominated Saturday evening's first heat race to earn the pole position for Ice Bowl XVIII at Talladega Short Track, but half of the feature lineup for Sunday's Full Story
Minnesota driver anxious to elevate his game
Posted: 12/10/2008, 07:36 am By Todd TurnerCorey Nelson of Canby, Minn., was in the middle of his successful 10-year IMCA stock car career when he got a surprising opportunity to pilot a WISSOTA-sanctioned Dirt Late Model during the 2003 season. The chance to drive the Brian Peters-owned Full Story
Moyer sweeps foes away for $6,000 at Manzanita
Posted: 11/16/2008, 06:16 am By Kevin KovacPHOENIX, Ariz. (Nov. 15) — Steering problems? No big deal for Billy Moyer in the finale of the Barnett Harley-Davidson Nationals at Manzanita Speedway. The Hall of Fame driver from Batesville, Ark., earned $6,000 as he completed his Full Story
Moyer cracks 20-win mark with Manzy victory
Posted: 11/15/2008, 05:57 am By Kevin KovacPHOENIX, Ariz. (Nov. 14) — The famed No. 21 has his eye on victory No. 21 for 2008. Hall of Fame driver Billy Moyer, concluding his I'm-not-over-the-hill yet tour with a trip to Arizona, grabbed a $1,500 victory in Friday's tuneup Full Story
Flat hampers Richards as T-Mac wins Octoberfest
Posted: 11/10/2008, 10:01 am By Doug WatsonHAGERSTOWN, Md. (Nov. 8-9) — Benefitting after a flat tire hampered Josh Richards, Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., led the final 50 laps at Hagerstown Speedway for a $10,000 victory in the Late Model portion of the weather-postponed Full Story
Kinzer sails at Duck River as Michael takes SRRS title
Posted: 11/09/2008, 08:09 am From series reportsWHEEL, Tenn. (Nov. 8) — Brandon Kinzer of Allen, Ky., overtook polesitter and fellow front-row starter Byron Michael of Florence, Ala., on the 28th lap and went on to a $3,000 victory in Southern Regional Racing Series action at Duck Full Story
Keith Nosbisch survives for Hendry County win
Posted: 11/03/2008, 07:09 am From series reportsCLEWISTON, Fla. (Nov. 1) — Surviving an infield excursion that cost him the lead, Keith Nosbisch of Valrico, Fla., rallied to overtake Shan Smith of Dade City, Fla., on a late restart to capture the Kim Allen Memorial at Hendry County Full Story
Victorious Richards ends season like he started it
Posted: 11/02/2008, 07:03 am By Kevin KovacCONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 1) — Josh Richards was on an emotional high after capturing Saturday’s 50-lap Vault World Finals feature at the Dirt Track at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. “This is definitely my biggest win ever,” Full Story
Lowe's: Blog-style coverage of Saturday's action
Posted: 11/01/2008, 04:54 pm By Todd TurnerCONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 1) — The nickname Kid Rocket probably played pretty well for a live television audience. Racing to the front from his eighth starting spot at the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway, Josh Richards of Shinnston, Full Story
Notes: Owens finding finishing tough at Lowe's
Posted: 11/01/2008, 10:35 am By Todd TurnerCONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 31) — Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., is among the nation's winningest touring Dirt Late Model racers the past two seasons and drives one of the fastest cars at the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway. But after Full Story
Bloomquist dominates, wins fifth race at Lowe's
Posted: 11/01/2008, 08:18 am By Kevin KovacCONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 31) — Did Scott Bloomquist ever feel a sense of worry while rolling to a flag-to-flag victory in Friday's 50-lap Vault World Finals victory at the Dirt Track at Lowe’s Motor Speedway? Silly question. | Friday Full Story
Lowe's: Bloomquist leads all 50 laps, wins opener
Posted: 10/31/2008, 05:07 pm By Todd TurnerCONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 31) — The first feature at this year's Vault World Finals looked an awful lot like last year's opener. Hall of Fame driver Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., was back in victory lane at the Dirt Track at Full Story
Owens, McDowell fastest in time trials at Lowe's
Posted: 10/30/2008, 07:47 pm By Kevin KovacCONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 30) — Southern stars Jimmy Owens and Dale McDowell shared the spotlight on Thursday, grabbing fast-time honors in the two rounds of World of Outlaws Late Model Series time trials that opened the second annual Vault Full Story
Notes: 'Old' McDowell shows stuff in Warrior
Posted: 10/30/2008, 06:42 pm By Todd TurnerCONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 30) — Dirt Late Model ace Dale McDowell of Rossville, Ga., has been driving the Warrior Race Cars house car the past six weeks, but it's not his first time in a Warrior. The 42-year-old McDowell ran the Knoxville, Full Story
Madden repels Babb for $16,000 Lowe's victory
Posted: 10/29/2008, 09:01 pm By Kevin KovacCONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 29) — Chris Madden thought he could cruise to victory in Wednesday's Armour Vienna Sausage Showdown at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway dirt track. The standout driver from Gaffney, S.C., ended up in a dramatic, Full Story
Troutman wins Western Maryland Nat'ls, $2,000
Posted: 10/28/2008, 11:22 am By Matt FeltenCUMBERLAND, Md. (Oct. 26) — Leading every lap seldom looked as tough for D.J. Troutman of Hyndman, Pa., at the sixth annual Western Maryland Nationals. Troutman outpaced Matt Sponaugle and the rest of the Limited Late Model field Full Story
Francis rolls to $10,000 Winchester 200 victory
Posted: 10/27/2008, 08:51 am By Clifford DoveWINCHESTER, Va. (Oct. 26) — Polesitter Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., took the lead from multitime race winner Gary Stuhler of Greencastle, Pa., on the fifth lap at Winchester Speedway and cruised to a 100-lap victory in the Super Full Story
Birkhofer routs Whynot field, collects $15,000
Posted: 10/25/2008, 11:20 pm By Todd TurnerMERIDIAN, Miss. (Oct. 25) — So much for Dirt Late Model racing being a game of inches, at least when Brian Birkhofer is around. The red-hot Iowa driver left another field in his dust Saturday with a dominating performance in the 14th Full Story
Whynot: Ward grateful to survive for heat win
Posted: 10/25/2008, 06:28 pm By Todd TurnerMERIDIAN, Miss. (Oct. 25) — James Ward was among the heat winners in Friday's preliminaries at the 14th annual Fall Classic, but the Lettsworth, La., driver knows he's fortunate to be starting near the front of the 24-car field in Full Story
Birkhofer earns $7,000 for Liberty 100 victory
Posted: 10/21/2008, 07:57 am From track and team reportsWEST LIBERTY, Iowa (Oct. 5) — Grabbing another Liberty 100 crown, Brian Birkhofer of nearby Muscatine lapped into the top 10 in dominating the long-distance event at West Liberty Raceway. Birkhofer earned $7,000 in the unsanctioned Full Story
Brewer collects $5,000 at Dixie in series finale
Posted: 10/20/2008, 01:44 pm From track reportsWOODSTOCK, Ga. (Oct. 18) — Alan Brewer of Lilburn, Ga., earned $5,000 for his victory in the season-ending race on the Carl Black Top Tracks Challenge Series event at Dixie Speedway. Brewer topped Jordy Nipper of Gray, Ga., and William Full Story
