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Bernheisel earns $5,000 with Harris Memorial win
Posted: 10/19/2008, 01:49 pm From track reportsBUDDS CREEK, Md. (Oct. 17-18) — Jim Bernheisel of Lebanon, Pa. earned $5,000 at Potomac Speedway for capturing the 51-lap Vernon Harris Memorial. Booper Bare of Rockbridge Baths, Va., finished second in the unsanctioned special Full Story
Bray gets $50,000 as Dillon captures finale
Posted: 10/19/2008, 03:14 am From series and correspondent reportsRURAL RETREAT, Va. (Oct. 18) — Ty Dillon of Welcome, N.C., won the Fastrak Racing Series Grand Nationals finale at Wythe Raceway while Royce Bray of Hull, Ga., took the $50,000 points championship for the Crate Late Model organization. Full Story
DTWC: Birkhofer whips K-C foes by half-track
Posted: 10/19/2008, 02:23 am By Todd TurnerALMA, Ohio (Oct. 18) — In this age of Dirt Late Model parity, the sport's crown jewel events are nail-biters more often than not, especially during a season when the Show-Me 100 in West Plains, Mo., Cedar Lake's USA Nationals in Wisconsin, Full Story
DTWC: Blog-style reports Saturday at K-C
Posted: 10/18/2008, 04:31 pm By Todd TurnerALMA, Ohio (Oct. 18) — Fifth-starting Brian Birkhofer overtook polesitter Shane Clanton amid lapped traffic on lap 37 and wasn't challenged the rest of the way in capturing the 28th annual Dirt Track World Championship at K-C Raceway. Full Story
DTWC: T-Mac, Clanton on front row for DTWC
Posted: 10/17/2008, 05:30 pm By Todd TurnerALMA, Ohio (Oct. 17) — Fittingly, two of the nation's hottest drivers will be starting on the front row of the 28th Dirt Track World Championship at K-C Raceway. After winning heat races in Friday's preliminaries, Tim McCreadie Full Story
Aikey earns $10,000 at Spec Engine Nationals
Posted: 10/14/2008, 01:49 pm From track reportsFARLEY, Iowa (Oct. 10-11) — Former track champion Jeff Aikey of Cedar Falls, Iowa, overtook fellow Iowan Jeremiah Hurst of Dubuque just before a lap-96 caution at Farley Speedway to win the inaugural Late Model Spec Engine Nationals. Full Story
Mars lands at Challenger, earns $22,000 UFO win
Posted: 10/11/2008, 07:41 pm By Dustin JarrettKENT, Pa. (Oct.11) — It only makes sense that Jimmy Mars would be right at home in a series tagged with a UFO label. The Menomonie, Wis., driver, who started 12th in the $22,000-to-win Ultimate at Challenger Raceway, took the lead from Full Story
Doar joins Mars driving backup car at Challenger
Posted: 10/11/2008, 05:46 am By Dustin JarrettKENT, Pa. (Oct. 10) — National standout Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., made his first trip to Challenger Raceway for the Unified Force Championship-sanctioned Ultimate, and he brought along a fellow Wisconsin driver to pilot his backup Full Story
Five home-staters among Ultimate heat winners
Posted: 10/10/2008, 05:10 pm By Dustin JarrettKENT, Pa. (Oct. 10) — Five Pennsylvania drivers were among eight heat race winners in the first night of the Unified Race Force Championship-sanctioned Ultimate at Challenge Raceway. Chris Hackett, Todd Andrews, Jared Miley, Alex Full Story
Red-hot Hanson tops Nelson at Proctoberfest
Posted: 10/06/2008, 07:49 am By Jerry O\'BrienPROCTOR, Minn. (Oct. 4) — If you're looking for Harry Hanson during WISSOTA's late-season stretch of special events, it's easy. The 36-year veteran will be somewhere up front. The Eveleth, Minn., driver continued his late-season Full Story
Stone's departure helps McGarvey collect $4,008
Posted: 10/05/2008, 02:55 pm From track reportsCLEARFIELD, Pa. (Oct. 4) — Inheriting the lead when 17th-starting Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa., pitted on the 32nd lap, Shawn McGarvey of Coalport, Pa., led the rest of the way at Central Pennsylvania Speedway's Steel Block Nationals. Full Story
Zach Johnson grabs $4,000 at Viking Fall Classic
Posted: 10/05/2008, 02:43 pm From track reportsALEXANDRIA, Minn. (Oct. 4) — Eighth-starting Zach Johnson of Lowry, Minn., earned $4,000 at Viking Speedway with a victory in the WISSOTA-sanctioned Fall Classic. Johnson topped fellow Minnesota drivers Jeff Wildung of Nassau, who Full Story
Natural Bridge Fall Classic goes to Bare
Posted: 10/05/2008, 01:48 pm From track reportsNATURAL BRIDGE, Va. (Oct. 3-4) — Polesitter Booper Bare of nearby Rockbridge Baths, Va., led all 50 laps at Natural Bridge Speedway for a $7,500 victory in the unsanctioned Fall Classic. Jim Bernheisel of Lebanon, Pa., and Ronnie Full Story
After scrape on first-lap, Richards rules The Rock
Posted: 10/05/2008, 01:11 pm By Matt FeltenCUMBERLAND, Md. (Oct. 4) — Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., set the pace throughout the 50-lap Big Kahuna VIII, handily charging to a $12,000 victory in the second-richest event in Allegany County Speedway history. The first two Full Story
Erb completes UMP dominance at Eldora
Posted: 10/05/2008, 07:03 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 4) — Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill. turned back a late-race challenge to triumph in Saturday night’s Moser Engineering UMP DIRTcar Nationals at Eldora Speedway. Erb, who turns 36 on Oct. 12, ended Full Story
Mars wins finale while Simpson gets WDRL title
Posted: 10/05/2008, 06:51 am From series reportsDAVENPORT, Iowa (Oct. 4) — Jimmy Mars was in clear command of the Governors Cup in the late stages at Davenport Speedway. But the World Dirt Racing League championship was still up for grabs going into the final lap. | Slideshow | Full Story
Elliott grabs pole position at MACS Big Kahuna VIII
Posted: 10/04/2008, 11:14 am By Matt FeltenCUMBERLAND, Md. (Oct. 3) — Two-time race winner Ricky Elliott of Seaford, Del., sits in the driver's seat to claim his third Big Kahuna win following Friday's preliminary events at Allegany County Speedway. More than half the starting Full Story
Erb rules UMP's Race of Champions at Eldora
Posted: 10/04/2008, 05:27 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 3) — Dennis Erb Jr.’s coronation as the 2008 UMP DIRTcar Super Late Model champion began in fine fashion Friday night at Eldora Speedway. Racing without points pressure after clinching his second consecutive Full Story
Miller grabs WDRL pole for finale at Davenport
Posted: 10/03/2008, 10:47 pm From series reportsDAVENPORT, Iowa (Oct. 3) — Darren Miller of Milledgeville, Ill., made a clean sweep of preliminaries at Davenport Speedway's Governor's Cup to earn the pole position for the Oct. 4 feature event at the half-mile oval. The World Dirt Full Story
Notes: Owens bemoans habit of falling from lead
Posted: 09/30/2008, 08:02 am By Todd TurnerKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 27) — Among the winningest touring Dirt Late Model drivers the past two seasons with more than 30 victories, Jimmy Owens isn't accustomed to losing the lead. But since collecting $40,000 at the lucrative Hillbilly Full Story
Faltering Faust hands Tri-City win to Dauderman
Posted: 09/29/2008, 07:48 pm By Jimmy DearingGRANITE CITY, Ill. (Sept. 27) — Inheriting the lead when race-long leader Billy Faust tangled with a lapped car, track champion Bobby Dauderman of Alhambra, Ill., made his 13th victory of 2008 at Tri-City Speedway a big one as he Full Story
Shank earns $2,500 at Medford's Bud Cup 100
Posted: 09/29/2008, 06:14 pm From track reportsMEDFORD, Ore. (Sept. 27) — Jeremy Shank of Salem, Ore., took command of the Roger Lorenzini Sr. Memorial Bud Cup 100 on the 63rd lap at Southern Oregon and led the rest of the way for his second career victory on the Hoosier I-5 Challenge Full Story
Chinn takes finale as Schlenk grabs ALMS title
Posted: 09/29/2008, 10:49 am From track and correspondent reportsFINDLAY, Ohio (Sept. 28) — Wayne Chinn of Bradford, Ohio, fought off several challenges from Rusty Schlenk of Jackson, Mich., to capture the 20-lap season finale on the Sunoco American Late Model Series at Millstream Speedway. "I Full Story
Strassheim is seventh new winner in 34 finale
Posted: 09/29/2008, 10:17 am From series reportsWEST BURLINGTON, Iowa (Sept. 28) – The last event in the 2008 Deery Brothers Summer Series produced two winners. Hometown driver Matt Strassheim led the last 36 laps in Sunday’s rain-postponed event at 34 Raceway to earn his Full Story
T-Mac takes Knoxville with last-lap redemption
Posted: 09/28/2008, 04:10 am By Todd TurnerKNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 27) — Tim McCreadie entered the 2008 season without a single Dirt Late Model crown jewel to his credit. Now the mop-topped graduate of big-block modifieds from Watertown, N.Y., is suddenly snatching major victory Full Story
