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Top 25: Madden back in the No. 1 position
Posted: 07/12/2022, 11:19 am By Todd TurnerAfter a preliminary victory at Deer Creek Speedway and a near-miss in the NAPA Auto Parts Gopher State 50 finale, Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., returned to the No. 1 position in DirtonDirt.com's weekly power rankings. In the top spot Full Story
Bauer, Bailey rep the 'little guys' at Highland
Posted: 07/10/2022, 12:48 pm By Robert HolmanHIGHLAND, Ill. (July 9) — Earlier this month DIRTcar Summer Nationals director Sam Driggers said that many people “have lost focus” of the fact that “the Summer Nationals is for these (weekly) guys.” Matt Bailey and Jordan Bauer Full Story
Notes: Red-hot Alaskan has far-flung dreams
Posted: 07/07/2022, 10:28 am By Kyle McFaddenPerhaps the most dominant weekly Dirt Late Model driver on the planet doesn’t reside in the fertile Midwest or NASCAR-centric South, but in the unlikeliest of places: Alaska. Meet Alex Schwochert, who over the weekend at Kenai’s Twin Full Story
Fast Talk: Fireworks, flag-waving and finishes
Posted: 07/04/2022, 11:45 amAuto racing is often part of the flags, fireworks and Fourth of July fun on the Independence Day weekend. Our roundtable wraps up a busy stretch of racing in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity Full Story
Dispatches: Hilsabeck flirts with MLRA podium
Posted: 07/03/2022, 04:09 pmThe latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events during the Fourth of July weekend, including Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, Valvoline Iron-Man Racing Series, Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Racing Association Full Story
Notes: Minnesotan makes most of promotion
Posted: 06/30/2022, 07:17 am By Kyle McFaddenDanny Vang has learned that, aside from the fierce discipline of auto racing, it’s best to seldom press the issue and let what’s meant to be to naturally develop. For instance, he met his wife, Ann, by happenstance as a fan at Minnesota’s Full Story
First-loser streak ends with bang at Lernerville
Posted: 06/26/2022, 12:19 pm By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 25) — First Tim McCreadie executed several motor-revving, dust-blowing donuts on Lernerville Speedway’s homestretch. Then he drove onto the winner’s stage, sat on his car’s driver-side door and pounded the living Full Story
Notes: Marlar teetering on edge at Lernerville
Posted: 06/25/2022, 10:19 am By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 24) — Mike Marlar’s second Firecracker 100 preliminary feature victory in as many nights put him on the verge of doing something just one man has done before, but making history wasn’t foremost on his mind as he Full Story
Frank OK after rollover (the car’s seen worse)
Posted: 06/24/2022, 09:44 am By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 23) — If there were any doubt that Chub Frank escaped unharmed from a wild series of flips he rode out during Thursday’s 30-lap Firecracker 100 preliminary feature at Lernerville Speedway, the veteran driver made his Full Story
Notes: Easygoing King still reeling off victories
Posted: 06/09/2022, 07:11 am By Kyle McFaddenIf Eddie King Jr.’s last race in 2004 had also been the last of his driving career, he wouldn't harbor a trace of regret nearly two decades later. The 50-year-old of Knoxville, Tenn., won 147 races from 1993 to ’04, the period that Full Story
Notes: Satterlee's ready to tackle Eldora Million
Posted: 06/06/2022, 02:00 pm By Kyle McFaddenHAGERSTOWN, Md. (June 5) – Gregg Satterlee is relatively succinct when evaluating himself and his race team, so when asked to gauge his chances at the Eldora Million this week in the aftermath of a DNF Sunday at Hagerstown Speedway, his Full Story
Fast Facts: Eldora Million and Dream XXVIII
Posted: 06/02/2022, 06:56 am By Robert HolmanDates: June 8-11 (Twin $12,000-to-win features Wednesday and Friday; heats, consolations and a $1,002,022-to-win main event Thursday; heats, consolations and $128,000-to-win main event Saturday). Track: Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio Full Story
Notes: Moreland remains fast despite scaling back
Posted: 06/02/2022, 06:26 am By Kyle McFaddenAmid the rainstorm that prematurely ended the King of the Commonwealth main event two Saturdays ago, Kenny Moreland wandered the sludgy grounds of Virginia Motor Speedway unsure how to digest the abnormal night. His run to fourth behind Full Story
Notes: Young mod ace jumps into Late Models
Posted: 05/26/2022, 08:19 am By Kyle McFaddenHunt Gossum of Mayfield, Ky., the youngest winner in Summit Modified Nationals history, didn’t anticipate the foray into Dirt Late Models to unfold as early as it did Sunday at Adams County Speedway in Quincy, Ill. After a successful Full Story
Notes: Wisconsin team, driver enjoy shared first victory
Posted: 05/19/2022, 06:51 am By Kyle McFaddenOwning a Dirt Late Model team since 1991, Mike Formella has experienced just about every emotion, every circumstance and every result of the sport imaginable. But for more than three decades, the Wisconsin-based car owner had for whatever Full Story
Marshalltown lives up to billing for Super drivers
Posted: 05/18/2022, 11:12 pmMarshalltown Speedway has a stellar reputation among home-state Iowa dirt racers, but the quarter-mile track isn’t a hot spot for Super Late Models. So while the buzz heading toward Wednesday’s Castrol FloRacing Night in America event Full Story
Notes: Driving and chewing gum (at same time!)
Posted: 05/12/2022, 12:01 am By Kyle McFaddenThat Zach Hill can race and chew gum at the same time proves he’s more than a throttle-smasher. The 26-year-old Red House, W.Va., Super Late Model racer has improved by adding a little finesse to his racing skills. “It’s hard when Full Story
Notes: Fouts on track for another solid season
Posted: 05/05/2022, 08:02 am By Kyle McFaddenA victory one summer night in 2010 at Rocky Top Raceway grew emphatically large in the mind of Brandon Fouts, who had outrun regional star Jackie Boggs at the now-defunct oval once located near Coal Grove, Ohio. “How does it feel to Full Story
Notes: Bedford no salve for a struggling Zeigler
Posted: 05/01/2022, 03:05 pm By Kyle McFaddenBEDFORD, Pa. — If there’s a driver that’s yet to escape the dreaded grip of bad luck through April, it’s Mason Zeigler. Friday at Bedford Speedway's Billy Winn Classic, a brake malfunction in time trials stymied the 29-year-old’s Full Story
Cosner gives it his all in last-lap bid at Bedford
Posted: 04/30/2022, 07:05 am By Kyle McFaddenBEDFORD, Pa. (April 29) — With another indomitable drive to victory on the horizon Friday at Bedford Speedway, Gregg Satterlee’s signal-provider, Drew Walters, ordered his driver into cruise control. But in those waning moments of the Full Story
Dispatches: Solid second for Feathers at Bedford
Posted: 04/29/2022, 11:14 pmThe latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model events nationwide from April 29-May 1, including two Arkansas events on the Comp Cams Super Dirt Series, a pair of $5,000-to-win specials in West Virginia and other special events throughout Full Story
Notes: Stepping up in class boosts Missourian
Posted: 04/28/2022, 07:36 am By Lyndal ScrantonIt’s seen in sports all the time, where teams play a strong non-conference schedule to both challenge and toughen themselves for regular season play. Dalton Imhoff took this path last weekend. Even though the young Late Model driver Full Story
Notes: Quick start for Louisiana Crate racer
Posted: 04/21/2022, 07:09 am By Kyle McFaddenThe transition from the latter months of winter into the start of spring have traditionally flowed with the same, ordinary cadences for David Winslett through the years. Being heavily involved in baseball — originally as a college standout Full Story
Notes: Poised to strike, J.D. fades at Volunteer
Posted: 04/15/2022, 05:39 am By Robert HolmanBULLS GAP, Tenn. (April 14) — When Jonathan Davenport grabbed the second spot from Kyle Larson on lap 18 of Thursday’s 50-lap Kyle Larson Presents Late Model Challenge powered by Tezos at Volunteer Speedway, it looked as though the Full Story
Notes: Focused Illini youngster aiming high
Posted: 04/14/2022, 07:01 am By Kyle McFaddenChase Osterhoff is only 19 years old, but that youth doesn't imply a lack of maturity. “Every day of the week, time is our biggest thing,” said the Kankakee, Ill., driver, who helps maintain two family businesses while aiming toward Full Story
