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• Jan. 30 prelims: Fuller fastest among 60 cars

  Posted: 01/30/2008, 05:21 pm By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 30) — Tim Fuller of Edwards, N.Y., was the fastest among 60 qualifiers at the fifth round of Golden Isles Speedway's Super Bowl of Racing IV. Details of time trial and preliminary races at the 4/10-mile oval: Non-qualifiers' Full Story

• Column: Four-tire rule would help solve UMP's woes

  Posted: 01/30/2008, 02:45 pm

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 30) — The Super Bowl of Racing IV was poised to be remembered as the first time a track hosted a series of 10 nights of $10,000-to-win races. Instead, it appears Golden Isles Speedway will be remembered as the Full Story

• Owens third win bolsters Super Bowl points lead

  Posted: 01/30/2008, 12:55 am By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 29) — With $10,000 on the line for the top overall driver at Golden Isles Speedway's Super Bowl of Racing IV, Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., is eyeing the points title. "That's kind of what we're shooting for," Full Story

• Jan. 29 prelims: Casey fastest among 58 entrants

  Posted: 01/29/2008, 05:56 pm By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 29) — Terry Casey of New London, Wis., was the fastest qualifier on the fourth night of Golden Isles Speedway's Super Bowl of Racing IV. Here's how the preliminary events played out: Non-qualifiers' race Rick Full Story

• Notebook: UMP dumped after tire controversy

  Posted: 01/29/2008, 03:45 pm From staff and other reports

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 29) — After a controversy over Scott Bloomquist's disqualification for illegal tires Monday, Golden Isles Speedway dumped UMP sanctioning for Tuesday night and opened up the tire rule to any Hoosier tire at the Full Story

• Jan. 28 prelims: Bloomquist DQ spices night

  Posted: 01/28/2008, 06:19 pm By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 28) — Scott Bloomquist's disqualification from time trials spiced the third night of the Super Bowl of Racing IV at Golden Isles Speedway. A wrapup of preliminaries for the UMP-sanctioned action in southeast Full Story

• Red-hot Owens makes it 2-for-2 at Golden Isles

  Posted: 01/26/2008, 12:27 am By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 25) — Before the Super Bowl of Racing IV began, Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., had never driven a Late Model at Golden Isles Speedway. After two victories in the first two events, he's thinking about sticking Full Story

• Jan. 25 prelims: Owens sets fast time, wins heat

  Posted: 01/25/2008, 05:39 pm By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 25) — Preliminary results from the second round of the Super Bowl of Racing IV at Golden Isles Speedway. Second consolation Steve Shaver overtook Ivedent Lloyd Jr. on the backstretch to lead the seventh lap, Full Story

• Jan. 23 prelims: Madden earns pole position

  Posted: 01/23/2008, 06:14 pm By Todd Turner

  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 23) — Chris Madden, one of four heat race winners, drew the pole position for Wednesday's Super Bowl of Racing IV opener at Golden Isles Speedway. Also winning heats on opening night were Earl Pearson Jr., Jimmy Full Story

• Notebook: Glaser just misses historic victory

  Posted: 01/13/2008, 11:27 am By Todd Turner

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 12) — After losing his power steering during a lap-two caution at Central Arizona Raceway, Trevor Glaser of Tangent, Ore., wasn't having the easiest time guiding his new Trak-Star Race Car during the first Full Story

• Polesitting Mayse aims for $6,000 at Ice Bowl

  Posted: 01/05/2008, 09:20 pm By Todd Turner

  EASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 5) — Bobby Mayse of Harrison, Tenn., won the first heat race during the Ice Bowl XVII preliminaries at Talladega Short Track to earn the pole position for Sunday afternoon's 50-lap feature event. Notebook | Slideshow Mayse, Full Story

• Notebook: SUPR expands spec-engine options

  Posted: 01/04/2008, 11:13 am From series and staff reports

  The Louisiana-based Dirt Late Model series that introduced the lower-cost spec engine 15 years ago has announced an additional spec engine option intended to reduce the costs of the powerplants and make it easier for officials to inspect. Spec Full Story

• North-South 100 added to Lucas Oil schedule

  Posted: 01/01/2008, 12:05 pm From series and staff reports

  The North-South 100, one of the richest unsanctioned events in Dirt Late Model racing, has been added to the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series schedule for 2008, the series announced. The $50,000-to-win event, tabbed the Sunoco North-South Full Story

• Francis taps T-Mac to run 5 big-bucks races in '08

  Posted: 12/09/2007, 05:09 am By Michael Rigsby and Todd Turner

  ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 8) — Tim McCreadie, the 2006 World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion, will drive the car of the 2007 WoO champion in five major Dirt Late Model events in 2008. McCreadie, whose asphalt schedule as a development Full Story

• Weaver excited about boost from Stremme

  Posted: 12/07/2007, 11:06 am By Todd Turner and Michael Rigsby

  ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 7) — The latest Dirt Late Model racer to make a connection with NASCAR Nextel Cup is Randy Weaver of Crossville, Tenn. Weaver and D&R Motorsports announced this week that Nextel Cup driver David Stremme has joined Full Story

• Body rules get attention of series at PRI meeting

  Posted: 12/06/2007, 04:47 pm By Todd Turner

  ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 6) — When Kelley Carlton was reading tributes to late racing promoter Mike Swims, he was reminded that Swims was hailed as someone who helped standardize Dirt Late Model body rules years ago. Carlton isn't so sure Full Story

• Champ at Golden Isles will receive ring as bonus

  Posted: 11/27/2007, 04:46 pm From series and track reports

  Besides a $10,000 bonus for winning the points at the 2008 Super Bowl of Racing, the champion of the unprecedented 10-race event will also receive an honorary championship ring from Gotta Race. "The championship ring is going to be something Full Story

• With Francis, Beitler grasps chance at glory

  Posted: 11/26/2007, 04:14 pm

  For most of Dale Beitler's 20 or so years owning a Dirt Late Model team, fans around the country likely heard about the team's standout drivers like future Hall of Famer Gary Stuhler, but most never had the pleasure of laying eyes on Beitler's Full Story

• Francis climbs into Beitler entry for 2008 season

  Posted: 11/25/2007, 10:26 pm By Todd Turner

  The 2007 World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion plans to gun for the 2008 crown driving a different car. Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., who will collect $100,000 for his title at the Dec. 6 WoO banquet, plans to officially announce Full Story

• Michael's Duck River victory secures SRRS crown

  Posted: 11/16/2007, 10:30 am From series reports

  WHEEL, Tenn. (Nov. 10) — After a lead-swapping duel with Iowa invader Mike Collins, fellow front-row starter Byron Michael of Florence, Ala., led the final 29 laps of the Hart Hastings-Henry Smith Memorial 50 at Duck River Speedway Full Story

• Mars stirs up $30,000, captures Jambalaya 100

  Posted: 11/11/2007, 01:27 am By Michael Rigsby

  MAGNOLIA, Miss. (Nov. 10) — Jimmy Mars made sure he didn't travel 1,100 miles for nothing. The Wisconsin driver pocketed one of the biggest paydays of his career, $30,000, by leading the last 90 laps of the Jambalaya 100 at Pike County Full Story

• Bloomquist on pole for Pike's Jambalaya 100

  Posted: 11/10/2007, 08:12 am By Michael Rigsby

  MAGNOLIA, Miss. (Nov. 9) — Scott Bloomquist staked his claim for a second straight Jambalaya 100 victory at Pike County Speedway by setting fast time, winning a heat race and earning the pole position for Saturday's $30,000-to-win Full Story

• Red-hot Michael gets SRRS Clarksville victory

  Posted: 11/07/2007, 10:40 am From series reports

  CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 3) —�Southern Regional Racing Series points leader Byron Michael continued his late-season hot streak with a $3,000 victory at StormPay.com Speedway. Michael won his fifth series race in the his last Full Story

• Deese triumphs at Delaware, earns $3,000

  Posted: 11/07/2007, 09:34 am By Charlie Brown

  DELMAR, Del. (Nov. 3-4) — Roy Deese Jr. of Laurel, Md. captured the 50-lap Late Model Delaware State Dirt Track Championship at Delaware International Speedway. Deese took the lead after a strange set of circumstances on lap 18 saw Full Story

• Moran fights off Francis, completes Lowe's victory

  Posted: 11/03/2007, 08:23 pm By Todd Turner

  CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 3) — Hall of Fame driver Donnie Moran of Dresden, Ohio, has raced long enough to know that losing the lead doesn't always mean losing the race. "When somebody passes you (might say), you know, 'I'm beat.' But you Full Story