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Fast Talk: Wrapping up Fourth of July weekend
Posted: 07/06/2020, 12:09 pmAfter a busy weekend waving U.S. and checkered flags, our weekly roundtable considers all the national touring and other action around the country as the second half of the season beings (edited for clarity and length): Which driver impressed Full Story
Spectators recovering after scary Laurens accident
Posted: 07/03/2020, 06:43 am By Robert HolmanTwo spectators were MedFlighted to Prisma Health Greenville (S.C.) Memorial Hospital and two more transported to a local hospital after a Limited Late Model driven by Mike Kernells of Hodges, S.C., climbed the turn-four wall at Laurens Full Story
Column: Winning magic gone, Madden departs
Posted: 07/02/2020, 10:40 amFrom the second half of the 2019 racing season through the first days of the current campaign, Chris Madden and Scott Bloomquist Racing were a sublime combination. The veteran driver from Gray Court, S.C., could seemingly do no wrong as Full Story
Notes: Minnesota racer a winner over six decades
Posted: 07/02/2020, 09:15 am By Todd TurnerIt was satisfying for Tom Corcoran to still be racing competitively in his 50th season last year. But the veteran East Grand Forks, Minn., racer had one more itch to scratch. The 65-year-old had victories in the 1970s, ’80s, ’90s, Full Story
Quick Time: National tours before and after
Posted: 07/01/2020, 04:01 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Time, presented Full Story
Notes: Goal-driven Pennsylvanian off to hot start
Posted: 06/25/2020, 08:42 am By Todd TurnerLike with most racers — and most people in general — the coronavirus pandemic and its resulting limitations has thrown a wrench in 2020 plans, forcing the resetting of goals and expectations during the strangest of years. Braeden Dillinger Full Story
Fast Talk: Owens returns to form as Mitchell rises
Posted: 06/22/2020, 09:39 amOur weekly roundtable considers a busy national touring weekend on the Lucas Oil and World of Outlaws tours as Dirt Late Model continues to maneuver adjustments forced by coronavirus restrictions (edited for clarity and length): What's Full Story
Notes: A special victory for Sheppard, Richards
Posted: 06/20/2020, 11:54 am By Kevin KovacBULLS GAP, Tenn. (June 19) — Brandon Sheppard has proven quite adept at bringing his Rocket Chassis house car owner Mark Richards wins at new places. “Yeah,” Richards said after Friday night’s World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Full Story
Fairbury finally returning, but PDC still uncertain
Posted: 06/18/2020, 02:57 pm By Kevin KovacMatt Curl and the legion of faithful Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway followers have been waiting for this Saturday night since … well, since last October when the quarter-mile bullring hosted its last event of 2019. “We’re ready,” Curl, Full Story
Notes: Giving Oakshade racer grabs first victory
Posted: 06/18/2020, 01:21 am By Todd TurnerJake Rendel knew that a Super Late Model victory was within reach June 13 at Oakshade Raceway, but when his racing buddy Devin Shiels had a rollover wreck in a heat race, friendship came first. “There was a quite a melee in my heat race, Full Story
Notes: Michigan youngster delivering on promise
Posted: 06/11/2020, 07:03 am By Todd TurnerWhile he’s early in his racing and professional careers, Logan Arntz figures he’ll be behind the wheel quite a bit in the coming years. The 20-year-old from Vestaburg, Mich., is in his sixth season of Dirt Late Model racing and he Full Story
Notes: Pennsylvania youngster wins ‘20 debut
Posted: 06/04/2020, 05:43 am By Todd TurnerWith the coronavirus pandemic cutting semesters short across the country, drive-through graduations have been all the rage with schools unable to host traditional pomp and circumstance ceremonies. And so it was at James Buchanan High School Full Story
Fast Talk: Looking ahead to Big E’s unique Stream
Posted: 06/01/2020, 07:30 amOur weekly roundtable considers action from the final weekend in May as the drumbeat intensifies for the upcoming $50,000-to-win Stream Invitational at Eldora Speedway (edited for clarity and length): Wax poetic about a weekend driver, Full Story
Drivers invited to Eldora's Dirt Late Model Stream
Posted: 05/29/2020, 04:06 pmROSSBURG, Ohio — The 44 invitees for Eldora Speedway's June 4-6 Dirt Late Model Stream Invitational, with a $50,000-to-win DIRTcar-sanctioned finale following a pair of $10,000-to-win prelims; fan voting will decide spots 45-48 on the Full Story
WoO drivers size up Davenport challenge
Posted: 05/29/2020, 12:10 am By Brian WalkerSome World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series drivers look forward to the big, high-speed tracks on the national circuit. Others prefer the shorter, tighter bullrings with lower speeds but tighter action. Both kinds of dirt Full Story
Notes: Confident Thomas avoids jinx in sweep
Posted: 05/28/2020, 09:14 am By Todd TurnerAfter winning Saturday's modified feature at Fayetteville (N.C.) Motor Speedway, Christian Thomas had his victory lane interview cut short because the Late Model main event — with Thomas scheduled to start outside the front row on his Full Story
Quick Time: Drivers’ best national tour seasons
Posted: 05/27/2020, 03:40 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Time, presented Full Story
Notes: Coalescing team lifts CBR's comfort level
Posted: 05/25/2020, 08:13 am By Kevin KovacBRUNSWICK, Ga. — Josh Richards is feeling — and looking — good. Whether the positive vibes surrounding the 32-year-old native of Shinnston, W.Va., translate into a 2020 season reminiscent of his spectacular, star-making campaigns Full Story
Quick Time: Combined national tour points success
Posted: 05/13/2020, 02:46 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Time, presented Full Story
Notes: Manville can’t work I-55 bonus magic
Posted: 05/10/2020, 06:16 am By Robert HolmanPEVELY, Mo. (May 9) — The yeoman’s effort by Tim Manville fell just a bit short. The Highland, Ill., driver was one of two heat race winners Saturday at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 who decided to go for broke and accept a Full Story
Column: In new reality, Lucas Oil shifting gears
Posted: 05/07/2020, 08:59 amLucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series director Rick Schwallie offered a simple answer when asked to describe the last several weeks. “I guess to put it in one word: difficult,” Schwallie said. Ever since racing, like much of everyday American Full Story
Senoia's DirtonDirt.com Shootout entry list
Posted: 04/06/2020, 06:38 pmSENOIA, Ga. — Tentative alphabetical Super Late Model entries for May 7’s unsanctioned DirtonDirt.com Shootout presented by E-Z-Go at Senoia Raceway, a $5,000-to-win event: Driver (car no.), hometown Joey Armistead (21), Senoia, Ga. Landon Full Story
I-55’s Karl Chevrolet 50 entry list
Posted: 04/05/2020, 03:34 pmPEVELY, Mo. — Alphabetical Super Late Model entries for May 9’s DIRTcar-sanctioned Karl Chevorlet 50 at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55: Driver (car no.), hometown Logan Arntz (21n), Vestaburg, Mich. Caleb Ashby (61), Cunningham, Full Story
Bonus unclaimed, but Chilton is still rewarded
Posted: 05/01/2020, 07:23 am By Robert HolmanBRASSTOWN, N.C. (April 30) — Michael Chilton knew his chances of rallying from the back of Thursday’s Schaeffer Oil Tar Heel Invitational presented by PitStopUSA.com were slim. But saying the Salvisa, Ky., driver's chances were slim Full Story
Column: Mod ace bides time as sim racing star
Posted: 04/29/2020, 03:43 pmMike McKinney finally secured the chance to drive a Dirt Late Model he’s craved in mid-March. That opportunity is on hold for now, thanks to the sport's shutdown for the coronavirus pandemic. So now the 26-year-old open-wheel modified Full Story
