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• Column: New mentality, same ol' success for J.D.

  Posted: 10/24/2019, 09:01 am

  In Year 1 as the driver of what was popularly called a “Dream Team” fielded by Lance Landers, Jonathan Davenport had a goal of winning the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship and achieved it. In Year 2, though, Davenport and Full Story

• Quick Time: Group of 15 runs second to B-Shepp

  Posted: 10/16/2019, 09:45 am

  Take a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story

• Column: O'Neal, Pearson find relief at Pittsburgher

  Posted: 10/10/2019, 12:01 am

  One of the first things Don O’Neal mentioned when he began an interview in his Clint Bowyer Racing team’s trailer shortly after winning Saturday’s 31st annual Pittsburgher 100 at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway in Imperial, Full Story

• Fast Talk: Overton’s success and fuelish decisions

  Posted: 10/07/2019, 11:14 am

  After a weekend with five national touring races, our weekly roundtable reviews the action as the waning season heads toward more big races in October (edited for clarity and length): Who was the weekend's best performer? Kevin Kovac, Full Story

• Column: Home-grown success suiting Eckert

  Posted: 10/03/2019, 12:05 am

  As rain deluged Bedford (Pa.) Speedway shortly after the checkered flag fell on Saturday’s 60-lap Keystone Cup feature, race winner Rick Eckert took refuge inside his trailer. Still wearing his driver’s uniform, surrounded by his crew Full Story

• Notes: Bailes takes a liking to Bedford oval

  Posted: 09/28/2019, 04:46 am By Kevin Kovac

  BEDFORD, Pa. (Sept. 27) — A perfect Friday-night performance to open the second annual Keystone Cup weekend left Ross Bailes of Clover, S.C., with a special feeling about Bedford Speedway. “I might have a new favorite track,” the Full Story

• Notes: Mitchell making final title assault

  Posted: 09/26/2019, 09:33 am By Alli Collis

  As the 2019 racing season starts to wind down, the pressure is building for Russellville, Ala., driver Braden Mitchell. With just a few weeks remaining in the Durrence Layne Weekly Racing Series points chase, the 21-year-old Mitchell currently Full Story

• Quick Time: Home runs on dueling national tours

  Posted: 09/25/2019, 03:05 pm

  Take a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story

• Notes: Eash piles up wins in comeback season

  Posted: 09/19/2019, 06:25 am By Alli Collis

  After surgery sidelined Billy Eash of Johnstown, Pa., last season, the former Marion Center Speedway track champion climbed back behind the wheel in 2019, quickly getting back to his winning ways. A regular at the reopened Hidden Valley Full Story

• Notes: Busy Minnesotan finds Late Model success

  Posted: 09/12/2019, 12:13 am By Alli Collis

  It’s not too unusual for a weekend warrior to pull double duty and compete in multiple divisions on any given race night. But since early August, 22-year-old Rushford, Minn., driver Alex Williamson has competed in not one, not two, but Full Story

• Column: Focused J.D. relishes third World 100

  Posted: 09/11/2019, 06:25 pm

  Jonathan Davenport’s focus and burning desire to win the World 100 for a third time in his career was evident Saturday night as race time approached. He removed himself from the last-minute hustle-and-bustle around his Double L Racing Full Story

• Notes: Canadian rookie makes successful leap

  Posted: 09/05/2019, 12:03 am By Alli Collis

  Ryan Kereluk admits he was hesitant in making the jump from the modified division to racing a WISSOTA Late Model in 2019. But after clicking off several top five-finishes and a pair of victories, the 32-year-old driver from St. Andrews, Full Story

• Quick Time: World 100 earnings, lap leaders

  Posted: 09/04/2019, 02:26 pm

  Take a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story

• Trivia Time: Test your World 100 knowledge

  Posted: 08/29/2019, 11:29 am By Bob Markos

  Part of a continuing feature at DirtonDirt.com, test your Dirt Late Model knowledge with a 20-question quiz from longtime racing historian Bob Markos. Here’s a special edition related to Eldora Speedway’s upcoming World 100 (click here Full Story

• Notes: Thomas punishes foes en route to two titles

  Posted: 08/29/2019, 08:02 am By Alli Collis

  Wheeling both a Super and Crate Late Model in 2019, 33-year-old Kyle Thomas of Pennsboro, W.Va., has not only pulled off the elusive double victory twice this season, he’s already wrapped up the track title in both divisions at Tyler Full Story

• Notes: Battling cancer, racing tops bucket list

  Posted: 08/22/2019, 10:44 am By Alli Collis

  When Jeremy Holtzclaw was diagnosed with stage four liver and colon cancer seven months ago, the 39-year-old Sparta, Tenn., native immediately decided he wouldn’t wallow in self pity. Instead, Holtzclaw set out to reach the goals he'd Full Story

• Column: Port Royal win reveals Zeigler’s ascent

  Posted: 08/21/2019, 04:37 pm

  PORT ROYAL, Pa. — As Mason Zeigler stood in the Port Royal Speedway pit area after winning his first-ever World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series feature Saturday, the Chalk Hill, Pa., driver offered an appropriate description Full Story

• Quick Time: Weighing revised Mansfield purse

  Posted: 08/21/2019, 03:53 pm

  Take a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story

• Notes: Big victory highlights Missouri youngster’s season

  Posted: 08/15/2019, 07:24 am By Alli Collis

  Cole Henson of Russellville, Mo., has exceeded his expectations for his first full season racing Late Models. So much so that the 23-year-old driver found himself enjoying a career-richest $2,500 victory in Saturday’s Randy McGraw Memorial Full Story

• Notes: Maryland's Quade enjoying best season

  Posted: 08/08/2019, 01:15 am By Alli Collis

  Racing Late Models for more than a decade, Derick Quade finds himself in the midst of a career-best season. Piling up Limited victories at Potomac Speedway in Budds Creek, Md., and Winchester (Va.) Speedway, the 36-year-old Mechanicsville, Full Story

• Quick Time: Evaluating Madden's $50,000 payday

  Posted: 08/07/2019, 10:08 pm

  Take a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with Todd Turner and Andy Savary for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing, statistical analysis, historical bits and racing’s other quirks (along with the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story

• Fast Facts: 37th annual North-South 100

  Posted: 08/06/2019, 02:11 pm By Robert Holman

  Dates: Aug. 8-10 (one $10,000-to-win program on Thursday followed by Saturday’s $50,000-to-win finale) Track: Florence Speedway in Union, Ky., (half-mile high-banked clay oval) Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Purse: Full Story

• Notes: Georgia upstart piling up victories

  Posted: 08/01/2019, 01:30 am By Alli Collis

  In just his second full season racing Late Models, Dalton Polston of Lithia Springs, Ga., is still relatively new to the division. But his lack of experience hasn’t stopped the 19-year-old racer from piling up victories in Limited Late Full Story

• Column: Marlar's season becomes flurry of action

  Posted: 07/31/2019, 05:43 pm

  This was supposed to be a rather calm season of competition for Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn. He announced last fall — as he was winning the 2018 World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series championship — that his car owner, Full Story

• Unsolved power steering issue dooming for Pierce

  Posted: 07/29/2019, 03:59 pm By Kevin Kovac

  FAIRBURY, Ill. (July 27) — There were certainly some observers — perhaps, actually, many — who thought Bobby Pierce and his team might react angrily to the Oakwood, Ill., driver losing Saturday night’s $30,000 Prairie Dirt Classic Full Story