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Fast Talk: Evaluating Pierce's PDC reaction
Posted: 07/29/2019, 11:12 amOur weekly roundtable considers a busy weekend highlighted by the 30th annual Prairie Dirt Classic while looking ahead to a big weekend at Cedar Lake (edited for clarity and length): Are we surprised by Bobby Pierce’s calm reaction to Full Story
Notes: Top WISSOTA rookie off to hot start
Posted: 07/25/2019, 12:06 am By Alli CollisClicking off five victories at three racetracks, Deven VanHouse of Silver Bay, Minn., has already exceeded his expectations for his rookie Late Model season. So much so that the 33-year-old Minnesotan currently finds himself atop the WISSOTA Full Story
Quick Time: Previewing the Prairie Dirt Classic
Posted: 07/24/2019, 03:02 pmTake 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: SECA contender gets boost from day job
Posted: 07/18/2019, 08:47 am By Alli CollisPicking up steam toward the end of the 2018 season, Crate racer Bryan Mullis of Rock Hill, S.C., has carried that success into the first half of his 2019 campaign. Already bagging six victories this season, the 27-year-old Mullis currently Full Story
Column: Local team savors Oakshade biggie
Posted: 07/17/2019, 05:29 pmChris Keller was the man of the hour, the local boy made good by pulling off a monumental upset victory worth $10,000 in last Saturday night’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals-sanctioned Birthday Race at Oakshade Raceway in Wauseon, Ohio. Never Full Story
Notes: Heck sails along in return to Crates
Posted: 07/11/2019, 01:20 am By Todd TurnerA few summers ago, 2013 DIRTcar Crate Late Model champion Aaron Heck was enjoying leisurely weekends as a recreational boater on Rend Lake in southern Illinois, thinking his dirt racing career was behind him. With his parents both battling Full Story
Quick Time: Checking Summer Nationals stats
Posted: 07/10/2019, 03:30 pmTake 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: Focused W.Va., rookie finds success
Posted: 07/04/2019, 12:31 am By Todd TurnerWhen he added a Late Model to his family’s race team in the offseason, Tyler Evans had intentions of two-division nights at the racetracks in 2019, fielding his trusty modified along with his Longhorn Chassis in the full-fendered division Full Story
Trivia Time: Answers to Summer Nationals quiz
Posted: 07/01/2019, 12:23 am By Bob Markos(Find questions here) 1. Brandon Sheppard in 2013 2. At the 1-mile Duquoin (Ill.) Fairgrounds on July 1, 2001 3. (f) Santa Fe Speedway 4. Dennis Erb Jr. in 2007 5. Brian Birkhofer at Cresco (Iowa) Speedway 6. Both were disqualified Full Story
Quick Time: Doling out 2019 midseason awards
Posted: 07/03/2019, 11:01 amTake 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: Focus on I-35 oval pays for Missourian
Posted: 06/27/2019, 01:29 am By Alli CollisTommy Cordray of Browning, Mo., has spent the last decade chasing the United Late Model Association weekly points championship, finishing runner-up in final ULMA standings last season. But in 2019, the 55-year-old Cordray has turned his Full Story
Column: Rumley program clicking with T-Mac
Posted: 06/26/2019, 04:12 pmKevin Rumley can’t yet read Tim McCreadie like other drivers he’s worked with over the years. After all, the noted engineer and crew chief of his father Lee Roy’s iconic K&L Rumley No. 6 machine is a mere two months into working closely Full Story
Quick Time: Summer Nationals state of mind
Posted: 06/26/2019, 12:28 pmTake 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 Talk: Firecracker drama and Hell Tour reset
Posted: 06/24/2019, 07:59 amOur weekly roundtable wraps up Lernerville’s Firecracker 100 on the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series and updates progress of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals (edited for clarity and length): Consider the late-race twists Full Story
Notes: New York racer enjoying his best season
Posted: 06/20/2019, 07:55 am By Alli CollisAdmittedly, the transition from big-block modifieds to the Late Model division hasn’t always gone smoothly for Bob Dorman of Stockton, N.Y. With his father and crew chief Bill Dorman also a former big-block racer, it took the pair some Full Story
Notes: Young Georgian follows grandfather's tire tracks
Posted: 06/13/2019, 12:40 am By Alli CollisAfter a standout 2018 season that included six Crate victories and the Swainsboro (Ga.) Raceway track championship, Joshua Bishop of Statesboro, Ga., entered 2019 on a high note. But despite a March victory at Modoc (S.C.) Raceway, the Full Story
Column: Futility behind, Richards savors Dream
Posted: 06/12/2019, 03:09 pmROSSBURG, Ohio — There was little doubt that winning Saturday night’s Dream XXV — and its race-record $125,000 first-place prize — at Eldora Speedway meant the world to Brandon Sheppard. He’s a pretty even-keel 26-year-old, but Full Story
Quick Time: Top drivers cashing in at the Dream
Posted: 06/12/2019, 02:29 pmTake 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: Dream in reach, Weiss undone by yellow
Posted: 06/10/2019, 06:42 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 8) — From the time Ricky Weiss of Headingley, Manitoba, arrived at Eldora Speedway for the Dream XXV weekend to the start of Saturday night’s 100-lap feature, his expectations changed dramatically. | Complete Dream Full Story
Notes: No limit in sight for Limited Georgia driver
Posted: 06/06/2019, 12:25 am By Alli CollisAfter chasing the Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals Series and Ultimate Southeast Series in recent seasons, Kenny Collins of Colbert, Ga., finds himself racing more locally in 2019. The 27-year-old driver is not only enjoying more time at Full Story
Key Dream moments going back to '94
Posted: 06/03/2019, 03:38 pmROSSBURG, Ohio — Key moments from the previous 24 Dreams at Eldora Speedway, the race that’s paid $100,000-to-win and will pay $125,000-to-win for its 25th running on June 6-8: 1994: On the 93rd lap, winner Freddy Smith blows by Scott Full Story
Fast Facts: Eldora's $125,000-to-win Dream XXV
Posted: 06/03/2019, 10:37 am By Robert HolmanDream XXV Dates: June 6-8 (Twin $10,000-to-win features Thursday, twin $10,000-to-win features Friday, and heats, consolations and $125,000-to-win main event Saturday). | Complete Dream coverage Track: Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio Full Story
Fans come for Dream, return for experience
Posted: 05/31/2019, 08:11 am By Robert HolmanFor some, condensing more than two decades worth of memories into a simple sentence or two is difficult. For others, it’s as easy as a single word. Eldora Speedway means a lot of things to a lot of people. And while each fan may take Full Story
Notes: New perspective boosts young Georgian
Posted: 05/30/2019, 12:05 am By Alli CollisAfter spending a few years on the road with former World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Series competitor Joey Coulter and the Rum Rummer Racing team, Pearson Lee Williams of Dublin, Ga., is enjoying his first full season back behind the wheel Full Story
Quick Time: Still-active drivers that go way back
Posted: 05/29/2019, 02:01 pmTake 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
