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Notes: Crates revitalize eastern Iowan's career
Posted: 05/23/2019, 01:00 am By Alli CollisWhen Crate racing picked up around his Keokuk, Iowa, home a few years ago, Tommy Elston’s career was revitalized. His own racing had slowed a bit when the travel to Super Late Model events became too tiresome, so the 49-year-old Elston Full Story
Quick Time: B-Shepp's dominance and more
Posted: 05/22/2019, 01:30 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
Column: WoO bid ends early, but Hardy hopeful
Posted: 05/22/2019, 01:31 pmKyle Hardy couldn’t lie. The Stephens City, Va., driver’s body might have been at Selinsgrove (Pa.) Speedway last Saturday night for the unsanctioned Big Wrangler Ranch Ron Keister Memorial event, but another part of him was over 300 Full Story
Notes: F-16 mechanic finds speed on dirt, too
Posted: 05/16/2019, 08:37 am By Alli CollisMidway through the 2018 season, Jake Little’s military duties pulled him out of the driver’s seat and off to Japan for roughly a month. But when the 24-year-old Pleasant Plains, Ill., pilot returned to the cockpit, he went right back Full Story
Column: Redemptive win salve for maturing K-Rob
Posted: 05/15/2019, 02:42 pmKent Robinson was still riding high a week after registering a $5,000 victory in the April 13 Schaeffer’s MARS Racing Series event at Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway. Then his phone rang and the voice on the other end — belonging to the Full Story
Notes: Younger Overton picking up checkered flags
Posted: 05/09/2019, 12:44 am By Alli CollisIt wasn’t all that long ago that Cody Overton of Evans, Ga., was out on the road with his brother Brandon, serving as a crew member for his older sibling as he chased the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series title. Fast Full Story
Notes: Young Pearson follows dad's tire tracks
Posted: 05/02/2019, 12:03 am By Alli CollisWhen your father is a four-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion and former World 100 winner, it’s hard not to feel a little bit of pressure to perform when it’s your turn to climb behind the wheel. But 21-year-old Trey Pearson Full Story
Quick Time: Favorite haunts of winning racers
Posted: 05/01/2019, 11:46 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
Longhorn house car gets boost at VMS
Posted: 04/18/2019, 02:14 pm By Kevin KovacTim McCreadie will climb into a Dirt Late Model that doesn’t carry a No. 39 on its doors Saturday at Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica. It goes without saying that such an occurrence is exceedingly rare for a driver who began focusing Full Story
Column: Mod standout eager for big opportunity
Posted: 04/17/2019, 06:30 pmKyle Strickler had aspirations of driving a Dirt Late Model regularly ever since early 2006 when he relocated to the Charlotte, N.C., area from his home in Sinking Spring, Pa., after six years of racing in the Northeast’s big-block modified Full Story
Quick Time: Hunting Easter weekend victories
Posted: 04/17/2019, 01:46 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
Column: ULMS founder continues tour's revival
Posted: 04/03/2019, 04:30 pmUpon arriving at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday with his Zimmer’s United Late Model Series crew, Chris Zuver, the regional tour’s founder and director, didn’t take long to head for the famed Mechanicsburg, Pa., track’s iconic Full Story
Quick Time: Favorite tracks of Late Model tours
Posted: 04/03/2019, 08:25 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
Disney-rewarded Eckert wary of area standouts
Posted: 04/02/2019, 02:37 pm By Kevin KovacMECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Rick Eckert was asked a simple question in the pit area following his Friday’s victory in the 30-lap Zimmer’s United Late Model Series feature win at Williams Grove Speedway. | RaceWire “So, Rick Eckert, you’ve Full Story
Quick Time: Irregular national tour success
Posted: 03/27/2019, 11:34 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
Column: Ethanol Tour enjoys explosive growth
Posted: 03/13/2019, 04:58 pmLa Salle (Ill.) Speedway promoter Tony Izzo Jr. liked the pitch he heard from the American Ethanol Late Model Tour when he investigated hosting a race for the fledgling Michigan-based Super Late Model series in 2018. “They kind of blew Full Story
Quick Time: Winning races with big car counts
Posted: 03/13/2019, 01:19 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
Quick Time: Success across the sanctions
Posted: 03/06/2019, 12:30 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
Fast Talk: Winter racing, WoO Tennessee preview
Posted: 03/04/2019, 10:10 amOur weekly roundtable sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products considers late-winter results while looking ahead to the resumption of national touring action and weekly racing (edited for clarity and length): Which weekend winner impressed Full Story
Quick Time: Rebounding from tough Speedweeks
Posted: 02/27/2019, 10:47 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
DJ: Wrapping up an entertaining Speedweeks
Posted: 02/17/2019, 12:02 amFrom back home in Ohio, Dustin Jarrett’s daily recap of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks, the Feb. 1-16 action at six tracks in the Peach and Sunshine States. This conclude’s DJ’s review of more than two weeks of action (complete Speedweeks Full Story
Crews get back to work after 'carnage at Volusia'
Posted: 02/16/2019, 02:57 am By Kevin KovacBARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 15) — Friday was one of those nights at Volusia Speedway Park. After the conclusion of the evening’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series feature, the pit area teemed with battered race Full Story
Eckert's absence leaves notable Speedweeks gap
Posted: 02/01/2019, 12:46 am By Kevin KovacAs the start of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks 2019 at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga., was less than 48 hours away, Rick Eckert sat in his York, Pa., shop talking on his cell phone. But there was no hustle-and-bustle going on around Full Story
Notes: Moran has work to do before East Bay
Posted: 01/31/2019, 08:47 amDevin Moran of Dresden, Ohio, came within inches of his first East Bay Raceway Park victory last season, falling to Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., in the final corner of the 2018 Winternationals opener at the Gibsonton, Fla., oval. Full Story
National tour breakdown heading to Speedweeks
Posted: 01/30/2019, 10:19 am By Todd TurnerA comparison and breakdown of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and World of Outlaws Morton Builders Late Model Series heading into Georgia-Florida Speedweeks and the 2019 season. Lucas Oil competitors open Feb. 1 at Golden Isles Speedway Full Story
