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Fast Talk: Davenport's historic season continues
Posted: 08/03/2015, 12:43 pmHere’s the latest edition of Fast Talk, a DirtonDirt.com feature each Monday sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Kevin Kovac gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about who’s hot, who’s Full Story
Notes: The New Deal follows dad's tire tracks
Posted: 07/30/2015, 08:39 am By Alli CollisAt just 14 years old, it’ll be a couple more years before Hudson O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind., can legally drive a car. But away from the roadways, the soon-to-be high school freshman is already stepping up the competition. O’Neal, Full Story
Column: Roll vindicates Rumley's career gamble
Posted: 07/28/2015, 06:46 amThe catalyst for the downright historic run of Dirt Late Model success that Jonathan Davenport is currently authoring can, in many respects, be traced back to a life decision that his K&L Rumley team’s crew chief, Kevin Rumley, made back Full Story
Fast Talk: FALS fans relish special PDC weekend
Posted: 07/27/2015, 11:53 amHere’s the latest edition of Fast Talk, a DirtonDirt.com feature each Monday sponsored by Out-Pace Racing Products. Staffers Michael Rigsby, Todd Turner and Kevin Kovac gather weekly for a roundtable discussion about who’s hot, who’s Full Story
Notes: Friedman making most of final season
Posted: 07/23/2015, 06:57 am By Alli CollisIt’s a simple fact: Dirt Late Model racing is a demanding and time-consuming sport. And it’s for that exact reason that the 2015 season will mark the last that Illinois driver Daren Friedman will field his own race team and equipment. But Full Story
Notes: Bloomquist looks to capitalize on I-80 win
Posted: 07/20/2015, 09:22 amGREENWOOD, Neb. (July 18) — Scott Bloomquist didn’t declare Jonathan Davenport’s reign as 2015’s Dirt Late Model dominator over after he passed the sizzling Georgia native en route to his second consecutive Silver Dollar Nationals Full Story
Notes: Ohio Crate racer racking up victories
Posted: 07/16/2015, 08:45 am By Alli CollisAfter taking some time away from racing last season, Pennsylvania driver Chad Wright is back in 2015 — and arguably better than ever. The Springboro native, a former track champion at Raceway 7 in Conneaut, Ohio, notched his eighth Late Full Story
Notes: Weiss aims for WISSOTA titles again
Posted: 07/09/2015, 09:36 am By Alli CollisWith the next OneMain WISSOTA Challenge Series events slated for this weekend, Canadian driver Ricky Weiss rests just five points behind series points leader Jeff Wildung of Nassau, Minn. He’s hoping to change that. Coming off a career-best Full Story
Notes: After scary fire, Simpson grabs victory
Posted: 07/03/2015, 11:28 am By Alli CollisLA SALLE, Ill. (July 2) — A freak deal. That’s how Chris Simpson of Oxford, Iowa, described a cockpit fire that had him bailing out of his race car last weekend during a MARS DIRTcar Series program at Park Jefferson International Speedway Full Story
Notes: Litchford back on track in repaired car
Posted: 07/02/2015, 11:54 am By Alli CollisTennessee driver Justin Litchford kicked off his 2015 season back in January at Talladega Short Track’s annual Ice Bowl. While a successful practice session proved that the Tullahoma native had a fast race car to work with, extensive Full Story
Quick Time: Handing out '15 mid-season awards
Posted: 07/01/2015, 12:53 pm By Todd TurnerTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing (and the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Third-place run part of Miley's Firecracker fun
Posted: 06/29/2015, 02:12 pm By Kevin KovacJared Miley enjoyed himself a bit more than usual during this year’s rain-doomed Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com weekend at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. Well, to be more precise, Miley’s notable on-track performance Full Story
Notes: New car, team boosts Tennessee pilot
Posted: 06/25/2015, 10:14 am By Alli CollisDriving a new Longhorn Chassis for a new family-owned race team, John Ownbey of Cleveland, Tenn., is on his way to one of the best seasons of his 20-year racing career. The red-hot Ownbey has clicked off wins in both the Crate and Limited Full Story
Notes: Home-state WoO bid falls short for T-Mac
Posted: 06/24/2015, 10:01 am By Kevin KovacWEEDSPORT, N.Y. (June 23) — Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., used all his years of experience in a DIRTcar big-block modified at Weedsport Speedway to charge forward from the 14th starting spot in Tuesday night’s World of Outlaws Late Full Story
Column: Dan Schlieper misses life behind wheel
Posted: 06/23/2015, 08:09 amDan Schlieper was standing in the middle of the muddy pit area at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis., before the start of the track’s recent UMP DIRTcar Summernationals-sanctioned Masters weekend finale when he was asked a pointed Full Story
Notes: Stolbas bring life back to West Plains oval
Posted: 06/18/2015, 08:29 am By Alli CollisFor more than a year, West Plains (Mo.) Speedway, the former home of the Show-Me 100, sat vacant. The 3/8-mile red clay oval that had produced multiple crown jewel titles for Hall of Famers Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., and Billy Full Story
Notes: Cooley's rhythm rolling toward Magnolia
Posted: 06/11/2015, 07:45 am By Alli CollisThis weekend the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will invade Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Miss., for the annual $20,000-to-win Clash at the Mag. And after nearly sweeping Crate and Super Late Model features at the 3/8-mile oval Full Story
Quick Time: Driver buys, sells and holds for June
Posted: 06/10/2015, 10:23 am By Todd TurnerTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing (and the occasional ax-grinding). Quick Full Story
Column: Culp girds up to tackle Summernationals
Posted: 06/09/2015, 04:36 pmTimothy Culp doesn’t know if he will in fact enter all 28 UMP DIRTcar Summernationals events scheduled to be contested over the next 32 days. It’s an ambitious goal, after all, for a 24-year-old driver who has never raced more than Full Story
Notes: McDowell knows of weighty Big E matters
Posted: 06/08/2015, 04:00 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., was very familiar with the delayed gratification of a crown-jewel win at Eldora Speedway that Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., experienced Saturday night. | Complete Full Story
Roller-coaster race ends with Davenport windfall
Posted: 06/07/2015, 07:04 am By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., sat quietly inside his K&L Rumley Longhorn Race Car after Saturday night’s Dream XXI presented by Ferris Mowers at Eldora Speedway, alone with his thoughts just long Full Story
Clear head, clean slate puts Casebolt in contention
Posted: 06/06/2015, 12:17 pm By Alli CollisROSSBURG, Ohio (June 5) — As runner-up finisher Steve Casebolt of Richmond, Ind., made his way to victory lane for post-race interviews after Friday’s first Dream XXI presented by Ferris Mowers preliminary feature, he joked that a second-place Full Story
Scouting the heats for Saturday's Dream XXI
Posted: 06/06/2015, 08:34 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio — If nothing else, two nights of preliminaries under Eldora Speedway’s new format for the Dream XXI presented by Ferris Mowers showed us perhaps the fastest driver (Jonathan Davenport) and perhaps the savviest (Scott Full Story
Saturday's heat race lineups for Dream XXI
Posted: 06/06/2015, 08:30 amROSSBURG, Ohio — Heat race lineups for Saturday’s Dream XXI presented by Ferris Mowers at Eldora Speedway. Heats are 15 laps and top three transfer (complete Dream coverage): First heat Row 1: Kent Robinson, Jimmy Owens Row 2: Jonathan Full Story
Notes: Erb off to strong start with new race car
Posted: 06/05/2015, 03:37 pm By Kevin KovacROSSBURG, Ohio (June 4) — Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., is famously bottom-line with his comments, so it was little surprise that he wasn’t very descriptive when asked about the new Black Diamond Race Car he debuted in Thursday Full Story
