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• Column: While maturing, Hubbard makes own way

  Posted: 12/10/2014, 03:07 pm

  Four years ago Austin Hubbard was Dirt Late Model racing’s Next Big Thing — an outgoing, hard-charging 18-year-old driver hot off winning the 2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Rookie of the Year award driving for Dale Beitler’s Full Story

• Coverage index from PRI Trade Show

  Posted: 12/01/2014, 08:54 am

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — DirtonDirt.com's coverage from the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show on Dec. 11-13 at the Indiana Convention Center, where 40,000 attendees are expected to visit exhibits among more than 1,100 companies: Monday, Full Story

• Best of 2014: Top-five lists from a busy season

  Posted: 12/09/2014, 07:35 am By Todd Turner

  With Driver of the Year and other driver honors already published, DirtonDirt.com takes a look at other top-five lists from the 2014 season, running the gamut from the top-five performances to top-five gaffes of the year: Top five storylines NDRL’s Full Story

• Column: Health scare resets Reaume's racing

  Posted: 12/02/2014, 06:24 pm

  Andrew Reaume was under the weather when he headed to Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, on April 12 for the UMP DIRTcar Spring Nationals, but he wasn’t about to skip his first scheduled start of 2014. Racers suck it up and race when Full Story

• Column: Bloomquist loses role model, friend

  Posted: 11/19/2014, 05:19 am

  The news hit Scott Bloomquist harder than a flying clod of clay to the face. When he learned Nov. 4 that his long-time benefactor Bob Miller had died two days after suffering a stroke, a hole was poked in the heart of Dirt Late Model racing’s Full Story

• Moran's breakout season sets lofty standard

  Posted: 11/13/2014, 06:32 am By Alli Collis

  Second-generation standout Devin Moran set a lofty standard with his 2014 season. With 18 victories, it’s going to be tough to top a breakout season that has included strong performances on the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series and UMP Full Story

• Quick Time: Pennsboro's DTWC legacy now fades

  Posted: 10/22/2014, 12:12 pm By Todd Turner

  Take 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: Baker may tap brakes, but he'll roll on

  Posted: 10/14/2014, 02:36 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Steve Baker has been thinking about ending his driving career. He doesn’t dispute that fact. “I may not race much longer,” said Baker, a 57-year-old from Fairmont, W.Va., who started circling dirt tracks in 1978 and in recent seasons Full Story

• 2014 Late Model series and track champions

  Posted: 12/01/2014, 11:24 am

  Series champions Region-by-region champions on Dirt Late Model series and racing organizations for 2014: National Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series - Don O'Neal World of Outlaws Late Model Series - Darrell Lanigan Midwest Blaine Full Story

• Notes: Birkhofer evaluating plans for 2015

  Posted: 09/25/2014, 06:08 pm By Kevin Kovac

  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Sept. 25) — Brian Birkhofer has a new Vic Hill Racing Engine under the hood of his car, but that’s not the only bit of news he had to offer after unloading Thursday afternoon for the opening night of the 11th annual Full Story

• Quick Time: Breaking down Knoxville Nationals stats

  Posted: 09/24/2014, 12:17 pm By Todd Turner and Andy Savary

  Take a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track 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 Time, presented by PFC Brakes, Full Story

• Mental health agenda helps drive Crate racer

  Posted: 09/23/2014, 12:20 pm By Jim Zufall

  “I went through a series of depression where I wanted to kill myself about 10 years ago … ” That’s not exactly the way a profile of your average short-track racer normally starts out. But Lon Emerick isn’t your average short-track Full Story

• Handicapping 11th annual Lucas Oil Knoxville Nationals

  Posted: 09/23/2014, 10:46 am By Andy Savary

  Handicapping the 11th annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Store, the $40,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event slated for Sept. 25-27 at Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway (complete Knoxville Full Story

• Top 25: Satterlee, Moyer Jr. among drivers rising

  Posted: 09/16/2014, 09:55 am By Alli Collis

  Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series points leader Jimmy Owens enjoyed a weekend off the track for the first time in months, but the Newport, Tenn., driver still commands the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings for a second Full Story

• Kay repeats with IMCA-record 24 victories

  Posted: 09/15/2014, 08:00 am By Bill Martin

  At the rate he’s going, Justin Kay won’t have to make room in the trophy case. He’ll have to build another one. On the strength of a division-record 24 feature victories, Kay repeated as IMCA’s national Late Model champion. He Full Story

• Notes: Texan aiming to wrap up NeSmith title

  Posted: 09/11/2014, 05:16 am By Alli Collis

  At the start of the 2014 season, Texas driver Chris Holley had no plans of chasing any kind of points title. But with 15 victories at Battleground Speedway in Highlands, Texas, he currently leads the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Full Story

• Column: Whitwell learns alongside vet Pearson

  Posted: 09/10/2014, 05:18 pm

  For a Dirt Late Model driver based in Arizona, racing for a living on a national touring series can seem like an impossible dream. R.C. Whitwell knows the feeling. A 29-year-old from Tucson, Ariz., who started his career in open-wheel Full Story

• Quick Time: Putting the wraps on 44th World 100

  Posted: 09/10/2014, 11:36 am By Todd Turner

  Take 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

• Top 25: Bloomquist rises to No. 2 in poll

  Posted: 09/09/2014, 09:28 am By Alli Collis

  After notching a preliminary feature victory along with a third-place finish in Saturday’s World 100 at Eldora Speedway, Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., returned today to the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com’s Top 25 power rankings. The Full Story

• Fast Talk: Bloomquist's World domination

  Posted: 09/08/2014, 01:10 pm

  Here’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: 'Wheeling' Feger posts best World finish

  Posted: 09/08/2014, 10:15 am By Alli Collis, Kevin Kovac and Todd Turner

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., found out that posting your best career World 100 finish can take a lot out of a driver. “Yeah, it feels pretty good,” the 36-year-old Feger said. “I’m wore out right Full Story

• Live updates: Bloomquist wins fourth World 100

  Posted: 09/06/2014, 03:43 pm By Todd Turner, Alli Collis and Kevin Kovac

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — Live blog-style updates from Saturday’s 44th annual World 100, the $47,000-to-win UMP DIRTcar event at the half-mile Eldora Speedway. All results are unofficial (complete World 100 coverage): 11:47 p.m. | Full Story

• Notes: Korte nearly grabs emotional victory

  Posted: 09/06/2014, 08:34 am

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 5) — This weekend marks Randy Korte’s final World 100 appearance before he brings his race career to an end. With retirement looming for the 49-year-old from Highland, Ill., Korte craved a good showing at the Full Story

• Scouting the heat races for Eldora's World 100

  Posted: 09/06/2014, 08:16 am By Todd Turner

  Two preliminary feature winners during Eldora Speedway’s 44th annual World 100 weekend are in prime position to continue their racing success Saturday, while two others have plenty of work remaining at Tony Stewart’s historic half-mile Full Story

• Heat race lineups for the 44th annual World 100

  Posted: 09/06/2014, 08:06 am

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 6) — Heat race lineups for Eldora Speedway’s 44th annual World 100, the $47,000-to-win UMP DIRTcar-sanctioned event. Each heat will be 15 laps with the top three finishers transferring to the feature and finsihers Full Story