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Column: Overton set for team and Dome debuts
Posted: 12/04/2024, 05:33 pmBrandon Overton realizes that the greater Dirt Late Model world doesn’t see the bump-and-grind racing of the Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals as being in his wheelhouse. But he also understands that many people don’t think driving for Full Story
Column: Winger piloting Fusion entry next season
Posted: 11/27/2024, 04:09 pmAshton Winger will admit that he’s made enough news — too often for undesirable reasons — in recent seasons. He’s not really interested in making any more unless it involves winning big races. “I went a few years where I felt Full Story
Column: Sheppard's back where he belongs
Posted: 11/14/2024, 08:57 pmBrandon Sheppard can’t say that he thought he’d someday return to the Rocket Chassis house car’s seat after he shockingly decided to leave it at the end of the 2022 season. Mark Richards, the owner of the Shinnston, W.Va.-based Full Story
Motivated Pierce controls what he can at Charlotte
Posted: 11/09/2024, 09:28 am By Kevin KovacCONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 8) — Perhaps Bobby Pierce will still fall short in his quest for the 2024 World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series championship. Perhaps he won’t complete an unprecedented comeback from a triple-digit deficit in the Full Story
Notes: English plans national tour return
Posted: 11/07/2024, 03:31 pmCONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 6) — While the World of Outlaws World Finals marks the end of the season for many teams, plenty of them are looking ahead to 2025. For Tanner English, preparations for next season are well underway. After Wednesday’s Full Story
WoO title chase reaches Charlotte's World Finals
Posted: 11/04/2024, 04:51 pm By Matt SkipperThree of Dirt Late Model racing's best drivers are set to compete for three pressure-intensive nights to conclude the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series championship chase. Four-time WoO champion Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., Full Story
McLaughlin aiming for strong end to rookie year
Posted: 09/27/2024, 04:11 pm By Kyle McFaddenBeing out of his G.R. Smith-owned Dirt Late Model seat for more than a month — since Aug. 24’s World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series event at Ohio’s Atomic Speedway — Max McLaughlin might have some rust to get out of his system Full Story
Notes: Big plans for California upstart
Posted: 09/26/2024, 12:01 am By Todd TurnerA few years ago, Anthony Slaney didn't even realize that competing in Late Models was a possibility in his home state of California. Now the 28-year-old Martinez, Calif., driver is making plans to jump to the Super Late Model division with Full Story
Setback doesn't slow Burwell in Tri-City sweep
Posted: 09/23/2024, 04:06 pm By Todd TurnerFor auto racers, it's not always about how you handle the success, but how you handle the setbacks. Blaze Burwell has learned that lesson well amid the best stretch of his Super Late Model career. The 30-year-old Mount Vernon, Ill., racer Full Story
Notes: WISSOTA rookie lets it all hang out at 100
Posted: 09/19/2024, 09:27 am By Todd TurnerWinless entering the WISSOTA 100 weekend in his rookie Late Model campaign, Lee Grosz was on track for a $10,000 victory Sept. 14 at I-94 EMR Speedway in Fergus Falls, Minn., leading the first 41 of 50 laps over a 33-car field. When fellow Full Story
Notes: Montanan aims for victory to honor dad
Posted: 09/12/2024, 08:16 am By Todd TurnerAfter taking off the 2023 season, Ty Hample has turned in a solid comeback campaign in the Dirt Late Model division. The 27-year-old racer from Billings, Mont., clicked off two victories in 15 starts, collected track championships at his Full Story
2024 Late Model series and track champions
Posted: 12/31/2024, 12:48 pmSeries champions Region-by-region champions on Dirt Late Model series and racing organizations for 2024: National Castrol FloRacing Night in America - Ricky Thornton Jr. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series - Ricky Thornton Jr. World of Full Story
Notes: Field trips give Michigan driver an edge
Posted: 09/05/2024, 06:51 am By Todd TurnerPeople of a certain age remember school field trips when teachers would load up students and head to a bottling plant, factory, bakery or museum for learning experiences that might not otherwise click in the classroom. Buckley, Mich., Full Story
Flat tire robs Stickley of major upset at Bedford
Posted: 08/31/2024, 12:58 pm By Kyle McFaddenBEDFORD, Pa. (Aug. 31) — If Friday’s Labor Day 55 Classic at Bedford Speedway had only been 50 laps instead of 55, Travis Stickley would’ve reaped perhaps the biggest feel-good, upset victory in Dirt Late Model racing this season. Full Story
Notes: Track variety tests young Pennsylvanian
Posted: 08/29/2024, 06:43 am By Todd TurnerThey say variety is the spice of life. For a young Dirt Late Model driver, competing on a variety of dirt tracks of varying sizes and shapes speeds up the learning curve. And that's where 16-year-old Lane Snook finds himself during his Full Story
J.D. grabs Rumble cash, but there's work to do
Posted: 08/25/2024, 02:52 pm By Kyle McFaddenPORT ROYAL, Pa. (Aug. 24) — Jonathan Davenport didn’t sugarcoat anything when asked what the deciding factor had been in Saturday's $50,000 drive to his Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory at Port Royal Speedway. | RaceWire Of Full Story
Dispatches: Spoiler-less Gustin tops Atomic
Posted: 08/25/2024, 12:37 pmAmong the latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing Aug. 23-25 from the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series and more (Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series coverage from Pennsylvania’s Port Royal Speedway will appear in Full Story
Notes: Unexpected title run for Mississippi racer
Posted: 08/22/2024, 07:46 am By Todd TurnerHeading into the racing season, chasing a points title wasn't a serious consideration for David Williamson, a third-year Crate Late Model racer from Seminary, Miss. After all, besides transitioning to a new Longhorn Chassis after after Full Story
Notes: Young Georgian on fruitful path
Posted: 08/15/2024, 04:32 am By Todd TurnerFive-time World 100 winner Jonathan Davenport’s racing pedigree is legend in a certain part of the Southeast. The Blairsville, Ga., driver cut his teeth racing four-cylinders at Tri-County Racetrack in Brasstown, N.C., and how stands Full Story
Notes: Master plan in action for South Carolinian
Posted: 08/08/2024, 07:51 am By Todd TurnerBoiling down his goals, Devin Morgan of Greenville, S.C., isn't a lot different than many aspiring dirt racers. In the long term, the 22-year-old would love to compete in Super Late Models on a national tour. And in the short term, he keeps Full Story
Fast Facts: 42nd annual Sunoco Race Fuels North-South 100
Posted: 08/06/2024, 07:41 am By Aaron ClayDates: Aug 8-10 (four 25-lap, $6,000-to-win split-field semifeatures Thursday and Friday and Saturday’s 100-lap, $75,000-to-win North-South 100) Track: Florence Speedway (semi-banked half-mile dirt oval) Location: Union, Ky. Purse: Full Story
Top 25: Pierce solid No. 1 as English returns
Posted: 08/06/2024, 07:23 am By Kevin KovacAccentuating his grip on the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com’s weekly power rankings, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., captured Saturday’s rain-shortened USA Nationals finale at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis., for his fourth $50,000 Full Story
Column: FALS favorite son (at least one night)
Posted: 08/01/2024, 01:01 pmBobby Pierce has long had a complex relationship with the fans at Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway. He might be a home-grown boy from Oakwood, Ill., but the reaction he receives from the FALS faithful has been notably mixed between cheers and jeers. But Full Story
Notes: Minnesota rookie touts Swingarm Nation
Posted: 08/01/2024, 07:14 am By Todd TurnerThird-generation driver Johnny Broking is a racer's racer, the kind of guy who gets his kicks by climbing behind the wheel of a race car, no matter what he's driving. "I mean, just being in a race car is fun," said the 29-year-old from Full Story
Notes: Would-be PDC rally ends against wall
Posted: 07/29/2024, 03:09 pm By Kevin KovacFAIRBURY, Ill. (July 27) — Ricky Thornton Jr. very nearly stole Saturday's Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury Speedway that so spectacularly belonged to come-from-behind winner Bobby Pierce. As the 100-lap feature neared the 10-to-go mark, Full Story
