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Quick Time: Macon often creates special moments
Posted: 04/30/2014, 01:04 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
Thrash gets springboard for run at MSCCS title
Posted: 04/25/2014, 06:21 am By Bryan WimberleyChad Thrash worked on building early-season optimism last weekend with a pair of respectable runs against touring drivers on the National Dirt Racing League at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Miss. The 34-year-old Meridian, Miss., Full Story
Eckert shocked to land Rocket house car ride
Posted: 04/21/2014, 01:40 pm By Kevin KovacRick Eckert already had plans to soon begin driving a Rocket Chassis car of his own. Now he’s going to drive the Rocket machine instead. In a sudden turn of events that shocked even Eckert, the 48-year-old Dirt Late Model star from York, Full Story
Notes: Yoder's weekend adds up to red-hot start
Posted: 04/17/2014, 06:19 am By Kevin KovacDylan Yoder is a prospective high-school mathematics teacher, so he knows the statistical significance of his back-to-back Super Late Model feature wins April 12-13 at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway and Bedford (Pa.) Speedway. A pair of victories, Full Story
Column: Team chemistry lifts Davenport's fortunes
Posted: 04/16/2014, 01:00 amThey are, it seems, a match made in Dirt Late Model heaven. The driver, Jonathan Davenport, is a fast-rising star absolutely oozing talent. The team co-owner/crew chief/chassis developer, Kevin Rumley, is arguably one of the brightest Full Story
Quick Time: Memories of dirt races at Muskogee
Posted: 04/02/2014, 10:15 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
Notes: Long-distance rainouts tough on Frank
Posted: 03/31/2014, 05:04 pm By Kevin KovacWhen a thunderstorm blew through with a vengeance to wash out Friday night’s WoO show at Lone Star Speedway in Kilgore, Texas, no driver felt worse about losing a day of work than Chub Frank. Traveling roughly 1,250 miles to get rained Full Story
Rough and ready Erb wins $15,000 at La Salle
Posted: 03/30/2014, 07:15 amLa SALLE, Ill. (March 29) — In a race were there was plenty of trouble behind him, Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., stayed ahead of the fray Saturday at La Salle Speedway for a $15,000 victory in the track’s season-opening third Full Story
With softer seat, Francis returning to Brownstown
Posted: 03/20/2014, 01:31 pm By Kevin KovacSteve Francis doesn’t need this Saturday night’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Icebreaker event at Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway to rekindle memories of his last visit to the quarter-mile oval. He flashes back to that day not only every Full Story
Unzicker enjoys perfect evening at Clarksville
Posted: 03/16/2014, 09:23 amCLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (March 15) – An unexpected return trip to Clarksville Speedway worked out quite nicely for Ryan Unzicker. The former UMP DIRTcar Super Late Model national champion from El Paso, Ill., was perfect on Saturday night Full Story
Engine OK, Eckert wins opener at Hagerstown
Posted: 03/16/2014, 07:25 am By Bob VoresHAGERSTOWN, Md. (March 15) — Finding a questionable powerplant worthy, Rick Eckert of York, Pa., drove his Paul Crowl-owned Rocket Chassis to victory Saturday at Hagerstown Speedway in the track’s season-opening Late Model event. | Full Story
Column: It was a no-win situation at Clarksville
Posted: 03/11/2014, 09:11 amWhen is a race in which drivers were paid for the position they occupied at its presumed conclusion not really a race? That strange situation materialized on Saturday night at Clarksville (Tenn.) Speedway, where rain that stopped the MARS Full Story
Rain halts Toilet Bowl Classic; completion March 15
Posted: 03/09/2014, 06:14 amCLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (March 8) — Late-night rain halted Saturday’s Tuckassee Toilet Bowl Classic finale at Clarksville Speedway after nine of 40 laps with Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., out front. After the wet racing surface caused Full Story
Hickman rules Clarksville to capture MARS opener
Posted: 03/08/2014, 04:41 am By Brian McLeodCLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (March 7) — Riley Hickman of Ooltewah, Tenn., bounced back from a couple weeks of bad racing luck, and traveled to a flag-to-flag victory in the opening feature of the MARS DIRTcar Series-sanctioned Tuckassee Toilet Full Story
Hogge's spin helps Daly grab victory in Las Vegas
Posted: 03/06/2014, 02:00 amLAS VEGAS, Nev. (March 5) — Taking the lead before the midpoint when race-long leader Bobby Hogge IV spun out of turn four, two-time series champion Clay Daly of Watsonville, Calif., led the rest of the way Wednesday night at the Dirt Full Story
Shaw captures Copper on Dirt opener
Posted: 03/01/2014, 05:48 amPEORIA, Ariz. (Feb. 28) — Midwestern snowbird Don Shaw of Ham Lake, Minn., on Friday won the opening night of the Late Model portion of Canyon Speedway’s Copper on Dirt for the second straight season. Shaw earned $1,200 in a race co-sanctioned Full Story
Wilson grabs $3,000 victory at WinterFest
Posted: 02/25/2014, 10:38 amWINCHESTER, Tenn. (Feb. 22) — Chris Wilson of Crossville, Tenn., earned $3,000 Saturday at Winchester Speedway’s WinterFest, winning just his sixth career Super Late Model start. Wilson inherited the lead after tangle between leader Full Story
Bagley hoping to add to first top-five of season
Posted: 02/17/2014, 03:42 am By Todd TurnerOCALA, Fla. (Feb. 16) — Shortly after Sunday’s finale at the Bubba Army Winter Nationals, Morgan Bagley was scrawling a few notes about his fifth-place finish, then spent a few minutes evaluating his performance at Bubba Raceway Park. Full Story
Smith repels B-Shepp, captures WoO opener
Posted: 02/14/2014, 05:47 pmOCALA, Fla. (Feb. 14) — Brady Smith loves his new car. After steering the 3-race-old machine to a wire-to-wire victory in Friday night’s caution-free 35-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series season opener at Bubba Raceway Park, Smith’s Full Story
Notes: Ups and downs of East Bay Winternationals
Posted: 02/12/2014, 10:45 am By Todd TurnerEditor's note: Wednesday evening's race at East Bay was rained out and rescheduled for Saturday with hot laps at 11 a.m. and racing at noon; Saturday's finale will follow with hot laps at 6 p.m. and racing at 7 (See DirtWire for more info). GIBSONTON, Full Story
Nosbisch pockets $5,000 in finale at East Bay
Posted: 02/09/2014, 07:54 amGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 8) — Keith Nosbisch of Valrico, Fla., capped the Crate Late Model portion of East Bay Raceway Park’s 38th annual Winternationals with a $5,000 victory in Saturday’s finale. The veteran East Bay driver, who joked Full Story
Jack Nosbisch Jr. grabs $2,000 East Bay victory
Posted: 02/07/2014, 05:12 pmGIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 6) — Jack Nosbisch Jr. of Riverview, Fla., earned his first Crate Late Model victory at East Bay Raceway Park’s Winternationals on Thursday, pocketing $2,000 after overtaking Josh Peacock on the 14th lap. Nosbisch Full Story
Owens opens season atop preseason Top 25
Posted: 02/04/2014, 10:01 am By Andy SavaryThree-time and defending Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion, Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., has been voted atop DirtonDirt.com’s Preseason Top 25 power rankings for the second consecutive season. Owens (pictured) collected a poll-high Full Story
Rocket restructures crew heading into '14 season
Posted: 02/04/2014, 09:09 am By Joshua JoinerJosh Richards’s medical hiatus from the Rocket Chassis house car has left the team with a bit of uncertainty heading to Speedweeks, but the addition of a new crew member should help the team find some stability. Veteran setup guru Randall Full Story
With Richards out, Rocket team soldiers on
Posted: 02/04/2014, 08:55 am By Kevin KovacAs soon as it became clear that medical issues would force Josh Richards to miss at least the start of the 2014 World of Outlaws Late Model Series campaign, his father and car owner, Mark, understandably directed his thoughts to his son’s Full Story
