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• Column: It was a no-win situation at Clarksville

  Posted: 03/11/2014, 09:11 am

  When 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 am

  CLARKSVILLE, 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 McLeod

  CLARKSVILLE, 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 am

  LAS 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 am

  PEORIA, 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 am

  WINCHESTER, 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 Turner

  OCALA, 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 pm

  OCALA, 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 Turner

  Editor'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 am

  GIBSONTON, 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 pm

  GIBSONTON, 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 Savary

  Three-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 Joiner

  Josh 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 Kovac

  As 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

• Gustin pockets $10,000 at Winter Freeze finale

  Posted: 01/19/2014, 03:01 pm By Joshua Joiner

  TUCSON, Ariz. (Jan. 19) — Ryan Gustin of Marshalltown, Iowa, dominated Sunday’s Winter Extreme main event, leading every lap to earn a career-high $10,000 victory in the final round of at Tucson International Raceway’s six-race miniseries. Starting Full Story

• Mars controls all 40 laps, wins Tucson's fifth round

  Posted: 01/18/2014, 05:03 pm By Joshua Joiner

  TUCSON, Ariz. (Jan. 18) — Ending a stretch of 16 months without a Super Late Model victory, Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., led every lap of Saturday’s Winter Extreme main event at Tucson International Raceway to claim round five of Full Story

• Fuller tops Gustin, wins Winter Extreme thriller

  Posted: 01/17/2014, 05:42 pm By Joshua Joiner

  TUCSON, Ariz. (Jan. 17) — Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., survived Ryan Gustin’s furious late charge in Friday’s Winter Extreme main event to claim a $3,000 victory in a thrilling 30-lap feature at Tucson International Raceway. The Full Story

• Thomas nips Cooley with final-lap pass at Ice Bowl

  Posted: 01/05/2014, 04:56 pm By Joshua Joiner

  EASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 5) —William Thomas of Phenix City, Ala., took advantage of a pair of final-lap miscues by polesitter Eric Cooley to win Sunday’s Ice Bowl XXIII feature in a side-by-side finish at Talladega Short Track. Thomas Full Story

• Best of 2013: South's state-by-state capsules

  Posted: 12/19/2013, 07:30 am By Joshua Joiner

  Dirt Late Model racing’s 2013 superlatives of the Southern states (individually for states with at least five weekly Late Model tracks; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2013 coverage): Alabama Top Full Story

• Driver-by-driver recap of dirt racing's Silly Season

  Posted: 12/18/2013, 05:24 pm

  A driver-by-driver look at off-season announcements and plans made regarding race teams, chassis changes and new touring plans (listed alphabetically in each section; will be updated): Team changes Max Blair: Second-generation Titusville, Full Story

• Best of 2013: More state-by-state capsules

  Posted: 12/18/2013, 07:49 am By Todd Turner

  Dirt Late Model racing’s 2013 superlatives of the Northern and Western states (individually for states with at least five weekly Late Model tracks; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2013 Full Story

• Best of 2013: Midwest's state-by-state capsules

  Posted: 12/17/2013, 08:43 am By Todd Turner

  Dirt Late Model racing’s 2013 superlatives of the Midwestern states (individually for states with at least five weekly Late Model tracks; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2013 coverage): Illinois Top Full Story

• PRI Thursday: 3D printer streamlines prototyping

  Posted: 12/12/2013, 08:40 am By Todd Turner

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 12) — The Indiana Convention Center doors opened Thursday for the first of three days at the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where 40,000 attendees are expected to check out 1,200 companies, including Full Story

• Breakouts, newcomers, most improved in 2013

  Posted: 12/10/2013, 05:40 am By Todd Turner

  As part of its ongoing Best of 2013 coverage, DirtonDirt.com hands out awards to worthy Dirt Late Model drivers. We rank the top breakout drivers, top newcomers and most improved drivers and comeback drivers for the past season. This season's Full Story

• Hometowner grabs pole at NeSmith's Ocala finale

  Posted: 11/23/2013, 05:53 am By Roby Helm

  OCALA, Fla.. — Last year’s race winner Ivedent Lloyd Jr. served notice Friday that he was looking for his second straight victory as the hometown driver earned pole position for Saturday’s ninth annual Chevrolet Performance World Full Story