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Dispatches: New Yorkers turn back clock
Posted: 06/01/2024, 10:17 amCheck this frequently updated story throughout the May 30-June 2 weekend with the latest notes and quotes from Late Model races and events, including a listing of live-streamed events: Odds and ends A few weekend notes from dirt track Full Story
Notes: Prolific WISSOTA winner tries Late Models
Posted: 05/30/2024, 07:03 am By Todd TurnerShane Sabraski has found a new mountain to climb. The 45-year-old Rice, Minn., driver has accomplished numerous WISSOTA-sanctioned challenges over a 25-year career, piling up an unprecedented 11 championships among three divisions, and Full Story
Notes: Eyes-front Ohio pilot nabs richest payday
Posted: 05/23/2024, 12:05 am By Todd TurnerWhile leading May 11’s Super Late Model feature at Midway Speedway, Caiden Black couldn't help but notice during caution periods that second-running Tyler Carpenter would make himself known. Carpenter, the West Virginia speedster who Full Story
Dispatches: First Sooner win for Muskogee teen
Posted: 05/20/2024, 08:40 amAmong latest notes and quotes from around Dirt Late Model racing during a mid-May weekend with four scheduled World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series events and MARS Championship Series action in Illinois. Our coverage includes a primer Full Story
Notes: Nebraskan's hot start in Late Model class
Posted: 05/16/2024, 12:08 am By Todd TurnerAnthony Roth's first laps in his Jerry Pospisil-owned Late Model were anything but glamorous. "I don't even know if you call it a practice session," the 28-year-old Platte Center, Neb., driver said with a laugh, recalling the 10 laps he Full Story
Dispatches: Called-back restart costs Freeman
Posted: 05/12/2024, 12:20 amAmong latest notes and quotes from Comp Cams Super Dirt Series action at Batesville Motor Speedway, Structural Buildings WISSOTA Challenge Series action in Minnesota as well as items heading into the second weekend in May, including a primer Full Story
Notes: Three-car dance keeps Hersh on his toes
Posted: 05/09/2024, 06:29 am By Todd TurnerClinton Hersh of Somerset, Pa., led from the outset of May 3’s Limited Late Model feature at Bedford (Pa.) Speedway, but as the race neared the midpoint, rallying standouts Kyle Lear and Kyle Hardy were hot on his tail. Hersh, looking Full Story
Notes: Crate rookie gets clicks (and quick wins)
Posted: 05/02/2024, 05:22 am By Todd TurnerA modified racer with Super Late Model dreams, Chase Holland of Success, Miss., didn’t plan on using Crate Late Models as a steppingstone to dirt racing’s premier stock car division. So when sponsor Jason Neises of Champion Commercial Full Story
Victory spurs McLaughlin's WoO rookie hopes
Posted: 04/26/2024, 04:28 pm By Matt SkipperMax McLaughlin entered his rookie season with the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series eager to build a Late Model career but knew the learning curve would be steep. Now, after a WoO semifeature victory after just a handful of starts, Full Story
Dispatches: Burdick knocks off rust at Cedar Lake
Posted: 04/26/2024, 04:29 pmAmong latest notes and quotes from April 25-28 Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events, including an IMCA special in South Dakota, weekly action in Ohio and Wisconsin and other events: First Cedar Lake win With a single start under Full Story
Column: Pup had 'the biggest heart in racing'
Posted: 04/26/2024, 07:45 amJimmy “Pup” Thomas didn’t drive a race car or field a team or operate a track, but he certainly was a big deal in the Dirt Late Model world. Few people serving in a behind-the-scenes role have ever made such an impact on the industry. Just Full Story
Notes: Iowa division rookie off to hot start
Posted: 04/18/2024, 06:15 am By Todd TurnerAn accomplished modified racer over nearly 20 seasons, Mitch Morris is making the jump to Late Models this spring. On Sunday evening, the 34-year-old McCausland, Iowa, was on the verge of pulling off a feat of which few dirt racers can Full Story
Notes: Georgia racer shines in Crate divisions
Posted: 04/11/2024, 01:54 am By Kyle McFaddenLike any other Dirt Late Model racer would hope for, Jake Traylor has steadily progressed through his decade-long journey in the discipline. Of the estimated 35 career victories racing 602 and 604 Crates around his LaGrange, Ga., home, Full Story
Notes: Brownstown mod ace tackles Late Models
Posted: 04/07/2024, 01:44 am By Bryan AultBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (April 7) – Matt Boknecht has racked up wins by the dozens at Brownstown Speedway in the open-wheel modified division. He’s a 10-time track champion at the quarter-mile oval and likely a first-ballot inductee into the Full Story
Dispatches: Bagley ends his long winless slump
Posted: 04/06/2024, 12:11 amAmong latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events over the April 5-7 weekend, including Schaeffer's Spring Nationals and Comp Cams Super Dirt Series competition: Long drought ends Some tears started leaking Full Story
Column: Atop porcelain throne, Blair settling in
Posted: 04/04/2024, 12:07 pmWhat was Max Blair doing running last weekend’s 20th annual Tuckasee Toilet Bowl Classic at Clarksville (Tenn.) Speedway? When the question was posed to the Centerville, Pa., driver, he conceded it’s one he’s heard a lot since his Full Story
Column: B-Shepp, Arpin seek Longhorn glory
Posted: 02/02/2024, 03:41 pmBrandon Sheppard and Steve Arpin sat side-by-side in director’s chairs Thursday morning during the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series media day at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. B-Shepp was dressed in his orange-and-camouflage Full Story
Notes: Lucas Oil opener brings Alberson relief
Posted: 01/26/2024, 07:50 am By Kyle McFaddenBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Jan. 25) — A weight was lifted off Garrett Alberson’s tired shoulders after Thursday’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Super Bowl of Racing opener at Golden Isles Speedway. An 11th-place finish in the 40-lap feature Full Story
Notes: Versatile rookie plunges into WoO action
Posted: 01/19/2024, 09:05 am By Kyle McFaddenBARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 18) — From big-block modifieds to NASCAR Whelen modifieds, from an ARCA East Series winner to NASCAR national series starts, and from winged sprint cars to midgets, Max McLaughlin is versatility personified. All Full Story
Best of 2023: Top-five lists of memorable year
Posted: 12/14/2023, 06:38 am By Todd TurnerWith Driver of the Year and other driver honors already published, DirtonDirt.com takes a look at other top-five lists from the 2023 season, running the gamut from the top-five performances to top-five clashes of the year (Best of 2023 Full Story
Best of 2023: Southern state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/12/2023, 08:08 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2023 superlatives of Southern states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2023 coverage): Alabama Top Full Story
Best of 2023: Northern, Western state capsules
Posted: 12/12/2023, 08:02 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2023 superlatives of Northern (including Canada) and Western states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best Full Story
Best of 2023: Midwest's state-by-state capsules
Posted: 12/12/2023, 07:30 am By Todd TurnerDirt Late Model racing’s 2023 superlatives of Midwestern states (individually for states with significant weekly Late Model action; other states combined), primarily focusing on local and regional events (Best of 2023 coverage): Illinois Top Full Story
PRI: Friday's updates from the trade show floor
Posted: 12/08/2023, 07:21 amINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 8) — The Indiana Convention Center doors reopen at 9 a.m. Friday for the second of three days at 2023’s Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where more than 40,000 attendees are expected to check out more Full Story
PRI: Thursday's updates on the trade show floor
Posted: 12/07/2023, 05:22 amINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 7) — The Indiana Convention Center doors open at 9 a.m. Thursday for the first of three days at 2023’s Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, where more than 40,000 attendees are expected to check out more Full Story
