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• Breakouts, newcomers and comebacks for 2023

  Posted: 12/06/2023, 07:36 am By Todd Turner

  As part of its ongoing Best of 2023 coverage, DirtonDirt.com hands out awards to worthy Dirt Late Model drivers. We rank the top breakout drivers, top newcomers, most improved drivers and comeback drivers for the past season. This season’s Full Story

• Notes: Super ride over, but Roberson still upbeat

  Posted: 12/01/2023, 03:04 pm

  Logan Roberson had an inclination that driving for J.C. and Marcia Clary’s No. 89 Brodnax Shaker Motorsports team wouldn’t go on for years and years. Not because of any internal red flags, but the owners of the Brodnax, Va., team told Full Story

• Column: Pierce's perfect timing for WoO title run

  Posted: 11/09/2023, 03:21 am

  CONCORD, N.C. — Bobby Pierce’s decision to tackle the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series in 2023 — a decision that culminated last weekend with his crowning as the national tour’s champion during the World Finals at The Dirt Full Story

• Notes: No stop in Dumpert's IMCA title quest

  Posted: 11/08/2023, 07:28 am

  Cory Dumpert vowed last fall that he’d “hit the ground running” when the 2023 IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing point season rolled around. The Nebraska driver made good on that promise, racing to 15 feature victories, three track Full Story

• Notes: Madden takes aim at third National 100

  Posted: 10/29/2023, 12:51 pm By Kyle McFadden

  PHENIX CITY, Ala. (Oct. 28) — Simply put, Chris Madden feels good about his chances Sunday at picking up a would-be third National 100 victory. “Good. Real good,” said the Gray Court, S.C. driver, whose confidence stems from employing Full Story

• Notes: McCowan caps rookie title at home

  Posted: 10/26/2023, 11:40 am

  It seems fitting for Dillon McCowan that the final Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Racing Association race of the season, following a schedule adjustment, will be at his home track of Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. The Urbana, Mo., driver Full Story

• Fast Talk: Pierce’s WoO hot stretch heads south

  Posted: 10/09/2023, 11:00 am

  On a weekend when a sizzling Bobby Pierce swept World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series action amid a flurry of other fall action, our roundtable gathers for discussion in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies Full Story

• Column: Overton's point of no return

  Posted: 10/05/2023, 05:29 pm

  Brandon Overton was a Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series regular this year for really one reason only: the opportunity provided by the national tour’s Big River Steel Big Four, the new-for-2023 chase-style program that pits the top four Full Story

• Notes: Thornton battles back for Pittsburgher win

  Posted: 10/02/2023, 04:28 pm By Kevin Kovac

  IMPERIAL, Pa. — Like he’s done so often amid his spectacular 2023 season, Ricky Thornton Jr. didn’t throw up a white flag after he lost the lead to Jonathan Davenport on lap 37 of the 75-lap Pittsburgher on Saturday at Pittsburgh's Full Story

• Notes: Hardy follows brother's tire tracks

  Posted: 09/21/2023, 07:20 am By Kyle McFadden

  For as long as he can remember, Chase Hardy has either spectated or provided a helping hand for his father Mike and brother Kyle, both winners of their fair share of Dirt Late Model events in Virginia and beyond through the years. Now Full Story

• Bumpy start, but Niece team taking shot at Big E

  Posted: 09/07/2023, 07:03 pm By Kyle McFadden

  ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 7) — No matter what happens the rest of World 100 weekend at Eldora Speedway, things can only get better for the Niece Motorsports team led by big-block superstar Matt Sheppard and Dirt Late Model extraordinaire Full Story

• Parga’s 19-win streak ends, but he keeps head up

  Posted: 09/07/2023, 02:35 pm By Rocky Ragusa

  FAIRBURY, Ill. (Sept. 2) — Jose Parga entered one of the season's most lucrative Crate Late Model weekends in Illinois on an otherworldly winning streak with 19 victories in 19 division starts. Alas, his remarkable streak came to an Full Story

• Notes: Santee finds success in home runs

  Posted: 09/07/2023, 08:02 am By Kyle McFadden

  As much as Breyton Santee would like to be traveling with a Crate Late Model tour, he’s developed too good of a race program around his Conneaut, Ohio, home not to exploit. After devoting last season to the RUSH Crate Late Model Series, Full Story

• Notes: Rising talents battle for ULMS title

  Posted: 09/02/2023, 01:39 pm By Kyle McFadden

  BEDFORD, Pa. (Sept. 1) — With four races to go, only 11 points separate Tyler Emory and Ryan Montgomery in the intensifying chase for the Jay’s Automotive United Late Model Series championship. What would the regional title mean for Full Story

• Column: Dad's thrill of watching Overtons race

  Posted: 08/31/2023, 02:55 pm

  Bo Overton wasn’t really sure how he should act. He was as anxious and nervous as a 67-year-old could be as he stood on a four-wheeler in Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway’s infield last Saturday night and watched his two sons — Brandon, Full Story

• Notes: Partnership gives Mississippian best shot

  Posted: 08/31/2023, 08:00 am By Kyle McFadden

  Life as a Dirt Late Model racer has really taken off for Chase Cooper these last three years. The Perkinston, Miss., driver has doubled his victory total each season since he began to hone in on the Crate discipline in 2021: from three Full Story

• 2023 Late Model series and track champions

  Posted: 12/31/2023, 01:36 pm

  Series champions Region-by-region champions on Dirt Late Model series and racing organizations for 2023: National Castrol FloRacing Night in America - Bobby Pierce Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series - Hudson O'Neal World Full Story

• Notes: Younger Overton steers learning curve

  Posted: 08/28/2023, 12:30 pm By Kevin Kovac and Kyle McFadden

  PORT ROYAL, Pa. (Aug. 26) — Cody Overton was standing in the middle of Port Royal Speedway’s paved pit area, cooling off and debriefing with car owner Bruce Kane after finishing eighth in Saturday night’s 50-lap Rumble by the River Full Story

• Cosner's improvement nets results at Port Royal

  Posted: 08/27/2023, 02:06 pm By Kyle McFadden

  PORT ROYAL, Pa. (Aug. 26) — Matt Cosner’s Saturday at Port Royal Speedway with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series couldn’t have gone much better. The Ridgeley, W.Va., driver turned in his best career touring finish — an impressive Full Story

• The Dirt Late Model vibe lures NASCAR’s Chastain

  Posted: 08/25/2023, 05:55 pm By Kyle McFadden

  GEORGETOWN, Del. (Aug. 24) — Instead of retreating to a calmer, drier place during a Thursday rain delay at Georgetown Speedway that paused Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series action, Ross Chastain put himself front and center of the crowd Full Story

• Notes: Pierce ends his WoO futility at Davenport

  Posted: 08/25/2023, 07:27 am By Robert Holman

  DAVENPORT, Iowa (Aug. 24) — Entering Thursday’s My Place Hotels Quad Cities 150 opener on the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series, Bobby Pierce had five runner-up finishes in six WoO starts at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds Full Story

• Notes: Minnesotan gets satisfaction of first win

  Posted: 08/24/2023, 07:13 am By Kyle McFadden

  Jayme Lautigar is one of the countless of drivers ascending from the modified ranks to find a more auspicious place in Dirt Late Model racing. The Gilbert, Minn., native and modified racer for two decades moved up to the full-fendered Full Story

• Column: Iowan forges on in tackling elite division

  Posted: 08/23/2023, 10:25 pm

  Racing wasn’t on Daniel Hilsabeck’s radar a whole lot from 2017-19. Some B-modified and stock car events here and there, a few open-wheel starts toward the end of ’19, and that was about it. Instead, he worked. He built a house. Full Story

• Notes: Gentry aims high in Wayne County finale

  Posted: 08/23/2023, 04:52 pm

  Weekly points championships are drawing to a close at many dirt tracks across the country. At Wayne County Speedway, J.R. Gentry of Wooster, Ohio, hopes to wrap up his second championship at the 3/8-mile oval in Orrville, Ohio, this weekend. Heading Full Story

• Notes: Montanan's hot start in Late Models

  Posted: 08/17/2023, 12:15 am By Kyle McFadden

  Michael Leach is much like every other 20-year-old in the world, trying to establish himself as he transitions into adulthood. He started the year living in China Grove, N.C., as a fabricator for Longhorn Chassis. At the end of April, Full Story