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• Previewing Northern tours for the '12 season

  Posted: 03/15/2012, 05:37 am

  With spring just around the corner (or already here in many places), here's a look at developments on Northern Dirt Late Model tours for the 2012 season. The brief capsules, with information primarily from series officials, directors and Full Story

• Quick Time: Slots of fun at Winchester track

  Posted: 03/14/2012, 09:23 am By Todd Turner

  Take a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner for roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action, along with some other quirks of racing. Quick Time, one of the newest features Full Story

• Jeff Smith earns $3,000 for first NDRA victory

  Posted: 03/12/2012, 09:12 am

  GASTONIA, N.C. (March 10) – Jeff Smith’s list of racing accomplishments got a little bigger on Saturday night, as the Dallas, N.C., veteran added an NDRA Road Show presented by Heintz Performance victory to his resume. Starting Full Story

• Neat rallies to capture Brownstown's opener

  Posted: 03/11/2012, 02:16 pm

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (March 10) — Brad Neat of Dunnville, Ky., recovering after dropping to eighth place early in the 25-lap feature, rallied for a Super Late Model victory in Brownstown Speedway's 60th season opener. Neat, whose only Full Story

• Stovall fights off Turner, wins Clarksville's throne

  Posted: 03/04/2012, 03:48 am By Todd Turner

  CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (March 3) — Just in case Jesse Stovall thought he'd run away with a victory in Saturday's Tuckassee Toilet Bowl Classic, runner-up David Turner dropped by in victory lane at Clarksville Speedway to provide a review Full Story

• Notes: Posey's tires hold up for Winchester victory

  Posted: 02/27/2012, 09:30 am

  WINCHESTER, Tenn. (Feb. 25) — On a day when sun and 20 mph winds quickly dried out the track surface at Winchester Speedway long before the evening’s annual 40-lap WinterFest, several drivers asked track promoter Jimmy Nowlin Full Story

• Posey leads all the way for $3,000 at Winterfest

  Posted: 02/26/2012, 07:04 am

  WINCHESTER, Tenn. (Feb. 25) — Outside front-row starter Corey Posey of Petersburg, Tenn., led all 40 laps of Saturday's Winterfest at Winchester Speedway for a $3,000 Super Late Model victory. Getting the jump on polesitter Mike Weeks, Full Story

• Notes: Heel injury halts Carrier's trip to Florida

  Posted: 02/07/2012, 01:26 pm

  When Eddie Carrier Jr. visited a physician on Monday for an examination of his injured left heel, he hoped the news wouldn't be too bad. After all, the Salt Rock, W.Va., driver planned to enter 12 races at two tracks during Florida Speedweeks. Instead Full Story

• Francis holds off Oldfield for Sydney victory

  Posted: 01/30/2012, 12:57 pm

  SYDNEY, Australia (Jan. 28) — Becoming the race's first U.S. winner, Steve Francis led every lap Saturday at Tyrepower Sydney Speedway to win the 11th annual Australian Late Model Championship. The Ashland, Ky., driver started outside Full Story

• MoBags wins Tucson finale, grabs $10,000

  Posted: 01/22/2012, 11:50 pm By Todd Turner

  TUCSON, Ariz. (Jan. 22) — Morgan Bagley, the young Texan who launched his successful rookie season last year in Arizona, returned to the sixth annual Wild West Shootout to capture the richest victory of his young Late Model career. Regaining Full Story

• Devin Moran scores victory Down Under

  Posted: 01/20/2012, 11:43 am

  LISMORE, New South Wales (Jan. 14) – After American drivers swept the three-track UltraTune Morley USA Late Model Invasion Tour on Australia’s west coast, Devin Moran of Dresden, Ohio continued the American reign Down Under Full Story

• McCreadie tops Anderson for $5,000 win at Tucson

  Posted: 01/15/2012, 01:57 pm By Todd Turner

  TUCSON, Ariz. (Jan. 15) — Taking advantage when outside front-row starter John Anderson slipped out of USA Raceway's low groove on the 17th lap, Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., took the lead through turns three and four and raced Full Story

• Moyer cruises 30 laps, captures Tucson opener

  Posted: 01/14/2012, 10:53 am By Todd Turner

  TUCSON, Ariz. (Jan. 14) — In each of the past two seasons, Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., has won half of the six races at USA Raceway's Wild West Shootout. He's positioned himself nicely to potentially accomplish the feat for Full Story

• Payne's victory leads to title in Australia

  Posted: 01/10/2012, 11:57 am

  Steve Francis and Jeremy Payne each scored victories over the weekend while competing in Australia’s UltraTune Morley USA Late Model Invasion Tour. The two drivers were winners during a weekend doubleheader that opened the three-race Full Story

• Wilson earns Ice Bowl XXI pole at Talladega

  Posted: 01/07/2012, 09:37 pm By Joshua Joiner

  EASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 7) — Jason Wilson informed his employer Friday that if he wins Sunday's Ice Bowl XXI feature at Talladega Short Track, he won’t be at work on Monday morning. Scheduled to start from the pole of Sunday’s Full Story

• WoO championship long time coming for Eckert

  Posted: 12/27/2011, 07:33 am By Kevin Kovac

  Rick Eckert had never experienced a moment quite like the one that immediately followed the final night of the fifth annual Lowes Foods World Finals presented by Tom’s Snacks, Coca-Cola and Nature’s Own at The Dirt Track at Full Story

• Live trade show updates from final day at IMIS

  Posted: 12/10/2011, 08:45 am By Todd Turner

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 10) — The doors have opened for the third and final day of the International Motorsports Industry Show, a gathering of professionals from all types of motorsports including many drivers, teams, manufacturers Full Story

• Friday's live trade show reports from IMIS

  Posted: 12/09/2011, 10:17 am By Todd Turner

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 9) — The doors have opened for the second day of the International Motorsports Industry Show, a gathering of professionals from all types of motorsports including many drivers, teams, manufacturers Full Story

• DirtonDirt.com trade show coverage index

  Posted: 11/16/2011, 02:30 pm

  DirtonDirt.com brings you trade-show season with coverage from the Performance Racing Industry show at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. (Dec. 1-3) and the International Motorsports Industry Show at the Indiana Convention Full Story

• Notes: Ohio's Miller debuts in new role at PRI

  Posted: 12/03/2011, 02:25 pm By Joshua Joiner

  ORLANDO, Fla. — Matt Miller of Whitehouse, Ohio, was in an unfamiliar role at this weekend’s Performance Racing Industry trade show in Orlando. Instead of perusing the Orange County Convention Center as a driver checking out Full Story

• Home-staters on front row for East Bay main

  Posted: 12/03/2011, 08:13 am By Roby Helm

  GIBSONTON, Fla. (Dec. 2) — Local favorites Mark Whitener of Middleburg, Fla., and Devin Dixon of Apollo Beach, Fla., won Friday heat races at East Bay Raceway Park to earn front-row starting spot at the seventh annual GM Performance Full Story

• PRI Friday: Blog-style updates from Orlando

  Posted: 12/02/2011, 09:01 am By Joshua Joiner

  ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 2) — The second day of Performance Racing Industry trade show is under way at the Orange County Convention Center. Enthusiasts from all types or motorsports have once again filled the aisles of the trade show floor Full Story

• PRI Thursday: Blog-style updates from Orlando

  Posted: 12/01/2011, 10:40 am By Joshua Joiner

  ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 1) – The 24th annual Performance Racing Industry trade show kicked off Thursday in Orlando, Fla. Enthusiasts from all types or motorsports filled the aisles of the expansive Orange Country Convention Center for Full Story

• Cook wins Cleveland's Gobbler, $5,000 payday

  Posted: 11/20/2011, 07:20 am

  CLEVELAND, Tenn. (Nov. 19) — Ray Cook of Brasstown, N.C., led every lap Saturday at Cleveland Speedway to capturing the season-ending Gobbler Classic, pocketing $5,000 in the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series finale. Cook outran Full Story

• Richards (and car owner) step up at Octoberfest

  Posted: 11/14/2011, 05:39 am By Bob Vores

  HAGERSTOWN, Md. (Nov. 13) — Denied his third straight World of Outlaws Late Model Series championship the previous weekend, Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., nevertheless ended his 2012 season on a winning note at Hagerstown Speedway. The Full Story