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Preview: Appalachian Mountain Speedweek
Posted: 06/09/2023, 11:50 am By Kyle McFaddenDirt Late Model fans in the Northeast, rejoice. Appalachian Mountain Speedweek makes its well received return after a five-year absence Friday at Clinton County Speedway in Mill Hall, Pa., the opening night of the eight-race miniseries Full Story
Notes: South Dakota rookie sets high goal
Posted: 06/08/2023, 12:03 am By Kyle McFaddenWith his family’s business growing exponentially and requiring more attention to detail, Jayson Good’s parked his United States Modified Touring Series team and found something more central around home in Watertown, S.D. The 26-year-old’s Full Story
Column: Admiration of Eldora grew for T-Mac
Posted: 06/07/2023, 05:32 pmLook through the list of Dirt Late Model crown jewel winners at Eldora Speedway and Tim McCreadie’s name sticks out. He’s a superstar in the division, sure, but he’s also the rare driver who’s reached the mountaintop at the famed Full Story
Fast Facts: Dream XXIX
Posted: 06/06/2023, 04:36 pm By Aaron ClayDates: June 8-10 (complete shows on Thursday and Friday, featuring twin 25-lap, $12,000-to-win split-field preliminary features for DIRTcar Late Models; heat races and consolations precede Saturday’s 100-lap finale). | Complete Dream Full Story
Notes: Burdette thrashes to support Historic 100
Posted: 06/03/2023, 02:29 pm By Kevin KovacMINERAL WELLS, W.Va. (June 2) — Friday was supposed to be a nice, relaxing night visiting friends and watching races at his hometown track for K.C. Burdette. But when the 33-year-old driver from Parkersburg, W.Va., discovered that the Full Story
Column: Focused MARS series finding its target
Posted: 06/01/2023, 03:45 pmThere isn’t a fool-proof formula for creating a perfect regional Super Late Model tour, but the current version of the MARS Late Model Championship powered by FK Rod Ends might be coming close. It’s no secret that regional circuits Full Story
Notes: Facing terminal cancer, Missourian chases title
Posted: 06/01/2023, 06:42 am By Kyle McFaddenCapturing the POWRi Late Model Series championship is Todd McCoin’s greatest pursuit on the racetrack this year. Away from the racetrack, however, he’s in the throes of a battle that overshadows his racing. With stage-4 clear cell Full Story
Dispatches: Weiss rerouts for Duck River visit
Posted: 05/28/2023, 04:05 amThe latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events during Memorial Day weekend, including World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series action at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio and other events (look elsewhere for Full Story
Column: The life and times of Dickie Murphy
Posted: 05/19/2023, 08:50 amI never met Dickie Murphy, the Hall of Fame Dirt Late Model car owner and former promoter of Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., who died May 11 at the age of 81 after being hospitalized for three weeks as his health declined. He Full Story
Notes: Bronson in for long haul with WoO
Posted: 05/11/2023, 09:50 amIn his first full-time run at the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series, Kyle Bronson has put himself into position as a title contender. When the series returns to action May 19 at Marion Center (Pa.) Raceway, the 32-year-old Brandon, Full Story
Notes: Georgian Craft expands winning ways
Posted: 05/11/2023, 06:48 am By Kyle McFaddenAfter compiling perhaps 2022's most impressive season for a weekly Late Model racer from the state of Georgia, Blake Craft is tackling a new initiative this year. The 13-time winner a year ago has never considered himself a points racer Full Story
Column: Hell Tour goes to week-by-week basis
Posted: 05/04/2023, 09:10 amToday’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals isn’t the same Dirt Late Model series it was in the 1990s, 2000s or even 2010s. Sam Driggers, the longtime DIRTcar director, acutely understands this fact. The sport’s landscape has changed and he Full Story
Notes: With step back, Nebraskan hits stride
Posted: 05/04/2023, 08:19 am By Kyle McFaddenWith a single victory through five years of Late Model competition, Zach Zeitner tried something different last season. After focusing on building a Super Late Model program since debuting in the division in 2017, the Bellevue, Neb., driver Full Story
Dispatches: B-Shepp returns to winning form
Posted: 04/28/2023, 11:36 amThe latest notes and quotes from Dirt Late Model special and sanctioned events during the last weekend in April, including the MARS tripleheader in Illinois and Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Racing Association action at Lake Ozark Speedway Full Story
Column: Precocious pilot from Pennsy eyes dream
Posted: 04/27/2023, 06:46 amDrake Troutman was standing in Talladega Short Track’s pit area after Friday’s World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series-sanctioned Alabama Gang 100 preliminary program when he summed up what it meant for him to set a group fast time Full Story
Notes: N.C. youngster on fast track in Crates
Posted: 04/27/2023, 06:31 am By Kyle McFaddenChase Blackwell brought reasonable expectations to his chances for winning as a 14-year-old newbie in the wide, cutthroat world of Dirt Late Model racing. Roughly 20 races into his racing career, which began last season as a 602 Crate Full Story
Notes: Overton plotted winning strategy at TST
Posted: 04/24/2023, 12:53 pm By Kevin KovacEASTABOGA, Ala. (April 22) — An April slump left Brandon Overton needing some pep talks from his supporters to even enter the Alabama Gang 100 at Talladega Short Track, but the standout from Evans, Ga., never lost the cool, calm driving Full Story
Fast Talk: Sorting through all the latest news
Posted: 04/24/2023, 08:33 amAfter a busy five days of racing among national touring drivers, including Brandon Overton's $50,000 World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series victory at Talladega Short Track, our roundtable weighs in for weekly feature presented by MD3 Full Story
Pierce mourns doomed rally, his third WoO DNF
Posted: 04/23/2023, 07:50 am By Kevin KovacEASTABOGA, Ala. (April 22) — Bobby Pierce wanted to be talking about how he had pulled off the seemingly unthinkable: a high-side charge from the 14th starting spot to score a $50,000 triumph on a red-clay Southeastern track where passing Full Story
Notes: English quickly adapts to TST's changes
Posted: 04/22/2023, 03:40 pm By Kevin KovacEASTABOGA, Ala. (April 21) — Talladega Short Track wasn’t an unfamiliar facility to Tanner English when he entered Friday’s Alabama Gang 100 qualifying program. The layout and conditions of the speedway he encountered, however, were Full Story
Talladega primed for richest Late Model race
Posted: 04/12/2023, 08:53 am By Mike WarrenWhen Talladega Short Track owner and promoter Adam Stewart was searching for a weekend for the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series to make their debut at the Eastaboga, Ala., track, he had a significant one in mind. After looking Full Story
Column: Young Georgian adds experienced hand
Posted: 03/08/2023, 04:05 pmGarrett Smith headed to this year’s Georgia-Florida Speedweeks with a crew chief. He returned home to his family-owned team’s shop in Madison, Ga., without one. Midway through his trip, just before the start of the Feb. 6-11 Wieland Full Story
Undaunted Herrington makes best of tough trip
Posted: 03/05/2023, 06:45 am By Robert HolmanSENOIA, Ga. (March 4) — On a night when more than half of the 43 entries elected not to compete because of rough track conditions, Wil Herrington hung in there the longest. The Hawkinsville, Ga., driver was among those entered in Saturday’s Full Story
Notes: Young Tennessean ponders more Crate goals
Posted: 02/23/2023, 10:13 pmAfter participating in most of the Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series campaign, Knoxville, Tenn., driver Hayden Cardwell arrived for the final round of the miniseries at his home track, and posted a solid runner-up finish on a racy Full Story
In perfect run, Pierce pounces on key mistake
Posted: 02/17/2023, 09:33 am By Kevin KovacBARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 16) — Bobby Pierce wasn’t supposed to win Thursday’s 30-lap World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series feature at Volusia Speedway Park. Not when all the circumstances facing the 26-year-old Oakwood, Ill., driver Full Story
