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  1. Final Dirt Late Model Power Rankings Of The 2025 Season

    Final Dirt Late Model Power Rankings Of The 2025 Season

    Nov 19, 2025

    Extending his late-season hot streak to four wins in a row with a $50,000 sweep of the Peach State Classic at Senoia (Ga.) Raceway, Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., earned unanimous recognition as the No. 1 driver in the final DirtonDirt power rankings of the 2025 season.
  2. Grim Prognosis After Breaking Neck, North Dakota Driver Recovering

    Grim Prognosis After Breaking Neck, North Dakota Driver Recovering

    Nov 11, 2025

    Wearing a smile on his face bright enough to light neighborhoods, Laine Schwehr walked through the doors of the Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, Neb., on Wednesday morning and settled into a vehicle with his parents. He was headed home to Valley City, N.D.
  3. Why Donald Bradsher Is Back Racing At Charlotte With Paylor Motorsports

    Why Donald Bradsher Is Back Racing At Charlotte With Paylor Motorsports

    Nov 6, 2025

    Donald Bradsher never thought he’d compete again in a Dirt Late Model.
  4. Qualifying More Vital Than Ever At Charlotte's World Finals

    Qualifying More Vital Than Ever At Charlotte's World Finals

    Nov 6, 2025

    In today’s technologically advanced world of Dirt Late Model racing, drivers know qualifying can make or break a race night.
  5. Cory Hedgecock Delves Into Highs, Lows Of Year And 2026 Plans

    Cory Hedgecock Delves Into Highs, Lows Of Year And 2026 Plans

    Nov 5, 2025

    CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 4) — Mentally, emotionally, financially, entrepreneurially, you name it, racing this year has tested Cory Hedgecock more ways than he’d like to admit.
  6. Kovac: Josh Rice's Touring Dream Comes True With JRR Motorsports

    Kovac: Josh Rice's Touring Dream Comes True With JRR Motorsports

    Oct 30, 2025

    The day when Josh Rice met with JRR Motorsports owner James Rattliff last month to firm up the details of Rice’s hiring had the 27-year-old driver from Crittenden, Ky., feeling as anxious as he’s ever been.
  7. Enduring Legacy Of Late Georgia Chassis Builder Roscoe Smith

    Enduring Legacy Of Late Georgia Chassis Builder Roscoe Smith

    Aug 21, 2025

    Mark Richards knows Dirt Late Model history like few people in the sport. A solid five decades of deep involvement in the industry — plus an impeccable memory — gives the Rocket Chassis co-owner some serious cachet.
  8. Her Fight, His Race: How Georgia Couple Keep Winning Together

    Her Fight, His Race: How Georgia Couple Keep Winning Together

    Aug 21, 2025

    After Brittany Whitener was the lone survivor of a small plane crash in December 2018 that left her with a broken neck, partial paralysis and the loss of three dear friends and colleagues, she’s got a long list of firsts.
  9. After Test Session, Could Josh Richards Race A Dirt Late Model Soon?

    After Test Session, Could Josh Richards Race A Dirt Late Model Soon?

    Jun 26, 2025

    Mark Richards knew there was plenty of interest surrounding his son Josh’s first fast laps behind the wheel of a Dirt Late Model since the 2022 season. And with last weekend’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., being the Rocket Chassis house car owner’s first racetrack appearance since Josh’s comeback test, he was naturally peppered with inquiries about his son.
  10. Drivers Recall Earliest Memories Of Summer Nationals

    Drivers Recall Earliest Memories Of Summer Nationals

    Jun 24, 2025

    For long-traveling drivers who have truly experienced the unique series that is the DIRTcar Summer Nationals, their earliest races amid the day-after-day grind aren’t always seared into their long-term memories. Sometimes, they have to be pried out, like DirtonDirt did with several series veterans during the first week of this year’s Summer Nationals.
  11. Billy Moyer: A Summer Nationals Winner Again After Health, Team Scares

    Billy Moyer: A Summer Nationals Winner Again After Health, Team Scares

    Jun 11, 2025

    BROWNSTOWN, Ill. (June 10) — No matter what else is going on, Billy Moyer has a tendency to focus on the task at hand — making his race car go fast.
  12. How Lucas Oil Teams Are Embracing New-Look Speedweeks For 2026

    How Lucas Oil Teams Are Embracing New-Look Speedweeks For 2026

    Jun 5, 2025

    A national touring series director can never be totally certain how a big change to their circuit will be perceived by racers and teams. So naturally, when the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series recently announced that its 2026 Georgia-Florida Speedweeks events will occur after NASCAR’s Daytona 500 in late February and early March for the first time ever, Rick Schwallie was anxious to hear the feedback.
  13. Mansfield Speedway Revival In The Works, Plans For Racing In 2026

    Mansfield Speedway Revival In The Works, Plans For Racing In 2026

    Jun 2, 2025

    Dirt Late Model racer and former NASCAR Cup driver Matt Tifft has acquired Mansfield (Ohio) Motor Speedway, the Cleveland, Ohio, native announced today on social media, with plans to bring dirt-track racing back to the 180-acre property as early as April 2026.
  14. Breaking Down The 2026 Georgia-Florida Speedweeks Schedule

    Breaking Down The 2026 Georgia-Florida Speedweeks Schedule

    May 22, 2025

    A new era of Dirt Late Model racing’s Georgia-Florida Speedweeks is upon us.
  15. Screven Sets 2026 Georgia-Florida Speedweeks Dates For Winter Freeze

    Screven Sets 2026 Georgia-Florida Speedweeks Dates For Winter Freeze

    May 22, 2025

    Screven Motor Speedway’s Winter Freeze this morning announced the annual event will continue to be part of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks in 2026 with a two-day Super Late Model event the first weekend in February.