Two very different memories define Garrett Alberson's most recent visits to 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa, and Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo.

WHEATLAND, Mo. (May 22) — Garrett Alberson loves Lucas Oil Speedway. The track, though, doesn’t seem to want to love him back.

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 17) — Garrett Alberson wasn’t quite sure what to expect from the final weekend of the Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout at Central Arizona Raceway. Through Wednesday, he hadn’t yet been convinced he had a race-winning car.

ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 5) — Ken Roberts thought he was done with surprises for the World 100 weekend when he arrived at Eldora Speedway on Wednesday afternoon and had an unexpected, but familiar, face greet him.

LOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug. 15) — Garrett Alberson never doubted his slide job for the lead in Friday’s second semifeature at Batesville Motor Speedway’s 33rd annual Nutrien Ag Solutions Topless 100 presented by Big River Steel. Cade Dillard, though, didn’t cut Alberson any slack.

No driver was on the razor’s edge over the last week on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series more than Garrett Alberson.

ZANESVILLE, Ohio (July 5) — Jonathan Davenport sensed something wasn’t quite right with his Double L Motorsports No. 49 machine in the last half of Saturday’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series feature at Muskingum County Speedway.

With this week's 31st running of the Dirt Late Model Dream taking shape at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, we're ramping up our coverage of the $100,000-to-win event that's streamed live on FloRacing.

PORT ROYAL, Pa. (April 27) — If Jonathan Davenport, Devin Moran and Ricky Thornton Jr. are putting on a master class of what success looks like on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, then Garrett Alberson is a student pressed to learn their ways.

Now that Georgia-Florida Speedweeks have come and gone, I've decided to evaluate 15 top Dirt Late Model drivers — specifically the top six in points on last year’s national tours and three wild cards picks — from the popular wintertime series.

So many compelling layers form Garrett Alberson’s backstory and rise through the Dirt Late Model ranks, not even he can encapsulate every steppingstone that makes Saturday’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory at Volusia Speedway Park so special.

The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series kicks off its 2025 campaign this weekend on Jan. 17-19 at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga., sending the national tour into a season that boasts a record points fund and purse payouts.

The 2025 Dirt Late Model season begins with this weekend's Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O'Reilly Auto Parts at FK Rod Ends Vado (N.M.) Speedway Park, where nearly 50 Dirt Late Model drivers compete in the six-race miniseries bookended by $25,000-to-win programs.

Each winner at the Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout celebrate at Vado Speedway Park donning a cowboy hat and firing the traditional six-shooters in victory lane at the six-race miniseries. But don’t be surprised if the winners of the opener and finale are smiling a little wider.

The 2025 Dirt Late Model season begins with this weekend's Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O'Reilly Auto Parts at FK Rod Ends Vado (N.M.) Speedway Park, where more than 50 Dirt Late Model drivers are expected to compete in the six-race miniseries bookended by $25,000-to-win programs.