ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 9) — Garrett Alberson finished eighth in Friday’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series feature at Eldora Speedway, which most drivers would typically consider a mediocre finish. But the Las Cruces, N.M., racer was all smiles with a top-10 run as he continues his comeback from facial injuries he suffered in an August incident at Florence Speedway.

During Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series driver Garrett Alberson’s recovery from Aug. 8’s frightening Sunoco North-South 100 incident, he faced the daunting possibility of losing sight in his injured right eye that was obscured by blood.

Garrett Alberson of Las Cruces, N.M., was released from a Cincinnati, Ohio-area hospital this morning after suffering facial injuries when he was apparently struck by an object during Saturday’s Sunoco North-South 100 at Florence Speedway.

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.