Jerry Foster's relationship with the Troutman family stretches back more than 30 years — long before Drake Troutman was born in May 2005.

World of Outlaws Late Model Series campaigner Drake Troutman of Hyndman, Pa., announced Tuesday evening that he and G.R. Smith's Team 22 Inc. have parted ways, ending an 18-month partnership that produced four victories and Rookie of the Year honors on the WoO tour in 2025.

Drake Troutman will be at a laundromat just as much as he’ll be at a racetrack through Easter weekend.

There's a strong contingent of Dirt Late Model drivers among the 130-plus competitors vying for this weekend's $100,025-to-win Modified World Championship at Mississippi Thunder Speedway in Fountain City, Wis., headlined by reigning Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion Ricky Thornton Jr.

Tire changes. Crew changes. But the results stay the same.

Three-time national touring champion Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y, and Drake Troutman of Hyndman, Pa., announced plans to enter this weekend’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series doubleheader at Swainsboro (Ga.) Raceway, confirming their move to the national tour after each driver spent last season following the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.

After three consecutive seventh-place finishes at the Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout, Drake Troutman was poised for a breakthrough Saturday evening at Vado Speedway Park.

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.

The 2025 Wild West Shootout at Vado Speedway promises an exciting start to a new year of dirt track racing.

Coming off Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Rookie of the Year honors, Drake Troutman of Hyndman, Pa., announced Friday he’s taking his up-and-coming talents in 2025 full-time to Team 22 Inc., the G.R. Smith-owned operation based in Cornelius, N.C.

The driver that swept through last year’s Sunoco North-South 100 action at Florence Speedway with three consecutive Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series wins won’t be sweeping this year’s crown jewel weekend, but Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., was a single position shy of Thursday’s second semifeature victory in an eventful 25-lapper that saw him fall back as far as 18th.

There were so many helping hands surrounding Michael Norris’s damaged race machine Friday at Lernerville Speedway, the hometown favorite stepped aside for a moment to gather himself. | RaceWire

Drake Troutman’s raw emotion Friday in Lernerville Speedway victory lane told the story of the Firecracker 100 prelim.

The second night of the Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway took place Frirday with a pair of 25-lap, $5,000-to-win semifeatures, preliminary action that preludes Saturday's 100-lap, $50,000-to-win finale.

Drake Troutman sat perched on his driver’s side door Friday night with his legs still dangled in the cockpit and crossed arms laid across the roof of his No. 7 Longhorn Chassis as he stared into the distance of Clinton County Speedway’s pits.