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.

What qualifies a Dirt Late Model race as a true crown jewel event?

There aren’t many major events left that Jonathan Davenport has yet to conquer in Dirt Late Model racing. The Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway had been one of them, the Dirt Track World Championship is the other.

After Mother Nature claimed both prelim nights, the 19th annual Firecracker 100 presented by Experience Butler County, Pa., was contested in a single-day program at Lernerville Speedway on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.

ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 7) — Saturday’s Dream XXXI finale at Eldora Speedway was 22 laps old and Jonathan Davenport still sat in 13th place — exactly where he had started the 100-lap race.

ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 7) — Taking care of your tires over 100 grueling laps at Eldora Speedway is always important. During Saturday’s Dream XXXI when the half-mile track surface’s dirt crumbs chewed up rubber quicker than usual, it was vital.

ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) — Jonathan Davenport looked like a mere mortal at Eldora Speedway during Wednesday’s FloRacing Night in America event. On Friday, though, he was back to his usual stupendous self at the famed half-mile oval.

Can it be? Was Jonathan Davenport’s first-ever crown jewel victory — that unforgettable moment in Dirt Late Model history when he inherited the $100,000 Dream prize because apparent winner Scott Bloomquist weighed in light at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio — really a full decade ago in 2015?

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.

A part of Jonathan Davenport felt that Saturday’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series feature at Fairbury Speedway had been too tame. Too uneventful. And not necessarily too easy, but his five-second lead wasn’t shrinking.

Jonathan Davenport knew it had been a long while since he last won in Illinois, but nearly a whole decade?

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

As a Hoosier Racing Tire dealer, racer Matt Cosner of Ridgeley, W.Va., knew changes were coming to the tire brand’s National Late Model Tire, the limited-compound program that governs many tours, including the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and World of Outlaws Late Model Series.

The hottest debate to begin the 2025 Dirt Late Model campaign is this: Who should be the No. 1 Dirt Late Model driver from the outset of the spring season?

The hottest debate to begin the 2025 Dirt Late Model campaign is this: Who should be the No. 1 Dirt Late Model driver from the outset of the spring season?