Dale McDowell crossed the finish line first. He celebrated in victory lane and did an interview to talk about his triumph. He went through postrace technical procedures including have tire samples taken for laboratory testing.

Each time Dale McDowell has stepped foot on the swampy grounds of Volusia Speedway Park to effectively begin his Georgia-Florida Speedweeks these last few years, something life-altering has transpired either in the days or months to follow.

Dale McDowell couldn’t help becoming a little sentimental after winning Saturday night’s 41st annual Comp Cams Topless 100 at Batesville Motor Speedway.

Returning to glory in a crown jewel event he won for the first time in 2004, Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., grabbed the lead from Jonathan Davenport on lap 35 and was flawless the remainder of the distance to capture Saturday night’s 41st annual Comp Cams Topless 100 at Batesville Motor Speedway. The 57-year-old veteran beat Davenport to the finish line by 0.303 of a second for the $50,000 first-place prize.

With this week's 29th running of the Dirt Late Model Dream approaching at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, we're ramping up our coverage of the $129,000-to-win event as the stage takes shape live on FloRacing. Below, we've ranked Eldora's top-10 active full-time drivers solely based on recent success at the World's Greatest Dirt Track.

BRASSTOWN, N.C. — With a track-record $22,022 on the line as Tri-County Race Track hosted the Castrol® FloRacing Night in America tour for the 17th FK Rod Ends Tar Heel 53 presented by Jacky Jones Automotive Group, both track promoter Ray Cook and series director Ben Shelton expected a bevy of heavy hitters to descend upon the 1/4-mile bullring nestled in the state’s scenic western hills.

Deja Vu. Just like Saturday night at Wythe Raceway, Dale McDowell took control in the second half of Sunday’s Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Series headliner at Volunteer Speedway to secure another $10,053 first place prize.

Defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson will be hosting a major Dirt Late Model race this Thursday, April 14 at Volunteer Speedway. The Kyle Larson Late Model Challenge Powered by Tezos will see a stout field of dirt superstars matched up against Larson and fellow NASCAR Cup Series driver William Byron.

It's time to start a new year of dirt driver rankings on FloRacing. With big events like the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals and Wild West Shootout taking place this month, we now have enough ammo to fire away. Here's our top 10 dirt drivers who performed best during the month.

Brandon Overton stole the lion's share of the money (38 percent!) during Eldora Speedway's Double Dream weekend, but other drivers still left with some healthy earnings totals. Check out the full breakdown of feature purse earnings from June's lucrative weekend:

Who tops the all-time list of laps led in the Late Model crown jewel events at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio? Check out the historical breakdown in the table below:

SWEETWATER, Tenn. — Dale McDowell remembers leading early in an I-75 Raceway event in April, only to slip back to a third-place finish behind a driver named Overton. He reversed that this time around.

How well do you recall Eldora Speedway’s 2020 Dirt Late Model invitationals? Check your knowledge with 13 trivia questions on the Stream and Intercontinental Classic, which boasted six fan-less events including four $10,000-to-win preliminaries and two $50,000-to-win finales (answers included at the bottom):

With eight laps remaining in Saturday’s Intercontinental Classic feature at Eldora Speedway, Dale McDowell found himself in a familiar position as he raced among the top five in the $50,000-to-win World 100 replacement event. But just as McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., moved into second and prepared to make a late run at leader Kyle Stickler, his car failed to fire on a restart, forcing McDowell to retire from the 67-lap race.

For some added fun at home during Sept. 10-12’s Intercontinental Classic, play along with a selection of hypothetical proposition bets and driver matchups for Eldora Speedway’s fan-less, $50,000-to-win event: