MINERAL WELLS, W.Va. (Oct. 18) — Helping load his Koehler Motorsports team’s trailer after Ricky Thornton Jr. banked a colossal $225,000 weekend in the Dirt Track World Championship at West Virginia Motor Speedway, Bobby Koehler fielded a question that took him back to their first days together in July 2024.

MINERAL WELLS, W.Va. (Oct. 18) — Takeaways and analysis from Sunday’s 46th annual Dirt Track World Championship, a 100-lap, $100,000-to-win feature captured by Ricky Thornton Jr.:

MINERAL WELLS, W.Va. (Oct. 17) — The dominant, ultra-confident Ricky Thornton Jr. that the Dirt Late Model world has been waiting all season to see in all his glory is back.

MINERAL WELLS, W.Va. (Oct. 17) — Mackie Flood and the West Virginia Motor Speedway track crew don’t need reminding. They know the entire dirt racing industry is watching closely — some with curiosity, others with skepticism — as the track hosts this weekend’s 46th annual ARP Dirt Track World Championship.

ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 10) — Ricky Thornton Jr. might not have anything to race for in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship picture anymore. He hasn't for much of the season, really, having fallen 165 points behind following Georgia-Florida Speedweeks, 390 points back entering June and now 410 points behind with only the season finale remaining.

The biggest weekend in Dirt Late Model racing is almost here. The World 100 returns to Eldora Speedway Sept. 10-12 for another three nights of high-level racing, with the sport’s top drivers battling for one of the most coveted victories of the season.

Long before Ricky Thornton Jr. mastered the uppermost reaches of Port Royal Speedway, he learned not to fear the ragged edge of Arizona’s most daunting speedplants.

ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 5) — Instant reaction and analysis from Friday’s Dream XXXII preliminary night at Eldora Speedway, a 50-lap, $30,000-to-win split-field program captured by Jonathan Davenport (RaceWire; complete Dream coverage):

ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 4) — Instant reaction and analysis from Thursday’s Dream XXXII preliminary night at Eldora Speedway, a 50-lap, $30,000-to-win split-field program captured by Bobby Pierce (RaceWire; complete Dream coverage):

ELLISVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 21) — Ricky Thornton Jr. never thought he’d welcome the end of a weekend at All-Tech Raceway, a track that’s historically been one of his best. Yet when Saturday wrapped up the season-opening tripleheader on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, the Chandler, Ariz., superstar was already eager to move on.

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 10) — When Ricky Thornton Jr. stopped his race car in victory lane after winning Saturday’s 50-lap Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout opener at Central Arizona Raceway, the scene in front of him was especially joyous.

Dirt racing's finest assemble on the Tulsa Expo Raceway for the world's greatest midget race, the Chili Bowl Nationals.

Anthony Burroughs has signed on with Koehler Motorsports to serve as Ricky Thornton Jr.’s crew chief, rekindling a driver-mechanic pairing that enjoyed vast success during a previous stint of nearly three years.

Ricky Thornton Jr. was quite busy at The Dirt Track at Charlotte’s World Finals balancing driving duties with his regular Koehler Motorsports No. 20rt team and Bernie Stuebgen’s No. 71 Indy Race Parts sprint car.

There was a big event in Ricky Thornton Jr.’s home state of Arizona and his schedule was clear. It goes without saying that he’d want to run it — even though it wasn’t for Dirt Late Models.