Turning the page on 2020 sounded good on paper. Actually getting somewhere better in 2021 is proving to get lost in translation. Mother Nature has taken its toll on dirt racing over the last few weeks, in more forms than one. Saturated race grounds led to the Big O Speedway in Ennis, Texas and the …
Read moreThursday Morning Thunder, Vol. 10: Dirt Racing’s 2021 Marquees Getting Lost in Translation
The A-Main: Hometown hero “Big Sexy” Brandon Overton used a late-race charge on the high side of a racy Modoc Speedway to pass Dustin Mitchell with three laps to go to win Saturday night’s Xtreme DIRTcar Series finale before a track-record crowd in South Carolina. After a great battle for the lead with Ross Bailes, …
Read moreThinkin’ Dirty, Vol. 10: 2021 Xtreme DIRTcar Series Finale at Modoc
This article is a week late, but that’s what happens when the World of Outlaws chooses to go all Cup Series on dirt racing fans like they did with turning the Bristol Bash into the Bristol Invitational last week. With the majority of dirt racing series having left the state of Florida and scattering, concluding …
Read moreThursday Morning Thunder, Vol. 9: Recapping Dirt Racing’s 2021 ‘Preseason’
The A-Main: “The Boss” Ross Bailes pounced on a wounded Matthew Nance after a lap 26 pileup and drove away to a $7,000 win Saturday at Lake View Motor Speedway in Nichols, S.C., marking his first career win on the Xtreme DIRTcar tour. In his first ever start @LakeViewDirt, SC’s @RossBailesRacin climbs out of his …
Read moreThinkin’ Dirty, Vol. 9: 2021 Xtreme DIRTcar Series at Lake View
It’s been a bit of a hollow start to the 2021 winged sprint car season. But not as hollow as the World of Outlaws story has been this week. For as good as the racing was out west, the inaugural Wild Wing Shootout drew less than 30 410 sprints only a week after a field …
Read moreThursday Morning Thunder, Vol. 8: World of Outlaws Is Going NASCAR at Bristol – That’s Bad
The A-Main – East Moline, Ill.’s “Flying Taco” RJ Gonzales led flag to flag in Saturday’s (Feb. 13) Sugar Bowl Nationals A-main for the IMCA STARS Mod Lite Series, scoring the $5,750 victory at Hendry County Motorsports Park. Gonzales also won the mod lite prelude race at the track Friday night, capping a $6,600 weekend. …
Read moreThinkin’ Dirty, Vol. 8: 2021 Sugar Bowl Nationals at Hendry County & Speedweeks Finales
Our site staff group chat Tuesday night as the Busch Clash kicked off the NASCAR Cup Series season was amusing on several fronts. For one, it marked the first time I had participated in said group chat on a Cup race day since swearing off big-league NASCAR (247 days … it works if you work …
Read moreThursday Morning Thunder, Vol. 7: 4-Wide Salute a Florida Excess
The Main Event – Hanover, Pa.’s Logan Schuchart scored his second winged sprint car victory of Speedweeks at Volusia Speedway Park Sunday, driving away with two laps to go to win the second World of Outlaws feature of 2021 after disaster struck for polesitter Donny Schatz. Schatz, who had led the opening 28 laps and …
Read moreThinkin’ Dirty, Vol. 7: 2021 DirtCar Nationals & Tragedy at New Smyrna
Rewind back to this weekend’s edition of Thinkin’ Dirty, and it’s hard to come up with a more thorough display of immaturity on the racetrack over the course of a weekend. Tyler Erb taking shots under yellow on a third-of-a-mile track. Mason Zeigler following up a speech about wanting to avoid controversy on track with …
Read moreThursday Morning Thunder, Vol. 6: Dirty Weekend for Dirt Racing Not a Surprise
The A-Main – New Shirley, Texas, young gun Tyler Erb scored arguably the biggest win of his career Saturday night, the $15,000 finale of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series residency at East Bay Raceway Park. Erb took advantage of a slight bobble by Watertown, N.Y.’s Tim McCreadie on a lap-32 restart, grabbing the …
Read moreThinkin’ Dirty, Vol. 6: 2021 Winternationals & Sunshine Swing
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