Dirty (Half) Dozen: Shane Clanton vs. Ricky Weiss Makes Logano/Byron Look Tame
Saturday night saw East Alabama Motor Speedway host Shane Clanton and Ricky Weiss getting into a heated exchange early in the Spring Nationals feature.
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Dirty (Half) Dozen: Does DirtVision Need a Mute Button? & Terre Haute Roars Back
ONE: Does DirtVision Need to Get More Selective With Interviews? Ryan Gustin’s heat race interview on Friday heard the driver tell DirtVision’s Hannah Newhouse that nobody wanted to be racing at Bristol and that the racing there sucked. Kyle Larson slammed World of Outlaws late model officials for penalizing him for being late to staging, …
Dirty (Half) Dozen: Volunteer Speedway Goes From Flo to Closed After Kyle Larson Late Model Challenge
1. Volunteer Speedway goes from Flo to closed? The Kyle Larson Late Model Challenge on Flo Racing appeared to be a completely unmitigated success, with the grandstand crowd at the Volunteer Speedway reported to be the largest the track had seen in 20 years, and Flo Racing reporting that the event was the highest-viewed event …
Dirty (Half) Dozen: Last-Lap Late Model Fireworks, Wilkesboro Feels Dirty?
If Wilkesboro’s dirt surface and track shape prove not conducive to a decent race, it’s not hard to think we’ll see car counts and interest tanking over the month of October.
Dirty (Half) Dozen: Eldora Lesson Learned, Was Kyle Larson Wronged at Port Royal?
1. Was Kyle Larson wronged at Port Royal? There’s no debating that a lap 25 incident between Kyle Larson and Earl Pearson Jr. derailed one of the best late model battles of the 2022 season, leaving Larson with a flat tire and retiring Pearson with suspension damage on an ultra-racy Port Royal surface Sunday. AROUND …
Dirty (Half) Dozen: 6 Ways USAC Racing’s Tire Debacle Rivals NASCAR in Inconsistency, Incompetence
The world of open-wheel dirt racing was rocked this past week with the United States Auto Club (USAC) sanctioning body releasing a widely-panned press release. Results from Ocala have been confirmed after extensive lab testing. Full Story: https://t.co/B7gV4ersri pic.twitter.com/IMELg0nZ0S — USAC Racing (@USACNation) March 31, 2022 That release, in summary, said that while initial tire …
Dirty (Half) Dozen: Joey Logano’s Dirt Lesson & Dunking on Bristol
Last year the Bristol Dirt Nationals were chock full of NASCAR drivers seeking seat time on the Bristol Dirt Track in advance of NASCAR weekend.
Dirty (Half) Dozen: Vintage Jimmy Owens at Atomic, Chaos at Port Royal & Tragedy at Winchester
Sprint car racing doesn’t see a lot of drivers get turned on a straightaway, but that’s what happened to Logan Wagner at Port Royal Speedway.
Dirty (Half) Dozen: Justin Grant Starts Big in USAC Midgets as Big-Time Late Models Cancel Early
Justin Grant won richest midget race since the Chili Bowl with a $10,000 win in the Shamrock Classic, keeping RMS Racing perfect in USAC midget racing in 2022.
Dirty (Half) Dozen: Brandon Overton Delivers a Big Weekend, Cherokee Speedway Does Not
Let’s go back to Cherokee Speedway. Remember how the Rebel 50 saw the Yankee modifieds actually prove able to race? Apparently that track prep didn’t take.