The Weekend Podium is a weekly feature in which Richard Allen will offer his account in audio form of what he believes to be the top-three biggest dirt racing stories of the past weekend. After taking a few weekends off, this is the first Weekend Podium of 2022. For the…
Not that long ago, the winter months were a time in which race teams went into a hibernation mode of sorts. Most involved in Dirt Late Model racing took time during December and January to hit the reset button as new chassis were turned into completed race cars or old…
*Turn 2 Blog is a regular feature on InsideDirtRacing.com. Here, site operators Michael Moats and Richard Allen take turns offering their thoughts on the dirt racing topics of the day from east Tennessee and beyond. The latest edition of the Turn 2 Blog is presented by the American Crate All-Star…
One trend anyone watching probably picked up on during the Tulsa Shootout and the interviews shown by FloRacing.com following the heat races is that the giant video screens now being used by different tracks or by the various streaming services that cover dirt racing is that drivers have learned to…
It seems as if a new hot chassis in Dirt Late Model racing that everyone just has to have emerges every year until that particular brand is overtaken by the next must-have chassis. Whether it be by winning scores of features or by amassing championships, one brand seems to make…
Dear Santa, I know that at this time of year you are probably overwhelmed with requests for things people want you to bring them but I would like to take this opportunity to say thanks for a gift you give to me each and every Christmas season. And it’s a…
Just when you think you’ve seen it all, you haven’t. That statement seems to be particularly true in the world of Dirt Late Model racing. Whenever a racer has completed a great season, someone will invariably throw out a statement such as “You’ll never see anything like that again”. But…
There are only so many weekends on the dirt racing calendar and with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series dominating so much of that calendar, there aren’t enough open dates remaining for another national tour, are there? Even with…
*Turn 2 Blog is a regular feature on InsideDirtRacing.com. Here, site operators Michael Moats and Richard Allen take turns offering their thoughts on the dirt racing topics of the day from east Tennessee and beyond. The latest edition of the Turn 2 Blog is presented by the American Crate All-Star…
Whether in a face-to-face conversation or on social media I often have people ask what drivers I expect to be at a particular racing event. My answer is typically something along the line of that I have not yet figured how to understand the thought processes of racers and have…
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