The 2019 season has not exactly gone to plan for National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame member Scott Bloomquist. After getting off to a pretty good start in the campaign that saw the No. 0 machine score seven top-5 finishes in January and February, everything screeched to a sudden …
When NASCAR first began in 1949 the racing in what has now grown into the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series was done on both pavement and dirt surfaces on tracks throughout the southeast and around the country. Drivers in that era had to be capable of racing on a variety …
I recently posted a column on our sister website, InsideCircleTrack.com, describing how the NASCAR Playoffs format has finally won me over. For years I protested against the way in which the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series decided its champion by resetting the point totals with ten races remaining on their …
The latest edition of the Turn 2 Blog is presented by the American Crate All-Star Series. *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 …
Those who are intrigued by close points battles have been a bit spoiled over the past two seasons by the national touring series that sanction Dirt Late Model races. In 2017 the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series came down to a tight three-way battle that was decided when Josh …
Why would a dirt racing promoter want to host a national touring series when he/she could simply stage an unsanctioned race paying the same $10,000-15,000-to-win purse without having to hand over a sanctioning fee to either the World of Outlaws Late Model Series or the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt …
To say that Brandon Sheppard and the Mark Richards-owned Rocket Chassis house car team have been dominant throughout the 2019 World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series season would perhaps be a bigger understatement than to say that there are political differences that exist in the United States today. …
This weekend provides a rare opportunity for those who promote regional touring series racing. Dating all the way back to the weekend of July 20th when the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned the Silver Dollar Nationals at Nebraska’s I-80 Speedway there has not been a weekend that did …
When the average person in America is asked about a town named Knoxville they will likely think of the city in Tennessee that serves as home to the University of Tennessee and the convergence of two major interstate highways. But that might not necessarily be true for enthusiasts of dirt …
A few years ago Jimmy Owens did an interview with this website in which he counted winning the Knoxville Late Model Nationals as a bucket list item. In 2018 the Newport, Tenn. driver checked that item off of his list when he left Iowa and the historic Knoxville Raceway with …
