LAKE ODESSA – Jacob Poel was well aware that the target on the back of his firesuit was a big one prior to the start of I-96 Speedway’s season opener Saturday night. Poel got off to a fast start in ...

Jacob Poel is sitting in second place in the UMP DIRTcar Modifieds National Championship points standings so far this summer. SPRING LAKE, MI – Jacob Poel has reached elite status when it comes to ...

It was by many accounts a great idea: assemble the premiere sanctions of American dirt track racing under one banner. Bolster that formula with an aggressive marketing program, television coverage, ...

But it wasn't just the immense $100,000 first-place check that caused his voice to crack in Victory Lane. It was the way he earned it. Owens, 37, of Newport, Tenn., authored one of the most memorable ...

Yes, the laps are still turning. For a little while longer. The two-day “Battle in Barberville” closes out the year of racing at Volusia Speedway Park this weekend, with winged sprint cars and ...

Good teammates can make the worst bad-luck moments a little easier to bear. So it was for Frank Heckenast Jr. on Saturday at the Dirt Oval at Route 66 in Joliet. The Frankfort resident was not a happy ...

Kyle Shano’s family and racing have been synonymous for decades, but the 23-year-old Mooresville resident is the first to tackle dirt track competition. An interior specialist for JGL Racing in NASCAR ...

BARBERVILLE — Race fans like dirt, and they’ll be seeing more of it. A sellout crowd watched the Camping World Truck Series’ debut on dirt at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway last July. Austin Dillon took the ...

If you didn’t know this season was Mike Chasteen Jr.’s first year in a UMP Late Model, you’d think that he has been driving in the class for his entire career. Two wins in three races to open Peoria ...

As the race season comes to a close, the Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series has named the Inaugural “Noel Hargis Lifetime Achievement Award” recipient for the 2025 season.