Voting is over for 2011 Dirt Track Digest Awards! OFFICIAL results to be released after audit

CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. – April 7, 2012 – The first weekend in April marked the earliest season-opening in Canandaigua Motorsports Park history, a perfect time for ‘Land of Legends’ lifer Danny Johnson to once again rattle the Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modified record book at the hallowed Ontario County Fairgrounds half-mile on Saturday night in front of a packed house of sun-drenched fans. Buckled in behind the wheel of the blue #27J Page Trucking-Honeoye Auto Parts-Waste Management/Bicknell entry equipped with a Mike Mastin-prepared powerplant, Johnson dominated the 2nd Annual Jan Corcoran Memorial to kick off the 2012 Super DIRTcar Series points…More

ELBRIDGE, N.Y. – May 3, 2012 – It’s simply known as “The Fast Track” and for good reason. Rolling Wheels Raceway Park is a semi-banked, 5/8th-mile oval, making it the biggest track on the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series schedule. The Outlaws will compete at the monster track twice this season, including Wednesday, May 16, in the Finger Lakes Speedfest. “It’s a big, wide-open track,” Kraig Kinser said. “You’ve got to have a good setup and you’re engine has to be working well there.” It’s the first of four races in New York. The World of Outlaws return to…More

By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director CONCORD, NC – May 9, 2012 – Could Brandon Sheppard be the next Josh Richards? The rising young star – and the dirt Late Model world – is ready to find out. Sheppard, 19, of New Berlin, Ill., was hired on Monday to drive the Rocket Chassis house car, giving him a golden opportunity to make his mark on the national scene in a high-profile ride that Richards recently vacated to pursue a NASCAR career. Rocket Chassis co-owner Mark Richards, whose race team reached championship heights on the World of Outlaws Late Model…More

La Salle, IL (May 12, 2012) – Don O’Neal of Martinsville, IN continued his recent hot streak on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series tour by winning for the third time in his last four races. O’Neal grabbed the lead at the start of the race. He cruised to the $10,000 victory in the Jeff’s Engine Masters-sponsored Spring Shootout at La Salle (IL) Speedway. O’Neal has now won seven series events in 2012. Defending series champion and current point’s leader Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN battled with Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, IA to grab the runner-up spot. Steve Francis…More

Danny Johnson, of Rochester, N.Y., received top honors for winning his fifth overall Hoosier Tire-VP Racing Fuels DIRTcar 358-Modified Series championship in the Mike Payne-owned Bicknell. David Hebert, of St. Damase, Quebec, raced to the top of the weekly Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified standings.