Former national champion making his final laps this season Jeff Leka’s never been one to brag. He won’t tell you about his 40-plus years of racing around the Midwest, or his collection of over 350 Feature wins and a DIRTcar national championship, but he will embrace a well-deserved victory lap
St. Louis is one of the biggest sports cities in the country, with some of the most ardent fans anywhere. The Blues are once again skating toward another the Stanley Cup and the Cardinals are seeking a 13th World Series title, but this summer in the “Gateway to the West”
Potential $39,000 champion’s check on the line for thirty-two race season Two seasons in competition with a non-traditional Hell Tour format has brought the DIRTcar Summer Nationals back to the previous format for its 37th consecutive year. Thirty-two races over forty days comes with an increase in payouts and
Racing Electronics’ top-of-line two-way radios and headsets will continue to be the source of communication on race day for all World Racing Group series with a new multi-year deal. The company remains the official radio supplier for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, World of Outlaws
Montpelier hosts for first time, Benton returns, Red Hill to reopen Less than 100 days until its 37th consecutive season begins, the DIRTcar Summer Nationals schedule is getting a boost. Four new dates have been added, along with two date changes, to the 2022 schedule, creating a 32-race stretch from
Traditional non-stop schedules return for 37th DIRTcar Summer Nationals, 12th DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals seasons The Midwest’s most beloved Dirt Late Model and Modified racing tours are coming back in familiar fashion next season. The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Model Hell Tour and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified
New crew help, quest for new records propelled Illinois icon to dominant season At just 24 years of age, Bobby Pierce has now reigned supreme over the Midwest’s most grueling Dirt Late Model tour four times. But this one just might be his most impressive. His fourth career DIRTcar Summer
Father Darrell’s support and inspiration from former Modified star Jimmy Owens helped drive the dominant campaign Twenty starts, 19 wins. Four-hundred fifty-four of 495 laps led. $32,000 in first-place earnings alone. A fourth career championship. To many, these seem like video game-type numbers. But to Nick Hoffman, this was reality
Four races in four days puts Hell Tour regulars against DIRTcar stars of the north The final week of the 2021 DIRTcar Summer Nationals and Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals campaigns is here. It’s time to crown the champions. Championship Week, the seventh and final full week of competition, features
Sheppard returns, Winger full of momentum, Hoffman absent for remainder of tour After two-and-a-half weeks away from competition, the DIRTcar Summer Nationals gets set to enter the home stretch of the 36th annual tour with two makeup races this Fri-Sat night – Highland Speedway on Aug. 13 and Federated Auto
Hoffman, Harrison, Allgaier, McKinney, Nicely, Weisser and more expected to attend The summer’s greatest tradition in Midwest dirt track racing is back in commission this Fri-Sat, July 30-31, as the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals race alongside the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series in the 31st
The Illinois native will target a home-state win during the prestigious Prairie Dirt Classic weekend The DIRTcar Summit Modified Nationals history book has been stolen. Or maybe handed over… Either way, it’s been in possession of Nick Hoffman throughout the 2021 season as he rewrites his own history. With his
