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MILTON, Fla. (Feb. 24) — Surviving a grueling 50-lap main event and a tense clash early with Cory Neil Jr. and Steven Jernigan, Colton Leyendecker of Holt, Fla. won Saturday night’s Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series HTF season finale at Southern Raceway in front of a near standing-room-only crowd at the high-banked facility. Going from third to first on a lap-14 restart, Leyendecker powered around both second-running Jernigan and Neil, the race-long leader,...more

COCHRAN, Ga. — Richie Stephens (00) of Phenix City, Ala., will lead the charge into Cochran Motor Speedway tonight [April 13] as the Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series visits the 3/8-mile oval for a $10,000-to-win event at the Chris Martin-promoted oval. It’ll be the second event of the season for the Eastaboga, Ala-based traveling circuit that is currently in its 20th season of competition. Also on the program are events for Late Model Sportsman ($1,000 to...more

NIOTA, Tenn. (April 20) — Based on the past two seasons, Jake Knowles of Rome, Ga., will occupy an unfamiliar spot as the Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series heads to I-75 Raceway in Niota, Tenn., for the touring circuit’s third event of the ‘24 season Saturday night. Two races into the season and courtesy of a pair of decent finishes in his first two appearances—including a 19th-to-11th performance in the inaugural Southern Heritage Classic March 30 at...more

(Eastaboga, AL - 6/13/24) - Tennessee will host a double-header weekend for the Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin' USA Dirt Late Model Series on June 21st and 22nd. America's Leader in Racing will try once again to put a wrap on the 6th Annual Melvin Corum Memorial on Friday night, June 21st, with the conclusion of the racing program that got underway this past Saturday night. Racing will resume with a complete restart of Chevrolet Performance heat race three due to the track...more

(Eastaboga, AL - 6/14/24) - Whitesburg, Georgia driver Austin Horton captured his second win of the 2024 season at Senoia Raceway in Senoia, GA on Saturday night, June 8th. The win marked his fourth career victory in the series, moving him up the all-time wins list and placing him among some esteemed company. Horton now shares the spotlight with former series champion Ashton Winger, Super Late Model standout Jimmy Owens, and Super Late Model driver Randy Weaver. Additionally, he is accompanied...more

(Eastaboga, AL - 6/17/24) - The Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin' USA Dirt Late Model Series will have back-to-back nights in the Volunteer State and honor a pair of East Tennessee legends. On Friday night, the series will return to Tazewell Speedway to try and finish the 6th Annual Melvin Corum Memorial, which was originally scheduled for May 18th and then postponed again on June 1st due to rain after Chevrolet Performance Heat Race 3 rolled onto the race track. The namesake, Melvin...more

(Tazewell, TN - 6/21/24) - The 6th Annual Melvin Corum Memorial saw Headingley, MB Canada native Ricky Weiss score his second career Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin' USA Dirt Late Model Series victory, cashing in on a $10,000 payday at Tazewell Speedway. Weiss trailed youngster Luke Cooper of Woodruff, SC with 12 laps to go before making the winning pass on lap 39 in turns one and two. Cooper went on to finish second, holding off Josh Collins and Cruise with the Champions Rookie of...more

(Seymour, TN - 6/22/24) - Ricky Weiss, fresh off his Tazewell Speedway win, wasted no time returning to victory lane one night later, cashing in on his second $10,000 win of the weekend, this time at the 411 Motor Speedway. Very similar to the night before, Weiss found himself running second with about 10 laps to go when he made the pass, this time on Hayden Cardwell, who got slowed up by the back half of the field. Weiss made the winning pass with nine laps to go and did not look back, even...more

Columbus, Mississippi, is the next stop for the Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin' USA Dirt Late Model Series. Magnolia Motor Speedway will host the series on Friday night, July 12th, and Saturday night, July 13th, for the 20th Annual Governor's Cup, paying $10,000 to win for the 604 late models on Saturday night. This will be the only visit to "The Mag" for the Crate Racin' USA Dirt Late Model Series in 2024, but it will be the 25th time the series has visited the Johnny Stokes-owned...more

Headingley, MB native Ricky Weiss won his fourth race of the 2024 season and his third straight $10,000-to-win Crate Racin' USA event of the season at Magnolia. Weiss has been red-hot, collecting $30,000 in winnings since June 21st, when he captured a $10,000 win at Tazewell, followed by another $10,000 win the next night at 411 in the J.T. Kerr Memorial. This win marks his fourth career series victory, all achieved in the 2024 season; his first came back at I-75 Raceway in April. The weekend...more