Hoosier Racing Tire this week unveiled a revised version of its National Late Model Tour right-rear tire, and Thursday’s MARS Championship Series event at Cedar County Raceway in Tipton, Iowa, marked the first time the tire was in competition — no doubt a factor in the program drawing a solid 43-car field.

The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series are on hiatus this Easter weekend, and because of that, many nationally touring drivers are racing regionally across the country.

FARMER CITY, Ill. — As the final qualifier during Illini 100 weekend at Farmer City Raceway, Jason Feger wanted to have every scrap of information he could about previous time-trialers before his No. 25 tripped the clock.

FAIRBURY, IL -- Two races complete, two races washed out, three races on deck for the MARS Late Model tour. The series saw the highest of highs at Maquoketa Speedway, at the end of March, as packed grandstands and beautiful weather greeted the 47 Late Model teams that attended the event throughout the weekend. Mother Nature was not so kind the following weekend as events at Paducah International Raceway and Charleston Speedway were canceled due to heavy rains and major flooding in the Paducah, Kentucky area. This weekend the tour looks to get back on track with three events and a potential $20,000+ weekend if a driver were to sweep all three.

As a Hoosier Racing Tire dealer, racer Matt Cosner of Ridgeley, W.Va., knew changes were coming to the tire brand’s National Late Model Tire, the limited-compound program that governs many tours, including the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and World of Outlaws Late Model Series.

The 26th season of the Midwest Auto Racing Series, otherwise known as the MARS Late Model Championship Series, kicked off over the weekend with the season-opening Nippy 50 at Iowa's Maquoketa Speedway, the Jeff Hoker-promoted event that debuted last season.

The 26th season of the Midwest Auto Racing Series, otherwise known as the MARS Late Model Championship Series, commenced Friday with the season-opening Nippy 50 at Iowa's Maquoketa Speedway, the Jeff Hoker-promoted event that debuted last season.

The 26th season of the Midwest Auto Racing Series, otherwise known as the MARS Late Model Championship Series, gets going this Friday and Saturday with the season-opening Nippy 50 at Iowa's Maquoketa Speedway, the Jeff Hoker-promoted event that debuted last season.

The hottest debate to begin the 2025 Dirt Late Model campaign is this: Who should be the No. 1 Dirt Late Model driver from the outset of the spring season?

The 2025 MARS Late Model Championship season kicks off this weekend, March 28-29, with the Nippy 50 at Maquoketa Speedway. Before we kick off the season live on FloRacing, let's take a look at schedule highlights, the expected driver roster, key questions and more for the 2025 campaign.

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The MARS Late Model Championship Series opens a weekend doubleheader in the Land of Lincoln with Friday’s 40-lap, $5,012-to-win inaugural Richard Craven Memorial at Kankakee County Speedway.

Hall of Fame racer Billy Moyer’s long-predicted retirement was almost a thing late in the 2021 season and the early months of 2022. Then Moyer connected with veteran Illinois racer Tim Lance of Brimfield, Ill., making his first start in Lance’s equipment 363 days ago.

It may have taken 36 races, but Brandon Sheppard is winless no more. The New Berlin, Ill., driver who had yet to find his triumphant touch to begin the season at the wheel of his new Longhorn Chassis finally put it all together Sunday night in the MARS Championship Series event at Red Hill Raceway in Sumner, Ill.

The MARS Racing Series is set to kick off the 2023 season in style with a triple-header weekend featuring some of the biggest names in dirt late model racing. A trio of weekend events through the state of Illinois will see the series visit the Brownstown Bullring on Friday, Fairbury Speedway on Saturday and Red Hill Raceway on Sunday.