PORT ROYAL, Pa. (April 27) — If Jonathan Davenport, Devin Moran and Ricky Thornton Jr. are putting on a master class of what success looks like on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, then Garrett Alberson is a student pressed to learn their ways.

Now that Georgia-Florida Speedweeks have come and gone, I've decided to evaluate 15 top Dirt Late Model drivers — specifically the top six in points on last year’s national tours and three wild cards picks — from the popular wintertime series.

So many compelling layers form Garrett Alberson’s backstory and rise through the Dirt Late Model ranks, not even he can encapsulate every steppingstone that makes Saturday’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory at Volusia Speedway Park so special.

The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series kicks off its 2025 campaign this weekend on Jan. 17-19 at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga., sending the national tour into a season that boasts a record points fund and purse payouts.

The 2025 Dirt Late Model season begins with this weekend's Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O'Reilly Auto Parts at FK Rod Ends Vado (N.M.) Speedway Park, where nearly 50 Dirt Late Model drivers compete in the six-race miniseries bookended by $25,000-to-win programs.

Each winner at the Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout celebrate at Vado Speedway Park donning a cowboy hat and firing the traditional six-shooters in victory lane at the six-race miniseries. But don’t be surprised if the winners of the opener and finale are smiling a little wider.

The 2025 Dirt Late Model season begins with this weekend's Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O'Reilly Auto Parts at FK Rod Ends Vado (N.M.) Speedway Park, where more than 50 Dirt Late Model drivers are expected to compete in the six-race miniseries bookended by $25,000-to-win programs.

The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series kicked off opening night of the two-day Rumble by the River event at Port Royal Speedway on Friday with a 40-lap, $10,000-to-win program.

From the looks of it, Garrett Alberson appeared so hungry — almost desperately hungry — for that breakthrough touring victory on Friday with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at All-Tech Raceway, he was going to do whatever it took for that to come to fruition.

A weight had been lifted off Garrett Alberson’s tired shoulders on Thursday at Golden Isles Speedway. An 11th-place finish might not look like much, but the Las Cruces, N.M., driver is ecstatic to get through the night unscathed while not having to take a provisional.

Garrett Alberson is on the verge of breaking back into victory lane. How close? He can explain.

The Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts at Vado Speedway Park is basically an extended holiday for Garrett Alberson.

A lucrative championship point fund has once again attracted dirt late model racing's biggest stars to Castrol FloRacing Night in America for the 2023 season. The popular mid-week touring series features a championship purse of $50,000, with the potential to claim a $75,000 check if the champion has perfect attendance at every series race during the season.