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?

After Friday's entertaining feature at Atomic Speedway won by Ricky Thornton Jr., the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series post-Speedweeks campaign continued Saturday at legendary Indiana quarter-mile oval Brownstown Speedway.

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.

After East Bay Raceway Park's closure, the Wieland Winternationals settles into its new home this week at Ocala Speedway for five nights of racing on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. Action started Tuesday with the $7,000-to-win opener before the week rounds out with Saturday's $25,000-to-win finale.

ELLISVILLE, Fla. — Only a few days into February and the most demanding stretch of the 2025 season might have already come and gone for Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series campaigners.

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.

Dirt Late Model racing's indoor spectacle, the Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Center, takes over Downtown St. Louis for the eighth running of the mega event this week.

ROSSBURG, Ohio — All Ricky Thornton Jr. wanted to do in Saturday's General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by ARP was avoid the self-inflicted wound that knocked him from Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship contention in last year’s event at Eldora Speedway.

ROSSBURG, Ohio — A chink in Jonathan Davenport’s thick Eldora Speedway armor appeared to have developed. Perhaps, just perhaps, the master of the famed half-mile oval was off his game.

Four rounds are complete in the Big River Steel Chase for the Championship on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and now the Dirt Track World Championship only remains until a national champion is crowned Oct. 19 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.

The opening rounds of the Big River Steel Chase for the Championship on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series are in the books, which means two weekends remain until a national champion is crowned Oct. 19 at Eldora Speedway's Dirt Track World Championship in Rossburg, Ohio.

IMPERIAL, Pa. (Oct. 4) — Pressure? What pressure?

The field is set for the 2024 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Big River Steel Chase for the Championship presented by ARP. Following Saturday's Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals at Knoxville Raceway, the four drivers who will battle for the season championship have been determined.

The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series started a seven-race swing over a 10-day span Thursday at Iowa's 34 Raceway with the $15,555-to-win Slocum 50.

There were so many helping hands surrounding Michael Norris’s damaged race machine Friday at Lernerville Speedway, the hometown favorite stepped aside for a moment to gather himself. | RaceWire