In an announcement made Monday by Mark Richards, the Rocket1 Racing owner revealed that Brandon Sheppard will replace Tim McCreadie for a second stint at the reins of the Rocket Chassis house car, effective immediately, but that doesn't mean McCreadie won't be closely connected to the Shinnston, W.Va-based chassis enterprise in 2025.

Three-time national Dirt Late Model champion Tim McCreadie will drive the No. 58v Viper-Big Frog Motorsports at Nov. 2-3's 50th annual National 100 at East Alabama Motor Speedway along with tentative plans to race Nov. 6-9's World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, car owner Shawn Martin told FloRacing.

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.

A slow start. An unexpected ride change. Plenty of growing pains getting acquainted with a new team and chassis.

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.

Mark Richards and his Rocket Chassis organization have been particularly hard at work these last few months.

LOCUST GROVE, Ark. — Nearly every team in Batesville Motor Speedway’s back pit area had either loaded up or already departed after Saturday’s slog of a Topless 100 program, but Tim McCreadie was in no such rush.

It was the 32nd annual Topless 100 at Batesville Motor Speedway on Saturday at the Locust Grove, Ark., clay oval, which went for 100 laps and $50,000-to-win.

BRANDON, S.D. — While Hudson O’Neal and Ricky Thornton Jr. have dominated recent headlines, and Bobby Pierce dominated Silver Dollar Nationals prelim action through two nights at Huset’s Speedway, Tim McCreadie’s been quietly growing stronger in his Rocket Chassis house car.

MARYVILLE, Tenn. (June 14) — Ricky Thornton Jr. had a crew member signaling him as he led Friday’s 40-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series feature at Smoky Mountain Speedway. But he also used his own racing smarts to keep challengers behind him en route to a flag-to-flag victory worth $10,000 to kick off the Mountain Moonshine Classic weekend.

In the wake of Tim McCreadie’s departure from Paylor Motorsports announced by the Donald and Gena Bradsher-owned team on Friday, multiple sources have confirmed to DirtonDirt.com and FloRacing that the Watertown, N.Y., veteran will take over the Rocket Chassis house car ride recently vacated by Hudson O’Neal, effective immediately.

With one full week of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series season come and gone, and Georgia-Florida Speedweeks halfway complete, there’s much to reflect on and bear in mind for potentially the weeks and months to come.