After Friday's postrace audit, Ricky Thornton Jr. earned the pole for Saturday's $52,000-to-win Silver Dollar Nationals finale, edging Bobby Pierce atop heat race passing points.| RaceWire | Slideshow
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Tanner English
Feeling uprooted after stints with multiple teams, Kentuckian Tanner English patched together the beginnings of his own operation and got an early payoff with a DIRTcar Summer Nationals title.| Story
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On fringe (but fast)
Self-deprecating West Virginia racer Daniel Hill jokes that he's the fifth-best driver in his family, but he makes the most of his opportunities with the light-racing but accomplished GRS team.| Story
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New stage of life
Former World of Outlaws champ Darrell Lanigan might race now and again, but his role as a grandfather and his trucking business gets most of his attention. | Inside Dirt Late Model Racing|
Tanner English had no idea what his 2026 season would bring.
Four months ago, the Benton, Ky., driver had an operation with a single race car — his father Terry’s 2016 Rocket Chassis — one…Full Story
