Clockwise from top: Bob Markos; Bob Markos collection; Chas Howe collection
Howe's rich victory
Asphalt standout Ed Howe wasn't a big fan of dirt racing, but he earned a whopping $5,000 in 1969's U.S. Half-Mile Dirt Championship at Cincinnati's Tri-County Speedway.| Story | Slideshow
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Desert survey
After Hudson O'Neal and Ricky Thornton Jr. won weekend events, our weekly roundtable considers the Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout at Central Arizona Raceway.| Story
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Devastating fire
Fairbury, Ill., racer McKay Wenger is girding up to rebound after his family's outbuilding, which included his race car and equipment, burned two months earlier. | Inside Dirt Late Model Racing|
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O'Neal triumphs
Joining his father as a miniseries winner, Hudson O'Neal led the final 30 laps of Sunday's Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout event in Arizona.| RaceWire | Index | Sidebar | Slideshow | Video
Dirt tracks in the 1960s were far from things of beauty. More often than not, they were regarded as unsophisticated, downright shoddy mudholes. Promoters looked to furnish a racing surface for competito…Full Story
