Dirt on Dirt

Clockwise from left: Josh James; Todd Boyd; Heath Lawson

RTJ's silver lining?

Our roundtable gathers to discuss Ricky Thornton Jr.'s potential after his Silver Dollar Nationals victory, Bob Pierce's recovery and other topics in the Dirt Late Model realm. | Story

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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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Sugar Creek winner

Jacob Parris earned $2,500 for July 18's 604 Crate Late Model feature victory at Sugar Creek Raceway in Blue Ridge, Ga. Find weekly results from more than 90 tracks. | Weekly results | Slideshow

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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 |

Fast Talk

Summer Nat'ls

Sugar Creek

Column

Intriguing battle for rich runner-up spot at SDN

July 19, 2026, 4:41 pm

HARLAN, Iowa (July 18) — The drivers who restarted closest to race-long leader Ricky Thornton Jr. with 10 circuits remaining in Saturday night’s 16th annual Al Belt Custom Homes Silver Dollar Nation…Full Story