Mike Hammerle brought no expectations into his participation in a portion of February’s Georgia-Florida Speedweeks activities. He never does.

For this 67-year-old grandfather from St. Charles, Mo., who’s arguably the most famous low-buck operator on the UMP DIRTcar circuit, competing in Dirt Late Model racing’s mid-winter motorsports extravaganza is just another example of his extreme love of the game.

“I know I can't run with the big shots down here, but I just enjoy being here," Hammerle MORE

What would Dirt Late Model racing look like today if Earl Baltes did not create the World 100 — the race universally acknowledged as the sport’s Super Bowl — at his Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, in 1971?

Well, let’s just say that the division probably would have a vastly different appearance.

As the motorsports community mourns Baltes’s passing Monday at the age of 93, the legendary promoter’s impact on the history of Dirt Late Model racing could not be understated by the men who MORE

BARBERVILLE, Fla. — Recapping the 44th annual DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park with a list of superlatives from two UMP DIRTcar-sanctioned events and three World of Outlaws Late Model Series shows at the half-mile oval (complete Speedweeks coverage):

Best driver: Without a doubt, it was Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga. The superlatives surrounding the 39-year-old driver’s 2015 DIRTcar Nationals performance could fill a volume all its own, but the basic fact is this: he won four of the MORE