Daytona to Dirt: NASCAR Daves Blaney, Stremme, Rack Up Labor Day Wins
The Southern 500 may no longer mark NASCAR’s throwback weekend, but that didn’t stop many of its veterans from tackling red clay over the last week.
The Southern 500 may no longer mark NASCAR’s throwback weekend, but that didn’t stop many of its veterans from tackling red clay over the last week.
Brad Sweet weathered a slew of mid-race yellows and kept upstart Corey Day at bay to win the finale of the Skagit Nationals.
Daytona to Dirt saw the Saturday night race at Daytona (Aug. 26) monopolize the weekend for the majority of dirt racing’s ringers.
Hudson O’Neal snuck under Jonathan Davenport with six laps to go, then drove away from the field after the final restart.
Carson Macedo emerged victorious in a furious closing-laps exchange with Brad Sweet to score his second consecutive win in the Jackson Nationals.
Capitalizing on a late-race restart with seven to go, Rico Abreu snookered polesitter Robbie Price and stole the High Limit Racing Series feature at Huset’s.
Daytona to Dirt saw NASCAR’s dirt ringers out and about in the open-wheel ranks as the Cup Series ran on a bastardized version of open wheel’s holy land.
Kyle Larson was in, as third-place finisher Donny Schatz put it, “another zip code” Saturday night (Aug. 12) at Knoxville.
Daytona to Dirt saw NASCAR representation on the clay few and far between, but the drivers that did take to the track racked up big-time results.
Dirt racing had an embarrassment of riches to pick from this Saturday night.
Daytona to Dirt returns to recap two weeks of NASCAR’s big names making their presence felt on small car tracks across the country, as well as victory lane.
Ricky Thornton Jr. blew past Bobby Pierce with 12 laps to go and drove away like a bat out of hell to win the 2023 Prairie Dirt Classic.
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