When Devin Friese rolled his Dirt Late Model out of his big yellow trailer in the Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway pit area last Saturday night, heads turned and, in some cases, hearts began to flutter. His MasterSbilt machine, after all, was no ordinary vehicle. | Column

On an evening in which the racing community banded together to salute cancer-stricken Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer Rodney Franklin of White Post, Va., Friese found a special way to show his feelings for a driver he considered a friend MORE

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