It was Sept. 23, 2003. I was sitting at my desk catching up on some work when my cell phone rang. On the other end was Richie Davis.

“Hey you heard about Hommel?” That is day I will never forget. Hommel suffered a significant head injury in a highway accident near his Newport, Tenn., home.

Since Duayne’s winning of the Southern All Star championship, I had spent many days on the road and on the phone talking with Duayne Hommel. In fact we had become fairly close friends. We shared much in MORE

I have written here on two occasions about the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame regarding its importance to our sport and why we should all support it. Let’s make it an even three.

On Aug. 8 at Florence Speedway in Union, Ky., the Hall of Fame will induct its 15th class since being established in 2001. The NDLMHoF is housed in a modest building located just outside of turn four at the half-mile northern Kentucky oval that annually hosts the Sunoco North-South 100. | Complete North-South MORE

It’s that time of year again. The World 100 is unquestionably the biggest weekend of the year for Dirt Late Model Racing. Every year I scout out the entrants and try to offer a look at who has the best opportunity to bring the famous globe trophy back below the Mason-Dixon Line.

The 44th annual World 100 offers up a bumper crop of drivers from the South that are headed to the cornfields of northwest Ohio looking to etch their names into dirt racing history. Through the years, many Southerners MORE