Jennings County Outlaw Kart Racing held its season finale on Oct. 17. The feature winners were Maddi Morgan (junior 1), Andy Keller (380 clone), Chris Buchanan (flatheads), Roser Taylor (rwyb), Norman Girard (boxstock outlaw), Saban Bibent (junior 3), Zane Riley (junior 2), Daniel Cloud (youth champ), Ayden Rudicel (rookies), Jeremy Cowan (400 clone), Jacob McCormick (340 clone), Robert Doyle (junior champ), Zach Cowan (pred) and Jessica Young (flatheads powder puff).
Clay takes All-Star Midgets title
Cory Clay of Morgantown is the 2020 All-Star Circuit of Champions TQ Midget champion. In an abbreviated season for the Tony Stewart-owned series, Clay outdistanced Joey Paxson and Matt Lux for the title. Ron Combs and Johnny Goff rounded out the top five in points.
The rest of the top 10 this year were Matthew Hedrick, Ashlea Albertson, Tate Martz, Robbie Roland and Rylan Gray.
Due to the COVID-19 restrictions still in place there will be no awards banquet this year.
The final event of the season was contested at the Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds on Oct. 3. Clay won the season finale at Columbus, followed by Stewart and Matt Hedrick.
Chilton takes Fall 50
Michael Chilton won the $5,000-to-win late model Fall 50 on Oct. 24 at Florence Speedway in Union, Kentucky. Bobby Pierce finished in second, followed by Tyler Carpenter, Justin Rattliff and Bill Sheets. The rest of the top 10 were Trevor Landrum, Dustin Nobbe, Scott Robertson, Dustin Linville and Greg Johnson.
Cordell Moore won the hornet feature special over Jack Pflum, Corbin Dalton, Chris Meyer and Shannon Walp.
Will Krup won the American Modified season finale over Tyler Nicely, Trent Green, Nathan Loney and Shawn Brown. Nicely was named the 2020 American Modified Series points champion.
The event concluded the 2020 racing season at Florence.
NDLM Hall picks class
The National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame formally announced the 2021 Induction Class on Oct. 17 at the Dirt Track World Championship in Portsmouth, Ohio. The class includes five drivers — two each from Iowa and Georgia, along with one from Kentucky and three contributors to the sport — who will scribe their names into history as members of the 21st induction class during a ceremony at the Hall of Fame building planned for Aug. 14, 2021 during North-South 100 weekend at Florence Speedway.
The National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame is composed of drivers and other contributors to the sport who have been the cornerstone of building Dirt Late Model racing into the prominence it enjoys today.
Each year, more than 70 racing industry voters from all around the country cast their votes on ballots which are built from nominations from the Nomination Committee as well as the public at large. To date, more than 120 drivers, 57 contributors and many special award winners have been enshrined in the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame.
Among the drivers inducted for 2021, one is deceased, while three others remain at least partially active still today. Only one has retired and settled into acting as crew chief for his son’s Late Model program.
Drivers to be inducted include Iowa’s Bob Shryock, Georgians Wade Knowles and Clint Smith, Kentucky’s Darrell Lanigan and Jeff Aikey, also of Iowa. The three contributors to be inducted include chassis builder Audie Swartz, former car owner Bobby Allen and Arizona Sport Shirts’ Gerald Newton, who also serves as the President of the Hall of Fame currently.
The NDLMHoF is a 501c3 non-profit organization which is maintained and operates solely on donations and fund-raising efforts. The HoF annually hosts a large memorabilia auction in conjunction with the induction event which is on the same weekend as Florence’s North-South 100.
The NDLMHoF also handles the 50/50 ticket sales at Florence Speedway, the Gateway Dirt Nationals, the Dirt Track World Championship and other select events. To learn more about the ways you can help support the NDLMHoF, contact one of the board members from the contact page on the website.
The National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame is located on the grounds of Florence Speedway at 12234 US 42 in Walton, Kentucky (41094). Fans can visit the NDLMHoF on the World Wide Web at www.ndlmhof.com and like the Facebook page and follow on Twitter @NDLMHoF to stay on top of all the latest happenings at the newly renovated National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame.
This week in racing history
From 50 years ago in 1970, Floyd Gilbert was crowned the first-ever track champion at Whitewater Valley Speedway in Liberty.
From 40 years ago in 1980, Larry Taylor captured the late model track championship and Ron Dorsett won the sprint car tile at the Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville.
Also from 1980, Ira Bastin took the late model track championship at the Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt.
From 30 years ago in 1990, Brownstown Speedway named its track champions — Steve Barnett (late models), Mark Barber (street stocks) and Kevin Sebastian (bombers).
Also from 1990, John Lawhorn was named the track champion at Whitewater Valley Speedway.
From 30 years ago, Tri-State Speedway named its track champions, with Kevin Claycomb winning the late model track title and Larry Bland took the sprint car championship.
From 1990, Tom Bipes won the sprint car title at Lawrenceburg Speedway.
From 20 years ago in 2000, Brownstown’s track champions were Steven Godsey (late models), Mike Fields (super stocks), Matt Boknecht (modifieds) and Matt Bex (bombers).
Also from 2000, Chris LaFollette won the sprint car championship at Bloomington Speedway.
