Depending on how you grew up in the sport, your favorite race cars may well be the upright, center-steer, big-block Modifieds that are common to the dirt tracks of the Northeast but periodically range farther afield, including Florida, the deep South and depending on sanctioning body, the Texas region. One such body that venerates the Modifieds is the Super DIRTcar Series, which is operated by World Racing Group of Charlotte, which also runs the World of Outlaws tours for Sprint cars and dirt Late Models. The tour, which generally consists of 100-lap features, will race in 2024 at 18 speedways located in six states and two Canadian provinces, with four new stops including Atomic Speedway in Ohio.
This photo, from WRG, essentially sums up DIRTcar’s 2023 season in a single image. Matt Sheppard of Waterloo, New York, running up high, cemented his 10th DIRTcar season title and now lies nine wins away from 100 series feature wins. The other guy is Mat Williamson of St. Catherine’s, Ontario, the series’ most recent breakout star, who celebrated 2023 with his third win at the Super DIRT Week extravaganza at Oswego Speedway in New York. The Super DIRTcar Series campaign starts next month at Volusia Speedway Park with the DIRTcar Nationals, the Modified portion set for February 14-17.
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