MCLAUGHLIN CAPTURES CAREER-FIRST DEERY BROTHERS SUMMER SERIES LM CHAMPIONSHIP

Dirt Late Model
National Headlines

Sanders captures $2,000 Turkey Classic victory at Victorville Auto Raceway

Phillips scores $5,000 'Wes Hurst Memorial' modified win at the USA Raceway

O'Reilly MLRA Late Model tour honors Anderson as 2008 Series Champion

Deese gets sixth Late Model track championship at Hagerstown Speedway

Mooneyham set to promote DLRA/MARS DIRTCar Series for 2009 season

World Dirt Racing League honors Simpson as 2008 Champion at Banquet

Coffey wins World of Outlaws Late Model Series Rookie of the Year Award

Clanton grabs $11,000 sweep in Late Model action at Cleveland Speedway

Knowles and Smith score SLM main event wins at Green Valley Speedway

Padgett claims Dodge Daytona Late Model win at Volusia Speedway Park

Knowles takes opening night Super Late victory at Green Valley Speedway

Whitner captures Late Model feature win Friday night at Ocala Speedway

Moyer sweeps Barnett Harley Davidson Nationals at Manzanita Speedway

Pennington $4,000 victory sweeps Fall Nationals at Deep South Speedway

Pennington opens Fall Nationals with $2,500 win at Deep South Speedway

A regular on the circuit since 1995, Boone McLaughlin (center) of Mediapolis, Iowa, won his career-first Deery Brothers Summer Series championship this season. McLaughlin topped three IMCA J&J Steel Late Model tour feature events and ran in the top five another six nights enroute to the title. He's pictured at the Nov. 29 national awards banquet in Lincoln, Neb., with Division Director Josh McGowan and IMCA Vice President of Operations Brett Root. (Photo by Wendy Irvine)

Jason Frankel reigned as national champion in the IMCA J & J Steel Late Model division, after racking up a dozen weekly feature victories. Frankel also topped point standings at his hometown Quincy, Ill., Raceway and at 34 Raceway before winning for the first time in his brief Deery Brothers Summer Series career. IMCA honored all champions and top rookies of 2008 during the national awards banquet in Lincoln, Neb., on Nov. 29. At left is Bill Smith of  Speedway Motors and at right is IMCA President Kathy Root. (Photo by Wendy Irvine)

T.J. Criss (center) scored rookie of the year honors this season in IMCA's Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA J&J Steel Late Models. The Oskaloosa driver qualified for 12 of 17 feature events, with runner-up finishes at his hometown Southern Iowa Speedway and at the Iowa State Fairgrounds Speedway to his credit. He's pictured with Division Director Josh McGowan and IMCA Vice President of Operations Brett Root during the awards banquet Nov. 29 in Lincoln, Neb. (Photo by Wendy Irvine)

Mike Garland (center) posted a pair of feature wins and ended the 2008 season with national rookie of the year honors in the IMCA J&J Steel Late Model division. From Morrison, Ill., Garland was 10th in national point standings for the class. He's pictured at the national awards banquet, held Nov. 29 in Lincoln, Neb., with IMCA Late Model Director Josh McGowan and Vice President of Operations Brett Root. (Photo by Wendy Irvine)