We're roughly half-way through the summer season here in the DWRL! So far, we've seen some of the biggest fields and most competitive races in our history, and a lot of new and different names have gone to victory lane.

Although the fields are relatively small in our rookies-only No-Champs series, some heated battles have happened in both the dirt and pavement classes with some impressive wins by Bill Pedalo, Kiboe Munro, Hemilover Socke, and Ffred Koolhoven so far this season. With the 'newest' of these rookie drivers (Saphyre Cyberstar) climbing up to third in the pavement class, we may see a new face in victory lane soon.

The Pure Stocks have been a grab bag made of crazy so far, with several different winners. Track length and shape really seem to change up the finishing orders, but so far Urantia Jewell has been the most consistent. Can he hold on?

Redline Racing's Kato Kendrick has been on a roll in Dirt Modified this season, managing to hold onto a 10 point lead over hard-charging Kandy Tomorrow, who certainly knows her way around the tracks on this circuit. With Focke Rau, Caz Freschi, Jewell, and a host of other hungry drivers looking for a win this season, these two drivers have some tricky waters to navigate.

In TROO, this season began as the Mishi Rossini show. Taking a page from his team mate Tomorrow's playbook, he cruised to several wins in this class, only to be devastated on the short track at Northstar. Rossini now clings to a mere 2 point lead over Kendrick, who has charged to the front of the pack the last few races.

On the pavement side of things, Kendrick has pitched a near-perfect season in what has proven to be a chaotic street stock season. Three hungry drivers, (two of which are former Street Stock Champions) are nipping at his heels. Rau, Freschi, and Jewell. With these drivers all starting at the rear of the field every week, their leads may be shrinking!

So far, the Pro Trucks have all been about the #88 Kendrick engines machine of RedLine Racing's Kato Kendrick. He's taken home first place in every event so far, but keeping close to the podium in every week, and only 20 points down is Local Dog Racing's Focke Rau, who has qualified on the pole for a few of these races, and is looking to dethrone Kendrick as the season wears on. Freschi, Jewell, and Rossini are all hungry for wins, too. Can Kendrick hold on all season?

Lastly, but certainly not least, the Country Stocks have had a wild, wild fourth season. First time winners (Koolhoven among them,has scored two wins thus far) and strong performances from 'rookie' drivers (Rossini sits second, Freschi fourth in their first seasons) have made things look pretty bleak for last season's 'big three' (Kendrick, Rau, and Tsukuba Ming) -- so far, only Kendrick and Ming have won of the 3 winners last season, and all three drivers have finished well out of the top 5 in at least one race. This means the points battle is very tight, and will only get tighter as we head to Falconer Raceway next week.

CHECK OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL. THE ENTIRE DIRT SEASON THUS FAR HAS BEEN UPLOADED.

So far, two weeks, and four races into the DWRL and 1up Series Summer Season, we've seen some pretty wild races. Race winners include Hemilover53 Socke, Bill Pedalo, Urantia Jewel, Kato Kendrick, Kandy Tomorrow, Caz Freschi, Mishi Rossini, Ffred Koolhoven, and Kiboe Munro. That's a lot of different winners, and so far, it's anyone's game!

Check out all of the races from the DIRT SERIES here on youtube!
http://www.youtube.com/user/DWRLDOTNET Kato will be posting up videos each week after the races, for you all to enjoy!

I'm about to update the points , but before I head off to do so know that this week will have some of the toughest racing yet. The Pavement cars take on the road course at Tsukuba , and the Dirt cars are going short track racing at Northstar. Intense!

Lots of major announcements regarding the 2012 season which will be starting in a few weeks.

1.)A new 'No Champs' division will be present in both the Pavement and Dirt series'! Drivers who have not won a championship in any division are eligible! These races will be televised along with the main events. This is YOUR chance to win your first DWRL title! More details forthcoming!

2.) The Late Model Sportsman division is no more. The cars had a great run, for sure! Anyone with a custom paint in that division that was used in the last two seasons will get a free custom painted Pro Truck!

3.) The 1up Country Stock series will be returning this season! More details on that later, but they will be taking the place of the Late Model Sportsman series (tentatively!)

4.) Kandy Tomorrow's Karting series (which runs on the Springfield sim, so I'll talk about it here) is going the way of the Late Model Sportsman series -- don't despair though! She's got a whole new bag! The Formula Half series will be running Saturday Mornings here at Springfield. Big prizes, great roadcourses and more. This is a series you don't want to miss!

5.) The legend cars are on the schedule full-time this season! Friday nights at 6 PM!

More info soon! Check the forums, too!