The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series season comes to an exciting conclusion this weekend during the 2023 Dirt Track World Championship at Eldora Speedway. We get you ready for the event with "Everything You Need To Know" about the Dirt Track World Championship. 

Dirt Track World Championship Schedule

Thursday, October 19

- Modified Qualifying/Heats/B-Mains 

- Full Program For Super Stocks

Friday, October 20

- $5,000-to-win Modified Feature

- Steel Block Qualifying/Heats/B-Mains

- Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Qualifying/Heats

Saturday, October 21

- $5,000-to-win Steel Block Championship

- Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series B-Mains

- $100,000-to-win Dirt Track World Championship

Where Is Eldora Speedway?

Eldora Speedway is a high-banked 1/2-mile clay oval located in Rossburg, Ohio. 

Who Sanctions The Dirt Track World Championship?

The Dirt Track World Championship is a Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event. This year, the event is the championship race for the series, with four drivers (Ricky Thornton, Jr., Hudson O'Neal, Jonathan Davenport and Devin Moran) entering the race with a shot at winning the title. The driver who record the best finish out of those four drivers will be crowned the 2023 series champion. 

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Dirt Track World Championship Tickets

$70 for three-day general admission ($20 for ages 13-and-under); $80 for three-day pit pass. Tickets will be sold when general admission gates open at 2 p.m. each day. Reserved seats are an additional $5 (includes all three days). Other than reserved seats, all seats are available on a first come, first serve basis. For more information, call (937) 338-3815 or email tickets@thedtwc.com

Websites: lucasdirt.com or eldoraspeedway.showare.com or thedtwc.com.

Track phone: (937) 338-3815

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Dirt Track World Championship Notes

For the first time in event history, the 43rd annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by ARP will be contested at Eldora Speedway. … Action begins with prelims for Modifieds on Thursday, along with a full-show for stock cars. Modifieds will contest a 30-lap, $5,000-to-win feature on Friday, along with preliminary events for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and Steel Block Limited Late Models. The crown jewel event concludes with Late Model consolations preceding the 100-lap, $100,000-to-win Dirt Track World Championship. … The DTWC was founded in 1981 by Hall of Fame event promoter, Carl Short. Jim Dunn won the inaugural event, earning the $30,000 payday, which doubled the winner’s purse for any other major event that season. … Ricky Thornton Jr., Hudson O’Neal, Jonathan Davenport and Devin Moran all enter the weekend tied for the series points lead, with the highest-finisher in Saturday’s main event earning the 2023 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship, along with the $200,000 bonus. … Thornton Jr., of Chandler, Ariz., leads all drivers with 19 full-field series victories this season. … O’Neal, of Martinsville, Ind., won September’s $56,000 53rd annual World 100 at Eldora, earning the first for his long-standing Rocket1 house car team. … Davenport, of Blairsville, Ga., topped June’s $129,000 29th annual Dream at the Rossburg, Ohio, oval. … Son of 2001’s inaugural Eldora Million champion, Donnie Moran, Devin Moran of Dresden, Ohio, continues to chase his first career major event triumph there. … Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., headlines a long list of non-series regulars who are expected to compete. … Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., plans his return to the driver’s seat this weekend, piloting a Devin Jones Racing Team Zero Race Car. … Pits open at 11 a.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. on Friday and at noon on Saturday, while grandstands open at 2 p.m. daily. … Watch each night live on FloRacing.

Dirt Track World Championship Winners

Year: Winner, hometown

2022: Garrett Smith, Eatonton, Ga.

2021: Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, Ariz.

2020: Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, Ill.

2019: Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, Ill.

2018: Josh Richards, Shinnston, W.Va.

2017: Josh Richards, Shinnston, W.Va.

2016: Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, Ill.

2015: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

2014: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

2013: Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, Ill.

2012: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.

2011: Don O’Neal, Martinsville, Ind.

2010: Earl Pearson Jr., Jacksonville, Fla.

2009: Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, Wis.

2008: Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, Iowa

2007: Chub Frank, Bear Lake, Pa.

2006: Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, Ill.

2005: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

2004: Rick Eckert, York, Pa.

2003: Darrell Lanigan, Union, Ky.

2002: Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, Ill.

2001: Bart Hartman, Zanesville, Ohio

2000: Wendell Wallace, Batesville, Ark.

1999: Steve Francis, Ashland, Ky.

1998: Freddy Smith, Knoxville, Tenn.

1997: Marshall Green, Dalton, Ga.

1996: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.

1995: Jack Boggs, Grayson, Ky.

1994: Ronnie Johnson, Chattanooga, Tenn.

1993: Freddy Smith, Baton Rouge, La.

1992: Ronnie Johnson, Chattanooga, Tenn.

1991: Freddy Smith, Kings Mountain, N.C.

1990: Jack Boggs, Grayson, Ky.

1989: John Mason, Millersburg, Ohio

1988: Donnie Moran, Frazeysburg, Ohio

1987: Larry Moore, Dayton, Ohio

1986: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.

1985: Freddy Smith, Kings Mountain, N.C.

1984: Jack Boggs, Webbville, Ky.

1983: Freddy Smith, Kings Mountain, N.C.

1982: Charlie Swartz, Ashland, Ky.

1981: Jim Dunn, Roseville, Ohio

Dirt Track World Championship Purse

Purse: $100,000-to-win Late Model feature ($3,000-to-win feature for non-qualifiers).

Feature event

1. $100,000

2. $20,000

3. $10,000

4. $8,000

5. $7,500

6. $7,000

7. $6,000

8. $5,000

9. $4,500

10. $4,000

11. $3,500

12. $3,250

13. $3,000

14. $2,750

15. $2,700

16. $2,650

17. $2,600

18. $2,575

19. $2,550

20. $2,525

21.-26. $2,500

Non-qualifiers’ race

1. $3,000

2. $2,000

3. $1,500

4. $1,250

5. $1,200

6. $1,150

7. $1,100

8. $1,075

9. $1,050

10. $1,025

11. $1,000

12. $900

13. $800

14. $700

15. $600

16.-26. $500

DTWC Detailed Event Schedule

(All times local; subject to change)

Wednesday

9 a.m. - Gates open, pit pass and ticket sales begin

2 p.m. - Racer registration opens (pit passes and media credential sign-in)

3 p.m. - Modified infield parking

4 p.m. - Vendor parking (south end)

5 p.m. - Vendor parking (fan zone)

5 p.m. - Modified technical inspection

Thursday

6 a.m. - Showers open

7-11 a.m. - Breakfast (turn four concession building)

9 a.m. - Racer registration opens (pit passes and media credential sign-in)

11 a.m. - Pits open

Noon - Modified and stock car technical inspection

1 p.m. - Grounds cleared, ticket offices and pit pass upgrade station open

2 p.m. - Grandstands open

6 p.m. - On-track activity begins

- Stock car hot laps/time trials

- Modified hot laps/time trials

Opening ceremonies

- Stock car heat races

- Modified heat races

- Stock car consolations (if necessary)

- Modified consolations (if necessary)

- Stock car feature (25 laps)

Friday

6 a.m. - Showers open

7-11 a.m. - Breakfast (turn four concession building)

9 a.m. - Racer registration opens (pit passes and media credential sign-in)

10 a.m. - Pits open

11:30 a.m. - Late Model and Limited Late Model technical inspection

1 p.m. - Ticket offices and pit pass upgrade station open

2 p.m. - Grandstands open

5 p.m. - On-track activity begins

- Limited Late Model hot laps

- Late Model hot laps

- Limited Late Model time trials

- Late Model time trials

- Modified hot laps

Opening ceremonies

- Late Model heat races

- Limited Late Model heat races

- Modified feature (30 laps)

- Limited Late Model consolations (if necessary)

Saturday

6 a.m. - Showers open

7-11 a.m. - Breakfast (turn four concession building)

11 a.m. - Racer registration opens (pit passes and media credential sign-in)

Noon - Pits open

1 p.m. - Ticket offices and pit pass upgrade station open

1:30 p.m. - Outreach service (fan zone barn)

2 p.m. - Grandstands open

3 p.m. - Driver autograph session (fan zone barn)

5:15 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting (victory stage)

6 p.m. - On-track activity begins

- Late Model (B-main locked-in) hot laps

- Limited Late Model (A-main locked-in) hot laps

Opening ceremonies

- Late Model consolations

- Late Model (A-main locked-in) hot laps

- Late Model non-qualifiers’ race (25 laps)

- 43rd annual Dirt Track World Championship (100 laps)

Postrace ceremonies

- Limited Late Model feature (25 laps)