The North-South 100, one of dirt late model racing's crown jewel events, will take place this week at Florence Speedway. DirtonDirt's Robert Holman catches you up on everything you need to know entering the event. 

Dates: Aug. 11-13 (split-field $5,000-to-win programs Thursday and Friday followed by Saturday’s $75,000-to-win finale)

Track: Florence Speedway in Union, Ky. (half-mile high-banked clay oval)

Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series

Purse: $75,000-to-win, $2,500-to-start (four $5,000-to-win, $400-to-start split-field prelims)

Tickets: Adult general admission is $25 Thursday, $25 Friday and $45 Saturday; see below for discounts for children and more information.

On the web: florencespeedway.com or lucasdirt.com

Track phone: (859) 493-0034

Last year’s winner: Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., who won the event for the first time

Live stream: MAVTV on FloRacing

Notes

The 2022 North-South 100 marks the 39th running of the crown jewel event that began in 1983. The race was rained out in 2001. … The event is sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. … This year’s expanded format adds $60,000 to the weekend purse, pushing the three-day payout to more than $300,000, the richest in Florence Speedway history. … Action begins Thursday with a complete program featuring a pair of split-field $5,000-to-win features. Friday’s slate this season will be a duplicate of Thursday. … Drivers accumulate points the first two nights to determine lineups for Saturday’s heat races. … Modifieds will compete in a complete $1,000-to-win program on Thursday and Friday. … Saturday will feature heat races, consolation races and the $75,000-to-win North-South 100 and a $2,000-to-win non-qualifiers race along with a $3,000-to-win modified program. … National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame inductions are Saturday. Drivers Brian Birkhofer, Steve Boley, Bart Hartman, Mike Jewell and Don O’Neal are in a class accompanied by three contributors, the late Dick Beebe and current national touring announcers Rick Eshelman and James Essex. … The North-South has had 26 winners. … There have been eight winners in the last nine events, with 2020 winner Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., repeating his 2017 victory. … Ten drivers have multiple North-South victories, led by Jimmy Owens and the late Jack Boggs with three apiece. … Boggs and Eddie Carrier Jr. are the lone Kentucky natives to win the race. … Tennesseans have won the event seven times, more than any other state. … The race has three back-to-back winners: Pat Patrick (’83-’84), Owens (’10-’11) and Don O’Neal (’12-’13). … Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., has 12 podium finishes. Along with his two North-South 100 wins, Bloomquist has seven runner-up finishes, including three straight second-place results from 2014-16. Bloomquist has four third-place finishes in the event as well. … Bobby Pierce (’16) and his father Bob (’99) are the only father-son duo to win the event. Bon Pierce met his wife Angie at the event years ago. … Five times in the history of the race, a driver repeated his first victory two years after his inaugural North-South triumph: Jeff Purvis (’87 and ’89), Jack Boggs (’92 and 94), John Gill (’93 and ’95), Donnie Moran (’96 and ’98) and Steve Shaver (’04 and ’06). … Darrell Lanigan, who lives just a few miles from the track, has competed in 24 of 32 events since he first entered in 1988. The local standout has never won his home track’s premier race, however. Lanigan finished second in 1998, ’93 and ’92. He led 90 laps in ’93. He finished 21st in 2021. … The North-South 100 has averaged 58.5 cars over the last decade, including a high of 67 in 2013 and ’17. The event record is 2008’s 95 entries.

VIDEO: The North-South 100 is a must-watch dirt late model crown jewel event. 

North-South 100 winners

Year: Winner, hometown

1983: Pat Patrick, Sayler Park, Ohio

1984: Pat Patrick, Sayler Park, Ohio

1985: John Mason, Millersburg, Ohio

1986: Jack Boggs, Webbville, Ky.

1987: Jeff Purvis, Clarksville, Tenn.

1988: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

1989: Jeff Purvis, Clarksville, Tenn.

1990: Mike Head, Ellenwood, Ga.

1991: Rodney Combs, Lost Creek, W.Va.

1992: Jack Boggs, Grayson, Ky.

1993: John Gill, Mitchell, Ind.

1994: Jack Boggs, Grayson, Ky.

1995: John Gill, Mitchell, Ind.

1996: Donnie Moran, Dresden, Ohio

1997: Rick Aukland, Fargo, N.D.

1998: Donnie Moran, Dresden, Ohio

1999: Bob Pierce, Danville, Ill.

2000: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

2001: Rained out

2002: Chub Frank, Bear Lake, Pa.

2003: Dan Schlieper, Sullivan, Wis.

2004: Steve Shaver, Vienna, W.Va.

2005: Bart Hartman, Zanesville, Ohio

2006: Steve Shaver, Vienna, W.Va.

2007: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.

2008: Darren Miller, Milledgeville, Ill.

2009: Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, Wis.

2010: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.

2011: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.

2012: Don O’Neal, Martinsville, Ind.

2013: Don O’Neal, Martinsville, Ind.

2014: Eddie Carrier Jr., Salt Rock, W.Va.

2015: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.

2016: Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, Ill

2017: Tim McCreadie, Watertown, N.Y.

2018: Ricky Weiss, Headingly, Manitoba

2019: Chris Madden, Gray Court, S.C.

2020: Tim McCreadie, Watertown, N.Y.

2021: Brandon Overton, Evans, Ga.

Weekend purses

Thursday and Friday semi-features

1. $5,000

2. $2,500

3. $1,500

4. $1,250

5. $1,000

6. $800

7. $700

8. $600

9. $550

10. $500

11. $490

12. $480

13. $470

14. $460

15. $450

16. $440

17. $430

18. $420

19. $410

20-24. $400

Saturday feature

1. $75,000

2. $20,000

3. $10,000

4. $9,000

5. $8,000

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

21-25. $2,500

Event schedule

Thursday

3 p.m. - Pit gates open

5:30 p.m. - Main gates opens

6:30 p.m. - Hot laps

7:30 p.m. - Competition begins

- Late Model time trails

- Late Model heats

- Late Model consolations

- Late Model features

- Complete program for modifieds

Friday

3 p.m. - Pit gates open

5:30 p.m. - Main and back gates open

6:30 p.m. - Hot laps

7:30 p.m. - Competition begins

- Late Model time trails

- Late Model heats

- Late Model consolations

- Two Late Model features

- Complete program for modifieds

Saturday

3 p.m. - Pit gates open

3 p.m. - Main and back gates open

5 p.m. - Dirt Racing Outreach service

7 p.m. - Hot laps

7:30 p.m. - Competition begins

- Late Model heats

- Late Model consolations

- Late Model non-qualifiers' race (30 laps)

- North-South 100

- Complete program for modifieds

Tickets

Thursday and Friday

General admission (18-and-up): $25

General admission (13-17): $15

Children (12-and-under): $5

Two-day general admission pass (Fri.-Sat.): 18-and-up $70; 13-17 $45; 12-and-under $10

Three-day general admission pass (Thur.-Sat.): 18-and-up $95; 13-17 $65; 12-and-under $15

Pit pass: $45

Two-day pit pass (Fri.-Sat.): $95

Three-day pit pass (Thur.-Sat.): $140

Saturday

General admission (18-and-up): $45

General admission (13-17): $35

Children (12-and-under): $8

Pit pass: $50

Camping

First come, first served