One night down, two nights to go at Eldora Speedway. Following the opening night of preliminary action on Thursday night, Dirt Late Model teams are back at it Friday for the second round of preliminary racing.

ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 8) — With Ricky Thornton Jr. roaring into Dream XXIX weekend at Eldora Speedway as the hottest driver in Dirt Late Model racing, it shouldn’t have come as a surprise that he closely resembled the half-mile oval’s most recent crown jewel dominators — Jonathan Davenport and Brandon Overton — as he cruised to a $12,000 victory in Thursday night’s second semifeature.

ROSSBURG, Ohio — Crews heading to Eldora Speedway knew that communicating with drivers during competition was going to be a bit more difficult after track officials last month announced a ban on signal sticks for the Dream XXIX weekend.

ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 8) — Red-hot Ricky Thornton Jr. continued his torrid 2023 campaign, while possibly giving his competitors a glimpse of what’s to come over the final two days of the Dream XXIX weekend.

ROSSBURG, Ohio — In Eldora Speedway’s biggest Late Model races, Tim McCreadie usually has plenty of time to get to the front. While recording four top-five finishes in the last six Dream features — including third last season and second in 2021’s Dream XXVII — McCreadie never started higher than eighth, but had 100 laps to steadily move forward.