ROSSBURG, Ohio — All Ricky Thornton Jr. wanted to do in Saturday's General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by ARP was avoid the self-inflicted wound that knocked him from Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship contention in last year’s event at Eldora Speedway.

ROSSBURG, Ohio — A chink in Jonathan Davenport’s thick Eldora Speedway armor appeared to have developed. Perhaps, just perhaps, the master of the famed half-mile oval was off his game.

Four rounds are complete in the Big River Steel Chase for the Championship on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and now the Dirt Track World Championship only remains until a national champion is crowned Oct. 19 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.

The opening rounds of the Big River Steel Chase for the Championship on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series are in the books, which means two weekends remain until a national champion is crowned Oct. 19 at Eldora Speedway's Dirt Track World Championship in Rossburg, Ohio.

IMPERIAL, Pa. (Oct. 4) — Pressure? What pressure?

The field is set for the 2024 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Big River Steel Chase for the Championship presented by ARP. Following Saturday's Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals at Knoxville Raceway, the four drivers who will battle for the season championship have been determined.

The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series started a seven-race swing over a 10-day span Thursday at Iowa's 34 Raceway with the $15,555-to-win Slocum 50.

There were so many helping hands surrounding Michael Norris’s damaged race machine Friday at Lernerville Speedway, the hometown favorite stepped aside for a moment to gather himself. | RaceWire

The second night of the Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway took place Frirday with a pair of 25-lap, $5,000-to-win semifeatures, preliminary action that preludes Saturday's 100-lap, $50,000-to-win finale.

ROSSBURG, Ohio — When, at long last, Devin Moran’s dogged pursuit of a checkered flag at Eldora Speedway had ended, the first words he heard from his famous father, Donnie, upon meeting in victory lane came as little surprise.

Devin Moran’s ability as a racer is starting to take after his consistently upbeat nature and personality that doesn’t appear to ever waver no matter the circumstance.

The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series made its second-ever visit to the popular Fairbury American Legion Speedway on Saturday, marking race No. 19 on the tour this year.

The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series returned to action on Saturday at Brownstown Speedway after a month-long break, the tour's first race since Feb. 24 at Golden Isles Speedway.

As Devin Moran stood in the middle of Eldora Speedway’s first and second turns wearing street clothes and a winter jacket and surveying the wavy, chewed-up racing surface after Sunday’s 43rd General Tire Dirt Track World Championship, he succinctly summed up the titanic battle he had just engaged in with Hudson O’Neal to determine the 2023 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series title. | RaceWire

For the first time in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series history, the "Big River Steel Chase for the Championship" was used to crown the 2023 season champion. Four drivers. One race. One champion.