WAYCROSS, GA (October 29, 2012) – After completing another successful season in 2012; where Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN won his second consecutive LOLMDS National Championship; series officials are pleased to announce the 2013 schedule. The premier national touring dirt late model series has 44 confirmed dates in 20 different states on the schedule for 2013. Series officials have worked hard to complete the schedule and release it to the public, so that racers, promoters, and all the great fans of the series can start making plans to attend in 2013. The series completed forty-three (43) events in 2012, with an average of forty-four (44) cars per event. There were fifteen different (15) winners in 2012 with Don O’Neal leading the series with eleven (11) wins.
Heading into 2013, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is ecstatic to work with so many great promoters and confirming all dates on the schedule. The series will have twelve (12) events paying more than $10,000 to win, including several marquee events on the schedule again in 2013. The 2013 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series national tour will kick off at the “Clay by the Bay” on February 11th with the six consecutive nights of action packed racing during the 37th Annual Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, FL. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will again sanction some of the sport’s biggest events such as the Commonwealth 100, Show-Me 100, Silver Dollar Nationals, North/South 100, COMP Cams Topless 100, Hillbilly Hundred, Jackson 100, Knoxville Late Model Nationals and the season finale Dirt Track World Championship.
Several events on the schedule have increased their purse monies for the 2013 season. The 21stAnnual Show-Me 100 on the Memorial Day Weekend will add $10,000 to the overall purse for the feature event including increasing the start money to $1,500 to start the main event. Drivers failing to transfer into the feature event will now receive $250 up from last years $100. The 21st Annual COMP Cams Topless 100 held at Batesville Motor Speedway will again pay $40,000 to win. Moonie Starr is pleased to announce a new sponsor has come on board for the event, Crop Production Services, an agricultural retail supplier doing business in 48 states. With the added sponsorship to the COMP Cams Topless 100 there will be two additional starting positions added to the 100-lap feature event. Moonie Starr will also add an additional $15,000 in cash monies to the B-mains to give racers more chances to earn money at next year’s event setting up what should be a great field of cars for the COMP Cams Topless 100 in August.
“The 2012 season was another great year. We feel that we have the best show in Dirt Late Model Racing, and I can’t thank our promoters, my staff, our drivers, car owners, sponsors, and our fans enough for their support. Lucas Oil and our Team Lucas partners have put together a great infrastructure for making the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series the foremost national late model touring series in the country”, stated Ritchie Lewis, Director-Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.
To learn more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visit the official website atwww.lucasdirt.com.
Be sure to visit the series on our social media outlets as well at: http://www.facebook.com/lucasdirtand http://twitter.com/#!/lucasdirt.
2013 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Schedule
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Date
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Track
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Location
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To Win
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February 11
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East Bay Raceway Park
37th Annual Winternationals
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Tampa, FL
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$5,000
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February 12
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East Bay Raceway Park
37th Annual Winternationals
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Tampa, FL
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$5,000
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February 13
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East Bay Raceway Park
37th Annual Winternationals |
Tampa, FL
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$7,000
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February 14
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East Bay Raceway Park
37th Annual Winternationals |
Tampa, FL
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$7,000
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February 15
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East Bay Raceway Park
37th Annual Winternationals |
Tampa, FL
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$10,000
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February 16
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East Bay Raceway Park
37th Annual Winternationals |
Tampa, FL
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$10,000
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March 23
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Brownstown Speedway
16th Annual Indiana Icebreaker |
Brownstown, IN
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$10,000
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April 5
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Jackson Motor Speedway
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Byram, MS
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$10,000
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April 6
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Lonestar Speedway
High Banks Havoc |
Kilgore, TX
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$10,000
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April 12 & 13
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Virginia Motor Speedway
Commonwealth 100 |
Saluda, VA
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$25,000
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April 19
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Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex
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Markleysburg, PA
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$10,000
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April 20
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Hagerstown Speedway
32nd Annual Stanley Schetrompf Classic |
Hagerstown, MD
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$10,000
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May 3
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Tri-City Speedway
Spring Classic 50 |
Pontoon Beach, IL
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$10,000
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May 4
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Paducah International Raceway
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Paducah, KY
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$10,000
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May 10
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Hartford Motor Speedway
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Hartford, MI
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$10,000
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May 11
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LaSalle Speedway
Spring Shootout |
LaSalle, IL
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$10,000
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May 16, 17, 18
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Batesville Motor Speedway
Bad Boy 98 |
Batesville, AR
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$20,000
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May 23, 24, 25
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Lucas Oil Speedway
21st Annual Show-Me 100 |
Wheatland, MO
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$30,000
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May 31
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Tazewell Speedway
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Tazewell, TN
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$10,000
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June 1
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Florence Speedway
27th Annual Ralph Latham Memorial |
Walton, KY
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$10,000
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June 14 & 15
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Magnolia Motor Speedway
Clash at the Mag |
Columbus, MS
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$20,000
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June 20
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Swainsboro Raceway
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Swainsboro, GA
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$10,000
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June 21
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Cherokee Speedway
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Gaffney, SC
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$10,000
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June 22
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Wythe Raceway
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Rural Retreat, VA
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$10,000
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July 3
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Muskingum County Speedway
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Zanesville, OH
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$10,000
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July 4
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Portsmouth Raceway Park
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Portsmouth, OH
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$10,000
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July 12
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Tri-City Speedway
Battle at the Beach 50 |
Pontoon Beach, IL
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$10,000
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July 13
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Lucas Oil Speedway
Diamond Nationals |
Wheatland, MO
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$10,000
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July 18, 19, 20
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I-80 Speedway
Silver Dollar Nationals |
Greenwood, NE
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$27,000
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July 26
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Stateline Speedway
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Busti, NY
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$10,000
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July 27
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Hagerstown Speedway
32nd Annual Cononcocheague 50 |
Hagerstown, MD
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$10,000
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August 8, 9, 10
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Florence Speedway
31st Annual North/South 100
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Walton, KY
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$50,000
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August 15, 16, 17
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Batesville Motor Speedway
21st Annual Topless 100
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Batesville, AR
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$40,000
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August 22
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Volunteer Speedway
10th Annual Scorcher |
Bulls Gap, TN
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$10,000
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August 24
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Lawrenceburg Speedway
Whiskey City 50 |
Lawrenceburg, IN
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$10,000
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August 31
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Portsmouth Raceway Park
River Days Rumble
|
Portsmouth, OH
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$15,000
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September 1
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I-77 Raceway Park
Hillbilly 100 |
Ripley, WV
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$25,000
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September 20, 21
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Brownstown Speedway
“34th Annual Jackson 100” |
Brownstown, IN
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$20,000
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September 26
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Knoxville Raceway
10th Annual Late Model Nationals
|
Knoxville, IA
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$7,000
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September 27
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Knoxville Raceway
10th Annual Late Model Nationals
|
Knoxville, IA
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$7,000
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September 28
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Knoxville Raceway
10th Annual Late Model Nationals
|
Knoxville, IA
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$40,000
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October 5
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Dixie Speedway
“Dixie Shootout”
|
Woodstock, GA
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$10,000
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October 6
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Rome Speedway
“Rome Rumble” |
Rome, GA
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$10,000
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October 18, 19
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Portsmouth Raceway Park
33rd Annual Dirt Track World Championship” |
Portsmouth, OH
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$50,000
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