2018 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
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The 2018 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is the 13th season of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, a national touring series for dirt late models owned & operated by Lucas Oil. The series began with the Super Bowl of Racing at Golden Isles Speedway on February 2, and ended with the Dirt Track World Championship at Portsmouth Raceway Park on October 20.
Teams and drivers[edit]
Complete schedule[edit]
| No. | Race driver | Team | Chassis | Engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Scott Bloomquist | Scott Bloomquist | Sweet-Bloomquist | Durham Racing Engines |
| 1 | Earl Pearson Jr. | Stuckey Enterprises | Black Diamond | Clements Racing Engines |
| 1R | Josh Richards | Best Performance Motorsports | Rocket | Durham Racing Engines |
| 5 | Don O'Neal | Clint Bowyer Racing | Club 29 | Cornett Racing Engines |
| Clements Racing Engines | ||||
| 14 | Darrell Lanigan | Clint Bowyer Racing | Club 29 | Cornett Racing Engines |
| Clements Racing Engines | ||||
| 20 | Jimmy Owens | Ramirez Motorsports | Rocket | Durham Racing Engines |
| 22 | Gregg Satterlee | Gary Satterlee | Rocket | Durham Racing Engines |
| 25z | Mason Zeigler | Z Team Racing, LLC | Rocket | Pro Power Racing Engines |
| 28 | Dennis Erb Jr. | Dennis Erb Jr. | Black Diamond | Clements Racing Engines |
| 32 | Bobby Pierce | Dunn-Benson Motorsports | Rocket | Pro Power Racing Engines |
| 39 | Tim McCreadie | Coffey-McCreadie Enterprises | Longhorn | Pro Power Racing Engines |
| 40b | Kyle Bronson | Wayne Hammond | Longhorn | Durham Racing Engines |
| 49 | Jonathan Davenport | Double L Motorsports | Longhorn | Durham Racing Engines |
| 71 | Hudson O'Neal | SSI Motorsports | Club 29 | Clements Racing Engines |
Schedule[edit]
MavTV, CBS, CBS Sports Network and NBCSN will broadcast select races on television. Of those select races, MavTV will have live coverage of the Show-Me 100 [1] while the rest will be delayed across the 4 networks. LucasOilRacing.TV and Dirt on DIRT will also broadcast select races with live video coverage.
| No. | Date | Race title | Track | TV / Stream |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 2 | Super Bowl of Racing | Golden Isles Speedway, Brunswick, Georgia | LucasOilRacing.TV |
| 2 | February 3 | LucasOilRacing.TV | ||
| 3 | February 5 | 41st annual Winternationals | East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida | LucasOilRacing.TV |
| 4 | February 6 | |||
| 5 | February 7 | |||
| 6 | February 8 | |||
| 7 | February 9 | |||
| 8 | February 10 | LucasOilRacing.TV | ||
| 9 | February 11 | Winter Nationals | Bubba Raceway Park, Ocala, Florida | LucasOilRacing.TV |
| ≠ | March 16 | Buckeye Spring 50 | Atomic Speedway, Chillicothe, Ohio | |
| ≠ | March 17 | 21st Annual Indiana Icebreaker | Brownstown Speedway, Brownstown, Indiana | |
| ≠ | March 22 | 16th Annual Spring Thaw | Volunteer Speedway, Bulls Gap, Tennessee | |
| 10 | March 23 | The Shamrock | Boyd's Speedway, Ringgold, Georgia | |
| 11 | March 24 | 21st Annual Bama Bash | East Alabama Motor Speedway, Phenix City, Alabama | |
| ≠ | April 6 | Bad Boy 98 | Batesville Motor Speedway, Batesville, Arkansas | |
| ≠ | April 7 | |||
| 12 | April 13 | Buckeye Spring 50 | Atomic Speedway, Chillicothe, Ohio | |
| ≠ | April 14 | 21st Annual Indiana Icebreaker | Brownstown Speedway, Brownstown, Indiana | |
| ≠ | April 20 | Steel Valley 50 | Sharon Speedway, Sharon, Ohio | |
| 13 | April 21 | 37th Annual Stanley Schetrompf Classic | Hagerstown Speedway, Hagerstown, Maryland | |
| 14 | April 22 | The Rumble by the River | Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal, Pennsylvania | |
| 15 | April 27 | Busch 50 | Tri-City Speedway, Granite City, Illinois | LucasOilRacing.TV' |
| 16 | April 28 | St. Louis U-Pic-A-Part 100 | Macon Speedway, Macon, Illinois | Dirt on DIRT |
| 17 | May 4 | Toyota Knoxville 50 | Tazewell Speedway, Tazewell, Tennessee | |
| ≠ | May 5 | 32nd Annual Ralph Latham Memorial | Florence Speedway, Florence, Kentucky | |
| 18 | May 18 | Spring Shootout | 141 Speedway, Maribel, Wisconsin | |
| 19 | May 19 | NAPA North Star Nationals | Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minnesota | |
| ≠ | May 20 | Go 50 | I-80 Speedway, Greenwood, Nebraska | |
| 20 | May 24 | 5th Annual Cowboy Classic | Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Missouri | LucasOilRacing.TV |
| 21 | May 25 | The Tribute to Don & Billie Gibson | ||
| 22 | May 26 | 25th Annual Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 | MavTV / LucasOilRacing.TV | |
| ≠ | June 1 | Salute to the Troops 75 | LaSalle Speedway, LaSalle, Illinois | |
| ≠ | June 2 | |||
| ≈ | June 14 | Clash at the Mag | Magnolia Motor Speedway, Columbus, Mississippi | |
| ≈ | June 15 | LucasOilRacing.TV | ||
| 23 | June 16 | |||
| 24 | June 30 | Independence 50 | Portsmouth Raceway Park, Portsmouth, Ohio | |
| 25 | July 1 | Freedom 50 | Mansfield Motor Speedway, Mansfield, Ohio | Dirt on DIRT |
| 26 | July 2 | Steel City 50 | Sharon Speedway, Sharon, Ohio | |
| 27 | July 3 | Muskingum County Speedway, Zanesville, Ohio | ||
| 28 | July 5 | Wayne Gray Sr. Memorial | Fayetteville Motor Speedway, Fayetteville, North Carolina | |
| 29 | July 6 | 20th Annual Grassy Smith Memorial | Cherokee Speedway, Gaffney, South Carolina | |
| 30 | July 7 | Mountain Moonshine Classic | Smoky Mountain Speedway, Maryville, Tennessee | |
| 31 | July 13 | NAPA Know How 50 | Tri-City Speedway, Granite City, Illinois | LucasOilRacing.TV |
| 32 | July 14 | 12th Annual Diamond Nationals | Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Missouri | LucasOilRacing.TV |
| 33 | July 17 | Bullet SportsWear Shootout | Brown County Speedway, Aberdeen, South Dakota | Dirt on DIRT |
| 34 | July 18 | Jackson Motorplex, Jackson, Minnesota | Dirt on DIRT | |
| 35 | July 19 | Go 50 | I-80 Speedway, Greenwood, Nebraska | Dirt on DIRT |
| ≈ | 8th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals | |||
| ≈ | July 20 | |||
| 36 | July 21 | |||
| 37 | August 8 | 32nd Annual Ralph Latham Memorial | Florence Speedway, Florence, Kentucky | |
| 38 | August 9 | North/South Shootout | MavTV | |
| ≈ | August 10 | 38th Annual Sunoco North/South 100 | CBS Sports Network | |
| 39 | August 11 | |||
| 40 | August 16 | Batesville Motor Speedway, Batesville, Arkansas | LucasOilRacing.TV | |
| 41 | August 17 | |||
| 42 | August 18 | 26th Annual COMP Cams Topless 100 | ||
| 43 | August 24 | Dirt Million Prelims | Mansfield Motor Speedway, Mansfield, Ohio | Dirt on DIRT |
| 44 | ||||
| 45 | August 25 | Dirt Million | ||
| 46 | August 31 | 15th Annual John Bradshaw Memorial | Ponderosa Speedway, Junction City, Kentucky | |
| 47 | September 1 | Bob Miller Memorial | Portsmouth Raceway Park, Portsmouth, Ohio | |
| 48 | September 2 | 50th Annual Hillbilly Hundred | Tyler County Speedway, Middlebourne, West Virginia | |
| 49 | September 13 | 15th Annual Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals | Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, Iowa | Dirt on DIRT |
| 50 | September 14 | |||
| 51 | September 15 | LucasOilRacing.TV | ||
| ≈ | September 21 | 39th Annual Jackson 100 | Brownstown Speedway, Brownstown, Indiana | |
| 52 | September 22 | Dirt on DIRT | ||
| 53 | September 29 | Dixie Shootout | Dixie Speedway, Woodstock, Georgia | |
| 54 | September 30 | Rome Showdown | Rome Speedway, Rome, Georgia | |
| ≈ | October 5 | 30th Annual Pittsburgher 100 | Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Dirt on DIRT |
| 55 | October 6 | |||
| ≈ | October 19 | 38th Annual Dirt Track World Championship | Portsmouth Raceway Park, Portsmouth, Ohio | |
| 56 | October 20 | LucasOilRacing.TV |
- ≠ - the race was postponed or canceled
- ≈ - will state if the race is not for championship points
Schedule notes and changes[edit]
- - the Buckeye Spring 50 at Atomic Speedway (March 16) was postponed to April 13 due to cold temperatures.[2]
- - the 21st Annual Indiana Icebreaker at Brownstown Speedway (March 17) was postponed to April 14 due to cold temperatures. The rescheduled race was canceled due to heavy rain.[3]
- - the Spring Thaw at Volunteer Speedway (March 22) was canceled due to weather conditions.[4]
- - the Bad Boy 98 at Batesville Motor Speedway (April 6 & 7) was canceled due to weather conditions.[5]
- - the Steel Valley 50 at Sharon Speedway (April 20) was postponed to July 2 due to saturated grounds & cold temperatures.[6]
- - the 32nd Annual Ralph Latham Memorial at Florence Speedway (May 5) was postponed to August 8 due to heavy rain.[7]
- - the Go 50 at I-80 Speedway (May 20) was postponed to July 19 due to rain.[8]
- - the Salute to the Troops 75 at LaSalle Speedway (June 1 & 2) was canceled.[9]
Results and standings[edit]
Races[edit]
| No. | Race / Track | Winning driver | Winning team | Hard Charger Award | B-Main winner | Fastest Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super Bowl of Racing (Night #1) | Josh Richards | Best Performance Motorsports | Hudson O'Neal +13 | Tim McCreadie | Jonathan Davenport |
| Mason Ziegler | Josh Richards | |||||
| 2 | Super Bowl of Racing (Night #2) | Josh Richards | Best Performance Motorsports | Josh Richards +22 | Gregg Satterlee | Brent Larson |
| Don O'Neal | Jonathan Davenport | |||||
| 3 | East Bay Winternationals (Night #1) | Brandon Sheppard | Mark Richards Racing | Scott Bloomquist +13 | Gregg Satterlee | Kyle Bronson |
| Scott Bloomquist | Josh Richards | |||||
| 4 | East Bay Winternationals (Night #2) | Jonathan Davenport | Double L Motorsports | Bobby Pierce +18 | Josh Richards | Billy Moyer Jr. |
| Earl Pearson Jr. | Jonathan Davenport | |||||
| 5 | East Bay Winternationals (Night #3) | Brandon Overton | Chip Stone / Randy Weaver | Brandon Sheppard +14 | Kyle Bronson | Boom Briggs |
| Mason Zeigler | Mike Benedum | |||||
| 6 | East Bay Winternationals (Night #4) | Brandon Sheppard | Mark Richards Racing | Brandon Sheppard +20 | Jonathan Davenport | Boom Briggs |
| Michael Maresca | Kyle Bronson | |||||
| 7 | East Bay Winternationals (Night #5) | Jonathan Davenport | Double L Motorsports | Jimmy Owens +16 | Chub Frank | Billy Moyer Jr. |
| Brandon Overton | Josh Richards | |||||
| 8 | East Bay Winternationals (Night #6) | Kyle Bronson | Wayne Hammond | Brandon Overton +11 | Darrell Lanigan | Jonathan Davenport |
| Jimmy Owens | Billy Moyer Jr. | |||||
| 9 | Bubba Winter Nationals | Jonathan Davenport | Double L Motorsports | Scott Bloomquist +14 | Jason Fitzgerald | Tyler Erb |
| Don O'Neal | Tim McCreadie | |||||
| 10 | The Shamrock | Earl Pearson Jr. | Stuckey Enterprises | Tim McCreadie +11 | Don O'Neal | Chris Madden |
| Josh Richards | Earl Pearson Jr. | |||||
| 11 | Bama Bash | Brandon Sheppard | Mark Richards Racing | Dale McDowell +14 | Jonathan Davenport | Josh Richards |
| Dale McDowell | Jimmy Owens | |||||
| 12 | Buckeye Spring 50 | Scott Bloomquist | Scott Bloomquist | Jonathan Davenport +18 | Tyler Carpenter | Earl Pearson Jr. |
| Scott Bloomquist | ||||||
| 13 | Stanley Schetrompf Classic | Jonathan Davenport | Double L Motorsports | Earl Pearson Jr. +14 | Hudson O'Neal | Jonathan Davenport |
| Don O'Neal | Kenny Moreland | |||||
| 14 | Rumble by the River | Scott Bloomquist | Scott Bloomquist | Jonathan Davenport +12 | Hudson O'Neal | Dan Stone |
| Jonathan Davenport | Austin Hubbard | |||||
| 15 | Busch 50 | Bobby Pierce | Dunn-Benson Motorsports | Jonathan Davenport +8 | Hudson O'Neal | Bobby Pierce |
| Kolby Vandenbergh | Scott Bloomquist | |||||
| 16 | St. Louis U-Pic-A-Part 100 | Bobby Pierce | Dunn-Benson Motorsports | Don O'Neal +8 | - | Jonathan Davenport |
| Josh Richards | ||||||
| 17 | Toyota Knoxville 50 | Jonathan Davenport | Double L Motorsports | Gregg Satterlee +14 | Mason Ziegler | Tim McCreadie |
| Jason Jameson | ||||||
| 18 | Spring Shootout | Earl Pearson Jr. | Stuckey Enterprises | Dennis Erb Jr. +8 | - | Bobby Pierce |
| Josh Richards | ||||||
| 19 | NAPA North Star Nationals | Jonathan Davenport | Double L Motorsports | Don O'Neal +12 | Ricky Weiss | Chad Simpson |
| Mason Ziegler | Bobby Pierce | |||||
| 20 | Cowboy Classic | Scott Bloomquist | Scott Bloomquist | Brian Shirley +13 | Will Vaught | Jared Landers |
| Brandon Sheppard | ||||||
| Shanon Buckingham | Scott Bloomquist | |||||
| 21 | The Tribute to Don & Billie Gibson | Jimmy Owens | Ramirez Motorsports | Scott Bloomquist +17 | Dennis Erb Jr. | Kyle Bronson |
| Scott Bloomquist | ||||||
| Jared Landers | Jimmy Owens | |||||
| 22 | Show-Me 100 | Scott Bloomquist | Scott Bloomquist | Dennis Erb Jr. +10 | Gregg Satterlee | - |
| Earl Pearson Jr. | ||||||
| Josh Richards |
References[edit]
- ^ Shields, Jeremy. "Show-Me 100 to Air LIVE on MAVTV". lucasdirt.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- ^ Shields, Jeremy. "Cold Temperatures Postpone Weekend Events". lucasdirt.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- ^ Shields, Jeremy. "Indiana Icebreaker Falls to Heavy Rain". lucasdirt.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- ^ Shields, Jeremy. "Thursday's Event at Volunteer Speedway Canceled". lucasdirt.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- ^ Shields, Jeremy. "Rain, Cold Stop Bad Boy 98 at Batesville". lucasdirt.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- ^ Shields, Jeremy. "Friday's Event at Sharon Speedway Postponed". lucasdirt.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- ^ Shields, Jeremy. "Steady Rain Postpones Ralph Latham Memorial". lucasdirt.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- ^ Shields, Jeremy. "Rain Postpones Go 50 at I-80 Speedway". lucasdirt.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- ^ Shields, Jeremy. "Salute the Troops 75 at LaSalle Speedway Canceled". lucasdirt.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-26. Retrieved 2018-05-25.