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November 285:30 PM ET
Posted by Kevin Kovac

Fresh tracks dot WoO's 46-race slate

A 2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series schedule boasting 46 events at 35 tracks in 17 states was released on Tuesday by tour officials.

Four first-time series tracks, five speedways returning to the series after absences of a decade or more and nine ovals that will present multiple events highlight the national circuit’s slate, which kicks off for the fourth consecutive year at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga., with a Feb. 9-10 doubleheader and concludes with the Nov. 1-3 World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, N.C. | 2018 WoO schedule

The quartet of facilities new to the series are 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, Tenn. (June 1); Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track, which will try again on June 29 after its scheduled 2017 event was rained out; Plymouth (Wis.) Dirt Track (July 30); and Outlaw Speedway in Dundee, N.Y. (Sept. 21). Back on the tour following extended stretches without an event, meanwhile, are Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tenn. (last race in 2008); Ransomville (N.Y.) Speedway (’05); Farley (Iowa) Speedway (’05); Davenport (Iowa) Speedway (’07); and Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa. (1988).

Standing as the richest WoO shows of 2018 are the Aug. 2-4 USA Nationals at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis. ($50,000-to-win finale); June 21-23 Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. ($30,000); July 27-28 Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury (Ill.) American Legion Speedway ($30,000); the inaugural First in Flight 100 on May 11-12 at Fayetteville (N.C.) Motor Speedway ($25,000); a $25,000-to-win fall weekend at The Dirt Oval at Route 66 in Joliet, Ill.; and the March 23-24 Illini 100 at Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway ($15,000).

Other highlights include four nights of racing (Feb. 14-17) during the DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.; single-track doubleheaders March 8-9 at Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, Tenn., April 20-21 at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Miss., and May 18-19 at Atomic Speedway in Alma, Ohio; WoO-Summernationals Showdown events June 29-30 at Terre Haute and Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Mo.; and July’s Wild West Tour featuring five events in four upper Midwest states.

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