I-80 Speedway

Fast Facts: Ninth annual Silver Dollar Nationals

July 16, 2019, 7:10 am

By Robert Holman

DirtonDirt.com weekend editor

Dates: July 18-20 (one $10,000-to-win program on Thursday followed by Saturday’s $53,000-to-win finale)

Track: I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb. (3/8-mile high-banked clay oval).

Sanction: Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series

Purse: $53,000-to-win, $2,000-to-start ($10,000-to-win on Thursday)

Tickets: Adult general admission is $38 Thursday; $32 Friday and $40 Saturday.

On the web: i-80speedway.com and lucasdirt.com

Track phone: (402) 659-3301 or (402) 342-3453

Last year’s winner: Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., who claimed his second career Silver Dollar Nationals victory.

Video: Pay-per-view video at DirtonDirt.com with programs featuring every lap of Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series action — including Thursday's $10,000-to-win program, Friday's preliminary action and Saturday's 100-lap, $53,000-to-win finale — and support division competition for the Malvern Bank Super Late Model Series (Thursday) and the USMTS Modified series (Friday and Saturday).

Notes: The 2019 Imperial Tire Silver Dollar Nationals marks the ninth running of the crown jewel event that began in 2011. The event is sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series. … The event’s purse has grown from $25,000-to-win during the inaugural event, to $53,000-to-win beginning in 2017. Saturday’s main event purse is $171,650, an increase of $6,375 from last season. … This year’s three-day weekend includes Thursday’s Lucas Oil Series-sanctioned Go 50. Thursday’s action consists of a complete program, including hot laps, time trials, heat races and a 50-lap, $10,000-to-win main event. … The unique format for the two-day finale includes hot laps and two rounds of heat races for each competitor on Friday, and consolation races and an 80-lap, $53,000-to-win main event on Saturday. Lineups for the two rounds of heats are set by draws, and combined passing points from the prelims determine the 18 transfers to Saturday night’s 80-lap finale. … Including Thursday’s complete program, the three-day event has a total purse of more than $300,000. … A complete $5,300-to-win program for the Malvern Bank Super Late Model Series, along with unsanctioned modifieds, is on Friday’s undercard, while the USMTS Modified series joins the Friday-Saturday card as they will race for $5,300 top prize in Saturday’s finale. … Saturday’s card also includes the $3,000-to-win S&S Showdown for Late Model non-qualifiers. The winner has the option of starting at the tail of the 80-lap main event. … Six drivers have won the race, with Jonathan Davenport (’16, ’18) of Blairsville, Ga., and Hall of Famer Scott Bloomquist (’14-’15) of Mooresburg, Tenn., the only repeat winners. … Don O'Neal of Martinsville, Ind., won the inaugural event driving a Moring Motorsports-backed ride in 2011. … Davenport swept both features last season, winning in a photo-finish over Bloomquist on Thursday and then overtaking a slowing Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., with two laps to go to win Saturday’s finale.

(Complete Silver Dollar Nationals coverage)

Silver Dollar Nationals winners

Year: Winner, hometown
2011: Don O'Neal, Martinsville, Ind
2012: Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, Iowa
2013: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2014: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2015: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2016: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2017: Tim McCreadie, Watertown, N.Y.
2018: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
(Complete race history)

Weekend purses

Thursday feature
1. $10,000
2. $5,500
3. $3,500
4. $2,750
5. $2,250
6. $1,800
7. $1,500
8. $1,300
9. $1,200
10. $1,100
11. $1,075
12. $1,050
13. $1,025
14. $1,000
15. $950
16. $925
17. $900
18. $875
29. $850
20. $825
21-24. $800
Saturday feature
1. $53,000
2. $20,000
3. $10,000
4. $7,000
5. $6,000
6. $5,500
7. $5,000
8. $4,700
9. $4,400
10. $4,000
11. $3,800
12. $3,600
13. $3,400
14. $3,200
15. $3,000
16. $2,900
17. $2,800
18. $2,700
19. $2,600
20. $2,500
21. $2,400
22. $2,300
23. $2,250
24. $2,200
25. $2,150
26. $2,100
27. $2,075
28. $2,050
29. $2,025
30. $2,000

Event schedule

Thursday
10 a.m. - Pit gates open
Noon - Will call opens
4 p.m. - General admission ticket sales open
4 p.m. - Grandstand gates open
6 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
6:30 p.m. - Hot laps
- Modifieds
- Lucas Oil Late Model Series
- Malvern Bank SLMS Late Models
7:10 p.m. - Competition begins
- Lucas Oil Late Model Series time trails
- Modified heats
- Lucas Oil Late Model Series heats
- Modified heats
- Malvern Bank Super Late Model heats
- Intermission
- Modified C-main
- Lucas Oil Late Model Series consolations
- Modified consolation
- Malvern Bank Super Late Model consolations
- Modified feature (25 laps)
- Malvern Bank Super Late Model feature (35 laps)
- Lucas Oil Late Model Series feature (50 laps)

Friday
10 a.m. - Pit gates open
Noon - Will call opens; general admission ticket sales open
4 p.m. - Grandstand gates open
6:30 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
7 p.m. - Hot laps
- Modifieds
- Late Models
7:30 p.m. - Competition begins
- Modified heats
- Late Model heats
- Intermission
- Modified heats
- Late Model heats
- Modified consolations
- Intermission
- Modified feature (30 laps)

Saturday
10 a.m. - Pit gates open
Noon - Will Call opens; general admission ticket sales open
Noon - Grandstand gates open
6:30 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
7 p.m. - Hot laps
- Modifieds
- Late Models (except locked-in cars)
7:30 p.m. - Competition begins
- Modified heats
- Late Model consolations
- Late Model hot laps (locked-in cars)
- Modified consolations
- S&S Showdown (20 laps)
- Modified feature (40 laps)
- Silver Dollar Nationals (80 laps)

Tickets

Thursday
Adults (13-and-up): $38
Students (6-12): $15 (children 5-and-under free)
Advance three-day pass: $110 (with pit pass upgrade $134)
Pit pass: $46

Friday
Adults (13-and-up): $32
Students (6-12): $15 (children 5-and-under free)
Advance three-day pass: $110 (with pit pass upgrade $134)
Pit pass: $40

Saturday
Adults (13-and-up): $40
Students (6-12): $15 (children 5-and-under free)
Advance three-day pass: $110 (with pit pass upgrade $134)
Pit pass: $48
(Advanced tickets available online or by calling (402) 659-3301