Eldora Speedway
Fast Facts: Dirt Late Model Stream Invitational
By Robert Holman
DirtonDirt.com weekend editor
Dates: June 4-6 ($10,000-to-win features Thursday and Friday, and heats, consolations and $50,000-to-win main event Saturday). | Complete Stream coverage
Track: Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio (high-banked half-mile clay oval).
Purse: Total $205,075 includes $50,000 to win 67-lap finale and at least $1,500 to all 24 starters.
Sanction: DIRTcar (non-touring points)
Tickets: The event is a competitor-only, spectator-free event.
On the web: eldoraspeedway.com
Track phone: (937) 338-3815
Video: Live productions each night available at FloRacing for subscribers with multiple announcers, multiple cameras, on-screen race lineups and a live timing and scoring feed. Follow this link for complete information.
Notes: The Dirt Late Model Stream Invitational is an invitation-only event open to 44 invited drivers and four drivers selected (from a pool of 25) through an online fan vote. … The event replaces the 26th Dream, which has been rescheduled for June 2021. … Drivers invited included national stars Scott Bloomquist, Billy Moyer, Jimmy Owens, Brandon Sheppard, Jonathan Davenport and Brandon Overton among others. … Bloomquist, of Mooresburg, Tenn., leads all drivers with eight Dream victories, while Moyer, of Batesville, Ark., tops the list with six World 100 triumphs. … The Dirt Late Model Stream is the first Late Model race at Eldora this season following a nationwide shutdown due to Covid-19 concerns. … There will be no cash transactions at the facility. All transactions will be via credit or debit card. … Masks will be required all weekend. … Concessions stands won't be open. … There will be no grandstand entrances open as the event is a fan-free event. … Participants are reminded to follow CDC social distancing recommendations. … Eldora’s posted $205,075 in prize money over the three days of competition includes winnings from Saturday’s 67-lap finale (to commemorate Eldora’s 67th season), two preliminary features and consolations all three days. … The winner’s share is $50,000. … To set Saturday’s heat race lineups, drivers earn points through their time trials, heats and features on Thursday and Friday; combined Thursday-Friday points determine Saturday’s heats. … Provisionals for Saturday’s ninth row will be based on accrued preliminary points rather than qualifying times. … For Thursday and Friday preliminary nights — each featuring a $10,000-to-win program — there will be four heats, with the top four finishers from each heat advancing to the feature. The top two finishers then get their qualifying times back. The first three preliminary feature rows will be inverted by the six fastest qualifying times, while the fourth row will be the seventh- and eighth-fastest qualifying time. The two fastest qualifiers who do not advance from heat will start in positions 17 and 18, with the remaining spots filled through consolation races. … Drivers are required to use a Hoosier LM-20 on the left front, right front and left rear. They may use an LM-20 or Hoosier LM-40 on the right rear. Grooving and siping is allowed.
Weekend purses
Thursday-Friday features
1. $10,000
2. $4,000
3. $2,700
4. $2,250
5. $2,000
6. $1,600
7. $1,400
8. $1,300
9. $1,200
10. $1,000
11. $950
12. $900
13. $800
14. $750
15. $700
16. $675
17. $660
18. $650
19. $640
20. $625
21-24. $600
Saturday feature
1. $50,000
2. $10,000
3. $5,000
4. $4,000
5. $3,750
6. $3,500
7. $3,400
8. $3,300
9. $3,250
10. $3,000
11. $2,750
12. $2,650
13. $2,600
14. $2,575
15. $2,500
16. $2,400
17. $2,300
18. $2,200
19. $2,100
20. $2,000
21. $1,800
22. $1,700
23. $1,600
24. $1,500
(Drivers failing to transfer from consolations $200)
Event schedule
Thursday
Noon: All haulers staged in Camping Lots 1 and 2.
Noon: Medical screening (race officials)
12:30 p.m.: Medical screening (manufacturers, support and vendors)
1 p.m.: Medical screening (race teams at haulers)
1:15-4 p.m.: Hauler parking
1:30-4:30 p.m.: Inspection and registration
2:30 p.m.: Medical screening (broadcast team)
5 p.m.: Virtual drivers’ meeting
6:30 p.m.: Hot laps/multicar time trials by group
7:20 p.m.: Opening ceremonies
- Four heat races (10 laps; top four transfer)
- Two consolation races (12 laps; top three transfer)
- Main event (30 laps)
Friday
Noon: Hauler staging in Camping Lots 1 and 2 (any hauler that left following Thursday’s event)
12:30 p.m.: Medical screening (manufacturers, support and vendors)
1 p.m.: Medical screening (race teams at haulers)
1:15-4 p.m.: Hauler parking
1:30-4:30 p.m.: Inspection and registration
2:30 p.m.: Medical screening (broadcast team)
5 p.m.: Virtual drivers’ meeting
6:30 p.m.: Hot laps/multi-car qualifying by group
7:20 p.m.: Opening ceremonies
- Four heat races (10 laps; top four transfer)
- Two consolation races (12 laps; top three transfer)
- Main event (30 laps)
Saturday
Noon: Hauler staging in Camping Lots 1 and 2 (any hauler that left following Friday’s event)
12:30 p.m.: Medical screening (manufacturers, support and vendors)
1 p.m.: Medical screening (race teams at haulers)
1:15-4 p.m.: Hauler parking
1:30-4:30 p.m.: Inspection and registration
2:30 p.m.: Medical screening (broadcast team)
5 p.m.: Virtual drivers’ meeting
6:30 p.m.: Hot laps
7:20 p.m.: Opening ceremonies
- Four heat races (15 laps; top four transfer)
- Two consolation races (15 laps; top three transfer)
- Main event (67 laps)
Correction: Fixes race dates.
