Florence Speedway
Fast Facts: 41st annual Sunoco North-South 100
By Aaron Clay
DirtonDirt.com weekend editor
Dates: Aug. 10-12 (two 25-lap, $5,000-to-win split-field semifeatures will be contested Thursday and Friday, setting the heat race lineups preceding Saturday’s 100-lap, $75,000-to-win North-South 100).
Track: Florence Speedway in Union, Ky. (semi-banked 4/10-mile dirt oval).
Purse: $75,000-to-win Late Model feature.
Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.
Streaming: Live on FloRacing.
Last year’s winner: Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., a two-time North-South 100 winner.
Tickets: Three-day advance sale general admission $90 for adults; $60 for minors; $15 for children; day-by-by ticketing options below.
Websites: florencesp.webtix.co/events and lucasdirt.com
Track phone: (859) 493-0034
Notes: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series hosts its first event since July’s Silver Dollar Nationals as the tour invades Florence Speedway for the 41st annual Sunoco North-South 100 presented by Lucas Oil, the tour's second-richest event. … Action kicks off with two 25-lap, $5,000-to-win split-field semifeatures on Thursday and Friday, with points being awarded each night. Total accumulative points will be used to set the lineups for Saturday’s heat races, which precede consolations and the 100-lap, $75,000-to-win finale; A $2,000-to-win non-qualifiers' race will follow Saturday's North-South 100 feature. … Newly ranked as the No. 1 driver in DirtonDirt.com’s weekly poll, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., has secured four feature victories thus far in August and collected more than $90,000; Pierce will seek his second career North-South 100 triumph after topping 2016’s crown jewel event. … Lucas Oil Series points leader Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., eyes his third feature win of the season at Florence after topping May 6’s $15,000 Ralph Latham Memorial and May 31’s $23,023 Castrol FloRacing Series stops there. … Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., enters as the defending North-South 100 winner and chases his third career event title. … Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., and Jack Boggs of Grayson, Ky., lead all drivers with three North-South 100 victories apiece. … Booper Bare, Jackie Boggs, Mike Boland, Rick Egersdorf and Randy Korte are 2023’s National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame driver inductees; contributor inductees: Ozzie Altman, Gary Oliver and Ernie Elkins. Lifetime Achievement awards will go to Terry Eaglin and E.M. Snowden while the Kosiski family will receive the Baltes-Memmer award … Modifieds are on the undercard nightly. … Pits open at 3 p.m. and grandstands open at 6 on Thursday and Friday. All gates open at 3 p.m. Saturday, with the Hall of Fame induction ceremony preceding hot laps. On-track activity is scheduled for 7 p.m. each night. … Watch live on FloRacing.
North-South 100 winners
Year: Winner, hometown
2022: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2021: Brandon Overton, Evans, Ga.
2020: Tim McCreadie, Watertown, N.Y.
2019: Chris Madden, Gray Court, S.C.
2018: Ricky Weiss, Headingley, Manitoba
2017: Tim McCreadie, Watertown, N.Y.
2016: Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, Ill.
2015: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2014: Eddie Carrier Jr., Salt Rock, W.Va.
2013: Don O’Neal, Martinsville, Ind.
2012: Don O’Neal, Martinsville, Ind.
2011: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2010: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2009: Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, Wis.
2008: Darren Miller, Milledgeville, Ill.
2007: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2006: Steve Shaver, Vienna, W.Va.
2005: Bart Hartman, Zanesville, Ohio
2004: Steve Shaver, Vienna, W.Va.
2003: Dan Schlieper, Sullivan, Wis.
2002: Chub Frank, Bear Lake, Pa.
2001: Rained out
2000: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
1999: Bob Pierce, Danville, Ill.
1998: Donnie Moran, Dresden, Ohio
1997: Rick Aukland, Fargo, N.D.
1996: Donnie Moran, Dresden, Ohio
1995: John Gill, Mitchell, Ind.
1994: Jack Boggs, Grayson, Ky.
1993: John Gill, Mitchell, Ind.
1992: Jack Boggs, Grayson, Ky.
1991: Rodney Combs, Lost Creek, W.Va.
1990: Mike Head, Ellenwood, Ga.
1989: Jeff Purvis, Clarksville, Tenn.
1988: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
1987: Jeff Purvis, Clarksville, Tenn.
1986: Jack Boggs, Grayson, Ky.
1985: John Mason, Millersburg, Ohio
1984: Pat Patrick, Sayler Park, Ohio
1983: Pat Patrick, Sayler Park, Ohio
Weekend purses
Thursday and Friday semifeatures
1. $5,000
2. $2,500
3. $1,500
4. $1,250
5. $1,000
6. $800
7. $700
8. $600
9. $550
10. $500
11. $490
12. $480
13. $470
14. $460
15. $450
16. $440
17. $430
18. $420
19. $410
20.-24. $400
Saturday’s North-South 100
1. $75,000
2. $20,000
3. $10,000
4. $9,000
5. $8,000
6. $7,000
7. $6,000
8. $5,000
9. $4,500
10. $4,000
11. $3,500
12. $3,250
13. $3,000
14. $2,750
15. $2,700
16. $2,650
17. $2,600
18. $2,575
19. $2,550
20. $2,525
21.-25. $2,500
Saturday’s non-qualifiers' race
1. $2,000
2. $1,000
3. $800
4. $750
5. $700
6. $650
7. $600
8. $550
9. $500
10. $450
11.-20. $400
Event schedule
(All times local)
Thursday
3 p.m. - Pits open
6 p.m. - Grandstands open
6:30 p.m. - Drivers' meeting
7 p.m. - On-track activity
- Late Model hot laps
- Modified hot laps
- Late Model time trials (2 laps)
Opening ceremonies
- Late Model heat races (8 laps)
- Modified heat races (8 laps)
- Late Model consolations (10 laps)
- Modified consolations (10 laps)
- First Late Model semifeature (25 laps)
- Second Late Model semifeature (25 laps)
- Modified feature (20 laps)
Friday
3 p.m. - Pits open
6 p.m. - Grandstands open
6:30 p.m. - Drivers' meeting
7 p.m. - On-track activity
- Late Model hot laps
- Modified hot laps
- Late Model time trials (2 laps)
Opening ceremonies
- Late Model heat races (8 laps)
- Modified heat races (8 laps)
- Late Model consolations (10 laps)
- Modified consolations (10 laps)
- First Late Model semifeature (25 laps)
- Second Late Model semifeature (25 laps)
- Modified feature (20 laps)
Saturday
3 p.m. - All gates open
5 p.m. - Dirt Racing Outreach service
6:30 p.m. - Drivers' meeting
7 p.m. - On-track activity
- Late Model hot laps
- Modified hot laps
Opening ceremonies
- Late Model heat races (10 laps)
- Modified feature (30 laps)
- Late Model consolations (12 laps)
- 41st annual North-South 100 (100 laps)
- Late Model non-qualifiers' race (30 laps)
Tickets
Thursday
- Three-day general admission: $95 for adults (ages 18-and-up); $65 for minors (ages 13-to-17); $15 for children (ages 12-and-under)
- One-day general admission: $25 for adults (ages 18-and-up); $15 for minors (ages 13-to-17); $5 for children (ages 12-and-under)
- Reserved seating: additional $2 per ticket
- Three-day all access pit pass: $140
- One-day all access pit pass: $45
Friday
- Two-day general admission: $70 for adults (ages 18-and-up); $45 for minors (ages 13-to-17); $10 for children (ages 12-and-under)
- One-day general admission: $25 for adults (ages 18-and-up); $15 for minors (ages 13-to-17); $5 for children (ages 12-and-under)
- Reserved seating: additional $2 per ticket
- Two-day all access pit pass: $95
- One-day all access pit pass: $45
Saturday
- One-day general admission: $45 for adults (ages 18-and-up); $35 for students (ages 13-to-17); $8 for children (ages 12-and-under)
- Reserved seating: additional $2 per ticket
- One-day all access pit pass: $50
Camping
Primitive camping: Free
More information: florencespeedway.com/north-south-100 or (859) 493-0034
