Batesville Motor Speedway
Fast Facts: 31st annual Comp Cams Topless 100
By Aaron Clay
DirtonDirt.com weekend editor
Dates: Aug. 17-19 ($5,000-to-win makeup race for the Comp Cams Super Dirt Series on Thursday with optional practice for Topless 100 entrants; $5,000-to-win Lucas Oil event Friday sets lineups for for Saturday’s consolations and 100-lap, $50,000-to-win finale).
Track: Batesville Motor Speedway, Locust Grove, Ark. (high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval).
Purse: $50,000-to-win Late Model feature.
Primary sponsors: Comp Cams and Nutrien Ag Solutions.
Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and Comp Cams Super Dirt Series.
Streaming: Live on FloRacing.
Last year’s winner: Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., his first career Topless 100 triumph.
Tickets: $30 general admission for adults (ages 16-and-up); $10 for minors (ages 11-to-15) and free for children (ages 10-and-under); day-by-by ticketing options below.
Websites: myracepass.com/tracks/1125/tickets and lucasdirt.com/schedules
Track phone: (870) 613-1337 or (870) 251-0011
Notes: Fresh off completing the three-day 41st annual North-South 100 weekend at Florence Speedway, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series rolls into Batesville Motor Speedway for the 31st annual Comp Cams Topless 100 presented by Nutrien Ag Solutions. … Officially a two-day show for Lucas Oil Series teams, bonus action kicks off with Thursday’s consolations and $5,000-to-win makeup feature for Comp Cams Super Dirt Series competitors; an open practice session for Topless 100 entrants will follow Thursday’s July 29 rain-postponed event. ... Friday’s full show is highlighted by a $5,000-to-win preliminary feature with points being awarded throughout the field; the top-16 point earners after Friday are locked-in for Saturday’s $50,000-to-win Topless 100 feature with the rest having to race their way in through a 15-lap consolation that precedes the 100-lap crown jewel event. … Lucas Oil Series points leader Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., seeks his third $50,000 payday of the season. … Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., chases his second straight Topless 100 victory after winning last year’s event en route to a historic $2 million season. … Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., leads all drivers with five career Topless 100 triumphs. … Modifieds are on Friday and Saturday’s undercard. … Pits open at 4 p.m. Thursday and Saturday, with Friday opening one hour earlier. Hot laps are 7:30 nightly. … Watch Friday and Saturday’s action live on FloRacing.
Topless 100 winners
Year: Winner, hometown
2022: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2021: Hudson O’Neal, Martinsville, Ind.
2020: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2019: Chris Madden, Gray Court, S.C.
2018: Rained out
2017: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2016: Rained out
2015: Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, Ill.
2014: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2013: Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
2012: Steve Francis, Ashland, Ky.
2011: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2010: Jared Landers, Batesville, Ark.
2009: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2008: Tim McCreadie, Watertown, N.Y.
2007: Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, Wis.
2006: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2005: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
2004: Dale McDowell, Rossville, Ga.
2003: Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, Ill.
2002: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
2001: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2000: Jimmy Mars, Elk Mound, Wis.
1999: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
1998: Wendell Wallace, Conway, Ark.
1997: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
1996: Bill Frye, Greenbrier, Ark.
1995: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
1994: Tony Cardin, Greenbrier, Ark.
1993: Freddy Smith, Baton Rouge, La.
Weekend purses
Friday’s preliminary feature
1. $5,000
2. $3,000
3. $2,000
4. $1,500
5. $1,250
6. $1,000
7. $950
8. $900
9. $850
10. $800
11. $700
12. $600
13. $600
14. $600
15. $600
16. $600
17. $550
18.-24. $500
Saturday’s Topless 100
1. $50,000
2. $20,000
3. $10,000
4. $8,000
5. $7,000
6. $6,000
7. $4,500
8. $4,000
9. $3,800
10. $3,600
11. $3,400
12. $3,200
13. $3,000
14. $2,500
15. $2,400
16. $2,300
17. $2,200
18. $2,100
19-26. $2,000
Event schedule
(All times local)
Thursday
4 p.m. - Pits open
5 p.m. - Grandstands open
7:30 p.m. - On-track activity begins
- Comp Cams hot laps (consolation entrants)
- Comp Cams hot laps (feature entrants)
- Comp Cams consolations (10 laps)
- Comp Cams Late Model feature (40 laps)
- Topless 100 open practice
Friday
2:30 p.m. - Pits close
3 p.m. - Pits re-open
4:30 p.m. - Grandstands open
7 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
7:30 p.m. - On-track activity
- Late Model hot laps
- Modified hot laps
- Late Model qualifying (2 laps)
Opening ceremonies
- Modified heat races (8 laps)
- Late Model heat races (8 laps)
- Modified consolations (12 laps)
- Late Model consolations (10 laps)
- Late Model feature (30 laps)
- Modified feature (20 laps)
Saturday
3:30 p.m. - Pits close
4 p.m. - Pits re-open
4:30 p.m. - Grandstands open
5 p.m. - Outreach service
7 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
7:30 p.m. - On-track activity
- Late Model hot laps (consolation entrants)
- Modified hot laps
Opening ceremonies
- Modified heat races (8 laps)
- Late Model consolations (15 laps)
- Late Model hot laps (feature entrants)
- Modified consolations (12 laps)
- Modified feature (20 laps)
- Topless 100 Late Model feature (100 laps)
Tickets
Thursday
(Ticket stubs and armbands from the July 29 rainout will be honored; if you misplaced your July 29 ticket stub or armband, then you will need to purchase a new one)
One-day general admission: $20 for adults (ages 15-and-up); free for children (ages 14-and-under)
One-day all access pit pass: $20
Friday
One-day general admission: $30 for adults (ages 16-and-up); $10 for minors (ages 11-to-15); free for children (ages 10-and-under)
One-day all access pit pass: $40 for adults (ages 12-and-up); $20 for minors (ages 6-to-11); free for children (ages 5-and-under)
Saturday
One-day general admission: $30 for adults (ages 16-and-up); $10 for minors (ages 11-to-15); free for children (ages 10-and-under)
One-day all access pit pass: $40 for adults (ages 12-and-up); $20 for minors (ages 6-to-11); free for children (ages 5-and-under)
Ticket questions: (870) 613-1337, (870) 251-0011 or myracepass.com/tracks/1125/tickets
Camping
Primitive reserved camping: $50
Primitive open camping: $25
More information: batesvillemotorspeedway.com/racedayinfo or (870) 613-1337 or (870) 251-0011
