Eldora Speedway
Fast Facts: Eldora Speedway's Dream XXX
By Aaron Clay
DirtonDirt.com weekend editor
Dates: June 6-8 (drivers will run either Thursday and Friday in 50-lap, $25,000-to-win preliminary feature programs; Saturday's 100-lap finale will be preceded by heat and consolations races; June 5's Castrol FloRacing Night in America isn't connected to the Dream) | Complete Dream coverage
Track: Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio (high-banked, half-mile clay oval)
Purse: $100,030-to-win Late Model feature
Sanction: DIRTcar Racing
Live streaming: FloRacing
Last year’s winner: Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., who won his second career Dream and first since 2015
Tickets: $35 adult general admission (ages 14-and-up) on Thursday and Friday; $45 on Saturday; $145 for three-day pit pass (details below)
Website: eldoraspeedway.com
Track phone: (937) 338-3815
Notes: Eldora Speedway hosts the lucrative Dream featuring three nights of racing action for DIRTcar-sanctioned Super Late Models. … In a new twist on preliminaries, all entrants will be split with half running on Thursday and half on Friday in programs topped by 50-lap, $25,000-to-win qualifying features. ... Preliminary points set the stage for Saturday’s heat races, preceding consolations and the 100-lap, $100,030-to-win Dream XXX feature. … While paying $29,000 less to the winner than 2023, this year’s purse offers an increased payout throughout the field, including a minimum $6,000-to-start, the richest start money in the history of the sport. … Eldora Speedway staff, competitors and spectators will be mourning the recent passing of track general manager Jerry Gappens Jr., who died unexpectedly at age 63. ... Fresh off his second Show-Me 100 triumph Jonathan Davenport eyes his second straight Dream victory and the third of his career. … Brandon Sheppard, the 2019 Dream winner, topped last fall’s $100,000 Dirt Track World Championship at Eldora. … Driving the Rocket1 house car Hudson O’Neal won last year’s $56,000 World 100 after adding a $12,000 Dream prelim payday. … Brandon Overton is a three-time Dream winner (twice in 2021, ’22), earning more than $400,000. … Saturday’s main event will have 26 starters. ... Wednesday’s $20,000-to-win Castrol FloRacing Night in America Series opener isn't related to Dream preliminary points. ... Pits open at noon daily and grandstands open at 2 p.m. Thursday-Friday, noon on Saturday; hot laps are set to begin at 6:30 and racing at 8 nightly.
Tentative alphabetical rosters
Thursday's program
Driver (car no.), hometown
Friday's program
Driver (car no.), hometown
Entered drivers not assigned a preliminary day:
Seth Daniels (S21), Jackson, Ohio
Tanner English (96), Benton, Ky.
David McCoy (187), Franklin, N.C.
Tyler Millwood (31), Kingston, Ga.
Cole Perine (c8), Lowell, Ohio
Dylan Thompson (99), Paducah, Ky.
Dream winners
Year: Winner, hometown
Dream purses
Thursday-Friday qualifying nights
Saturday’s 100-lap feature
Event schedule
(All times local; subject to change)
Wednesday
10 a.m.: Ticket office opens (ticket and pit pass sales)
11 a.m.: Pits open
Noon: Technical inspection begins
1 p.m.: Grounds cleared and secured
2 p.m.: All gates, suites and concessions open
5 p.m.: Drivers’ meeting (infield)
6 p.m.: Hot laps
7:30 p.m. : Opening ceremonies
Competition
- Late Model time trials
- Late Model heats (10 laps)
- Late Model consolations (12 laps)
- Castrol FloRacing Night in America feature (50 laps)
Thursday
11 a.m.: Ticket office opens (ticket and pit pass sales)
Noon: Pits open
12:30 p.m.: Technical inspection begins
1 p.m.: Grounds cleared and secured
2 p.m.: All gates, suites and concessions open
5 p.m.: Drivers’ meeting (infield)
6:30 p.m.: Hot laps
8 p.m.: Opening ceremonies
Competition
- Late Model time trials
- Late Model heats (10 laps)
- Late Model consolations (12 laps)
- Late Model qualifying feature (50 laps)
Friday
11 a.m.: Ticket office opens (ticket and pit pass sales)
Noon: Pits open
12:30 p.m.: Technical inspection begins
1 p.m.: Grounds cleared and secured
2 p.m.: All gates, suites and concessions open
5 p.m.: Drivers’ meeting (infield)
6:30 p.m.: Hot laps
8 p.m.: Opening ceremonies
Competition
- Late Model time trials
- Late Model heats (10 laps)
- Late Model consolations (12 laps)
- Late Model qualifying feature (50 laps)
- Live music (Fan Zone)
Saturday
11 a.m.: Ticket office opens (ticket and pit pass sales)
11 a.m.: Grounds cleared and secured
Noon: All gates, suites and concessions open
1 p.m.: Outreach service (white tent near pond)
3:30 p.m.: Driver autograph session (fan zone)
4:30 p.m.: Public drivers’ meeting (fan zone)
6:30 p.m.: Hot laps
8 p.m.: Opening ceremonies
Competition
- Late Model heats (15 laps)
- Late Model consolations (20 laps)
- Dream XXX feature (100 laps)
Tickets
Thursday
One-day general admission (14-and-up): $35
One-day child reserved (13-and-under): $20
One-day child general admission (13 and under): free
Reserved seating: Additional $5 for adults
One-day all access pit pass (all ages): $45
Three-day all access pit pass (all ages): $145
Friday
One-day general admission (14-and-up): $35
One-day child reserved (13-and-under): $20
One-day child general admission (13-and-under): free
Reserved seating: Additional $5 for adults
One-day all access pit pass (all ages): $45
Two-day all access pit pass (all ages): $105
Saturday
One-day general admission (14-and-up): $45
One-day child reserved (13-and-under): $20
One-day child general admission (13-and-under): free
Reserved seating: Additional $5 for adults
One-day all access pit pass (all ages): $65
Camping
Primitive camping: $85 for the week
Online reservations: eldoraspeedway.showare.com
More information: eldoraspeedway.com/camping/campground-maps or (937) 338-3815
Correction: Fixes Thursday and Friday features to be 50 laps sted 40.
