Lucas Oil Speedway
Fast Facts: 33rd annual Lucas Oil Show-Me 100
By Aaron Clay
DirtonDirt weekend editor
Dates: May 22-24 (complete show for Late Models, B-mods and stock cars hot lap and makeup features Thursday; complete show for Late Models Friday; consolations and features for Late Models on Saturday)
Track: Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. (semi-banked 3/8-mile clay oval)
Purse: Race-record $75,000-to-win Late Model feature
Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Last year’s winner: Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., his second career Show-Me 100 triumph.
Tickets: Three-day general admission starts at $145 (more information below)
Websites: lucasdirt.com or lucasoilspeedway.com
Track phone: (417) 282-5984
Primary race sponsors: Lucas Oil, Missouri Division of Tourism and Nutrien Ag Solutions
Notes: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series competitors invade Wheatland, Mo.’s Lucas Oil Speedway for the 33rd annual Show-Me 100 presented by Missouri Division of Tourism. … Action begins with Thursday’s 45-lap, $10,000-to-win 12th annual Cowboy Classic before Friday’s 40-lap, $10,000-to-win Tribute to Don & Billie Gibson. … The top 18 drivers in preliminary points will lock into Saturday’s $75,000-to-win Show-Me 100 field, with the rest of the starting field set by consolations and a 20-lap Show-Me challenge where the winner has the option for a $2,500 payday or can tag the field for the 100-lap finale. … Locked-in teams will compete in Saturday’s Hellraizer Jacks Pit Crew Challenge (3 p.m.), where the team with the fastest two-tire stop earns $2,000 along with a jack valued at more than $1,500; second-place will receive $1,000 with another $1,000 to the Best Appearing Crew. … Nutrien Ag Solutions returns to sponsor the prerace entertainment, including Saturday’s Lee Newton concert (5-5:45 p.m. in midway). … Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., led all 80 laps (reduced from 100) to earn last year’s $50,000 top prize. It was his second career Show-Me triumph (2015). … Points leader and reigning champ Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., won both of last year’s $10,000 prelims before settling for fifth in the finale. Thornton leads all drivers with nine series wins this season. … Hudson O’Neal of Martsinville, Ind., is fresh off April’s Spring Nationals sweep at Wheatland, earning more than $27,000 in unsanctioned competition. … B-mods and stock cars contest makeup features on Thursday’s undercard. … Gates open at 4 p.m. for Thursday and Friday prelims before opening an hour earlier for Saturday’s finale; hot laps are set for 6:30 p.m. the first two nights, then 7 p.m. Saturday.
Show-Me 100 winners
Year: Winner, hometown
2024: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2023: Devin Moran, Dresden, Ohio
2022: Chris Ferguson, Mount Holly, N.C.
2021: Hudson O’Neal, Martinsville, Ind.
2020: Payton Looney, Republic, Mo.
2019: Cancelled because of storm damage
2018: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2017: Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, Ill.
2016: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2015: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2014: Don O’Neal, Martinsville, Ind.
2013: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2012: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2011: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2010: Ray Cook, Brasstown, N.C.
2009: Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, Iowa
2008: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2007: Wendell Wallace, Batesville, Ark.
2006: Wendell Wallace, Batesville, Ark.
2005: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2004: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2003: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2002: Wendell Wallace, Batesville, Ark.
2001: Freddy Smith, Knoxville, Tenn.
2000: Ray Cook, Murphy, N.C.
1999: Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
1998: Freddy Smith, Knoxville, Tenn.
1997: Rick Aukland, Fargo, N.D.
1996: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
1995: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
1994: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
1993: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
Show-Me 100 purse
1. $75,000
2. $25,000
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. $3,800
12. $3,700
13. $3,600
14. $3,500
15. $3,400
16. $3,300
17. $3,200
18. $3,100
19. $3,000
20. $2,900
21. $2,800
22. $2,700
23. $2,600
24.-27. $2,500
Event schedule
(All times local; subject to change)
Thursday
2:45 p.m. - Tech and registration opens
3:30 p.m. - Pits cleared and closed
4 p.m. - All gates open
5:45 p.m. - Tech and registration closes
6 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
6:30 p.m. - On-track activity
- B-mod hot laps
- Stock car hot laps
- Late Model hot laps
- Late Model time trials (2 laps)
Opening ceremonies
- B-mod feature (20 laps)
- Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Stock car feature (20 laps)
- Late Model consolations (10 laps)
- Late Model feature (45 laps)
Friday
2:45 p.m. - Tech and registration opens
3:30 p.m. - Pits closed and cleared
4 p.m. - All gates open
5:45 p.m. - Tech and registration closes
6:30 p.m. - On-track activity
- Late Model hot laps
- Late Model time trials (2 laps)
Opening ceremonies
- Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Late Model consolations (10 laps)
- Late Model feature (40 laps)
Saturday
2:30 p.m. - Pits closed and cleared
3 p.m. - All gates open
3 p.m. - Tech and registration opens
3:30 p.m. - Pit crew challenge (infield)
5-5:45 p.m. - Lee Newton concert (midway)
5:45 p.m. - Tech and registration closes
6:15-7 p.m. - Driver autograph session (midway)
7 p.m. - On-track activity
- Late Model hot laps (consolation entrants)
Opening ceremonies
- Late Model consolations (15 laps)
- Late Model hot laps (feature entrants)
- Late Model Show-Me challenge (20 laps)
Driver introductions
- 33rd annual Show-Me 100 feature (100 laps)
Tickets
Thursday
Three-day general admission (13-and-up): $145
One-day general admission (13-and-up): $30
One-day seniors (62-and-up) and military: $27
One-day youth (6-12): $10
One-day child (5 and under): free
One-day family pass: $75
Three-day family pass: $90
Three-day all access pit pass (all ages): $150
One-day all access pit pass (all ages): $50
Friday
One-day general admission (13-and-up): $30
One-day seniors (62-and-up) and military: $27
One-day youth (6-12): $10
One-day child (5 and under): free
One-day family pass: $70
Two-day all access pit pass (all ages): $100
One-day all access pit pass (all ages): $50
Saturday
One-day general admission (13-and-up): $40
One-day seniors (62-and-up) and military: $37
One-day youth (6-12): $10
One-day child (5 and under): free
One-day family pass: $90
One-day all access pit pass (all ages): $55
Camping
Dry camping: $15/night (up to 6 people; $5 additional a night, per person)
Reserved dry camping: $25/night (up to 6 people; $5 additional a night, per person)
Reserved electric and water: $40/night (up to 6 people; $5 additional a night, per person)
Online reservations: lucasoilspeedway.com
Camping questions: (417) 295-6043 or (417) 282-5984
