Florence Speedway
Fast Facts: 43rd annual Sunoco North-South 100
By Aaron Clay
DirtonDirt weekend editor
Dates: Aug. 7-9 (Thursday and Friday twin semifeatures and Saturday’s 100-lap finale)
Track: Florence Speedway (semi-banked half-mile dirt oval)
Location: Union, Ky.
Purse: $75,000-to-win Late Model feature
Primary sponsors: Sunoco and Lucas Oil
Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Streaming: Live on FloRacing (Thursday through Saturday)
Last year’s winner: Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., his third career North-South 100 victory and second consecutive
Tickets: Three-day general admission $100 for adults; $94 for seniors; $70 for minors; $15 for children; day-by-by ticketing options below.
Websites: florencesp.webtix.co/events and lucasdirt.com/schedules
Track phone: (859) 493-0034
Notes: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series rolls into Kentucky’s Florence Speedway for its second of three straight crown jewel events with the 43rd annual North-South 100. … The three-day weekend purse exceeds $325,000 and kicks off with twin 25-lap, $6,000-to-win split-field semifeatures Thursday and Friday, with combined points setting the heat race lineups for Saturday’s finale; consolations precede the 100-lap, $75,000-to-win main event. … The 2025 invitation-only Hall of Fame induction ceremony is 11:30 a.m. Saturday morning, inductees include: Kyle Berck, Lance Matthees, Kelly Boen, Fred Horn, C.L. Pritchett, Kelley Carlton, Tom Deery, Carl Short, Roby Helm, the Izzo family and Don Schoenfeld. … It’s the first Lucas Oil Series visit to Florence since last year’s North-South after May’s Ralph Latham Memorial was rained out. … Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., is a three-time North-South 100 winner, including two consecutive (2016, ’23-’24). Pierce won $5,000 prelims each night in 2023, before also adding a $6,000 semifeature last year. … Points leader Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., won two $6,000 prelims last year and enters having made 10 straight North-South 100 features. … Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., has the longest active with 20 consecutive North-South 100 starts; Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., is next in line starting 12 consecutive finales. … Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., has semifeature victories in each of the last two years while also topping last year’s $10,000 Spring 50 in the James Essex-promoted Northern Allstars Late Model Series competition. … Josh Rice of Crittenden, Ky., has 13 Florence victories since 2021, including his first career Lucas Oil triumph in May 1, 2021’s Latham Memorial. He's earned more than $90,000 over that span. … Pits open at 3 p.m. with hot laps at 7 daily; grandstands open at 6 for Thursday-Friday prelims; grandstands open at 3 for Saturday’s finale.
North-South 100 winners
Year: Winner, hometown
2024: Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, Ill.
2023: Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, Ill.
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-Friday’s semifeatures
1. $6,000
2. $3,000
3. $2,000
4. $1,250
5. $1,000
6. $900
7. $850
8. $800
9. $750
10. $700
11. $650
12. $600
13. $550
14.-24. $500
Saturday’s non-qualifier’s race
1. 3,000
2. $1,500
3. $1,000
4. $850
5. $750
6. $650
7. $600
8. $575
9. $550
10. $525
11.-20. $500
Saturday’s North-South 100
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. $4,750
10. $4,500
11. $4,250
12. $4,000
13. $3,750
14. $3,700
15. $3,650
16. $3,600
17. $3,550
18.-25. $3,500
Event schedule
(All times local; subject to change)
Thursday
2:30 p.m. - Pits closed and cleared
3 p.m. - Pits reopen, Hall of Fame building opens
3:15 p.m. - Tech and registration opens
5:30 p.m. - Grandstands closed and cleared
6 p.m. - Grandstands reopen
6:15 p.m. - Tech and registration closes
6:30 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
7 p.m. - On-track activity (Hall of Fame building closes)
Late Model hot laps
Late Model Group A time trials (2 laps)
Opening ceremonies
Late Model heats (8 laps)
Late Model consolations (10 laps)
Intermission/track prep
Late Model first semifeature (25 laps)
Late Model second semifeature (25 laps)
Friday
2 p.m. - Hall of Fame building opens
2:30 p.m. - Pits closed and cleared
3 p.m. - Pits reopen
3:15 p.m. - Tech and registration opens
5:30 p.m. - Grandstands closed and cleared
6 p.m. - Grandstands reopen
6:15 p.m. - Tech and registration closes
6:30 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
7 p.m. - On-track activity (Hall of Fame building closes)
Late Model hot laps
Late Model Group A time trials (2 laps)
Opening ceremonies
Late Model heats (8 laps)
Late Model consolations (10 laps)
Intermission/track prep
Late Model first semifeature (25 laps)
Late Model second semifeature (25 laps)
Saturday
11:30 a.m. - Hall of Fame induction ceremony (closed to public)
2:30 p.m. - Pits, grandstands closed and cleared
2:30 p.m. - Drivers’ autograph session (Hall of Fame building opens to public)
3 p.m. - All gates reopen
3:15 p.m. - Tech and registration opens
5 p.m. - Outreach service
5:45-6:30 p.m. - Drivers’ autograph session
7 p.m. - On-track activity (Hall of Fame building closes)
Late Model hot laps
Opening ceremonies
Late Model heats (10 laps)
Intermission/track prep
Late Model consolations (12 laps)
Driver introductions
43rd annual North-South 100 (100 laps)
Late Model non-qualifiers (25 laps)
Tickets
Thursday
Three-day general admission: $100 for adults (ages 18-and-up); $94 for seniors (ages 65+); $70 for minors (ages 13-to-17); $15 for children (ages 12-and-under)
One-day general admission: $30 for adults (ages 18-and-up); $28 for seniors (ages 65+); $20 for minors (ages 13-to-17); $5 for children (ages 12-and-under)
Reserved seating: additional $5 per ticket (three-day, two-day or Saturday only)
Three-day all access pit pass: $150
One-day all access pit pass: $50
Friday
Two-day general admission: $75 for adults (ages 18-and-up); $71 for seniors (ages 65+); $55 for minors (ages 13-to-17); $12 for children (ages 12-and-under)
One-day general admission: $30 for adults (ages 18-and-up); $28 for seniors (ages 65+); $20 for minors (ages 13-to-17); $5 for children (ages 12-and-under)
Reserved seating: additional $5 per ticket (three-day, two-day or Saturday only)
Two-day all access pit pass: $105
One-day all access pit pass: $50
Saturday
One-day general admission: $45 for adults (ages 18-and-up); $43 for seniors (ages 65+); $35 for students (ages 13-to-17); $10 for children (ages 12-and-under)
Reserved seating: additional $5 per ticket (three-day, two-day or Saturday only)
One-day all access pit pass: $55
Ticket questions/advanced sales, call: (859) 493-0034 or florencesp.webtix.co/
Camping
Primitive camping: Free for the weekend
More information: florencespeedway.com/north-south-100 or (859) 493-0034
