Batesville Motor Speedway
Fast Facts: 33rd Nutrien Ag Solutions Topless 100
By Aaron Clay
DirtonDirt weekend editor
Dates: Aug. 15-16 (split-field semifeatures Friday and 100-lap finale Saturday)
Track: Batesville Motor Speedway (high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval)
Location: Locust Grove, Ark.
Purse: $50,000-to-win
Primary sponsors: Nutrien Ag Solutions and Big River Steel
Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Streaming: Live on FloRacing
Last year’s winner: Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., earned his second career Topless 100 triumph and his first since 2008.
Tickets: $35 general admission for adults (ages 16-and-up); $10 for minors (ages 11-to-15) and free for children (ages 10-and-under); ticket details below.
Websites: myracepass.com/tracks/1125/tickets/1406196 and lucasdirt.com/schedules
Track phone: (870) 613-1337 or (870) 251-0011
Notes: It’s the final of three straight crown jewel events for Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series competitors, as they invade Batesville Motor Speedway for the two-day 33rd annual Nutrien Ag Solutions Topless 100 presented by Big River Steel. … This year’s edition features twin 25-lap, $5,000-to-win split-field semifeatures Friday (the format had been a single $5,000-to-win prelim in past years) with prelim points setting the lineups for Saturday’s consolations and 100-lap, $50,000-to-win main event. … Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., earned his second career Topless victory last year (2008), his lone victory aboard Mark Richards’s Rocket1 entry. He’s not expected, the first time in event history with the previous winner not returning to compete. … Flamboyant and innovate promoter Mooney Starr, a National Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer, promotes the track with wife Connie. … Series points leader Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., eyes his second career $50,000 Topless payday (he first won in 2022). Davenport’s Double L Mortorsports team is based in Batesville. … Modifieds are on the undercard. … Pits open at 3 p.m. and grandstands open at 4 for Friday’s opener; all gates open at 4 for Saturday’s finale. … Hot laps at 7:30 nightly.
Topless 100 winners
Year: Winner, hometown
2024: Tim McCreadie, Watertown, N.Y.
2023: Dale McDowell, Chickamauga, Ga.
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 semifeatures
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.-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; subject to change)
Friday
2:30 p.m. - Pits closed and cleared
3 p.m. - Pits reopen
3:45 p.m. - Tech and registration opens
4 p.m. - Grandstands open
6:45 p.m. - Tech and registration closes
7 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
7:30 p.m. - On-track activity
- Late Model hot laps
- Late Model time trials (2 laps)
- Modified hot laps
Opening ceremonies
- Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Modified heats (8 laps)
- Late Model consolations(10 laps)
- Modified consolations (12 laps)
Intermission/track prep
- Late Model first semifeature (25 laps)
- Late Model second semifeature (25 laps)
- Modified feature (20 laps)
Saturday
3:30 p.m. - Pits closed and cleared
4 p.m. - All gates open
4 p.m. - Tech and registration opens
5 p.m. - Outreach service
6:45 p.m. - Tech and registration closes
7 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
7:30 p.m. - On-track activity
- Late Model hot laps (consolation entrants)
- Modified hot laps
Opening ceremonies
- Modified heats (8 laps)
- Late Model consolations (15 laps)
- Modified consolations (12 laps)
- Late Model hot laps (feature entrants)
Intermission/track prep
- Modified feature (20 laps)
- Topless 100 (100 laps)
Tickets
Friday
One-day general admission: $35 for adults (ages 16-and-up); $10 for minors (ages 11-to-15); free for children (ages 10-and-under)
Reserved seats: $40 for all ages
One-day all access pit pass: $45 for adults (ages 11-and-up); $20 for minors (ages 10-and-under)
Saturday
One-day general admission: $35 for adults (ages 16-and-up); $10 for minors (ages 11-to-15); free for children (ages 10-and-under)
Reserved seats: additional $40 for all ages
One-day all access pit pass: $45 for adults (ages 11-and-up); $20 for minors (ages 10-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
