Florence Speedway

Fast Facts: 33rd annual Sunoco North-South 100

August 4, 2015, 4:13 pm

From series, track and staff reports

33rd annual Sunoco Race Fuels North-South 100

Dates: Aug. 6-8 (practice on Thursday; two sets of heat races Friday; consolations, dashes and 100-lap main event Saturday).

Track: Florence Speedway, Union, Ky. (high-banked half-mile oval)

Purse: $50,000-to-win, $2,500-to-start.

Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series

Tickets: Two-day tickets $55 ($10 for children 6-11); pit passes $70; see track website for more ticket details.

On the web: florencespeedway.com or lucasdirt.com

Track phone: (859) 493-0034

Last year’s winner: Coming alive in the final dozen laps, Eddie Carrier Jr. became the first Kentucky native to win the state’s richest race in 20 years.

Notes: It’s the second year for a new format. Dumping time trials last season, Florence instituted a double-heat race format similar to I-80 Speedway’s Silver Dollar Nationals. Entrants will draw for Friday heat race positions, run the first set of heats, then the start inverted by the same draw in the second set of heats. The top 16 drivers in passing points are locked into Saturday’s 100-lapper. … Two eight-car dashes (inside row, outside row) on Saturday will set the first eight rows for the main event. … Three 20-lap consolation races are also on Saturday’s card. … Turns three and four were widened in 2014 and more work was down in turns one and two before the 2015 season. … The track also unveiled a new scoreboard this season. … A $2,500-to-win non-qualifiers’ race is also on the program. … Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series points leader Jonathan Davenport returns to Florence after dominating the Ralph Latham Memorial, the track’s major spring event. … He’s won seven of the last 10 series races overall. … The National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame induction ceremonies are scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Saturday. This year’s class: Davey Johnson, Red Droste, Skip Arp, Curt Hansen, Leon Sells, Jim Butler, Al Frieden and Wayne Kindness. … Eddie Carrier Jr. will receive the Sportsman award and Lifetime Achievement awards will go to Butch Shay and Craig Cowan. … Lucas Oil is the presenting race sponsor. … The race is part of the Bad Boy Mowers TV Challenge and ASi Crown Jewel Cup. … Modifieds are in action during the weekend with prelims on Friday and a $2,000-to-win main event Saturday.

Sunoco North-South 100 winners

(Complete race history)

Year: Winner, hometown

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, Webbville, Ky.

1985: John Mason, Millersburg, Ohio

1984: Pat Patrick, Saylor Park, Ohio

1983: Pat Patrick, Saylor Park, Ohio

Sunoco North-South 100 purse

1. $50,000

2. $10,000

3. $7,000

4. $5,000

5. $4,000

6. $3,800

7. $3,600

8. $3,400

9. $3,200

10. $3,000

11. $2,750

12. $2,700

13. $2,650

14. $2,625

15. $2,600

16. $2,575

17. $2,550

18. $2,525

19. $2,500

20. $2,500

21. $2,500

22. $2,500

23. $2,500

24. $2,500

Non-qualifiers’ purse

1. $2,500

2. $1,500

3. $1,000

4. $800

5. $700

6. $600

7. $500

8. $450

9. $400

10. $350

11. $300

12. $300

13. $300

14. $300

15. $300

16. $300

17. $300

18. $300

19. $300

20. $300

Sunoco North-South 100 schedule

Thursday

(Open practice session)

5 p.m.: All gates open

Friday

(Race program: Late Model hot laps, two sets of Late Model heat races along with modified heats and modified consolation race).

11 a.m.: Hall of Fame opens

3 p.m.: Pit gate opens

4 p.m.: Late Model 101 seminar at Hall of Fame building

5:30 p.m.: Main and back gates open

6:30 p.m. Hot laps

7:30 p.m.: Racing begins

• Hot laps

• Late Model first set of heats

• Modified heat races

• Late Model second set of heats

• Modified consolation race

Saturday

(Race program: Late Model consolation, dashes, modified feature, Late Model non-qualifiers’ race and Late Model main event)

11 a.m. Hall of Fame opens

1 p.m.: Fund-raising auction at National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame

3 p.m.: All gates open

4:30 p.m.: National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame induction ceremonies

7:30 p.m.: Racing begins

• Three 20-lap Late Model consolation races

• Two six-laps Late Model pole dashes

• Modified feature

• Late Model non-qualifiers’ race

• Late Model 100-lap main event

Correction: Adds Leon Sells to Hall of Fame inductees

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