Overhauling its schedule with several changes including the addition of two three-race July swings in the Midwest, the third-year XR Super Series increased the Super Late Model tour's total events to 23 and raised the race winner's minimum purse to $15,000. All but three of the tour's races are scheduled for the second half of the season.

The Barry Braun-founded tour, which last fall initially announced six single-day 2024 races among six tracks before expanding the schedule to more than 20 races three months ago, scrapped plans for its May 16-18 weekend at Ogilvie (Minn.) Raceway, shifting to a single-day Ogilvie event on July 3. Ogilvie's midweek Minnesota Mega pays $50,000-to-win, up from the planned $30,000-to-win finale on the original May 18 date. Ogilvie's event follows newly announced $15,000-to-win races July 1-2 at Gondik Law Speedway in Superior, Wis., and Proctor (Minn.) Speedway.

In another new series swing set for July 8-10, three tracks — Fairmont (Minn.) Raceway; Clay County Fair Speedway in Spencer, Iowa; and Mason City (Iowa) Motor Speedway — will each host the richest Late Model events in track histories with $15,000-to-win events.

XRSS also added dates at Pennsboro (W.Va.) Speedway and Duck River Raceway Park in Wheel, Tenn.

The Oct. 24 Pennsboro event opens a three-race Mason-Dixon 100 weekend. Purses for the event of the track that's slated to reopen for the first time in more than 20 years will be determined later. (Originally, Pennsboro's finale was scheduled to pay $30,000-to-win.)

Duck River's Nov. 23 date for the Gobbler will pay $15,000-to-win and wrap up the season on the tour that plans to pay its top 10 in tour points, including $50,000 to the champion.

Before the series increased its minimum purses, most events paid $12,000-to-win. Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., who swept April's Spring Thaw weekend at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tenn., leads XRSS points after two events.

Correction: Fixes three-race stretches in July instead of weekends.