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Cedar Lake Speedway

Fast Facts: Cedar Lake's 36th annual USA Nationals

August 2, 2023, 8:37 am
By Aaron Clay
DirtonDirt.com weekend editor
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Dates: Aug. 3-5 (two 30-lap, $6,000-to-win preliminary features will be contested Thursday and Friday, setting the lineup for Saturday’s 100-lap, $50,000-to-win USA Nationals).

Track: Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis. (high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval).

Purse: $50,000-to-win Late Model feature.

Sanction: World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series.

Live streaming: DIRTVision.

Last year’s winner: Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., a three-time USA Nationals winner.

Tickets: Three-day advance sales $100 for adults, $50 for students; day-by-by ticketing options below.

Websites: cedarlakespeedway.com and worldofoutlaws.com/latemodels

Track phone: (612) 363-0479

Notes: Less than one week removed from wrapping up the Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury Speedway, the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series rolls into Cedar Lake Speedway for the 36th annual USA Nationals. … The three-day event kicks off with Thursday and Friday’s 30-lap, $6,000-to-win full-field preliminary features. Not only paying points toward the season-long title, Thursday and Friday’s prelims will also follow WoO's “every lap matters” format where drivers will be awarded points for qualifying, heat races, consolations and each night’s main event. The top 16 point earners following Friday’s action will be locked into Saturday’s 100-lap, $50,000-to-win finale, with the remaining drivers relegated to running a consolation or last chance race, which precede Saturday’s USA Nationals. … Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., eyes his third straight and fourth career USA Nationals victory. … World of Outlaws series points leader Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., won Tuesday’s $15,000 Hawkeye 50 at Boone Speedway and seeks his first career USA Nationals triumph. … Winner of 2018’s USA Nationals, Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., added a $20,000 series victory at Cedar Lake in 2020, increasing his total race winnings to more than $70,000 there. … Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., won five of the first six USA Nationals and was later tied by Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., for most wins in the prestigious event. … A FansFund Dash will be held Thursday. The 12 drivers receiving donated travel money: Trevor Gundaker, Kaede Loudy, Ricky Weiss, Ashton Winger, Ricky Thornton Jr., Jason Feger, Daulton Wilson, James Giossi, Cody Overton, Tyler Clem, Drake Troutman and Dillon McCowan. ... A tubing outing will be held on the nearby Apple River on Friday and Saturday morning and a drivers’ autograph session on Saturday afternoon headlining the off-track entertainment. … Cedar Lake’s Limited Late Model division is on the undercard each night with $2,500-to-win events. … Gates open at 5 p.m. Thursday and one hour earlier Friday and Saturday, with racing at 7 nightly.

USA Nationals winners

(Complete race history)

Year: Winner, hometown

2022: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.

2021: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.

2020: Brandon Overton, Evans, Ga.

2019: Chris Madden, Gray Court, S.C.

2018: Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, Ill.

2017: Don O’Neal, Martinsville, Ind.

2016: Josh Richards, Shinnston, W.Va.

2015: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.

2014: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.

2013: Tim McCreadie, Watertown, N.Y.

2012: Darrell Lanigan, Union, Ky.

2011: Josh Richards, Shinnston, W.Va.

2010: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

2009: Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, Wis.

2008: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

2007: Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, Iowa

2006: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

2005: Dale McDowell, Chickamauga, Ga.

2004: Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, Iowa

2003: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

2002: Rick Eckert, York, Pa.

2001: Dale McDowell, Chickamauga, Ga.

2000: Davey Johnson, Greensburg, Pa.

1999: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

1998: Donnie Moran, Dresden, Ohio

1997: Rick Aukland, Fargo, N.D.

1996: Jimmy Mars, Elk Mound, Wis.

1995: Jack Boggs, Grayson, Ky.

1994: Jack Boggs, Grayson, Ky.

1993: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.

1992: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.

1991: Rick Aukland, Fargo, N.D.

1990: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.

1989: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.

1988: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.

USA Nationals purse

1. $50,000

2. $20,000

3. $10,000

4. $6,000

5. $5,000

6. $4,800

7. $4,600

8. $4,400

9. $4,200

10. $4,000

11. $3,800

12. $3,600

13. $3,400

14. $3,350

15. $3,300

16. $3,250

17. $3,200

18. $3,150

19. $3,100

20. $3,075

21. $3,050

22. $3,025

23. $3,010

24.-26. $3,000

Event schedule

(All times local)

Thursday

5 p.m. - Grandstands open

6 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting

6:30 p.m. - On-track activity

- WoO Late Model hot laps

- Limited Late Model hot laps

- WoO Late Model time trials (2 laps)

Opening ceremonies

- WoO Late Model heat races (8 laps)

- Limited Late Model heat races

- WoO Late Model consolation races (10 laps)

- Limited Late Model consolation races

- WoO Late Model feature (25 laps)

- Limited Late Model feature (30 laps)

- WoO Late Models Fans Fund dash (12 laps)

- Postrace party in the Cedar Lake Arena

Friday

8:30 a.m. - Breakfast served in both restaurants

11 a.m. - Tubing on Apple River

4 p.m. - Grandstands open

6 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting

6:30 p.m. - On-track activity

- WoO Late Model hot laps

- Limited Late Model hot laps

- WoO Late Model time trials (2 laps)

Opening ceremonies

- Limited Late Model heat races

- WoO Late Model heat races (8 laps)

- Limited Late Model consolation races

- WoO Late Model consolation races (10 laps)

Track prep and fireworks show

- Limited Late Model feature (30 laps)

- WoO Late Model feature (25 laps)

- Postrace party in the Cedar Lake Arena

Saturday

8:30 a.m. - Breakfast served in both restaurants

11 a.m. - Tubing on Apple River

12:30 p.m. - Fans Fund luncheon

2 p.m. - Lawn mower racing in the Cedar Lake Arena

4 p.m. - Grandstands open

4:30 p.m. - Drivers’ autograph session

6 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting

6:30 p.m. - On-track activity

- WoO Late Model hot laps (consolation drivers)

- Limited Late Model hot laps

Opening ceremonies

- WoO Late Model consolation races (10 laps)

- Limited Late Model heat races (12 laps)

- WoO Late Model hot laps (drivers locked into feature)

- Limited Late Model consolation races (12 laps)

- WoO Late Model last-chance race (15 laps)

- Limited Late Model feature (30 laps)

Track prep and driver introductions

- WoO Late Model USA Nationals feature (100 laps)

Tickets

Thursday

Three-day general admission: $100 for adults (ages 17-and-up); $50 for students (ages 6-to-16)

One-day general admission: $30 for adults (ages 17-and-up); $15 for students (ages 6-to-16)

One-day all access pit pass: $35

Friday

Two-day general admission: $75 for adults (ages 17-and-up); $37 for students (ages 6-to-16)

One-day general admission: $35 for adults (ages 17-and-up); $17 for students (ages 6-to-16)

One-day all access pit pass: $40

Saturday

One-day general admission: $45 for adults (ages 17-and-up); $22 for students (ages 6-to-16)

One-day all access pit pass: $45

Ticket questions/advanced sales, call: (612) 363-0479 or clstickets.com/tickets.asp

Camping

Reserved dry/primitive camping: $60 for weekend

More information: clstickets.com/tickets.asp or (612) 363-0479

 
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