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Fast Facts: 54th annual World 100

August 30, 2024, 8:51 am
By Aaron Clay
DirtonDirt.com weekend editor

(Complete World 100 coverage)

Dates: Sept. 5-7 (split-field preliminary programs Thursday and Friday preceding Saturday’s 100-lap finale)

Track: Eldora Speedway (high-banked half-mile clay oval)

Location: Rossburg, Ohio

Purse: $57,000-to-win Late Model feature

Sanction: DIRTcar Racing

Last year’s winner: Hudson O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind., his first career World 100

Tickets: $35 adult general admission (ages 14-and-up) on Thursday and Friday; $45 on Saturday; $185 four-day pit pass; additional details below.

Website: eldoraspeedway.com

Track phone: (937) 338-3815

Notes: The World 100 features a different preliminary format for the 54th annual event with the lineup for Thursday and Friday’s 25-lap semifeatures being set by hybrid “shootout” races as opposed to heats and consolations. … The new format begins with time trials that set a six-car inverted lineup for six 12-lap shootout races (if weather interrupts time trials, timed hot laps will set lineups.) The top eight finishers from each shootout race transfer to one of the two prelims (the two fastest qualifiers not transferring from each group will be added to create a pair of 26-car fields). … This year’s event also offers a record $590,000 purse over the three days, with twin $12,000-to-win split-field semifeatures on Thursday and Friday before Saturday’s 100-lap, $57,000-to-win main event. … Saturday’s finale will follow the tradition format of six heats (lineups set by accumulative points earned Thursday and Friday) and two consolations preceding the feature that pays a record $5,400-to-start. … In addition to the format tweaks, this year’s World 100 is opened by Sept. 4’s $20,000-to-win Castrol FloRacing Night in America event; while it doesn’t have any bearing on World 100 action, it boosts the week’s total purse to more than $660,000. … Hudson O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind., outdueled Jonathan Davenport to win last year’s $56,000 top prize, earning his first career World 100 and the first for Mark Richard, the owner of Rocket Chassis and the Rocket1 house car. … Davenport, of Blairsville, Ga., chases his sixth career World 100 triumph (2015, ’17, ’19, ’21, ’22). … Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., looks to end a seven-year drought at Eldora, since winning 2016’s World 100. … A celebration of life service for 12-time Eldora crown jewel winner Scott Bloomquist is noon-1 p.m. Saturday with free admission. … Pits open at 11 a.m. Wednesday, then noon on Thursday-Saturday; grandstands are cleared and secured at 1 p.m. and reopen at 2, daily. … Watch live on FloRacing.

World 100 winners

(Complete race history)

Year: Winner, hometown

2023: Hudson O’Neal, Martinsville, Ind.

2022: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.

2021: Brandon Overton, Evans, Ga.; Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.

2020: Postponed

2019: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.

2018: Tim McCreadie, Watertown, N.Y.

2017: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.

2016: Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, Ill.

2015: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.

2014: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

2013: John Blankenship, Williamson, W.Va.

2012: Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, Iowa

2011: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.

2010: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.

2009: Bart Hartman, Zanesville, Ohio

2008: Shane Clanton, Locust Grove, Ga.

2007: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.

2006: Earl Pearson Jr., Jacksonville, Fla.

2005: Dale McDowell, Rossville, Ga.

2004: Chub Frank, Bear Lake, Pa.

2003: Dan Schlieper, Pewaukee, Wis.

2002: Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, Iowa

2001: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

2000: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.

1999: Steve Francis, Ashland, Ky.

1998: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.

1997: Donnie Moran, Dresden, Ohio

1996: Donnie Moran, Dresden, Ohio

1995: Jack Boggs, Grayson, Ky.

1994: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.

1993: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.

1992: Donnie Moran, Frazeysburg, Ohio

1991: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.

1990: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

1989: Donnie Moran, Frazeysburg, Ohio

1988: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

1987: Randy Boggs, Grayson, Ky.

1986: Jeff Purvis, Clarksville, Tenn.

1985: Larry Moore, Dayton, Ohio

1984: Jeff Purvis, Clarksville, Tenn.

1983: Jeff Purvis, Clarksville, Tenn.

1982: Mike Duvall, Gaffney, S.C.

1981: Larry Moore, Dayton, Ohio

1980: Charlie Swartz, Lucasville, Ohio

1979: Larry Moore, Dayton, Ohio

1978: Ken Walton, Viola, Iowa

1977: Doug Kenimer, Dalton, Ga.

1976: Charlie Hughes, Dalton, Ga.

1975: Joe Merryfield, Des Moines, Iowa

1974: Ed Sanger, Waterloo, Iowa

1973: Floyd Gilbert, Lockland, Ohio

1972: Verlin Eaker, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

1971: Bruce Gould, Milford, Ohio

Weekend purses

Thursday-Friday prelims (two features daily)

1. $12,000

2. $6,000

3. $3,500

4. $2,800

5. $2,500

6. $2,300

7. $2,200

8. $2,100

9. $2,050

10. $2,000

11. $1,600

12. $1,400

13. $1,200

14. $1,100

15. $1,050

16.-26. $1,000

Saturday’s feature event

1. $57,000

2. $25,000

3. $15,000

4. $12,500

5. $10,000

6. $9,000

7. $8,000

8. $7,500

9. $7,250

10. $7,000

11. $6,750

12. $6,500

13. $6,250

14. $6,000

15. $5,850

16. $5,700

17. $5,650

18. $5,600

19. $5,550

20. $5,500

21. $5,475

22. $5,450

23. $5,425

24.-28. $5,400

Event schedule

(All times local; subject to change)

Wednesday

10 a.m. - Ticket and pit pass sales begin

11 a.m. - Pits open

Noon - Tech inspection begins

1 p.m. - Grandstands cleared and secured

2 p.m. - Grandstands reopen

6 p.m. - Hot laps

8 p.m. - Opening ceremonies

Competition

- Late Model time trials

- Late Model heats (10 laps)

- Late Model consolations (12 laps)

- Late Model feature (50 laps)

Thursday

7 a.m.-11 a.m. - Breakfast served (turn four concession building)

11 a.m. - Ticket office opens (ticket and pit pass sales)

Noon - Pits open

1 p.m. - Grandstands cleared and secured

2 p.m. - All gates, suites and concessions open

5 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting

6 p.m. - Hot laps

8 p.m. - Opening ceremonies

Competition

- Late Model time trials

- Late Model shootout races (12 laps)

- Late Model first semifeature (25 laps)

- Late Model second semifeature (25 laps)

Dukes of Country concert (fan zone)

Friday

7 a.m.-11 a.m. - Breakfast served (turn four concession building)

11 a.m. - Ticket office opens (ticket and pit pass sales)

Noon - Pits open

1 p.m. - Grandstands cleared and secured

2 p.m. - All gates, suites and concessions open

5 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting

6 p.m. - Hot laps

8 p.m. - Opening ceremonies

Competition

- Late Model time trials

- Late Model shootout races (12 laps)

- Late Model first semifeature (25 laps)

- Late Model second semifeature (25 laps)

Dirty Grass Soul concert (fan zone)

Saturday

7 a.m.-11 a.m. - Breakfast served (turn four concession building)

11 a.m. - Ticket office opens (ticket and pit pass sales)

Noon - Pits, suites and concessions open

Noon - Scott Bloomquist’s celebration of life (victory stage)

1 p.m. - Grounds cleared and secured

2 p.m. - All gates, suites and concessions open

2 p.m. - Church service (behind main office)

3:30 p.m. - Driver autograph session (fan zone)

4:30 p.m. - Public drivers’ meeting (fan zone)

6:30 p.m. - Hot laps

7 p.m. - Opening ceremonies

Competition

- Late Model heats (15 laps)

- Late Model consolations (20 laps)

- 54th annual World 100 (100 laps)

Tickets

Wednesday

One-day general admission (14-and-up): $30

One-day child reserved (13-and-under): $10

One-day child general admission (13 and under): free

Reserved seating: Additional $5 for adults

One-day all access pit pass (all ages): $40

Four-day all access pit pass (all ages): $185

Thursday

One-day general admission (14-and-up): $35

One-day child reserved (13-and-under): $20

One-day child general admission (13 and under): free

Reserved seating: Additional $5 for adults

One-day all access pit pass (all ages): $45

Three-day all access pit pass (all ages): $145

Friday

One-day general admission (14-and-up): $35

One-day child reserved (13-and-under): $20

One-day child general admission (13-and-under): free

Reserved seating: Additional $5 for adults

One-day all access pit pass (all ages): $45

Two-day all access pit pass (all ages): $105

Saturday

One-day general admission (14-and-up): $45

One-day child reserved (13-and-under): $20

One-day child general admission (13-and-under): free

Reserved seating: Additional $5 for adults

One-day all access pit pass (all ages): $65

Camping

Primitive camping: $85 for the week (Sept. 2-8)

Online reservations: eldoraspeedway.showare.com

More information: eldoraspeedway.com/camping/campground-maps or (937) 338-3815

 
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