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The Dome at America's Center

Fast Facts: Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals

November 29, 2024, 8:55 am
By Aaron Clay
DirtonDirt.com weekend editor

Dates: Dec. 5-7 ($5,000-to-win preliminary features on Thursday and Friday before Saturday’s $30,000-to-win finale)

Track: The Dome at America’s Center (temporary fifth-mile clay oval)

Location: St. Louis, Mo.

Purse: $30,000-to-win

Primary sponsors: Castrol and O’Reilly Auto Parts

Sanction: None

Live streaming: FloRacing

Last year’s winner: Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., earned his first Gateway triumph

Tickets: Reserved seating is $25-$45 on Thursday and Friday, $35-$55 Saturday; details below.

Website: gatewaydirt.com

Track phone: (314) 786-2636

Notes: Thunder rolls inside The Dome at America’s Center for the eighth annual Gateway Dirt Nationals, featuring indoor racing on a temporary fifth-mile oval, the lone indoor Super Late Model event of the season. … The three-day event begins with $5,000-to-win prelims on Thursday and Friday, preceding Saturday’s 40-lap, $30,000-to-win finale. … Half of the entries compete on Thursday and half on Friday with the top three finishers from preliminary features locked into Saturday’s main event. … Qualifying races (and non-qualifier races) set the rest of the Saturday’s field … Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., led all 40 laps for his first Gateway Dirt Nationals triumph in earning last year’s $30,000 top prize. … Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas, scored an emotional Dome victory in 2022, just days after losing his father. … Tyler Carpenter of Parkersburg, W.Va. (2019 and ’21) and Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill. (2017-’18) each won back-to-back Gateway Dirt Nationals (2020’s race was cancelled by the pandemic). … The late Scott Bloomquist won 2016’s inaugural race inside The Dome. … Modifieds are on the undercard contesting $3,000-to-win prelims before Saturday’s $10,000-to-win finale. … Pits open at 11 a.m. and grandstands open at 2 p.m., with on-track activity at 3, daily. … Watch live on FloRacing.

Gateway Dirt Nationals winners

(Complete race history)

Year: Winner, hometown

2023: Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, Ill.

2022: Tyler Erb, New Waverly, Texas

2021: Tyler Carpenter, Parkersburg, W.Va.

2020: cancelled

2019: Tyler Carpenter, Parkersburg, W.Va.

2018: Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, Ill.

2017: Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, Ill.

2016: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

Weekend purses

Thursday and Friday preliminary features

1. $5,000

2. $2,500

3. $1,800

4. $1,500

5. $1,200

6. $1,000

7. $900

8. $800

9. $700

10. $600

11-20. $500

Saturday’s main event

1. $30,000

2. $15,000

3. $10,000

4. $5,000

5. $3,000

6. $2,500

7. $2,400

8. $2,300

9. $2,200

10. $2,100

11-19. $2,000

Event schedule

Wednesday

10 a.m. - Reserved competitor parking (row A and B)

10 a.m. - Registration and credentials open, fuel storage and check-in open

10 a.m. - Fuel storage opens (Cole Street docks)

1 p.m. - Reserved competitor parking begins (row C and D)

1 p.m. - Vendor setup begins

4 p.m. - Reserved competitor parking (row E and F)

8 p.m. - Fuel storage closes

9 p.m. - Registration and credentials office closes

10 p.m. - Reserved competitor parking and vendor row move-in closes; pit area cleared and closed

Thursday

8 a.m. - Competitor parking for late arrivals

10 a.m. - Registration and credentials office opens

11 a.m. - Pits open, technical inspection begins

1 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting, fuel storage opens

2 p.m. - Grandstands open

3 p.m. - On-track activity

Late Model hot laps

Late Model time trials (2 laps)

Modified group qualifying

5 p.m. - Opening ceremonies

Late Model heats (8 laps)

Modified heats (8 laps)

Consolation races

Late Models (10 laps)

Modifieds (8 laps)

Features

Late Models (25 laps)

Modifieds (20 laps)

(Pit area cleared, closes one hour after final checkered flag)

Friday

10 a.m. - Registration and credentials office opens

11 a.m. - Pits open, technical inspection begins

1 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting, fuel storage opens

2 p.m. - Grandstands open

3 p.m. - On-track activity

Late Model hot laps

Late Model time trials

Modified group qualifying

5 p.m. - Opening ceremonies

Late Model heats (8 laps)

Modified heats (8 laps)

Consolation races

Late Models (10 laps)

Modifieds (8 laps)

Features

Late Models (25 laps)

Modifieds (20 laps)

(Pit area cleared, closes one hour after final checkered flag)

Saturday

11 a.m. - Pits open, technical inspection begins

1 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting, fuel storage and fueling lane opens

2 p.m. - Grandstands open

3 p.m. - On-track activity

Late Model non-qualifiers (10 laps)

Late Model qualifiers (10 laps)

Late Model hot laps (locked-in entrants)

Modified qualifiers (10 laps)

Modified hot laps (locked-in entrants)

Late Model consolation (10 laps)

Modified consolation (10 laps)

6 p.m. - Opening ceremonies and driver introductions

Features

Late Models (40 laps)

Modifieds (30 laps)

Tickets

Thursday

Three-day reserved: Multi-day tickets sold out

Reserved seating only: $25-$45

Three-day fan pit pass upgrade: $75

Three-day competitor pit pass: $160

Friday

Two-day reserved: Multi-day tickets sold out

Reserved seating only: $25 (limited seating available)

Fan pit pass upgrade: $75

Saturday

Reserved seating only: $35-$55

Fan pit pass upgrade: $75

 
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