Florence Speedway
Fast Facts: 44th annual Sunoco North-South 100
By Aaron Clay
DirtonDirt weekend editor
Dates: Aug. 6-8
Track: Florence Speedway (semi-banked half-mile dirt oval).
Location: Union, Ky.
Purse: $75,000-to-win
Primary sponsors: Sunoco Race Fuels and Lucas Oil
Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Streaming: Live on FloRacing
Last year’s winner: Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., his fourth career North-South 100 victory and third consecutive.
Tickets: Three-day general admission $105 for adults; $99 for seniors; $75 for minors; $20 for children; day-by-by ticketing options below.
Websites: florencesp.webtix.co/ and lucasdirt.com/schedules/
Track phone: (859) 485-7591
Notes: Florence Speedway hosts the 44th annual Sunoco North-South 100 culminating with Saturday’s 100-lap, $75,000-to-win finale for Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series competitors. … The three-day program opens with 25-lap, $6,000-to-win split-field semifeatures Thursday-Friday setting the lineups for Saturday’s heat races preceding consolations and feature; a 25-lap, $3,000-to-win non-qualifiers’ race follows the 100-lap main event. … New this year, Saturday will also feature a six-lap, $5,000-to-win Ron and Madeleine Jerger dash presented by Cincinnati Investment Advisors, honoring two of the track’s most influential contributors with more than 100 combined years devoted to Florence. … The weekend’s total purse exceeds $325,000. … Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., is fresh off a $100,000 payday in Aug. 1’s USA Nationals at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis., and seeks his fifth career North-South 100 victory (2016, ’23-’25). Pierce enters with three straight North-South 100 wins, worth more than $275,000. … Points leader Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., two weeks removed from July 25’s Prairie Dirt Classic triumph at Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway, seeks his first career North-South 100. … Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., is a two-time North-South winner (2015, ’22), earning more than $125,000. … Josh Rice of Crittenden, Ky., has 13 Florence specials since 2021, including two Lucas Oil Series victories, combining for more than $90,000 over that span. … Hudson O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind., won May’s $25,000 Lucas Oil-sanctioned Ralph Latham Memorial … The National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame will be open daily with 2026 inductees including Shannon Babb, Earl Pearson Jr., Randy Weaver, Sam Driggers and Rick Schwallie, among others; an auction will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday after the induction ceremony, which is closed to the public. … There’s also a Larry Moore Legends Reunion 1-3 p.m. Friday at the Hall of Fame with storytelling and memories. … Pits open at 3 p.m. with hot laps at 7, daily; grandstands open at 6 p.m. for Thursday-Friday prelims before opening at 3 for Saturday’s finale.
North-South 100 winners
Year: Winner, hometown
2025: Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, Ill.
2024: Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, Ill.
2023: Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, Ill.
2022: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2021: Brandon Overton, Evans, Ga.
2020: Tim McCreadie, Watertown, N.Y.
2019: Chris Madden, Gray Court, S.C.
2018: Ricky Weiss, Headingley, Manitoba
2017: Tim McCreadie, Watertown, N.Y.
2016: Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, Ill.
2015: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
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, Grayson, Ky.
1985: John Mason, Millersburg, Ohio
1984: Pat Patrick, Sayler Park, Ohio
1983: Pat Patrick, Sayler Park, Ohio
Weekend purses
Thursday and Friday semifeatures
1. $6,000
2. $3,000
3. $2,000
4. $1,250
5. $1,000
6. $900
7. $850
8. $800
9. $750
10. $700
11. $650
12. $600
13. $550
14.-24. $500
Saturday non-qualifiers race
1. 3,000
2. $1,500
3. $1,000
4. $850
5. $750
6. $650
7. $600
8. $575
9. $550
10. $525
11.-20. $500
Saturday dash
1. $5,000
2. $1,000
3. $500
4. $250
5. $150
6. $100
Saturday North-South 100
1. $75,000
2. $25,000
3. $10,000
4. $9,000
5. $8,000
6. $7,000
7. $6,000
8. $5,000
9. $4,750
10. $4,500
11. $4,250
12. $4,000
13. $3,750
14. $3,700
15. $3,650
16. $3,600
17. $3,550
18.-25. $3,500
Event schedule
(All times local; subject to change)
Thursday
2 p.m. - Hall of Fame building opens
2:30 p.m. - Pits closed and cleared
3 p.m. - Pits open, Hall of Fame building opens
3:15 p.m. - Tech and registration opens
5:30 p.m. - Grandstands closed and cleared
6 p.m. - Grandstands open
6:15 p.m. - Tech and registration closes
6:30 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
7 p.m. - On-track activity (Hall of Fame building closes)
Late Model hot laps
Late Model time trials (2 laps)
Opening ceremonies
Late Model heats (8 laps)
Late Model consolations (10 laps)
Intermission/track prep
First Late Model semifeature (25 laps)
Second Late Model semifeature (25 laps)
Friday
Noon: Legends Luncheon at Hall of Fame (invitation only)
1-3 p.m.: Larry Moore Legends Reunion at Hall of Fame
2:30 p.m. - Pits closed and cleared
3 p.m. - Pits open
3:15 p.m. - Tech and registration opens
3:30 p.m. - Pit crew challenge
5:30 p.m. - Grandstands closed and cleared
6 p.m. - Grandstands open
6:15 p.m. - Tech and registration closes
6:30 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
7 p.m. - On-track activity (Hall of Fame building closes)
Late Model hot laps
Late Model time trials (2 laps)
Opening ceremonies
Late Model heats (8 laps)
Late Model consolations (10 laps)
Intermission/track prep
First Late Model semifeature (25 laps)
Second Late Model semifeature (25 laps)
Saturday
11:30 a.m. - Hall of Fame induction ceremony (closed to public)
2:30 p.m. - Pits, grandstands closed and cleared
2:30 p.m. - Drivers’ autograph session (Hall of Fame building opens to public)
3 p.m. - All gates open
3:15 p.m. - Tech and registration opens
5 p.m. - Church outreach service
5:45-6:30 p.m. - Driver autograph session
7 p.m. - On-track activity (Hall of Fame building closes)
Late Model hot laps
Opening ceremonies
Late Model heats (10 laps)
Intermission/track prep
Late Model consolations (12 laps)
Late Model dash (6 laps)
Driver introductions
44th annual North-South 100 (100 laps)
Late Model non-qualifiers’ race (25 laps)
Tickets
Thursday
One-day adult general admission (ages 18-and-up): $30
Three-day adult general admission (ages 18-and-up): $105
One-day Senior general admission (ages 65+): $28
Three-day senior general admission (ages 65+): $99
One-day minor general admission (ages 13-to-17): $20
Three-day minor general admission (ages 13-to-17): $75
One-day children general admission (ages 12-and-under): $5
Three-day child general admission (ages 12-and-under): $20
Reserved seating: additional $5 per day
Three-day all access pit pass: $155
One-day all access pit pass: $55
Friday
One-day adult general admission (ages 18-and-up): $30
Two-day adult general admission (ages 18-and-up): $75
One-day Senior general admission (ages 65+): $28
Two-day senior general admission (ages 65+): $71
One-day minor general admission (ages 13-to-17): $20
Two-day minor general admission (ages 13-to-17): $55
One-day children general admission (ages 12-and-under): $5
Two-day child general admission (ages 12-and-under): $15
Reserved seating: additional $5 per day
Two-day all access pit pass: $105
One-day all access pit pass: $55
Saturday
One-day adult general admission (ages 18-and-up): $45
One-day senior general admission(ages 65+): $43
One-day minor general admission (ages 13-to-17): $35
One-day child general admission (ages 12-and-under): $10
Reserved seating: additional $5 per day
One-day all access pit pass: $55
Ticket questions/advanced sales, call: (859) 485-7591 or florencesp.webtix.co/
Camping
Primitive camping: Free for the weekend
More information: florencespeedway.com/uncategorized/north-south-100-camping-reminder or (859) 485-7591
