Topless 100 At Batesville Motor Speedway Coming Up Next For Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Story By: LUCAS OIL LATE MODEL DIRT SERIES – BATAVIA, OH – The nation’s elite dirt late model drivers and regional standouts are gearing up for a huge weekend at Batesville Motor Speedway in the 31st Annual COMP Cams Topless 100 – Presented by Nutrien Ag Solutions.
On Thursday, the COMP Cams Super Dirt Series will kick off the weekend on Thursday, August 17 with a make-up from the July 29 program that was preempted by heavy rain. The B-Mains and $5,000-to-win A-Main will be held, followed by an optional open practice session as the 31st Annual COMP Cams Topless 100 – Presented by Nutrien Ag Solutions weekend kicks into high gear.
This action on Friday night includes a complete program of Dirt Draft Hot Laps, Allstar Performance Time Trials, B-Mains, and a 30-lap, $5,000-to-win main event. Drivers will earn points in Friday’s preliminary events that will determine the lineups for Saturday night’s finale. The Top-16 in points will be locked into the A-Main, while everyone else will start in a B-Main.
On Friday, the pit gate will open at 3:00 PM, general admission gate at 4:30 PM, with a driver’s meeting slated for 7:00 PM. Hot Laps are set to begin at 7:30 PM. All times are Central Time.
Saturday’s festivities will kick off with Dirt Draft Hot Laps at 7:30 PM, followed by B-Mains for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series/ COMP Cams Super Dirt Series competitors.
The 100-lap, $50,000-to-win, COMP Cams Topless 100 – Presented by Nutrien Ag Solutions will cap off the weekend. On Saturday, the pit gate will open at 4:00 PM, and the main gate at 4:30 PM. There will be a driver’s meeting at 7:30 PM.
Batesville Motor Speedway is located in Locust Grove, Arkansas, seven miles west of Batesville at the junction of Highways 25 & 14. The crown jewel event – co-sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and the COMP Cams Super Dirt Series – offers a unique perspective of dirt late models without a roof. The topless aspect gives spectators an up-close look, as drivers wrestle their 800+ horsepower machines around the lightning-fast, 3/8-mile oval.
Ricky Thornton Jr. leads the Big River Steel Chase for the Championship – Presented by ARP to Batesville Motor Speedway. Hudson O’Neal is second, followed by Jonathan Davenport, Brandon Overton, and Tim McCreadie rounding out the top five.
