Doubleheader Launches A Busy Month Of May For Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Story By: LUCAS OIL LATE MODEL DIRT SERIES – BATAVIA, OH – The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series presented by FloRacing is poised to launch an exciting and lucrative month of May with a doubleheader in Indiana and Kentucky.
Circle City Raceway welcomes the nation’s top dirt late model drivers for the first time in the tour’s history on Friday, May 2. The event will feature a complete program of Allstar Performance Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Mains, and a 50-lap, $15,000-to-win main event. Additionally, the EDCO Welding Crown Vics and Super Stocks will compete on Friday night.
The pit gates will open at 4:00 PM, followed by the general admission gates at 5:00 PM, and Hot Laps will begin at 7:00 PM.
Circle City Raceway is conveniently located at 7300 East Troy Avenue on the Marion County Fairgrounds just off I-465 in Indianapolis, IN.
From there, competitors will make the drive southeast to Union, KY. Teams are vying for a $25,000 prize in the 39th Annual Ralph Latham Memorial at Florence Speedway on Saturday. Likewise, the event will feature a complete program of Allstar Performance Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Mains, and a 50-lap, $25,000-to-win main event.
The pit gate opens at 2:00 PM on Saturday, and the main and back gates open at 5:00 PM. Hot laps begin at 7:00 PM. In addition to the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, the Pro Late Models and Modifieds.
Florence Speedway is located in Northern Kentucky off Interstate 71/75, approximately 25 miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio. Take KY exit 180 off I-71/75; west on US 42, nine miles to the track on the left.
Following back-to-back victories in the northeast, Ricky Thornton Jr. has returned to the top of the Big River Steel Chase for the Championship presented by ARP standings. Devin Moran is second, followed by Jonathan Davenport, Garrett Alberson, and Brandon Overton, completing the top five.
The Sunoco Road to Wheatland, the first of four bonus rounds in the Big River Steel Chase for the Championship presented by ARP standings, continues. The Sunoco Road to Wheatland is a long-standing incentive that awards cash bonuses to the top 15 drivers in the series’ point standings at the Show-Me 100 in May. The series point leader will earn a $2,500 bonus at the Show-Me 100, while those finishing 2nd through 15th in the series point standings will receive cash prizes from the $16,000 bonus pool that Sunoco is distributing.
