By The Numbers: 2024 World 100 At Eldora Speedway
By The Numbers: 2024 World 100 At Eldora Speedway
A by-the-numbers look at the 2024 World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.
With a record crowd on hand at Eldora Speedway, Bobby Pierce claimed his second career World 100 victory on Saturday night at "The Big E." To put a wrap on the memorable week, we take a by-the-numbers look at the 54th annual World 100.
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0: Number of unsold reserved seats on a night when Eldora broke its all-time attendance record.
1: World 100s held outside Scott Bloomquist’s lifetime.
2: Sets of scales available to officials, who set up backup scales borrowed from the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series after Eldora’s permanent scales malfunctioned before Saturday night’s action.
3: Times Bobby Pierce regained the lead from a different competitor (Garrett Alberson on lap 26, Jonathan Davenport on lap 63 and Dale McDowell on lap 96), a first in World 100 history. Randy Boggs twice regained the lead from two drivers in winning 1987's race.
4: National anthems sung before Saturday's action, for the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
5: Longhorn Chassis drivers winning among six heat races.
6: Cautions in the first consolation race, the most of any Saturday night event.
8: Lead changes, a World 100 record.
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9: Multiple-time World 100 winners all-time, after Bobby Pierce’s second career victory put alongside Billy Moyer (six wins), Jonathan Davenport (five), Donnie Moran (four), Scott Bloomquist (four), Larry Moore (three), Jeff Purvis (three), Jimmy Owens (two) and Brian Birkhofer (two).
11: Drivers completing the 100-lap distance in Saturday’s finale.
12: Positions gained by eighth-place finisher Garrett Smith and 12th-place finisher Brandon Sheppard, tied for the most among any drivers.
14.987: Seconds for the quickest qualifying lap of the weekend by Tim McCreadie.
15: Finishing position of Donald McIntosh of Dawsonville, Ga., the highest finisher among three first-time race starters (Ross Bailes was 16th and Ethan Dotson 24th).
15.460: Seconds for the quickest lap in the race by Garrett Alberson, on the fifth circuit.
16: States or Canadian provinces represented in the 28-car starting field (led by seven starters from Georgia).
17: Longhorn Chassis starting the feature, one fewer than last season but more than any other manufacturer.
20: World 100s held under Tony Stewart’s ownership.
36: Minutes, the length of the World 100, 19 minutes shorter than last year.
38: Consecutive major-event feature starts for Dale McDowell, 10 more than any other driver.
54: World 100 events held at Eldora.
55: Degrees at feature time as summer temperatures give way to autumnal weather mid-event.
108: Entrants for the World 100.
122: Race laps on each of the preliminary nights, 32 fewer than last year.
150: World 100 laps led by Bobby Pierce, 45 both times he won (2016 and '24) and 60 in 2019.
374: Career World 100 laps by Jonathan Davenport after adding 28 more (he’s second on the all-time list to Billy Moyer); Davenport has led laps in eight of the last 10 World 100s, topping the 1991-2000 mark of Billy Moyer leading seven races in a 10-year period.
5,000: Conservative estimate of number of attendees for Scott Bloomquist’s celebration of life on Saturday afternoon.
5,400: Dollars paid to the last-place finisher, a record payout.
57,000: Dollars paid to winner Bobby Pierce, a record payout.
591,260: Dollars paid out in World 100 purse money.
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