What To Know About The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Championship Chase
What To Know About The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Championship Chase
The Lucas Oil Knoxville Nationals will be the final event before the Chase for the Championship begins for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.
Only one race remains before the 2024 Chase for the Championship begins for Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship hopefuls. That race will take place this weekend during the 20th annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals at Knoxville Raceway.
To get you ready for this year's revamped Chase for the Championship, we've put together a breakdown of what you need to know.
Lucas Oil Chase For The Championship Format
Last year's one-race playoff to decide a champion has been eliminated and replaced with a format that will see the top four drivers in the championship standings battle for a championship over the course of seven events.
The driver who earns the most points over the course of the seven-race playoff, which once again ends with the Dirt Track World Championship at Eldora Speedway, will be crowned the 2024 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion.
Lucas Oil Chase For The Championship Schedule
The tour's "Big Four" will duke it out at the following seven races:
- Sept. 27-28 - Brownstown Speedway
- Oct. 1 - Atomic Speedway
- Oct. 4-5 - Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway
- Oct. 12 - East Bay Raceway Park (Oct. 10-11 serving as prelims)
- Oct. 19 - Eldora Speedway
Who Are The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Big Four?
Ricky Thornton Jr., Jonathan Davenport and Devin Moran are all comfortably locked into the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship four entering the final "regular season" event at Knoxville Raceway.
The big question mark and storyline entering the Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals is: who will grab the fourth and final spot to battle for a championship?
Defending Lucas Oil champion Hudson O'Neal currently holds the advantage by 15 points over two-time series champion Tim McCreadie.
A win by either driver would lock themselves into the "Big Four" to battle for the championship. After that, the scenarios become more complicated.
O'Neal holds the tiebreaker over McCreadie as a result of having more win in events that points were earned.
O'Neal can clinch his spot in the "Big Four" by:
- Winning the race or finishing better than McCreadie
- Finishing within one position of McCreadie if both drivers finish in the top four but neither win the race
- Finishing within two positions of McCreadie if McCreadie finishes third or worse
- Finishing within three positions of McCreadie if McCreade finishes between fourth and 17th
- Starting the A-Main if McCreadie finishes 18th or worse
McCreadie can clinch his spot in the "Big Four" by:
- Winning the race
- Finishing second if O'Neal finishes fourth or worse
- Finishing third if O'Neal finishes sixth or worse
- Finishing four positions ahead of O'Neal if McCreadie finishes between fourth and 17th
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Point System
A-Main Points will be awarded as follows:
1st - 200
2nd - 180
3rd - 170
4th - 160
5th - 155
6th - 150
7th - 145
8th - 140
9th - 135
10th - 130
11th - 125
12th - 120
13th - 115
14th - 110
15th - 105
16th - 100
17th - 95
18th - 90
19th - 85
20th - 80
21st - 75
22nd - 75
23rd - 75
24th - 75
25th - 75
26th - 75
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