A $75,000 prize will be on the line this weekend when the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visits Florence Speedway for the prestigious North-South 100. The event will feature three nights of racing beginning Thursday, August 7 and ending with the main event on Saturday, August 9. 

Here's everything you need to know about the North-South 100. 

Where Is The North-South 100 Held?

The North-South 100 is held annually at Florence Speedway, a semi-banked half-mile dirt oval in Union, Kentucky. 

North-South 100 Schedule

(All times local; subject to change)

Thursday

2:30 p.m. - Pits closed and cleared

3 p.m. - Pits reopen, 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 reopen

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 Group A time trials (2 laps)

Opening ceremonies

Late Model heats (8 laps)

Late Model consolations (10 laps)

Intermission/track prep

Late Model first semifeature (25 laps)

Late Model second semifeature (25 laps)

Friday

2 p.m. - Hall of Fame building opens

2:30 p.m. - Pits closed and cleared

3 p.m. - Pits reopen

3:15 p.m. - Tech and registration opens

5:30 p.m. - Grandstands closed and cleared

6 p.m. - Grandstands reopen

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 Group A time trials (2 laps)

Opening ceremonies

Late Model heats (8 laps)

Late Model consolations (10 laps)

Intermission/track prep

Late Model first semifeature (25 laps)

Late Model second 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 reopen

3:15 p.m. - Tech and registration opens

5 p.m. - Outreach service

5:45-6:30 p.m. - Drivers’ 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)

Driver introductions

43rd annual North-South 100 (100 laps)

Late Model non-qualifiers (25 laps)

North-South 100 Purse

The North-South 100 is headlined by a $75,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series finale. 

Thursday and Friday’s preliminary 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’s non-qualifier’s 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’s 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

Who Won Last Year's North-South 100? 

Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill.,  scored his third career North-South 100 victory and second consecutive win in 2024. 

North-South 100 Notes

• The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series rolls into Kentucky’s Florence Speedway for its second of three straight crown jewel events with the 43rd annual North-South 100. 
• The three-day weekend purse exceeds $325,000 and kicks off with twin 25-lap, $6,000-to-win split-field semifeatures Thursday and Friday, with combined points setting the heat race lineups for Saturday’s finale; consolations precede the 100-lap, $75,000-to-win main event. 
• The 2025 invitation-only Hall of Fame induction ceremony is 11:30 a.m. Saturday morning, inductees include: Kyle Berck, Lance Matthees, Kelly Boen, Fred Horn, C.L. Pritchett, Kelley Carlton, Tom Deery, Carl Short, Roby Helm, the Izzo family and Don Schoenfeld. 
• It’s the first Lucas Oil Series visit to Florence since last year’s North-South after May’s Ralph Latham Memorial was rained out. 
• Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., is a three-time North-South 100 winner, including two consecutive (2016, ’23-’24). Pierce won $5,000 prelims each night in 2023, before also adding a $6,000 semifeature last year. 
• Points leader Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., won two $6,000 prelims last year and enters having made 10 straight North-South 100 features. 
• Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., has the longest active with 20 consecutive North-South 100 starts; Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., is next in line starting 12 consecutive finales. 
• Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., has semifeature victories in each of the last two years while also topping last year’s $10,000 Spring 50 in the James Essex-promoted Northern Allstars Late Model Series competition. 
• Josh Rice of Crittenden, Ky., has 13 Florence victories since 2021, including his first career Lucas Oil triumph in May 1, 2021’s Latham Memorial. He's earned more than $90,000 over that span. 
• Pits open at 3 p.m. with hot laps at 7 daily; grandstands open at 6 for Thursday-Friday prelims; grandstands open at 3 for Saturday’s finale.

North-South 100 Winners

Year: Winner, hometown

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

North-South 100 Tickets

Thursday

Three-day general admission: $100 for adults (ages 18-and-up); $94 for seniors (ages 65+); $70 for minors (ages 13-to-17); $15 for children (ages 12-and-under)

One-day general admission: $30 for adults (ages 18-and-up); $28 for seniors (ages 65+); $20 for minors (ages 13-to-17); $5 for children (ages 12-and-under)

Reserved seating: additional $5 per ticket (three-day, two-day or Saturday only)

Three-day all access pit pass: $150

One-day all access pit pass: $50

Friday

Two-day general admission: $75 for adults (ages 18-and-up); $71 for seniors (ages 65+); $55 for minors (ages 13-to-17); $12 for children (ages 12-and-under)

One-day general admission: $30 for adults (ages 18-and-up); $28 for seniors (ages 65+); $20 for minors (ages 13-to-17); $5 for children (ages 12-and-under)

Reserved seating: additional $5 per ticket (three-day, two-day or Saturday only)

Two-day all access pit pass: $105

One-day all access pit pass: $50

Saturday

One-day general admission: $45 for adults (ages 18-and-up); $43 for seniors (ages 65+); $35 for students (ages 13-to-17); $10 for children (ages 12-and-under)

Reserved seating: additional $5 per ticket (three-day, two-day or Saturday only)

One-day all access pit pass: $55

Ticket questions/advanced sales, call: (859) 493-0034 or florencesp.webtix.co/

Websites: florencesp.webtix.co/events and lucasdirt.com/schedules

Track phone: (859) 493-0034

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