Heat Race Lineups Set For 2025 World 100 At Eldora Speedway

A look at Saturday's six heat race lineups that'll determine the starting grid for the 55th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway.

Sep 6, 2025 by Kyle McFadden

Following two nights of preliminary action coupled with Nick Hoffman's six-car invert spin of The Wheel of Misfortune, the lineups are now set for Saturday's six 15-lap heat races that'll determine the starting lineup for the 100-lap, $72,000-to-win 55th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway.

Nick Hoffman, Brandon Sheppard, Tim McCreadie, Cory Hedgecock, Devin Moran and Garrett Alberson were the six highest point earners among prelims on Thursday and Friday, but they'll have to come from outside Row 3 in each of their heats, needing to qualifying inside the top-three to make the feature outright.

Hoffman and Sheppard are virtually locked into the World 100 finale as the two highest point earners because a pair of provisionals (the 19th and 20th starting spots) are awarded for the two highest in prelim points that fail to make the 26-car main event.

2025 World 100 Heat Race Lineups At Eldora Speedway

Heat 1

Winner starts sixth, second starts seventh, third starts 13th

Start	Driver
1	Mike Marlar
2	Brandon Overton
3	Cade Dillard
4	Drake Troutman
5	Bobby Pierce
6	Nick Hoffman
7	Max Blair
8	Michael Leach
9	Zack Dohm
10	Dylan Thompson
11	Tyler Bruening
12	Montana Dudley
13	Carson Brown
14	Kent Robinson
15	Nevin Gainey
16	Andy Clark
17	Luke Anstett

Heat 2

Winner starts fifth, runner-up starts eighth, third starts 14th

Start	Driver
1	Joseph Joiner
2	Ethan Dotson
3	Zack Mitchell
4	Gregg Satterlee
5	Carson Ferguson
6	Brandon Sheppard
7	Trent Ivey
8	Tyler Carpenter
9	Jackson Hise
10	Kyle Bronson
11	Gordy Gundaker
12	Colten Burdette
13	Ryan Crane
14	Freddie Carpenter
15	Casey Noonan
16	Eli Johnson
17	Jon Hodgkiss

Heat 3

Winner starts fourth, runner-up starts ninth, third starts 15th

Start	Driver
1	Dennis Erb Jr.
2	Brian Shirley
3	Tanner English
4	Tim McCreadie
5	Hudson O’Neal
6	Dale McDowell
7	Trey Mills
8	Tristan Chamberlain
9	Frank Heckenast Jr.
10	Dylan Thornton
11	Mike Spatola
12	Seth Daniels
13	Rod Conley
14	Gary Stuhler
15	Bayley Currey
16	Dillon Kohn
17	Shane Clanton

Heat 4

Winner starts third, runner-up starts 10th, third starts 16th

Start	Driver
1	Garrett Smith
2	Tyler Erb
3	Michael Chilton
4	Jason Jameson
5	Chris Madden
6	Cory Hedgecock
7	Kyle Strickler
8	Dalton Cook
9	Wil Herrington
10	Todd Morrow
11	Dustin Nobbe
12	Steven Roberts
13	Brenden Smith
14	Kaede Loudy
15	Evan Koehler
16	Donnie Jeschke
17	Michael Page

Heat 5

Winner starts second, runner-up starts 11th, third starts 17th

Start	Driver
1	Jason Feger
2	Dan Ebert
3	Josh Rice
4	Jonathan Davenport
5	Chris Ferguson
6	Devin Moran
7	Jadon Frame
8	Chase Junghans
9	Luke Morey
10	Justin Duty
11	Jerry Bowersock
12	Travis Stemler
13	Mario Gresham
14	Clay Stuckey
15	Evan Harrell
16	Bryant Dickinson
17	Brody Smith

Heat 6

Winner starts on the pole, runner-up starts 12th and third starts 18th

Start	Driver
1	Ryan Gustin
2	Jimmy Owens
3	Haiden Cowan
4	Jordan Koehler
5	Ricky Thornton Jr.
6	Garrett Alberson
7	Tyler Millwood
8	Shannon Babb
9	Jason Riggs
10	Clint Keenan
11	Rusty Ballenger
12	Rusty Schlenk
13	Austin Smith
14	Forrest Trent
15	Brandon Moore
16	Jeff Robertson