After nearly a full year of racing, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series comes to a close with one of the most exciting events on the calendar as drivers Devin Moran, Ricky Thornton Jr. and Jonathan Davenport battle it out for the championship at Eldora Speedway.

The 2025 Dirt Track World Championship at Eldora Speedway is the ultimate finale, handing out big money based on one thing: how the best drivers in the nation can show up and perform on the half-mile clay oval in one of the most lucrative races of the year.

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Starting on Thursday, October 16, the event continues through Saturday night, Oct. 18 when the Dirt Track World Championship winner will be handed a check for $100,000. 

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Full Breakdown Of Dirt Track World Championship Purse In 2025

The Dirt Track World Championship at Eldora Speedway 2025 payout ranges from $1,000 to $100,000. The competition will culminate in a championship race on Saturday night, Oct. 18 where first place will take home the big six-figure check.

• Oct. 16: Modified Qualifying/Heats/B-Mains, Full program for Super Stocks ($1,000-to-win)
• Oct. 17: $5,000-to-win Modified Championship, Steel Block Late Model Qualifying/Heats/B-Mains, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Qualifying/Heats
• Oct. 18: $5,000-to-win Steel Block Late Model Championship, LOLMDS B-Mains plus Jim Dunn Memorial Feature and $100,000-to-win Dirt Track World Championship

The purse breakdown per division at the DTWC is as follows:

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Chase For The Championship Standings

1. Devin Moran

2. Ricky Thornton Jr (-15)

3. Jonathan Davenport (-115)

4. Hudson O'Neal (-365)

Dirt Track World Championship Schedule 2025

Wednesday, Oct. 15

• 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Main Gate Ticket Office opens (Tickets, Pit Passes, & Will Call)
• 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Pit Pass Upgrade Station opens (shed located outside of turn 4)
• 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM Turn One South End Camping Opens
• 12:00 PM Camping Opens – Lot 1, Lot 2, Lot 3, Lot 4, Lot 5, Eldora Village
• 4:00 PM South End Vendor Trailers park
• 5:00 PM Fan Zone Vendor Trailers park

Thursday, Oct. 16

• 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM Showers open (front of Lot 2)
• 9:00 AM Main Gate Ticket Office opens (Tickets, Pit Passes, & Will Call)
• 9:00 AM Turn 3 Race Registration opens (Pit Passes & Media Credential Sign-in)
• 9:00 AM Turn 4 Ticket Office opens (Tickets & Pit Passes)
• 9:00 AM Pit Pass Upgrade Station opens (shed located outside of turn 4)
• 12:00 PM Turn 3 Pit Gate opens
• 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM Modified & Stock Car Tech Inspection
• 2:00 PM Gates open – fans proceed to holding areas (no chairs on hillsides until instructed by Eldora Officials)
• 3:00 PM Grandstand Cleared and Secured for Grand Opening
• 4:00 PM Grand Opening – all admission gates open
• 4:30 PM ADA Parking Opens
• 6:00 PM Hot Laps
  • Super Stock Timed Hot Laps
  • Modified Timed Hot Laps
• 7:50 PM Opening Ceremonies
  • Super Stock Heat Races
  • Modified Heat Races
  • Super Stock B-Main
  • Modified B-Mains
  • Super Stock A-Main
  • Super Stock Victory Lane

Friday, Oct. 17

• 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM Showers open (front of Lot 2)
• 9:00 AM Main Gate Ticket Office opens (Tickets, Pit Passes, & Will Call)
• 9:00 AM Turn 3 Race Registration opens (Pit Passes & Media Credential Sign-in)
• 9:00 AM Turn 4 Ticket Office opens (Tickets & Pit Passes)
• 9:00 AM Pit Pass Upgrade Station opens (shed located outside of turn 4)
• 11:00 AM Turn 3 Pit Gate opens
• 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM LOLMDS & Steel Block Tech
• 11:00 AM South End Vendor Load-In
• 12:00 PM Fan Zone Vendor Load-In
• 3:30 PM ADA Parking Opens
• 4:00 PM Grand Opening – all admission gates open
• 4:15 PM LOLMDS Driver Meeting
• 5:00 PM Hot Laps
  • Steel Block Hot Laps
  • LOLMDS Hot Laps
  • Steel Block Time Trials
  • LOLMDS Time Trials
  • Modified A-Main Hot Laps
• 7:50 PM Opening Ceremonies
  • LOLMDS Heat Races
  • Steel Block Heat Races
  • Modified A-Main
  • Modified Victory Lane
  • Steel Block B-Mains

Saturday, Oct. 18

• 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM Showers open (front of Lot 2)
• 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM Breakfast in Eldora Ballroom
• 10:00 AM ADA Parking Opens
• 11:00 AM Main Gate Ticket Office opens (Tickets, Pit Passes, & Will Call)
• 11:00 AM Turn 3 Race Registration opens (Pit Passes & Media Credential Sign-in)
• 11:00 AM Turn 4 Ticket Office opens (Tickets & Pit Passes)
• 11:00 AM Pit Pass Upgrade Station opens (shed located outside of turn 4)
• 12:00 PM Turn 3 Pit Gate opens
• 12:00 PM Grand Opening – all admission gates open
• 2:00 PM Dirt Racing Outreach Chapel Service (Fan Zone Barn)
• 4:00 PM DTWC Autograph Session (Fan Zone Barn)
• 5:15 PM Drivers Meeting at Victory Stage
• 6:00 PM Hot Laps
  • LOLMDS B-Main Hot Laps
  • Steel Block A-Main Hot Laps
• 6:30 PM Opening Ceremonies
  • LOLMDS B-Mains
  • LOLMDS A-Main Hot Laps
  • LOLMDS Jim Dunn Feature
  • LOLMDS A-Main
  • LOLMDS Victory Lane and Championship Presentation
  • Steel Blocks A-Main (or after LOLMDS A-Main hot laps)
  • Steel Block Victory Lane

Dirt Track World Championship Entry List 2025

*Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series entry list will be released after drivers sign in on Friday

Entry – Name – City/State – Chassis – Engine

Super Stock Entries 

1. G15 – Jacob Gamber – Wauseon, OH – Byce chassis – Price engine
2. 12 – Trey Chastain – Norman, IN – Rainmaker chassis – Travis Kern engine
3. 74M – John Martis – Toledo, OH – Chassis/Engine not listed
4. J1 – Jeff Matheny – Brownsville, IN – Chamberlain chassis – Spec engine
5. 28 – Shaun Smith – West Milton, OH – Lyall chassis – Area 51 engine
6. J2 – Rob Trent – Lima, OH – Laser by Trent chassis – Walker engine
7. 95 – Gary Rahe Jr. – Cincinnati, OH – Rainmaker chassis – Eric House engine
8. 52 – Logan Hough – Wauseon, OH – Nightmare chassis – Dave Dickens engine
9. 97D – Taylor Hough – Wauseon, OH – Dippman chassis – Dave Dickens engine
10. 88 - Tanner Huwer - Versailles, OH - GM Metric chassis - Chevy engine
11. 74D - Craig Dippman - Oregon, OH - Lyall chassis - Dave Dickens engine
12. 22T - Tony Anderson - Lima, OH - Mutt chassis - Kalvinator engine
13. 00 - Dean Pitts - Botkins, OH - GRT Chassis - Chevy engine
14. 96 - Donovan Paskan - Fayette, OH - Sherman chassis - 416ci engine
15. 07D - Dan Dippman - Oregon, OH - Dan Dippman Race Cars chassis - Chevy engine

Modified Entries 

1. 21c – Drew Charlson – New Bremen, OH – Rocket by Ruhlman chassis – Mullins engine
2. 57 – Charlie Sandercock – Trenton, ON – Lethal Chassis – Vic Hill engine
3. 6w – Timothy Weekley – Elkview, WV – Stealth Chassis – Mullins engine
4. 95 – Ed Roley – Humboldt, IL – Lightning chassis – Spec engine
5. 5cs – Curt Spalding – Watervliet, MI – Lethal Chassis – Rhyne engine
6. 49 – Brian Ruhlman – Clarklake, MI – Rocket by Ruhlman – Mullins engine
7. 3w – Dylan Woodling – Warsaw, IN – Lethal Chassis – Hogue engine
8. 16 – Jeff Koz – Lima, OH – Royal Race Cars – Mullins engine
9. 72H – Tristan Chamberlain – Richmond, IN – CDR chassis – Spec engine
10. 17N – Dillon Nusbaum – Warsaw, IN – Elite chassis – Head engine
11. 77 – Geo Dixon Jr – Shirleysburg, PA – Lethal Chassis – LaSalle engine
12. 1ts – Tyler Spalding – Watervliet, MI – Lethal Chassis – Spalding engine
13. 35 – David Stremme – Mifflintown, PA – Lethal Chassis – Vic Hill engine
14. 78 – Andy Welch – Lima, OH – Mark Bush chassis – Kalvinator engine
15. X – Eric Shepherd Jr. – Williamsburg, OH – Sherman Avenger – Chevy engine
16. 25 – Jake Hooker – Dresden, ONT – Lethal Chassis – Vic Hill engine
17. B4 – Scottie Williams – Eaton, OH – Diamond chassis – Stephen's and Hall engine
18. 71 - Pierce McCarter - Seymour, TN - Stealth chassis - Pro Built engine
19. 7&7 - Jeff Solinger - Bumpass, VA - Elite chassis - Less Frickshun engine
20. 463 - Daniel Sanchez - Averill Park, NY - Longhorn chassis - Silly's Competition engine
21. 12 - Jeremy Rayburn - Lucasville, OH - Elite chassis - Mullins engine
22. 12 - Jeff Curl - Fairbury, IL - Diamond KT3 chassis - Rhyne engine
23. 5X - Jerry Bowersock - Wapakoneta, OH - Elite chassis - Stephen Haul engine
24. 20 - Brian Skaggs - Pedro, OH - Stealth chassis - Mullins engine

Steel Block Entries

1. 90 – Michael LeFevers – Cincinnati, OH – Capital Race Cars – Mullins engine
2. 57 – Charlie Sandercock – Trenton, ON – Rocket XR1 – Cochrane Automotive
3. 44 – Chase King – Seymour, TN – Stinger by KCW – B&B Performance Racing engine
4. 23 – Layne Clifton – Seymour, TN – Stinger by KCW – B&B Performance Racing engine
5. 72 – Robbie Bailey – Mooresville, NC – Rocket – Gibbons Motorsports engine
6. 56 – BJ Gregory – Lyons, OH – Longhorn chassis – Gregory engine
7. 03 – Oliver Gentry – Newnan, GA – Stinger chassis – Vic Hill engine
8. 23 – Lane Snook – Port Royal, PA – Rocket XR1 – Jeff Byers engine
9. 11 – Lance Brasington – Leesville, SC – Kryptonite chassis – B&B Performance Racing engine
10. 02 – Joey Chambers – Mount Perry, OH – Domination Race Car – Matt Lepage SB2 engine
11. 21g – Corey Galbreath – Mineral Wells, WV – Kryptonite – Cory Galbreath engine
12. 34 – Chad Wallace – Lagrange, GA – Longhorn chassis – B&B Performance Racing engine
13. 99T – Tyler Riggs – New Matamoras, OH – Rocket chassis – Mullins engine
14. 23 – Derek Rogers – Spelter, WV – Rocket XR1 – Spec engine
15. 00 – Tyler Bare – Rockbridge Baths, VA – Longhorn – Race City Performance engine
16. U2 – Kristin Uhler – Creston, OH – Longhorn – 18 Degree engine
17. C2 – Corey DeLancey – Parkersburg, WV – Kryptonite – McDonald engine
18. 7 – Dan Breuer – Troutman, NC – Longhorn chassis – Ramey engine
19. 22 – Russell Erwin – Beaverdam, VA – Infinity chassis – Power Source engine
20. 72 – Barrett Lowe – Fletcher, NC – Longhorn chassis – Vic Hill engine
21. 22 – Jace Owens – Monticello, IN – Boss chassis – Piggy Bank Chassis Works engine
22. 5M – Zach Milbee – Poca, WV – Longhorn – Mullins Race Engines
23. RH21 – Gregg Haskell – Chatham, ON – Longhorn – Craiger Race Engines
24. 95 – Connor Morgan – Camden, NC – BWRC – Power Source engine
25. 22 – Brian Speelman – Blenheim, ON – Kryptonite – Head's Performance engine
26. 17 – Taylor Puckett – Greer, SC – Excel chassis – RCP 525 engine
27. 58 – Evyian Terry – Catlettsburg, KY – Rocket – Franz Performance
28. 99 – Michael Walls – St. Thomas, PA – Mastersbilt chassis – Chevrolet engine
29. 97 – Kevin Terry – Catlettsburg, KY – Rocket – Chevy Franz Performance
30. 15C – Curt Schroeder – Newton, IA – Rocket chassis – Halabuilt engine
31. 18c - Miles Cook - Whellersburg, OH - Rocket chassis - Lasalle engine
32. 12L - Dave Loudin - Volga, WV - Rocket chassis - Steel Block engine
33. 55W - Brenten DeYoung - Carson City, MI - TNT chassis - 525 GM Crate engine
34. D19 - Dillan Stake - Mapelton Depot, PA - Rocket XR1 chassis - Barron's Race Engine 358
35. 97 - Steven Dotson - Ellenboro, WV - Longhorn chassis - Skip White Performance engine
36. 151 - Trace Settles - Sunbury, OH - Mastersbilt chassis - Lepage Motorsports engine
37. 1 - Braeden Dillinger - Dawson, PA - Rocket chassis - Race City Performance engine
38. 32 - Larry Blankenship - Landis, NC - Longhorn chassis - No engine listed
39. 55 - Rockett Bennett - Oreana, IL - Rocket chassis - Rhyne engine
40. 14 - Eddie Baggs - Rockwell, NC - Rocket chassis - Eddie Baggs engine
41. 43C - Cody VanDeWynckel - Blenheim, ON - Rocket chassis - New Generation engine
42. 14T - Cody Truman - Sycamore, OH - Rocket chassis - Homebuilt engine
43. 77 - William Rose - Scott Depot, WV - Kryptonite chassis - Rose engine
44. 25 - Teddy Johnson Jr. - Rushville, OH - Swarts chassis - Johnson engine
45. 6 - Clay Harris - Trenton, FL - Longhorn chassis - Gibbons engine

(list as of 10.12.2025)

Dirt Track World Championship Past Winners

(Complete race history)

Year: Winner, hometown

2024: Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, Ill.

2023: Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, Ill.

2022: Garrett Smith, Eatonton, Ga.

2021: Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, Ariz.

2020: Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, Ill.

2019: Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, Ill.

2018: Josh Richards, Shinnston, W.Va.

2017: Josh Richards, Shinnston, W.Va.

2016: Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, Ill.

2015: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

2014: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

2013: Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, Ill.

2012: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.

2011: Don O’Neal, Martinsville, Ind.

2010: Earl Pearson Jr., Jacksonville, Fla.

2009: Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, Wis.

2008: Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, Iowa

2007: Chub Frank, Bear Lake, Pa.

2006: Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, Ill.

2005: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

2004: Rick Eckert, York, Pa.

2003: Darrell Lanigan, Union, Ky.

2002: Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, Ill.

2001: Bart Hartman, Zanesville, Ohio

2000: Wendell Wallace, Batesville, Ark.

1999: Steve Francis, Ashland, Ky.

1998: Freddy Smith, Knoxville, Tenn.

1997: Marshall Green, Dalton, Ga.

1996: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.

1995: Jack Boggs, Grayson, Ky.

1994: Ronnie Johnson, Chattanooga, Tenn.

1993: Freddy Smith, Baton Rouge, La.

1992: Ronnie Johnson, Chattanooga, Tenn.

1991: Freddy Smith, Kings Mountain, N.C.

1990: Jack Boggs, Grayson, Ky.

1989: John Mason, Millersburg, Ohio

1988: Donnie Moran, Frazeysburg, Ohio

1987: Larry Moore, Dayton, Ohio

1986: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.

1985: Freddy Smith, Kings Mountain, N.C.

1984: Jack Boggs, Webbville, Ky.

1983: Freddy Smith, Kings Mountain, N.C.

1982: Charlie Swartz, Ashland, Ky.

1981: Jim Dunn, Roseville, Ohio

What is the Payout for the Dirt Track World Championship?

The DTWC payout ranges from $1,000 to $100,000. The competition will culminate in a championship race on Saturday night, Oct. 18 where first place will take home the $100,000 prize. 

Where is the Dirt Track World Championship?

The Dirt Track World Championship takes place at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Built in 1954, Eldora is an oval shaped, clay track that is one-half mile in length. The venue seats 22,886 fans, though Eldora includes a hillside where spectators can bring chairs further extending the capacity.

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