Batesville Motor Speedway hosts the 34th annual Ace Doran Topless 100 presented by Big River Steel, a two-day event culminating with Saturday’s 100-lap, $50,000-to-win main event. The weekend at the Mooney and Connie Starr-promoted oval kicks off with Friday’s 25-lap, $5,000-to-win split-field semifeatures with the top-16 point earners getting locked-in for Saturday’s feature; all remaining drivers will need to qualify through one of Saturday’s consolations, preceding the 100-lap finale.
Where is the 2026 Topless 100 held?
The 2026 Topless 100 is held at Batesville Motor Speedway, a high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval in Locust Grove, Ark.
2026 Topless 100 Weekend Schedule
(All times local; subject to change)
Friday, August 14
2:30 p.m. - Pits closed and cleared
3 p.m. - Pits open
3:45 p.m. - Tech and registration opens
4 p.m. - Grandstands open
6:45 p.m. - Tech and registration closes
7 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
7:30 p.m. - On-track activity
- Late Model hot laps
- Late Model time trials (2 laps)
- Modified hot laps
Opening ceremonies
- Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Modified heats (8 laps)
- Late Model consolations(10 laps)
- Modified consolations (12 laps)
Intermission/track prep
- First Late Model semifeature (25 laps)
- Second Late Model semifeature (25 laps)
- Modified feature (20 laps)
Saturday, August 15
3:30 p.m. - Pits closed and cleared
4 p.m. - All gates open
4 p.m. - Tech and registration opens
5 p.m. - Outreach service
6:15-7 p.m. - Driver autograph session
6:45 p.m. - Tech and registration closes
7 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
7:30 p.m. - On-track activity
- Late Model hot laps (consolation entrants)
- Modified hot laps
Opening ceremonies
- Modified heats (8 laps)
- Late Model consolations (15 laps)
- Late Model hot laps (feature entrants)
- Modified consolations (12 laps)
Intermission/track prep
- 34th annual Topless 100 (100 laps)
- Modified feature (20 laps)
2026 Topless 100 Weekend Purse
Friday’s preliminary semifeatures purse
1. $5,000
2. $3,000
3. $2,000
4. $1,500
5. $1,250
6. $1,000
7. $950
8. $900
9. $850
10. $800
11. $700
12.-16. $600
17. $550
18.-24. $500
Saturday’s Topless 100 purse
1. $50,000
2. $20,000
3. $10,000
4. $8,000
5. $7,000
6. $6,000
7. $4,500
8. $4,000
9. $3,800
10. $3,600
11. $3,400
12. $3,200
13. $3,000
14. $2,500
15. $2,400
16. $2,300
17. $2,200
18. $2,100
19-26. $2,000
Who won last year's Topless 100?
Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., who earned his second career Topless 100 triumph and first since 2022.
Past Topless 100 Winners
Year: Winner, hometown
2025: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2024: Tim McCreadie, Watertown, N.Y.
2023: Dale McDowell, Chickamauga, Ga.
2022: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2021: Hudson O’Neal, Martinsville, Ind.
2020: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2019: Chris Madden, Gray Court, S.C.
2018: Rained out
2017: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2016: Rained out
2015: Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, Ill.
2014: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2013: Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
2012: Steve Francis, Ashland, Ky.
2011: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2010: Jared Landers, Batesville, Ark.
2009: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2008: Tim McCreadie, Watertown, N.Y.
2007: Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, Wis.
2006: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2005: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
2004: Dale McDowell, Rossville, Ga.
2003: Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, Ill.
2002: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
2001: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2000: Jimmy Mars, Elk Mound, Wis.
1999: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
1998: Wendell Wallace, Conway, Ark.
1997: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
1996: Bill Frye, Greenbrier, Ark.
1995: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
1994: Tony Cardin, Greenbrier, Ark.
1993: Freddy Smith, Baton Rouge, La.
2026 Topless 100 Weekend Tickets
Friday, August 14
One-day adult general admission (ages 16-and-up): $35
Two-day adult general admission (ages 16-and-up): $70
One-day minor general admission (ages 11-to-15): $10
Reserved seats: $40 for all ages
One-day adult pit pass (ages 11-and-up): $45
One-day minor pit pass (ages 10-and-under: $20
Saturday, August 15
One-day adult general admission (ages 16-and-up): $35
One-day minor general admission (ages 11-to-15): $10
Reserved seats: additional $40 for all ages
One-day adult pit pass (ages 11-and-up): $45
One-day minor pit pass (ages 10-and-under: $20
2026 Topless 100 Camping
Primitive reserved camping: $50
Primitive open camping: $25
More information: batesvillemotorspeedway.com/camping/
Camping questions, call: (870) 613-1337 or (870) 613-1888
2026 Topless 100 Notes
- Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., led the final 64 laps to win last year’s $50,000 top prize after Brandon Sheppard blew a right-rear tire while leading.
- Davenport, also the 2022 Topless 100 winner, has six other Batesville specials since 2021, including a sweep of May’s Comp Cams Series-sanctioned Bad Boy 98 weekend, combining to collect more than $140,000 over that span.
- Josh Rice of Crittenden, Ky., is fresh off his first career Sunoco North-South 100 victory at his home track Florence Speedway in Union, Ky.
- Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., is also a two-time Topless 100 winner (2008, ’24), worth more than $75,000.
- Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., earned 2023’s $50,000 payday nearly 20 years after winning his first Topless 100 in 2004.
- Hall of Famer Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., has six major wins since 2007 at his home track, including July’s $5,000 Comp Cams Series weekend opener.
- Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., is a three-time Topless 100 winner (2009, ’14, ’20).
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