2021 Dirt Late Model Dream at Eldora Speedway

Overton's Dream Sweep By The Numbers

Overton's Dream Sweep By The Numbers

A by-the-numbers review of Brandon Overton’s four-day sweep of Dream action at Eldora Speedway.

Jun 14, 2021 by Andy Savary
Overton's Dream Sweep By The Numbers

A by-the-numbers review of Brandon Overton’s four-day sweep of Dream action June 9-12 at Eldora Speedway, in Rossburg, Ohio:

0: Irregularities uncovered in postrace impound for technical inspection.

0: Invert for Saturday’s Dream heat races.

1: Driver to beat Overton to a checkered flag (Kyle Larson in Saturday’s opening heat race).

1: Group qualifying position on Friday.

2: Invert for Thursday’s Dream heat races.

2: Six-figure crown jewel victories.

2.106: Seconds in winning margin over Kyle Bronson in Wednesday’s prelim.

2.189: Seconds in winning margin over Tim McCreadie in Thursday’s Dream.

3: New all-time rank in Dream feature purse earnings, trailing only Scott Bloomquist and Billy Moyer.

3: Invert for Friday’s Dream heat races.

3: Total inverts overcome en route to victories.

3.423: Seconds in winning margin over Chris Madden in Saturday’s Dream.

3.811: Seconds in winning margin over Ryan Gustin in Friday’s prelim.

4: Feature victories in as many days.

4: Multitime winner Dream winners, with Overton joining Scott Bloomquist, Freddy Smith Billy Moyer.

4: Feature laps led in Wednesday’s prelim.

4: Invert for Wednesday’s Dream heat races.

4: Starting position for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday features.

5: Career Eldora preliminary feature victories.

6: Group qualifying position on Wednesday.

7: Starting position for Saturday’s finale.

7: Total competitive checkered flags taken over the course of the weekend.

9: Previous Eldora crown jewel starts (four World 100s, three Dreams and two 2020 invitationals).

9: Lap on which Overton completed the winning pass of Ryan Gustin in Friday’s prelim.

15: Former Eldora crown jewel winners bested in weekend competition.

15.120: Seconds for Wednesday’s qualifying lap.

15.154: Seconds for Friday’s qualifying lap, the fastest time overall.

17th: Dream winner.

17: Feature laps led during Wednesday’s prelim.

19: Net positions improved in competition over four days.

21: Finishing position in 2020's Stream Invitational replacement event.

22: Lap on which Overton completed the winning pass of Stormy Scott in Wednesday’s prelim.

24: Feature starters for each prelim.

25: Percent of Overton’s career first-place earnings recorded over the weekend.

28: Feature starters for each Dream finale.

30: Years of age for the winning driver.

34: Percent of Eldora’s $792,400 total weekend prize money claimed by Overton.

37: Drivers to finish behind Overton in a Dream finale.

39: Feature laps led during Saturday’s Dream.

40: Feature laps led during Thursday’s Dream.

44: Eldora crown jewel laps led prior to the weekend.

49: Hours between six-figure victories.

50: Heat race laps completed over the course of the weekend.

61: Lap on which Overton completed the winning pass of Brandon Sheppard in Thursday’s Dream.

73: Hours spanning four victories.

74: Entries for the second Dream program.

76: Entries for the opening Dream program.

76: Winning car number.

86: Lap on which Overton completed the winning pass of Chris Madden in Saturday’s Dream.

100: Total feature laps led over the course of the weekend.

250: Total feature laps completed over the course of the weekend.

270: Degrees in temperature for Overton’s overheating engine for the final 30 laps of Thursday’s feature.

300: Total competitive laps completed over the course of the weekend.

579: Wednesday preliminary points, third behind Jonathan Davenport (600) and Jimmy Owens (585).

600: Friday preliminary points, 15 more than Gregg Satterlee to top all drivers.

646: Miles between Eldora Speedway and Overton’s hometown of Evans, Ga.

1,179: Total preliminary points combining Wednesday and Friday action, two fewer than Jonathan Davenport for the highest total.

10,000: First-place earnings dollars for a pair of preliminary feature victories.

12,500: Purse dollars collected for a third-place finish in the 2017 Dream, Overton’s previous best Eldora paycheck and finish.

39,925: Career purse earnings in Eldora crown jewel events prior to the weekend.

106,575: First-place earnings dollars for Overton’s 2021 season entering the weekend.

126,000: First-place earnings dollars for Saturday’s Dream.

127,000: First-place earnings dollars for Thursday’s Dream, a race-record total.

210,747: First-place earnings dollars for Overton’s 2020 season, previously the richest of his career.

273,000: First-place earnings dollars for the weekend.

379,575: First-place earnings dollars for Overton’s 2021 season to date.

1,111,475: Career first-place earnings dollars for Overton.

Editor’s note: Todd Turner, Kevin Kovac and Joshua Joiner contributed to this story.