FloZone is back by popular demand. With championship titles on the line across the country this weekend, FloRacing is bringing back its fan-favorite whip-around show Saturday night, giving viewers a front-row seat to some of the biggest races of the season.

Ricky Thornton Jr.’s $65,000 sweep of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Clash on the Wabash at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, vaulted him up DirtonDirt’s power rankings, but not quite to the top.

Brandon Sheppard has spent three months atop the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series standings. Devin Moran has spent the closing weeks making that position increasingly uncomfortable.

With inclement weather forecast for Wednesday through Friday, this weekend’s 46th Annual ARP Dirt Track World Championship at West Virginia Motor Speedway in Mineral Wells has been pushed back one day and will be contested on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 17-18. | DTWC Fast Facts

Carl Short’s 46th annual ARP Dirt Track World Championship presented by Summit Racing returns to West Virginia Motor Speedway and serves as the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series season finale.

ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 10) — Ricky Thornton Jr. might not have anything to race for in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship picture anymore. He hasn't for much of the season, really, having fallen 165 points behind following Georgia-Florida Speedweeks, 390 points back entering June and now 410 points behind with only the season finale remaining.

ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 10) — Brandon Sheppard is hanging tough. Devin Moran is on the charge making a last-ditch bid.

Championship season is here, and the stakes are rising on FloRacing.

Ricky Thornton Jr. completed a weekend sweep at Eldora Speedway, overtaking race-long leader Dale McDowell on lap 26 of Saturday’s UNOH Clash on the Wabash and collecting $55,000 for his eighth Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory of the season.

ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 9) — A new crew chief and new car has Kyle Bronson of Brandon, Fla., feeling great — and hopeful for a better future after a struggle-filled season.

ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 9) — Garrett Alberson finished eighth in Friday’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series feature at Eldora Speedway, which most drivers would typically consider a mediocre finish. But the Las Cruces, N.M., racer was all smiles with a top-10 run as he continues his comeback from facial injuries he suffered in an August incident at Florence Speedway.

ROSSBURG, Ohio (Oct. 9) — Takeaways and analysis from Friday’s Clash on the Wabash opener at Eldora Speedway, a $10,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series feature captured by Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz. (RaceWire):

Ricky Thornton Jr. squeezed between Brandon Sheppard and the turn-four wall on lap 37 at Eldora Speedway on Friday, taking command with four laps remaining to win the Clash on the Wabash prelim.

A 50-car field is entered for Friday’s opening night of the Clash on the Wabash at Eldora Speedway, where the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series kicks off the weekend with a 40-lap, $10,000-to-win event. The two-day program concludes Saturday with a 50-lap, $50,000-to-win finale.

Earl Pearson Jr. wasn’t looking for a ride. Sure, he missed climbing into a race car — who wouldn’t after spending three decades as a driver? — but plotting a Dirt Late Model comeback, even a brief, one-off deal, didn’t consume him. Pearson was quite comfortable with his new life operating a campground in Georgia and occasionally joining the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series staff in an official’s role.