ROSSBURG, Ohio — This was going to be the night. This was going to be the year.
Jun 11, 2023
ROSSBURG, Ohio — Jonathan Davenport has done more than enough to prove that he’s the modern master of Eldora Speedway.
A week that began with 95 Dirt Late Models in the pit area at Eldora Speedway ended with a familiar face in victory lane Saturday night during the 29th Dirt Late Model Dream.
Following six entertaining heat races and a pair of b-features, the starting lineup is set for Saturday's 29th Dirt Late Model Dream at Eldora Speedway.
It's race day for the 29th Dirt Late Model Dream at Eldora Speedway. Following two nights of preliminary action, Dirt Late Model teams are ready to race for the biggest prize of the 2023 season on Saturday night.
Jun 10, 2023
ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 9) — Hudson O’Neal couldn’t have been more pleased to head right back onto Eldora Speedway’s racing surface just 24 hours after letting a Dream XXIX preliminary feature win slip through his fingers.
ROSSBURG, Ohio — Brandon Overton owns an enviable performance record at Eldora Speedway, but he understands his fortunes at the famed half-mile oval remain subject to fate.
ROSSBURG, Ohio — They say all’s well that ends well. While you wouldn’t know it looking at the carnage in the pit areas of Dream XXIX competitors Josh Rice and Mason Zeigler in the wee hours of Saturday morning at Eldora Speedway, the outlook for both drivers appeared more hopeful 90 minutes after they clashed on the 16th lap of Friday’s second semifeature.
ROSSBURG, Ohio — Hudson O’Neal felt like he let a victory slip away on Thursday night at Eldora Speedway when Tim McCreadie got around him on a late restart and went on to win the 25-lap preliminary feature for Saturday’s Dream XXIX.
ROSSBURG, Ohio — Mike Marlar’s most anxious moments during Friday’s Dream XXIX preliminary feature at Eldora Speedway likely had nothing to do with runner-up Jonathan Davenport. Instead, posing the biggest danger to Marlar’s success was slower traffic, including a gaggle of cars right in front of him as the laps wound down in the 25-lap, caution-free race.
Following two nights of preliminary racing on Thursday and Friday at Eldora Speedway, the heat race lineups are set for the 29th Dirt Late Model Dream on Saturday night.
One night down, two nights to go at Eldora Speedway. Following the opening night of preliminary action on Thursday night, Dirt Late Model teams are back at it Friday for the second round of preliminary racing.
Jun 9, 2023
ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 8) — With Ricky Thornton Jr. roaring into Dream XXIX weekend at Eldora Speedway as the hottest driver in Dirt Late Model racing, it shouldn’t have come as a surprise that he closely resembled the half-mile oval’s most recent crown jewel dominators — Jonathan Davenport and Brandon Overton — as he cruised to a $12,000 victory in Thursday night’s second semifeature.
ROSSBURG, Ohio — Crews heading to Eldora Speedway knew that communicating with drivers during competition was going to be a bit more difficult after track officials last month announced a ban on signal sticks for the Dream XXIX weekend.
ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 8) — Red-hot Ricky Thornton Jr. continued his torrid 2023 campaign, while possibly giving his competitors a glimpse of what’s to come over the final two days of the Dream XXIX weekend.