Tim McCreadie(39) and Jonathan Davenport(49) were among the top contenders on the Lucas Oil Series in 2021
Batavia, OH (October 13, 2021) – It pays to win, and in 2022 winners will be paid more than at any time in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series history.
The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is proud to announce the 2022 schedule, with a groundbreaking lineup that includes 65 feature events, at 35 different venues, across 18 states. Of those, 17 events will boast a top prize of more than $20,000 – including 11 marquee events that pay $50,000 or more to the winner.
In addition to the generous number of high-paying events in 2022, next year’s Lucas Oil National Champion will receive a monumental $150,000. Second-place in the championship standings will earn $75,000, while third-place garners $50,000. The year-end points fund for the Top-12 in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will total more than $500,000 in 2022.
“The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series would like to thank our team owners, drivers and crew members, our event promoters, our loyal fans, and our tremendous marketing partners for their continued support,” said Rick Schwallie, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Director. “It is because of each of you, along with the hard work and determination of series officials and the unwavering support of Lucas Oil Products, that the series had another successful season that left promoters wanting to host bigger events than ever before in 2022.”
The Series will head to a quartette of new venues in 2022, including Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA on June 23-25 for the 16th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by Big River Steel; Davenport, Iowa’s quarter-mile oval on Wednesday, July 6; I-70 Motorsports Park in Odessa, MO on Thursday, July 14; and Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, SD on Tuesday, July 19. For the first time since 2013, the stars of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series return to West Virginia Motor Speedway in Mineral Wells, WV, Friday-Saturday, June 3-4.
The extensive list of events on the tour’s schedule that boast a $20,000 or greater payday include: 411 Motor Speedway’s Tennessean ($20,000); Tyler County Speedway’s 53rd Hillbilly Hundred ($30,000); Lucas Oil Speedway’s Show-Me 100 ($50,000); West Virginia Motor Speedway’s Historic 100 ($50,000); Smoky Mountain Speedway’s Mountain Moonshine Classic ($50,000); Lernerville Speedway’s Firecracker 100 Presented by Big River Steel ($50,000); Muskingum County Speedway ($30,000); Deer Creek Speedway’s NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50 ($50,000); I-80 Speedway’s Silver Dollar Nationals ($53,000); Florence Speedway’s North/South 100 ($75,000); Batesville Motor Speedway’s Topless 100 ($50,000); Port Royal Speedway’s The Rumble by the River ($50,000); Tyler County Speedway’s 54th Hillbilly Hundred ($30,000); Knoxville Raceway’s Late Model Nationals ($50,000); Brownstown Speedway’s Jackson 100 ($20,000); Pittsburgh’s PA Motor Speedway’s Pittsburgher ($20,000); and Portsmouth Raceway Park’s Dirt Track World Championship ($100,000).
2022 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Points Fund:
1. $150,000
2. $75,000
3. $50,000
4. $40,000
5. $35,000
6. $32,000
7. $30,000
8. $26,000
9. $25,000
10. $24,000
11. $23,000
12. $20,000
2022 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Schedule:
| Date | Track | Event | Location | To Win |
| Jan 26 | Golden Isles Speedway | Super Bowl of Racing | Brunswick, GA | Practice |
| Jan 27 | Golden Isles Speedway | Super Bowl of Racing | Brunswick, GA | $10,000 |
| Jan 28 | Golden Isles Speedway | Super Bowl of Racing | Brunswick, GA | $12,000 |
| Jan 29 | Golden Isles Speedway | Super Bowl of Racing | Brunswick, GA | $15,000 |
| Jan 31 | Bubba Raceway Park | Winter Nationals | Ocala, FL | $10,000 |
| Feb 1 | Bubba Raceway Park | Winter Nationals | Ocala, FL | $10,000 |
| Feb 3 | All-Tech Raceway | Winter Nationals | Lake City, FL | $10,000 |
| Feb 4 | All-Tech Raceway | Winter Nationals | Lake City, FL | $12,000 |
| Feb 5 | All-Tech Raceway | Winter Nationals | Lake City, FL | $15,000 |
| Feb 6 | East Bay Raceway Park | 46th Annual Wrisco Winternationals Presented By Lucas Oil | Tampa, FL | Practice |
| Feb 7 | East Bay Raceway Park | 46th Annual Wrisco Winternationals Presented By Lucas Oil | Tampa, FL | $5,000 |
| Feb 8 | East Bay Raceway Park | 46th Annual Wrisco Winternationals Presented By Lucas Oil | Tampa, FL | $5,000 |
| Feb 9 | East Bay Raceway Park | 46th Annual Wrisco Winternationals Presented By Lucas Oil | Tampa, FL | $7,000 |
| Feb 10 | East Bay Raceway Park | 46th Annual Wrisco Winternationals Presented By Lucas Oil | Tampa, FL | $7,000 |
| Feb 11 | East Bay Raceway Park | 46th Annual Wrisco Winternationals Presented By Lucas Oil | Tampa, FL | $12,000 |
| Feb 12 | East Bay Raceway Park | 46th Annual Wrisco Winternationals Presented By Lucas Oil | Tampa, FL | $15,000 |
| Mar 11 | 411 Motor Speedway | The Tennessean | Seymour, TN | $10,000 |
| Mar 12 | 411 Motor Speedway | The Tennessean | Seymour, TN | $20,000 |
| Mar 18 | Atomic Speedway | Buckeye Spring 50 | Chillicothe, OH | $12,000 |
| Mar 19 | Brownstown Speedway | Indiana Icebreaker | Brownstown, IN | $15,000 |
| Apr 8 | Tyler County Speedway | 53rd Annual Hillbilly Hundred | Middlebourne, WV | $30,000 |
| Apr 9 | Hagerstown Speedway | Nininger Tribute | Hagerstown, MD | $15,000 |
| Apr 10 | Port Royal Speedway | River Valley 40 | Port Royal, PA | $10,000 |
| Apr 29 | Tri-City Speedway | Bullet Race Engines 50 | Granite City, IL | $12,000 |
| Apr 30 | Macon Speedway | Macon, IL | $15,000 | |
| May 6 | Ponderosa Speedway | 18th Annual John Bradshaw Memorial | Junction City, KY | $12,000 |
| May 7 | Florence Speedway | 36th Annual Ralph Latham Memorial | Union, KY | $15,000 |
| May 20 | 300 Raceway | Truck Country 50 | Farley, IA | $12,000 |
| May 21 | 34 Raceway | CRST, The Transportation Solution 50 | Burlington, IA | $15,000 |
| May 26 | Lucas Oil Speedway | 9th Annual Cowboy Classic | Wheatland, MO | $6,000 |
| May 27 | Lucas Oil Speedway | The Tribute to Don and Billie Gibson | Wheatland, MO | $6,000 |
| May 28 | Lucas Oil Speedway | 30th Annual Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 | Wheatland, MO | $50,000 |
| Jun 3 | West Virginia Motor Speedway | Historic 100 | Mineral Wells, WV | $15,000 |
| Jun 4 | West Virginia Motor Speedway | Historic 100 | Mineral Wells, WV | $50,000 |
| Jun 16 | Cherokee Speedway | 24th Annual Grassy Smith Memorial | Gaffney, SC | $10,000 |
| Jun 17 | Smoky Mountain Speedway | Mountain Moonshine Classic | Maryville, TN | $5,000 x 2 |
| Jun 18 | Smoky Mountain Speedway | Mountain Moonshine Classic | Maryville, TN | $50,000 |
| Jun 23 | Lernerville Speedway | 16th Annual Firecracker 100 Presented By Big River Steel | Sarver, PA | $6,000 |
| Jun 24 | Lernerville Speedway | 16th Annual Firecracker 100 Presented By Big River Steel | Sarver, PA | $6,000 |
| Jun 25 | Lernerville Speedway | 16th Annual Firecracker 100 Presented By Big River Steel | Sarver, PA | $50,000 |
| Jul 1 | Portsmouth Raceway Park | Independence 50 | Portsmouth, OH | $12,000 |
| Jul 2 | Muskingum County Speedway | 21st Annual July 3rd Race | Zanesville, OH | $3,000 x3 |
| Jul 3 | Muskingum County Speedway | 21st Annual July 3rd Race | Zanesville, OH | $30,000 |
| Jul 6 | Davenport Speedway | Davenport, IA | $10,000 | |
| Jul 7 | Deer Creek Speedway | NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50 | Spring Valley, MN | $5,000 |
| Jul 8 | Deer Creek Speedway | NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50 | Spring Valley, MN | $5,000 |
| Jul 9 | Deer Creek Speedway | NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50 | Spring Valley, MN | $50,000 |
| Jul 14 | I-70 Speedway Park | Odessa, MO | $10,000 | |
| Jul 15 | Tri-City Speedway | NAPA Know How 50 | Granite City, IL | $12,000 |
| Jul 16 | Lucas Oil Speedway | 16th Annual Diamond Nationals | Wheatland, MO | $15,000 |
| Jul 19 | Huset’s Speedway | Brandon, SD | $10,000 | |
| Jul 21 | I-80 Speedway | Go 50 | Greenwood, NE | $12,000 |
| Jul 22 | I-80 Speedway | Imperial Tile Silver Dollar Nationals | Greenwood, NE | Prelim |
| Jul 23 | I-80 Speedway | Imperial Tile Silver Dollar Nationals | Greenwood, NE | $53,000 |
| Aug 11 | Florence Speedway | 40th Annual Sunoco North/South 100 | Union, KY | $5,000 x 2 |
| Aug 12 | Florence Speedway | 40th Annual Sunoco North/South 100 | Union, KY | $5,000 x 2 |
| Aug 13 | Florence Speedway | 40th Annual Sunoco North/South 100 | Union, KY | $75,000 |
| Aug 19 | Batesville Motor Speedway | 30th Annual COMP Cams Topless 100 Presented by Nutrien Ag Solutions | Batesville, AR | Prelim |
| Aug 20 | Batesville Motor Speedway | 30th Annual COMP Cams Topless 100 Presented by Nutrien Ag Solutions | Batesville, AR | $50,000 |
| Aug 26 | Port Royal Speedway | The Rumble by the River | Port Royal, PA | $5,000 x 2 |
| Aug 27 | Port Royal Speedway | The Rumble by the River | Port Royal, PA | $50,000 |
| Sep 3 | Portsmouth Raceway Park | River Days Rumble Presented by Pepsi | Portsmouth, OH | $15,000 |
| Sep 4 | Tyler County Speedway | 54th Annual Hillbilly Hundred | Middlebourne, WV | $30,000 |
| Sep 15 | Knoxville Raceway | Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals | Knoxville, IA | $7,000 |
| Sep 16 | Knoxville Raceway | Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals | Knoxville, IA | $7,000 |
| Sep 17 | Knoxville Raceway | Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals | Knoxville, IA | $50,000 |
| Sep 23 | Brownstown Speedway | Night Before the Jackson | Brownstown, IN | $10,000 |
| Sep 24 | Brownstown Speedway | 43rd Annual Jackson 100 | Brownstown, IN | $20,000 |
| Sep 30 | Raceway 7 | Great Lakes 50 | Conneaut, OH | $12,000 |
| Oct 1 | Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway | 34th Annual Pittsburgher | Imperial, PA | $20,000 |
| Oct 7 | Talladega Short Track | Eastaboga, AL | $12,000 | |
| Oct 8 | The Red Clay at Woodstock – Historic Dixie Speedway | Lucas Oil Dixie Shootout | Woodstock, GA | $15,000 |
| Oct 14 | Portsmouth Raceway Park | 42nd Annual Dirt Track World Championship | Portsmouth, OH | Prelim |
| Oct 15 | Portsmouth Raceway Park | 42nd Annual Dirt Track World Championship | Portsmouth, OH | $100,000 |
