Story By: LUCAS OIL LATE MODEL DIRT SERIES – BATAVIA, OH – The battle for the Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup in 2023 is heating up as the top dirt late model drivers battle at Huset’s Speedway.
Saturday night’s 13th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals presented by MyRacePass will be the next event in the Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup.
Ricky Thornton Jr. leads the current Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup standings. Hudson O’Neal is 70 points behind in second with Devin Moran just 80 points back in third. Tim McCreadie and Jonathan Davenport round out the top five – with only 145 points separating the top five drivers.
The mini-series within the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series schedule consists of sixteen (16) events that pay $30,000 or more to the winner. Drivers with perfect attendance on the tour will earn points in these sixteen (16) events based on their respective finishes.
The driver that earns the most points at the sixteen (16) Crown Jewel Cup events will be crowned the Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Champion – earning a $15,000 cash bonus at the year-end awards banquet. The drivers who finish second through fifth in the Crown Jewel Cup standings will earn $6,000, $4,000, $3,000, and $2,000 in cash, respectively for a total point fund of $30,000 for these sixteen (16) events.
2023 Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Schedule:
Sat. May 13 – Fairbury Speedway – Fairbury, IL – $30,000 – Bobby Pierce
Sat. May 27 – Lucas Oil Speedway – Wheatland, MO – $50,000 – Devin Moran
Sat. Jun. 3 – West Virginia Motor Speedway – Mineral Wells, WV – $50,000 – Rained Out
Sat. Jun. 17 – Smoky Mountain Speedway – Maryville, TN – $50,000 – Ricky Thornton Jr.
Sat. Jun. 24 – Lernerville Speedway – Sarver, PA – $50,000 – Ricky Thornton Jr.
Sat. Jul. 1 – Muskingum County Speedway – Zanesville, OH – $30,000 – Ricky Thornton Jr.
Sat. Jul. 8 – Deer Creek Speedway – Spring Valley, MN – $50,000 – Bobby Pierce
Sat. Jul. 22 – Huset’s Speedway – Brandon, SD – $53,000
Sat. Aug. 12 – Florence Speedway – Union, KY – $75,000
Sat. Aug. 19 – Batesville Motor Speedway – Batesville, AR – $50,000
Sat. Aug. 26 – Port Royal Speedway – Port Royal, PA – $50,000
Sun. Sep. 3 – Tyler County Speedway – Middlebourne, WV – $30,000
Sat. Sep. 16 – Knoxville Raceway – Knoxville, IA – $50,000
Sat. Sep. 23 – Brownstown Speedway – Brownstown, IN – $30,000
Sat. Sep. 30 – Pittsburgh’s PA Motor Speedway – Imperial, PA – $30,000
Sat. Oct. 21 – Eldora Speedway – Rossburg, OH – $100,000