Story By: LUCAS OIL LATE MODEL DIRT SERIES – BATAVIA, OH – Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will officially kick off their 20th season of racing at Golden Isles Speedway on Thursday January 25. This milestone season for the tour will bring exciting competition, new marketing partners, record purses, and points fund for drivers competing on the tour in 2024.
The Big River Steel Chase for the Championship – Presented by ARP will pay out over one million dollars in points fund again in 2024. Drivers will also compete for increased payouts at series events including twelve (12) events paying $50,000 to win or more, plus another nine (9) events that will pay $20,000 to win or more in 2024. The season will conclude with the Dirt Track World Championship at Eldora Speedway that will pay a whopping $100,000 to win.
The record payouts and points fund would not be possible without great marketing partners. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series would like to THANK all the partners including both Official and Associate Sponsors of 2024:
Official Partners: Lucas Oil Products, MAVTV, FLOracing, Protect The harvest, General Tire, E3 Spark Plugs, Big River Steel, Sunoco Face Fuels, ARP, Arizona Sport Shirts, Summit Racing Equipment, UNOH, MyRacePass, Hoosier Tire, Wieland, Whelen, Holmatro, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Miller Welders, Rugged Radios, Buzz Electric Bikes, Dave Warren Powersports, Brandon Ford, Todd Steel Buildings, Allstar Performance, Nutrien Ag Solutions, ARMSLIST.com, DirtDraft, and ProThings Apparel.
Associate Partners: Advanced Powder Coating, ATC Bolts, Behrent’s Performance Warehouse, Bilstein Shocks, Black Diamond Chassis, Boyd Bilt Fabrication, Brodix, Capital Race Cars, Clements Racing Engines, Coltman Farms Racing, Cornett Racing Engines, Deatherage Opticians, DirtCar Lift, Earnhardt Technologies Group, Fast Shafts, FOX Shocks, Gorsuch Performance Solutions, Heartbeat Hot Sauce, Heath Lawson Photography, Keyser Manufacturing, Kryptonite Race Cars, Longhorn Chassis, MD3, Mega Plumbing of the Carolinas, Midwest Sheet Metal, MSD, MyRacePass, Outerwears, Penske Racing Shocks, Poskes Performance Parts, Pro Power Racing Engines, Rocket Chassis, Schoenfeld Headers, Simpson Race Products, Slicker Graphics, Strange Oval, Swift Springs, Thermo-Tec Automotive Products, Vic Hill Race Engines, Victory Fuel, Wilwood, Xceldyne, and 5150 Race Trailers.
“With 2024 being the 20th season for the Lucas Oil Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, we want to thank ALL our partners that continue to support the series. The numerous categories and awards that each company sponsors is vital to the success and continued growth as the premier national touring series for dirt late models. We are extremely fortunate to have so many great companies and individuals that believe and support what the series is all about,” stated Wayne Castleberry, Corporate Sales, and Marketing for Lucas Oil Motorsports.
The 2024 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series season will launch with the Georgia-Florida Speedweeks from January 24 to February 10 with visits to Golden Isles Speedway, Ocala Speedway, All-Tech Raceway, and East Bay Raceway Park.