I80Speedway Offers Staggering Purse in July!

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03-05-2021, 04:22 PM
TDRacin®

I80Speedway Offers Staggering Purse in July!

Batavia, OH (March 5, 2021) - Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series officials along with I-80 Speedway promoters are thrilled to announce one of the biggest weeks in super late model history with an unheard of purse of over half a million dollars up for grabs July 20th - 24th.

The Al Belt Custom Homes I-80 Nationals will start the week off with two, 30 lap, $7,000-to-win preliminary events, one on Tuesday, July 20th, the other on Wednesday, July 21st. Thursday, July 22nd will be the 53 lap, $30,000-to-win, $2,000-to-start, I-80 Nationals finale. There will also be a $2,000-to-win non-qualifier race that will pay $530 to start.

The focus will then shift to the Silver Dollar Nationals with action continuing on Friday, July 23rd, with dual heat race action. The heats will award passing points to drivers, which will line up Saturday’s main event and B-Mains. Each heat race will also pay the top 3 finishers $250, $150, and $100 respectively. Saturday’s 80 lap Silver Dollar Nationals will pay $53,000 to win, $5,300 to start. Once again, there will be a non-qualifiers race which will pay $5,300 to the winner, and $1,000 to start.

Championship points for the series will be awarded for Thursday’s Al Belt Custom Homes I-80 Nationals and Saturday’s Silver Dollar Nationals. All five nights from I-80 Speedway will be available for live viewing on MAVTV Plus streaming service.

https://lucasdirt.com/news/latest-ne...-purse-in-july
03-05-2021, 04:57 PM
klemmabyna

The Kosiski family's promoting skills are starting to rival their legendary racing abilities. Couldn't be happier for them.
03-05-2021, 05:06 PM
Shiny Side Up 18

The Go 50 has been moved to the day before Knoxville.

So...

Flo at Fairbury Tuesday
Lucas Oil at I-80 Wednesday
Lucas Oil at Knoxville Thu-Sat
03-05-2021, 05:45 PM
50Dixon50

What is the total purse for this race?
03-05-2021, 06:16 PM
TowerView

Quote:

Originally Posted by 50Dixon50

What is the total purse for this race?

Half a million
03-05-2021, 06:49 PM
50Dixon50

Quote:

Originally Posted by TowerView

Half a million

Uh don't think so
03-05-2021, 06:57 PM
dirt33

Wow is the first word that comes to mind. Massive thumbs up to the Kosiskis.
03-05-2021, 07:07 PM
foxfire2dirtracing

DOD article says total purse is over $500,000.
03-05-2021, 07:16 PM
intel8

Great news! Thanks to the Kosiski's, looking forward to the event.
03-05-2021, 07:56 PM
huskerdirt

Purse breakdown:

Tuesday: $28,230
Wednesday: $28,230
Thursday NQ Race: $24,040
Thursday A main: $143,500
Friday night heats: $5,000
Saturday NQ Race: $35,000
Saturday A main: $260,000

Total purse: $524,000
03-05-2021, 08:03 PM
zyoung25

Quote:

Originally Posted by 50Dixon50

Uh don't think so

You must not realize who towerview is

I80 is still on my bucket list of tracks to get too.
03-05-2021, 08:55 PM
50Dixon50

Quote:

Originally Posted by zyoung25

You must not realize who towerview is

I80 is still on my bucket list of tracks to get too.

No i didn't know who he is but I do now
03-05-2021, 08:59 PM
50Dixon50

Quote:

Originally Posted by TowerView

Half a million

my bad I was totally wrong in my comment about it not being $500,000 also didn't know who you were their are some people on 4m. That would say that fora stupid joke sorry
03-05-2021, 09:08 PM
Buford.Justice

hehehehehee :)
03-05-2021, 10:12 PM
Dlmfan123

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shiny Side Up 18

The Go 50 has been moved to the day before Knoxville.So...Flo at Fairbury TuesdayLucas Oil at I-80 WednesdayLucas Oil at Knoxville Thu-Sat

It will be hard for Lucas guys to race fairbury now. There like 7-8 hours apart
03-06-2021, 05:58 AM
dirtcrazy4u

WRG really wants to put Lucas up against fence. Kinda like that 32 car and a bad slide job.
03-06-2021, 06:14 AM
chupp n bloomer fan

Quote:

Originally Posted by zyoung25

You must not realize who towerview is

I80 is still on my bucket list of tracks to get too.

Lmao. Ya beat me to it. I was going to say something smarta$$, but ya got it.
03-06-2021, 07:33 AM
Dlmfan123

Quote:

Originally Posted by dirtcrazy4u

WRG really wants to put Lucas up against fence. Kinda like that 32 car and a bad slide job.

What does world racing group have to do with anything going on in this post?
03-06-2021, 08:09 AM
huskerdirt

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dlmfan123

It will be hard for Lucas guys to race fairbury now. There like 7-8 hours apart

Last year I saw Rocket1 take the exit for I-80 Speedway a mere 9 hours after their win at Fairbury. It’s not out of question to run both for some teams.

Yes, some guys will skip I-80, some guys will skip Fairbury. It’s nothing new when you have that much racing in a short amount of time.
03-06-2021, 08:22 AM
3 wide

Best payout ever for last place at 5,300 the only close to this is when west plains paid 3,000 for last.
03-06-2021, 08:23 AM
dirtSLMracing

$5300 to start is impressive.

So who is TowerView?
03-06-2021, 08:28 AM
TerryM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dirtSLMracing

$5300 to start is impressive.

So who is TowerView?

The Hauser Flash
03-06-2021, 08:56 AM
HoosierDirtFan

[QUOTESo who is TowerView?[/QUOTE]

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series announcer James Essex.
03-06-2021, 09:22 AM
dirtSLMracing

Quote:

Originally Posted by HoosierDirtFan

[QUOTESo who is TowerView?

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series announcer James Essex.[/QUOTE]

10-4... I'm sure he got quite a chuckle at the "bad announcing" thread a few weeks ago.
03-06-2021, 02:59 PM
Switchback29A1

Its so great to see a track add a ton of money and not just add it to the winners share like everyone else does. Paying $5,300 to start is as impressive as anything outside of the eldora million and Mansfield deal. Thank you thank you thank you to I-80 for that
03-09-2021, 06:57 AM
dirt crow

I’ll be making the journey up from Alabama.
03-09-2021, 05:27 PM
chupp n bloomer fan

Quote:

Originally Posted by dirtSLMracing

$5300 to start is impressive.

So who is TowerView?

Well, unless I’m wrong, I always thought he was James Essex.
03-09-2021, 05:29 PM
chupp n bloomer fan

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3 wide

Best payout ever for last place at 5,300 the only close to this is when west plains paid 3,000 for last.

Towards the end I believe West Plains paid $3400-$4400 to start. I think at its highest it was $4400.
03-10-2021, 10:02 AM
84wedge

There's an answer to provisionals, a non qualifier race were the winner of the losers gets some money. Pay the top three a differing percentage of the provisional starting money and then send them home.
03-10-2021, 11:04 AM
dirtcrazy4u

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dlmfan123

What does world racing group have to do with anything going on in this post?

Dlm, wrg owns the late model series, someone has decided with this kind of payout we can go head to head with lucas and there car counts are surely to be on the lower end for the knoxville race. 5300 to start ! Anybody and everybody outside of the lucas regulars are going to be there.

I think what it's going to create is guys are going to start watching what big names like overton, frieson, the 6 car, BP, Shirley and maybe a few more mite do. With the money being offered this year on the SLM side of things I can't say it benefits to follow one series over the other.
03-10-2021, 11:50 AM
Dlmfan123

There's summer national races on I-80 and knoxville weekends. But no outlaw races, I don't get where your coming from with this take
03-10-2021, 08:01 PM
dirtcrazy4u

My fault. I'm confusing this with the oucas knoxville dates