2018 Super DIRTcar Series explained

The 2018 Super DIRTcar Series is the 46th season of Big Block Modified racing sanctioned by DIRTcar Northeast & World Racing Group. The season will begin with the DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park on February 12 (featuring 5 non-points races) while the first points scoring race of the season will be the Highbank Holdup at Can-Am Speedway on April 13 The season will end with the Can-Am World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte on November 9. Matt Sheppard enters the 2019 season as the defending series champion.^[1]

The 2019 season will continue to feature qualifier races for NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week. Any qualifier race winner will have a guaranteed provisional starting spot in the 200 lap event at Oswego Speedway on October 13.^[2]

Team & Driver Chart

	Race Driver	Car Owner / Entrant	Chassis	Rounds
1	Billy Pauch	Pauch Racing	Bicknell
1G	Darwin Greene
1J	Rocky Warner	Jake Spraker Racing
1x	Willy Decker
1z	Jessica Friesen	Halmar Racing Team	DKM-Bicknell
2	Jack Lehner		Teo-Bicknell
2L
2RJ	Ronnie Johnson		Bicknell
3	Justin Haers	Haers Brothers Racing	Bicknell
3D	Matt DeLorenzo
3G	Brian Gleason
3J	Marc Johnson
49	Billy Dunn	Graham Racing	Teo
4	Billy VanInwegen
	Andy Bachetti
5	Ryan Godown	Dieter Schmidt	Troyer TD4
5h	Chris Hile	Hile Motorsports	Bicknell
5s	Tyler Siri	Siri Racing
6d	Dillon Steuer
6h	Max McLaughlin	HBR Racing	Teo
	Josh Horenforst
6JH
88	Mat Williamson	Buzz Chew Racing	Bicknell
7	Rick Laubach	Gary & Lori Hermann	Teo
7F	Matt Farnham
8	Rich Scagliotta
8R	Rob Bellinger
9	Ryan Watt	Jeff Brown
9s	Matt Sheppard	Matt Sheppard Racing	Bicknell
9x	Tyler Trump
00	Bobby Varin
00T	Lou Torres
02	Roy Bresnahan
07	Tim Kerr
10J	Jim Nagle
11J	James Sweeting
13	Rick Regalski	Regalski Racing	Bicknell
14	C.G. Morey
14j	Alan Johnson
16b	Alan Barker
17	Kyle Sheldon	Elmo Reckner	Bicknell
17K	Brian Krummel
18	Bodie Bellinger
18J	Louie Jackson Jr.
18JR
19	Tim Fuller
19k	Brett Kressley	Brett Kressley Racing	Bicknell
19m	Jessey Mueller	Mueller Motorsports
20	Brett Hearn	Madsen Motorsports	Teo
21	Yan Bussiere	YB Racing
21a	Peter Britten		Troyer
21J	Ryan Jordan
23	Kyle Coffey
24	Jim Wilko
25	Erick Rudolph	Randy Chrysler 21K Racing	Bicknell
25H	Katelyn Hile	Hile Motorsports	Bicknell
25J	Chad Jesso
25R	Erick Rudolph	Randy Chrysler 21K Racing	Bicknell
27J	Danny Johnson	Graham Racing
28p	Eldon Payne Jr.	Paynes Motorsports	Bicknell
30	Jamie Mills
30M	Joseph Watson
32	Jim Rasey
34	Andrew Ferguson
35	Francois Bellemare
36	Kenny Wallace	Willy & Becky Auchmoody
38	Tim Harris		Hig Fab
39	Tim McCreadie	Sweeteners Plus / CME	Bicknell
42	Matt Pupello
42p	Pat Ward	Gypsum Racing	Bicknell
43	Jimmy Horton	Halmar Racing Team	DKM
	Keith Flach
44	Anthony Perrego
	Stewart Friesen	Halmar Racing Team	DKM-Bicknell
44F
44R	Russell Morseman	Morseman Racing	Bicknell
46	Jeremy Smith	Jeremy Smith Racing	Bicknell
48t	Dave Rauscher	Rauscher Racing
62	Tom Sears Jr.	Sears Racing	Bicknell
63	Adam Roberts	SNR Motorsports	Bicknell
65	Scott Hitchens
66X	Casey Terrance
73	Kevin Poitras		Bicknell
74	J.R. Heffner	J.R. Heffner Racing
83x	Tim Sears Jr.	Sears Racing	Bicknell
84	Gary Tomkins
85	H.J. Bunting
35	Mike Mahaney		Bicknell
91	Billy Decker	Jeremy Smith Racing	Bicknell
		Gypsum Racing
93	Danny Varin
96	Jean-Francois Corriveau
97G	Ryan Godown
97K	Kris Vermold
98h	Jimmy Phelps	HBR Racing	Teo-Bicknell
99L	Larry Wight	Gypsum Racing	Bicknell
109	Billy Whittaker		Bicknell
111	Demetrios Drellos
115	Kenny Tremont
118	Jim Britt	Jim Britt Racing
165	Rex King
816	Jeff Rockefeller
B16	Alan Barker
cb3	Chad Brachmann	Brachmann Racing
R2	Rusty Smith
R13	Ralph McBride
X	Chad Phelps
Z	Butch Tittle

Driver & Team Changes

• - HBR Racing (Max McLaughlin & Jimmy Phelps) will chase the Super DIRTcar Series championship once again in 2019. Max will compete part time due to his full time Nascae K&N Pro Series Ride.^[3]
• - Peter Britten has left Graham Racing to chase the points championship in the Super DIRTcar Series alone.^[4]
• - Billy Decker will return to Gypsum Racing for the 2019 season starting at the points season opener at Can Am.
• - Stewart Friesen and the Halmar Friesen Racing team will only run in select races that don't conflict with Friesen's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule.
• - Tim McCreadie will only run in select races that don't conflict with McCreadie's dirt late model schedule this year he will only run the unsanctioned Eastern States 200 at Orange County Fair Speedway.
• - Mat Williamson has teamed up with Buzz Chew Racing to bring home the 2019 Super Dirtcar Series title driving the Buzzchew Chevy number 88 machine

Schedule

FloRacing will broadcast 20 nights of racing with live video online (12 regular season races, Super DIRT Week & the BBM portion of World Finals). DIRTvision.com will broadcast all races with live radio coverage, and will have live video for the Volusia races. MavTV will broadcast select races (Volusia, Weedsport, Oswego + others) on tape delay, in partnership with Speed Sport.

No.	Date	Race title	Track	TV/Stream
≠	February 13	DIRTcar Nationals	Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, Florida
≠	February 14
≈	February 15			DIRTvision.comMavTV
≈
≈	February 16
≈	February 17
≠	April 28	High Bank Holdup	Fulton Speedway, Fulton, New York
≠	May 16	Battle at the Bridge	Bridgeport Speedway, Bridgeport, New Jersey
1	May 28	Heroes Remembered 100	Weedsport Speedway, Weedsport, New York	FloRacing MavTV
2	June 15		Brewerton Speedway, Brewerton, New York
3	June 26	The BIG Show 10	Albany-Saratoga Speedway, Malta, New York
4	July 1		Cornwall Motor Speedway, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
5	July 5		Land of Legends Raceway, Canandaigua, New York	FloRacing
6	July 8	Freedom Fighter 100	Utica-Rome Speedway, Vernon, New York	FloRacing
7	July 10		Outlaw Speedway, Dundee, New York	FloRacing
8	July 17	TBA	TBA
9	July 19	Battle on the Midway	Orange County Fair Speedway, Middletown, New York	FloRacing
10	July 23		Autodrome Granby, Granby, Quebec, Canada	FloRacing
11	July 24	Racing Stock 100	Autodrome Drummond, Drummondville, Quebec, Canada
12	July 28	Hall of Fame 100	Weedsport Speedway, Weedsport, New York	MavTVFloRacing
13	July 31	Battle of Plattsburgh 100	Airborne Park Speedway, Plattsburgh, New York
14	August 1	Jack Johnson Tribute	Fonda Speedway, Fonda, New York	FloRacing
15	August 6	Bob St. Amand Sr. Memorial	Merrittville Speedway, Thorold, Ontario, Canada
16	August 7	Summer Nationals	Ransomville Speedway, Ransomville, New York	FloRacing
17	September 1	Mr. DIRT Track USA	Lebanon Valley Speedway, West Lebanon, New York	FloRacing
18	September 3	Labor Day Double Play 100	Weedsport Speedway, Weedsport, New York	MavTVFloRacing
19	September 7		Le RPM Speedway, Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
20	September 8	Blackout Race	Autodrome Drummond, Drummondville, Quebec, Canada
21	September 14	Duel at the Demon	Brewerton Speedway, Brewerton, New York
22	September 15	Mohawk 100	Mohawk International Raceway, Akwesasne, New York
23	September 22	Thunder Along the Mohawk	Fonda Speedway, Fonda, New York	FloRacing
≈	October 3	NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week XLVII	Oswego Speedway, Oswego, New York	FloRacingMavTV
≈	October 4
≈	October 5
≈	October 6
24	October 7
25	October 12	The Loud & Dirty Northeast Fall Nationals	Brockville Ontario Speedway, Brockville, Ontario, Canada
≈	November 1	Textron Off Road World of Outlaws World Finals	The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina	FloRacing
26	November 2
27	November 3

• - ≠ will state if the race was postponed or canceled
• - ≈ will state if the race is not for championship points

Schedule notes and changes

• - the races at Eldora Speedway, and Sharon Speedway won't return in 2018 as Eldora has selected a new division to support the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event.
• - night #1 of DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park (February 13) was canceled due to weather conditions.^[5]
• - night #2 of DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park (February 14) was postponed to February 15 due to fog.
• - the Highbank Holdup at Fulton Speedway (April 28) was canceled due to weather conditions.^[6]
• - the Battle at the Bridge at Bridgeport Speedway (May 16) was canceled due to weather conditions.^[7]
• - SDS series officials announced on June 1 that the series will return to Orange County Fair Speedway for the first time since 2014 on July 19. The race will be called "The Battle on the Midway" and will be a NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week qualifier race. The race will be $10k to win as well.^[8]

Results and Standings

Races

No.	Race / Track	Winning driver	Winning team	Last Chance Showdown winner	Fastest Qualifier
≈	DIRTcar Nationals (Night #3 / Race #1)	Tyler Siri	Siri Racing
≈	DIRTcar Nationals (Night #3 / Race #2)	Tim McCreadie	Sweeteners Plus / CME
≈	DIRTcar Nationals (Night #4)	Matt Sheppard	Matt Sheppard Racing
≈	DIRTcar Nationals (Night #5)	Tim McCreadie	Sweeteners Plus / CME
1	Heroes Remembered 100	Stewart Friesen	Halmar Racing Team	Adam Roberts	Stewart Friesen
					Billy Dunn
				Mat Williamson	Matt Sheppard
					Larry Wight
2	Brewerton	Matt Sheppard	Matt Sheppard Racing
3	Brett Hearn's Big Show X	Stewart Friesen	Halmar Racing Team

See also

• - 2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series
• - 2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sheppard Scores Nearly $50,000 with Mr. DIRTcar and Super DIRTcar Series Titles; Champions Honored to Close Out 2017 Season. 20 November 2017.
2. Web site: Six Super DIRTcar Series Events Will Now Serve as NAPA Super DIRT Week Qualifiers . www.superdirtcarseries.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180324223723/http://www.superdirtcarseries.com/news/features/209-2018-feature-stories/1350-five-super-dirtcar-series-events-will-now-serve-as-napa-super-dirt-week-qualifiers . 2018-03-24.
3. Web site: HBR Looking at Different Schedule for 2018. March 2018.
4. Web site: Britten and Graham Join Forces to Chase Super DIRTcar Championship. 26 February 2018.
5. Web site: DIRTcar Nationals Tuesday's Program Rained Out . 2018-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180324223725/http://www.superdirtcarseries.com/news/186-latest-news/1334-dirtcar-nationals-tuesday-s-program-rained-out . 2018-03-24 . dead .
6. Web site: Rain Forces Cancellation of Super DIRTcar Series Highbank Holdup 100 . 2018-04-29 . 2018-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180430045531/http://www.superdirtcarseries.com/news/race-reports/210-2018-race-reports/1355-rain-forces-cancellation-of-super-dirtcar-series-highbank-holdup-100 . dead .
7. Web site: Battle at the Bridge Washed Out . www.superdirtcarseries.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180519204258/http://www.superdirtcarseries.com/news/race-reports/210-2018-race-reports/1357-battle-at-the-bridge-washed-out . 2018-05-19.
8. Web site: Orange County Fair Speedway to Hold NAPA Super DIRT Week Qualifier . www.superdirtcarseries.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180604084734/http://www.superdirtcarseries.com/news/features/209-2018-feature-stories/1371-orange-county-fair-speedway-to-hold-napa-super-dirt-week-qualifier . 2018-06-04.