2019 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Explained

The 2019 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series was the 14th season of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, a national touring series for dirt late models owned & operated by Lucas Oil. The series began with the Super Bowl of Racing at Golden Isles Speedway on February 1, and ended with the Dirt Track World Championship at Portsmouth Raceway Park on October 19. Jonathan Davenport won the 2019 drivers' championship. Tyler Erb was named 2019 rookie of the year.

Schedule and results

The 2019 schedule was released on October 29, 2018.^[1]

No.	Date	Race / Track	Winning driver	Heat winner	B-Main winner	Fastest Qualifier
1	Feb 2	Super Bowl of Racing - Golden Isles Speedway, Brunswick, Georgia	Tyler Erb ($12,000)
						42 cars entered	-
2	Feb 2 (night)	Super Bowl of Racing - Golden Isles Speedway, Brunswick, Georgia	Earl Pearson Jr. ($12,000)
						37 cars entered
3	Feb 4	Winternationals - East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida	Tyler Erb ($5,000)
						53 cars entered
4	Feb 5	Winternationals - East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida	Tyler Erb ($5,000)
						56 cars entered
5	Feb 6	Winternationals - East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida	Jonathan Davenport ($7,000)
						52 cars entered
6	Feb 7	Winternationals - East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida	Hudson O'Neal ($7,000)
						49 cars entered
7	Feb 8	Winternationals - East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida	Jonathan Davenport ($12,000)
						46 cars entered
8	Feb 9	Winternationals - East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida	Jonathan Davenport ($12,000)
						41 cars entered
9	Mar 16	Indiana Icebreaker - Brownstown Speedway, Brownstown, Indiana	Brandon Sheppard ($12,000)
						34 cars entered
10	Apr 5	Tennessee's Action Track 50 - 411 Motor Speedway, Seymour, Tennessee	Ross Bailes ($12,000)
						28 cars entered
11	Apr 6	North Georgia Speedway, Chatsworth, Georgia	Jonathan Davenport ($12,000)
						31 cars entered
12	Apr 11	Buckeye Spring 50 - Atomic Speedway, Chillicothe, Ohio	Jimmy Owens ($12,000)
						33 cars entered
13	Apr 13	Stanley Schetrompf Classic - Hagerstown Speedway, Hagerstown, Maryland	Jonathan Davenport ($12,000)
						37 cars entered
14	May 16	TruAcre 50 - 34 Raceway, West Burlington, Iowa	Hudson O'Neal ($10,000)
						35 cars entered
15	May 17	Truck Country 50 - 300 Raceway, Farley, Iowa	Jonathan Davenport ($12,000)
						26 cars entered
16	May 30	Clash at the Mag - Magnolia Motor Speedway, Columbus, Mississippi	Josh Richards ($5,000)
						39 cars entered
17	May 31	Clash at the Mag - Magnolia Motor Speedway, Columbus, Mississippi	Jonathan Davenport ($5,000)
						37 cars entered
18	Jun 1	Clash at the Mag - Magnolia Motor Speedway, Columbus, Mississippi	Mike Marlar ($15,000)
						39 cars entered
19	Jun 13	Wayne Gray Sr. Memorial - Fayetteville Motor Speedway, Fayetteville, North Carolina	Kyle Bronson ($10,000)
						30 cars entered
20	Jun 14	Grassy Smith Memorial - Cherokee Speedway, Gaffney, South Carolina	Mike Marlar ($12,000)
						31 cars entered
21	Jun 15	Big Daddy 60 - Smoky Mountain Speedway, Maryville, Tennessee	Hudson O'Neal ($15,000)
						32 cars entered
22	Jun 28	Toyota Knoxville/Secret City Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram/Ted Russell Ford 50 - Tazewell Speedway, Tazewell, Tennessee	Shanon Buckingham ($12,000)
						27 cars entered
23	Jun 29	Ralph Latham Memorial - Florence Speedway, Union, Kentucky	Jonathan Davenport ($12,000)
						44 cars entered
24	Jul 4	Independence 50 - Portsmouth Raceway Park, Portsmouth, Ohio	Mike Marlar ($12,000)
						29 cars entered
25	Jul 5	Topless 50 - Tyler County Speedway, Middlebourne, West Virginia	Tyler Erb ($12,000)
						31 cars entered
26	Jul 11	Hoker Trucking 50 - Tri-City Speedway, Granite City, Illinois	Tyler Erb ($12,000)
						31 cars entered
27	Jul 12	NAPA Know How 50 - Tri-City Speedway, Granite City, Illinois	Jimmy Owens ($12,000)
						32 cars entered
28	Jul 13	Diamond Nationals - Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Missouri	Jimmy Owens ($15,000)
						39 cars entered
29	Jul 14	Diamond Nationals - Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Missouri	Jonathan Davenport ($15,000)
						39 cars entered
30	Jul 16	Bullet Sportswear Shootout - Brown County Speedway, Aberdeen, South Dakota	Josh Richards ($10,000)
						24 cars entered
31	Jul 18	Malvern Bank Go 50 - I-80 Speedway, Greenwood, Nebraska	Jonathan Davenport ($12,000)
						45 cars entered
32	Jul 19-20	Silver Dollar Nationals - I-80 Speedway, Greenwood, Nebraska	Bobby Pierce ($53,000)
						50 cars entered
33	Aug 8	North/South Shootout - Florence Speedway, Union, Kentucky	Chris Madden ($10,000)
						52 cars entered
34	Aug 9-10	North/South 100 - Florence Speedway, Union, Kentucky	Chris Madden ($50,000)
						53 cars entered
35	Aug 15	Topless 100 Prelim - Batesville Motor Speedway, Locust Grove, Arkansas	Chris Madden ($5,000)
						47 cars entered
36	Aug 16	Topless 100 Prelim - Batesville Motor Speedway, Locust Grove, Arkansas	Scott Bloomquist ($5,000)
						46 cars entered
37	Aug 17	Topless 100 - Batesville Motor Speedway, Locust Grove, Arkansas	Chris Madden ($40,000)
						47 cars entered
38	Aug 22	Dirt Million Duel 1 - Mansfield Motor Speedway, Mansfield, Ohio	Scott Bloomquist ($10,000)
						28 cars entered
	Aug 22	Dirt Million Duel 2 - Mansfield Motor Speedway, Mansfield, Ohio	Jonathan Davenport ($10,000)
						28 cars entered
39	Aug 23	Dirt Million Duel 1 - Mansfield Motor Speedway, Mansfield, Ohio	Brandon Sheppard ($10,000)
						28 cars entered
	Aug 23	Dirt Million Duel 2 - Mansfield Motor Speedway, Mansfield, Ohio	Mike Marlar ($10,000)
						28 cars entered
40	Aug 24	Dirt Million - Mansfield Motor Speedway, Mansfield, Ohio	Brandon Sheppard ($101,620)
						56 cars entered
41	Aug 30	John Bradshaw Memorial - Ponderosa Speedway, Junction City, Kentucky	Tim McCreadie ($12,000)
						27 cars entered
42	Aug 31	Bob Miller Memorial - Portsmouth Raceway Park, Portsmouth, Ohio	Jonathan Davenport ($12,000)
						30 cars entered
43	Sep 1	Hillbilly 100 - Tyler County Speedway, Middlebourne, West Virginia	Josh Richards ($30,000)
						34 cars entered
44	Sep 12	Knoxville Late Model Nationals - Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, Iowa	Shane Clanton ($7,000)
						55 cars entered
45	Sep 13	Knoxville Late Model Nationals - Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, Iowa	Ricky Weiss ($7,000)
						54 cars entered
46	Sep 14	Knoxville Late Model Nationals - Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, Iowa	Jimmy Owens ($40,000)			55 cars entered
47	Sep 20	Kokomo Late Model Shootout - Kokomo Speedway, Kokomo, Indiana	Tyler Erb ($12,000)
						24 cars entered
48	Sep 21	Jackson 100 - Brownstown Speedway, Brownstown, Indiana	Hudson O'Neal ($15,000)
						34 cars entered
49	Oct 4	Raceway 7, Conneaut, Ohio	Kyle Bronson ($12,000)
						32 cars entered
50	Oct 5	Pittsburgher 100 - Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway, Imperial, Pennsylvania	Don O'Neal ($20,000)
						37 cars entered
51	Oct 12	Dixie Shootout - Dixie Speedway, Woodstock, Georgia	Michael Page ($12,000)
						39 cars entered
52	Oct 18-19	Dirt Track World Championship - Portsmouth Raceway Park, Portsmouth, Ohio	Brandon Sheppard ($100,000)
						66 cars entered

Schedule notes and changes

• The Super Bowl of Racing scheduled for February 1 at the Golden Isles Raceway in Brunswick, Georgia was postponed due to rain.^[2]
• On March 15, the Buckeye Spring 50 at Atomic Speedway in Chillicothe, Ohio was postponed mid-program due to rain.^[3] The race was rescheduled for April 11.^[4]
• The Steel Valley 50 scheduled for April 12 at Sharon Speedway was rained out.^[5]
• The Rumble by the River scheduled for April 14 at Port Royal Speedway was canceled due to a wet forecast.^[6]
• On April 25, rain forced the Hoker Trucking 50 at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Illinois to be rescheduled to July 11 and the scheduled race at Macon Speedway to be rescheduled to July 23.^[7]
• On May 2, the LOLMDS announced that the scheduled race at Tazewell Speedway was rescheduled to June 28, and the Ralph Latham Memorial at the Florence Speedway was rescheduled to June 29 in response to a wet forecast.^[8]
• The North Star Nationals scheduled for May 18 at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minnesota was rained out.^[9]
• On May 21, the LOLMDS announced that the Show-Me 100 at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri was being postponed due to tornado damage to the facility.^[10] The race was canceled on May 28.^[11]
• On July 3, the LOLMDS race at Muskingum County Speedway was rained out.^[12]
• The Freedom 50 at Mansfield Motor Speedway scheduled for July 6 was rained out.^[13]
• The LOLMDS race at the Jackson Motorplex in Minnesota scheduled for July 17 was rained out.^[14]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Releases 2019 Schedule . Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series . October 29, 2018 . October 22, 2021 . October 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211022020258/https://lucasdirt.com/event-history/2018/lucas-oil-late-model-dirt-series-unveils-2019-schedule . dead .
2. Web site: Rain Postpones Golden Isles Season Opener to Saturday . Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series . February 1, 2019 . October 22, 2021 . October 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211022022204/https://lucasdirt.com/event-history/2019/rain-postpones-golden-isles-opener-to-saturday . dead .
3. Web site: Rain Halts Buckeye Spring 50 at Atomic . Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series . March 15, 2019 . October 22, 2021 . October 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211022023314/https://lucasdirt.com/event-history/2019/rain-halts-buckeye-spring-50-at-atomic . dead .
4. Web site: Atomic's Buckeye 50 Reset for April 11 . Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series . March 17, 2019 . October 22, 2021 . October 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211022023645/https://lucasdirt.com/event-history/2019/atomic-s-buckeye-spring-50-reset-for-april-11 . dead .
5. Web site: Sharon's Lucas Late Model Race a Wash . Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series . April 12, 2019 . October 22, 2021 . October 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211022030105/https://lucasdirt.com/event-history/2019/sharon-s-lucas-late-model-race-a-wash . dead .
6. Web site: Wet Forecast Stops Lucas Late Models at Port Royal . Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series . April 14, 2019 . October 22, 2021 . October 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211022030108/https://lucasdirt.com/event-history/2019/wet-forecast-stops-lucas-late-models-at-port-royal . dead .
7. Web site: Rain Washes Out Lucas's Illinois Doubleheader . Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series . April 25, 2019 . October 22, 2021 . October 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211022025304/https://lucasdirt.com/event-history/2019/rain-washes-out-lucas-illinois-doubleheader . dead .
8. Web site: Tazewell and Florence Lucas LM Events Postponed . Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series . May 2, 2019 . October 22, 2021 . October 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211022025458/https://lucasdirt.com/event-history/2019/tazewell-and-florence-lucas-lm-events-postponed-to-june-28-29 . dead .
9. Web site: Wet Forecast Dooms Lucas Late Model Stop at Deer Creek . Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series . May 18, 2019 . October 22, 2021 . October 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211022030259/https://lucasdirt.com/event-history/2019/wet-forecast-dooms-lucas-late-model-stop-at-deer-creek . dead .
10. Web site: Storm Damage Forces Postponement of Show-Me 100 . Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series . May 21, 2019 . October 22, 2021 . October 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211022030426/https://lucasdirt.com/event-history/2019/storm-damage-forces-postponement-of-show-me-100 . dead .
11. Web site: Diamond Nationals Expands to Two Nights After Show-Me 100 Cancelation . Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series . May 28, 2019 . October 22, 2021 . October 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211022030656/https://lucasdirt.com/event-history/2019/diamond-nationals-at-lucas-oil-speedway-expands-to-two-nights-after-show-me-100-cancellation . dead .
12. Web site: Muskingum's Lucas Oil Date Washed Out . Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series . July 3, 2019 . October 22, 2021 . October 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211022033037/https://lucasdirt.com/event-history/2019/muskingum-s-lucas-oil-late-model-event-washed-out . dead .
13. Web site: Saturday's Freedom 50 at Mansfield Rained Out . Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series . July 6, 2019 . October 22, 2021 . October 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211022033750/https://lucasdirt.com/event-history/2019/saturday-s-freedom-50-at-mansfield-rained-out . dead .
14. Web site: Lucas Oil Late Models Rained out at Jackson Motorplex . Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series . July 17, 2019 . October 22, 2021 . October 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211022035028/https://lucasdirt.com/event-history/2019/lucas-oil-late-models-rained-out-at-jackson-motorplex . dead .