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Popularity of $306,625 Event Escalates Tiny
Village to Largest City in Darke County
ROSSBURG, OH (June 4) – While the base population of tiny Rossburg, OH
is 251, over the next three days and nights that number will increase
nearly 100 times over to transform the tiny hamlet into the largest
city in Darke County. Race fans and race teams from every
corner of the nation will converge upon Rossburg’s Eldora Speedway for
the 20th running of the Dirt Late Model Dream presented by Ferris
Mowers for three nights of racing, Thursday-Friday-Saturday, June 5-6-7.
The richest event in dirt late model racing, the Dirt Late Model Dream
boasts a posted purse of $306,625, which includes the season’s largest
payoff for an event winner - $100,000 for Saturday’s 100-lap finale.
Race action and strategy will be busy over all three nights leading up
to the huge payday as each night of the Dream is a full racing program
with direct bearing on the opportunity to be among the 28 starters in
the century grind about Eldora.
While Saturday’s time-honored format of six qualifying heats remains
untouched, what has changed is the determination of those
line-ups. As introduced last year and widely accepted, two rounds
of single-lap time trial runs have been replaced by two full nights
(Thursday and Friday) of racing.
A driver’s fastest time trial run over those preliminary nights will be
considered their official time which will be used in Saturday’s heat
race determination. Twin 25-lap A-Features Thursday ($2,500
to win each) and Friday ($5,000 to win each) wrap up those nights of
action. Adding additional importance to those nights is that the
average finish earned by a driver will serve as the tie-breaker in the
event of duplicate official times.
The busy, but unique format, offers multiple opportunities for drivers
to compete in A-Feature competition and possibly a trip to the
legendary Eldora victory lane. Thursday and Friday have 48
spots available, with Saturday’s chase offering 28 positions.
The combination of huge payoffs, prestige and the famed ‘Eldora
Experience’ contribute to the population influx that moves Rossburg, OH
from village status to that of major city, if only for three days and
nights.
Fans can purchase race tickets and campsites for the Dirt Late Model
Dream presented by Ferris Mowers, or any other exciting Eldora event,
by going online to www.EldoraSpeedway.com. Additionally, tickets
and campsites may be purchased through the Eldora offices during normal
business hours by calling (937) 338-3815.
Race fans and race teams can get behind-the-scenes access by following
@EldoraSpeedway on Twitter, hitting ‘Like’
atFacebook.com/EldoraSpeedway and view video highlights at
YouTube.com/EldoraSpeedwayInc. Mobile device users can access the
Eldora Speedway app for the iPhone, iPad and Android which are
available for download via iTunes and Google Play.
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