Hudson O'Neal (71) won Monday's Winternationals opener at East Bay Raceway Park. (Jim Denhamer Photo)
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series officials have announced 2022 dates for events in Georgia and Florida. (Jim Denhamer Photo)

Lucas Oil Late Models Set 2022 Florida & Georgia Dates

BATAVIA, Ohio – The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 2022 Georgia/Florida Speedweeks will run from Jan. 27 to Feb. 12 with visits to four tracks during a 17 day period.

The series will once again return to Golden Isles Speedway, Bubba Raceway Park, All-Tech Raceway and East Bay Raceway Park.

Action will get underway on Wednesday, Jan. 26 with an open practice at Golden Isles Speedway, in Brunswick, Ga. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series teams will be competing on Jan. 27 for $10,000-to-win, Jan. 28 for $12,000-to-win, and Jan. 29 for $15,000-to-win.

Teams will take Sunday, Jan. 30 off to regroup before spending Monday, Jan. 31 and Tuesday, Feb. 1 at Bubba Raceway Park, in Ocala, Fla., for a pair of $10,000-to-win events.

The series will then take the action back North, approximately one hour, to Lake City, Fla. All-Tech Raceway will host three nights of racing, starting on Thursday, Feb. 3 paying $10,000-to-win. Friday, Feb. 4 will pay $12,000-to-win, while Saturday, Feb. 5 will show a top prize of $15,000.

From there, speedweeks will wrap up at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla., with an open practice on Sunday, Feb. 6, followed by six nights of racing. Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 7-8, teams will compete for $5,000-to-win. Wednesday, Feb. 9 and Thursday, Feb. 10 will see drivers gunning for $7,000 in top prize money. Friday, Feb. 11, the stakes get higher with teams competing for the $12,000 paycheck. As an end to the week, on Saturday, Feb. 12, teams will be competing for $15,000-to-win.

Wrisco Industries Inc. has once again agreed to sponsor $4,000 for the Wrisco Industries, Inc. Speedweeks points fund, allowing teams a chance to earn bonus money at the end of the 13 nights of racing.