AUSTIN, Texas — The fourth year’s slate for Castrol FloRacing Night in America has been released. Next year’s campaign for the mega miniseries includes 10 races at nine tracks in six states.
The nightly purses for next year have been adjusted and include a redistribution throughout the field along with two additional starting spots each night.
“We listened to what the drivers wanted, and we’ve restructured our nightly payout for 2024 with emphasis on added money for positions six through 12 in the nightly main event. In fact, we spread over $2,000 across those positions from what we paid the past two years. Additionally, we expanded our nightly feature starting grid from 22 to 24 starters,” shared series General Manager, Ben Shelton. “We are currently working with Senoia Raceway staff on a restructured Peach State Classic finale purse, and we hope to have those details finalized soon.
“I think the drivers are going to like what they see from us in 2024. From fewer races to a better distributed purse, our staff and our tracks are doing our best to make a difference.”
Standard Purse
1)$20,000 2)$10,000 3)$5,000 4)$4,000 5)$3,000 6)$2,750 7)$2,500 8)$2,300 9)$2,200 10)$2,000 11)$1,500 12)$1,250 13)$1,100 $14)1,050 15-24)$1,000
Total – $68,650
A Look At The Schedule
The season kicks off the third Illinois Speedweeks on May 8 at Spoon River Speedway (Banner, Ill.) before invading Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway on May 9.
For the second-straight year, the doubleheader will be followed by a Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series doubleheader at Farmer City (Ill.) Speedway and Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway on May 10-11.
The next week finds action thundering into Jim’s Price’s Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway on May 13.
A busy month of May for the miniseries draws to a close with the tour’s first-ever visit to Chris Kearns’ Macon (Ill.) Speedway on May 29.
After hosting the season-opener the past two seasons, Eldora Speedway in Ohio moves to a new date for next year. The Tony Stewart-owned oval brings the miniseries to town on June 5 in an event that will be held on the eve of the opening round of the 30th annual Dirt Late Model Dream.
Another shake-up to the tour’s slate comes on July 24 when the miniseries thunders into Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway for the fifth annual One for the Road presented by I-Beam Sliding Doors. The event previously held in September will now find a home in July, just two days before the 34th annual World of Outlaws Prairie Dirt Classic thunders to life at the legendary, quarter-mile oval.
Two first-time venues are next on the schedule. First up is a maiden voyage to Lernerville Speedway (Sarver, Pa.) on Aug. 21 as the tour not only makes its debut at the historic, four-tenths-mile oval, but also contests its first ever event in The Keystone State.
Next on the first-timers list for the miniseries will be a Sept. 12 visit to I-75 Raceway (Sweetwater, Tenn.), where Ray Cook’s Tarheel 53 moves to its new home.
After seeing Mother Nature claim this year’s visit, the series looks forward to returning to the Pollard family-owned Senoia (Ga.) Raceway on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 15-16 for the season-ending doubleheader. The weekend includes a $20,000-to-win opening event on Friday evening followed by a soon-to-be announced, restructured mega finale payout on Saturday night.
The point fund once again guarantees the champion at least $50,000 with perfect attendance boosting the champion’s take to $75,000. Full point fund details will be released in the coming weeks.
This year’s campaign saw 10 features contested with five different winners and 175 drivers entering at least one event.
Schedule Breakdown
Wed., May 8: Spoon River Speedway (Banner, Ill.): $20,000-to-win / $1,000-to-start
Thurs., May 9: Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway: $20,000-to-win / $1,000-to-start
Mon., May 13: Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway: $20,000-to-win / $1,000-to-start
Wed., May 29: Macon (Ill.) Speedway: $20,000-to-win / $1,000-to-start
Wed., June 5: Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, Ohio.): $20,000-to-win / $1,000-to-start
Wednesday, July 24: Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway: $20,000-to-win / $1,000-to-start
Wednesday, Aug. 21: Lernerville Speedway (Sarver, Pa.): $20,000-to-win / $1,000-to-start
Thursday., Sept. 12: I-75 Raceway (Sweetwater, Tenn.): $20,053-to-win / $1,000-to-start
Fri., Nov. 15: Senoia (Ga.) Raceway: $20,000-to-win / $1,000-to-start
Sat., Nov. 16: Senoia (Ga.) Raceway: TBD-to-win / TBD-to-start