Overall at Eldora in Sunoco ALMS competition, Matt Miller is the all-time win leader at the track in the series with 10 triumphs as he leads Jeep VanWormer who has eight of his 35 career Sunoco ALMS checkered flags, good for second all-time and all-time at Eldora. Moyer and Patterson are tied for third with six feature wins each while Ruhlman and Jerry Rice both have five victories apiece and are tied for fifth all-time.
There have been 39 different winners in the 93 races conducted at Eldora. The first race held at Eldora was also the first ever event in series history back on April 22, 1995 as Rice would go down in the history books as the first ever feature winner in the Sunoco ALMS. The Verona, Ky., driver would go on to win five total series checkered flags, all at Eldora with his last triumph coming in 2005.
All three Sunoco ALMS events at Eldora will pay $5,000 to win. The remaining two races for the Sunoco ALMS at Eldora Speedway are on May 26 for the 49th running of the Johnny Appleseed Classic and on Sept. 1 for the 10th running of the Baltes Classic. The Labor Day Weekend event will also serve as the final race of the 2019 racing season for the Sunoco ALMS as the series champion will be crowned at the conclusion of the Baltes Classic.
In between opening weekend and the Baltes Classic is a 12-race schedule for the Sunoco ALMS teams. After opening weekend, the teams head west to the Prairie State for a pair of $10,000 to win events starting on May 10 at Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway for the Farmer City 74. The next night, May 11, is a trip to Fairbury (Ill.) American Legion Speedway for the FALS Frenzy.
On May 17, Kankakee County Raceway will host the series for the first time since the 2017 season while the next night, May 18, a trip back to Michigan and the first appearance since the 2007 campaign, a 12-year absence, at Thunderbird Raceway. Series stalwart, Oakshade Raceway is on the schedule for their first of three races on May 25 while the teams head south back to Eldora on May 26.
Oakshade is right back on the calendar on June 15 for the $5,500 to win Barney Oldfield Memorial Am extensive vacation for the teams won’t see them in action until the Labor Day Holiday Weekend with dates at I-96 (Aug. 30), Oakshade (Aug. 31) and the 25th anniversary season finale at Eldora on Sept. 1.