2008 LUCAS OIL LATE MODEL SCHEDULE
Date    Track    Location
Feb. 4-9    East Bay Raceway Park    Gibsonton, Fla.
March 29    Brownstown Speedway    Brownstown, Ind.
April 4    Screven Motor Speedway    Sylvania, Ga.
April 5    Golden Isles Speedway    Brunswick, Ga.
April 12    K-C Raceway    Chillicothe, Ohio
April 25    Bedford Speedway    Bedford, Pa
April 26    Hagerstown Speedway    Hagerstown, Md.
May 3    TBA  
May 9-10    Lucas Oil Speedway    Wheatland, Mo.
May 16    Farley Speedway    Farley, Iowa
May 17    LaSalle Speedway    LaSalle, Ill.
May 30    Hilltop Speedway    Milersburg, Ohio
May 31    Florence Speedway    Union, Ky.
June 12    Duck River Speedway    Wheel, Tenn.
June 13    North Georgia Speedway    Chatsworth, Ga.
June 14    Talladega Short Track    Talladega, Ala.
June 20    Cherokee Super Speedway    Gaffney, S.C.
June 21    Fayetteville Motor Speedway    Fayetteville, N.C.
July 3    Muskingum Co. Speedway    Zanesville, Ohio
July 4    Tazewell Speedway    Tazewell, Tenn.
July 5    Volunteer Speedway    Bull’s Gap, Tenn.
July 11    North Alabama Speedway    Tuscumbia, Ala.
July 12    Columbus Speedway    Columbus, Miss.
July 18    Tri-City Speedway    Pontoon Beach, Ill.
July 19    Lucas Oil Speedway    Wheatland, Mo.
Aug. 1    Winchester Speedway    Winchester, Va.
Aug. 2    Hagerstown Speedway    Hagerstown, Md.
Aug. 15-16    Batesville Speedway    Batesville, Ark.
Aug. 22    Lawrenceburg Speedway    Lawrenceburg, Ind.
Aug. 23    Bluegrass Speedway    Bardstown, Ky.
Aug. 30    Portsmouth Raceway Park    Portsmouth, Ohio
Aug. 31    TBA
Sept. 19-20    Brownstown Speedway    Brownstown, Ind.
Oct. 3    Rome Speedway    Rome, Ga.
Oct. 4    Dixie Speedway    Woodstock, Ga.

CORONA, Calif. — The 2008 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series schedule features 39 races in 16 states, making it the most ambitious schedule in four seasons.
In 2007, the series ran 33 events with 18 different winners as 632 drivers made at least one appearance.
The season opens Feb. 4-9 with six nights of competition at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla., and concludes Oct. 4 at Georgia’s Dixie Speedway.
The series will visit six new venues, including Screven Motor Speedway (Sylvania, Ga.), Bedford (Pa.) Speedway, Hilltop Speedway (Millersburg, Ohio), Winchester (Va.) Speedway, Batesville (Ark.) Speedway — which hosts the Topless 100 for the first time — and Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway.
There are six events that will pay more than $10,000 to win. The highest-paying race will be the Topless 100, which offers $47,000 to the winner, while the Diamond Nationals at Lucas Oil Speedway will offer $40,000.
“We are very pleased with the way the schedule has turned out for next season,” said series director Ritchie Lewis. “It just shows the strength of the series that the tracks were calling us immediately after our season was over to make sure they got a date for next year.”
“We want the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series to be a profitable event for our promoters who are bringing us in,” said Lucas Oil Vice President Bob Patison. “It is apparent the promoters were happy with the product we put on the race track and the way the show was ran, and with that said, we are always looking at even more ways to entertain the fans and bring them the most bang for their buck.”