2020 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series

The 2020 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series was the 15th season of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, a national touring series for dirt late models owned & operated by Lucas Oil. The series began with the Super Bowl of Racing at Golden Isles Speedway on February 1, and ended with the Dirt Track World Championship at Portsmouth Raceway Park on October 17. Jimmy Owens won the 2020 drivers' championship. Tanner English was crowned 2020 Rookie of the Year.

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

No.	Race driver	Team
1	Earl Pearson Jr.	Black Diamond Racing
1T	Tyler Erb	Best Performance Motorsports
9	Devin Moran	Tye Twarog Racing
14	Josh Richards	Clint Bowyer Racing
20	Jimmy Owens	Ramirez Motorsports
21	Billy Moyer	Billy Moyer Racing
25	Shane Clanton	Skyline Motorsports
39	Tim McCreadie	Paylor Motorsports
40B	Kyle Bronson	Kyle Bronson Motorsports
49	Jonathan Davenport	Double L Motorsports
81E	Tanner English	Riggs Motorsports

Schedule and results

The 2020 schedule was released on October 19, 2019.^[1]

No.	Date	Race / Track	Winning driver	Heat winner	B-Main winner	Fastest Qualifier
1	Feb 1	Super Bowl of Racing - Golden Isles Speedway, Waynesville, Georgia	Tim McCreadie ($12,000)	Tim McCreadie	Johnny Scott	Tim McCreadie
				Jonathan Davenport	Mason Zeigler	Devin Moran
				Devin Moran
				Mike Marlar		45 cars entered
2	Feb 3	Winternationals - East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida	Devin Moran ($5,000)	Tim McCreadie	Shane Clanton	Tim McCreadie
				Brandon Sheppard	Chase Junghans	Devin Moran
				Jimmy Owens
				Devin Moran
				Jeff Mathews
				GR Smith		62 cars entered
3	Feb 4	Winternationals - East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida	Brandon Sheppard ($5,000)	Tim Dohm	Shanon Buckingham	Boom Briggs
				Jonathan Davenport	Chase Junghans	Chase Junghans
				Hudson O'Neal	Shane Clanton
				Brandon Sheppard
				Tyler Erb
				Mike Marlar		61 cars entered
4	Feb 5	Winternationals - East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida	Tim McCreadie ($7,000)	Tim McCreadie	Jadon Frame	Tim McCreadie
				Kyle Bronson	Brian Shirley	Jonathan Davenport
				Brandon Overton	Logan Roberson
				Jonathan Davenport
				Dennis Erb Jr.
				Boom Briggs		65 cars entered
5	Feb 6	Winternationals - East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida	Brandon Sheppard ($7,000)	Brandon Overton	Jadon Frame	Brandon Overton
				Boom Briggs	Josh Richards	Tim McCreadie
				Jimmy Owens	Chase Junghans
				Tim McCreadie
				Kyle Bronson
				Billy Moyer Jr.		57 cars entered
6	Feb 7	Winternationals - East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida	Mason Zeigler ($12,000)	Tyler Erb	Tanner English	Tyler Erb
				Kyle Bronson	Billy Moyer	Billy Moyer Jr.
				Jonathan Davenport	Colton Flinner
				Brandon Sheppard
				Jimmy Owens
				Tim McCreadie		57 cars entered
7	Feb 8	Winternationals - East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida	Brandon Sheppard ($12,000)	Devin Moran	Jonathan Davenport	Jonathan Davenport
				Shane Clanton	Matt Cosner	Billy Moyer Jr.
				Josh Richards	Tanner English
				Billy Moyer Jr.
				Jimmy Owens
				Brian Shirley		55 cars entered
8	Feb 9	Lucas Oil Winter Nationals - All-Tech Raceway, Lake City, Florida	Jonathan Davenport ($10,000)	Tim McCreadie	Billy Moyer Jr.	Tim McCreadie
				Mark Whitener	Dennis Erb Jr.	Devin Moran
				Devin Moran
				Jonathan Davenport		34 cars entered
9	May 19	Golden Isles Nationals - Golden Isles Speedway, Waynesville, Georgia	Jimmy Owens ($7,000)	Josh Richards	Mark Whitener	Josh Richards
				Tim McCreadie	Jonathan Davenport	Brandon Overton
				Brandon Overton
				Jimmy Owens		43 cars entered
10	May 20	Golden Isles Nationals - Golden Isles Speedway, Waynesville, Georgia	Kyle Bronson ($7,000)	Josh Richards	Rick Eckert	Jonathan Davenport
				Jimmy Owens	Brandon Sheppard	Devin Moran
				Devin Moran
				Tyler Bruening		39 cars entered
11	May 21	Golden Isles Nationals - Golden Isles Speedway, Waynesville, Georgia	Josh Richards ($7,000)	Brandon Overton	Stormy Scott	Brandon Overton
				Josh Richards	Shane Clanton	Tim McCreadie
				Tim McCreadie
				Steven Roberts		36 cars entered
12	May 25	East Bay Nationals - East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida	Jonathan Davenport ($7,000)	Shane Clanton	Billy Moyer Jr.	Shane Clanton
				Tim McCreadie	Ross Robinson	Brandon Overton
				Brandon Overton
				Jimmy Owens		34 cars entered
13	May 26	East Bay Nationals - East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida	Brandon Overton ($7,000)	Brandon Overton	Brian Shirley	Brandon Overton
				Jonathan Davenport	Kyle Bronson	Jimmy Owens
				Jimmy Owens
				Tim McCreadie		31 cars entered
14	May 27	East Bay Nationals - East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida	Brandon Overton ($7,000)	Jimmy Owens	Jonathan Davenport	Jimmy Owens
				Tyler Erb		Brandon Overton
				Brandon Overton
				Rick Eckert		29 cars entered
15	Jun 12	Grassy Smith Memorial - Cherokee Speedway, Gaffney, South Carolina	Ross Bailes ($12,000)	Ross Bailes	Tyler Erb	Ross Bailes
				Brandon Overton	Christian Thomas	Chris Ferguson
				Chris Ferguson
				Kyle Strickler		37 cars entered
16	Jun 13	Mountain Moonshine Classic - Smoky Mountain Speedway, Maryville, Tennessee	Brandon Overton ($15,000)	Brandon Sheppard	Thomas Kerr	Brandon Sheppard
				Brandon Overton	Tyler Erb	Jimmy Owens
				Jimmy Owens
				Tim McCreadie		39 cars entered
17	Jun 18	Clash at the Mag - Magnolia Motor Speedway, Columbus, Mississippi	Bobby Pierce ($5,000)	Jimmy Owens	Jonathan Davenport	Jimmy Owens
				Tyler Erb	Josh Richards	Frank Heckenast Jr.
				Shane Clanton	Scott Dedwylder
				Bobby Pierce
				Ross Bailes
				Drew Armstrong		55 cars entered
18	Jun 19	Clash at the Mag - Magnolia Motor Speedway, Columbus, Mississippi	Jimmy Owens ($5,000)	Jimmy Owens	Joseph Joiner	Jimmy Owens
				Chris Brown	Devin Gilpin	Tyler Erb
				Josh Richards	Bobby Pierce
				Tyler Erb
				Billy Moyer
				Spencer Hughes		52 cars entered
19	Jun 20	Clash at the Mag - Magnolia Motor Speedway, Columbus, Mississippi	Jimmy Owens ($15,000)		Michael Arnold
19	Jun 20		Jimmy Owens ($15,000)		Shanon Buckingham	52 cars entered
20	Jun 26	Tennessee's Action Track 50 - 411 Motor Speedway, Seymour, Tennessee	Jimmy Owens ($12,000)	Jimmy Owens	Tanner English	Jimmy Owens
				Donald McIntosh	Kyle Bronson	Shanon Buckingham
				Jonathan Davenport
				Shane Clanton		38 cars entered
21	Jun 27	EZ-Go 50 - Talladega Short Track, Eastaboga, Alabama	Jimmy Owens ($12,000)	Jonathan Davenport	Shanon Buckingham	Jonathan Davenport
				Josh Richards	Tyler Erb	Tim McCreadie
				Jimmy Owens
				Hudson O'Neal		42 cars entered
22	Jul 3	Freedom 50 - Muskingum County Speedway, Zanesville, Ohio	Tyler Erb ($12,000)	Jonathan Davenport	Jimmy Owens	Jimmy Owens
				Devin Moran	Kyle Hardy	Tyler Erb
				Tyler Erb
				Josh Richards		33 cars entered
23	Jul 4	Independence 50 - Portsmouth Raceway Park, Portsmouth, Ohio	Jimmy Owens ($12,000)	Stormy Scott	Tanner English	Josh Richards
				Jonathan Davenport		Jimmy Owens
				Jimmy Owens
				Billy Moyer Jr.		30 cars entered
24	Jul 10	Summer Sizzler Nationals - Florence Speedway, Union, Kentucky	Earl Pearson Jr. ($12,000)	Jonathan Davenport	Jared Hawkins	Jonathan Davenport
				Josh Richards	Shane Clanton	Earl Pearson Jr.
				Earl Pearson Jr.
				Jimmy Owens		33 cars entered
25	Jul 13	Truck Country 50 - 300 Raceway, Farley, Iowa	Josh Richards ($10,000)	Josh Richards	Stormy Scott	Josh Richards
				Kyle Bronson		Stormy Scott
				Billy Moyer Jr.		27 cars entered
26	Jul 17	NAPA Know How 50 - Tri-City Speedway, Granite City, Illinois	Tyler Erb ($12,000)	Kyle Strickler	Jimmy Owens	Kolby Vandenbergh
				Earl Pearson Jr.	Johnny Scott	Jonathan Davenport
				Billy Moyer Jr.
				Devin Moran		39 cars entered
27	Jul 18	Show-Me 100 - Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Missouri	Payton Looney ($30,000)	Payton Looney	Earl Pearson Jr.	Payton Looney
				Kyle Strickler	Josh Richards	Chris Simpson
				Ricky Thornton Jr.
				Shanon Buckingham		46 cars entered
28	Jul 19	Diamond Nationals - Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Missouri	Chris Ferguson ($12,000)	Chris Ferguson	Kyle Bronson	Chris Ferguson
				Billy Moyer	Tim McCreadie	Shanon Buckingham
				Shanon Buckingham
				Billy Moyer Jr.		44 cars entered
29	Jul 23	Optima Batteries Dirt Track Bank Go-50 - I-80 Speedway, Greenwood, Nebraska	Jimmy Owens ($12,000)	Stormy Scott	Shanon Buckingham	Stormy Scott
				Ricky Thornton Jr.	Chase Junghans	Josh Richards
				Josh Richards
				Jonathan Davenport		46 cars entered
30	Jul 24-25	Silver Dollar Nationals - I-80 Speedway, Greenwood, Nebraska	Brandon Sheppard ($53,000)	Scott Bloomquist	Chris Ferguson
				Chase Junghans	Kyle Strickler
				Mason Zeigler
				Chris Simpson
				Ricky Thornton Jr.
				Ricky Weiss
				Jimmy Owens
				Josh Richards
				Kyle Bronson
				Tim McCreadie		45 cars entered
31	Aug 12	Ralph Latham Memorial - Florence Speedway, Union, Kentucky	Jimmy Owens ($12,000)	Devin Moran	Tim McCreadie	Devin Moran
				Chris Ferguson	Jonathan Davenport	Jimmy Owens
				Hudson O'Neal
				Jimmy Owens
				Josh Richards
				Shanon Buckingham		53 cars entered
32	Aug 13	North/South Shootout - Florence Speedway, Union, Kentucky	Mike Marlar ($10,000)	Kyle Bronson	Billy Moyer Jr.	Tyler Erb
				Devin Moran	Dale McDowell	Jimmy Owens
				Brandon Overton
				Jimmy Owens
				Josh Richards
				Mike Marlar		52 cars entered
33	Aug 14-15	North/South 100 - Florence Speedway, Union, Kentucky	Tim McCreadie ($50,000)	Shane Clanton	Josh Rice
				Chris Ferguson	Jason Jameson
				Tim McCreadie
				Tyler Bruening
				Earl Pearson Jr.
				Shanon Buckingham
				Jonathan Davenport
				Hudson O'Neal
				Brandon Overton
				Josh Rice		53 cars entered
34	Aug 20	Topless 100 Prelim - Batesville Motor Speedway, Locust Grove, Arkansas	Tim McCreadie ($5,000)	Jimmy Owens	Timothy Culp	Jimmy Owens
				Billy Moyer Jr.	Neil Baggett	Dale McDowell
				Tim McCreadie
				Dale McDowell
				Earl Pearson Jr.
				Brandon Overton		48 cars entered
35	Aug 21	Topless 100 Prelim - Batesville Motor Speedway, Locust Grove, Arkansas	Jimmy Owens ($5,000)	Jimmy Owens	Chris Madden	Jimmy Owens
				Shanon Buckingham	Shannon Babb	Brandon Overton
				Jonathan Davenport
				Jimmy Owens
				Kyle Bronson
				Earl Pearson Jr.		47 cars entered
36	Aug 22	Topless 100 - Batesville Motor Speedway, Locust Grove, Arkansas	Jimmy Owens ($40,000)		Tyler Erb
36	Aug 22		Jimmy Owens ($40,000)		Billy Moyer	47 cars entered
37	Aug 27	Rumble by the River - Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal, Pennsylvania	Tim McCreadie ($10,000)	Tim McCreadie	Tanner English	Tim McCreadie
				Kyle Strickler	Rick Eckert	Jimmy Owens
				Shane Clanton
				Jimmy Owens
				Devin Moran
				Kyle Larson		55 cars entered
38	Aug 29	Rumble by the River - Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal, Pennsylvania	Kyle Larson ($15,000)	Brandon Sheppard	Rick Eckert	Brandon Sheppard
				Hudson O'Neal	Trent Ivey	Kyle Larson
				Kyle Strickler
				Kyle Larson
				Kyle Bronson
				Gregg Satterlee		53 cars entered
39	Sep 4	John Bradshaw Memorial - Ponderosa Speedway, Junction City, Kentucky	Jonathan Davenport ($12,000)	Jonathan Davenport	Michael Chilton	Jonathan Davenport
				Billy Moyer Jr.		David Webb
				Jimmy Owens
				Kyle Strickler		30 cars entered
40	Sep 5	Bob Miller Memorial River Rumble Days - Portsmouth Raceway Park, Portsmouth, Ohio	Hudson O'Neal ($12,000)	Jonathan Davenport	Kody Evans	Tim McCreadie
				Stormy Scott		Jimmy Owens
				Jimmy Owens
				Devin Moran		28 cars entered
41	Sep 17	I-80 Nationals - I-80 Speedway, Greenwood, Nebraska	Kyle Strickler ($7,000)	Darrell Lanigan	Jonathan Davenport	Devin Moran
				Tim McCreadie	Billy Moyer Jr.	Kyle Strickler
				Josh Richards
				Brandon Overton		46 cars entered
42	Sep 18	I-80 Nationals - I-80 Speedway, Greenwood, Nebraska	Jimmy Owens ($7,000)	Brandon Overton	Jared Landers	Brandon Overton
				Tyler Erb	Billy Moyer	Tim McCreadie
				Josh Richards
				Chris Simpson		43 cars entered
43	Sep 19	I-80 Nationals - I-80 Speedway, Greenwood, Nebraska	Tim McCreadie ($30,000)		Hudson O'Neal
43	Sep 19	I-80 Nationals - I-80 Speedway, Greenwood, Nebraska	Tim McCreadie ($30,000)		Jared Landers	43 cars entered
44	Sep 25	Night Before the Jackson - Brownstown Speedway, Brownstown, Indiana	Josh Richards ($10,000)	Devin Moran	Stormy Scott	Chris Ferguson
				Hudson O'Neal	Steve Casebolt	Billy Moyer
				Ricky Thornton Jr.	Tanner English
				Billy Moyer
				Tim McCreadie
				Earl Pearson Jr.		59 cars entered
45	Sep 26	Jackson 100 - Brownstown Speedway, Brownstown, Indiana	Tim McCreadie ($15,000)	Kyle Strickler	Justin Rattliff	Kyle Strickler
				Ricky Thornton Jr.	Chad Finley	Michael Chilton
				Billy Moyer	Steve Casebolt
				Jonathan Davenport
				Tim McCreadie
				Zack Dohm		60 cars entered
46	Oct 3	Pittsburgher 100 - Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway, Imperial, Pennsylvania	Ricky Thornton Jr. ($20,000)	Devin Moran	Jared Miley	Michael Norris
				Shane Clanton	Jonathan Davenport	Josh Richards
				Josh Richards
				Kyle Strickler		35 cars entered
47	Oct 16-17	Dirt Track World Championship - Portsmouth Raceway Park, Portsmouth, Ohio	Brandon Sheppard ($100,000)	Tim McCreadie	Jimmy Owens	Tim McCreadie
				Chris Ferguson	Earl Pearson Jr.	Shane Clanton
				Scott Bloomquist	Kyle Bronson
				Brandon Overton
				Ricky Thornton Jr.
				Mike Marlar		63 cars entered

Schedule notes and changes

On March 16, the LOLMDS suspended racing for 30 days in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the Buckeye Spring 50 at Atomic Speedway in Chillicothe, Ohio was rescheduled to May 8; the Indiana Icebreaker at Brownstown Speedway in Brownstown, Indiana was rescheduled for May 9; the Tennessee's Action Track 50 at 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, Tennessee was reschedule for June 26; and the E-Z GO 50 at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Alabama was rescheduled for June 27.^[2]
On April 3, the LOLMDS announced additional schedule changes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Nininger Tribute scheduled for April 17 at Hagerstown Speedway in Hagerstown, Maryland, the Budweiser 50 scheduled for April 24 at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Illinois and an April 25 race at Macon Speedway in Illinois were all canceled. Also, the Rumble by the River scheduled for April 19 at Port Royal Speedway in Port Royal, Pennsylvania was postponed to August 27.^[3]
On April 15, the LOLMDS announced that the John Bradshaw Memorial scheduled for May 1 at Ponderosa Speedway in Junction City, Kentucky was postponed to September 4. Also, the Ralph Latham Memorial scheduled for May 2 at Florence Speedway in Union, Kentucky was rescheduled to August 12.^[4]
On May 1, the LOLMDS announced a slate of cancelations, as well as a fanless "Reopening Tour" for the month of May.^[5]
On May 10, the LOLMDS canceled its scheduled Reopening Tour dates for May 11–13 at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri due to unfavorable weather forecasts. The tour added dates at Golden Isles Speedway and East Bay Raceway Park.^[6]
On July 1, the LOLMDS canceled events scheduled in Minnesota for July 9 at the Deer Creek Speedway and July 10–11 at the Jackson Motorplex due to COVID-19 restrictions. The series also announced replacement race dates for July 10–11 at Florence Speedway in Union, Kentucky.^[7]
On August 26, the LOLMDS announced the cancelation of the Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa and the Kokomo Late Model Shootout at the Kokomo Speedway in Kokomo, Indiana due to COVID-19 restrictions. The LOLMDS announced replacement events at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Nebraska on September 17–18 and at Brownstown Speedway in Brownstown, Indiana on September 25.^[8]
On September 30, the LOLMDS announced that the Great Lakes 50 scheduled to run at Raceway 7 was canceled due to a rainy forecast.^[9]
On October 7, the LOLMDS announced that races schedule at Dixie Speedway and Rome Speedway in Georgia were canceled due to Hurricane Delta.^[10]

References

^ "Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Releases 2020 Schedule". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. October 19, 2019.
^ "LOLMDS Postpones Events for 30 Days". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. March 16, 2020.
^ "Additional Schedule Adjustments Announced by LOLMDS". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. April 3, 2020.
^ "Additional Schedule Adjustments Announced by LOLMDS". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. April 15, 2020.
^ "Additional Lucas Oil Reopens the LOLMDS". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. May 1, 2020.
^ "Weather Causes Rescheduling on Reopening Tour". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. May 10, 2020.
^ "LOLMDS Amends July Schedule". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. July 1, 2020.
^ "Lucas Dirt Announces September Schedule Changes". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. August 26, 2020.
^ "Updates to this Weekend's Lucas Dirt Schedule". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. September 30, 2020.
^ "Hurricane Delta Causes Weekend Cancelations". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. October 7, 2020.

[1] "Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Releases 2020 Schedule". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. October 19, 2019.

[2] "LOLMDS Postpones Events for 30 Days". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. March 16, 2020.

[3] "Additional Schedule Adjustments Announced by LOLMDS". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. April 3, 2020.

[4] "Additional Schedule Adjustments Announced by LOLMDS". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. April 15, 2020.

[5] "Additional Lucas Oil Reopens the LOLMDS". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. May 1, 2020.

[6] "Weather Causes Rescheduling on Reopening Tour". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. May 10, 2020.

[7] "LOLMDS Amends July Schedule". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. July 1, 2020.

[8] "Lucas Dirt Announces September Schedule Changes". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. August 26, 2020.

[9] "Updates to this Weekend's Lucas Dirt Schedule". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. September 30, 2020.

[10] "Hurricane Delta Causes Weekend Cancelations". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. October 7, 2020.

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