Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup (All-Star Circuit of Champions)
Where: Lernerville Speedway – Server, Pa. (streaming on Flo Racing)
Winner’s Purse: $26,000
Lernerville Speedway went through a major transition this season, with its signature late model event, the Firecracker 100, switching from World of Outlaws to Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanction. The parent company of the Outlaws didn’t take too kindly to that, and as such the track lost its World of Outlaws sprint car date.
Enter the All-Star Circuit of Champions, which will now sanction the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup on July 6. While the star power for this race may not be the same as a year ago, given that the drivers that are Outlaws regulars will not be competing, there is potential here, as the new sanctioning agreement for the Firecracker 100 led to packed grandstands, substantially increased demand for camping, and a car count that beat the track’s seven-year average by more than 20%.
We are live from Lernerville on MAVTVPLUS with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series with 54 entries.
— James Essex (@EssexLucasOil) June 24, 2022
Wednesday night races don’t get much better than this one.
Fever Heat 100 (XR Super Series)
Where: Stuart International Speedway – Stuart, Iowa (streaming on RaceXR)
Winner’s Purse: $20,000 (nightly)
Way back when the XR Super Series schedule first announced its schedule, I highlighted Stuart International Speedway as the hidden gem on the tour. A classic black dirt bullring in rural Iowa, the XR ranks are the only national super late model tour making the trip to Stuart, Iowa in 2022. That’s to the loss of race fans nationally.
.@RaceXR is running its first ever Fever Heat 100 at Stuart this July, running Sunday, July 10 – Wednesday July 13. $25,000-to-win each night. https://t.co/sirCgXbXoK pic.twitter.com/a6J2bHLnA6
— Connor Ferguson (@cfchangs9) May 24, 2022
I fully expect the on-track action at Stuart, scheduled for July 11 and 12, to be as good as the series will see in 2022. The real question is whether the cars show up. Despite offering rich purses, the car count for XR tour events have yet to consistently reach the top-tier WoO and Lucas Oil shows. What’s more, the XR tour in June made their first trip off the beaten trail of national dirt tracks at the Belleville High Banks, an event that despite big money drew less than a full field of cars.
Granted, Stuart’s Fever Heat 100 will not be contested immediately…
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