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11/18/21, 8:28 PM   #1
ELDORA Million is BACK
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I Know It's not sprint cars but for those that are a fan of dirt racing in general like my self this is cool.


ELDORA Million is BACK


https://www.eldoraspeedway.com/2021/...ldora-million/


IF LINK DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU HERE IS THE ARTICLE VIS THE ELDORA WEBSITE.

ROSSBURG, Ohio (Nov. 18, 2021) – Eldora Speedway® and official livestream partner, FloSports, a leader in sports streaming and original content, today announced the return of The Eldora Million®, one of the most legendary events in the history of the hallowed high-banked half-mile clay oval.

For just the second time ever – on Thurs., June 9, 2022 – the blue-collar superstars of Dirt Late Model racing will compete for a winner’s purse of $1 million dollars.

The Eldora Million® will feature a full-program of heat races, last chance showdowns, and culminate with the $1,002,022-to-win Championship Feature. The initial seeding for Thursday’s heat races will be set on Wed., June 8, via a program of tournament-style preliminary features.

The combination of two giant shows – The Eldora Million® and the 28th running of the $128,000-to-win Dirt Late Model Dream® on Sat., June 11 – in a span of four days, creates one of the richest open competition events in motorsports history with posted prize money already exceeding $1.9 million.

“I have said from the first-day I took ownership of Eldora that we want to make Earl and Berneice proud and continue to push the limits of race promotion. I can’t think of a better way to honor their legacy than bringing back The Eldora Million® one more time for both our longtime drivers and fans as well as a whole new generation who have only heard about it,” said track owner Tony Stewart. “And I couldn’t do it without our phenomenal partnership with Mark Floreani and his team at FloSports. I love working with them in growing our sport, showcasing our events, and creating engaging content for our fans on FloRacing, and the entire FloSports subscriber base.”

All four days of action from the 28th Dirt Late Model Dream® Week, including The Eldora Million® on Thurs., June 9 and the 28th Dirt Late Model Dream® on Sat., June 11, will be available worldwide exclusively on FloRacing, Eldora’s official livestream partner.

“Tony Stewart and his team keep raising the bar with their incredible events at the legendary Eldora Speedway,” said Mark Floreani, CEO and Co-Founder, FloSports. “Their commitment to motorsports has been integral to the growth of FloRacing and we are proud to support their mission to bring this sport to an even wider audience around the world.”

It was February 2000 when the inimitable promoter and founder of Eldora Speedway, the late Earl Baltes, stood up at the annual Racing Promotion Monthly Workshops in Daytona Beach, Fla., and shocked the industry with the announcement he would pay an unprecedented $1 million to the winner of a Dirt Late Model race that coming October. However, a combination of heavy rains, wet grounds, and unseasonably cold temperatures forced the event to be rescheduled to Saturday, June 9, 2001 – in place of the 8th annual Dirt Late Model Dream®.

Fan-favorite Donnie Moran, a four-time winner of the World 100® and native of Dresden, Ohio, triumphed by passing Martinsville, Ind.’s Don O’Neal, an eventual Dirt Late Model Dream® champion, with a slide job for the lead on lap-25 to lead the remaining 74 laps, forever earning the moniker “The Million Dollar Man – Donnie Moran!” Now, just over 20 years later, both Moran’s son, Devin, and O’Neal’s son, Hudson, are two of the young lions who make up the next generation of stars in the Dirt Late Model ranks.

“With today’s confirmation there will indeed be a sequel to The Eldora Million®, our great team here at Eldora now has the 2022 Major Events ticketing and camping calendar finalized. We appreciate the patience of our loyal fans, and renewal notifications will begin showing up in their patron accounts and email by early next week for their 2022 ticket and campsite renewals,” said general manager Roger Slack. “Like everything these days, it took a little longer than anticipated to deliver all of the details for a week of events of this magnitude. Our team wanted to get everything right and assure an expedited renewal process for the many patrons who hold tickets to each of our major events.”

Patrons who had tickets for the 2021 Dirt Late Model Dream – the 27th edition, which was held Wednesday, June 9 and Thursday, June 10, 2021 – will have first opportunity to purchase those same seats for The Eldora Million® as part of the event renewal process.

Public sale for tickets and campsites for all 2022 Major Events will begin on Saturday, December 18 at 10 a.m. Eastern exclusively at www.EldoraSpeedway.com, where fans can also sign-up for breaking news updates delivered via email or text message. The latest event information, including race day schedule and weather updates, can be found on the official @EldoraSpeedway accounts on social channels Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube.

To access FloRacing’s live and on-demand coverage of the The Eldora Million®, the Dirt Late Model Dream®, the World 100®, the 4-Crown Nationals®, and more from Eldora Speedway, plus the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, every USAC national series event, and the entire FloRacing All Star Circuit of Champions® schedule, visit FloRacing.com to become an annual PRO subscriber. The annual subscription unlocks access to premium content and live events across the entire FloSports network. Watch the events across all screens by downloading the FloSports app on Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV, the App Store, and Google Play Store.
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POSTED AWARDS – WED., JUNE 8 – $118,100 (minimum)
PRELIMINARY QUALIFYING FEATURES: $12,000-to-win/$1,000-to-start

POSTED AWARDS – THU, JUNE 9 – $1,342,185
THE ELDORA MILLION: 1st) $1,002,022…plus commemorative trophy for driver and owner; 2nd) $100,000; 3rd) $50,000; 4th) $25,000; 5th) $15,000; 6th) $12,500; 7th) $10,000; 8th) $8,750; 9th) $8,000; 10th) $7,500; 11th) $6,500; 12th) $6,000; 13th) $5,875; 14th) $5,850; 15th) $5,822; 16th) $5,800; 17th) $5,675; 18th) $5,622; 19th) $5,600; 20th) $5,475; 21st) $5,450; 22nd) $5,422; 23rd) $5,400; and 24th) $5,022.
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11/19/21, 5:13 AM   #2
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Maybe they will actually get over 100 cars for this!! The World 100 back in the 80s used to get close to 200 cars. I'd rather see another Mopar Million Payout for Sprint Cars!!
 
11/19/21, 6:41 PM   #3
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You might get in on a pit pass or hillside but every seat will sellout.
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11/19/21, 7:07 PM   #4
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Maybe they will actually get over 100 cars for this!! The World 100 back in the 80s used to get close to 200 cars. I'd rather see another Mopar Million Payout for Sprint Cars!!
I agree I would rather see a Mopar Million for sprint cars but if you think there would even be close to 100 cars let alone 200 cars that you are asking from the Late Models for I think you are WAY overestimating the number of cars wing or non-wing.
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11/20/21, 2:34 PM   #5
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The days of 200 late models are also long gone.
 
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11/21/21, 1:25 AM   #6
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RaceFan20, if you read my post, I said, maybe they would get over 100 cars, especially when there were 79-80 cars for the World 100!!! I said, there used to be close to 200 cars in the 80s!! Please read before you reply, lol! 😉🤣🤣🤣 If they can't get an additional 22 plus cars for well over a $1 Million purse than it definitely isn't worth doing!! Non-Wing Sprint Cars would draw over 100 again, guaranteed!

Knoxville gets around 100 cars every year for the Nationals, too. 😉
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11/21/21, 1:39 AM   #7
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I agree, Brent!
 
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11/21/21, 4:45 PM   #8
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A race drawing 200 cars would be reason enough for me to not go!!!
 
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11/22/21, 9:57 AM   #9
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In addition to our 10+ 4 Crown's, 20+ World 100's and several Dreams we also attended both the late model million and the Mopar Million.

Maybe this dizzying format Eldora is going to use for this rendition of the dirt late model million will jazz up the action. The only things remarkable we recall concerning the late model million is Jack Hewitt blowing an engine with a straightaway lead and a handful of laps to go in his heat race which would have had him starting the 100 lapper up front. The other being eventual winner Moran taking the lead for good 1/4 of the way into the 100 lap A-main and basically driving away unchallenged until the final dozen laps when the 2nd place finisher was closing the gap getting within a couple of car lengths on the final lap. Other than that there was nothing all that exciting about the entire show. Hopefully that won't be the case with this reiteration of the million.

The Mopar Million was much more entertaining and paid $10,000.00 just to take the green flag, as opposed to just $3,000.00 for the DLM million. Most of us found the big money to start to greatly enhance the entertainment value of the prelim racing and the pressure just to get in. A six figure share of the purse being paid to the top 3 finishers was a huge plus, as well.
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11/22/21, 5:24 PM   #10
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From ISF
The Mopar Million was much more entertaining and paid $10,000.00 just to take the green flag, as opposed to just $3,000.00 for the DLM million. Most of us found the big money to start to greatly enhance the entertainment value of the prelim racing and the pressure just to get in. A six figure share of the purse being paid to the top 3 finishers was a huge plus, as well.

Exactly! Truth be told, There are about thirty to fourty cars in either sprint or lms that win about 95% of any money racing. But say your running seventh which would be awesome for a decent car. A couple get together, another has a flat and you end up with 100G?

When Dickie Gaines came from fifteenth and took the lead of the Mopar Million, My fat tail jumped about four feet in the air, I was going nuts.
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