Castrol tour sets 13-event schedule
The third year of the Castrol FloRacing Night in America Super Late Model tour will feature 13 races at 12 tracks in nine states and boast nearly $1 million in total purses, series officials announced Wednesday in revealing the 2023 schedule. | 2023 Castrol schedule
Set to kick off with a Tuesday-Wednesday doubleheader on April 18-19 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, and Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway, the series will contest 11 consecutive races paying $23,023-to-win and $1,000-to-start before concluding Nov. 10-11 with the Peach State Classic Weekend at Senoia (Ga.) Raceway that includes a $20,000-to-win Friday program and a Saturday finale offering a series-high top prize of $54,054.
All Castrol FloRacing Night in America events will be run on midweek dates except the season-ending weekend at Senoia and will be broadcast live on FloRacing. The tour’s 2023 points fund guarantees the champion at least $50,000 with perfect attendance boosting the title-winner’s take to $75,000.
The Castrol-sponsored circuit will once again be part of the second annual Illinois Speedweek, beginning the miniseries with May 10-11 events at Banner’s Spoon River Speedway and Lincoln Speedway. The four-race stretch of competition will end with Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned shows on May 12-13 at Farmer City Raceway and Fairbury Speedway.
Other tracks hosting Castrol FloRacing Night in America events include Iowa’s Marshalltown Speedway (May 16) and Davenport Speedway (first-ever series race on May 17); Florence Speedway in Union, Ky. (inaugural tour stop on May 31 after its scheduled 2022 race was rained out); Fairbury Speedway (fourth annual One For The Road on Sept. 12); Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, W.Va. (Sept. 27); 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, Tenn. (Oct. 10); and Tri-County Racetrack in Brasstown, N.C. (Tarheel 53 on Oct. 12).
Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., was the 2022 Castrol series champion. The 11-race tour boasted 10 different winners and 219 drivers entered at least one event.
Full points fund and other details of the 2023 series will be released in the coming weeks. More information is available at www.FloSeries.com.