Cedar Lake Speedway
Fast Facts: Cedar Lake's 36th annual USA Nationals
By Aaron Clay
DirtonDirt.com weekend editor
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Dates: Aug. 3-5 (two 30-lap, $6,000-to-win preliminary features will be contested Thursday and Friday, setting the lineup for Saturday’s 100-lap, $50,000-to-win USA Nationals).
Track: Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis. (high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval).
Purse: $50,000-to-win Late Model feature.
Sanction: World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series.
Live streaming: DIRTVision.
Last year’s winner: Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., a three-time USA Nationals winner.
Tickets: Three-day advance sales $100 for adults, $50 for students; day-by-by ticketing options below.
Websites: cedarlakespeedway.com and worldofoutlaws.com/latemodels
Track phone: (612) 363-0479
Notes: Less than one week removed from wrapping up the Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury Speedway, the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series rolls into Cedar Lake Speedway for the 36th annual USA Nationals. … The three-day event kicks off with Thursday and Friday’s 30-lap, $6,000-to-win full-field preliminary features. Not only paying points toward the season-long title, Thursday and Friday’s prelims will also follow WoO's “every lap matters” format where drivers will be awarded points for qualifying, heat races, consolations and each night’s main event. The top 16 point earners following Friday’s action will be locked into Saturday’s 100-lap, $50,000-to-win finale, with the remaining drivers relegated to running a consolation or last chance race, which precede Saturday’s USA Nationals. … Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., eyes his third straight and fourth career USA Nationals victory. … World of Outlaws series points leader Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., won Tuesday’s $15,000 Hawkeye 50 at Boone Speedway and seeks his first career USA Nationals triumph. … Winner of 2018’s USA Nationals, Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., added a $20,000 series victory at Cedar Lake in 2020, increasing his total race winnings to more than $70,000 there. … Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., won five of the first six USA Nationals and was later tied by Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., for most wins in the prestigious event. … A FansFund Dash will be held Thursday. The 12 drivers receiving donated travel money: Trevor Gundaker, Kaede Loudy, Ricky Weiss, Ashton Winger, Ricky Thornton Jr., Jason Feger, Daulton Wilson, James Giossi, Cody Overton, Tyler Clem, Drake Troutman and Dillon McCowan. ... A tubing outing will be held on the nearby Apple River on Friday and Saturday morning and a drivers’ autograph session on Saturday afternoon headlining the off-track entertainment. … Cedar Lake’s Limited Late Model division is on the undercard each night with $2,500-to-win events. … Gates open at 5 p.m. Thursday and one hour earlier Friday and Saturday, with racing at 7 nightly.
USA Nationals winners
Year: Winner, hometown
2022: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2021: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2020: Brandon Overton, Evans, Ga.
2019: Chris Madden, Gray Court, S.C.
2018: Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, Ill.
2017: Don O’Neal, Martinsville, Ind.
2016: Josh Richards, Shinnston, W.Va.
2015: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2014: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2013: Tim McCreadie, Watertown, N.Y.
2012: Darrell Lanigan, Union, Ky.
2011: Josh Richards, Shinnston, W.Va.
2010: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2009: Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, Wis.
2008: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2007: Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, Iowa
2006: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2005: Dale McDowell, Chickamauga, Ga.
2004: Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, Iowa
2003: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2002: Rick Eckert, York, Pa.
2001: Dale McDowell, Chickamauga, Ga.
2000: Davey Johnson, Greensburg, Pa.
1999: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
1998: Donnie Moran, Dresden, Ohio
1997: Rick Aukland, Fargo, N.D.
1996: Jimmy Mars, Elk Mound, Wis.
1995: Jack Boggs, Grayson, Ky.
1994: Jack Boggs, Grayson, Ky.
1993: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
1992: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
1991: Rick Aukland, Fargo, N.D.
1990: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
1989: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
1988: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
USA Nationals purse
1. $50,000
2. $20,000
3. $10,000
4. $6,000
5. $5,000
6. $4,800
7. $4,600
8. $4,400
9. $4,200
10. $4,000
11. $3,800
12. $3,600
13. $3,400
14. $3,350
15. $3,300
16. $3,250
17. $3,200
18. $3,150
19. $3,100
20. $3,075
21. $3,050
22. $3,025
23. $3,010
24.-26. $3,000
Event schedule
(All times local)
Thursday
5 p.m. - Grandstands open
6 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
6:30 p.m. - On-track activity
- WoO Late Model hot laps
- Limited Late Model hot laps
- WoO Late Model time trials (2 laps)
Opening ceremonies
- WoO Late Model heat races (8 laps)
- Limited Late Model heat races
- WoO Late Model consolation races (10 laps)
- Limited Late Model consolation races
- WoO Late Model feature (25 laps)
- Limited Late Model feature (30 laps)
- WoO Late Models Fans Fund dash (12 laps)
- Postrace party in the Cedar Lake Arena
Friday
8:30 a.m. - Breakfast served in both restaurants
11 a.m. - Tubing on Apple River
4 p.m. - Grandstands open
6 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
6:30 p.m. - On-track activity
- WoO Late Model hot laps
- Limited Late Model hot laps
- WoO Late Model time trials (2 laps)
Opening ceremonies
- Limited Late Model heat races
- WoO Late Model heat races (8 laps)
- Limited Late Model consolation races
- WoO Late Model consolation races (10 laps)
Track prep and fireworks show
- Limited Late Model feature (30 laps)
- WoO Late Model feature (25 laps)
- Postrace party in the Cedar Lake Arena
Saturday
8:30 a.m. - Breakfast served in both restaurants
11 a.m. - Tubing on Apple River
12:30 p.m. - Fans Fund luncheon
2 p.m. - Lawn mower racing in the Cedar Lake Arena
4 p.m. - Grandstands open
4:30 p.m. - Drivers’ autograph session
6 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
6:30 p.m. - On-track activity
- WoO Late Model hot laps (consolation drivers)
- Limited Late Model hot laps
Opening ceremonies
- WoO Late Model consolation races (10 laps)
- Limited Late Model heat races (12 laps)
- WoO Late Model hot laps (drivers locked into feature)
- Limited Late Model consolation races (12 laps)
- WoO Late Model last-chance race (15 laps)
- Limited Late Model feature (30 laps)
Track prep and driver introductions
- WoO Late Model USA Nationals feature (100 laps)
Tickets
Thursday
Three-day general admission: $100 for adults (ages 17-and-up); $50 for students (ages 6-to-16)
One-day general admission: $30 for adults (ages 17-and-up); $15 for students (ages 6-to-16)
One-day all access pit pass: $35
Friday
Two-day general admission: $75 for adults (ages 17-and-up); $37 for students (ages 6-to-16)
One-day general admission: $35 for adults (ages 17-and-up); $17 for students (ages 6-to-16)
One-day all access pit pass: $40
Saturday
One-day general admission: $45 for adults (ages 17-and-up); $22 for students (ages 6-to-16)
One-day all access pit pass: $45
Ticket questions/advanced sales, call: (612) 363-0479 or clstickets.com/tickets.asp
Camping
Reserved dry/primitive camping: $60 for weekend
More information: clstickets.com/tickets.asp or (612) 363-0479
