The Dirt Track at Charlotte
Fast Facts: 17th annual World of Outlaws World Finals
By Aaron Clay
DirtonDirt.com weekend editor
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Dates: Nov. 1-4 (time trial session on Wednesday, followed by $15,000-to-win preliminary features on Thursday and Friday before Saturday’s $25,000-to-win finale).
Track: The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Concord, N.C. (4/10-mile semi-banked clay oval).
Purse: $25,000-to-win Late Model feature.
Sanction: World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series.
Last year’s winner: Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., his second straight World Finals finale triumph and third overall.
Tickets: $150 four-day pass (all ages; all seats reserved); more details below.
Streaming: DIRTVision.com.
Websites: charlottemotorspeedway.com or worldofoutlawsworldfinals.com.
Track phone: (704) 455-3200 or (800) 455-3267.
Notes: The three premier World Racing Group tours converge in Charlotte for the 17th annual World Finals. … Action begins with Wednesday’s hot laps and time trials, determining the lineup for Thursday and Friday’s heat races with 35-lap, $15,000-to-win split-field semifeatures being contested nightly; points accumulate throughout the week and set the lineup for Saturday’s heat races, which precede consolations and the 50-lap, $25,000-to-win season finale. … Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., leads all drivers with 14 full-field World of Outlaws victories this season and enters with a 156-point advantage over Chris Madden; Pierce will clinch his first career series championship by simply making a qualifying lap on Wednesday and will become the fifth straight Illinois driver to win the WoO title, joining Brandon Sheppard (2019-’21) and Dennis Erb Jr. (2022). … Madden, of Gray Court, S.C., has two Charlotte triumphs after winning the 2016 finale and adding 2019’s $12,000 opener. … Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., is a six-time feature winner there and topped the World Finals finale on three separate occasions (2015, ’21 and ’22). … Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., leads all drivers with seven career wins at Charlotte, with six coming on the final night (2009, ’10, ’11, ’12, ’14 and ’19). … Getting a head start on 2024, Mike Marlar of Winfield Tenn., will be making his debut aboard a Greg Bruening-owned Longhorn Chassis and will serve as teammates with Tyler Bruening. … Sprint cars contest an identical schedule and payout, while modifieds compete for $10,000-to-win on Thursday and Friday before its $15,000-to-win finale. … Pits open at 11 a.m. daily; grandstands open at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, then 2:30 Thursday and Friday before opening at 2 for Saturday’s finale; on-track activity begins at 5 p.m. Wednesday, then 4 on Thursday and Friday, with Saturday’s action getting underway at 3.
World Finals winners (finale only)
Year: Winner, hometown
2022: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2021: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2020: Tim McCreadie, Watertown, N.Y. (Covid-year Last Call replacement)
2019: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2018: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2017: Dennis Erb Jr., Carpentersville, Ill.
2016: Chris Madden, Gray Court, S.C.
2015: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2014: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2013: Josh Richards, Shinnston, W.Va.
2012: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2011: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2010: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2009: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2008: Josh Richards, Shinnston, W.Va.
2007: Donnie Moran, Dresden, Ohio
World Finals purse
Thursday and Friday
1. $15,000
2. $7,000
3. $4,000
4. $3,500
5. $3,200
6. $3,000
7. $2,700
8. $2,500
9. $2,300
10. $2,200
11. $2,100
12. $2,000
13. $1,700
14. $1,600
15. $1,400
16. $1,300
17.-24. $1,200
Saturday
1. $25,000
2. $12,000
3. $6,500
4. $5,250
5. $4,500
6. $4,000
7. $3,500
8. $3,250
9. $3,000
10. $2,800
11. $2,500
12. $2,300
13. $2,200
14. $2,100
15. $2,000
16. $1,900
17. $1,850
18. $1,800
19.-24. $1,750
Event schedule
(All times local)
Wednesday
9 a.m. - Pit pass sales begin
11 a.m. - Pits open
Noon - Fan Fest, souvenir/display areas open (midway)
1:30 p.m. - Live music (midway)
3 p.m. - Race Day Live radio show (Sage Fruit stage)
3:30 p.m. - Grandstands open, ticket sales begin
4:45 p.m. - Opening ceremonies
5 p.m. - On-track activity
- Sprint car hot laps
- Sprint car qualifying (Thursday’s entrants)
- Late Model hot laps
- Modified hot laps
- Late Model qualifying (Thursday’s entrants)
- Sprint car qualifying (Friday’s entrants)
- Modified qualifying (Thursday’s entrants)
- Late Model qualifying (Saturday’s entrants)
- Modified qualifying (Friday’s entrants)
Thursday
9 a.m. - Pit pass sales begin
11 a.m. - Pits open
Noon - Souvenir and display areas open (midway)
2:30 p.m. - Grandstands open, ticket sales begin
2:30 p.m. - Race Day Live radio show (Sage Fruit stage)
3:45 p.m. - Sprint car motor heat
4 p.m. - Opening ceremonies, on-track activity
- Modified heat races 1 and 2 (8 laps)
- Sprint car non-qualifier (8 laps)
- Modified heat races 3 and 4 (8 laps)
- Sprint car heat races (8 laps)
- Late Model heat races (8 laps)
- Modified consolations (10 laps)
- Sprint car C-main (10 laps)
- Sprint car dash (6 laps)
- Sprint car B-main (12 laps)
- Late Model consolations (10 laps)
Feature events
- Sprint cars (25 laps)
- Late Models (25 laps)
- Modifieds (30 laps)
Friday
9 a.m. - Pit pass sales begin
11 a.m. - Pits open
Noon - Souvenir and display areas open (midway)
2:30 p.m. - Grandstands open, ticket sales begin
2:30 p.m. - Race Day Live radio show (Sage Fruit stage)
3:45 p.m. - Sprint car motor heat
4 p.m. - Opening ceremonies, on-track activity
- Late Model heat races 1-3 (8 laps)
- Sprint car non-qualifier (8 laps)
- Late Model heat races 4-6 (8 laps)
- Sprint car heat races (8 laps)
- Late Model consolations (10 laps)
- Sprint car C-main (10 laps)
- Sprint car dash (6 laps)
- Sprint car B-main (12 laps)
- Modified consolations (10 laps)
Four-wide, three-series parade lap
Feature events
- Modifieds (30 laps)
- Sprint cars (25 laps)
- Late Models (25 laps)
Saturday
9 a.m. - Pit pass sales begin
11 a.m. - Pits open
Noon - Souvenir and display areas open (midway)
Noon-3 p.m. - Sprint car hall of fame auction (dragway pavilion)
1:30 p.m. - Race Day Live radio show (Sage Fruit stage)
2 p.m. - Grandstands open, ticket sales begin
2:45 p.m. - Sprint car motor heat
3 p.m. - Opening ceremonies, on-track activity
- Modified heat races 1 and 2 (8 laps)
- Sprint car non-qualifier (8 laps)
- Modified heat races 3 and 4 (8 laps)
- Sprint car heat races (8 laps)
- Late Model heat races (8 laps)
6:30 p.m. - Redraws and flag ceremony
- Modified consolations (10 laps)
- Sprint car C-main consolation (10 laps)
- Sprint car dash (6 laps)
- Sprint car B-main consolation (12 laps)
- Late Model consolations (10 laps)
Four-wide, three series parade lap
Feature events
- Sprint cars (30 laps)
- Modifieds (40 laps)
- Late Models (50 laps)
Postrace champion ceremonies (frontstretch)
Tickets
Wednesday
One-day reserved (all ages): $40
Four-day reserved (all ages): $150
One-day pit pass (pit and concourse area): $30
Four-day pit pass (pit and concourse area): $133
Thursday
One-day reserved (all ages): $60
One-day pit pass (pit and concourse area): $50
Friday
One-day reserved (all ages): $60
One-day pit pass (pit and concourse area): $50
Saturday
One-day reserved (all ages): $60
One-day pit pass (pit and concourse area): $50
Camping
Water and electric camping: The reservation deadline has passed.
More information: charlottemotorspeedway.com/events/world-of-outlaws-world-finals/camping or (800) 455-3267.
