Batesville Motor Speedway
Fast Facts: 32nd annual Nutrien Ag Solutions Topless 100
By Aaron Clay
DirtonDirt.com weekend editor
Dates: Aug. 16-17
Track: Batesville Motor Speedway (high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval)
Location: Locust Grove, Ark.
Purse: $50,000-to-win Late Model feature
Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and Comp Cams Super Dirt Series
Streaming: Live on FloRacing
Last year’s winner: Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., earned his second career Topless 100 triumph and his first since 2004.
Tickets: $60 for two-day general admission; more ticketing options below.
Websites: myracepass.com/tracks/1125/tickets/1406196 and lucasdirt.com/schedules
Track phone: (870) 613-1337 or (870) 251-0011
Notes: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series competitors wrap up a stretch of three consecutive crown jewel events with the 32nd annual Nutrien Ag Topless 100 presented by Big River Steel. … Friday’s $5,000-to-win program sets lineups for Saturday’s consolations and 100-lap, $50,000-to-win main event. … Devin Moran of Dresden, Ohio, won July 20’s $53,000 Silver Dollar Nationals at Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, S.D., while Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., picked up his second straight $75,000 North-South 100 victory last Saturday at Florence Speedway in Union, Ky. … Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., led the final 66 laps to win last year’s $50,000 Topless 100; it was his second career victory and first since 2004 in his 21st career event start. … Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., led the opening 34 laps last season. Davenport was seeking his second straight Topless 100 triumph after dominating 2022’s 30th annual edition on his way to earning more than $2 million. … Series points leader Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., chases his first career Topless 100 and his first full-field victory since teaming with Koehler Motorsports a month ago. … Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., leads all drivers with five career Topless 100s (1999, ’01, ’06, ’11 and ’17) while fellow Hall of Famer Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., won four times (1995, ’97, ’02 and ’05). … Modifieds are on the undercard nightly. … Pits open at 3 p.m. and grandstands open at 4 daily, with hot laps at 7:30 nightly.
Topless 100 winners
Year: Winner, hometown
2023: Dale McDowell, Chickamauga, Ga.
2022: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2021: Hudson O’Neal, Martinsville, Ind.
2020: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2019: Chris Madden, Gray Court, S.C.
2018: Rained out
2017: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2016: Rained out
2015: Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, Ill.
2014: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2013: Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
2012: Steve Francis, Ashland, Ky.
2011: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2010: Jared Landers, Batesville, Ark.
2009: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2008: Tim McCreadie, Watertown, N.Y.
2007: Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, Wis.
2006: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2005: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
2004: Dale McDowell, Rossville, Ga.
2003: Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, Ill.
2002: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
2001: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2000: Jimmy Mars, Elk Mound, Wis.
1999: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
1998: Wendell Wallace, Conway, Ark.
1997: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
1996: Bill Frye, Greenbrier, Ark.
1995: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
1994: Tony Cardin, Greenbrier, Ark.
1993: Freddy Smith, Baton Rouge, La.
Weekend purses
Friday’s prelim feature
1. $5,000
2. $3,000
3. $2,000
4. $1,500
5. $1,250
6. $1,000
7. $950
8. $900
9. $850
10. $800
11. $700
12. $600
13. $600
14. $600
15. $600
16. $600
17. $550
18.-24. $500
Saturday’s Topless 100
1. $50,000
2. $20,000
3. $10,000
4. $8,000
5. $7,000
6. $6,000
7. $4,500
8. $4,000
9. $3,800
10. $3,600
11. $3,400
12. $3,200
13. $3,000
14. $2,500
15. $2,400
16. $2,300
17. $2,200
18. $2,100
19-26. $2,000
Event schedule
(All times local; subject to change)
Friday
2:30 p.m.: Pits close
3 p.m.: Pits reopen
4 p.m.: Grandstands open
7 p.m.: Drivers’ meeting
7:30 p.m.: On-track activity
- Late Model hot laps
- Modified hot laps
- Late Model time trials (2 laps)
Opening ceremonies
- Modified heats (8 laps)
- Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Modified consolations (12 laps)
- Late Model consolations(10 laps)
- Late Model feature (30 laps)
- Modified feature (20 laps)
Saturday
2:30 p.m.: Pits close
3 p.m.: Pits reopen
4 p.m.: Grandstands open
5 p.m.: Outreach service
7 p.m.: Drivers’ meeting
7:30 p.m.: On-track activity
- Late Model hot laps (consolation entrants)
- Modified hot laps
Opening ceremonies
- Modified heats (8 laps)
- Late Model consolations (15 laps)
- Late Model hot laps (feature entrants)
- Modified consolations (12 laps)
- Modified feature (20 laps)
- 32nd annual Topless 100 (100 laps)
Tickets
Friday
One-day general admission: $30 for adults (ages 16-and-up); $10 for minors (ages 12-to-15); free for children (ages 11-and-under)
Two-day general admission: $60 for adults (ages 16-and-up)
Reserved seats: $35 for all ages
One-day all access pit pass: $40 for adults (ages 12-and-up); $20 for minors (ages 10-and-under)
Saturday
One-day general admission: $30 for adults (ages 16-and-up); $10 for minors (ages 12-to-15); free for children (ages 11-and-under)
Reserved seats: additional $35 for all ages
One-day all access pit pass: $40 for adults (ages 12-and-up); $20 for minors (ages 10-and-under)
Ticket questions: (870) 613-1337, (870) 251-0011 or myracepass.com/tracks/1125/tickets
Camping
Primitive reserved camping: $50
Primitive open camping: $25
More information: batesvillemotorspeedway.com/racedayinfo or (870) 613-1337 or (870) 251-0011.
