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Jimmy Owens To Compete In The Dirt Late Model Dream At Eldora Speedway

May 28, 2026  ·
  John Trent

Jimmy Owens announced his next race will be at Eldora Speedway for the Dirt Late Model Dream.

Owens’ team shared to social media, “It’s only May 27, but we are already DREAMin’. Our next scheduled events will be during the Dirt Late Model Dream at Eldora Speedway! The busy week of racing action from June 3-6 will culminate with Saturday’s $100,000 to win crown jewel headliner.”

The team promised more details will be announced next week.

The Dirt Late Model Dream week begins begins on Wednesday, June 3rd with the $20,000 to-win FloRacing Night in America series race. The Dream preliminaries will take place on June 4th and 5th with both features paying $30,000 to-win. Finally, on Saturday, June 6th there will be heats, B-Features and the $100,000 to-win Dirt Late Model Dream.

The format of the event sees the field split into two different qualifying nights. The track explains, “Each driver will compete in one preliminary night program – Thursday or Friday. Drivers may request a particular night, but officials cannot guarantee all requests get fulfilled. Ultimately, Thursday and Friday fields will be competitively balanced for the good of both competitors and fans.”

The qualifying order for these nights will be based on a random draw. Drivers will then take on hot laps and qualifying. The heat races are different from your typical standard program in that they will be inverted. After the heats there will be B-Features and then the 50-Lap $30,000 to-win A-Feature.

On Saturday, there will be six heat races that are seeded through the track’s Every Lap Matters points system that is based on the preliminary nights and then inverted based on the spin of the track’s Wheel of Misfortune. There will then be two B-Features and finally the Dirt Late Model Dream.

The Every Lap Matters points system awards drivers points based on how they qualify, where they finish in the heat races, and how they finish in the feature. Points are also awarded to the first 10 cars that do not qualify for the feature. Here’s how the point system breaks down: 

Multi-Car Qualifying: the field will be split into two flightsfor Multi-Car Qualifying (Flight 1 & 2). Each flight earns points separately for their results – 1st) 100; 2nd) 98; 3rd) 96; 4th) 94; 5th) 92; 6th) 90; 7th) 88; 8th) 86; 9th) 84; 10th) 82; and balance of field decreases by 2 points per position.

Heat Races: 1st) 100; 2nd) 97; 3rd) 94; 4th) 91; 5th) 88; 6th) 85; 7th) 82; 8th) 79; 9th) 76; 10th) 73; 11th) 70; 12th) 67; 13th) 64; 14th) 61; 15th) 58; 16th) 55; 17th) 52; 18th) 49; 19th) 46; 20th) 43

Last Chance Showdowns: first 10 cars not advancing from any LCS) 222; 219; 216; 213; 210; 207; 204; 201; 198; 195 and balance of field decreases by 3 points per position.

A-Features: 1st) 300; 2nd) 297; 3rd) 294; 4th) 291; 5th) 288; 6th) 285; 7th) 282; 8th) 279; 9th) 276; 10th) 273; 11th) 270; 12th) 267; 13th) 264; 14th) 261; 15th) 258; 16th) 255; 17th) 252; 18th) 249; 19th) 246; 20th) 243; 21st) 240; 22nd) 237; 23rd) 234; 24th) 231; 25th)228; and 26th)225

Owens is a past winner of the Dream. He dominated the race back in 2009. Since 2004 he’s had 4 Top 5s and 8 Top 10s alongside the lone win. He finished 15th in the race last year. 

He’ll be joined by 65 of the best late model drivers in the country. The list as of May 27th includes:

  • Dennis Erb Jr.
  • KC Burdette
  • Steven Roberts
  • Mike Spatola
  • Austin Smith
  • Mario Gresham
  • Ethan Dotson
  • Justin Duty
  • Rod Conly
  • Dale McDowell
  • Jonathan Davenport
  • Freddie Carpenter
  • Luke Morey
  • Brandon Sheppard
  • Joseph Joiner
  • Trey Mills
  • Ricky Thornton Jr.
  • Bobby Pierce
  • Shane Clanton
  • Ryan Crane
  • Dustin Nobbe
  • Max Blair
  • Dan Ebert
  • Tyler Thomason
  • Chris Ferguson
  • Sam Seawright
  • Garrett Smith
  • Chris Madden
  • Jackson Hise
  • Zack Mitchell
  • Hudson O’Neal
  • Ryan Montgomery
  • Carson Ferguson
  • Josh Rice
  • Brandon Overton
  • Chase Frohnapfel
  • Casey Noonan
  • Dalton Cook
  • Carson Hocevar
  • Kyle Strickler
  • Ryan Gustin
  • Brenden Smith
  • Brody Smith
  • Garrett Alberson
  • Trent Ivey
  • Nick Hoffman
  • Seth Daniels
  • Jerry Bowersock
  • Jeffery Erickson Jr.
  • Mike Marlar
  • Tristan Chamberlain
  • Devin Moran
  • Chase Junghans
  • Stacy Boles
  • Tyler Erb
  • Tim Lance
  • Mason Zeigler
  • Eli Johnson
  • Jack O’Neil
  • Devin Gilpin
  • Jason Feger
  • Ryan Payne
  • Tyler Bruening
  • Dallon Murty
  • Mike Hildebrand
  • Greg Williams

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Author: John Trent