{"id":40866,"date":"2022-12-08T08:58:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T13:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirtcar.com\/?p=40866"},"modified":"2023-08-08T15:46:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T19:46:50","slug":"2023-schedule-summer-nationals-returns-to-five-week-format-with-marquee-events-new-race-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dirtcar.com\/divisions\/late-models\/2023-schedule-summer-nationals-returns-to-five-week-format-with-marquee-events-new-race-places\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 SCHEDULE: Summer Nationals Returns to Five-Week Format with Marquee Events, New Race Places"},"content":{"rendered":"
For its 38th consecutive campaign, the DIRTcar Summer Nationals returns to its familiar five-week format, spread out over a one-month period in June-July 2023.<\/p>\n
The Late Models will contest 29 races over 33 days, while the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment<\/a> Modified Nationals are slated for 25 races over the same timeframe \u2013 concluding the season with the final two races in the 33rd annual Prairie Dirt Classic<\/em> at Fairbury Speedway, July 28-29.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a schedule arrangement not seen since 2019 \u2013\u00a0one Series Director Sam Driggers has tailored himself with both drivers and fans\u2019 interest in mind as DIRTcar Racing prepares to celebrate its 40th year in operation.<\/p>\n \u201cThe DIRTcar Summer Nationals has grown into one of the most iconic spectacles in motorsports over the past four decades, and what better way to ring in 40 years of the best weekly dirt track racing in the country than with five-straight weeks of non-stop Late Model and Modified action,\u201d Driggers said. \u201cIt\u2019s a layout that recalls the traditional Hell Tour<\/em> format our fans are used to seeing, and one that our teams will be pleased to race again.\u201d<\/p>\n VIEW FULL SCHEDULE<\/a><\/p>\n MARQUEE EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n NEW RACE PLACES<\/strong><\/p>\n PURSES, PAYOUTS, BONUSES Friday and Saturday Late Model events will feature the traditional $10,000-to-win purses with $5,000-to-win races during the week, while the Summit Modifieds will battle for a $1,500 check most nights. One exception to this pattern comes on Wednesday, July 12, when both tours return to the 1\/4-mile oval of Shadyhill Speedway in Indiana to take part in a $10,000-to-win Late Model and $3,000-to-win Modified midweek special.<\/p>\n Cash bonuses for the top-10 in Late Model points will also be distributed at the end of each week, as well as a tow money bonus for drivers with perfect attendance through every 500 miles traveled from track-to-track.<\/p>\n\n
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\n<\/strong>The progressive points fund scale, seen in the past two seasons, again outlines the payout for Late Model championship chasers at season\u2019s end. Starting with a $25,000-to-win minimum, every race completed after 25th race will tack an additional $2,000 onto the champion\u2019s check, creating a possible $33,000 payout to accompany the 2023 Series crown. A $5,000 champion\u2019s check is on the line for the Summit Modified champion, taking each driver\u2019s best 12 finishes into account for the points standings.<\/p>\n