The 2018 Super DIRTcar Series is the 46th season of Big Block Modified racing sanctioned by DIRTcar Northeast & World Racing Group. The season will begin with the DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park on February 12 (featuring 5 non-points races) while the first points scoring race of the season will be the Highbank Holdup at Can-Am Speedway on April 13 The season will end with the Can-Am World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte on November 9. Matt Sheppard enters the 2019 season as the defending series champion.
The 2019 season will continue to feature qualifier races for NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week. Any qualifier race winner will have a guaranteed provisional starting spot in the 200 lap event at Oswego Speedway on October 13.
Team & Driver Chart
Race Driver Car Owner / Entrant Chassis Rounds 1 Billy Pauch Pauch Racing Bicknell 1G Darwin Greene 1J Rocky WarnerJake Spraker Racing 1x Willy Decker 1z Jessica FriesenHalmar Racing TeamDKM-Bicknell 2 Jack LehnerTeo-Bicknell 2L 2RJ Ronnie JohnsonBicknell 3 Justin Haers Haers Brothers Racing Bicknell 3D Matt DeLorenzo 3G Brian Gleason 3J Marc Johnson 49 Billy DunnGraham RacingTeo 4 Billy VanInwegen Andy Bachetti 5 Ryan Godown Dieter Schmidt Troyer TD4 5h Chris HileHile MotorsportsBicknell 5s Tyler Siri Siri Racing 6d Dillon Steuer 6h Max McLaughlin HBR Racing Teo Josh Horenforst 6JH 88 Mat WilliamsonBuzz Chew RacingBicknell 7 Rick Laubach Gary & Lori Hermann Teo 7F Matt Farnham 8 Rich Scagliotta 8R Rob Bellinger 9 Ryan Watt Jeff Brown 9s Matt Sheppard Matt Sheppard Racing Bicknell 9x Tyler Trump 00 Bobby Varin 00T Lou Torres 02 Roy Bresnahan 07 Tim Kerr 10J Jim Nagle 11J James Sweeting 13 Rick Regalski Regalski Racing Bicknell 14 C.G. Morey 14j Alan Johnson 16b Alan Barker 17 Kyle Sheldon Elmo Reckner Bicknell 17K Brian Krummel 18 Bodie Bellinger 18J Louie Jackson Jr. 18JR 19 Tim Fuller 19k Brett Kressley Brett Kressley Racing Bicknell 19m Jessey Mueller Mueller Motorsports 20 Brett Hearn Madsen Motorsports Teo 21 Yan Bussiere YB Racing 21a Peter Britten Troyer 21J Ryan Jordan 23 Kyle Coffey 24 Jim Wilko 25 Erick Rudolph Randy Chrysler 21K Racing Bicknell 25H Katelyn HileHile MotorsportsBicknell 25J Chad Jesso 25R Erick Rudolph Randy Chrysler 21K Racing Bicknell 27J Danny JohnsonGraham Racing 28p Eldon Payne Jr.Paynes MotorsportsBicknell 30 Jamie Mills 30M Joseph Watson 32 Jim Rasey 34 Andrew Ferguson 35 Francois Bellemare 36 Kenny Wallace Willy & Becky Auchmoody 38 Tim HarrisHig Fab 39 Tim McCreadie Sweeteners Plus / CME Bicknell 42 Matt Pupello 42p Pat Ward Gypsum Racing Bicknell 43 Jimmy Horton Halmar Racing TeamDKM Keith Flach 44 Anthony Perrego Stewart Friesen Halmar Racing Team DKM-Bicknell 44F 44R Russell Morseman Morseman Racing Bicknell 46 Jeremy Smith Jeremy Smith Racing Bicknell 48t Dave Rauscher Rauscher Racing 62 Tom Sears Jr.Sears RacingBicknell 63 Adam RobertsSNR MotorsportsBicknell 65 Scott Hitchens 66X Casey Terrance 73 Kevin Poitras Bicknell 74 J.R. Heffner J.R. Heffner Racing 83x Tim Sears Jr.Sears RacingBicknell 84 Gary Tomkins 85 H.J. Bunting 35 Mike Mahaney Bicknell 91 Billy Decker Jeremy Smith Racing Bicknell Gypsum Racing 93 Danny Varin 96 Jean-Francois Corriveau 97G Ryan Godown 97K Kris Vermold 98h Jimmy Phelps HBR Racing Teo-Bicknell 99L Larry Wight Gypsum Racing Bicknell 109 Billy Whittaker Bicknell 111 Demetrios Drellos 115 Kenny Tremont 118 Jim Britt Jim Britt Racing 165 Rex King 816 Jeff Rockefeller B16 Alan Barker cb3 Chad Brachmann Brachmann Racing R2 Rusty Smith R13 Ralph McBride X Chad Phelps Z Butch Tittle
Driver & Team Changes - HBR Racing (Max McLaughlin & Jimmy Phelps) will chase the Super DIRTcar Series championship once again in 2019. Max will compete part time due to his full time Nascae K&N Pro Series Ride. - Peter Britten has left Graham Racing to chase the points championship in the Super DIRTcar Series alone. - Billy Decker will return to Gypsum Racing for the 2019 season starting at the points season opener at Can Am. - Stewart Friesen and the Halmar Friesen Racing team will only run in select races that don't conflict with Friesen's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule. - Tim McCreadie will only run in select races that don't conflict with McCreadie's dirt late model schedule this year he will only run the unsanctioned Eastern States 200 at Orange County Fair Speedway. - Mat Williamson has teamed up with Buzz Chew Racing to bring home the 2019 Super Dirtcar Series title driving the Buzzchew Chevy number 88 machine
Schedule FloRacing will broadcast 20 nights of racing with live video online (12 regular season races, Super DIRT Week & the BBM portion of World Finals). DIRTvision.com will broadcast all races with live radio coverage, and will have live video for the Volusia races. MavTV will broadcast select races (Volusia, Weedsport, Oswego + others) on tape delay, in partnership with Speed Sport.
No.DateRace titleTrackTV/Stream ≠ February 13 DIRTcar Nationals Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, FloridaDIRTvision.com MavTV ≠ February 14 ≈ February 15 ≈ ≈ February 16 ≈ February 17 ≠ April 28 High Bank Holdup Fulton Speedway, Fulton, New York ≠ May 16 Battle at the Bridge Bridgeport Speedway, Bridgeport, New Jersey 1 May 28 Heroes Remembered 100 Weedsport Speedway, Weedsport, New York FloRacing
MavTV 2 June 15 Brewerton Speedway, Brewerton, New York 3 June 26 The BIG Show 10 Albany-Saratoga Speedway, Malta, New York 4 July 1 Cornwall Motor Speedway, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada 5 July 5 Land of Legends Raceway, Canandaigua, New York FloRacing 6 July 8 Freedom Fighter 100 Utica-Rome Speedway, Vernon, New York 7 July 10 Outlaw Speedway, Dundee, New York 8 July 17 TBA TBAFloRacing 9 July 19 Battle on the Midway Orange County Fair Speedway, Middletown, New York 10 July 23 Autodrome Granby, Granby, Quebec, Canada 11 July 24 Racing Stock 100 Autodrome Drummond, Drummondville, Quebec, Canada 12 July 28 Hall of Fame 100 Weedsport Speedway, Weedsport, New York MavTV FloRacing 13 July 31 Battle of Plattsburgh 100 Airborne Park Speedway, Plattsburgh, New York 14 August 1 Jack Johnson Tribute Fonda Speedway, Fonda, New York FloRacing 15 August 6 Bob St. Amand Sr. Memorial Merrittville Speedway, Thorold, Ontario, Canada 16 August 7 Summer Nationals Ransomville Speedway, Ransomville, New York FloRacing 17 September 1 Mr. DIRT Track USA Lebanon Valley Speedway, West Lebanon, New York 18 September 3 Labor Day Double Play 100 Weedsport Speedway, Weedsport, New York MavTV FloRacing 19 September 7 Le RPM Speedway, Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada 20 September 8 Blackout Race Autodrome Drummond, Drummondville, Quebec, Canada 21 September 14 Duel at the Demon Brewerton Speedway, Brewerton, New York 22 September 15 Mohawk 100 Mohawk International Raceway, Akwesasne, New York 23 September 22 Thunder Along the Mohawk Fonda Speedway, Fonda, New York FloRacing ≈ October 3 NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week XLVII Oswego Speedway, Oswego, New York FloRacing MavTV ≈ October 4 ≈ October 5 ≈ October 6 24 October 7 25 October 12 The Loud & Dirty Northeast Fall Nationals Brockville Ontario Speedway, Brockville, Ontario, Canada ≈ November 1 Textron Off Road World of Outlaws World Finals The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina FloRacing 26 November 2 27 November 3
- ≠ will state if the race was postponed or canceled - ≈ will state if the race is not for championship points
Schedule notes and changes - the races at Eldora Speedway, and Sharon Speedway won't return in 2018 as Eldora has selected a new division to support the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event. - night #1 of DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park (February 13) was canceled due to weather conditions. - night #2 of DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park (February 14) was postponed to February 15 due to fog. - the Highbank Holdup at Fulton Speedway (April 28) was canceled due to weather conditions. - the Battle at the Bridge at Bridgeport Speedway (May 16) was canceled due to weather conditions. - SDS series officials announced on June 1 that the series will return to Orange County Fair Speedway for the first time since 2014 on July 19. The race will be called "The Battle on the Midway" and will be a NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week qualifier race. The race will be $10k to win as well.
Results and standings
Races No. Race / Track Winning driver Winning team Last Chance Showdown winner Fastest Qualifier ≈ DIRTcar Nationals (Night #3 / Race #1) Tyler Siri Siri Racing ≈ DIRTcar Nationals (Night #3 / Race #2) Tim McCreadie Sweeteners Plus / CME ≈ DIRTcar Nationals (Night #4) Matt Sheppard Matt Sheppard Racing ≈ DIRTcar Nationals (Night #5) Tim McCreadie Sweeteners Plus / CME 1 Heroes Remembered 100 Stewart Friesen Halmar Racing Team Adam Roberts Stewart Friesen Billy Dunn Mat Williamson Matt Sheppard Larry Wight 2 Brewerton Matt Sheppard Matt Sheppard Racing 3 Brett Hearn's Big Show X Stewart Friesen Halmar Racing Team
See also - 2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series - 2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series
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