2024-25 World of Outlaws Pro Series | Race Preview | Race 8: Fairbury Speedway

The eighth race of the 2024-25 World of Outlaws Pro Series season, powered by iRacing, takes to Fairbury Speedway on Monday night, back again in the Dirt Late Models.

This top-level eSports dirt racing series combines a schedule of 10 tracks with two dirt oval disciplines—the series utilizes both the 410 Sprint Car and the Late Model—and with an open qualifying series format to allow for anyone to take part in the championship, the new Pro Series has different look than what we’ve seen in past World of Outlaws eSports championships. Only three races remain, and for the first time since 2023, the Late Models are on track at Fairbury for the virtual top level series.

The driver roster is set each week through the Qualifying Series races that are open to all iRacing members with a Class A Dirt Oval license. These qualifying races will run on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. ET, and the top-35 point scorers will be invited to the iRacing World of Outlaws Pro Series league each week for the Monday night main event. After the Monday show, the league is cleared out, and the process begins again. Points will be tracked as normal across those 10 main events to crown the series champion.

The main event will include a 50-lap feature for 21 cars that qualify in through qualifying, heat races, and last chance qualifiers. The action starts at 8:00 p.m. ET and it will be live on DIRTVision and across all of iRacing’s social media channels.

Fairbury Driver Roster:

The following 35 drivers have qualified into Monday night’s event at Fairbury Speedway, utilizing the Late Model, by scoring the most points last week during the qualifying races:

• Mike Augustine
• Ryan Avila
• Loic Bernier
• Devin Brannon
• Robbie Buchanan Jr
• Dezmond Busby
• Brayden E Carter
• Jordan Casey
• Derek Drymon
• Caleb Durgan
• James Edens
• Gabe Elkins
• Tucker Elkins
• Jesse Enterkin
• Brent C Evans
• Ryan J Flaten
• Aiden Forster
• Riley Hutchison
• Mason Inman
• Elijah Johnson
• Ethan Johnson
• Deisel Jones
• Colton Jordan
• Damian Kiefer
• Blake Matjoulis
• Conner New
• Tyler Orr
• Tanner Pettit
• Logan Rumsey
• Evan Seay
• Hayden Tollison
• Kendal Tucker
• Matthew Watts
• Talan Willis
• Dylan Yeager

Last Race: 

The series returned from winter break one week ago to a new track, sporting a new winner by night’s end. Ryan Avila had everything go right on Monday night at Huset’s Speedway. Avila qualified sixth and inverted to start in third for the Feature. Ahead, JD Brown and Tyler Schell occupied the front row, but Avila looked to have a little more pace. Unfortunately, Avila and Schell made contact racing for second, which ended Schell’s night early. Avila continued on, and on the ensuing restart, Brown got out of shape, allowing for Avila to take control. Evan Seay and Dylan Yeager both gave it their best, but Avila held on for his first career World of Outlaws Pro Series win.

Last Season: 

The last time the iRacing World of Outlaws Championship visited Fairbury, it was in the 410 Sprint Cars, and the defending champion Aiden Forster scored his first and only victory on that day. The last time the Late Models were at Fairbury was back in July 2023, and it was former champion Blake Matjoulis scoring the victory on that day. Matjoulis led every lap, but had to fend off the likes of Evan Seay and Logan Rumsey to do so.

Track Info:

Fairbury American Legion Speedway, known as “America’s Dirt Track,” brings top dirt racers to the fairgrounds in Fairbury, Illinois each year. The quarter-mile, semi-banked dirt oval is popular with racers and fans alike, having earned the UMP DIRTcar Track of the Year award three times in its history. Its signature event, the Prairie Dirt Classic, brings the World of Outlaws Case Construction Late Model Series to Fairbury each summer for a 100 lap, $50,000-to-win showdown—and its list of past winners reads like a who’s who of dirt late model racing.

Race Format: 

These races feature qualifying and heat racing to determine the 21 drivers that will compete in the main race.

The top-eight qualifiers will immediately transfer to the feature. Pole winners score 25 points, second place scores 23 points, and points are paid out through the transfer spots to eighth, who will receive 17 points. When the feature begins, the top-eight will invert, with the pole sitter starting eighth and the eighth place qualifier starting on the pole.

For everyone else who does not qualify in, there will be three heat races of eight laps each, where the top-three finishers will advance forward through to the main event. Heat races also pay out points to all drivers, with the winner scoring 15 points and ninth place taking home seven points.

There will also be two 12-lap consolation races where the top two finishers in each will move on, but no additional points are scored.

Feature races will be 35 laps in the 410 Sprint Car, or 50 laps in the Late Model. The Feature winner will score 100 points, making the maximum amount of points on any given night 125 for a pole and Feature win.

Remaining 2024-25 Season Schedule:

8. Fairbury Speedway | Jan 13, 2025 | SLM
9. Eldora Speedway | Jan 20, 2025 | 410S
10. The Dirt Track at Charlotte | Jan 27, 2025 | SLM

For more information on the series, visit www.iracing.com/woo-pro-series. For more information on the World of Outlaws, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.

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