2024-25 World of Outlaws Pro Series | Race Preview | Race 9: Eldora Speedway
January 20th, 2025 by Justin Melillo
The ninth race of the 2024-25 World of Outlaws Pro Series season, powered by iRacing, takes to Eldora Speedway on Monday night, back in the 410 Sprint Cars for the final time on calendar.
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.
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 35-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.
Eldora Driver Roster:
The following 35 drivers have qualified into Monday night’s event at Eldora Speedway, utilizing the 410 Sprint Car, by scoring the most points last week during the qualifying races:
- Mike Augustine
- Ryan Avila
- Loic Bernier
- Kadyn Berry
- Aiden Bierlein
- JD Brown
- Robbie Buchanan Jr
- Peyton Burton
- Hayden Cardwell
- Blake Carrick
- Brayden E Carter
- Connor Dudek
- James Edens
- Adam Elby
- Shawn English
- Aiden Forster
- Steven F Gaines
- Seth Gregory
- Kenny Hoffman
- Tristan Ladouceur
- Blake Matjoulis
- Tanner Miller
- Tyler Orr
- Matthew Powell
- Logan Rumsey
- Kellan Sabo
- Tyler Schell
- Ty Schobelock
- Wyatt Schuchart
- Evan Seay
- Chase Stewart
- Kendal Tucker
- Darcy Walker
- Ethan Winter
- Dylan Yeager
Last Race:
Last week at Fairbury, another first-time winner emerged in the form of Robbie Buchanan Jr after 50 laps in the Dirt Late Models. Buchanan Jr put down the seventh-fastest time in qualifying, which inverted him to the front row for the Feature. Tucker Elkins led the field to the green and led most of the way, but after a mid-race yellow bunched the field back up, Buchanan Jr and him started throwing sliders at one another. Buchanan Jr ultimately took the lead and held on for the victory.
Last Season:
In the 2023-24 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series season race at Eldora, it was the Alex Bergeron show, nearly from start-to-finish. Bergeron wasn’t able to take the pole, but he won his heat and started first anyway. In the Feature, he led every lap while the battle for the championship raged on behind. Aiden Forster did get the pole, but finished in third in his heat. His Feature turned into a comeback tour as he managed to finish third, which was what he ultimately needed to win the championship by virtue of a tie with his teammate, Ryan Avila, one week later.
Track Info:
Eldora Speedway is commonly referred to as “The World’s Greatest Dirt Track,” as it hosts so many different types of racing events on its high-banked, 1/2-mile dirt superspeedway. Not only will you find the World of Outlaws events in the history books, but Eldora has also hosted NASCAR, USAC, and SRX competitions, among other well known motorsport series.
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:
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.