2021 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series

The 2021 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is the 16th season of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, a national touring series for dirt late models owned & operated by Lucas Oil. The series began with the General Tire Winter Nationals at All-Tech Raceway on January 22, and ended with the Dirt Track World Championship at Portsmouth Raceway Park on October 16. Tim McCreadie won the 2021 drivers' championship. was crowned 2021 Rookie of the Year.

Teams and drivers[]

Complete schedule[]

Schedule and results[]

The 2021 schedule was released on October 14, 2020.^[1]

MavTV Plus streamed all 2021 races online.

Schedule notes and changes[]

• The Super Bowl of Racing scheduled for January 21-23 at the Golden Isles Raceway in Brunswick, Georgia was canceled due to concerns about COVID transmission in the local area.^[2]
• A rescheduled first night of the General Tire Winter Nationals at All-Tech Raceway in Lake City, Florida on January 22 was canceled due to rain.^[3]
• The Indiana Icebreaker scheduled for March 20 at the was postponed mid-program after track conditions led to multiple flips during competition. The make-up was originally scheduled for May 2 was again postponed to September 23 after scheduled demolition of a track grandstand began in April.^[4]
• An Illinois doubleheader for the LOLMDS was canceled due to rain and cold. The canceled events included the Bullet Race Engines 50 at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City on April 23 and the Lucas Oil 100 at Macon Speedway on April 24.^[5]
• LOLMDS races scheduled for May 14th at the in Seymour, Tennessee and the in Eastaboga, Alabama were canceled due to gas shortages relating to the Colonial Pipeline hack.^[6]
• The CRST 50 at in West Burlington, Iowa scheduled for May 22 was postponed to July 15 due to persistent rainfall.^[7]
• The June 19 finale of the Clash at the Mag at was canceled due to forecasts for heavy rain.^[8]
• The Gopher 50 scheduled for June 25 and 26 at in Spring Valley, Minnesota was rained out.^[9]
• The Grassy Smith Memorial scheduled for July 8 at the in Gaffney, South Carolina was canceled due to Hurricane Elsa.^[10]
• The Mountain Moonshine Classic at in Maryville, Tennessee scheduled for July 9 was rained out.^[11] The second night of the event, originally scheduled for July 10, was postponed to October 8.^[12]
• The rescheduled CRST 50 at was rained out for July 15.^[13]
• The NAPA Know How 50 at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Illinois scheduled for July 16 was canceled due to a bad forecast.^[14]
• The first preliminary night of the Topless 100 at in Locust Grove, Arkansas scheduled for August 19 was rained out.^[15]
• The finale of the Rumble by the River at Port Royal Speedway in Port Royal, Pennsylvania scheduled for August 28 was rained out.^[16]
• The GO-50 scheduled for September 15 at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Nebraska was canceled due to ongoing tire shortages.^[17]
• The Hillbilly 100 scheduled for September 5 at Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, West Virginia was rained out and rescheduled for April 8, 2022.^[18]
• The rescheduled Mountain Moonshine Classic at in Maryville, Tennessee for October 8 was rained out.^[19]

Season summary[]

Race reports[]

Round 1: 2021 General Tire Winter Nationals

Kyle Larson passed for the lead on lap 14 and proceeded to obliterate the field in the LOLMDS season opener, lapping up to the eighth-place car and winning the 50-lap feature by more than 15 seconds over runner-up Devin Moran. The feature went caution-free.^[20]

Round 2: 2021 Winternationals - Feature #1

used the low side to hold off a hard-charging during a green-white-checkered finish to win the season's first feature at . O'Neal led the final 11 laps of the race after race leader spun as a result of contact with . 10 yellow flags slowed the 30-lap Winternationals opener for the series.^[21]

Round 3: 2021 Winternationals - Feature #2

snuck under exiting turn 2 with three laps to go in the 30-lap feature, then prevailed on a one-lap restart after the caution flag flew on lap 30 to score his first win of 2021. Erb charged from ninth to the race lead to score the win in a caution-filled feature that was slowed by five yellows and a lap 1 red flag "Big One" that saw Tim McCreadie, , and collected after got sideways in turn 2.^[22]

Round 4: 2021 Winternationals - Feature #3

Josh Richards led the final 34 laps of the first 40-lap Winternationals feature, taking the lead from Florida late model ace on lap 7. For the second consecutive race, the finish came down to a one-lap shootout, with Richards holding off . As with every race at East Bay this season, the feature was full of incidents, with the caution flag flying eight times, five of which were for multi-car incidents.^[23]

Round 5: 2021 Winternationals - Feature #4

charged to the front early and took the lead from on lap 7 of 40, riding the low side on a super slick East Bay surface to score his first career LOLMDS victory. Scott went unchallenged for the win during a long green-flag run to close out the feature. Two incidents of note marked this feature; lap 5 saw spin in turn 1 after the two had been racing close-quarters since the drop of the green flag, while lap 14 saw a "Big One" involving more than a dozen cars block the track in turn 2 after Frank Heckenast Jr. came down on Shane Clanton in turn 1 and sent him spinning.^[24]

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