SOMERSET, Ky. — Officials with the Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Northern Series have released the tentative schedule for the upcoming season.
The second-season tour will feature 16 confirmed events in three states with purse and points monies in excess of $430,000.
This year’s tour will pay the top-five in the final point standings based on 80 percent of races completed and 100 percent of racer attendance. The series champion will receive $5,000. The defending series champion is Dustin Nobbe.
Returning tracks from include: Ponderosa Speedway on April 15 for the season opener, June 3, July 8 and Aug. 5, Lake Cumberland Speedway on May 29, July 2, Aug. 27 and Oct. 1, Brownstown Speedway on Aug. 6 for the Hall of Fame Classic, Muskingum County Speedway on May 21, Atomic Speedway on May 6-7, June 24-25 and Sept. 17.
Richmond (Ky.) Raceway will return to the schedule for the first time since 2018 as the series will roll in on Memorial Day weekend for the eighth annual Butch Shay Memorial paying $5,000-to-win on Saturday, May 28. Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville, Ohio, returns to the schedule for the 40th anniversary running of the Jim Dunn Memorial on Saturday, May 21 paying $10,000-to-win.
A few more dates could be added.
2022 Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Northern Series Schedule
April 15-Ponderosa Speedway-Junction City, KY-$5,000 to win
May 6-Atomic Speedway-Waverly, OH-$5,000 to win
May 7-Atomic Speedway-Waverly, OH-$10,000 to win
May 21-Muskingum County Speedway-Zanesville, OH-$10,000 to win
May 28-Richmond Raceway-Richmond, KY-$5,000 to win
May 29-Lake Cumberland Speedway-Burnside, KY-$5,031 to wi
June 3-Ponderosa Speedway-Junction City, KY-$5,000 to win
June 24-Atomic Speedway-Waverly, OH-$5,000 to win
June 25-Atomic Speedway-Waverly, OH-$10,000 to win
July 2-Lake Cumberland Speedway-Burnside, KY-$5,000 to win
July 8-Ponderosa Speedway-Junction City, KY-$10,000 to win
August 5-Ponderosa Speedway-Junction City, KY-$5,000 to win
August 6-Brownstown Speedway-Brownstown, IN-$10,000 to win
August 27-Lake Cumberland Speedway-Burnside, KY-$10,022 to win
September 17-Atomic Speedway-Waverly, OH-$5,000 to win
October 1-Lake Cumberland Speedway-Burnside, KY-$5,000 to win