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The 2018 Eldora Dirt Derby was a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race held on July 18, 2018 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Contested over 153 laps due to an overtime finish on the 0.500-mile (0.805 km) dirt track, it was the 13th race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
The Eldora Dirt Derby was a 75-mile-long (121 km) annual race in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series race held at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. During its existence from 2013 to 2019, the race was the only dirt track racing event on any NASCAR national touring series ( Cup , Xfinity , or Truck) schedule and the first since 1970.
Slack leads Eldora's day-to-day operations as general manager and speedway promoter. The historic racing oval has continued an aggressive capital improvement program with state-of-the-art luxury suites atop the turn three area. At the same time, fans also enjoy live coverage and replays of the on-track action via the large video board in turn two.
On January 25, 2018, it was announced that Chris Eggleston would drive a partial schedule for the new David Gilliland Racing-Crosley Sports Group team. Eggleston had last run in the Truck Series in 2014. [13] On January 31, 2018, it was announced that Jordan Anderson would run his own team for the 2018 season with support from Niece Motorsports.
The 2017 Eldora Dirt Derby 150 was the 11th stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the fifth iteration of the event. The race was held on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, in Rossburg, Ohio at Eldora Speedway , a 0.500 miles (0.805 km) permanent oval dirt track.
From its inaugural running through 2018, there was a standard $50,000 winner's purse; [6] the 2019 running saw a boost to $175,000 for the winner's prize. [7] [8] The Kings Royal is Eldora's largest event each season, drawing over 30,000 spectators. [9] In 2014, Kerry Madsen became the first Australian to win the Kings Royal. [3]
In the 2017/2018 Season, Eldora Mountain Resort installed the Alpenglow chairlift, a new high-speed detachable six-person chairlift. The resort started the 2018/2019 ski season on Wednesday, November 7, its earliest opening day in more than two decades (and roughly 12 days earlier than the average opening day since 2010).
The 2016 Aspen Dental Eldora Dirt Derby was the 11th stock car race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 4th iteration of the event. The race was held on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, in Rossburg, Ohio at Eldora Speedway , a 0.5-mile (0.80 km) permanent oval shaped dirt track .