Welcome to the Mopar Million Sprint at Eldora Information page. This section of the website is your official source for information regarding the largest paying sprint car race in the history of the world! You are invited to check back to this page every day for updates and photos straight from the track. You may also click any of the links located in the black box above for more racing information.

 

Sept 20 (afternoon): It is a beautiful day at the Eldora Speedway and we are preparing to go racing for $1,000,000 dollars! The trucks are ironing in the racing surface and we will be set to go with the F-main at 6:30 pm. Roger Rager won the "Hoseheads Best Appearing Car Award and was presented with a a plaque and $500 during pre-race ceromonies. All updates tonight will now take place on the 'updates' page. Click the link located below to check out all the action!

Sept 20 (morning): Wow! What a great night of racing on Friday! All feature lineups are now posted on the 'updates' page (link located just below). Tickets remain available for this historic event, just call the ticket office or buy your tickets at the gate when you arrive at the track.

Sept 19 (afternoon): 129 cars are in the pit area at this time, with a few cars still making their way through the gates. Plenty of tickets are still available at the ticket office (both reserved and general). Earl is currently working on the track, and there is no rain in sight! From this point forward, we will be posting all news on the LIVE UPDATES section of our Mopar Million coverage. Click the link below to navigate to our updates page.

Sept 19 (morning): We are approaching 120 cars at Eldora Speedway this morning, as tech inspection has just gotten underway. Earl and crew are working the track and haulers are being parked in the pit area. We are currently sitting at 64 degrees under bright sunny skies in Rossburg, Ohio. We will have continuous updates for you throughout the morning, so check back soon! Check below for a current photo of the pit area...

Sept 18 (evening): Activity has picked up this evening as campers and racers are flowing into the track on a regular basis. Roughly 90 teams are staged and we are fast approaching triple digits. Some of the cars to pull in this evening included Travis Rilat, Don Droud Jr, Jac Haudenschild, Dean Jacobs, and Kevin Doty. Tech-in begins at 9:30 Friday morning, with the drivers drawing their qualifying pills at that time. This is also the time when the driver becomes "married" to his car. This will be when fans find out about some of the 'TBA's that were originally released on the entry list! Check back to this page throughout the morning and day for continuing updates from the track...

Sept 18 (morning): 18 more teams arrived to the track overnight, bringing the total up to 60 as of 10:00 Thursday morning. The Kaeding's of Bud and Brent, Danny Sheridan, Bill Rose, Ricky Gaunt, and Rob Chaney were among those that arrived overnight. There will be a DJ under the grandstands this evening for everyone who has arrived to the Eldora area.

Sept 17 (evening): 42 haulers were staged as of 8:00 tonight. Nonwing hotshoes JJ Yeley, Richard Griffen, Derek Davidson, Boston Reid, and Cory Kruseman were among those cars. Winged warriors Greg Wilson and Tyler Walker were in line as well. Staging will continue on Thursday, as teams are beginning to converge on the Eldora Speedway from every direction!....Several photos from Wednesday evening were added to the Gallery.

Sept 17 (morning): The first round of staging occured at 9:00 Wednesday morning, with 14 teams on the Eldora grounds at that time. The hillside was also opened for lawn chair seating today as well, with around 20 people in line and waiting for the 8:00 bell. There are still plenty of lawn chair spots left if you are interested in sitting hillside.

Sept 16: Brian Tyler takes the honor of being the first car to arrive at the Mopar Million. Both he and Levi Jones arrived at the track Tuesday afternoon. Campers had the chance to check out the #38 of Jones, as he unloaded his machine in the north campground to get some work done before Wednesday's staging begins...If you are planning on marking off an area in the hillside tomorrow, please remember that nothing (caution tape, chairs, etc) is allowed in the grassy areas until 8:00 am.

Sept 15: Ongoing preparation continued today, on and off the track, for the Mopar Million. Mother Nature even put in some work today, with a brief rain shower that soaked the track. Work will continue throughout the week before activity starts to pick up on Wednesday when the staging area will be opened for race teams. Thursday will be much of the same as more teams will be arriving to the Big E. Friday morning will perhaps be a very interesting morning, as teams must name their driver at the pill draw. Look for the pill draw and driver/team combos to be announced at the stage during tech-in, which starts at 9:30.

Sept 14: The biggest week in the history of nonwing sprint car racing has arrived, as the Mopar Million Sprint at Eldora is only five days away! One lucky driver will take home a record payout of $200,000 this Saturday night, while the second and third place finishers will pocket $125,000 and $100,000 respectively. With 150 cars entered for this one-time race, fans will be treated to the largest sprint car count in Eldora history.

Just a few more reminders for the upcoming week.....Reserved tickets are on sale by calling the track office at (937) 338-3815. Ticket prices and information can be found by clicking the 'tickets' link above......Golf carts are permitted on the Eldora grounds, but we ask that they be parked from 1:30 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. in observance of quiet hours..... Also keep in mind that no caution tape or chairs may be placed in the grassy areas or hillsides until Wednesday morning at 8:00 a.m.... Showers are located behind the middle barn to the north of the track and are open to all fans camping at the speedway.

Each day, two photos from around the Eldora area will featured here for your viewing pleasure. The remainder of the photos taken will be posted in the Photo Gallery. Just click the link to the left or the button at the top of this page to visit the gallery (updated twice a day).

The drivers meeting took place Friday afternoon.	Cars are lined up and going through tech-in Friday morning.