WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Super DIRTcar Series Highlights Super DIRT Week with Billy Whittaker Cars 200

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As the crisp fall air hits Central New York, the Super DIRTcar Series prepares for its biggest race of 2024.

The “Beasts of the Northeast” roll into Oswego Speedway for Super DIRT Week 52 Oct. 7-12, highlighted by the Billy Whittaker Cars 200.

Kicking off the week for the Super DIRTcar Series is Practice and Qualifying on Thursday, Oct. 10, locking the top six drivers into the Feature. Then, the Series will run three 25-lap Qualifiers on Thursday night, helping set the field for Saturday’s finale.

After two Last Chance Showdowns to start the action on Saturday, Oct. 12, “Racing’s Biggest Party” culminates with the Billy Whittaker Cars 200 paying $52,000-to-win.

For tickets, visit SuperDIRTWeek.com.

Make sure to download the Super DIRT Week App for the full schedule of events, the latest news, stats, and more.

If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all of the Super DIRT Week action on DIRTVision, either online or with the DIRTVision app.

Here’s a look at What to Watch for at Super DIRT Week 52:

The Chase For 4: The two drivers chasing the 2024 Super DIRTcar Series championship are chasing the same piece of history at Super DIRT Week 52.

If either Matt Sheppard or Mat Williamson wins the Billy Whittaker Cars 200, they’ll become the fifth driver to win the race four times, joining Brett Hearn, Billy Decker, Gary Balough, and Stewart Friesen.

Williamson is the defending Billy Whittaker Cars 200 winner and trails Sheppard by 27 points in the standings entering “Racing’s Biggest Party.”

The St. Catharines, ON driver has eight wins in 2024 after outdueling Sheppard during Malta Massive Weekend at Albany-Saratoga Speedway last month, and another would give him his 31st career Series victory.

He’s finished in the top two in the last four Billy Whittaker Cars 200, including three victories.

Sheppard’s consistency has kept him at the top of the standings in 2024, despite only having one points-paying win. The Waterloo, NY driver has eight consecutive Series top fives dating back to a fourth-place finish at Autodrome Drummond during King of the North and has only finished outside the top five twice in 2024.

“Super Matt” is chasing his 98th career Series victory at Oswego in a race where he’s scored three consecutive top fives.

Locked-In and Loaded: Williamson and Sheppard are also guaranteed starters at Super DIRT Week, along with Friesen and Jimmy Phelps.

Each earned their spots in Qualifiers throughout the Super DIRTcar Series season.

Friesen is chasing history of his own. The Niagara-On-The-Lake, ON driver is searching for his fifth Super DIRT Week victory, which would tie him with Hearn for the most all-time.

He hasn’t finished outside the top 10 at Oswego in his career but hasn’t reached Victory Lane since 2016.

However, in seven Super DIRTcar Series starts this season, he’s only finished off the podium once, including victories at Big Diamond and Weedsport Speedway.

After winning the SRI Performance and Stock Car Steel Award in 2023, Phelps is back at Oswego searching for his first Billy Whittaker Cars 200 victory. The “Baldwinsville Bandit” has come close to joining Big Block immortality, finishing on the podium in 2010, 2012, and 2015.

He has three top fives and four top 10s since the race moved to Oswego in 2016.

Mad Max’s Return: Current World of Outlaws Late Model Series rookie Max McLaughlin will return to Super DIRTcar Series action at Super DIRT Week 52.

The Mooresville, NC driver finished second to Williamson in last year’s Billy Whittaker Cars 200 after leading 19 laps.

“Mad Max” finished on the podium in his last two starts at Oswego, including a third in 2022.

A win at Super DIRT Week would be his first victory at “Racing’s Biggest Party” and his sixth Super DIRTcar Series win.

Timmer’s Time: Other than Sheppard and Williamson, no one has been more consistent in Super DIRTcar Series races of late than Tim Sears Jr.

The Hastings, NY driver is amid the best season of his career, with nine top fives and 11 top 10s in 15 races, including four consecutive top fives.

However, “Timmer” is trying to turn his luck around at Oswego, as his sixth place finish last year is his only top 10 at the “Clay Palace.”

Sears is holding on the third in the Series standings, 19 points ahead of Anthony Perrego.

Brave and the Bold: No one has knocked on the door of Victory Lane at Super DIRT Week more than Peter Britten since the event moved to Oswego in 2016.

The Brisbane, OLD driver has two Billy Whittaker Cars 200 podiums. The first was in 2017, when Sheppard passed him in the race’s final laps, and the other was in 2018.

He’s also been in position to win twice in the last three races. In 2021, he was spun by Tyler Dippel while leading the race, and last season he was running in the top three before a parts failure sidelined him with a 27th-place finish.

While he hasn’t won the Billy Whittaker Cars 200, he has found success at Oswego, winning the Salute to the Troops 150 in 2018.

WHEN AND WHERE
Oswego Speedway (5/8-Mile) in Oswego, NY, on Thursday, Oct. 10, and Saturday, Oct. 12

TRACK RECORD
Oswego Speedway: 20.316 set by Billy Decker on Oct. 10, 2019

UP NEXT: The Super DIRTcar Series finishes the 2024 season at The Dirt Track at Charlotte for the World of Outlaws World Finals Nov. 6-9. A champion will be crowned after four nights of action in North Carolina. For tickets, CLICK HERE.

FEATURE WINNERS: (8 Drivers)
Rank- Driver- Hometown-Wins

Mat Williamson, St. Catharines, ON-8
Matt Sheppard, Waterloo, NY- 3
Stewart Friesen, Niagara-On-The-Lake, ON-2
Anthony Perrego, Montgomery, NY-1
Jimmy Phelps, Baldwinsville, NY-1
Michael Parent, Granby, QC-1
Alex Yankowski, Covington Township, PA-1
Alex Payne, Hopewell, NY-1

HEAT RACE WINNERS (33 Drivers)
Rank- Driver- Hometown-Wins

Matt Sheppard, Waterloo, NY-9
Mat Williamson, St. Catharines, ON-7
Tim Sears Jr., Hastings, NY-6
Stewart Friesen, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON-5
Peter Britten, Brisbane, QLD, AUS-3
Larry Wight, Phoenix, NY-3
Jack Lehner, Saratoga Springs, NY-3
Jimmy Phelps, Baldwinsville, NY-3
Felix Roy, Napierville, QC-3
Erick Rudolph, Ransomville, NY-2
Justin Stone, Middlebury, VT-2
Anthony Perrego, Montgomery, NY-2
Tim Fuller, Edwards, NY-2
Danny Johnson, Rochester, NY-2
Rick Laubach, Quakertown, PA-1
Alex Payne, Hopewell, NY-1
Rex King Jr., Bristolville, OH-1
Billy Pauch Jr., Frenchtown, NJ-1
Bob McGannon, Garnerville, NY-1
Max McLaughlin, Mooresville, NC-1
Ronnie Johnson, Duanesburg, NY-1
Dalton Slack, Welland, ON-1
Cody Higbie, Newburgh, NY-1
Brandon Walters, Unadilla, NY-1
Michael Parent, Granby, QC-1Alex Yankowski, Covington Township, PA-1
Danny Johnson, Rochester, NY-1
Mike Mahaney, Elizabethtown, NY-1
Chris Hile, Oswego, NY-1
Felix Roy, Napierville, QC-1
Adam Pierson, East Corinth, VT-1
Gary Lindberg, Ridgeway, ON-1
Alex Payne, Hopewell, NY-1
Billy Dunn, Watertown, NY-1
David Schilling, East Greenbush, NY-1

LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINNERS (24 Drivers)
Rank- Driver- Hometown-Wins

Larry Wight, Phoenix, NY-6
Felix Roy, Napierville, QC-1
Stewart Friesen, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON -1
Billy Pauch Jr., Frenchtown. NJ-1
Anthony Perrego, Montgomery, NY-1
Marc Johnson, Guilderland, NY-1
Brandon Walters, Unadilla, NY-1
Daniel Johnson, Middlesex, NY-1
Alex Yankowski, Covington Township, PA-1
Kolby Schroder, Staatsburg, NY-1
David Schilling, East Greenbush, NY-1
C.G. Morey, Rutland, VT-1
Billy VanInwegen, Port Jervis, NY-1
Mike Mahaney, Elizabethtown, NY-1
Danny Johnson, Rochester, NY-1
Brian MacDonald, Cornwall, ON-1
Steve Bernard, Granby, QC-1
Darren Smith, Binghamton, NY-1
Matt Caprara, Clayton, NY-1
Justin Wright, York, NY-1
Billy Decker, Unadilla, NY-1
Carey Terrance, Hogansburg, NY-1
Jimmy Phelps, Baldwinsville, NY-1
Brian Calabrese, Johnstown, NY-1

PODIUM FINISHES (15 Drivers)
Rank – Driver, Hometown – Podiums

Mat Williamson, St. Catharines, ON-11
Matt Sheppard, Waterloo, NY-8
Stewart Friesen, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON-6
Anthony Perrego, Montgomery, NY-6
Tim Sears Jr., Hastings, NY-5
Jimmy Phelps, Baldwinsville, NY-3
Alex Yankowski, Covington Township, PA-3
Erick Rudolph, Ransomville, NY-2
Peter Britten, Brisbane, QLD-2
Alex Payne, Hopewell, NY-2
Larry Wight, Phoenix, NY-1
Michael Parent, Granby, QC-1
Adam Pierson, East Corinth, VT-1
Chris Hile, Oswego, NY-1
Billy Dunn, Watertown, NY-1

HARD CHARGER (12 Drivers)
Rank – Driver, Hometown – H.C.

Danny Johnson, Rochester, NY-3
Larry Wight, Phoenix, NY-2
Erick Rudolph, Ransomville, NY-2
Jack Lehner, Saratoga Springs, NY-2
Stewart Friesen, Niagara-On-The-Lake, ON-1
Mat Williamson, St. Catharines, ON-1
Anthony Perrego, Montgomery, NY-1
Louden Reimert, Oley, PA-1
Mike Mahaney, Elizabethtown, NY-1
Peter Britten, Brisbane, QLD-1
Darren Smith, Binghamton, NY-1
Matt Sheppard, Waterloo, NY-1
Jimmy Phelps, Baldwinsville, NY-1

BILLY WHITAKER CARS AND TRUX QUICK TIMES (16 Drivers)
Rank – Driver, Hometown – QTs

Stewart Friesen, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON-2
Tim Fuller, Edwards, NY-2
Mat Williamson, St. Catharines, ON-1
Rex King Jr., Bristolville, OH-1
Demetrios Drellos, Queensbury, NY-1
Peter Britten, Brisbane, QLD-1
Erick Rudolph, Ransomville, NY-1
Dalton Slack, Welland, ON-1
Cody Higbie, Newburgh, NY-1
Michael Parent, Granby, QC-1
Sebastian Gougeon, St. Marjorique, QC-1
Justin Haers, Phelps, NY-1
Alex Payne, Hopewell, NY-1
Chris Hile, Oswego, NY-1
Matt Sheppard, Waterloo, NY-1
Tim Sears Jr., Hastings, NY-1

JAM Performance Fastest Hot Lap Award (8 Drivers)
Rank – Driver, Hometown – QTs

Jimmy Phelps, Baldwinsville, NY-4
Stewart Friesen, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON-4
Tim Sears Jr., Hastings, NY-3
Anthony Perrego, Montgomery, NY-2
Tim Fuller, Edwards, NY-1
Dalton Slack, Welland, ON-1
Erick Rudolph, Ransomville, NY-1
Darren Smith, Binghamton, NY-1
Matt Sheppard, Waterloo, NY-1

Super DIRTcar Series Lap Leaders (20 Drivers)
Rank – Driver, Hometown – Laps Led