{"id":15592,"date":"2024-10-07T11:35:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T15:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/superdirtweek.com\/?p=15592"},"modified":"2024-10-07T12:00:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T16:00:32","slug":"what-to-watch-for-super-dirtcar-series-highlights-super-dirt-week-with-billy-whittaker-cars-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/superdirtweek.com\/dirtcar-ne\/big-block-modifieds\/super-dirt-car-series\/what-to-watch-for-super-dirtcar-series-highlights-super-dirt-week-with-billy-whittaker-cars-200\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Super DIRTcar Series Highlights Super DIRT Week with Billy Whittaker Cars 200"},"content":{"rendered":"
As the crisp fall air hits Central New York, the Super DIRTcar Series prepares for its biggest race of 2024.<\/p>\n
The \u201cBeasts of the Northeast\u201d roll into Oswego Speedway for Super DIRT Week 52 Oct. 7-12, highlighted by the Billy Whittaker Cars 200<\/em>.<\/p>\n 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\u2019s finale.<\/p>\n After two Last Chance Showdowns to start the action on Saturday, Oct. 12, \u201cRacing\u2019s Biggest Party\u201d culminates with the Billy Whittaker Cars 200 paying $52,000-to-win.<\/p>\n For tickets, visit SuperDIRTWeek.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Make sure to download the Super DIRT Week App<\/a> for the full schedule of events, the latest news, stats, and more.<\/p>\n If you can\u2019t make it to the track, you can watch all of the Super DIRT Week action on\u00a0DIRTVision, either online or with the DIRTVision app.<\/a><\/p>\n Here\u2019s a look at What to Watch for at Super DIRT Week 52:<\/em><\/p>\n The Chase For 4: <\/strong>The two drivers chasing the 2024 Super DIRTcar Series championship are chasing the same piece of history at Super DIRT Week 52.<\/p>\n If either Matt Sheppard or Mat Williamson wins the Billy Whittaker Cars 200, they\u2019ll become the fifth driver to win the race four times, joining Brett Hearn, Billy Decker, Gary Balough, and Stewart Friesen.<\/p>\n Williamson is the defending Billy Whittaker Cars 200 winner and trails Sheppard by 27 points in the standings entering \u201cRacing\u2019s Biggest Party.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n He\u2019s finished in the top two in the last four Billy Whittaker Cars 200, including three victories.<\/p>\n Sheppard\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n \u201cSuper Matt\u201d is chasing his 98th career Series victory at Oswego in a race where he\u2019s scored three consecutive top fives.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Locked-In and Loaded: <\/strong>Williamson and Sheppard are also guaranteed starters at Super DIRT Week, along with Friesen and Jimmy Phelps.<\/p>\n Each earned their spots in Qualifiers throughout the Super DIRTcar Series season.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n He hasn\u2019t finished outside the top 10 at Oswego in his career but hasn\u2019t reached Victory Lane since 2016.<\/p>\n However, in seven Super DIRTcar Series starts this season, he\u2019s only finished off the podium once, including victories at Big Diamond and Weedsport Speedway.<\/p>\n 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 \u201cBaldwinsville Bandit\u201d has come close to joining Big Block immortality, finishing on the podium in 2010, 2012, and 2015.<\/p>\n He has three top fives and four top 10s since the race moved to Oswego in 2016.<\/p>\n