2013 Mudsummer Classic

The last race run on dirt in a NASCAR national touring series occurred on September 30, 1970, at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh in a Grand National Series race, which was won by Richard Petty. Afterwards, NASCAR sanctioned the Busch All-Star Tour, a dirt late model series, which lasted from 1985 to 2002. , where the race was held Eldora Speedway, which opened in 1954, On October 15, 2012, track owner Tony Stewart and Austin Dillon held a private test at the track, driving trucks. On November 28, NASCAR announced that Eldora Speedway would be on the schedule as the first of two Wednesday Truck races, along with the UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway for 2013. By January 29, 2013, the 17,782 grandstand seats had been sold out, with purchasers from 48 states and six countries. Cup Series drivers Dave Blaney, Ken Schrader and Ryan Newman, along with Nationwide Series drivers Austin Dillon, Kenny Wallace and Kyle Larson also ran in the event. Babcock, Blaney, Bloomquist, Hines, Schrader and Wallace had all won races at Eldora in various disciplines. Jason Bowles was later announced as the driver of the No. 5 for Wauters Motorsports, but eventually withdrew. based on a previous dirt tire that the company made. To give the trucks more grip, the tires were widened by one inch to eleven. The bias-ply tires (instead of radial tires) also had treads to remove dirt quicker, in a block pattern, Meanwhile, the trucks had mesh shields and hood deflector screens attached to prevent debris from the dirt from entering the radiators The trucks also had the front spoilers and enlarged by 40 square inches to generate more downforce. On the hoods, bug deflectors, which were 8 by 12 inches, were installed to prevent stones from hitting the windshield. Teams added under panels to the trucks' chassis to prevent dirt from increasing the trucks' weight. Entering the race, Matt Crafton led the points standings with 357 points, followed by Jeb Burton and James Buescher, both with 319 and 317 points, respectively. Ty Dillon and Johnny Sauter finished the top five with 309 and 305 points, respectively. Ryan Blaney had 290 points, and behind him were Miguel Paludo (285), Timothy Peters (281), Brendan Gaughan (280) and Bubba Wallace (272). ==Practice and qualifying==

Practice Two-hour practice sessions were held on July 23 from 4:30 to 6:30 P.M. EST, followed by another from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M, the latter being televised on Speed. Another practice was held the following day from 11:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. In the second session, the top five consisted of three Chevrolets in the top three positions and Toyotas in fourth and fifth: Austin (21.644 seconds, ) and Ty Dillon (21.703 seconds, ), Larson (21.719 seconds, ), Ken Schrader (21.748 seconds, ) and Tracy Hines (21.753 seconds, ). The fastest Ford truck was Dave Blaney, with a lap time and speed of 21.872 seconds and , respectively. In the final practice, Toyotas dominated the top five, with Bubba Wallace leading the session with a time of 20.040 seconds and speed of , followed by Hines (20.182 seconds, ), Townley (20.303 seconds, ) and Germán Quiroga (20.307 seconds, ) comprising the top four; Chevy driver James Buescher (20.528 seconds, ) was fifth. Qualifying The field for the main event consisted only of 30 trucks instead of the usual 36, with the top 20 trucks in the owner's points standings guaranteed a spot. Qualifying was held at 5:05 P.M. Ken Schrader won the pole with a lap time of 19.709 seconds and became the oldest pole-sitter in NASCAR history at 58 years of age, passing Dick Trickle, who won the pole at Dover International Speedway in the Busch Series' MBNA Platinum 200 in 1999. The heat races began at 7:00 P.M., with each heat race occurring after 15 minutes of the previous heat's start. The last chance qualifier was held at 8:45 P.M. Schrader eventually won his heat race after leading all 8 laps. the two drivers leading every lap. In the last chance qualifier, J. R. Heffner, who started first in the race, failed to finish the race after completing one lap. Ultimately, Brennan Newberry led all fifteen laps to win, in response, Benning gave Greenfield the finger after the race concluded. When asked about the duel with Greenfield, Benning stated Tony Stewart told him that he "singlehandedly made the show a success". Qualifying results Heat races Heat Race #1 Heat Race #2 Heat Race #3 Heat Race #4 Heat Race #5 Last Chance Qualifier ==Race==

The race started at 9:35 P.M. EST and televised live on Speed, while being broadcast on radio by Motor Racing Network. Krista Voda hosted Speed's prerace show, while Rick Allen, Phil Parsons and Michael Waltrip called the race from the booth; the network's pit reporters for the event were Ray Dunlap, Hermie Sadler and Bob Dillner. The St. Henry High School band performed the national anthem, while the parade lap featured a four-wide salute by the trucks to the fans. Due to the lack of a pit road, after the former collided with Germán Quiroga. One lap later, another caution was flown for debris, and Gresham was again the beneficiary. Quiroga was the beneficiary on the resulting caution. Behind Dillon and Larson, Ryan Newman finished third, followed by Joey Coulter, Brendan Gaughan, Timothy Peters, Bubba Wallace, Matt Crafton, Dave Blaney and Max Gresham. Sauter (accident) and Jeff Babcock (engine) failed to finish the race. The race concluded with four different leaders, eight lead changes, and six cautions. Dillon led the most laps with 64, followed by Larson (51), Peters (23) and Schrader (15). Despite winning the race, Dillon, along with six other drivers, The win was Dillon's first of 2013 and fifth Truck Series victory in 53 starts. In August, Dillon's truck, his winner's trophy and a jar of dirt he shoveled at the start/finish line were placed on display in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. ==Results==

Standings after the race ==References==