Volusia Speedway Park is set for two weekends of championship-level competition across the “Fab Five” divisions as the biggest Fall events in Florida bookend the 2026 season.
Saturday’s Prelude to the Reutimann on Nov. 14 will decide the track’s DIRTcar UMP Modified champion, while the winner of the division’s Feature will clinch a guaranteed position in the following weekend’s Emil and Dale Reutimann Memorial $10,000-to-win Feature on Saturday, Nov. 21.
The 604 Late Models, 602 Late Models, 3/4 Modifieds, and Factory Stocks will join the slate for Saturday night’s program. During the Reutimann Memorial, the 602 Late Models and Factory Stock track champions will be crowned, while the 3/4 Modifieds and 604 Late Models are awarded championship recognition on Saturday night.
EVENT INFO
Gates open at 4 p.m. (ET) with Hot Laps scheduled for 6 p.m.
Tickets – $15 General Admission / $12 Seniors, Military & First Responders / Kids 12 and under free
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DIVISIONS
DIRTcar UMP Modifieds – Multiple drivers will enter Volusia’s gates on Saturday hoping to earn a guaranteed Reutimann Memorial starting spot while four drivers are within reach of the 2026 track championship.
Reigning champ Jason Garver leads Dillon Buhr by a single point, while Jeff Scofield and Josh Sanford are within striking distance of the title, sitting 39 and 44 points back, respectively.
Garver scored his first Volusia track title in a similar points fight with Seth Geary in last season’s edition as the Starke, FL native claimed the award by five points. In Saturday’s fight, Garver’s objective is to not let Buhr ahead of him at the finish to score the championship. Todd Neiheiser won the first running of the Prelude in 2025 to save a space in the Feature’s field for his Discount Towing No. 72 Modified.
604 Late Models – Veteran Garret Stewart remains ahead of the field of 604 Late Models into the penultimate stretch of 2026 at Volusia.
The six-time track champ in the UMP Modifieds possesses a 47-point advantage over Garver as both drivers seek a first-career championship in the division. Stewart also holds the most division Feature wins at the track in the year with two scores from the Short Track Showdown in April, then a $2,500 prize in the Firecracker Showdown makeup Feature in September.
Stewart is also planning to bring his UMP Modified to the track to take part in the Reutimann Memorial festivities for the first time since 2024.
602 Late Models – A razor-thin four-point margin separates Austin Leamon and Garver from the top spot of the 602 Late Model standings, with two points-paying Features remaining for the division.
Leamon – the division champ from 2022 – won his first career Feature at “The World’s Fastest Half Mile” after besting Garver’s No. 45 Late Model in the final laps of April’s Short Track Showdown. Garver earned his only win in the class at the season-opening Benny Corbin Memorial as both drivers hunt for a second division triumph in 2026.
3/4 Modifieds – There is a possibility of a first-time 3/4 Modified champion at Volusia as the top five in the standings chase their first championship through the final two events of the season.
Division veteran Ethyn Hwan leads Colton Lane by 26 points, while Robert Brynteson (-38 pts), Logan Malone (-38 pts), and Chase Cooke (-46 pts) complete the top five with an opportunity to steal the title over the final two Features. Hwan, Lane, and Brynteson have each made a visit to Victory Lane at the track in 2026, while Malone and Cooke are chasing their first career Volusia win.
Factory Stocks – The family duo of Patrick and Tanner Thomas have grappled for the top two places in the standings as a hornet’s nest of Factory Stocks remain hot in pursuit of their placings.
Sitting 12 points back from taking over the Thomas family in the standings is Christmas, FL’s Willy Cuddy, then Jason Garver is fourth at a 25-point distance. Garver is the only driver to own a points-paying Factory Stock win – coming in September at the Battle in Barberville – while Tanner took a non-points victory in March at World of Outlaws Bike Week Jamboree.
If you can’t be at the track, how can you watch Volusia Speedway Park from home? Live on DIRTVision.