World of Outlaws World Finals

Charlotte World Finals set for four nights in November

The 2026 event brings Sprint Car, Late Model and Super DIRTcar Series action to The Dirt Track at Charlotte.

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The Dave Smith Motors World of Outlaws World Finals is scheduled for Wednesday through Saturday, Nov. 4–7, 2026, at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.

In a preview published Oct. 7, 2026, World of Outlaws outlined a four-night program for the NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, the Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision and the Super DIRTcar Series. The information below reflects that preview, not race results.

Qualifying and race-week schedule

The preview says the event begins Tuesday, Nov. 3, with a hauler parade in front of zMAX Dragway from 4 to 6 p.m. Teams in all three divisions are scheduled to qualify on Wednesday, setting lineups for Thursday and Friday heat races.

Full race programs are planned for Thursday through Saturday, without qualifying on those days. Friday’s program is to include the 3×4 Salute, followed by a championship celebration on Saturday night.

Sprint Car title picture

World of Outlaws reported that David Gravel was pursuing a third consecutive World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series title, with a three-digit points lead for much of the season at the time of publication. Buddy Kofoid, identified in the preview as second in points and the season’s winningest driver, remained in contention.

Gravel and Kofoid each won one of the two Charlotte nights the previous year: Gravel won the second night and Kofoid the finale. The preview also said Gravel had won a Charlotte race in each of the previous three years.

Garet Williamson was sixth in points, with Donny Schatz attempting to take that position; Cole Macedo was eighth and contesting the spot with Spencer Bayston. Emerson Axsom, tenth in points with one win, was on course for Rookie of the Year, according to the preview.

Late Models and Super DIRTcar Series

In the Late Model Series, reigning champion Bobby Pierce was pursuing a third title, with Nick Hoffman 96 points behind and three races remaining, according to the Oct. 7 preview. Hoffman had 20 wins that season. His five Charlotte wins had all come in a Modified during the World Short Track Championship, and he had not won there in a Late Model.

Tyler Erb was third in Late Model points with four wins. Daulton Wilson was seventh and leading Trey Mills, eighth, in the contest for the MD3 Rookie of the Year Award; the preview placed Mills more than 100 points behind Wilson.

In the Super DIRTcar Series, Alex Yankowski led three-time reigning champion Mat Williamson by 98 points with six races remaining. The preview said Yankowski also led Williamson in wins, top-five finishes, top-10 finishes and laps led. It described the title as potentially changing hands for the first time since Williamson won his first championship in 2019.

Tickets and source

World of Outlaws said tickets and the full schedule were available through AllDirtRoads.com. Its preview offered free fan pit passes to buyers of a two-day ticket package purchased by Oct. 16.

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The preview presents the Charlotte event as a four-night meeting for three dirt-racing series, with championship contests still underway when the schedule was announced.

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