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    <periodOfReport>2020-10-23</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>Lordstown Motors Corp.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>RIDE</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001828074</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Spencer Dale Gene</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O LORDSTOWN MOTORS CORP.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>2300 HALLOCK YOUNG ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LORDSTOWN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>OH</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>44481</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>1.79</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2020-10-23</value>
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            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>139704</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2030-02-14</value>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>139704</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The options were received in exchange for options to purchase 2,500 shares of Lordstown EV Corporation (f/k/a Lordstown Motors Corp.) pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 1, 2020 (the &quot;Merger Agreement&quot;), among DiamondPeak Holdings Corp. (which subsequently changed its name to Lordstown Motors Corp., the &quot;Issuer&quot;), DPL Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer (&quot;Merger Sub&quot;), and Lordstown EV Corporation (f/k/a Lordstown Motors Corp.) (&quot;Legacy Lordstown&quot;).  Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy Lordstown, with Legacy Lordstown surviving as the surviving company and as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer. 27,940 options are fully vested and exercisable. 55,882 options vest on February 14, 2021, and 55,882 options vest on February 14, 2022.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Thomas V. Canepa, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-10-26</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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