Tri-State Winged Sprints to Whip Around GBS This Summer
Grand Bend Speedway will host an up-and-coming winged sprint car series, the Tri-State Sprints, in 2025. The race for the visiting series will take place on Saturday, August 23 and is preceded by an exhibition practice visit earlier in the summer on July 5th to give drivers a sense of the track and prepare for the main event in August.
Sprint cars are open wheel light-weight vehicles with high horsepower, generating close to 900 horsepower in a 1600 pound car. The vehicles are easily recognizable with their signature top-mounted wing that generates additional downforce for incredible cornering. Combine that high-horsepower and light weight and that makes sprint cars a thrill to watch wherever the race.
The Tri-State sprints are heading into their second season of competition. Based mainly in Michigan, the name is in reference to the three states most of the drivers are from (Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio) and is also a call back to the Tri-Sac series of old, essentially a “run what you brung” series of sprint cars and super modifieds. The Tri-State series aims to reignite that style of competition allowing both sprint cars and super modifieds under a fairly open rulebook, provided the vehicle is running a cost-saving 10” tire that helps equalize competition by reducing the advantage of big horsepower.
By reducing that horsepower advantage, and the costs associated with maintaining a competitive high-powered engine, series founder and Michigan Motorsports Hall of Famer John Hotchkiss hopes to draw otherwise parked vehicles out of the barn and back on to the race track for fun, exciting events on a variety of racing venues.
More details on both the practice event (July 5) as well as the race date (August 23) will be available as the season approaches.
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