Racing on Sunday at Grand Bend Speedway gets underway at the special at 1:00 pm start time for the Jared Doxtator Memorial event presented by Doxtator Property Maintenance. The afternoon features a full slate of NASCAR Advance Auto Parts racing racing including Huron Taxi Service Late Models, Hot Rods, and Super Stocks.  Invitational Bone Stocks hit the track as well as the Grand Bend Home Hardware 9HP Sprints, and Robson Scrap Metal Mini Trucks.  The afternoon also includes development competition from the Pine Dale Motor Inn Junior Sprints.

Racing on Sunday is held in honour of long-time Grand Bend Speedway announcer, Jared Doxtator, who passed away in September, 2019. Jared was always a friendly face and recognizable voice at the track announcing also at Delaware Speedway.

The Outside Groove Diner is open with a great view of the pits all night serving up pizza, subs, and ice cream.

Kids and youth age 15 and under enter FREE as spectators.  General admission seating includes access to the lawn chair area as well as the grandstand. Pits are open free of charge after the event to get an up close look at the racing vehicles.

Tonight’s July 12 racing event is cancelled due to the weather. With the strong risk of thunderstorms impacting the event time, the decision has been made to not run tonight’s racing program.

The Can Am Midget 3/4-Scale sprint cars were originally set to run tonight. Their next scheduled event at GBS is Saturday, August 9.

The next racing at GBS is the 6th-annual Jared Doxtator Memorial event on Sunday, July 20 at 1:00 pm. The event is part of the Cobra Tire Cup Series and features Huron Taxi Service Late Models, Hot Rods, Super Stock / Sportsman, and Doxtator Property Maintenance Invitational Bone Stocks. The 9HP Sprints, Mini Trucks, and Junior Sprints are also in competition.

Saturday’s fan appreciation night at Grand Bend Speedway features an autograph meet-and-greet session as well as a special appearance: the Tri-State sprints will be on-site running an exhibition race in preparation for their August 23 main event.  The lineup for the evening features the Huron Taxi Service Late Models, Ontario Pro Sprints, Robson Scrap Metal Mini Trucks, and the Pine Dale Motor Inn Junior Sprints.  Racing gets started at 6:30 pm.  Kids and youth age 15 and under enter free of charge.

Saturday’s exhibition with the Tri-State sprints is an important milestone for Grand Bend Speedway: full-size sprint cars have never run at the track before.  The exhibition gives drivers a chance to feel out the track and for the speedway to make preparations for their race 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.