Saturday Night Competition Kicks Off in June at GBS

Grand Bend Speedway is revving up for its thirty-first season of competition which kicks off on June 6th.  The 2026 schedule has fourteen events which run every Saturday throughout the summer until the beginning of September.  Local home track classes run weekly with Pro Sprints, Outlaw Micro Sprints, Four Cylinder Compacts, Mini Trucks, Youth Micro Sprints, and Kid Stocks along with Super Late Models and the newly introduced V8 Sprint Cars running every other week.

One of the most notable new programs at the track this season is the V8 Sprint Cars.  These full-sized winged sprint cars were tested at GBS last season with exhibition visits from the Tri-State Sprints throughout the summer.  Those visits provided the proof of concept for the track to commit to running full-size asphalt sprint cars on a bi-weekly basis.  V8 Sprints have a special headliner event on August 1 as part of the Civic Holiday weekend when Michigan’s Tri-State Sprints return to the track.

Fan favourite touring divisions are also back on the schedule.  The Great Lakes Legends Series returns on July 4 with the winged Can-Am Midgets also visiting on the same night.  The Can-Am Midgets also have an additional event on August 8.

The Jared Doxtator Memorial race returns on July 25 and the Brad Clarke Memorial race runs on August 22.  The track will also be hosting other special races on Saturday nights for Father Day Weekend, Canada Day Weekend, Kids Night, Sponsors Night and others.

The track will again be running with an 8:00 pm start time for main events (feature races) with qualifyer events getting underway at 5:45 pm.  The timing helps make visiting the track easier for beach goers who can have a clearer picture of when the most exciting racing is set to begin and also helps events finish in a timely manner for visitors and racers alike.

As well as Saturday night racing,  Public Go Karting is also set to reopen in the spring, some time mid April – weather pending.

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