Grand Bend Speedway is laying out exciting new driver incentive programs in the Late Model, Hot Rod, Super Stock / Sportsman and Invitational Bone Stock divisions as part of the 2025 Cobra Tire Cup program. The program sees the introduction of a highly competitive weekly payout program, season-end points fund through NASCAR, and an exceptional “Double Down Loyalty Bonus” that sees driver’s weekly payouts doubled if they run all five events in the Cobra Tires Cup program.

All together the program, which is the largest incentive program in Grand Bend Speedway history, includes nearly $100,000 in new possible payouts and bonuses directly to drivers, not including additional NASCAR points funds.

The Double Down Loyalty Bonus is simply that: a doubling of the weekly payouts for drivers who run all five Cobra Tire Cup events with the bonuses paid out at the final event. For example, if a driver were to earn $1,500 in payouts in total at the five events on the Cobra Tires Cup schedule, they would then receive a doubling bonus of another $1,500 to bring their total event payouts to $3,000 once they run their fifth and final event.

In addition to weekly payouts, drivers also participate in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series points championship which pays $3,500 USD (Est. $5,000 CAD) for the Late Model Champion, $1,000 (Est. $1,400 CAD) for the Hot Rod Champion, and $700 (Est. $1,000 CAD) for the Super Stock / Sportsman champion.

On a per-event basis, driver payouts are highly competitive with Late Models paying $800 to win with heats and one 35 lap feature race, Hot Rods and Super Stock / Sportsman paying $500 to win each split across two 25-lap feature races. Invitational Bone Stocks pay $225 to win with heats and a 25-lap feature race.

Drivers can register for the program now on the registration page GrandBendSpeedway.ca.

While the first four events of the Cobra Tire Cup take place on the traditional 1/4-mile track at Grand Bend Speedway, the season finale “Corn Cob Classic” will take place on a one-mile hybrid oval track that is being configured out of the paved course that sits behind Grand Bend Speedway as part of the larger Grand Bend Motorplex.

The incentive program announcements come on the heels of other Grand Bend Speedway news including the introduction of RaceMed Rescue to support driver safety and the smooth flow of events, as well news that kids and youth aged fifteen and under will enter free of charge to the general admission spectator area for all events in 2025.

The racing season for Grand Bend Speedway begins with the first Cobra Tire Cup event on Sunday, May 25.

Grand Bend Speedway’s weekly racing lineup is getting some added winged excitement with the addition of the NASCAR Ontario Pro Sprints to the summer lineup.  The class will run eight races at the track throughout the summer.

The Ontario Pro Sprints are half-scale winged sprint cars running a spec Polaris 550cc snowmobile engine.  The class was introduced just over eight years ago around southern Ontario.  Fans at GBS may recognize the vehicle: in the past, the division ran as the 440cc Sprint Cars division at the track.  The vehicles feature fully adjustable suspension like a full-size sprint car.

The division will compete for the NASCAR Division IV championship at the track.

The 2025 season opens on Sunday, May 25^th at 1:00 pm for the first event of the Cobra Tires Cup.  The first race for the Ontario Pro Sprints will take place the following week on Saturday, May 31 at 6:30 pm.  Season passes for the upcoming season are available at www.GrandBendSpeedway.ca.

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 5^th 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.

Grand Bend Speedway is set for a summer of action-packed fun with the release of its 2025 summer schedule (click to view). Along with the return of NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series racing, home track classes, and selected touring classes, the schedule also features a new series of events called the Cobra Tire Cup which will include four races on the 1/4-mile speedway fans know and love, but also a series finale on a one-mile hybrid oval super speedway next door to the track. The 30th season opener will take place on Sunday, May 25.

NASCAR Hot Rod

2025 marks the first time in the track’s history where there will be more full-size divisions of competition than smaller-scale vehicles as the track aims to position itself as a viable destination for drivers of a variety of types of race cars. The schedule now includes a Super Stock / Sportsman class as well as a Hot Rod divisions. Both will run as part of the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts weekly series program at the track along with the return of the Late Model division and 9HP Sprint class. The Invitational Bone Stocks and Mini Trucks will also be in competition as well as the return of the track’s signature driver development program for kids, the Junior Sprints. A rotating schedule that sees divisions swapped in and out for each other at each event allows fans to experience something different each week throughout the summer.

The Cobra Tire Cup Series is the highlight of the 2025 schedule with four races taking place on Sundays throughout the summer followed by a fifth season-finale event, the “Corn Cob Classic” on a one-mile hybrid oval track. That track is being configured out of the paved course that sits behind Grand Bend Speedway as part of the larger Grand Bend Motorplex. It is the first time Grand Bend Speedway has ever hosted a race for its drivers making use of those facilities.

For touring divisions, the Can Am Midgets (3/4-scale sprint cars) will make two appearances: July 12 and August 9. Fans will be also treated to three appearances of the Great Lakes Legends Series: twice on the 1/4-mile track and a final time using a road-course configuration adjacent to the Hybrid Oval being used for the Cobra Tires Cup Series.

For other special events, Sunday, June 22 will be the “GBS Since 1996 Alumni Reunion Day” featuring NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series competition as well as a special Alumni Kart Race. The Jared Doxtator Memorial event runs on Sunday, July 20 and the Brad Clarke Memorial race takes place on Sunday, September 7.

The track has also made investments in driver safety that will also help with the smooth flow of events. RaceMed Rescue, which has provided on-site response to Merrittville Speedway, Ohsweken Speedway, and Humberstone Speedway will be on site at all events in 2025.

While catching the action in-person is the best way to experience a race, the track will also be showcasing its competition with weekly live streaming to Facebook and YouTube as it aims to showcase the quality of competition at the track to a wide audience. CheckeredFlagMedia.com is once again returning to broadcast the events.

Season passes for the 2025 season are available now at GrandBendSpeedway.ca. Fans can also sign up for the track’s e-mail newsletter to have the latest track news and offers sent directly to their inbox.

2025 marks the beginning of a Prestigious New 5 Race Series at Grand Bend Speedway with the addition of the newly created Grand Bend Super Speedway finale. (May 25 – June 22 – July 20 – Sept 7 – Sept 21)

The Cobra Tire Cup Series is a five event Racing Series designed to showcase driving talent on 2 unique race tracks, the 1/4 mile tri-oval with the final race being held on the 1 mile hybrid oval track on the motorplex property.

Showcasing the new Premium Cobra Racing Tires, the Cobra Tire Cup drivers should be able to compete in all 5 races competitively on a single set of tires if they wish to, while still being just as competitive in each race as if they were on put on new!

The first Four series events will be held Sunday afternoons on Grand Bend Speedway‘s 1/4 mile tri-oval track; building up to The Corn Cob Classic weekend held at the Grand Bend Super Speedway, a one mile hybrid oval on the motorplex grounds next door to the 1/4 mile track.

Four Division will be eligible to compete for their Divisions Cobra Cup Series Championship. The Divisions will be NASCAR Late Model, NASCAR Superstock/Sportsman, NASCAR Hot Rod and Invitational Bone Stock. Our divisions are designed to accomodate as many race teams as possible.

Late Model will use either GBS Late Model rules or any other Ontario Pro Late Model home track rules while the other 3 Di

vision will race using any Ontario home track/Series rules package for their respective vehicles to make the transition to the Cobra Cup Series cost effective to the teams and on Non-competing race dates with any of the other Ontario Tracks.

All cars MUST utilize the cost effective and competive Cobra Tires to participate in the Series (except for Invitational Bone Stock).

For more information contact the speedway at [email protected] or 519-369-6969.

NEW for 2025!  Grand Bend Speedway is now offering SEASON PASSES for their Saturday Night NASCAR Racing Events. Passes can be purchased for either Pit or General Admission; with added discounts for age of pass users (Adult, Student/Senior/Youth,Infant). GBS values their racers and race fans who come out each week and make it possible to do what we all love — RACING. To show our appreciation we have created these Christmas Season Passes to fit anyone’s budget. Each pass is interchangeable and good for 16 individual “admissions”. They are not date specific or person specific enabling the pass holder to use the “admissions” as they please. ie. One a week or bring a group and use muliple “admissions” for one event. Prices are as follows:

GENERAL ADMISSION*

• ADULT (18-59): $160 (Value $320, savings of $160)
• YOUTH/SENIOR (13-17/60+): $128 (Value $240, savings of $112)
• CHILD (4-12): $48 (Value $80, savings of $32)

PIT ADMISSION*

• ADULT (18-59): $400 (Value $640, savings of $240)
• YOUTH/SENIOR (13-17/60+): $320 (Value $480, savings of $160)
• CHIlD (4-12): $160 (Value $320, savings of $160)
• INFANT (3 & under): $48 (Value $80, savings of $32)

* +hst

This Discounted Pricing is only available until Chrismas so get yours today!

(click link to)  PURCHASE NOW

GBS Race Teams,

Thank-you for another amazing year of racing! 2024 brought with it many changes to the Speedway.

• Sanctioned NASCAR Home Track for the Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series

• MyRacePass International Scoring Platform

• Many upgrades and renovations around the facility (with more to come).

• TSSA permitted concession go-karting

• Live Streaming of our Saturday Shows

• Cobra Tire – game changing tire that enabled our Late Model teams to run on one set of tires for the WHOLE season.

2025 Racing Registration/Membership: (available starting Sunday Sept 29th)

Registration Form Available Here

Why is it important to Register and purchase a Membership?

• Shows commitment to the track (promoters need to know racer numbers in order to properly plan the season).

• Shows commitment to other racers (all racers want to know that others are also racing).

• Show commitment to Division Sponsors (difficult to Sell a Division Title Sponsorship with no registered drivers).

• OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU: when you show your commitment now, we will pay that back during the racing season with a SPEEDWAY BUCKS gift card to help out with your race day expenses.

• In addition, DYK – Speedway Bucks cards can be refilled with a 10% discount?

Grand Bend Speedway Membership Benefits:

• Unlimited discounted Practice Pricing of $40/session (Regular Price – $100/session)

• Collect championship points.

• Payment and Gift-Back Options:

1. Pay in full by October 1, 2024 – Receive $150 Speedway Bucks Card*

2. $50 down and pay in full by Feb 1, 2025 – Receive $100 Speedway Bucks Card*

3. $50 down and pay in full by May 1, 2025 – Receive $25 Speedway Bucks card*

*Speedway Bucks Card available for pick-up after May 1, 2025

2025 at Grand Bend Speedway

We are committed to building the Racing Program here at Grand Bend Speedway to become the best in the country. Our goals for 2025 include:

• 2025 Racing Season to run from May 24th till September 13th. With 15 scheduled Saturday night events plus the Labour Day Double Header (16 events total).

• Mini Truck and Bone Stock to run bi-weekly

• Jr Sprint and New for 2025 Rookie Sprint

• Continue to build and upgrade the facility

• Create NEW Racers through our Pro Kart Adult Racing League (an affordable introductory class for racing)

• Create NEW racing Fans through our daily Go-Kart concession racing experience and offering incentives to come back and watch the Saturday night show.

• Continuing to give back to the Race Teams and make racing more affordable

o New GBS Membership Give-Backs for 2025

o NASCAR Licence holders will continue to receive $10 discount on Pit Admission and 15% at the concessions.

o Cobra Tire options will be available for most classes in 2025

Thank-you all for making 2024 a great year at Grand Bend Speedway. Looking forward to seeing you all one last time, Sunday September 29th.

Tabitha, Gord and Family