08/06/2026
20th Annual John Seitz Memorial Late Model Invitational Event Details
$9,292 to win, $9,200 for second and $9,200 for third during 20th annual event
For Immediate Release
FYE Motorsports Promotions
Grand Forks, North Dakota (August 6th, 2026)
It's almost time to Go Hard or Go Home for the 20th year in a row...
The 20th running of the John Seitz Memorial Late Model Invitational at the tight quarter mile River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, North Dakota is set and ready to be run on September 10th, 11th and 12th, 2026.
The event, already entering its twentieth season, will kick off again this year with the crowning of the NLRA Late Model Series Champion on Thursday, an event that began in 2011. For the sixteenth year in a row on Thursday, September 10th, the event will kick off with a racing program dubbed the ‘Prelude to the Johnny’. Late Models will compete in a $2,092 to win program which will begin and 7pm along with full racing programs for the WISSOTA Modifieds, Midwest Modifieds and WISSOTA Street Stocks. This event will serve as the 2026 NLRA Championship and will be the final point night for the ’26 NLRA season, which will allow the tour champion to be crowned at River Cities just like the last fifteen seasons.
Night number two of the memorial weekend will then begin again on Friday, September 11th with action for the WISSOTA Late Models, WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, WISSOTA Street Stocks and WISSOTA Modifieds. Friday’s program will feature heat races and the $920 to win Go Hard or Go Home pole dash for the Late Models, plus a complete program (heat races, semi-features and features) for the WISSOTA Modifieds, during the Big Al Delaine Memorial, and heat races for the Midwest Modifieds and Street Stocks, just like the last seven years.
Saturday, September 12th’s program will feature b-features, a last chance race and the 92-lap $9,292 to win feature event for the Late Models plus another complete program for the Modifieds along with the b-mains and features for the Midwest Modifieds and Street Stocks.
More than 50 of the Midwest’s best Late Model competitors from upwards of 5 states and hopefully several Canadian provinces, including several previous champions are all expected to be in attendance to compete for this giant purse and the prestige of winning the John Seitz Memorial! In addition, a host of local competitors should be in attendance and will be looking to ‘defend their home turf’ from the travelers to try to keep the $9,292 in the Grand Forks area once the memorial weekend’s event is completed.
Modified drivers will race for $1,292 to win on Thursday night, for $3,092 on Friday night and another $1,292 to win prize on Saturday night, while Street Stock and Midwest Modified competitors will race for an increased $992 to win on Thursday night thanks to McNaught Cadillac and then each division will run for $1,292 to win purses during their Friday/Saturday program.
Thursday and Friday’s action will start at 6:30pm with Saturday’s show beginning at 6pm. This event has been ultra-successful over the first seventeen seasons and fans will want to make sure to be in Grand Forks for the fourteenth running of the event on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, September 10th, 11th & 12th.
If you aren’t able to be in attendance, the event will be live streamed on pay per view at www.WatchFYE.tv all three nights.
Tons of contingency awards will be provided in all divisions throughout the course of the weekend by some great sponsors. For ticket prices and more information please log onto www.rivercitiesspeedway.com or www.fyemotorsports.com for more event information or call Chris at (715) 497-8916.
We hope to see everyone at The Bullring in Grand Forks, ND on September 10th, 11th and 12th.
