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Merced Speedway Saturday Night Home of IMCA Modified Racing in The Valley!
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Merced Speedway is the fastest, smoothest dirt track in the Central Valley of California. With large, covered grandstands, fans are kept cool in the summer heat with an obstruction free view of the entire speedway.

11/03/2026

Also payouts from dirt nationals will go out tomorrow I have been dealing with some personal stuff and haven’t printed them yet. I will get those out tomorrow.
Thank you guys
Doug

11/03/2026

Attention Sportmods Hobby stocks and mini stock drivers!!!

Any class with 10 cars Friday night $500 to win

Any car that has a reserved pit spot for your spot to be saved you must message or text me that you are coming or it will not be saved!

11/02/2026

🏁🔥 IT’S RACE WEEK AT MERCED SPEEDWAY! 🔥🏁

The dirt is about to fly once again as we get ready for another action-packed night of racing THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH! 🏎️💨

The Sprint Car Challenge Tour rolls into Merced Speedway for a night of high-speed, wheel-to-wheel excitement!

This event is a MAKEUP RACE from our original rainout earlier this season, and we’re ready to finally get this show in!

🏆 FRIDAY NIGHT’S LINEUP:
🏁 SCCT Sprint Cars
🏁 Hobby Stocks
🏁 SportMods
🏁 Mini Stocks

⏰ GATE TIMES:
🔹 Pits Open – 4:00 PM
🔹 Grandstands Open – 5:00 PM
🔹 Racing Starts – 7:00 PM

🎟️ TICKET PRICES:
💵 Adults (16 & Up) – $25
💵 Juniors (11–15) – $10
🎉 Kids (10 & Under) – FREE!

🚨🚨 IMPORTANT REMINDER – RAINOUT PASSES! 🚨🚨

THIS FRIDAY IS YOUR FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO USE YOUR PASSES FROM THE ORIGINAL RAINOUT DATE!

✅ Pit passes from the original rainout date will be honored.

✅ Grandstand passes that were handed out will also be honored.

⚠️ After Friday, November 6th, these passes will no longer be valid!

If you’ve been holding onto your passes, now is the time to use them! We want to make sure everyone gets the opportunity to enjoy a great night of racing!

🔥 The Sprint Car Challenge Tour is bringing the horsepower, and our local divisions are ready to put on a show!

Bring your family, bring your friends, and come enjoy an exciting Friday night under the lights at Merced Speedway!

🏁 FOUR DIVISIONS! ONE BIG NIGHT OF RACING!

📍 Merced Speedway – Merced, California
📅 Friday, November 6, 2026

🏁 WE’LL SEE YOU AT THE TRACK! 🏁

10/30/2026

🏁🔥 ONE WEEK FROM TODAY — SPRINT CAR RACING RETURNS TO MERCED SPEEDWAY! 🔥🏁

🚨 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH! 🚨

The Sprint Car Challenge Tour (SCCT) is coming to Merced Speedway for a HUGE Friday night of racing!

🏎️💨 THE PERFECT TUNE-UP FOR THE CHASE JOHNSON CLASSIC!

With the Chase Johnson Classic just two weeks later on November 20–21, this is the perfect opportunity for sprint car drivers to get valuable laps around Merced Speedway before one of the biggest weekends of the season!

After Mother Nature washed out our originally scheduled SCCT event earlier this year, we’re excited to finally bring these incredible machines back to Merced!

🏁 FOUR CLASSES OF RACING!
🏆 SCCT Sprint Cars
🏆 Hobby Stocks
🏆 SportMods
🏆 Mini Stocks

⏰ EVENT SCHEDULE
🔹 Pits Open: 4:00 PM
🔹 Grandstands Open: 5:00 PM
🔹 Racing Starts: 7:00 PM

🎟️ ADMISSION
💵 Adults (16 & Up): $25
💵 Juniors (11–15): $10
🎉 Kids 10 & Under: FREE!

🔥 TWO BIG SPRINT CAR WEEKENDS IN NOVEMBER!

🏁 NOVEMBER 6: SCCT Sprint Cars — Chase Johnson Classic Tune-Up!

🏁 NOVEMBER 20: Chase Johnson Classic Night 1 — USAC National Midgets & USCS Sprint Cars!

🏁 NOVEMBER 21: Chase Johnson Classic Night 2 — USAC National Midgets & 360 Wing Sprint Cars!

💥 The November 6th event gives drivers a chance to dial in their setups, learn the track, and prepare for the Chase Johnson Classic!

📣 RACE FANS, LET’S PACK THE GRANDSTANDS!

The season may be winding down, but the racing action at Merced Speedway is HEATING UP!

🏁 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH — DON’T MISS IT!

10/27/2026

Final Pettit shootout points

10/27/2026

🏁🔥 UNFINISHED BUSINESS AT MERCED SPEEDWAY! 🔥🏁

🌧️ MOTHER NATURE WON THE FIRST ROUND… BUT WE’RE BACK FOR ROUND TWO! 🏁

The race fans have been waiting, and now it’s time to settle some unfinished business!

🚨 FRIDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 6TH! 🚨

The Sprint Car Challenge Tour (SCCT) makes its highly anticipated return to Merced Speedway for a special RAINOUT MAKEUP EVENT!

Originally scheduled for the beginning of the 2026 racing season, Mother Nature had other plans. But now the wait is OVER, and we’re ready to bring some incredible sprint car racing action to the Merced clay!

🏎️ FOUR DIVISIONS OF RACING!

🔥 Sprint Car Challenge Tour (SCCT)
🏁 Hobby Stocks
🏁 SportMods
🏁 Mini Stocks

📅 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2026

⏰ EVENT TIMES:
🔹 Pits Open — 4:00 PM
🔹 Grandstands Open — 5:00 PM
🔹 Racing Starts — 7:00 PM

🎟️ ADMISSION:
💥 Adults (16 & Up) — $25
💥 Juniors (11–15) — $10
💥 Kids 10 & Under — FREE!

🏁 ONE NIGHT! FOUR DIVISIONS! PLENTY OF DIRT-FLYING ACTION!

We’ve waited all season to get this one in, and now it’s finally time to turn these cars loose at Merced Speedway!

Let’s pack the grandstands and give the Sprint Car Challenge Tour a huge welcome back to Merced!

10/27/2026

🏁🔥 TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW! TWO HUGE EVENTS COMING TO MERCED SPEEDWAY! 🔥🏁

November is going to be ACTION-PACKED at Merced Speedway, and NOW is the time to grab your tickets and SAVE MONEY! 🎟️💰

🚨 BUY EARLY AND SAVE! TICKET PRICES INCREASE AT THE GATE! 🚨

🚛💥 MALICIOUS MONSTER TRUCK TOUR 💥🚛

📅 NOVEMBER 14 & 15, 2026

Get ready for TWO DAYS of MONSTER TRUCK MADNESS! Bring the entire family out for an unforgettable weekend of massive trucks, roaring engines, and high-flying excitement!

🎟️ ADVANCE TICKET PRICES:
✅ Ages 11 & Up — $20
✅ Ages 3–10 — $10
✅ Ages 2 & Under — FREE!

🚨 AT THE GATE:
❌ Ages 11 & Up — $25
❌ Ages 3–10 — $12

💰 SAVE UP TO $5 PER TICKET BY PURCHASING EARLY!

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🏁🔥 CHASE JOHNSON 24 CLASSIC 🔥🏁

📅 NOVEMBER 20 & 21, 2026

Two incredible nights of open-wheel racing action as the USAC NATIONAL MIDGETS invade Merced Speedway for the Chase Johnson 24 Classic!

🏎️ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20
🔥 USAC National Midgets
🔥 USCS Sprint Cars

🏎️ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21
🔥 USAC National Midgets
🔥 360 Wing Sprint Cars

🎟️ ADVANCE TICKET PRICES:
✅ Ages 16 & Up — $30
✅ Ages 6–15 — $15
✅ Ages 5 & Under — FREE!

🚨 AT THE GATE:
❌ Ages 16 & Up — $35
❌ Ages 6–15 — $20

💰 SAVE $5 PER PAID TICKET BY BUYING IN ADVANCE!

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🎟️🎟️ GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY! 🎟️🎟️

Both events are ON SALE NOW at:

🌐 MERCEDSPEEDWAY.NET

Don’t wait until race day and pay more at the gate!

Whether you’re coming to watch MONSTER TRUCKS tear up the dirt or the BEST MIDGET AND SPRINT CAR DRIVERS battle it out, Merced Speedway is THE PLACE TO BE this November!

🏁 TWO HUGE WEEKENDS!
🔥 FOUR NIGHTS OF ENTERTAINMENT!
💰 BUY EARLY AND SAVE!

10/24/2026

GATES OPEN AT 4 pm
Drivers meeting 4 pm
Qualifying 445 pm

Trick or Treat 515-545 pm
Racing 6 pm

10/24/2026

🏁🔥 THE PETTIT HARD LUCK RACE — WHO’S IN?! 🔥🏁

It’s the FINAL NIGHT of the Dirt Nationals Presented by the Pettit Shootout at Merced Speedway, and while the championship contenders battle for the overall titles, we’ve got something special for the drivers who have supported this four-race challenge!

🏆 THE PETTIT HARD LUCK RACE! 🏆

The bottom six eligible drivers in the point standings from each division will get their chance to battle it out for bragging rights and a little redemption!

🔥 HERE’S WHO’S CURRENTLY IN! 🔥

🟡 MODIFIEDS
🏁 Robert Marsh – 96 pts
🏁 Fred Lind – 88 pts
🏁 Cody Burke – 87 pts
🏁 Mickey Hill – 82 pts
🏁 Paul Stone – 80 pts
🏁 Gordon Joel – 37 pts

🔵 SPORTMODS
🏁 Bo Crebs – 92 pts
🏁 Nicholas Johnson – 87 pts
🏁 Kaden Perez – 65 pts
🏁 Kenzie Brown – 62 pts
🏁 Igor Gandzuk – 59 pts
🏁 Tony Peffer – 37 pts

🩷 HOBBY STOCKS
🏁 Casey Johnson – 94 pts
🏁 Joe Gallaher – 87 pts
🏁 Nicholas Johnson – 86 pts
🏁 John Tevis – 81 pts
🏁 DJ Keldsen – 76 pts
🏁 Chad Ragsdale – 66 pts

💥 THESE DRIVERS AREN’T DONE YET! 💥

Sometimes racing doesn’t go your way. Mechanical failures, bad luck, and tough nights are all part of dirt track racing.

But tonight, these drivers get another opportunity to turn that luck around!

🏁 THE QUICK CHANGE PETTIT SHOOTOUT HARD LUCK RACES!

Three divisions, plenty of hungry drivers, and one last chance to put on a show!

🎃 PLUS IT’S TRICK OR TREAT NIGHT!
🍬 Trick or Treat on Track: 5:15–5:45 PM
🏁 Racing Starts: 6 PM
🎟️ Kids 15 & Under FREE!

🔥 WHO’S GOING FROM HARD LUCK TO VICTORY LANE

10/24/2026

🏁🔥 IT’S RACEDAY AT MERCED SPEEDWAY!! 🔥🏁

🎃🍬 TONIGHT IS FOR THE KIDS AND THE RACE FANS!! 🍬🎃

🏆 DIRT NATIONALS – NIGHT 2 FINALE!
Presented by The Pettit Shootout!

The engines are ready to ROAR, the dirt is ready to FLY, and we’ve got an AWESOME night of racing and Halloween fun planned for the whole family!!

👻🎃 TRICK OR TREAT ON THE TRACK! 🎃👻

Bring those little ghosts, goblins, superheroes, and princesses out to meet the drivers, check out the race cars, and load up on CANDY right on the racetrack!

🎟️ ALL KIDS 15 & UNDER GET IN FREE!! 🎟️

🏁 TONIGHT’S ACTION:
🔥 Modifieds
🔥 SportMods
🔥 Stock Cars
🔥 Hobby Stocks
🔥 Mini Stocks

💥 PLUS the Quick Change Pettit Shootout HARD LUCK RACES!

⏰ TONIGHT’S TIMES
🏁 Gates Open: 4 PM
🎃 Trick or Treat: 5:15–5:45 PM
🏎️ Racing: 6 PM

🏆 Championships are on the line, bragging rights are up for grabs, and we’re sending the Dirt Nationals out with a BANG!

💥 FAST CARS!
🍬 FREE CANDY!
🎃 HALLOWEEN FUN!
🎟️ FREE ADMISSION FOR KIDS 15 & UNDER!

📍 MERCED SPEEDWAY
📅 TONIGHT – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24!

🏁 PACK THE GRANDSTANDS AND LET’S MAKE THIS A NIGHT TO REMEMBER!!

Address

900 Martin Luther King Jr Way
Merced, CA
95341

Opening Hours

5pm - 10pm

Website

http://www.mercedspeedway.net/

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