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Grandview Speedway Zooms Into 64th Year on April 4

Grandview Speedway Zooms Into 64th Year on April 4

BECHTELSVILLE PA – After completing what it calls “a highly competitive and exciting racing season in 2025,” Grandview Speedway is ready to get back into action. It plans to offer a packed schedule of Saturday night racing programs, once again under the direction of its founders, the Rogers Family.

The 2026 season at the third-of-a-mile, high-banked clay oval marks the 64th consecutive year of professional stock car racing at Grandview Speedway. Its Saturdays will feature 358 Modifieds and the 602 Crate Sportsman, running in two-division programs. As they have since 1992, both will be part of the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series.

Grandview Speedway competitors have been sanctioned under the NASCAR umbrella for more than three decades. As members, they enjoy the benefit of racing for NASCAR point fund money. That cash is available for the national, regional, state, and track championships. Drivers also benefit from NASCAR-provided insurance coverage.

Top photo by Bas van den Eijkhof on Unsplash, used under license.

On-Track Action Starts March 21

The first on-track action for the new season begins March 21 (Saturday) at noon. It introduces the first of seven scheduled Outlaw Racing Series Enduro and Outlaw Racing Series Vintage Car double-headers. They will be joined at noon by the Keystone Sport Compact Series. In case it rains, the event will be moved to March 22 (Sunday).

March 28, the following Saturday, is scheduled at noon for Grandview’s annual free-to-the-public open practice session. All divisions start at noon. Grandstand admission is free to all spectators, while drivers test their equipment for the brand new season.

Then the season officially gets under way April 4 (Saturday) at 6 p.m. Those attending will witness the ninth annual VP Racing Fuels Bruce Rogers Memorial Money Maker, a 50-lap race for Big Block/Small Block Modifieds. The Sportsman will also join the program. If rain arrives, the fallback date is April 11.

Yearly fan-favorite events are once again a big part of the schedule. Spectators can enjoy the 56th annual running of the:

  • Firecracker 40-lap Championship for the Sportsman, July 11;
  • Forrest Rogers Memorial 50-lap Championship for the Modifieds, Aug. 8; and
  • The season-ending Freedom 76-lap Modified Championship, Sept. 19.

Additionally Scheduled

Two events that joined the schedule last season, and reportedly proved very popular, return this year. The Modifieds will run a Twin 25-lap feature program May 9; the Sportsman run a Twin 20-lap feature show Aug. 22. Sprint car racing also will be part of one Saturday night event. The wingless USAC East Coast Sprints join the Modifieds and Sportsman on July 25.

Outlaw Racing Series Vintage Cars will join the show on selected Saturdays: May 23, June 27, July 18, Aug. 15, and Sept. 12. Four Cylinder Stock Cars return to Grandview under the Keystone Sport Compact Series, with May 2 and Aug. 29 (Saturdays) appearances The series also joins Outlaw Enduro/Vintage shows on March 21, April 17, May 8, and Sept. 26.

The 37th season Thunder on the Hill Racing Series is back with three events in 2026.

  • It begins with the High Limit 410 Sprint Car Series on May 19 (Tuesday) or a May 20 (Wednesday) rain date.
  • Thunder on the Hill continues June 16 with the Jesse Hockett Classic Eastern Storm, featuring the USAC National Sprint Tour non-wing Sprints.
  • It is followed June 30 by the Pennsylvania 410 Sprint Car Speed Week series.

Remaining dates for the Outlaw Racing Series Enduro and Outlaw Racing Series Vintage drivers are April 17, May 8, June 12, July 17, Aug. 21, and Sept. 26. The Keystone Sport Compact Series and the Xcel 600 Modifieds will be rotated on Enduro/Vintage dates throughout the season.

Operating Since the Sixties

Grandview Speedway has been presenting wheel-to-wheel NASCAR stock car racing, as well as special events, since the 1960s. The track is located at 43 Passmore Rd., just off Route 100 in Bechtelsville. For more information, call 610-754-7688, or send an e-mail to grandviewspeedway1963@gmail.com.

Grandview Speedway Zooms Into 64th Year on April 4

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