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Memorial Day weekend is often called the greatest weekend in motorsports. Local tracks around the country at full song, and Sunday’s “big league” trifecta of F1’s Monaco Grand Prix, Indy Car’s Indianapolis 500, and NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 all make up a motorsport fans favorite weekend of the year. But, more importantly, it is a time for all to pause and salute those made the ultimate sacrifice while serving our nation to protect the freedom’s we all enjoy today. After doing that very thing...more

Photo Credit - Jeff Milam / Race Rush 66 It was another red-hot summer night in Park City at 81 Speedway, with 75 cars signing in to battle it out for Saturday night glory. In Alternative Pest Management USRA Modified action, point leader Cole Traugott wired the field collecting his second win in a row. At the drop of the green Traugott immediately jumped out to a five-car length lead while Kevin Kemp and Kenny Sweet battled hard for the runner up spot. Just behind them Tad Davis and USMTS...more

So here is the word from GM and Promoter John Allen... as long as we do not get any more rain here at the Speedway we ARE RACING tonight!!! IMPORTANT NOTE: There will be ABSOULTELY NO CARS OR TRAILERS allowed in the pit area before 3 pm!!!! We are working diligently to dry the pit areas as much as possible. If you arrive at the Speedway before 3 pm we will ask you to wait in the parking lot until we open the pits for parking. Thank you for your help in the manner and we will see you at the...more

With overnight rain storms romping through the plains, 81 Speedway track officials were hard at work early this morning attempting to dry the facility enough for racing activity this evening. As of noon a final decision was made as to the progress of the facility, and WE ARE RACING TONIGHT!!! Tonight's events: Wichita's Littlest Heroes Night Pits Open 3:00 Grandstands Open 5:00 Drivers Must Check in by 5:30 Hot Laps 6:00 Racing 7:00 Tickets: General Admission Adult $12.00 Senior 65+ &...more

Racing Action for tonight (Saturday, September 4th) has been rained out. Be sure to join us this Wednesday night September 8th for the "Keeper of the Plains USMTS Shootout" featuring the USMTS Modifieds and The Chunky Poodle USRA B-Mods! For complete schedule and race day information visit https://www.81speedway.com/schedule/

Due to already damp grounds from precipitation earlier in the week, rain currently falling here at the Speedway, as well as more precipitation expected throughout the day today... Officials with 81 Speedway have been forced to cancel tonight's (Saturday, October 2nd) racing program. As this race was already a make up race rescheduled from earlier in the season, and the remainder of the month of October already set in place, tonight's program will not be made up. As such we would like to...more

Four champions were crowned bringing the weekly racing season to an end on Saturday night at 81 Speedway. But no champion would grace victory lane during A-feature action throughout the night. By virtue of signing in to start the night, Alternative Pest Management USRA Modified driver Tad Davis, BSB Mfg. USRA B-Mod driver Gabe Hodges, and Primal Jerky Mini Stock driver Jayce Reimer all capped off championship efforts in 2022. Wyatt Gaggero and Dakota Dale came into the final night both...more

Are you a winged sprint car fan?... We got you. Oh… you prefer late models? Ok, we have those too. Don’t worry modified fans, you know we love you. But you want to see the 4-cylinder midgets? Let’s do it! Stock cars? Check! National tours? Check! Weekly racing? Of course!!! With the release of the 2023 81 Speedway schedule, you’d be hard pressed to find a dirt race fan who can’t find something they like coming to the 3/8-mile Park City, KS oval. Diversity was key in driving this...more

Well the night got started with a make up A Feature with our Alternative Pest Management USRA Modifieds that had been postponed from our action on July 8th. Well in the make up feature we saw a bad wreck take out some of our competitors. We saw the driver of the 127 of Paden Phillips pick up his first win at 81 speedway in the 2023 season. The G3 of Brendon Gemmill took 2nd but right when they where finishing it looked like something let loose in his motor. Third went to the 65 of Tyler Davis...more

Well we knew it was going to be a good night cause first we started out by honoring a great sponsor out at the 81 Speedway and that is Hornet Cutting Systems. The show was headlined by the Heyglassman.com Stock Cars as they where racing for $3,000 to win and $150 to start the race. We had some great sponsors step and make this night awesome for all of our racers as we had almost $5,500 dollars in contingency money and prizes for the drivers. We had 48 cars check in for the extravaganza so had...more