CRANDON, Wis. — After enjoying the biggest year in its history as defined by record crowds and racers, along with the cooperation of a growing family of corporate partners, Crandon Int’l Raceway officials released official event and reservation dates for the upcoming season.
Honored with the 2022 SPEED SPORT Facility of the Year award during the Race Track Business Conference in December, Crandon Int’l Raceway has now firmly established its reputation for hosting the largest short-course off-road events in the world. Crandon’s management group plans to elevate the fan experience even higher this year.
The race track today also released event on-sale dates for Camp Crandon campsite and Grandstand seat reservations. All reservations for 2023 can be made online by visiting www.crandonoffroad.com.
Pre-event reservations will open March 6 for the 2023 Forest County Potawatomi Brush Run. Fans with Brush Run reservations will be allowed to reserve Camp Crandon sites and grandstands seats for the Labor Day weekend Polaris Crandon World Championships/Red Bull Cup on Monday, March27. On Monday, April 3, reservations for the World Championship weekend will be open to all.
As is Crandon tradition, the schedule will kick-off with the 30th anniversary Forest County Potawatomi Brush Run races, taking place June 23-25. The popular weekend will feature practice and qualifying sessions, as well as two full rounds of racing for all Pro and Sportsman categories that make up the AMSOIL Champ Off-Road series. Race fans can expect large and highly competitive fields of truck, buggy and UTV classes, including the spectacular Pro 4, Pro 2 and Pro Lite trucks.
The weekend concludes on Sunday afternoon with the prestigious Crandon Forest County Potawatomi Community Cup race, an all-out competition that pits Pro 2 and Pro 4 racers on the track at the same time with a time staggered start.
Thanks to an expansion of its long partnership with the Forest County Potawatomi community, the family-friendly Forest County Potawatomi Forest County Festival returns July 1-2. A truly unique Midwest celebration of America’s birthday, the Forest County Festival is open to all members of the general public and features a massive fireworks show, free carnival rides, great food, music and weekend accommodations in Camp Crandon.
In the world of motorsports, Labor Day weekend is synonymous with the annual Polaris Crandon World Championships. This year’s 54th running of the sport’s biggest and best off-road race returns for a four-day schedule of on-track competition, concerts, camping and more from Aug. 31-Sept. 3. Comprised of 2,300 sites, the massive Camp Crandon is expected to be sold-out early again this year, with gates opening to racers and the public on Aug. 30.
A record event crowd of just under 60,000 people enjoyed more than 400 teams from across America competing in record 44 races spread over three days and nights.
The massive race weekend is the largest, oldest and most prestigious short-course off-road race in the world, and includes a complete schedule of Pro and Sportman AMSOIL Champ Off-Road series racers going all-out to win both season championships and Crandon World Champion title and rings for all classes.
For the third time in Crandon history, all classes of the Ultra4 USA series made famous at the King of the Hammers event will return to the Big House. Every Ultra4 USA category will compete twice over the three-day World Championship schedule, including a block of night racing under the lights in the Crandon Off-Road Park on Sept. 2.
Capping off the weekend on Sunday, Sept. 3 will be the eighth annual Red Bull Crandon World Cup for Pro category racers, with the sport’s best Pro drivers earning coveted Crandon World Championship titles and the biggest prize of all — the annual Red Bull Cup Challenge finale.
“Being named the 2022 race facility of the year was a tribute to every one of our fans, racers, volunteer staff and corporate partners,” explained Crandon President Cliff Flannery. “Like our champion drivers, we are motivated to be the very best and to set records. We don’t rest on past. but move toward a bigger and better future. It’s going to be another record year at The Big House.”