Crandon World Championship Dates Set

CRANDON, Wis. — Crandon International Raceway has released the schedule for the 53rd Polaris Crandon World Championship Off-Road Races.

Offering four days of on-track action, an anticipated 400 race teams, and two nights of racing under the lights, spectators can look forward to 71 total on-track appearances by the AMSOIL Champ Off-Road, Ultra 4 Series and Class 11 racers including 27 rounds of practice and qualifying. 

Scheduled for September 1-4, the record-breaking Polaris Crandon World Championships schedule offers a highly diverse variety of trucks, open-wheel buggies, UTVs and even stock Volkswagen sedans competing in a total of 44 races beginning on Friday, September 2.

The busiest day of the weekend will be Saturday, September 3 with 20 races on tap, including the Ultra4 Rage on the Rocks races held under the lights that evening. 

The secret to success in drawing a weekend crowd anticipated to reach 65,000 is not just quantity, but also attracted the highest quality the sport has to offer. Crandon is the largest, oldest and most prestigious short-course off-road race in the world, and gathers the best drivers in Pro and Sportsman Champ Off-Road series racers going all-out to win both season championships and Crandon World Champion title and rings for all classes.  

“We are not only surviving as a racing facility after more than 50 years, but our events are thriving, ” shared Crandon President Cliff Flannery. “Part of that success is bringing together the world’s best off-road racers and giving fans the experience to watch the best of the best at one huge weekend. There is a reason that drivers want to come here to earn Crandon World Champion rings. Where else can in this country can you see so many Pro and Sportsman racers all at the same place competing day and night?”

For the second time in Crandon history, all rock racing classes made famous at the annual King of the Hammers event in California will be competing for the Crandon Ultra4 World Championship. 

Every Ultra4 category will compete twice over the three day world championship schedule, including the blockbuster of night racing Saturday evening known as Crandon’s “Rage on the Rocks.”

Joining the Champ Off-Road series will be a return of race-prepared vintage Volkswagen Beetles making up Continental Tire Crandon Class 11 World Championship presented by Gravel Kings. The popular sedans have been a staple of desert and Baja racing from the sport’s earliest days. Race organizers expect almost 20 of the Bugs to arrive from around the United States and Mexico to compete in two rounds of competition on Friday night and on Sunday. 

Finally, the “Super Bowl of Short-Course” will spotlight the sport’s fastest machines and Pro category drivers in the 7th annual Red Bull Crandon World Cup. Off-road racing’s biggest names will end their season in a day of non-points, big money races to take home coveted Crandon World Championship titles and the biggest prize of all — the annual Red Bull Cup finale for Pro 2 versus Pro 4 contestants.   

“Our goal is simple, and always remains the same. We want to create the very best off-road race on earth for our enthusiastic fans, race teams and our growing list of corporate partners,” added Crandon Promoter Marty Fiolka. “Only the complete cooperation of the AMSOIL Champ Off-Road series, the Ultra4 series, and a big group of Class 11 teams makes it possible to watch 44 amazing races over three fun-filled days. When you factor in the invaluable group of hard working volunteers, it’s amazing what can be accomplished when all sides are working together to build a special motorsports tradition like Crandon.”