MERRILL, Mich. — Officials with the Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP (GLSS) have released the 2026 season schedule.
The calendar features 33 confirmed shows from April through Labor Day weekend, with special events sanctioned by GLSS after the Championship weekend.
In addition to the standard, $2,500 to win and $400 to start, multiple $5,000 to win shows are on the horizon.
The 11th season of GLSS competition begins as it has the past three seasons, with a co-sanctioned event with USCS at I-75 Raceway in Sweetwater, Tenn., on April 10-11.
The regional schedule unfolds the following weekend with a return to Indiana’s Montpelier Motor Speedway. GLSS has been absent from Montpelier since the 2018 season, when eventual series champion Dustin Daggett went to victory lane, echoing the race and championship win from Jared Horstman the year prior. The Montpelier show on Saturday, April 18 will also serve as the opening weekend for the GLSS South Division season.
The GLSS North Division begins the following weekend with a doubleheader in Michigan. I-96 Speedway opens up the Michigan season on Friday, April 24th, alongside DIRTcar UMP Late Models and IMCA Modifieds. Then, Crystal Motor Speedway welcomes GLSS for the first time on Saturday, April 25th. A return to the GLSS South region is Friday, May 1st, to help open the season at Limaland Motorsports Park. An event To Be Announced is anticipated on Saturday, May 2nd.
On Friday, May 8, GLSS unloads for the first of two visits to West Michigan’s Hartford Speedway. An event originally announced for May 9 at Shadyhill Speedway has been rescheduled for Saturday, May 16th, following a $5,000 to win stop at Limaland Motorsports Park on Friday, May 15 as part of the Run for the Rabbit. GLSS will bring Sprint Cars back to Shadyhill Speedway for the first time in several seasons, one night after Limaland hosts the first increased purse event of the season.
Ohio and Michigan are splitting custody of Memorial Day Weekend. The holiday weekend starts on Friday, May 22 at Limaland Motorsports Park for the Annual Memorial Cup. Then, GLSS joins the holiday traffic going north, stopping along the way at Crystal Motor Speedway. Friday, May 29 GLSS returns to I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Michigan for a Friday night showdown ahead of High Limit Racing’s return to Michigan on Saturday night.
Limaland Motorsports Park is back on the schedule for Friday, June 5, ahead of a highly anticipated show at Lawrenceburg Speedway on Saturday, June 6. Many fans and drivers are looking forward to a return to Lawrenceburg after last year’s race was rained out. June continues with a trip to Tri City Motor Speedway in Auburn, Michigan on Friday, June 12, ahead of the first trip to Butler Motor Speedway on Saturday, June 13.
The international weekend for GLSS is Friday and Saturday, June 26-27. GLSS will head to Ohsweken Speedway in Ontario, on Friday before hitting Buxton Speedway on Saturday. GLSS will celebrate America’s Independence on Friday, July 3 at Limaland Motorsports Park.
Another new stop on the GLSS calendar is scheduled for Friday, July 10, when Circle City Raceway in Metro Indianapolis, IN welcomes Winged 360 Sprint cars for the first time. Then on Saturday, July 11, Waynesfield Raceway Park brings in GLSS for a can’t miss show. July 17, Limaland Motorsports Park is scheduled to host GLSS before another $5,000 to win weekend on Friday, July 24 at I-96 Speedway. Crystal Motor Speedway welcomes GLSS back on Saturday, July 25.
Eldora Speedway kicks off the month of August on Saturday, August 1 for Family Fireworks Night. It’s back to I-96 Speedway on Friday, August 7 before a trip to Michigan’s Thumb Region and Silver Bullet Speedway on Saturday, August 8. Hartford Speedway and Butler Motor Speedway share the weekend of August 14-15. Joining the list of new tracks on the 2026 schedule is Mansfield Speedway on Friday, August 28. Resurrected for racing for the first time in nearly a decade, GLSS will bring 360 Sprint Cars back to Mansfield before the GLSS South Region Championship on Saturday, August 29 at Millstream Speedway.
The GLSS North Division and overall Tour Championship conclude Labor Day Weekend with a return to Winston Speedway in Rothbury, Michigan, on Friday, September 4. Winston, like Mansfield, is opening the gates again after being closed for a few seasons. Saturday’s show, which will stay in Michigan, is still being finalized, while the 2026 Champions will be crowned at Crystal Motor Speedway on Sunday, September 6.
New in 2026, the GLSS Tour Champion has a guaranteed starting spot in the Northern 360 Nationals at Ohsweken Speedway. Aside from the potential $10K Championship prize money, the 2026 GLSS Tour Champion knows they have a payout of $2,000 (Canadian) waiting for them during Northern 360 Nationals weekend, September 18-19.
Finally, GLSS wraps up the season with a non-points event on Friday, September 25 at Eldora Speedway as part of the 4-Crown Nationals.
Great Lakes Super Sprints Schedule
April 10-11 I-75 Raceway Sweetwater, Tenn.
April 18 Montpelier Motor Speedway Montpelier, Ind.
April 24 I-96 Speedway Lake Odessa, Mich.
April 25 Crystal Motor Speedway Crystal. Mich.
May 1 Limaland Motorsports Park Lima, Ohio
May 2 TBA
May 8 Hartford Speedway Hartford, Mich.
May 15 Limaland Motorsports Park Lima, Ohio
May 16 Shadyhill Speedway Medaryville, Ind.
May 22 Limaland Motorsports Park Lima, Ohio
May 23 Crystal Motor Speedway Crystal, Mich.
May 29 I-96 Speedway Lake Odessa, Mich.
June 5 Limaland Motorsports Park Lima, Ohio
June 6 Lawrenceburg Speedway Lawrenceburg, Ind.
June 12 Tri City Motor Speedway Auburn, Mich.
June 13 Butler Motor Speedway Butler, Mich.
June 26 Ohsweken Speedway Ohwsweken, Ontario
June 27 Buxton Speedway Buxton, Ontario
July 3 Limaland Motorsports Park Lima, Ohio
July 10 Circle City Raceway Indianapolis, Ind.
July 11 Waynesfield Motorsports Park Waynesfield, ohio
July 17 Limaland Motorsports Park Lima, Ohio
July 24 I-96 Speedway Lake Odessa, Mich.
July 25 Crystal Motor Speedway, Crystal, Mich.
July 31 TBA
Aug. 1 Eldora Speedway Rossburg, Ohio
Aug. 7 I-96 Speedway Lake Odessa, Mich.
Aug. 8 Silver Bullet Speedway Owendale, Mich.
Aug. 14 Hartford Speedway Hartford, Mich.
Aug. 15 Butler Motor Speedway Butler, Mich.
Aug. 28 Mansfield Speedway Mansfield, Ohio
Aug. 29 Millstream Speedway Findlay, Ohio
Sept. 4 Winston Speedway Winston, Mich.
Sept. 5 TBA
Sept. 6 Crystal Motor Speedway Crystal, Mich.
Sept. 18-19 Ohsweken Speedway Ohsweken, Ontario
Sept. 25 Eldora Speedway Rossburg, Ohio
