LAS VEGAS — The BITNILE.com Open Wheel Showdown Las Vegas is fast-approaching with the most lucrative pavement open wheel event in motorsports Nov. 14-16 at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Winged sprint cars will compete for $50,000 to win for the second annual event, along with $5,000 to win for supermodifieds and $5,000 earmarked for the winner of the modified main event.
More than 125 teams are registered for the $200,000+ event that will be broadcast live on Speed Sport TV.
Aaron Willison won the inaugural winged sprint car 100-lap feature last December ahead of Bobby Santos II and event promoter Davey Hamilton Jr.
They will square off against a 70-car entry list – the largest ever assembled for a pavement sprint car race. JoJo Helberg makes his anticipated return to pavement open-wheel racing while 2023 Little 500 winner Jake Trainor makes one of his first winged starts.
Modifieds were added to the Open Wheel Showdown in 2024 and they have responded in force with nearly 40 entries spanning the western states. West Coast champions such as Scott Winters, Eddie Secord and Ian Elliott will battle with the champion drivers from both The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and the Rocky Mountains in a 75-lap feature.
The supermodified class is headlined by the return of Kenny and Davey Hamilton for the 40-lap event. Newly-crowned SpeedTour champion Randy Anderson, multi-time race winners Jim Birges and Nathan Byrd are among the early entries dumber two dozen teams.
Action kicks off Thursday with optional practice. On Friday, the winged sprint cars and modifieds will qualify and compete in heat races. Following heat race action will be the winged sprint car C Main and pole shuffle.
All three divisions will compete in main events on Saturday evening.
For more information, visit openwheelshowdown.com.