PLACERVILLE, Calif. — Russell Motorsports Inc. has released the 2025 schedule of events for the Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour.
The California based winged sprint car series is set to contest its eighth overall season, which offers another exciting slate of races up and down the West Coast.
“The Sprint Car Challenge Tour looks to be in for another entertaining season,” commented President Scott Russell. “We did our best to work around other schedules and avoid conflicts. Some years are better than others regarding that. With how things came together on the calendar though, we know there are a few conflicts this year between the various series and tracks. When you look at it from March to November however, fans and teams have plenty of great racing to choose from. We want to send a huge thank you to Elk Grove Ford, Hoosier Tire and all the partners that make this tour possible.”
The Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour will compete in a total of 16 events, which gets underway with the March 29 “Thrill on the Hill,” marking the first of three appearances at Placerville Speedway.
The tour returns to Placerville on Friday May 30 for the inaugural “Davy Thomas Memorial,” which acts as a prelude to the following nights Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial featuring the NARC 410s. SCCT will also compete at the red clay on July 19 as part of Speedweek.
Continuing to rise in popularity among fans and teams is Merced Speedway, which is back on the Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour schedule. California’s top Winged 360 Sprint Car teams will invade the high-banked quarter mile on Saturday April 19.
The Petaluma Speedway plays host to a pair of Sprint Car Challenge Tour events in 2025. Those dates will occur on June 14 with an event dubbed as “Wings Over Wine Country” and September 20th, as SCCT sanctions the $5,000-to-win “Adobe Cup” for the fourth consecutive season.
The Sprint Car Challenge Tour will again sanction the 25th annual “Mel and Marlyn Hall Memorial” held on Memorial Day weekend. This year’s event takes place on Sunday May 25, as part of a busy holiday weekend in Nor-Cal.
The always challenging and popular Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare hosts the SCCT 360s for the “Trophy Cup Tune-Up” on Saturday October 4th. The show held two weeks before the 31st Trophy Cup gives teams one final chance at track time prior to the big weekend.
For the second straight season the Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour will embark upon Western Sprint Tour Speedweek, which gets even bigger in 2025. The overall Speedweek champion will claim $4,000 with the runner up receiving $2,500 and third place getting $1,500. All main events are a guaranteed $3,000-to-win/ $400-to-start.
All the action launches at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico on Friday July 18th with the annual “Tyler Wolf Memorial,” followed by the $5,000-to-win/ $500-to-start “Gold Pan Rampage” at Placerville Speedway on Saturday July 19.
A travel day will be held on Sunday, before action resumes at the Douglas County Dirt Track in Roseburg, Oregon on Monday July 21. Speedweek heads for the coast on Tuesday with a date at the beautiful Coos Bay Speedway on July 22 and continues north to Cottage Grove Speedway on Wednesday July 23.
Another travel day with a Fan Fest/ Kick-Off Party on Thursday sets up the SCCT debut at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Washington for the two-night “360 Summer Nationals” highlighted by a $26,000-to-win/ $600-to-start main event on Saturday. Speedweek all culminates with the “Hall of Fame Tribute-360 Battle Royale” on Sunday July 27 at Gray’s Harbor Raceway in Elma, Wash.
As is the norm, the Stockton Dirt Track wraps up the SCCT campaign with the “Tribute to Gary Patterson Part II” on Saturday Nov. 8.
Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour Schedule
March 29 Placerville Speedway Placerville, Calif.
April 19 Merced Speedway Merced, Calif.
May 25 Marysville Raceway Marysville, Calif.
May 30 Placerville Speedway Placerville, Calif.
June 14 Petaluma Speedway Petaluma, Calif.
July 18 Silver Dollar Speedway Chico, Calif.
July 19 Placerville Speedway Placerville, Calif.
July 21 Douglas County Dirt Track Roseburg, Ore.
July 22 Coos Bay Speedway Coos Bay, Ore.
July 23 Cottage Grove Speedway Cottage Grove, Ore.
July 25-26 Skagit Speedway Alger, Wash.
July 27 Grays Harbor Raceway Elma, Wash.
Sept. 20 Petaluma Speedway Petaluma, Calif.
Oct. 4 Thunderbowl Raceway Tulare, Calif.
Nov. 8 Stockton Dirt Track Stockton, Calif.
