MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — The upcoming racing season at Williams Grove Speedway will offer new opportunities for racers to make more money as the track increases special purses while also tossing bonus cash into the mix for select events due to a joint promotion with BAPS Motor Speedway in York Haven, Pa.
Williams Grove will infuse nearly $30,000 in total into eight 410 sprint car races on the schedule including all five Yellow Breeches events along with all three World of Outlaws Tune Up races.
The increases, amounting to some $4,000 for each of the Yellow Breeches races will be placed in the field starting with the second finishing position while a $3,000 infusion for each of the tune-ups will be doled out starting with the fourth spot.
In both cases, the new purse structures will find even 10th place earning a cool $1,000.
Elsewhere, a conjoined effort will find Williams Grove and BAPS competitors in line for thousands in bonus money as a co-promotion between the two tracks for 2025 takes place.
For 410 sprint car drivers, the total bonus cash on the line totals $6,000, to include races at Williams Grove on April 11 (Yellow Breeches) and Sept. 19 partnered with BAPS events on April 13 and Sept. 20.
Just as the tracks did during the 2024 season, a Kevin Gobrecht Challenge Sweep is again being offered next year if the winner of the Kevin Gobrecht Challenge at Williams Grove on Sept. 19 can go on to claim the the Kevin Gobrecht Classic to be held at BAPS on Sept. 20.
A sweep by one driver will be worth an extra $3,000 in the classic finale, on top of the posted BAPS winner’s share.
In the April 13 race at BAPS, any drivers who raced in the Yellow Breeches event at Williams Grove on April 11 will be eligible for bonus cash in the BAPS event.
Bonus’ of $1,000 each will be paid out to three different drivers that were in the Williams Grove field just two nights earlier. The $1,000 cash awards will be handed out by random draw to the Williams Grove attendees once the BAPS field is assembled.
For super sportsman racers, bonus cash is on the line at BAPS on April 5 for any driver that attended Williams Grove on March 28.
An extra $100 will be paid out to three sportsman drivers, provided that those drivers also raced in the March 28 Williams Grove event. The cash awards will be handed out by random draw once the BAPS field is assembled.
The full Williams Grove schedule of events will be released in the coming days, according to a release. The slate is set to feature the return of speedway classics and the addition of a few new events.