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Season passes, and one night race passes now are available for purchase for the 2024 racing season. To order passes please use this form: https://bedfordspeedway.com/season_pass.pdf and return to the speedway office.

Tailgate Spots around the track and grandstand reserved seats for the 2024 racing season are on sale now. Those wishing to renew the same spot that they had in previous years, may now do so. Spots will be reserved for their previous year’s owners until February 1st, 2024, at which time all remaining unsold spots will go on sale to the general public. Fans wishing to reserve their spot/seat from previous years please send a check made out to “B.A.C. Inc.” to P.O. Box 263, Bedford PA 15522. Tailgate spot and reserved seat prices remain the same as last year. If interested in reserving a spot or a seat, please contact the speedway office at 814-623-0500. We currently have a waiting list for tailgate spots; if spots come available those on the waitlist will be offered a spot.

Thanks for a great race season and have a wonderful winter everyone!

The sixth annual Bedford Keystone Cup on October 20^th @ 21^st is quickly approaching. The Keystone Cup will be the biggest race in Bedford Speedway’s 87 year history and is the largest unsanctioned Late Model race in Pennsylvania this year. The Late Models will be racing for $23,000 to win, on Saturday night, out of a Late Model A-main purse of over $72,000. The 60 lap Late Model main event will pay $1000 just to take the green flag. On Friday night the Late Models will be running twin 20 lap qualifying features, each paying $2,300 to win. Joining the Late Models in action will be Friday night shows for the Semi Lates and Pure Stocks Four Cylinders, and Saturday night shows for the Late Model Sportsman and Modifieds.

When is it? Friday & Saturday, October 20^th & 21^st 2023. Friday gates open at 4:00, warmups at 6:00 with racing at 7:00. Saturday gates open at 2:00, warmups at 5:00, racing at 6:00. Read more »

In honor of our 2015 Super Late Model Champion DJ Troutman, Bedford is honored to host the Third DJ Troutman Tribute Race as part of the annual Fall Fest weekend. Hosted in conjunction with the Troutman family, this special event will feature the Modifieds racing two consecutive nights in $4,000 to win and $15,000 to win feature events.

When is it? Thursday, Friday & Saturday, September 21^st– 23^rd 2023. Thursday and Friday gates open at 4:00, warmups at 6:00 with racing at 7:00. Saturday gates open at 2:00, warmups at 5:00, racing at 6:00.

Are tickets available? Thursday night spectator tickets are $5, with kids 12 and under free to the grandstand. Friday and Saturday night spectator tickets are available for $20. Kids 12 and under are admitted free to the grandstands. Advance tickets can be ordered prior to September 16^th by calling the speedway office. Tickets will be available for purchase at the track on the day of the event. Read more »

This Labor Day weekend Bedford Speedway returns to racing action with a busy two race doubleheader.

Friday night, September 1^st, is the annual running of the Labor Day 55 for the Late Models. The ULMS Late Model Series will be sanctioning the event, with the Late Models joined by the Modifieds on the evening’s program. The Late Model 55 lap feature will pay $12,055 to win, and the Modified 25 lap feature will pay $1000 to win. Read more »

The annual Billy Winn Classic is coming this Friday night, May 5th to the Bedford Speedway. The speedway will be celebrating 87 years of racing at the historic fairgrounds oval. An exciting night of racing is planned with the Super Late Models racing 50 laps joined by the Modifieds, and the 602 Sport Mods. The winner’s share of Friday night’s Late Model event is $8,700, part of a $37,000 total purse.

Friday’s racing program is dedicated to the memory of Billy Winn, one of the top dirt racers of the 1930’s and the winner of the first auto race at the Bedford on September 5th 1936. Winn, a 2003 inductee of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in Knoxville was one of the most outstanding racers of the depression era AAA circuit. Not limiting himself to dirt, Winn also competed eight times at the Indianapolis 500. Hosting its first race in 1936, Bedford is the oldest currently operating track in Pennsylvania, and one of the ten oldest in the country.

The Late Models will lineup using the group time trial format, with heat races lined up based on each timed group. The top heat finishers will then redraw for their feature starting position. As this is a Bedford point race, the 25^th and final starting spot in the field will be reserved for the high Bedford point driver who fails to qualify in the heats of B-Main. Read more »

The 2023 Bedford Speedway race schedule has been released and is available on the speedway website. A total of 29 races are planned for the new season. The big fairgrounds track, which first featured racing in 1936, will commence on track activity with practice sessions on Sunday March 26^th and Saturday April 1^st. The 87^th anniversary Opening Day will be Sunday April 2^nd

Friday night racing continues throughout the summer, every week until September, with points racing concluding on Labor Day weekend. As is tradition at Bedford the Super Late Models will headline Friday night racing events. The Late Models will compete weekly this year for a minimum of $2,300 to win regular feature events. The season will conclude on October 20^th and 21^st with the annual “Keystone Cup” weekend. Read more »

The fifth annual Bedford Keystone Cup on October 21^st & 22^nd is fast approaching. The Keystone Cup will be the biggest race in Bedford Speedway’s 86 year history and is the largest unsanctioned Late Model race in Pennsylvania this year. The Late Models will be racing for $22,000 to win, on Saturday night, out of a Late Model A-main purse of over $70,000. The 60 lap Late Model main event will pay $1000 just to take the green flag. On Friday night the Late Models will be running twin 20 lap qualifying features, each paying $2,200 to win. Joining the Late Models in action will be Friday night shows for the Semi Lates and Pure Stocks Four Cylinders, and Saturday night shows for the Late Model Sportsman and Modifieds.

When is it? Friday & Saturday, October 21^st & 22^nd 2022. Friday gates open at 4:00, warmups at 6:00 with racing at 7:00. Saturday gates open at 2:00, warmups at 5:00, racing at 6:00. Read more »

In honor of our 2015 Super Late Model Champion DJ Troutman, Bedford is honored to host the Second DJ Troutman Tribute Race as part of the annual Fall Fest weekend. Hosted in conjunction with the Troutman family, this special event will feature the Modifieds racing two consecutive nights in $12,000 to win 39 lap feature events.

When is it? Thursday, Friday & Saturday, September 22-24, 2022. Thursday and Friday gates open at 4:00, warmups at 6:00 with racing at 7:00. Saturday gates open at 2:00, warmups at 5:00, racing at 6:00.

Are tickets available? Thursday night spectator tickets are $5, with kids 12 and under free to the grandstand. Friday and Saturday night spectator tickets are available for $20. Kids 12 and under are admitted free to the grandstands. Tickets will be available for purchase at the track on the day of the event. Read more »

The annual Billy Winn Classic is coming Friday night, April 29th to the Bedford Speedway. The speedway will be celebrating 86 years of racing at the historic fairgrounds oval. An exciting night of racing is planned with the Super Late Models racing 50 laps joined by the Modifieds, and the 602 Sport Mods. The winner’s share of Friday night’s Late Model event is $12,086, with $700 to take the green, as part of a $44,000 total purse. Read more »

Season passes, and one night race passes are available for purchase for the 2022 racing season. To order passes please use this form: https://bedfordspeedway.com/season_pass.pdf and return to the speedway office. 

Tailgate Spots around the track and grandstand reserved seats for the 2022 racing season are on sale now. Those wishing to renew the same spot that they had in previous years, may now do so. Spots will be reserved for their previous year’s owners until February 1st, 2022, at which time all remaining unsold spots will go on sale to the general public. Fans wishing to reserve their spot/seat from previous years please send a check made out to “B.A.C. Inc.” to P.O. Box 263, Bedford PA 15522. Tailgate spot and reserved seat prices remain the same as last year. If interested in reserving a spot or a seat, please contact the speedway office at 814-623-0500. We currently have a waiting list for tailgate spots; if spots come available those on the waitlist will be offered a spot. Read more »