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Friday night, September 1^st is the annual running of the Labor Day 55 for the Late Models. The Late Models will be joined that night by the Modifieds, Pure Stocks and Four Cylinders. As always that will be the final points race of the season for all our Bedford divisions.

The Late Models will be lining up using the group time trial format. Drivers will qualify against their group for heat lineups. Heat races will then determine the lineup for the 55. As always there are no entry fees for drivers. Read more »

Due to the last few weeks of bad weather, several adjustments to the schedule have been required to make sure that our racers are able to get in as much racing as possible in the limited number of remaining race dates. The following is the remaining race schedule for the 2017 racing season.

Friday August 11^th– Muss Weyant Tribute/ Kennametal Night

                LM, Mods, SL (30 laps/ $800 to win), PS (20 laps/ $300 to win), 4C + Kids Bike Races

Friday August 18^th – Billy Winn Classic- LM (50 laps/ $8100 to win)

                + Racesaver Sprints, Mods (25 laps/ $800 to win) + Eastern Museum of Motor Racing Exhibition

Sunday August 20^th – $5.00 Admission Night + Fireworks

LMS (Mason Dixon Shootout), Pure Stocks (50 laps), SL, 4C + Penn Mar Vintage  – Fireworks Sponsored by: Millers Quality Recycling & Penn Mar Recycling

Friday August 25^th– Fast Friday- LMS, Mods, SL, PS, 4C + Kids Candy Toss ($8.00 Admission)

Friday September 1^st– 30^th Annual Labor Day Classic- LM (55 laps/ $5055 to win)

                + Mods, PS, 4C – Final Points for all divisions

This Friday night, July 14th the Bedford Speedway will be celebrating 81 years of racing at the Fairgrounds oval. An exciting night of racing is planned with the Super Late Models racing 50 laps joined by the Modifieds and Pure Stocks. The winner’s share of Friday night’s Classic purse is $8100, with $600 to take the green, as part of a $35,000 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 oldest in the country.

The following night our friends at Winchester Speedway will also be celebrating their 81st Anniversary with an identical $8100 to win 50 lap program. Between Bedford and Winchester there will be over $70,000 up for grabs for our area Late Model drivers this weekend. Read more »

Two weeks ago, the Bedford Speedway reached a milestone that few racetracks can match. On Friday June 2^nd the speedway completed its 600^th Late Model feature in its history. To mark the occasion, on this Friday night, June 16th we are inviting each driver who has won a Late Model feature at Bedford to participate in festivities commemorating the 600th Late Model race. 

Dating back to the first Late Model race at the track in 1965, 138 different drivers have won a Late Model feature at Bedford, and they are all invited to be a part of the celebration. 

Beginning at 5pm on the midway we will be hosting a meet and greet, autograph and interview sessions for these returning Drivers. During the night’s Race program, each of these drivers will be formally introduced on the front-stretch with a group photo being taken of this historic occasion directly in front of the main grandstand crowd. Read more »

This weekend, Bedford will partner with our friends at Hagerstown for a mini shootout series for the Late Models and Late Model Sportsman this weekend. The top three drivers in points after Friday night’s show at Bedford and Saturday nights show at Hagerstown will each receive a point’s payoff.

Racing action will continue on Sunday, April 30^th, with the All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars making their first of two 2017 visits to Bedford. Bedford will be the final stop of the All- Stars first Pennsylvania swing of the year, following stops at Williams Grove on Friday and Port Royal on Sunday. Read more »

Due to the current weather conditions, as well as the forecasted weather conditions for Friday, speedway officials have made the decision to move Friday nights scheduled Opening Day back two days to Sunday. Faced with rain all day Thursday, followed by freezing temperatures and possibly snow on Friday, we feel that this is the best opportunity to get the season started this weekend.

With Opening Day now scheduled for Sunday April 9^th, in action will be the Late Models, Modifieds, Semi Lates, Pure Stocks and Four Cylinders. Times will move up one hour, with gates opening at 4pm, warmups at 6pm and racing at 6:30. General admission will be $12, with kids 12 and under free in the grandstands. Pit admission is $25.

Information about the speedway is available at bedfordspeedway.com, as well as Facebook or Twitter or by calling the track hotline at 814-623-0500. 

This Friday night the 2017 Bedford racing season will officially get begin. Competing in racing action will be the Late Models, Modifieds, Semi Lates, Pure Stocks and Four Cylinders. In cooperation with our friends at Hagerstown, the winner of Friday night’s Late Model opener will become an automatic qualifier for the Hagerstown Speedway 70^th Anniversary race. In turn, Gary Stuhler, the winner Hagerstown’s opener this past Saturday night has become an automatic qualifier to Bedford’s 81^st Anniversary race on July 14^th which will pay $8100 to win.

Bedford hosted its annual car show and test and tune day this Sunday. A nice turnout of 63 cars, and a good crowd of spectators were on hand preparing for the 2017 season championship.  A special thanks goes out to everyone who came to the speedway on Sunday.  Read more »