The most ambitious schedule of AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car races in recent history has been released for 2016, including traditional events and new facilities spanning the American landscape.
Opening with the exciting “Winter Games VII” at Bubba Raceway Park in Florida in February and concluding with the “Oval Nationals” on the West Coast in November, the 47-race series will visit 23 venues in a dozen states.
New for 2016 are special “non-points” special events in South Dakota and Indiana. Two races at Badlands Motor Speedway in Brandon, S.D. August 20 and 21 offering a $50,000 winner’s share will be followed by a Wednesday night special event at the Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway which will kick-off the four-night “Sprint Car Smackdown V.”
The Jackson (Minn.) Motorplex joins the series this year for the first time in 28 years as the first of four consecutive races in the nation’s heartland. The June 22 race will be followed by a June 23 race at Eagle (Neb.) Raceway and a pair of races June 24 and 25 at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kans.
Also new to the calendar are races at Indiana’s Montpelier Motor Speedway on April 23 and at Brownstown Speedway on May 21. A two-day show at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Ill. on July 29-30 marks the first visit for the series to the track since a 2006 event won by Josh Wise.
Traditional returns are scheduled at Ocala February 18-19-20, April 16 and September 17 events co-sanctioned by MSCS at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind., the “Mother of All Sprint Car Weekends” May 6-7 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, the 46th “Tony Hulman Classic” at Terre Haute, Ind. May 25, “Eastern Storm” in Pennsylvania and New Jersey June 7-8-9-11-12, the “Bill Gardner Sprintacular” at Putnamville, Ind. July 2, “Indiana Sprint Week” July 8-9-10-13-14-15-16, the “Sprint Car Smackdown” at Kokomo, Ind. August 24-25-26-27, the “Jim Hurtubise Classic” at Terre Haute, Ind. September 16, the “4-Crown Nationals” at Rossburg, Ohio September 24, the “Fall Nationals” October 1 at Lawrenceburg, Ind., the “Western World Championships” at a yet-to-be-determined track in the southwest, and the “Budweiser Oval Nationals” at Perris, Calif. Nov. 10-11-12.
| 2016 USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE |
| 2/18 | Ocala, FL | Bubba Raceway Park | Winter Dirt Games VII |
| 2/19 | Ocala, FL | Bubba Raceway Park | Winter Dirt Games VII |
| 2/20 | Ocala, FL | Bubba Raceway Park | Winter Dirt Games VII |
| 4/2 | Lawrenceburg, IN | Lawrenceburg Speedway | |
| 4/15 | Bloomington, IN | Bloomington Speedway | |
| 4/16 | @Haubstadt, IN | Tri-State Speedway | Spring Showdown |
| 4/23 | Montpelier, IN | Montpelier Motor Speedway | |
| 5/6 | Rossburg, OH | Eldora Speedway | Mother of All Sprint Car Weekends |
| 5/7 | Rossburg, OH | Eldora Speedway | Mother of All Sprint Car Weekends |
| 5/20 | Gas City, IN | Gas City I-69 Speedway | |
| 5/21 | Brownstown, IN | Brownstown Speedway | |
| 5/25 | Terre Haute, IN | Terre Haute Action Track | Tony Hulman Classic |
| 6/7 | Bechtelsville, PA | Grandview Speedway | Eastern Storm |
| 6/8 | Abbottstown, PA | Lincoln Speedway | Eastern Storm |
| 6/9 | New Egypt, NJ | New Egypt, NJ | Eastern Storm |
| 6/11 | Port Royal, PA | Port Royal Speedway | Eastern Storm |
| 6/12 | Newberrytown, PA | Susquehanna Speedway Park | Eastern Storm |
| 6/22 | Jackson, MN | Jackson Motorplex | |
| 6/23 | Eagle, NE | Eagle Raceway | Rumble in the Bullring |
| 6/24 | Kansas City, KS | Lakeside Speedway | |
| 6/25 | Kansas City, KS | Lakeside Speedway | |
| 7/4 | Putnamville, IN | Lincoln Park Speedway | Bill Gardner Sprintacular |
| 7/8 | Gas City, IN | Gas City I-69 Speedway | Indiana Sprint Week |
| 7/9 | Kokomo, IN | Kokomo Speedway | Indiana Sprint Week |
| 7/10 | Lawrenceburg, IN | Lawrenceburg Speedway | Indiana Sprint Week |
| 7/13 | Terre Haute, IN | Terre Haute Action Track | Indiana Sprint Week |
| 7/14 | Putnamville, IN | Lincoln Park Speedway | Indiana Sprint Week |
| 7/15 | Bloomington, IN | Bloomington Speedway | Indiana Sprint Week |
| 7/16 | Haubstadt, IN | Tri-State Speedway | Indiana Sprint Week |
| 7/29 | Granite City, IL | Tri-City Speedway | |
| 7/30 | Granite City, IL | Tri-City Speedway | |
| 8/20 | **Brandon, SD | Badlands Motor Speedway | Rock & Roll Gold Cup |
| 8/21 | **Brandon, SD | Badlands Motor Speedway | Rock & Roll Gold Cup |
| 8/24 | **Kokomo, IN | Kokomo Speedway | Sprint Car Smackdown V |
| 8/25 | Kokomo, IN | Kokomo Speedway | Sprint Car Smackdown V |
| 8/26 | Kokomo, IN | Kokomo Speedway | Sprint Car Smackdown V |
| 8/27 | Kokomo, IN | Kokomo Speedway | Sprint Car Smackdown V |
| 9/16 | Terre Haute, IN | Terre Haute Action Track | Jim Hurtubise Classic |
| 9/17 | @Haubstadt, IN | Tri-State Speedway | Haubstadt Hustler |
| 9/24 | Rossburg, OH | Eldora Speedway | 4-Crown Nationals |
| 10/1 | Lawrenceburg, IN | Lawrenceburg Speedway | Fall Nationals |
| 11/3 | ©TBA | TBA | Western World Championships |
| 11/4 | ©TBA | TBA | Western World Championships |
| 11/5 | ©TBA | TBA | Western World Championships |
| 11/10 | ©Perris, CA | Perris Auto Speedway | Budweiser Oval Nationals |
| 11/11 | ©Perris, CA | Perris Auto Speedway | Budweiser Oval Nationals |
| 11/12 | ©Perris, CA | Perris Auto Speedway | Budweiser Oval Nationals |
| Races marked with @ represent a race co-sanctioned with MSCS.
Races marked with ** represent a Non-Points/Special Event. Races marked with © represent a race with the AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Cars. |