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Being deemed the official start to the Martin County Fair, The Bacon Town Stock Car is an event you won't want to miss. $2,000.00 to win and $200.00 to start should intrigue many regional driver's to venture up and race with us. Pits open at 5:30 pm and grandstands open at 6:00 PM. Grandstand and pit pricing all remained the same. Adults int he grandstands will get in for $15.00 and Pit passes are $30.00. All 5 classes will be racing with us. USRA Tuners, USRA Hobby Stocks, USRA B-Mods, USRA...more

The 2023 Fairmont Raceway schedule has been finalized and some great events are in the mix. Join us May 5th as we open up our action packed season Featuring 5 weekly classes of USRA sanctioned race cars. Returning events in 2023 will be the USRA Summer Shootout opening in Fairmont June 19th. The Tri State Late models will be in action with 2 dates in Fairmont this season June 16th and August 25th. Mn Corn growers have stepped up and sponsored our Salute Ag night June 28th. Wyffel's Hybrids...more

By USRA PR (Fairmont, MN) -- Officials from the Sports Park Raceway in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Fairmont Raceway in Fairmont, Minnesota, will be working in tandem during the 2023 racing season to bring Friday Night Lights to life for dirt track racing fans. In addition to the regular Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series track and national points funds, drivers racing at the two tracks this year will compete for a bonus points fund for the top five drivers that acquire the most points between the two...more

Blair Nothdurft was back in action on Friday afternoon at Fairmont Raceway (Fairmont, Minn.) aboard his Bargain Barn Motorsports No. 76 Late Model. (Jamie Borkowski photos) In a field of 13 Repairable Vehicles.com Tri-State Late Model Series entries, Nothdurft secured his spot into the main event with a third-to-second showing in his heat race. Overtaking early pacesetter Shane DeMey on the sixth circuit, Blair dominated the remaining distance of the 20-lapper to capture his first win of the...more

Wednesday June 29th Tuner race had some challenges on the track that led to frustrations in the pits and a near accident. Race track officials deemed this avoidable. A 4 week suspension has been placed on the tuner driver. Concerned spectators and track staff witnessed the driver race into the pits out of frustration from a disqualification on the race track. Questionable driving was the call. If the excessive speed and rooster tails in the infield with the race car was not enough, the car...more

Salute to agriculture night is scheduled for June 29th. This event allows local Corn and soybean growers from Martin, Jackson, Faribault, Watonwan, and Cottonwood county free admission into the grandstands. Wyffels Hybrids seed corn has stepped up to sponsor a free cheeseburger to farmers in attendance and the race track has added a free french fry cooked in High oleic soybean fryer oil. Corn and soybean members should be seeing their invitation the mail soon. Bring that post card with for...more

State Bank of Fairmont has stepped up as the lead sponsor for our annual Kid's bike giveaway. So far we have 50 bikes bought that need sponsors and we would like to get to 100 bikes given away. To get involved get in touch with track management to make a donation towards sponsoring a bike. To qualify for the raffle children need to be present at the June 8th race. They will be given a raffle ticket at the grand stand gate. Through out the night we will call winning ticket numbers and they...more

Wednesday night was the opener at Fairmont Raceway. Track management is calling it a win!. We had many new faces in the pits, more cars than opening night last year, and a great racing surface. Roger Nielsen gave thanks to track staff after the feature and stated the track hasn't been that fast and fun in many years. Derek Green had a similar statement. Derek stated the track was wide and fast. Rodney Sanders was traveling through for an upcoming USMTS stint in the region and swung through to...more

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Tonight's Frost Buster has been cancelled. While we have not received a lot of rain at the track the forecast for this afternoon is not looking favorable for track help, spectators, and Driver's. Currently the forecast has a 50% chance of rain all afternoon and 90% chance starting at 9pm, pair that with 25 MPH winds into the face of the spectators and it will not be an enjoyable evening. A discussion as to rescheduling for Wednesday May 4th is under review. Stay tuned for updates on the...more