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The yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour was created out of a shared desire to grow and preserve the legacy of pavement non-wing sprint car racing. Founded and managed by Anderson Speedway, the Tour continues the track’s long-standing commitment to showcasing the most thrilling and competitive open-wheel racing in the Midwest.

 

Top Storylines Heading into the Toledo Speedway


Three Drivers running double duty


 

With the yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour sharing the racing program with the USAC Silver Crown Series, three drivers will be tackling the tricky Ohio track for both groups. Dakoda Armstrong, Nathan Byrd, and Tyler Roahrig will be the three drivers running double duty this weekend. This will be the first time in 2026 that the two series will be sharing the track together, and the first time since October, 19th 2024 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. At this point in the season, all three competitors are on the outside looking in to the championship picture. The plan for this weekend is simple, have fun, turn a lot of laps, and go chase a victory.


 

Getting hot at the right time


 

With the championship approaching its end, Bobby Santos III is hitting his stride at the right time. Coming off of his first win in 2026, Santos will be heading back to a track where he has seen a lot of success in his career. Santos went to victory lane at Toledo Speedway last season when the yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour visited, and also has a fourth place and third place finish in the Tour’s other visits to the track. With momentum on his side following his win in the Tony Elliott Classic, Santos will need another big night to close the championship gap that Kody Swanson and Jackson Macenko have put on the rest of the field. The Monroe Asphalt 40 at Toledo Speedway will mark the penultimate event for the yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour with the Championship event at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park only a few weeks away. Can Santos have another big night and turn the championship into a true three man fight?


 

Finding his Mojo? 


 

Donnie Adams Jr. (Yorktown, Indiana) had his career best yourBigplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour finish last Saturday at Anderson Speedway when he brought home a fifth place finish. Adams returned to racing in 2024 after taking a five year hiatus from the sport. Since then, Adams has been looking to find his groove again. After last weekend’s strong finish, perhaps he has finally found what he is looking for. Adams was a prominent name in the Little 500 for over a decade. Having qualified on pole in 2007 and a career best third place finish in 2006, he was always a car to keep a close eye on. Now that he seems to be hitting his stride behind the wheel of a non-wing sprint car, can he find the magic once again and start competing for wins?


 

Can he keep the Ironman streak alive?


 

The Ultimate 500 Sprint Car Tour Ironman, Justin Harper, thought his 2026 season was dead in the water until just the other day when life was injected back into the team. Harper has famously competed in every yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour event since its inception in 2022. That streak was seriously threatened after the team suffered an engine failure during the Tony Elliott Classic. At the time, the team thought their season, and their unprecedented streak, was officially over. Now, there is hope after all. The team was able to acquire a loaner engine and have begun preparations to travel north to Toledo Speedway. If the team is able to make it through qualifying, Harper will officially keep his starting streak alive and will continue to be known as the 500 Sprint Car Tour Iron Man.


 

Stars, Stripes, and Speed Festival is going to be one to remember 


 

Toledo Speedway is set to end their 2026 season this Saturday with the Stars, Stripes, and Speed Festival. The event will be action packed as in an attempt to close out the season with a BANG! In addition to the yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour, Fans will also be treated to action from the USAC Silver Crown Series, Valley Truck Centers Outlaw Super Late Models, and Factory Stocks. The Silver Crown event will be the Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic as well as their Championship event. The Valley Truck centers Outlaw Super Late Models will be competing in the Fold of Honor 50 presented by Lakeside Interiors, and the Factory Stocks will be competing for their 2026 season championship. The final event of 2026 for Toledo Speedway will surely be one to remember with an action packed night full of championship caliber racings. Winners will rejoice, champions will be crowned, and fans will leave wanting more.


 

Race Info

The Monroe Asphalt 40 will be part of Toledo Speedway's Stars, Stripes and Speed Fest on Saturday, October 3. Pit gates and registration open at 9:00 a.m., with the yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour driver's meeting scheduled for 11:00 a.m. The Tour's engine heat will take place at 11:45 a.m., followed by the first practice session at noon and final practice at 1:50 p.m. Qualifying is scheduled for 2:30 p.m., with opening ceremonies beginning at 4:00 p.m. The yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour Monroe Asphalt 40 feature will be part of an action-packed afternoon and evening that also includes the USAC Silver Crown Championship Rollie Beale Classic, the Folds of Honor 50 for Outlaw Super Late Models and the Monroe Asphalt Factory Stock Championship. Tickets are available online and can be purchased in advance by clicking HERE.

 

 

Monroe Asphalt 40 Set for October 3 at Toledo Speedway

The YourBIGPlans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour will return to Toledo Speedway on Saturday, October 3, for the rescheduled Monroe Asphalt 40 as the Tour enters the final stretch of the 2026 season.

Originally scheduled for June 14, the Monroe Asphalt 40 was postponed and will now serve as the penultimate event of the 2026 YourBIGPlans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour season. With only two races remaining on the schedule, the championship battle has reached a critical point as Kody Swanson carries the points lead into Toledo with Jackson Macenko currently second in the standings.

Swanson, the reigning champion of the 78th Annual Unified Group Services Little 500 presented by Ed Martin Automotive Group, will be looking to protect his championship advantage when the green flag falls at Toledo. The Kingsburg, California driver has been a consistent presence at the front of the YourBIGPlans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour throughout the season and enters the final two races with the championship firmly within his sights.

Macenko, meanwhile, will be looking to close the 65 point gap to Swanson and put himself in position to take the championship battle down to the season finale. The Cincinnati, Ohio driver has put together a strong 2026 campaign and will have two remaining opportunities to challenge Swanson for the Tour championship, beginning with Saturday's 40-lap event at Toledo.

The driver arriving at Toledo with the most recent trip to Victory Lane is Bobby Santos III. The Franklin, Massachusetts driver captured the 11th Annual Tony Elliott Classic presented by CB Fabricating at Anderson Speedway this past Saturday, The win gives Santos another YourBIGPlans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour victory heading into the final two races of the season.

Santos will now look to carry that momentum to Toledo, where he will attempt to add another Monroe Asphalt 40 victory to his resume. Santos won the event when the Tour last competed at Toledo in 2025 and will return this October looking to defend that victory. Santos was the third different driver to win a yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour event at Toledo Speedway. Kody Swanson won in the series’ first trip to Toledo in 2023, and Tyler Roahrig went to victory lane in 2024. With three different winners in as many years, all eyes will be on the trio to see who will be the first to repeat, or to see if another new winner will emerge.

The expected field for the Monroe Asphalt 40 currently includes 16 entries, with competitors representing Indiana, Ohio, Arizona, Florida, Massachusetts, California, Michigan and North Carolina. Along with Santos, Swanson and Macenko, the entry list includes Dakoda Armstrong, Derek Bischak, Donnie Adams Jr., Olivia Shelbo, Landon Butler, Nathan Byrd, Rob Keesling, Tony McVey, Justin Harper, Tyler Roahrig, Rylan Gray, Race Bible and Brady Allum.

Several drivers will be worth watching as the field takes to the Toledo Speedway oval. New Castle, Indiana's Dakoda Armstrong returns to the Tour field, while Plymouth, Indiana's Tyler Roahrig brings another proven pavement sprint car contender into the mix. Armstrong and Roahrig will join a strong group of Indiana-based drivers that also includes Bischak, Adams, Keesling, McVey, Harper and Gray.

With the championship battle tightening and the most recent race winner returning to the track, the Monroe Asphalt 40 has plenty at stake. Swanson will be focused on maintaining his position atop the standings, while Macenko will be looking to gain valuable ground. Behind them, a talented field will be chasing the opportunity to score one of the final victories of the 2026 season.

When the YourBIGPlans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour takes the green flag at Toledo Speedway on Saturday, October 3, the focus will be on more than just the 40-lap race. With the championship entering its final two events and Santos looking to build on his recent Anderson Speedway victory, the Monroe Asphalt 40 could play a pivotal role in determining who enters the season finale with the championship in reach.

The Monroe Asphalt 40 will be part of Toledo Speedway's Stars, Stripes and Speed Fest on Saturday, October 3. Pit gates and registration open at 9:00 a.m., with the yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour driver's meeting scheduled for 11:00 a.m. The Tour's engine heat will take place at 11:45 a.m., followed by the first practice session at noon and final practice at 1:50 p.m. Qualifying is scheduled for 2:30 p.m., with opening ceremonies beginning at 4:00 p.m.

The yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour Monroe Asphalt 40 feature will be part of an action-packed afternoon and evening that also includes the USAC Silver Crown Championship Rollie Beale Classic, the Folds of Honor 50 for Outlaw Super Late Models and the Monroe Asphalt Factory Stock Championship. Tickets are available online and can be purchased in advance by clicking HERE.

 

 

SWANSON TAKES TOP SPOT IN MOST RECENT PAVEMENT RANKINGS

September 27, 2026 – Anderson, Indiana - The third release of the 2026 National Pavement Sprint Car Rankings was announced today. Kody Swanson has emerged as the new top ranked driver with an advantage of only a half point.

 
Swanson has unseated Willison temporarily for the top spot on the heels of five top two finishes in his last six starts. Three of those runner-up finishes occurred with the Race for the Million series. His lone non-runner-up result was a victory in the 500 Sprint Car Tour sanctioned Joe James / Pat O’Connor Memorial at Salem, Indiana August 15.

 
Canadian Aaron Willison continues his march towards a career best season. He already has thirteen total feature victories in 2026. This is the most in North America and a personal best. Since the last rankings he has won such prestigious events as the Pink Lady Classic, “Poison Lil” Classic, and the Neil Montgomery Memorial among others. He also sealed the Race for the Million championship.

 
Bobby Santos III continues to hold the third spot due to consistency. He has won as recently as this weekend with the 500 Sprint Car Tour at Anderson Speedway in the Tony Elliott Classic. He also sealed the MSR 410 Pavement Winged Warriors championship despite an abbreviated season for the Midwest based winged 410 series, his first with the series.

 
Seventeen-year-old Florida sensation Colton Bettis sits in fourth place in the newly released rankings. Despite rarely traveling outside of the Southeast this season, he is putting together a strong season. He scored a podium finish in the second Berlin Raceway RFTM feature event on July 25. He is tied for second with the second most wins in North America with seven thus far in the season.

 
Jake Trainor and Jo Jo Helberg have moved into the top fifteen of this year’s rankings for the first time due to both winning RFTM events at Berlin on July 25.

 
Two Canadians find themselves ranked in the most recent rankings. Willison joins fellow British Columbia resident Jeff Montgomery as the only two Canadians in the top fifteen.

 
Only ten total pavement sprint car races remain on the 2026 racing calendar. It would appear Swanson may have the edge as he has five more events on his calendar. But Willison would have to be the favorite to win the Open Wheel Showdown wing portion of the event based on his success this season.

 
 If Willison wants to increase his odds of cementing himself as the 2026 top ranked driver, he must consider entering the non-winged portion of Open Wheel Showdown and convincing his Florida car owner Ken Statham to participate in the final two BG Products Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series events. These extra events could give him the push he needs to keep Swanson at bay and retake the top spot.

 
The final edition of the 2026 National Pavement Sprint Car Rankings will be released shortly after the final (November 14) event of the season.

 
                   NATIONAL PAVEMENT SPRNT CAR RANKING #3 (As of 9/27/26)

 
  1. Kody Swanson – 60
  2. Aaron Willison – 59.5
  3. Bobby Santos III – 37
  4. Colton Bettis – 24.5
  5. Evan Margeson – 19
  6. CJ Leary – 17
  7. Dakoda Armstrong – 15
  8.  Jackson Macenko
  9.  Davey Hamilton Jr. – 13
  10.  Tyler Roahrig – 12
  11.  Jeff Montgomery – 11
  12.   Mike Murgoitio – 8.5
  13.   Jo Jo Heberg – 8
  14.   Jake Trainor
  15.  Casey Tillman – 7.5

 

 

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2026 - All Star Circuit of Champions Schedule

Apr10

Friday, April 10, 2026

Attica Raceway Park

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Apr11

Saturday, April 11, 2026

Attica Raceway Park

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Apr18

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Atomic Speedway

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May8

Friday, May 8, 2026

Kokomo Speedway

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May9

Saturday, May 9, 2026

Kokomo Speedway

All Star Circuit of Champions, High Limit Racing

May12

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Fremont Speedway

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May23

Saturday, May 23, 2026

Michaels Mercer Raceway

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May24

Sunday, May 24, 2026

Wayne County Speedway

All Star Circuit of Champions

May29

Friday, May 29, 2026

Lawrenceburg Speedway

All Star Circuit of Champions, High Limit Racing

Jun5

Friday, June 5, 2026

Williams Grove Speedway

All Star Circuit of Champions

Jun6

Saturday, June 6, 2026

Lincoln Speedway

All Star Circuit of Champions

Jun12

Friday, June 12, 2026

Attica Raceway Park

All Star Circuit of Champions

Jun13

Saturday, June 13, 2026

Sharon Speedway

All Star Circuit of Champions

Jun14

Sunday, June 14, 2026

Millstream Speedway

All Star Circuit of Champions

Jun15

Monday, June 15, 2026

Wayne County Speedway

All Star Circuit of Champions

Jun16

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Eldora Speedway

All Star Circuit of Champions

Jun18

Thursday, June 18, 2026

Waynesfield Raceway Park

All Star Circuit of Champions, USAC Midwest Thunder Speed2 Midgets

Jun19

Friday, June 19, 2026

Fremont Speedway

All Star Circuit of Champions

Jun20

Saturday, June 20, 2026

Atomic Speedway

All Star Circuit of Champions, USAC Midwest Midgets, USAC Midwest Thunder Speed2 Midgets

Jul31

Friday, July 31, 2026

Hartford Speedway

All Star Circuit of Champions

Aug7

Friday, August 7, 2026

Stateline Speedway

All Star Circuit of Champions

Aug8

Saturday, August 8, 2026

Stateline Speedway

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Aug21

Friday, August 21, 2026

I-96 Speedway

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Aug22

Saturday, August 22, 2026

Butler Speedway

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Aug28

Friday, August 28, 2026

Freedom Speedway

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Aug29

Saturday, August 29, 2026

Sharon Speedway

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Sep4

Friday, September 4, 2026

Attica Raceway Park

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Sep5

Saturday, September 5, 2026

Wayne County Speedway

All Star Circuit of Champions

Sep6

Sunday, September 6, 2026

Wayne County Speedway

All Star Circuit of Champions

Sep18

Friday, September 18, 2026

Fremont Speedway

All Star Circuit of Champions

Sep19

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Fremont Speedway

All Star Circuit of Champions

 
Oct2

Friday, October 2, 2026

Michaels Mercer Raceway

All Star Circuit of Champions

 
Oct3

Saturday, October 3, 2026

Waynesfield Raceway Park

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