09/22/2026
🎃🏁 THE 2ND ANNUAL NIGHTMARE NATIONALS PRESENTED BY Eagle Hollow Scream Park IS COMING TO MINI E RACEWAY OCTOBER 3RD-4TH! 🏁🎃
Get ready for 2 days of kart racing, great payouts, very unique trophies, & Halloween fun to end the gokart season at the Nightmare Nationals on Saturday, October 3rd & Sunday, October 4th!
Drivers will be battling for cash, trophies and bragging rights, with several classes competing for some impressive payouts.
And if you don't make the A Main, your weekend isn't over! We're planning a Non-Qualifier Pumpkin Smash Dash for each group if there are enough cars, with the winner taking home a unique trophy and a pumpkin! 🎃💥
We'll also have the Juice Box Class racing both days. The Juice Box racers will have 2 sets of heat races on Saturday and an A Feature with more laps than normal on Sunday and will be scored. All participants will receive a skeleton participation trophy and the top 3 will take home larger trophies. There is NO ENTRY FEE for Juice Box Racers.
Also featuring on Sunday: Mechanic's Races for Cage Pro Clone, Flat Pro Clone and Flat Pro Predator classes, plus a Spooktacular Race for fun! There is NO ENTRY FEE for these special races.
One-time driver entry fees for the entire event are:
$40 – Cage Pro Clone / Flat Pro Clone / Flat Pro Predator
$30 – Cage Blue Wazoom / Flat Limited Mod / Cage Carlisle
$25 – Cage Junior 1 / Cage Junior 2
$15 – Cage Rookie / Cage Amateur
Driver entry fees are due at driver check-in Saturday — CASH OR CHECK ONLY.
🎟️ PIT PASS / ADMISSION — PER DAY
Adults 13+: $10
Youth 5–12: $5
Children 4 & Under: FREE
Gate Opening and Start times FOR SATURDAY:
Pit Gate opens: 10:00AM
Driver Checkin: 10:00AM-1:15PM
Hot Laps: 1:15PM
Opening Ceremonies: 2:55PM
Racing: 2:00PM
Gate Opening and Start times FOR SUNDAY:
Pit Gate opens: 10:30AM
Driver Checkin: 10:30AM-1:45PM
Hot Laps: 1:45PM
Opening Ceremonies: 2:20PM
Racing: 2:30PM
Camping without hookups is FREE, or camping with an electric hookup is $35. Reserve a spot with an electric hookup by calling or texting 402-312-2134.
And the fun doesn't stop when the racing ends Saturday! Your Saturday pit pass will get you either FREE gate admission to Eagle Hollow Scream Park — no haunts included — or $10 off a Haunt Pass on October 3rd only. Those who have a Saturday pit pass and attend Eagle Hollow Scream Park that evening will also receive a FREE DINNER served at the Eagle Raceway Taco Window inside the gate! Hang out, sing Scary-oke, sit by the fire pits and go through some of the best haunts in Nebraska.
🔥 RACING. HALLOWEEN FUN. BIG PAYOUTS. TWO DAYS. ONE BIG EVENT! The racing format is the same as last year. 2 sets of heat races for each class on Saturday will set the Lineups for the A Features and B Features on Sunday. Drivers that do not qualify for the A Feature out of a B Feature will be lined up in a Non-Qualifier Pumpkin Smash Dash to win a unique trophy and a pumpkin. All classes A Features will be 30 laps besides Cage Amateur, Cage Rookie and Juice Box.
We will use Blue River Raceway rules for the Flat Limited Mod & Cage Carlisle classes. You can find them here: https://blueriverraceway1.myracepass.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=1215165&fbclid=IwY2xjawUf1qZwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7RtpYJuYe9kLTaksbdBwJfnSONHTTzPNiEkGOqaIAeeq2ZDIJdpmmitKOLzA_aem_tDmfpYSnjZH3FdKTfspzXA
All other classes use Mini E Raceway Rules which can be found here: https://mini.eagleraceway.com/rules/
📅 Saturday, October 3rd & Sunday, October 4th
📍 Eagle Raceway
Bring the karts, bring the family and get ready for a Nightmare Nationals weekend you won't want to miss! 🎃🏁👻
