Lorain Raceway Park

09/17/2025

Truly an amazing individual and family! We appreciate everything the Ennes family has done for us over the years 🏁

Dave Ennes of Perfection Fabricators and his family have put in a lot into Lorain Raceway Park, its racers and the region.

While the future of the track is uncertain I know for one that I am thankful for his contributions to the track and industry.

Thank you.

09/15/2025

Congrats to Billy Roberts on Winning the Mike Florjancic Memorial!

Billy Roberts claims an emotional thriller here at Lorain Raceway Park . Roberts wins the Mike Florjancic Memorial 40!
2nd: Matt Wilson
3rd: Davey Lawson

09/14/2025

Our final event of the 2025 Season is here, such a bittersweet moment with this most likely being the final race under the Maggio family ownership

Let’s pack the house one last time!! Tons of racing action for you on this Sunday Funday!

$20 General Admission Adults, $15 Seniors 65+, Kids 15 and under are FREE! Get your backside trackside!! 🏁

09/13/2025

Pit area is full, we are Qualifying! Racing starts at 6pm tonight for Prelim Day of the Fall Festival of Speed!

More than likely the last event for the Maggio family ownership at LRP, we would love a packed house to send us off!! ❤️

General Admission Adults $15, Seniors 65+ $12 and Kids 15 and under are FREE! 🏁

09/13/2025

Schedule of Events for Saturday, September 13th! Let’s go Cavalcade racing!!! 🏁🏁

09/11/2025

Cavalcade weekend is upon us!! 🏁

Lorain Raceway Park
Friday-Sunday, September 12-14, 2025
Fall Festival of Speed Cavalcade Information

Divisions (Sat/Sun) - Late Models, Outlaw 350 Supermodified Series, Modifieds, Ohio Wheelman Street Stocks, Grand Nationals, Ohio Pro Compacts, Ace Racing/Factory Stocks, Warriors
Sat only - Buckeye Buggy Series

Thursday, September 11th - Open Practice/Hauler and Camper Parking. $10 per person in the pits from 4:00-dark

Friday, September 12th - Open Practice/Hauler and Camper Parking. $15 per person in the pits from 12:00-dark

Saturday, September 13th - Pits Open at 10, Hot Laps at 12, Main Gate at 12, Racing at 6
General Admission Adults - $15, Seniors 65+ - $12, Kids 15 and under FREE
Pit Non Member Adults - $40, Pit Member Adults - $35, Pits Kids 12 and under - $20
Practice/Qualifying, Dashes, Heats, Pursuits, Ace Racing/Factory Stock Feature, Buckeye Buggy Series Feature

Sunday, September 14th - Pits Open at 10, Hot Laps at 12, Main Gate at 12, Racing at 2:00
General Admission Adults - $20, Seniors 65+ - $15, Kids 15 and under FREE
Pit Non Member Adults - $40, Pit Member Adults - $35, Pits Kids 12 and under - $20
FEATURES FEATURES FEATURES!

*Camping allowed and encouraged on the West end of the parking lot near the pond or on the south tree line! If you are racing and want to camp in pits please contact Randy Jr. Please be respectful of your neighbors! Clean up after yourself and keep fires contained!*

NOTES:
No 2 day General Admission passes
2 Day Pit Non Member Adults - $75, 2 Day Pit Member Adults $65, 2 Day Pit Kids 12 and under - $35
One Day Transponder Rental - $20
Two Day Transponder Rental - $30
- If racing 2 divisions, must pay double pit pass/entry fee
- If only racing Sunday for the features, must pay 2 day pit pass (driver only). Will start scratch if only racing Sunday

PAYOUTS/RULES
*Bring copy of rules you are running by. No pick or choose of the rules*

Late Models - 40 Laps
1,500-1,200-900-800-600-500-400-350-250 to start
Midvale, Barberton Rules, built motors on 2 barrels. Crate motors on 4 barrels. 2 way radios allowed
American Racer EC31 tires

Modifieds - 50 Laps
2,000-1,500-1,000-750-500-400-350-300-275 to start
Lorain, Barberton, Midvale, Wheelman Rules
American Racer 970 Tires. No soaking. No radios. No mirrors

Street Stocks - Mike Florjancic Memorial 40 Laps
Ohio Wheelman Series rules, procedures, regulations

Grand Nationals - 30 Laps
750-400-350-300-250-200-175-150-125-100 to start
Sandusky/Lorain Rules
Hoosier Comanche Tires. No soaking

Ohio Pro Compacts - 30 Laps
500-300-250-150-100-75-50 to start
Ohio Pro Compact rules

Ace Racing/Factory Stocks - 20 Laps Sat, 25 Laps Sun
Sat - 100-75-50-25
Sun - 250-150-100-75-50 start
Ace Racing/Factory Stocks combined rules

Warriors - 20 Laps
100-75-50-25 (purse may go up if more cars)
Painesville Warriors/Enduro, Barberton TS rules
Allowed 1 inch RF camber. Stand alone harness OK

Outlaw Super Sprints - 30 Laps
See their page for more information

Buckeye Buggy Series - see BBS for more info

09/07/2025

Lorain Raceway Park
Friday-Sunday, September 12-14, 2025
Fall Festival of Speed Cavalcade Information

Divisions (Sat/Sun) - Late Models, Outlaw 350 Supermodified Series, Modifieds, Ohio Wheelman Street Stocks, Grand Nationals, Ohio Pro Compacts, Ace Racing/Factory Stocks, Warriors
Sat only - Buckeye Buggy Series

Thursday, September 11th - Open Practice/Hauler and Camper Parking. $10 per person in the pits from 4:00-dark

Friday, September 12th - Open Practice/Hauler and Camper Parking. $15 per person in the pits from 12:00-dark

Saturday, September 13th - Pits Open at 10, Hot Laps at 12, Main Gate at 12, Racing at 6
General Admission Adults - $15, Seniors 65+ - $12, Kids 15 and under FREE
Pit Non Member Adults - $40, Pit Member Adults - $35, Pits Kids 12 and under - $20
Practice/Qualifying, Dashes, Heats, Pursuits, Ace Racing/Factory Stock Feature, Buckeye Buggy Series Feature

Sunday, September 14th - Pits Open at 10, Hot Laps at 12, Main Gate at 12, Racing at 2:00
General Admission Adults - $20, Seniors 65+ - $15, Kids 15 and under FREE
Pit Non Member Adults - $40, Pit Member Adults - $35, Pits Kids 12 and under - $20
FEATURES FEATURES FEATURES!

*Camping allowed and encouraged on the West end of the parking lot near the pond or on the south tree line! If you are racing and want to camp in pits please contact Randy Jr. Please be respectful of your neighbors! Clean up after yourself and keep fires contained!*

NOTES:
No 2 day General Admission passes
2 Day Pit Non Member Adults - $75, 2 Day Pit Member Adults $65, 2 Day Pit Kids 12 and under - $35
One Day Transponder Rental - $20
Two Day Transponder Rental - $30
- If racing 2 divisions, must pay double pit pass/entry fee
- If only racing Sunday for the features, must pay 2 day pit pass (driver only). Will start scratch if only racing Sunday

PAYOUTS/RULES
*Bring copy of rules you are running by. No pick or choose of the rules*

Late Models - 40 Laps
1,500-1,200-900-800-600-500-400-350-250 to start
Midvale, Barberton Rules, built motors on 2 barrels. Crate motors on 4 barrels. 2 way radios allowed
American Racer EC31 tires

Modifieds - 50 Laps
2,000-1,500-1,000-750-500-400-350-300-275 to start
Lorain, Barberton, Midvale, Wheelman Rules
American Racer 970 Tires. No soaking. No radios. No mirrors

Street Stocks - Mike Florjancic Memorial 40 Laps
Ohio Wheelman Series rules, procedures, regulations

Grand Nationals - 30 Laps
750-400-350-300-250-200-175-150-125-100 to start
Sandusky/Lorain Rules
Hoosier Comanche Tires. No soaking

Ohio Pro Compacts - 30 Laps
500-300-250-150-100-75-50 to start
Ohio Pro Compact rules

Ace Racing/Factory Stocks - 20 Laps Sat, 25 Laps Sun
Sat - 100-75-50-25
Sun - 250-150-100-75-50 start
Ace Racing/Factory Stocks combined rules

Warriors - 20 Laps
100-75-50-25 (purse may go up if more cars)
Painesville Warriors/Enduro, Barberton TS rules
Allowed 1 inch RF camber. Stand alone harness OK

Outlaw Super Sprints - 30 Laps
See their page for more information

Buckeye Buggy Series - see BBS for more info

08/30/2025

Schedule of Events for tonight’s Cancer Awareness/Hall of Fame Night! 🏁

08/30/2025

IT’S RACE DAY!!!!!! We have an action packed evening planned for you at 9100 Leavitt Rd!

A very healthy field of Outlaw 350 SuperModified Sprint Series and Sliman's Dodge Jeep Chrysler Ram Modifieds headline our racing event. $1 Outlaw Beer from 3pm-6pm! Cancer Awareness Night and Hall of Fame Night!

50/50 tonight goes towards Relay for Life and during Intermission we have 10, very deserving, individuals being inducted into the LRP Hall of Fame!

Get your backside trackside! 🏁

08/29/2025

A HUGE slate of short track racing awaits at Lorain County’s Fastest Party this Saturday, August 30th!

Four divisions of racing action including the Outlaw 350 SuperModified Sprint Series, Sliman’s Modifieds, Perfection Fabricators Grand Nationals, Factory Stocks and Juicebox kiddos during Intermission!

It’s Cancer Awareness Night alongside Hall of Fame Night! Plenty of activities are planned including the Intermission Hall of Fame Induction and much more! You won’t want to miss this event! 🏁

08/26/2025

This Saturday, August 30th! 🏁

The Lorain Raceway Park Hall of Fame will induct ten new members this Saturday, August 30th at the annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

Chip Chesbro, the 1988, 1989 and 1990 Sportsman Champion and winner of the infamous 1998 Late Model Feature at the Halloween Festival of Speed. Anytime the yellow, orange and brown #33 pulled into the track, Chip was a threat to win. Chesbro, a native of Cleveland, Ohio climbed the ladder from Stock Cars to Sportsman and to Late Models and Super Late Models. Chesbro began his career at Cloverleaf Speedway before moving to Lorain Raceway Park and Sandusky Speedway. His success carried him to the ASA National Tour in 1998, where he made a start at Indianapolis Raceway Park, finishing 18th in a field of 32.

Roger Black, winner of hundreds of Stock Car races across the State of Ohio, including a Late Model Championship at Lorain Raceway Park in 1988 & 1989, Black’s infamous #29 was a front runner wherever he and his team showed up. Later in his career Black found a home touring with the Main Event Racing Series where he found success in the Main Event 100 Lap Qualifiers at Lorain, winning in 1996 and 1998. Black’s success carried over to many tracks, including Barberton Speedway where his career began, and took the likeable driver all over the country. Black was instrumental in the early success of smaller wheelbase Late Models in the region, building and racing them for years with great success.

Rollie Beale, the 1973 USAC National Sprint Car Champion and 32 time winner with the USAC National Sprint Cars was one of the greatest drivers to ever wheel a racecar around Lorain Raceway Park and while his storied career is most known for this time spent winning USAC races and the 1973 championship, he won a track championship at Lorain Raceway Park before hitting the USAC tour. Beale also won track championships at Fremont Speedway and Toledo Speedway. Beale is honored each year by USAC and Toledo Speedway with the Rollie Beale Classic USAC Silver Crown Series event at Toledo.

Dick Good, the 1961 Supermodified Champion at Lorain Raceway Park took his experience at Lorain Raceway Park to race and win in open wheel cars, specifically Supermodifieds, nationwide and even raced at Daytona in 1963, finishing 37th of 50 starters. Good, from Mishawaka, Indiana became one of the first out of state drivers to dominate the racing scene at Lorain Raceway Park, along with his success at Lorain County, Good won 13 feature events (11 of them in a row) at Michigan’s Jackson Motor Speedway.

Armond Holley from Columbus, Mississippi took the Supermodified circuit by storm in the late 1960’s, winning the track championship at Lorain Raceway Park and later going on to compete in two Little 500’s and the NASCAR Cup Series. Holley is most remembered around Northeast Ohio for winning the Supermodified Champioship at Lorain in a rear-engine Supermodified. In addition to being a regular at Lorain, Holley was a regular front runner at Sandusky and Oswego Speedways. Holley was the first driver to break the 15 second mark, with a new track record lap of 14.88 in July 1971. His lap earned him a bonus of $50 from Earl Griffith of Griffith Paving, who paved the track in 1960 and offered the $50 prize to the first driver to turn a lap under 15 seconds.

Jim Shirey, the 1976 Supermodified Champion and Rookie of the Year joins the Lorain Raceway Park Hall of Fame after a storied career in open wheel racing. One of the last true pioneers of supermodified racing, Shirey built, tuned and raced his supermodifieds both locally and internationally on the ISMA tour. Shirey took the checkered flag on his racing career in 2008 and today cheers on his son Danny in the 350 Outlaw Supermodified Sprint Series and grandson Gage in Quarter Midgets.

Ray & Shirley Yost, founding members of N.O.S.C.R.A. and early Promoters of Lorain Raceway Park. Ray worked as an early General Manager and Promoter, while Shirley spent her time working the Box Office and ensuring the money made it into the right hands. Ray's brother Chuck Yost was the man responsible for the construction of the Speedway in 1949. The Yost family as part of N.O.S.C.R.A. ran operations at the Speedway until 1965, when the property was purchased by Carl and Sam Lombardo.

Rich Rankin Started in 1962 at Lorain, managed the safety crew in 1969 and became the “voice of Lorain County Speedway” later as the lead announcer at the track. Rankin also played a pivotal role in the track’s growth in the 90’s taking on Public Relations duties and marketing the track to local businesses. Rankin played a role in the addition of the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series in 2001 and worked at the track until 2004. Today, now retired, Rankin enjoys attending local racing and supporting the drivers and tracks that put on the show.

Linda Cudlin, a well respected journalist for The Chronicle-Telegram out of Elyria, Ohio. Cudlin spent many late Saturday nights writing results and phoning them into the Editor at The Chronicle-Telegram. Without Cudlin, no local motorsports coverage would have made it into the local newspaper for readers to enjoy on Sunday morning. The tremendous coverage that Lorain Raceway Park and other surrounding race tracks received from Cudlin’s coverage helped local racing thrive and promoted the racing to every subscriber at home.

Jerry Owens, the 1984 Sport Stock Champion at Lorain Raceway Park along with winning 16 straight Features at Sandusky in the same year. Owens was known as a smooth, patient driver who took care of his equipment. Humble beginnings gave way to a winning career for Owens as he competed at Lorain and Sandusky Speedway, eventually going on to win championships at both tracks.

08/26/2025

Lorain Raceway Park returns this Saturday, August 30th with Cancer Awareness Night/Hall of Fame Night alongside four divisions of racing action!!

The Outlaw 350 Supers return with the Modifieds, Grand Nationals and Factory Stocks!! $1 Outlaw Beer Happy Hour from 3-6pm! 🏁