10th Annual TBTC Dirt Track Nationals
2023 Event

The 10th Annual Thunder Bay Truck Centre Dirt Track Nationals is back this September and it will be bigger and better! With an extra day added to the program, and a total purse surpassing $120,000, it’s sure to be a weekend full of action-packed racing!

We will be holding races in five divisions:

  • Hornets
  • Street Stock
  • Wissota Midwest Modified (B-Mods)
  • Super Stock
  • Wissota Modified (A-Mods)
Dirt Track Nationals 2023 Poster

Event Details

Thursday, Sept 21

Open practice from 6-9pm with breaks for racing

  • Super Stock/Midwest Modified Showdown – $500 to win
  • Hornets full show – $500 to win

Friday, Sept 22

Racing starts at 6pm

  • Modifieds – $5000 to win
  • Super Stocks – $2500 to win
  • Midwest Modifieds – $1000 to win

 

Visit thundercityspeedway.ca to learn more.

 

 

Saturday, Sept 23

Racing starts at 3pm

  • Modifieds – $7500 to win
  • Super Stocks – $5000 to win
  • Midwest Modifieds – $1500 to win
  • Street Stocks – $600 to win

Fireworks show immediately following the races!

Sunday, Sept 24

Racing starts at 2pm

  • Midwest Modifieds – $1000 to win
  • Street Stocks – $1000 to win (whisky row classic)
  • Hornets – $500 to win

 

The History

The Thunder Bay Truck Centre Dirt Track Nationals was established in 2014 when Rick Simpson approached Thunder Bay Truck Centre in search of sponsorship to help bring racing back to Thunder Bay in the form of a weekend race event. The Simpson family had arranged the use of Mosquito Speedway, which is in Nolalu, and were spending countless hours working on the track to prepare it for racing. Working together with the Simpsons, the 1st annual Thunder Bay Truck Centre Dirt Track Nationals was born and took place on September 13 & 14, 2014. The Thunder Bay Truck Centre Dirt Track Nationals has continued to grow every year, drawing bigger crowds and more racers. The Thunder Bay Truck Centre Dirt Track Nationals would not have been possible each year without the endless amount of work that the Simpson family put into planning and organizing the event, as well as all the work put into making sure that Mosquito Speedway was ready for racing.

In 2021 the annual event was moved to the newly built DQ Speedway. The 8th annual Thunder Bay Truck Centre Dirt Track Nationals was held on September 17-19, 2021 in the grand opening event of the new track. Since then, the track has been renamed Thunder City Speedway, and Thunder Bay Truck Centre continues to be a proud sponsor of the track. Under the ownership of Norm and Louis Nadin, the track has become a first-class facility, winning Wissota Track of The Year in 2022. Our annual Thunder Bay Truck Centre Dirt Track Nationals is now held at Thunder City Speedway every September.