Williams Grove Speedway Race Track in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA

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Williams Grove Speedway races 410 Sprints, 358 Sprints, 305 Sprints, Super Sportsman, and Street Stocks. Special Events include World of Outlaws Sprint Cars, All Star Circuit of Champions, USAC National Sprint Cars, and USAC East Coast Sprint Cars.

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• Surface: banked clay oval

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  Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 17055 USA
• lat: 40.152710, lng: -77.034716
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Williams Grove Speedway Dirt Track Racing Schedule

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Williams Grove Speedway Dirt Track News

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  First Night Race Is Friday At Williams Grove Speedway, 358 Sprints To Make Season Debut

  Mechanicsburg - The first race under the lights for 2026 at Williams Grove Speedway will take place this Friday night, March 27 at 7:30 pm, on Fast Tees Apparel Night. Slated to be in action is the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars and the HJ Towing & Recovery 358 sprints. The event will be the first oval contest of the season for the 358s. The official apparel company of Williams Grove Speedway, Fast Tees will be giving away 200 FREE shirts at the infield novelty stand on Friday night. The giveaways will take place on a first come, first serve basis starting when gates open at 5:30 pm. The defending opening day winner for the 358 sprints at the Grove is Dylan Norris. Lance Dewease won the 2026 season opener for the 410 sprints at the track on March 22. Friday's races at Williams Grove will find drivers in both sprint divisions drawing for starting positions in the heats. The month of April will kickoff on Friday, April 3 on Kids Easter Night, sponsored by J & S Classics and Hoseheads.com. The first 100 youth ages 12 and under entering the frontstretch gate will get a FREE Easter treat. Another show of 410 and 358 sprint racing is on the agenda. Adult general admission for March 27 is $25 with youth ages 13 - 20 admitted for just $10. Kids ages 12 and under are always FREE at Williams Grove Speedway. Keep up to date on all the latest speedway news and information by visiting the oval's official website located at www.williamsgrove.com and by following the track on X, Facebook, TikTok and Instagram. RacingJunk.com is the Official Classifieds for Williams Grove Speedway.

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  Dewease Tops Field To Score Williams Grove Opener Sunday

  Mechanicsburg - Lance Dewease of Fayetteville picked up his first win for his new car owner, Rich Eichelberger, by scoring the 25-lap Opening Day feature for Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars at Williams Grove Speedway on Sunday afternoon. It was the third Grove opener triumph of Dewease's career at the oval, worth $6,000. His previous lidlifter wins came in 1995 and 2006. The victory was also the 117th career Williams Grove win for the veteran pilot. A sterling spring day greeted fans and racers alike as they gathered to kick off the new 2026 season at Williams Grove on Sunday. A field of 28 cars entered action with heats going to Dewease, Justin Whittall and Cameron Smith while the consolation race was taken by Tyler Ross. Freddie Rahmer was in hot pursuit of leader Dylan Norris on just the second lap of the main event when he got too high in the first corner and looped his No. 51, surrendering what could have been a top finish or even a second career opener win. The yellow for Rahmer's spin bunched the field and placed third starter Dewease on Norris' tail for the restart. Norris initially got away from Dewease's red, white and blue racer only to see the eventual winner drive his advantage back down. And then with eight laps away Norris also got too high on the track albeit at the other end and when he slipped, Dewease was there to take advantage. Dewease motored by on the inside of turn four to net control as Norris had to regroup. The new leader had just entered the rear of the field and had began lapping cars on the 12th tour when a pair of spins in front of him slowed the pace and brought out the final yellow flag of the race. The restart saw Dewease pull away but then work to stay behind traffic in the closing laps, allowing Norris to make it a nose-to-tail battle. With three laps to go Norris took a look to the leader's outside in the fourth turn and then a lap later when Dewease got hard on the binders entering the third corner Norris nearly came into contact as he ran hard into the turn. Following the accordion effect that Dewease's check-up move had on Norris, the Fayetteville flyer drove to a .890 second advantage at the finish to pick up the victory. Fresh off of a runner-up finish Saturday night in Western Pennsylvania, Norris again rode home second on Sunday. Justin Whittall was third followed by Danny Dietrich and Kody Hartlaub. Sixth through 10th went to Cameron Smith, Brent Shearer, Billy Dietrich, Anthony Macri and Doug Hammaker. Williams Grove Speedway returns to action on Friday night, March 27 at 7:30 pm with a program of 410 and 358 sprint car racing. Feature Finish 3/22/26 410 sprint cars, 25 laps: 1. Lance Dewease, 2. Dylan Norris, 3. Justin Whittall, 4. Danny Dietrich, 5. Kody Hartlaub, 6. Cameron Smith, 7. Brent Shearer, 8. Billy Dietrich, 9. Anthony Macri, 10. Ryan Smith, 11. Ryan Smith, 12. Matt Campbell, 13. Troy Wagaman Jr., 14. Chase Dietz, 15. TJ Stutts, 16. Brock Zearfoss, 17. Briggs Danner, 18. Cole Knopp, 19. Buddy Schweibinz, 20. Tyler Ross, 21. Austin Bishop, 22. JJ Loss, 23. Aaron Bollinger, 24. Freddie Rahmer DNQ: Jude Siegel, Troy Fraker, Chris Frank, Mike Thompson

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  Dewease Tops Field To Score Williams Grove Opener Sunday

  Lance Dewease of Fayetteville picked up his first win for his new car owner, Rich Eichelberger, by scoring the 25-lap Opening Day feature for Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars at Williams Grove Speedway on Sunday afternoon.

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  3 Things We're Watching For at the PA Posse 410 Sprint Car Series This Weekend [Opinion]

  The highly-anticipated PA Posse 410 Sprint Car Series makes its debut this weekend with a pair of races, one at Port Royal Speedway and the other at Williams Grove Speedway.

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  New Season Begins Sunday At Williams Grove Speedway

  Mechanicsburg - Williams Grove Speedway will open the 2026 racing season Sunday afternoon, March 22 at 2 pm with an afternoon program of Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint car racing. Hoosier will present Opening Day 2026 with $6,000 up for grabs by the sprint car drivers in the 25-lap feature as part of the Pa Posse 410 Sprint Series. The season lidlifter will be a 410 sprint car-only event. There will be no time trials. Anthony Macri of Dillsburg is the defending Opening Day sprint car winner at Williams Grove. In fact, Macri has won the last two openers at the Grove and has already turned back the World of Outlaws twice this season in Florida to go along with a recent win elsewhere in Central Pennsylvania. Following the opener, Williams Grove will host the first night race of the season on Friday night, March 27 at 7:30 when it also hosts the season debut of the HJ Towing & Recovery 358 sprints. April racing will begin on the third with another program of 410 and 358 sprint competition. Adult general admission for Opening Day is $25 with youth ages 13 - 20 admitted for just $10. Kids ages 12 and under are always FREE at Williams Grove Speedway. Gates will open at noon on March 22. Keep up to date on all the latest speedway news and information by visiting the oval's official website located at www.williamsgrove.com and by following the track on X, Facebook, TikTok and Instagram. RacingJunk.com is the Official Classifieds for Williams Grove Speedway.

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  Williams Grove Opening Day Win List Includes Favorites And Upsets 2026 Season Set To Open Sunday At 2

  Mechanicsburg - Opening day at Williams Grove Speedway is a tradition that dates back to the maiden season in 1939 when The Flying Dutchman, Tommy Hinnershitz of Oley claimed the very first race held at the track. Fast forward 87 years and the next chapter in the annals of Williams Grove opener history is ready to be spun off coming up next Sunday, March 22 at 2 pm when the 2026 season opener is presented featuring the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars. Presented by Hoosier, gates for Opening Day 2026 will open at noon with the sprint cars racing for a $6,000 payday in a 25-lap main event as part of the Pa Posse 410 Sprint Series. Adult general admission is set at $25 with youth ages 13-20 admitted for just $10 while kids ages 12 and under are always admitted for FREE at Williams Grove Speedway. A host of prominent and some not so well known names dot the opening day win list at Williams Grove Speedway. Hinnershitz, a AAA East champion in his career, claimed a total of three openers. Other top names of the 1940s and 1950s that scored the Williams Grove opener included Ted Horn, Jimmy Bryan, Johnny Mackison Sr. and more. On his way to immortality for fans of the 1960s and 1970s, Leroy Felty scored the opener twice in his career, in 1961 and 1966. A Texan destined for greatness by the name of AJ Foyt took the victory in 1964. Another man on his way to racing immortality, Jan Opperman hit the local scene for his first of three Williams Grove opening day wins in 1970. Other popular winners of the 1960s and 1970s included Kenny Weld, Dick Tobias, Kramer Williamson, Smokey Snellbaker, Ray Tilley and Bobby Allen. The duo of Lynn Paxton and Keith Kauffman struck for a total of five lidlifter wins in the decade of the 1980s while a virtual unknown in sprint cars, Kevin Collins, upended the field in 1983. The 1990s dawned with Kenny Adams scoring a victory before Don Kreitz Jr. and Fred Rahmer each took a pair of opener wins. Brian Paulus closed the decade with what was perhaps considered an upset win before a youngster from Enumclaw, Washington, began the 2000s with an undisputed upset, coming at the hands of a pre-Nascar Kasey Kahne. Greg Hodnett would etch his name on the historical first race win list twice during the 2000s while familiar names like Lance Dewease, Cris Eash, Kreitz and Rahmer would return along with a popular win for underdog Mike Erdley of Elizabethville. Rahmer and Hodnett continued winning into the 2010s while first time checkers went to Danny Dietrich and Lucas Wolfe of Mechanicsburg. By far, the upset of the decade of the 2010s came at the hands of New Oxford's Gerard McIntyre Jr. in 2014. Opening Days of the 2020s have seen invaders make their presence known as well as the hometown heroes. California outlaws driver Carson Macedo dropped in for opening day laurels in 2020 with Indianan's Justin Peck and Zeb Wise following suit in 2022 and 2023. Track champion Freddie Rahmer broke through in 2021 while Anthony Macri of Dillsburg has recorded each of the last two lidlifters. Keep up to date on all the latest speedway news and information by visiting the oval's official website at www.williamsgrove.com or by visiting the oval on Facebook, Twitter, TikTok or Instagram. RacingJunk.com is the Official Classifieds for Williams Grove Speedway.

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  Dewease Ready To Start Next Chapter In Williams Grove Opener March 22 Seven-time track champion staying real about his situation

  Mechanicsburg - When Williams Grove Speedway drops the green flag on the new sprint car season on March 22, seven-time track champion Lance Dewease will embark on yet another chapter in his famed career at the oval. Dewease will take his first Williams Grove ride as the hired gun of Rich Eichelberger's No. 8 machine in the season opener and for as many top rides as he's had in his forty or so year career, Dewease says this one is just as good as all the rest. "It's as good as any deal I've been involved with - especially the engine program," he says of the stable. "But you still have to put the pieces together. It's different cars than what I've raced the last two years." "Yes, we have the equipment but you still only race one car and one motor at a time and you still have to get everything ironed out and hopefully go fast," Dewease admits. The team will run Maxim Chassis with engines by Don Ott. Dewease teamed with Eichelberger for 2026 before the dust had even settled on the 2025 season. He will be just the third driver to sit in the Eichelberger 410 sprint seat, following Freddie Rahmer and Brock Zearfoss. "There's different wings, all this little stuff but I feel confident I'll have it dialed in that we're competitive. But makin' it outlaw fast is where we need to be. Even though I know all this stuff it just takes time to get dialed in," Dewease says. He says the team's plans are to compete in 90-percent of the shows at Williams Grove Speedway during the year ahead while carving out a potential overall slate of around 80 total races in 2026. And now at the age of 60, Dewease is realistic about his situation. "Right now, we're just mainly time trial shows, pick and choose. All of it depends on how good we're going on how often we race. We have a pretty robust scheduled that we're gonna' try to race, especially at my age," Dewease admits. "We might get to the point that I say I might need some time off to stay sharp and be ready. I know how old I am. I know my body. So it's just a matter of does it affect me. I don't think it will, but at my age you just don't know." Dewease will be calling his own shots on the car while both he and Eichelberger have brought back some key crew members to help keep all the I's dotted and the T's crossed. He says it's the race day items that require the utmost attention. "Is it ready, built right, nothing left loose? It's those things," he says. "The little things that you try to not let happen. You just double and triple check and try to not have it happen at the wrong time." Dewease is eyeing mid-May as the point in the season when he needs to be sure to be firing on all cylinders. "Once you get to the outlaws in May on, there's a lot of racing. And it's all time trials and big money. And it's really a busy time." "We're gonna' do the best we can and kinda' play it by ear. We wanna' win races and be in the hunt for the big shows. That's something I've always worried about," he says. Dewease says he felt like he had a fast car all season last year while running for Barry Shearer, especially during the second half. "So that's kinda' where I'm trying to build to, to where I'm that quick early this year and then go try to win races. I'm hoping that we carry that over to Rich's deal and get a little faster yet," he says. "We do have to race to get faster." Dewease and company will get their first chance of the season to race at Williams Grove coming up on Sunday afternoon, March 22 at 2 pm when the oval hosts the 2026 season opener presented by Hoosier. The Fayetteville driver has scored on opening day at Williams Grove just twice in his career, in 1995 and again in 2006. The 2026 season lidlifter will feature the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprints in a "sprints only" racing program. The 25-lap main will pay $6,000 to the winner as part of the 2026 Pa Posse Racing Series in the region. Adult general admission for March 22 is $25 with students ages 13-20 admitted for $10. Kids ages 12 and under are always free at Williams Grove Speedway. Keep up to date on all the latest speedway news and information by visiting the oval's official website at www.williamsgrove.com or by visiting the oval on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. RacingJunk.com is the Official Classifieds for Williams Grove Speedway.

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  Wagaman Jr. Credits Owner And Crew For 2025 Williams Grove Title Team Hopes To Be Oval Regulars In 2026

  Mechanicsburg - Defending track champion Troy Wagaman Jr. of Hanover will begin his 2026 Williams Grove Speedway campaign at the season opener coming up on March 22. The event will also mark the start of his third full season behind the wheel of Mike Heffner's No. 27 at the oval. And he says while he only picked off one win at the Grove in 2025, he has always felt fast there. "We've always had the overall speed there ever since I got in Mike's car. It was kinda' surprising honestly," he says. In just his first full year in the car he and the team took second in the oval point standings. "And then we thought if we just cleaned up our outlaws shows (for last year) then we'll probably be alright (to win the points). We only won once but I feel like I ran second or third like a trillion times," he says of his 2025 Williams Grove season performance. The team finished inside the top five on eight occasions aside from their lone victory. "I knew we were really consistent. Consistency let us fall in. I wish we would've won some more but the guys never let me have a mechanical failure and it was just a good year." He credits his crew and car owner Heffner of Hellertown for making it all come together. "The guys got everything thought out - it could be any thing down to an O ring for a bleeder. They have spares for everything. Stuff you wouldn't think of. Stuff I never would of thought of some times," he says of his team's preparedness when they pull into the track. "Mike gives us everything we need. And it makes it easy on me and I can focus on driving and on the racetrack, to not have to worry. It's huge, huge, on my mental state and being able to stay consistent." And some nights, if he's not feelin' the W, that's okay too. "There's just some nights it is what it is," Wagaman says. "And there's just no reason to junk it when you're just a fourth place car." Wagaman, who just turned 29 in mid- February, says he and the Heffner team expect to be at Williams Grove every Friday during the season ahead unless he feels collectively they all need a break from what is shaping up to be a stacked overall schedule for 2026. "It would be cool to win 10 races, from a personal standpoint. I've never done that. But it's really hard to do," he says of the overall year ahead. "We just wanna' be prepared and ready to go. It's been a nonstop off-season getting ready to go. We wanna' get these first draw shows out of the way and then do time trials and see where we stack up." Wagaman says car owner Heffner is a one-in-a-million type of guy. "He's a very generous guy. He's always been super generous, always making sure I have everything I need and the guys and I can't appreciate him enough," Wagaman says. "He just cares so much about the sport in general. I don't think people understand what he is to Central Pa racing." "He means so much to me. I can't ask for more than Mike." Wagaman will be looking to score his first ever Williams Grove opening day win when the cars hit the track on March 22 at 2 pm. The Williams Grove season lidlifter will feature the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprints in a "sprints only" racing program. Presented by Hoosier, the 25-lap main will pay $6,000 to the winner as part of the 2026 Pa Posse Racing Series in the region. Adult general admission for March 22 is $25 with students ages 13-20 admitted for $10. Kids ages 12 and under are always free at Williams Grove Speedway. Keep up to date on all the latest speedway news and information by visiting the oval's official website at www.williamsgrove.com or by visiting the oval on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. RacingJunk.com is the Official Classifieds for Williams Grove Speedway.

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  Wagaman Jr. Credits Owner And Crew For 2025 Williams Grove Title

  Defending track champion Troy Wagaman Jr. of Hanover will begin his 2026 Williams Grove Speedway campaign at the season opener coming up on March 22.

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  Four Weeks Until Williams Grove Opens 2026

  Mechanicsburg - Exactly four weeks stand between fans and the 2026 Williams Grove Speedway season opener presented by Hoosier Racing Tires, slated for Sunday afternoon, March 22 at 2 pm. The lid lifter for the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars will pay $5,500 to the winner of the 25-lap opening day event. The race will be a sprints-only racing program to kickoff the season. The prestigious Williams Grove opener will be the first of 28 races for the exciting sprint cars at the historic oval during the year ahead and it will also be the first of 10 Williams Grove races in the 2026 PA Posse Sprint Series in the region. March at Williams Grove will also include the season opener for the HJ Towing & Recovery 358 sprints, held just a few days later as part of the first race under the lights, on March 27. After numerous attempts to get the season underway last year, the first feature event of the year was finally completed on April 18 after part of the program was completed on April 4. Anthony Macri scored the 2025 opener, taking the lead away from Matt Campbell with just a few laps to go. The year ahead at Williams Grove Speedway will again offer no less than six visits by the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars touring series along with another visit by the rejuvenated All Stars Circuit of Champions Sprints. In addition, a total of five $8,000-to-win Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint car shows dot the slate in 2026 offering full purses worth over $31,000 each. A dozen races will be held for the 358 sprints throughout the season. Wingless Sportsman have four events on the 2026 slate to go along with one date for winged Super Sportsman with all five events consisting of timed warm-ups and a feature only. For the fifth year in a row, the Spring Sprint Special will be featured, boasting three sprint car divisions, on April 24 to include 410 sprints, wingless sportsman and the PASS IMCA 305 sprints. Adult general admission for March 22 is $25 with students ages 13-20 admitted for $10. Kids ages 12 and under are always free at Williams Grove Speedway. Keep up to date on all the latest speedway news and information by visiting the oval's official website at www.williamsgrove.com or by visiting the oval on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. RacingJunk.com is the Official Classifieds for Williams Grove Speedway.

Williams Grove Speedway Dirt Track Videos

• Lance Dewease discusses Sunday's victory in the Williams Grove Speedway season opener
• Dylan Norris discusses his second-place finish in the Williams Grove Speedway season opener
• Williams Grove Speedway season opener pit walk
• Brent Marks discusses Friday's victory in the World of Outlaws Tune-up at Williams Grove Speedway

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Williams Grove Speedway Dirt Track Racing Organizations

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  AFT - American Flat Track Dirt Track Racing Organization
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  DIRTcar - DIRTcar Racing Dirt Track Racing Organization
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  PASS - PA Sprint Series Dirt Track Racing Organization
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  USAC - United States Auto Club Dirt Track Racing Organization
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  WoO - World of Outlaws Dirt Track Racing Organization