The resume continues to build for Kody Swanson as he has added a third yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour Championship to his list of accomplishments. Swanson, the Tour Champion in 2022 and 2024, capped off his 2026 championship campaign with a second place finish in the season finale at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.

Tyler Roahrig found himself back in Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park victory lane for the sixth time in seven races at the facility Saturday afternoon to conclude the 2026 yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour season, but this one may have been the toughest one since the first one in August 2022.

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The yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour comes to Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park for the Halloween Fest and the season finale of 2026.

The 2026 season for the yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour will come down to one final race this Saturday, October 17, at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, where Kody Swanson will look to cap off a strong campaign by securing his third career series championship.

When the yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour returns to Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park on Saturday, October 17, it will be returning to a track that has quickly become one of the most important stops on the Tour's calendar.

Toledo Speedway has been kind to Kody Swanson over the years. Along with the yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour’s first appearance at the half-mile in 2023, he has won eight USAC Silver Crown races over the course of his career.

The California driver’s win total at Toledo hit double digits Saturday with the win in the Monroe Asphalt 40, his third win of the season that puts him on the brink of his third 500 Sprint Car Tour title with one race left.

The yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour hits its finishing stretch of the 2026 season as it heads to Toledo Speedway for the Monroe Asphalt 40 and the Stars, Stripes, and Speed Festival. 

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.

Lapped traffic played a significant role in Bobby Santos III second victory in the Tony Elliott Classic at Anderson Speedway.

Santos had a fast car throughout Saturday's running of the yourBigPlans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour event and posted the second fastest time during qualifying to Tyler Roahrig.

For those who knew Tony Elliott, there are countless stories. There are stories of wins, hard-fought races and late nights at the racetrack, but there are also the stories that never appear in a results book - the memories shared by the people who were there for the journey.

Few people experienced Tony Elliott’s racing career as closely as his brother, Jim Elliott. From childhood weekends spent at the racetrack to turning wrenches alongside Tony, Jim was there for much of the journey. He watched his brother grow into one of the most accomplished and beloved short-track racers of his generation and, along the way, had the opportunity to share Victory Circle with him.

The yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour hits its finishing stretch of the 2026 season as it heads to Anderson Speedway for the 11th Annual Tony Elliott Classic presented by CB Fabricating. 

Anderson, Indiana: The yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour returns to Anderson Speedway on Saturday, September 26, for one of the most anticipated events on the series schedule, the 11th annual Tony Elliott Classic presented by CB Fabricating.

Named in honor of Anderson Speedway and Indiana racing legend Tony Elliott. The event pre-dates the creation of the 500 Sprint Car Tour serving as the fall race at Anderson Speedway. It continues to be a marquee stop on the 500 Sprint Car Tour schedule, bringing some of the best pavement non-wing sprint car drivers in the country to the historic quarter-mile. 

At the beginning of 2026, it would’ve been hard to imagine Tyler Roahrig not getting his first yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour win of the year until late August.  Based off results in recent years, however, him winning at Berlin Raceway would not come as a shock one single bit.

The yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour heads to Berlin Raceway for their first trip to Michigan in 2026! There is no shortage of storylines as the tour enters the Marne, Michigan facility. 

The yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour returns to Berlin Raceway on Friday, August 28. The battle at the 7/16-mile oval is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated races of the 2026 season.

An 18-car field is currently entered for the return to Marne, Michigan, with a mix of championship contenders, established Tour winners and several drivers looking to make their mark at one of the series' most demanding venues.

Kody Swanson had visited victory lane at Salem Speedway five times in USAC Silver Crown competition over the years; and even had a Super Late Model win at the Southern Indiana oval in his career going into Saturday night’s Joe James/Pat O’Connor Memorial.  However, Saturday night would prove to be his first Sprint Car victory at Salem, but it did not come easy.

The yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour returns to one of the most historic venues on its schedule this Saturday, August 15, as the series heads to The Salem Speedway Motorplex Powered by the John Jones Auto Group Fueled by the Hoosier Lottery for the third consecutive year.

The occasion is one of the most significant events on the Salem Speedway calendar, as the 500 Sprint Car Tour will headline the 67th Running of the Joe James/Pat O’Connor Memorial.

For Cord Ehrhart, racing has always been about more than driving. It is about building, learning and understanding the machine.

A second-generation racer, Ehrhart grew up following his father, who competed in midgets in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Today, the father-son duo continues that tradition by building and preparing their own race cars.

Toledo Speedway is excited to announce that the yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour event sponsored by Monroe Asphalt will join the action on Saturday, October 3, as part of the Stars, Stripes & Speed Fest! This comes after the rain postponement of the June 14 event.