Possible $30,151 On the Line for Millbridge’s Speed51 Open

$30,000 On the Line for Millbridge’s Speed51 Open

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Salisbury, NC – The Speed51 Open has become one of the premier Outlaw Kart events in America and now the winner could walk away with more than $30,000.  Jeremy and Ashly Burnett, owners of Millbridge Speedway, announced today a $25,000 “Front Row Challenge” for the Speed51 Open on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at the Salisbury, NC race track.

The purse still guarantees a hefty $5,151 to the winner, but there is a chance one driver could win an additional $25,000 as part of the “Front Row Challenge.”  One driver… read more

Flat Kart Friday Information!

2017 Friday Night Flat Kart

Millbridge Speedway will be running 12 Friday Night Flat Kart races in 2017.  We will follow NKA Rules and our full rulebook is posted on the website.  Below is a list of classes that we will start the 2017 season with.  Each class will be on “probation” for the first 3 events of the year.  If a class does not average 5 or more karts per race we will not continue running that particular class the remainder of the season.  At Millbridge we DO NOT wait on anyone at the starting grid.  If your class is… read more

2017 Rules Update

2017 Rules Update

(Starting March 2017)

Box Stock minimum weight with driver 315lbs.
Beginner Box Stock minimum weight with driver 275lbs.
Clone engine rules will now follow NKA clone engine rules. We will still continue to run the wiener pipe with muffler like we did in 2016. 
Beginners will still run a green plate.
Tech items will be determined by spinning the wheel in the tech shed after the races. Track still has the option to tear any motor down at any time. (rulings come from racetrack staff) 
If there are any age discrepancies team will have to provide birth… read more

Ironman 50

Congrats to our winners Tanner Gray, Ryan Isreal, Eli Adams, and Cassidy Keitt!

Video by: Kuntzman Aerial… read more

Rules update and NC Race Week Info!

NC Raceweek Info

ALL NC RACE WEEK RACES ARE NON POINTS RACES!!!

Beginners and Box Stock teams.  The fuel sample will come from the Gran Prix gas station located at 641 N Main St, Troutman, NC 28166, which is directly across the street from the fairgrounds entrance.  We highly suggest you buy your fuel there on race day or you will chance not meeting the benchmark and being called wrong.

Intermediate and Open teams are allowed to run either Hoosier or Burris tires for this week’s events.  On September 21st you will have to be back on Hoosiers.

Sunday for the Millbridge Showdown for… read more

Eldora Truck Race Winner, Wins at Millbridge

After a big win in the truck series, few would think a NASCAR Cup Series driver would spend their off Wednesday night at a local dirt track in Salisbury NC.  But, that’s exactly what Kyle Larson did with his Wednesday evening.  The night started out rough for some as the berm in turn one and two grabbed some victims in qualifying.  Tom Hubert was the one who came out on top in qualifying.  Heat one winner, Ethan Mitchell, rolled a 6 on the redraw dice putting Nick O’Dell and Karsyn Elledge on the front row of the feature.  Elledge took the early… read more

2016 NC Race Week Information

Our 7th Annual NC Race Week is fast approaching!  Just 6 weeks away from our biggest race week of the year!  This years schedule will be quite a bit different than in the past due to the Iredell County Fair starting 3 days earlier and wanting us to run more races there!

We will kick off NC Race Week at the Iredell County Fairgournds on Friday September 2nd with the Beginner Box Stocks, Box Stocks, and the Intermediate Divisions.  The Beginners and Box Stocks will run a full program on Friday night.  Our intermediate class will just run practice, qualifying, and… read more

Dylan Smith goes back to back!

Dylan Smith Doubles Up
 
As teams approach midway through the season some wonder if their luck will change, if the bugs will ever work their way out, if their luck ends, or even if their luck will continue.  Dylan Smith was one driver who answered every one of those questions on Wednesday.  Smith went into the season as a favorite to win the 2016 championship but his luck thought otherwise.  With a never quit attitude his team threw everything they could at the kart to turn bad luck into triumph.  Dylan Smith left June 8th with his first win of the… read more

Watch Larson & Outlaw Kart Stars Wednesday on Speed51 TV FREE

Tomorrow night marks the return of “Wild Wednesday” at North Carolina’s Millbridge Speedway.  That means that Speed51 TV will be live on air from the exciting 1/8-mile dirt track and race fans all over the world will be able to watch for free.

The May 18 show is a race that you will not want to miss.  Millbridge Speedway owners Ashly and Jeremy Burnett said that they’re expecting enough Outlaw Karts to run a C-Main on Wednesday as a bunch of drivers and teams are showing up one week early to prepare for the QRC Speed51 Open.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series star… read more

Rico Gunning for QRC Speed51 Open Win at Millbridge

Rico Abreu has a knack for winning big races. He’s shown that two years in a row by winning the prestigious Chili Bowl Nationals. But Abreu has never won a big Outlaw Kart race. That’s why he’s gunning for the $5,151 check at the QRC Speed51 Open at Millbridge Speedway in Salisbury, North Carolina on May 24-25.

Abreu hasn’t fared all that well in the previous versions of Millbridge’s big May race, but this year he’ll be with a new team and expecting better results.

“To be honest I’ve been terrible the last two years I’ve gone,” said Abreu. “This year I’m… read more