Ready to lift the lid on the 13th season of competition, the ASCS Frontier Region goes big to kick off the 2025 lineup of events with three nights of action in Montana and Wyoming.
Starting just north of Billings, Mont., on Friday, May 16, and Saturday, May 17, Big Sky Speedway is the site of the 2025 opener, followed by a quick jaunt to Wyoming’s Sheridan Speedway on Sunday, May 18.
While on the schedule numerous times to start at the three-eighths-mile oval, weather makes this the fourth time since 2013 the series has opened its season at Big Sky Speedway. A look back at the 2024 opener saw Oregon’s Tyler Thompson in victory lane during the weather-shortened weekend.
Canada’s Kelly Miller is the only driver to win the season-opening race twice, doing so at Billings in 2023 and Rapid City Speedway in 2018
ASCS Frontier Season Opening Winners
2024, Tyler Thompson (Big Sky)
2023, Kelly Miller (Big Sky)
2022, Trever Kirkland (Electric City)
2021, Kory Wermling (Gallatin)
2020, Ryan Bickett (Black Hills)
2019, Scott Bogucki (Black Hills)
2018, Kelly Miller (Black Hills)
2017, Eric Lutz (Black Hills)
2016, Skylar Gee (Gallatin)
2015, J.J. Hickle (Billings)
2014, Joe Ramker (Electric City)
2013, Phil Dietz (Electric City)
Making their first trip into Wyoming since 2021, Sheridan Speedway has not been without an American Sprint Car Series Regional event, as the ASCS Northern Plains headlined in 2024 with Kelly Miller grabbing the win. The 2021 ASCS Frontier Regional stop was topped by Trever Kirkland.
Friday, May 16, and Saturday, May 17 open at 5:30 P.M. with racing at 7:00 P.M. (MDT), and includes Non-Wing Sprint Cars, Spiffy’s INEX Legends, WISSOTA Super Stocks, and Street Stocks. Tickets per night are $20 for adults, seniors (65+) are $15, while veterans and kids 60” tall and under are free into the grandstands.
Big Sky Speedway is located on Hwy. 87 North, Mile Marker 16, just outside Billings, Mont. For more information on the three-eighths-mile oval, log onto the track’s website or call (406) 696-8661.
Sunday, May 18, at Sheridan Speedway, and will also feature WISSOTA Street Stock, IMCA Modified, and WISSOTA Midwest Mods. Tickets are $25 with kids $12 and under free into the grandstands. Sheridan Speedway is located at 69 Industrial Lane.
Reminder that all drivers must have a current DIRTcar Membership.
Memberships can be purchased at https://www.dirtcarmembers.com and are $135 for the season.
The 2025 season marks the 34th season of competition for the American Sprint Car Series. Spearheaded by the American Sprint Car Series National Tour, the ASCS Nation includes several regional tours, along with cooperating tracks and events throughout the United States.
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