Some amazing August automotive and motorsport events should help take your mind off the summer heat, or at least make it bearable. NASA Utah’s 6-hour Sunchaser automotive endurance race and Bonneville Off-road Racing’s White Knuckle 200 are always amazing. USBA superbike and UMCKC kart racing competition is fierce. Bonneville Speed Week and Bonneville motorcycle speed trials will be hosted at the Salt Flats. The Formula Drift Pro Series is also visiting Utah. Finally, there are multiple demolition derbies and dirt-track stock car races, plus amateur drifting, autocross, rallycross, and loads of car shows.

Notes: 

(1) If there are non-recurring events missing from this list, please email utahmotornews@gmail.com and let us know what should be added.

(2) www.jchackett.com/events and utahcarczar.com/upcoming-car-shows are good sources of detailed information on recurring events including car shows, cruises, etc.

(3) Events are listed as scheduled by organizers. Late schedule changes may not be reflected.

(4) Acronyms:

AMA = American Motorcycle Association

BBMP = Burt Brothers Motorpark (formerly UMC), near Grantsville, UT

DMD = Diamond Mountain Dragway, near Vernal UT

DMS = Diamond Mountain Speedway, near Vernal, UT

DTR = Desert Thunder Raceway, near Price, UT

GJMS = Grand Junction Motor Speedway, CO

IRPCA = Intermountain Region Porsche Club of America

HPDE = High Performance Driver Event training

MRAN = Motorcycle Racing Association of Nevada

NASA = National Auto Sport Association

SCCA = Sports Car Club of America 

UMORA = Utah Motorcycle Off-Road Racing Association

USBA = Utah Sport Bike Association

USRA = Utah Sportsman Riders Association

(5) Color Coding

Green: primarily spectator event

Blue: primarily participant event

Red: primarily competitive event

Date, Event, Location

Aug 1st, Utah County Fair Monster Trucks, Spanish Fork

Aug 1st – 2nd, Desert Thunder Raceway Dirt-track Stock Car Racing, Price

Aug 1st – 3rd, NASA Utah Racing, Time Trial & HPDE, BBMP

Aug 2nd, NASA Utah Sunchaser 6-hour Endurance Race, BBMP

Aug 2nd, Emery County Fair Auto Show, Castle Dale

Aug 2nd, Wheat & Beet Days Car Show, Garland

Aug 2nd, Paws for Life Fundraiser Car Show, Heber City

Aug 2nd, Milford Lions Club Car Show, Milford

Aug 2nd, Roy Days Car & Motorcycle Show, Roy

Aug 2nd, Sandy Museum Car Show, Sandy

Aug 2nd, Utah County Fair Demolition Derby, Spanish Fork

Aug 2nd, Utah County Fair Car Show, Spanish Fork

Aug 2nd, Driveway Public Car Show, Syracuse

Aug 2nd, West Bountiful Car Show, West Bountiful

Aug 2nd – 8th, Bonneville Speed Week, Bonneville Salt Flats

Aug 3rd, Utah SCCA Autocross, BBMP

Aug 5th, Night Out Against Crime & Rolling Car Show, Millcreek

Aug 6th, Amateur Track & Autocross Day, BBMP

Aug 6th, Autostrada Gentlemanly Track Day, BBMP

Aug 7th, Bluffdale Lions Club Car Show, Bluffdale

Aug 8th, APEX Track Days Streetbike Track Experience, BBMP

Aug 8th, Intermountain Mustang & All Fords Car Show, Heber City

Aug 8th, Highland Cove Senior Center Car Show, Millcreek

Aug 8th, Riverton Chevrolet Car Show, South Jordan

Aug 8th – 9th, Diamond Mountain Speedway Dirt-track Stock Car Racing, Vernal

Aug 8th – 9th, Diamond Mountain Dragway Bracket Racing, Vernal

Aug 9th, Utah SCCA Autocross, BBMP

Aug 9th, Autostrada Gentlemanly Track Day, BBMP

Aug 9th, Duchesne County Fair Custom Car Show, Duchesne

Aug 9th, Golden Spike Derailer Demolition Derby, Ogden

Aug 9th, Love’s & Kermit’s Kruisers Fundraiser Car Show, Salina

Aug 9th, Under the Sun Car Show, Sunset

Aug 9th, Snowbasin Blues & Brews Car Show, Huntsville

Aug 9th, Kearns Hometown Celebration Car Show, Kearns

Aug 9th, Cars and Cause Drive for a Cure Car Show, Riverdale

Aug 9th, Rescue Rover Fundraiser Car & Bike Show, Stansbury

Aug 9th, Wyoming Downs Car Show, Bear River, WY

Aug 9th, Red Rock Racers Automotive Time Trial Round 4, GJMS

Aug 9th – 10th, USBA Superbike Racing Series, Round 5, BBMP 

Aug 10th, UMC Kart Championship Series, Round 7, BBMP

Aug 10th, VFW Post 12087 Fundraiser Car Show, Riverton

Aug 15th, Revin’ for a Reason Fundraiser Car Show, Ogden

Aug 15th, Hagen Collision Car Show, Riverton

Aug 16th, FuelFest Car Show, Exhibition, & More, Salt Lake City

Aug 16th, IRPCA Autocross, BBMP

Aug 16th, Salt City Drift Amateur Drifting, BBMP

Aug 16th, Kruisers for Kids Fundraiser Car Show, Midvale

Aug 16th, Darren Bideaux RV Car Show, Ogden

Aug 16th – 17th, USBA Supermoto Racing Series, Round 5, BBMP

Aug 16th -17th, Utah SCCA Rallycross, Price

Aug 16th, Stansbury Days Car Show, Stansbury

Aug 17th, Salt Lake Valley Quarter-Midget Association Racing, BBMP

Aug 17th, Sunday in the Park Car Show, Springville

Aug 18th, Herriman Sunset Series Car Show, Herriman

Aug 19th – 20th, Diamond Mountain Speedway Dirt-track Stock Car Racing, Vernal

Aug 21st – 23rd, Bonneville Off-road Racing, White Knuckle 200, Knolls

Aug 21st – 24th, Xtreme Xperience Supercar Driving Experience, BBMP

Aug 22nd, Sanpete County Fair Demolition Derby, Manti

Aug 22nd – 23rd, Desert Thunder Raceway Dirt-track Stock Car Racing, Price

Aug 22nd – 24th, World Off-Road Championship Series, ATV/Motorcycle, Preston, ID

Aug 23rd, Copperton Town Days Car Show, Copperton

Aug 23rd, Fruit Heights City Car Show, Fruit Heights

Aug 23rd, Down & Dirty 18 Car Show, Magna

Aug 23rd, Sanpete County Fair Car Show, Manti

Aug 23rd, Veterans Alliance Car Show, Murray

Aug 23rd, Late Blast of Summer Car Show, Sandy

Aug 23rd, Wired Madness Demolition Derby, West Jordan 

Aug 24th, UMC Kart Championship Series, Round 8, BBMP

Aug 24th – 28th, Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials, Bonneville Salt Flats

Aug 28th – 30th, Formula Drift Professional Drifting Series, Round 7, BBMP

Aug 29th, Riverton Neighborhood Car Show, Riverton

Aug 30th, Aütofreüde Fest Car Show, Brighton

Aug 30th, Lagoon Fun Run Car Show, Farmington

Aug 30th, Outlaw Car Show, Scofield

Aug 31st, Rockin’ Hotrods Productions Free BBQ, Lehi

Aug 31st, Bros Before Pros Drifting, BBM