Motorsports & Automotive Events In or Near Utah

Some organizations have sponsored their last events by October. Still, there is a lot to see and get involved with. Utah motorsports and automotive events include desert/off-road races, automotive and street bike track racing, kart racing, SxS racing, rally racing, demolition derbies, and drifting events. Nitrocross professional rally racing, with Travis Pastrana, is also scheduled. And there are still a handful of community car shows in October.

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:
DMS = Diamond Mountain Speedway, near Vernal, UT

DMD = Diamond Mountain Dragway, 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
MCR = Millard County Raceway, near Delta, UT
NASA = National Auto Sport Association
SCCA = Sports Car Club of America 
SHR = South Hills Raceway, near Twin Falls, ID
UMC = Utah Motorsports Campus, near Grantsville, UT
UMORA = Utah Motorcycle Off-Road Racing Association
USBA = Utah Sport Bike Association
(5) Color coding:
Red = primarily competitive event
Blue = primarily participation event
Green = primarily spectator event

Date, Event, Location

Sep 29th – Oct 6th, Trail Hero Off-road & Music Fest, Sand Hollow State Park

Oct 4th, Rocktober in the Park Car Show, Richfield

Oct 4th – 6th, WORCS Motorcycle, ATV & SxS Desert Racing, Mesquite, NV

Oct 5th, USRA/Buzzards Motorcycle Desert Racing, Yost

Oct 5th, Wrecked Neck Racing Get Wrecked Demolition Derby, Elko, NV

Oct 5th, Bonneville Off-road Racing Lucky Chance 200, Wendover, NV

Oct 5th Pioneer Town Car Show, Cedaredge, CO

Oct 5th – 6th, Nitrocross Rally Racing, UMC

Oct 5th – 6th, Utah Region SCCA RallyCross,  Price/DTR

Oct 9th, Amateur Track & Autocross Day, UMC

Oct 10th, Abbington Senior Living Car Show, Murray

Oct 11th, Whiskey Throttle SxS Short-Course Grudge Racing, UMC

Oct 11th – 12, Drag/Bracket Racing, DMD

Oct 11th – 13th, NASA Utah Quad Duro Auto Racing & HPDE, UMC

Oct 12th, UMORA/Sage Riders Motorcycle Enduro, Chimney Rock

Oct 12th, Halloween Havoc Demolition Derby, Ogden

Oct 12th, Providence City Car Show, Providence

Oct 12th, Red Rock Racers Automotive Time Trials, Round 8, GJMS, CO

Oct 12th – 13th, Bracket Racing, SHR

Oct 13th, UMC Karting Champion Series, Round 10, UMC

Oct 19th, Veterans Alliance Car Show, Ivins

Oct 20th, USBA & Road Racing World Action Fund Motorcycle Track Day, UMC

Oct 23rd, Amateur Track, Pass Off & Autocross Day, UMC

Oct 26th, Salt City Drift Halloween Event, UMC

Oct 26th, REV Performance Track Day Event, UMC

Oct 26th, First Responders Car Show, Washington

Oct 29th, Mountain Mike’s Pizza Trunk or Treat Car Show, Herriman