Motorsport & Automotive Events In or Near Utah

Some motorsport organizations had their final events, for the season, in September, and others will wrap up this month. Car shows are still going strong and there are still several participant and racing events to get involved with.

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

ATV = All-Terrain Vehicle

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

HPDE = High Performance Driver Event training

IRPCA = Intermountain Region Porsche Club of America

MRAN = Motorcycle Racing Association of Nevada

MX = Motocross

NASA = National Auto Sport Association

SCCA = Sports Car Club of America 

SLVQM = Salt Lake Valley Quarter-Midgets

SXS = Side-by-Side Off-highway Vehicle

UKC = Utah Kart Championship

UMC = Utah Motorsports Campus, near Grantsville, UT

UMORA = Utah Motorcycle Off-Road Racing Association

USBK = Utah Sport Bike Association

USRA = Utah Sportsman Riders Association

UTV = Utility Terrain Vehicle

WD = West Desert, formerly UMC, near Grantsville, UT

(5) Color code:

Green: primarily spectator events

Red: primarily racing/competitive events

Blue: primarily participant events

Date, Event, Location

Oct 1st, Cedarwood Senior Car Show, Sandy

Oct 2nd – 4th, NASA Utah Quaduro Auto Racing, Time Trial & HPDE, WD (UMC)

Oct 3rd, Weber Warriorettes Car Show & Auction, Pleasant View

Oct 3rd, West High School Inaugural Classic & Custom Car Show, Salt Lake City 

Oct 3rd, Sandy Car Show & Farmers Market, Sandy

Oct 3rd, Martha’s Vineyard Private Party Car Show, South Jordan

Oct 3rd, Cars Against Cancer Car Show, St. George

Oct 3rd, MRAN Wildbunch Motorcycle Desert Racing, Delemar, NV

Oct 3rd – 4th, Salt City Drift Bonneville Bash Amateur Drifting, WD (UMC)

Oct 3rd – 4th, Utah SCCA RallyCross Racing, Price

Oct 8th, Autostrada Gentlemanly Track Day, WD (UMC)

Oct 9th – 10th, Matt’s Off-Road Recovery Smash & Dash 250, WD (UMC)

Oct 9th – 11th, WORCS Battle in the Sand Motorcycle & ATV Desert Racing, Mesquite, NV

Oct 9th – 11th, UTV Off-Road Adventures Coyote Crawl, Mesquite, NV

Oct 10th, Toys for Tots Car Show, Bluffdale

Oct 10th, Grand Senior Living Trunk or Treat Car Show, Holladay

Oct 10th, Stirrin’ Dirt Racing Halloween Havoc Demolition Derby, Ogden

Oct 10th, Spooktacular RoctoberFest Car Show, Richfield

Oct 10th, Dixie Technical College Hoodfest Car Show, St. George

Oct 10th, Mountain Mike’s Pizza Trunk or Treat Car Show, South Jordan

Oct 10th, Diesels at the Depot Vehicle Experience, Tooele

Oct 10th, APEX (Motorcycle) Track Day, WD (UMC)

Oct 10th, USRA Buzzards Motorcycle Desert Race, Yost

Oct 10th, Utah Karting Championship Test & Tune, WD (UMC)

Oct 11th, Utah Karting Championship Race, Round 10, WD (UMC)

Oct 12th, Spectrum Academy Autos for Autism Trunk or Treat Car Show, Pleasant Grove

Oct 12th, Autostrada Gentlemanly Track Day, WD (UMC)

Oct 13th, Larkin Trunk or Treat Car Show, Riverton

Oct 13th, Spectrum Academy Autos for Autism Trunk or Treat Car Show, North Salt Lake

Oct 16th, Les Schwab Halloween Trunk or Treat Car Show, Midvale

Oct 16th, Twin Oaks Trunk or Treat Car Show, South Salt Lake

Oct 16th – 18th, #MOTO86 Motocross Racing, Round 1, Mesquite, NV

Oct 16th – 19th, UTV Off-Road Adventures Bar 10 Ranch SXS Experience, Mesquite, NV

Oct 17th, Eagle Mountain Halloween Trunk or Treat Car Show, Eagle Mountain

Oct 17th, Jill’s Memorial Car Show, Herriman

Oct 17th, The Farm Car Show, Hurricane

Oct 17th, Spring Gardens Creepy Car Show & Trunk or Treat, North Ogden

Oct 17th, ImportExpo Car Show, Salt Lake City

Oct 17th, Sparks Motors Car Show Trunk or Treat, Woods Cross

Oct 17th, REV Performance Track Day, WD (UMC)

Oct 17th, UMORA/Sageriders Motorcycle Desert Racing, Chimney Rock

Oct 17th, Utah SCCA OktoberFast Autocross, WD (UMC)

Oct 17th, Bonneville Off-Road Racing Lucky Chance 250, West Wendover, NV

Oct 18th, Autostrada Gentlemanly Track Day, WD (UMC)

Oct 22nd, Classic Cars Trunk or Treat, Brigham City

Oct 22nd, Iceberg Trunk or Treat Car Show, Pleasant Grove

Oct 24th, USRA Cross Ruts Black Rock Reaper Motorcycle Desert Race, Jericho

Oct 24th, C/10 Club Utah Truck or Treat, Murray

Oct 24th, Paws & Pistons Car Show, Roy

Oct 24th, Toys for Tots Car & Bike Show, St. George

Oct 24th, Legends Motorcycles Trunk or Treat Car & Bike Show, Springville

Oct 24th, Drift Buffet Eastslide Connection Drifting, WD (UMC)

Oct 30th, Grease Monkey Car Show & Trunk or Treat, St. George

Oct 31st, Salt City Drift Halloween Amateur Drifting, WD (UMC)

Oct 31st, First Responders Appreciation Car Show, St. George