Wed 10/02/24 - Sun 10/06/24 | 8:00 am - 6:00 pm Daily
Mark your calendars today for the weekend of October 2-6, which marks the date for the NAPA Auto Parts Halloween Classic.
No other event all season long matches the sheer volume and quantity of racing that takes place during the last major racing stop of the season. Full of all kinds of surprises, the Halloween Classic has become one of Firebird’s grandest happenings.
We can’t wait for the return of trick or treating to kid’s games, along with all the other fun and activities planned for Classic XXXI. If you can only attend one day of the event, Saturday, October 5, 2024, is the big day! We will offer games for the kids, a kid’s costume contest, pumpkin carving, coloring contest, and trick or treating from trailer to trailer thru the pit area. Adults will get an opportunity to show off their costumes (contest) following the conclusion of the Air Show on Sat. night.
The wild Air Firebird Wheelstanding super show returns center-stage on Saturday evening. The event will also crown a Classic Grand Champion, which will pit the major eliminator winners at day’s end Sunday.
The Lucas Oil Top Gun Shootout returns, too. The fastest open wheelers will square off with the quickest full bodied rides.
SPECTATOR TICKETS (link) – save today by purchasing your tickets online
CLASSES
Super Pro
Pro
Heavy
Sled/Bike
Sportsman
Lucas Oil Top Gun Shootout
Junior Dragster
Assortment of Bonus Races
RACE FEES
Online registration (link) is now available to lock in your spot at Classic XXXI
FEES
Adult Friday Pit-Side: $15 online ($20 at gates), Child 6-12: $5 online ($10 at the gates), 5 & under Free
Adult Saturday Pit-Side: $15 online ($20 at gates), Child 6-12: $5 online ($10 at the gates), 5 & under Free
Full Event Super Pass: $75-good for the entire event with pit-side access
Child Super Pass: $20
Spectator Camping (or extra RV/Trailer) Pemit: $65 (a Full Event Super Pass per person attending is required)
General Parking: Free
Event Schedule:
TUESDAY
Open to Pre-Entered Teams exclusively
Pre-Entry Parking: when trailers fill the entrance road to capacity – we’ll open (opening time varies every year, but no later than noon on Tues.)
Tech Inspection: 1 – 7 pm
Corn Hole Classic competition 6 pm
Credentials and Gates close: 7:30 pm
WEDNESDAY
Opens: 7:30 am (please note – or earlier should trailers reach highway on entrance road) – tech inspection: throughout the day
Open to Pre- and Post Entries from Wednesday thru Sunday
Test `n Tune Runs: 11 am – 6:30 pm
Gates close: 7:30 pm
THURSDAY
Bonus Races Begin!
Opens: 7:30 am
Time Trial begins at: 8:30 am
Bonus Race Eliminations: 12:30 pm (No Box/Gambler, No Box/Hi Roller, Super Roller, Sled/Bike Gambler)
Lucas Oil Top Gun Qualifying (Q1): End of First Time Trial
Lucas Oil To Gun Qualifying (Q2): 3 pm
Gates close: 7:30 pm
FRIDAY
Token Joke Day!
Opens: 7:30 am
Time Trial: 8:30 am
(Exclusively for Classic drivers with no previous runs at event)
Bonus Race Eliminations: 9 am (No Box/Gambler, No Box/Hi Roller, Super Roller, Sled/Bike Gambler)
Lucas Oil Top Gun Final Qualifying: 3 pm
Gates close: 7:30 pm
SATURDAY
Air Firebird Wheelstanding Night!
Opens: 7:30 am
Time Trials for all Racers (starting w/SM, followed by Junior Dragsters): 9 am
Lucas Oil Top Gun First Round (E1): 12:30 pm
Top Gun Second Round (E2): 2:30 pm
Start of Classic Eliminations (order: Pro, Sled/Bike, Super Pro, Heavy, Sportsman): 1:30 pm
Hayrides: 2:30 pm
Kid’s Halloween Party/Games: 4 pm-6:15 pm
Kid’s Costume Party: 6:30 pm
Trick or Treating: 7:15 pm
Start of Chili Feed: 7 pm
Air Firebird Wheelstanding Contest: 8 pm
Adult Costume Party: 9 pm
SUNDAY
Survivor’s Day!
Opens: 8 am
Eliminations continues starting with round two of Sportsman at 8:30 am
No Time Trials on Sunday—it’s all racing
Junior Eliminations (2nd Day): 9:15 am
The CLASSIC Marathon (eliminations) continue: 10 am
Announcement of the Best of Show award winners: Noon
Last Chance Race: Following conclusion of First Round of Racing
(click logo to register)
Defending Classic champions include:
Classic Grand Champion/Heavy
Matt Roderick
Super Pro
Aaron Broncho
Pro
Shannon Campbell
Sportsman
Tyler Rush
Sled/Bike
Jesse May
Lucas Oil Top Gun Shootout Champion/Full-Bodied Tom McGuire
Lucas Oil Top Gun Shootout/Open Wheel Todd Coltrin
Super Roller Trevor Harkema/Cody Hiatt
No Box Hi Roller Richard Rush/Luke Arneson
No Box/Gambler Jarid Fuller/Zak Pedraza
Sled/Bike Gambler
Brady Jenkins/Mathew Fredericks
Air Firebird Wheelstanding Champions Steve Stuart/Tracy Hawker
Club Grand Champion
Tyler Rush
Junior Dragster-Saturday
MacKenzie Higgins, Austin DuBose, Kenley Pracht, Camryn Stocker, Ava Olivarez, Summer Field
Junior Lightning
Braxton Bann
Junior Thunder
Rexton Bird
Last Chance
Valerie Jo Hodson
Sled/Bike Gambler
Travis Washburn
Special Awards
Bader Family Founder’s Award – Robert Glembocki and famiy
Best Appearing Car – Kelly Thelen
Best Appearing Open Wheel – Ray Gaetz
Best Appearing Altered/Roadster – Ted Anno
Best Appearing Bike – Clay Pollitt
Best Appearing Jr. Dragster – Braxton Bann, Lewiston
Long Distance – Brent & Valerie Jo Hodson, Woodbury, Tenn., 2,004 miles
Top Gun Open Wheel Low Qualifier – Lee Petty, 4.06.
Top Gun Full Bodied Low Qualifier – Rod Belsham, 4.41.
Best Decorated Pit Area – Leann Day (Circus), Heap Herders (Saloon City), Robert Glembocki (Castle), Phelps/Nations (Lightning McQueen and Mater-Radiator Springs), Kristi Shawver (Red-Light Grave Yard) and Linda Panunzio (Haunted Scene).
Best Decorated Vehicles – Katy Phelps (Lightning McQueen), Bryce Perkins (Nightmare Before Christmas) and Jed Dubach (Snoopy Golf Cart).
Best Appearing Staff Costumes – Bryan Smith (Honest Abe), Kyle Jones (Hulk Hogan), Misty Kramer (Hunter), Jason Humphries (Joker), Gary Himes (Scarecrow) and Dennis Law (Popeye).
Mark your calendars today for the weekend of October 2-6, which marks the date for the NAPA Auto Parts Halloween Classic.
