Ready, set, go!: Taylor Speedway releases 2025 schedule

TAYLOR, B.C. — High octane auto-racing action returns this summer at a North Peace region track.

Taylor Speedway’s season will kick off later this month, with events in classes ranging from bomber cars, which resemble stock cars, to modified and mini-stock racers.

Jason Westgate, who is a driver as well as track liaison of the speedway, says he sees a wide-range of fans who attend every event.

“You get everyone from people doing date night down there to families to older kids getting dropped off and hanging out for the day,” said Westgate. “We [get] just a little bit of everybody down there.

“We try to make it so it’s handicap accessible. [We have] bathrooms and [a] little area there [where] they can roll their chairs in without having to do stairs. We’ve had the seniors come down with their bus and unload there and check it out.”

Westgate, who raced modified cars in Phoenix earlier in 2025, says every race season relies on the support of volunteers and this year will be no different.

“We definitely rely a lot on volunteers helping out and sponsors and everything else,” said Westgate. 

“We’re looking for volunteers for even just flagging inside the corners. Just some personnel to help out with security or wherever.”

The season will kick off with the Bomber Invitational on May 23rd and 24th. Stock cars driven by inexperienced or novice drivers will race around the ⅜ mile, semi-banked dirt track.

In June, the Babcock Memorial Challenge will take centre stage on June 13th and 14th. 

Named after speedway co-founder Doug Babcock, the event will feature mini-stocks, modified and bomber racers, with the best total regardless of class claiming victory after two days of racing. 

The Mini-Stock Invitational, featuring four-cylinder vehicles driving around the track, will take place on July 11th and 12th.

August will see the Caps Transport IMCA Modified Invitational from August 1st to 3rd. 

With modified racers being a combination of open-wheel and stock racer, teams from all over B.C. and Alberta are expected to come to compete.

“We got guys from Rimbey, Alberta; Edmonton; and Calgary,” said Westgate.

“Teams from Vancouver Island came last year to compete.”

The season will conclude with the Big League Utilities Hit-To-Pass race from September 12th to 13th. True to its name, cars will have to bump the vehicles ahead in order to overtake them.

Further details about Taylor Speedway and volunteer opportunities are available on its Facebook page.