- Jake Sheridan (#52) won the Castrol Great Canadian 300. The win clinched the 2026 APC United Late Model Series championship and the NTN Triple Crown.
- Logan White (#21) started 23rd and finished 10th in a 29-car field.
- Congratulations to Connor Pritiko (#19). He won the Dayco Super Stock 75 earlier that night, then finished second in the 300, less than a second behind Sheridan. A win in both races would have paid him a $10,000 bonus.
- We’re wishing Brady Smith (#39) a speedy recovery after his crash in the 300. His family shared that he has a road to recovery ahead but will be okay. They also thanked the Delaware Speedway safety crew for their quick response. Fans can send their support on his Facebook page.
LIVING IN LONDON · MOTORSPORTS · SEPTEMBER 25-26, 2026
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THE SHORT VERSION
- The 45th Annual Great Canadian Race Weekend ran September 25–26, 2026 at Delaware Speedway, 1640 Gideon Dr, Delaware, Ontario — 15 minutes west of London.
- Five championship races across two nights, headlined by Saturday’s $90,000 Castrol 300 — the APC Late Model Series finale, and the race car #21 runs.
- Friday tickets from $21.78, Saturday from $43.51, weekend pass from $54.43 (adult, online, before tax).
- Camping and tickets: book online — advance tickets are discounted.
- Friday Schedule (Teams and Public): view the itinerary.
- Saturday Schedule (Teams and Public): view the itinerary.
- Back Gate Waiver: sign it online before you head to the back gate.
- Full event page: delawarespeedway.com.
That’s the weekend in four lines. Here’s why it matters so much to us, though — we’re racing in it.
Car #21 is driven by Logan White of Ingersoll — a kid I watched come up through Delaware Speedway’s Junior Racing League alongside my own son, Brent. Logan was 10, Brent was 9. A decade later, Logan’s driving a full-size Late Model, and Brent’s up in the spotters’ stand at the top of the grandstand, calling his line.
In the pits with them: Scott White (Logan’s dad and the car’s owner), Kaedyn Grubb (Logan’s girlfriend), Mackenzie Duwyn, Jeff White, my nephew Jayden Myers, and me.
Cheering Section: Debbie White (Logan’s mom), Darren Porter, Gerry Koyle (Grandpa).
One thing worth being straight about, because it would be easy to imply otherwise: we are not in the APC championship fight. Logan’s season was Delaware’s own weekly Port City Racecars Pro Late Model Series, and it already finished on September 18th. Saturday’s Castrol 300 is the APC series’ final race, and the APC title gets settled there — but the race itself is open to any Pro Late Model car built to APC’s rules. That is how car #21 gets a start in it.
If it weren’t for the businesses backing this car and this weekend, none of us would be racing. This guide is our way of thanking every one of them — and asking you to do the same. They’ve shown up for us all season; the least we can do is show up for them too.
- Pharmasave, Ingersoll
- PB’s Fries, Ingersoll
- Beck Tire, London
- Ken Small Real Estate Team
- McColl Racing Enterprises
- APC Auto Parts Centres
- Port City Racecars
- Delaware Speedway (our home track)
And here’s everything else you need to plan your weekend at Delaware — real ticket prices, camping, history, every division — on one page, sourced straight from Delaware Speedway, the APC Late Model Series, and race reporting across the 2026 season.
Contents
- The history behind the Great Canadian Race Weekend
- Schedule & tickets
- Friday night: Bone Stock, Hot Rod, and Modified
- Saturday: the Castrol 300
- The sponsors behind car #21
- Camping & fan guide
- Before you go
- Common questions
The history behind the Great Canadian Race Weekend
Delaware Speedway has been running cars since 1952 — first as a dirt track, paved in 1960, expanded to its current half-mile oval in 1969. It sits in a natural amphitheatre beside the Thames River between the towns of Delaware and Komoka, about 15 minutes west of London, and it’s Canada’s longest continuously operating asphalt track. It’s the acknowledged birthplace of CASCAR (1986–2005) and was the first Canadian track admitted to NASCAR’s Weekly Series, in 2004.
The Great Canadian Race itself came later: the first one ran in 1981, won by Don Biederman. Forty-four consecutive years on, its champions’ list includes Hanley, Ross, Robblee, Leslie, Gibbons, and Fitzpatrick. Every division racing this weekend runs under one umbrella, the United Racing Series, formed in 2015 alongside the APC Late Model Series. Delaware’s own promotion is calling this year’s field the biggest car count of the season, across every division — this is the weekend the whole region shows up for.
Schedule & tickets
Real prices, pulled directly from Delaware’s own ticketing system:
Friday, September 25
- Adult (18+): $21.78
- Senior (65+): $18.52
- Youth (13–17): $10.92
- Child (6–12): $3.31
Saturday, September 26
- Adult (18+): $43.51
- Senior (65+): $40.25
- Youth (13–17): $10.92
- Child (6–12): $3.31
Great Canadian 2-Day Pass
- Adult (18+): $54.43
- Senior (65+): $47.91
- Youth (13–17): $21.83
- Child (6–12): $6.62
All prices online, before tax and fees. Full schedule, tickets, and camping: delawarespeedway.com/schedule. Delaware’s own account is telling fans camping is selling out fast, so don’t wait if you want a site. Saturday also brings live music between races — Delaware has Crack The Whip playing through the day — plus giveaways and merch discounts at the on-site booth — Delaware’s promoting it as a full weekend, not just a race night.
Friday night: Bone Stock, Hot Rod, and Modified
Bone Stock 40
Presented by Liftow Toyota Material Handling — Canada’s largest authorized Toyota forklift dealer, and a returning sponsor for 2026. Front-wheel-drive 4-cylinder compacts capped at 180 horsepower, with a genuinely fun rule: any competitor can “claim” a rival’s car for $2,000.
OSCAAR Hot Rod
Officially “The Fyre Place & Patio Shop OSCAAR Hot Rods presented by Bromley Automotive Ltd.” Vintage-bodied cars (Studebakers, Tri-Five Chevrolets, Camaros, Mustangs) on modern racing components — a class OSCAAR launched in 2017.
OSCAAR Modified
Presented by Overkill Enterprises. Open-wheel cars making roughly 450 horsepower — a different animal from Hot Rod’s full-bodied vintage look. OSCAAR itself (the Ontario Stock Car Association of Asphalt Racers) has sanctioned racing since 1990.
Saturday: the Castrol 300, Dayco Super Stock, and the NTN BCA Triple Crown
The Castrol 300 is Saturday’s marquee — a 300-lap race and the APC Late Model Series season finale, paying a record $90,000 purse — $15,000 to the winner, $2,000 just to start. The race is open to any Pro Late Model car running to APC’s rules, not only to series regulars — which is how car #21 gets a start.
The championship implications
This race decides two things at once.
Dayco Super Stock 75
Runs alongside the Castrol 300, paying a $20,000 purse, $5,000 to win and $350 to start — win both races the same day and take home an extra $10,000. Dayco itself is a century-old American manufacturer of automotive belts and hoses; the series carried the “Qwick Wick” name in 2023 before rebranding to Dayco in 2024.
The sponsors behind car #21
None of this happens without the businesses that back this car. Here’s every one of them — starting in Logan’s hometown of Ingersoll, through London, and out to where the parts and the chassis actually come from.
Pharmasave, Ingersoll
Pharmasave in Ingersoll is a full-service community pharmacy, offering prescriptions, immunizations, and everyday health and wellness essentials to Ingersoll-area families. Logan races out of Ingersoll, and so does his sponsor list — Pharmasave and PB’s Fries are both hometown businesses backing a hometown driver.
PB’s Fries, Ingersoll
PB’s Fries is a fry stand in Ingersoll with a loyal following — the kind of place locals swear by and visitors find out about by word of mouth. Like Pharmasave, it’s a hometown sponsor for a hometown driver.
Beck Tire, London
Beck Tire is a tire and auto repair shop on Exeter Road, handling tire sales and general repair work for London drivers. It’s the kind of shop that keeps a loyal local customer base coming back year after year.
Ken Small Real Estate Team
Ken Small Real Estate Team helps buyers and sellers across London and the surrounding area, with a focus on straight answers over sales pitches. That’s the same philosophy behind this guide — hold the answer, don’t make you go hunting for it.
McColl Racing Enterprises
McColl Racing Enterprises is a London-based performance auto parts business, supplying teams across the region with what they need to build and maintain a race car. Following the APC Late Model Series’ rules means going into McColl’s to make sure a car’s set up right.
APC Auto Parts Centres
APC Auto Parts Centres is an auto parts retail chain and the presenting sponsor of the APC Late Model Series — the touring series whose season ends with Saturday’s Castrol 300. They back the series and the race, not car #21 specifically; their name is on the event itself.
Port City Racecars
Port City Racecars, based in Mooresville, North Carolina, builds Late Model chassis packages used across North American short-track racing. The company was acquired by Terry Jones — co-owner of Rette Jones Racing — and an ownership group in recent years.
And last but not least — not a sponsor, but the track that makes all of this possible:
Delaware Speedway
This is the track where this whole story started. Logan White and Brent Small came up through Delaware’s own Junior Racing League together, years before either of them was old enough to drive on the street. This Saturday’s Castrol 300 is the same track, a decade later, with Logan now driving a full-size Late Model and Brent on the wall spotting for him.
Camping & fan guide
Camping
- Dates: September 24–27 — campground opens Thursday at noon, out by 11:00 AM Sunday.
- Sites: roughly 25′ x 55′, unserviced (no power/water hookup).
- Price: $109.82–$219.60 CAD depending on site — Delaware’s own account says it’s selling out fast.
- Golf carts: allowed until 11:00 PM nightly. Four-wheelers: not allowed, strictly enforced.
- Dogs: not allowed in the pits or on the spectator side of the track — OK in the campground.
Getting in
- Parking: free and on-site — park parallel to the driveways.
- Coolers: up to 16″ wide by 12″ tall — no glass, no outside alcohol; bags/coolers/wagons subject to inspection.
- The Oval Office Beer Patio: fully licensed and centrally located — bring drinks back to your seat.
- Seating: grandstand, grassy lawn-chair areas, standing room along the beer patio rail; Premium Reserved available for an extra fee.
- Pets: not allowed inside the general facility (service animals welcome) — only in the campground.
Merch
- The official Great Canadian 2026 t-shirt: $25 CAD, ring-spun cotton, unisex.
- Available online through Oval Merch, or at the speedway’s merch booth on race day.
- Delaware’s promoting discounts on merch this weekend specifically.
Follow along: @delawarespeedway on Instagram, or facebook.com/delawarespeedway.
Before you go
- Arrive 30–45 minutes before green flag — 7:30 PM Friday, 3:50 PM Saturday.
- Parking is free and on-site — park parallel to the driveways.
- A small cooler is fine (16″ x 12″ max) — no glass, no outside alcohol.
- Dress for an open-air grandstand — September evenings at Delaware get cool once the sun’s down (same weekend the rest of fall in London gets going).
- Camping is selling fast — book before you arrive if you want a site.
Bottom line
One thing I still couldn’t verify: streaming for this specific race. Racing America holds the APC Late Model Series broadcast rights generally — check racingamerica.tv closer to the date. Everything else in this guide was sourced and dated to race week, including the Triple Crown mechanics and the Stade-vs-Sheridan title fight.
This is the biggest weekend on the Southwestern Ontario short-track calendar, and it’s 15 minutes from London. Whether you know these divisions inside and out or you’ve never been to a short track in your life, come find us in the pits — we’ll be the ones on the wall watching car #21, hoping this is the year it ends in victory lane. See you at Delaware.
Been to a Great Canadian before, or got a tip we missed — where to sit, where to park, what to bring? Tell us in the comments and we’ll add it to this guide.
Common questions
What does it cost?
Friday from $21.78, Saturday from $43.51, the 2-day pass from $54.43 (adult, online) — full breakdown in Schedule & tickets.
What’s racing?
Five championship races across two nights — three Friday (OSCAAR Hot Rods, OSCAAR Modifieds, Bone Stocks) and two Saturday (Dayco Super Stocks and the APC Late Model Series Castrol 300). See Friday night and Saturday.
What is the NTN BCA Triple Crown?
A points distinction scored across three 2026 races — Peterborough, Sauble, and this Delaware finale — see Saturday.
Who’s defending the APC Late Model Series title?
Josh Stade, who won by 6 points over Jake Sheridan in 2025. Sheridan leads this year heading into the rematch — see Saturday.
Can I camp?
Yes, September 24–27, unserviced sites $109.82–$219.60 — selling out fast per Delaware’s own account. See Camping & fan guide.
What can I bring?
A small cooler (16″x12″ max), no glass, no outside alcohol — see Camping & fan guide.
Who is Ken Small Real Estate Team backing?
Car #21, driven by Logan White, owned by Scott White — see The sponsors behind car #21.
About Ken Small
Ken Small leads the Ken Small Real Estate Team in London and surrounding Southwestern Ontario. We answer the questions most agents avoid — what it costs, what goes wrong, and who we’re not right for. More about how we work.
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Sources
Schedule, ticket prices, and camping details: Delaware Speedway‘s own ticketing system and Instagram. Division standings and history: APC Racing Series and OSCAAR race reporting across the 2026 season. All details confirmed the week of September 20, 2026.
Last updated: September 21, 2026
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