// Friday Nights · 2026

Friday Night
Race Series.

Walk-up bracket racing · New car + track weekly · ~2.5 hours · Cash pot

Show up, set a lap, get bracketed by pace, and go racing. A different car and track combination every Friday, a cash pot funded by the field, and real wheel-to-wheel racing on SKR's pro-grade motion rigs. No season commitment — just show up and race.

Reserve your seat → How it works
🏁 Opening night · Friday, September 4 · Toyota GR86 @ Watkins Glen
// 01 · The Night

Turn up.
Race for the pot.

The Friday Night Race Series is the casual counterpart to our Wednesday broadcast league — no application, no season, no commitment. Book a seat, and you're in.

Up to fourteen drivers each night, split into brackets by pace so every race is close. A different car and track combination every week, and a cash pot on the line.

Race on SKR's pro-grade motion rigs in Lansdale, PA. Show up, set a lap, and go racing against a field your own speed.

// 02 · How the Night Runs

Set a time.
Earn your grid.

Doors and setup start at 6:40. Racing runs 7:00 to roughly 9:29 — about two and a half hours, start to finish.

6:40 – 7:00
Check-in & Setup
Seat, pedals, session load
7:00 – 8:45
Open Qualifying
20 min each to set your best lap
Bracketed
Bracket Races
5 min qualifying · 10 min race
Last spot
Wild Card Race
1-lap shootout · 10 min race
The finish
Feature Final
Top 7 · 5 min qual · 15 min race
// 03 · The Format

Fair brackets.
One shot at the final.

Everyone sets a time in open qualifying. Your lap sorts you into a bracket with drivers at your pace — so you're always racing people you can actually race.

// Brackets
Two
Brackets
  • 14 Drivers, capped
  • 2 × 7 Bracketed by pace
  • Top 3 From each auto-advance
  • Close Racing, every group
Fewer than 8 drivers? Single grid, no brackets.
// The Final
Wild Card
& Feature
  • 6 Auto-advance to the final
  • +1 Wild card seat
  • Open Fastest 7 non-finalists
  • 7 Drivers race the feature
Wild card is by best lap of the night — a bad bracket keeps you alive.
// 04 · The Pot

Cash on
the line.

$60 to enter — $20 of every entry goes straight into the pot. SKR members book free with their member code and still ante $20. The bigger the field, the bigger the payout.

$150 minimum → grows to $280 at a full grid
$20 of every entry goes into the pot — the more drivers, the bigger it gets.
Winner
$120
2nd
$70
3rd
$40
Fastest Lap
$25
Cleanest
5-lap min
$25
Amounts shown at a full 14-car grid. Prize scales with the field — never below the $150 floor.
// This Week

Opening night.
September 4.

We kick the series off on Labor Day weekend with a combo built for close racing: the Toyota GR86 at the Watkins Glen Cup layout — a short course with an inner-loop chicane that means more laps and a real passing zone.

The Car
Toyota GR86
Balanced, forgiving, a blast to race
The Track
Watkins Glen · Cup
Short course · inner-loop chicane
The Date
Friday, Sept 4
Racing 7:00 – 9:29pm
Reserve your seat →
// No season. No commitment.

Just show up
and race.

Seats are limited to fourteen a night. Grab yours before Friday.

Reserve your seat →