12:00-5:00p.m. - Office / Press Center Hours
1:00-5:00p.m. - #SooI500 Merchandise Trailer Hours
1:00p.m. - Mini-5 Kids Snowmobile Races Rig Parking & Unloading (East Parking Lot) / Registration (Press Center)
Mini-5 Divisions Racing 👇👇👇👇
Kitty Kats
Stock 120
Mod 120
Super Mod 120
2:30p.m. - Mini-5 Kids Riders Meeting
2:45p.m. - Mini-5 Kids Practice
3:00p.m. - Mini-5 Kids Snowmobile Races - Heats then Features
IMMEDIATELY After The Final Checkered Flag - Mini-5 Kids Snowmobile Races Post-Race Ceremonies / Awards Banquet (V.I.P. Suite located in the Upper Floor of the Press Center)
6:30p.m. - #SooI500 Management, Staff, Volunteers Meeting
(The Woodlands Room at Kewadin Casino Hotel & Convention Center - Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
9:00a.m.-5:00p.m. - Office / Press Center Hours
12:00-4:00p.m. - #SooI500 Merchandise Trailer Hours
9:00a.m.-9:00p.m. - Office / Press Center Hours
4:00-8:00p.m. - #SooI500 Merchandise Trailer Hours
6:00-8:00p.m. - Meet The Riders Autograph Session
(Apex Exteriors Press Center)
6:00p.m. - Registration Begins for the 3rd Edition of the Kewadin I-500 Cornhole Classic
(Dream Makers Theatre at Kewadin Casino Hotel & Convention Center - Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
6:30-10:00p.m. - 3rd Edition of the Kewadin I-500 Cornhole Classic
(Dream Makers Theatre at Kewadin Casino Hotel & Convention Center - Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
7:00-9:00p.m. - Rig Parking / Unloading / Check In / Tech
(ALL Classes Racing on the Legendary 1-Mile Ice Oval) 👇👇👇👇
54th Running of the International 500 Snowmobile Race Pole Qualifying (#SooI500)
Meijer Pro Shootout III (#MPS)
Kokosing Alberici Traylor Old 600 Modifieds II (#KAT600Mods)
Opening Day / Bud Clarke Day
8:00a.m. - 54th Running of the International 500 Snowmobile Race Pole Qualifying (#SooI500)
Meijer Pro Shootout III (#MPS)
Kokosing Alberici Traylor Old 600 Mods Shootout II (#KAT600Mods)
Remaining Rig Parking / Unloading / Check In / Tech Begins
9:00a.m.-One Hour Following the Last Race - Office / Press Center Hours
11:00a.m.-12:00p.m. - #SooI500 Practice
12:00-9:00p.m. - #SooI500 Merchandise Trailer Hours
1:00-2:00p.m. - #SooI500 Round I Qualifying
3:00-4:00p.m. - #SooI500 Rookie Practice 1
4:00p.m. - #KAT600Mods Tech Ends
4:05-4:45p.m. - Dinner Break
5:00-5:45p.m. - #KAT600Mods Practice / Group Qualifying
(Top 16 are Locked into #KAT600Mods Shootout II)
6:00-6:45p.m. - #MPS Round I Qualifying
7:00-8:00p.m. - #SooI500 Round II Qualifying
8:20p.m. - Pre-Race Ceremonies / Invocation / National Anthem(s)
8:30p.m. - Racing Begins - Kokosing Alberici Traylor Old 600 Modifieds Shootout II
Heat Races (2 - 7 Laps Each) - (Top 4 out of each transfer to the Feature)
Intermission (15 Minutes)
#KAT600Mods Feature (15 Laps)
IMMEDIATELY After The Checkered Flag
#KAT600Mods Post-Race Ceremonies
(At the Start/Finish Line)
30 Minutes After Post-Race Ceremonies - #SooI500 & #MPS Tech Ends
8:00a.m. - 54th Running of the International 500 Snowmobile Race Pole Qualifying (#SooI500)
Meijer Pro Shootout III (#MPS)
Check In / Tech Begins
9:00a.m.-One Hour Following the Last Race - Office / Press Center Hours
12:00-9:00p.m. - #SooI500 Merchandise Trailer Hours
1:00-2:00p.m. - #SooI500 Round III Qualifying
2:00p.m. - #MPS Tech Ends
3:00-3:45p.m. - #MPS FINAL Round Qualifying
(Top 16: The "Sweet 16" are Locked into Meijer Pro Shootout III)
4:00-4:45p.m. - Dinner Break
5:00-5:45p.m. - #SooI500 FINAL Rookie Practice (Rookie Round Up)
5:00p.m. - #SooI500 Tech Ends
6:00-7:00p.m. - #SooI500 FINAL Round Qualifying
7:45p.m. - #SooI500 Pole Award Ceremonies
(At the Start/Finish Line)
7:50p.m. - Pre-Race Ceremonies / Invocation / National Anthem(s)
8:00p.m. - Racing Begins - Meijer Pro Shootout III
2 Heat Races (2 - 7 Laps Each) - (Top 4 out of each transfer to the Feature)
Intermission (15 Minutes)
#MPS Feature (15 Laps)
IMMEDIATELY After The Checkered Flag - #MPS Post-Race Ceremonies
(At the Start/Finish Line)
After Post-Race Ceremonies - Winter Pub Crawl
FINAL Track Prep (No On-Track Activity)
9:00a.m.-1:00p.m. - 54th Running of the I-500 Race Day Registration
(Dream Makers Theatre at Kewadin Casino Hotel & Convention Center - Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
10:00a.m.-4:00p.m. - Office / Press Center & #SooI500 Merchandise Trailer Hours
2:00p.m. - 54th Running of the I-500 Riders Meeting
(Dream Makers Theatre THEN The Woodlands Room
Kewadin Casino Hotel & Convention Center - Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
2:00-6:00p.m. - Antique Snowmobile Show presented by Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum
(Corner of Ashmun and Portage Roads under the Farmers Market Pavillion at Market Corner in Downtown Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
6:00-8:00p.m. - Sault C.V.B. presents, Twas the Night Before the #SooI500 Social Gathering
(Grand Island Rooms 1 & 2 at Kewadin Casino Hotel & Convention Center - Sault Ste. Marie, MI
6:30p.m. - Doors Open - 11th Anniversary of the Miss I-500 Pageant
(Dream Makers Theatre at Kewadin Casino Hotel & Convention Center - Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
7:00p.m. - 11th Anniversary of the Miss I-500, Junior Miss I-500 & Princess I-500 Pageant - FREE Admission
(Dream Makers Theatre at Kewadin Casino Hotel & Convention Center - Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
RACE DAY
6:00a.m.-45 Minutes After Post-Race Ceremonies
Office / Press Center Hours
7:00a.m. - 54th Running of the I-500 Check In / Tech / Field Grids on Frontstretch
(Tech Order set by Reverse Order of the Official Starting Lineup)
8:00a.m. - Spectator Gates Open
8:00a.m.-45 Minutes After Post-Race Ceremonies
Apparel Trailer Hours
9:00a.m. - Opening Ceremonies Begin / Special Presentations / Race Dedication
/ Rider Introductions
9:40a.m. - Invocation / National Anthem(s)
9:50a.m. - Riders Start Your Engines
10:00a.m. - Green Flag for the 54th Running of the International 500 Snowmobile Race
IMMEDIATELY After The Checkered Flag- #SooI500 Post-Race Ceremonies
(At the Start/Finish Line)
Approximately 90 Minutes After Post-Race Ceremonies:
54th Running of the I-500 Awards Banquet
(Dream Makers Theatre at Kewadin Casino Hotel & Convention Center - Sault Ste. Marie, MI)