12:00-5:00p.m. - Office / Press Center Hours
1:00p.m. - Walsh Service Solutions 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
2:00-5:00p.m. - #SooI500 Merchandise Trailer Hours
2:30p.m. - Mini-5 Kids Riders Meeting
2:45p.m. - Mini-5 Kids Practice / Group Qualifying
3:00p.m. - Racing Begins - Walsh Service Solutions Mini-5 Kids Snowmobile Races
Heats
Intermission (15 Minutes)
Features
IMMEDIATELY After The Final Checkered Flag - Walsh Service Solutions Mini-5 Kids Snowmobile Races Post-Race Ceremonies / Awards Banquet
(V.I.P. Suite located in the Upper Floor of the Press Center)
7:00p.m. - #SooI500 Management, Staff, Volunteers Meeting
(The Woodlands Room at Kewadin Casino Hotel & Convention Center - Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
9:00a.m.-7:00p.m. - Office / Press Center Hours
12:00-5:00p.m. - Rig Parking / Unloading / Check In / Tech
(ALL Classes Racing on the Legendary 1-Mile Ice Oval) 👇👇👇👇
Wheeler Trucking #SooI500 Pole Qualifying Presented by Owosso Speedway (#SooI500)
Meijer Pro Shootout IV (#MPS)
Kokosing-Alberici-Traylor Old 600 Modifieds Shootout IV (#KAT600Mods)
Wheeler Upfitters Soo Vintage Shootout (#SVS)
3:00-7:00p.m. - #SooI500 Merchandise Trailer Hours
5:00-7:00p.m. - Meet The Riders Autograph and Picture Session (At the Entrance to the Lock City Home Center Press Center / Joe Moniz Memorial Broadcast Booth)
5:00-7:00p.m. - Skate Night at the Track (Everyone gets the chance to strap on their Ice Skates and Skate around the legendary 1-Mile High-Banked Iced Oval)
Opening Day / Bud Clarke Day
8:00a.m. - Remaining Rig Parking / Unloading Resumes / Check In Continues / Tech Resumes (ALL Classes Racing on the Legendary 1-Mile Ice Oval) 👇👇👇👇
Wheeler Trucking #SooI500 Pole Qualifying presented by Owosso Speedway (#SooI500)
Meijer Pro Shootout III (#MPS)
Kokosing-Alberici-Traylor Old 600 Modifieds Shootout III (#KAT600Mods)
Wheeler Upfitters Soo Vintage Shootout (#SVS)
9:00a.m.-9:00p.m. - Office / Press Center Hours
12:00-8:00p.m. - #SooI500 Merchandise Trailer Hours
3:00p.m. - #SVS Program Begins 👇
Practice / Group Qualifying (In Order throughout the Day; Divisions Racing on the Legendary 1-Mile Ice Oval) 👇👇👇👇
Single Super Stock
340 Fan Super Stock
440 Fan Super Stock
340 Free Air Super Stock
440 Free Air Super Stock
F500
Sportsman 600 (Pro Only)
20 Minutes AFTER Practice / Group Qualifying - Pre-Race Ceremonies / Invocation / National Anthem(s)
Racing Begins -Wheeler Upfitters Soo Vintage Shootout
Heat Races (4 Laps Each)
Intermission (15 Minutes)
Features (7 Laps Each)
9:00-10:00p.m. - OPTIONAL #SooI500 Practice
($100.00 for the Entire Session - 3 Sleds at a time)
10:00p.m. - #SooI500 #MPS #KAT600Mods Tech Ends
9:00a.m. - Remaining Rig Parking / Unloading Concludes / Check In Resumes / Tech Continues (ALL Classes Racing on the Legendary 1-Mile Ice Oval) 👇👇👇👇
Wheeler Trucking #SooI500 Pole Qualifying Presented by Owosso Speedway (#SooI500)
Meijer Pro Shootout IV (#MPS)
Kokosing-Alberici-Traylor Old 600 Mods Shootout IV (#KAT600Mods)
9:00a.m.-One Hour Following the Last Race - Office / Press Center Hours
11:00a.m.-12:00p.m. - #SooI500 Practice
1:00-9:00p.m. - #SooI500 Merchandise Trailer Hours
1:00-2:00p.m. - #SooI500 Pole Qualifying Round I
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 IV)
6:00-6:45p.m. - #MPS Round I Qualifying
7:00-8:00p.m. - #SooI500 Pole Qualifying Round II
8:25p.m. - Pre-Race Ceremonies / Invocation / National Anthem(s)
8:30p.m. - Racing Begins - Kokosing-Alberici-Traylor Old 600 Modifieds Shootout IV
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
9:00a.m.- One Hour Following the Last Race - Office / Press Center Hours
10:00a.m. - Check In / Tech Resumes (ALL Classes Racing on the Legendary 1-Mile Ice Oval) 👇👇👇👇
Wheeler Trucking #SooI500 Pole Qualifying Presented by Owosso Speedway (#SooI500)
Meijer Pro Shootout IV (#MPS)
1:00-9:00p.m. - #SooI500 Merchandise Trailer Hours
1:00-2:00p.m. - SooI500 Pole Qualifying Round III
2:00p.m. - #MPS Tech Ends
3:00-3:45p.m. - #MPS FINAL Round Qualifying
(Top 20 Qualifying Times are Locked into Meijer Pro Shootout IV)
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 Pole Qualifying FINAL Round
7:45p.m. - Wheeler Trucking #SooI500 Pole Presented by Owosso Speedway Award Ceremonies
(At the Start/Finish Line)
7:55p.m. - Pre-Race Ceremonies / Invocation / National Anthem(s)
8:00p.m. - Racing Begins - Meijer Pro Shootout IV
2 Heat Races (8 Laps Each) - (Top 4 out of each transfer to the Feature)
Intermission (15 Minutes)
#MPS Feature (Australian Pursuit Format) (25 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.-4:00p.m.- Office / Press Center & #SooI500 Merchandise Trailer Hours
10:00a.m.-2:00p.m. - 56th Running of the I-500 Race Day Registration (NEW LOCATION for 2025)
(V.I.P. Suite located in the Upper Floor of the Lock City Home Center Press Center / Next to the Joe Moniz Memorial Broadcast Booth)
3:00p.m. - 56th Running of the I-500 Riders Meeting (Dream Makers Theatre at Kewadin Casino Hotel & Convention Center - 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 - 13th Anniversary of the Miss I-500 Pageant (Dream Makers Theatre at Kewadin Casino Hotel & Convention Center - Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
7:00p.m. - 13th 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
7:00a.m.-45 Minutes After Post-Race Ceremonies
Office / Press Center Hours
7:00a.m. - 56th 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 Owosso Speedway Presents: the 56th Running of the International 500 Snowmobile Endurance Race Powered by Wheeler Trucking
IMMEDIATELY After The Checkered Flag- #SooI500 Post-Race Ceremonies
(At the Start/Finish Line)
Approximately 90 Minutes After Post-Race Ceremonies: - 56th Running of the #SooI500 Awards Banquet (Dream Makers Theatre at Kewadin Casino Hotel & Convention Center - Sault Ste. Marie, MI)