The IWK 250 Super Weekend gets underway on Wednesday with the inaugural Dash 4 Cash, a 75-lap $5,000-to-win non-points race for pro stock racers. Fans will also be treated to the first leg of the Maritime Legends Challenge for the Cross Roads Legends Tour.

The Dash 4 Cash is a prelude to Saturday’s IWK 250 and will feature top drivers from four Canadian provinces and one American state. Making the longest haul, from Mooresville, North Carolina is Tyler Tanner, driving a Butcher Racing entry. Tanner is originally from Auburn, Washington and has 14 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races on his resume, as well as starts in the K&N Pro Series West and the CARS Pro Late Model Tour.

Also on the entry list, and a close second in the long-haul category, is Jake Sheridan – a top racer from Mount Brydges, Ontario who has competed in 11 races this year and won five of them. Josh Collins, from Newfoundland, may get the nod for the busiest driver over the next few days at Riverside with entries in three of five races – the Dash 4 Cash, Friday’s NAPA/Henry’s AUTOPRO Sportsman 100, and Saturday’s IWK 250. Antigonish’s Donald Chisholm – the 2016 IWK 250 champion and 2015 Maritime Pro Stock Tour champion – will defend his home turf. And Cory Hall, winner of three of the four races he’s entered in the Maritimes this year and a multi-time Legends Cars winner at Riverside – will hope to claim his first checkered flag in a pro stock on Canada’s highest-banked race track.

These guys and several others will go fender-to-fender for 75 laps to see who will win the inaugural Dash 4 Cash at Riverside. King Competition Qualifying will set the field with a unique format – two laps and a modified pit stop. The driver with the quickest total time in qualifying will take home $500.

Dash 4 Cash Entry List

  1. (08) Nicholas Naugle, Dartmouth, NS
  2. (11) Marty Prevost, Fall River, NS
  3. (11v) Jordan Veinotte, Porter’s Lake, NS
  4. (13) Austin MacDonald, Pictou, NS
  5. (25) Ryan Van Oirschot, Antigonish, NS
  6. (36) Gary Elliott, Murray Siding, NS
  7. (42) Kyle Reid, Fort McMurray, AB
  8. (52) Jake Sheridan, Mount Brydges, ON
  9. (54) Tyler Tanner,  Mooresville, NC
  10. (56) Josh Collins, Jerseyside, NL
  11. (80) Alex Johnson, Enfield, NS
  12. (83) Cory Hall, Plymouth, NS
  13. (88) Russell Smith, Jr., Lakeside, NS
  14. (89) Donald Chisholm, Antigonish, NS

Entry list is subject to change without notice.

Also on the card is the first leg of the Maritime Legends Challenge for the Cross Roads Legends Tour, the first of two championship points races for the series at Riverside in the next three days. Twenty-four cars from the four Atlantic provinces are set for heat races and 50 laps of high-octane fun in the 5/8-scale replicas of race cars from the 1930s and 40s. Four of those cars are making the haul from Newfoundland. It’s stacked field of the who’s who in regional Legends competition.

Maritime Legends Challenge Entry List

  1. (00) Caden Tufts, Halifax, NS
  2. (07) Kelsey Hann, New Glasgow, NS
  3. (7) Steven Brewer, Placentia, NL
  4. (9) Campbell Delaney, Halifax, NS
  5. (13) Aiden MacDonald, Covehead, PE
  6. (14m) Samantha MacDonald, Lawrencetown, NS
  7. (18) Josh Langille, Coldbrook, NS
  8. (19) Nathan Langille, Coldbrook, NS
  9. (20) Devin Wadden, Hammonds Plains, NS
  10. (23) Teagan Dempsey, Fredericton, NB
  11. (24) Ayden Christensen, Windsor Junction, NS
  12. (33) Cullen O’Connor, St. John’s
  13. (34) Stephen Piccott, Jr., Donaldston, PE
  14. (39) Chase Livingston, Springhill, NS
  15. (44) Nathan Blackburn, Hubley, NS
  16. (66) Owen Mahar, Hubley, NS
  17. (71) Chase MacKay, Bear Cove, NS
  18. (81) Nate Singer, Kennetcook, NS
  19. (84) Noah Healey, Conception Bay South, NL
  20. (87) Danny Chisholm, Port Williams, NS
  21. (89) Emily Chisholm, Antigonish, NS
  22. (94) JJ MacPhee, Yarmouth, NS
  23. (98) Craig MacDonald, Eastern Passage, NS
  24. (111) Wayne Hanlon Jr., St. John’s, NL

Entry list is subject to change without notice.

The pit opens at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the grandstand opens and practice for both divisions starts at 3:30 p.m., and racing gets underway at 7:30 p.m.

The IWK 250 Super Weekend continues Thursday with sportsman and pro stock practice in the afternoon/early evening, followed by the IWK 250 Tailgate Party Presented by Coldstream Clear. Friday will see the NAPA/Henry’s Auto Parts 100 for the Auto World MASS Sportsman Series and the Maritime Legends Challenge for the Cross Roads Legends Tour. Saturday is the 17th running of Canada’s biggest stock car race, the $20k-to-win IWK 250 presented by Steve Lewis – the 36th “250” at Riverside. With the addition of the Dash 4 Cash, more than $178,000 is being offered in prize monies for the IWK 250 Super Weekend – making it one of the richest stock car racing events in Canada and, indeed, on the Eastern seaboard. A complete four-day schedule is available on the IWK 250 page at www.riversidespeedway.ca.

Tickets are available at www.riversidespeedway.ca as single-day tickets or in 2-Day or 3-Day Bundles. The 2-Day bundle includes Friday and Saturday, and the 3-Day Bundle includes Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. As part of its commitment to affordable family entertainment, kids 15 & under get free grandstand admission all year long. Single-day tickets are available at the gate for Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. The 19+ section of Thursday’s Coldstream Tailgate Party is sold out but tickets are available for the non-licensed area. Ticket pricing, order links, and much more are available on the IWK 250 at www.riversidespeedway.ca. 

With more than 750 campsite reservations already made for the IWK 250 Super Weekend, the Riverside camping sections are full.

Fans should stay tuned to Riverside’s website (www.riversidespeedway.ca), social media (Facebook, X, and Instagram), and sign up for the electronic newsletter (www.riversidespeedway.ca/media/newsletter) for further announcements regarding the 2025 season at Riverside.

About Riverside International Speedway:

For 56 years, Riverside International Speedway has been recognized as a premier stock racing facility in Canada. The 1/3-mile high-banked asphalt oval roars to action several times each year for special events. It is the largest outdoor entertainment venue in eastern Canada and the home of the IWK 250 – widely known throughout North America as a “bucket list” event for racers and fans alike. It also hosts the NASCAR Canada Series in its only stop on the East Coast. Located in James River, between New Glasgow and Antigonish, the facility is easily accessible at exit 30 on Trans-Canada Highway 104. For more information, please visit www.riversidespeedway.ca or call 902-863-2410 (May to September) or 902-404-7049 (October to April).