Casa Grande, Arizona (June 5, 2025)………When the 58th Western World Championships makes its inaugural appearance at Central Arizona Raceway Oct. 24-25, the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Championship and Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Cars will have the largest purse in Western World history.
A total of $92,150 will be paid over the two-day event.
The Friday main event pays a total of $31,700 with $7,500 to the winner, $3,500 for second and $2,500 for third with the top eight earning at least $1,000. Friday night will pay $600 to start.
Saturday will have a considerable increase in pay with $60,450 for the 30-lap main event.
First place pays $15,000, $5000 for second and $3,000 for third, while 10 cars will collect at least $1,000. Saturday pays $700 to start and makes the payout even more attractive with an additional $15,000 lap money.
Each lap the top three earn a bonus as the leader gets $250, second is $150 and third place is $100. These earnings will be added to the amount awarded for finishing position. If a driver leads all 30 laps they would earn $22,500.
Central Arizona Raceway has had considerable improvements made, including additional stands added to increase the capacity. Joining the USAC sprint cars at the Western World Championships will be the Sands Chevrolet Wild West Sprints.
Making the event possible are sponsors Henzley Beverage, AME Electric, Apache Transport, and Avanti Windows and Doors.