39th Annual Top Gun Showdown (THOR Mega Series Rounds 18-19)

Three days, two motos a day, champions crowned Sunday. The 39th Annual Stowers CAT Top Gun Showdown runs October 9 to 11, 2026 at Muddy Creek Raceway in Blountville, Tennessee as Rounds 18 and 19 of the THOR United States Mega Series, one of the marquee amateur motocross weekends in the Southeast. Gates open Thursday, October 8 at 3 PM for camping. Friday is practice day with gates at 6 AM and practice starting at 9:30. Saturday and Sunday are full race days, practice at 8 AM and two motos per class, with the series champions crowned Sunday afternoon. Friday practice and Saturday racing count as Round 18 and Sunday as Round 19, an AMA Pro-Am event with AMA number one plates on the line, and Saturday evening brings the Barbie Car Downhill Race and the rest of the special activities. Sunday also hosts the 10th Annual FMF Cody Gragg Memorial 2-Stroke Race, a one-moto, 40-rider two-stroke race for A, Pro-Am and Pro riders at about 12:30 PM, seeded with $7,000 by Victory Sports plus donations and every $60 entry, that topped $27,000 last year; the field is set by a practice and qualifying race on Saturday. Food vendors, camping, awards and prizes all weekend, so bring the family. Pre-register through Victory Sports on Trackside, and find the class list and entry fees at victory-sports.com. Muddy Creek Raceway is at 450 Ridgeway Dr, Blountville, TN 37617. The 2026 information sheet had not been posted when this was written. Last year the weekend opened the gates Thursday at 4 PM, ran a team pit bike race after Friday practice, a chili cook-off and campfire Saturday night, and charged $40 adult and $30 child for a Thursday-through-Sunday pass, $35 and $25 from Friday, $30 and $20 from Saturday and $25 and $15 for Sunday, with pre-entry at $35 amateur, $45 pro and $55 for the 2-stroke and Pro-Am classes, practice $30 and camping included with admission. Transponders are required, there is no pit riding, noise shutdown is 10:30 PM, and a parent must sign for anyone under 18.