Pontiac — Metro Detroit’s fall auto enthusiast season draws to a close this weekend, Oct. 3-5, with the glitzy, 4 th annual American Speed Festal at M1 Concourse auto club in Pontiac.
The 87-acre club’s Champion Motor Speedway will be the center of the action as race cars past, present, and future descend on the 1.5-mile track for hot laps Saturday and Sunday.
Significant racers like open-wheel IndyCars, NASCARs, sprint racers, endurance Le Mans prototypes, and crowd-pleasing drifters will fill multiple classes. The cars aren’t the only stars as the ASF will host famed race drivers including Master of Ceremonies and two-time Indy 500 champ Al Unser Jr.
ASF follows Detroit 4fest at Holly Oaks off-road park Sept. 5-6 and the Cars at the Station Sept. 19-20 at Michigan Central as the fa