Auto Cross on Dirt at the Wells County Fair

02/28/2026

Join us Sunday from 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Festival Hall in Fessenden.
Good food, good people and creative baskets to bid on. Come join the fun!

07/12/2025

It's RACE TIME Sunday, July 13th at 1 p.m. at the Wells County Fairgrounds in Fessenden.

Compete in Auto Cross races or the Motorized Barrel Racing with a 3-wheeler, 4-wheeler, side-by-side or dirtbike! Or come cheer on your favorite driver.

Fun will be had by all!

All vehicles enter at the southwest Gate #2 by the barns.

Gate Admission: $15 ages 13+; $10 ages 5-12; 4 & younger are free.
The 2025 Wells County Fair Grandstand Pass will be honored for admission.

Food vendors and beer garden will be serving food & drinks throughout the event.

Gates open at 10 a.m.
Pit Meetings held around noon!
Flag Drops at 1pm

06/25/2025

Are you ready for an afternoon full of racing?!

The event will now take place on the 13th of July at 1pm with gates and grandstands opening at 10am! There will be pit meetings held prior around 12pm for both ATVs and autocross. Autocross will race the heats first and ATV races during intermission times and track preparations. Autocross - 60$ a driver and 15$ to everyone else that attends. Pits or grandstands. Food trucks and vendors will be there also. Everyone, ALL VEHICLES should use the southwest gate number 2. Hope to see you there!

06/21/2025

4pm Saturday, today!!

Motorized barrel racing has been postponed. 4pm the event starts.
Registration from 2-3:30
Drivers meeting at 3:45
16+ $25 entry fee 100% payout best of 3 times taken
AutoCross has been postponed and we will be having motorized barrel racing during that event too!

06/21/2025

Due to the 4 inches of rain we are canceling the autocross! We plan on picking a date we can run both the Autocross and ATV barrel races at the same time. Will update as soon as we confirm a date. Edit: it will not be on this Sunday!

06/17/2025

Reminding you these races are on SATURDAY 21st @ 4pm. NOT sunday! Registration is at 2pm. Pit meeting roughly at 3:30. Once again we will be using the 3rd gate in the northeast corner of the fairgrounds. Stay postponed for weather updates or changes.

If you want to try something new load up your dirt bikes, 3wheelers, 4wheelers and UTV’s for the new event called ATV Barrel Racing which starts at 1pm. Drivers meeting is before hand at 12:30.

05/22/2025

Hey everyone!! Here’s the time and date, make sure to order your RACEceivers and window nets! We’re only a month away!!

Is there anyone interested in a 4 Wheel drive class?

Females, please sign up ASAP OR right away at 2pm so we can decide to make a class / or powder puff afterwards.

Open for discussion here, let me know your thoughts!

08/28/2024

Autocross drivers! You could consider racing in these enduros... Pretty fun! 200 laps or 2 hours!