Grid League 2026 – Bandits vs Venom: 18-18 at Home, and the Grid-LOCK Goes to Las Vegas

The Houston Bandits and the Las Vegas Venom ran twelve races at the Mesquite Convention Center in Mesquite, Texas and neither team could separate. The board read 18-18.

Las Vegas took the Ladder 61-48, and the thirteen-point margin zeroed Houston out under the rule that gives the losing side nothing once the gap passes ten. Houston answered with a bonus flag on the Jack and Jill and won that race at 2:41.44 for three points. Las Vegas took three of its own on the opening Ringer Point race after Houston finished over the cap.

A tied match triggers a Grid-LOCK, one final race under a three-minute cap, with the winner taking the match without adding a point to the score. Las Vegas crossed at 2:00.44. Houston came in seven and a half seconds later.

Houston threw a challenge flag during the Grid-LOCK over box jump faults out of the plane. Officials found faults on review but ruled they did not clearly change the race, so the flag was spent and the result stood.

Houston finished the regular season 3-1 and took the West top seed and a first-round bye on Season Rank Total. The Bandits are through to the championship on October 3 and 4 in Lakeland.

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