b'TRACKSPOTLIGHTSUMERDUCK DRAGWAY HAS BEEN HOME FOR THE ANDERSONSSumerduck Dragway is the old, homesystems. Curtis made a host ofIt has been a family operation, part of the place for Mike Anderson and his wife, Joy. improvements, operating the trackweekly routine to help maintain and run Located in a historic part of the countrywith his wife, Mary Frances, and theirthe facility. Joy recalled how everyone in Northern Virginia, much of Andersonchildren. For the Andersons, its not justpitched in to help and was there to and his familys history is tied upa piece of property, its truly home. support each other on Sundays.in the International Hot RodIt has been in the family 57 years,We were down there every time it Association-member. Joy Anderson said. How dad acquiredwas open, Joy recalled. Sunday Originally built in the 1950s, it was 1963the track, he went to the bank to get amornings, we would go to church and when Andersons father-in-law, Rogernew hay baler. The president of the bankafter church, my mother would bring Curtis, purchased the property and madeknew how he loved racing. The propertyus to the race track. We would have to it into a true drag racing facility. was in foreclosure so he asked my dadgo to church first and was at the race In the years B.C. (Before Curtis), thereif he wanted to buy it. Dad ended uptrack afterwards.were no guardrails, lights or timingpurchasing a hay baler and a race track. Mike Anderson began his racing career at another IHRA-member track, Elk Creek Dragway, but left the sport after 15 years as he entered the funeral business. He returned to the sport in 1988 at Sumerduck and it was there where he met Joy.They started dating and eventually married. In 2003, they purchased the race track from Joys parents and operated it the next 16 years.Under their leadership, the track has maintained a solid IHRA Summit SuperSeries program. It includes the prestigious SUMMERFEST Iron Man race in August. Rick Hustwayte won the Top (Box) championship for the IHRA Summit SuperSeries in 2019. Kris Bunch earned the Mod (No Box) title and Peyton Bunch was the Junior Dragster champion. 28'