Elk Creek Dragway leads off the list with Division 1 (Patriots) action at the Southwest Virginia track on Saturday. The weekend action fires off Friday at Gleason Raceway Park in Tennessee. Two other tracks in the Volunteer State, Music City Raceway, Gleason Raceway Park and Ethridge Raceway Park, have races scheduled for Saturday.
Two tracks in Kentucky, Beacon Dragway and London Dragway, and two in Missouri, Jeffers Motorsports Park and Ozark Raceway Park, are also hosting Division 2 races Saturday. Newport Raceway in Arkansas has its IHRA Summit SuperSeries points races on Sunday.
Ohio is the place to be to catch some great Division 3 (North Stars) racing on Saturday. Four different tracks in the Buckeye State — Kuhnle Motorsports Park, KD Motorsports Park, Pacemakers Outlaw Motorsports Park and Quaker City Motorsports Park — all have races on the docket.
Paris Dragstrip in Texas brings exciting Division 4 (Renegades) races to the forefront Saturday. That rumbling that you hear could be Division 5 (Thunder) action with Wisconsin International Raceway hosting an IHRA Ironman Classic. Other Division 5 tracks racing Saturday include Bunker Hill Dragstrip and US 41 Dragstrip in Indiana, and I57 Dragstrip in Illinois. Great Lakes Dragaway has points races both Saturday and Sunday.
More exciting races take place in Division 6 (Midwest) with Thunder Valley Dragways in South Dakota and Onawa (Iowa) Dragway hosting events. Our weekend journey brings up back to Division 8 (South) with strong fields expected at Alabama International Dragway, Brainerd Motorsports Park in Georgia and Knoxville Dragway in Tennessee.
The Tar Heel State is the perfect place to wrap up with great Division 9 (Raiders) racing. Wilkesboro Dragway is featuring double points for its Saturday races. Two other North Carolina tracks, Piedmont Dragway and Roxboro Dragway, have two days of racing Saturday and Sunday.
We encourage all of you to support your local IHRA-member tracks, whether it’s these with IHRA Summit SuperSeries points races, or others hosting special events this weekend. We also look forward to seeing many of you at upcoming IHRA Summit Team Finals events across the different divisions.