Known
as “ The
Fa s t e s t
Track in
Michi-
gan”, US
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torsports
Park returns to the PDRA schedule this season
for the Summer Drags, the unofficial kickoff to
the hot summer months. Expect a slew of Mid-
west players to show up and mix it up with the
touring regulars at this race.
FIRECRACKER
NATIONALS
June 28-30 | Virginia Motorsports
Park | Dinwiddie, VA
July 19-21 | National Trail
Raceway | Hebron, OH
FALL NATIONALS
Oct. 4-6 | Darlington Dragway
| Hartsville, SC
Also new
to the sched-
ule this year
is the Super
Strip Nation-
als at historic
National Trail Raceway. The Columbus-area track
hasn’t hosted an eighth-mile doorslammer racing
event like this since 2009, so local fans – and a
large contingent of Midwest sportsman racers –
were excited to see this event join the tour. Darlington
Dragway made
its PDRA debut
with last year’s
Spring Nation-
als, where racers
and fans got their
first glimpse of the extensive renovations com-
pleted by Russell Miller and his family-based
team. With a new fall date this time around, ex-
pect record performances and close racing as
the championship battles heat up heading into
the World Finals.
DRAG WARS WORLD FINALS
Famous for
record-set-
ting fan at-
tendance and
record-setting
performances on the track, PDRA Drag Wars at
GALOT draws out the area’s best racers, from
Pro Extreme to Top Jr. Dragster. This is often a
critical race for drivers who are contending for
the world championship, as it’s the perfect time
to shed the hot-weather tuneups and prepare for
the cool fall nights. The 2018
PDRA Tour
will come to a
thrilling, dra-
matic close at
the Brian Olson Memorial World Finals. This is
where world championships are decided, often
not until deep into eliminations on Saturday
night. The cool fall weather also makes for ideal
record-setting conditions; at least one end of
each class’ world records were set at this event
in the past.
Sept. 6-8 | GALOT Motorsports
Park | Benson, NC
Oct. 18-20 | Virginia Motorsports
Park | Dinwiddie, VA
T h e
first of
two con-
secutive
brand-
n e w
events
on the
sched-
ule, the Firecracker Nationals will be PDRA
racers’ first time on the new concrete racing sur-
face at Virginia Motorsports Park. The NHRA
Virginia Nationals will take place at VMP just a
few weeks before this event, so the track should
be properly broken in and ready for 3,000-horse-
power doorslammers.
SUPER STRIP
NATIONALS
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