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exciting 32-car shootout for both Top E.T. and
Modified, and upon request from the racers, a
low-buck entry fee gamblers race was put in place.
“Participation in the bracket program has risen
sharply with the new format, advancing from a
few hundred cars to 400-500 entries per bracket
weekend,” says Gari.
The mid-week test-and-tune session was also
moved from Wednesday to Thursday with several
classes of competition featured. Dragway 42 also
hosts the Summit Racing Equipment Index Series,
which features classes ranging from 5.50, 6.00
and 6.50 competing on the eighth mile, with an
11.50 class that’s contested on the quarter mile. In
conjunction with the index series is a 660 program,
comprised of outlaw dragsters and Pro Mods.
In late May, the track hosted its first IHRA
Summit Sportsman Spectacular event of 2019,
which featured increased payouts and Ironman
trophies for each class winner. Things got started
on Friday night with gamblers races and a huge
racer appreciation cookout. Fans on Saturday were
treated to Fuel Altereds, old-school gassers and a
wheel-standing Studebaker fire truck to go along
with hundreds of great sportsman cars.
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