NHRA - National Hot Rod Association

Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis will host the 40th Annual NHRA Summit Racing Series North Central Division Finals, September 16-18. The event will feature teams of the series’ best racers representing NHRA Member Tracks from across the region. Top points earning drivers in five classes will be on hand to compete for team and individual honors. Nearly 700 drivers are expected to compete in Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman, Super Pro Bike, and High School categories. Racers in the High School class will run for trophies while the others will compete for cash awards of more than $60,000.

Gates at Lucas Oil Raceway will open at 7 a.m. each day. Time trials will start Friday morning at 9 and continue Saturday at 8 a.m. Eliminations will start Saturday at 1 p.m. and continue Sunday at 8 a.m.
Friday’s action will also feature the Race of Champions, starting at 3 p.m., where the best of the best in Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman and Super Pro Bike will compete for top honors. Sunday’s winners will move on to compete for a national championship at the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona in Calif., in November. They will run against the winners from NHRA’s other six divisions for more than $100,000 in prize money.

Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis is located on Indiana Highway 136, four miles west of I-465, exit 16. For more information call the track, (317) 291-4090 or visit www.LucasOilRaceway.com.
 
SUMMIT RACING SERIES NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION Finals: Fact Sheet
WHAT: NHRA Summit Racing Series North Central Division Finals, where top drivers from NHRA member tracks across the North Central division compete in five classes for individual and team honors. Competing classes are: Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman, Super Pro Bike and High School. The Race of Champions, a race within a race where the top points earners from each participating track run head-to-head for individual honors, will run on Friday. Event winners on Sunday in Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman and Super Pro Bike will advance to a national run-off at the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona in Calif.

WHERE: Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Ind. Track is located on Indiana Highway 136, four miles west of Interstate 465 at exit 16. For more information, please visit www.LucasOilRaceway.com or call (317) 291-4090.

WHEN: Friday through Sunday, September 16-18, 2016.
 
SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY, Sept. 16 -- Time trials begin at 9 a.m. Race of Champions starts at 3 p.m.
SATURDAY, Sept. 17 – Gates open at 7 a.m. Time trials begin at 8 a.m. Eliminations start at 1 p.m.
SUNDAY, Sept. 18 – Gates open at 7 a.m. Elimination continues at 8 a.m.

PURSE: The Summit E.T. Racing Series competitors in Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman and Super Pro Bike will compete for cash awards of more than $60,000.

Event winners in Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman and Super Pro Bike will advance to compete against winners from NHRA’s other six divisions at the NHRA Finals in Pomona, Calif., in November. They will each receive $3,000 for competing in the Finals and the winner in each class will receive an additional $5,000.
Participants in the High School class compete for trophies.

2015 EVENT WINNERS: Summit Motorsports Park, team champion; Bill Leahey, Super Pro; Chuck Lewis, Pro; Nick Hastings, Sportsman; Rick Poole, Super Pro Bike, Kay Crum, High School

2015 RACE OF CHAMPIONS: Chris Bear, Super Pro; Chris Stephenson, Pro; Bill McCarty, Sportsman; Jonathan Vickers, Super Pro Bike

2016 Summit Racing Series Participating Tracks
Beacon Dragway - Paducah, Ky.
Beech Bend Raceway Park - Bowling Green, Ky.
Bunker Hill Dragstrip - Bunker Hill, Ind.
Byron Dragway - Byron, Ill.
Coles County Dragway USA -Charleston, Ill.
Crossroads Dragway - Terre Haute, Ind.
Edgewater Sports Park - Cleves, Ohio
Gateway Motorsports Park - St. Louis, Mo.
Kil-Kare Dragway - Xenia, Ohio
Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis - Brownsburg, Ind.
Lyons Raceway Park - Lyons, Ind.
Mid-Michigan Motorplex- Stanton, Mich.
Muncie Dragway - Albany, Ind.
National Trail Raceway - Hebron, Ohio
Ohio Valley Dragway - Louisville, Ky.
Pacemakers Dragway Park - Mt. Vernon, Ohio
Route 66 Raceway- Joliet, Ill.
Summit Motorsports Park - Norwalk, Ohio
Tri-State Dragway - Hamilton, Ohio