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The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is a governing body which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and Canada. With over 40,000 drivers in its rosters, the NHRA claims to be the largest motorsport sanctioning body in the world.
The motorplex won the NHRA Division 6 Track Of The Year Award in 1990, 1991, and 2003. [ 3 ] On April 27 2016, the operators of the Nl'akapxm Eagle Motorplex announced that after more than 28 years in business it was immediately ceasing operations.
In November 2019, Alaska Raceway Park signed as a new Division 6 National Hot Rod Association track. [5] This official drag strip sanctioning offers ARP racers opportunities in the NHRA Summit Racing Series, NHRA Summit Racing Jr. Drag Racing League, NHRA Jr. Street, and NHRA Drags: Street Legal Style presented by AAA.
Address: 20000 S Maricopa Rd: Opened: 1983: Former names: Firebird International Raceway (1983–2013) Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park (2013–2023) Major events: Current: NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series NHRA Arizona Nationals (1985–present) [1] Former: Nitrocross (2021–2023) Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (2010–2020) AMA ...
The drag strip was awarded a National Open by the NHRA in 1993. Dragster motorcycle at Mission Raceway in 2010. MRP won the NHRA Division 6 Track Of The Year Award five years in a row, from 1994 to 1998. It then won the same award three years in a row from 2005 to 2007. [1]
Gainesville Raceway, which has a capacity of 30,000, opened in 1969 and held its first Gatornationals event in 1970. Long considered one of the fastest tracks on the NHRA circuit, [citation needed] it was from this launch point that drivers clocked the first 260-, 270- and 300-mph Top Fuel runs.
The race was added after the demise of the ½-mile Portland Speedway that hosted races early in the series. The 1999 running saw the first (and as of 2021, the only) time there were more than one African-Americans competing in the same NASCAR top-three division race, with Bill Lester and Bobby Norfleet on the grid.