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The NHRA then become the sanctioning body for the track but did not include it in their national event schedule. In an effort to get a national event at the track, New England Dragway switched its sanctioning to the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) in 1992. The IHRA held its North American Nationals at the track from 1992 until 2009.
On November 9, 2023, the NHRA announced Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie, Virginia will return to the schedule to fill the June unannounced date that replaces Denver on the schedule. Originally planned to be a three-day event, the NHRA announced on April 2, 2024 that the event would be modified to a two-day format with three qualifying ...
MGR is again Track of the Year in the Northeast Division. 1980 – Maple Grove Dragway, Inc., becomes a separate operating corporation, Mike Lewis is named president. 1981 – Electronic scoreboards are installed and Budweiser sponsors new NHRA Eastern Regional event. Dick LaHaie, Gary Burgin and Frank Iaconio win regional titles before 20,000.
This is a list of all auto racing tracks in the United States.The track length stands for the standard, full courses for each track. The major series listed are only series that currently hold a race at the track.
The event moved first to [2] Oklahoma City's Oklahoma State Fairgrounds for the "4th annual National Championship Drag Races Sponsored by the National Hot Rod Association" in 1958, then moved to Detroit Dragway in Detroit, Michigan for 1959-1960 before moving to Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1961, and has remained there ever since, after a ...
Thirteen venues lost their NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events entirely during the 2020 season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dates listed in original order. zMax Dragway: April 24–26 and September 25–27. Atlanta Dragway: May 15–17; Virginia Motorsports Park: May 29–31 (Track closed by government)
The pair were beaten in the final of that event by a German team — one headlined by retired four-time F1 champion Sebastian Vettel. Busch won 34 races in his 24-year NASCAR Cup Series career.
2016 NHRA Mello Yello Schedule Date Race Site TV Winners Top Fuel Funny Car Pro Stock PS Motorcycle February 11–14 Circle K NHRA Winternationals: Pomona, California: FS1: Steve Torrence (1) Ron Capps (1) Greg Anderson (1) N/A February 26–28 CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Arizona Nationals: Phoenix, Arizona: FS1 Leah Pritchett (1) Tim Wilkerson (1 ...