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Over the past 10 years the
fastest growing and most lucrative grassroots drag racing program in
the sport has been the International Hot Rod Association’s Summit
Racing SuperSeries.
Designed as a championship
program for bracket racers around the world, the Summit SuperSeries
has crowned nearly two dozen champions and awarded over $1 million
in cash and prizes since 2002 and now, through the continued
partnership of Summit Racing Equipment, the IHRA is pleased to
announce a brand new Summit SuperSeries program for Junior Dragster
racers beginning with the 2012 racing season.
Nearly identical to the same
program that has revolutionized grassroots drag racing, the Summit
SuperSeries Junior Dragster World Championship will deliver the same
incredible racing as its larger-car counterparts all on the biggest
stage of them all at the IHRA World Finals at Memphis International
Raceway.
“The Summit Racing
SuperSeries is a very successful sportsman program we have built
with the IHRA; racers and track operators have really jumped on
board with the series. We were excited to expand the Top and Mod
classes to 16 car fields in 2011,” said Jim Greenleaf, Summit
Racing’s Motorsports and Events Manager. “We discussed opportunities
to grow the program and the addition of the Junior Dragster class is
a natural fit. These racers are the future of our sport, as we have
seen many former Junior drivers as part of the Top and Mod
championships.
“The IHRA has put together
an incredible prize package for the winner and we’re proud to be
able to crown our first IHRA Summit SuperSeries Junior World
Champion. It’s going to be a very exciting IHRA Sportsman Finals in
Memphis this October.”
The Summit SuperSeries
Junior Dragster World Championship is the first and only program to
gather the best Junior Dragster racers in the sport and have them
compete for an undisputed World Championship. The program will be
made up of the 16 best Junior Dragster racers from over 90 IHRA
tracks around the globe. The 16 racers, 15 of which will be named at
their local Summit Team Finals plus one Wild Card entry, will meet
at the IHRA World Finals to race for the first-ever Junior Dragster
World Championship in October.
“Summit Racing Equipment has
really shown their dedication and commitment to the sportsman racers
with the Summit SuperSeries,” said Sherrie Barbour, IHRA Director of
Special Programs. “Including Junior Dragsters in that program and
crowning a World Champion is a huge step forward with the program
and will become a huge hit with the Junior competitors and their
families. We are very excited to hit the ground running with this
new program.”
Beginning at the local
level, Junior Dragster racers will compete at their local
participating track throughout the year with a Summit SuperSeries
track champion being named at the conclusion of the racing season.
From there the Junior Dragster track champions will move on to the
Summit Team Finals where they will square off against other track
champions in their Summit SuperSeries division for the right to
advance to the Summit SuperSeries Junior Dragster World
Championship. For tracks unable to compete in the Summit Team
Finals, one track champion will be selected as a “Wild Card” out of
a pool of tracks to complete the 16-car field.
For more information on the
new Summit SuperSeries Junior Dragster World Championship, including
a complete list of rules, visit www.ihra.com for
complete details.
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