NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, SRCA Drag Strip, Great Bend, Kansas

Attention Media:
Below is a press release and an event fact sheet for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at S.R.C.A Drag Strip, Great Bends, Kansas, this weekend, June 3-5 The release and fact sheet are also attached along with additional information on the event and the series.
Please contact Eric Lotz, NHRA, (626) 250-2287, elotz@nhra.com or S.R.C.A. Dragstrip, (620) 792-5079
if you are in need of media credentials.
Daily results will be posted at the end of the days racing action at http://sportsman.nhra.com. The final results story will be emailed out following the event. If you need me to add anyone to my distribution list, or need any additional information on the event or the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, please reply to this email, or contact Eric Lotz at 626-250-2287.
Thanks in advance
Keith Yazdanseta, Field Marketing Manager
National Hot Rod Association | 2035 Financial Way | Glendora, CA | 91741
Office: 626-250-2258 Email: kyazdanseta@nhra.com
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: NHRA Field Marketing, (626) 914-4761
S.R.C.A DRAGSTRIP RUMBLES WITH THE THUNDER ON THE PLAINS
GREAT BEND, Kan. - The NHRA West Central Division opens at S.R.C.A Dragstrip with Thunder on the Plains on June 3-5. The event is one of 45 scheduled across the country where drivers in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series earn points leading to divisional and national championships as well as a chance at a share of the year-end purse of more than $519,000. Categories include Comp Eliminator, Super Stock, Stock Eliminator, Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street. The division's Jerry Haas Race Cars Top Sportsman Series, Fineline Madcap Top Dragster Series and the Sportsman Motorcycle Series presented by Harley-Davidson will also run in conjunction with the event.
Gates at S.R.C.A. Dragstrip open at 7 a.m. each day. Qualifying and time trials are Friday and Saturday at 9 a.m. Top Sportsman, Top Dragster and Comp Eliminator qualify Friday at 1 and 5 p.m. and Saturday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Eliminations begin Sunday morning at 9 a.m.
Tickets for S.R.C.A. Dragstrip are $10 Friday, $20 Saturday and $20 Sunday. Children 12 and under are admitted free with a paid adult.
For more information visit www.SRCAdragstrip.com or call the track at (620) 792-5079.

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NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES: Fact Sheet

WHAT: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Thunder on the Plains, is one of six events in West Central Division competition where drivers earn points leading to divisional, regional and national championships as well as a chance at a share of the year-end purse of more than $519,000. Categories include Comp Eliminator, Super Stock, Stock Eliminator, Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street. The division's Jerry Haas Race Cars Top Sportsman, Fineline Graphics & Madcap Racing Top Dragster and NHRA Sportsman Motorcycle Series presented by Harley-Davidson are also in competition.

WHERE: S.R.C.A. Dragstrip, Great Bend, Kan. Track is located at 455 W. Barton County Rd.; 2½ miles west of Great Bend on the old Air Force base.

WHEN: Friday through Sunday, June 3-5

SCHEDULE: FRIDAY, June 3 - Gates open at 7 a.m. Qualifying and time trials are at 9 a.m. Top Sportsman, Top Dragster and Comp Eliminator qualify at 1 and 5 p.m.

SATURDAY, June 4 - Gates open at 7 a.m. Qualifying and time trials continue at 9 a.m. Top Sportsman, Top Dragster and Comp Eliminator qualify 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

SUNDAY, June 5 - Gates open at 7 a.m. Eliminations begin at 9 a.m.

TICKETS: GENERAL ADMISSION/PIT PASS - $10 Friday, $20 Saturday, $20 Sunday. Children 12 and under admitted free with paid adult. For more information please call S.R.C.A. Dragstrip, (620) 792-5079 or visit www.srcadragstrip.com.

2015 EVENT
WINNERS: Todd Patterson, Comp Eliminator; Tyler Wudarczyk, Super Stock; Larry Henderson, Stock Eliminator; Chris Burrell, Super Comp; Bradley Johnson, Super Gas; Jim Burrell, Super Street; J.R. Lobner, Top Sportsman, Matt Driskell, Top Dragster; Rudy Fife, Sportsman Motorcycle.

BONUS
PROGRAMS: NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES POINTS FUND: a $519,000 point fund from Lucas Oil, which will be shared by 2015 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series divisional, regional and national champions. Regional awards include $10,000 each to the Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car champions with Divisional awards of $3,000 to the champions in both Competition and Super Stock; $2,000 each to the champions in Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street. The seven national champions will share a bonus of $135,000.

JEGS ALLSTARS: The best of the best from each of NHRA's seven divisions will compete for a share of the $124,000 point fund from Jegs High Performance. The 2015 Jegs Allstars event will culminate a year-long points battle between drivers in each of NHRA's Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series' eight classes as well as Top Sportsman and Top Dragster. The top points earner in each category will qualify to represent his/her division at the 2015 Jegs Allstars. Points are based on in-division races only.

The winning regional and division team will share $25,000 and individual awards include $7,000 each to the Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car champions, $6,000 to champions in Comp Eliminator and Super Stock, $5,000 to Top Sportsman and Top Dragster champions, and $4,500 to the Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas, and Super Street champions. Runners-up in all categories will earn $2,000 apiece. Each Allstars competitor will also receive a share of a $25,000 towing fund to get to the event.

Event sponsor, Jegs High Performance, is offering a "double up" bonus to Jegs Allstars participants. Any 2015 Jegs Allstars champion who also wins the national event will have his/her Allstars prize doubled.

AEROMOTIVE LOW QUALIFIER BONUS: A $3,000 bonus fund paid to the low qualifiers in Comp Eliminator, Super Stock and Stock Eliminator at each of the division's six races. The best qualifying driver in Comp Eliminator and Super Stock will each get $200 per event, while the best qualifier in Stock Eliminator will get $100 per race.

JERRY HAAS RACE CARS TOP SPORTSMAN SERIES presented by Aeromotive: The Jerry Haas Race Cars Top Sportsman Series, run in conjunction with the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, is an opportunity for competitors in the West Central division's Top Sportsman class to earn points toward divisional championships. The $2,750 champions' purse posted by Jerry Haas Race Cars will be paid to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place points finishers.

FINELINE GRAPHICS & MADCAP RACING ENGINES TOP DRAGSTER SERIES: The West Central Division Top Dragster Series, run in conjunction with the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, is an opportunity for competitors in the West Central division's Top Dragster class to earn points toward divisional championships. The $2,750 champions' purse will be paid to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place points finishers.

NHRA SPORTSMAN MOTORCYCLE SERIES presented by HARLEY-DAVIDSON: The NHRA Sportsman Motorcycle Series presented by Harley-Davidson, run in conjunction with the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, is an opportunity for competitors in NHRA's Sportsman Motorcycle class to earn points toward divisional championships. The $14,000 champions' purse posted by Harley-Davidson will be paid to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place points finishers in NHRA divisions that host Sportsman Motorcycles.

CONTACT: S.R.C.A. Dragstrip, (620) 792-5079
NHRA Field representative Eric Lotz, (626) 250-2287, cell phone (626) 688-8646
Web address, www.SRCADragstrip.com or www.nhra.com