NHRA Summit Racing Series Finals-Friday from Texas Motorplex

TEXAS MOTORPLEX, ENNIS, TEXAS
Friday, September 30, 2005
BUSY TEXAS MOTORPLEX HOSTS SUMMIT RACING SERIES FINALS

            ENNIS, Texas - The top NHRA Summit Racing Series competitors in
NHRA's South Central Division took to the strip at Texas Motorplex in the
first of a three-day competition that will culminate in a team championship
and individual winners in six classes.  Individual winners in Super Pro,
Pro, Quick, Street and Motorcycle are running for a share of the purse worth
nearly $26,000 and a chance go head-to-head against the champions from
NHRA's other six regional divisions for a national championship.  Racers in
the High School category will compete for trophies.

            Time trials started today at the Texas Motorplex and will
continue Saturday at 9 a.m.  Eliminations for all classes will begin
Saturday afternoon and continue Sunday at 9 a.m.  Gates at Texas Motorplex
open at 8 a.m. each day.    For more information call the track, (972)
878-2641, or visit www.TexasMotorplex.com.

            Drivers who advance to the national title run-off will compete
at the Auto Club of Southern California NHRA Finals in Pomona, Calif., in
November.  (The winners in Super Pro and Pro have a runoff to determine who
will compete in Pomona.)  Those who compete in Pomona will each receive
$3,500 and the champions in each class will earn a winner-take-all $5,000
purse.  

 

The following are the NHRA South Central Division tracks participating in
the NHRA Summit Racing Series Division Finals: 

 

 

Area 51 Dragway, Roswell, New Mexico

Denton Dragway, Denton, Texas

Cherokee County Motorsports Park, Rusk, Texas

Hobbs Motorsports Park, Hobbs, New Mexico

Houston Motorsports Park, Houston, Texas

Houston Raceway Park, Houston, Texas

Jackson Dragway Park, Jackson, Mississippi

Lubbock Dragway, Lubbock, Texas

Memphis Motorsports Park, Memphis, Tennessee

No Problem Raceway, Belle Rose, Louisiana

Paris Dragstrip, Paris, Texas

Red River Raceway, Gilliam, Louisiana

State Capitol Dragway, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Texas Motorplex, Ennis, Texas

Texas Raceway, Kennedale, Texas

Thunder Valley Raceway Park, Noble, Oklahoma

Twin City Dragway, Monroe, Louisiana

Wichita Raceway Park, Wichita Falls, Texas