NHRA Northwest Division Summit Racing Series Finals-Friday from Champion Raceway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Jerrie Foss, NHRA, (626) 278-1956

NHRA NORTHWEST DIVISION SUMMIT RACING SERIES FINALS GET ROLLING AT CHAMPION
RACEWAY

            EAGLE POINT, Ore. - The top drivers in NHRA's Northwest Division
Summit Racing Series came together at Champion Raceway to compete for team
and individual honors at the 2006 Summit Racing Series Division Finals.  The
event will continue Saturday and Sunday.  Drivers in Super Pro, Pro,
Sportsman and Motorcycle/Snowmobile as well as a High School category and
two classes of Jr. Dragsters represent 19 tracks vying for top honors and a
share of the $10,600 purse.  Competitors in the High School and Jr. Dragster
classes are running for trophies.

            Gates at Champion Raceway open at 7 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Time trials continue Saturday at 9 a.m. and eliminations start Sunday
morning at 9.  

            Saturday's action will feature the Race of Champions, a race
within a race that will pit the top points-earning drivers from each track
in head-to-head competition.  First round of elimination in the Race of
Champions starts after the first rotation of time trials on Saturday.  

The Race of Champions winners in Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman, and
Motorcycle/Snowmobile will advance to a national run-off in November at the
NHRA Auto Club of Southern California Finals at Pomona Raceway in Pomona,
Calif.  Each category winner will square off against the NHRA Summit Finals
champions from NHRA's other six divisions for a winner-take-all $5,000
purse.  Each of the drivers who advance to Pomona will receive an additional
$3,500 for competing at Pomona Raceway. 

            For more information call Champion Raceway, (503) 829-9634, or
visit www.ChampionRaceway.com.

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NHRA Northwest Division Summit Series Finals participating tracks:

*	Bonanza Raceway; Walla Walla, Washington
*	Bremerton Raceway; Bremerton, Washington
*	Champion Raceway; Eagle Point, Oregon
*	Coos Bay Int'l Speedway; North Bend, Oregon
*	Firebird Raceway; Boise, Idaho
*	Lakeview Dragstrip; Lakeview, Oregon
*	Lewistown Raceway; Lewistown, Montana
*	Lost Creek Raceway; Anaconda, Montana
*	Madras Raceway Park; Madras, Oregon
*	Medicine Hat Dragstrip; Medicine Hat, Alberta, Can.
*	Mission Raceway; Mission, B.C., Can.
*	Nl'Akapxm Eagle Motorplex; Ashcroft, B.C., Can.
*	North Central Motorsport Park; Prince George, B.C., Can.
*	Pacific Raceways; Kent, Washington
*	Portland Int'l Raceway; Portland, Oregon
*	Renegade Raceways; Yakima, Washington
*	Saskatchewan Int'l Raceway; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Can.
*	Woodburn Dragstrip; Woodburn, Oregon
*	Yellowstone Dragstrip, Acton, Mont.