Fri, 24 May 2013, 10:09 AM Maple Grove Raceway Host Lucas Oil NHRA Northeast Division |
Courtesy of NHRA Field Marketing |
READING, Pa. -
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Gates at Maple Grove Raceway open at 7:30 a.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Time trials and qualifying begin Friday and Saturday at 8:30 a.m. Top Dragster and Top Sportsman will have qualifying runs at noon and 4:30 p.m. on Friday and 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Comp Eliminator will qualify once on Friday at 5:30 p.m. and twice on Saturday at 12:30 and 4 p.m. Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car will qualify Friday at 1 and 6 p.m. Top Dragster and Top Sportsman will run two rounds of eliminations on Saturday beginning at 6 and 8 p.m. Comp Eliminator will run one round of eliminations on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car will run all three rounds of eliminations on Saturday, at 5, 7 and 9 p.m. Eliminations will continue Sunday at 9 a.m.
Tickets at Maple Grove Raceway for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event are $20 each day. Children 13 to 15 years old are $10 each day and kids 12 and under are admitted free with a paid adult. A special Saturday Night ticket price of $25 per carload is available after 3 p.m. for the spectator side of the track.
For more information call Maple Grove Raceway, (610) 856-9200, or visit www.MapleGroveRaceway.com.
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES FACT SHEET
WHAT: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series the second of seven events in Northeast 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 Top Alcohol Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny Car, Comp Eliminator, Super Stock, Stock Eliminator, Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street. The division's MXI/Magnaflux Top Dragster and Top Sportsman Series' presented by Select Performance will also run in conjunction with the event.
WHERE: Maple Grove Raceway, Reading, Pa. Track is located 10 miles south of Reading, off Route 10. From Pennsylvania Turnpike take exit 298 and go north on Route 10 for six miles.
WHEN: Friday through Sunday, May 24-26
SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY, May 25 - Gates open at 7:30 a.m. Time trials and qualifying begin at 8:30 a.m. Top
Dragster and Top Sportsman qualifying is at noon and 4:30 p.m. Comp Eliminator qualifying is at
5:30 p.m. Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car qualifying is scheduled 1 and 6 p.m.
SATURDAY, May 26 - Gates open at 8 a.m. Time trials and qualifying begin at 8:30 a.m. Top Dragster and Top Sportsman qualifying at 11:30 a.m. First two rounds of eliminations for Top Dragster and Top Sportsman are at 6 and 8 p.m. Comp Eliminator qualifying at 12:30 and 4 p.m. Round one of eliminations for Comp Eliminator at 7:30 p.m. Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car will run all three rounds of eliminations at 5, 7 and 9 p.m.
SUNDAY, May 27 - Gates open at 8 a.m. Eliminations continue at 9 a.m. Top Dragster, Top Sportsman and Comp Eliminator resume at 10:30 a.m.
TICKETS:
GENERAL ADMISSION/PIT PASS - $20 Friday, $20 Saturday, $20 Sunday. Children 13 to 15 years
old are $10 each day. Children12 and under are admitted free with a paid adult
A special Saturday night price of $25 per carload is available after 3 p.m. for the spectator side of the track.
2012 EVENT WINNERS: Bill Reichert, Top Alcohol Dragster; Frank Manzo, Top Alcohol Funny Car; Frank Aragona, Comp Eliminator; Joe Santangelo II, Super Stock; Wallace Dent, Stock Eliminator; Alan Kenny, Super Comp; Jason Kenny, Super Gas; Joseph Rodack, Super Street; Ryan Ondrejko, Top Sportsman; Bill Russell, Top Dragster.
BONUS PROGRAMS:
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES POINTS FUND: a $519,000 point fund from Lucas Oil, which
will be shared by 2013 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 $119,000 point fund from Jegs High Performance. The 2013 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 2013 Jegs Allstars. Points are based on in-division races only.
The winning division's team will share $20,000 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 2013 Jegs Allstars champion who also wins the national event will have his/her Allstars prize doubled.
MAGNAFLUX TOP SPORTSMAN SHOOTOUT PRESENTED BY SELECT PERFORMANCE: Run in conjunction with the Lucas Oil Series, competitors in the Top Sportsman class are vying for division championships and a share in the year-end purse.
MAGNAFLUX TOP DRAGSTER CHALLENGE PRESENTED BY SELECT PERFORMANCE: Run in conjunction with the Lucas Oil Series, competitors in the Top Dragster class are vying for division championships and a share in the year-end purse
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