![]() NHRA Sonoma Nationals ticket-holders on file with Sonoma Raceway may choose to receive an event credit for the full amount paid plus an additional 20 percent or receive a full refund of their purchase price. The 120 per cent credit can be applied toward admissions for the 2021 NHRA Nationals event in Sonoma. An announcement pertaining to that event is forthcoming. Sonoma Raceway is continuing to work with the sanctioning body regarding the NHRA Division 7 Drag Races, presented by Korbel, scheduled for July 15-19. This marks the first time the NHRA national event in Sonoma has been canceled or rescheduled since the series’ inaugural visit in 1988. We are thankful for our passionate NHRA fans and can’t wait to get back to racing in 2021.” “With the uncertainty of weather, which would affect the racing and camping experience, we are not confident we could provide an event up to the standard our fans have come to expect. “In working with NHRA’s revised 2020 season schedule, the best option for the NHRA Sonoma Nationals would have been in November,” said Steve Page, the track’s president/general manager. But with a limited number of options in the late fall, Raceway management was not confident it could host a successful event. ![]() Since announcing the race postponement in early May, Sonoma Raceway and NHRA officials worked to find an alternate date. The event at Sonoma Raceway was scheduled for July 24-26 as part of the traditional three-race Western Swing. But the previously canceled NHRA Southern Nationals in Commerce, Ga., near Atlanta, has been returned to the 2020 schedule in late August. Epping, N.H., and Sonoma, Calif., and the spring races in Las Vegas and Concord, N.C., originally scheduled for the 2020 season, have been canceled as a result of the pandemic. Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series classes will begin racing on Friday.Įvents in Joliet, Ill., near Chicago Norwalk, Ohio Richmond, Va. ![]() This will entail one-day of qualifications (two rounds) on Saturday and final eliminations on Sunday. Sixteen events on the revised schedule will be condensed to two-day competition schedules for the Series classes due to economic and logistical factors. The first four races _ both Indianapolis-area events as well as the newly-sponsored Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals and the Dodge Mile-High NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil _ will be broadcast on FOX. The revised 2020 schedule will consist of 19 total events, with 17 being contested when the series resumes in July. Neither event will include Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competition. The second event, July 18-19, will feature Top Fuel and Funny Car along with the E3 Spark Plugs Pro Mod Series presented by J&A Service, Mickey Thompson Tires Top Fuel Harley Series and the NHRA Factory Stock Showdown. The first event, July 11-12, will feature all four professional classes _ Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle. The Indianapolis-area events, both of which will be televised on the FOX Broadcast Network, will be open to a limited number of spectators, with offers being extended via email to NHRA members and 2020 U.S. “Because we are an outdoor sport, we feel comfortable opening these Indianapolis events to a limited number of fans who are the lifeblood of our sport and following the guidance of the state of Indiana to resume racing.” “We’re excited for our Mello Yello Series to return to action, not just for the racers and fans but also for everyone who loves and supports NHRA Drag Racing,” NHRA President Glen Cromwell said in a statement from the sanctioning body’s headquarters in Glendora, Calif. The revised schedule is subject to changes due to evolving facts and guidelines dealing with the pandemic. 13-15 during the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, Calif. The season will conclude with the crowning of Series champions Nov. ![]() These races will serve as launch points for 15 more Series events beginning two weeks later in Kent, Wash., near Seattle. The two events will be run on consecutive weeks, July 11-12 and July 18-19, at the home of the newly-sponsored Denso Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. NHRA officials announced Wednesday the Series and associated programs will be contested on back-to-back weekends beginning at Lucas Oil Raceway in Clermont, Ind., outside Indianapolis. ![]() NHRA is accelerating the re-launch of its professional Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule from a previously announced August timetable to mid-July amid revised guidelines addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. The NHRA will re-fire the engines in July. ![]()
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