NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES: Fact Sheet
WHAT: Rage at the River, a round of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, where drivers earn points leading to divisional and national championships. Categories include Top Alcohol Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny Car, Comp Eliminator, Super Stock, Stock Eliminator, Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street. The event is the fourth of seven in North Central Division competition. The division’s Dart Top Sportsman Series and Spitzer Race Cars Top Dragster Series will also run in conjunction with the event.
WHERE: Gateway Int’l Raceway, St. Louis. Track is located in Madison, Ill., five minutes from downtown St. Louis at the intersection of Interstates 55/70 and Ill. Route 203 (Exit 4).
WHEN: Friday through Sunday, July 13-15, 2007
SCHEDULE: Time trials and qualifying schedule for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series:
FRIDAY, July 13 -- Gates open at 7 a.m. Qualifying and time trials begin at 10 a.m. Top Dragster qualifying is at 4:30 p.m., Top Sportsman qualifying is at 5 p.m., and Comp Eliminator qualifying is at
5:30 p.m. Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car qualifying sessions are scheduled at 6 p.m.
SATURDAY, July 14 -- Gates open at 7 a.m. Final qualifying and time trials are scheduled to begin at
10 a.m. Top Dragster qualifying is at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m.; Top Sportsman qualifying is at 5 and 8 p.m.; and Comp Eliminator qualifying is at 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car qualifying sessions are scheduled at 6 and 9 p.m.
SUNDAY, July 15 -- Gates open at 7 a.m. Eliminations start at 9 a.m. Eliminations for Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car begin at 1 p.m.
TICKETS: GENERAL ADMISSION/PIT PASS -- $10 Friday, $20 Saturday, $20 Sunday. A two-day pass is $35 and a three-day ticket is $45. Children 12 and under are admitted free with a paid adult. For more information please call Gateway Int’l Raceway, (618) 482-2400.
PURSE: The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competitors will vie for cash and contingency awards of $200,675, as well as a chance at a share of the year-end purse of more than $560,000.
2006 EVENT
WINNERS: Bill Reichert, Top Alcohol Dragster; Mick Snyder, Top Alcohol Funny Car; David Rampy, Comp Eliminator; Jeff Gillman, Super Stock; Kevin Suiter, Stock Eliminator; Mike Barrett, Super Comp; Chuck Siegler, Super Gas; Paul Queen, Super Street
BONUS
PROGRAMS: NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES POINTS FUND: A $561,000 point fund from Lucas Oil, which will be shared by 2007 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series divisional champions and national champions. Divisional awards include $8,500 each to the Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car champions; $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.
SPITZER RACE CARS LOW QUALIFIER BONUS/SPITZER RACE CARS TRACK RECORD BONUS: A $14,000 bonus fund from Spitzer Race Cars will pay low qualifiers in the Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car classes $500 at each of the North Central division’s six races. There will also be a year-end bonus of $1,000 to be awarded to the driver in each class with the most points earned through qualifying position at each of the events.
The Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car driver at each event who sets the track elapse time record will earn $500 from Spitzer Race Cars.
JEGS ALLSTARS: The best of the best from each of NHRA’s seven divisions will compete for a share of the $100,000 point fund from Jegs High Performance. The 2008 Jegs Allstars event will culminate a year-long points battle between drivers in each of NHRA’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series’ eight classes. The top points earner in each category will qualify to represent his/her division at the 2008 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, 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 $20,000 towing fund to get to the event.
This year, event sponsor, Jegs High Performance, is offering a “double up” bonus to Jegs Allstars participants. Any 2008 Jegs Allstars champion who also wins the national event will have his/her Allstars prize doubled.
DART Top Sportsman Class: Run in conjunction with the Lucas Oil Series, competitors in the Dart Top Sportsman class are vying for division championships and a share in the $3,200 event purse as well as points leading to a divisional championship. Top Sportsman racers may run the six North Central Division Lucas Oil events as well as three Lucas Oil Series races in other NHRA divisions that run the class.
The North Central Division Dart Top Sportsman year-end champion will earn $2,000, No. 2 points finisher will receive $1,000 and the third place competitor will earn $500.
SPITZER RACE CARS TOP DRAGSTER CLASS: Run in conjunction with the Lucas Oil Series, competitors in the Spitzer Race Cars Top Dragster class are vying for division championships and a share in the $3,200 event purse as well as points leading to a divisional championship. Top Dragster racers may run the six North Central Division Lucas Oil events as well as three Lucas Oil Series races in other NHRA divisions that run the class.
The North Central Division Spitzer Race Cars Top Dragster year-end champion will earn $2,000, No. 2 points finisher will receive $1,000 and the third place competitor will earn $500.
FEATURES: More than 500 drivers in the eight racing categories. Eight-car fields in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car, featuring five-second, 260 mph side-by-side racing.
NHRA NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION LUCAS OIL SEASON CONTINUES AT GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
ST. LOUIS – NHRA North Central division Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competitors will continue the 2007 season July 13-15 at Gateway Int’l Raceway. The event is the fourth of seven on the division schedule.
The region’s Top Alcohol Dragster competitors are chasing Bill Reichert, the defending divisional and national champ from Owosso, Mich. Reichert started the 2007 season with a win at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio. He was runner-up at an out-of-division race in Reading, Pa., before going to the semis at the division’s race at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill. Former division Top Alcohol Dragster champion Marty Thacker is in second place in the point standings, 53 points back. The Robinson, Ill., racer went to out-of-division races in Bradenton, Fla., and Gainesville, Fla., where he had a first-round loss and a semifinal-round finish, respectively. Thacker had his best performance of the season in Joliet where he was runner-up to Ken Perry of Gormley, Ont. Perry is in third place in the point standings with a first round loss in Norwalk and the win at Route 66 Raceway.
Defending Top Alcohol Funny Car champion, Mick Snyder from DeMotte, Ind., has been to three races this year but is currently in fourth place in the point standings. His first event, an out-of-division race in Cecil, Ga., was postponed and although the former NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League competitor had qualified No. 1, he was unable to make it back for the rescheduled date. After that, he suffered a first-round loss in Norwalk but went to the semis in Joliet. If he is going to earn his fourth straight division title, he will need to regain the form he had last year when he had three final-round appearances, and won two of them.
Currently leading the division’s Top Alcohol Funny Car points is Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Marty Nothstein of Orefield, Pa. He won the Southeast division event in Bradenton and has been to the semis at three consecutive races. Daniel Wilkerson, son of former NHRA Funny Car racer Tim Wilkerson, is in second place in the point standings. The Springfield, Ill., resident opened the year with an out-of-division win in Memphis, Tenn., and was runner-up in Norwalk before going out in the first round in Joliet. Veteran North Central division Top Alcohol Funny Car competitor Chuck Cheeseman is in third place in the point standings. The former division champ from Galena, Ohio, was runner-up at Route 66 Raceway after a first round loss in Norwalk.
NHRA North Central division racers will continue the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series season in Indianapolis. O’Reilly Raceway Park will host the series July 20-22. Originally scheduled in April, the ORP event had to be moved due to inclement weather.
WHAT: Rage at the River, a round of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, where drivers earn points leading to divisional and national championships. Categories include Top Alcohol Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny Car, Comp Eliminator, Super Stock, Stock Eliminator, Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street. The event is the fourth of seven in North Central Division competition. The division’s Dart Top Sportsman Series and Spitzer Race Cars Top Dragster Series will also run in conjunction with the event.
WHERE: Gateway Int’l Raceway, St. Louis. Track is located in Madison, Ill., five minutes from downtown St. Louis at the intersection of Interstates 55/70 and Ill. Route 203 (Exit 4).
WHEN: Friday through Sunday, July 13-15, 2007
SCHEDULE: Time trials and qualifying schedule for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series:
FRIDAY, July 13 -- Gates open at 7 a.m. Qualifying and time trials begin at 10 a.m. Top Dragster qualifying is at 4:30 p.m., Top Sportsman qualifying is at 5 p.m., and Comp Eliminator qualifying is at
5:30 p.m. Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car qualifying sessions are scheduled at 6 p.m.
SATURDAY, July 14 -- Gates open at 7 a.m. Final qualifying and time trials are scheduled to begin at
10 a.m. Top Dragster qualifying is at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m.; Top Sportsman qualifying is at 5 and 8 p.m.; and Comp Eliminator qualifying is at 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car qualifying sessions are scheduled at 6 and 9 p.m.
SUNDAY, July 15 -- Gates open at 7 a.m. Eliminations start at 9 a.m. Eliminations for Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car begin at 1 p.m.
TICKETS: GENERAL ADMISSION/PIT PASS -- $10 Friday, $20 Saturday, $20 Sunday. A two-day pass is $35 and a three-day ticket is $45. Children 12 and under are admitted free with a paid adult. For more information please call Gateway Int’l Raceway, (618) 482-2400.
PURSE: The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competitors will vie for cash and contingency awards of $200,675, as well as a chance at a share of the year-end purse of more than $560,000.
2006 EVENT
WINNERS: Bill Reichert, Top Alcohol Dragster; Mick Snyder, Top Alcohol Funny Car; David Rampy, Comp Eliminator; Jeff Gillman, Super Stock; Kevin Suiter, Stock Eliminator; Mike Barrett, Super Comp; Chuck Siegler, Super Gas; Paul Queen, Super Street
BONUS
PROGRAMS: NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES POINTS FUND: A $561,000 point fund from Lucas Oil, which will be shared by 2007 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series divisional champions and national champions. Divisional awards include $8,500 each to the Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car champions; $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.
SPITZER RACE CARS LOW QUALIFIER BONUS/SPITZER RACE CARS TRACK RECORD BONUS: A $14,000 bonus fund from Spitzer Race Cars will pay low qualifiers in the Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car classes $500 at each of the North Central division’s six races. There will also be a year-end bonus of $1,000 to be awarded to the driver in each class with the most points earned through qualifying position at each of the events.
The Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car driver at each event who sets the track elapse time record will earn $500 from Spitzer Race Cars.
JEGS ALLSTARS: The best of the best from each of NHRA’s seven divisions will compete for a share of the $100,000 point fund from Jegs High Performance. The 2008 Jegs Allstars event will culminate a year-long points battle between drivers in each of NHRA’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series’ eight classes. The top points earner in each category will qualify to represent his/her division at the 2008 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, 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 $20,000 towing fund to get to the event.
This year, event sponsor, Jegs High Performance, is offering a “double up” bonus to Jegs Allstars participants. Any 2008 Jegs Allstars champion who also wins the national event will have his/her Allstars prize doubled.
DART Top Sportsman Class: Run in conjunction with the Lucas Oil Series, competitors in the Dart Top Sportsman class are vying for division championships and a share in the $3,200 event purse as well as points leading to a divisional championship. Top Sportsman racers may run the six North Central Division Lucas Oil events as well as three Lucas Oil Series races in other NHRA divisions that run the class.
The North Central Division Dart Top Sportsman year-end champion will earn $2,000, No. 2 points finisher will receive $1,000 and the third place competitor will earn $500.
SPITZER RACE CARS TOP DRAGSTER CLASS: Run in conjunction with the Lucas Oil Series, competitors in the Spitzer Race Cars Top Dragster class are vying for division championships and a share in the $3,200 event purse as well as points leading to a divisional championship. Top Dragster racers may run the six North Central Division Lucas Oil events as well as three Lucas Oil Series races in other NHRA divisions that run the class.
The North Central Division Spitzer Race Cars Top Dragster year-end champion will earn $2,000, No. 2 points finisher will receive $1,000 and the third place competitor will earn $500.
FEATURES: More than 500 drivers in the eight racing categories. Eight-car fields in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car, featuring five-second, 260 mph side-by-side racing.
NHRA NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION LUCAS OIL SEASON CONTINUES AT GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
ST. LOUIS – NHRA North Central division Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competitors will continue the 2007 season July 13-15 at Gateway Int’l Raceway. The event is the fourth of seven on the division schedule.
The region’s Top Alcohol Dragster competitors are chasing Bill Reichert, the defending divisional and national champ from Owosso, Mich. Reichert started the 2007 season with a win at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio. He was runner-up at an out-of-division race in Reading, Pa., before going to the semis at the division’s race at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill. Former division Top Alcohol Dragster champion Marty Thacker is in second place in the point standings, 53 points back. The Robinson, Ill., racer went to out-of-division races in Bradenton, Fla., and Gainesville, Fla., where he had a first-round loss and a semifinal-round finish, respectively. Thacker had his best performance of the season in Joliet where he was runner-up to Ken Perry of Gormley, Ont. Perry is in third place in the point standings with a first round loss in Norwalk and the win at Route 66 Raceway.
Defending Top Alcohol Funny Car champion, Mick Snyder from DeMotte, Ind., has been to three races this year but is currently in fourth place in the point standings. His first event, an out-of-division race in Cecil, Ga., was postponed and although the former NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League competitor had qualified No. 1, he was unable to make it back for the rescheduled date. After that, he suffered a first-round loss in Norwalk but went to the semis in Joliet. If he is going to earn his fourth straight division title, he will need to regain the form he had last year when he had three final-round appearances, and won two of them.
Currently leading the division’s Top Alcohol Funny Car points is Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Marty Nothstein of Orefield, Pa. He won the Southeast division event in Bradenton and has been to the semis at three consecutive races. Daniel Wilkerson, son of former NHRA Funny Car racer Tim Wilkerson, is in second place in the point standings. The Springfield, Ill., resident opened the year with an out-of-division win in Memphis, Tenn., and was runner-up in Norwalk before going out in the first round in Joliet. Veteran North Central division Top Alcohol Funny Car competitor Chuck Cheeseman is in third place in the point standings. The former division champ from Galena, Ohio, was runner-up at Route 66 Raceway after a first round loss in Norwalk.
NHRA North Central division racers will continue the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series season in Indianapolis. O’Reilly Raceway Park will host the series July 20-22. Originally scheduled in April, the ORP event had to be moved due to inclement weather.
