BRISTOL DRAGWAY AND BANDIMERE SPEEDWAY TO HOST NHRA JR. DRAG RACING LEAGUE CONFERENCE FINALS
Thu, 2008-10-16 18:35
NHRA has announced that the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League Eastern and
Western Conference Finals will return to Bristol (Tenn.) Dragway and
Denver’s Bandimere Speedway in 2009. Bristol Dragway will host the
Eastern Conference Finals July 9-11 and the Western Conference Finals
will be at Bandimere Speedway, July 23-25.
“Both of these tracks offer first-class racing operations as well as the unique touches required of any facility that hosts a Jr. Drag Racing League Conference Finals event,” said Eric Lotz, NHRA director of Field Marketing and Contingency Programs. “Not only do they know what it takes to put 400 or more race cars down a track in three days, but they know how to make these kids and their families feel welcome and show them a good time after the racing is done.” NHRA has announced that the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League Eastern and Western Conference Finals will return to Bristol (Tenn.) Dragway and Denver’s Bandimere Speedway in 2009. Bristol Dragway will host the Eastern Conference Finals July 9-11 and the Western Conference Finals will be at Bandimere Speedway, July 23-25.
“Both of these tracks offer first-class racing operations as well as the unique touches required of any facility that hosts a Jr. Drag Racing League Conference Finals event,” said Eric Lotz, NHRA director of Field Marketing and Contingency Programs. “Not only do they know what it takes to put 400 or more race cars down a track in three days, but they know how to make these kids and their families feel welcome and show them a good time after the racing is done.”
Bristol Dragway first hosted the Eastern Conference Finals in 2004 and the Western Conference Finals have been at Bandimere Speedway since NHRA adopted the Eastern/Western format in 2000. Nearly 1,000 kids compete for individual and team honors at the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League Eastern and Western Conference Finals, and nearly $100,000 in savings bonds is given away at each event.
Created in 1992, the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League allows kids between the ages of 8 and 17 to experience the thrill of motorsports competition in a controlled environment at tracks in each of NHRA’s seven geographic divisions. The NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League creates family involvement in drag racing at an affordable level. Many of the league’s graduates have gone on to compete in other NHRA classes and some, like Pro Stock Car driver Richie Stevens Jr. and Top Fuel racer J.R. Todd, have even gone on to win NHRA national and divisional events. In 2007, Super Comp racer Shawn Langdon became the first former Jr. Drag Racing League competitor to earn a national championship.
“Both of these tracks offer first-class racing operations as well as the unique touches required of any facility that hosts a Jr. Drag Racing League Conference Finals event,” said Eric Lotz, NHRA director of Field Marketing and Contingency Programs. “Not only do they know what it takes to put 400 or more race cars down a track in three days, but they know how to make these kids and their families feel welcome and show them a good time after the racing is done.” NHRA has announced that the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League Eastern and Western Conference Finals will return to Bristol (Tenn.) Dragway and Denver’s Bandimere Speedway in 2009. Bristol Dragway will host the Eastern Conference Finals July 9-11 and the Western Conference Finals will be at Bandimere Speedway, July 23-25.
“Both of these tracks offer first-class racing operations as well as the unique touches required of any facility that hosts a Jr. Drag Racing League Conference Finals event,” said Eric Lotz, NHRA director of Field Marketing and Contingency Programs. “Not only do they know what it takes to put 400 or more race cars down a track in three days, but they know how to make these kids and their families feel welcome and show them a good time after the racing is done.”
Bristol Dragway first hosted the Eastern Conference Finals in 2004 and the Western Conference Finals have been at Bandimere Speedway since NHRA adopted the Eastern/Western format in 2000. Nearly 1,000 kids compete for individual and team honors at the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League Eastern and Western Conference Finals, and nearly $100,000 in savings bonds is given away at each event.
Created in 1992, the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League allows kids between the ages of 8 and 17 to experience the thrill of motorsports competition in a controlled environment at tracks in each of NHRA’s seven geographic divisions. The NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League creates family involvement in drag racing at an affordable level. Many of the league’s graduates have gone on to compete in other NHRA classes and some, like Pro Stock Car driver Richie Stevens Jr. and Top Fuel racer J.R. Todd, have even gone on to win NHRA national and divisional events. In 2007, Super Comp racer Shawn Langdon became the first former Jr. Drag Racing League competitor to earn a national championship.
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