The NHRA has announced the 2007 AC Delco Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will return to its original date on the last weekend of October.  Previously announced for the weekend of October 18-21, the date change moved the race away from the weekend prior to the SEMA Show, and also took if off the Friday statewide Nevada Day holiday, two factors that undoubtedly had a very positive impact on this year’s exceptional Friday and weekend-long spectator and industry turnouts.  Vocal protests from track management apparently didn’t fall on deaf ears, with next year’s race date now slated for the weekend of October 25-28.

The NHRA has announced the 2007 AC Delco Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will return to its original date on the last weekend of October.  Previously announced for the weekend of October 18-21, the date change moved the race away from the weekend prior to the SEMA Show, and also took if off the Friday statewide Nevada Day holiday, two factors that undoubtedly had a very positive impact on this year’s exceptional Friday and weekend-long spectator and industry turnouts.  Vocal protests from track management apparently didn’t fall on deaf ears, with next year’s race date now slated for the weekend of October 25-28.

NHRA will also announce on Monday that Summit Racing Equipment will be the title rights holder to the June 28-July 1 event at what used to be known as Norwalk Raceway Park but will now be called Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park.  Pontiac has apparently bailed out as the event’s title rights holder at least partially due to General Motors being officially closed for the July 4th holiday, meaning that no executives would have been on hand for the festivities.