A huge crowd, estimated to exceed 45,000 over two days, attended the
National Guard ADRL Ford Drive One Summer Drags V at U.S. 131
Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan, before the event was cut short by
rain and rescheduled for completion during the series’ next event July
3-4, in Topeka, Kansas.
Unfortunately,
persistent light rain in Martin, Michigan and forecasts calling for
continuing wet weather through Sunday forced National Guard ADRL
officials to make the call about 11 p.m. Friday night, to postpone the
remainder of the Ford Drive One Summer Drags V to July 3, for
completion at the Hardee’s Independence Drags III at Heartland Park
Topeka in Topeka, Kansas.
“We want to thank you, the tens of thousands of Western Michigan fans
who came out to watch the National Guard ADRL,” series president and
CEO Kenny Nowling said in announcing the postponement over the track’s
public address system. “We were prepared to wait it out and get back to
racing, but I’m afraid Mother Nature has other plans.”