Monday, October 10, 2011

IHRA Summit Racing Equipment World Finals Fact Sheet


Final race of 2011 IHRA season this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at VMP

RICHMOND, Va. (October 10, 2011) – The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) returns to Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie, Va. on October 14-16 for the IHRA Summit Racing Equipment World Finals presented by RacingJunk.com.

This year's IHRA World Finals is the richest sportsman weekend in IHRA history with over $200,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs among nine classes spread over the three-day weekend. The 2011 IHRA World Finals will feature three separate races spread over the three days with action being contested in Top Sportsman, Top Dragster, Super Stock, Stock, Quick Rod, Super Rod, Hot Rod, Box and No Box.

This is the final race of the 2011 IHRA season with championship awarded in all nine classes.


Gates open at 9 a.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday with the first round of sportsman racing beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, 10 a.m. on Saturday and 10:30 a.m. on Sunday and running throughout the day.


WHAT: The IHRA Summit Racing Equipment World Finals presented by RacingJunk.com is the final race of the 2011 IHRA season.

Event will include nine sportsman classes including Top Sportsman, Top Dragster, Super Stock, Stock, Quick Rod, Super Rod, Hot Rod, Box and No Box.

Friday and Saturday will feature the $5,000 to win Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Spectacular open to racers across the country. Following the completion of the Summit Sportsman Spectacular, the IHRA will move forward with its invitation-only World Championship tournament featuring nearly 200 of the best racers in the world. The Summit Racing Equipment Tournament of Champions and Summit SuperSeries World Championships will conclude Sunday afternoon with the crowning of champions in all nine classes.

WHEN: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 14-16, 2011

WHERE: Virginia Motorsports Park, 8018 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA 23803

CONTACT: Call Virginia Motorsports Park at (804) 862-3174 or visit www.vmpdrag.com or www.ihra.com.  For media requests, contact Larry Crum with IHRA Communications at (419) 660-4213 or at lcrum@feldinc.com.  

SCHEDULE (Subject to change; all times local)

FRIDAY: Summit Sportsman Spectacular qualifying at 10:30 a.m.; Summit Sportsman Spectacular round one eliminations immediately following qualifying.

SATURDAY: Summit Sportsman Spectacular continues at 10 a.m.; Summit Tournament of Champions & Summit SuperSeries qualifying following finals.

SUNDAY: Summit Tournament of Champions & Summit SuperSeries beginning at 10:30 a.m. and running to conclusion.