This is the first of six IHRA Summit Team Finals with some of the most historic tracks in the Midwest represented. Each region hosts a Summit Team Finals for every IHRA division before the IHRA Summit SuperSeries World Finals at Memphis on Oct. 18-20.
US 131 Motorsports Park are the defending team champions. This year Division 5 (Thunder) tracks include: Bunker Hill Dragstrip, Central Illinois Dragway, Cordova International Raceway, Eddyville Raceway Park, Grand Bend Motorplex, Great Lakes Dragaway, Mid-Michigan Motorplex, Dragway, Onawa Racing and Events Complex, Osecola Dragway, St. Thomas Raceway Park, Ubly Dragstrip, US 41 Motorplex, and Wisconsin International Raceway.
Any Summit SuperSeries competitor, who has an IHRA membership and an “X” number registered and valid according to IHRA records from May 1 through his or her division’s Summit Team Finals event, can win the Summit Team Finals main event championship and become eligible for the Summit SuperSeries World Championship race. For more information, click here.
Division 5 Thunder Junior champion Luke Schwemler went on to claim the world championship at Memphis last year. Other Division 5 champions were: Kip Burkhardt (Top) and Stan Jones Jr. (Mod).
For more information, on the IHRA Summit Team Finals click here.