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2009 SCHEDULE

Budds Creek, MD Apr 17-19
Richmond, VA May 29-31
Tioga Center, NY Aug 7-9
Epping, NH Sep 18-20

Immokalee, FL Feb 5-8
Holly Springs, MS Jun 5-7
Jackson, SC Jul 16-19
Darlington, SC Sep 4-6

Thompson, OH May 1-3
Martin, MI May 22-24
Clay City, KY Jul 3-5
Pittsburgh, PA Aug 13-16

Tulsa, OK Apr 17-19
Baton Rouge, LA May 1-3
Lufkin, TX Jun 18-21
Crandall, TX Aug 20-22

Martin, MI May 22-24
Byron, IL Jun 19-20
Osceola, IN Aug 21-23

Farmington, NC Mar 20-22
Mooresville, NC Mar 27-29
Piedmont, NC May 8-9
Kinston, NC May 22-24
Jacksonville, NC Jun 5-7
Rockingham, NC Jun 19-21

Immokalee, FL Feb. 8
Richmond, VA May 31
Lufkin, TX June 21
Byron, IL June 21
Jackson, SC July 19
Pittsburgh, PA Aug. 16
Rockingham, NC Oct. 22

About The Summit Pro-Am Tour Presented By Mr. Gasket

Designed to offer semi-professional drag racers the opportunity to chase a championship without extended travel, the Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am Tour presented by Mr. Gasket consists of races held in various regions throughout the country. Drivers earn points towards Pro-Am championships, as well as IHRA National Event Drag Racing Series championships.

Sportsman racers in Top Sportsman, Top Dragster, Super Stock, Stock, Quick Rod, Super Rod and Hot Rod will compete for both divisional and national points. These drivers make up the back bone of IHRA drag racing with their competitiveness and skills. Racers can claim their best five of eight Pro-Am events and win a Divisional Championship. The new “Doubles” format of having two events in one weekend at the same track will allow drivers to achieve championship status and earn prize money while minimizing travel. The 2008 Pro-Am points system has been adjusted to reward those racers winning rounds at Pro-Am events at a greater rate than at National events. Every round won at the Pro-Am level will be worth additional points compared to the same round at a National event and will now score the best five (5) of first eight (8) Pro-Am events attended.

Pro-Am Champions in each class will receive $1,500, an IHRA Ironman and a Gold Card. Runner ups will receive $500 each. All of this is over and above the IHRA National points fund and other bonus programs. All seven categories are contested at the national level where racers can add the best three of their six events to their points total for the chance to be crowned IHRA World Champion. Sign up sheets are available at the IHRA tech trailer.

 

Summit Pro-Am Racing Classes
	TOP SPORTSMAN As the class that spawned Pro Modified, Top Sportsman remains the “baddest” sportsman class on the planet. Covering the spectrum of passenger car body styles and power plants, Top Sportsman racers are not encumbered by displacement limitations or customizing rules, offering some of the most radical visual and mechanical thrills in drag racing.
	TOP DRAGSTER The fastest sportsman category in drag racing, Top Dragster is also renowned as one of the most innovative classes in IHRA. Combining dragsters and altered vintage roadsters, the class presents handicap racing with six second, 225 mph contestants.
	SUPER STOCK As the arena for factory muscle car showdowns for decades, this class spotlights some of the most powerful production vehicles ever built. Cars run on a handicapped start, but each must run under their sub-category’s National Index, determined by a power to weight ratio. In addition to traditional Super Stockers, there are also sub-categories for GT entries, front wheel drive conversions, trucks, and Super Stock production entries.
	STOCK Considered drag racing’s “entry level” division, this class offers economical racing machines in an incredibly competitive forum, with everything from 130 mph muscle cars to 75 mph family sedans. All demand original production equipment with which the car was marketed to the public. Cars run on a handicapped start, but each must run under their sub-category’s National Index, determined by a power to weight ratio.
	QUICK ROD The fastest of the “Rod” categories, Quick Rod offers dragsters, altereds, vintage roadsters, coupes, and passenger cars racing with a heads up start. The objective of the class is to beat an opponent to the finish line without going under the 8.90-second Class Index, or 5.70 in the 1/8th mile.
	SUPER ROD This class features passenger cars and vintage roadsters also competing on an even start. Like Quick Rod, vehicles are permitted virtually any engine modification. Races are run on a 9.90 Class Index, or 6.40 for the 1/8th mile.
	HOT ROD This class may appear as an entry-level division with its slower 10.90 Class Index or 7.00 in the 1/8th mile, but it presents some of the closest competition of any category.