2019 Summit Motorsports Park Schedule Action-Packed

While all of the events were exciting this year at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, the action will be even more astonishing next year.

Drivers will fire their engines for the 38th Annual Spring Warm-Up, April 13-14 followed by the 13^th Annual Cavalcade of Stars presented by Budweiser, which is celebrated as the largest NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event in the country, May 17-19, and the Inaugural DragMania Drag Racing Festival, May 31-June 2.

Fun-runs and cruise-ins are part of Super Summit, June 7-8, while Top Fuel Dragsters, Funny Cars and fireworks are part of the 13^th Annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, June 20-23 and classic cars come together for the 18^thAnnual Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Blue Suede Cruise, July 12-14.

After that is the Inaugural Patriot Nationals (Midwest Junior Super Series), June 28-30, and catch Challengers, Chargers and other cars at the 7^th Annual Monster Mopar Weekend, July 26-28, and everything from Tempests to Trans Ams at the 28^th Annual Ames Performance Pontiac Nationals, Aug. 1-4.

Plenty of performers, pyrotechnics and pulse-pounding is promised for the time-honored 42^nd Annual Kelly Services Night Under Fire, Aug. 9-11, and cars with power-adder and naturally-aspirated combinations will captivate at the 18^thAnnual Honeywell Garrett NMCA All American Nationals, Aug. 22-25.

Hundreds of sportsman racers will get in the spirit of things at the Cometic Gasket Halloween Classic XLVI presented by Harland Sharp, Oct. 12-20.

“The 2019 Summit Motorsports Park schedule may prove to be the most exciting in our 50-plus-year history,” said Bill Bader Jr., Summit Motorsports Park president. “We’ve seen continued growth and success with all of our major events, and with the addition of the Inaugural Patriot Nationals and DragMania, it’s going to be a monster summer in Norwalk, Ohio. Additionally, understanding that Sportsman racing will always be our foundation, we’re strengthening our Edelbrock Super Series to a 13-race schedule including three doubles.”

2019 Summit Motorsports Park Schedule:

April 7: Summit Racing Equipment Autocross Series

April 13-14: 38^th Annual Spring Warm-Up

April 19: Friday Test & Tune

April 20: Edelbrock Super Series – Opening Day

April 26: Friday Test & Tune

April 27-28: Edelbrock Super Series Double

May 1: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Wednesday Fun Night

May 3: Friday Test & Tune

May 4: Edelbrock Super Series

May 5: 31^st Annual High School Nationals

May 8: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Wednesday Fun Night

May 10: Friday Test & Tune

May 11: Edelbrock Super Series

May 12: Summit Racing Equipment Autocross Series

May 15: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Wednesday Fun Night

May 17-19: 13^th Annual Cavalcade of Stars presented by Budweiser

May 22: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Wednesday Fun Night

May 24: Friday Test & Tune

May 25-26: Edelbrock Super Series Double

May 29: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Wednesday Fun Night

May 31-June 2: Inaugural DragMania Drag Racing Festival

June 5: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Wednesday Fun Night

June 7-8: 5^thAnnual Super Summit / Midwest Drags Final Stop

June 9: Closed

June 12: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Wednesday Fun Night

June 14: 25^thAnniversary Hot Rod Power Tour / Friday Test & Tune

June 15: Edelbrock Super Series – Mid Season Championship/Kids’ Night

June 16: Closed

June 19: Closed

June 20-23: 13^thAnnual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals

June 26: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Wednesday Fun Night

June 28-30: Inaugural Patriot Nationals (Midwest Junior Super Series)

July 3: Closed

July 5: Friday Test & Tune

July 6-7: Edelbrock Super Series Double

July 10: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Wednesday Fun Night

July 12-14: 18^thAnnual Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Blue Suede Cruise

July 15-19: Frank Hawley Drag Racing School

July 17: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Wednesday Fun Night

July 19: Friday Test & Tune

July 20: Edelbrock Super Series (No Junior Dragster)

July 21: 22^ndAnnual Buick vs. Oldsmobile Challenge “The War to Settle the Score” / Summit Racing Equipment Autocross Series

July 24: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Wednesday Fun Night

July 26-28: 7^thAnnual Monster Mopar Weekend

July 31: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Wednesday Fun Night

August1-4: 28^thAnnual Ames Performance Pontiac Nationals

Aug. 7: Closed

Aug. 9-11: 42^nd Annual Kelly Services Night Under Fire

Aug. 14: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Wednesday Fun Night

Aug. 16-18: 27^thAnnual Shootout

Aug. 21: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Wednesday Fun Night

Aug. 22-25: 18^thAnnual Honeywell Garrett NMCA All American Nationals

Aug. 28: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Wednesday Fun Night

Aug. 30-Sept. 1: 27^thAnnual KB Trailer Sales Ten Grand Nationals presented by Hughes

Sept. 4: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Wednesday Fun Night

Sept. 6: Friday Test & Tune

Sept. 7: Edelbrock Super Series – Season Championship

Sept. 8: Summit Racing Equipment Autocross Series

Sept. 11: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Wednesday Fun Night

Sept. 13-15: Summit Racing Equipment Autocross Series (TBA)

Sept. 18: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Wednesday Fun Night

Sept. 20-21: Street Outlaws No Prep Kings

Sept. 22: Closed

Sept. 25: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Wednesday Fun Night

Sept. 27-29: 22^ndAnnual No Box Bonanza

Oct. 2: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Wednesday Fun Night

Oct. 4: Friday Test & Tune

Oct. 5: Closed

Oct. 6: Closed

Oct. 9: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Wednesday Fun Night

Oct. 11: Closed

Oct. 12-20: Cometic Gasket Halloween Classic XLVI presented by Harland Sharp

Jan. 17-19, 2020: Edelbrock Banquet of Champions presented by Lincoln Electric at Kalahari

Summit Motorsports Park is at 1300 State Route 18, Norwalk, Ohio. For more information or tickets, please visit www.summitmotorsportspark.com or call 419-668-5555.

Mary Lendzion

Summit Motorsports Park Media and Public Relations

mlendzion@summitmotorsportspark.com or 313-686-0776

(Photos by Moto Lenz and Mary Lendzion)

Media Inquiries

To request media credentials to cover events, more information about events or interviews with drivers, entertainers and others year-round, please call or email Mary Lendzion, Summit Motorsports Park Media and Public Relations, at 313-686-0776 or mlendzion@summitmotorsportspark.com.

About Summit Motorsports Park

As a major motorsports venue, Summit Motorsports Park welcomes more than 500,000 people each year for sportsman and professional drag racing and is home to the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Located on more than 225 acres and surrounded by theme parks and water parks, it has been named Track of the Year 18 times by the NHRA, NMCA and IHRA, and its annual economic impact to the community has been determined to be more than $100 million.